Nice, question asked and answered

Thanks, this is all very interesting. I never knew what .NET was before. Now it makes sense that programs require you to host the specific runtime required for that version of the instructions for the runtime to work.

I’ve been having trouble with the YouTube app lately, is it still working for you?

That is really cool! I am not educated enough to understand details. But is it similar to how a compiler uses high level syntax to generate low level assembly code?

Is compiling a type of automatic code generation?

I thought Blockchain was how the protocol knew how to federate, e.g. where to find other users. (?) I don’t really remember how Blockchain works but iirc it is a way to verify trust, e.g. this person really is /u/sem because our shared document says they are.

I know DNS is an alternative but it kind of sucks. Bluesky is inventing it’s open DiD thing for identity and it is centralized in practice but might be a good system. And I have no idea how it works.

Is automatic code generation LLM?

I’d be into a video about how to do that without falling into the pitfalls

Sounds like an interesting thing to try! I do think it might tend to group users into a groupthink / exclusion mentality, maybe, or maybe it won’t, but definitely cool idea.

I’ve seen plenty of mod drama / trolls over the years, seems like a fundamentally human problem, kind of like good vs evil in a way, almost impossible for one side to win over the other.

I think it’s pretty well studied that pseudonyms are much better for human interaction than true anonymity. I’m not a social scientist though so I don’t have the references offhand.

It can be fun to be anonymous but there’s a reason Yikyak shutdown, 4chan, 8chan are how they are, etc. they just don’t tend to work well long term.

With pseudonyms ban evasion is possible but registering an account is at least some friction deterring some bad behavior, and mods have more tools. And on the other side you do have some reputation building that occurs when people have stable usernames.

There’s more abuse potential with full anonymity vs persistent pseudonyms

What would be the possible alternatives to block chain?

To me it didn’t sound like complaining, just sharing that experience.