Category: Blog
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“Criminal Justice System”
The modern American “criminal justice system” has for centuries been an institution of deliberate systemic oppression. This purpose was greatly expanded in recent decades through the drug wars and through the ignorant actions of armchair broken windows theorists like Joe Biden. This system is designed based on profit incentives. These incentives lead to no consideration…
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SQLLVM
There should be intermediate compilers for structured queries. Lots of database product companies do something like this and none of them do it well. People should be able to write a bad, messy query and then there should be a compiler that cleans it up and makes it faster and cleaner.
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Open Source NetCam Software
Something open source to run on cheap obsolete network cameras and give them modern functionality. Also unlock the potential of cheap smart cameras with subscription models. use something like https://imagemagick.org/script/compare.php to check for motion and trigger alterts, etc.
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SCP Tale: Adapting
write an SCP tale about adapting the limitations of what is an anomaly as society’s understanding of the laws of physics changes over time
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Vouchsafe
A tool for verifying a new community member is a real person and tracing in-person contacts to verify who vouches for them. This would make it much harder to have fake profiles or infiltration by hostile groups.
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Cheap Flat-Top Shade Structure (Alternate Design)
Shade structures are perhaps the most important and powerful way of improving temperature conditions in a tent on playa or elsewhere. The value of a shade structure to someone who is trying to sleep can not be overstated. The Traditional Way A lot of people buy and build complex and expensive shade structures. Typically these…
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Psychedelic Glasses From Decomp ($10)
Burning Man Decompression was a blast this year. I wore a pair of psychedelic glasses which made everything look like this. A lot of people asked me for the link to them, so here it is! They just look like normal glasses from the outside… Another person had this pair which were also popular so …
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Socialization and Culture
I feel like I regularly come upon men offering free hugs, especially at queer events such as pride. Often these men identify themselves with clothing and signs offering further qualification such as “Free hugs from an accepting father,” etc. I approach these situations from a queer liberation perspective. I choose not to seek to use…
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Woken Furies by Richard K Morgan
This book has a lot of content and a lot of moving parts. The story is very complex. I had to read it three times before I felt like I really understood the story. The production of the audio book is completely different from the first two books. I had to take a break before…