Popular Science published an article on May 2018, that I only just read, about flaws in the concept of IQ and IQ tests. The text actually presents some good arguments. From the article: Too many of us use the terms “IQ” and “intelligence” as if they’re interchangeable. They’re not. An IQ score isn’t a magical signifier of smarts; it merely quantifies your ability to take a particular kind of test. Wealthy, white Westerners tend to perform among the best on these exams, but that doesn’t mean they’re smarter than the rest of the world....

About 7 or 8 years ago, I was diagnosed with IBS. If you don’t know what it is, it stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and it’s a functional gastrointestinal disorder that’s estimated to affect 10% to 15% of the world population. In most cases, as far as I know, a simple change in diet allows one to keep the symptoms mostly at bay and have a normal life. For some unlucky few, it will fuck up their life in ways they can’t imagine....

Google Chrome is such a privacy hell that it has become it’s own hell in the japanese folklore. You’re better off with Firefox and you get better performance. But if you really want Chrome, Ungoogled Chromium is based on the previous (technically, it’s based on Chromium) with some bits removed for added privacy.

A few days ago I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 320-15AST. I had a budget of €400 and, after browsing a few stores for a couple of hours, I found this one for a bit less than €350. At the hardware level, the computer has reasonable specs. They are (retrieved from inxi): CPU: AMD A9-9420 dual core (1397MHz/3000MHz | boost: 3600MHz) GPU: AMD Radeon R7 M260/M265 HDD: 1000.2GB 5400RPM RAM: 8GB DDR4 This is the first time I’m buying Lenovo....