I have learned various useful things about Bluesky today and I appreciate everyone who engaged with me about it. Still somewhat frustratingly far from understanding *exactly* how certain things work, but I think I have an idea for future attempts at Discourse: Maybe let's stop talking about whether something is "truly decentralized" or not, and instead talk about specific characteristics of either the software or its deployment, and just try to be as specific as possible.

I have never worried about the singularity because I had a single conversation in 2007 with a guy who worked in a chip fab, and learned just the tiniest bit about the physical, mechanical process that goes into actually manufacturing a microprocessor, and how much of it requires direct intervention of human hands despite everyone involved in the process having wanted to automate it all since 1980

I think the 2030s are gonna be really weird. “What up biochem fam, so great to see you guys, today we are back at it again with another video, this one’s about making your own mRNA SARS-nCoV-2029 vaccine precursors with a Bambu Lab Crispy CRISPR kit. As you all know my university research program was shut down by ICE last month which is why we are in this undisclosed location, and that is why it’s so important for you to hit like, subscribe, smash that bell, and sign up for our Patreon”