Bitcoin's first production sidechain goes live: https://blockstream.com/2015/10/12/introducing-liquid/

Totally didn't see Clockwork Orange scenes coming in an Astérix movie. Well played.

Germany's health system is so excellent, that even in its largest city, you can't find a doctor who will talk to you on a Friday after 1pm.

"We are currently witnessing the gentrification of hacker culture." http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/how-yuppies-hacked-the-original-hacker-ethos/

"A hack stripped of anti-conventional intent is not a hack at all. It’s just a piece of business innovation." http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/how-yuppies-hacked-the-original-hacker-ethos/

Scott Adams: "I assume that most of my views are wrong, because they're different than they used to be." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwWJ6rMOtQw

What's you're favorite JS charting lib of the day?

Finally solved all of our calendar and contacts sync/sharing woes by setting up Baikal on the Synology DiskStation. http://baikal-server.com

... That's a 3-month notice. No excuses this time. ;)

In case you missed it last night, Hacker Beach 2016 is on! https://twitter.com/hackerbeach/status/648943820009263104

Wow, since when does Spotify support remote-controlling other devices logged in with the same account?

Headline of the day: "Mike Tyson: I'm Grateful to be Part of the Bitcoin Revolution". http://www.coindesk.com/mike-tyson-im-grateful-to-be-part-of-the-bitcoin-revolution

Carl Sagan's "Baloney Detection Kit" is pretty solid advice: https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/

And here we go again: https://www.youbetrayedus.org/

My sis and I, hanging out in a park in Cologne, 80s edition: https://storage.5apps.com/basti/public/shares/150922-0907-park.jpg

If you're looking for a better standalone Telegram desktop client, check out Cutegram: http://aseman.co/en/products/cutegram/

... supports secret chats as well, which the official Telegram QT desktop client does not.

There's a libpurple (Pidgin, Adium, etc.) plugin for Telegram, and it works great! https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple

Google is currently matching your donations to non-profits helping with the refugee crisis: https://onetoday.google.com/page/refugeerelief