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Cake day: February 13th, 2026

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  • On the off-chance that this is true, your family or a psychologist are unlikely to believe you unless you have some solid evidence.

    Why do you believe your neighbours are doing this? Do you have any idea what might be motivating them or whoever is making them do it?

    If you do decide to see a psychologist, there’s a good chance they’ll focus more on finding ways to help you function despite your situation/beliefs, rather than establishing whether or not your claims are true. Might be worth going to an intake session and seeing what they have to offer.

    Even if you’re imagining this, it never hurts to lock down your devices a bit. You could consider installing Linux or Qubes OS on your PC and a custom rom like GrapheneOS on your phone.



  • I don’t disagree and I definitely trust a Finnish company founded by former Nokia engineers a lot more than Google or Apple. But I think there is a lot of overlap between both the “buy European” movement and Fediverse users and those who prefer open solutions wherever possible. A lot of those people would prefer a solution where the userland and/or kernel and/or SDK is completely open source. They will have to weigh their options based on the fact that while SailfishOS is more open than Android or iOS, it is not fully open source.

    By the way, it is also worth noting that unlike Google, so far Jolla has been moving in the direction of open sourcing more components of their OS. No one can predict the future, though, and some people would prefer to avoid any possible future vendor lock-in.





  • I’d suggest getting Linux Mint or another distro with a large user base like Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse or Debian. That way if you do run into problems, there’ll be a lot of people online that can help you.

    The main advantage of gaming-focused distros like Bazzite is that Nvidia’s proprietary drivers and Steam come pre-installed. However, if you’re a gamer and a streamer, you’re probably used to a little tinkering, so you should be able to install both of those by hand. (Both can be done through a GUI.) You might also get marginally better performance from these, but IMO this won’t be noticeable enough to be worth the trouble.

    If you do choose to go with Mint, I recommend installing the Nvidia drivers through the “Driver Manager” and a newer kernel through the “Update Manager”.


  • I really couldn’t care less about the whole gay aspect.

    However, in my personal head-canon Jay-Den’s sensitivity and fear of public speaking doesn’t quite line up with how I imagine the mind and emotions of a full-blood Klingon would work. I feel like every Klingon would have the instincts and emotions of a predator/hunter and I haven’t quite seen that in Jay-Den. To me the character would make more sense if he was only part Klingon, like Alexander.

    Then again, who’s to say to what extent stereotypical Klingon behaviour is defined culturally as opposed to genetically? I do think it’s interesting and refreshing to see a Klingon acting contrary to cultural norms and I do like the character. The only other Klingon character I can recall who wasn’t a full-blown warrior is that one scientist in TNG.



  • Right now I can access my Rabobank account and all its settings through their website. To log in I insert my debit card into a little device called a “Rabo Reader”, enter my pin and scan a “color code” (QR code, but with coloured dots) on the website. The Rabo Reader then generates and displays a one-time code I can use to log in.

    IIRC ING texts the one-time code to your phone.

    When doing an iDeal payment, you are usually redirected to a page with a QR code you can scan with your banking app. However, there is also an option on the page to select your bank and authorize the payment through your bank’s website. I wouldn’t be surprised if the latter option is phased out when iDeal merges with/turns into Wero, though.

    For the foreseeable future all in-store payments using debit cards are going through Mastercard or Visa, both American companies.