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    <br/>One-track lover / Down a two-way lane
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          <h2 class="mv0 f2 lh-title pt4">About me</h2>
        
        <p>I’m a researcher at <a href="https://anthropic.com">Anthropic</a> on the frontier red team.</p>

<p>I’ve written a book about being a dad that I’m working on <a href="/book-draft-finished">getting published</a>.</p>

<p>On this blog I write about:</p>

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  <li><a href="https://robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-name-of-every-application-you-open/">Uncovering online privacy violations</a></li>
  <li><a href="/2017/11/20/how-does-online-tracking-actually-work/">Online tracking</a></li>
  <li><a href="/2017/10/17/we-see-you-democratizing-de-anonymization/">Being sneaky</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://robertheaton.com/2020/04/27/how-does-a-tcp-reset-attack-work/">Network security</a></li>
  <li><a href="/2018/06/05/why-economists-need-bureaucracy/">Economics</a></li>
  <li><a href="/2018/06/12/programming-projects-for-advanced-beginners-ascii-art/">Teaching programming</a></li>
  <li><a href="/2018/06/25/how-to-read/">Reading</a></li>
  <li><a href="/2016/09/03/ten-somewhat-advanced-magic-the-gathering-plays/">Magic: The Gathering</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://robertheaton.com/2019/06/17/childbirth-a-fathers-eye-view/">Being a parent</a></li>
  <li><a href="/2016/04/09/in-context/">Writing stories</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://robertheaton.com/2018/12/06/a-blogging-style-guide/">Writing clearly</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://robertheaton.com/2020/03/13/smile-by-papa-gary-computer-remix/">Synthwave music production</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://robertheaton.com/2018/07/04/i-went-to-skyrim-once/">Video games</a></li>
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<p>I also like chess, but I haven’t written any blog posts about that. I used to <a href="/2014/10/25/tales-from-a-san-francisco-housing-search/">live in San Francisco</a>. Now I live in London.</p>

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<p>I’m on <a href="https://twitter.com/robjheaton">Twitter</a> and I use email - <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">robqheaton at gmail dot com</code>. I’d love to hear from you about anything that’s on your mind.</p>


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