danrl
If only... Despite providing a useful service, they are not as nice towards site owners as one would hope.
Internet Archive says:
> We see the future of web archiving relying less on robots.txt file declarations geared toward search engines
https://blog.archive.org/2017/04/17/robots-txt-meant-for-sea...
They are not alone in that. The "Archiveteam", a different organization, not to be confused with archive.org, also doesn't respect robots.txt according to their wiki: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Robots.txt
I think it is safe to say that there is little consideration for site owners from the largest archiving organizations today. Whether there should be is a different debate.
> By combining Web2 (community interfaces) and Web3 (smart economies), we can launch the next generation of applications — which we refer to as Web5.
This is not how versioning works. It looks more like marketing coming up with the highest number possible without a meaningful increase in value delivered. (Remember the old PC magazines with 999+ games on a CD Rom?)
Disclaimer: Google LLC employee. No relations to Waymo, just a fan of self driving in general.
I also wrote my own docker-like containerization code for educational purposes a while ago, so container has both these meanings for me. Yet, me brain was expecting a physical escape story. Brains are funny!
Also, a second generation redwood forest looks very different from an undisturbed one I recently learned from a forest guy who walked with me. He was reading the forest like a book. Very impressive. Turns out, my forest is a second generation and I should maybe take down a few redwoods, something I considered morally wrong before the walkthrough.
Thanks for your interest!
My blog post which they asked me to take down: https://danrl.com/magic-mail
Easy to follow talk teaching Paxos: https://youtu.be/nyNCSM4vGF4
Nit: Personally would prefer rounded corners.
Images can be inlined by the user agent.
Code: https://github.com/danrl/skinny
Talks: https://youtu.be/nyNCSM4vGF4 and https://youtu.be/gAGGPaFDfwE
A surprising number of tasks can be performed online already at the CA DMV w/o any crypto or blockchain involvement. The few painful bits include an in-person driving test (“behind the wheel”) which is unlikely to be blockchained away. Then there is photo taking and vision test and some admittedly annoying paperwork if one goes for verification (RealID). How exactly is blockchain helping here?
Singapore doesn’t seem to have a huge drug problem, and they went all in on what you call “the war on drugs”. So maybe there is a winning strategy there, at least for Singapore?
Source: I am a creator myself, releasing a mew video every Friday. I have read the engagement guides from YouTube and other creators and decided to not take part in this landgrab for viewer time. People have more important things in their life than my videos and I should be mindful of how I use their time.
The website could be better at explaining that and general discoverability.
Kudos for full IPv6 support.
1) I bought a vacant piece of land that is legally buildable. This is my starting point to build a house. A 5-10 year project. But, I didn’t learn programming in a day, so these seem to be common timespans for learning complex skills (welding, carpentry, paving, concrete pouring, …)
2) I take courses at maker labs which have heavy equipment and then build all the small things to better get to know the machines. Kitchenware, furniture, cups, etc. The less prefabricated parts the better. My next picture frame will be made from wood I cut on my property.
3) I share with the world honestly, including my stupid mistakes and all the layman stuff I do. The feedback I get from experienced people seeing me struggle and having the need to chip in is pure gold. Saves me a lot of time and money as long as I can take their criticism. I have a thousand teachers (I’m exaggerating but you get the idea).
My channel, if you want to see examples: https://youtube.com/@danrl
Highly recommend this 1h interview with Yann Lecun to put things into perspective. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-technology-podcast...
I myself learn construction and the trades on the side. In the US this is quite a safe bet. And I wanted to build a house anyway, so why not do it myself and learn?
I’m also not scared of losing my job to a LLM. I do so much detailed problem solving that I wouldn’t mind assistance that 10x my work by taking away all low and mid hanging fruits.
YMMV
I agree that this is the current state. However, this can quickly change at the whim of the US president and doesn't even need congressional approval. In fact, we have seen increasing request from within the US to decouple from the global market and hence have a "domestic" and a global oil price. I don't know how this would play out if it ever happens. But all the legal groundwork is there and the US president can impose an oil export ban at any time if he wishes to do so.
Examples of requests to do so (without success so far):
* https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/141...
* https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycomme...
The saddest part is, that the US has great solar and wind potential but the least incentive for a mass transition given the opportunity to decouple from the global commodity market at any time (elections anyone?)
It is true that no major field has been opened recently which I blame on the (legitimate) push against fossil fuels and the rising cost of capital for projects that won’t pay off until at least year 5-8 of an investment. Furthermore, the shale revolution made smaller fields competitive and distributed production. Major oil fields opening are not a good indicator anymore for the industry’s state of business. For example, the Bakken formation was already open but only saw its peak extraction relatively recently.
Speaking about the US: Crude oil will be around for a long time together with LNG. Whether that is good or not is an interesting question. Either way, the conversation IMHO starts to become very different for the US compared to other significant economies, and global metrics are becoming less useful.
(Just one example: German chemical plants are moving to the US where LNG is cheap and abundant. They are rebuilding entire, enormous industrial processing plants. The US attracts fossil fuel based industries without even opening new major oil fields. Just by what is already there. )