Adnan

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adnan@nos.social

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2025-03-05 08:40:09 UTC

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You are correct that a browser without an ad blocker is out of the question. Therefore, the browser vendor should be responsible for filtering out this traffic. I am picking browsers with built-in ad and tracker blocking. I switch between Vivaldi (I trust the company 👍👍), Orion (I use their search engine 👍), and DuckDuckGo Browser.
Anyhow, my advice is that browser should have the ad blocker deeply embedded into it.

2025-02-28 11:28:08 UTC

I am surprised that Apple doesn't have physical stores in Greece.

2025-02-28 09:36:05 UTC

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Good backgrounder
https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.the-agora.14971

2025-02-28 09:25:04 UTC

There were huge protests in Syntagma Square today (28 February 2025). Locals say they haven't had such crowds since 2008. https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/4e473283aebb13a402ee3574d979da878d08ab6b7723999353f7b164ad4bd2f4.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/eba4e5c18f990f8bfe8cd67e7283bf5257ff7afc06bc4689bf0d3ad8db3e53f6.webp

2025-02-24 19:11:32 UTC

I don't want to use WhatsApp as much as the next guy here, but it remains the most reliable way to share photos with family.
Apple Messages can't. Nobody is on Signal.

2025-02-22 05:01:21 UTC

AI as an assistant can be a wonderful thing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz6e9edy3o

2025-02-20 06:50:49 UTC

This is great, but smart people do not trust Google to maintain any service.
https://www.theverge.com/news/615970/google-tasks

2025-02-20 06:38:12 UTC

@npub14p3…nygs How can I make the app not refresh the timeline automatically? It refreshes as I am browsing the timeline or immediately after I reply to something.

2025-02-20 06:37:54 UTC

@npub14p3…nygs How can I make the app not refresh the timeline automatically? It refreshes as I am browsing the timeline or immediately after I reply to something.

2025-02-19 12:04:07 UTC

It's time to unsubscribe from Big Tech / Big Media services and replace them with ethical companies. You must make your choices deliberately.

2025-02-17 13:58:41 UTC

I am amused that the bill in Dutch is called “de rekening”.
Sounds ominous! 😁

2025-02-14 13:31:27 UTC

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Isnt Nos an app from New Zealand?

2025-02-14 05:01:51 UTC

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It is interesting how close Swedish is to Dutch. I could almost fully understand it.

2025-02-13 19:11:20 UTC

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6448078074
It will take some time to get fully back into RSS, but I love the efficiency. I am actually very happy that I can keep track of my YouTube channels without wading through YouTube’s recommendations on their home screen.

2025-02-13 05:56:58 UTC

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The enthusiasm surrounding DeepSeek stemmed from its cost-effectiveness. Even when it comes to inference, it offers a significant reduction in expenses while still delivering comparable quality output.

2025-02-09 18:16:22 UTC

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All of them? If so, it will be news!

2025-02-06 11:49:03 UTC

Keeping domains is an expensive hobby. You should at least make sure they aren't all renewing in the same month! 😭💸

2025-01-29 22:22:22 UTC

gung hei faat choi to everyone celebrating 🧧

2025-01-22 19:34:05 UTC

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Is this a real account by Trump’s own team, or an automated reposting bot account by a fan?

2025-01-22 18:18:32 UTC

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I think Nos’s friends of friends feature is necessary to restore social to social media. “Friends of friends” is the set of people you can expect to run into at a dinner party. Nos’s feature mimics community

2025-01-21 17:21:06 UTC

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My friend in Louisiana is certain they are going to lose power. It never snows there.

2025-01-20 20:47:28 UTC

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TikTok has been certainly co-opted.

2025-01-20 20:46:49 UTC

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Why not just email yourself? I email ${YOURHANDLE}+notes@gmail.com. I have occasionally used other apps over the years. Needless to say the only notes that are still preserved are those that were in my email.

2025-01-16 06:12:28 UTC

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That is a more humane temperature! I like the cold; as long as it is cold, it means no colder than 0. However -20C is awful. I remember I stepped out in -20C once (not enough warm clothes), and it felt like someone had punched me in the gut.

2025-01-14 16:34:49 UTC

People from the tropics should not live in Chicago. I feel sorry for my family living there.
https://image.nostr.build/ed86f28f6933ab3848928922787830d77969aaa17a0dbadf23a828505838cf43.jpg

2025-01-13 14:14:17 UTC

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The free market price for insurance would be quite high, wouldn't it? But at least people would be able to decide whether it is worth living in these fire-prone areas.

2025-01-11 09:49:51 UTC

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I can’t believe that insurance companies have checked out of this tragedy. They should be held accountable

2024-12-26 03:11:16 UTC

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Does it affect performance?

2024-12-26 03:09:35 UTC

Hoping for a better 2025 for everyone. Everyone in the world deserves to live with dignity and in health.

2024-11-15 05:11:11 UTC

I am planning to post to fediverse via Nostr or BlueSky once the hosting is simpler.
Fediverse hosting is very expensive at the moment for a single user.
#note13tz…3u67

2024-11-07 22:31:58 UTC

Threads, with its aversion to news, will become the place to hang out to avoid all Trump and Musk news for the next four years.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/threads-was-next-to-useless-on-election-night-but-thats-kind-of-the-point/

2024-11-07 08:35:17 UTC

If Arc is going away, do I have to look for a new browser?
Would it be Orion? Currently, it is too buggy and unpolished for use. Do you use it? What is your experience with it?
https://kagi.com/orion/

2024-11-06 17:14:10 UTC

Arc Search is dying, isn’t it? I never used to get this error but it frequently refuses to “Browse For Me” https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/85ca5c6015d9f5e7661a1cfaaa93aedf71a53ef247fc9a65820732c39c0c1bdd.webp

2024-11-06 08:44:50 UTC

Are NS trains going from Netherlands to London now? Is this the end of the EuroStar monopoly?
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZIJWk5NaV/

2024-11-05 03:45:55 UTC

Vacation over. Back to the grind.

2024-11-04 12:12:23 UTC

Why do people who want to socialise on Threads and X complain about it? Don’t they understand that they can’t change these platforms? They have to accept the offerings as they are.

2024-11-03 06:57:54 UTC

Threads and X are clearly Democrat and Republican, respectively. Other viewpoints are not represented at all.
Twitter has not been replaced by either. Twitter is lost.

2024-11-01 13:38:47 UTC

I have started to get annoyed that people wouldn't even switch away to safer, open, free options when they are as good as the one that makes a mega corp / ultra rich have even greater control over your life
#WhatsApp #Signal

2024-10-31 12:45:56 UTC

The Pantheon 🏛️ was immensely un-photographable.

2024-10-28 12:12:08 UTC

Indians are living less thanks to air pollution. I hope the political parties with a vote base in these dark regions will be moved to keep their votes alive.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/930a21db070db1e6dc6d185c2bc4c8a9f37da93ec5dd088a47ede844fb0feb28.webp

2024-10-28 07:47:55 UTC

I have been recommending apps and services to my significant other for years. The only one she has stuck with and loves is Arc Search app on her phone.
https://arc.net/search

2024-10-27 16:19:06 UTC

Dull Sunday. Still tired at the end of it.

2024-10-25 06:09:26 UTC

I like keeping my wardrobe simple, only owning what I need. However, when I need something new, I sometimes rely on rush shipping, which isn't always an option. This can make finding the perfect choice a bit tricky!

2024-10-24 05:36:21 UTC

This is a really good episode on hearing loss and what you can do about it. We can see how Apple can make people focus on a particular topic when they do so themselves.
https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/the-wirecutter-show/id1762217793?i=1000674126728

2024-10-23 18:18:00 UTC

Instagram is trying to sell me watches. Cheap watches. 😁

2024-10-23 08:06:24 UTC

Ate a piece of random cake on the table. It was banana bread. Yuck.

2024-10-20 10:53:32 UTC

Look at how small the road is that the pedestrians need to cross. Cars really shouldn’t get more than one lane. https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/407db237cdf27b663037d78f29328e911e2547f80330ce0adc4ddd65dd78bc18.webp

2024-10-19 08:40:03 UTC

I was listening to Parth MN’s feature story https://restofworld.org/2024/whatsapp-intimidation-forced-conversion-targets-christians-india/ and was reminded that WhatsApp came to India in 2010. Really? Is that recent? What were we doing before 2010?!

2024-10-18 23:34:38 UTC

What happened to India RBI CBDC project ?

2024-10-18 20:31:48 UTC

They gave away my beer cooler. ☹️

2024-10-18 11:36:31 UTC

ATP hosts are putting storage media into a tier list but disagree with each other.
A proposed solution: assign a 100-point budget to each host, allowing them to allocate points based on their preferences.
https://atp.fm/atp-tier-list-storage-media

2024-10-18 04:29:32 UTC

It might be too late for Google already. Search has been languishing for at least a couple of years now. Those in the know have been recommending alternatives for at least as long.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/17/24272786/google-search-prabhakar-raghavan-nick-fox

2024-10-17 18:35:27 UTC

Chrome has banned UBO and Twitter has banned Block function. A number of people will be looking for alternatives.

2024-10-11 08:00:39 UTC

India left friendless in its own neighborhood.
https://archive.is/2024.10.07-020956/https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Comment/Misguided-foreign-policy-has-left-India-friendless-in-South-Asia

2024-10-11 07:40:21 UTC

Dreaded dentist appointment was mostly painless. Yay.

2024-10-10 19:44:12 UTC

I bet Meta is now using their LLM for moderation now.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266096/instagram-threads-moderation-account-post-deleted-limited

2024-10-09 19:55:51 UTC

I soured on Ratan Tata after he ousted Mistry out of the company.

2024-10-08 12:16:11 UTC

The Haryana election results were a surprise. Looking forward to the post election analysis now. Fun. 🙃

2024-10-07 08:28:31 UTC

Bluetooth headphones for phone calls or meetings suck. Suggestions? Apple wired earphones don’t stay in my ears. ☹️

2024-10-06 14:23:54 UTC

I wonder what the FFI jury that called Indian women “strange mix of submission and dominance” would think about this. 😉
https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/keerthana-kunnath-photography-not-what-you-saw

2024-10-04 12:33:54 UTC

Kagi swag has arrived. Very yellow. 💛⭐️ https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/21175c147f116a8eba627b0eaac9a73ef5913e6754c3786fb4a6f69928a394bc.webp

2024-10-03 18:02:03 UTC

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He deserves a quiet life.

2024-10-03 17:41:24 UTC

Kid is away at camp. This is as much a learning experience for me as it is for him.

2024-10-02 17:56:23 UTC

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He is quite the legend. Happy for him.

2024-10-02 09:22:40 UTC

An app that I had hoped would jump from visionOS to the rest of iOS has instead shutdown. Because YouTube complained about it.
https://christianselig.com/2024/10/juno-removed/

2024-09-30 12:03:13 UTC

I think I finally recognize Canadian accent. 🚈

2024-09-30 08:13:16 UTC

Did The Wire investigate how they botched up the 2022 Meta story? Did they make the outcomes public?
https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/17/23407790/facebook-india-meta-the-wire-instagram-controversy

2024-09-30 08:03:25 UTC

I can smell Vicks Vaporub on the train in Netherlands. Without looking up, I am going to guess it is an Indian reacting badly to the weather change here.

2024-09-29 17:29:08 UTC

Kid lost his pricey rain jacket in the park. Lesson for me is that you shouldn’t get kids expensive things that they can lose.

2024-09-29 16:42:36 UTC

I am thinking that instead of worrying about passwords on so many websites. I will start deleting my accounts.

2024-09-27 04:34:34 UTC

In WPE/Automattic dispute, my instinct is to be on Matt’s side.

2024-09-26 22:19:06 UTC

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Real people pretending to be ReplyGuy bots? 😳

2024-09-26 19:15:55 UTC

Which one would you pay for Orion the web browser from Kagi or Orion the augmented reality glasses from Meta?

2024-09-26 19:15:22 UTC

Which one would you pay for Orion the web browser from Kagi or Orion the augmented reality glasses from Meta?

2024-09-26 19:08:46 UTC

Honda continues to make the handsomest cars.
PS - I don’t like cars anymore in a past life Honda was 💛 https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/b55a01151649a6992c9c87c88a62bc2214f84d2eb04c634bbe1b581198571796.webp

2024-09-26 14:43:33 UTC

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This is amazing. My iPhone needs more than 8GB of RAM for sure. Why so stingy Apple?!

2024-09-25 06:55:46 UTC

They are up to v350 and nobody can tell what they have actually built. I hate such release notes. https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/bbea14413609e3fc4349ef1a6c0d3ce9e49037466191a42eee12e9499d91bd3e.webp

2024-09-25 04:35:37 UTC

Go fund and support the Internet Archive. Google Cache is dead.
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-cache-dead-38112.html

2024-09-24 08:36:09 UTC

Great news for people who are regularly blocked. Incidentally that is also the bulk of the blue tick crowd on X now.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252438/x-blocked-users-view-public-posts

2024-09-18 06:21:11 UTC

I can’t believe international train is free for children around here. Lucky me.

2024-09-16 12:25:54 UTC

Apple didn’t talk about JPEG-XL after all. It seems like it might be a Pro only feature. Very surprising. But I should wait for iOS 18 to arrive on my iPhone. #note1w3h…ru87

2024-09-16 07:43:06 UTC

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Maybe they didn’t yet but I see this hashtag being used on both Mastodon and BlueSky. They are coming away from a closed service and whatever protocol network they adopt, openness & federation will be new to them.

2024-09-16 07:07:42 UTC

#HeyCohost people. Welcome to the social web.

2024-09-15 19:27:49 UTC

Did Kejriwal resign? #India

2024-09-10 15:39:14 UTC

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Chrome is only for school homework. Google Chromebooks is what kids use at school. Otherwise I wouldn’t even keep it on my Mac.

2024-09-08 11:20:31 UTC

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It is hot all over the planet. We were +10C most of last week here in Netherlands.

2024-09-07 09:10:20 UTC

Started watching season 4 of SLOW HORSES. Lamb remains delightful.

2024-09-07 08:30:41 UTC

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I attribute BlueSky’s success to -
1. Reliable quote tweets
2. Most excellent mobile and web apps that looked so much good old Twitter
3. Engaged leadership team that took responsibility for the features and service.
2. Most excellent mobile and web apps that looked so much good old Twitter

2024-09-07 06:29:01 UTC

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It did. But did you delete your post later? I could see the notification in OpenVibe but not the note when I clicked through.
I am replying from nos dot social.

2024-09-06 15:25:06 UTC

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This didn’t qualify for my notifications although I can see the post here.

2024-09-06 15:24:27 UTC

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Only this showed up in my notifications on both nos dot social and OpenVibe.

2024-09-05 13:42:19 UTC

Is an Indian court about to ban Wikipedia in India? Unlikely but it could happen!
https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/if-you-dont-like-india-dont-work-here-delhi-high-court-to-wikipedia-on-anis-contempt-plea-over-defamation-dispute-268668

2024-09-05 11:14:00 UTC

I want to post JPEG-XL already. 🧃

2024-09-05 11:13:15 UTC

We should show them what is “willful digital piracy on an industrial scale.”
https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/4892530d11f673845dea716f77a5874ff3cb687093b67674d4c21c8af3f6fccb.webp

2024-09-05 07:33:31 UTC

Getting late for 🥯 at work. 😭

2024-09-05 07:11:30 UTC

Kagi launches the Assistant. This video is the introduction 🙄
https://youtu.be/0cMcOtVQUkE?si=YZhDy-rfYzae2WvG

2024-09-04 07:39:35 UTC

Is anyone else annoyed that Zoom recordings passwords can not be selecting by simply double clicking on it? It is not a \w word
https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/0d07e09c61782ddeeedf72e46efac638344c87b538ad5a12225091de96b29d2b.webp

2024-09-04 01:37:03 UTC

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There are hardly any trees in Amsterdam! 😄

2024-09-03 19:20:07 UTC

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I saw this in Luxembourg right outside the central station and couldn’t believe my eyes. Of course it was stinking too.

2024-09-03 09:36:14 UTC

I am more green than blue person. https://nostrcheck.me/media/22d0f9babb69a3042f3b830c037ac4d81bfbb3b96ad490bc912c8fdc35fe7d6f/afa954edbb4e86ad4e57dc207b93b3ea804d421d0a39cc16c5bf210247dc51e1.webp