Ubuntu 18.04, codenamed Bionic Beaver, was released on April 26, and after testing it for a few days, I’m fully convinced it could be my next stable operating system. However, pure Ubuntu on its own isn’t immediately practical, so a few essential tools and specific configurations for Iranian users a... Read All

When I look at you, your terrifying light penetrates deep into my brain, forcing me to avert my eyes a few seconds later and stare elsewhere for a long time until my vision returns to normal. At night, you make me pull double layers of curtains to prevent becoming a casualty of my own moments of esc... Read All

The last human was sitting in their room when suddenly they realized they didn’t exist.... Read All

One of the toxic byproducts of modern knowledge is confusing understanding with mastery. In other words, we think that if we understand something, we can control or master it. While this assumption isn’t entirely wrong, as I mentioned, it creates the false illusion that knowing something is the same... Read All

Six months after my decision to quit smoking, my friend Omid believes that if I were in a similar situation in Turkey, I would definitely start again. But when I put myself in that scenario in my mind and compare it to the difficult situations I’ve faced so far, I don’t see it that way. I don’t l... Read All

When I saw my first white hair, I didn’t really feel old. Feeling tired or listless also just seemed like passing sensations. But what happened yesterday fully plunged me into the sense of aging. Confectioneries and sweets in Tabriz are some of the most tempting and irresistible things you can ea... Read All

Scuttlebutt is a decentralized platform similar to OpenBazaar and the Zeronet and Blockstack systems I’ve introduced before. With this platform, you can share your news and information on the large and highly secure Scuttlebutt network without relying on any centralized server. Installation and setu... Read All

In the post Reasons to Quit Smoking, I mentioned that the enjoyable things in life aren’t inherently problematic, and abandoning the world and its pleasures isn’t the solution either. The issue starts when anything that brings pleasure (a brain reward) turns into a problem and eventually a crisis th... Read All

Ubuntu 18.04 has been released today with many changes and improvements, giving this Linux distribution a renewed chance for continued life. This version is an LTS (Long Term Support) release, meaning you can use it worry-free with security updates for the next five years. As you probably know... Read All

After the rise of smartphones with large screens and Apple’s Retina MacBooks, placing icons, small symbols used to clarify functions in web design, faced serious challenges. Images used with a 1:1 ratio appeared either blurry or with unwanted artifacts. There were two solutions to this problem: S... Read All

A man is generally recognized by the roles he holds: being a son of a mother, a father of a child, responsible for a family, and of course, the love of a woman. Rarely does anyone focus on manhood itself and write about it. Being a man starts after being a boy, following the stage of infancy. Thi... Read All

Out there, if they had one good rule, it would be the separation of children from their families after the age of 18. A time when society, family, and yourself are ready for independence, and everything is in place to start your own life, with your own concerns and lifestyle. Your own income, your o... Read All