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I was thinking of postimg this.
It was a good one. I love when podcasts go beyond the tech and subject matter and discuss their quirks and personality. Opens a window into another person's mind and processes.
I liked the staunch defense of jQuery haha. There's a lesson there.
Edit: also him being suspicious of frameworks being aggressively pushed and the "framework armies" getting so mad because he just uses PHP
Me after listening to it:
Durov's post on TG:
❤️ Thanks everyone for your support and love!Last month I got interviewed by police for 4 days after arriving in Paris. I was told I may be personally responsible for other people’s illegal use of Telegram, because the French authorities didn’t receive responses from Telegram.This was surprising for several reasons:
John Titor the time traveler
Couple friends and I were around early teens or so when we first heard of it in the recesses of the internet. English wasn't our first language, so it wasn't that easy to dig up the information (especially the techy and pseudoscientific terms used to embellish the lore). We read chat logs, scoured forums.
Eventually we waited for the first predictions to come to pass... and they didn't. If I recall, it was that the 2000 or 2004 olympics wouldn't happen or something.
Fun Trivia:
The character John Titor in the anime Steins;Gate is indeed a reference to this urban legend. I had a double take when I first heard the name in japanese. It is kind of wild, if you think about it, that such a niche internet urban legend from the early 2000s had enough of an effect that some mangaka worked it into an anime a decade later
TL;DR: I suck at choosing a single favorite X of anything. I was gonna post a clip of a favorite bit for each one but it was already lengthy enough.
There's quite a list good names floating already already, but since the question is (current) favorites and not "best".
Shane Gillis: definitely think he's been on the comeup. Dude's just naturally funny ever since he let himself be himself and he has yet to peak imo.
Theo Von: I like the theory that the guy doesn't even know he's a comic. It may look like he's always playing a character, but maybe he just walks through life being himself and funny for no reason and people happen to pay to hear it and laugh.
Joey Diaz: Needs no introduction. Not as active, but he's a... unique character and there isn't another like him because he was shaped by his rough and chaotic life. Not as active of late, but if you never watched, it's worth seeing a couple sets (both big venue one and smaller venue bar sets).
Andrew Schulz: I know folks think he's overrated but saw him live with folks and had a great time. He's a good "safe pick" for an outing. What I mean by that is if you wanna go out with friends, whether they're normies or not, if you wanna make sure everyone's gonna laugh and have a good time and not worry about what their "comedy genre" is, he's a good choice to go with without having to shell out a fortune for tickets.
Tom Segura: not sure what he's been up to, but he's funny and has potential. Once you realise most of his jokes are just recounting stories and he says "so i said X, they go Y, so i go Z, and they go..." it becomes kind of hard to ignore. It's his one trick and style. Still funny though.
Mark Normand: has his own flavor. Humor is sprinkled with quick-witted wordplay that's makes people laugh before they even process the words he just used for the joke were carefully selected for a purpose. Something about his timing and delivery too.
Other names that come to mind if you catch a chance to see em live while tickets are cheap and venues are smaller / more intimate:
- Ali Siddiq
- Sam Morill
- Jeff Arcuri
- Sean Collins
- Ismo
Female comedians are doing it on hard mode imo, and there hasn't been any GOAT yet, but the ones that have fun and funny sets out there:
- Whitney Cummings
- Nikki Glaser (check out her set at the roasting of brady)
- Taylor Tomlinson
Some of these have good bits but I havent watched a full-size special yet that has been tight start to finish, or they're focused on a gimmick that might get old after see it once or twice (like Ismo).
I'm a standup enjoyer to the point where I can go to an amateur night or "lab night" (where comics test out jokes to refine them) and be able to appreciate the process and see what they're trying to do even if it's not immediately hilarious for the crowd.
I see the new settings now, but they seem to allow JIT and DCL by default.
Was this decision because tests revealed many commonly used apps used DCL and caused issues, or is it standard because it's a newly added feature?
Good work as always!
For you (and any others who use ecash/cashu): how does it fit your flow? Do you basically use it as a replacement for a LN wallet for small purchases and micropayments?
Intermittent fasting.
Counting calories worked well but I.F. is less of a hassle. I just skip breakfast. 16h fast, 8h feeding period. No need to be a Nazi over it either. If I go to breakfast resto or brunch I'll eat. It's about the trend, not exception. After getting used to it, it seems to have improved my focus and energy. Important that when you do eat it's not junk though.
Limiting self to 2 coffees per day, sometimes 3. No calories in coffee due to intermittent fasting (no milk, no sugar or 0cal sugar/maple syrup). Got rid of a lot of restlessness and anxiety, and opting for decaf after that helps hydration while maintaining the illusion of still drinking coffee to work afternoon.
I'll add that baby steps is better than no steps.
Better to start slow, get used to the flow and improve over time than to get overwhelmed and annoyed and give up.
If your step 1 is just being aware of and tweaking privacy settings for every app you use, and turning off Bluetooth and location when not in use, then good.
If your step one is to implement a full stack right away, and go live in the mountains, also good.
Another good concept to read about is threat models. Everyone's threat model is different. You have celebrities, you have CEOs, you have Snowden, you have regular Joes, activists, parents, etc. each with their own needs.
Privacy often comes at the cost of convenience, though this improves over time as the tools improve.
Assess your threat model first.
I see so many instances in the privacy space where someone asks for help and everyone piles on aggressively opinionated. Don't let that discourage you and just keep in mind your threat model. In truth we can all point you in the right directions but we can't "prescribe" you a stack without knowing your threat model. And you probably shouldn't tell us :P
Others have given good suggestions. I like to tell new folks to bookmark Privacy Guides. As far as I remember they have some good reading on privacy concepts and suggestions for tools, browsers, apps and reasoning behind them.
With that said, I like to use:
- GrapheneOS on phone
- Brave & Firefox for browsers (some settings to be tweaked)
- Fedora linux on laptop
- Protonmail + simplelogin aliases for email (bonus: they accept BTC)
- I bounce between a few VPNs that accept BTC as well
My setup isn't perfect, but it suits my current threat model fine. I still use Windows along with Ubuntu on desktops. I still have some big brother apps, but more limited and contained on GrapheneOS.
I've become a fan of "identity segregation" because of my tendencies for obssessing about details and OPSEC. I must've reinstalled all my OS a handful of times before settling for my current setup and realising that it makes the most sense to me with a balance between privacy+security and convenience when required to stay productive. e.g. I'm ok with some big brother apps to keep in touch with some friends and family especially, but I don't carry them with me and use them in a separate dumb chromium browser I don't use for anything else. If the situation in life or the world changes, threat model will be reassessed as needed.
Cheers and best of luck on your privacy endaevors!