Archives for 2026
Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups
There aren't many kinds of software I'm willing to pay for. VPNs are one such category. Dictionary apps (or online subscriptions to dictionaries) might be a second one. And Beyond…
Neamul românesc suge pula
Nu mai suport să citesc „presă” românească online. Sau „influențări”. Îmi vine să mă cațăr pe pereți când văd scris cu diacritice incorecte, recte „ş” turcesc cu sedilă și „ţ”…
I never thought I’ll prefer ONLYOFFICE
I never liked ONLYOFFICE. I hated that it has a unique binary that you have to launch, instead of separate apps for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. I found its ALL-CAPS…
Spusele și nespusele lui Rughiniș cu privire la AI
Cătălin Striblea mi-e extrem de antipatic. Răzvan Rughiniș nu mi-e nicicum, dar îi detest barba prinsă într-o codiță. Omul este extrem de knowledgeable, dar e cu pluta. Pe de altă…
I asked a few chatbots about a possible nightmare scenario
“Let's imagine the following scenario. Ten years from now, the world will have had a generalization of GenAI in all forms, and people will almost exclusively acquire information from AI…
Nicușor Dan și rezolvarea din 2020 a problemei din 1988
Nu am avut timp să „sap” mai mult, iar gradul în care-mi mai amintesc matematica de acum 35+ ani este modest, însă am aflat că s-a discutat din nou problema…
The Braver and Braver New World
I can't keep up with everything that happened lately because I busied myself with something else than witnessing the approaching apocalypse. But I still heard of a few relevant things.…
Românii habar n-au cum vine gazul pe fir
Dacă prețul carburantului (benzină sau motorină) în România este printre cele mai mari din Europa (depășind prețurile din Austria și Suedia), vina aparține în exclusivitate politicilor premierului Bolojan, în speță…
Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!
Remember how I said that I have Windows software from 1999-2000 (originally on CD-ROM) that still runs under Win7-Win10-Win11, and how the Linux mob couldn’t care less about backward compatibility?…
The American Dream: being one crisis away from poverty
I recently discovered (so to speak) CGTN Radio, formerly known as China Radio International. Of course, I knew the CGTN mobile app, but I thought it's only TV and news…
Which one comes first, Greenland or Iran?
I bet on Greenland, even if “informed people” swear that the US will attack Iran within the next 12 hours (in the night or early morning of Jan. 15 local…
Quick reads—7 links exactly
To supplement my previous set of links on Linux and AI, here's a cursory selection from what I read this morning via my RSS subscriptions in Capy Reader. Plus a…
I don’t believe in Iran’s future
I was born to be skeptical, and I believe that some countries and nations are meant to be fucked up forever. Therefore, regardless of a possible and hoped-for change of…
AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026
Resolutions are meant to be broken, but I’m trying to simplify my life. I intend to stop the distro-hopping and even to stop caring about any new distros. Keeping up…
Am încercat să înțeleg acordul UE-MERCOSUR folosind boți
Prima întrebare pe care am pus-o boților: Presa românească nu pare capabilă să prezinte o analiză clară a avantajelor și dezavantajelor tratatului UE-MERCOSUR. Unul din vicepreședinții PE, Victor Negrescu, are…
We shouldn’t have forgotten Guantánamo
The BBC posted this, 20 hours ago: Guantánamo detainee paid 'substantial' compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case. Even if the case reached a financial settlement, he is “unable…
Fun and pain with a teardown—analogic radios are defunct
I happen to hold a master’s degree in electronics engineering. Even back in 1994 when I graduated, the world was already into digital, but I still hold dear analog electronics.…
Happy Trump’s Kampf
I don’t read the NYT regularly, mostly visiting it via links from newsletters, but yesterday morning I’ve been informed of his interview with the NYT. Here's what you might be…
Stephan Pastis on a difference between AmE and BrE
I was puzzled by Pearls Before Swine's strip for Jan. 9, 2026: So I asked Claude: Me: What is this Pearls Before Swine strip supposed to play on? Is the…
Dedoimedo honored me!
Despite not having been gracious with him, Dedoimedo included my blog to his hall of fame: Greatest sites on the Internet. Latest entries: January 2026: Homo Ludditus, JWZ I quote…