@sun @BeedleDave did peesonator go down now that alex is on nostr
@wowaname @BeedleDave it hasn't been working right for a long time, I haven't been able to follow people for months.
@sun @BeedleDave never go full vegan
@wowaname @BeedleDave @sun Can you really blame him for leaving the Fedi. Here, he gets cancelled by Pleroma and Akkoma devs, and dogpiled by Poast users. Meanwhile, the Nostr community embraces him with open arms and he got to go to Nostr conventions because of it.
@xianc78 @wowaname @BeedleDave I don't blame him at all for following the money and influence but he wasn't blameless in those conflicts.
@sun @wowaname @BeedleDave I honestly don't know the full extent of those conflicts as I was never a dev for any Fedi software nor an instance owner/admin.
But as someone who has experienced both networks, Nostr seems to align more with the vision he had for the fedi.
@xianc78 @wowaname @BeedleDave I believe he left because he got a nostr grant and it was for more money than he was getting from the Fedi. This isn't a slam on him, we all have to make a living. I think another factor is that he is in much more control of his fate and is making his own way and his own name there.
@sun @wowaname @BeedleDave
>he got a nostr grant
Was it from Jack Dorsey? He immediately jumped to Nostr after the failure of BlueSky.
@wowaname @xianc78 @BeedleDave imo dorsey left the bluesky board because it diverged so far from what he was originally trying to do with it.
@sun @wowaname @BeedleDave BlueSky still relies on centralized servers much like how vanilla bitcoin still relies on the centralized "lightening network". It's no more decentralized than a torrent tracker.
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@BeedleDave @wowaname @sun I thought Bitcoin Cash only exists because vanilla Bitcoin wasn't truly decentralized.
@xianc78 @BeedleDave @wowaname @sun bch has a long history at this point. Block size is generally cited as the main difference today. However, the original reason for bch was to avoid segwit (segregated witness) addresses. Block size came a little later. Today bch also has tokens and some smart contract functionality. Full disclosure: I own some bch and continue to buy small amounts of it when I am able.
@xianc78 @BeedleDave @sun bch exists because btc is "more like the gold trade" and tx times are slow. nothing to do with fixing any centralisation
@xianc78 @wowaname @sun
Sort of. bitcoin devs wanted to keep block size small so that anyone could run a node, then build services on top of it to facilitate higher transfer rates. BCC wanted to get those transfer rates *now* by just increasing block size and didn't want to rely on proprietary services for scale.
I saw segwit mentioned, haven't heard that term in a long time.
Sort of. bitcoin devs wanted to keep block size small so that anyone could run a node, then build services on top of it to facilitate higher transfer rates. BCC wanted to get those transfer rates *now* by just increasing block size and didn't want to rely on proprietary services for scale.
I saw segwit mentioned, haven't heard that term in a long time.
@ehhh @wowaname @xianc78 @sun
Things have been pretty good. Stopped being a NEET and got a job. Also stopped drinking, went cold turkey and I recently hit my 1-year mark. Sobriety is great, so is having a normal job and a reason to get out of bed. Been pretty content overall, that's the main reason I'm not on as much.
Decided to get back into coding, so I made a leetcode account, been doing dailies and the weekend contests, already hit the Top 10% in contests, now I'm realizing if I had just focused on that when I got out of the service, I'd have been a senior software engineer when the COVID tech boom hit, and might have been a millionaire by now. Bit late to be trying to get into coding now though, doubt most companies would hire a junior in their mid-30s, especially in the current market.
But, when I was brushing up I did automate some workflows at work, and it made me realize that if I found the right *remote* office/admin job, I could automate most of it, and get to where I've got a lot of free time again.
Updating my resume this weekend, already found a couple jobs that would fit the bill, gonna start applying on the weekends, hoping it pans out.
Things have been pretty good. Stopped being a NEET and got a job. Also stopped drinking, went cold turkey and I recently hit my 1-year mark. Sobriety is great, so is having a normal job and a reason to get out of bed. Been pretty content overall, that's the main reason I'm not on as much.
Decided to get back into coding, so I made a leetcode account, been doing dailies and the weekend contests, already hit the Top 10% in contests, now I'm realizing if I had just focused on that when I got out of the service, I'd have been a senior software engineer when the COVID tech boom hit, and might have been a millionaire by now. Bit late to be trying to get into coding now though, doubt most companies would hire a junior in their mid-30s, especially in the current market.
But, when I was brushing up I did automate some workflows at work, and it made me realize that if I found the right *remote* office/admin job, I could automate most of it, and get to where I've got a lot of free time again.
Updating my resume this weekend, already found a couple jobs that would fit the bill, gonna start applying on the weekends, hoping it pans out.
@BeedleDave @wowaname @xianc78 @sun Oh nice nice. I never drink so uhh... Cool! 😁 non-drinking buddies!!
is leetcode like duolingo for coding? lol.
I've been learning Python recently as well. I don't have any plans to use it atm but at least I can read and understand what open-source python-based things can do now if they're not formulas for machine learning, lol. nice that you got a job in this current economy tho. nowadays it seems like winning the lottery is more likely than finding a job that you can actually keep and sustain. And because *we live in a society*, this job recess is spreading to areas outside of IT too. 😕
is leetcode like duolingo for coding? lol.
I've been learning Python recently as well. I don't have any plans to use it atm but at least I can read and understand what open-source python-based things can do now if they're not formulas for machine learning, lol. nice that you got a job in this current economy tho. nowadays it seems like winning the lottery is more likely than finding a job that you can actually keep and sustain. And because *we live in a society*, this job recess is spreading to areas outside of IT too. 😕
@ehhh @wowaname @xianc78 @sun
Sort of, though it's a little more serious, in that actual software engineers use them for interview prep, not just casuals trying to learn to code. The problems you're solving can be quick things you can solve in a few minutes once you start to get good, but can also take an hour plus especially when you're new to coding.
Nowadays strong leetcode numbers alone won't land you an interview by themselves, though during the height of the tech boom they could. But grinding leetcode problems will still help a lot with the types of problems you'll be asked to solve *during* the interview to gauge whether or not you know how to code.
Sort of, though it's a little more serious, in that actual software engineers use them for interview prep, not just casuals trying to learn to code. The problems you're solving can be quick things you can solve in a few minutes once you start to get good, but can also take an hour plus especially when you're new to coding.
Nowadays strong leetcode numbers alone won't land you an interview by themselves, though during the height of the tech boom they could. But grinding leetcode problems will still help a lot with the types of problems you'll be asked to solve *during* the interview to gauge whether or not you know how to code.
