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More efficient at what? A database would not provide the decentralization the farcaster protocol requires

Definitely recommend checking it out

Free with a US phone number

Also most of it is off the blockchain, just accounts are on chain

I think farcaster has a much more interesting future given client diversity and protocol extensions

Didn’t see it mentioned in the article surprisingly

Wallets that interact with mixers and then deposit to a central exchange can easily have there withdrawals blocked

The person they responded to was beyond dismissive but invalidating of their comment. The responder's message "I don't give a shit" was in poor taste and discourages community interaction

There's some crypto legislation. love crypto or hate it, it is defining the industry

do you have any actual thoughts against web3 or is it just your bête noire?

Echoing others, I don't think this will have a huge impact as iPhone SOS is a last resort for those who are unprepared

Garmin inReach is a robust and rugged satellite communicator that out classes iPhone emergency SOS greatly

- inreach doesn't require "tracking" the satellite as it has a stronger antenna - inreach is more waterproof, dust proof atd shock resistant (no touch screen) - inreach has higher battery life, SOS can be activated while the device is off - ability to send messages, which can be critical if there are no cell towers that can be boosned/activated

That said, it is a great innovation; I think the Apple Watch Ultra will cut more into the diving watch market than the iPhone into the satellite communicator market

I definitely agree with you. Even my Garmin Phoenix 5x plus will last multiple days with GPS usage for Backcountry camping. Another factor I worry about is the durability of the screen. Although you should always travel with backup Maps nobody wants to lose their primary navigation tool because a touch screen is nicer than Sapphire glass displays.

That said the Apple watch is a nicer experience than the Phoenix which I don't tend to take out of the house too often outside of activities now. Indeed the Apple watch is claiming to be usable for recreational scuba for which the Phoenix is not and you would need to use an alternative Garmin watch

Perhaps the next iteration of the ultra watch will have features to extend battery life beyond the 60 hours in low battery mode it claims and hopefully towards 100 hours (14 hours * 7 days) of usage on low battery

This would definitely be a game changer. I have a Garmin Fenix and the only thing it locks is the ability to use it for diving to 40m. Although Garmin has a similar watch for diving it locks the features I would use for Backcountry camping. If I can switch to an Apple Watch Over a sunnto or similar it would be a big boon

One reason may be the deployment of Starlink to Ukraine

anecdotal evidence

by default they have it so S3 requests with wrong headers are still sent

I didn't know this and one day I changed the send header but not receive header

Turned out the cache-control was wrong when uploading an image to a presigned url, but this was never caught until it hit staging env since local tests and CI/CD tests showed a pass