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Ricardo J. Méndez

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Privacy, decentralization, anti-fascism, sometimes crypto stuff. Career CTO working on strategy and investments now. https://numergent.com/ I'm on Germ DM 🔑 anchr://ger.mx/AxZ_orTzLdEBPyklSWqbSKOUNQ8Oz68iaC2A1Hyhu2Cm#did:plc:cf6futaebyc2k4wgzsr4v42k

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 23d

I am a little less optimistic: I strongly suspect the current institutions are mostly incapable of dealing with this new approach, and we may quickly - globally - end up with something unrecognizable.

numergent.com/2025-09/Fast...

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 4h

And once web2 developers at large realize that we can have an entire ecosystem built on composable, unruggable data... well, then things start getting *real* interesting.

It's at that point that we start seeing #atdev lifeforms that cannot exist anywhere else.

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 4h

It's not just about openness and sovereignty (and yes, I do realize not every network interaction should public - teams like @germnetwork.com are addressing it).

But if the data lives on the network, devs are more likely to create apps through composition, because they know access is unruggable.

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 4h

I expect two major kinds of ATProto apps:

1. PDS-first, where most of the content lives on the network, and only the behavior-specific stuff is proprietary (like payments or server-side analysis); and

2. Those that use it mostly for login and social graph.

Hoping we get a lot more of the first.

dad… @aka.dad · 5h

Offprint dev here, we will have our own lexicon schema for publications and documents (as well as a few other things), not sure if this what you mean by “PDS-first”.

There are some other long form apps I’m aware off like @pckt.blog and @pipup.social

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 4h

Sounds good, thanks! I'm sure at some point we'll settle on some nomenclature other than whatever OP came up with on the fly. 😀

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 4h

Yup, that's what I mean - an application where the data itself is hosted on the PDS'es and accessible through the network if the application were to go offline (say, Offprint turns out to not be a sustainable business).

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 5h

Hey #ATDev, what are the main document-focused ATProto schemas right now? I've been following @whtwnd.com and @leaflet.pub, but there's at least one I forgot, and not sure if there are any others.

(Also unclear if @offprint.app will be PDS-first, or just uses the login and social graph).

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 1d

I’d agree with the first part, though. Barnacles are one of those things that I am sure we as a species started eating out of desperation.

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 1d

Funny how a lot of tech billionaires said they felt they were going through “struggle sessions”.

Every accusation, etc.

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 1d

Nope.

Nazi Germany never gutted their own medical capacity.

This is far closer to Mao's Cultural Revolution or the Khmer Rouge.

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 1d

Nope.

Nazi Germany never gutted their own medical capacity.

This is far closer to Mao's Cultural Revolution or the Khmer Rouge.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, the most personal thing I've ever written, and it's on cnn dot com www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/h...

Can the party drug ketamine be a mental health breakthrough? It was for me | CNN

Known more for its use as party drug, ketamine can provide a lifeline for people experiencing distressing mental health symptoms.

www.cnn.com

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 1d

It is - it’s a meme coin. But the market can remain irrational and cultish longer than you can remain solvent.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

“.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 2d

Her being Venezuelan is the cherry on top.

(Cackles in Cheeto)

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 2d

Zcash fucked up a lot of things on the way here - messaging, ecosystem, dev community, internal politics, UX, go to market - but privacy tech wasn’t one of them.

The Block @theblock.bsky.social · 2d

Zcash reclaims $200 level after three years amid renewed interest in privacy coins

https://www.theblock.co/post/374131/zcash-reclaims-200-level-after-three-years-amid-renewed-interest-in-privacy-coins?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

www.theblock.co

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 3d

That man looks like Blofeld is about to leave him alone in a room with a tied-up James Bond and a bunch of dentistry tools.

Jeremy Allen @jeres.bsky.social · 3d

I spoke to Ron Mael about the 13 albums that influenced Sparks, up on @thequietus.com today.

thequietus.com/interviews/b...

Set Everything On Fire: Ron Mael of Sparks' Favourite Albums | The Quietus

Ron Mael of Sparks talks us through his favourite albums of all time from foundational free jazz freak out to cutting edge J-pop via Bach

thequietus.com

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 3d

That’s the one!

And @profile-labels.bossett.social is good too, for highlighting things like handle changes.

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 3d

Don't ask me about the business model. I expect they're banking on users swapping directly through their app and them getting to capture a spread (since on a couple swaps I previewed on the wallet there seemed to be a good 2% price difference from what I'd have expected).

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 3d

On the bag at MERGE Madrid was a United Network NFC wallet. Seems to be the same approach as the Tangem - a card with the NFC chip which acts as your key holder.

(Retails for $50, close to Tangem's $55).

It probably signals that currently distribution is worth whatever price you have to pay.

Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 4d

Walter Donovan rapidly aging into a dissicated corpse at the end of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (spoilers!)

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ROOST @roost.tools · 4d

we are, in fact, growing the flock

Email [email protected] with the title if you think you're a good fit!

Anne Bertucio @annebdh.bsky.social · 4d

Want to work on open source full time? The @roost.tools engineering team is starting to hatch! Come build OSS tools making a difference in Trust & Safety.

This is a fully remote role, though some schedule overlap with North American time zones is expected.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

ROOST.tools hiring Staff Software Engineer in United States | LinkedIn

Posted 8:52:18 PM. About ROOSTROOST is a community effort to build scalable and resilient safety infrastructure for…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

www.linkedin.com

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 9d

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/priors
#smbc

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 5d

Not looking forward to what the next Star Trek is going to be like.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 5d

UPDATE: now DHS says "globalists" will be blocked "from ever entering our country."

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
RECAPTURE OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY!
This week, we arrested hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers across our country in Portland in Chicago.
Now, we need your help. Block communists, terrorists, and globalists from ever entering our country. Go to USCIS.GOV/JOIN
@MicahBock

Screenshot from video: YOU'LL BLOCK COMMUNISTS, TERRORISTS, AND GLOBALISTS
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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 5d

Raiku sounds interesting: effectively a futures marketplace for Solana block space.

If successful, it should help incentivize validator geodistribution, given purchasers should be interested in getting access to responsive nodes.

podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/l...

Solana Gets Even Faster With Robin A. Nordnes

Podcast Episode · Lightspeed · 01/10/2025 · 52m

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 5d

For anyone who wasn't around the console trenches at the time... Microsoft put out a complex flowchart explaining how game sharing would work, and the steps you had to go through for a disc you'd bought to be playable on a friend's Xbox.

Sony replied with this ad.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSI...

Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video

YouTube video by PlayStation

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 5d

You don't need laws when users take action.

The Xbox One approach changed when players rebelled, and the PS4 happened to be coming out at the same time. Even Sony jumped in and lampooned Microsoft!

I don’t expect them to backpedal unless Windows users are likely to bolt.

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Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardo.bsky.social · 5d

Bluesky client forks like Deer should display them. Mobile client support seems more hit and miss.

I use a few. Anti-Alf Aktion has been great. Others, like the PDS labeled, are more about curiosity for me right now.

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