In 2026 the PWA shortcut, app icon, still disappearing from the OS environment. To get it back without the reinstall do in: chrome://apps/ > right click on the PWA and select Create shortcut (yes yet again). Really annoying doing this repeatedly because just random app disappear in random time all the time. It is still installed in the OS, just the reference to it gets mangled somehow. This makes them totally unusable for general public.

TIL: a) the eSim company Sparks doesn't even have 1 year package offer on the company webpage. This is on MobiMatter only (or elsewhere also? idk). b) it's Israel company (whois ⌄ ): org-name: SPARKS COMMUNICATIONS LTD country: IL org-type: LIR address: Emmek Yizrael 5 St address: 5592705 address: Ganny Tikva address: ISRAEL So one of the most popular choices in the eSim industry (also with basically no KYC or weak one) could collect a lot of data about it's users. Maybe there is a reason why they have almost the best offers everywhere.

Very intrusive - continuation of printing hidden micro-dots patterns and matching the scanned document against database of bank notes identification watermarks so user can't scan a bank note. View quoted note →

Soon there may be experts on the Dobrava-Belgrade virus en masse.

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Reading book about migration routes from latam (The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail - Óscar Martínez) and sourcing info about the The Wall. Because there is info in the book stating the earliest build parts of the wall are from the material leftovers after first gulf war. Interesting. And now looking at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection page there is Smart Wall Map (or nowadays used to be - with no explanation there is none, only some basic information remaining) and they state: "CBP is utilizing funds from the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1)” to construct a border barrier system, or a “Smart Wall”, which includes a combination of primary and secondary steel bollard wall, waterborne barriers, patrol roads, and the technology required to tie it all together, such as cameras, lights, and other detection technology." Like lol; One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This hit hard especially after the book. What a name.

Nikki Sixx running butt-naked around the house with the crack pipe because of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake (1.10.1987) in LA scared shit of him. // From his book The Heroin Diaries

And it's definitely something new. Perhaps healthier as well, since it has not undergone the smoked finishing. View quoted note →

Interesting to see someone stood up for him - so watched her video and can recommend.

Wiki begging me relentlessly for a donation. Sup, sure, just where is the Bitcoin? (Directly, no intermediate payment processor, just the BTCPay server.)

Hell no to any 'invite & earn'

Tired of extension that need to store my nsec directly on the machine, such as nox2-fox and alike. So switched to Amber. But not every web client allow log-in with Nostr connect. In case of such situation there is this one extension:

GitHub

GitHub - dsbaars/bunker46-extension: NIP-07 remote signer via NIP-46 / Bunker46

NIP-07 remote signer via NIP-46 / Bunker46. Contribute to dsbaars/bunker46-extension development by creating an account on GitHub.

Extension is not signed - approved by the Firefox, so to get it working: 1) In about:config, switch to False: xpinstall.signatures.required + extensions.langpacks.signatures.required 2) Then you can install the extension - manually locate the downloaded archive and confirm its installation 3) Then generate a new URI in Amber for the Bunker46 > click '+' icon, then select the option Add and nesecbunker. Amber has some default relays pre-filled here. 4) Click on the installed Bunker46 and paste the string - it's long, so forward it via Signal for example 5) Save and test the connection It's afaik best solution. Amber still holds the key and Bunker46 does the job. The creator's best flex is he does not have the npub tied to him on the GH so I can't even thank him here.

There is this Moravec's paradox. That is: from a human perspective - easy tasks (moving objects) are the hardest to teach an AI (or make a code that will operate the HW). And vice versa, the hardest tasks for us (thinking, writing) are easier - achievable. I'd like it when someone challenge the old status quo. This guy - Arvind Narayanan - (also writing the AI Snake Oil newsletter) digging in to it. "The famous aphorism is neither true nor useful" "Moravec’s paradox never been empirically tested. (It’s often repeated as a fact by many AI researchers, including pioneers I know and respect, but that doesn’t mean I’ll take their claims at face value!)" "It is really a statement about what the AI community finds it worthwhile to work on. It doesn’t have any predictive power about which problems are going to be easy or hard for AI." (Kind of funny how they all pronounce the name as Moravex.)

GM 🌘

Love these old videos from YT, golden treasure from before AI slop and MrBeast like production with all the crazy empty thumbnails. Also nice to see the reunion (in vid description).

The origins of the git:

Who would have thought we would have this Xiaomi MiMO V Pro to boost our passion for many things! (The ad in magazine InfoWorld - 12.7.1999)

"By the time they reach the eighth grade, 30% of them will be able to hack into your system." The ad in magazine InfoWorld, 12.7.1999. How precise - the 30%! And what crimes they will commit, huh?