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grammers··on What's next for Tor and privacy online?
It's terrifying that basically nothing has changed since the Snowden leaks. And most people simply don't care so governments can keep scooping up our data, sifting through it for whatever they may deem interesting.
grammers··on What happens in the brain while daydreaming?
It's fascinating how different minds can process information. I myself have a photographic memory - only one of my kids has it as well. The two of us are constantly being asked where this and that is lying around, and we can always tell while the others in the family wouldn't be able to guess even if they just saw whatever they were looking for. It's simply amazing.
grammers··on How Lego builds a new Lego set
Lego is so simple, and yet so genius.
grammers··on Engineers harvest clean, continuous energy from air
That's interesting, will test this right away myself!
grammers··on Canadian internet bill S-210 is a step closer to becoming law
When will they ever stop? The moment we (=the people) have fought one surveillance law, they (=politicians) simply come up with another. Until we are too tired to fight anymore...
grammers··on The AI Trust Crisis
In what way would AI deserve our trust? To date data hungry companies have proven to NOT have consumers interest in mind. Why should AI companies be any different?

In dubio pro reo? I don't think so.

grammers··on Proton Mail gets a desktop app for encrypted email and calendar
Tutanota has got a Linux app, and the Android app is available on F-Droid.

I love what both companies are trying to achieve with building private ecosystems, but for me Linux must always come first. Everyone who loves privacy has switched to Linux by now.

grammers··on Toxic comments are associated with reduced volunteer activity on Wikipedia
This is the new cancel culture: Comment away with hate speech (bots) to stop a true and honest discussion. It's too bad the internet is not yet ready for this form of misinformation and destroying real conversations. Now with AI (bots) coming up, it will get even more difficult...
grammers··on According to Plutarch, Julius Caesar was once captured by pirates
This reads like a true adventure story. I'd be curious to know how much is true and how much was added to the facts.
grammers··on Can a Passenger Hack an Airplane?
To save you some reading:

> Can a passenger hack the airplane from their seat? They can’t.

grammers··on They're Made Out of Meat (1991)
Nice, thanks for sharing!
grammers··on Fire TV now also displays full-screen video ads on its homescreen
That sounds awful, why would one get such a TV in the first place?
grammers··on Mid-old cells are a potential target for anti-aging interventions in the elderly
I hope they'll get on with this research faster. Else it'll be too later - at lest for me personally.
grammers··on Generative AI for Beginners
This reads too much like marketing, don't really get why it's here.
grammers··on Cannabis that people are using for anxiety is probably making it worse
Anxiety can't be cured with weed, pills, or whatever. People need to learn coping with it; it used to be called growing up.
grammers··on Ask HN: Where do you host your own-domain email?
May I ask why you did not like Tuta? They now have unlimited email addresses for custom domains, which is pretty neat IMO: https://tuta.com/blog/summer-releases-2023
grammers··on An asteroid will occult Betelgeuse on December 12th
I find it amazing what science can do nowadays. Makes you wonder where we're going to be in one hundred years from now!
grammers··on Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)
Everyone wants their own, I guess.
grammers··on Tuta (formerly Tutanota) denies claim it has intelligence ties
Similar allegations were removed from r/privacy as fake news: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/17st6yu/tutanota_i...
grammers··on Work only 3 hours a day, but everyday (2016)
Sounds like a plan. How does one get such a job?
grammers··on Putting ads in hardware through HDMI
No thanks, we don't need more ads.
grammers··on Google to invest up to $2B in Anthropic
Google paid $26 billion in 2021 to become the default search engine on browsers and phones - $2B is peanuts to them.
grammers··on Protomaps – A free and open source map of the world
How is that different from OpenStreetMap? Am I missing something here?
grammers··on Psychedelic Mushrooms Hit the Market in Oregon
They've had them in Holland decades ago. Tried them once, was the craziest movie experience I've ever had and didn't feel like repeating this ever again.
grammers··on Show HN: WebSession, a Secure Replacement for Cookies
Cookies are not really about security, but privacy. Their tracking of your online habits are bad; how would that change with WebSessions?
grammers··on Nanofiche: Small Storage, for Forever
Neat, I'm regularly impressed with what people come up with. I wish I'd have such smart ideas!
grammers··on A wild idea to protect the Great Barrier Reef
> So, we're well into geo-engineering territory now, with all the uncertainties that brings.

Some countries will start geo-engineering, it's just a matter of time. Dubious that it will actually help. Might make things much worse, though.

grammers··on Tainting the CSAM client-side scanning database
Worst of all the EU Commission is now starting to act like fake news promoters by posting misleading ads (German article): https://netzpolitik.org/2023/politisches-mikrotargeting-eu-k...

It's outraging.

grammers··on Starlink Direct to Cell
I'm doubtful whether it's a good idea to give a private company like Starlink so much power over our communication in general. Why should they have the satellites for such a network? Wouldn't it be better that something crucial as this is publicly owned? Just thinking about the incident when Starlink cut access for Ukraine in fear their use of Starlink might trigger an atomic war. Why should one business person be able to make such a decision?
grammers··on ElevenLabs Launches Voice Translation Tool to Break Down Language Barriers
This sounds extremely exciting. But on second thought I fear with this technology we'll be getting too lazy to actually learn a foreign language - which is also awesome.
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