Dell has reversed course and resurrected the XPS brand as its "premium consumer" brand of laptops, admitting it was a mistake to kill it in the first place. Slashdot reader joshuark shares a report from Gizmodo: At last year's CES, Dell made the eyebrow-raising decision to ax all its legacy laptop b...

I am very sympathetic to free software. (And I regret not using more software of this kind.) On the Free Software Foundation blog, Jason Self reinforces the importance of the four freedoms of FOSS in…

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Zac Bowden wrote a long article stating that Windows fans (the author's definition) have been sold a “disastrous 2025 for Windows 11.” I haven't used Windows in many years and have barely touched…

Small bursts of mindfulness practices lasting a minute or less can have unexpected benefits for those with busy lives - here’s how

Photo via Wikimedia Commons The history of science, like most every history we learn, comes to us as a procession of great, almost exclusively white, men, unbroken but for the occasional token…

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💡A terrifying // granular look at the hubris that melted the global economy. Sorkin doesn't paint the bankers as cartoon villains, so much as delusional optimists who got high on their own supply of cheap credit. Read this to understand why "this time is different" is the most dangerous phrase in

I often come up with ideas in the hazy half-dream state before I wake up. Recently I was thinking about exactly how shitty the web has become. And also about how much I love plain text formats like…

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Indonesia has begun enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major shift in its legal landscape

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@LabiSiffremusic presents this classic performance of his song 'Bless The Telephone', from the TV Series, 'Sounding Out', 21/02/1972'. As featured in the Worldwide ad campaign for Bumble.com - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2EXn5lpcWw Follow Labi Siffre: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CzlICF8GCY0pRC82MKrhX https://www.instagram.com/labisiffremusic/ https://www.tiktok.com/@labisiffremusic https://www.facebook.com/LabiSiffreMusicPage/ https://www.youtube.com/@LabiSiffremusic?sub_confirmation=1 Lyrics: It's nice to hear your voice again I've waited all day long Even wrote a song for you It's strange, the way you make me feel With just a word or two I'd like to do the same for you It's nice to hear you say "hello" And "how are things with you? I love you" But very soon it's time to go An office job to do While I'm here writing songs for you Strange How a phone call can change your day Take you away Away From the feeling of being alone Bless the telephone It's nice, the way you say my name Not very fast or slow, just soft...