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Storj internal person here: If you're referring to the change from publishing a payout sheet to providing the new payout tool, we did this to better protect the privacy of our farmers. Even though all the data you're talking about is public (on the ethereum blockchain and the Storj network) we didn't want to make it easy for those who might want to target farmers (those sharing their hard drive space) on the network. Usage on the current network has dropped off significantly due to us limiting new users while we build out network V3. If you haven't checked out the alpha, you can run a local test network following tutorials on our GitHub: github.com/storj/storj

The intro had me confused. I went into it thinking it was authored by LeVar and then it talks about him watching Roots for the first time and I was scratching my head...

But yes, good read.

It always takes time to fully utilize a new platform's specs.

I find myself taking a lot more one-offs than I did before. Previously, when I would bank PTO, I would avoid taking a day off to do something around the house or play a new video game that came out. Now, I don't worry about it as much and take the time, which I think is the point of having PTO anyway.

I have probably taken 4 weeks off total in the past year.

I think this is an indicator that large centralized companies are starting to see that users' are valuing privacy and this is them signaling that they are part of the solution, when in reality this is more of a publicity stunt or a check box (so they an say, "see, we care about your privacy") than anything.

There are a lot of caveats here that this click-baity headline doesn't convey:

They COULD create more CO2 "if it’s made in a factory powered by fossil fuels in a place like Germany, according to Berylls’ findings."

That's a big assumption and one that doesn't account for the long-term impact that electric vehicles could have on the road. Also, the overall impact of the CO2 emissions depends on where the car is being driven and where the factory is located.

Also this:

“'It will come down to where is the battery made, how is it made, and even where do we get our electric power from,' said Henrik Fisker, chief executive officer and chairman of Fisker Inc., a California-based developer of electric vehicles."

Slack has cut back on meetings for me, but I'm not sure if it's saved me time overall.

One way I could see one of these networks taking off is if they enabled you to upload all your FB data and essentially recreate it within their more private platform. No idea what that would ultimately look like.

I think that's exactly why they went with unpublishing the page, rather than deleting it. They would lose all their followers and data, which is the hardest thing about leaving a platform like Facebook - the historical context you leave behind.

This also means that the data still remains available to Facebook as well, so while it isn't nothing, it's not nearly as dramatic of a statement that Elon originally made.