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the X gender marker on passports is cool, but here's what actually rules: if you get one, the machine-readable zone doesn't contain an X, it contains no gender at all. the space is filled by > which is used as a filler/spacer (e.g. names are written like NO>YUME>>HIKARI>>>>>>>)

ok that's enough of my techposting hits from the last year, back to your regularly scheduled hikariposting

i know i said i don't want to post about non-artistic technical topics but if retweeting my old tech posts serves as a lure with which i can bait-and-switch people into appreciating the rest of my personality, then so be it >:3

i shouldn't post about this because talking about your projects makes you less likely to finish them, but: ahhhhh i am writing an extremely big blog post rn and i'm so excited for it. i really hope i'll finish it but for once i actually feel confident in saying i will

#wikifinds “After the death of his younger brother Emil in an 1864 nitroglycerin explosion at the family's armaments factory in Heleneborg, Stockholm, Nobel founded Nitroglycerin AB in Vinterviken, Stockholm.”

there is no future in hopelessness. the future starts with the belief that things can be good, will be good, must be good. and that we'll get there by our efforts.

they need to invent e-paper but for LEDs. so many devices use an LED to indicate that they are switched on, and this is necessary, but any brightness is too much brightness. if only they could indicate being on in a way that would never distract and never light up a dark room…

you wanna know how to get more out of life? embrace restlessness! find the part of you that doesn't take boredom lying down. find the part of you that wants to keep moving, even when it's dark and cold outside and it's the middle of winter. that's what i've done, somehow.

my fellow Germericans… if i am elected as Bundespräsident, i pledge to abide by the oath of allegiance. and, i will raze the Berliner Schloss 2.0 to the ground and replace it with the Palast der Republik 3.0, now with more asbestos, via my Federal authority

twitter circles were good because you could just… give people who seem to like you the option of getting to know you better, without actively having to approach them about it. i mean i never used them for this but, ahh, it would be so useful to me right now