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Understanding Rust Ownership: Immutable and Mutable References, RC and RefCell (github.com)
Rust ownership is a fundamental part of the language....
Ubisoft Returning to Day 1 Steam Releases Starting With Assassin's Creed Shadows (www.ign.com)
When we started burning coal it was called the industrial revolution. Was there a name when we started burning oil? The car revolution?
Yes I inverted it to burning coal is called the industrial revolution because I think it’s neat way to look at it....
Does leaving a single board computer caseless can be a problem or not?
…other than the logical factors of dust and the damage it can cause to components....
Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code (cyberinsider.com)
Rockstar Games’ servers have been under heavy fire from massive DDoS attacks in recent days, causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online. These attacks come in the wake of Rockstar’s recent implementation of BattlEye, a new anti-cheat system designed to crack down on in-game cheating, sparking...
Would you consider making a sandwich to be "cooking?"
Personally, I don’t* but I was curious what others think....
Researchers develop lithium-sulfur battery that can be cut, folded - Energy Storage (www.ess-news.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/42738519
Linus Torvalds: Speaks on the Rust vs C Linux Divide (www.youtube.com)
Linus Torvalds Speaks on the the divide between Rust and C Linux developers an the future Linux. Will things like fragmentation among the open source community hurt the Linux Kernel? We’ll listen to the Creator of Linux....
Task estimation
63% of Gen Z Would Rather Play Video Games Than Watch a Movie (gamerblurb.com)
can you ELI5 the physics of bleeding radiators on an apartment building?
I live on the 14th floor of a 30 story apartment building and so far, I’ve been bleeding my radiators myself....
[BLOG] Why Rust mutexes look like they do - Cliffle (cliffle.com)
New terminal apps: Warp and Wave
I was excited to learn about two new terminal emulator app which seemed to have a lot of cool new features, warp and wave. Then I looked closer and found that both are a no go for me....
What Linux distro surprised you the most?
During the first impressions of said distro, what feature surprised you the most?
UK's first 'teacherless' AI classroom set to open in London (archive.md)
A private school in London is opening the UK’s first classroom taught by artificial intelligence instead of human teachers. They say the technology allows for precise, bespoke learning while critics argue AI teaching will lead to a “soulless, bleak future”....
Do lesbians like boobs as much as straight guys?
Absolutely loving Linux btw
Couldn’t run Windows 7, and Windows 10 ran like shit. My old PC basically got a second life with Linux....
Rust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense” (arstechnica.com)
Linux people doing Linux things, it seems.
X goes offline in Brazil after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws (www.theguardian.com)
How do you secure your bootloader without secure boot or why doesn't it matter?
I’ve made the effort to secure mine and am aware of how the trusted protection module works with keys, Fedora’s Anaconda system, the shim, etc. I’ve seen where some here have mentioned they do not care or enable secure boot. Out of open minded curiosity for questioning my biases, I would like to know if there is anything...
16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs (www.macrumors.com)
Are LLMs capable of writing *good* code?
By “good” I mean code that is written professionally and concisely (and obviously works as intended). Apart from personal interest and understanding what the machine spits out, is there any legit reason anyone should learn advanced coding techniques? Specifically in an engineering perspective?...
Is it good practice to run a system without a syslog daemon?
If I’m using Arch or another minimal distro, is it a good idea to install a syslog daemon? Or can I go without?
Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs (www.phoronix.com)
There’s been some Friday night kernel drama on the Linux kernel mailing list… Linus Torvalds has expressed regrets for merging the Bcachefs file-system and an ensuing back-and-forth between the file-system maintainer.
With the amount of microplastics we're carrying around in pretty much every tissue in our bodies, is our weight measurably different as a result?
If it is, I assume it’s measured in thousandths of a gram or something, but are we all nevertheless a wee bit heavier than we ought to be?
Microsoft’s latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs (www.theverge.com)
I'm excited for Cosmic Desktop
From what I saw Cosmic has a lot of potential and looks pretty sleek too, right now I’m using KDE it’s a great desktop, but now that I have a second monitor it randomly crashes on me, I think I’ll switch to Cosmic when it reaches beta.