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Lately, whenever we have a free moment, we instinctively reach for our smartphones—mostly to consume content created by others. The operating system we use, the website design we interact with, and, of course, the content itself—all of it is pre-packaged and presented to us. In essence, we have little choice over our digital environment; it is handed to us on a platter. Free Content Perhaps, when we don’t have to pay for content, we become less selective about what we consume. When choosing the design and functionality of a kitchen for a new home, we tend to be much more meticulous—because, ultimately, we are spending what we trade our time for (money). ...

Homelabbing can be addicting. Once your managed to self host one thing - it might really hard to stop finding more and more things to self host. Self hosting often starts with hosting out own DNS server, which would help us blocking ads. Prerequisites We know what is Adguard Home We know what is Unbound We have public IP address (if we’ll use our DNS server with devices outside home) We know how to use docker In short - what are we using those tools? Adguard home Adguard home is better than pihole in one single thing - native support for DOT, DOH. With DNS over HTTPS (DOH) - You can configure your laptop browser to always use you own DNS server. With DNS over TLS (DOT) - You can configure your Android smartphone to use your own DNS server. Why Android does not let You use DOH - mystery. ...

No matter how far our wonderful progress has gone - some things remain the same. No matter how smart and digital the world around us becomes, we still have sensory senses and brains. The brain writes tactilely There has been a lot of research on how the brain memorizes information better, specifically - what method of writing works better for memorization. Of course - the handwriting method has proven to be more effective. A tactile connection to the fruit of creation - helps us feel that we are real. ...

People love to talk online about how to make good money—enough to buy a yacht and sail across foreign seas. But very little attention is given to how to actually spend that money (or how not to do it). How do you plan your expenses so that the hard-earned cash you strive to make is enough? The society we live in is highly consumer-driven. The entire economy is built not on selling better quality products and services but on selling more stuff. If you start earning more, your expenses will increase too. There are American families making $20,000 a month yet drowning in debt. If you don’t know how to manage money when you’re poor, you’ll stay poor even if you become rich. ...

We all want too wrap up our day with as least unanswered emails as possible right? Sometimes we even do “zero inbox” method and then we can sleep well. But what would happen if we get an answer from the same person, who wants to wrap up the day with empty inbox? Then we play the game - “who gives up first”. It’s even worse if we have email notifications on, because then at some point we’d need to deliberately postpone email for tomorrow. Solution might be - schedule email send for tomorrow at 8:00. Let’s drill down in more details. ...