It’s been months since I’ve started my new job here and part of my job is to check and report from the construction site and I regularly take pictures. | Continue reading
Why do Americans (or maybe some other people in west) only call eastern Asian people, Asian? Pakistanis, Afghans, Tajiks, Many Russian people, Iranians, Saudis, Omanis, and many other people are also Asians. Why do you (or them) don’t call us … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is arrested in France over allegations that his platform enabled terrorists, CSAM, money laundering, fraud, etc. Since I heard the news, I couldn’t stop thinking about these memes: | Continue reading
I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes. Joanna Maciejewska | Continue reading
You gotta sacrifice something to get something in return. My boss taught me a life lesson today. We were talking about the wrestling match between Rahman Amouzad and Kiyoota Kotaro in Paris Olympics and how Rahman unbelievably lost the match … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could have captcha on us? Like when people want to interact with us, we would make them solve the captcha. Are you human enough? They would be forced to answer it with real answers. … Continue reading → | Continue reading
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This Is The Fastest Object Ever Made by Humans, And It’s Not Slowing Down | Continue reading
I love blogging. If you know a little about me or follow this blog, you surely know I don’t use social networks, they’re not built for me, but I love blogging and writing about what matters to me on my … Continue reading → | Continue reading
I’ve recently come across a lot of posts questioning data and privacy regulations. What is more common among them to describe privacy regulation as failed or worthless is that the dis-services we might use need that data to function. That … Continue reading → | Continue reading
I have digital friends. Friends who I love dearly. Digital friends, for me, are ones who I consider friend but I’ve never seen them and our relationship remains over internet. Today someone mentioned a friend of his who know each … Continue reading → | Continue reading
More I grow up, more I realize I choose my tech to fulfill my needs. not to use features the tech just gives me. I won’t suddenly feel a new need because an app or device has it. New technologies … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Let Readers Read: An Open Letter to the Publishers in Hachette v. Internet Archive | Continue reading
Using computer programs such as VLC media player is very normal. Millions of people use it daily without ever thinking it’s a weird tool or player or even thinking what’s behind it. It’s one of the best media players we … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Jaw-dropping discovery: 450,000-year-old tooth unearthed in Iran | Continue reading
One thing that bothered me, regarding some bloggers I follow, is that people are sharing too much personal information online. I understand that this may be a personal matter and I have no right or power to control what is … Continue reading → | Continue reading
There are not many people in the world who have had the amazing experience of seeing such a beautiful fireball, let alone to record it. — Ali Reza Hayati - Fusses about matters | Continue reading
I started Friday by watching “Godzilla Minus One” and finished it watching “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” and they were exciting. I’m glad I watched both of them in one day, it was a day full of Godzillas and the movies were actually quite different. Even though they both were … | Continue reading
I was reading about Brown v. Board of Education and there’s an interesting paragraph: To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts an … | Continue reading
I was reading about Brown v. Board of Education and there’s an interesting paragraph: To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts an … | Continue reading
You probably didn’t notice it because the previous domain is now forwarding to this one but the domain of this blog is changed and you’re now connected to the new address. Everything is working fine as far as I know and the previous domain is set to be redirected to the new one. … | Continue reading
Putting aside all the privacy and users’ rights violations by AI companies, the state of AI today is fascinating. We’re living in a world full of amazing advancements in tech and life. The fact that AI can now help blind people get through everyday life, or talk to you about your … | Continue reading
Signal’s Katherine Maher Problem | Continue reading
I am one of the people who tried to block so-called “AI” programs from training on my published works. I implemented every code or rule I know to block corporations use my material for training their programs. I’m not against AI, but I don’t want my material be published or used … | Continue reading
You may have not noticed it but my blog was down for few hours and I had to being it back up using a backup I had. Tarneo, who generously hosts my blog, noticed it first and he did most of the work on the backend. But all my data was lost due to a […] | Continue reading
I merged, combined, summarized, and re-published pages on this blog and made it as small as possible. Bring back small blogs. Web used to have so many small yet awesome blogs. We used to spend a lot of our time reading material published on them, not caring about the design or of … | Continue reading
Net neutrality rules restored by FCC Good news. Removing net neutrality was an injustice to users and bringing it back was necessary. It is a major victory for people. Now FCC can, and should, hold companies responsible for violating people’s rights. | Continue reading
Part of job is to take photos and create documentation. Today, while I was taking photos from the construction site, I wondered how does this ‘photography’ works. Like how is it possible to tap on a screen and capture a moment of life and save that view forever? Ever thought abou … | Continue reading
I just found out that when you brush your teeth, both morning and night, you should spit but not rinse. Toothpaste contains fluoride which helps strengthen your teeth. By not rinsing with water, fluoride in the toothpaste will stay on your teeth for longer helping to keep them st … | Continue reading
Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event | Continue reading
I’m exhausted from all the news and threats and everything. Every day we wake up to another horrible alert that another war is starting. I just wrote a thousand words and deleted all of it. It shouldn’t need an entire article to tell people how bad a war is. I’m just exhausted of … | Continue reading
People send me all kinds of stuff but this was one of the funniest things I ever received from random people and I appreciate it a lot. | Continue reading
Would a woman, specially a feminist woman, work on an oil well? I don’t know. The Oxford dictionary defines feminism as “the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.” Which is very cool. If feminism means that, I’m a feminist. But, then, you hear so m … | Continue reading
I’ve been on Nowruz holiday for the last week and I have to go to work tomorrow morning. There’s a four hour drive ahead of me and I’m getting sad already. It’s not that I don’t want to work or something, it’s just that I’m leaving my friends and all the memories I have here, […] | Continue reading
I avoid using social networks. It’s just that I don’t like them and I find them irritating. But are they always bad? I don’t think so. I’ve advocated for using ethical social networks such as Fediverse/Mastodon instead of crappy ones like Instagram and Twitter but I have my own r … | Continue reading
I only have good memories from my grandpa. It’s even weird for me that I can’t even recall one bad memory from him. My grandpa died last night. Today was his funeral. It’s a tradition in Muslim countries that a dead person should be buried as soon as possible. Here in Iran it’s a … | Continue reading
One of the reasons I only use free software is that it gives me more security. Of course not all libre programs are secure but software freedom gives you more security as you can study the source code and edit/publish it the way you want. So if there’s a security vulnerability, y … | Continue reading
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot Another example that these chatbots and AI systems should not be trusted for important human stuff. | Continue reading
I just arrived to my old home. Home sweet home. I gave my business to my partner and I’ll start my new job as Project Control Specialist in few days. Everything’s fine. I miss what I’ve built already. For three years, I’ve been working twelve hours a day, on average, to make what … | Continue reading
I just surfed Mastodon’s site to choose an instance to sign up. Chose one that suits me and has open registration and few restrictions, and opened the link to read their terms of use. Then suddenly realized I’m like an alcoholic going back to alcohol. Closed the browser and came … | Continue reading