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It seems weird to assume that people will continue not caring about this 50 years from now, given the power conferred and stakes at hand for democracies to function.

One harsh truth that must be swallowed before we (the Hacker News community) makes progress on this problem: We live in the land of Startups. All good technology innovation we're u…

US debt to GDP is more than double China's. Where are you getting your data?

IPFS is certainly one of the top initiatives, and Juan Benet in particular will be involved in whatever future internet architcture takes shape. I need to investigate them more mys…

Background: I'm a decentralization researcher, I quit my job at Twitch to report on decentralized web initiatives full-time, and I'm tracking 200+ projects and protocols like this …

The first kind. Is the second kind also a big problem? I'm unaware of it.

It's crazy to me how nobody, even the (usually remarkably candid) Youtube stars themselves, acknowledge that this story is mostly about ad fraud. I would expect people to be hush-h…

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/177 Although core devs don't seem to be interested in implementing this, as it's not supported in the Ostatus spec.

Do you have a link to the history here? Would love to hear about it.

Do you have a link or further information on this?

Oh, certainly, I didn't meant to say that non-profits didn't create software, just that they're not primarily software companies, or working in domains that compete with traditiona…

Haha, interesting, I didn't know they went through YC at some point. I'm making a strong bet that people do want to switch to fully-open social clones, because it's hard for me to …

thanks.

Sure, and I'm aware of the non-profit initiatives. I don't think many people have considered producing actual software under a not-for-profit (except for Khan Academy?), probably b…

I...just like the fable, haha. I am happy with close derivations.

you stole my name! bastard! ...also I have the same question edit: sort of forgot to abide by community norms here and keep my comments on-topic. apologies

I'm extremely interested in this, as the current funding model for startups restricts new technology to companies that are fiduciarily compelled to monopolize their market, siphoni…

what does capability-safe mean?

My thesis is that the 2016 elections have graduated this question into a pertinent political problem. The Facebooks and Twitters of 2020 will have to be built on something, and the…

Hey Kenton! Congratulations, I'm really happy for you, Jade, and the rest of the team. I am sad about the projected lower development activity in Sandstorm in the coming months. Yo…