There is, of course, an alternative to both Macs and Windows. For years, Dell has sold high-end Linux desktops and laptops. And there are other hardware companies that do the same. I don't recom… (View Post)

I love that famous xkcd cartoon -- but there is a mistake in it: https://xkcd.com/1122/ (I can think of an easy correction, and you all should be able to think of many more.) (View Post)

If, like me, you like weird cartoons, you may want to visit Gary Larson's site, regularly: https://www.thefarside.com/ (He updates it every day, with recycled cartoons, and sometimes mentions th… (View Post)

An Indian-American girl won the Scripps spelling bee: "Harini Logan, a 14-year-old from Texas, won the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee late Thursday night in a dramatic, unprecedented spell-o… (View Post)

As I understand it, one of the reasons for male preference in China is that the first-born boys are responsible for their parents in their old age. (In the US, daughters are far more likely to do mos… (View Post)