air217 2 years ago

glad AMP didn't take off. as software becomes commodity, platform power should diminish

The Verge

How Google tried to fix the web — by taking it over

“Accelerated Mobile Pages” succeeded in speeding up publishers’ mistrust of the search giant.

air217 2 years ago

The worst thing about Twitter today is the amount of ads

air217 2 years ago

money is a weird concept. hopefully one day we'll live in a world of such abundance that it will not really be necessary for day-to-day life

air217 2 years ago

At the end of the day, they're all not good for you and highly addicting. Twitter, Mastodon, and the Nostr twitter clones like Damus, Coracle, etc.

air217 2 years ago

why does everyone want twitter to die? c'mon it's not THAT different . maybe one day Twitter will run its own Nostr relay..

air217 2 years ago

I refuse to watch any Youtube video with the clickbait 'orgasm' thumbnail

air217 2 years ago

I wish there was a Youtuber who discussed local politics, news, and legislature for my district. Local youtubers would be awesome

air217 2 years ago

mastery of space exploration probably means access to infinite resources (world peace) as the universe approaches our fingertips

air217 2 years ago

Lots of protocol development going on right now, which is great. But we'll need consensus to really bring it together

air217 2 years ago

I like working from an office. Just one that's close to home

air217 2 years ago

How can we measure the political wealth of a nation?

air217 2 years ago

Lol what’s wrong w GitHub? I kinda like it..

air217 2 years ago

One who does not use frameworks will eventually build their own

air217 2 years ago

The joys of freelancing for myself lol

air217 2 years ago

Protocol vs Platform War

air217 2 years ago

We need electric vehicles to support bidirectional charging (looking at you Tesla) so solar has an ever higher incentive

air217 2 years ago

TGIM 🤭

air217 2 years ago

How are popular free relays not getting absolutely hammered with spam? The way Nostr is setup with effortless account creation and broadcasting sounds like the bot dream 💭

air217 2 years ago

well worth the read. there's a limit to broadcasting our social lives. Is it different on Nostr just because it's a protocol and not a platform? idk

The Verge

Social media is doomed to die

I spent seven years at Snapchat. I thought things would be different.

air217 2 years ago

Duolingo is the least toxic way for me to spend time on my phone