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My daughter just asked me for the 'tiny' laptop. She has taken my Thinkpad X60 which runs linux mint. It's getting on for 20 years old soon!


A roundabout looks to be more appropriate here compared to the previous junction. The only thing that catches my eye as a UK-driver is the road markings would go against the way we would mark roundabouts in the UK. The dashed lines should indicate where the priority is - and that is on the roundabout, so in the UK there would be lines going across the road as you approach the roundabout, indicating that you are a minor road connected to a major road which has priority.

Driving in Morocco is a very special experience. Some roundabouts follow the 'priority on the right', which is a default if the junction doesn't indicate priority, in much of Europe (especially France). This means you give way to those approaching the roundabout, as they are on your right. But there are also roundabouts where you have priority on the roundabout. The only way to tell are to look at the road markings which help to indicate the priority.


Reminded me of an interesting way to optimise a layout[1] here. I feel like something similar expanded to also optimise balancing between hands etc could work well.

[1] https://youtu.be/EOaPb9wrgDY?si=x1hY8SP5noPWamWP


Ironic, didn't we find out they had patented sudo a decade ago?

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/11/micro...


The article you linked answers your (presumably rhetorical?) question: no, but they probably did patent PolicyKit.


Absolutely.


Well that is a prescient piece.


Yeah, and you can't miss its comments


Thank you for your thoughtful short story.


Is this going to be a problem for my mutt and mbsync setup?


Can I suggest going one further and have esc mapped to tap, ctrl to hold. You can also map double escape to :noh in vim, which allows you to quickly remove highlighting.


Do we remember when the referenced article from here [1] hit the top of HackerNews soon after the Max crashes?

[1] https://christinenegroni.com/irony-of-pilot-laying-blame-on-...


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