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micro_charm··on 1Password to Add Telemetry
This is a top class example of organizational blame shifting at it's extreme, manifesting as user hostile behavior.
micro_charm··on Y Combinator calls on Congress to act on SVB collapse
Does any one have the data(or where to look for the data) on how many banks depositor's were reimbursed over and above the FDIC insured amount of 250k in the last 1-2 years of bank failures?
micro_charm··on Nostr.how – A Complete Guide to Nostr
The article doesn't support the claims of how nostr is better than mastodon.

From my quick glance at the site, it looks like relays are the equivalent to servers in mastodon, given that it's unclear why relay owners can't also ban you (as they suggest mastodon servers can ban you), why you can't post to multiple mastodon servers simultaneously (similar to broadcasting to multiple relays in nostr) and so on.

Nonetheless it's good to see the broader adoption of "account creation as equivalent to public/private key creation" in social media services

micro_charm··on Names should be cute, not descriptive
Feel like this article was intentionally written to validate Cunningham law and to promote bikeshedding. It's an almost perfect trap for that
micro_charm··on How transportation technologies shaped empires
See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti's_constant IMO there is a clear analogue for this with organizational size and the extent of your product offering, the further off from your core offering you extend the worse your entire offering becomes