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I had initially learned about bubble memory from the Logopolis serial of Doctor Who. I actually went and looked it up after watching it because the concept sounded neat https://tar…

Being able to put epubs bought elsewhere and reading them without needing to convert the files is a huge plus

Sorry, no. Code doesn't magically go from the intern's workstation to live. If the chain of incompetence is that long, then the most generous read is that they don't care

I'm sorry, but what does "pre-installation deals with smartphone makers" have to do with being open?

Also, very rich given their very active attempts at nailing the door shut on every version of Android except for Android + Google

I think you might need to reconsider how open Android actually is given the recent moves.

The first few seem like sensible thoughts to me. What if the font doesn't load from the CDN for some reason? Just add a font fallback.

The first thing I did when I read the parent comment was to double-check if I mixed-up my German companies. There's only one reason why they're doing this: it benefits them in some…

I agree. IMO this is a breaking change. It seems like some (many?) accessibility tools don't work on Wayland, so this breaks users' workflow if they need those tools

Honestly, this link is better than the link in the OP. At least there's substance in it. I'd like for someone who's fluent in English in Italian to take a crack at comparing the tw…

You should watch some episodes, even if you don't watch all of it. There's a reason why it influenced popular culture (even if no one remembers it doing so). For example "Remedial …

Your observation reminds me of this book, Simulcra and Simulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation The very brief (and bastardised) summary is that we're cutt…

Not OP, but there is a wide chasm between what Community does and what OP was referring to. Community's thing is that it is a meta show. It uses the meta it references to get a poi…