Agreed. Brave actually implemented this exact thing[1], and then got dumped together with other crypto scam projects, which continues to happen in this very thread. Crypto haters are quick to shout that cryptocurrencies have no practical use, and introduce many problems, but this is a perfect use case for them. The negative discussion has detracted from some truly disrupting technologies being adopted, which is a... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Minimum practical transaction size and cutting off the possibility for small casual transactions" And more recently Brave, the browser tried to implement it. "Crypto and DeFi are hard to use and the $330 billion digital advertising industry is failing users, publishers and advertisers. With Basic Attention Token and Brave we want to take Crypto to the next 1B users and solve the endemic inefficiencies and privacy... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

Not just ads that make it past the filters, but ones that Brave the company sends to you. See and https://basicattentiontoken.org/. Source: 12 months ago

Brave's Basic Attention Tokens, or BAT, are bridged across Ethereum and Solana per BAT's website; Ethereum previously used a proof-of-work model which had an awful environmental impact, but has since moved to a more efficient proof-of-stake model in September 2022, which the Ethereum Foundation claimed at the time would reduce energy use by 99.95%, though I can't find anything on the actual results. Solana as far... Source: over 1 year ago

As far as I know, it’s alright. Firefox (and some forks of it) are considered better with the right tweaks. Un-googled chromium and Brave are generally considered your best bets for a chromium-based browser (some sites unfortunately rely on chromium, though your mileage may vary). I think Brave is considered to be a bit more secure than un-googled chromium (don’t quote me on that)— but the trade off is that... Source: over 1 year ago

Some HN threads on "glass ceiling" * "A Truth About the Glass Ceiling No One Wants to Talk About" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5130335 * more: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=glass+ceiling It looks like the most commented-on posts are from 10+ years ago. - Source: Hacker News / 1 day ago

Over the years there has been a lot of discussion on the CA topic, way too much to list here in "Related" format, so here is an Algolia link if you need a refresher: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=Cambridge%20Analytica&sort=byPopularity&type=story. - Source: Hacker News / 4 days ago

I first heard of Solarpunk from the Imaginary Worlds podcast: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/solarpunk-the-future Which I prompted me to post the Wikipedia link 4 years ago, several others posted similar links prior to that, and others have posted interesting links hear too: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=3&prefix=false&query=solarpunk&sort=byDate&type=story. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

I will deeply deeply having someone so well connected to such incredibly complex contemporary digital rights issues in a place of power. Patrick Breyer's work in advocating & sharing what's going on has been such an incredibly high form of service, has illuminated such a dark & scary part of governance, and it's hard to imagine who else in the world is going to step up & be the light in Patrick's absence. Patrick,... - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago

> Do you have any evidence that this is the case for everyone at every company no matter what? Of course not, you are asking for the impossible. But we have evidences that 4 day week boosts productivity at least in some settings. If you are interested in the topic, look up "4 day week productivity" on a web search engine, or "4 day week" / "4 day workweek" on HN [1] if you want previous discussions about... - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago