Daniel Fernandes (dfern.eth)

Daniel Fernandes

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

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I've been slacking on my cocktail posting. (I don't do dry January per se, but I do try to cut back especially after the holidays) Jet Pilot from Dr. Funk & a Disgruntled Mai Tai from Prizefighter

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Surprised @rac beat Odesza. Also @cliffordusher.eth at #9! My top songs list makes the most sense from my memory. https://rewind.tidal.com/2025/e6317393-801e-4e77-bb6f-92f649f6f1b9

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Today in Bluesky drama: Sky Marchini deactivates their account after posting an explanatory thread about the nuances of oil refining w.r.t. Venezuela. Popular leftist account 'Karl' says Will Stancil & Sky should be "doxxed like Nazis" seemingly for undermining the narrative that it was "all about oil." Karl then gets banned & fellow brigadiers get even more irate. My take away is that Bluesky is still paying the "Faustian bargain tax" of onboarding primarily anti-social/extremist users that nobody would pay to read (or advertise next to), and this is starting to repel high signal users. While I'm sure the BSky team understand this is a problem (they've all been brigaded & harassed personally), it's extremely difficult to resist audience capture and potentially have DAUs drop while weeding out low-quality users. The lesson? Grow qDAU not DAU. https://bsky.app/profile/eyepatchguy.bsky.social/post/3mbknehk6bc2d

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Tornado Cash wins!!! https://x.com/BillHughesDC/status/1861545321450336342

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Thanks to Claude again for organizing my braindump into an article. If you hate the new wallet emphasis, this blog's for you. If you love the new wallet emphasis, you can show me who's boss by buying $dfern. Either way: clank clank. Farcaster's Growing Pains: The Delicate Balance Between Crypto Innovation and Mass Appeal

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ICYMI: lots of drama on BSky today b/c users in Turkey (determined via IP address) are getting autosubscribed to a "Turkish Moderation" blocklist where the Turkish government can order Bluesky to block accounts. The Nostr community (including Jack) are happy to pile on. To be fair, many ATProto OGs are not happy about this. https://bsky.app/profile/j4ck.xyz/post/3lmxqoc3l3c2a

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