Late '90s comedy hit different #IKITAO

"Your nsec is not only valuable for its reputation, but also money that might be attached to it." View quoted note → View quoted note →

Had nearly 10TB of important backups sitting on Amazon Drive when they killed it in 2023 and migrated everyone to Amazon Photos. Browser downloads are capped at 5GB or 1,000 files at a time. Amazon Photos has no Linux app. And they want $600/year to keep it there—back when I started, Amazon Drive had an unlimited era. Glad they kept my files on the server this long after the shutdown—but it was time to get them out. Fired up Claude Code in my terminal, had it build a Python script with a terminal file explorer, plugged in my session cookies, and I'm pulling everything down right now—no official app needed. There's always a way. #IKITAO

Google just showed where computing is heading. https://www.youtube.com/live/dXCCleAddEA?si=lJPn9SP15ndgtrdF Android is evolving from an operating system into an intelligence system. Gemini Intelligence is being woven across Android, Chrome, Android Auto, Wear OS, Googlebooks, and the broader ecosystem. Not just chatbots. A system-level intelligence layer that can understand context, reason across apps, organize information, manage workflows, and increasingly help handle the small frictions of everyday digital life. The new updates coming to Android and Gemini include: • Understanding texts, emails, screenshots, and app context • Reorganizing schedules around incoming information • Handling multi-step workflows across apps • Making bookings and reservations • Browsing and navigating the web for you • Managing tasks in the background with confirmation layers • Smarter Autofill powered by personal context • AI-generated widgets from plain language • More proactive cross-device assistance Android Auto is also getting major upgrades: • Widgets • Immersive 3D Maps • Full-bleed adaptive interfaces • YouTube/video while parked • Gemini-powered contextual assistance • Voice-driven workflows and actions And then there’s Googlebook: an AI-first laptop category built around Gemini Intelligence and contextual interaction. Magic Pointer activates contextual Gemini actions directly from what’s on screen with a simple wiggle of the cursor. This is what a new generation of computing looks like: Less friction. Less micromanagement. Less time fighting interfaces. More flow. More assistance. More intelligence woven into the experience itself. #IKITAO #Google #AI

The palest ink is better than the best memory. — Chinese Proverb #IKITAO

New gun kit. Nothing flashy. Just the essentials. - Otis Professional Pistol Cleaning Kit for Glocks (9MM, .40 Cal & .45 Cal). - Breech-to-muzzle Memory-Flex cable system - Three caliber-specific Ripcords for quick one-pass field cleaning - Pistol loop rod for patch punching - Bronze and nylon bore brushes, slotted tips, patches, obstruction remover - 8-in-1 T-Tool for pins and front sight adjustment - Magazine plate removal tool - FP-10 Lubricant Elite included - Patriotic slide back plate included. Not my vibe, and doesn't fit my Glock anyway—but it's there. - Glock Gen 5 exploded parts diagram bench mat. This thing is actually really cool. Full parts diagram right there on your workspace—keeps the surface clean and gives you a handy reference while you work. Clenzoil Field & Range CLP. Clenzoil Synthetic Gun Grease (syringe). Patches. Take care of your equipment. It takes care of you. #IKITAO #GunGear #Firearms

It is your choice. You are free to do as you please— but you are not free from the consequences of your actions. Quitting alcohol altogether is a very good idea for health, wellness, longevity, and mental clarity. #IKITAO

Rereading The Bhagavad Gita. I’ve been looking forward to this masterful bilingual translation by Bibek Debroy. This new hardcover edition includes his own introduction, written at the end of his life. The translation has been left intact, with minor corrections to the Sanskrit text. --- --- --- Invocation Om! O Bhagavadgita, which Bhagavan (Lord) Narayana (Krishna's name) himself used to enlighten Partha (Arjuna) and which was incorporated into the Mahabharata by the ancient sage Vyasa (Vyasadeva or Vedavyasa)! O you, of eighteen chapters, who showers down the immortal knowledge of advaita! O divine mother! I meditate on you, O Bhagavadgita, that frees me from worldly existence! I bow before you, Vyasa, with the great intellect and eyes that are as large as the petals of a lotus in bloom! You lit the lamp of knowledge in which the Mahabharata provides the oil! O you, who made the parijata (a divine flower) bloom and who holds the rod for driving cows! I bow before Krishna the giver of knowledge, who milked the ambrosia of the Gita! All the Upanishads are like cows, Partha is the calf and the learned drink the milk that is the great ambrosia of the Gita. I bow before Krishna, the Lord of the Universe! God, the son of Vasudeva (Krishna's father), the destroyer of Kansa (Krishna's evil uncle) and Chanura (a wrestler sent by Kansa), the supreme bliss of Devaki (Krishna's mother)! Bhishma and Drona were the banks (this is a description of the Kurukshetra war), Jayadratha was the water, the king of Gandhara was the blue lotus, Shalya was the shark (or crocodile), Kripa was the current and Karna was the waves on the banks. Ashvatthama and Vikarna were the terrible crocodiles, and Duryodhana was the whirlpool. With Keshava (Krishna) as the boatman, the Pandavas indeed crossed the river that was the war. The words of Parashara's son (Vyasa) are the immortal lotus, its stamens are the different stories therein, bloomed by Hari's (Krishna) discourse, and its powerful fragrance the essence of the Gita. The good and pure bees of this world drink this, every day and every night. May this produce great good in him who wishes to destroy the taint of kali yuga! I bow before Madhava (Krishna), provider of supreme bliss! His compassion provides the dumb with speech and enables the crippled to traverse mountains. Brahma, Varuna, Indra, Rudra and the Maruts praise him through divine hymns and the singers of the Sama Veda sing to him with their hymns and the consecutive parts of the Upanishads. When established in meditation, the yogis see him, whose limits are unknown to even the gods and the demons, in their minds. I bow before that great God! — The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Bibek Debroy #IKITAO #IKITAOReads

April 5, 1994 RIP Kurt Cobain 🕊️ #IKITAO

PSA: If your client is virtually unusable over Tor, use a VPN. Sharing your IP address with a bunch of relay-running randos on the internet is not advisable. #IKITAO

Picked up a like-new NETGEAR Nighthawk AX6 AX5400 WiFi Router at a liquidation store for $15. Score. #IKITAO

Watching Ford v Ferrari YT #FordvFerrari #Movie

I love #Amethyst (newest update 1.07.2 still crashing like crazy)… daily driver for years—I’ve been one of its fiercest supporters since the beginning… but #Wisp (also Tor enabled) is a force to be reckoned with.