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by samantp 3mo ago
And looks like most of the document writing has been done by Claude. And that too a stereotype one (yawn)
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by samantp 3mo ago
Yes, seems that browser support for services running on P2P boxes behind NATs cannot leverage iroh. Need the service worker hijacking the browser’s fetches as well as monkey patching the browser’s websocket SDK and sending all that traffic
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by samantp 4mo ago
China invested in converting people to a skilled workforce planned top down. Smart workhorses, be it workers, doctors engineers, scientists, sportspersons. Freedom from traditional norms were replaced by bondage to standardisation/regi
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by samantp 4mo ago
Thanks. Had read some Kropotkin, will check out McHenry. For a while, have been finding an affinity with MN Roy with his “cultural prerequisites of freedom” and “radical humanism”. But yes, completely agree that modeling all the world’s com
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by samantp 4mo ago
Yup. Just that, capital translating to power is not a universal truth. Historically too, various recipes have tasted success to move up power ladders. Be it high moral values, smart statecraft, peaceful bottom-up people movements-art-scienc
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by samantp 4mo ago
1. Capitalism: Efficient, progress, but channels all benefits to very fewer and fewer as tech progresses. Trickle down is too slow. 2. Socialism: Bureaucratic and slow, no private enterprise, finally poverty. Unless it is the special form o
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by samantp 5mo ago
This is so nice. Encouraging to see such persistent serious efforts in the local-first, control-resistant tech space, even knowing it is a long uphill climb. Hope all the fragmented efforts help move toward something really formidable one d
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by samantp 6mo ago
Yes. Initially it was conjectured that, when people have basic security, they often become more politically active, take risks (start businesses, organize, protest) or demand better services. But unfortunate that we have come to this conclu
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by samantp 7mo ago
Spam is an issue mainly because there are conspicuous meaty targets to be spammed, not in fragmented environments. And a target is meaty for spammers because that target has gathered, more often unnecessary, critical mass (large scale servi
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by samantp 8mo ago
So true. There is a full powerful - weak spectrum. Those not at the top or bottom, in-between ones, turn a blind eye to this and accept it as a harsh reality of nature, enjoying spoils of this chain in the process. Worse, become servile to
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by samantp 8mo ago
Looks great. Does it need all users to install Reticulum, or app/service prividers (online shop etc) on Reticulum can make their services available for access via browsers?
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by samantp 2y ago
Agree, not much insight. Since it was Pike, I started curiously, just to realise that there was not much about what to do about the issue, other than a superficial “choose dependencies wisely”. The doc had already ended :(
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by samantp 2y ago
Indian state can do what it feels correct. If Indian citizens disagree, then they can use the judicial system to compel the court to revert the decision in greater national interest (maybe ban that specific page being accessed from India).
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by samantp 3y ago
Universal basic services. Food, clothing, shelter, education, safety, healthcare.