I am going to use this story in place of the "Pot Roast Principle" [0]

[0]: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thinking-makes-it-so...

i will now no longer press F3 or / instead i will read.

I don’t recall where, but for some reason I remember learning that if people start to bump into you too many times, that’s a warning shot to get out. It was something like “bumps per second”.

he probably meant: syncing your files across devices should be a feature not a product. a feature of the os (icloud).

Anyone wanting to get a feel for unintended uses of a product should go look at google map reviews of locations in India. It is fascinating and ingenious.

Howso? I took a peek around New Delhi and didn’t notice anything

Go out into more rural areas.

Have this in Maryland. Local sheriff’s office won’t accept it. Bars and Restaurants won’t accept it either. Is this common in other states?

oh wow. I have become fond of pidgin over the years. There is a slack plugin that makes life a lot better. It seems for plugins, extensions, app stores, and general third-party repositories (pip, npm, crates, etc) risks are increasing. Centralization breeds certain risks that are tough to mitigate. So far, mitigating these risks involve trusting a central steward, cryptographic signing, and contributor reputation.I wonder if we can ever truly mitigate the contributor or steward aspects?

Maybe it will have FIDO2/U2F support? There is a use-case here maybe? I’ll stop giving ideas now…

SSN was never meant to be a form of identification. Now, let’s figure out a way to consistently convert an individual’s DNA to a hash… oh wait. Worldcoin?

don't give crud publicity.

Despite what criticisms you may receive, you put something into existence. You may not have gotten everything right but, it is admirable. Congratulations. At your age, many of your detractors probably didn’t do something so bold. Keep with it.

Also your responses here show you in a good light. It's easy to lose your cool when facing even sensible criticism online. Great work and you have an exciting career ahead of you.

Thank you!