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Parachutes have not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomized controlled trials. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/ :D

I mean it's literally the same idea as in set theory. phi is an empty set, (phi) is a set containing an empty set ((phi)) is a set containing a set containing an empty set Furtherm…

My daily driver is a thinkpad X200 that I librebooted myself. I kid you not when I say that I derive immense pleasure from using it. Apart from a few (equally freedom respecting) d…

A distant friend in college was completely blind; an exceptional student that you'd catch studying with his screenreader. I asked him about his experience of it; he was using a mac…

Cataclysm DDA is probably my favourite, but I don't like playing more than a single character at a time, and when I get too far into the endgame, I get bored with it, I usually jus…

I read this paper in 2017, I thought it might serve as an interesting starting point for discussion. I'm young, and living in a place where being a software engineer pays only marg…

For the last couple of days, I've been trying to get a static website up using hugo (emacs + ox-hugo), and I've been using tramp to ssh into the machine and do my work. Tramp is li…

51NB has actually been fragmented, and various members of the original project are selling their own modded equipment. Thank you though, I'll make sure to check r/thinkpads!

I've been using a librebooted X200 for 3 years now. It's no overstatement to say that it delivers the most holistically amazing computing environment I've ever worked in. If I'm to…

Yo I didn't know about this feature, tyvm.

Hello, I'm currently using a librebooted x200, and I want to upgrade to a t400s (for the screen, increased CPU cache, and touchpad). However I can't seem to find one anywhere. I wa…

Hey guys, I was playing Cataclysm:DDA, and I noticed it let you make ammonia from salt water, a little research showed that it is possible to do this with electrolysis and a high e…

> You might be ascribing quite a bit more leverage to System76... This may be true, but I think that selling corebooted computers is literally just a marketing gimmick. If a comput…

I just meant in terms of aligning with their profit motive; i guess the correct word is incentive, rather than responsibility. I see your point

I'm not able to update my post, so I'll leave my edit here: EDIT: If I wanted an ALMOST foss laptop, I would buy a laptop and coreboot it myself. The reason that it's exciting for …

These computers runs blobs in the firmware and are not fully open source. I understand that modern users want modern performance, and that there is only a niche market for a libreb…

I'm in the US :'(

Thank you, I'll be sure to use it before deleting.

Hey guys, I haven't logged in to facebook in about a year now, and it's been over 4 years since I used it in any meaningful capacity. I'm sure that facebook will maintain some kind…

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-4_Touch Tech Demo/Review of the original XO-1:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioAsNfmpE8Q Videos are basically only available for the original XO1, X…

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-4_Touch Videos are basically only available for the original XO1, this update comes with dual core, lower power consumption and better materials. https…