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He wanted to destroy democracy, now he wants to sell web services (2017)
- iudqnolq 7y agoUrbit recently made the front page [prev_hn]. Because the founder's political philosophies are reflected in the foundational building blocks of the product [feudal_design], I found the context behind them relevant. [prev_hn]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21672481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21672481 [feudal_design]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21673198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21673198
- buboard 7y agois this a hit piece? an half-finished article about both the tech and its author? it feels so 2017
- iudqnolq 7y agoIs this a hit comment? The piece is certainly critical. It's certainly from 2017. Why makes you think it's incorrect?
- buboard 7y ago> Is this a hit comment? very much so. The article begins with a conclusion and then justifies it with mostly ad hominems, making it look incorrect
- iudqnolq 7y agoThe entire point of the article is an ad hominem argument, but ad hominem arguments aren't categorically false. The article argues that his politics influenced the design of the system for the worse, making his politics relevant to his software. Specifically, the article reveals that the initial design of the name system was explicitly modeled on "lockean homesteading theory".
- buboard 7y agoso , a hit piece. cool.
- janee 7y agoOef, such a long article and still no real explanation of wth Urbit really is. I was curious and so went to the website, it looks interesting but still so freaking hard to find a tldr version of wth it is. My best would be "a webapp acting as an OS with comms taking place inside it for improved privacy / data control"