2026-07-23T01:04:55Z https://yabu.me Lance R. Vick https://yabu.me/npub1ht64h604stywr6g57m85r9nejft6pn32cne00swqjn6x76s8gl4qq0khrq https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/929/154/original/873ba8b0fc348f96.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/929/154/original/873ba8b0fc348f96.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs20753x08x35qda7cymze7x4ektgvez75l6ele9vu50e4tktfh8eszyza02klf7kpv3c0fznmv7svk0xf90gxw9tz09a7pcz20gmm2qar75znfzcl It is downright offensive and laughable that so many crypto founders, which supposedly built their offerings under anti-authority, decentralization, and cypherpunk ethos, continue to bring eyeballs to a centralized heavily censored platforms like Youtube and Twitter that are inherently authoritarian by design.<br/><br/>This is why I will never post content on Youtube, Twitter, TikTok, etc. <br/><br/>If you ever see any of my work or content published on proprietary platforms, it was because others put it there. 2026-01-12T23:27:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx562h79s35qykvfas04hye0tlze3c4lq36pvmuex56eppr6n3wkqzyza02klf7kpv3c0fznmv7svk0xf90gxw9tz09a7pcz20gmm2qar757nq97u A communications tool must have censorship resistance (decentralization), anonymous signup without requiring a phone, and have an official way to obtain binaries signed by the community instead of by corpos that can be forced to insert backdoors.<br/><br/>Signal fails on every single one of these criteria and that is why we must stop recommending it to our friends and family who have a very limited tolerance for technology changes.<br/><br/>Choose decentralization.<br/><br/>Use matrix, or make something better. 2025-09-19T17:34:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgu62n22p3z6nsm24gh9nqag3q5lgl47mma6gq52h6w69ajscamcqzyza02klf7kpv3c0fznmv7svk0xf90gxw9tz09a7pcz20gmm2qar75s7qldx If you totally give up on scale, UX, and privacy, then reliability and sovereignty are easy (IRC)<br/><br/>If you totally give up on scale, reliability, and UX, then sovereignty and privacy are easy (Scuttlebutt)<br/><br/>If you totally give up on sovereignty, reliability, and privacy, then UX and scale are easy (Discord)<br/><br/>If you demand sovereignty, privacy, UX, reliability, and scale, then everything is hard (Matrix) 2025-05-16T20:42:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqeq3xttp6pgxfc5n4zlkj2464gwtplmchy0k87nf2ymk84majlczyza02klf7kpv3c0fznmv7svk0xf90gxw9tz09a7pcz20gmm2qar75gsp87v I have a simple rule. Proprietary technology can only be consumed for entertainment, but never relied upon in day to day life.<br/><br/>Also, I am not a vegan, but I respect the hell out of vegans who commit to trying to make the world better in that way.<br/><br/>But no one is inspired by someone that is only vegan half-time, right? <br/><br/>Decide who you are and commit to the bit.<br/><br/>If you want to be a privacy advocate, or a corpo shill, or a cannibal, just do it. No half assing it.<br/><br/>Cannibals eat the whole ass. 2025-03-14T07:38:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfpwxl2z2xg7andnqlvggpuhqm7dpru72ejwcrc7u7q5gkeqf8pegzyza02klf7kpv3c0fznmv7svk0xf90gxw9tz09a7pcz20gmm2qar75wnpx3a Sometimes when I feel really annoyed at surveillance capitalism, I go into Google and Bing maps and submit home photo deletion requests on behalf of a few home owners in my area.<br/><br/>When you delete enough homes on a street, it skips the entire street on Street View. It&#39;s great.<br/><br/>Also, they don&#39;t validate emails or that you actually own the home you are asking to delete, and there are no laws against doing this.<br/><br/>You are welcome. 2024-09-06T01:27:55Z