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modmans2nd··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Pocket casts
modmans2nd··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Meh.... he’s a conspiracy crank
modmans2nd··on Handcalcs: Automatically render Latex equations from Python math code
I feel like a latex language editor is easier.
modmans2nd··on FreeCol: Turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization
Ahhhhh a game where you can play colonizer....
modmans2nd··on Africa declared free of wild polio
Bat eat mosquitoes
modmans2nd··on OpenJDK Comes to Windows 10 on ARM
So?
modmans2nd··on Wilford Brimley has died
That shows you how decrepit people were at that age back in the day.
modmans2nd··on Wilford Brimley has died
GFC....only 85? That puts him in his 50’s when he played an old person in Cacoon..... and he looked old AF.
modmans2nd··on Reporters are leaving newsrooms for newsletters
Like rss subscriptions
modmans2nd··on Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet
Uh....you’re the one following them. Take some freaking responsibility for yourself.
modmans2nd··on Scientists warn of potential wave of Covid-linked brain damage
Why? Because people shouldn’t know about something scientists are investigating or because you think Covid19 is over blown and this is just another thing in the bucket of “it’s not over blown” and you don’t like that?
modmans2nd··on U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation
Originalism is degenerate legal philosophy. Textualism is all that is valid. We will look back at some of those ridiculous uncited rulings that speak about “how the writers felt given the time” as foolishness.
modmans2nd··on U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation
“As intended “ isn’t “as it is written “. See the recent ruling that came down saying that LGBTQ people are protected under the civil rights act of 1967 because the words are very plainly written. Just because the people in congress probably didn’t intend to protect the LGBTQ community given the culture at the time the WORDS of the law are very clear.
modmans2nd··on U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation
Or they won’t?
modmans2nd··on U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation
Yes, that was the question at hand but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have implications for lots of other things that the courts will have to clarify now.
modmans2nd··on Edge install undermines Microsoft’s argument that automatic updates are critical
New Edge is Chromium.
modmans2nd··on Edge install undermines Microsoft’s argument that automatic updates are critical
I love it. I even use it on my iPhone and my Mac...I can’t wait for default browser settings in iOS14
modmans2nd··on Edge install undermines Microsoft’s argument that automatic updates are critical
Grandma...why do you keep bothering me! Just use wget!!!!
modmans2nd··on Edge install undermines Microsoft’s argument that automatic updates are critical
....Microsoft pushed their new native browser out ....the horror!!!! I guess we should be mad at Google and Apple for forcing their browsers on us too.
modmans2nd··on Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs
Why show performance numbers on a machine that will not be going to production?
modmans2nd··on Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs
That’s cool I’m and of itself though
modmans2nd··on High doses of ketamine can temporarily switch off the brain, say researchers
*Looks at SSRI, DRI, and NRI drugs...looks at your comment...confused
modmans2nd··on The Unix Operating System (1982) [video]
I love that video. I’ve seen it 5 times and every time I have to watch the whole thing.
modmans2nd··on Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms
So...we should do all the other things Sweden is doing for their citizens ASAP
modmans2nd··on DirectX is coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux
No. They are not that company anymore and it’s been clear they have not been that way for over a decade.

This is a step towards moving their API over to Linux so they can dump Windows as an OS and provide it as a docker container service service for enterprise.

modmans2nd··on DirectX is coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux
Step 1) Put a Linux Kernel on Windows as a separate subsystem

Step 2) Port all APIs to this Kernel

Step 3) Switch over to Linux as the main kernel and make the windows kernel a a Linux sub system to support legacy win32 apps.

Step 4) Make all win32 support into a containerized system

Microsoft moves to a Linux based system it offers for free and is only used for integration and support of it’s services.

modmans2nd··on EA will be releasing the C&C Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert source code under GPL3
MS is open sourcing their platforms which is more valuable than their products from a community benefit perspective.
modmans2nd··on Ask HN: “Git” for Microsoft Office?
Share point and Teams all the way
modmans2nd··on Why nail salons in America are dominated by Vietnamese Americans
Definitely an older article since a 41 year old today was born well after the fall of Saigon
modmans2nd··on Ask HN: What are you doing this weekend?
Finishing the drywall repair in my entryway
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