Used to always have at least one “real” camera with me when going out. For that I needed a bag to have memory cards and extra batteries handy. As the cameras in iPhones had gotten better, I stopped using cameras and finally ditched the bag. And then I stopped taking photos.
Has Siri Shortcuts gotten ever more unreliable now? One Shortcut I run every day just asked me to upgrade Safari in order to open an URL scheme.
I don’t start reading a new book before a proper review of the old one. This makes my already slow reading speed even slower, but if I don’t do this, I won’t even remember what I’ve read at all, and the past efforts will be in vain.
Living without AC + outdoor mask mandate in summertime Taiwan, I’ve got acne all over my face. Coronavirus prevention has some side effects for sure.
2020年初，歐洲疫情爆發之後，就幾乎可以肯定人類未來必須要跟冠狀病毒共存了。所以問題其實一直都是：那我們該花多少心力來應付這種病？
一個極端是放任2%到5%的人類死掉，另一個極端是傾力追求不特定範圍內的「清零」。借用效益主義的話來說，選擇這兩種極端都不是增進人類整體幸福總量的最佳解。
COVID加快了新自由主義的衰弱，一方面讓國家再度掌權，一方面讓邊陲有了喘息的機會。愛國主義與反智行為難免要在各地展演，地球村隨之崩塌，人人都不得不直面自己肉身所處的地方，少一些對異域的幻想。
就現有的解決方案來說，在乎所有權的讀者勢必要成為hacker。
While the weather continues heading to the extreme, there will be more days where the environment becomes utterly unbearable for a person, and s/he’ll have to consume more energy to make it sufferable. Today’s one of those days for me.
Encountered iMovie’s “still referencing media on the camera” error today. No precautions while I was editing. No hint on any fix. No way to reimport media. Not good experience, I guess I can say.
所以根據美國氣象局的Heat Index，體感高於攝氏27度就是熱。台灣公共場所空調設定限制在26度可能也是基於這個判准。 https://www.hpa.gov.tw/577/10742/n
Lesson learned: Always buy fans with parts detachable for cleaning, especially those portable mini desktop ones. Can’t believe how much time and many swabs I wasted to dust mine.
突然感到煩躁時，拿萬年筆抄寫了一輪片假名，略受寬慰。
有一說學新語言如同灌注新的靈魂，聽來浪漫，但有時學新語言僅僅是為了逃離舊靈魂的糾纏。
只要體感溫度不高於攝氏36度，中央氣象局似乎就會認定天氣「舒適」。明白，低於體溫嘛，但為何我還是汗流個不停？
Have we created the language to describe the trauma we’re experiencing in the new age of the internet? Or are we still too shocked and lost in the old tower of translations?
東南風轉為東風之後，面南的房間比盛夏時更難睡了。
閱讀香港國安法實施後的荒唐，遙想台灣一百條修正前的時光。
My energy saving project has been going on for 2 months, and just came the first electric bill since started. Compared to the same period last year, 16% cut on total energy consumption, which resulted in 35% cut on electric bill. This feels good.
許多人認為以色列是疫苗模範生，以至於疫情復燃時開始質疑起疫苗的有效性。
當然可以質疑，不過必須先知道該國的單劑覆蓋率一直沒有突破70%，而且距離大半人口施打第一劑已經超過八個月，疫苗效力或許已有衰退。
DIY空氣清淨機：基本上把濾網綁上去就搞定了。成本這麼低廉的話，我也可以考慮在抽排風機上裝一個濾網。空氣品質監測器似乎也得備一個。
One of the reasons I switched from Safari to Firefox and never go back is uBlock Origin.
https://addons.mozilla.org/blog/ublock-origin-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ad-blocker/
不論是自己煮還是外食，要吃得均衡實在困難。大多數一入口就覺得開心的食物，在營養價值方面都是災難。就算找出營養均衡的組合，以台灣人的料理習慣又都鈉爆。網路上查了一輪所謂的均衡餐，就算食物種類選對了，但考慮到料理方式，看起來就很可疑。
If any of my tweet or FB post looks weird, that’s because they are sent directly from my blog. And I have no idea how to make it look like a native SNS post.
I had created a Quick Action from Automator to compress images through TinyPNG, but it stopped working after upgrading to Big Sur. Decided to quit Automator completely and found this Alfred Workflow as an adequate replacement.
https://www.alfredapp.com/blog/productivity/featured-workflow-compress-images-with-tinypng/
My AC for a while now. Bottle of ice works better in front of the fan because fans don’t actually suck air in from behind. This really works if put it really close and aim directly at you. Doesn’t last very long, so only use it during the hottest of a day.
It’s not that people don’t read anymore. We actually read a lot more than before the Internet. Most of the content we read today, however, are fragmented and unedited and require a reader to do the job of a curator/editor. Most of us have not accquire these abilities and develop anxieties toward fake news or misinformation.
用頭的位置控制macOS游標。
Just found out I can make myself dream at night by making my feet cold. Aiming the electic fan directly at my feet, a dreamful night is guaranteed.
Bonus: I can move my feet more freely in those dreams.
關注室內通風之後，才注意到同座向的房間是會互相「爭風」的。
夏天吹南風，可以在面北的房間開一台電風扇對窗外吹，這樣會產生小小的負壓，導入南面的空氣。如果南面有不止一間房間，那就要鎖定想要降溫的房間開窗，把其他房間的房門或窗戶都關上，效果才會最好。
The Intolerant Machine says no.
https://twitter.com/sirjoancornella/status/1434143088587382793
一旦能辨是非，還能忍受是非同時存在的世界嗎？