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Boring tech is mature, not old
Talking about my description of tech as “boring” to be a compliment, and how to think about it.
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By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
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Weird Al had 100 gigs of RAM
So many lines in that song have been surpassed, but RAM sticks out as something that hasn’t.
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A BSD person tries Alpine Linux
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
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My New Sony NW-A55 Walkman
A fun, small, affordable, and beautifully-crafted media player that’s easy to transfer files to, and sounds excellent.
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A report on exercise and sleep (2021)
News outlets broadly got the message right, but not sure about some of the numbers.
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Why aren’t you more serious?
Feedback about random posts and sporadic seriousness.
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Got my ultimate retro KVM setup working
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.