Wars vs. pandemics – rhetoric and reality
At the beginning of the current coronavirus outbreak, and as the seriousness of the situation was beginning to sink into the awareness of decision-makers, one could hear speeches […]
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Surface Duo as possible supplemental laptop
Having followed the news regarding Microsoft’s upcoming Surface Duo device, I was wondering whether this is finally the device one can use instead of a laptop. It seems […]
More DetailsCheese-moving during trying times
As a non-managerial salaried worker with an SO of the same status, I figure that the following have to hold true, in descending order of immediacy, for us […]
More DetailsManouvered into inferior seating arrangement
This week I am moving to a different seating arrangement in the room I share with 3 other coworkers. This is part of the general trend in which […]
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Whilst in my externally-imposed quarantine I happened to go over an article titled “Attending to the Present: Mindfulness Meditation Reveals Distinct Neural Modes of Self-reference” by Norman Farb […]
More DetailsSaying thank-you and goodbye to a…script??
Today I shuttered one of my day-job app/scripts after it had been replaced when I was out on my compulsory “vacation”. I had already decided to let go […]
More DetailsAt least part of the current economic chaos derives from our lack of experience with pandemics
While it is probably true that a large part of the economic destruction currently underway is the deflation of the ‘Everything Bubble’, at least part of the chaos […]
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Looking back, I can see that I’ve gone over several different kinds of topics in this blog. That makes sense, because I, like everybody I suppose, have more […]
More DetailsMy search for dark mode
I use a variety of screens. These are necessary both for work (being a developer-ish type of person) and for recreation (as although my true love is printed […]
More DetailsSimple rule for remembering numeric permissions in *nix
I don’t intend to give you another rehash of how file permissions work in Unix/Linux (*nix for short). After all, this is been done many times in the […]
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