KeenFox

It seems like I just heard about this company a week or two ago. Did it seem to appear out of nowhere to people more tuned in to the e-currency world?

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2: ELFectric Boogaloo

> "I've dealt with an ill temper my entire life, although not many people who know me would think so. As a kid I was bullied a lot (both of these are likely direct products of me having ADD), and I used to get in a lot of trouble because my reaction was to let my rage boil over and fight these bullies."

Look into Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. It comes with ADHD, but it can exist on its own or with other uncommon neurologies.

https://www.additudemag.com/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria-ad...

Over 10,000 now.

Google Reader served a similar purpose. People used its social features for communication since (the thinking went) governments weren't going to block Google.

Systemic issues require systemic solutions. The only thing an individual can do is advocate and vote. Even that might not be enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem

Crypto is 99% woo, but the 1% is interesting. The interesting stuff isn't world-stompingly amazing, so it gets less press. I like the idea of someday being able to take pennies worth of payments from places where transaction fees alone at traditional payment processors represent a huge % of income. Bitcoin won't be the one to do it, but some of the coins that depend on something other than proof of work might.

At least I hope it's not Bitcoin. The power use is obscene.

The boundary of space varies depending on who you ask.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line

I'm not sure of the practical implications for someone looking to use it in a design project. Who would have standing to sue for infringement, and in what situations?

You already have ample examples of how this could make sense, so here's a mental model that will serve you well in life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence

>> 'In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, "I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away." To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: "If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it."'

Related: the US government has its own font. The page mentions it further down.

https://public-sans.digital.gov/

Discussion of the font on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19607371

Shifting of the Overton window is the closest concept I know of, but it still seems too specific to fit this pattern. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

I'm always amazed at how much good science happens based on inferring things from what's known or guessed with high confidence.

Did they? As far as I can recall 538 has always been clear that they deal in probabilities, not binary predictions. They gave him a small chance of winning for a reason, and it turned out chaos favored one of the low odds scenarios.

It's a gamble: stay with Slack and potentially be forced into an "Our Incredible Journey" migration in the future, or migrate now and shamble along until 40+ year old and profitable enterprise juggernaut Microsoft figures out how to make their product work right. Neither option is great.