Flemming Funch
@ming.bsky.social
Freedom, Beauty, Complexity, Collective Intelligence, Infinite Games, Utopias, Left Hand Path, Non-Duality, Kindness
Just managed to rescue my wife's crypto at the last moment from the Portis wallet I had set up for her a couple of years ago. Portis is shutting down, but there's no mention of it on their site, no email, no nothing. I did not get this message, but only found it by chance on the net.
May 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just managed to rescue my wife's crypto at the last moment from the Portis wallet I had set up for her a couple of years ago. Portis is shutting down, but there's no mention of it on their site, no email, no nothing. I did not get this message, but only found it by chance on the net.
I went by and climbed the fence for a walk in my future garden. Another week at the very least before we can do the final signature so that it actually is ours. Lots of things growing, and I discover new things whenever we visit. More different kinds of trees than I remembered.
May 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I went by and climbed the fence for a walk in my future garden. Another week at the very least before we can do the final signature so that it actually is ours. Lots of things growing, and I discover new things whenever we visit. More different kinds of trees than I remembered.
I still don't understand what people see in LinkedIn. OK place to put one's resume, but always seemed like one of the scammy kinds of social network that tells you you got a message or a visit, but want to charge you extra for actually seeing it.
May 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I still don't understand what people see in LinkedIn. OK place to put one's resume, but always seemed like one of the scammy kinds of social network that tells you you got a message or a visit, but want to charge you extra for actually seeing it.
It is taking forever to go through the steps of our house purchase. Lots of paperwork in France. All is approved, but we have to wait another week before we can accept the mortgage, and another week before we can sign the final sale papers. All considered, it has gone quite smoothly. Just impatient.
May 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It is taking forever to go through the steps of our house purchase. Lots of paperwork in France. All is approved, but we have to wait another week before we can accept the mortgage, and another week before we can sign the final sale papers. All considered, it has gone quite smoothly. Just impatient.
Having ChatGPT analyze legal documents and explain them to me before I sign, that's a bit of a game changer. Sure beats just signing things unread.
May 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Having ChatGPT analyze legal documents and explain them to me before I sign, that's a bit of a game changer. Sure beats just signing things unread.
My simple recipe for happy relationships: Don't have them with anybody who's jealous, who thinks they own you exclusively, who's trying to police that you don't somehow cheat on them. Walk the other way. Have relationships with people who care about your well-being and who can talk about everything.
May 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
My simple recipe for happy relationships: Don't have them with anybody who's jealous, who thinks they own you exclusively, who's trying to police that you don't somehow cheat on them. Walk the other way. Have relationships with people who care about your well-being and who can talk about everything.
If PDF/A is an available choice for saving a document, it is better than plain PDF for anything you're hoping to be able to look at many years later. It includes everything needed in the package. I only just recently learned that. Even without it, PDF has always been the most future proof format.
May 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If PDF/A is an available choice for saving a document, it is better than plain PDF for anything you're hoping to be able to look at many years later. It includes everything needed in the package. I only just recently learned that. Even without it, PDF has always been the most future proof format.
I'll happily shop lots of other places than Amazon, if they can only deliver somewhat comparable service. Like, tell me when my stuff will be there. As opposed to just taking my order, sending me a confirmation email, and a week later, nothing, no shipment, no status, no estimate.
May 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'll happily shop lots of other places than Amazon, if they can only deliver somewhat comparable service. Like, tell me when my stuff will be there. As opposed to just taking my order, sending me a confirmation email, and a week later, nothing, no shipment, no status, no estimate.
USB-C plug have been sort of loose, falling out easily, on my iPhone 15 Pro. I thought I might need to have the port replaced. I looked around for USB-C plug that could lock to the port, didn't find any. Eventually a Youtube video led me to cleaning out the port with a sharpened toothpick. Dit it!
May 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
USB-C plug have been sort of loose, falling out easily, on my iPhone 15 Pro. I thought I might need to have the port replaced. I looked around for USB-C plug that could lock to the port, didn't find any. Eventually a Youtube video led me to cleaning out the port with a sharpened toothpick. Dit it!
After starting to look for and buy a house, Facebook in particular has supplied me with an endless stream of houses for sale. Luckily none of the suggestions have made me regret my choice in any way. Sure, there are castles I can buy for very little, but still several times more than my budget.
May 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
After starting to look for and buy a house, Facebook in particular has supplied me with an endless stream of houses for sale. Luckily none of the suggestions have made me regret my choice in any way. Sure, there are castles I can buy for very little, but still several times more than my budget.
One thing ChatGPT (or some other helpful AI) is great at for me is to face old festering government/administrative things that otherwise keep me worried. Did I file this thing right? What about that 30 year old tax bill? What about that car I don't have any longer, etc.
May 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One thing ChatGPT (or some other helpful AI) is great at for me is to face old festering government/administrative things that otherwise keep me worried. Did I file this thing right? What about that 30 year old tax bill? What about that car I don't have any longer, etc.
I like by Brother printer. I.e. it just works and I've had zero problems with it. That was indeed the word on the street (OK on Reddit). My Xerox laser printer was always getting stuck, having phantom jams, needing restart, etc. For the record, this is an MFC-L8390 color laser printer.
May 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I like by Brother printer. I.e. it just works and I've had zero problems with it. That was indeed the word on the street (OK on Reddit). My Xerox laser printer was always getting stuck, having phantom jams, needing restart, etc. For the record, this is an MFC-L8390 color laser printer.
At some point I was sure that this was the time, the generation, where we (humanity) would get our act together and create a glorious abundant world for all of us. Now I think I will content myself with just personally making it through my life reasonably well.
April 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
At some point I was sure that this was the time, the generation, where we (humanity) would get our act together and create a glorious abundant world for all of us. Now I think I will content myself with just personally making it through my life reasonably well.
If everything continues to go according to plan, my house purchase should go through in around 3 weeks. The bank is still crossing Ts and dotting Is, which gives a certain amount of stress, but it appears to be all good.
April 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If everything continues to go according to plan, my house purchase should go through in around 3 weeks. The bank is still crossing Ts and dotting Is, which gives a certain amount of stress, but it appears to be all good.
I'm switching to Obsidian, after using Evernote for some years. Some things about Evernote really annoy me, like the automatic linking, and other features they keep adding that I don't want, and the lack of a Linux client. Obsidian is certainly more of an open source DIY thing, but so far, so good.
April 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm switching to Obsidian, after using Evernote for some years. Some things about Evernote really annoy me, like the automatic linking, and other features they keep adding that I don't want, and the lack of a Linux client. Obsidian is certainly more of an open source DIY thing, but so far, so good.
"Contact us for a quote" - that's the sure way I will move on to a competitor, unless there really is nobody else. Give me at least some approximate range, or I will assume you're scamming me.
April 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Contact us for a quote" - that's the sure way I will move on to a competitor, unless there really is nobody else. Give me at least some approximate range, or I will assume you're scamming me.
Teams seems like a good drop-in replacement for Skype. Just a shame for Microsoft that they did a lousy job in making that clear, so in my circles people have already moved on to alternatives.
April 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Teams seems like a good drop-in replacement for Skype. Just a shame for Microsoft that they did a lousy job in making that clear, so in my circles people have already moved on to alternatives.