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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.
26 Apr 2022 - 7 minute read
24 Apr 2022 - 6 minute read
Implications of Synthetic Media
22 Apr 2022 - 4 minute read
Businesses Should be Required to Accept Cash
21 Apr 2022 - 2 minute read
Free International Texting Without a Phone Number
18 Apr 2022 - 3 minute read
How Extreme Wealth Inequality Harms The Wealthy
18 Apr 2022 - 4 minute read
12 Apr 2022 - 7 minute read
It's Not Necessarily Irrational to Believe Things You Can't Justify to Others
11 Apr 2022 - 2 minute read
11 Apr 2022 - 5 minute read
08 Apr 2022 - 1 minute read
Taking Back The Web With Haketilo
06 Apr 2022 - 7 minute read
27 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read
Don't Call People Homophobic, Transphobic, or Islamophobic
27 Mar 2022 - 3 minute read
27 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read
Language Shouldn't Be Exclusive
26 Mar 2022 - 4 minute read
Fighting The War On Drugs With Jury Nullification
23 Mar 2022 - 3 minute read
Encryption is a Timer, Not a Lock
15 Mar 2022 - 9 minute read
[Documentary] Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs
14 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read
PSA: You Can Remove Your Property From Street View Services
14 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read
Come Watch Me Present at LibrePlanet 2022!
14 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read
05 Mar 2022 - 1 minute read
[Website] Visualizing Wealth Inequality And Mass Incarceration
03 Mar 2022 - 2 minute read
28 Feb 2022 - 3 minute read
Psychedelics Are a Rite of Passage
28 Feb 2022 - 4 minute read
25 Feb 2022 - 2 minute read
Git Is Not Github. Git Is Not Github. Git Is Not Github.
24 Feb 2022 - 5 minute read
How to Transfer Large Files From One Computer to Another
05 Feb 2022 - 10 minute read
Paying Close Attention to Experience
31 Jan 2022 - 4 minute read
22 Jan 2022 - 13 minute read
Automation, Bullshit Jobs, And Work
20 Jan 2022 - 2 minute read
16 Jan 2022 - 4 minute read
09 Jan 2022 - 3 minute read
09 Jan 2022 - 2 minute read
09 Jan 2022 - 2 minute read
03 Jan 2022 - 9 minute read
30 Dec 2021 - 1 minute read
Statement of GPG Key Transition
26 Dec 2021 - 7 minute read
16 Dec 2021 - 3 minute read
There Is Nothing Wrong With Incest
13 Dec 2021 - 4 minute read
13 Dec 2021 - 2 minute read
12 Dec 2021 - 7 minute read
02 Dec 2021 - 1 minute read
02 Dec 2021 - 2 minute read
I Wish I Could Endorse the Waking Up App
02 Dec 2021 - 2 minute read
26 Nov 2021 - 5 minute read
"If You Don't Like It Then Just Leave"
25 Nov 2021 - 1 minute read
19 Nov 2021 - 6 minute read
A Nation of Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires
13 Nov 2021 - 6 minute read
Future-Proof Digital Timestamping
10 Nov 2021 - 9 minute read
The Privacy Implications of Weak AI
04 Nov 2021 - 3 minute read
19 Oct 2021 - 15 minute read
11 Oct 2021 - 4 minute read
Why I Don't Trust Police and Neither Should You
09 Oct 2021 - 1 minute read
06 Oct 2021 - 2 minute read
Don't Let Cannabis Dispensaries Scan Your ID
02 Oct 2021 - 19 minute read
Struggle to Graduate Without Nonfree Software
28 Sep 2021 - 2 minute read
16 Sep 2021 - 4 minute read
10 Sep 2021 - 2 minute read
05 Sep 2021 - 18 minute read
28 Aug 2021 - 12 minute read
Dealing With Close-Minded People
28 Aug 2021 - 1 minute read
21 Aug 2021 - 12 minute read
19 Aug 2021 - 1 minute read
25 Jul 2021 - 5 minute read
18 Jul 2021 - 11 minute read
09 Jul 2021 - 2 minute read
30 Jun 2021 - 5 minute read
28 Jun 2021 - 3 minute read
16 Jun 2021 - 21 minute read
10 Jun 2021 - 1 minute read
31 May 2021 - 2 minute read
30 May 2021 - 6 minute read
Banning Facial Recognition Isn't Enough
21 May 2021 - 7 minute read
12 May 2021 - 10 minute read
06 May 2021 - 12 minute read
02 May 2021 - 3 minute read
09 Apr 2021 - 1 minute read
[Video] Car Surveillance: an Unregulated Privacy Disaster
08 Apr 2021 - 1 minute read
07 Apr 2021 - 2 minute read
07 Apr 2021 - 2 minute read
29 Mar 2021 - 8 minute read
Don't Record Others Without Permission
19 Mar 2021 - 4 minute read
18 Mar 2021 - 1 minute read
[Video] Monero: More Anonymous Than Cash
12 Mar 2021 - 5 minute read
09 Mar 2021 - 2 minute read
[Video] Is Your Keyboard Spying on You?
04 Mar 2021 - 8 minute read
01 Mar 2021 - 1 minute read
[Video] Don't Talk to the Police
21 Feb 2021 - 2 minute read
07 Feb 2021 - 1 minute read
[Video] You Should Delete Your Whatsapp ASAP
06 Feb 2021 - 8 minute read
03 Feb 2021 - 11 minute read
[Documentary] The Norden: Prison
31 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read
29 Jan 2021 - 2 minute read
27 Jan 2021 - 9 minute read
22 Jan 2021 - 5 minute read
[Article] You Should Be Using an Old Computer
19 Jan 2021 - 4 minute read
18 Jan 2021 - 4 minute read
Consumer Data Protection is a Distraction
17 Jan 2021 - 7 minute read
16 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read
[Video] Atheist Debates - Argument From Design, Part 1: Order and Purpose
16 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read
[Video] Atheist Debates - Argument From Design, Part 2: What Are the Odds?
16 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read
[Video] Atheist Debates - Pascal's Wager
16 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read
[Video] Atheist Debates - Supernatural Causation
14 Jan 2021 - 2 minute read
[Video] Fixing Social Media for Good
11 Jan 2021 - 2 minute read
[Video] TikTok - a Trojan Horse into China's Dystopia
09 Jan 2021 - 3 minute read
[Fable] The Fable of the Dragon Tyrant
09 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read
07 Jan 2021 - 3 minute read
[Podcast] The Key to Trump's Appeal
07 Jan 2021 - 1 minute read
[Podcast] Why Trump is Unfit For Office
06 Jan 2021 - 15 minute read
30 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read
30 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read
[Essay] The Simulation Argument
29 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read
28 Dec 2020 - 4 minute read
27 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read
25 Dec 2020 - 5 minute read
24 Dec 2020 - 2 minute read
20 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read
17 Dec 2020 - 5 minute read
16 Dec 2020 - 8 minute read
Avoiding Automobile Surveillance
13 Dec 2020 - 1 minute read
12 Dec 2020 - 10 minute read
The Nonlinearity of Intelligence
09 Dec 2020 - 2 minute read
07 Dec 2020 - 6 minute read
04 Dec 2020 - 2 minute read
Shining Light on the Dark Side of Law Enforcement
01 Dec 2020 - 6 minute read
Bringing Civility to Public Discourse With the Steel Man Technique
28 Nov 2020 - 8 minute read
26 Nov 2020 - 5 minute read
25 Nov 2020 - 15 minute read
21 Nov 2020 - 6 minute read
Get an Anonymous Phone Number with DTMF.io
20 Nov 2020 - 1 minute read
19 Nov 2020 - 8 minute read
Remote Fair Coin Flipping with Friends
16 Nov 2020 - 8 minute read
Avoiding Consumer Surveillance
14 Nov 2020 - 3 minute read
13 Nov 2020 - 1 minute read
08 Nov 2020 - 15 minute read
02 Nov 2020 - 6 minute read
30 Oct 2020 - 1 minute read
29 Oct 2020 - 12 minute read
20 Oct 2020 - 10 minute read
11 Oct 2020 - 20 minute read
22 Sep 2020 - 6 minute read
21 Sep 2020 - 2 minute read
SIUe Unauthenticated SMTP Server
09 Sep 2020 - 6 minute read
Networked EV Charging Stations
22 Aug 2020 - 13 minute read
Free Will is Incoherent - Part 2
02 Aug 2020 - 8 minute read
26 Jul 2020 - 10 minute read
02 Jul 2020 - 7 minute read
19 Jun 2020 - 9 minute read
Free Will is Incoherent - Part 1
14 Jun 2020 - 14 minute read
10 Jun 2020 - 7 minute read
SIUe e-ID Creation and Maintenance Problems
06 Jun 2020 - 1 minute read
23 May 2020 - 19 minute read
02 May 2020 - 10 minute read
30 Apr 2020 - 10 minute read
10 Apr 2020 - 13 minute read
The Victim Mentality Versus Individual Responsibility
30 Mar 2020 - 10 minute read
Inception - Rejecting Discord, Draw.io, and Visual Studio
30 Mar 2020 - 4 minute read
Rejecting Discord and Google Colab
30 Mar 2020 - 7 minute read
The Tipping Point - Rejecting Windows, Zoom, Lockdown Browser, and the Lockdown Monitor
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