Igor Bubelov

This book by Gustave Le Bon has some interesting takes on mass psychology, although I wouldn’t call it scientific in any way.

The most popular Linux distros for Raspberry Pi 4 are the official Raspberry Pi OS and a special version of Ubuntu.

I just finished cleaning up the codebase, and I’m currently busy with a few performance optimizations for the most frequent tasks, namely: Fetching preview images for feed entries Importing feeds from OPML files Fetching new and updated feed entries in st…

Although I don’t use C professionally, I enjoy reading low-level documentation because it sheds more light on how things work under the hood.

I have a few Android phones, but my favorite is the Xiaomi Mi A1.

Currently, many screen transitions are a bit messy, so I spent some time making sure the most important transitions are smooth.

Lightning Network is a protocol which allows us to scale Bitcoin without compromising on it’s most cherished properties such as decentralization and transaction finality.

I’ve finally joined the Express Entry pool, which is just a first tiny step towards a Canadian permanent residence.

Every Bitcoin release is distributed as a single archive containing a lot of cryptic files.

I’ve been digging into Bitcoin in my spare time, and it improved my understanding of the whole Bitcoin development process.

In my previous post I mentioned that I was planning to cut my energy bill, and my power consumption target was rather ambitious.

It’s been more than three months since I released News v0.3.4, so I should probably publish a new release in a few weeks.

This is my second open source Android app published on F-Droid.

Sharing your content with the whole world might sound like a solved problem, until you zoom in and start seeing myriads of little cracks in the Matrix.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the success of Bitcoin depends on Lightning Network.

Gasoline isn’t the only thing which is getting more expensive, and I now have to pay almost $0.15 per kWh of electricity, which translates to $200 a month given my current consumption.

It feels really great to wake up at the same time every day.

I watched only the first three episodes so far, and they were as good as I expected them to be.

Looks like there was a lot of drama since Elon Musk announced that he’s going to buy Twitter.

My feed reader app is ripe for a major refactoring, mostly thanks to a lot of new features added by me and other contributors.

I know next to nothing about Linux audio stack, but it’s really hard not to notice PipeWire.

Mastodon devs have finally released an official Android client a few days ago, which could make Mastodon more appealing to a wider audience.

This book is considered one of the cornerstones of the Stoic philosophy and this is certainly a must-read for anyone who’s interested in this school of thought.

This movie is pretty dark and unpredictable, just what I expect a classic detective movie to be.

I was curious to see the performance impact of S4 Linux sleep mode, so I made a few tests.

I like this game, but it doesn’t seem to be well-balanced or re-playable.

Having an up-to-date IELTS certificate is one of the requirements you need to meet in order to apply for a permanent residence in Canada.

One of the coolest things about Arch is the ability to use the latest versions of Linux software such as GNOME shell.

I’m starting to recover from war-induced apathy, and I got my feet wet with Arch Linux.

It’s really hard to match Civilization VI in terms of re-playability.

As a huge fan of Bloodborne, I couldn’t resist buying a copy of Elden Ring on Steam.

I somehow managed to survive for 31 years without learning how to cook.

I noticed a significant year-on-year increase in the amount of solar panels during my last car trip across Thailand, so I started wondering if going solar is finally became economically viable.

I expected a second Moderna shot to have fewer side effects, but it wasn’t the case at all.

I’ve bought three mechanical keyboards recently, and my favorite so far is the Keychron K8 with Gateron brown switches.

Context To a lot of foreigners, Russia is a puzzle.

I finally got enough time to beat this game.

PinePhone keyboard looks really promising, and it can also triple PinePhone’s lifespan on a single charge.

I was never a car guy, but I’m starting to enjoy some aspects of car ownership, such as being able to have long car trips with reasonable comfort.

I like drinking vine occasionally, although I usually drink beer.

Finally, I was able to get my first Moderna shot.

We can’t really take it for granted that market forces will always improve the quality of every product.

I’m glad to see that new Civilization games had managed to keep their core DNA while improving and innovating where necessary.

I needed an extra battery for my PinePhone, and I was surprised that it works fine with Samsung J7 batteries which can be ordered for $3 apiece here in Thailand.

I had to install a few CCTV cameras recently, and all of them had SD card slots.

The first Far Cry game which I beat was Far Cry 5 and I enjoyed it.

I’m looking for a good replacement for my PS4, and buying PS5 or Xbox isn’t an option due to their closed nature and user-hostile policies.

I miss a bottom navigation panel, but otherwise Android 12 running on Pixel 6 feels pleasant.

I didn’t play previous Wasteland games, so I had no historical expectations from Wasteland 3.

One of the criticisms of Bitcoin mining and proof of work schemes in general is their perceived high energy use.