This is a thread for random discussions that gets posted everyday at 5am central.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 8 May 2022
Read about time today and being the master of your own your time so you can kill it on your own terms just a friendly reminder!
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 8 May 2022
Average request latency is now ~150ms, down from >300ms a week ago. There's probably more low hanging fruit to reduce it to 100ms.
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90 sats \ 8 replies \ @k00b 7 May 2022
@paul mentioned that it'd be nice to have an indicator on 'jobs' in the navbar when a new job is added.
I'm trying to think of a way that we can do this without being spammy, especially for logged in users (whom I love more 😘). It would also need to work for lurkers.
Would it be too much to have an indicator every time there's a new job posted since you last visited ~jobs? Perhaps you could turn it off in settings.
That'd be the simplest thing to do. For lurkers I'd store the last visited in local storage.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @gmd 8 May 2022
Another option might be to provide sort by new functionality. Current layout is great to gamify jobs for those who want the most visibility but less ideal for job seekers who check in less frequently and want to see what's been posted since they last checked.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 8 May 2022
There's a 'recent' for jobs like the main page. 'recent' is contextual, meaning if you're on the ~jobs sub 'recent' is ~jobs/recent
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 8 May 2022
ahhh somehow my eyes completely missed that!
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31 sats \ 4 replies \ @kr 7 May 2022
Great idea, and agree that this solution makes sense.
One more point on notifications, I think the 1 sat comment fees should go to the original poster/commenter who is being replied to. Every time I get a notification, I anticipate receiving sats... but on occasion, it's just a reply with no sats attached.
Lightning allows us to set a price on attention, no user should be distracted by a notification without sats attached.
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90 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 8 May 2022
The main problem I have with this is
- the payment scheme goes from trivial to complex to describe
- if a user creates sock puppet account, they can reply to their other accounts for free, an unlimited amount of times
On point (1), if Alice creates a post, Bob replies to Alice, and then Carol replies to Bob. Who do Carol's sats go to? Bob? If Alice replies to Bob, do Alice's sats go to Bob? Right now we have a simple rule - the sats go to the site. I can describe it in one sentence. IMO that has a bunch of value.
Also, I get a ton of random questions on here. With this scheme I would be paying to answer users' questions (as would any other user helping another user), which is backwards. At least with the current scheme, the sats go somewhere trusted that redistributes those sats to other trusted sources.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 8 May 2022
yeah, there is a lot of value in the simplicity of the current scheme… i just wish it allowed me to use sats to protect my time & attention. this concept is already being used by reacher & vida, and it makes a ton of sense.
fiat never allowed us to earn for seconds or minutes of our time, lightning does. ‘no free distractions’ seems like a simple way of describing this policy.
the way i envision it is whoever creates a post should get sats for direct replies, and if i reply to a comment, payments should go to the person i’m directly replying to.
if you’re getting questions in response to your posts, you’d be earning sats based on the rate you set for replies. perhaps the same rule could be applied to tagging users too, so if someone tags you in their question, they need to pay to get your attention.
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr 7 May 2022
Down the road, it might even be worth exploring the ability for users to set their own reply fees.
Ex. Imagine a celebrity posting an original piece of content on SN (perhaps a blog post). They may want to limit all comments on their posts unless it comes with a fee of 100 or 1,000 sats.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 8 May 2022
Yes, I imagine a celeb wanting to set a higher sat barrier to prevent spam. This is something I've considered adding for awhile.
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22 sats \ 2 replies \ @a 7 May 2022
Will the ranking/tipping algorithm for SN be open sourced?
Would be cool if each sub had a differently tuned algorithm (different parameter choices)!
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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 7 May 2022
It's already open source (check the website footer). But yeah, different subs will have different ranking algos. ~jobs already has a different algo.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @a 8 May 2022
Thanks!
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22 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 7 May 2022
There are 6 podcasts on the main feed right now all from the same account. What a waste.
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @tbonesteaks 7 May 2022
Yeah, they sort of just shot gunned all those out there. Off topic, but those icons/emojis of the headphones. The poster added those in the title when posting and you have nextjs style and display it? It’s awesome looking.
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22 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 7 May 2022
I don't do anything special with emojis. It's just rendered by your browser pretty.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @faithandcredit 7 May 2022
will users be able to create their own subs so to speak?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 7 May 2022
Yes, eventually. We are thinking they'll have to crowdfund them, sort of like stackexchange does with votes, but it'll be with sats and monthly probably like 10k sats/mo to keep it going.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @avg 7 May 2022
Has this book been ever released: https://www.amazon.com/Honne-Tatemae-Satoshi-Nakamoto/dp/1724990675 ?
Anyone read it?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 7 May 2022
I hadn't even heard of it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @avg 8 May 2022
Some background: https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/satoshi-nakamoto-family-foundation-is-purportedly-writing-a-bitcoin-beginnings-book/
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31 sats \ 4 replies \ @nout 7 May 2022
I have a jetlag, woke up at 4am, so I spent some time reading up on stuff and watching Stacker News Live!
I like how SNL introduces different audio issue every time 😀 I could see how @k00b touched the mic, did wiggle wiggle and it stopped working 😀
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @ThrillerX_ 8 May 2022
i totally did @nout
its alll good i was able to salvage something on the release. But it adds another 3 hours to my production. At this point I am getting paid minimum wage...hes lucky were bffs
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 8 May 2022
This problem happened with PBS too right?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ThrillerX_ 9 May 2022
its basically our equipment its dying a slow death
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 7 May 2022
@ThrillerX_ warned me not to touch the mic because it was producing static earlier. 🤦♂️
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55 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 7 May 2022
Broke 10k sats stacked on SN!
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @nout 7 May 2022
In couple years that will get you a house :)
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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 7 May 2022
At the very least, it'll be enough to buy some of your chairs back.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 8 May 2022
Lol would love to donate. I know others need these sats more than I do
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107 sats \ 1 reply \ @almoo 7 May 2022
The friend of mine invited me to make a lecture for a kids in a Russian school about bitcoin and self sovereignty. So I'm looking for material to show it to them. I found a few kids books with a lot of illustrations, check: "Bitcoin Money: A Tale of Bitville Discovering Good Money" by Rabbie. I think this one is really great for your kids to show!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 7 May 2022
The Little Bitcoin Book is also quite short and simple. What age group are you going to be talking to?
I was just in Europe and I had a brief chat about bitcoin with someone who escaped Ukraine - there's definitely interest and this work is super important.
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15 sats \ 1 reply \ @AJ1992 7 May 2022
Got two 17U travel baseball games to umpire this afternoon. Love what I do, there's nothing better and the weather today is going to be perfect! #UmpireLife
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 7 May 2022
You calling balls and strikes?
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