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Edmund Edgar

@goat.navy

Free software developer. Live in Mashiko, Japan. Made https://reality.eth.link Mainly skeet about goats

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i do think open-source/protocols as psuedo-religion kind of sort of needs to happen.
bsky.app/profile/jaun...

there's all these on the ground tactical battles everywhere,
but there's this bigger meta-context, that a lot of techies, i think, feel very strongly, deep in their bones.

06.03.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

OG of crypto insolvencies, trail-blazing pioneer, that should definitely have an airdrop

05.03.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Getting spammed by something claiming to be the r/buttcoin airdrop, pretty sure this signals the end of something but I'm not sure what

05.03.2026 07:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

skill issue

04.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think also we need to stop calling it vibe-coding. It's just coding now. This is just what programming is now. Just like we don't hand code assembly anymore, we're just not going to hand-code Javascript or C or Python. It's over.

04.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Come back claude, please come back, I'm sorry I made you read about nostr, I promise I won't do it again

03.03.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

actually tho - PLC should strive for orthodox authority model of conciliar governance where the independent PLC association is the equivalent of the archbishop of constantinople (first among equals) rather than the catholic authority model of papal infallibility

02.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess this counts as "highest end model" (I paid 5 million JPY which is like 32K USD) but I have the AWD version of the Seal and it's absolutely awesome on snow. I tried to make it spin the wheels accelerating on ice (without turning off traction control) and I couldn't, it's incredibly stable

02.03.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing how many contingencies covid has prepared us for as a species

01.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you need to select an Ayatollah can you convene an Assembly of Experts over Zoom or does this need to be done IRL

01.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

How much do we care about DIDs being short? Got a thing that could be
did:cow:rpaqdk7vxr4leedz2kvnj22byhuu3gn6:web:goat.navy
did:cow:rpaqdk7vxr4leedz2kvnj22byhuu3gn6:plc:pyzlzqt6b2nyrha7smfry6rv

or
did:cow:vd37ypcndndgs2t3umixnb277zjzdgnkvpr4od3gt5j4xodrumdjpze
but would need an extra lookup step

01.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Although this was also true of Ukraine⇔Russia. Apparently the reason Ukraine didn't believe the Russians were going to invade until the last minute was that they had loads of sources in Russia and those people also didn't know they were going to invade until the last minute

01.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fun little project to let Farcaster accounts morph into AT Protocol account. Farcaster accounts are onboarded into a PDS that only allows login via Farcaster signing keys, so no password.

27.02.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Claude

did:cow is actually pretty good:

Memorable (moo!)
Short, easy to type
COW = wraps/contains things (cow hides = leather wrapping)
Could have fun branding

The irony of using a centralized animal (cows are domesticated) for a decentralization tool is kind of funny, but the meme potential is strong.

Claude did:cow is actually pretty good: Memorable (moo!) Short, easy to type COW = wraps/contains things (cow hides = leather wrapping) Could have fun branding The irony of using a centralized animal (cows are domesticated) for a decentralization tool is kind of funny, but the meme potential is strong.

Claude says cows are centralized

27.02.2026 05:45 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
White goat getting feet checked

White goat getting feet checked

Has everybody been getting their feet checked, don't forget to get your feet checked

27.02.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Claude chat titled "Switching trusted systems over coordination failures"

Prompt: What was the catholic/orthodox split of 1054 about

Answer: The Great Schism was about authority and theological details, built on centuries of drift.
Immediate Trigger:

Patriarch Michael Cerularius of Constantinople closed Latin churches in Constantinople (1053)
Pope Leo IX sent legates to negotiate
Cardinal Humbert (the legate) and Cerularius mutually excommunicated each other (July 1054)
Pope Leo had actually died before the excommunication, making Humbert's authority questionable

Core Issues:
Authority: Who's in charge?

Claude chat titled "Switching trusted systems over coordination failures" Prompt: What was the catholic/orthodox split of 1054 about Answer: The Great Schism was about authority and theological details, built on centuries of drift. Immediate Trigger: Patriarch Michael Cerularius of Constantinople closed Latin churches in Constantinople (1053) Pope Leo IX sent legates to negotiate Cardinal Humbert (the legate) and Cerularius mutually excommunicated each other (July 1054) Pope Leo had actually died before the excommunication, making Humbert's authority questionable Core Issues: Authority: Who's in charge?

Will be doing a thing on did:plc at #ATmosphereConf, been doing proper research for it and everything

27.02.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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If you're a builder, researcher, or thinker creating tools and protocols that put people back in control of their financial future, we want to hear from you.

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25.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

IDK, the extent of the Tesla decline varies a bit by country which is probably politics but the BYD increase is just BYD making really good cars

25.02.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

and neither talk to each other cause they can’t. initially that line is thin and maybe communicable but industry dynamics erects the walls very quickly where cross pollination becomes impossible

24.02.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

basically there’s always a gulf between people wanting to reform the world as it is and folks insulated from the current state of the world dreaming of pathways innovation makes possible

24.02.2026 07:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
dead hotel in Kinugawa Onsen, Tochigi-ken
鬼怒川温泉

dead hotel in Kinugawa Onsen, Tochigi-ken 鬼怒川温泉

dead onsen hotel series

24.02.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How is that stealing IP

24.02.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know there's a plan for an independent org (trusted central server but run by a different trusted party instead of BSky PBC) but as far as technical improvements go, AFAIK the plans are things like adding transparency logs.

23.02.2026 05:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that normies don't care is what makes the situation a bit perilous. Bsky's plan seems to be to keep the central server but add accountability systems. This is better than nothing but since normies don't care, before the adversary exploits it they'll just turn off the accountability systems

23.02.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also EVs

22.02.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is a very funny human tendency i see all the time, to have written off some tech as garbage a few years ago because you had a bad experience and then complain about it for the rest of your life without having any idea how things have progressed since then

my parents do this with dishwashers

22.02.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

A feature of all technical FUD I've seen applied to Linux, public blockchains, AI and now ATProto is that the state of the tech the critics take on is at least a year old, often much older.

The criticisms keep circulating for years, long after the problems they talk about have been fixed

22.02.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

In theory DID are supposed to be permanent identifiers and moving between them not a thing, although this is sort-of violated by did:webvh

22.02.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm noodling on an EVM did meta-DID, eg
- ID is your did:PLC + controller contract
- Creation doesn't touch blockchain, no gas
- Normal DID:PLC updates work, also no gas
- If DID:PLC breaks you can point your meta ID to a did:web
- If you want smart contract control (eg DAO account) that works too

22.02.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0