Title: No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
Author(s): Graham Bowley
Genre: Documentary
I've just started, it's to early to decide whether I like and recommend it.
Basically, which linux distro is the best for a non-power user? Someone who wants to be able to get up and running without having to learn how to manage the OS using the cli....
I don’t mean system files, but your personal and work files. I have been using Mint for a few years, I use Timeshift for system backups, but archived my personal files by hand. This got me curious to see what other people use. When you daily drive Linux what are your preferred tools to keep backups? I have thousands of...
This. I'm totally for FOSS, but among four commercial apps that I use (SublimeText, SublimeMerge, Reaper and Bitwig), all four use this older model. You buy a period of free upgrades, but you may keep using the current version as long, as you wish. I see this model as beneficial for user and the company (providing them with money), but also encouraging it economically to continue developing the product. In the case of subscription-based model, I see little reason for the company to improve the product.
Over half a million German Roman Catholics left the church last year alone. Why do people break with the institution? DW's Christoph Strack caught up with one of those who have done so.
Most Scifi fans I have ran into can pretty quickly rank the four stars –BattleSTAR Galactica, STAR Trek, STARgate, and STAR wars, but what lesser-known or less-prestigious shows hold a special place in your heart?...
A (potentially?) monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting this month, with contributions from the community.
Whenever my mom says "Tell the truth you won't be in trouble." I would almost always end up telling the truth and i end up getting in trouble and she would talk to my dad and all kinds of things, what's the most successful Lie in History?
Watched this movie for the first time today, I felt that a Wes Anderson film would be good for a Sunday afternoon. This was a great movie with a very unique setting and fast. William Dafoe is scary, the tone and pacing are great. There are a lot of mustaches:...
Great movie, indeed. I also recommend you watching "The Darjeeling Limited", 'Moonrise Kingdom" and "The French Dispatch". Also, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", which kinda resembles me earlier works of Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
I've seen Asteroid City today. Man, what a great movie. Definitely on a par with The Grand Budapest Hotel. The colors. The composition. The camera shots. The montage. Marvelous!
Unit 731 - Secret Japanese project that carried out human medical experiments during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II (en.wikipedia.org)
Balut (food) - is a fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Sci-fi you couldn’t get into?
What’s a piece of SF that you just couldn’t get into, even though you feel like you should?...
Must watch classic SciFi movies?
So far this year I have watched Metropolis and Zardoz for the first time. What are some other must see SciFi movies?
What are you reading this week? [7/16/23]
What book is currently on your nightstand?...
What is the most opinionated linux distro?
Basically, which linux distro is the best for a non-power user? Someone who wants to be able to get up and running without having to learn how to manage the OS using the cli....
What is you backup tool of choice?
I don’t mean system files, but your personal and work files. I have been using Mint for a few years, I use Timeshift for system backups, but archived my personal files by hand. This got me curious to see what other people use. When you daily drive Linux what are your preferred tools to keep backups? I have thousands of...
UK teachers want cash skills to replace religious studies lessons, study finds (uk.news.yahoo.com)
BRITAIN wants personal finance lessons to replace religious studies on the school curriculum, new national research reveals.
Chris Lattner on Julia programming language | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips (www.youtube.com)
How to build a horse
Julia v1.9.2 has been released (julialang.org)
Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US (arstechnica.com)
When your program as a whole does not works as planned, but performs its functions
Autodesk screws customers by turning lifetime licenses into subscriptions (odysee.com)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U4-pp1uKNnM
Why Germany's Catholics turn their back on the church (www.dw.com)
Over half a million German Roman Catholics left the church last year alone. Why do people break with the institution? DW's Christoph Strack caught up with one of those who have done so.
Interview with Senior Rust Developer in 2023 (youtu.be)
Rust programming languageInterview with a Rust developer with Jester Hartman - aired on © The Rust.Find more Rust opinions under:Full version on paah.vhx.tvP...
Last weekend bikepacking trip
What's your most-loved non-star movie/show?
Most Scifi fans I have ran into can pretty quickly rank the four stars –BattleSTAR Galactica, STAR Trek, STARgate, and STAR wars, but what lesser-known or less-prestigious shows hold a special place in your heart?...
This month in Julia world - 2023-06 (discourse.julialang.org)
A (potentially?) monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting this month, with contributions from the community.
What is the most Successful Lie in History?
Whenever my mom says "Tell the truth you won't be in trouble." I would almost always end up telling the truth and i end up getting in trouble and she would talk to my dad and all kinds of things, what's the most successful Lie in History?
Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (i.imgur.com)
Watched this movie for the first time today, I felt that a Wes Anderson film would be good for a Sunday afternoon. This was a great movie with a very unique setting and fast. William Dafoe is scary, the tone and pacing are great. There are a lot of mustaches:...
An Introduction to Laplace Approximations for Bayesian Deep Learning in Julia
https://medium.com/@sbratus/an-introduction-to-laplace-approximations-for-bayesian-deep-learning-in-julia-c5a30cfaf7b5
Moving away from RHEL based distros, whats good ?
Hi, mostly i use REHL based distros like Centos/Rocky/Oracle for the solutions i develop but it seems its time to leave…...