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Re: Help Stop Fascism

Julien — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:45:13 -0000

Kind of disappointed to see the comments below... but I guess as you noted this is to be expected.

Would you be able to put a list of things that people can do? I think everyone has thought about what "side" they would have been on in the 30s, but I am not sure what would have been the most impactful thing to do?

In France, some joined "le maquis" and performed what could be considered terrorism (I think we're not there yet... are we?) Other emigrated (I think that's the case in Germany too). Others offered logistical help... etc.

What is applicable today?

Re: A Theory of History and Society: Technology, Constraints and Incentives

Julien — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:18:02 -0000

This is super insightful and also shows how "dangerous" our current attention economy is because it only values on very very short term attention. Books (long term attention) are being replaced by blog posts... etc.

In most of the software we build, we tend to optimize for engagement which is "instant", rather than long term. I wonder what would be the way to restore some kind of equilibrium and show the value of long term attention given to problems (if there is actually any!)

Re: 0xad233d75cecb0cb149bbc3e51dd3ecbe448a1403

Julien — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:21:49 -0000

Hello! julien from Unlock here! We'd love to know what happened with this transaction https://etherscan.io/tx/0x9...

Re: Putting the Economy in Suspended Animation: A Proposal

Julien — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:51:35 -0000

Agreed... but it does not look like this is happening in France at least for now.

Re: Putting the Economy in Suspended Animation: A Proposal

Julien — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 14:38:56 -0000

Quick correction, the rent suspension in France is for companies, and probably "just" SMBs, (https://www.gouvernement.fr..., not individuals...

Re: Changing your life

Julien — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 09:14:16 -0000

This rings very true. It is incredibly hard to let go of your old self.

Re: From Advertising to Subscriptions and the Evolution of the USV Investment Thesis

Julien — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 11:39:24 -0000

Hum... if healthy is elitism then yeah it is elitism.
At this point there is less and less doubt that ad based business models are toxic: misaligning incentives between creators and consumers keeps getting worse.

In the same way that nobody thinks it's a great idea to fight hunger with McDonald's, I think it is pretty clear now that our democracies cannot afford to have bad information diets.

Re: From Advertising to Subscriptions and the Evolution of the USV Investment Thesis

Julien — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:15:50 -0000

Subscriptions are definitely one of the solutions to a lot of the current worse. Explicit signals (paying) are much healthier than implicit attention/popularity signals.

Now though, at this point, and unlike adverts, subscriptions are not "network-ed". This means that when ads become more "valuable" when they are visible (and tracking!) across the web, subscriptions are not leveraging the network. It's almost the opposite even: a user is less likely to subscribe to yet another product/service because of the hassle of managing yet another one.

That said, Blockchain and cryptocurrencies (including NFT!) Provide and opportunity to build such a decentralized network of subscriptions/paywalls.

Re: Finding your discomfort zone

Julien — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:23:15 -0000

> “i’m not a lawyer and you guys are the experts, so…” can be really freeing!

Yes! But not just for you! Often "experts" have preconceived ideas and notions that only a "non expert" can debunk or see past.

One of my favorite quotes is “Everyone knew it was impossible, until a fool who didn't know came along and did it.”.

Re: Zombies eating kitties

Julien — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:04:18 -0000

This is one of the reasons why I am so much more excited about nft than cryptocurrencies!

Re: CryptoKitties

Julien — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:10:01 -0000

Congrats ;) I actually look forward to see what the team is building regarding NFTs!

Re: Teaching kids to invest

Julien — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:41:48 -0000

Pretty cool idea!
Would you consider some kind of "matching" if some of the $20 is spent on categories/topics you think are worth spending on?

Re: Crypto/Blockchain Safe Harbor

Julien — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:09:09 -0000

I think a fair counterparty would be to ask that tokens somehow prove their "usage" value _before_ they are sold to the greater public via ICOs, rather than after?

Re: Breaking down silos by sharing more on the web - Tales of a Developer Advocate by Paul Kinlan

Julien — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 19:49:18 -0000

It's more than a start! it's a re-start ;)

Re: Ledger Nano S

Julien — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:28:02 -0000

Back on the early XXth century, one of the greatest challenges for banks was to convince people that their money was safer in their vaults than under their mattress. Has that pendulum swung too?

Re: Keeping it simple

Julien — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:14:34 -0000

As a parent who moved to the US and discovered what "birthday parties" are here I am thrilled to read that not everybody here is an adept of these outrageously expensive always-more birthday parties! We were a ashamed when we invited a few of my daughter's friends at home and they played with her toys and have a (delidious) home made chocolate cake!

Re: What’s your medium?

Julien — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:42:13 -0000

Bits for now!

Re: Superfeedr Blog - Combining Feeds

Julien — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:56:03 -0000

Hi! It looks like you have created a "publisher" account when you need a "subscriber" account. Delete your current account and create a new one!

Re: Superfeedr Blog - Updated Pricing

Julien — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 19:49:32 -0000

You can certainly remain on the older pricing for as long as you want. We will never force your to change to the new pricing.

Re: Designing a Web Push Service - Tales of a Developer Advocate

Julien — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:06:36 -0000

Pretty cool! I am looking forward to see an integration with https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/ ;)

Re: Material colour pallette - Tales of a Developer Advocate

Julien — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:19:04 -0000

This subscribe button does not work :( Switch to https://subtome.com :)

Re: Starting a new conversation…

Julien — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:04:45 -0000

Ho wow! Now that I talk to my phone, I'll feel like I'm talking to you a little bit in a way :)
Looking forward to seeing what you build!

Re: Some Thoughts On The AVC Community

Julien — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:54:54 -0000

In a perfect world, the web would be your community. I'm ok with you closing the comments here but we need better discovery mechanisms at the web scale to find related and valuable responses.

Re: The new normal

Julien — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:22:14 -0000

I am so sorry to hear about the accident. I am not sure how I can help but if I can, please let me know.

Re: Thinking about Leaving Tumblr: Looking for a Decentralized Blog Network

Julien — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 11:57:46 -0000

Nothing to add but I want to follow this thread ;)