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I wonder where did you get that definition from?

Well yes, if you stick to a purely physicalist framework then determinism is fair to defend, but you incur in a lot of debatable compromises to be able to stick to physicalism, and…

Reminds me of those cool visualisations that Winamp had, think they were called Milkdrop?

If one filesystem gets full, you still can do some work on the others. You can also more easily umount a filesystem to fsck without the need of booting a live media. You can mount …

Gnome3 has a serious performance issue. Honestly, what drove me away from it was the fact that the whole DE seems to run on a single thread, meaning that any extension or animation…

Gotta shout out to the song linked in the article. Got me laughing good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx6k6WR8GRs

I feel the same with mice on macOS. This setting kinda fixed it for me, you can try different scaling factors: defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling 1 You will …

Error-correcting code. They're referring to ECC memory, which is more reliable to bit flips than normal memory, useful in cases when sensitive tasks can't afford an unexpected bit …

Side-note, this project was one of the inspirations behind the cult-classic Ecco the Dolphin game for the Sega Genesis This video explains it very well: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

CS:GO runs natively on Linux, most Valve games do actually

I believe the resize issue is fixed on Gnome3 for awhile now, or maybe it was some issue with Ubuntu's default theme? Global Menus is unfortunately something that I still miss, alt…

Kind of unrelated, but dolphins and aliens remind me so much of Ecco the Dolphin for the Sega Genesis, one of the most unsettling games I've ever played. I recently found a video e…

Nice! I'll take a look at it! Thanks!

Stick Control is basically fine motor coordination and a bit of limb independence exercises, even if you are not a drummer, practicing stick control will improve your "handling" in…

Also, for any apps that have group chats, I like to disable notifications for them. If someone really needs to contact me, they can send a direct message, or @ me, otherwise I will…

WhatsApp is huge in Brazil, even businesses now offer a WhatsApp number for contact. Maybe that's a by-product of Apple devices being too expensive here. SMS is mainly used for ban…

I recommend Privacy Badger, sponsored by the EFF, which is supposed to block trackers. I prefer it over Ghostery, which is backed by some company. uBlock Origin is great for blocki…

Things are improving over time, even if slowly. With more people using Linux distros, the incentive to improve the desktop parts is greater. Kernel support is improving too. AMD is…

As absurd as it looks, Microsoft in some part seems to be helping make Linux more attractive. I can tell because of my younger brother, he is constantly complaining of Windows shen…

Most of the big game engines were ported to Linux at this point, so it has become easier for developers to target these platforms. There are multiple AAA titles running natively on…

Some services/apps may be able to transfer stuff to a new account. When I deactivated my Facebook account, I had Spotify linked to it. I created a new Spotify account with an email…

Yes, and they will vote on the person that had the biggest budget on their campaign most of the time, because that's the person they will see on the television or outdoors. A lot o…

We have that problem too, a lot of the corruption (I'd say most but I don't have data) is to gather money to be used by the political parties on their campaigns, propaganda, etc. B…

Well, as secure as the blockchain is, it's still susceptible to the good ol' 5$ wrench bruteforce attack https://xkcd.com/538/

There's an addendum at the bottom of the page linking to a how-to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN8AwGUaqDA