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Slightly related note - what does everyone think of Urbit?

blueflow 5y ago
I have no idea what Urbit is, but there is a huge crowd of people on HN that will point out its run by a literal facist/nazi/devil/whatever whenever you mention it. I'd rather not have this topic mentioned here to avoid having these discussions again.
- busymom0 5y ago
  That does not answer my question, nor do I see how that's relevant.
- indigochill 5y ago
  Necessarily, projects which protect free speech will attract those with objectionable views because they're the audience. In the west, that may be white supremacists. In China, it may be people the west would be more sympathetic towards. IMO the way to proceed there is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater but to fork (the community, the tech, whatever) and contribute to the shared vision of freedom while excluding any objectionable parts from the fork.
  - blueflow 5y ago
    I dont care about that - i just dont want HN manchilds throw a tantrum. This is irrespective of the actual deeds of Urbit and their users. This is a workaround for HN.
542458 5y ago
For anybody else with no idea what Urbit is, here’s the Wikipedia article. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbit IMO it sounds interesting, but the internet is littered with interesting decentralized protocols that never went anywhere. There’s a real question of “can they build a killer app”?
- busymom0 5y ago
  I watched their video but came out pretty confused as it seemed a bit too beyond my tech skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M04AKTCDavc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M04AKTCDavc
  - 542458 5y ago
    That’s similar to my feeling too. I’m sure the technology is neat, but it seems very esoteric and hard to get started with.
    - user-the-name 5y ago
      It is just intentionally esoteric for the sake of being esoteric, not for any technical reason. It exists to make its creator feel smugly superior, not to solve any real problems for actual people.

I have no idea what Urbit is, but there is a huge crowd of people on HN that will point out its run by a literal facist/nazi/devil/whatever whenever you mention it. I'd rather not have this topic mentioned here to avoid having these discussions again.

busymom0 5y ago
That does not answer my question, nor do I see how that's relevant.
indigochill 5y ago
Necessarily, projects which protect free speech will attract those with objectionable views because they're the audience. In the west, that may be white supremacists. In China, it may be people the west would be more sympathetic towards. IMO the way to proceed there is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater but to fork (the community, the tech, whatever) and contribute to the shared vision of freedom while excluding any objectionable parts from the fork.
- blueflow 5y ago
  I dont care about that - i just dont want HN manchilds throw a tantrum. This is irrespective of the actual deeds of Urbit and their users. This is a workaround for HN.

542458 5y ago

For anybody else with no idea what Urbit is, here’s the Wikipedia article. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbit IMO it sounds interesting, but the internet is littered with interesting decentralized protocols that never went anywhere. There’s a real question of “can they build a killer app”?

busymom0 5y ago
I watched their video but came out pretty confused as it seemed a bit too beyond my tech skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M04AKTCDavc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M04AKTCDavc
- 542458 5y ago
  That’s similar to my feeling too. I’m sure the technology is neat, but it seems very esoteric and hard to get started with.
  - user-the-name 5y ago
    It is just intentionally esoteric for the sake of being esoteric, not for any technical reason. It exists to make its creator feel smugly superior, not to solve any real problems for actual people.