KeenFox

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by KeenFox 7y ago
It seems like I just heard about this company a week or two ago. Did it seem to appear out of nowhere to people more tuned in to the e-currency world?
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by KeenFox 7y ago
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2: ELFectric Boogaloo
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by KeenFox 7y ago
> "I've dealt with an ill temper my entire life, although not many people who know me would think so. As a kid I was bullied a lot (both of these are likely direct products of me having ADD), and I used to get in a lot of trou
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by KeenFox 7y ago
Over 10,000 now.
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by KeenFox 7y ago
Google Reader served a similar purpose. People used its social features for communication since (the thinking went) governments weren't going to block Google.
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by KeenFox 7y ago
Systemic issues require systemic solutions. The only thing an individual can do is advocate and vote. Even that might not be enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem
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by KeenFox 7y ago
Crypto is 99% woo, but the 1% is interesting. The interesting stuff isn't world-stompingly amazing, so it gets less press. I like the idea of someday being able to take pennies worth of payments from places where transaction fees alone
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by KeenFox 7y ago
The boundary of space varies depending on who you ask. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line
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by KeenFox 7y ago
I'm not sure of the practical implications for someone looking to use it in a design project. Who would have standing to sue for infringement, and in what situations?
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by KeenFox 7y ago
You already have ample examples of how this could make sense, so here's a mental model that will serve you well in life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence >> 'In the matter o
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by KeenFox 7y ago
Related: the US government has its own font. The page mentions it further down. https://public-sans.digital.gov/ Discussion of the font on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19607371
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by KeenFox 7y ago
Shifting of the Overton window is the closest concept I know of, but it still seems too specific to fit this pattern. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
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by KeenFox 7y ago
I'm always amazed at how much good science happens based on inferring things from what's known or guessed with high confidence.
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by KeenFox 7y ago
Did they? As far as I can recall 538 has always been clear that they deal in probabilities, not binary predictions. They gave him a small chance of winning for a reason, and it turned out chaos favored one of the low odds scenarios.
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by KeenFox 7y ago
It's a gamble: stay with Slack and potentially be forced into an "Our Incredible Journey" migration in the future, or migrate now and shamble along until 40+ year old and profitable enterprise juggernaut Microsoft figures out