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Ted's sitting across from me right now! He says this article is old, and wanted to link to a video he recently made talking about his life and work, if anyone'

Ted's sitting across from me right now! He says this article is old, and wanted to link to a video he recently made talking about his life and work, if anyone's interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmfjM-SGlGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmfjM-SGlGs We're also hosting an ongoing archival project of his junk mail that he's saved over the years: https://archive.org/details/tednelsonjunkmail https://archive.org/details/tednelsonjunkmail (more details on the project: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5206 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5206 )

hossbeast 9y ago
What does he have to say about cryptocurrencies, and the impending possibility that they might make micropayments a reality?
- sillysaurus3 9y ago
  In fairness, cryptocurrencies have become more like gold than pennies. I recently proposed someone pay me in Bitcoin for services rendered, and it immediately seemed like a bad idea. PayPal or Venmo is still where it's at, for better or worse. As far as "impending," well... Maybe if the lightning network proposal happens. Maybe. The other currencies do matter, but Bitcoin remains the granddaddy and has immense inertia. It's hard enough for normal people to acquire Bitcoin, let alone any of the others.
  - hossbeast 9y ago
    Yeah, lightning is what I had in mind. Next year is my guess, with SegWit now in place.