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Javascript and Typescript replacements. Started learning Clojure / ClojureScript and keeping an eye on ML languages like ReScript and ReasonML. I wish soon I'll be able to never write JS/TS code again.
I talk about this more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26084187
IPFS and WASM - Combined they let you build apps that don't need a cloud provider, and can effectively be immortal.
Huh, I've looked at IPFS and WASM a lot but never really considered them together as a way to distribute apps in a decentralized way. That is a really exciting possibility. I wonder if IPFS will ever gain enough momentum to make it usable by enough "normal" people (not just devs who have it installed)
Blockchains are secure systems because they're isolated systems. But smart contracts aren't very exciting without data from the real world. Oracles are the bridges to supply data from the real world to the blockchain world.
However, a system is only as strong as its weakest link. You'd want the same security guarantees as what blockchain can provide. So the blockchain needs to "trust" oracles to deliver the correct data that's immune to manipulations.
With the rise of smart contracts and full automations, I think oracles will play a huge role in all of this.
The leading project that's working on this is Chainlink.
TLDR: We can now make lenses in any shape we please, not just with parabolas and circles (kinda).
Should have implications for anything that has to do with light: Telescopes, lasers, com-sats, AR/VR, etc.
https://gizmodo.com/a-mexican-physicist-solved-a-2-000-year-...
2) Memristors. We've not found a cheap and stable little component yet like the rest of the 2-lead elements, but it seems to be on the way (says every futurist)
TLDR: We'll be forced to re-do a lot of computer HW as the memristive ones will be (likely) much faster and cheaper on power. Think coin-cell batteries powering very good image recognition systems cheap as a dollar-store watch.
I think traditional tokamaks are 5-10 years from positive power due to better superconductor tech. There is finally private investment in the space and it has been growing at an absolutely crazy pace.
I think in about 5 years there is going to be a fusion power gold rush.