sarlackpm
sarlackpm t1_j9lcpj5 wrote
Reply to Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling
Highest energy prices in the history of the world. We'll be back to fossil fuels in no time.
sarlackpm t1_j7tzn8i wrote
Reply to comment by c010rb1indusa in Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming Moments in Years by speckz
Yeah, this is a game changer. Many Linux Distros have been ready for casual consumer desktop use for years now. I would have said Arch least of all actually! But here a major party has thrown their hat into a format/OS war.
On the one side there is windows, which has all the compatibility and packages that define the software universe, for better or worse. On the other side a system that is totally free and open, and now compatible with the two most important things for the casual computer user...games and internet browsing.
If that's enough to get people to switch, the true power of a Linux OS will become apparent to any user soon enough, and then...I think there's no going back. Microsoft may even have to delete web office support in order to stay relevant.
It's like the early days of home computing again, diversity abounds and it's quite exciting.
sarlackpm t1_ivspc7h wrote
Reply to comment by TraceyRobn in Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) Carl Sagan’s original series about the universe [13:00:00] by Saganism1996
Yeah, you just hit my exact shortlist! They are all amazing. I feel like simply showing that set to kids could get them interested in pretty much everything.
sarlackpm t1_ivsp1q6 wrote
Reply to comment by Graham2405 in Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) Carl Sagan’s original series about the universe [13:00:00] by Saganism1996
That, Connections and Civilisation are up there too, no doubt about it. But Cosmos has that extra magic. For one, the subject matter covered is so broad that the chance of igniting that spark in someone watching at some point is almost inevitable. Second, Carl Sagan's way of delivering facts, the exposition, is second to nobody. He was, and is, the very best of science teachers.
sarlackpm t1_ivppq81 wrote
Reply to Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) Carl Sagan’s original series about the universe [13:00:00] by Saganism1996
The best documentry series ever made. This show gave me a direction in life.
sarlackpm t1_jea85c3 wrote
Reply to TIL that the world's largest snowflake on record measured 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Fort Keogh, Montana in 1887 and was reported to be "larger than milk pans." by KodyBerns99
Yet another unit of measurement that makes no sense.