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The dick outed the writer on his Twitter acoount.

The writer wrote pseudonymously because of their belief that frank discussion requires freedom from professional retaliation.

The outed writer then wrote not to the dick but to his employer, Phillip Campbell.

That's as much as I can do to explain why I think both parties have acted to their own discredit.

The dick outed her on Twitter. The champion of pseudonymity in the cause of professional freedom wrote an open letter to his employer. I hope this explanation is as embarrassing for you to read as it was for me to write.

What if the finance people in this hypothetical country didn't find it interesting because their research showed them it was a poor investment and that investors in the other hemisphere were often just billionaires playing in semi-retirement?

The iPod of Prison 13 years ago

Really enjoyed this, cheers. Hunt seems to think mp3 players must inevitably displace radios but it's impossible to overstate the way that live radio can bring a sense of connection to a world bigger than yourself. I've used it myself - in better circumstances than any prisoner - to feel less isolated. "I headphone myself" can be as much about escaping outwards as in.

'Thirty years after the Khmer Rouge declared war on "the Garden of the individual", Silicon Valley was lauding the collective "hive mind" while stealthily dismantling the rights that protect the individual.' A statement at once both ridiculous and true. This article is a pretty good way to provoke discussion about using intellectual property regimes to protect privacy.

"We work a 4-day week a̶n̶d̶ because we just raised $4.75m." I'd love to work a 0-day week on Other People's Money. Not sure I'd write an insufferably smug post bragging about it if I did. [edit] Just noticed that this is a two-year old blog post and the first comment on it refers to "smug HN trolling" so more fool me.

Tea Sachets Exist 13 years ago

If I was so restless that I thought rinsing a teapot was appalling, I wouldn't think I needed any more caffeine.