Thinking on Zope today, I realized that amongst the top programmers I know, @j1mfulton@twitter.com is maybe the least acknowledged. He creates novel solutions to each problem he tackles, and makes it look easy. It isn't. :)

https://twitter.com/paulweveritt/status/1276511253628948481

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/chrismcdonough/status/1276710616955326464

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 26, 2020, 11:19

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 26, 2020, 11:19

Jun 26, 2020, 11:19

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

@strypey @jxself

Thanks, I've forwarded that to someone who does a lot of research on FOSS projects and who works with freelancers all over the world.

Over the years he's helped me a lot with Converse.js and paid for various open source features.

I can't guarantee anything of course.

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 14:49

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 14:49

Jun 25, 2020, 14:49

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

@ivan

Concerning interesting things happening with cryptocurrencies... I guess you're just not paying attention.

Much of the cutting edge of crypto-research is happening there and lots of cryptography academics are involved in high-profile projects.

Also, decentralized finance in general is an incredibly interesting and challenging space.

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 14:48

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 14:48

Jun 25, 2020, 14:48

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

@ivan

Traceability is related to privacy and is a two-sided sword.

Privacy is important IMO and a human right, but allowing privacy also enables pedophiles and criminals.

That's life unfortunately, although I still think privacy (also with purchases) is important.

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 13:30

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 13:30

Jun 25, 2020, 13:30

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

@ivan

It wouldn't be a shame to me if it was a completely new thing.

Solving the issues in the video are more important than loyalty to a particular technology.

That said, I doubt it will be a completely new thing.

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 12:16

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 12:16

Jun 25, 2020, 12:16

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

@ivan

Yeah, I guess we're stuck with those problems forever and can't do anything about that.

**JC Brand** · Jun 25, 2020, 05:40

JC Brand boosted

**Open Culture** @OpenCulture@tooot.im · Jun 25, 2020, 05:40

Jun 25, 2020, 05:40

Open Culture @OpenCulture@tooot.im

The Ancient Egyptians Wore Fashionable Striped Socks, New Pioneering Imaging Technology Imaging Reveals

http://www.openculture.com/?p=1057212 https://t.co/SseZDwAUSB

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**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 08:03

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 08:03

Jun 25, 2020, 08:03

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

@kemonine

You can manually delete your IndexedDB storage via the developer console.

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 07:59

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 25, 2020, 07:59

Jun 25, 2020, 07:59

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

RT @gladstein@twitter.com

Why Bitcoin matters for human rights, in two minutes.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1275901917579763712

1403cbc07e17ab9a.mp4

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 24, 2020, 18:53

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 24, 2020, 18:53

Jun 24, 2020, 18:53

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

RT @tTikitu@twitter.com

You wouldn’t know it from my feed, but in my day job I lead the mobile team at an ehealth company. And we’re hiring! Please share with any enthusiastic Android devs you might know:
https://minddistrict.homerun.co/android-developer-at-minddistrict

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tTikitu/status/1275772420620771330

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 15:29

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 15:29

Jun 23, 2020, 15:29

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

RT @clarkmoody@twitter.com

Hall-of-Fame Hacker News comment claiming nobody will ever have faith in #Bitcoin as a currency 🍿💯👌

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=599852

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/clarkmoody/status/1275450540433047552

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**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 13:47

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 13:47

Jun 23, 2020, 13:47

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

RT @garrett@twitter.com

It's 2020:

Microsoft was demoing Linux apps in Windows.

Apple was showing the Linux desktop on macOS.

Lenovo now ships their entire workstation line with Ubuntu, Fedora, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Market share of Linux nearly tripled in various web counter stats too.

Wow.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/garrett/status/1275149145301487618

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 13:01

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 13:01

Jun 23, 2020, 13:01

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

RT @orgy_o_agamben@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/orgy_o_agamben/status/1273025153132355585

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 11:13

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 11:13

Jun 23, 2020, 11:13

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

@strypey

Sorry to hear that.

It might help to state your strengths and skills. I.e. what kind of work can you do remotely for people?

**JC Brand** · Jun 23, 2020, 10:24

JC Brand boosted

**Strypey** @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · Jun 23, 2020, 10:24

Jun 23, 2020, 10:24

Strypey @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

My wife and I are going through a bit of a rough time at the moment. We're privileged to be in a better position than a lot of people right now, but we're stuck indefinitely outside our country of residence (China) and surfing from couch to couch. Most of our money is in a Chinese bank account we can't access while outside China (looong story). If anyone can offer me some paid work I can do remotely from #Aotearoa (#NZ), that would really help.

If the only way you can help is a boost, cool :)

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 07:18

**JC Brand** @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz · Jun 23, 2020, 07:18

Jun 23, 2020, 07:18

JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz

It's easy to set up, has a user-friendly settings GUI and it's written in Java, which lots of big corp devs know, so it's quite popular among "enterprises".

Has some features that other servers don't, like TLS certificate-based login.