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I was talking with a generative art collector and realized that over the past years I've built a number of things that are not easy to find, and even when found, they are not presented the way I want them to be. Well, here is this Sunday's project: https://art.vrypan.net/

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Wow, sounds like a great opportunity. 🤣

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I was trying to build a PRNG based on cellular automata rules. I had the illusion that a few clever ideas, and some empirical knowledge would be enough. Nothing could be further than this, when it comes to random number generators. Smart people with deep and broad knowledge have been studying the field for centuries, you can't just show up and expect you will build something better, or even decently good, just like this. But during the last 10 days that I've (obsessively) been on this journey I've learned so much. (ChatGPT and Claude have allowed me to learn and experiment at a pace that would be unimaginable a year ago.) Yesterday I started reading again (last time I tried, I stopped after the second chapter or so) Wolfram's "New Kind of Science". It will take me some time, but there are so many concepts and ideas I've long been fascinated about, but never went to the depths Wolfram goes. On the side, I'm studying a 1984 paper, on "Algebraic Properties of Cellular Automata" now. Algebras were one of my favorite topics when I was studying math, and I feel lucky to have the tools, to (try to) understand it: https://content.wolfram.com/sw-publications/2020/07/algebraic-properties-cellular-automata.pdf (It's sad that so few people get to learn what Mathematics really are: a tool to describe and study concepts that often push the boundaries of our minds.)

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lemon3 is an open source program that uses IPFS and Farcaster to allow decentralized file hosting and sharing. It's a mini Farcaster client and an IPFS node, and allows uploading and downloading files. Lots of rough edges, this is the mvp, but I'm very excited. https://blog.vrypan.net/2025/03/23/lemon3-farcaster-ipfs-decentralized-file-sharing/

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Everyone has the right to their feelings, but I don't share the hard feelings for Dan and the team many users have at this point. I disagree with many MerkleM decisions, and a strongly disagree with some of them. But at the same time, I can see that right now, (especially) Dan is cornered by many of us, and he is not reacting the way he used to. Reaction to social pressure is not easy, because pressure can scale, but you have so much energy and time, and at some point it's reasonable to say "fuck it, I'll either go down while trying to explain myself and convince them, or grow a thick skin and push back". My ideal outcome is not a civil war that destroys Farcaster. I don't want it to be a miserable place where hostility and mistrust are the default. Many of us have been here long enough to know there is a core of a great people in Farcaster. I think everyone needs to take a step back, try to be less emotional and more open to hear what others have to say, and assume good faith. Cassie did the right move a couple of hours ago, by posting three FIPs that try to address the core issues people who care about the protocol have, like curation and decentralization. This is the way. Dan and V have to show they are listening. This does not mean necessarily implementing or embracing whatever pops up. But they also need to understand that the strategy of focussing 100% to "growing the user base" and dismissing everything else may actually be hurting the project. We are not liability, we are an asset. As for people who are fully emotional at this point, and want to see this place burned down to ashes to feel vindicated because Dan insulted or ignored them, sorry, I'm not with you. I've invested too much time, effort and social capital in Farcaster to feel good with such an outcome. Peace ☮️

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The token is $lemon3 0xe0907762B1D9cdfBE8061aE0Cc4A0501fa077421 If this works, I'll use the profits to work on lemon3 for the next few months. Or more, I think I'd love to work for long on this. Join me.

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My dream blog engine: - Posts as long casts stored on IPFS. - Casts embed the posts allowing me to "publish" them. - A channel only for my blog posts, sorted by date. - Cast replies are the comments. - Channel notifications for new posts. Tada! An easy to publish, easy to read, 100% decentralized blog. RSS+++

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