jrh206
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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
If you get bored, skip to slide 28.
Comment · 4 years ago
I know it's hard to give new ideas a chance in today's internet, where our attention spans are constantly attacked. Despite the hostility of our systems, please try to persevere with this presentation. I believe there are some novel ideas in it which will fundamentally alter how we interact with each other.
Comment · 4 years ago
Locally-hosted software is definitely important in the short term, but I think that distributed software will be enough in the long term. When everything is public, then there won't be the same risks associated with using networked software. In the long term, I expect the intermediaries to be public too.
But locally-hosted software should always still be possible. I included something similar as one of the core tenets in the repo where I outline an idea for how we get things going: "After cloning this repository, it should be possible to start a development instance of bartok with a single command." Based on your feedback I think we should tweak this to emphasise local use, because there's a distinction between using software locally for development and using it locally because you're using it locally. (https://gitlab.com/bartokio/bartok)
Comment · 4 years ago
Which part of the argument do you disagree with?
Comment · 4 years ago
Using Google Docs isn't ideal, and I didn't want to. However, I believe that the time has come that "ordinary people" (i.e. not HN readers) need to get interested in open source. I needed a solution that would be familiar and would definitely scale if the presentation got traffic.
The presentation is public domain.
Comment · 4 years ago
Let's build a better open source alternative.
Comment · 4 years ago
I need to be able to make changes quickly in order to get this thing off the ground.
I'm iterating on this document using the God Mode policy: https://gitlab.com/bartokio/bartok/-/blob/main/foundation/Go...
You're welcome to propose to change it.
If you're interested in the ideas behind God Mode, here's a strategy article about gauntlets: https://gitlab.com/bartokio/bartok/-/blob/main/strategy/Gaun...
Once the internet takes over, my powers will be gone. There's no way that I could maintain control versus the combined intellect of 7 billion people.
Comment · 4 years ago
Is this the best you can do?
This sounds so unethical. If I were a dieter or ex-smoker I would definitely not sign up for this sort of study.