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The content here is mirrored from social media and sites, I’m in a quest to catalog my thoughts and ideas in a single place. I’m not sure if this is the right place, but I’m trying it out.

Does anyone have a CCC voucher for the 37C3 ? 🥹

The perpetual cycle of “I’ve had enough, I’m leaving Berlin” followed by “No way I’m going through the hassle of packing all my stuff ever again”.

I swung by the pharmacy to purchase a nebulizer and some medication. I had done my homework by checking the price online. At the pharmacy, they tried to pitch me a generic brand for double the price, and they’d need to place an order for it too. The lady behind the counter seemed quite offended when I showed the online price, which also came with quicker delivery.

That’s an entirely new level of a thought living rent-free in someone’s mind; it’s a squatter that’s literally hijacking your happiness, bit by bit …

It’s truly mind-boggling the volume of spyware and backdoors one must consent to and set up just to utilize music production software.

“Someone once illegally downloaded this software, so now you’re required to install this program that can access all your files and communicate with our servers whenever necessary.

Even 2TB isn’t sufficient for samples…

My new Boox color e-reader arrived sooner than I anticipated.

From my initial observations, it certainly seems like a solid device. The pre-installed apps are decent and offer some settings optimized for this kind of display.

I’m going to keep it under strict quarantine until I confirm it doesn’t ping home.

Despite running Android and having an odd light leak in the corner, it’s a pretty good device.

Lately I’ve been flooded with posts from top of mind consulting firms acolytes suggesting they possess the enlightenment and guidance for all the world problems. It feels like living in a dystopian reality straight out of Mad Men, filled with incompetence, ignorance and intense self-centeredness.

I’m still intrigued by how can we place trust in individuals who lack accountability and integrity, when it seems the extent of their skills is simply recommending the best seats on long haul flights.

Honoring our ancestors

I’m trying to get to the bottom of why my washing machine sounds so annoying.

My current Ryzen workstation can compile a basic Linux kernel in 60 seconds.

I recall back in the early 2000s, I would start a build on my old overclocked Celeron 266, go to bed, and hope that I’d wake up without any errors.

It’s and astounding fact that that Discord is better at every single aspect Slack supposed to excel in. The downside, however, is that all your content disappears behind a platform wall and it’s not public accessible for archive.

Wow, that’s so beautiful. I might just fire up DOSbox and leave all this internet nonsense behind