And now I have the soldering helping hands recommended by @donttrythis. They're good!

Singapore → Hong Kong → Philippines → China → Phillipines → India, featuring missed flights, connections to the wrong country, breakdowns, and an immigration crisis. My @UPS parcel is living the life.

Made a thing last night.

I did the homework a few years ago and settled on this Croma whitelabel. Used paint thinner to scrub their ugly logo off. It's worked well – it has airflow across the column, which I needed for under-table air circulation.

Today's WTF: none of my breadboards are actually 2.54mm pitch. Can't use them without deforming the pins on a Pico or ESP32 DevKit. The best I have is a pricier transparent breadboard and even that is only usable up to 4". @shantanugoel where are you getting usable breadboards?

Found a twist. I can now message a business from WhatsApp Desktop but not WhatsApp Mobile. What a mess! @internetfreedom @kunalb11

It's not been half a day and the spam has started. I have never interacted with these businesses in any way whatsoever. Notice that large prompt in the middle of the screen? I haven't accepted the 2021 privacy policy update either. WhatsApp still works, so why accept?

So what username should I choose? How about the same juvenile handle I have here and in the Meta ecosystem? For consistency? The next screen gave me pause. Woah! Do I want this backdoor to add the current WhatsApp number to my Meta account? Will 2FA settings access be restored?

WHO guidelines confirm the fear: this is still just consumption, with only a weak appeal to "creating healthier environments".

Your specialist's recommendation is to use some other UPI app!

WTF @GooglePayIndia? 1. I'm not on a call. 2. I don't have any unknown apps. 3. Why can't you name the offending app?

Today in KYC adventures. How does one provide KYC for this address?