the_real_me

I'm not familiar with xv6, but I remember using Pintos for my undergraduate level Operating Systems course around a dozen years ago.

I still chuckle at another student's description of the class... "a crash course in enabling and disabling interrupts in order to prevent segfaults and pagefaults.

I strongly suspect that the lion's share of UBI would go directly to landlords or existing property owners.

Could you please share a couple of scams/knock-offs from Amazon? I would like to know what to avoid, otherwise your below quote is rather incendiary.

> Amazon is what Canal Street was in the 90s - somewhere to buy fakes, stolen goods, and electronics that might catch fire.

Cocaine turns bad feelings into good feelings, until the only feeling you have is that you want more cocaine.

Believe it or not, there are some people in the tech community who actually think this is a good thing.

Some even believe that there are only two genders!

Whenever I see advice for "self-care" or "mindfulness" I can't help but think of a pimp telling a prostitute to use more lubricant and use antibiotics if she complains about infections and pain.

It's not a genuine attempt to solve the root cause; so much as a way to alleviate symptoms just enough so they can keep ruthlessly exploiting the employee.