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Agreed -- I don't think personal posts need the anonymization as much as perhaps political discussions in oppressive regimes (at which point getting the technical security stack right seems higher ROI than worrying about de-anonymization).
It feels like writing needs an additional layer of obfuscation. For example, one way to give feedback in a small circle of people might be to have a neutral, anonymous third-party rephrase the idea in their own words -- a bit like running it through Google Translate but less deterministic.
This sort of feature could potentially be baked into a service, as a checkbox. Perhaps in order to post you have to "anonymize" n number of other users' posts first.
Some further reading:
https://33bits.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/is-writing-style-suf...
https://guzey.com/personal/what-should-you-do-with-your-life...
Currently with parents in the suburbs. Given how long I estimate it'll take for cities to be appealing again (think: dining, bars, clubs, museums, concerts, and shows) I want to spend the next year optimizing for access to nature, more space, and gardening; preferably with a small group of friends.
See a more verbose plan here:
> Various customs officials had sent letters to judges requesting a resolution to the issue of the confiscated cargo, proposing that the ammonium nitrate either be exported, given to the Lebanese army, or sold to the private Lebanese Explosives Company.[e][14] Letters had been sent on 27 June and 5 December 2014, 6 May 2015, 20 May and 13 October 2016, and 27 October 2017.[14] One of the letters sent in 2016 noted that judges had not replied to previous requests, and "pleaded":[14]
>> In view of the serious danger of keeping these goods in the hangar in unsuitable climatic conditions, we reaffirm our request to please request the marine agency to re-export these goods immediately to preserve the safety of the port and those working in it, or to look into agreeing to sell this amount
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosions#MV_Rhos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_tree_oil
Trader Joe's in the U.S. sells a line of shampoo/conditioner that has that extract in it, and if it gets into my eyes it's game over.
https://www.traderjoes.com/digin/post/tea-tree-tingle-bath-p...
Yeah, I probably had a romanticized view of doing this as well, but it doesn't seem insurmountable -- perhaps doing it closer to a primary residence and working part time during the process.
For anyone who wants to read more, I recommend checking out Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Interesting read!
Hah! I've been dealing with that for a few years now -- my email is most of my username and spelling it out is fun for neither party.
I've considered getting the shortest, most phonetic-friendly email possible specifically for phone calls; something like a3gx@gmail.com but also want to self-host. It's a hassle!
Another great roadmap I enjoyed reading through was the one of IPFS. Formatted somewhat differently (one long document) but still just gets me excited reading through it while communicating key objectives and milestones.
The first time I somehow recognized it for what it was and closed my eyes and just went back to sleep.
The second time, it 100% felt like someone crawled on top of me and was suffocating me with a pillow. It was dark, I couldn't move, absolutely terrifying experience overall.
My list of questions that begin with “no idea why Apple, one of the richest companies in the world...” is quite long.
Most recently posed here https://jborichevskiy.com/posts/spending-electronics/
Hope they offer you it too!
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/cozyroom
And figuring out how to make it easier to write and develop ideas through blogs:
> Closer to 0% of human knowledge gets recorded
> Wikipedia has already begun to stagnate badly
Anything more concrete you can link to for further reading on this? I understand the difficulty in quantifying such claims and measures but I'd appreciate reading something that attempts to do so objectively.
IIRC having an address (or address-looking string) in your clipboard will cause it to show up as the first result on the search screen in Google Maps.
In the meantime, I've embedded the sidebar into my site [0] and hope more people do the same! Original idea from this [1] post.
If anyone else is interested, here it is:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...
Some interesting stuff in there, though I would love to read more about the behind-the-scenes tools they use to search and keep track of everything.