2021-10-28

13:41 — “The Riftbreaker - This looks pretty cool”

2021-10-25

19:56 — I find these soccer people always somewhat amusing. Especially the ones from FC Bayern Munich eyeroll. A healthy dose of skepticism is in order, no question. But I also think that as a role model he should make sure to get vaccinated. (https://www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/kimmich-langzeitfolgen/). But maybe it’s true that too many headed balls cause dementia.

2021-10-20

15:59 — Nine UK schools start scanning children’s faces to take their lunch money (metro.co.uk) – If you teach the kids that facial recognition systems are completely cool and totally normal, then they won’t question it their whole lives. Indoctrinated behavior and completely safe until someone finds the database and puts it online.


14:16 — With wit and clever conversation, Jordan Klepper exposes the conspiracy theorists and Trump supporters at a campaign event in Iowa, USA. Jordan Klepper vs. Iowans Who Think Trump Won | The Daily Show

2021-10-19

19:52 — Update the feedreader miniflux2 and subscribe to the Git repository. This should prevent me from missing any updates in future. One thing that immediately stands out is that the speed has increased by at least a factor of 5. Marking 400 articles as read now takes only a fraction of the time compared to the previous version.

2021-10-18

20:18 — I’ve already placed my order. Finally, I’ll have my own wireless headphones :-"


09:36 — “Upcoming MacBook Pro Models Could Feature 120Hz Mini-LED Displays” – It would be really nice if there was a 14" MacBook Pro. A lovely Christmas gift to myself perhaps? My wife has been eyeing the 2020 MacBook Air with the Apple M1 for some time now.

2021-10-17

23:32 — The church today is either old and conservative or modern and open-minded. There seems to be no middle ground anymore. And today it was strange and somehow childish. Believing, yes maybe, but the Church as an institution isn’t mine anymore. Especially not when you pay so much money to “cover up” (beurlaubten Vertuschern)


23:14 — “How Querdenker deliberately sow doubt” (tagesschau.de faktenfinder) – Querdenker are simply stupid and only there to spread hate and agitation. How awful. (via monstropolis)

2021-10-11

23:55 — We started playing Astroneer a few days ago. A nice little game with quite some depth. When I see something like that: Astroneer - Billion Byte Initiative Update - 640+ Million Bytes So Far | OneLastMidnight - Then I know I’m still just at the beginning, much like when I played Factorio back then.

2021-10-09

20:06 — Crazy: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced his resignation. Investigations re underway into the ÖVP politician in connection with a corruption scandal. dw.com — It was about time!

2021-10-04

23:53 — Since 6:00 PM the services of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are not reachable. Maybe some people realize now that there is still a real life without influencers and alternative messengers. Time to change!

2021-10-02

17:44 — Just seen that a new Mario Party is coming out! Super! I’m looking forward to it. That’s just what I need for the upcoming autumn and winter days!