I used disk2vhd to virtualize my laptop windows disk and put it on a USB stick and then got it running on Linux with VirtualBox. I’m gonna need it once a year for taxes.

I did run into some trouble getting secureboot working in virtualbox, but solved it after I figured out the kernel drivers were compressed.

It doesn’t, but I’m curious about the phrase… What language and what does it mean?

We have a good size pumped storage facility in my state. Pumped water storage can take nearly a decade to build and is disruptive to the environment.

Are there enough bear arms to go around?

The river turtles collect the plastic straws and bring them downstream to the sea turtles. Basic nature stuff.

Disney+, not ABC, is losing hoards of Subscribers… That’s what is triggering the crisis.

Isn’t Clearwater almost entirely run by the Church of Scientology?

Somehow, Palpatine returned…

Bro, that’s cheese coated in wax.

You’re arguing against well-known historical fact. You have a lot of emotional angst getting in the way of your judgment and understanding of nuance.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/obama-shying-away-public-option-or-not

The original plan for ACA had a single-payer option.

The compromised ACA itself passed the house only by a couple votes. The party is not a monolith and had a number of moderates that opposed single-payer.

If I recall correctly, they didn’t have enough votes for single-payer and passed the compromise that they could get done .

GUI is great, unless you want to automate something… Then you either want a CLI or API

That’s okay, Eyes aren’t real.

If you know Chinese Mandarin, you would have a tough time understanding Taiwanese Mandarin.

Probably beans on toast.

In Q1 2025, AWS accounted for 17% of Amazon’s overall revenue but over 60% of its operating income.

DOS was the most popular OS for gaming at the time and Doom was released first on DOS by id.

Gabe Newell and team ported it to Windows 95.