[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago

They hold "system binaries" meant for root user. It's not a hard distinction but many if not most Linux fundamentals have their roots in very early computing, mainframes, Bell and Xerox, and this good idea has been carried into the here&now. Not sure about the provenance of this one, but it makes sense. isn't /mnt /media different between distros? These aren't hard and fast rules - some distros choose to keep files elsewhere from the "standard".

/bin and /usr/bin, one is typically a symbolic link to another - they used to be stored on disks of different size, cost, and speed.

https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s16.html

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5915/difference-between-bin-and-usr-bin

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

That is inherently a gift then, donation? No different that giving it away and morally lesser to giving to the poor. Breaks one of the rules.

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago

Nothing was ever wrong with calling them “virtual assistants” - at least with them you’re conditioned to have a low bar of expectations. So if it performs past expectations, you’ll be excited, lol.

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

The previous ones were all attainable without paying and any weapons you got as part of the bundle, while nice, often did not last long unless you were good at the game.

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago

I keep hearing it’s impossible to go back to a dream but I’ve on occasion woken up and taken back asleep to the same dream. It’s nice.

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 29 points 7 months ago
[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

This website has the most vile ads on mobile that come in on ask sides of the screen, cutting off half the article. Literally unreadable.

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago

The mouse acceleration present in all Apple platforms that you can’t turn off unless you change system files on a Mac. It makes using an iPad as a work computer difficult.

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago

Yes. Most people are this way.

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Surprisingly sane take, I forget sometimes that not everything on the internet is straight cynicism. Ty.

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago

This is great but will the implants by this company expire and stop working once it gets bought out or goes out of business, like with so many other experimental implants that worked great? (No /s) In case article goes kaput:

‘’’ Sticking an electrode inside a person’s brain can do more than treat a disease. Take the case of Rita Leggett, an Australian woman whose experimental brain implant changed her sense of agency and self. She told researchers that she “became one” with her device.

She was devastated when, two years later, she was told she had to remove the implant because the company that made it had gone bust. ‘’’

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/25/1073634/brain-implant-removed-against-her-will/

[-] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

They used the wrong type of bulb. Ordinarily the bulb will be made of a UV blocking glass, and not be quartz based. I think? So it’s not usually the shroud that stops UV except in cases of Halogen bulbs. These would be CFL without any shield except perhaps a cage to protect against things thrown.

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