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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • From is underrated? I didn’t know that, been watching it religiously.

    An older favorite of mine was The 4400 (the reboot is absolute dogshit though). Unfortunately they cancelled it after 4 seasons, but the original authors published 2 books afterwards to finish the storyline.

    Other series I enjoy that aren’t on most people’s radar (primarily for being British, mostly crime):

    1. Vigil (crime series dealing with an investigation on board of a nuclear submarine, 2 seasons, closed storyline).
    2. Unforgotten (crime, every season starts with an old body being discovered and then showing all people affected by the loss of said person over time until they eventually get closure. Highly empathic actors and excellent character development, season 6 currently being filmed).
    3. Death in Paradise (iconic light entertainment crime series playing on a remote Caribbean island where changing inspectors from England with various degrees of clumsiness are being sent to solve murders. Every episode is usually a closed case. Season 14 to start end of year).















  • The link you shared is the company profile only and doesn’t mention any controversy about telemetry being shared with China.

    I’ve been googling for a bit, and there are articles concerned this might happen from 2016 when the takeover was announced, and plenty of discussions on reddit, hacker news, y-combinator, quora and even on the official Opera forum (not deleted or redacted, mind you), but there wasn’t any clear evidence that telemetry is being shared.

    While the concern remains valid, I’m also asking myself whether it’s that much worse than Chrome, Brave or Firefox sending telemetry to the US? I’m neither American nor Chinese, and would consider both governments hostile. Which one of them has access to my data is merely a choice between plague and cholera.

    So in the end it’s on informed users to block transmission of telemetry themselves, regardless of their browser of choice.



  • Leather slippers (or loafers, think they are called differently in some locations) don’t have laces you could possibly loosen.

    Hiking boots and winter shoes are often challenging to put on due to the rigid ankle support.

    Other shoes such as Converse and the likes get really worn out and flimsy on the heel, to the point where trying to slip in without support will just wrinkle them up.

    Some people are unable to bend down properly due to knee or hip issues, etc.

    Shoehorns make life easier for almost everyone. I’ve been using them for 20+ years and wouldn’t miss it.