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Did you look at PowerSync? It's "just" SQLite on the client. Wound be curious to hear what you think of it in the context of your lock in concerns

I learnt about this knot 16 years ago from a comment on cpbotha's blog : https://cpbotha.net/2010/04/07/weekly-head-voices-20-a-lamar... It has changed my life. I was also part of …

honestly given these types of shenanigans from the big platforms, I think buying physical discs is underrated. At least for the classics that you really want to add to your long-te…

Whaaat... oh wow that's bleak. I guess Apple do whatever they want.

yeah exactly

Ah very nice. I suppose it makes sense that music is DRM-free but films aren't

Not at all (hence saying "obvious in hindsight"). Simply pointing out that, at the time, my purchasing decision wasn't influenced by how many use cases it would restrict. Also, IIR…

Great documentary on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6qcJt2NPY8

A recent experience I had was : 1. buy movie on iTunes 2. have kids that can't do long distance drives 3. obtain dvd players for car 4. realized I can't play films that I "bought" …

agreed. the walls are closing in so skills need to remain sharp.

The outcome is guaranteed to be entertaining

I spend a lot of time in wilderness areas that I don't know, and I simply pull my phone out of my pocket to see where I am. My watch measures my heart rate and that's it. While I h…

Balaji's "AI OVERPRODUCTION" post is the most compelling thesis that I've come across

Could those external APIs point to locally hosted models?

I'm currently learning the fountain pattern and it's cool to know that it should only take about a month. After that though...

This

No it's a full story, more akin to zero (at the highest level that is, many many differences and trade-offs). Unfortunately I'm not qualified to answer that last question... I'm on…

Wonder why PowerSync isn't on the radar for a post like this, not evaluated or didn't make the cut for worth mentioning?

Appreciate the noise filter. Who would've guessed - a dip in price means more sellers than buyers :mindblown:

Yeah I saw something fly by on my feed that they were responsible for big btc dumps https://x.com/1914ad/status/2026757796390449382 Haven't read it yet but seems spicey

nit: the Discord ID verification hasn't rolled out yet has it?

Yeah, it doesn't seem productive to paint this as a partisan issue

I believe phreeli's Double Blind Armadillo could make this less useful