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Is this the origin of the classic analogy that Windows is a station wagon, Mac OS is a European luxury sedan, and Linux is a free tank? I had no idea that the author Neal Stephenso…

If you don't like it, that's fine, I won't argue over taste. But your other descriptions of Bach's life deserve to be fact-checked. > He was a nepo baby with a big purse. His broth…

Bach's most approachable music might be his cello suites. But also, I think there are two camps of fans of "classical music" (by which I mean music in the styles: Baroque, Classica…

> I'm reading a strong implication that the French are the true holders of the history I interpreted this more as "don't forget to check out the French-language Wikipedia articles …

Bazzite is a good distro alternative to Holo ISO, that might be better suited for a laptop or desktop.

Thankfully, we can now do this ourselves. The Steam Deck hardware to compete with is: - A custom CPU with integrated GPU that's somewhere between an AMD 6600U and 6800U, underclock…

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Try this page, called "Rust's problems and concerns": https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:philosophy:rust_i... In short, the Rust Foundation does not permit users to redistr…

I want to second the recommendation of MyNoise.net. It's phenomenal. Especially at work, it's perfect for getting in the zone. I pay for it even though I mostly stick to the free o…

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I feel incredibly called out, and I'm not even an SRE.

Look on page 117 of the PDF (the paper says 113): > Vader: You're very good, Luke. But I'm twenty years older and stronger than you in the use of the Force. You haven't a chance wi…

They focus on business users. - Yahoo Finance is the big one. It has few competitors, and is probably their primary revenue stream. - Yahoo News is still doing well. - Yahoo Answer…

For context: Dr. Gabor Maté is a world-renowned medical doctor, who runs a family practice (as a GP) and a specialist in childhood development and trauma. He has written multiple b…

Possibly, but literally no other laptops sound anywhere near as good as Macbooks.[0] Apple has done some real magic in the laptop speaker space, and they've kept their secrets to t…

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1053/

Actual summary: > Shawn Rosemarin, VP R&D within the Customer Engineering unit at Pure, told B&F: “The ultimate trigger here is power. It’s just fundamentally coming down to the co…