Stuff About People & Life

First off, there was this article called "30 minutes with a stranger". It's all about how lonely people are and this idea of just getting strangers to talk for half an hour. Sounds cool, right? But get this, the comments section actually turned into a bit of a flamewar! People were really debating how you'd even fix loneliness in big cities, and one guy even said it's worse if you're super rich, which is a wild take.

Then there was another thought-provoking one: "Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself". It's basically saying if you keep thinking about something, your brain just starts repeating those thoughts. People in the comments were like, "Yeah, that's my anxiety right there!" But one cool tip was about working out – just tell yourself you'll quit 5 minutes after warming up, and usually, you keep going. Smart trick, right?

And speaking of human stuff, there was a hilarious one from the UK: "Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, UK tribunal rules". Apparently, some guy called his boss a dickhead, got fired, and then won his case! The comments were cracking me up, with people from places like Serbia and Australia saying "dickhead" is barely even an insult where they're from. Context matters, I guess!

Big Tech News

Okay, now for some tech bombs. Guess what? Stripe just launched its own blockchain called Tempo! Yeah, Stripe, the payment giant. This caused a HUGE debate in the comments. People were arguing back and forth, some saying old-school bank mainframes are still way faster than Ethereum, others talking about how crypto helps avoid government control. It was a proper fight, man.

And here's another big one: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company, you know, the folks who make the Arc browser. Everyone in the comments is already worried about "Jira-fication," which is what people call it when Atlassian buys a cool product and makes it super complicated and bloated, like Jira. Some people were just mad they couldn't even try Arc because of its old waiting list. Classic Atlassian, making waves.

Cool Tech & Internet Stuff

On a more positive note, there was a story about how WiFi signals can measure heart rate. How wild is that? Researchers figured out how to use regular WiFi to detect your pulse. Super cool, could have some interesting uses down the line.

And finally, a little shout-out to an old friend: "Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks". It was an article basically saying Wikipedia is still standing strong. One comment that made me laugh was about a teacher telling her daughter Wikipedia is unreliable because "volunteers make it up," and then suggesting "other sites on the internet that can't just be edited by anyone." Like, seriously? Anyway, it's good to see Wikipedia still doing its thing.