Even as the world’s biggest Microsoft hater I can admit that Powershell is pretty slick.
The bad doesn’t always negate the good. Take birth control for instance. It was developed in a highly unethical way (tested on a large population in Puerto Rico without their knowledge or consent IIRC). That was a bad thing, but birth control by itself is a good thing that improves people’s lives.
A fern is a plant. A plant is supposed to get pollinated by bees and whatnot. Yet ferns have sperm swimming around and fertilizing the lady-bits of other fern....
The original Thrawn trilogy is good, but I personally prefer the reboot trilogy by Zahn. That’s the character that we saw in Rebels, although he has a lot more depth in the books. His motivations for rising through the ranks of the Empire are not what you would expect them to be.
The second new trilogy goes into Thrawn’s youth and culture, and while I still enjoyed those three books as well, I think you basically have to love Thrawn’s character to get through them.
[REPOST] Years ago, I was the CTO of a software company that was perhaps the worst run company I've ever seen. It was run by a "chairman" who used to be a flight engineer, and who had no experience at all in the software industry. One day, in his expansive wisdom, Mr. Chairman decided that we were going to give his friend (a...
If linux distributions were tools. (sh.itjust.works)
alias 2024='echo "YEAR OF THE DESKTOP"' (lemmy.ml)
Edit: Enough money as in buying a PC supporting windows 11
A symptom of linux past traumas
So, I had to reinstall windows as a dualboot, because I need some CAD tools for work. It was painful but it’s not thebaubject...
There is no such thing as too many fans... (sh.itjust.works)
Has Nintendo lost it's magic or is it just now waking up and making good games again - my thoughts included, but what are the views of Lemy users?
It needs to be said, but I want to know how some of you view Mario games and where they started and ended at....
Copyright Infringement notice while using VPN?
[Resolved, thanks!]...
happy 1_700_000_000 everyone! (discuss.tchncs.de)
a rare Unix timestamp occurred yesterday....
They will all become Linux users one way or another (lemmy.ml)
TIL: ferns have sperm that swims (www.thoughtco.com)
A fern is a plant. A plant is supposed to get pollinated by bees and whatnot. Yet ferns have sperm swimming around and fertilizing the lady-bits of other fern....
People who read the Thrawn Trilogy, what do you think of it? (2.bp.blogspot.com)
unplug your primary ssd (lemmy.world)
New York City Moves to Ban Solitary Confinement, Defying Mayor Adams (www.nytimes.com)
[REPOST] You might like to back up that decision...
[REPOST] Years ago, I was the CTO of a software company that was perhaps the worst run company I've ever seen. It was run by a "chairman" who used to be a flight engineer, and who had no experience at all in the software industry. One day, in his expansive wisdom, Mr. Chairman decided that we were going to give his friend (a...
What We Do in the Shadows’ Sixth Season Will Be Its Last (www.vulture.com)
Assimilate City, we assimilate - and that's all! (lemmy.world)
As you harumph. (lemmy.world)
Vulcan destroyer (lemmy.world)
Ralphs, 2 for 4$. (cdn.catsweat.com)