mikestaub

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   by mikestaub 5y ago

   It's even simpler than that. Art has always just been a way to avoid taxes for the wealthy.
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   by mikestaub 5y ago

   Meat is only 'cost-effective' because the environmental externalities are not priced in.
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   by mikestaub 5y ago

   https://www.breaker.audio/
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   by mikestaub 5y ago

   Twitter's Bluesky project will solve this if successful. Join the community discord to help us!
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   by mikestaub 5y ago

   Mastodon handles this almost perfectly. No one can take down an ActivityPub server, but moderators can choose to not sync with hostile actors. If the users disagree with the moderator's decision, they migrate to another host and take a
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   by mikestaub 5y ago

   Reminds me of this great youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNMkADpvO4w
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   by mikestaub 5y ago

   https://www.ilograph.com is great for this and more
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   by mikestaub 5y ago

   Slack is launching these soon.
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   by mikestaub 6y ago

   I created a similar post a while back for the GRANTS stack. ( GraphQL, React, ArangoDB, Nodejs, Typescript, Serverless ) https://github.com/mikestaub/slack-lunch-club
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    Once I saw the deep fake video of Tom Cruise, I realized we are entering a new phase of the internet. One that will require a blockchain-based identity and trust graph. All content will have to be signed with a private key linked to a zero-
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    BTC incentivizes miners to find cheap power. As renewables become cheaper than non-renewables, this incentivizes innovation in green energy which will benefit the planet long term. The fact the most of the mining is done in China with coal
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    I gave up and just use https://reincubate.com/camo
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    I love ActivityWatch! I especially like the VSCode extension as it shows me which files I spend the most time in.
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    This is great! Nice work
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    serverless.com is perfect for this use case. Easy to setup, but can scale infinitely in the future. Here is an example: https://github.com/mikestaub/slack-lunch-club
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    I agree these are the correct questions to ask. This company has very promising white papers that answer many of them: https://permission.io
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    You are correct that most of us have totally lost control. This company gives me hope: https://permission.io
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    I love using joplinapp.org
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    With that limitation, it would be impossible to replace the centralized services as the UX would be far worse. With modern web apps 100ms makes a difference in loading times.
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    I'm working on peapods.com ( stream.mikestaub.dev ) and would love your feedback.
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    I agree this is the main problem with ActivityPub, can you elaborate on your DHT idea? I'm thinking of doing something similar. How can the search be fast if the data is on many nodes, will you store the cache on a single instance and
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    by mikestaub 6y ago

    I think it is too late to go back to RSS, we should adopt the ActivityPub protocol.
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    by mikestaub 7y ago

    I am launching peapods.com soon.
24. 84.▲
    by mikestaub 7y ago

    I am building peapods.com, which aims to be the spiritual successor to meetup.
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    by mikestaub 7y ago

    Peter Thiel is behind this, which is both good and bad. https://qz.com/1454785/a-millionaire-couple-is-threatening-t...
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    by mikestaub 7y ago

    I'm building peapods.com to solve this exact problem. Beta is launching soon!
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    by mikestaub 7y ago

    peapods.com
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    by mikestaub 7y ago

    I would recommend ArangoDB. See my post here: https://medium.com/@mikestaub22/slack-lunch-club-part-3-7-ba...
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    by mikestaub 7y ago

    I think an important detail is that as part of the settlement Facebook is exonerated from all past 'mistakes'. This is actually really good for Facebook and was the wrong move by the FTC. This will encourage future privacy abuses
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    by mikestaub 8y ago

    The increase in loneliness has been associated with the rise in social media. I am trying to build a new type of social network to help reverse this trend, I would love for you all to join me and help grow the community! https://