Author Archives: Anhan

Anhan’s Blog now lives at 32.ax!

Posted on September 6, 2026 by Anhan

This website you’re on (Anhan’s Blog) now lives at https://32.ax! After quite some difficulty acquiring the domain due to age verification madness, I was able to get it! Attempt #1: First, I tried registering with 101domain; who responded with this … Continue reading →

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Vertical exploration

Posted on August 23, 2026 by Anhan

I find the most inspiration for writing words and code in the most precarious places, such as these decades-old steel stairways. Sitting multiple stories up with a laptop and no one to bother you is a good feeling. Anyways, this … Continue reading →

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Wasp vs. Spider

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Anhan

I saw a spider fighting a large wasp of some variety fighting over a stick. There’s all sorts of fascinating acts of nature that occur in plain sight. Nature did its thing…

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Gwern & Thoughts on Using AI to Write

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Anhan

Gwern Branwen used to write these incredibly long essays that were wonderfully detailed and easy to understand for someone moderately versed in software and writing. Now he’s fallen for the AI mania and is co-authoring these short one-off “blog posts” with … Continue reading →

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Some surveillance I noticed today

Posted on July 18, 2026 by Anhan

My city is getting digital price tags that have cameras on each individual tags, and lithium batteries, and need charging (despite having solar behind the screen?), therefore are necessarily more expensive than a $0.01 printed tag delivered by a stocker … Continue reading →

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Somewhere between the trees and the troons

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Anhan

One wrong step and… Many interesting cliffs to fall off of if you’re dumb, or jump off of if you hate life! I jumped and barely made it due to the fairly slippery foliage, so I kept going… I decided … Continue reading →

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The seven principles of sound money

Posted on July 10, 2026 by Anhan

The seven principles of sound money are as follows: fungibility, divisibility, durability, portability, acceptability, scarcity, and recognizability. Lets go through them one by one. 1. Fungibility 2. Divisibility 3. Durability 4. Portability 5. Acceptability 6. Scarcity 7. Recognizability Ok, got … Continue reading →

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A pretty good primer on PGP

Posted on July 5, 2026 by Anhan

Here’s my guide on how to set up and use PGP via Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG) to create keys, sign messages, add other’s public keys, and verify the integrity of their messages. I couldn’t find any simple instructions on how … Continue reading →

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There really are no good email providers

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Anhan

I’m one of the first 1000 users of Tutanota, and I can confidently tell you there are NO good email providers! Email itself seems doomed to centralization and surveillance because the original designers didn’t anticipate a duopoly. About Tutanota; it … Continue reading →

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Keep an eye on Project Agorá

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Anhan

Keep an eye on Project Agorá, it’s the Fed’s attempt to create a “totally not CBDC” trojan horse. Read the PDF here: https://www.bis.org/publ/othp110.pdf [archived] From the Institute of International Finance: Project Agorá seeks to explore a new approach to wholesale cross-border payments … Continue reading →

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