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shipmaker··on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
it's for when your corpo provides you with a windows laptop for development. hope that helps with your understanding
shipmaker··on Why has a useless cold medication been allowed on shelves for years?
It helps with the symptoms: makes you sneeze less, helps clear the sinuses, helps with the headaches (or that feeling that your head weighs two tons), etc.
shipmaker··on Why has a useless cold medication been allowed on shelves for years?
Trust me, I have experienced an extreme case of rhinorrhea. Not a single european doctor prescribed pseudoephedrine to me. And I'm not interested in painting americans as anything, the paracetamol I mentioned coupled with tea and lozenges work amazingly well for common colds
shipmaker··on Why has a useless cold medication been allowed on shelves for years?
I am one of those people and I have visited many specialized doctors and not a single one prescribed pseudoephedrine, but I guess you know better
shipmaker··on Is LK-99 a Superconductor After All? New Research and Updated Patent Say So
"This coexistence between superconductive and non-superconductive compounds may be the reason why certain LK-99 internet videos (if legitimate LK-99) showcased a phenomenon dubbed flux pinning, where external magnetic fields are able to penetrate the superconductor compound through the parts of it that aren't superconductive (everything that isn't lead-apatite), pinning it in place."

This was my non-expert opinion as well..

shipmaker··on Why not tell people to “simply” use pyenv, poetry or anaconda
Thanks!
shipmaker··on Why not tell people to “simply” use pyenv, poetry or anaconda
Thank you for your post, I was looking for something like altinstall, I wasn't aware of it. I've used dnf to install python3.8 side by side with the default python3.6 on Almalinux and they seem to work fine, but I keep wondering if I haven't broken something.
shipmaker··on Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging
so this explains why vegans look older
shipmaker··on Python PEP for Making the GIL Optional Doesn't Get Enough Support
I like to think the community will gravitate towards the more performant option and the old python will be left in the dust
shipmaker··on Python PEP for Making the GIL Optional Doesn't Get Enough Support
Enough is enough. Sam (facebook) should fork his work. Get him a dedicated team working on this, it's too important to abandon due to some bs politics.
shipmaker··on Secure Containerized Browser
I use Sandboxie plus on Windows, easy to set-up, found no faults yet