Educația în România post-istorică
Nu consider că suntem cu educația în secolul 18, ci în secolul 19, iar nivelul fraudei intelectuale și academice din Occidentul contemporan a atins cote îngrijorătoare de care dl. Adrian…
Is Linux so “fragile”? A strange experience with USB hubs
I don’t know whom to blame for what I experienced, so I’ll just describe the facts. My HP ProDesk 400 G6 mini-PC, in the 44G38ES configuration (upgraded with a second…
The tiniest Windows bug I’ve ever encountered
This is something that Dedoimedo should have noticed, among the so many cosmetic and non-cosmetic issues he keeps noticing, such as this stupid Windows LAN routing problem in which a…
De data asta, numai o lovitură de stat ne mai poate salva de CCR!
Nu am mai înjurat de mult justiția română, pe românește. Acum chiar că se cere, în ciuda întârzierii cu care o fac. Întâi am ezitat, apoi nu am avut timp…
From AlmaLinux KDE to Ubuntu MATE: the unlikely journey
This is going to look like a post using twisted logic to justify an illogical decision. But humans are not guided exclusively by what we love to call reason; they're…
Porsche and the “Six-Stroke Engine Patent”
I was just watching a YouTube video by Mentour Pilot, when the algorithm suggested me a video by driving 4 answers, an American enthusiast whose explanations on mechanics, engines, and…
Is this the CUPS hell? Maybe not for everyone, methinks
I don't address security issues. I don't fix vulnerabilities. But I am so tired of reading about such things! And believe me, I read about them a lot. For decades…
Dolphin on non-KDE distros with a dark theme: the horror
While being lately into KDE, I always acknowledged that any non-GNOME-based desktop environment is perfectly usable. Two “no-go” elements: it shouldn't use Files, the dumbified version of Nautilus that makes…
RetardGPT stopped working in Firefox ESR 115: what to do
Since yesterday, ChatGPT stopped working in Firefox ESR 115. Yes, I know that ESR has been rebased to 128, but this is not a valid reason to force me to…
Disturbing reads on disturbing facts (II): America
This is a completely different topic, which was originally meant to be included in yesterday’s post; however, due to its excessive length and being completely unrelated, it got its own…
Disturbing reads on disturbing facts (I): Israel
Every morning, I read a bunch of news reports, helped by a couple of news aggregators as Android apps. Global and local news, that is. The quality of the news…
Is this neuroscientist stupid? Now with a language connection!
This is to complement an older post of mine, The Blue That Is Green (And More). Here's what I just read in the Guardian: Do you see blue or green?…
ADHD insights for ADHD people
I happened to learn about the book ADHD 2.0: New Science and Strategies for Thriving with Distraction from Childhood through Adulthood, by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey…
Quick weather update
I am waiting to be told how catastrophic floods like the ones currently in force in Europe will disappear if we all just buy electric cars and give up the…
I wish I weren’t born in Europe
This is just a bit of venting, but also a measure of the exasperation I experience: life in Europe is more and more of a dystopia. I wish this nightmare…
Nu, Nicușor Dan nu a rezolvat problema de clasa a patra! Actualizare: ba da!
Am crezut că îmi scot creierii din mucezeală, dar de fapt mă enervai întrucâtva urmărind o așa-zisă provocare a unei profe de mate pe care Prelipceanu i-a prezentat-o lui Nicușor…
It’s time I said something against Ukraine (another long read)
Just because the Ukrainians are victims doesn't make them always right. Just because Zelenskyy has proven to be a surprisingly strong leader doesn't mean he never makes any mistakes. Just…
Pavel Durov: criminal, martyr, or double agent?
The current affair of Telegram’s founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, is stinking big time. This case is absolutely baffling, and I don't trust in the least what the French authorities…
UEFI was already broken, but Microsoft perfected the breakage
I'm fundamentally against UEFI, against Secure Boot, against encrypted partitions and against a number of other modern obsessions. But let's talk a bit about the way Microsoft recently broke GRUB.…
Is it IONOS, is it InnoDB, or is it me?
When I moved my WordPress blog to IONOS end-2022, I was relatively satisfied, despite a bumpy start. The previous hosting was using an older MySQL, the DB was exported as…