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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 2m

from a quick search it seems like the fediverse has also been experimenting w/ webmonetization ex: castopod
podlibre.video/videos/watch...

also lol I'm not surprised I found a silverpill post about it:
mitra.social/post/0195622...

actually why not x402 since it's vaguely eth-based vs vaguely xrp?

Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 16m

no this is older and by Ripple/XRP people, see coil.com for an example

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 23m

As in webmonetization.org / Interledger or is this a different protocol?

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 2h

Oh I mean translated,

localization also means stuff like making sure references to time/currency/different conventions are socially correct. European countries use a comma where Americans use a dot for representing numbers, etc.

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 6h

我要一个凤梨酥 🍍🇹🇼 谢谢！

Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 9h

omg can we have F#'s unit conversion for types in every language pls?

Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 9h

My impression is C# is Java but better in some ways (I think the VM for C# differs from JVM in some important ways). Also F# is neat. Haven't really touched dot net though.

*though I know 2025 Java/JVM is different than the Java I dealt with in undergrad/highschool

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 9h

worldview shattered

a black spinning top is spinning on a table .

Alt: a black spinning top is spinning on a table . Reference to the movie Inception if the top spins forever then the character is still in the dream.

media.tenor.com

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 9h

I did not expect you to link to .NET docs
bizarro world windows dev Bailey arc

tbf there is official Rust code for Windows API stuff...

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 10h

@chadtmiller.com probably a non-goal for @slices.network right now but it would be cool to have the skeleton of an implementation of localization hooks for slices. I'm interested/terrified what the Japanese dev community would do w/ slices 🫣

Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 10h

there's a saying in Irish: Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste
(Broken Irish is better than clever English)

though from what I've seen the bsky client also needs some work on the Irish localization too

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 10h

@lawakua.bsky.social have you seen social media type sites that have decent Hawaiian language localizations? Obviously the only real solution is to pay human translators but I'm interested in piecing together a (probably garbage) translation to submit to some open source bsky client for starters :P

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 10h

probably could test out this idea with @slices.network 🤔

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 11h

@catsky.social probably a non-goal but it would be interesting thinking about ways to render bridged accounts from activitypub and nostr to look less bad on here.

Also probably another non-goal, but it would be wholesome to support more localization than bsky.app ex: at least ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi 🌺

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 12h

you'd think with all the AI $$$ they would fix this
*ducks*

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 12h

for some weird reason @tynanpurdy.com wants to, tbf there's probably something wrong with him though

side note: I'm 1000% on board w/ criticizing Bluesky for their mistakes 💀 but one way to get them to improve is to be the people that change them.

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 12h

yeah I know, but I'm 100% sure nostr users will still be like its a ✨ centralized ledger ✨ 😬🤮

and then shove the entire history of the BTC blockchain into encoded PLC records for the lolz

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 12h

microcosm is just trying to help me look less dumb :P

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 12h

PLC

also I wish did:web was actually did:webvh tbf

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 12h

(kidding)

a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy area

Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson standing in front of bushes and slowly moving backwards, disappearing into the bushes

media.tenor.com

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 12h

generate @gleam.run 🥺👉👈 (or some BEAM language)

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 13h

paging Dr. PWA @vielle.dev

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 13h

In my defense this was a very 2am kind of shower thought, I think I was looking at block vs object storage pricing but also not using my brain. 🚫 🧠

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 13h

I think I meant something like an embedded DB that eventually writes to an object store? I imagine there are performance reasons not to do this.

Being completely honest that I’m trying to cheap out and not pay for the managed database service 🤷‍♂️

> account closed for being cheap 😞

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Jack @jackvalinsky.com · 13h

Do you have any ideas about making a better starerpack-like thing on atproto because the primary issue is not being able to remove yourself? I imagine it could be a lexicon that alternative bsky clients implement. The point about following an account who identifies as X but posts Y is also tricky.

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