Thoughts

Jurassic World Rebirth trailer hits today! Hold onto your butts!

EDIT: Like… WTF… The trailer is so much opposed to what they said the move will be…


Long time no see. I spent the last few days (huh) learning some basics of building a tiny home lab. You know, just for fun… and to host a few things I’ve always wanted to do, but never had time or passion to do. This time will be different tho.

Recently I was thinking about abandoning X for good, and… I think it’s totally doable. Since my new hobby has started, I haven’t opened X at all, so I guess I didn’t miss anything interesting. Even better, I had much more time to think about new stuff.

New hobby has also introduced some negative side effects — I didn’t have time to read my RSS… Damn… Time to catch up with it.


Some random notes of the passing week:

The only winning move is not to play. This is still true on so many levels. Our main problem is that we think we need to interact with things we don’t like. But the truth is that we have to. All the bullshit we are surrounded by is daunting, and it’s really hard to escape from it. People love to complicate things in favor of profit. It’s harmful, but it is what it is — it won’t change. I cope with it by reducing any necessary interaction to the absolute minimum. It helps a lot, but then you see how fucked up society we live in.
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I’m thinking about deleting my X’s account. My feed only contains just a few remaining people, like John Carmack, John Romero, Jon Blow, Sam Lake, Jason Fried and maybe someone else. It’s not worth it. The only thing I’d miss is my private cybersec list…
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Stop acting like a rockstar. This is what I think when I see a “performance” like the one from NVIDIA’s CEO. “Do you want my jacket?!”. Gimme a break…
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Monkey see, monkey do. This thought keeps appearing this week when I read how big tech changes after Trump’s nomination. Business as usual, but this time fueled by fear.
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I saw something really funny on LinkedIn, a few announcements — all written in the same manner about obtaining certain certificates, and all of them were about: AI-powered [job position], for example: AI-powered product manager. Yay #not…
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And yet another golden quote: The cake is a lie. Keep it in mind!


RIP David Lynch… I hope you’ve gotten to a place both wonderful and strange…


EDIT ALERT! I have to correct my music album list of 2024. I don’t know what happened and how I could forget about one of the most beautiful albums I’ve ever listened to: Hang Massive — Wisdom in the Roots


Switching to KDE Plasma on my Framework with Ubuntu was an excellent idea. This desktop environment is superior to Gnome. It feels like using a computer from the past… The Good Old Past, where windows actually look like windows — having frames, title bars, explicit buttons, etc. It’s that kind of a good UI that gives you a great UX.

Funny that small things like this can bring you so much joy.


Let’s end this year with a little music albums summary. Here’s my top 5:

  1. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross — Challengers (this album hits so hard, a true banger)
  2. ††† — †††
  3. All India Radio — The Slow Light
  4. Sea Power — Disco Elysium
  5. Wouter Veldhuis — Blue Forest

Btw. someone needs to re-think Spotify’s UI, because it’s probably the worst living example of broken navigation right now.


People used to steer me away from visiting Paris for years because it’s pricey, unsafe, dirty and generally not worth it. But I just got back from there, and you know what? I loved it (as a tourist)! Especially at Christmas time when the city is all lit up. It felt like being in the European New York, but way more fancy. I think it’s the most beautiful city I’ve visited so far.

OK, it’s pricey! But… the streets were clean (seriously). I felt safe walking around different districts at night. The public transport was great — convenient and fast. The architecture was breathtaking. And the French people were kind and helpful.

A completely different experience from what I expected.