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Hello and welcome to my journal! Here I write about my own ideas and promote others' ideas. I mostly talk about computing, philosophy, spirituality, privacy, and society but this journal is not limited to those topics.
Date: 13 December 2020
Read time: 1 minute
Summary: Find out what's new on my blog.
The Nonlinearity of Intelligence
Date: 12 December 2020
Read time: 10 minutes
Summary: > "I know from my own experience that there is much more to āintelligenceā than an IQ number. In fact, I hesitate to believe that any system could really reflect the complexity and uniqueness of one personās mind, or meaningfully describe the nature of his or her potential." -- Daniel Tammet
Date: 09 December 2020
Read time: 2 minutes
Summary: Find out what's new on my blog.
Date: 07 December 2020
Read time: 6 minutes
Summary: The Pledge of Allegiance is a creepy 1930's relic which should be abolished from the American education system. It's a kind of jingoist brainwashing that goes against the spirit of education. Education should include a critical, honest reflection of one's own country, its flaws and its history, not mindless daily chanting about how great it is.
Shining Light on the Dark Side of Law Enforcement
Date: 04 December 2020
Read time: 2 minutes
Summary: The US constitution is supposed to protect citizens from thug overreach. However, evidence from the past decade shows that thugs have been stomping all over our civil liberties daily by colluding with intelligence agencies.
Bringing Civility to Public Discourse With the Steel Man Technique
Date: 01 December 2020
Read time: 7 minutes
Summary: Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett described a method for arguing with a person that holds opposing views. If youāve ever heard of the straw man fallacy, itās just the opposite of that. With the straw man, you misrepresent your opponentās argument to make it easier to take down. With the steel man, you face the most charitable interpretation of your oppenentās argument.
Date: 28 November 2020
Read time: 9 minutes
Summary: There is a very subtle contradiction in the definition of Newcomb's Paradox having to do with free will. The "choice point" is assumed to be after the predictor makes its prediction. In this post I demonstrate why that can't be the case because it only makes sense to talk about a choice point before the predictor's prediction.
Date: 26 November 2020
Read time: 5 minutes
Summary: Superman is the most iconic comic book superhero in the world. He represents moral goodness and justice. He is loved by millions. But he isn't brave.
Date: 25 November 2020
Read time: 16 minutes
Summary: My thoughts on the importance of logic, its role in education, common misconceptions and the limits of logic.
Get an Anonymous Phone Number with DTMF.io
Date: 21 November 2020
Read time: 7 minutes
Summary: DTMF.io is the best service I've come across for an anonymous phone number. There is no third party Javascript. The web portal is available in several languages. It requires no personally identifiable information (PII) to sign up and supports 2-factor authentication. It has a reasonable price tag and a v3 onion address for Tor. It supplies landline, mobile, SIM mobile and toll-free phone numbers from all over the world. You can pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero and Perfect Money.
Date: 20 November 2020
Read time: 1 minute
Summary: Amazon is providing police departments with warrantless access to thousands of Ring doorbell cameras giving cops unpredecented, persistent surveillance capabilities of private homes and neighborhoods. This is yet another dangerous partnership between the empire of the megacorporations and the state.
Remote Fair Coin Flipping with Friends
Date: 19 November 2020
Read time: 9 minutes
Summary: This post is mostly just for amusement. It's my half-hearted attempt at designing a cryptosystem.
Avoiding Consumer Surveillance
Date: 16 November 2020
Read time: 8 minutes
Summary: Your purchases are being tracked. What you buy, where you buy it, when you buy it and what else you buy along with it. Consumer surveillance must end for privacy's sake. In this post I teach you how to avoid it from an individual perspective.
Date: 14 November 2020
Read time: 3 minutes
Summary: The central premise of this post is: Even if you believe that "privacy is dead", you still have every reason to make surveillance more difficult for Big Brother. Resistance is not futile. If you accept that it is, you're playing into the hands of the surveillance state. Surveillance on all of us is far too easy therefore we need to raise the bar on privacy.
Date: 13 November 2020
Read time: 1 minute
Summary: Find out what's new on my blog.
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