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@beka_valentine@kolektiva.social “I cringe every time I use a browser for many reasons. The browser people had a chance to make a more integrated UI and functionality, but really did pretty much the opposite in almost all respects. But, because of the attraction, and even some real value of stuff on the internet, there is more pressure to do better. I would expect to see some real alternatives to the typical “bad defacto standard” browsers we've had to put up with.” - Alan Kay, 2008 (accidental find, really not much has changed in this respect.

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“After all, a programmer doing the most basic test of a web3 prototype is going to need to get the cryptocurrency, spend the cryptocurrency, and any application will require all users to get the cryptocurrency as well. If this gets abandoned quickly due to the inevitable technical failure “web3” still accomplished its goal of getting more suckers in and extracting their money.”

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Learned Ruby not through _why, but it had definitely a positive impact on the vibe of the Ruby community. We need more creativity stimulating quirky learning.