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(but yes, year added above!)

can you give an example for clarification of what you are wanting to do? This web app is pretty flexible, so other types of rigs or animations could be added?

Have you done 3D modelling/rigging/animating yourself before?

Bellroy, the maker of quirky travel accessories and wallets, has a software stack written in Haskell?? TIL

Why isn't there an open source self hosted Wiz competitor, perhaps now one can start to emerge after this acquisition for those who don't want Google.

Why would it be wasted? I like apples and I like being able to buy them any day of year, even out of season. The only reason I can do so is because there is an entire industry of people who manage the inventory, distribution, try to predict supply and demand, and take on a risk doing that. The principal reason why I can buy and sell equities at very small spreads any day of the year is similar: traders are competing to take the other side of the bet.

I also encourage everyone to read CFTC response to the Vatican's (!) Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/giancarlore... It talks about about the social utility of derivatives and refutes the narrative that they are basically tools of "speculation." Traders take on risks others can't bear, creating massive economic value that ripples through the entire system.