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_zllx commented on Sam Altman wants to convince billions to scan eyes to prove they aren’t bots   finance.yahoo.com/news/op... · Posted by u/vitabenes
_zllx · 3 years ago
We do need a base layer of human verification for several reasons that will make themselves clear in the coming years. Can we maybe try that with a system of IRL humans and inherently pro-privacy tech like ZK proofs, instead of a system of proprietary soul-sucking nightmare orbs? Be creative, think outside the orb.

Also, such a system doesn't need any kind of currency attached to it.

_zllx commented on Servo to Advance in 2023   servo.org/blog/2023/01/16... · Posted by u/ewired
_zllx · 3 years ago
Excited to see the renewed interest in Servo. Another new web engine that is coming along nicely is SerenityOS LibWeb: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Userland/...

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_zllx commented on Merging “AI” and Blockchain   simone.org/ai-blockchain/... · Posted by u/smnrg
_zllx · 3 years ago
Wait, so crypto is a useless ponzi scheme UNLESS it is using a proof-of-work scheme based on churning text/image models? None of the existing uses made sense until you integrated AI into the backend consensus system? How does that backend change suddenly make crypto useful and not a global ponzi scheme according to you?

Not even saying this is a bad idea if it is possible, though. Just pointing out this contradiction in your criticism of crypto. We should definitely be looking for ways to use proof-of-work without proof-of-waste, as it is still technically the most secure consensus method afaik.

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_zllx commented on Why I'm less than infinitely hostile to cryptocurrency   astralcodexten.substack.c... · Posted by u/jger15
_zllx · 3 years ago
I felt like I was in crazy town, trying to tell people that crypto is actually something that helps many people, always getting shot down with absurd dogma like "crypto has no use cases" or "gordon goner racist NFTs". People believed everything they heard from a blog (you know the one) set up specifically to discredit this entire class of technology by associating every dumb thing with its image as a whole. I've been Bitcoin-literate since I was a pre-teen (I'm early 20s now) and felt trapped. Bitcoin maximalists made me hopeful that at least Bitcoin specifically would be socially acceptable, but honestly they've got it wrong too. I was very delighted today to see Scott stick up for the concrete use cases that are out there. Vitalik Buterin seems fairly respected in the same space as ACX.
_zllx commented on SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency projects to be removed   sourcehut.org/blog/2022-1... · Posted by u/ddevault
_zllx · 3 years ago
I expected a bit better of someone who faced a lot of anti-Wayland dogma, which I noted as being very similar to anti-cryptocurrency dogma, most of which I am seeing repeated for the umpteenth time in this post and thread.

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