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Geospatial Indexing Explained: A Comparison of Geohash, S2, and H3

benfeifke.com
5 points·by alcazar·vorige maand·0 comments

Why Are Men So Bad at Making–and Keeping–Friends?

derekthompson.org
9 points·by alcazar·vorige maand·3 comments

Geospatial Indexing Explained: A Comparison of Geohash, S2, and H3 (2024)

benfeifke.com
1 points·by alcazar·2 maanden geleden·0 comments

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43 points·by alcazar·2 maanden geleden·0 comments

"Directionally Bad"

techemails.com
1 points·by alcazar·2 maanden geleden·0 comments

The war between fast and legitimate is here

joanwestenberg.com
3 points·by alcazar·2 maanden geleden·0 comments

Cooperating in a Conversation

wilsoniumite.com
4 points·by alcazar·2 maanden geleden·0 comments

How Monero’s proof of work works

blog.alcazarsec.com
318 points·by alcazar·2 maanden geleden·225 comments

Crypto inheritance: a simple guide to seed phrases and estate planning

blog.alcazarsec.com
2 points·by alcazar·2 maanden geleden·0 comments

Digital dead man's switch: how it works and when to use one

blog.alcazarsec.com
1 points·by alcazar·2 maanden geleden·0 comments

Monero is simpler, Zcash is more flexible

blog.alcazarsec.com
3 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·1 comments

Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing

kevinlynagh.com
532 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·140 comments

Why prediction markets are a sure sign that our civilisation is in decay

joanwestenberg.com
8 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·0 comments

Best crypto hardware wallets in 2026

blog.alcazarsec.com
1 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·0 comments

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18 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·0 comments

When will quantum computing break cryptography?

blog.alcazarsec.com
1 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·0 comments

GPT Image 2 vs. Nano Banana 2: what to use now

blog.alcazarsec.com
2 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·0 comments

How to Learn Programming in 2026

blog.alcazarsec.com
3 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·0 comments

A look into Ente Locker's legacy feature

alcazarsec.com
1 points·by alcazar·3 maanden geleden·0 comments

comments

alcazar
·vorige maand·discuss
You mention your intense, close connections are with your immediate family. Do you think your method would still work for you if you didn't like your family and were single? Unfortunately, that happens to many lonely males.

Your comment was an interesting read, though. I never before got into the mind of someone who prefers the "feral pack" over individual, more intense connections, and your description worked well with that.

Best of luck to you and also to your daughters and wife.
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
> Of all the things I mentioned above, the one that bothers me the most is custom scroll behaviour on websites.

While I don't necessarily agree with the entire premise of the article - in particular, a well-designed range date picker is superior to two separate browser-native date pickers - I completely agree that custom scroll behavior needs to disappear.
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
This one is really nice. Imports in the middle of a file are very ugly but sometimes necessary. This fixes it in a nicer way.

However, it kind of goes against the principle that “explicit is better than implicit.”
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
And why should they, individually?

It's a tragedy of the commons.
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
I would expect it to supercharge them at first and become commoditized later on.

It is just like how a digital calculator affected the role of the human calculator, or how an automaton that can code would affect the job of a human programmer.
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
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alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
I understand you don't mean this in bad faith and are just trying to protect the internet from slop.

I just want to say that there is a human behind all of these articles. My intent is not to "spam," but to share what I think are the best practices for better privacy and security. I hope I am helping some people, at least.
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
Derek Sivers is of the opinion that a fake persona is better than not sharing any details [1]:

> Create and post a back-story to answer (instead of avoid) the frequently asked questions.

1: https://sive.rs/anon
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
Being named John Smith is such an underappreciated superpower.
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
The fact that you shouldn't use your real info online is clear to many. That being said, is it better to leave the fields empty, call yourself "anon," or create an imaginary online persona with inaccurate data to throw OSINT investigators off?
alcazar
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
This was a super interesting read, and it highlights exactly the strength of cryptocurrencies. They turn game theory in their favor, so egoistic players (I don't mean this in an offensive tone) contribute to making it stronger and safer for everyone else.

Thank you for sharing!
alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
I agree. For now you can buy a used Pixel to avoid giving Google money directly. In a year, you may have more options.
alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
> At MWC 2026, Motorola announced a formal partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation and said the two groups will work on future devices engineered for GrapheneOS compatibility.

> The official announcement was careful on timing, but follow-up reporting points to the first compatible Motorola flagships arriving in 2027, not on current devices.

> If that happens, GrapheneOS stops being only a Pixel answer.

https://blog.alcazarsec.com/posts/most-secure-phone-setup
alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
What happens if you add a new item on two devices simultaneously?
alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
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alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
I'm working on an anonymous Dead Man's Switch (https://alcazarsec.com/deadmanswitch). You don't need any personal information to sign up, and you can configure email messages that will be automatically sent only when you stop checking in.

This can be useful for families handling digital legacy, solo founders, journalists, and others.

Let me know if you give it a try!
alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
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alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
[OpenAI says its new model GPT-2 is too dangerous to release (2019)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684326)
alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
She knows about it, so she will actually be expecting it.

But yes, that is indeed a risk, particularly for other family members who don't know there is an email for them.
alcazar
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
I also thought that, but I like it this way. It supports weekly checks as well.