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On Honor-Based Value Transfer
A walk through Hawala and why I believe that society should be reminded of how it has moved money across the world for the better part of a thousand years without banks.
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Things I've found interesting — videos, reads, tools, and rabbit holes worth sharing.
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Farewell, France
Starting November 24, Quad9 will no longer be able to offer its free cyberprotection service to users located in France.
quad9.net
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eMudhra to Exit global SSL/TLS Certificate Business
eMudhra Limited, a global digital trust company, today announced that its Board has decided to voluntarily withdraw from the global SSL/TLS certificate business. (LOL)
emudhra.com
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Why I’m no longer updating this repository
I’ve decided to archive the source code of my Ruby gems to make it clear that I’m no longer working on them; I’ve written this post to link from them in order to explain why.
po-ru.com
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I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard.
A flickering fireplace, a softly lit garden, and a smart home the whole family finally enjoys.
antonfrolov.substack.com
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If we do not stop to help each other, what do we become?
Yesterday, I received this email as a response to You Can't Vibe Code Love. It's such a remarkable and powerful statement that I asked permission to share it here, in its entirety, with personal information redacted: Hey Jeff, Hope you and your family are doing well. Just jogging
blog.codinghorror.com
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Why I Stopped Arguing With People
I am a software engineer, and I used to enjoy arguing with people for technical correctness. Code reviews, design meetings, mailing-list threads, dinner tables. If someone was wrong, I wanted them to know it, and I wanted them to know exactly why. I collected counterarguments the way I collected patches. I believed that if I just laid out the logic clearly enough, the other person would have no choice but to come around. Truth would win.
wangcong.org
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You can run git on object storage if you re-make packfiles | Tigris Object Storage
Git packfiles were designed for mmap and local disk, so pulling one object out of a bucket means guessing at a byte range. I wrote a new format instead.
tigrisdata.com
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We built our house for LAN parties
Awesome house!
lanparty.house
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I just chose words carefully
I don't think anyone particularly enjoys typesetting in monospace.
unsung.aresluna.org
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When Overwhelmed, Slow Down
I know this might feel like the exact opposite thing your system wants to do when you feel overwhelmed. But it's not...
nathanpeterson.net
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The Rise of the Bullshittery
A few thoughts on how the modern economy has stopped rewarding people who know what they are doing, and started rewarding people who know how to look like they do.
xn--gckvb8fzb.com
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Can Printed Instruments Sound Good Enough for Music?
Process and song 100% created with 3D printed instruments + vocals, no sound effects added to the mix.
youtube.com