Say no to Electron! Using JavaFX to write a fast, responsive desktop application - Renato Athaydes https://sites.google.com/a/athaydes.com/renato-athaydes/posts/saynotoelectronusingjavafxtowriteafastresponsivedesktopapplication
LibreOffice drops 32-bit Linux support. My take: If you NEED 32-bit, your hardware is so old, you should just run Abiword or Geany and be happy with it. If you're running 32-bit on 64-bit hardware, stop that shit. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/06/libreoffice-6-3-32bit-linux-support
It's very slick how TNW (aka The Next Web aka thenextweb) is a single-page-app with an infinite scroll and a URL in the browser bar that changes as you scroll from one article to the next. Nice. https://thenextweb.com
Why does macOS Catalina use Zsh instead of Bash? Licensing - Matthew Hughes/The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/dd/2019/06/04/why-does-macos-catalina-use-zsh-instead-of-bash-licensing/
Remember the '10,000 hours' rule for success? Forget about it - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/books/review/david-epstein-range.html
Apple replaces bash with zsh as the default shell in macOS Catalina - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/4/18651872/apple-macos-catalina-zsh-bash-shell-replacement-features
Up to 25 cups of coffee a day safe for heart health, study shows - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/03/health/coffee-heart-health-arteries-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
Apple introduces 'Sign in with Apple' to help protect your privacy – Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/03/apple-sign-in-privacy/
Sometimes when I see a promoted tweet and it's actually relevant, I will follow the account. And if it's a legit "ad," I will just let it pass by. Clickbate promoted tweets get muted.
We're buying into a giant lie about plastic - Alex Lubben/VICE News https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xwn4mj/were-buying-into-a-giant-lie-about-plastic
At least one Vim trick you might not know - Hillel Wayne https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/intermediate-vim/
The Next browser, written in common LISP https://next.atlas.engineer/
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