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  • Signal's "Note to Self".

  • What are some popular sci-fi gadgets that are actually possible to construct in theory?
  • Few decades ago Marvin the Paranoid Android (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) has already been constructed by my human-like parents and is reporting this utmost depressive fact here.

  • Poland cuts tax for first-time homebuyers and raises it for those buying multiple properties
  • While I find the tax completely fair, I'm affraid it boils down to the upcoming elections. This is one of many socialistic and populistic acts announced recently by the Polish government.

  • Top Five Sci-Fi Robots
    1. Marvin (The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy)
    2. K9 Mark III (Dr Who)
    3. 11-45-G (Love, Death & Robots)
    4. P-5000 Power Loader (Alien) -- not a robot per se
    5. IG-11 and K2SO (Star Wars) -- couldn't decide which one I prefer :)
  • The Best Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Movies That Will Mess With Your Head
  • Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Cube (1997)
    The Fountain (2006)

  • The Best Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Movies That Will Mess With Your Head
  • Primer is one the better mind-fucking sci-fi movies.

  • Trying to find a modern alternative to my emacs workflow
  • SublimeText + SublimeMerge (for git). My perfect pair, I'm using for years. I've tried Emacs, vim, Neovim, helix and I always return to ST/SM with a sigh of relief.

  • What app do you use to read ebooks?
  • Pocketbook Lux 5. Great piece of gear, with physical buttons and normal, non-touch screen. Also, comes from a small European company, instead of Amazon.
    I manage my collection of ebooks using Calibre - great software.

  • [Weekly] What are you reading this week? [8/06/23]
  • I'm just finishing "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks. It is a satirical survival manual - great fun and lots of highly practical hints.

  • Sci-fi you couldn’t get into?
  • Star Trek, both the old and new ones
    Battlestar Galactica

  • Must watch classic SciFi movies?
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

  • What is you backup tool of choice?
  • rsync (laptop -> external HDD, workstation -> dedicated backup HDD)
    Syncthing (laptop <-> desktop)

  • What's your most-loved non-star movie/show?
  • Without a doubt, Doctor Who.

  • What are you reading this week? [7/16/23]
  • Title: No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
    Author(s): Graham Bowley
    Genre: Documentary
    I've just started, it's to early to decide whether I like and recommend it.

  • UK teachers want cash skills to replace religious studies lessons, study finds
  • I hope they follow the data. And that more countries, at least in the EU, will follow.

  • Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • I've seen Asteroid City today. Man, what a great movie. Definitely on a par with The Grand Budapest Hotel. The colors. The composition. The camera shots. The montage. Marvelous!

  • Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US
  • Good news. I really like my FP3+ (with /e/OS), my next phone will be either FP4 or FP5 :)

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