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And looks like most of the document writing has been done by Claude. And that too a stereotype one (yawn)

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 patchi…

China invested in converting people to a skilled workforce planned top down. Smart workhorses, be it workers, doctors engineers, scientists, sportspersons. Freedom from traditional…

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”.…

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, smar…

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 …

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 fragmente…

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 bette…

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 gather…

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 sp…

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?

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 dependen…

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 interes…

Universal basic services. Food, clothing, shelter, education, safety, healthcare.