If all those papers about micro-plastics in human body raised your anxiety, you can breath easy.

the Guardian

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

There could still be micro-plastics in human body, but the existing papers claiming are not trust worthy.

Winter break is over. Children went to grandparents, and I finished the video game I started 2 years ago.

A banking app that *requires* precise location permission is developed either by a stupid team, or by a malicious team. Hopefully it's the former.

May the new year be better than the last. May the people of Gaza, Sudan, Libya, and everywhere get peace and freedom. And may Allah give us the strength to stand against evil.

Looks suspicious. If they are sending you sats/tokens, why do they need you to sign a transaction. View quoted note →

Enkrypt plugin seems to have a bug, has started showing 0 Bitcoin (BTC) balance. Ethereum (ETH) balance shows up fine.

#NoorNote first impression: + Signer: setup is straight forward + System Logs: make it easy to see under the hood Improvement Suggestions: - NoorNote seems to capture some (all?) shortcuts even though it is not in focus. Example: NoorNote is the top window on the other screen. On the current screen, when typing in SublimeText, Cmd + Left (to go to the beginning of the line )doesn't work because NoorNote handles it (it goes back). - The Right pane (with system logs) seems under utilized e.g., tap on a thread in the timeline could open the full thread on the right vis-a-vis a mail client. It would be good to be able to open multiple threads in multiple tabs e.g., by doubl clicking.

Microsoft now asks you to pay 10 dollars to change your gamertag. I miss the 90s so much.

This argument is so absurd, that refuting it is like shooting fish in a barrel. Say I were to go and occupy Prof. Yehuda Lindell's (he likes this post) house. Then: Israel's area: 8,019 square miles Area that I have: 0.00007174 square miles therefore, I claim that Prof. Lindell (and his Israeli friends) must give his house to me because it's not about land and there's no occupation. This absurdity is the argument that is being made here. PS: Note also that Israel's area (8,550 sq. miles) is overstated. Wikipedia lists it at 8,019 sq. miles (the figure I used above), and the CIA World Factbook lists it at 8469.92 sq. miles.

There is an opportunity here for Pakistan, and other markets where Amazon has no presence, to come up with its own alternatives. Build a more transparent and ethical platfom.

the Guardian

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittificati...