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"There's no such thing as objective reality". We did an experiment to prove it, so it must be objectively true! In other news: "This sentence is false".

You're screwed. Same thing happened to me. And it was because Stripe wasn't able to fraud-check orders at the time (don't know if they fraud-check orders now) and so some scammers …

Emacs, org-mode.

This is great!

Yes, for the sake of precision I should probably have used the term “PC” rather than “computer”. I thought the meaning was pretty clear from the phrase “handheld computer”. Asteroi…

Phones aren't PCs. They are crippled and locked-down devices. Of the ones that are capable of running a full Linux distro, I don't believe any are even close to the size of Noodle …

Check out Noodle Pi – http://noodlepi.com It’s the world’s smallest and lightest handheld computer. And unlike most of these devices with tiny built-in keyboards, it features a mod…

Taxation is theft.

There were no "net neutrality" regulations in the US till 2015. Nevertheless none of the horror scenarios net neutrslity proponents like to cook up came to pass, and in fact the 'N…

Riiight.. because when there was no net neutrality there was no Internet as we know it. Oh wait.

Here's a $199 GNU/Linux handheld: http://noodlepi.com . AFAIK it's the world's smallest, lightest and most open handheld computer. Can be assembled / disassembled / upgraded / repa…

Exactly. Signal is #privacyfail because is requires access to contacts. Wire is better.

Yeah so TIL that Ada Lovelace was NOT the first programmer. That title belongs to Charles Babbage, who wrote dozens of programs for the Analytical Engine years before her. https://…

It is.

It is incompatible. Just because a property is vacant doesn't mean it is "undesired" or "inefficiently-used". As long as governments continue to rob their citizens via taxes, peopl…