Technically an app was not supposed to change under me after it was installed on my device and we live in a dystopic world if that happens, but sure, yes, I get your point.

I suppose "an app per creator" would be just some creator adding some branding and distribution to an open-source codebase such that they have control over auto-updates for their community? Update lovers everywhere will complain that this creator will either have to comply with upstream updates that may damage the experience he initially wanted for the app or they will have to fork the base open-source codebase, which he will be unable to, or he will have to never update again, which is a sin. I am happy with any of the three options, though.

Technically an app was not supposed to change under me after it was installed on my device and we live in a dystopic world if that happens, but sure, yes, I get your point.

I suppose "an app per creator" would be just some creator adding some branding and distribution to an open-source codebase such that they have control over auto-updates for their community? Update lovers everywhere will complain that this creator will either have to comply with upstream updates that may damage the experience he initially wanted for the app or they will have to fork the base open-source codebase, which he will be unable to, or he will have to never update again, which is a sin. I am happy with any of the three options, though.

I think stables can be useful. If it's difficult to access USD where you're from and/or your local fiat is even more garbage. Or to avoid crypto volatility in short/medium term. Can also be more anonymous than digital fiat.

I have all of my posts listed from a month ago in my notedeck feed and I disagree with most of them 😆

kind of fun to argue with versions of yourself from the past

Your house isn't worth more...

Normies will get mad if you point this out.

Good evening.

Although the region itself was inhabited for a long time by Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and more, what we generally think of as “Cairo” is considered to have been founded by the Fatimids in the 10th century.

When it was founded, they built stone walls and gates, and a number of mosques. Cairo has expanded to become one of the biggest cities in the world since then, but this smaller area of “Old Cairo” still stands within the city, and you’ll find among the densest collections of medieval Islamic architecture within a couple kilometer area.

Driving up to it is surreal, because on one side of the street there’s a thousand year old fortress wall, and on the other side of the street there are decades-old buildings with brutalist architecture.

Inside of the walls there are markets, restaurants, hotels, etc. The marketplace/streets are quite loud and hectic and messy, and yet some of the restaurants and hotels are absolutely amazing.

So like you park, get hounded by an informal-looking guy for parking money (sometimes they are legit and sometimes not), walk through the thousand year old gate, there’s tons of music and street food and aggressive merchants, stray cats and dogs, you might have to dodge the random motorcycle or get pooped on by a pigeon (happened to me), a man in a Sufi-style dress is whirling around, there’s a sickly-thin toothless man asking for money as a group of teenagers race by, etc. But then right amid that there will be a beautiful entrance to a luxury boutique Ottoman-style hotel with professional staff, intricate handmade furniture and an amazing Egyptian restaurant on the roof that overlooks the area. A sea of contrasts.

As you walk along the cobblestone roads of this old portion of Cairo, you pass by various buildings that range from the 10th century to the 19th century and were built under four different dynasties (Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, and Ottomans). Then there are also some more recent brutalist buildings. It’s all woven together, so for example there will be an 800-year old stone archway with an active cafe under it. There will be a merchant selling cheap metal pyramid trinkets made in China underneath an intricate wooden 500-year old medieval window.

Anyway, some friends and I went there for the second time yesterday to eat at that rooftop restaurant. Some pics.

I think businesses usually diversify their holdings regardless of what they use to transact right? But yeah I agree they would want to “cash out” a lot of crypto that they get. That’s why liquidity in the on/off ramps are essential. It’s the death knell of Monero sadly.

Good evening.

Although the region itself was inhabited for a long time by Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and more, what we generally think of as “Cairo” is considered to have been founded by the Fatimids in the 10th century.

When it was founded, they built stone walls and gates, and a number of mosques. Cairo has expanded to become one of the biggest cities in the world since then, but this smaller area of “Old Cairo” still stands within the city, and you’ll find among the densest collections of medieval Islamic architecture within a couple kilometer area.

Driving up to it is surreal, because on one side of the street there’s a thousand year old fortress wall, and on the other side of the street there are decades-old buildings with brutalist architecture.

Inside of the walls there are markets, restaurants, hotels, etc. The marketplace/streets are quite loud and hectic and messy, and yet some of the restaurants and hotels are absolutely amazing.

So like you park, get hounded by an informal-looking guy for parking money (sometimes they are legit and sometimes not), walk through the thousand year old gate, there’s tons of music and street food and aggressive merchants, stray cats and dogs, you might have to dodge the random motorcycle or get pooped on by a pigeon (happened to me), a man in a Sufi-style dress is whirling around, there’s a sickly-thin toothless man asking for money as a group of teenagers race by, etc. But then right amid that there will be a beautiful entrance to a luxury boutique Ottoman-style hotel with professional staff, intricate handmade furniture and an amazing Egyptian restaurant on the roof that overlooks the area. A sea of contrasts.

As you walk along the cobblestone roads of this old portion of Cairo, you pass by various buildings that range from the 10th century to the 19th century and were built under four different dynasties (Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, and Ottomans). Then there are also some more recent brutalist buildings. It’s all woven together, so for example there will be an 800-year old stone archway with an active cafe under it. There will be a merchant selling cheap metal pyramid trinkets made in China underneath an intricate wooden 500-year old medieval window.

Anyway, some friends and I went there for the second time yesterday to eat at that rooftop restaurant. Some pics.

I think they’re usually pegged to USD as a common reference point that people understand. But it can theoretically be pegged to anything if it’s done algorithmically. I’m just saying, we have these things and that is not the issue. I think the technology still remains the limiting factor. The UX is worse than fiat in the worst ways.

Play stupid games

Win stupid prizes

The Age of Fiat is Over.

A new era begins.

I only bring up stable coins because you mentioned that the primary issue was being able to stabilize the price, right? I personally don’t need a stable coin. I’m fine with just being more frugal if the coin has less inflation than, say, gold.

Btw, I said “differing means of various effectiveness” because they’re not all just pegged to an existing currency. You can have a stable coin that is just algorithmically stable to an arbitrary price even. I’m just saying, that is not the issue either.

I only bring up stable coins because you mentioned that the primary issue was being able to stabilize the price, right? I personally don’t need a stable coin. I’m fine with just being more frugal if the coin has less inflation than, say, gold.

Eh, I disagree with that. Because there are plenty of stable coins (through various means of differing effectiveness). But despite the stability, the technology makes it worse than cash in every conceivable way.