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Cake day: February 15th, 2026

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  • I use 30–40 searches per day, and I almost never need to bang to google. When I do bang to google, I consistently find worse result.

    It is indeed expensive compare to most of the other donations/subscription I have, but there is really no alternative to this experience.

    I use nebula, lemmy, mastodon, kagi, jellyfin, signal, thunderbird, fedora, tutanota, and so on. My weekly subscription/donation bill is probably around $50, which is just the price of 2 LLM subscription, so honestly, not that much considering how expensive everything is nowadays. But, oh boy, let me tell you, my digital world is quiet: there is nothing in my face pushing AI or ads, and I get every update I need, and can just use my tools and gets things done. All of them cost money/donation, but I would rather spend money to save time and my mental health now…













  • I come back from the movie. I loved it, my wife less so. I guess I hyped it up too much, and she is expecting a masterpiece, not entertainments.

    We both agree the scene, narrative, and music are great, I like the story and charactor arc, but she feels the plot holes are too distracting in the story to enjoy it.

    But we both agree there are too many plot holes,

    complain 2

    and the whole “lone wolf genius” plot line is very annoying and cliche: science progresses mostly through collaboration and sharing. There are lone geniuses, but the work of most scientists, including many considered geniuses, are not irreplaceable. It is very rare for a genius to out perform a coordinated group of scientists when they are working towards the same goal. Good thing they didn’t spend too much time on it.

    I guess the biggest plot hole is

    !!! SPOILERS !!!

    potential plot hole

    Why didn’t they use the super advanced rocky ship to collect the predator, when it can instantly create environment that are livable for humans; instead, they used the super fragile tiny human ship?