magz :3

i think for my purposes i’m fine with hosting that through a separate service, so instead of XMPP + mumble i would run polyproto + mumble (or some other voip solution, screen sharing seems to be a decent way away in mumble)

but (as i understand it), polyproto isn’t a chat protocol per se, but more a protocol for federated message authentication. as an application of this protocol, they’re building polyproto-chat, which is a chat protocol. in theory, one could then also build a polyproto-voice so you can use the same account for both chatting and voice calls. i still think this is pretty far away, considering how young polyproto is, which is why my current vision is chat and voice as two separate services (which i also prefer because i imagine it makes the technology simpler and hosting easier)

i honestly think that if revolt had federation, then it would be the obvious choice for me, but alas. personally i’m still hopeful for polyproto getting off the ground, but the boring realistic choice for the time being is probably something like XMPP + mumble

unfortunately you can’t really get rich from knowing a bubble will happen. things like shorting, put options, bear certificates, and etfs with inverse leverage either have terrible risk reward ratios (you can basically lose infinite money from shorting, that’s what the whole gamestop/amc thing was about) or very bad long-term gains (bear certificates and inverse etfs usually only track day-to-day changes and generally fall in value when the stock they’re tracking fluctuates in price).
of course, if you know when the crash is gonna happen, it’s a completely different story. then you can buy shorts/puts/etc just before the bubble bursts and laugh yourself to the bank (assuming the firms on the wrong end of those assets haven’t gone bankrupt, which is also a very real risk in a situation like this)