DAK catalogs were wild. Each item had a magazine article length description that was clearly bullshit. But by the end you’re certain that the constant emptiness you feel is from not owning the World’s Best 16 Channel Stereo Graphic Equalizer.

Other than niche Keysight gear that’s has three layers of nameplates because it’s '90s vintage NOS, LXI and USB-TMC have replaced GPIB.

$ :|wc -c 0 $ touch /tmp/f; :>>/tmp/f; wc -c /tmp/f 0 /tmp/f

Like that time Keurig used a very special shade of orange on the lid of their pods as DRM?

Applying power by itself doesn’t keep SSDs from degrading like DRAM though. It’s up to the manufacturer to design scrubbing into the controller to correct errors on infrequently accessed data before it’s too far gone.

Next week: Fedora meets a new friend named Lennart while on her way to Multiuser Mountain. Will they be able to cross the init bridge without being caught by Sammy the Systemd Hating Troll?

Also Professor Charles Javier

J E N O V O

You’re gonna carry that weight

Up until a few years ago there was a local urologist named Richard Chop, and Dr. Peter Ruff is still seeing clients. Nominative determinism is a thing.

PLAYERS: 0

Problem solved.

You’re welcome.

GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR

So say we all.

I got one of those ten years ago when they came out. It was a little ugly but it was snappy and could go for a couple of days on a charge. I can’t say the same for any of the WearOS watches I had since then.

Except for that time it was CPE-1704-TKS

Maybe it’s this classic from The Onion?

The Interdimensional Hole Of Portals has some fierce competition.

If Waffle Squarf served us Sandbliches but they were not glistening, it would have been enough.

SMM GO BRRR