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Cake day: July 11th, 2023

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  • I was using Protonmail, and their other services, and was a paying customer for over a year. But I stopped because of their poor Linux support, and not being able to receive email notifications on my de-googled phone. I made a shift to mailbox.org and am liking it. Yes, I have to manage my own PGP keys, but the experience is much better, in my opinion. Their storage even supports WebDAV. I can encrypt the whole inbox and the files stored in their drive with my own key.

    But I miss their VPN service, which was good, but still, poor Linux support is what I hated the most.












  • A lot of times, I re-watch films. It helps with starting a film from a specific point, or skipping a boring scene.

    Another reason is that I often show my friends and family some cool stuuf from between the films, like recently, I showed a cousin Neo vs Smiths scene from Matrix Reloaded, and I didn't have to hunt for it.

    Chapters make a lot of finding stuff easy.

    Another use case can be, someone recorded a video of a family function and added scenes in post production for easy seeking.



  • Chandigarh, Panchkula or Mohali. Chandigarh might be slightly expensive, when compared to Panchkula or Mohali, but cheap when compared to Mumbai or Pune.

    People are good, and you can make friends if you try. The three cities are very close to each other, lots of places to hang out. You can visit Shivalik Hills (Himachal) for a short trip with friends and return in a day.


  • Something similar happened to me a few years ago. I just got on a bus, even before letting me find a seat and settling down, an intersex individual came to me and said, "50 rupay de (Give me 50 rupees)." I, too, was a student at that time and had little to no money. I had to reluctantly give them a 50 rupee note, because I wasn't mentally ready to face the consequences of refusing them.

    I agree with you that everyone should get proper education, and hopefully in a few years people won't have to deal with such things.

    Also, eunuch and hermaphrodite may be considered as offensive terms by many. Intersex is a much more accurate word for them.



  • The most important reason for sure is that honey kills bees and its unlikely as a consumer you will ever be assured the bees dont suffer but also bees dont make honey to be taken and cant consent to such a relationship. The idea that humans can treat animals as a resource and still act in their best interest is a comforting rationalisation to objectify animals into machines to produce for us. After all, the first honey farm would have been small scale but fundamentally treating animals like machines will always lead to their being increasingly exploited to maximise output.

    Also, please watch this video about backyard eggs:

    https://yewtu.be/watch?v=7YFz99OT18k

    or

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=7YFz99OT18k