Robert Winter 
@rw@qoto.org
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Philosopher and historian. Doctoral candidate at Macquarie Business School researching Edmund Burke. Boosts/follows do not imply endorsement.
Joined Jul 2019
Today was #019 in #100DaysToOffload I had the most marvellous idea for a blog.
Yesterday (day #018) on #100DaysToOffload I wrote about Dead Certainties.
@mike Perhaps I am misunderstanding either Twitter, Mastodon or both, but it doesn't look to me like an existing Mastodon feature.
I thought the Mastodon post setting was about posting, e.g. only post to my followers. In which case, only my followers would see the toot and only they could reply.
But if I have understood this correctly, this is different to the new Twitter function which looks to allow me to post to the world, but limit who can reply. E.g. I could tweet so everyone could read, but only Elon Musk and you could reply.
@freddyym I switched to Standard Notes recently from Joplin. Very much agree about SN being a good platform. And so light as an app and fast to sync. Buttery smooth.
Day 017 of #100DaysToOffload and I mull the problems with historical comparisons though the prism of #Trump.
Fabulous thought from Neil deGrasse Tyson:
‘I dream of a world where truth shapes people's politics, rather [than] politics shaping what people think is true.’
@basil @Decentralize_today yes, fortitude is certainly needed at present to make sweeping changes. But at least the tools are coming online to allow us to pick at the edges until a feature rich, pre-installed, privacy respecting ecosystem comes online.
@basil have you thought about Huawei? And before you say it, I know, I thought the same thing. But then I read the following from @Decentralize_today
Biggest issue if that could work as an ecosystem would then be Gmail. But I have personally found ProtonMail an admirable replacement. Particularly once their latest devs come out beta.
https://dt.gl/privacy-cookbook-chapter-5-5-cellphone-security-a-rotten-apple-and-a-cinderella-story/
Day 017 of #100DaysToOffload and I take a look at the argument that 'code is speech.'
Day 016 of #100DaysToOffload and I muse on a language defect in our conversations about privacy.
Robert Winter
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There's no need to break encryption to prosecute criminals: https://gizmodo.com/new-earn-it-act-alternative-seeks-5-billion-to-hunt-ch-1843290551
Here's why we are against the #EarnIt Act proposed by Barr: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-it-barr-encryption/
Day 015 of #100DaysToOffload and I take a look at the implications of network theory for the Fediverse.
'From medical records to cell phone data sets, it only takes about a dozen pieces of information to find the person behind each “anonymous” record.'
@freemo many thanks for the guidance.
@freemo mostly scribbling. I sign my name less and less these days and when I do it is usually at the motor registry and they force me to use the hideous pen there.
As for fancy writing. Sadly my penmanship is more akin to a spider crawling across the page than actual writing. It is on my very long list of arts to work on, but if I am realistic I will just be scribbling notes.
Price wise... between about $100 and $300 would be a sweet spot. But always happy to save a bit or pay a little more if there is something good which would otherwise be just out of reach.
The only other element is feel in the hand. Years ago I had a pen with a nice feeling nib, but it was a screw top and the screw thread left an unpleasant groove in my fingers after long periods of writing.
@design_RG @pluralistic @boingboing so I see. Some more content of the mind mill. Thanks for the share!
@freemo Amazing, I was in a shop the other day as I’m thinking about moving back to a fountain pen, not used one since school, but wasn’t sure which of the dizzying array of options to go with (as you note, most are just very expensive metal with a label). I thought, you could have provided guidance and here you are posting about it. Thoughts for something not too expensive and suggestions on a good ink? Bear in mind, I am looking for something portable for an everyday note taking pen.
Robert Winter
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Interesting fact of the day. In ancient egyptian culture the saying "Eaten the heart" was a reference to grieving without justification, which was one of the mortal sins that would keep you out of their version of heaven.
It was one of the negative confessions recited by the dead during the weighing of the heart against the feather of Maat (sometimes called the feather of truth).
@design_RG I think there is a new account posting his links @pluralistic
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Philosopher and historian. Doctoral candidate at Macquarie Business School researching Edmund Burke. Boosts/follows do not imply endorsement.
Joined Jul 2019
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