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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Great article, totally agree with the author. I would still be concerned with that power moving to the government, particularly in countries with limited options for true representation (eg. two party systems, where it is usually more a matter of “lesser evil” voting), but that then becomes the next challenge; still more appropriate in the government’s hands than the level of power corporations currently wield.












  • Grindr reports down to single digit metres… That level of accuracy is certainly not needed and potentially dangerous. I’ve had stalker issues with Grindr before… Imo the radar aspect can be preserved while simply capping the accuracy or reporting at “<500m”, because seriously that’s close enough to know someone is literally less than 5 minute walk from you.

    Sniffies is a similar app, but includes an option to randomise your location within a certain radius that you can set. So you can still determine people are “nearby” or get an idea of their general distance and location, without being able to literally hunt them down.


  • It’s fine for people to choose this as one pathway for additional income, i just wish it were always a completely free choice, whereas in many situations it seems a little too much of a last resort or derived from particular pressure, which feels… I just feel it’s disappointing it’s seen as almost necessary in those situations. Olympic athletes should not have financial issues like that, or feel forced to give up their privacy (if he does indeed feel forced, but it comes across that way in some regards). Anyway, he presents it as positive in his eyes, so I hope that’s true.