Sir Alecks Gates / is on Nostr

Podcasting 2.0 consultant
Master of the protocols
Knight of Podcasting 2.0

INTJ-A

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Essays: Observations with Alecks (npub1cxd…p4kj)
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Last Notes

2024-08-30 06:37:33

Reminder that #xmpp is a great alternative to signal/whatsapp especially for 1-1 chats and voice calls.
If you want to self host, try out snikket. They have paid hosting available too.
https://snikket.org/hosting/
For Android users, Conversations is a fantastic client.
Of course, most people making noise about it all still want the convenience of a free service.

2024-08-21 21:08:33

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It's not just Bitcoin. They are looking at being a Google/Apple wallet alternative.
@npub1gw9…74re

2024-08-05 22:03:00

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"The UID2 system is light and inexpensive to operate."
This entire system is unnecessary and the whole thing is a last ditch attempt to try to stay relevant.
They really need a consulting firm to come tell them the harsh truth that their industry is dying and that they need to pivot completely.
Whichever architects got paid to put this together should be ashamed of themselves. I can see it's all advertising and data companies as part of their "alliance" or whatever it's called.

2024-08-05 21:52:46

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is this thing a joke?

2024-07-20 18:59:40

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"Simple shell scripts" are you the guy maintaining the hundreds of Korn scripts on AIX I have to analyze for requirements and migrate?

2024-06-29 20:42:13

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The mint is effectively custodial lightning. Anyone telling you otherwise is arguing semantics. The details are mostly in the implementation and the bank scenario is essentially same as what Alby does.
The reason the available mints are a feasible implementation for the Podcast Index (and other businesses) is there is a Strike backend which allows PI to not be a money transmitter.
It's also a "standard" API so if [RSS.com](http://RSS.com ) for example wanted to offer a mint for their users with their own business Strike account, they could.
There could probably be backends for other exchanges long-term if someone wants to add them.

2024-06-29 17:05:45

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Frankly, mints were inevitable.
See the blocksize wars and various paid actors involved in those decisions.

2024-06-27 14:56:40

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best to pin to specific commits or references

2024-06-21 05:43:48

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Sometime more competent deserves such a good domain name.
Although that really speaks to his skillset.

2024-06-21 05:37:55

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As far as I know right now we only plan to add these mediums

2024-06-21 05:24:09

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Yeah I'm using the json schema instead of pydantic because it's easier to keep up to date across several languages.
I only added it to the schemas package recently.
https://activitypub.agates.io/media/dd7d5993-a4c5-4ed1-8841-a14a6262d9eb/image.png?name=image.png

2024-06-21 05:17:51

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https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podping-schemas/blob/v2024.06.16.060318/schema/org/podcastindex/podping/podping_medium.capnp
https://activitypub.agates.io/media/995a5028-e51a-41fb-bbb7-8db2fb55d05f/image.png?name=image.png

2024-06-21 05:12:16

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Yep... been two years since I touched this so working out the kinks.
They should all be under livetest

2024-06-12 14:03:17

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How exactly do you intend to include independent hosts, standalone apps, and one off feeds in this?