Igor Bubelov

Previous post Table of Contents Crossing the Rubicon My Code Review Setup More Code Is a Liability What the Reviews Actually Found Conclusion Crossing the Rubicon BTC Map Android v1.2.0 shipped on September 30, roughly six months after v1.1.0.

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Previous post Table of Contents Reporter and Editor Commits as Inputs Trouble in Paradise Conclusion Reporter and Editor A journalist friend of mine once told me that in the standard reporting pipeline, you always have an editor.

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Main menu 2000 was the peak of 2D games. 2D was going out of fashion, but 3D was still ugly because GPUs weren’t fast enough to render it beautifully.

Picture by Aron Visuals Table of Contents Disappearing Software Buildings are Durable Apps and Protocols Open Source is Anti-Short-Termist Anti-Ephemeral is Antifragile Files Beat Algorithms Conclusion I like to focus on things that last.

GrapheneOS website Table of Contents Background Stock Firmware First Impressions Scopes Drama Future Plans Background I had planned to wait for the Motorola Graphene phone, but my old Pixel 6 decided to die early, probably from a short circuit caused by a…

Picture by Darren Halstead Table of Contents Knee-Jerk Reaction Trump is Neutral Dumb Lenin Empire Can’t be Saved Dying Fast and Slow Destroyer vs Builder Conclusion Knee-Jerk Reaction Some people always assume I refuse to get mad about Trump because I’m…

Two loaves, fresh from the oven I’m a Baker Now I picked up Evolutions in Bread by Ken Forkish at a local book sale, mostly because the book looked nice.

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Table of Contents Preface Context Paris London Quotes Vocabulary Tramp Wandering Jew Blackguard Chinaman Conclusion Preface I picked up Down and Out in Paris and London at a local book sale.

Table of Contents The World is not Black and White Why This Series Case 1: System Upgrades Verdict The World is not Black and White I have mixed feelings about LLMs.

Table of Contents Preface Never Bet Against Hobbes You Can’t Escape Anarchy 2026 is Fun Ancapistan Was Always Here Definitions Matter Welcome to Hell Preface If you mention anarcho-capitalism in polite society, you’ll likely get some eye rolls.

Table of Contents Preface The Regime The Authorship Mystery Drunk Philosophy Gender Equality Notable Quotes Conclusion Preface It’s surprisingly common for people who have heard of the Republic to assume it is the founding document of western political ph…

Table of Contents Preface Some Inequality is Fine Relative Wealth Why Inequality Becomes Destabilizing The Real Problem Is Compounding Stocks and Bonds Are Extractive Bitcoin Has No Yield The Wealth Tax Proposal Bitcoin and Wealth Tax Are Compatible Concl…

Preface This is a self-published book by Denis Cavatassi, who is a regular at our Bitcoin meetup in Phuket.

Table of Contents First contact (2018) Nextcloud Hub (2020) SQLite Ambiguity Nextcloud News Running Nextcloud for a Few Years Why I Stopped Using Nextcloud Bugs Huge Maintenance Cost File Sync via PHP Script is Retarded Alternatives Calendar & Contacts Web

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Table of Contents Form Factors, Chemistry and Voltage Self‑Discharge Rate Batteries Tested Voltage Over Time Estimated Charge Remaining Misconceptions Conclusion Form Factors, Chemistry and Voltage Modern life is not possible without AA and AAA batteries.

At a recent local Bitcoin meetup, sometime around the second or third round of beers, I brought up They Live (1988) in response to someone mentioning the newly released Citizen Vigilante (2026).

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Diablo is a legendary game and an everlasting classic.

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This post is based on the notes I made watching identically named Artur Holmes lecture in his excellent History of Philosophy course.

Preface Wage-Labour and Capital is a relatively short essay based on a series of lectures Marx gave in 1847.

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This post is based on the notes I made watching identically named Artur Holmes lecture in his excellent History of Philosophy course.

Table of Contents In Search of Purpose First Gen Second Gen Conclusion In Search of Purpose LLMs are all the rage nowadays, and as with any new technology, people are still figuring out how to integrate them into their lives.

I had a web feed reader app called News, which I used to fetch Atom and RSS feeds from my old Nextcloud server.

It’s a solid documentary on ancient Greece.

Preface Most polities insist they possess free speech, pointing to their constitutions as proof.

This post is based on the notes I made watching identically named Artur Holmes lecture in his excellent History of Philosophy course.

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Preface There’s something satisfying about gold hitting new records, it’s a clear sign the old world order is under stress.

Table of Contents Definitions Matter Organizations Matter Bitcoin Echoes of Cold War The Problem With the Axis Useful Idiots Imperialist Values Nationalist Values Conclusion Definitions Matter Before I join any debate, I ask people to define the core conc…

Table of Contents The Common Narrative Dual Mandate COVID Monetarism vs QE What Actually Happens What if the Fed Sold All its Bonds?

This post is based on the notes I made watching identically named Artur Holmes lecture in his excellent History of Philosophy course.

Table of Contents Preface The Limits of Self‑Hosting The TSMC Problem The Scale Problem The Better Model Bitcoin’s Quiet Stake in Sovereignty Sovereignty Is Layered Conclusion Preface There’s a seductive narrative in tech circles, one that can be boiled d…

Table of Contents The Old Setup The CLN Shenanigans The Dynamic Linking Problem LND Gets It Right The Counterarguments What I Miss Conclusion The Old Setup I set up BTC Map’s first Lightning node in late 2022, and I picked CLN, mostly because it was ahead…

The Accident It all started with a deep clean.

My old blog post structure looked like that: /year/month/title.md.

Table of Contents Preface Samsung Galaxy Gio (2011-2012) Nexus 4 (2012-2013) Nexus 5 (2013-2014) Sony Xperia Z2 (2014-2015) Nexus 5X and 6P (2015-2017) Xiaomi Mi A1 (2017-2020) Samsung A01 (2020-2022) Google Pixel 6 (2022-2026) Next: GrapheneOS Phone?

Preface One of Karl Marx’s most famous quotes is actually inscribed on his tomb: The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.

The On the Media podcast dedicated an episode to this show and Chinese sci‑fi in general.

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Table of Contents Who This Guide Is For Why Bitcoin Expected Functionality High‑Level Technical Overview Part 1: Preparing the Server Part 1: bitcoind Getting the Binary Config Systemd Service Sync Part 2: lnd Getting the Binary Config Systemd Service Sync

Once you’ve had lights you can actually control, you know, brightness, color, the whole deal, there’s zero chance you’re going back to the dumb ones.

Book Overview Chip War was one of the few English-language books on China I could find in Phuket, so I picked it up recently.