overview for vipaal

Don’t give a free pass to Beijing for its aggressive behaviour, researchers say in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Reminds of

It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal

By Henry Kissinger

I don't know why but I find the term "October Surprise" to be quite amusing? Do you? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

TIL 👍

The first thing that came to my mind is perhaps October Surprise is something pleasant and giving a feeling of relief after Eternal September

If a corporation were subject to normal human health risks, we would have a clean environment and trillions invested in fighting climate change. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Addictive tobacco has reinvented itself. Vaping, gummies, and probably more.

Ik ik but control yourselfs in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

New Shepard (of Blue Origin that dick shaped space flight in which Jeff Bezos took off for his first mission)

NSW government ends WFH as workers are ordered back into the office in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Given what happened on the stock market, looks like this is a step towards bracing for the impact that recession might bring. Not that everyone would line up at the shops in the CBD recession or not as it feels like one anyway. Just a cop out to say that we tried by bringing your potential customers in your vicinity. What fun times to look forward to.

Are We Too Dependent on Microsoft? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Answering the question with a counter question

Why do we ask a question whilst already knowing its answer?

Fallacies of Youtube in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Calculated misery by Tim Wu explains a lot of this. Goes on to show how airlines and other industries as well. I think the paper was published in 2014.

How can I go about using the tty only on my system in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Byobu provides good abstraction on tmux as well as screen. Allows you to choose keybindings from any of the two.

antennapod fork? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

From what I can see on the F-Droid description, Focus connects to iTunes, presumably in addition to the same places Antenna does, for podcast search indexing

Why do you still hate Windows? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

A few months ago I blindly copied the hosts file from https://github.com/Ultimate-Hosts-Blacklist/Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist as I was used to on BSD and Linux systems. It bricked Windows. Turns out that I had to use the installer script for Windows. Realised too late. That was my final goodbye to the Redmond giant.

For running a walled garden with iron grip, Apple allows copying the hosts file. Which I use for things like certification exams and any governmental agency stuffs.

What is your favourite shell to use in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Bash as it is what I'm most familiar with. Having an eye out on the https://amber-lang.com/ that compiles to bash for future scripting purposes.

What would happen to your body if you only ate 750g of 2% cottage cheese every day for a month? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKOvOaJv4GK-oDqx-sj7VVg -- either this channel may visit you, or you visit the channel.

The episode will begin with a dramatically narrated, HF is a <XYZ> years old <gender identifier>, and had <food> for a month! This is what happened next!