Incessant tinkerer since the 70’s. Staunch privacy advocate. SelfHoster. Musician of mediocre talent. https://soundcloud.com/hood-poet-608190196

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  • A VCR…wow! I haven’t seen one of those even at a yard sale in decades. Friend of mine and his family went out to a yard sale way back in the day, found a box of Disney videos, thought ‘A nice entertainment value watching Disney movies on movie night.’ Well, most of them had been taped over with some of that boomer porn of the 70’s. Somebody wanted a bit more spicy Disney experience. Luckily they had the presence of mind to review said box of VHS tapes before deploying them on movie night.

    You must do a lot of VHS digitizing for a set up like that. Or was this just a ‘Wonder how hard it would be to…’? kind of project.




  • That’s got to about the most straightforward thing I’ve heard on the internet in a very long while, and <clears throat nervously> and from a mod. No disrespect intended, at all. It’s quite respectable. You say ‘light touch’ and ‘people being able to regulate themselves’…have…you…met these people? I kid, but I’m sure that’s where the TOS comes in which is forthcoming or am I just being stupid again and overlooked it? I mean, I see rules

    Respectable stack as well. At any rate, good to meet you. Thank you for your clarity.





  • Yeah, same. I mean, anonymous people, on a global basis have done some good things, and we can’t over look some of the bad that have been perpetuated as well. However, I never really got the whole shtick. The whole ‘expect us’ specter is thick with Hollywood drama. The whole persona of a hooded ‘anonymous agent’ in a dimly lit room, setting at a bank of monitors, announcing ‘I’m in! Enhance!’ is just a little too much.

    Yes, we should conduct our lives online and offline in a private, secure, and as anonymous manner as possible, Yes we should protest governance that steps out of line or becomes over reaching and oppressive. But I think that can be accomplished without donning Guy Fawkes masks and invoking the whole persona that has been dramatized around anonymous.