{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Crazy Wisdom","title":"Will Urbit Replace Linux? w/ Peter McEvoy","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/936d54f0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3978,"description":"Peter McEvoy\nRun Time Engineer at Tlon\n Will Urbit replace Linux?  Urbit is so big and ambitious\nUrbit as an overlay operating system\nOn top of an existing operating system e.g: Mac OS, Windows\nHow far are we from hardware-enabled Urbit?\nHow long will it take for Urbit to go big, like really big?\nHow many developers are working on Urbit right now?  15 engineers at Tlon\nTlon is the corporate lynchpin for the effort\nHow many companies are building on Urbit?\nWho runs the Urbit non-profit?\nHow does someone get a grant from the Urbit non-profit?\nHow do the non-profits work when it comes to supporting open source projects?  It's like an ISP non-profit\nWhat is Urbit?  Human interaction to an online setting\nLike Stumble Upon\nSynchronicity and Exploration, Serendipity\nGoogle is detrimental because you get exactly what you want from it  Stewart realizes how addicted he is to immediate gratification\nWill people build things on Urbit that will lead to immediate gratification?\nWill Google become obsolete? How will they adapt?\nWhat does it feel like now 3 years after giving up all social media except Linkedin?\nWill Iboga work for internet addiction (we didn’t speak about it)?\nAs an engineer do you sometimes feel like God or a God?\nHave you been to China?\nWould you use something like Duolingo for learning languages?\nCan you give me insight into building a new spaced repetition software on Urbit?\nWhat is a hard break in history (19 minutes)?\nDoes someone in China own a galaxy? Or a star?\nWhat is the deal with the Urbit ID?\nWhat was your graduate degree in?\nHow far are we away from me being able to write prose?\nWhat are the two languages for urbit?  Hoon\nKnock\nWhat are virtual machines? How do they work?\nHow long did it take you to get proficient in Knock and Hoon?\nWhat is the Urbit Kernel?  Arvo\nWhy is functional programming such an aspect of Urbit?\nWho are the functional programming experts at Tlon or the other companies developing on Urbit?\nFor a newbie at programming, would...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UZbrDrlO5VTfDNcq188THwbv0T09vcmLyzx3BcPI9bs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Y2Rj/OGFiMTYyMGFkNTM5/N2NjOWI2MWM5YzQ1/YTc2Ny5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}