Floppy disks are an exceptionally rare sight today, outside that tiny icon on your screen you use to save your documents. However, they were once physical devices that actually saved documents, not some icon that activated the save function of your word processor. There are those of us today who still use these devices, and below are my reasons for continuing to use them.
Category: Technology
The Fallacy of the (un)Smart Phones
When smart phones were first announced a few years ago, my inner geek was immediately intriqued. I desperately wanted to get my hands on one. When I finally did, I played with it obsessively, but I gradually developed a hatred for the darn devices. Here I attempt to explain why.
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Linus Torvalds: Time to take a break!
Back in 1991, a college student by the name of Linus Torvalds created the Linux Kernel and announced it to the public (or at least, those in the public interested in Minix), and said at the time that it won't be "big and important". Oh how he was wrong -- he quickly amassed a following of enthusiasts and developers who helped turned Linux into what it is today: the heart and soul of a great many devices (I guarantee you have a Linux-powered device right now, even if you don't realize it!), the operating system* that runs the vast majority of the Internet, and the beloved treasure of people all over the world that care about their own digital freedom. Over the past 27 years, Linus Torvalds has remained the head honcho of the Linux Kernel development -- but what if Linus needs to take a break?
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