rob

just a db nerd doing db nerd things

[rob @rob_s_]

@academic_la Is there a public statement from any of the aforementioned human rights orgs that I can point skeptics to?

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Israel is explicitly warning Christian and Druze residents in southern Lebanon not to hide Muslim residents among them as their forces advance.

Not a peep from Sheryl Sandberg.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

An extremist group in Washington, DC has claimed credit for the terrorist attack on the Iranian bridge, promising further attacks on civilian infrastructure if its demands aren't met

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

Step 1 in deescalation must be restraining the Israelis, otherwise all efforts to negotiate will follow this pattern:

POTUS publicly announces deescalation.

Israel takes major strikes to destroy the negotiations & in turn weaken our ability to negotiate.

The war accelerates.

[rob @rob_s_]

@flawdaboy1629 @bartlebytaco This aged well

[nader.deso @nadertheory]

Two years.

That's how long my team and I have been working on Focus, our next-generation SocialFi app launching this week. It is very much a "MAXIMUM viable product" designed to question every aspect of how we think about our identities and our finances on the internet.

Focus doesn't just improve on BitClout's token mechanics, it re-imagines them from the ground up, and mixes on-chain identity with finance in a way that nobody has ever really attempted before.

I personally think it will do quite well; in fact, I would really be surprised if it didn't go pretty viral. But it's the kind of product where I've poured so much of myself into it that I don't even care how it's received anymore.

It's an experiment I've put 100% of my energy into for years now. But I've enjoyed every minute, and I can't wait to see what you think of it.

[rob @rob_s_]

@therealjfrantz 2024 anno gut microbiome

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

Have seen more concern on CNN today for inanimate objects in Tel Aviv than the 1,000 plus Lebanese including many women and children who were killed by Israel with US bombs.

[rob @rob_s_]

@skillissuexyz 🙋🏽‍♂️

[rob @rob_s_]

@therealjfrantz @expo @snikhilesh @Baconbrix Business as usual, expo crushing it ❤️

[rob @rob_s_]

@therealjfrantz Talk about industry plant amirite

[rob @rob_s_]

@roshanpateI Double it and give it to the next person

[rob @rob_s_]

@nadertheory Aren’t brokerages subject to the same risk of failure if they’re targets of a run?

[nader.deso @nadertheory]

Why is Poker such an addictive game? Why is it so much more popular than other games of skill?

I think it boils down to a single surprising property that it shares with another popular activity: Stock trading. 🧵

[🔎Julia Evans🔍 @b0rk]

what are your favourite newer command line tools? like ripgrep (grep replacement), fd (find), exa (ls), bat (cat), etc

[rob @rob_s_]

@VictorPontis @dennisstevens_ @glowwallet E.g. deep in your settings there’s some “manual verified address” and the user needs to manually enter a wallet address to this and that entry expires by default after one transaction or something

[rob @rob_s_]

@VictorPontis @dennisstevens_ @glowwallet Agree and this is an important point. A less nefarious analog is maybe mobile apps which train users to hand over permissions. But maybe you could provide an override that isn’t easily gameable by burying it deep in some settings and requiring some sophistication to use

[rob @rob_s_]

@jimmyeatcarbs @therealjfrantz @Apple Great point lmao

[jacob @therealjfrantz]

Excited to announce ⚡️Flashmint for NFTs (https://t.co/IW4eV0GIL6)

Flashmint lets you mint from the allowlist of any NFT – even if you're not in whatever community they're gating on.

Wrote about it here https://t.co/ViQTDE2MFh