despite the popular narrative that people are chained to the social media giants, it has never been easier or cheaper to build and deploy your own website or blog than it is today and that absolutely rules
more advanced users can spin up dedicated server space in seconds and do anything they want. i've had some form of virtual server for years now and being able to throw stuff on there for my weird web projects is the absolute best.
personal website? irc bouncer? twitter bot? anything that needs a cron job? throw it on the vps
do you find the decentralization narratives of "web3" compelling? want to escape from the tech giants? wait til you learn about mastodon.social and matrix.org !
second installment of "working in crypto sounds like hell": recruiters for @Strike have sent out emails titled "WANT TO GO TO THE FUCKING MOON!?", which say, "The days of Financial oppression are over- we're here to free people from corrupt banks and governments"
starting a 🧵 for the "Crypto: The Wave of the Future or a Giant Ponzi Scheme?" panel to keep this contained
currently scooping my jaw up off the floor after hearing sandra ro argue that cryptocurrency technology will be useful in the US because... banking systems are built in COBOL and they mail you things? what?
i think the argument was that the COBOL systems should be replaced with blockchain technology?
the groomer who just said "oh my god he's so perfect" is going to be in for a treat the second Atlas starts husky-screaming when she dares to hold his paw still
aggression: 0%
drama: 110%
it's been 45 minutes and he's still in there and I'm not sure if that means it's going very well or very badly
"Too often, however, [an 'X for Good' framework] results in tech solutionism and the imposition of tools on a community, neither designed with nor by communities."
"Like social media and the 'connection' tools of Web 2.0 before it, Web3 is being represented as a means of wresting control away from corrupt or malign political interests held by the techno-dominant. But there is nothing inherently magical about Web3...."
"... Merely aiming it towards at-risk economies through the application of a “for good” frame is tantamount to what media activist @OJutel calls 'blockchain imperialism.' The problems that plague the real world, the original Internet and Web 2.0 also inhabit Web3..."
the cryptoland team has also redone their website! the section listing team members is completely gone.
they've also put a youtube video back up, but it's just the ~minute-long segment at the beginning of the original one that had the island rendering with voiceover. no animated short.