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TIL that India cut the Pythagorean theorem—Edit: its similarity proof—, periodic table, and evolution from mandatory education in June 2023 Edit: before adding it back a week later in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

Seriously… the Pythagorean Theorem is the single most important piece of practical math that can be easily taught to everyone.

VIM Training Wheels in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Closer to html “view source”, or the “developer tools” you find in a web browser.

https://kb.corel.com/en/127364

Excel enters its 40th year in c/[email protected]
What technology purchase felt like a major upgrade in your life? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Gazelle. Sold by my local bike shop which I trust.

Little pricy and all in all I’d prefer something more open than Bosch. But… so far so good.

What technology purchase felt like a major upgrade in your life? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Several things:

  1. Bidet. ‘Nuff said.
  2. automatic litter box. Took a lot of training for our one dumb cat but since then … life changing.
  3. ebike. So many times I used to drive because I was feeling lazy or woke up just a smidge late… now I can just dial up the assist a notch and it’s no problem.
What technology purchase felt like a major upgrade in your life? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Cast iron is fine with induction.

TIL the American Military’s C-5 Galaxy is nicknamed FRED by aircrews for “Fucking Ridiculous Economic (or) Environmental Disaster”. Due to the C-5 using large amounts of fuel, maintenance, reliability in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How does it “use” reliability?

Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel | Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about Control Panel being deprecated in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get why they did it ( because it’s “printers and other devices”) but seriously would it be that hard to link it in both places? Or actually make a printer settings that works worth a shit so you don’t need the control panel app?

Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel | Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about Control Panel being deprecated in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sound is in there too. The one that annoys me is the printer settings being under “Bluetooth” instead of “printers”.

Why don't cell phones have BIOS? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A BIOS does not inherently have to have a configuration utility.

This right here.

My first PC (a 386 circa 1989) did not have a built-in config utility. It had a bootable floppy disk that could configure the BIOS settings. I think all it could change was the system time and the CHS values of the hard drive(s).

Windows 11 is getting a new start menu. EDIT: this replaces the "all apps" page by default, not the home screem in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It’s the same thing. Click bottom left corner, start typin. best workflow.

Windows 11 is getting a new start menu. EDIT: this replaces the "all apps" page by default, not the home screem in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t that what start menu icons do already?

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