Here.

Okay, it seems that the social media curse is real even there. So I think it’s time to excuse myself. If anybody needs me, I’m not really hard to find 👋

Okay, that makes sense. Here, in CZ village it’s similar, there are no really remote places. It does not take much effort to live almost anywhere here. I guess in larger countries it would be very different.

But isn’t it true that cost of living is much higher there? My friend who lived there for many years used to refer to the US as the richest third-world country, mainly because even though he made about much more on the same position than home (and here it is quite lucrative position), he constantly struggled to make ends meet. Back here, he lives very comfortable life on about a third of his US salary.

It is obvious on subscription prices, you can pile multiple $6/month in the US without problems, but here it gets prohibitive very fast.

I see your wifey training goes well…

There are only 2 things in reality:

1. lies

2. people reacting to lies

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I have lived through that, we had lengthy conversation with the doctor and finally decided to remove it. According to latest studies it seems that one of the functions of it is to harbour gut bacteria in the event of severe diarrhoea, but with our modern diet it is prone to keep the bad bacteria in. Here doctors say that up until about 20 years old they try to save it, but with fully grown adults they tend to remove it as the infection can be life threatening. After the surgery the doctor told me it was ready to burst, so it was a good call.

I have to say that Reticulum is one of the most interesting piece of tech I came across in a long time.

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Don’t worry. It’s going to be fine.

Stay strong. It’s not fun, but it’s also about the one thing that western medicine is quite good for.

I know we’re not supposed to get emotional about things, but…

My Saab died today. It’s kind of hard to see her just being in front of the house knowing that my daughter waving at us earlier today might be the last wave.

But the feeling is something different. It feels that everything is going to shit. Every one thing that I really wanted in my life, and finally got at some point, ended badly. Cars, things, relationships. Only those that came on their own and got accepted, last.

Reviving Erdbeere is not a question of money or possibility. Sourcing an engine is actually quite easy and not expensive (unlike the Jag that sits just next to her with the same problem). It made me stop and question my life choices. Should I revive her or let her go? Both options seems unthinkable. And there are so many choices like this in the past year for me. Should I stay or should I go?

No, more right leaning channels are limited, because expressing left leaning views is deemed more acceptable.

I believe it’s actually both extremes, but as euroatlantic academia is now pretty left-locked, I think that overall leftist politics is universally deemed a bit more acceptable on social media.

Not with web browsers. I still don’t agree that it was more intense. It certainly FELT more intense, but I believe that the covert version we have now is actually harder. It’s no longer about deplatforming, but about limiting reach very aggressively, so most of even slightly controversial accounts are effectively talking to a wall.

Exactly. I keep my old X account and I sometimes look what’s the latest psyop. I strictly just look, never interact, no likes, no replies, no nothing. It is interesting to watch what the algorithm tries to show me without any meaningful feedback apart from scrolling the timeline and lingering on some posts (I even don’t click on videos to play). It’s still looking like shaping the current narratives and the “bubbling” (emphasising one’s bubbles) is very pronounced. We might not get overt bans now, but shadowbanning and timeline shaping is much more sophisticated, and - because mostly covert - more dangerous then during covid. I’m not on Facebook for years and I have never used any other social networks in any meaningful way, but even on Twitter it’s very clear.

No, it was not worse. It was only more obvious, nowadays it’s actually worse, because it seems on the outside that it’s not going on, plus many interesting people just left.

No jasně, v té ovocné. Dávám to na max, to je myslím 68 stupňů a je to úplně v pohodě. Nepeču, nechávám syrové, jenom marinuju.

Teď mám vepřové, nakrájím, udělám si marinádu a suším v sušičce.

Takže za dnešek vysušena jedna sušička křížal, druhá se právě suší, k tomu naložené maso na sušení, plus ještě kilo domácího jogurtu. Já myslím, že další týden může začít, ale já jsem zralej na to jít do postele. Nevíte někdo, co dělat s šípky?

Však EB-3 je ňuňu, na tu nemůže říct nic, ani kdyby chtěl 🙃

It’s actually quite solid. Battle-tested.

That might be one reason, of course. But this doesn’t happen in isolation. Both genders are being very immature nowadays and women are especially encouraged to avoid responsibility. It’s a strange world.

Seems intuitive, but is it so, really? I was researching that years ago for a study that I haven’t written yet, and there are so many variables, but marriage seems to associated with greater decline in sex life. I suspect that it’s because statistically it forces to stay together couples who otherwise wouldn’t. But serious research is scarce, mainly because people tend to lie about this big time.

I know, but for the authoritarian regimes they were one of the enemies, so regular people started to hate them, mainly because of state propaganda. And it persists decades after the regimes ended.

For new parents:

Well yes, but also no. Biphasic sleep is fascinating phenomena, but it was much more complicated than this video seems to suggest.

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Nikdy! Nebo navždy!

Takže to byl scam nebo ne?

Your home is getting flooded, you have to leave at once.

Trochu se bojím, že tvoje seznamování by vypíchlo ty nejlepší stránky všech tak výrazně, že by si připadali nesnesitelní i sami sobě 🙃

Tak to máš dobrý, to se mně teda rozhodně nestane.

Zastavit stát?

Doufám, že se jednou navzájem seznámíme, to zní jako docela povedená partička 😍

Takže o nic nepřicházím, chápu 😎

Já mám pás čudnosti, to funguje jako docela spolehlivé antifrodiazikum 😶

Yes, unlock code would be first step, but having to actually be in the vicinity to participate would be even better. And working without internet? That would be even nicer.

Okay, as a consultant for multiple clients, I have to navigate multiple calendars, because I have accounts in multiple organizations. Keeping availability across three or more calendars is a real PIA, so after years of frustration, I have vibe-coded a small application that syncs the calendars with placeholders. Local only, no connection to outside world. Runs on macOS and it needs to have the calendars in native Calendar.app. If anyone wants to try it, let me know. Will be published after some polishing, but it is kind of working now.

After about 10 years in cybersec as my main source of income, I firmly believe that all that complexity is added artificially by either gatekeepers or those who don’t understand it enough and are afraid for their jobs.

And on the side note - I envy you a bit. Working with sound was one of my biggest passions, unfortunately on hold for far too long.

It’s very 1990s or early 2000s vibe. Very nice 🙃