Every time, I’m ready to jump the Ubuntu ship and go back to Debian or Mint, they announce something interesting; something I’d at least want to try.

Standard SMS/MMS are the de facto standard in the US

SMS have been used extensively around the world. That’s texting in it’s original form. And we still use SMS to bootstrap WhatsApp or Signal.

But MMS? Phones and carriers have supported this long before smartphones, but did people really use it? Are MMS free in the US? Because in Europe, before WhatsApp and Signal took over, the was a price tag on SMS (last non-zero price I remember is 0.09€, now free) and MMS (no idea because no one uses it, but I believe 0.39€ was typical at some point).

Tell them about the app store

There’s an app for that

I understand all this, but how ste the videos actually sent if it’s neither RCS nor a link (which could have any resolution).

MMS? Like caveman?

In this case, Apple and the wife are both to blame. This is

• ancient technology
• that was never really used anywhere

Come on.

Metric units aka SI units aka sanity

Yes. And depending on the the VM and the app, you can get a ‘seamless mode’ that looks like a native Linux app.

VMs work most of the time quite well if you have enough RAM. (The VM always works, some applications will detect unusual hardware and may complain, e.g. unsupported GPU. Any sane software should run, though (e.g. with gpu acceleration).)

Late to the party: Scary Movie

Angry upvote. It fits.

Great movie, but what makes it about the 90ies.

Has an 80ies vibe to me. I had to check, it was made in 94, but towards the end of the decade, pulp fiction already felt old, a classic.

Beef broth

It may depend on what man mean by ‘most hearty’. Aren’t all soups hearty?

I wouldn’t even try with wine these days.

Why don’t you use the Win10 machine you have, the online version of Microsoft Office (web browser or app), a VM with Windows, or (if it works for your case) Google Docs or OnlyOffice.

Exactly. (Style varies a bit between hot and cold climates)

UV proof t-shirt for midday swimming

Like a swimsuit but covers shoulders and arms. If you get sunburned easily, this can save your skin. Sunscreen works, but it’s not perfect in the water. Most people don’t use one, but then most people have unhealthy bright red sunburns

1’000.00

1 000.00

1’000,00

1 000,00

work without confusing anyone.

While 1.000 or 1,000 can be read as 1 or 1000.

I’m not worried about e-ink price tags. Aldi has them. I’m worry if it says, use your phone to find special offers only for you.

Not legal advice, just an idea.

Publish early and frequently (e.g. on github with a license statement) and encourage others to clone it. Now the code is out there. You can’t take it back. Even better if the funding agency explicitly approves this.

You can still dual-license, later, i.e. use a more permissive (or different) license if the agency or a research partner requires this. Just make sure the repo with your preferred licence stays available and uptodate.

The license is less important than you think. OSS projects live as long as there is at least one maintainer.

Well, it coincides. There’s a possibility that this announcement is sending a message.

On the surface, the decision was about national debt and budget, and has nothing to do with Ukraine except that there’s no infinite money glitch.

This

I learned it in German in Germany. Do we have evidence from the francophone world? Latam? China?