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The interesting one is Tetrapol.
Re:U.S. Agency Declares 21 Species Now Extinct L on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:58AM (#38347320)
No, the energy was spent and now we have it in the form of petroleum, which we use to advance our civilisation at an extremely fast rate.
I use Firefox on Windows and I cannot reproduce this. Videos load instantly.
Re:Setenv Is Not Thread Safe and C Doesn't Want to Fix It on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:28AM (#38345957)
I'm not sure I understand the question.

If you are writing, say, a GUI application, and use GTK, GTK may use getenv (without your mutexes, of course) at the same time you call setenv in another thread, potentially crashing your entire application if you are unlucky.

Re:Z80 vs. 8088 Speed on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:55AM (#38345656)
Generally when there is no year displayed the current year is assumed.
Re:Sam Altman is the CEO of a new AI group under Microsoft on Monday November 20, 2023 @03:37AM (#38344781)
I didn't know groups inside companies had CEOs. It feels like he's been given a consolation prize.