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The most used operating system in the world is not Linux
7 Jun 2026 0:00 The most used OS you never installed 0:38 Born from spite. The AT&T Unix license ban 1:25 Tanenbaum rewrites an OS from scratch 2:34 Kept too small. Enter Linus Torvalds 3:06 It was never meant to … Continue reading
The Unsolved Mystery of Lorem Ipsum
30 May 2026 In which I accidentally become the world expert on the placeholder text Lorem Ipsum. Thanks to Lorem Ipsum generators https://www.lipsum.com/, https://loremipsum.io/, https://generator.lorem-ipsum.info/ for making the corrections. Thanks to Silo for letting me license this banger: • meaningful … Continue reading
I live near the pyramids and I can see them like this every day it’s not in the middle of the desert if you live here you can drive by them while going to work everyday
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This Tree Survived an Atomic Bomb — and Still Growing
19 May 2026 #humanrevealed #didyouknow #ginkgo Ginkgo biloba | vascular cambium | R-genes | flavonoids | 600 years no aging | Hiroshima survivor tree A single ginkgo tree survived the 1923 Tokyo earthquake and the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb. Scientists … Continue reading
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