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When I ran it on my X200 it was simply unusable with GNOME, which isn’t giving it a fair shot yes, but it’s fine with GNOME on Trisquel and Arch.

I believe they’re referring to the “crisis in cosmology”. I’m purely a layman, but I found some videos useful. I believe at least PBS Space-Time [1] is well regarded in physics circles (for laymen exp…

I thought I would also have this issue when I switched to iOS and got the Apple Watch and AirPods. Turns out I just plug in everything at bedtime along with my phone so it's not much of a nuisanc…

I like his "The Talk Show" podcast. He has a very nice voice.

TIL. I usually found the measurements to be pretty arbitrary. A pint is 375ml and a half pint is 200ml. So weird. It seems working a liquor store doesn’t count for much on HN.

> Brock Pierce Excellent documentary involving him called "Open Secret".

With the downside of fingerprinting yourself it seems, would you be willing to share the wallpaper?

fwiw "fifth" usually means 750ml (seven-FIFTHty) and 1.5L, or more commonly 1.75L for spirits, are called "half gallons."

I work in customer service and the queuing theory is something I noticed while working. A single cashier is usually unsustainable for very long but two will get you through quite a rush. Very cool to …

I've already made a Gemini friend on gemini://station.martinrue.com/ (I think one of the benefits is the self-selecting people you meet in Gemini Space) he has lead me to gemini:&#…

I've tried getting into gnunet on and off for a couple years now (granted the last time was 2+ years now) and it was always inscrutable to me. Nowhere near as easy as Tor or even FreeNet (which i…

I’ve got a Pixel 3 (non-XL) with a cracked screen that’s been sitting on my desktop for two years now I’m willing to part with.

Oil companies knew about climate change in the _1980s_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_cont... …

In K-pop scandals are quite toxic. Radiolab did an episode on it https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/kpopa... …

OLED screens are still surprisingly expensive IME, especially at the high quality Apple procures. It's $200 for a modern iPhone screen itself on eBay, and adding labor plus Apple tax it doesn&#x…

There's a cult around thinkpads, but even those have gone to the wayside in recent years.

Gaming or off the shelf prosumer mobos still have PS/2 on them occasionally. Although, it's probably just using a converter to USB anyway.

I recall MDN using this for Firefox OS docs when I was searching for information on the ill fated project.

All of the specs are completely open so you can design one yourself. Maybe in the style of the 701C butterfly keyboard?

how did we get to this place where dark patterns are this common.

Are people really looking for _another_ device for emulators?

I’ve had multiple wearOS watches and switched to the iOS platform in the last year. It’s frankly night and day, for the extra bulk in the wearOS watches you get worse battery life and dismal performan…

Can you expand on what you're doing on an exabyte scale?

Any info on how you setup your Cuba trip?

Sent to my sister who sells products on insta, I will see what she thinks!

> or a single company would control the digital communication of most of the world's citizens. I agree with your point but has this not happened with Gmail, Microsoft and Yahoo! for email anyw…

I actually got my hands on a boxed Lemote Yeeloong after years of curiosity. They're mentioned in old Free Hardware discussions as they had a fully FOSS "BIOS" of sorts. Been meaning to…

The BSDs don't seem to keen on replacing X.