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True, but on the other hand, phone screens used to be 16:9 and have larger borders around them. A 21:9 6" phone of today is roughly the same physical size as a 5" phone of 5 years ago.

It's also true that phone are actually getting bigger and bigger by the year, and I don't really like that

Or search google on google

Welcome to the club! My advice is, after you're done with the installation, make a bootable external device with a live distro (e.g. a USB stick) and keep it around. Now, if your main system ever gets messed up and can't boot anymore, you can boot the live one and start troubleshooting.

Don't be scared by this suggestion: getting an unbootable system is not so common, but if it happens you'll be glad you have something ready to work on it

... and this is why I should actually read the articles before commenting lol

We're likely talking about lossy compression here

It worked with beans, why not stroganoff?

https://pluralistic.net/ by Cory Doctorow, his insights on technology (especially what is going wrong with it) are eye-opening

My retirement plan is society collapsing on itself

I can't wait to have ads in my dreams /s

Atomic bomb are also dangerous because if someone end up launching one by mistake, all hell is gonna break loose. This has almost happened multiple times:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls

We've just been lucky so far.

And then there are questionable state leaders who may even use them willingly. Like Putin, or Kim, maybe even Trump.

Easy, just invert the polarity of the microwaves

Also .jar files. And good ol' winamp skins. And CBZ comics. And EPUB books. And Mozilla extensions. And APK apps. And...

Stop! Don't give them ideas!

Did you consider a powerline extender?

God, you made me remember the times when the laptop would automatically wake up from standby in the middle of the night!!! Like, seriously???

(It was the company's pc, so I couldn't just wipe it clean and put linux on it. But eventually I learned how to disable the wake timers so it stopped happening)

Then try steering the wheel and changing gears at the same time, with just one hand. Let me know how that goes

Me with android auto and Bluetooth loudspeaker: hold my beer

(Disclaimer: I'm not an expert, I just googled a little bit before posting that message. Fact-checking is welcome.)

"Is most of the rest silicates?" The question is ill-posed, because it mixes elements with compounds. Specifically, silicates contain oxygen so they can't be counted separately.

If we go by elements, we already said that oxygen is the most abundant. The rest of the crust is mostly silicon (28%), aluminium (8.2%), iron (5.6%) and more stuff. The rest of the mantle is mostly magnesium (22.8%) and silicon (21.5%).

But most elements don't remain isolated, they react and form compounds. Those made primarily by silicon and oxygen are known as silicates, and they are indeed the most common type of rock in the crust and mantle.

So yes, there is plenty of silicate material if one wants to use it for construction. I have no idea how good it is compared to current materials, however.

Wait until you find out the composition of the Earth's crust and mantle

(Spoiler: about 45% of them is oxygen)

They have the true "reject modernity, return to monke" vibe