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Re: Urbit

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Post by sdan »

Actually got a invite to Urbit... but haven't got the time to understand/install it.

Is it an OS? Will it affect any dev work I'm doing now? I understand that this is a huge and large project and support the fundamental ideas behind it, but maybe a super-distilled version of what exactly it is to the layman would be a bit better (in addition to what's already there).

Re: Urbit

#6

Post by zamadatix »

tl;dr for those not wanting to dissect abstract art this afternoon: peer to peer network via blockchain focused on social communication.

Re: Urbit

#7

Post by bronzejaguar »

sdan wrote: post #4

Actually got a invite to Urbit... but haven't got the time to understand/install it. Is it an OS? Will it affect any dev work I'm doing now? I understand that this is a huge and large project and support the fundamental ideas behind it, but maybe a super-distilled version of what exactly it is to the layman would be a bit better (in addition to what's already there).

It’s an overlay OS, a VM made to allow anyone to run their own server easily

Re: Urbit

#8

Post by pickdenis »

Does anyone know how Urbit's solving the problem of being incredibly slow? It's running on a naively simple virtual machine and they claim that higher level operations can be abstracted and implemented in native code (called jets last time I heard) to make the overall execution time reasonable.

Or, alternatively: Does anyone even actually use urbit? I tried once and it was so god damn slow it made me sad. It's so cool.

Re: Urbit

#9

Post by nothal »

sneak wrote: post #5

The project founder’s wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin It has leaked over to the project WP page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbit I personally choose not to run this software or support this project. YMMV.

I agree that the founder has some pretty odious beliefs, chiefly racist, misogynistic, fascist, and the ilk. That said, Urbit is one of the most interesting projects I've seen.

Re: Urbit

#10

Post by bronzejaguar »

sneak wrote: post #5

The project founder’s wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin It has leaked over to the project WP page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbit I personally choose not to run this software or support this project. YMMV.

Founder isn’t associated with project anymore. Worth taking another look
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