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10 votes
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Is there a service where I can rent a Windows or macOS virtual machine?
Hi, hope this is the right place for this question. I'd like to learn Autodesk Fusion 360, but all of my devices are running either Ubuntu or ChromeOS. I've tried to get F360 running on my ubuntu...
Hi, hope this is the right place for this question. I'd like to learn Autodesk Fusion 360, but all of my devices are running either Ubuntu or ChromeOS. I've tried to get F360 running on my ubuntu desktop with both Wine and Lutris but I haven't had success. There is also a web application for F360 but it is feature limited.
It seems like the only way to get this program running is to use a virtual machine, but I don't have much experience in this area. Do I need to buy a windows license and set up my own VM or is there a service where I can rent time on a preconfigured VM somewhere?
Thanks for reading, hope to hear your suggestions.
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Use the Fediverse as a comment section
7 votes -
Reddit starts an Ethereum scalability competition in order to launch Community Points (monetization of karma) site-wide
Here is the admin post in r/ethereum announcing the contest and below is the text of that post. Previous Tildes and r/TheoryOfReddit discussions on this: Tildes: Reddit is moving forward with...
Here is the admin post in r/ethereum announcing the contest and below is the text of that post.
Previous Tildes and r/TheoryOfReddit discussions on this:
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r/ToR: Reddit is moving forward with a monetizing of karma experiment
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r/ToR: Reddit is rolling out "community points" (cosmetically monetized karma) in /r/FortNiteBR and /r/Cryptocurrency
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r/ToR: The admins roll out a new system of "Community Points for Subreddit Governace" on r/libertarian - thought?
tl;dr: Do you believe your Ethereum scaling technology can handle Reddit's scale? It's time to let the Ethereum community hear about it. Send your demo in the comments by July 31, 2020.
This is your chance to earn some fame but, to be clear, there is no prize if your solution is chosen or modified to meet Reddit’s needs. Our lawyer made us write this.
The Goal
In conjunction with the Ethereum Foundation, Reddit is inviting Ethereum scaling projects to show the community how your scaling solution can be used to bring Community Points to mainnet. Our goal is to find a solution that will support hundreds of thousands of Community Points users on mainnet today, and can eventually scale to all of Reddit (430 million monthly users).
We’ve evaluated some of the most promising scaling solutions, and have learned a few things:
- There are plenty of awesome projects that we don't know about yet. We seem to learn about a promising new scaling solution every day.
- Most existing scaling solutions focus on the exchange use case, which favors optimizing for transfers. Many of these designs don't take into consideration the costs of obtaining tokens or entering the scaling system, which can be significant. Community Points distributions have cost an order of magnitude more gas than all other operations combined, primarily due to on-chain storage costs associated with onboarding new users.
- It's unclear how to determine the best solution. There is a lot of code, a lot of documentation, and a lot of hype out there. But there are very few objective real-world reviews or comparisons of various products/implementations.
- We need the Ethereum community's help to figure this out.
Do you have a scaling project that meets the criteria below? If so, share your demo in the comments of this post by July 31, 2020. Please note that all demos need to simulate Community Points usage for 100,000 users.
We also invite all scaling experts in the Ethereum community to comment on any demos submitted to enable a better understanding of the trade-offs and compromises between different solutions.
We will review the demos and plan to share any updates by September. While we don’t expect any novel scaling projects, we hope that you, the Ethereum scaling expert, can show us how to scale Community Points.
Demos should include:
- A live proof of concept showing hundreds of thousands of transactions
- Source code (for on & off-chain components as well tooling used for the PoC). The source code does not have to be shared publicly, but if Reddit decides to use a particular solution it will need to be shared with Reddit at some point
- Documentation
- How it works & scales
- Cost estimates (on-chain and off-chain)
- How to run it
- Architecture
- APIs (on chain & off)
- Known issues or tradeoffs
- Summary of cost & resource information for both on-chain & off-chain components used in the PoC, as well as cost & resource estimates for further scaling. If your PoC is not on mainnet, make note of any mainnet caveats (such as congestion issues).
Requirements
Scaling. This PoC should scale to the numbers below with minimal costs (both on & off-chain). There should also be a clear path to supporting hundreds of millions of users.
- Over a 5 day period, your scaling PoC should be able to handle:
- 100,000 point claims (minting & distributing points)
- 25,000 subscriptions
- 75,000 one-off points burning
- 100,000 transfers
Decentralization. Solutions should not depend on any single third-party provider.
- We prefer solutions that do not depend on specific entities such as Reddit or another provider, and solutions with no single point of control or failure in off-chain components, but recognize there are numerous trade-offs to consider
Usability. Scaling solutions should have a simple end user experience.
- Users shouldn't have to maintain any extra state/proofs, regularly monitor activity, keep track of extra keys, or sign anything other than their normal transactions
- Transactions complete in a reasonable amount of time (seconds or minutes, not hours or days)
- Free to use for end users (no gas fees, or fixed/minimal fees that Reddit can pay on their behalf)
- Bonus points:
- Users should be able to view their balances & transactions via a blockchain explorer-style interface
- Exiting is fast & simple
Interoperability. Compatibility with third party apps (wallets/contracts/etc) is necessary.
- Scaling solutions should be extensible and allow third parties to build on top of it
- APIs should be well documented and stable
- Documentation should be clear and complete
- Third-party permissionless integrations should be possible & straightforward
- Simple is better. Learning an uncommon or proprietary language should not be necessary. Advanced knowledge of mathematics, cryptography, or L2 scaling should not be required. Compatibility with common utilities & toolchains is expected.
- Bonus Points: Show us how it works. Do you have an idea for a cool new use case for Community Points? Build it!
Security. Users have full ownership & control of their points.
- Balances and transactions cannot be forged, manipulated, or blocked by Reddit or anyone else
- Users should own their points and be able to get on-chain ERC20 tokens without permission from anyone else
- Points should be recoverable to on-chain ERC20 tokens even if all third-parties involved go offline
- A public, third-party review attesting to the soundness of the design should be available
- Bonus points:
- Public, third-party implementation review available or in progress
- Compatibility with HSMs & hardware wallets
Other Considerations
- Minting/distributing tokens is not performed by Reddit directly [1]
- One off point burning, as well as recurring, non-interactive point burning (for subreddit memberships [2]) should be possible and scalable
- Fully open-source solutions are strongly preferred
[1] In the current implementation, Reddit provides signed data for claims, but does not submit the actual claim transaction for the user (the user does that themselves). Note that smart contracts are considered independent of Reddit provided there is a path to decentralizing control over them.
[2] Subreddit memberships are currently implemented as a contract acting as an ERC777-style operator that can burn points on a monthly basis, but we are open to changing that implementation.
Community Points Overview
To help you get started, this is an overview of how Community Points work today and some stats on how it's used. We are open to changing most implementation details, provided the basic requirements (above) are met.
Usage stats over the past month
Number of Community Points holders: ~17,500
Number of transfers: ~20,000
(reference: reddit.dappradar.com)
Number of subreddit memberships: ~800
Contracts
Community Points is built around 3 contracts:
- SubredditPoints: the ERC20 token
- Distributions: manages token supply & token claims
- Subscriptions: enables membership subscriptions in the form of recurring token burn
Deployed Contracts & Source Code
SubredditPoints: https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/address/0xe0d8d7b8273de14e628d2f2a4a10f719f898450a
Subscriptions: https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/address/0x396b89db5e9317ff25360c86bd4e2aae3bbc62ea
Distributions: https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/address/0xc0c08af3f2a3f8d6730118e0d2de4367053ebddf
SubredditPoints: https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/address/0xdf82c9014f127243ce1305dfe54151647d74b27a
Subscriptions: https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/address/0x77cb2dbeadb7313242d7f3070ce8fc98e96080e4
Distributions: https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/address/0x1c5122bfeba106eea33cf5bdf2004ab22213ca20
Points Distribution & Claims
Token supply is controlled by distribution rounds managed in the Distributions contract and triggered by Reddit. For each round (occurring ~monthly), Reddit submits a proposal for points distribution to a subreddit for approval. Once approved, Reddit issues signed claims for individual users according to the agreed upon points distribution. These claims can be redeemed on-chain. Claims are obtained from Reddit, and submitted to the Distributions contract, which validates the claim and calls the Subreddit Points contract to mint points.
Memberships
Subreddit memberships are obtained by burning points via the Subscriptions contract. Redditors can optionally configure their membership to be renewable on a monthly basis without additional interaction. The Subscriptions contract is granted permission to burn points by being configured as an ERC777-style default operator in the Subreddit Points contract.
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We'll be watching this thread and answering questions. Looking forward to what comes out of this!
30 votes -
Turn on multi-factor authentication before crooks do it for you
19 votes -
The art of the possible
3 votes -
Shows of support for racial justice from social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don’t address the way the platforms have been weaponized by racists and partisan provocateurs
11 votes -
Employees at Crisis Text Line tried telling the board about a pattern of racial insensitivity at the company — but when that didn’t work, they went to Twitter
7 votes -
Twitter labels Donald Trump video tweet as "manipulated media" as it cracks down on misinformation
13 votes -
New South Wales government was the target of major cyber attack operation linked to China
Article: New South Wales government was the target of major cyber attack operation linked to China Also: 'Cyber attacks' point to China's spy agency, Ministry of State Security, as Huawei payback,...
Article: New South Wales government was the target of major cyber attack operation linked to China
This is a follow-up to these articles posted yesterday:
8 votes -
#YouDownloadTheAppAndItDoesntWork — Highlighting hypocrisy and double standards on Apple's App Store
9 votes -
Cyber-attack Australia: Sophisticated attacks from ‘state-based actor’, PM says
7 votes -
Chrome now supports linking to "Text Fragments", which will automatically scroll to and highlight specific text on a page
7 votes -
Inside the underground trade of pirated OnlyFans porn
9 votes -
Trying something again
7 votes -
/r/BlackPeopleTwitter and /r/science will collaborate on a series of panels on why Black lives matter
11 votes -
Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion with hey.com
17 votes -
Boston Dynamics will now sell any business its own Spot robot for $74,500
8 votes -
With monitors, which panel is ideal for movies and TV?
I'm looking for a ~24" 1080p monitor -- nothing flashy, purely for TV and movies. Right now I have a crappy Dell TN. I don't mind it, but the viewing angles aren't great. I just started looking...
I'm looking for a ~24" 1080p monitor -- nothing flashy, purely for TV and movies.
Right now I have a crappy Dell TN. I don't mind it, but the viewing angles aren't great.
I just started looking tonight. A lot of posts are saying that VA is ideal, IPS has light leaks, and TN has the typical viewing angle issues.
The main things I am concerned about are:
- I'm close to this monitor (VESA mounted where you'd have a second monitor)
- Color reproduction is important -- same with decent contrast
- I often watch stuff in a dark room
I don't really care about specific models (regional availability), but I'm hoping to find out which panel is ideal. Does anybody have any experience with a VA panel?
7 votes -
Twitter starts rolling out audio tweets on iOS
7 votes -
Apple doubles down on its right to profit from other businesses
11 votes -
US Department of Justice’s review of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and proposals for reform
5 votes -
What's wrong with email?
14 votes -
Walmart shoppers will be able to find goods from Shopify merchants
4 votes -
Exposing Secondary Infektion: Forgeries, interference, and attacks on Kremlin critics across six years and 300 sites and platforms
6 votes -
Google has banned ZeroHedge from its ad platform for content policy violations related to misinformation about the Black Lives Matter protests
19 votes -
The digital archives of the oldest Black newspaper in America show a long struggle for justice
5 votes -
Widespread T-Mobile outages cause issues for wireless customers across the US
4 votes -
'Facebook doesn't care': Activists say accounts removed despite Mark Zuckerberg's free-speech stance
8 votes -
Dating apps exposed 845GB of explicit photos, chats, and more
11 votes -
The Apple ARM Mac transition: Re-engine, not re-imagine
6 votes -
Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide
5 votes -
An army of volunteers is taking on vaccine disinformation online
6 votes -
Don't ask to ask, just ask
21 votes -
Facebook and Google refuse to pay revenue to Australian media
10 votes -
What blogs/newsletters do you subscribe to and why?
Back in the day I was a hardcore Google Reader (RIP) user, and following that I continued to use https://feedly.com/ for many years, but eventually I found myself falling behind on all my feeds...
Back in the day I was a hardcore Google Reader (RIP) user, and following that I continued to use https://feedly.com/ for many years, but eventually I found myself falling behind on all my feeds and stopped checking it.
Recently, I signed for Inoreader and I've started reading more blogs again. It also has the nice feature of letting you subscribe to email newsletters too, which is quite nice since I find them annoying to deal with in my email inbox but convenient in the feed reader.
I'm wondering what blogs and newsletters folks on Tildes subscribe to.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Blogs:
- bellingcat: Independent investigative journalism often based on online "open source intelligence." e.g. The Boogaloo Movement is Not What You Think
- BLDGBLOG: Geoff Manaugh's blog about everything related to the space we inhabit, both built and natural. e.g. Underground Cathedrals of Radiation and Zones of Irreversible Strain
- Flowing Data: Nathan Yau's blog about data visualization. e.g. Racial Divide
- Idle Words: The blog of Maciej Cegłowski, creator of the Pinboard bookmarking service. Covers tech and lots of unrelated topics. e.g. Superintelligence: The Idea that Eats Smart People
Newsletters:
- BIG by Matt Stoller: A newsletter about economics and in particular the economics of monopolies and disruptive startups. e.g. The Slow Death of Hollywood
- Data is Plural: A weekly newsletter of fun/weird datasets.
- Normcore Tech: Vicki Boykis' newsletter about tech and tech-related things. e.g. The Reign of Big Recsys
- Uses This: Brief interviews with all sorts of creators about what tools they use to do what they do.
This is just a slice. I can share my entire list if people are interested. But I'm curious about what feeds others enjoy, on anything from film and furniture to "movie-set" urbanism. What are you reading?
20 votes -
Search only forums and find actually useful information with BoardReader
15 votes -
Reddit is finally facing its legacy of racism
45 votes -
CDA Section 230 explained: The important and often-misunderstood legal foundation of the social internet
6 votes -
Internet Archive ends its "National Emergency Library" unlimited digital book-lending program in response to lawsuit filed by publishers
14 votes -
Scuba divers could send sea life shots in real time using an aquatic internet service
3 votes -
Twitter removes Chinese misinformation campaign
10 votes -
Covid-19 makes it clearer than ever: access to the internet should be a universal right -- Tim Berners-Lee
14 votes -
How to design a Proof of Concept project to evaluate software
4 votes -
What is the Gemini Protocol?
11 votes -
IBM exits facial recognition business, calls for US police reform
20 votes -
MIT, guided by open access principles, ends Elsevier negotiations
13 votes -
Twitter is testing a new feature on Android: When you retweet an article that you haven't opened on Twitter, the app may ask if you'd like to open it first
15 votes -
Apple announces Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2020 keynote timeline, week-long conference schedule
3 votes -
Facebook groups are falling apart with drama, infighting, and deleted comments about Black Lives Matter posts
4 votes