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I'm going to ignore the last bit since that is tangential to the topic and ripe for starting a flame war.
Is it just me or is patio11 becoming more and more full of himself? I used to enjoy his writing a lot, but after joining Stripe it seems that something has changed. "I work for the Internet at Stripe" he says without further explanation. Unless "Internet at Stripe" is some internal Stripe group (then please explain what that is), he should have just written that he works at Stripe, full stop. Otherwise anyone could s…
No, you've just upped your expectations. Public figures are still humans, with all the flaws and mistakes that come with the experience.
> Unless "Internet at Stripe" is some internal Stripe group
Maybe the generous interpretation is that patio11 knows his audience reaches beyond individuals employed at digital companies, maybe folks in finance or government or education. Stripe isn't a well-known provider in brick-and-mortar, or used by fintech, so on a topic on something like SWIFT it makes sense.
Is it just me or is patio11 becoming more and more full of himself? I used to enjoy his writing a lot, but after joining Stripe it seems that something has changed. "I work for the Internet at Stripe" he says without further explanation. Unless "Internet at Stripe" is some internal Stripe group (then please explain what that is), he should have just written that he works at Stripe, full stop. Otherwise anyone could s…
He made a giant ruckus complete with mysterious tweets with hashes of secret documents to claim that Japan was going to have mass casualties from their ostensibly botched covid response. It's okay to make a giant ruckus about something important that you believe nobody is paying attention to. And it's okay to be wrong about that. But it would be nice to see him publicly reckon with how he got it so wrong, and how he'…
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I was thinking about the exact same thing. I lost most respect for him in that fiasco. He even said he'd stake his reputation on it, so I guess it's appropriate.
We should take the man at his word: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1241553311024603140 > I am materially wrong about the most consequential thing I've had to have a view on in 15 years. You should probably degrade your estimate of my ability to think through complex problems.
Very nice article explaining SWIFT and some other things. Being from a country no one gives a fuck about, I have experienced the sort of "discrimination" described many times. Banks, ISPs, stores, local ad users would just refuse to sell to me. It's a sad reality, but a reality nonetheless. I still remember a needlessly lengthy email from an incorporation service explaining to me the difference between "lawyer" and "…
(Though I suppose I also have learned most things from tv shows and the internet.)
Is it just me or is patio11 becoming more and more full of himself? I used to enjoy his writing a lot, but after joining Stripe it seems that something has changed. "I work for the Internet at Stripe" he says without further explanation. Unless "Internet at Stripe" is some internal Stripe group (then please explain what that is), he should have just written that he works at Stripe, full stop. Otherwise anyone could s…
I too reread this sentence a few time to try and understand the message. I think that the author is trying to convey that he believes his work has a positive impact to the "global health" of the internet. Although this may come across of "full of himself" I think that it may be more of a positive mindset view of his work. If we can't convince ourselves of the value of our work then how we will ever convince the world…
Last time I sent money to someone internationally Etherium really was pretty convenient. The Coinbase fees were a little high but otherwise it was near instantaneous, I already had some anyway, and I didn't have to deal with any real hassle.
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He made a giant ruckus complete with mysterious tweets with hashes of secret documents to claim that Japan was going to have mass casualties from their ostensibly botched covid response. It's okay to make a giant ruckus about something important that you believe nobody is paying attention to. And it's okay to be wrong about that. But it would be nice to see him publicly reckon with how he got it so wrong, and how he'…
I was thinking about the exact same thing. I lost most respect for him in that fiasco. He even said he'd stake his reputation on it, so I guess it's appropriate.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
We should take the man at his word: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1241553311024603140 > I am materially wrong about the most consequential thing I've had to have a view on in 15 years. You should probably degrade your estimate of my ability to think through complex problems.
Until he publicly reckons with how he got it so wrong, and what he's changed about his reasoning process as a result, we should degrade our estimate of his ability to think through complex problems.
The dude works at Stripe, not someplace influencing government or health policies.
* https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8315-a_world_without_blockchain