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lproven, 1 year ago to random

Intel mulls cutting ties to 16 and 32-bit support

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/25/intel_proposes_dropping_16_bit_mode/

Hypothetical x86S architecture would boot straight into 64-bit mode

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 year ago to random

Lenovo Thinkpad Z13 just has this certain Macbook Air about it...

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/23/lenovo_thinkpad_z13/

World's largest laptop vendor releases whizzy x86 - but we could do with a better Windows rescue party

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 year ago to random

The SR-71 Blackbird's Most Spectacular Flyover Was Also Its Slowest

https://jalopnik.com/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-spectacular-flyover-was-also-1719654907

<- by the late great maj Brian Shul

lproven, 1 year ago to random

First ever 64-bit version of Windows rediscovered … and a C compiler for it too

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/19/first_64bit_windows/

Nearly quarter of a century after it wasn't released, Windows 2000 for DEC Alpha found on a discarded disk

<- by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 year ago to random

An unexpectedly fresh blast from the past, Freespire 9.5 has landed

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/15/freespire-95-breezes-in/

Remember Linspire, formerly known as LindowsOS? It's now Freespire and thriving

<- by me on @theregister

revk, 1 year ago to random

What is really bugging me, not the pain in my knees, leg, wrists, elbow, chest, and so on, no, what is really bugging me is that it was my own stupid fault.

I tripped over my shoe laces.

If you don't know, these Salomon cross hike shoes have a pull cord thing for laces. It works well. Well, if your arm is working well enough to pull it.

The bit left over. I did not know what to do, I poked in a loop in the shoe. Worked on my old ones for years.

But came out this time and tripped me.

.../N

lproven, 1 year ago to random

"An Epitaph to Laptops"

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2022/02/07/epitaph-to-laptops/

«
When I was younger I though that world only gets better. Things are improved.… Computers not only go faster & draw less power but they become more usable & allow people to be more productive because of new features introduced.

Unfortunately it’s not true. Some things are improving but other get forgotten or get worse.
»

lproven, 1 year ago to random

infosec company owned completely by 4chan user

https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/optimeyes-leak/

-- from @maia

lproven, 1 year ago to random

Converso: testing a new encrypted messaging app's extraordinary claims
https://crnkovic.dev/testing-converso/
«
How I accidentally breached a nonexistent database and found every private key in a 'state-of-the-art' encrypted messenger
»

lproven, 1 year ago to random

If you haven't heard about the almost overnight & totally unexpected 4Y-post-publication worldwide sales success of This is How You Lose the Time War, due to a Twitter account called "Bigolas Dickolas", this is the extremely cute thread of the author's astonishment. 😍

https://twitter.com/tithenai/status/1655613629604016151

lproven, 1 year ago to random

Ubuntu 23.04 welcomes three more flavors, but hamburger menus leave a bad taste

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/11/ubuntu_2304_new_flavors/

Official Cinnamon, Edubuntu reborn, and an updated Kylin

← by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 year ago to random

When it comes to Linux distros, one person's molehill is another's mountain

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/03/linux_distro_hopping/

Gosh, you're a fussy old lot, aren't you?

← by me on @theregister

lproven, 1 year ago to random

Bike crash 2023 part 19(ish)

https://lproven.dreamwidth.org/308607.html

lproven, 1 year ago to random

Introducing Mercury OS
A speculative vision of the operating system, driven by humane design principles.

https://uxdesign.cc/introducing-mercury-os-f4de45a04289

← This is fascinating. I've long thought we needed some ground-up thinking in this area.

But I now wonder if it's also why stripped-out UIs like GNOME are favoured by so many folks in (e.g.) the Linux space... which is famously full of neurodivergent people.

15min to pick a filename?! Really?

But I've seen SO MANY desktops like the pics in that blog.

lproven, 1 year ago to random

Bike crash 2023 part 18 (approximately)

https://lproven.dreamwidth.org/308254.html