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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • There are only a few mouse models that fulfill my requirements and software support for them is bad even on windows. I’m currently on Razer and Roccat, the software is slow, heavy and convoluted, but it’s the only way to use the devices to their full potential. There’s no way to get the drivers for Linux and that’s a deal breaker for me.



  • What would be the impact on everyday life if a nuclear EMP destroyed all electronics in our lives instantly? First there are a lot of dead from car / plane crashes, then most patients in hospitals, then many due to running out of water and food. And what’s left of the society then collapses into barbarism, violence and fighting for resources.

    It’s possible something like this would happen should the nuclear weapons of today be used. The book is hard to stomach, but everyone should be aware of the possibility and be at least knowledgeable in survival without modern technology (if not outright stocked up in a doomsday vault).


  • One Second After - W. R. Forstchen

    Please everyone, read this book. It’s sad, disgusting and heavy, but it’s probably a documentary for events that may happen one day. It’s very well researched and the plausibility and realism make it even scarier. It hasn’t turned me into a prepper, but in part motivated me to make our house as self-sufficient as possible. Also it made me aware of small useful things in my surroundings that I used to be blind to.






  • I took up online tutoring and teaching programming for kids. It has great benefits:

    • It’s an hour or so after work, it has a fixed schedule so it forces me to clock out
    • it makes me focus hard so I completely forget about work
    • it pays for itself (not my corporate day-job rate, but I’m not doing it for free)
    • I can try out languages and tech I’d normally wouldn’t be able to in my day job, or I’d have to invest my free time for a side project
    • I have a background in teaching… I like it, it’s fun and refreshing
    • I’ve helped many kids jump start their interest in programming even in families that know nothing about tech at all. I’ve helped a few of them to get accepted to the school they wanted to and pursue a career in programming

    All in all, teaching after work makes for a great hobby and a strong barrier for my day job so I don’t find myself working late anymore.