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I'm not well versed on archeology, can you explain what the Clovis Culture is?

This was an excellent video, thank you. PBS Spacetime also did a video: https://youtu.be/72cM_E6bsOs

ZFS dedupe is broken and I don’t recommend using it unless you really know what you’re getting into.

I know a sales guy who had a choice of Windows or Mac, I think engineers use Linux.

When I was using i3 I heavily took advantage of the robust Workspace feature. I would keep max three windows open, minus dialogs, and switch between Workspaces instead. Each Workspace would be organiz…

I enjoy perusing the Kernel Newbies post, well organized and occasionally explained in simpler terms: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.10 …

Package managers are one of the main things that define a distro. The big split is between packaging formats (DEB and RPM [0]) and then there are package managers for that for that (apt* for DEBs and …

The author of this article is on an excellent podcast called 2.5 Admins [0], highly recommended. [0] https://2.5admins.com/ …

Did you miss the systemd drama? There was a new distro created out of it...

I'm hoping in the future System76 does, they're already making excellent desktop machines.

The Fediverse is creating a space like this. The best case is you hosting your own server and being in control of all moderation.

ZFS dedupe is effectively broken and I wouldn’t recommend anyone use it unless you really know what you’re getting into.

Anandtech had some theories based on the A14s design. https://www.anandtech.com/show/16226/apple-silicon-m1-a14-de... …

I also destroyed a Model M (SSK) due to water damage and a botched repair. This one was bolt modded however, which fixes the "plastic rivets literally disintegrating" problem. Currently us…

Aren't both of those going to be using the same AMD ray tracing tech?

I use it all the time for r/hardwareswap on Reddit.

I have been using OpenBSD the past few months/weeks on less common architectures (loongson and macppc). It’s taught me a lot and will enjoy updating to the new release!

It should make it to your distro in the form of an intel-ucode package or similar name.

I noticed the “Yeelong” mention in one of the examples. Do you happen to have a Lemote Yeelong? Always been on the lookout for one and would love to hear about it.

I still have two Firefox OS phones (Flame and Open C) and a Kai OS phone from India (though it's useless in the USA). It's a shame the project failed as it did.

Intel just announced the i9-9900KS which has 8 cores all 5GHz. That should be top single core perf.

It's amazing how poor the filtering is. There are plenty of developer horror stories of legitimate apps being taken down by some broken, automated process - sometimes taking peoples' entir…

The file names being stored in plaintext makes unwilling to recommend even private git servers - if your worried about leaking which porn or torrent sites you use.

Search for "Powerline" or similar on Amazon.

I am a password store user, however it is a very nerdy solution. The use of git is it's biggest strength because you can host it yourself super easily, but your also stuck with git's awful…

I also had an Impossible Burger at a Pittsburgh chain Burgatory [1], I was extremely impressed and wouldn't noticed it was a veggie burger if I hadn't ordered it. [1] https:/&…

"chemical imbalance theory". I'm aware of people saying it's not accepted as science, but I'm sure what is the current accepted science.

I've heard this claimed a lot, but I'm unsure what _is_ the current status quo in psychiatry. I say this as a layman who has undergone treatment from therapists and psychiatrists for …

Yes, SUSE ("IBM IRES" in this case) is a completely different OS from 4690 and nothing on the wiki suggests otherwise.