If you're here on Peepeth, I'm gonna go out on a limb and presume you're looking for some change in the world and are pretty comfortable with blockchain.

If that rings true, you might consider joining us over at OpenZeppelin... we're a global team of passionate people, devoted to keeping the blockchain space secure and accessible for all.

https://grnh.se/a8ed9d953us

If you're interested, but not sure that you'd be a good fit, reach out and let's chat.

https://www.callmegwei.com/crypto-questions/

Thanks for the chuckle.

Reading about Minima now... thanks for putting it on my radar @eurobuddha

Wonderful first peep...

@bevan am I seeing this correctly... you only have a one day peep streak?!

So, let's talk about friction...

Last time I was on Peepeth I set up MetaMask in Brave to interface with my hardware wallet. I migrated my Peepeth handle to an address controlled by the hardware wallet... I was feeling quite secure. (And rather oblivious to how complicated that sounds... but that's another story.)

I haven't really peeped since.

Moral of the story - friction is good when it comes to an identity, but with the delegate feature of Peepeth you can have your cake and eat it too.

Hey Anderson! Your wallet's looking sharp!

Nice to see you around.

I'll confirm - and second the sentiment!

Contemplative.

Not sure if this has been shared here already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qME-UO149H8

Worth a watch.

What are you coming from?

I like VSCode for speed. The ability to share a live coding session cross-platform is also really nice.

When I'm doing python stuff, I seem to prefer PyCharm. Actually, Jetbrains stuff in general is good - just a lot heavier. [I have been thinking of trying some solidity development in one of their tools...]

For a long time I was doing most of my web work in Notepad++ ... can't say that I miss it though.

This is my kinda scenery. Any more?

Clearly he's in the bubble chair.

-.-

Me too!

Simple things like turning lights on and off with the sunrise and sunset... or making sure the lights are off if the room has been empty a while.

You can get more creative... like dimming the lights when you start playing a movie, or un-dimming when you pause for a break.

Sky's the limit, really. You could have your lights flash if you got a peepeth message. :-)

Any home automation fans on Peepeth?

On a related note: Home Assistant vs openHAB... thoughts?

Whoa. For how long did you remain, uh, *not hungry*?

Very cool. Safe travels!
We'll be on standby for a report when you get back.

What do you think about Keybase?

I appreciate you spreading these privacy facts and then suggesting alternatives.

And @bevan... who would ever have those "read" or "typing" or "last seen" messages on?! (Do people not check the settings, or do they sincerely like the feature?)

Hello, there! What's up?

Welcome to Peepeth!

The power to wield science has simply been concentrated too much. It's been hijacked for profit and control of people in most cases. Most _individuals_ aren't proposing wars of any sort - on the contrary, they want peace and equality.

If we fail to dismantle dangerous/reckless power structures and redistribute that power to individuals, then we're going to have ever-more problems on our hands. I think your concerns are valid, but the cause is slightly mis-attributed.

Civil disobedience needs to be more commonplace than it is.

The world needs to start throwing a fit over the older generations and/or power-mongers legislating nonsense. They're wasting time, money, and demolishing mutual respect with invasive laws.

Now, here's someone I haven't heard from in a while! Welcome back.

I can agree with you there, @scaur

We treated each other horribly thousands of years ago! Women had no rights, we bought and sold *people*, we farmed for lords, we fought over insults to kings.

We've come a long way.

Science has taught us to think more critically, to analyze information regardless of source, to dissect facts, and reexamine opinions.

Now, it hasn't all been roses... and we don't know our bread bakers name anymore - but that's more a fault of business organization than science, imho.

Computing/Science is going to reorganize that soon.

There is not yet a native Peepeth app (though at least one was in the works) - most people are using Trust or Coinbase wallet, afaik.

I can relate to this. And the emojis are cheating (but I love them, too)!

Coron, Philippines - lots of blues and greens. Very relaxing. Scuba diving is pretty cool there. No language barriers to contend with (pro or con depending on your mood).

and... Bali is amazing, just sayin'!

Hey! THANK YOU for sharing the space with interested knowledge seekers.

Did you observe any particular aspect of these emerging techs that particularly captivated your students? Was this philosophical introduction or a technical introduction?

The structure of the course is ~three-hour sessions twice a week via a conference call / screen sharing session. Hands on, collaboration, and pushing yourself seem to be the name of the game. No pre-recorded material afaik, no walls of text - learn by doing and shoot for doing important-ish things from the start.

We've had a few people that got swept up in offline life stuff - they'll be back eventually.

After spending a while wrapping my head around the philosophical and organizational implications of public blockchains... I've now been devoting some time to mastering specific technical aspects of the space.

Read: I've been up to classes... blockchain classes.

You're a first-rate community builder and maintainer (as evidenced here on Peepeth). They're lucky to have you!

Finding someone curious and kind enough to explore *with* users while making everyone feel welcome is no small task. Those are also both things you excel at.

Looking forward to bugging you over there. Congratulations!

Truffle University has begun. There were at least two Peepeth users admitted. Yesterday was just covering the basics... but the "vibe" and the intention of the course are very clear - and exciting. Hope it becomes an often-running thing in the space.

One click "photos only" button - sometimes you just want eye candy and want to pretend words don't exists for a while.

Welcome back @voyager! You've been missed.

Hello! Welcome to Peepeth.

If you think visiting is a annoying... ah, nevermind. It's just too bad policy makers are tearing the world apart instead of bringing it together.

I was bouncing around SE Asia and collecting fingerprints / pictures is 'normal'. If no one cared to throw a fit from the start, it's not surprising it just gets worse and worse.

(Mind you, anyone's FB profile could probably have already been located with the details border agents were already getting.)

But then... Apple has access to your forwarded emails, right? So you're trading one company and aspect of privacy for another (never mind the fact that the biggest email privacy concern is probably the 'free' email service that's the final destination.)

With their pull, they could probably mandate app's email users strictly with pgp / encryption AND then get those messages to users.

Whoa! That's a heck of a farewell.

Love following your travels.

Oh, that looks lovely! I need to make nachos on Fridays in solidarity with you... but I've missed my opportunity this week.

I enjoy reading as you delineate exactly what you're thinking.

I can't argue that money represents value - that's something like it's functional definition. It's also a much more palatable claim than we started with. :-)

I guess, philosophically, I'm more inclined to attribute value to active vs passive activities. I'm also more inclined to weigh things like intentions and means rather than lettings ends determine if a life was well spent or valuable.

Re: belief needed to change someone's situation... ever met an _actual_ lottery winner? In my own experience and years of observation, luck plays a huge part in changing anyone's situation. (Not to say ambition doesn't matter in some respects or that it doesn't help you stay sane until you get lucky [or die]).

If you start to equate effort and ability to create value to monetary wealth, how can you respect those without assets? Will there be a temptation there for you to attribute the lack of wealth to some lack of ambition, ingenuity, or ability to be creative? How could that go wrong?

Since I know you're a fan of Bitcoin: if someone put $100 in Bitcoin and held on to it until they died in a hundred years. Would they have created more value in the world than someone who worked at a nursing home for minimum wage for the same length of time?

**Money != effort**

As an unbounded philosophy of money - that's dangerous, imho.

The person digging for a new road with a machine isn't putting out as much _effort_ as the dozen men doing it by hand on the other side of the world.

The citizens of a collapsing economy aren't generally putting out less effort... global economies can collapse because of politics. Wealth vanishes.

Now, maybe if you're using this a measuring stick for people born into the same economies, at the same point in time, and with similar opportunities presented to them...

Hope things are going well for you! Don't forget to peep occasionally.

So do I!

@Shigako we miss you and #Ron

Hey, thanks! At one point it was pretty up-and-coming. Then, I got super sidetracked with the rest of life. I need to get back to writing, though... I really appreciate the kind words.

I love the sound of rain. Glad you're taking the time to listen.

Every time I see this cute critter, I've just gotta smile.

Is Coco friendly?

If we ever meet face-to-face I'll tell you a bunch of true stories that involve people making tons of money and adding _zero_ value to anyone's life.

Too many people in the world work under miserable conditions. They don't have the realistic ability to charge a higher price for their labor, they don't have the time to cultivate globally-marketable skills... they don't even have access to a global market or working capital if they did.

Snippets like this overlook a huge swath of humanity.

If you can say anything like this - if you can *imagine* anything like this --- you've probably already won the geopolitical lottery at birth. Pay it forward. 🙏