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Kalcifer
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Yes. I started with QWERTY, then I moved to Dvorak, then I moved to Colemak, and then I finally settled on Workman [1].
References
- Type: Webpage. Title: “Workman Keyboard Layout”. Accessed: 2026-02-23T01:14Z. Location (URI): https://workmanlayout.org/.
I think the following quote is in the same vein:
Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus.
[Christopher Hitchens] [1]
References
- Type: Video. Title: “Christopher Hitchens - Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus”. Author: “Michael Pesin”. Publisher: “YouTube”. Published: 2018-08-24T04:26:47Z. Accessed: 2026-02-23T01:01Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne0FVkpL7JU.
“Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough” […]
I think some other quotes similar to this are:
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There is never a good time to do anything. [1]
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Perfection is lots of little things done well.
[Marco Pierre White] [2]
References
- Type: Text (Quote). Author: Unknown. Published: Unknown. Accessed: Unknown. Publisher: “Lemmy”.
- Type: Text (Quote). Author: “Marco Pierre White”. Publisher: [Type: Video. Publisher: “YouTube”.]. Published: Unknown. Accessed: Unknown.
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“The impediment to action advances action. What’s in the way becomes the way.” […]
I think another quote similar to this is:
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
[Albert Einstein] [2]
References
- Type: Website. URI: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7275-in-the-middle-of-difficulty-lies-opportunity. Accessed: 2026-02-23T00:39Z.
- Type: Meta. Published: 2026-02-23T00:39Z.
- I think this is attributed to Einstein [1]; however, I’ve also read that it might be more accurately attributed to John Archibald Wheeler [3].
- Type: Comment. Author: “KnowbodyYouKnow” (“u/KnowbodyYouKnow”). Publisher: [Type: Post. Title: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein”. Author: “Dejaye-Code_5463”. Publisher: [“r/quotes”<“Reddit”]. Published: 2024-12-01T10:53:30.617Z. URI: https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/1h40trw/in_the_middle_of_every_difficulty_lies/.]. Published (Created): 2024-12-01T19:33:55.868Z. Published (Edited): 2024-12-01T19:37:03.746Z. Accessed: 2026-02-23T00:43Z. URI: https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/1h40trw/comment/lzx19gd/.
Rationality is not a character trait, it’s a process. If you fool yourself into believing that you’re rational by default, you open yourself up to the most irrational thinking.
References
- Type: Comment. Author: “@The8BitPianist”. Publisher [Type: Post (Video). Title: “On These Questions, Smarter People Do Worse”. Author: “Veritasium” (“@veritasium”). Publisher: YouTube. Published: 2024-11-04T16:48:03Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB_OApdxcno.]. Published: 2024-11-04T09:06:26Z. Accessed: 2025-03-29T07:48Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB_OApdxcno&lc=Ugy6vV7Z3EeFHkdfbHl4AaABAg.
I was messaging a guy on Grindr, and he asked if he could buy my socks — ie the socks that I had been wearing all day. I obliged. I made (iirc) 30$ 😎
it’s decentralized
No it’s not. From literally your own comment:
Signal relies on centralized servers
I was using “decentralized” to mean that there isn’t centralized control over ownership of the service in general — eg anyone can spin up their own server (impractical, imo, pushing it more towards being centralized) and people can use it (making it decentralized, imo (Please correct me if I am wrong, but I do think my usage of the term is appropriate in this way.)), but people who use that server can only communicate with that server (making it not federated). But yes it could still be said to be centralized in that it operates on a client-server model [1].
This is more an argument of definitions, though. I’m not trying to claim anything in bad faith.
References
- Signal-Server. signalapp. Github. Published: 2025-01-31T15:34:14.000Z. Accessed: 2025-02-01T09:24Z. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server.
- This is the source code for the server that Signal uses.
- Signal-Server. signalapp. Github. Published: 2025-01-31T15:34:14.000Z. Accessed: 2025-02-01T09:24Z. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server.
My comment wasn’t protesting the use of Signal; it was rather clarifying the misinformation in OP’s post — ie misinformation that Signal is a federated service.
Signal isn’t federated [1][2][3.1]; it’s decentralized [1][2][3.2]. Though, for all practical purposes, I would generally argue that it’s centralized.
References
- Signal-Server. signalapp. Github. Published: 2025-01-31T15:34:14.000Z. Accessed: 2025-02-01T09:24Z. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server.
- This is the source code for the server that Signal uses.
- “Signal (software)”. Wikipedia. Published: 2025-01-06T09:34Z. Accessed: 2025-02-1T09:30Z. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software).
- ¶“Architecture”. ¶“Servers”.
Signal relies on centralized servers that are maintained by Signal Messenger. In addition to routing Signal’s messages, the servers also facilitate the discovery of contacts who are also registered Signal users and the automatic exchange of users’ public keys. […]
- ¶“Architecture”. ¶“Servers”.
- “Reflections: The ecosystem is moving”. moxie0. Signal Blog. Published: 2016-05-10. Accessed: 2025-02-01T09:40Z. https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/.
- ¶5. to ¶“Stuck in time”. ¶3-6
One of the controversial things we did with Signal early on was to build it as an unfederated service. Nothing about any of the protocols we’ve developed requires centralization; it’s entirely possible to build a federated Signal Protocol-based messenger, but I no longer believe that it is possible to build a competitive federated messenger at all. […] [interoperable protocols] [have] taken us pretty far, but it’s undeniable that once you federate your protocol, it becomes very difficult to make changes. And right now, at the application level, things that stand still don’t fare very well in a world where the ecosystem is moving. […] Early on, I thought we’d federate Signal once its velocity had subsided. Now I realize that things will probably never slow down, and if anything the velocity of the entire landscape seems to be steadily increasing.
- ¶“Stuck in time”. “Federation and control”. ¶6.
An open source infrastructure for a centralized network now provides almost the same level of control as federated protocols, without giving up the ability to adapt. If a centralized provider with an open source infrastructure ever makes horrible changes, those that disagree have the software they need to run their own alternative instead. It may not be as beautiful as federation, but at this point it seems that it will have to do.
- ¶5. to ¶“Stuck in time”. ¶3-6
- Signal-Server. signalapp. Github. Published: 2025-01-31T15:34:14.000Z. Accessed: 2025-02-01T09:24Z. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server.