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Recently read Why Japan’s Rail Workers Can’t Stop Pointing at Things - Atlas Obscura

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Links Flipper Zero. I am afraid I might need this some time in the future. For reasons, obviously. A Game Boy Apple TV Remote

Brushing up on some Systems thinking: Senge - The Fifth Discipline & Fieldbook Meadows - Thinking in Systems Some personal development stuff: 7 Habits of highly effective people And something potentially depressing because a pandemic is not enough: Gates - How to avoid a climate disaster At least that what has been added to the constantly growing pile of shame. Although my determination to actually get to reading them is steadyily growing.

Taking a good hard look into where all my time went in 2020.

The PS4 I recently bought is about as quiet as a jet engine after a while. So I repaired it. And by “repair” I mean I opened it, cleaned it (tbh I expected way more dust inside, things weren’t that bad), put on new thermal paste (the guy/girl in the Foxconn plant putting on the original one clearly must have been blind), and put it back together. Behold: No leftover screws.

A bit late to the party, but recently I bought a used PS4 for around 130€. I did not pay much attention but it seems to be an original release, i.e. non-slim, non-pro version. Which probably explains why it sounds not dissimilar to a jet engine. Also, the left trigger is broken, which seems to be a common issue. However, the price was unbeatable and the trigger seems to be fixable for around 2€ in spare parts.

An article about the colorful world of Shenzhen