OK.

This is kind of scary.

I uploaded my profile pic to

https://theyseeyourphotos.com/

This is a site, setup by a former Google employee to show you, how Google would interpret a picture of you.

The result is not 100 % accurate (e.g. that I could be targeted with alcohol ads, but I hardly ever drink), but found the exact location and enough to be worried if they analysed a set of, say, a dozen photos.

A cat video highlighted a big year for lasers in space

NASA has invested more than $700 million in testing laser communications in space.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/a-cat-video-highlighted-a-big-year-for-lasers-in-space/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Which #linux distro would you install on a trashcan Mac Pro?

Goal is light gaming with Steam/Proton, general computing

Sick of people calling everything in crypto a Ponzi scheme. Some crypto projects are Pump-and-Dump schemes, while others are Pyramid schemes. Others are just middlemen skimming off the top. Others are just standard-issue fraud.

Stop glossing over the diversity in the industry.