I enjoyed this article by Lars Wirzenius, who has known Linus Torvalds since the 80s.

Thus, mine was the first PC where Linux was ever installed. While this was happening, I was taking a nap, and I recommend this method of installing Linux: napping, while Linus does the hard work.

Alas, early Linux networking code was occasionally a little rough, having been written from scratch. At one point, Linux would send some broken packets that took down all of the Sun machines on the network. As it was difficult to get the Sun kernel fixed, Linux was banned from the university network until its bug was fixed. Not having Usenet access from one's desk is a great motivator.

I think you fellow solvers will find this talk interesting. There's a few minutes of the usual who am I and what is AoC but there's some good stuff about growing pains, the puzzle design process and why he likes to throw in a hard puzzle in an early day.

edit: bah, I see it was already posted - the Lemmy search doesn't seem to find it unless you limit the search to URL...

I'm gutted to hear this - I'm a big fan of Crucial memory and SSDs and all of my systems have at least one thing from them.

Micron will keep shipping Crucial products until the end of February 2026 and provide “continued warranty service and support.”

So only a few month left, plus however long they stay on retailers' shelves.

REUNION October 22, 2025

I solved it in 1️⃣6️⃣ moves!
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17292833

Abandoned industrial building 2/8