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openSUSE is a great all-around distro, not only for sys-admins. It comes in two main flavors: Leap (stable) and Tumbleweed (rolling), and several others. The main difference betwee…

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"It's interesting that modern movies have to make you think you understand something, before they pull the curtain back and reveal there's a twist. Otherwise people will get diseng…

As a former researcher I can attest this is how research is done :-)

Not condoning his actions, but "a thinker and doer" is certainly a fitting eulogy, and not a bad one to have in ones grave.

Hope you keep discovering all the wonderful things about Perl, and that you keep finding it useful and enjoyable. Perl is extremely powerful and comes handy in a lot of situations …

I am worried too. But not as much for the AI itself, but the hoards of brainless humans (including quite a number in positions of at least some power) who are being seduced by the …

This is an interesting history that was surrounded by mysteries until recently. In Sweden, where I live, it is well known of course. Author Bea Uusma has done intense research many…

Ditto! For the same reason Perl is my go to language for everything I do that I do not have to share. When I have to work with others it will have to be Python (in the best cases) …

I see that. My point is that if the captured energy is used, and thus ultimately dissipated as heat, on the planet's surface, that planet is sooner than later going to have climati…

One aspect that I find problematic with the idea of Dyson spheres is: where will the energy be dissipated? In the civilization's planet's surface? It seems to me that it would crea…

? I dont understand what you mean. You may be confusing with other user. Nevermind.

Yes, it was about the Perl Data Language. I see, thank you.

I tried several times to submit a short post sharing the recent release of the latest version of a package. However, the submission does not seem to complete. This seems weird beca…

More info on: https://perldoc.perl.org/perldelta

Interesting article. Even more interesting comments.

Dangerous. Certainly emulating China, which is less than auspicious ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System

Yes, Perl is still used and it is fast and excellent for anything that becomes too big or complicated for a shell or awk script. As you write it is installed in the vast majority o…

By the way, why post this? The Python-vs-Perl war ended long ago. Python won in a number of ways, in particular the popularity contest. But Perl still has a lot to offer (CPAN, bac…

This article is from 2014.

ahh me too ... between ages 10-14 in the 80s I would spend my way back from school looking for magazines with schematics, then on saturday mornings I will bike to the local compone…

Sometimes the best security is to go low-tech. At the risk of not being original, I vote for a mechanical/physical hardware switch for microphone, and a manual lid/lock for the cam…