Saturday 11th May, 2024 - Everything 7/12th’s Crypto (Issue #163)
Loads of awesome crypto, some incredible web development, TikTok and China, nerdy Linux services and tools, and the abundance rising-tide-lifts-all-boats mindset that the internet delivers
Another season 2 instalment…
There seems to be a heck of a lot of crypto in the tech news at the minute, and the podcast selection this week definitely reflects that.
It’s all very interesting, from European efforts to make crypto palatable to governments, to alt coins like Solana optimised for high frequency having a big impact, to Bitcoin fundamental mental models, to Bitcoin privacy and freedom, to legend John Perkins the economic hitman on the current state of global geopolitics and his views on Bitcoin, to very compelling arguments why the current crypto bull cycle meta is over and the re-occurring dynamics of scams, regulation and token distribution, to regulators going on an unprecedented assault on seemingly all large and popular crypto companies.
A few others managed sneak in on the crypto party including very interesting CSS Grid & Masonry web development discussions, classic nerdy Linux stuff about folders, TikTok and China and Taiwan seen through native glasses but from an elite US military background, analysis of Apple’s very weird Ad and the very understandable backlash that ensued, and some eye opening discussions between comics putting the world to right, highlighting how the internet can and has brought people together if you change your famine mindset to one of abundance, a rising tide really can lift all boats, even if it sounds kind of corny sometimes.
There’s just so much quality content this week.
I myself have managed to ship the initial version of the interleaved everything page on the main website. It was a massive massive push to get it live. So many small bugs that needed fixing. Huge amount of hours spent standing and debugging. Mentally and physically exhausting.
I wrote a blog post about it:
Everything page version 1 https://markjgsmith.com/blog/2024/05/10/everything-page-version-1/
And here is the everything page in all it’s black and white text bullet points and links, reverse chronological dates glory:
https://markjgsmith.com/everything
There are still a few important things that need fixing, but there is at the very least a new place to view what’s being added in a much more connected and wholesome way than the existing latest page. I’ll smooth out the rough edges and figure out a way to browse the archives with an everything view. Likely that will be next month now as I’ve burned through most of my Github build minutes.
This week’s issue title is an amalgam of several things. Some things in my life, some things in the wider tech scene. You can probably figure it out. Life is about combining things, about building, about remembering the past and celebrating accomplishments, even the small things that aren’t perfect. Keep on moving forward no matter how hopeless it might seem at times. Small steps all add up and before you know it, you have made progress that didn’t seem like it was going to be possible.
Oh yeah the other thing that happened this week was meeting another web developer! It was awesome! We talked all things tech for literally hours! Happens so rarely for me at the minute.
What with how this week panned out I haven’t had time to do complete episode descriptions, but there is at least the small notes I made a few paragraphs ago that give an idea of what’s there. Like I said, so much of it is amazing, there is just so much cool shit being built, and so many incredible narratives intersecting. Jump in anywhere you want :)
Podcasts
Yves Benaïm on Bitcoin in Switzerland (Crypto Voices Podcast) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kOGRlY2YzYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/NGU0ZmJiOTYtYzIwMS00MDgwLWExZmYtYWYzMGU3OTA0MTBj?sa=X&ved=0CAQQ8qgGahcKEwjw4Y_Wq4SGAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLw
Solana: The Big Crypto Bet with Joe McCann (Raoul Pal Podcast) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vcmVhbHZpc2lvbmNyeXB0b3BvZGNhc3Q/episode/NmMyODgyOTQtMDk5Ni0xMWVmLWI4OTktOGYyNmVhYWU4NmYz?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjw4Y_Wq4SGAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQSw
The Bitcoin Stack with Dhruv Bansal, Ryan Gentry and Allan Farrington (TFTC Podcast) https://www.tftc.io/tftc-exploring-bitcoin-stack-market-incentives-layers
Folders as a Service Ep#561 (Linux Unplugged Podcast) https://linuxunplugged.com/561
CSS Grid Level 3 aka Masonry with Adam Argyle Ep#614 (Shop Talk Show Podcast) https://shoptalkshow.com/614
Deric Poston Ep#2146 (Joe Rogan Podcast) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9qb2Vyb2dhbmV4cC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw/episode/N2I5MjM0YWMtMGMxZS0xMWVmLWI1NTQtMGZiMTFkNDVlNzZh?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahgKEwjw4Y_Wq4SGAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQ0AU
No Privacy? No Freedom. No Freedom? No Wealth With JeffG Ep#131 (Citadel Dispatch Podcast) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9zZXJ2ZS5wb2Rob21lLmZtL3Jzcy9jOTBlNjA5YS1kZjFlLTU5NmEtYmQ1ZS01N2JjYzhhYWQ2Y2M/episode/ZDk4ZDE4OWItZGM3Yi00NWIxLTg3MjAtZDRiOTg2OTBmMzFm?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahgKEwjw4Y_Wq4SGAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQuBA
The US’s Economic Hitman w/ John Perkins (We Study Billionaires - Bitcoin Fundamentals Podcast) https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/the-us-economic-hitman-john-perkins
A Strategic Deep Dive into TikTok, The Boiling Most of Taiwan, And China’s Next-Gen Statecraft, Matt Pottinger (Tim Ferris Podcast) https://tim.blog/2024/05/08/matt-pottinger
Why This Cycle is Cooked | DH + RSA (Bankless Podcast) https://www.bankless.com/why-this-cycle-is-cooked-dh-rsa
The Weird Apple Ad Backlash Thu. 05/09 (Techmeme Ridehome Podcast) https://www.ridehome.info/show/techmeme-ride-home/thu-0509-the-weird-apple-ad-backlash
Rollup: M2 Money Supply Flipped Bullish, Robinhood Wells Notice, Trump Supports Crypto, Friend.tech Token (Bankless Podcast) https://www.bankless.com/rollup-m2-money-supply-flipped-bullish-robinhood-wells-notice-trump-supports-crypto-friend-tech-token
That’s all from me…
Best reguards,
Mark
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