Vacation over. Back to the grind.
Adnan
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Why do people who want to socialise on Threads and X complain about it? Don’t they understand that they can’t change these platforms? They have to accept the offerings as they are.
Threads and X are clearly Democrat and Republican, respectively. Other viewpoints are not represented at all.
Twitter has not been replaced by either. Twitter is lost.
I have started to get annoyed that people wouldn't even switch away to safer, open, free options when they are as good as the one that makes a mega corp / ultra rich have even greater control over your life
#WhatsApp #Signal
The Pantheon 🏛️ was immensely un-photographable.
Indians are living less thanks to air pollution. I hope the political parties with a vote base in these dark regions will be moved to keep their votes alive.
I have been recommending apps and services to my significant other for years. The only one she has stuck with and loves is Arc Search app on her phone.
Arc Search — A fast, ad-free mobile browser
Arc Search is a new AI-enabled, default mobile browser by The Browser Company — designed to be the fastest way to search, and the lightest way to...
Dull Sunday. Still tired at the end of it.
I like keeping my wardrobe simple, only owning what I need. However, when I need something new, I sometimes rely on rush shipping, which isn't always an option. This can make finding the perfect choice a bit tricky!
This is a really good episode on hearing loss and what you can do about it. We can see how Apple can make people focus on a particular topic when they do so themselves.
Apple Podcasts
Life is Too Loud
Podcastaflevering · The Wirecutter Show · 23-10-2024 · 40 min.
Instagram is trying to sell me watches. Cheap watches. 😁
Ate a piece of random cake on the table. It was banana bread. Yuck.
Look at how small the road is that the pedestrians need to cross. Cars really shouldn’t get more than one lane. 
I was listening to Parth MN’s feature story 
and was reminded that WhatsApp came to India in 2010. Really? Is that recent? What were we doing before 2010?!
Rest of World
WhatsApp vigilantes in India are converting Christians by force
How far-right Hindu nationalists use WhatsApp to target Christian families when they’re most vulnerable — by preventing them from burying their...
What happened to India RBI CBDC project ?
They gave away my beer cooler. ☹️
ATP hosts are putting storage media into a tier list but disagree with each other.
A proposed solution: assign a 100-point budget to each host, allowing them to allocate points based on their preferences.
ATP ATP Tier List: Storage Media — Accidental Tech Podcast
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
It might be too late for Google already. Search has been languishing for at least a couple of years now. Those in the know have been recommending alternatives for at least as long.
The Verge
Google is replacing the exec in charge of Search and ads
Nick Fox will take over Google’s biggest businesses.
Chrome has banned UBO and Twitter has banned Block function. A number of people will be looking for alternatives.
India left friendless in its own neighborhood.
https://archive.is/2024.10.07-020956/https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Comment/Misguided-foreign-policy-has-left-India-friendless-in-South-Asia