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Areoform
Personal blog · areoform.wordpress.com · on HN as areoformculturephilosophy
Areoform is a personal blog at areoform.wordpress.com about culture and philosophy. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “On ClubHouse. The World’s Open Door”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog in threads on tech privacy and security, such as Apple's device content scanning and the Clubhouse app. The linked posts argue against these privacy-invasive products.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I mostly write in 1517's Substack now. My little corner is called Huh. It's about everything that makes go huh. Follow My Rants! Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
Most-linked posts?
- On ClubHouse. The World’s Open Door2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-05-02
- On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Personal Story2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-08-06
What Hacker News says?
If a company explicitly states in a service's terms and conditions that content stored or shared through that service will be scanned, I think that's acceptable because the user then can decide to use such a service on a case-by-case basis. However, making this a legal requirement or deliberately manipulating a device to scan the entire content stored on that device without the user's consent or knowledge even, is e…
Comment linking /2021/08/06/on-apples-expanded-protections-for-children/
on “An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology”Submitted On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Personal Story as a story · 961 points
HN discussionhttps://areoform.wordpress.com A new blog trying to collapse serendipity. As a curious person and aspiring astronaut, I write about everything that catches my eye. From the etymology of the word batteries to a post I'm working on where I'm interviewing astronauts to get their perspective on a moment on spaceflight history. But that is to come. Most posts will be different/unique from one another. Few will be repeats…
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on “Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?”Submitted TANSTAAFL: Apple's M1. Attempting a novel take. as a story · 7 points
HN discussionAs I've written elsewhere and the article discusses in excellent detail, something that's missing in the conversation is a discussion of the custom application specific silicon over here, https://areoform.wordpress.com/2020/11/30/tanstaafl-apples-m... (on HN, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25256025 ) I dislike linking to myself, but the take is long and it essentially points out that Apple themselves hint at A…
Comment linking /2020/11/30/tanstaafl-apples-m1/
on “Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast?”Submitted On Conspiracy Theories as a story · 4 points
HN discussion> It seems like you are seeing this behavior I am being a tab bit hyperbolic, in order to get people to, at the very least, concede the point, that there is some level of obsession with a new voice chat app that is unhealthy. Because it seems like people are almost being intentionally obtuse, and are intentionally misinterpreting my point, in bad faith, in order to win some "debate" that nobody was ever having. If y…
Comment linking /2021/04/18/on-clubhouse/
on “Clubhouse doesn’t value privacy, security or accessibility”Submitted On the Etymology of Batteries as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI have tried to provide an alternative take on ClubHouse, but it seems that people are hyper-polarized when it comes to the application. Which is strange as it has provided me with the most authentic experiences I've ever had on the internet. This is a bit shameless, but here's an excerpt from my exegesis - https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/on-clubhouse/ , > Which brings me to the role of ClubHouse as a gene…
Comment linking /2021/04/18/on-clubhouse/
on “Clubhouse doesn’t value privacy, security or accessibility”Submitted On ClubHouse. The World’s Open Door as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSomething like this happened to me and it has cost me $20k+ over time, https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/on-apples-expanded... Mercury unblocked my accounts because their founder is a very kind man who bothered to verify what the document actually says rather than falling back to, "Computer says no." But everywhere else? De nada. Computer says no. And it's not even me. It's a fuzzy match with someone in thei…
Comment linking /2021/08/06/on-apples-expanded-protections-for-children/
on “The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist”Submitted Trolling as a story · 1 points
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