We do, but it’s a lot easier to have a personal device that you can bring into lectures and labs, and then take home with you.

With some classes, it is expected that you have a personal device. There are laptops that you can borrow, but again you need to go in to borrow and return it each day and download/upload your files each time.

IMO what we need is a student society Linux user group that advocates for classes to drop bad software and confirms that a particular class is ok. This would help non-linux users too since some of the windows-macos-only software is straight up spyware.

I do not and so I shouldn’t be one to judge

Is it data that could be recovered if needed? That’s where my concern is coming from. Not being able to back it up to fix OS issues might mean that you can’t back it up at all

I like these kinds of posts :)

If anyone else finds it helpful to write out what they’ve learned, please do share it. Its a nice break from the subtle soapbox type posts

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I also have 2FA set up, let me know if you need that one

That sounds like a problem that you should deal with even if you stay on Windows 😄 Maybe I just enjoy organizing things

I had the same problem when I was in university. My concern with dual booting was if something went wrong, such as a bad windows update borking the bootloader. I didn’t have easy access to a second device and I couldn’t afford downtime during the term. There are also issues around clock sync or bios updates, and if you NEED windows for one course then its a pain to switch back and forth all day. Finally there are the unknown unknowns, I was new to Linux at the time and didn’t know what could go wrong.

I made do with WSL and switched over when I graduated. Looking back, I probably could have switched much sooner, but I get the concern

I think this is still in line with the other commenters, since the main point was to go through a doctor for it. The doctor could figure out if stimulants would help, as opposed to other underlying issues like anemia

I couldn’t quite hear the justification they used, but I found this article

https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/08/egypt-world-cup-fans-allegedly-singled-out-by-stadium-security/

While social media users claim Egypt fans were stopped for pat downs while Argentina fans were waved through, the stadium rep says the Egypt fans were part of a supporter group, and as such, they were patted down for fireworks and other banned items before entry through their gate.

What is a supporters group? I found this other article, which makes me think it’s the people who got cheaper tickets that are getting pat downs (which is still bad)

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/fifa-adds-usd60-supporter-tickets-for-2026-world-cup-after-fan-backlash/blt380b861473b99179

I want all three of them. I need to find someone to trade with

Fair enough, but your comment also made me think of this

I guess the same rules apply in parts of Australia

Here is the relevant comment from the other post

I’m in the UK, west mids to be specific. The pictures are of part of my back garden. I have about a 1/2 acre, which is quite large for a normal garden in the UK. The garden has three sections, and this is the “meadow”. The photos show native wildflowers like poppies, cornflower and campion.

It doesn’t sound like OP is mad at the creator, but annoyed at the increased number of projects that are abandoned

It’s hard to judge the longevity of a project, and LLMs can make a project look more stable and professional than it is. It’s fair to feel annoyed if you mess up that call and move your workflow to something that gets abandoned.

Woah

This other image shows the scale of the garden

So many flowers :)

I would be ok with that too

I would totally use this one if it was available

https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2025/25259-emoji-squinting-face.pdf

What should they have done differently

Where would Commonwealth countries fit into this, would Canada, Australia and New Zealand also join in?

What would be the use case for cyborg insects, other than war and espionage? Are they smart enough for search and rescue?

The fundamental operational range of cyborg insects, which are hybrid robots that combine a living insect with an electronic controller, is inherently restricted to the host’s natural environment. To extend their operational range, we developed a wearable diving suit for terrestrial insects. The suit integrates a miniaturised oxygen generation module with a flexible waterproof shell, enabling continuous oxygen supply and isolation from surrounding water. By fitting a cockroach, which is a terrestrial species, into this diving suit, we allowed it to survive and operate in oxygen-deprived environments such as underwater, transforming it into an amphibious cyborg robot capable of operation across land and water. The suit sustained respiration and locomotion for up to 3 h underwater, establishing amphibious cyborg insects that combine biological adaptability with engineered protection for prolonged exploration in extreme, confined environments.

Which one is the coworker?

Thrift stores used to be pretty good. It was a flat few dollars per game the last time I looked at them.