Right off the bat I want to say that it is impossible to live a 100% private life. The truth is that on some level someone has to know something about you for you to do anything. Privacy exists on a spectrum and it’s 100% up to the individual to decide what they are comfortable with, at least it should be.
Even this website uses Google Analytics to gather audience statistics.…
To be clear, I’m specifically talking about data/online privacy. Privacy exists in so many other contexts too.
Just because you have nothing to hide doesn’t mean it’s not important I hear this sentiment all the time from people who try to detract away from the value of privacy.
Privacy is a human right
Regardless of what you’re doing, there is an underlying truth that you should be able to live your life autonomously and free from constant surveillance.…
Featuring Cargo, Snap, and Homebrew
Believe it or not, I’d like people to use my software, especially Ironmind. I’m finally reaching a point in the project where I feel content with it.
So it’s time to share it with the world.
Unit Tests Cargo Test The first step was setting up automated unit tests to build and test my project each time I merged with the master branch. Fortunately, Rust’s build system, Cargo, makes this super easy.…
Introduction I take a lot of pictures, and I mean a lottt of pictures. If you’ve read my past blog posts you’d know that. I want to be able to remember such a critical part of my life. I want to be remembered. And I want to capture these memories in as much detail as I can. In a strange twist, it is difficult at times to live in the moment without thinking about how this moment will be remembered.…
Recently, I’ve been playing The Sims a lot. Outside of Minecraft I’m not much of a gamer but this game has really gripped me. The last time I played a Sims game I was in elementary school and it was on my 3DS. For some reason I find myself enjoying it much more now than I ever did. There’s probably some depressing observation about the burden of adulthood and escapism of fantasy to be had but I’m not that philosophical.…