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What’s left ain’t right.

I knew this!

On the off chance that one of you needs to model an Icosahedron / D20 in CAD, constructing three golden rectangles is often the easiest way to go, as it removes the need for calculating face angles.

Wait, you don’t have anthropomorphic animals in traffic in tye US?

Baphomet flipping you the bird, even.

That’s not what this post is about.

I understand, and agree, with the sentiment that more people should switch to Linux, but please don’t pretend the answer to every topic regarding Microsoft or Windows is “just switch to Linux”. It is for some, but it derails and invalidates a necessary conversation about shitty behaviour by Microsoft.

I have a machine running linux at home, I’m not afraid of a package manager, but Linux is not the answer to everything. Not yet at lesst.

I can’t refuse to use windows at work, and much as i would sometimes like to, I can’t just go and quit over what OS our computers run. That would end poorly for my livelihood and family.

The purpose of this article is to highlight unfair behaviour by Microsoft, especially towards businesses, which is a topic that needs more attention. Microsoft is in every level of infrastructure in almost every big corporation, and no matter how attractive linux is, that doesn’t make the dangers of centralised IT belonging to one company any less relevant.

We should all do more to lobby for more companies and corporations switching to Linux, but replying with “just switch to Linux smh” is not pushing that agenda.

Eggs.

That’s awesome.

I’m in Denmark (so close to Germany) and we usually have the Danish variety of Gluwein, Glögg, multiple times throughout December.

I can totally relate to not being much into traditional Christmas cooking. My family isn’t either, so we try something new every year.

That sounds awesome.

You gotta give us the story of how it came to be.

Tacos and Gluwein are spectacularly, gloriously far apart culinarily.

How did you come to having a middle American dish with a northern European beverage?

I think “by hand” implies making ascii art in a text editor, rather than in a dedicated drawing tool that lets you paint characters etc.

which might or might not be a separate unit from the keyboard.

Funny that you mention it. Synthesizers are very much a product of university research programs. Back in the 60’s and 70’s, when synthesizers as a concept was still new, there was heated debate between the pioneers of the field (Robert Moog in New York and Donald Buchla in Berkley, California) over whether or not synthesizers should even have a keyboard.

The origin of the word “synthesizer” isn’t actually “synthetic”, as many believe, but rather synthesis, as in the academic sense of the word, from the idea of breaking a sound down into it’s individual parts and reassembling them.

Are you sticking to only softsynths / digital, or also going into analog?

I ask because I have previously struggled with explaining why plugins and dsp stuff works the way it does (why is “saving my settings” called a patch?) without going into a long winded history lesson.

Either way, super cool!

I think I know a fair bit about both the history of synths and how they work, so if you need someone try bounce ideas off of don’t hesitate to write.

Interesting! Do you happen to know where the -UX suffix convention came from?

No, not it’s not. And not even just for the lulz of having access to porn.

You wanna know why? For the same reasons that decriminalisation of drugs is has potential upsides, and for the same reasons why repression breeds kinks.

People are going to try to get porn anyway. If you force young people (or people who can’t provide ID) to resort viewing porn illegally, then it is infinitely easier for them to go browsing for porn in places that will let them find really illegal porn.

In other words, would you rather have your kids watching main stream porn, or would you like them to potentially end up on the dark web?

I wonder if one could make a renderer that translates ascii characters into squares of solid colours. Colour depends on the character.

Zoom out far enough and you have a bitmap.

I think what this comment is trying to say is that we’re headed towards an age that resembles what that song talks about: An age of unfettered capitalism, with a small number of corporation owning so much of the market that they can do what they want with no repercussions.

Now that I think about it, tahini and peanut butter are fairly similar in texture and consistency.

I wonder what Hummus with peanut butter would taste like.

I also wonder what peanut butter with garlic, lemon and cumin would taste like.

The qualifier listed by op was “popular music”

Yes, but how often do you see them in mainstream media these days?

There are three battles wise men know not to fight:

• A land war in Asia
• The Finns in winter
• Swedish Unions

As is Denmark, but with even fewer rifles, owing to a noticeable lack of big game.

I think it’s important to mention that, like with medical products, we don’t generally get adverts for firearms. I want to say it’s illegal, but I’m not actually sure. Regardless, the lack of advertising for weapons contributes to the absence of firearms and related items in the public consciousness. You don’t really get people over here standing around talking about guns the same way they’d talk about sports cars or tools. Guns are very much a serious topic reserved for law enforcement and military matters.