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Hacker NewsTyrian purple: The lost ancient pigment that was more valuable than gold
L: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231122-tyrian-purple-the-lost-ancient-pigment-that-was-more-valuable-than-gold
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38414710
posted on 2023.11.25 at 12:04:07 (c=0, p=3)
L: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231122-tyrian-purple-the-lost-ancient-pigment-that-was-more-valuable-than-gold
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38414710
posted on 2023.11.25 at 12:04:07 (c=0, p=3)
David BuchananHere's my over-condensed thoughts on Mastodon "vs" Bluesky. "vs" in scare-quotes because I don't think of them as direct competitors to each other.
Most people already here on the fediverse will probably continue to prefer it, relative to Bluesky. Fedi is more decentralised in practice, and demonstrably less reliant on external funding in order to function. It has a unique culture (and set of subcultures) which, if you're here, you probably like.
However, for the people still using Twitter, they'll probably prefer Bluesky over the fediverse. It's easier to treat as a drop-in replacement for twitter without learning new concepts, and has more mainstream appeal in general. Work is being done to make the fediverse more noob-approachable, and that's great, but the userbase still skews strongly towards "technically adept" in practice.
If Twitter, Threads, etc. are heroin, then Bluesky is methadone. If I had to pick between "fewer twitter users" and "more fedi users", I think the former is a more important goal. I prefer the fediverse to Bluesky overall, but I still see Bluesky's existence (and growth) as a net positive.
(and to specify, by "fediverse" I really mean mastodon-compatible ActivityPub federation, or something along those lines...)
Most people already here on the fediverse will probably continue to prefer it, relative to Bluesky. Fedi is more decentralised in practice, and demonstrably less reliant on external funding in order to function. It has a unique culture (and set of subcultures) which, if you're here, you probably like.
However, for the people still using Twitter, they'll probably prefer Bluesky over the fediverse. It's easier to treat as a drop-in replacement for twitter without learning new concepts, and has more mainstream appeal in general. Work is being done to make the fediverse more noob-approachable, and that's great, but the userbase still skews strongly towards "technically adept" in practice.
If Twitter, Threads, etc. are heroin, then Bluesky is methadone. If I had to pick between "fewer twitter users" and "more fedi users", I think the former is a more important goal. I prefer the fediverse to Bluesky overall, but I still see Bluesky's existence (and growth) as a net positive.
(and to specify, by "fediverse" I really mean mastodon-compatible ActivityPub federation, or something along those lines...)
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Texas ObserverPlatforms like #AirBNB & VRBO cause massive messes across #Texas (and the globe). In #Fredericksburg, 1,900+ short-term units now comprise nearly 25 percent of the housing inventory.
In the cover story from our magazine, Eva Ruth Moravec looks at the big bucks these companies put into #cities, and the efforts to stem the chaos and costs they bring to residential neighborhoods: https://www.texasobserver.org/short-term-rentals-airbnb-vrbo-neighborhoods/
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