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life is like a claw machine

life is like a claw machine Today, I was at a shop and I noticed they had a claw machine with cute stuffed animals in the back. So naturally I walked over and looked at it, there were a few different options, I chose $3.20 for 3 plays. I didn't win anything so I came up with the idea for this blog post. Life is comparable to a claw machine, it is basically gambling. I don't know if this will really make sense but it's almost like a pay to win game. "Oh just give me this and you have a chance to get that". my second thought: (kind of similar) Force buying/pressure is also kind of similar to thi

halfway · EN

that summer feeling

Summer started about a month ago I have a mix of emotions, I am happy because it is summer (duh). But I have another feeling, not as much joy, more like sadness. I just looked back at some photos of the first few days of summer and I was so happy because it felt like school would never happen again. But now as it gets later that feeling is fading and I am becoming sad ...

halfway · EN

rav endpoint?

A few days ago I opened my pc to see a little icon in the corner that I have not seen before. When I clicked on it, it opened an app that I had never installed called "Rav Endpoint". At first I thought "what kind of virus did I install", untill I saw the Microsoft logo in the corner. That's when I realized that Microsoft installed their virus protection software without my consent and now is trying to get me to pay for it. This kind of makes me think from a business standpoint, imagine your Microsoft. Auto-installing software with a paywall to a bunch of people must make them a lot of money. I

halfway · EN

stickers

I recently got a case for my Macbook and put some stickers on it. This made me think about the true meaning of stickers to me. They are less about the looks and more about the memories they carry. Idk it's kind of like photos to remember memories. Idk this was a short post Reply via email: halfway.blog@proton.me Thanks!

halfway · EN

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Basics Anki : ✅ Tones : ❌ Immersion : ❌ Miscellaneous Thoughts Super bowl Sunday. Man the patriots got cooked

Mr. FormerAjatter · EN

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Basics Anki : ✅ Tones : ❌ Immersion : ❌ Miscellaneous Thoughts Spoke Chinese for the first time today. I think she understood me? I have no idea what she replied though lol. It was also my first time hearing Chinese in real life since studying and it’s cool how I can catch a few words every once in a while. One step at a time

Mr. FormerAjatter · EN

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Basics Anki : ✅ Tones : ❌ Immersion : ❌ Miscellaneous Thoughts More than 20% done with this Anki done. Nice

Mr. FormerAjatter · EN

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Basics Anki : ✅ Tones : ❌ Immersion : ❌ Miscellaneous Thoughts I actually have no clue what to write about. I'm just doing Anki and I feel like it'll be like that for the foreseeable future. Long live Anki

Mr. FormerAjatter · EN

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Basics Anki : ✅ Tones : ❌ Immersion : ❌ Miscellaneous Thoughts Ramadan came and completely fell off the wagon lol. Time to slowly try and work my way back up again and try and have some consistency by the end of the year. Maybe some Italki lessons or speaking stuff for encouragement? At the end of the day, I'm not trying to get suuuper fluent just some basic competency in the spoken language.

Mr. FormerAjatter · EN

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Basics Anki : ✅ Tones : ❌ Immersion : ❌ Miscellaneous Thoughts Chinese is slowly coming back although the only thing I'm doing right now is reviews. Once reviews hit less than 10 reps a day, I'll start adding new cards back in the mix. 1 There was a point where I was doing just one new card a day to at least make some progress, but I ended up stopping. One new card a day is probably the better idea to keep moment going but couldn't be bothered tbh 🤷 ↩

Mr. FormerAjatter · EN

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Basics Anki : ✅ Tones : ❌ Immersion : ½ Miscellaneous Thoughts Not really sure if this counts as immersion but I heard some Chinese while I was watching youtube so that has to count for something right?

Mr. FormerAjatter · EN

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Basics Anki : ✅ Tones : ❌ Immersion : ½ Miscellaneous Thoughts On a twelve day Anki streak now so that's cool. Also listened to Mamdani's Chinese speech so that's my half immersion for today 1 . Link of Mamdani speaking here . I tried to embed it but no bueno 😠 ↩

Mr. FormerAjatter · EN

A dirty secret exposed: Cosmetics and women’s cancer risk

A study published in Nature Medicine entitled “Biological aging and generational shifts in early-onset cancer risk” examined the health profiles of 154,169 young adults in the UK and found that those born between 1965-1974 were aging significantly faster compared to those born between 1950-1954. It also found that the younger group had a significantly increased risk of […]

Hatchard Report · EN

Gene edited synthetic products are overwhelming daily life

Forty years ago the first varieties of genetically modified crops were planted in open fields in the US. Ever since there has been a sustained popular movement to call for these to be banned or at the very least contained and labelled in shops. Today, battles continue to be fought with legislators and regulators across […]

Hatchard Report · EN

The Health Crisis: Policy changes and increased funding are not enough

Preventive lifestyle choices can avert the growing incidence of disease 2026 has not been a healthy year for Kiwis. An article in the NZ Herald entitled “Christchurch Hospital ED treats 14,582 patients in corridors in one year” highlights the unprecedented levels of illness that are being experienced in hospitals and medical centres around the country. […]

Hatchard Report · EN

Forewarned is Forearmed: If you believe buying conventional supermarket produce will be safe enough, think again.

A peer-reviewed paper published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a top journal from the American Chemical Society, on 23 September 2026 is entitled “Guiding Risk Reduction for Breast Cancer-Relevant Chemicals (BC-Chems): Chemical Production Volumes, Sources, Intake Levels, Emissions, and Regulations“. It found that risky exposures to potential carcinogens are ubiquitous. It looked for exposure to chemicals known […]

Hatchard Report · EN

The Latest Figures Show the Alarming Depth of the NZ Health Crisis

Biotechnology is the likely cause, the mistakes, possible outcomes in 2027 and the steps to protect our health A report published last week by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) is entitled “Aotearoa New Zealand State of Emergency 2026”. It focuses on emergency care utilisation and outcomes in NZ by comparing the year 2015/16 […]

Hatchard Report · EN

The Pretence of Certainty

Last week we published an article “The Latest Figures Show the Alarming Depth of the NZ Health Crisis” in which we reported a massive 33% rise in serious conditions at NZ EDs since the use of Covid mRNA vaccines. The rise in sickness has not plateaued, it is accelerating. This article examines crucial factors that […]

Hatchard Report · EN

The Enemy Within

Four years ago in 2022 a paper appeared in the journal Science Translational Medicine entitled “SARS-CoV-2 S2–targeted vaccination elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies”. It purported to show that Covid vaccine types can be developed that will induce a strong immune response to a broad range of mutated Covid virus types by targeting viral molecular structures that are conserved across […]

Hatchard Report · EN

Prominent mRNA advocate and scientist changes his mind

He will not take any future vaccines using mRNA technology and calls for a ban For seven years founder and CEO of Canadian genetic consulting company Merogenomics, Dr. Mikolaj Raszek, has published in-depth videos reporting scientific research papers related to Covid infection, viral evolution and Covid vaccines. Merogenomics provides specialised education and clinical consulting services […]

Hatchard Report · EN

One GitHub Account Forever. Ditch Your Company Policy.

Your GitHub account is yours, not your company's. Here's how to keep your contribution graph intact across jobs.

George Guimarães. · EN

You're a Dumb Security Leader if You Mandate Password Rotation

NIST, Microsoft, and the FTC all agree: forced password rotation makes you less secure.

George Guimarães. · EN

What I'd Tell My Younger Self About Building Software and Scaling Teams

If I could go back in time, what would I tell myself? Lessons from a career of building software and scaling teams, in four pillars: product, process, engineering, and people.

George Guimarães. · EN

Leidenfold: Leiden Community Detection for Elixir

Leiden community detection for Elixir, powering Arcana's GraphRAG.

George Guimarães. · EN