Hacker News: FreeTrade

New comment by FreeTrade in "S&P500 Priced in Gold"

FreeTrade — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 04:03:30 +0000

Yes, these charts keep popping up on my Twitter and it's always difficult to know what they are really measuring.

New comment by FreeTrade in "S&P500 Priced in Gold"

FreeTrade — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 04:02:00 +0000

And to be extra fair, we might want to subtract tax from those dividends before reinvestment.

New comment by FreeTrade in "User ban controversy reveals Bluesky’s decentralized aspiration isn’t reality"

FreeTrade — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 01:17:16 +0000

The decentralization problem in BlueSky is not filtering out users, but rather hearing from users that BlueSky has decided to filter out.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Reusable grocery bags durability test"

FreeTrade — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:36:59 +0000

My local grocery store discontinued the use of plastic bags entirely. They now do a tidy trade in reusable bags at $1 a pop. Many of which are used only once.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law"

FreeTrade — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 06:02:39 +0000

Where does the firehose stream originate? From individual PDSes, or from the Bluesky relay that aggregates their repo events?

New comment by FreeTrade in "How Not to Buy a SSD"

FreeTrade — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:51:34 +0000

The lowest hanging fruit are the ones with too good to be true prices.

New comment by FreeTrade in "How Not to Buy a SSD"

FreeTrade — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 07:52:32 +0000

Those fakes are a real scourge. People lose their data in addition to their money. Very easy to spot fake listings but the platforms allow them to proliferate. I consider the platforms to be criminally culpable because of the wilful neglect.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Building Bluesky comments for my blog"

FreeTrade — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:15:59 +0000

I was considering creating a censorship free bluesky pds. The showstopper is that bluesky can cut off read access to the content firehose relay. I suspect they would do that, or be forced to do that if a true free speech platform were to emerge.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Building Bluesky comments for my blog"

FreeTrade — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:52:33 +0000

Could you say more about what you're building? I didn't quite understand from your comment or the website.

New comment by FreeTrade in "We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness"

FreeTrade — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:21:10 +0000

Private group chats do not tend to be encrypted. If my theory on what governments are most concerned about (disrupting alternative political organizing) holds true - they never will be allowed to be fully private.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Revival: There appears to be media consensus: "Bluesky is dead.""

FreeTrade — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 14:13:32 +0000

Agreed. That's what the mute button is for. There is no conflict with free speech and a mute button.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Revival: There appears to be media consensus: "Bluesky is dead.""

FreeTrade — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:06:00 +0000

Only a fully decentralized system can guarantee free speech. And yes, that even includes letting the Israelis have their say too.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Revival: There appears to be media consensus: "Bluesky is dead.""

FreeTrade — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:40:21 +0000

Bluesky prioritized safe-space culture over free speech and decentralization. Interesting experiment but that's not what a Twitter replacement needs to be.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)"

FreeTrade — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 06:10:51 +0000

That's my question! If I run that, can I show posts that bluesky has banned? Can I allow people to respond to any post they choose?

New comment by FreeTrade in "What a Hacker Stole from Me"

FreeTrade — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 03:58:26 +0000

It's traumatic to be victim of malevolence. There's the injury, but it is the lack of a motivation which is disturbing - it's a loss of innocence.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)"

FreeTrade — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:22:28 +0000

Not sure I understand your 'because' here. Blockchain is helpful in making data public and persistent, and not under control on any one individual.

You might also be interested in geohashing as a more user friendly way to group nearby posts, although lat/lon is easier for a cpu.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)"

FreeTrade — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:11:37 +0000

Is bluesky becoming more or less decentralized over time?

Will I ever be able to host an instance where controversial views can be published?

New comment by FreeTrade in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)"

FreeTrade — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:03:00 +0000

Nice idea.

I'd encourage you to embrace full decentralization via blockchain technology. Why? Any successful tech that empowers and connects local communities becomes very politically interesting very quickly.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Retaking the web browser, one small step at a time"

FreeTrade — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 07:27:30 +0000

Thanks for the pointer. I had never heard of Kiwi before.

New comment by FreeTrade in "Retaking the web browser, one small step at a time"

FreeTrade — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 04:50:31 +0000

Extensions do give the user more power - I guess that's part of the reason they are not available on mobile.

I think Brave could be a pioneer here and add a further point of differentiation by allowing extensions.