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Take a look at Loot project by Dom Hof (the creator of vine, but now mostly known for Loot...:)

It is exactly how you describe, but so so much more: why limit your Halo / skyrim character to one game world when you could take it into any other format and play with it there? NFT composability is a huge topic and extremely exciting in terms of these optionalities. Again: https://www.lootproject.com/

Also see my comment above with some more examples in response to another question...

A bunch of things, which also define what web3 means to me:

- Yes, NFTs: just like most websites are crap, so are most NFTs, and the tulip bubble that has formed around them will eventually bust (but return in different ways...). What will IMO almost certainly remain is the significant paradigm shift on two aspects: 1. indisputable ownership of digital goods that unlock other things: logins to apps, usage of software, access to certain communities / social clubs. 2. A dramatic unbundling of the way software is designed and used. Entire game universes will be build in the NFT space that are permissionlessly composable. A game designer may take an character NFT and build a game around them. Take a look at Loot Project, the first of this kind. Corruption(s*) by Dom is my favorite here: https://twitter.com/fabianstelzer/status/1470525607104684032

- DAOs will profoundly change the way in which we work. Wrote an article here: https://www.daos.fm/blog/daos-and-the-civstack Most NFT communities eventually become minimal DAOs as they often at some point pool a bunch of NFTs into a community wallet that they govern together. Sometimes for lols, sometimes to fund public goods

- Permissionlessness may sound like a buzzword, but it's huge. I think the NFT space will move toward a CC0 model in many parts, which means that anyone can build on top of existing things and expand on a successful model with an existing community.

- Most importantly, community, and this isn't fluff: consider this - most on chain tech is by definition open source and easily forkable - it's on a public chain! The differentiating factor for a project then is solely how well the community works, and how well its community is rewarded for helping the project out. Take the ENS (Ethereum Naming Service), which let's you shorten your ETH public key to a "domain.eth" one. They incorporated as a DAO and as a token of gratitude to their early adopters airdropped ENS tokens into every early users wallet. These tokens were immediately worth around 15k USD and instantly tradeable. Many didn't trade them but instead used them to vote for a delegate to represent them in the ENS DAO.

It's mindblowing how fast the space moves.

Yes, you're right generally, though specifically in THIS case, we are actually talking about an obscure and extremely nerdy art project / game. That doesn't mean everything has to be one big art project. I'm in various other communities doing amazing stuff around climate change, for example, and the energy is just as intense and friendly as in the art/game projects. I linked to this because the community is one of the best I've experienced online in 3 decades of using the web.

Yeah, this kind of culture absolutely exists, but tbh I'd compare it to Reddit in that regard (hear me out): I don't particularly enjoy most of Reddit, and there are some vile subreddits I'd avoid at all costs, BUT there are many communities and subreddits that I immensely enjoy hanging out in. That said, my entire "consumption" of web2 communities like Reddit (AND HN!) has honestly been replaced with the amazing and kind communities I met "on" web3 (a misnomer in that context, as the entire comms stack is Twitter and Discord).

Unsurprisingly, the quality of Web3 communities IMO is inversely correlated to how much price-talk they engage in (e. g. in token-gated Discord servers).

My mouse hovered over the downvote button given your language here, but I understand that web3 has become this insanely emotional issue, so here's a comment instead: for every moronic ponzi scheme in crypto, there's one community that will blow your mind with their creativity and spirit. They're out there. Just consider the possibility that not all of it is crap, and that parts of it will play a significant role in our future. Give it a chance and you might be very positively surprised about what you can find on it.

I'm flabberghasted at the amount of hate this space is getting from parts of the dev community and in particular HN. Web3 has its fair share of issues, but there's community and energy in the space that I haven't seen online since the early days of the world wide web.

Consider this: if you are absolutely, 100% convinced that all of this is bogus, is going to go nowhere (despite the high number of talented individuals flocking to it...), fair enough: bet on it disappearing overnight or over long cold crypto winter.

But if you think there's a slim chance that web3 may persist, and that it's not all just the bad bad things you think it is, do take a look, play around, join a community like Corruption(*s) (https://twitter.com/fabianstelzer/status/1470525607104684032) - I assure you you will reconsider your stance if you look close enough, and it'll position you in a much better way for what's to come compared to continuing to ignore it.

This is a superb metaphor.

Ha, that would have been my question as well...I've often come across the idea that digital synth emulations are necessarily "perfect" and indistinguishable from the original, but is that really true in your opinion, from a first principles standpoint? If not, which component would make the emulation most difficult?

Crypto Twitter is your best bet, though of course it's completely different to HN in how its content is organized.

From there, it's a huge number of individual communities centered on different DeFi products on Discord.

The problem with DeFi is that there's a lot of spam and shilling, making it extremely hard to have a more centralized forum like HN.

If you're into these types of games, I'd also recommend taking a look at the Zachtronics ones, in particular EXAPUNKS and Shenzen I/O, where you use pseudo-assembly to solve puzzles: https://www.zachtronics.com

One of the most amazing composers of all time. Probably listened over a thousand times to his "Concerto in D Minor"..

That boy is to be commended, regardless of what one thinks about the NFT hype.

What a former Christie's auctioneer thinks on this (as quoted by the BBC here) is _especially_ irrelevant, as they are of course partially disrupted by the NFT hype. Like asking a telco company in the 90s about the internet.

Strong Demis Hassabis vibes (DeepMind founder who did Theme Park at the age of 17)

Not an expert, but afaik there's been quite a few studies showing that natural immunity is superior to the vaccine-induced one - I'm also fairly sure that virologists have theorized to that end even before the data became available for the following reason: the vaccine is 100% focussed on detecting the spike protein, so changes to the spike can result in evasive variants. Natural immunity OTOH is developed against more sites of the virus and thus provide a more broad and robust response to variants, present and future.

If there are fewer goods, prices usually increase, as there is relatively more money chasing fewer goods.

Vaporwave is anything but dead - it's been completely absorbed into mainstream aesthetics instead.

The key to any successful sale is to have competition, i. e. other possible buyers - in the absence of that, you need anotehr strong strong BATNA - in your case that may well be to just keep running the business! Given your ARR it may make sense to get an M&A adviser involved who will be able to solicit more offers. Their fees are high but the cake will be proportionally bigger, and you will likely avoid making costly mistakes!

You could also check out microacquire.com - though it seems that your business may be too big for them.

This is cool. If the author is reading this: consider adding some sound files to your post?

I feel that Apple solve the problem of freedom vs security quite well on Mac: you can download and run whatever software you want, but there's a sort of "Captcha" involved (where you need to right-click + open to run software from non-registered devs). This prevents mom and dad from installing a bunch of Spyware, but let's me run obscure and cool apps by indie developers as I please.

This headline surely would have blown 16 year old me's mind. Regardless, here's hoping we can rapidly identify novel therapies for bacteria that actually also work in vivo.

I bought an iMac Pro in 2019 merely because it had the most advanced cooling system in the Appleverse - i. e. compared to a high end maxed out regular iMac I probably spent 1000 EUR just to not be bothered by fan noises when doing audio work. Totally worth it after getting frustrated to no end when using the atrocious 2018 Macbook Pro. While the timing of my purchase probably wasn't particularly "smart", I applaud Apple for having understood and fixed this problem in their new line up. Definitely looking forward to the more fleshed out M1 laptops next year.

A similar form of entertainment can be enjoyed by reading 1 star reviews of 3 Michelin Star restaurants: a wonderful dive into the existential abyss of extremely wealthey Karens.

I'm knee deep into complex modular synthesis patches these days, but started like you a few years ago. I would say: ignore the software stuff and treat yourself to a great analog hardware synth. You will learn a lot more, have a real instrument to play with, listen to its amazing sounds -- and if you don't like it, you will be able to resell it with a tiny loss.

In order to learn things, I would recommend a semi-modular synth like the Moog Grandmother. It's great for learning all the basics and sounds absolutely phenomenal.

I think it was in a book by Nassim Taleb where I read that at his first day as a trader, he wrote his resignation letter and put it in his desk to have it ready any time.

Ultimately, you want to ensure to always have a BATNA - an alternative to what you are doing now that will make it easier for you to walk away any time (https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/batna/translate-your-batna...).

It sounds like you're not particularly happy at work. The right and ideal thing to do would be to talk to you manager and utter your dissatisfaction; demand that the org does better than this, and make it clear that you will walk away if the situation persists. Think of it as a reverse PIP.

Of course, that only works if you have a decent BATNA.

The most harrowing thing I have read in a long time. I can't even begin to fathom the immense bravery of these divers - and that of the boys. I didn't really follow the Musk bit of the story, but the fact that he had the audacity to shitpost about any of these guys make me think vastly less of him (and I'm usually in the Musk-respecter camp)

There's a great saying: “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes everyday - unless you're too busy; then you should sit for an hour.” ;)

most mild infections are viral, and I'd assume most folks with bacterial infections would not be in a place where they think about running..

C'mon. I run in mostly the same crappy clothes every day - either I get out of bed, drink an espresso shot and go for a quick run then, or I take my lil one to her daycare and do my run on the way back. Do I shower afterwards? Yes, and I would even without running. If you feel that you don't have 10-15 min for that, you could always get up 10-15 min earlier, and voila, you just found the time! :)

EDIT: I agree that some folks may live in places where you just can't go for a run outside of your house. Different situation for sure.

Is this a Peloton ad?

Here's a more straightforward hack that worked wonders for me:

you simply run every single day - no excuses* - but only for 10 minutes. You may absolutely run longer if you wish, but the minimum quota is 10 minutes. It's simple: everyone can do 10 minutes, regardless of your current shape. Everyone _has_ 10 minutes, even Jeff Bezos. No excuses: 10 min every day.

After 2 years of doing this, I am the healthiest and happiest I have ever been. :)

No real source on this, but I assume that this is some sort of 80/20 thing, where a 10-15 min run will yield about 80% of the health benefits of a 1h run.

*except when you suffer from any type of viral infection - don't run with a viral infection.

Thanks!

This is Windows only, probably due to the lack of support for the relevant GFX stuff on Mac?

Incidentally, does anyone know of a straightforward and quick Windows-in-the-cloud solution? A bit like GeForceNOW but giving you an entire VM without setup et al?