jcbrand

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http://opkode.com https://github.com/jcbrand

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Comment · 10 days ago

Private key, not public key.

Comment · 1 month ago

Except that this is literally what Gold does.

The ratio of one ounce of gold to one productive beef cow has held for a hundred years, and plausibly for around 5,000 years.

A single ounce of gold could purchase a quality tunic, sandals, and belt in Ancient Rome and still buys a fine tailored suit in the modern era.

https://findbullionprices.com/blog/gold-purchasing-power-wha...

Comment · 1 month ago

Those are credit bubbles bursting, not the result of hard money.

Comment · 2 months ago

Looks like I might have been wrong about Dino, sorry about that.

I worked on adding OMEMO2 support to Converse.js via libomemo.js and I tested it against Kaidan.

Comment · 2 months ago

FWIW Converse.js and Dino also support the latest OMEMO.

Comment · 2 months ago

Generally speaking, if demand stays high, and existing suppliers don't increase supply, the high prices create an incentive and opportunity for new market entrants to increase the supply.

Comment · 3 months ago

I love my OnePlus 9 pro phone. What would be a good replacement?

Comment · 4 months ago

"War department" is the older name, not "Defense department".

Also, is it really a defense department when you're starting wars of aggression every 15 years or so?

Comment · 8 months ago

I still use perplexity. Which tool is better currently?

Comment · 9 months ago

It's not capitalism that requires infinite growth, it's our current monetary system.

New money is created by lending it into existence, with interest.

That last bit is key. In order to pay off the interest, you need money, which was also loaned into existence with interest.

The only way to maintain this is through constant economic growth. Without it there's a deflationary collapse.

Comment · 1 year ago

The Austrian school does not dominate academia, not even close. Even the Wikipedia article you linked to says it's a heterodox school, meaning it's not mainstream.

Academia is dominated by Keynesianism.

Comment · 1 year ago

I used Lit components in a large FE project, enjoyed doing so and am happy with my choice. I don't use the shadow DOM at all.

The project is Converse.js, an XMPP chat client. It's an old project that was originally created back in 2013 with Backbone.js.

I first replaced all templates with `lit-html` when I first heard about that, and then when lit-element (and now "lit") came out, I started rewriting the project to use that.

This app has since been integrated into many different websites that rely on other frameworks like React and the fact that Converse.js is a web component (<converse-root />) makes this easier.

If you're interested, here's the Github repo: https://github.com/conversejs/converse.js And you can demo it here: https://chat.conversejs.org/

You'll need an XMPP account (see https://providers.xmpp.net/ for possible providers).

Comment · 1 year ago

Being able to hold on to wealth is an underestimated and undervalued ability.

It's actually pretty easy to lose money. Everybody is happy to help you part with yours.

Comment · 1 year ago

Your website is very clever, I like it, but unfortunately Google has classified it as a dangerous site with a phishing risk, which I think is understandable because you're effectively pretending to be Google.