the idiot (formerly known as sam therapy)
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Selective JavaScript and Windows apologist.
I got banned from Bluesky before it even launched.
the idiot (formerly known as sam therapy)
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Also I stand corrected Donuts stop existing in 2022 it's now called Identity Digital and is owned by a private equity company called "Ethos Capital"
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My startup idea is a new TLD. DM me @a16z @ycombinator @blackstone @tigercapital
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@i It already exists with playground.acme.libre but it's a pain to install IMO (I've tried)
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@phnt @RustyCrab @binkle @cassidyclown @waifu @zonk @zero don't forget as well as setting up all of the DNS infrastructure as well as handling the inevitable abuse and illegal stuff that will happen so you don't get smitten by ICANN for breaking their rules.
There's a reason why most TLDs are owned by giants like Google or Apple or hoarded by companies Donuts, the cost of entry is so absurdly high that it's impossible to start from the bottom. Natural monopolies (an economic wankery term for when the cost of starting competition with something is so high that there will naturally be few or only one winner, eg. Power companies, ISPs, rail networks) are extremely prevalent in tech because of how expensive it is to start from scratch
There's a reason why most TLDs are owned by giants like Google or Apple or hoarded by companies Donuts, the cost of entry is so absurdly high that it's impossible to start from the bottom. Natural monopolies (an economic wankery term for when the cost of starting competition with something is so high that there will naturally be few or only one winner, eg. Power companies, ISPs, rail networks) are extremely prevalent in tech because of how expensive it is to start from scratch
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@cassidyclown @RustyCrab @binkle @waifu @zero If we crowdfunded 300,000 USD we could petition ICANN who will probably immediately say no
Btw that fee is non refundable
Btw that fee is non refundable
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@RustyCrab It already has. Bots infest mainstream social media. AI scrapers waste heaps of bandwidth training the next big thing that can't figure out that 2+2 is 4. Most of the regular Internet is at the hands of a few gigantic private tech companies. The entire infrastructure is at the whims of private tech companies like Verisign and Donuts.
You don't have to look for the tech dystopia, we're already in one.
You don't have to look for the tech dystopia, we're already in one.
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I have a blog post about the death of OpenNIC in my drafts from like 2 years ago maybe I should rework it
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@cassidyclown @RustyCrab @binkle @waifu @zero Widespread HTTPS made it largely obsolete. The automated infrastructure from like 2013 still works sometimes but it the mailing lists, IRC and 
d*scord servers all see less activity than a crypto project post -rugpull. There are entire domains like chan, cyb, and o that the registration infrastructure is dead. Some others like oz work until the domain expires but give up after that.
You could theoretically just make your own TLD but unless you convince enough people to add your records to their DNS servers it will remain extremely niche
d*scord servers all see less activity than a crypto project post -rugpull. There are entire domains like chan, cyb, and o that the registration infrastructure is dead. Some others like oz work until the domain expires but give up after that.You could theoretically just make your own TLD but unless you convince enough people to add your records to their DNS servers it will remain extremely niche
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@bajax @RustyCrab @binkle The far edge still does they just scream about "transvestigating" and conspiracies like the flat earth or chemtrails.
Where did all the Q followers go they kind of disappeared one day
Where did all the Q followers go they kind of disappeared one day
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@binkle @bajax @RustyCrab In my schizophrenic pattern noticing I've seen a lot of things boil down to a nihilistic hatred of what the "other" likes and a want to ruin it, which the left can and has done by institutional power while the right before 2024 largely was contained to the Internet and places like tw*tter
A lot of ideology has gone from "I disagree with you" to "I hate everything you like and want to see it all destroyed" and it's on every side especially all the culture war bullshit
As someone who is tapped into both more conservative/rightist and liberal/leftist spheres it really is a both sides thing but most people are so ingrained in their algorithmic echo chamber their view of the "other" is a cave distortion
A lot of ideology has gone from "I disagree with you" to "I hate everything you like and want to see it all destroyed" and it's on every side especially all the culture war bullshit
As someone who is tapped into both more conservative/rightist and liberal/leftist spheres it really is a both sides thing but most people are so ingrained in their algorithmic echo chamber their view of the "other" is a cave distortion
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I don't know what happened in 2010 but everything Arcade Fire made after The Suburbs has been shit
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I hope Intel makes good CPUs again and AMD and Intel keep making good GPUs, more competition in the hardware space breeds innovation, God forbid anyone new somehow try to compete
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