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My Telegram posts on 2020’s weeks 30 & 31

Telegram is socialist. What’s worse, it filed suit against Apple for “antitrust” violations. I can’t stand this anymore, so I will stop posting to my Telegram channel. This is its last archive.

Week 28

Tuesday, July 21

The International Space Station passed by:

Sunday, July 26

Telegram now shows a preview of the actual image sent rather than a useless emoji. This is what good design is all about.

Monday, July 27

Good suggestion:

Tuesday, July 28

No it’s not:

ijo nasa

“ijo nasa” means “strange phenomenon” in Toki Pona. Enjoy:

Fractal mind-mapping

Fractal mind-mapping is the best: it lets me find ideas that I wouldn’t have gotten to otherwise.

Randomness in games

Games with an element of randomness are more fun to play than those without: the player who made a bad strategic mistake gets a chance to escape the spiral of loss.

My Telegram posts on 2020’s week 28

Week 26 ←→ Weeks 30 & 31

Tuesday, July 7

When reading boustrophedon, eyes don’t have to jump from one side to the other after each line.

Thursday, July 9

2020: the year when the word “positive” gained a negative connotation.

Sunday, July 12

A speed bump for motorcycles in Sanremo, Italy:

John Stossel on good causes and cults:

Some people are offended by the hilarious term “kung flu”. John Stossel:

Genuine beliefs define reality

If North Koreans genuinely believe that their life is okay, their life is okay.

If Saudi women genuinely believe that they have enough rights, they have enough rights.

Bus route naming

Bus routes should be named logically, so they can be easily memorised.

This is done well in Bologna. The bus to the airport is BLQ, the IATA code for the airport. The one to Fico food mall is F.

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