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But the biggest differential factor between BSDs and GNU/Linux is the way it is structured. In Linux, all components are designed to work together, but are completely separate. You’ve got the kernel, init systems, multimedia daemons, userland, bootloader, virtualization...
Game of Trees (Got) is a version control system which prioritizes ease of use and simplicity over flexibility. Got is still under development; it is being developed on OpenBSD and its main target audience are OpenBSD developers. Got uses Git repositories to store versioned...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Wall Street Journal: Drunken-driving deaths in the U.S. have risen to levels not seen in nearly two decades, federal data show, a major setback to long-running road-safety efforts. At the same time, arrests for driving under...
The big question – does all this have a future? The good news is that all new hardware has generic support in X. Someone writes either a modesetting kernel driver or a classical wsdisplay kernel driver and they will be automatically supported by the associated drivers in X....
Do any of you remember the browser Dillo? The project’s been through a rough few years after the main developer of the layout engine sadly passed away, the lead developer disappeared from the project, the dillo.org domain was lost and taken over by spammers – but now there’s ...
Sunday May 5, 2024. 11:18 PM
A 'string of legal victories' by America's market-regulating Securities and Exchange Commission 'has jolted some of crypto's biggest players,' reports Politico — even as they're seeking more credibility with U.S. lawmakers: Judges have recently rebuked claims that the SEC...
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'What if the big tech companies achieved their ultimate business goal — maximizing engagement on their platforms — in a way that has undermined our ability to function as an open society?' That's the question being asked by Chuck Todd, chief political analyst for NBC News: Wh...
An anonymous reader shared this report from SFGate: Late last year, tales of tech workers paying $700 a month for tiny 'bed pods' in downtown San Francisco went viral. The story provided a perfect distillation of SF's wild (and wildly expensive) housing market — and inspired...
When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless Retrospective Ten years ago Microsoft absorbed the handset division of Nokia. The world's biggest operating systems vendor was going mobile in a big way, and buying the erstwhile world leader in mobile...
The Associated Press reports that an F-16 performing aerial combat tests at 550 miles per hour was 'controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot.' And riding in the front seat was the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force... AI marks one of the biggest advances in...
Last month Reuters reported that Venezuela's state-run oil company 'plans to increase digital currency usage in its crude and fuel exports as the U.S. reimposes oil sanctions on the country, three people familiar with the plan said.' [The oil company] since last year had...
The blog Its FOSS has 15,000 followers for its Mastodon account — which they think is causing problems: When you share a link on Mastodon, a link preview is generated for it, right? With Mastodon being a federated platform (a part of the Fediverse), the request to generate a...
Congratulations to Disneyland's Club 33 Chef Gloria Tae on being named a California Woman of the Year by the State Assembly! As part of an incredible career, Gloria Tae has run all of the Disneyland resort's best restaurants. After serving as head chef at Napa Rose and...
Upgrading to a shiny new device? Here’s how to restore your old phone to its factory settings.
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Noted white supremacist bag of trash Nick Fuentes has been welcomed back to the Xitter by Elon 'Pedo Guy' Musk. Upon having his account reinstated, Fuentes immediately thanked his benefactor: Musk replied to that post, saying the 'ADL is still fighting yesterday's...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian: Newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have shed light on the final hours of Plato, a key figure in the history of...
With swappable bezels and plenty of stamina, Xiaomi’s barebones smartwatch is a bargain.
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