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Gothenburg!

AKA Göteborg!

I've been there now! To the city of... well I really don't know much about what this city is about. I haven't read up on its history at all, but I know it's a seaside city, of historical stature, with a big port and stone buildings, that I roamed around for a day yesterday.

It seemed to be a nice place.

Most restaurants had a lunch alternative with fish fresh off the market too, which Stockholm does not! I tried Bror & Bord (Brother & Table - though in meaning it's more like 'good friend and place to sit'), and would recommend it warmly. Affordable yet great food, generous servings, fresh salad, bread, butter and coffee. Chocolate too. And the cleanest bathrooms I've maybe ever seen in a restaurant! Plus hospitable staff.

One thing you commonly hear here about Gothenburg is how kind and courteous the people there are - to the point they've had issues with crime and violence, since they've welcomed in basically anyone, and it's true!

The welcoming part, I mean.

You might run into some pretty tough-looking guys on the streets, and so many redheads I'm wondering if this particular port is where most of our Viking descendants assimilated, yet if you happen to interact with them you get all but the cold and callous call-outs you'd expect. They're nice. Don't judge manners by the banners, as they say.

Though I assume I also fortunately didn't run into the wrong people.

I get the impression Stockholm's still way worse, but what do I know after but a day here. People did seem to be staring at their cellphones unusually much though, walking around without looking up at all, that surprised... considering how social they seem to be otherwise even with strangers.

The sidewalks were different too. Almost all were in cobblestone, with lines of larger, smoother rock in the middle. Oldskool, yet with a flare for the ergonomic, modern and more easily walkable.

I bought home some locally brewed Två Feta Grisar (Two Fat Pigs) beer as a souvenir (for my parents - I'm not a fan of bitter brews), made good use of the free WiFi on the VR trains - first time traveling with them too, and had a good five and a half hours to eat and explore the city.

Here's a glimpse:

For Your Amusement

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Cult Of The Snowman

Doopiidoo y'all!

Some say this AI thing's a threat but... ain't it a blessing really?

I think I'm getting a bit addicted to these.

The Devil's Receipt

666,35

Went shopping today... well hey!

Longevity Protocol 2025

Not mine! Bryn Johnson's.

This is the guy I hope to post more about, and pick up some advice and inspiration from this year.

I'm not implementing all of this into my own protocol for a better life - longevity irrelevant. Thus far I've been doing only the regular computer breaks. Light exercise throughout the day.

I've been trying to move around more for roughly a week now, and though the time between breaks so far does vary greatly - I don't want to set a timer as that quickly just becomes a source of annoyance, and detracts from the fun and benefit of the routine - I do feel better.

A few dumbbell lifts, a few squats, a run down and back up the stairs, the plank for half a minute or so... those are the types of break activities I'm currently varying. And looking out the windows a bit before I sit down again, as to exercise my eyes while I'm at it; hopefully reduce myopic progression. The 20-20-20 regime I ought be following (twenty second breaks every twenty minutes for... I'm not sure what that last twenty stood for anymore) seems just impossible to uphold, but coupled with regular exercise breaks? It's not! It's so much easier.

Unlike eye exercises you actually feel a direct benefit from actual physical exercise, and that's motivating, so they're easy to combine. And more regular physical exercise = more discipline! So far so good.

I mean I've actually been writing my diary on a daily basis so far. Brushing my teeth. Doing eye exercises in the mirror while I do. Taking long walks with regularity; sometimes multiple in a day. All the little things.

Discipline overall feels strong.

I'm still not sleeping enough at all, but movement seems to keep the sense of hopelessness in resolving said sleep issues at bay too.

If I only get 5-6 hours in a night I can get by on a few powernaps during the day instead. Optimism's the big resource. Keep it up; keep going; minor inconveniences shall sort themselves out.

I do need to start working a bit with my diet too, and morning care's important... more protocol implementations TBC!

cohost! Shutting Down

...well dang!

These guys were revolutionizing social media.

You won't see any signs of closure if you visit the site, but if you try to sign-up... well it's just not possible anymore.

I never got active with my accounts there, I'd registered a couple - empty account exports downloaded fine at the end of the line, but I did partake in other people's content a bit. The community was active, and the articles I stumbled upon there were captivating. Lots of engineers there.

I think I ran into this place for the first time via a Tom Scott newsletter. Uncertain.

Now, however, the site is done.

It doesn't seem like it'll go down, though.

As per the final notice in their timeline: January 1, 2025: we will set cohost.org to redirect to the wayback machine1 to prevent link rot. this is something we will be paying for out of pocket since ASSC will no longer be an operating concern, but it’s max $100 per year total so it’s fine.

So far it's not redirecting: The official site is actually still there.

Maybe the redirection implies something different than I think it does, maybe it's possible to actually use the Wayback archive whilst still retaining the usual website DNS, and so not have it appear as if resources are being redirected at all?

Either that or they're behind schedule.

I don't mind. It's nice if the site lives a little longer still.

The only thing that bugged me a bit with cohost! was people's tendency to not adhere to proper sentence structure, and keep sentences lowercase and without punctuation. All too often. Even in the very title of the site! It's a quirk I'll mourn though in its afterlife.

RIP cohost!

^ I don't mean to add exclamation to that, and make it seem more intense or joyous than it needs to be - the friggin' exclamation mark's just already in the friggin' title! But seriously, regardless of format, you will be missed.

The lowercase trend certainly might've been time-relevant, but maybe the concept of co-hosting was ahead of its time. It was fun while it lasted.

Thank you for the service y'all.

UPD: As of 13/1/2025 it actually does redirect! It's on the Wayback now.

On Water

On Water

Water molecules ain't the way they once were anymore...

This might not make much sense without a translation but... WTH! Google if you wish to pursue more info dude. It's a blurb about how water molecules have changed since the age of the dinosaurs.

The screenshot above's taken from a random Swedish company website that deals with water, and the circulation or filtration of ditto.

Pretty cool way to showcase their expertise.

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