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Cake day: July 22nd, 2023

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  • Literal decades ago I bought Sennheiser headphones. They were great. They later orders of magnitude longer than anything I had before. They fit well, and were foldable, making them very compact when not used. And they were cheap too.

    When they finally broke down I naturally wanted Sennheiser again, but they referred me to their new brand Epos. I bought a headset this time, not just headphones. It was a lot more expensive, and I was terribly disappointed by the ergonomics. It’s also rather big, making it unwieldy when not in use. And they broke already, though I was able to fix it - they broke just out of warranty of course.

    Of course this is just one anecdote, but it really does feel like another great brand sold out and became crap.



  • Note that since I don’t use Firefox some of these may actually be available, but I don’t know about them.

    • Mouse gestures.
    • A status bar that stays on screen.
    • The ability to select part of a link’s text.
    • Tab stacking.
    • Tab tiling.
    • Opening a link in either a foreground or background tab. This is available as a toggle in the settings only.
    • Ad block.
    • Spatial navigation.
    • Customisable keyboard shortcuts for pretty much everything.

    These are the ones that matter to me, there are more that I don’t personally use.



  • I’m going to push back against everyone saying that the algorithm knows. While not unthinkable, I believe it is much more likely that it is a coincidence, and what you’re experiencing is called the frequency illusion. Simply because your sexuality has been on your mind lately, you’re more likely to notice things that remind you of it - not because those things are more prevalent but simply because you, subconsciously, pay more attention to them.

    That said, privacy is important and you should definitely try to maintain it - e.g. use a private browser window in a fresh browser instance to research things related to sexuality.


  • Ever since the first release, I’ve tried Firefox a few times. Each time I was left with a feeling of needing dozens of extensions to get it up to par with the browser I was using at the time (mainly Opera and now Vivaldi). The extensions I found were never customisable enough, and would often break and/or be abandoned after a while.

    Don’t get me wrong: Chrome, IE, Edge, and Safari are worse - each time I used them I got the urge to throw my computer out the window after just a few minutes. But Firefox is just not customisable enough to my liking, and extension are IMO not the answer.