room505 | 6 months ago | on: Desktop Linux Keeps Winning the Wrong Battles
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room505 | 8 months ago | on: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
...because I cannot run Revit on Apple or Linux.
room505 | 1 year ago | on: NOAA Is in Danger
Volunteer. You can start here - https://www.mobilize.us/
room505 | 2 years ago | on: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates
room505 | 2 years ago | on: Elon Musk Bought X.com for Twitter
Oh, my mistake. Sorry for the confusion.
room505 | 2 years ago | on: Elon Musk Bought X.com for Twitter
x.com redirects to twitter.com
room505 | 2 years ago | on: Microsoft: Windows 10 22H2 is the final version of Windows 10
I can't get Revit or AutoCAD on Linux, so no.
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
I've heard that peanut butter is mainly an American thing. What would be an alternative to peanut butter in other cultures to cut peanut allergies?
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Why Substack?
There are many legitimate journalists on the platform. Painting a broad-brush does a disservice to those that put a lot of effort into their reporting.
Edit: Check these out.
https://noahpinion.substack.com/
https://petestrzok.substack.com/
https://damonlinker.substack.com/
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/
https://joycevance.substack.com/
https://thedispatch.com/ (No longer on Substack. They became so popular that they decided to manage their own platform)
room505 | 3 years ago | on: US Supreme Court to weigh end to race-based college admissions
Here's a great response to how colleges can ensure diversity since this will likely get struck down.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/20/opinion/affirmative-a...
Edit: TLTR: Dump standardized college admission tests as an admissions requirement, end legacy admissions and tap corporate activism.
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Less Than 6 Hours of Sleep a Night Linked to Serious, Chronic Illness
Get your prostate checked.
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra
Will this Windows Arm only get three years of updates, just like a Qualcomm phone?
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Retired U.S. generals, admirals take top jobs with Saudi crown prince
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Use NextDNS everywhere you use Tailscale
Hmm, it's interesting that they are saying it's now supported. I've been using my NextDNS ip6 addresses in Tailscale for one or two years now. I just had to add the ip6 addresses in the global nameservers and checkmark the "override local DNS". It's been working really well. I've been able to use Tailscale to access my Synology for music and blocks ads on my phone.
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: Earn 9.62% on US Treasury I Bonds on Yotta
Add this to your uBlock filter:
treasurydirect.gov##+js(remove-attr, readonly, input.pwordinput)room505 | 3 years ago | on: How fateful?
My spouse and I passed each other all the time because we lived in the same neighborhood. I almost had the courage to approach her. Ironically, we ended up meeting through a dating website!
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Streaming TV is having an existential crisis, and viewers can tell
room505 | 3 years ago | on: A Message from Signal's New President
I'm not sure what is proprietary...https://threema.ch/en/open-source
room505 | 3 years ago | on: A Message from Signal's New President
My family has been using Threema, which doesn't require a phone number.
room505 | 3 years ago | on: Casio F91 smart watch reboot
I wonder if an eink display would work okay. Then it would last a month!
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I would venture to guess that kids know the difference between Mac and Windows and probably prefers one over the other.