Nah, I just think it’s herd mentality and not wanting to stick out. Critical thinking and nuance doesn’t work well for them if they want to present a united front. They’ve always been like this, at least since I started paying attention some 15-20 yearsago. .

Prude

Are you telling me they intentionally avoid playing Van Halen - Jump for anyone put on hold?

I for one prefer demon linux over fish linux. In fact, that’s how I first dipped my toes into the world of unix-ish OSes with FreeBSD 3.3.

No.

First we need a better system for resource allocation. Monetary systems are extremely inefficient, but they’re far better than the “trust me, bro” approach of many of the alternatives.

A global post-scarcity society could in theory take over, similar to how it works in Star Trek, but there are a lot of other hurdles that need to be overcome first.

As long as proper distribution of resources requires an effort, it will also need an incentive to do so. Currently this incentive is provided by allowing for a profit margin, and while this does also provide a mechanism for skimming off the top, at least said skimming can be somewhat controlled by a free market ensuring better circumstances for those willing to skim less.

In my book WSL and VM share the same downside in that you’re only abstracting Linux functionality in relation to the hardware.

Linux really shines when it has full access to the actual hardware as opposed to asking it’s environment nicely if it’s allowed to do something.

For example, I routinely need to change my IP address to talk to specific networks and network hosts, but having to step over the virtualisation or interpretation layer to do so is just another step, thus removing the advantage of running linux in the first place.

Sure, VMs and dual booting have their uses, but the same uses can be serviced by an actual linux install while also being infinitely more powerful.

I played around with WSL for a while, but you notice really quickly that it is not the real thing. I’ve used virtual box for some use cases, but that too feels limiting ad all of the hardware you want to fully control is only abstracted.

I would say that unless he has a really good reason why he wouldn’t want to go for dual boot, then he should do just that.

Fun to see that a proto-inspiration was minecraft with industrial mods. That’s how I got into Factorio. I was talking to a coworker in 2015, and I mentioned that I loved the combined automation aspect of industrialcraft, buildcraft, and immersion engineering, but I found it annoying that it had gotten harder and harder to find a minecraft version that was compatible with newer versions of all three. So he suggested I give Factorio a try.

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Any suggestion for a manufacturer/vendor? I might actually need a few of this at work.

Running any software is inherently unsafe. It’s basically the computer equivalent of eating something given to by a stranger, and you just have to trust them that it’s good for you.

But we do it anyway, simply because we have to - not all of us are software devs with unlimited time on our hands.

It basically comes down to whether you trust the origin or not, as well as check the reviews/comments to gauge the reception of other users. If something fishy is going on, word spreads relatively fast.

Tip: While no means foolproof, if the software in question has a github repo, it adds a layer of trust, because that means anyone can review the source.

If they can sleep for one month, they can sleep for three

Seasons still play a part. While Green Day would have to sort out the cadence for the rewrite, referring to fall would make sense instead.

I prefer the way Mars lacks a calendar. Due to us placing a lot of stuff there, we need to refer to dates. Basically, the system just refers to days as Sol, and each individual date is Sol 1, Sol 2, and so forth until the end of the year. I don’t see why this wouldn’t work on other planets as well. Months don’t really serve a practical function anyway.

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Meh, init 6, you coward

But Apple was so BRAVE when they removed the jack!

I wholeheartedly agree, I use Bluetooth most of the time, but I want wired to fall back on. When I’m on the go, bluetooth works just fine, but when I’m sitting down at home I prefer to use my full-size Roland headset on both my PC and my phone. No latency, and superior sound quality.

Now, imagine this revolutionary improvement: Find a way of putting the energy source outside of the train somehow, and save on weight by not hauling those heavy batteries around.

Christ, the amount of times techbros and tesla fanboys have accidentally “invented” trains and trams these past few years is beyond stupid…

You mount them to /proc for extra spiciness

WTF, for the past 25 years, I thought /usr was short for /user, partially because of FreeBSDs preference for having user homes in /usr/home/*

I remember this too, but in the nerdier channels we used regex notation instead.

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