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by timbit42 8mo ago
I tried Fedora once. On a fresh install, all it did was clog up all the hard drive space with error logs within 3 days. I'm not interested in any distro that is controlled by a corporation. IBM is a corporation and they already screwed
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by timbit42 8mo ago
Well, to start they tried putting Amazon ads in Unity's Dock which was also doing data collection, but removed them after the backlash. Then they switched to Gnome, meaning they gave up on their own desktop, Unity, so they were no long
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by timbit42 8mo ago
> I've been running Ubuntu Linux for a long time now...Linux still has it's fair share of bugs... > I don't see regular users adopting Linux anytime soon... I can see why you think the second statement is true based on
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by timbit42 8mo ago
Osama bin Laden won.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
I wrote a similar snow app a couple of years ago in Logitech Modula-2 for DOS. I used an array to hold the flake data. If a flake stopped when it hit another flake, it would go again on the next round because the flake it hit would also kee
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by timbit42 9mo ago
No, the "huge deal" was when the US crippled the entire North American vehicle manufacturing industry.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
No. You're wrong on all counts. That was not a "huge deal". Canada reduced tariffs on EVs to get reduced tariffs on some agriculture items. This put things back to where they were a few years ago. Canada doesn't have a f
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by timbit42 9mo ago
"Uninstall latest lack-of-quality update"
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by timbit42 9mo ago
My country has already cut complete routes into the US due to a lack of demand.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
There is a lot of room for it to get a lot worse than it already has.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
Anything negative about Trump or MAGA gets flagged so fewer people will see it.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
Not only is diesel exhaust more polluting than gasoline exhaust, but because it burns cooler than gasoline, the fumes remain near the ground longer, affecting people.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
The reason it had the OLD command is because the original version of BASIC, Dartmouth BASIC, had the OLD command. Microsoft BASICS didn't have it.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
You could get a RetroTink to convert it to HDMI.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
Zorin OS asks whether you want a Windows-like or MacOS-like desktop during setup. My top recommendation for a Windows user though is Linux Mint. It's desktop is called Cinnamon and while it doesn't look exactly like any Windows de
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by timbit42 9mo ago
Base 10 is more evolutionary because we, and many animals, evolved with 10 digits on our hands and feet.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
No. Base 16 is only divisible by 1, 2, 4, and 8, while Base12 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Of course, Base 10 is only divisible by 1, 2, and 5. Switching from Base 10 to Base 12 would be difficult. Instead we should go back in time an
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by timbit42 9mo ago
If the money was given to help people who weren't working due to COVID-19 to pay for necessities such as housing and food, then it is not extra spending than would normally be spent so it shouldn't cause inflation. Perhaps too muc
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by timbit42 9mo ago
Because they started with MySQL and it can be difficult to switch.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
No it doesn't.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
FPTP (First-Past-The-Post) pushes toward a two party system. When you switch to RC (Ranked Choice aka. Ranked Ballot or Ranked Voting) or even PR, that push is relaxed and you are likely to start seeing more parties. The problem with Ranked
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by timbit42 9mo ago
The enemy of my enemy...
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by timbit42 9mo ago
The SAGE computers were scaled up versions of the MIT Whirlwind I. Later, the transistorized TX-0 and TX-2 computers were based on the MIT Whirlwind I. The DEC PDP-1 was based on the TX-2.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
I certainly can't. I'm running GrapheneOS.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
Gothic Blackletter like the original 1611 King James Bible.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
If it was the correct color, people wouldn't recognize it.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
NextCloud?
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by timbit42 9mo ago
In my experience, it's not so much the updates as the upgrades but even upgrades are smooth with Linux Mint.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
> without the hassle of updates breaking things every few months That's not so much a Linux issue as an Arch issue.
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by timbit42 9mo ago
Because it benefits the tech companies to make their user interface different enough to make it difficult to relearn another one. There are no official standards like there are for the vehicle user interface.

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