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Or you could use Nix as a package manager on practically any distro or OS of your choice. Arch, Debian, Windows, macOS - it doesn't matter. Most users should never ever need to bot…

It depends on the type of ad and way they're being delivered. Advertisers do in fact highly value events like the Superbowl, Tour de France, Olympics and FIFA World Cup. Instagram …

I believe this is the definitive resource on the state of Linux on Intel MacBook Pros: https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux I recently made the move away from an out-of-suppor…

Whenever I encounter someone who jumps at the first opportunity to criticise "mainstream media", I ask them what their preferred outlets are. I tend to not get a response, which to…

On my mediocre laptop display, I had to set the brightness moderately, and take my glasses off to see the decoy text more easily (easier than squinting). Deleting the custom text a…

Reminds me of this fascinating video from May 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCBAqaT4SQc [PortalRunner - This Video is Different at 360p]

Buy a CO2 monitor and note the difference between the car's air conditioner on recirculate mode vs fresh air. Also try the same thing in places such as buses and planes. Think also…

> Posted Apr 8, 2024 0:29 UTC (Mon) by tridge (subscriber, #26906) [Link] (27 responses) > [...]"I have often worked on the boundary of free and proprietary software, right from wh…

> Happy to answer questions! Are you aware that SARS-CoV-2 is oncogenic, and that repeat exposure increases risk?

"Motor vehicles aren't going away any time soon. It might become prohibitively expensive for some individuals but they're here to stay. It's worth trying to get into car ownership …

You're using the motte-and-bailey fallacy. Pocket and scientific calculators have never caused anywhere near as much grief as current LLMs do as a loss-leader for near-trillion dol…

One of my trend-following and easily-influenced sisters was quite locked into the Apple ecosystem (iPhones, MacBooks) with her young family, but just over Christmas last year, I sp…

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One (not recommended) way to test this statement is to spray some on the kitchen floor and see what happens later.

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Well the sub that post is from is called "r/MyBoyfriendIsAI" so who knows how often they try their hand at self-parody. It does however remind me of all the numbers of novice chess…

I once had a similar high outlier blood pressure reading after a somewhat busy day followed by running through the city to my blood donation appointment. Who knew that BP is affect…

Find one that is accurate enough and crosscheck it with the one at the doctor by taking regular measurements so you get an idea of trends rather than absolute values. Doctors do kn…

I think it depends on one's true goals and the way it's approached. Compare with http://www.greenfly.org/mes.html (which affects many Arch users too, I feel)

Genuine conversations don't come about through being scheduled for a sit-down interview in a meeting room or lounge room - especially not when notes are being taken or they're bein…

This tweet is ageing nicely: https://twitter.com/troyhunt/status/1640095846095261697

Everything On Medium.com Looks Like An Ad I'm surprised it's taken this long for more people to realise this. I don't care about reading techbros' opinions on everything when most …

Note: There are a lot of implementations of KeePass that surpass the original in quality. KeePassXC is likely the one that's best for most people who wish to go down the standalone…

Also see the FAQ for various other build options and information: https://cleanaircrew.org/boxfanfilterfaq/