Really great point about how crap #modern #os #platforms have become: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=364.. #gui #applications used to run in milliseconds, now we wait for several seconds, despite #computation being orders of magnitude greater.
Pretty #insane #effort to write your own #os in #assembly and #support so many #platforms and #programs https://hackaday.com/2022/06/11/homebrew.. #snowdrop reminds me a lot of #mikeos !
At least #zulip will not create a #crypto shit #coin https://blog.zulip.com/2021/11/12/why-no.. It's really concerning how many #companies / #platforms are getting involved with the #blockchain - including #facebook , #telegram , #signal , #twitter and #reddit ... Probably the biggest reason not to #implement it is the fact that #chat and #socialmedia do not need this.
The problem with #debates is nothing to do with #trump - it just became obvious that there was an issue to many people in 2016: https://lemire.me/blog/2021/09/09/how-i-.. I agree that the ability to #debate is fundamental to a civil society and #democracy ... I believe the largest problems are the #platforms themselves only promoting #short and #fast #snippets - rather than #long and #reasoned #replies ...