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       You can run [[IPFS Desktop]] to self host [[IPFS]] easily. But, running that behind a router on a non-public IP address, you’re not easily connected to the rest of the network. 

     

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       You can install [[Kubo]] manually on a hosted cloud server somewhere, but this is a fairly advanced process of also configuring caching, API access, and other settings. 

     

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       ## UCAN Deploy IPFS

     

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       The [[Wovin]] team have put together an all-in-one docker image to host an IPFS node. 

     

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       ### IPFS Cloudron App

     

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_journals/2024-01-27_0920.md

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       title: January 27th, 2024

     

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       date: 2024-01-27, 09:20:14 -08:00

     

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       link: https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi

     

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       [PieFed](https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi) written in Python and Flask, AGPL-licensed, first class moderation tools. Project goal:

     

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       > To build a federated discussion and link aggregation platform, similar to Reddit, Lemmy, Mbin.

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       Will Crichton [proposes a portable EPUB format to replace PDFs](https://willcrichton.net/notes/portable-epubs/).

     

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       If you click through the link, you’ll see that the article is a portable EPUB.

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       link: https://lawofvc.substack.com/p/18-episode-simplifying-the-safe

     

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       Law of VC writes about [Simplifying the SAFE](https://lawofvc.substack.com/p/18-episode-simplifying-the-safe) (posted in 2021), with his suggestion being “Remove the Valuation Cap and Discount. Replace it with a Conversion Percentage”.

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       I use this as a general term separate from any particular legal structure, which might range from [[co-op]] to partnership to classic strata ownership.

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_notes/Founder Peer Investing.md

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       What if we helped educate founders and build the next generation of angel investors by investing small amounts into each others companies?

     

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_notes/Future of Venture.md

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       This is the label for the tag / set of concepts I mean when thinking about the evolution of venture investment.

     

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       I’m not going to stop recommending [[When Tailwinds Vanish]] as a baseline in thinking about the types of businesses that get funded when “is a digital business” or “uses technology” is ubiquitous. 

     

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       A weekly meetup, for builders, by builders.

     

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       Subscribe to the Luma calendar to get notified [lu.ma/novus](https://lu.ma/novus).

     

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       Organized by [Manveer](https://manveer.xyz/) & [Leejo](https://leejoo.substack.com/)

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       I’m interested in [[Commons Funding]] and [[Open Source Licensing]], but most especially [[Commons Based Peer Production]]: how to work together to build.

     

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       **Open Source as Legal Innovation:** the creation of licenses that enabled source code to be open, including copy left which forced contribution of changes.[^licensing]

     

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[^journal]: I’m writing a lot of [journal entries](https://bmannconsulting.com/journal/), most of which could be considered microblogs in length and style. But I can write long whenever I like and format it how I like, all on my own site. [[Fedica]] then reads the RSS feed and schedules cross posts across multiple different networks, which at this point don’t post until like a week after I post them here.

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