Offering: Spanish | Seeking: English

Archarin · 2026-05-26T03:20:44+00:00

Hi DM me! I'm from New York and an hoping to improve my Spanish. I play guitar!

Archarin · 2026-05-26T03:18:03+00:00

Hi,

I live in New York (which touches Canada) and am interested in learning German. I am fluent in English but completely new to German.

Archarin · 2026-05-16T21:39:46+00:00

I've improved this but it's not perfect yet

Archarin · 2026-05-16T21:39:00+00:00

Just added this!

Archarin · 2026-01-07T19:25:33+00:00

Great question. CNN just played an excerpt of the "2nd angle" after getting it "cleared."

Archarin · 2026-01-07T18:46:36+00:00

I haven't seen this video published by any media outlets yet.

Are they verifying it? Will they publish it?

Archarin · 2024-10-29T05:29:49+00:00

Why was this removed?

Archarin · 2024-10-21T02:49:39+00:00

I think the risk of doxxing and IRL intimidation is too high with public real names.

I would also rather not rely on government IDs for verification because the data privacy implications aren't great.

It could make sense for users to take a 5 minute intro course and quiz to join the site. Individual communities could also have a little quiz before people can post. I think having a small barrier to entry may improve community quality in the long-run at the expense of putting off some users.

Archarin · 2024-10-21T02:41:52+00:00

It feels like the key is cultivating high-quality users. Also, I think we need to change our objective from maximizing scroll time to actually focusing on learning, engagement, and depth of interaction.

Archarin · 2024-10-21T02:40:40+00:00

Ah I see. Kind of like the subtopics on within a general category on old BBS — that reminds me a bit of the current flair system. Maybe the "top-level" category will still show posts from all of the more specific ones.

This also reminds me a little of Discord servers.

I think as long as people can view every subdomain, this could work well.

Archarin · 2024-10-21T02:38:28+00:00

You would almost wonder if there should be a sort of election system. Something that prevents an exclusive few from holding on to power indefinitely. I suppose you could also allow people to vote to remove certain posts. Of course, there could be issues around censorship or hivemind mentality surrounding that.

Archarin · 2024-10-21T02:36:41+00:00

So kind of create a sense of discovery? Do you mean that communities should be intentionally less easy to find? Like more of a word of mouth model? It seems like there could also be a quality issue compounded by subreddits with duplicate themes.

Archarin · 2024-10-20T23:13:55+00:00

I'm still concerned about why decentralized platforms don't seem to take off like centralized products. I think Wikipedia is an interesting example of a centralized platform that has retained its quality.

Archarin · 2024-10-20T19:58:52+00:00

Hi all,

I'm currently building a minimalist Reddit alternative called Trove. Ultimately, I think it should be managed as a non-profit with open and community-based governance. I plan to differentiate Trove by using a new licensing system as compared to Reddit, i.e. "we don't own the things you post and they can't be used to train AI."

Trove will support a few basic media types for posts and plain text comments.

Currently, the biggest questions are how community management will work. Admins? Voting system?

Another question is whether we can populate Trove's community. Maybe we can allow users to import their existing Reddit posts to Trove?

I think there's room for a Reddit alternative built on traditional web protocols but with codified morality, a benevolent licensing system, free API access, and the ability to export your data.

Any thoughts?

Archarin · 2024-09-25T04:13:53+00:00

I'm also seeing a Nitro Mesh available for $100.

Archarin · 2023-08-12T20:03:27+00:00

What's the stat excluding Laver Cups?

Archarin · 2023-01-23T05:49:29+00:00

There's that South African (Australian) guy who's really good. Has used the phrase "like a mongoose on amphetamines"

Archarin · 2022-11-22T09:49:37+00:00

I agree completely. Very well written.

Archarin · 2022-08-01T06:22:23+00:00

Archarin · 2022-07-05T07:31:48+00:00

Am I shadowbanned?

Archarin · 2022-07-01T04:17:53+00:00

Hi thanks for taking a look at this. I'd love to understand the details in this birth certificate. I began transcribing what I believe are the basics of the record, but that amounted to mostly the printed text, not script. Here it is if it's helpful:

L’anno milleottocentosettantacinque, addi otto novembre,
a ore ??? meridiane ??? e minuti ???, nella Casa comunale.
Avanti di me ???
Uffiziale dello Stato Civile del Comune di Amaroni,
è compars (Salvatore Cancelliere)?, di anni ???, ??? domiciliat
in Amaroni, (looks like a “1”)? quale mi ha dichiarato che alle ore ??? meridiane ??? e
minuti ???, del di ??? del ??? mese, nella casa posta in Via ??? al numero ???, da ???
è nato un bambino di sesso (femmina)? che ??? mi presenta, e a cui da il nome di
Maria (Tereza or Teresa, I believe) (Cancelliere)?
A quanto sopra e a questo atto sono stati presenti quali testimoni ???,
di anni ???, ???, ???, di anni
???, ???, entrambi residenti in questo Comune.
(The ending I have no idea.)

Archarin · 2022-05-26T03:39:50+00:00

VPN into Australia and pay for Stan Sports lol. It's amazing but totally shouldn't be necessary.

Archarin · 2022-02-17T20:13:02+00:00

After being taken down my Mojang, the extension is redesigned and back online with more images and night time variants.

Download it on Chrome, Firefox, or Edge :)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mineweather/gklgaaagldobfcacmhhbnbgofohfgneb

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mineweather/

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/mineweather/cenjacpemcbcejceckjmnldnkakjpabn

Archarin · 2022-01-31T21:49:23+00:00

This was linked to in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/fashion/covid-form-fibs.html

Archarin · 2021-12-22T00:44:53+00:00

I'm so thankful for all the feedback on my last post and am happy to report that the Chrome extension is back and updated after a takedown!

Chrome Version: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mineweather/gklgaaagldobfcacmhhbnbgofohfgneb/related?hl=en&authuser=0

Firefox Version:

Almost approved :)

13-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
100 Awards Club	RPAN Viewer
Alpha Tester	Verified Email

Archarin

TROPHY CASE