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kiriberty··on iPhone Duo
Oh gosh, Phone costs $2K to $3K now!
kiriberty··on Stolen Buttons
Is this a new kind of ransomware?

Company> Where has my button gone? Our website it broken

Anatoly Zenkov> Buha ha ha... I got your buttons!

Company> What do you want? Give my button back, pls.

Anatoly Zenkov> I need 1 billion dollars. Muh ha ha. Since you said pls, I'll give 10% friends & family discount.

kiriberty··on Advertise in ChatGPT
It is about the time
kiriberty··on Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning
So calling for the conference and cancelling it raises awareness of extreme heat? Well played
kiriberty··on Firewood Splitting Simulator
But why?
kiriberty··on New US phone network for Christians to block porn and gender-related content
Welcome to Iran 2.0
kiriberty··on What Is Secure Boot and How Does It Work?
What Is Secure Boot and How Does it Work?
kiriberty··on U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession
Tariffs are bad for the economy. Foreign countries are ditching US partnerships, contracts. Less travelers are coming to US. Wow I wonder when will we open our eye. In the middle of all these, US is ditching its allies and planning to invade sovereign countries (Greenland).
kiriberty··on U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession
So much winning
kiriberty··on Fun with Shell Emojis
Your shell environment doesn't need to be boring. We can decorate the shell's user messages with fun emojis that are random each time. It's a small touch that helps break the monotony of everyday terminal work.

Let me walk you through how to set this up on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

kiriberty··on Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition
Ok now I need to buy a floppy drive and floppy disks in 2026? Hmm where should I go to buy those?
kiriberty··on What if your Agent called GPT once to plan, then ran the rest locally for free?
What if your AI agent only called GPT-4 or Claude once to plan, then ran everything else locally for free?
kiriberty··on Generating Mandelbrot Set Images with Kotlin
Generating Mandelbrot Set Images with Kotlin
kiriberty··on Understanding the Monad Design Pattern in Kotlin
Understanding the Monad Design Pattern in Kotlin
kiriberty··on Things Every Fresh Graduate Should Know About Software Performance
This post is for the beginners. For the fresh graduates and junior developers who are just starting to think about performance. These are the things I wish someone had told me early in my career. Consider it a crash course in the fundamentals — practical, opinionated, and grounded in real-world software.
kiriberty··on Programming language speed comparison using Leibniz formula for π
And the winner is (Drumroll)... Python - the most popular language in the AI world
kiriberty··on [dead]
The first-of-its-kind subsea structure will support crucial marine conservation work.
kiriberty··on The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation
He just changed name to One Buck.
kiriberty··on Why friction is necessary for growth
"When I was a child in Sri Lanka, I ended up memorizing the landline numbers of all my close relatives. To this day I remember them. The moment I got a phone where my contacts could be saved, I stopped remembering numbers."

If we look at it rationally, the phone numbers were an extra complexity layer introduced by technology. The smartphones solved that problem rightly so. You just have to member the person's name, rightly so.

kiriberty··on Endless AI-Generated Wikipedia
This is a slippery slope to hallucinated hell
kiriberty··on Luhn algorithm – Credit card number verification
Luhn algorithm which is also called "mod 10" algorithm is number verification algorithm like in credit cards.
kiriberty··on Acronis True Image costs performance when not used
There software was so bad. I once had purchased a license. But when I started using, in the setting there was a possible workflow that if you click that button/menu option it will reset the license key. It happened (because I am curious right?) then my copy was no longer valid. I called their customer support and that person treated my like a criminal trying to lie all the way. So explained numerous times and sent them purchase copies and screenshots. After some attempts they issues a new license key (they might have verified their stupid mistake). On top of that, the version I bought did not have a way to delete option. I had to purchase that feature. This was long time ago and I no longer use this sh*.
kiriberty··on macOS Icon History
Is it me or do others find that always 2020-2025 category icons were the best looking compared to 2025- except for podcasts icon? (And I do not give a damn for podcasts :D )
kiriberty··on Let it snow in your terminal
Didn't work in zsh on my Mac. Fixed the issues and added a couple of effects:

https://github.com/lasanthak/snowjob/blob/main/snowjob.sh

kiriberty··on Is Math Real?
If math is not real, it should be complex then.
kiriberty··on Using a date-modified header to detect unique visitors without using cookies
Cringe moment, this is abusing the feature where last-modified was created for
kiriberty··on Why does gRPC insist on trailers?
Great article. I really like the points in "Lessons for Designers" section. Applicable for software engineering in general as well.
kiriberty··on NASA says Webb’s excess fuel likely to extend its lifetime expectations
Space Bro, I like it
kiriberty··on New evidence of fabrications behind the Trump-Russia theory
This news is not worthy of this feed.
kiriberty··on Valve Steam Deck
The display specs seem very mediocre: Resolution: 1280 x 800px (16:10 aspect ratio) Type: Optically bonded LCD for enhanced readability Display size: 7" diagonal Brightness: 400 nits typical Refresh rate: 60Hz I feel like they dropped the ball on d
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