But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match browsing habits today.

Soo… nobody needed that tool any more? Did they ever though?

Who cares about customer satisfaction or returning customers when what the investors really care about is quarterly revenue and dividends.

Oh yeah. This looks like a much better way to do it. My solution is pretty bare bones by comparison.

Absolutely not, quite the opposite actually. However, the end result is close to 100% CPU load, which is good enough for some purposes. Let’s say you want to test the performance of your CPU cooler, or overclock stability, this should good enough. There are also dedicated tools for people with more advanced needs.

That’s a horrifying concept. Better not think about it.

That reminds me of the CPU stress test I ran many years ago.

dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null

If you have 8 cores, just open 8 terminals, and run that code in each of them.

See also: /dev/null

It’s basically a black hole where you can throw anything.

Same. Many years ago, I tried a bunch of low spec browsers, and Midori was the best one at the time.

All the others were really light and stripped down, which also made them pretty much completely incompatible with the modern web. So what exactly can you browse with them, if not the web, I was left wondering. Well, Midori was the best compromise. It’s very light, but still capable of doing things.

Monitors and TVs always have the catchiest names. Those marketing people are just geniuses.

What about the times when I have data about two things that really should correlate, but don’t because life is complicated?

You know, like sunshine and temperature? Seasons, wind and location mess things up, and the correlation you expected to see just evaporates.

And why is it that people don’t want to see any ads at all? Some people argue that ads can help you discover products and services you might want to buy? Well, I tried that.

Got a separate computer just for this experiment. Installed Chrome, used online services that have ads etc. I exposed myself to tracking and ads for a while, and the ads I saw on that computer are still completely irrelevant. I’ve even told some sites exactly what I like, and the ad targeting still sucks.

Nobody benefits from this, except for the ad companies. Advertisers loose their money, and they get no sales in return (at least not from mme). Ad companies and related platforms get the money for showing me stuff I will never buy, while the ads infuriate me at every turn.

Even in the best case scenario where the ad companies have all of my data, they still can’t figure out what I might want to buy. The whole idea of ads is just completely broken. On my other computers where I actually do more serious stuff, I use every tool in my arsenal to block all of this digital cancer.

Should have called it EurOS. A lost opportunity, just saying.

Apparently there’s a mistake. Feel free to update the article.

Really? I had to look it up, and I found out that it was shut down in late 80s.

So that’s good to know next time I happen to be speaking with someone who is both old enough and from a particular part of the world.

Yes, but first you would need to know that: 411 = “I can’t find a specific community because it doesn’t have a logical name, so can you help me out.” Ironically, the name 411 embodies the problem perfectly.

This is giving me some serious chicken and egg vibes.

With a name like that, no wonder why I never found it.

I asked GPT and Copilot some pride related questions, and they were both pretty supportive. GPT went into more detail, while Copilot used more rainbow emojis. Either way, I didn’t see any right-wing rhetoric.

Whereas fractions are entirely clear to every American. Like, which drill but is biggest: 7/64, 3/32 or 1/8?

Nice! KaOS is still hanging around after all these years. I remember trying it many years ago, because I liked the idea of it. Sadly, I didn’t like the number of applications available on it, so I didn’t stick around for more than a few weeks. I wonder if things are better now…

The one I have looks pretty much the same, but one of the edges is straight, one is concave and the last one is serrated. Maybe the concave edge is also designed to work only one way. If so, it makes sense to prevent the user from flipping it over.