Watch the world unfold.
Finding equilibrium:
True enlightenment

#randomthought #zen #haiku

My first post about some #chemistry!

I wonder why I did not know about this #lifehack before: you can make your own effective multi-purpose disinfectant out of salt and water!

https://pirogov.de/blog/diy-hclo/

You can get a cheap "generator" (a simple electrolysis system) for less than 5$ and produce more disinfectant than you will ever need in your life.

Now I want to learn more about useful chemistry that can be done at home...

I wrote a post about passive #hydroponics https://pirogov.de/blog/passive-hydroponics/

If you feel like you do not have a green thumb for #growing in soil or your space outside is limited, maybe hydroponics is worth a try!

It is not as difficult as it looks like, just less familiar. It is both cleaner and more transparent than classical #gardening.

I wrote a post about my recent deep-dive into #knots

https://pirogov.de/blog/twists-turns-knots/

I wish I learned more about knots 10 years ago! Knot are both interesting from a #math point of view but also very practical.

Do yourself a favor and learn some useful knots, it's really a #lifehack!

"Be shit, my friend, shit always swims at the top"

Probably not Bruce Lee, but some oligarch.

If we could make energy out of bullshit, we would have no need for power stations anymore.

Sadly you can't turn entropy into energy.

#randomthoughts #jokes

What if the #singularity happens, or already has happened, but we all would just chill the fuck out for once?

Maybe if we all would just learn to relax and slow down, the world would suddenly become much more bearable for everyone, for a while longer?

Hit the brakes, deccelarate!

#randomthoughts

I think I figured out how to live with #adhd.

Learn to ride the waves. We have a different rhythm of existence. You can't fight the cycle, but you can learn to work with it.

Some people are marathon runners, but we are sprinters. The trick is to break down marathons into many sprints, and take breaks by switching your marathons.

Just pick half a dozen things your meta-self wants to work on and stick with it. Instead of a bit of everything, we do a lot of everything, but one thing at a time.

Did you ever want to connect to your home network while you are somewhere else?

OpenVPN was the most likely answer a while back, but today you probably should use WireGuard - it's very well supported and easy to set up.

I just pieced together a setup myself and wrote a little post as a reminder for myself in the future. Maybe you also find it useful.

https://pirogov.de/blog/wireguard-home-vpn/

#linux #vpn #networking

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03/14/elon-musk-says-empathy-is-threatening-civilisation-hes-wrong-he-is-that-threat/

This. The only thing to add here is that one of the strongest rational argument for empathy is the veil of ignorance.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_position

We are who we are more by luck of genetics and education coming together favorably for us. We could've been any other person. Life should be at least acceptable as any human being. If, by chance, we were born in different circumstances, why should we have to suffer just because other people are selfish?

#politics #philosophy