''avoid unnecessary hard dependencies on systemd-specific functionality''

Good for portability.

Yes, there was such a thing as a gasoline-powered washing machine.

Parallel discussion of Silicon Valley's impact on White House's Greenland interest:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566444

''Trump’s libertarian friends have been eyeing it for some time. Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered “network states” on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland.''

https://www.afr.com/world/europe/taking-greenland-would-be-e...

https://archive.ph/zTj4L

Title should actually be:

''Filters for FFmpeg 8.0''

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my apology for the typo, here is the repo URL https://github.com/VincentDu2021/uring_sync

It should be uring_sync, with an underscore rather than a hyphen.

ta da:

''Video game giant Ubisoft closes Halifax studio, cutting 71 jobs''

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ubisoft-studio-ha...

A couple of other links:

https://archive.ph/pluwT

https://www.jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-little-arrow-what-...

Part 2 is here:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/25/go_foss_keep_your_os/