I’m surprised I can’t find any actual abacus input devices. Like, shouldn’t there be an abacus with usb that sends bytecode
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doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's something you had as a kid you wish had modern batteries?2·2 months agoAs a kid, tho, I loved 9volts because they had the best connectors.
It’s the best connector because you can lick it
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Linux@lemmy.ml•Is it possible to manage Apple devices on Linux?1·2 months agoSometimes you need to enable something in the bios (virtualization? i forget what it’s called)
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Linux@lemmy.ml•Is it possible to manage Apple devices on Linux?1·2 months agoIDK if you can have a live windows usb, but virtualbox is great for that sort of thing.
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Scientists of Lemmy, how would you standardize or improve cooking recipes?281·2 months agoRecipes should be written with the quantities in the procedure. So instead of reading
Mix flour, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl
It should be
Mix flour (300g), salt (1/4 tsp), and sugar (20g) in a large mixing bowl
That way you don’t need to read/refer to ingredient list, read/refer to ingredient list, etc
Krita is nice. IDK how it compares to commercial products, but ctrl-c + ctrl-v works like you’d expect it to
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Linux@lemmy.ml•What helps people get comfortable on the command line?4·2 months ago/
to search man pages was a gamechanger
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Linux@lemmy.ml•Android 16 lets the Linux Terminal use your phone's entire storage3·2 months agoI’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is not in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
I’m not saying that discouraging reproduction is eugenics. I’m saying that @Aitherios@lemmy.ml’s attempt at defining Eugenics is wrong. Saying it’s about producing the best “GENES” possible is just post-hoc reasoning to make it sounds more scientific.
Eugenics is based on 19th century racial science. If someone is advocating for any sort of population control that uses that framework (of bettering the “race”), they’re doing eugenics.
A good example of what’s not eugenics is China’s one-child policy. It wasn’t aimed at creating a “better” race of any kind, and It actually provided exemptions for ethnic minorities. The goal wasn’t to create a better type of human race, it was to prevent the population from growing faster that what the economy could support. IMO it was probably unnecessary, but definitely wasn’t eugenics.
However, if there was an alternate reality where china instituted the one-child policy only for ethnic minorities in an effort to make the nation a pure Han state, that would be eugenics. If they did it based on IQ, that would be eugenics. And if they exempted minorities from the policy out of a belief that the Han were inferior, that would also be genetics
These threads always attract a variety of reactionary opinions
[edit] whoops, didn’t mean to reply. Yours were not the reactionary opinions lol. after the revolution, all tetrapods will rightly be understood to be fish
Eugenics is about producing the best GENES possible
“Eugenics” was a term decades before “genes”
Even if the etymology was different, you’d still be very wrong [about what “eugenics” is]
Is that with flatpak?
I just make little videos for myself a couple times a year. So I’m far from a pro. But holy shit kdenlive and blender are powerful programs (blender moreso, but kden is still pretty cool)
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Would you have a drink at lunch and then go back to work?61·4 months agoThe trades aint what they used to be 😔
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•DAE feel like DuckDuckGo is now just as good as google for the vast majority of searches?86·4 months agoI can. Be nice and I might.
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•what’s your favorite constructed language? any of you created your own?3·4 months agoInterlingua is cool. I know a decent amount of spanish and portuguese, and understanding IG interlingua speakers without studying any of the language is very satisfying
doubtingtammy@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•If you got accidentally duplicated, do you think your copy would try and kill you?4·4 months agoSitcom where two clones are constantly foiling each others’ suicide plans
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