From 31781b55f060258d72461f2dde1cd743d24147b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Satya Johnson Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 01:47:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Finalize misfin --- content/blog/2023-05-02_physicalism/index.md | 2 -- content/blog/2023-05-06_misfin/index.md | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/blog/2023-05-02_physicalism/index.md b/content/blog/2023-05-02_physicalism/index.md index 29a29c2..d548d5f 100644 --- a/content/blog/2023-05-02_physicalism/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2023-05-02_physicalism/index.md @@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ tags = ["philosophy"] +++ -### Intro - Way back in 1641, René Descartes dropped *Meditations on First Philosophy*, in which he famously claimed he was certain that he existed. But towards the end of his little book, he also made some pretty influential claims about the nature of the mind, saying it was totally separate from material substance. I think his arguments for this are bullshit, and I want to try to explain why. diff --git a/content/blog/2023-05-06_misfin/index.md b/content/blog/2023-05-06_misfin/index.md index 4e8c146..2d425ba 100644 --- a/content/blog/2023-05-06_misfin/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2023-05-06_misfin/index.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ categories = ["blog"] tags = ["misfin","tech","gemini"] +++ -Over the past few days, `lem` has been over at [misfin.org](gemini://misfin.org)on gemini making the new internet mail spec a reality. Yesterday, I sent the first misfin message. I want to jot down a few notes for reference as things move forward. +Over the past few days, `lem` has been over at [misfin.org](gemini://misfin.org) on [gemini](https://gemini.circumlunar.space) making the new internet mail spec a reality. Yesterday, I sent the first misfin message as `mail@satch.xyz`. I want to jot down a few notes for reference as things move forward. + + First, why use Misfin? What's wrong with regular old email? @@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ First, why use Misfin? What's wrong with regular old email? * It's next to impossible to self host email usefully, due to complexity, spam, and the immense difficulty of getting delivered to providers like Gmail * Email allows for easy spoofing -In my opinion, the central advantage of Misfin is that, compared to email, it is incredibly easy to self host due to its simplicity. +In my opinion, the central advantage of Misfin is that, compared to email, it is incredibly easy to self host due to its simplicity. [Here](https://git.sr.ht/~lem/misfin)'s the git repo. You can get this running in minutes on a VPS with an up-to-date python installation. ## Thoughts on the spec