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sicnus

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Founded themes.org; helped get Linux.com off the ground and hired the guy that founded Sourceforge.net. www.sicnus.com
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sicnus··on Apple's M1 processor spotlights Intel's chip challenges
All of this is useless chatter for most folks that just want a decent gaming platform. Sadly, Intel on Windows is going to be where folks go.
sicnus··on The redesign of New York City's subway map [video]
This seems like such an exciting project. I live in Macon, GA and while I probably would never use it, I'd like more feedback from folks that do use it.

Did they deliver? Were there issues? Are there still issues? How much better has this made things for folks? Worse?

Yeah... love the video, but all things that are shiny aren't necessarily actually great. ;) I'm optimistic, but skeptical. .

sicnus··on Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
Thirty years ago today and I was in Saudi Arabia getting ready to go to Iraq. It would be another 4 years before I started using my first computer and a year after that my first Linux OS.
sicnus··on Solaris 10 Zones on Illumos Tribblix
Solaris 10 has been EOL since what this time last year? No more updates are going out to it. So if you are still running a Solaris 10 zone then you aren't able to patch it.
sicnus··on Inviting employees back to the office – if you dare
I've actually enjoyed working from home for the most part over the past 5-6 months. My only main issue is that I tend to work MORE from home as you don't have the normal water cooler interruptions or group BS sessions about football or sports or... this or that. I'm hoping I don't ever have to go back to the office.

Worked from home for a few years in the old days but wasn't really disciplined to be very productive. Now I am.

sicnus··on Unraveling the Mindset of Victimhood
The 5 questions seem to ignore peoples backgrounds and circumstances.

If you typically aren't facing injustice often then you aren't going to think you are a victim.

It is a privileged position to assume everyone should "score" the same if they aren't marginalized.

sicnus··on Fedora Approves of Making Nano the Default Terminal Text Editor
wtf is up with that site.

If you want to save changes: :w (write) :wq (write quit) :wq! (Override any read-only perms)

sicnus··on Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?
Black Lives Matter.

It needs to be said more. Not sorry.

sicnus··on The X-Windows Disaster (1994)
Oh, I wanna hop in on this train. tell that fool to man X yo. ;)

I've been getting pissed about people calling it "X Windows" since 1995 so there.

sicnus··on [dead]
I thought it was an advert.
sicnus··on X Window System Basics (2014)
Logged in to upvote this because it used the correct: X Window System and not X Windows (Grrrr...) Man X folks! [Apparently OP did.]
sicnus··on LinuxWorld 1999, Torvalds and Stallman [video]
Me too. I remember sitting there up front(in the room @ the stage) waiting for the doors to open... and then seeing all the folks flood in. I had never been able to see what it looked like outside until now.

That show, and the times surrounding it was probably some of the best of my life. It's such a shame I didn't appreciate it as much at the time as I should have.... I took it all for granted. I remember after that show, I think we went back to Larry's house and Linus and family were there with all the kids... Such an amazing time.

sicnus··on Open Plan Offices Kill Productivity. Here's What to Do Instead.
This felt like a sly advert for Time Doctor.
sicnus··on The popularity of the Squatty Potty
> a double transubstantiation, Christ into the communion wafer, and thence into dung.

LOL. Poetry.

sicnus··on Is the Touch Bar a gimmick? Two years in, I can answer that
Yes it's a gimmick, I knew the second I saw it. I hate it. It is a nightmare when using VIM. Ugh... When my work said they were going to buy me a MacBook Pro I was stoked. When I found it came with that crap... cringe
sicnus··on Jobs at Google (1999)
My wife interviewed then... She was an Admin Assistant for a CEO of a fairly large pharmaceutical company in the bay area. They asked her what she wanted to do and she responded she would and could perform quite well as an admin asst. They they said, "no, what do you want to do?" I think they were asking about pottery or saving whales or whatever. My wife didn't get it; nor the job. If only she could have said "Chase Rainbows". sigh (edit: words)
sicnus··on Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make?
So is an "Influencer" simply just another word for a YouTuber?
sicnus··on Supplements are a $30B racket
Oooh, another Fish oil user!

It helped with my cholesterol I know.

sicnus··on Boosting teeth’s healing ability by mobilizing stem cells in dental pulp
sigh Yes... :( Soon is never soon enough.