Pacman has fucked me so many times, I will likely never use Arch again. rpm-ostree has always had my back.

No, major OS releases used to cost money for a license. The same way a Windows 11 license costs money. Apple stopped charging for OS releases but Microsoft still does.

It is if there is no open source alternative.

Pinephones are impractical for day-to-day usage. They are underpowered dev kits.

Damn, that was a good read.

If you visit Toronto hit up The White Lily Diner for breakfast—best Southern breakfast up North!

Hell yeah brother

The scene where one guy shoves his whole forearm down his own throat is… unforgettable.

Event Horizon

i can still vividly picture moments from that movie decades later

YES

I used it in earnest! (to write shitty VB scripts and PHP websites)

So easily avoided too

Anyone remember experts-exchange?

On Android there’s an app that allows you to compare fonts: https://github.com/adeeteya/FontGallery

emacs is truly magical. it’s also one of those things that you don’t know until you know. there is no equivalent

I did not realize that tardigrades were so small. Previously I thought one would be able to see one with the naked eye.

Wow awesome!

The time it will take you to learn the required skills to build a GPU driver and then the implementation will likely be several years—maybe half a decade.

Apologies for my ignorance but I’m having trouble following this—what’s ABA and what’s the puzzle piece?

This is very sad.