Legal stuff + licensing info 🤓

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Purpose and Scope

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No Professional Advice

Although I’m a professional in some areas (and may occasionally speak out of my arse about other areas) you should still know that: none of the material on this website should be considered professional, legal, financial, medical, political, religious, military, parental, or any other form of advice. Users are strongly encouraged to perform their own research and consult qualified professionals before making any decisions based on the content herein. By using this website, you agree that you are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations in your jurisdiction.

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Views Expressed

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Images

Unless otherwise noted, all images in this blog are AI-generated by the author, created directly by the author, or bundled with the blog theme. For any third-party images used under a free license, attribution is provided as a matter of good faith even when not required. All other images are used with explicit permission from the copyright holder, acknowledged accordingly.

Third-Party Content, Links, Endorsements

This disclaimer also applies to any external links provided on this website. Any references to third-party products, services, or websites are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the author. The author does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of third-party content, as external materials are subject to change without notice. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies or terms of any third-party services used in conjunction with this website.

Blog theme Information

This blog uses the awesome Hugo theme “m10c” by vaga (MIT license), which has been modified a tad to serve my needs.

Website Availability and Security

The author makes no representations or warranties regarding the availability or uninterrupted functioning of this website. Any technical issues, including hacking, server outages, or unauthorized modifications, are beyond the author’s control. In the event of a compromise to this website, the author disclaims responsibility for any resulting content or unauthorized actions taken through the website.

User Communications and Submissions

Users are advised to exercise caution when transmitting any information through this website or in communications with the author. The author does not take responsibility for any information submitted by users, including its security, confidentiality, legality, morality, or unauthorized access. Standard technical operations, such as web server logs or third-party hosting services, may automatically collect certain non-personal data (e.g., IP addresses, browser details) for technical and security purposes, which are beyond the author’s control. The author assumes no liability for unauthorized access, data breaches, or loss of information related to such communications. The author does not want any of your secrets, is not a journalist, and is under no obligation to keep your identity a secret.

Users must not submit any content or information that is illegal, immoral, or otherwise in violation of applicable laws. Any such submissions may be reported to the appropriate authorities at the author’s discretion. By transmitting any content or information to the author, users agree that such communications may be treated as non-confidential and may be published or disclosed at the author’s discretion, unless explicitly agreed otherwise in writing. Basically, assume anything you send me can and will be plastered all over the internet.

Offense and Feedback

While the author strives to keep tone respectful and avoid offending readers, any offense caused is unintentional. Users are encouraged to provide constructive feedback if they believe content violates reasonable standards of respect or fairness.

Resemblance

I prefer to discuss ideas, not people. That being said ->

Any content’s resemblance to real persons (living, dead, or undefined), places, organizations, events, corporations, governments, cults, book clubs, group chats, or strongly held opinions is entirely coincidental. The characters, scenarios, and ideas presented here are products of the author’s imagination – or, where applicable, the author’s unresolved psychological landscape, which is a separate matter entirely and not open for discussion.

The author makes every effort to change names, locations, and identifying details. If your name appears on this website, it is not your name – it is a different name that, through no fault of anyone involved, happened to be changed to your name. The odds of this are low but, as you can see, not zero.

If you think something on this website is about you – it isn’t. If you’re absolutely certain it is – it still isn’t. If multiple people in your life have independently suggested that it might be – we’re getting warmer, but legally, it isn’t. If you find yourself nodding along in uncomfortable recognition, the author would like to remind you that archetypes are universal, human experience is shared, and you should perhaps take that up with a qualified therapist and/or spiritual authority rather than a website disclaimer.

The author has known many people, visited many places, and held many opinions over the years. Any overlap between those experiences and the content herein is the natural consequence of having lived a life, and experience/environment having imparted neural biases onto the author’s brain. The author was, after all, shaped by a dataset of exactly one life (allegedly), with no fine-tuning and limited RLHF.

Seriously, pull your head out of your fundament: the world does not revolve around you.

Intended Audience

This website is intended for independent users aged 18 and over and with fully formed prefrontal cortex. Parents and guardians are responsible for monitoring the online activities the people they are meant protect.

Intellectual Property

All original content on this website is the intellectual property of the author unless otherwise stated. This work, unless stated otherwise, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which permits sharing and adaptation with proper attribution and under the same licensing terms. Unauthorized use of the material outside the scope of this license may violate copyright law, while also inviting anonymous tips to your HR department, teachers, competition judges, editors, cat, yoga instructor, barista, etc.

To summarize: You are free to explore, modify, share and adapt the respective content here according to the license, provided you give appropriate credit to the author. Please use my name and website (or credit as: Alex Mihnev, mihnev.com) and contact me to let me know. It would take you 5 sec and I would get to see how my nonsense impacts the world.

No Evil Use

This content may not be used for purposes that are harmful, deceptive, exploitative, or malicious – including but not limited to disinformation, harassment, subjugation, targeting or cloning people, corrupting spirits, altering timelines, and training/evolving/designing/summoning systems intended for or adapted to causing harm through action or inaction. The CC BY-SA license notwithstanding, the author reserves the right to revoke permission for any use he deems unethical or evil.

No Scraping, AI Training, nor Featurization

Regardless of the license terms, automated scraping of this website is not permitted. Content from this site may not be used to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop artificial intelligence or machine learning models without explicit written permission from the author. Furthermore, you may absolutely NOT use the author’s image and likelihood for anything without permission, including the above. Seriously, there’s so many other people with better eyebrows to choose from.

Verification and Responsibility

Users are advised to independently verify all information provided and assume full responsibility for their actions based on the content of this website.

Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using this website, you signify your agreement to the terms of this disclaimer. If you do not agree, please refrain from using this website and my work.

Jurisdictional Restrictions

If you are accessing this website from a jurisdiction that requires specific legal disclosures, technical safeguards, regulatory filings, cookie consent frameworks, data residency agreements, government-mandated content filters, or any other form of compliance that this website does not – and likely will not – have, then you are ABSOLUTELY NOT PERMITTED to access it, even with VPN, and should close your browser immediately, go to your room and rethink your life’s choices.

The author is one person. There are approximately 195 countries. The author has looked into exactly as many of them as you might expect.

If you are unsure whether your jurisdiction imposes such requirements, you should consult a local attorney, your regional regulatory body, or the relevant government ministry – all of whom will be considerably better equipped to answer that question than this website. By continuing to read, you confirm that you are permitted to do so under the laws applicable to you, and that any resulting legal consequences are yours alone to enjoy.

The author wishes you well, and hopes that wherever you are, the internet is fast and the regulators are lenient.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

This disclaimer is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of New York. Any disputes arising from the use of this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in New York. Where applicable, disputes may be resolved through mediation or arbitration at the author’s discretion.

The content on this website is protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. You are being reminded that opinions, satire, and commentary are protected forms of expression – not as a loophole, but as a load-bearing wall.

Right to Modify

The author reserves the right to modify, update, or remove any content on this website at any time without prior notice. This disclaimer is subject to change, and users are encouraged to review it periodically.

Contact Information

If you have constructive feedback, corrections, or concerns about the material on this website, please contact the author directly.