enjoying #iiw as usual. mostly good questions/reactions about what we're building at world. most disappointing, however, is those who flat out refuse to engage with us to overcome their misconceptions

I listen to audiobooks and read physical books. It’s a completely different process of absorbing information. There have been a number of studies that confirm you retain more through physical books than audio. I find this to be true as well, it’s much easier for me to become distracted with audio.

changing my last name to “Chovie” so my nieces and nephews refer to my wife as “Aunt Chovie”

“Decentralization is the result of a system that diffuses power throughout its structure, so that no node holds particular power at the center.” Brilliant!

I may not be able to put off learning rust any longer

I attended a meetup in Seattle and got to spend time with @bnewbold.net and @pfrazee.com from the Bluesky engineering team. I walked away with an understanding of the role DIDs and PDSs play in the grand scheme of things, and why the most exciting work sits higher up the stack. I almost unretired.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #35,509!

Decided to stop being a lazy fatass and it’s paying off!

after another day of terrible allergies and no motivation I’ve relinquished control to the depths of my couch once again

Choose your own bubble vs bubbles bad

Complete the sentence. Decentralization helped me ____

The truly decentralized PLC alternative

Lord give me the intelligence of those who light off fireworks in broad daylight

What would anti social media look like? More engagement = less discoverable?

Aliens exist

the “3 stars and up” button has to be the least clicked in history

what’s bluesky’s funding model and how is it sustained?

content moderation is an unbounded complex problem. no one will ever agree on the same rules & decisions. better to allow everyone to curate their own rules & be their own arbiter. that’s decentralization

What’s a pirate’s favorite type of code? QRRRRRRRR

tired of ironing. ironing board

Running Bluesky

airbag jeans gave me the body I’ve always wanted

Listening to a guided meditation on 2x speed

thinking about creating a did:web tool. would be cool if you could host your own did:web and self sign messages here

I’m at peets and ordered an americano. I stand and wait for it to be ready, the barista asks me what I’m waiting for and I tell him. He turns around and seconds later he looks at his coworker and says “any normal people orders in these?”

Unpopular opinion: key security for crypto + identity should be hard. You’re dealing with the most sensitive information you have. If it’s easy, you’re making trade offs and not taking it seriously enough

curious about this often talked about but rarely defined "decentralization" concept? look no further... https://decentralgabe.xyz/a-journey-into-decentralization/

friendly reminder we live in a system of surveillance capitalism. look how creepily accurate this is--https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/30/opinion/privacy-targeted-advertising.html

I’d like to see banning become a lot harder. Something like 3 strikes with a fixed time bound between each strike. Stop people from creating their own echo chambers

dipping my toes into web dev with the help of agentGPT

reusable pizza boxes to save the planet

friendly reminder nobody knows what the hell they’re doing

Anyone have an implementation of dilithium that is not based on cloudflare or the JavaScript wasm one on npm?

Enjoying midjouryning my dog living in a dogs world with art of himself on the walls

would love to be able to bring my own DID to bluesky. or have some visibility into DID usage. are my messages signed? Will I be able to send encrypted messages using keys in my DID?

traveling makes me miss my water at home. Austin water tastes like grass

all roads lead to decentralization

> "twitter refugee" > tweets aren't moderated enough > flees to app built on a decentralized protocol

decentralization = curation, which has a risk of “choose your own echo chamber” I want an opt-in for random exposure to different viewpoints

after twitter, orbis, farcaster, mastodon, and quite a few others I’m excited to have a DID-based social app!