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Re: The Cypherpunk Library

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Post by aa-jv »

totetsu wrote: post #6
tangerine67g wrote: post #3

nice work, interesting page I don't think you need a pretty landing page and the content of https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/collection could directly live under https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/ it's a website with information and I really want to see the collection and information insteda of just a single headline with an animation

if it wasnt for needless landing pages where would we ever get a chance to use all the cool animation features browsers have accreted over the last 20 years.

Even worse than a redundant/useless landing page, is a page with an invalid certificate. Nothing nopes me out harder than having to tell my IT-governed browser to ignore the site operators faulty administration of their domain ..

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Post by ycombinete »

totetsu wrote: post #6
tangerine67g wrote: post #3

nice work, interesting page I don't think you need a pretty landing page and the content of https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/collection could directly live under https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/ it's a website with information and I really want to see the collection and information insteda of just a single headline with an animation

if it wasnt for needless landing pages where would we ever get a chance to use all the cool animation features browsers have accreted over the last 20 years.

What is this very mild cyberpunk motif doing in my cyberpunk library website?

Re: The Cypherpunk Library

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Post by sen »

ramon156 wrote: post #8

the hover animation on the books in `/` slows down my Firefox Cool project nonetheless! Enjoyed browsing through the options

If a site like this isn’t using your browser to mine bitcoin I’d be incredibly disappointed.

Re: The Cypherpunk Library

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Post by benterris »

tangerine67g wrote: post #3

nice work, interesting page I don't think you need a pretty landing page and the content of https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/collection could directly live under https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com/ it's a website with information and I really want to see the collection and information insteda of just a single headline with an animation

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Re: The Cypherpunk Library

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Post by Yokohiii »

> THE CYPHERNOMICON

I've peeked into that one. I've expected those people to be radical to some degree, but I didn't expect they write it down so clearly.

This writing wants to see the collapse of governments and democracy. I find it painful to read such radical statements. So I didn't get very deep.

But I am riddled how those people think a collapse of that scale will work out in their favor. They are deeply reliant on technology and the first thing to happen on collapse, is that many lights turn off.

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

Yokohiii wrote: post #18

> THE CYPHERNOMICON I've peeked into that one. I've expected those people to be radical to some degree, but I didn't expect they write it down so clearly. This writing wants to see the collapse of governments and democracy. I find it painful to read such radical statements. So I didn't get very deep. But I am riddled how those people think a collapse of that scale will work out in their favor. They are deeply reliant…

This is the thing I don't understand about (a superficial interpretation of) anarchists; while governments are often not ideal, a lack of one wouldn't be better. And trusting people to self-organize is idealistic, but in practice it'd mean we go back to tribalism and "might makes right".

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Post by jvanderbot »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #19
Yokohiii wrote: post #18

> THE CYPHERNOMICON I've peeked into that one. I've expected those people to be radical to some degree, but I didn't expect they write it down so clearly. This writing wants to see the collapse of governments and democracy. I find it painful to read such radical statements. So I didn't get very deep. But I am riddled how those people think a collapse of that scale will work out in their favor. They are deeply reliant…

This is the thing I don't understand about (a superficial interpretation of) anarchists; while governments are often not ideal, a lack of one wouldn't be better. And trusting people to self-organize is idealistic, but in practice it'd mean we go back to tribalism and "might makes right".

There was this really good short story illustrating this: (edited to add: "Cloak of Anarchy", Larry Niven, thx to below).

A park where anything goes ... because sentry robots keep the peace. When the robots break, things get scary quickly.

I've become convinced that a well-governed society is the perfect foundation for a limited anarchist commune set up on property legally purchased. Libertarian, essentially. Or Amish.

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