Marty (1955)
April 17th 2026 (week 16 of 2026)Marty (1955) is categorised as a "romantic drama" film. I do not necessarily disagree, but I think the film may also be viewed another way.
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Tax relief for long-term investments
January 26th 2026 (week 5 of 2026)Wiener Börse presents its case for a tax relief for profits made on shares held long-term.
The Rise and Fall of CORBA
January 18th 2026 (week 3 of 2026)An article about The Rise and Fall of CORBA, by Michi Nenning. The fall was well deserved.
In defense of swap
January 13th 2026 (week 3 of 2026)"In defense of swap: common misconceptions" is an article by Chris Down, a Linux kernel developer at Meta.
Automatically unload inactive tabs in Firefox
January 12th 2026 (week 3 of 2026)Even if you are using a completely reasonable amount of tabs, say around a thousand, memory usage of Firefox may grow over time. Tab unloading to the rescue!
The European Way to Die
January 10th 2026 (week 2 of 2026)An article on euthanasia and assisted suicide written by Michel Houellebecq, and translated by Robyn Creswell.
Economics of Nuclear Reactor
January 9th 2026 (week 2 of 2026)An interesting video by Professor David Ruzic at Center for Plasma-Material Interactions, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
IPv6 just turned 30
January 7th 2026 (week 2 of 2026)And it still has not taken over the world, according to the Register.
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Rewrote my blog with Zine
April 19, 202615 years ago, on December 11th, 2010, at the bold age of 17, I wrote my first blog post on the wonders of the Windows Phone 7 on Blogspot. I started blogging as a kid at the behest of a family friend at Microsoft, who promised she’d make sure I would beco…
via Drew DeVault's blogSeven stable kernels for Saturday
April 18, 2026Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.19.13, 6.18.23, 6.12.82, 6.6.135, 6.1.169, 5.15.203, and 5.10.253 stable kernels. Each contains a number of important fixes throughout the tree; users are advised to upgrade.
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