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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
I am recommending both. The problem is that Signal (which I use along with the other messaging apps) is that it is not feature rich as the other 2 and Signal is not popular so ppl download it just to interact with one person (Me) whereas Te
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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
I am wondering if there was any incident that disproved the “we have disclosed 0 bytes of user data to third parties, including governments.” statement.
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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
Are there any pointers for work to try to make metadata private (I.e encrypted)? I was recently very curious about this question and asked similar ones here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41267877 https://
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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
Working on: https://www.mylondonhomesearch.co.uk/ To help Londoners find their perfect home by filtering for proximity to parks, river, PoIs, commute time, etc. The website is not optimized for mobile and customers have to
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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
I agree that a big part of the problem is human behavior and how ppl are not willing to change their buying behavior to buy more privacy preserving products or demand the creation of such products or stop using the ones that are “clearly” h
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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
Couldn’t agree more tbh. I am currently in the process of cutting ties to all Meta and Alphabet products. I am documenting my steps/actions here: https://barac.at/essays/on-trying-to-escape-the-surveillance... For
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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
Yes, these solutions are possible. Or maybe manage followers through an ACL controlled by a smart contract or something similar. That’s why I am asking really, to see if there are easier ways. It feels like this should be a common problem,
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Ask HN: Is there a decentralized protocol that is private by default?
5 points by ahmedbaracat 2y ago|1 comments
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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
Only ppl who you allow to follow you gets to access the unencrypted data.
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by ahmedbaracat 2y ago
I love the idea of a /Now page. I just wished there was a way to make it only accessible to people I care about enough to share these. Or a way to have certain sections private unless you are a close friend for an example.
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Ask HN: Why do ActivityPub and Nostr not encrypt an "event" content and metadata
3 points by ahmedbaracat 2y ago|5 comments
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
Exactly that. I wrote about the problem and a potential solution here for the interested https://barac.at/essays/request-for-funding-a-business-exper...
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
Can they make profit by charging customers a monthly fee in return for their services instead of investing the money?
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
This logic is counterintuitive to me “As deposits grew, SVB could not grow their loan book fast enough to generate the yield they wanted to see on this capital.”. Startups are not depositing the money in SVB to invest it, they are storing i
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
Exactly that. I am wondering why the “pressure” to generate more yield or any yield at all. It is counterintuitive to me to view the startups deposits as investments and not as saved money to be used later, hence no need for a risky or any
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Ask HN: How did ppl validate demand for physical products pre Kickstarter?
2 points by ahmedbaracat 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Anyone or company working on good physical keyboard phones (ex BB 9000)?
3 points by ahmedbaracat 4y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Any recommendations for reliable EMG armband device?
1 points by ahmedbaracat 4y ago|1 comments
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
“ AI-focused products/startups lack a business model aligning the incentives of both the company and the domain experts (Data Dignity)” https://blog.barac.at/a-business-experiment-in-data-dignity Yes I am quoting mysel
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
Thanks for sharing. Interestingly, I wrote a blog post about a similar topic: What will happen if ML builders and domain experts had co-ownership of the data and the model.* I am planning to generate the first training seed images by using
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
Wondering if that landed you a few meetings?
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
This reminds me of Lex Fridman talking with Jaron Lanier about Data Dignity https://youtu.be/Fx0G6DHMfXM?t=2609
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Ask HN: [London] Software Engineering for Social Good?
2 points by ahmedbaracat 4y ago|0 comments
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We only need to plant 1T trees(blog.barac.at)
3 points by ahmedbaracat 4y ago|0 comments
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
Can’t recommend this enough
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by ahmedbaracat 4y ago
I want to also add: why do we have to submit the same information (full name, passport number, expiration dates, travel history, etc.) each time we apply for a visa even if we are applying to the same country.
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by ahmedbaracat 5y ago
Came here to just say that they are super beautiful. Amazing color palettes and styles.
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Here’s a challenge for You(blog.barac.at)
1 points by ahmedbaracat 5y ago|0 comments
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Things I wish I knew when I first moved to the UK(blog.barac.at)
1 points by ahmedbaracat 5y ago|0 comments
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My tips for landing a software engineering job(blog.barac.at)
3 points by ahmedbaracat 5y ago|0 comments

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