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TIL, thanks!

I've used, and continue to use, Linux for a long time, and am very happy with it. Great for my desktop/laptop (Debian, i3).

That said...it seems like it was a bad choice for these devices. It has no stable ABI, and not even a stable API (famously

you can read the good reasons why this is the case). If a stable API/ABI was used, then I would think it would be trivial to keep up with security updates

just run a mainline kernel with a few custom drivers for cell/touch/GPU/whatever. Those will need to be kept up with security updates, but any core kernel security would be automatically handled just by running recent kernels.

Perhaps I'm missing something obvious

probably just that everyone decided on Linux, so various vendors already have good Linux support (if only for a 5.10 or some other ancient kernel...).

It's also somewhat unique as a state (maybe?) in that it has a ton of corporate exports (namely, tech), as well as gigantic agricultural output. Illinois comes to mind as a similar situation. Contrast to Alaska (oil) or NY (NYC finance/corporate).

https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/Bill-Nye-plastic-guy-turning/100/i23

He did shill for Coca-Cola, which isn't a great look.

https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/Bill-Nye-plastic-guy-turning/100/i23

Coca-Cola paid him to talk plastic.

Easy if you have money. If a new phone is a financial stretch, then in the short term it can be cheaper to get a nice phone for "free" with carrier lock in (which of course means it wasn't free at all). It probably ends up being more expensive in the long term, but your paycheck can cover it.

Wrong. I breathed in some helium once and it made my voice all high pitched which threatened my fragile masculinity. Very toxic.

(/s...)

Never worked much with cryogenics, but the one thing I learned was to never get in an elevator with (large quantities of) liquid nitrogen

if the elevator stops it can displace the oxygen and that's...kinda bad.

Well if you throw a party with 800 people surely someone will know how?

I think the biggest sin that South Park and The Simpsons have made is the disaffected "both candidates suck equally" bit. Essentially advocating for voter apathy is appalling. Just look at the makeup of the US Supreme Court and say with a straight face that "Giant Douche" and "Turd Sandwich" was a reasonable take.

At the hospital, one of the nurses joked that whenever a fellow medical professional walked past a newborn they'd always ask for a hit of that new baby smell. Coke for the neonatal wing of the hospital.

If your baby predominantly smells like shit, you may need to be changing diapers more often...

That's...not what (many) babies smell like most of the time.