Aaron Parecki

But there's a hard corollary: systems driven by network effects *lose* value when users leave. Your blender doesn't get better when someone else gets a blender of their own, but it also doesn't get worse when someone else throws theirs away. 3/

Indeed. Web3 is Web2 is Web1. Each of them doomed not because they became centralized, but because they each are rooted in the false premise that disintermediation = democratization, & that enhancing modalities for communication, without regard to rules, is a form of empowerment.

Portland Startup to Mine Artisanal Bitcoin Using Only Slide Rules and Graph Paper #pdx https://theneedling.com/2022/01/08/portland-startup-to-mine-artisanal-bitcoin-using-only-slide-rules-and-graph-paper/

Here's a really wild chart.

Shares of Hilton have now matched the performance of Zoom since February 19, 2020, the market right before the pandemic.

Just incredible reversal of the "COVID winners" trade. The hotel business is booming. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-15/hilton-has-now-nearly-outperformed-zoom-video-since-the-pandemic-hit?sref=vuYGislZ $HLT $ZM

I also look forward to the day when I lose access to my car because someone exploited the smart contract.

At this point, people are just playing say what they see and sticking "but with NFTs" on the end without ever stopping to ask if it actually makes sense.

Just like has happened with email, it's likely to tend towards centralization over time - with the majority of custodial wallets managed by a few giant services

At which point, again, why are we bothering with all of the negative blockchain externalities?

I remember the day I got my first OAuth 2.0 token. It was just a few weeks after I joined this start-up and I was so proud of myself.

“I had six shots in me. Two were bourbon. Three were Pfizer. One was a .38 slug that the doc never bothered to fish out of my shoulder. And on a night like this I was feeling all of em.”

Not really sure what y’all expect from me at this point 😂

i like my men like i like my programming languages
- takes care of dates
- pretty to look at
- has abs included
- takes out the garbage for me

Yup!! And that place is called the World Wide Web 😌

(Granted you don’t get canceled)

This is exactly what happened to me a month ago - I’ll bet it was the same YouTube channel and “comedian”. Artlist fixed it for me and I see the video is now gone!

The “keep me signed in” checkbox is one of the lies I keep falling for over and over again 😛

And if he cares about facts, I can explain how none of those need rely on the blockchain to implement, and how none of the existing successful implementations use a blockchain.

dentist: so, are you flossing?
me: are you using a unique password for every account?

Did you know that OAuth 2.0 was originally designed to manage your internet addiction? It didn’t work for this. But, it turned out to be a great way to share resources among users. In fact, so great that it became the standard in API protection and is used in many different ways.

Meet you at the definitive place to discuss OAuth/OpenID/GNAP security with practitioners and researchers. #osw7 #oauth #openid

Wired: the registration accepts PKCE challenges😛 literally! Nerds.
Tired: they don't accept Amex! Keep a Visa or Mastercard ready

February 11, 2022 will stand out in the record books for the number of high temperature records set in western Oregon and Washington. In Portland, this is the warmest it's ever been this early in the year. #kgwweather