Month: March 2019

👓 Openbook | A social network for a better tomorrow.

Read Openbook (openbook.social)
A social network for a better tomorrow. Honest, personal, privacy-friendly and ethically sustained.
Looks interesting, but I’m not sure what they’re really building this on. One would expect it to have the most open web standards around though, wouldn’t one?

I’m number 6427 on their waitlist to see what it looks like. 

 
Read Posting to your indieweb site from spacemacs via micropub by Neil MatherNeil Mather (doubleloop)
At yesterday’s HWC London, I thought I’d have a start at getting things set up such that I can publish to my website from within spacemacs (AKA Emacs with lots of customisations). Why post from spacemacs? I use spacemacs a lot – for all of my coding, and for all of my personal organisation wit...

📺 “The Americans” I Am Abassin Zadran | Amazon Prime

Watched "The Americans" I Am Abassin Zadran from Amazon Prime
Directed by Christopher Misiano. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru. Martha hosts an unexpected guest; Philip and Elizabeth must work a formidable Mujahideen commander.
Watched "The Americans" Glanders from Amazon Prime
Directed by Thomas Schlamme. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Lev Gorn. Elizabeth and Phillip are supposed to get a biological weapon sample but fail to make the exchange when someone is watching. Nina works Anton in hopes it will lead to her freedom. Paige wonders if she can trust Pastor Tim with her secret.
Read Blue Brain solves a century-old neuroscience problem (ScienceDaily)
New research explains how the shapes of neurons can be classified using mathematical methods from the field of algebraic topology. Neuroscientists can now start building a formal catalogue for all the types of cells in the brain. Onto this catalogue of cells, they can systematically map the function and role in disease of each type of neuron in the brain.
Replied to a tweet by Scott GruberScott Gruber (Twitter)
Some sketch instructions for attending remotely can be found here: https://indieweb.org/IndieWebCamps/Attendance
Perhaps we might try an intro remote session later this week to walk through everything in about 30 minutes to get people set up?
Replied to https://twitter.com/davidwbarratt by David Barratt on Twitter David Barratt on Twitter (Twitter)
Sure why not? Don’t you imagine that if multiple millions left Facebook for managed hosting that the cost of $5/month would potentially drop to $1/month or less via competition?

👓 Majority of bitcoin trading is a hoax, new study finds | CNBC

Read Majority of bitcoin trading is a hoax, new study finds by Kate Rooney (CNBC)
Ninety-five percent of spot bitcoin trading volume is faked by unregulated exchanges, according to a new study.
One would think it should be hard to fake bitcoin trading…