https://alexoppo.comIdeas, projects and writing by Alessandro Oppo about technology, democracy, history and making things. https://alexoppo.com/interoperability-bothttps://alexoppo.com/interoperability-botFri, 04 Apr 2025 12:13:35 +0200I’m thinking about a bot that can tag other groups independently on which social they are. Eg. We talk about Something, we would like to tag rnDAO, Kleros, MetaGov, or someone else, and instead of having to go on Slack, Discord, etc. we can just ask the bot to send the message there, in ahttps://alexoppo.com/some-concepts-for-history-globstory-ithttps://alexoppo.com/some-concepts-for-history-globstory-itFri, 04 Apr 2025 08:59:21 +0200Here I’m gonna post some ideas/design/concepts that it would be nice to create. This design is quite classic. The user select the places on the map (and also the year), and then the user can export the map as an image, or embed it in a website.There are already some tools like this, but theyhttps://alexoppo.com/modular-platform-for-political-philosophers-workflow-democracyhttps://alexoppo.com/modular-platform-for-political-philosophers-workflow-democracyThu, 02 Jan 2025 12:42:48 +0100Hello, here a proposal for the Decidim.org community. Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Decidim is not easy to configure for people who are not tech-savvy. Currently, only individuals with in-depth knowledge of Decidim can properly set up an instance. This issue goes beyhttps://alexoppo.com/introducing-proof-of-political-power-popp-a-decentralized-validation-systemhttps://alexoppo.com/introducing-proof-of-political-power-popp-a-decentralized-validation-systemFri, 06 Sep 2024 11:04:26 +0200Abstract Proof of Political Power is a concept that propose to use political power of people, precisely the one “recorded” by digital deliberative systems as a token for the lottery of validation for blocks in blockchain systems. This with the intent of separating governmental and political power frhttps://alexoppo.com/the-speed-of-power-can-we-calculate-ithttps://alexoppo.com/the-speed-of-power-can-we-calculate-itSun, 21 Jul 2024 11:18:01 +0200There are many theories about what power is and how it can be exercised, but here, I propose to reason about the power that each one of us has. Every one of us could potentially write an email to someone; we could also buy a train ticket (if we have economic power); we could lethttps://alexoppo.com/peer-to-peer-relationshipshttps://alexoppo.com/peer-to-peer-relationshipsMon, 13 Nov 2023 15:23:55 +0100This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Blockchain The majority of applications used on the Internet are centralized; almost everyone uses social networks, but a single individual often provides some of the most widely used social networks. Consequently, hundreds of millions of people depend on thishttps://alexoppo.com/introduction-blockchain-and-historyhttps://alexoppo.com/introduction-blockchain-and-historyMon, 06 Nov 2023 09:38:29 +0100This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Blockchain Technological advancements are not exclusive to our era or the industrial one; however, the speed at which they now spread and the power – or dominance – with which they impact our society require a deeper understanding of how they function. Just ashttps://alexoppo.com/what-does-fork-meanhttps://alexoppo.com/what-does-fork-meanMon, 06 Nov 2023 09:23:27 +0100This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Blockchain In the distant year 2002, a group of programmers released the first version of OpenOffice, which gained support from a large community. In 2010, instead of contributing to the updates and enhancements of OpenOffice, some programmers decided to creathttps://alexoppo.com/why-digital-collaboration-is-so-importanthttps://alexoppo.com/why-digital-collaboration-is-so-importantMon, 06 Nov 2023 09:19:25 +0100This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Blockchain Information technology enables a level of collaboration in certain activities that was inconceivable before. Many have found themselves writing simultaneously on the same shared document, effectively contributing with four or six hands, significantlhttps://alexoppo.com/history-timeline-made-with-aihttps://alexoppo.com/history-timeline-made-with-aiFri, 29 Sep 2023 12:29:04 +0200In world history class we had to read and present the content. I decided to use chatgpt to analyze the content of the text (previously I’ve read it…) and generate a json file that I could write on the database where h5p is installed (it’s actually a WordPress plugin). Chatgpt was a bit stubborn athttps://alexoppo.com/democharts-to-build-democracy-routeshttps://alexoppo.com/democharts-to-build-democracy-routesTue, 23 May 2023 10:40:34 +0200Most Western democracies have a parliament, which is used for elaborating and discussing laws. In some countries, there are two parliaments, while in others, similar discussions take place in different institutions not called parliaments. These institutions engage in conversations about new laws andhttps://alexoppo.com/forkpad-a-3d-printed-fork-for-your-laptophttps://alexoppo.com/forkpad-a-3d-printed-fork-for-your-laptopMon, 15 May 2023 13:04:18 +0200Have you ever wondered why they put an Express Card Slot in your old laptop? For me it was more or less like the question: What’s the meaning of life? I have one ThinkPad X220 that has that kind of slot and was such a pity to let it empty. I thought so much abouthttps://alexoppo.com/some-diy-backpacks-that-ive-made-in-the-past-yearshttps://alexoppo.com/some-diy-backpacks-that-ive-made-in-the-past-yearsMon, 15 May 2023 12:58:32 +0200Some years ago I needed a backpack but I didn’t like the cheap ones. The good ones were very expensive. I was looking on Internet for inspirations when I discovered that some people where doing military backpacks by themselves, so I thought: “If they are able to sew a backpack I don’t see why Ihttps://alexoppo.com/thoughts-about-writing-and-artificial-intelligencehttps://alexoppo.com/thoughts-about-writing-and-artificial-intelligenceThu, 11 May 2023 12:50:40 +0200As a person who always liked to read, and always wanted to be able to write well, I looked at the ChatGPT phenomenon, as something very interesting. Of course, I was shocked by how fast and precise it is, at the same time I’m so happy that I don’t have to write anything boring again!https://alexoppo.com/such-news-much-propaganda-analyzing-what-people-talk-abouthttps://alexoppo.com/such-news-much-propaganda-analyzing-what-people-talk-aboutSun, 07 May 2023 12:07:17 +0200We live in a very connected and globalized world, yet we do not know what other peoples are thinking and talking about. Sometimes we are locked in our media and social bubble, not realizing that other things are happening. The purpose of this project is to show at first glance what is talked about, https://alexoppo.com/the-network-effecthttps://alexoppo.com/the-network-effectMon, 27 Mar 2023 01:32:13 +0200Sometimes we worry too much about things. If you work, you work. If you study, you study. If you think… :/ From now on I’ll try to not think too much, I’ll post my projects here, trying to see what will happen using the most unbelievable things of our epoch: the network. People worry abouthttps://alexoppo.com/ending-my-history-bachelor-with-a-thesis-about-blockchainshttps://alexoppo.com/ending-my-history-bachelor-with-a-thesis-about-blockchainsThu, 23 Mar 2023 14:12:48 +0100It was for me something obvious to mix History with blockchains, and I’m very happy that I’ve done it. It was for me a very interesting travel, where I had the opportunity to study something very fascinating, trying to find parallelisms with ancient times and thinking about the possibilities that thhttps://alexoppo.com/hello-worldhttps://alexoppo.com/hello-worldWed, 22 Mar 2023 10:29:49 +0100Sometimes it happens that we do stuff without wondering too much about the time we spend doing that thing. Sometimes it happens because we want to escape from something, and we do not realize how in that way we are walking on a way that is not the right one. Other times we just needhttps://alexoppo.com/three-d-printed-useful-things-drawn-by-mehttps://alexoppo.com/three-d-printed-useful-things-drawn-by-meFri, 15 May 2020 13:36:00 +0200Hi guys, I’ll show you the best 3d printed stuff that I used to repair other stuff or just because they were particularly cool. All of them are drawn by me using Fusion 360 and 3d printed with an Ender 3 (I speak about it in Italian here). Most of them I already posted onhttps://alexoppo.com/thinkstand-laptop-vertical-standhttps://alexoppo.com/thinkstand-laptop-vertical-standSun, 15 Sep 2019 13:39:00 +0200Most people don’t realize how terrible is to sit down all day long for their health. If then we consider that having a bad posture is very common we can’t be surprised that a big part of the society suffers from back pain and neck pain. That’s why I designed and built this particular stand.