Ashoat

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backpacking a couple weeks ago in Olympic National Park

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who's got tix to Experts Only NYC??

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Soviet birth certificates look cooler than American ones at some point when I’m really old and the Soviet Union is ancient history this will be cool to have

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I often find that people in developed countries don't "get" crypto because they don't understand why sovereignty would matter crypto users in developed countries often have even worse takes, basically seeing it as a vehicle for their own speculation the correct take (imo) is that crypto = sovereignty, and sovereignty matters to protect against oppression if you've never really been oppressed in some way then it's hard to grok

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critiques in the thread are fair... but also a messaging app with no backup honestly isn't very usable. it's my number one pet peeve with Signal and I'm happy they're working on it @cassie, curious - is there a more secure/private way that Signal could build backup?

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sadly we had to roll back the new arch in the Farcaster app we ended up with a lot of perf, memory, and UX regressions even after a week or trying to squash them working with the Expo team to try to get things to a better place https://farcaster.xyz/ashoat.eth/0x2157ccc0

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the iOS input issues and Android perf / jank issues should be solved in the latest Play Store / App Store builds! please upgrade :)

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this is some nerd shit so not sure where to share but we just shipped the first version of Farcaster based on the React Native new architecture! new arch has been in the works for almost 7 years (!!) and as a React Native dev this is hugely exciting for me

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going to a concert solo is a great way to remind yourself why you love live music saw Massano solo last night. 4 hrs of nonstop bangers

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yo our Burning Man camp is recruiting for this year it'll be our 11th burn, and we're located at 4:20 and Esplanade we have a bar, live music, big LED dome, and flame effects very budget friendly option. heads-up no RVs hmu if interested! https://campmindshark.com/

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wow wtf NYT lawyers had an unsubstantiated hunch that people circumvent their paywall via ChatGPT and then delete history to cover their tracks and so the judge decided to prevent OpenAI from deleting data when a user deletes history hunch is obviously ridiculous, there are many better ways to circumvent a paywall

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hot take that “therapy culture” is making the bar for good parenting seem unattainable https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opinion/therapy-estrangement-childless-millennials.html

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Ben Thompson on how stablecoins are the missing piece of the "agentic web" vision https://stratechery.com/2025/the-agentic-web-and-original-sin/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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europoors explain yourself

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I'm working on a proposal for a "capabilities" API that allows Mini Apps to declare which capabilities/chains they require, as well as querying at runtime to discover which capabilities/chains are supported. Would appreciate any input! https://github.com/farcasterxyz/miniapps/discussions/256

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Quote cast with the first machine you wrote a line of code on Atari 1200 XL with this BASIC cartridge https://www.atari65xe.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Atari-1200xl-Basic-cartridge.jpg

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love the privacy focus. I’m an ETH guy because of the community’s principles… the price is secondary

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any Farcon NYC attendees into poker?

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Mini apps can stay open while you browse the app now! They get put in a minimized state above the tab bar

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