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@sigilante @urbitfoundation Urbit is winning

And we're live. @urbit |install ~magbel %emissary

Latest base hash ends in j24nv, as a bugfix came out shortly following initial release.

Do you own your data? If your data is on someone else's server, the answer is: No. No it's not. Seriously, start paying attention anon. You might think it is contractually or legally protected. Maybe it is. For now. But what about with the deal gets altered. Where is your data then? You need a place for your digital life that has a strong foundation, a technical dedication to self-ownership. That's Urbit. Is Urbit as big and powerful as @X or @facebook? Does it have as many users as @instagram, or as big of group chats as @telegram? No (and also, who actually likes the 100,000 person chat thread? That is madness, not human connection). But it is yours. It won't sell your data to frontier. It doesn't have a terms of service that will change when it wants to sell your data. It can't spy on you for advertisers who want to sell you widgets. It's the place for your little data, to keep it out of MEGACORP's training set of Big Data. A place for your digital life that won't get subsumed into latent space, where your connections with friends are direct and personal, not algorithmicly recommended.

Owning your computer is a responsibility. It's one we want to make bearable, particularly as our data, context, and everything else about our digital lives is being scooped up by anyone and anything that can get their hands on it. In this month's Contributor Spotlight, @sicdev_pilnup, founder of @_dalten collective, @OctuVentures, and current head of @urbitfoundation shared his perspective on why taking on such an ambitious task is particularly worthwhile in the Age of AI and how Urbit can help take our digital experiences from feeding personal context into MEGACORP systems, and into a future of collective intelligence with our peers. urbit.org/blog/contribut…

worth boosting because no other messenger has anything even close to this let alone for free

@ETHLawyer @tloncorporation Soon enough they will realize Urbit is a cyberweapon and will force you to use Sonnet 4.6 when interacting with Hoon.

It's pretty funny that Claude keeps throwing shade at @urbit & @tloncorporation. He's just like us, fr.

"The more control you have over your digital life, the more it starts to resemble the rest of your life. If you can, you want to own your house and your tools rather than rent them forever. That requires knowledge and responsibility, but it also builds both. I think that can make you a better person." - @sicdev_pilnup urbit.org/blog/contribut…

Urbit fixes this.

go learn a hoon willhanlen.com/hawk499/crash-…

It is a long time coming, but your urbit's networking is getting faster. 408k is now live and includes the "Directed Messaging" upgrade. In order to ensure a clean rollout, the upgrade is coming in two phases. Phase one (live now) is an opt-in toggle, while phase 2 (release 408k-1) will turn it on by default. If you would like to start the migration immediately, confirm you have the correct %base hash (check with `+vats %base, =verb %.y`): "0v1p.bd1ud.hribk.6619t.70jni.n06f4.9il00.voegf.kh8i9.8se4n.124s8" And then use the command: `:hood &ahoy-set-hash 0v1p.bd1ud.hribk.6619t.70jni.n06f4.9il00.voegf.kh8i9.8se4n.124s8` If you aren't so inclined, you can just wait for the next OTA to be upgraded automagically. While Directed Messaging is the headline feature of this release, 408k also makes building and compiling Hoon 15% faster, cryptosuite updates for @GroundwireBTC compatibility, and much more.

@lufeleiMirrors Not exactly. 'Directed Messaging' is Urbit's implementation of 'Named Data Networking'. Already in use for software distribution, this update expands usage to the rest of your urbit's networking. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_dat…

@urbit Does this mean that Urbit behaves more like reticulum? More possibility of being “transport agnostic”? If so, is there a config anywhere that tells your Urbit what its delivery preferences should be?

New website navigation, who dis? urbitsystems.tech

(Naturally, we think you should get an Urbit ID, but @DarkFiSquad is rad too. Probably start using both.) urbit.org/overview/runni…

Having a pseudonym that you own, connected to a computer that is truly yours, changes the way that you experience your digital life. Highly recommend getting one.

What is @GlueWear up to..?