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Success: got a box of covid tests free from the local library. More than just books!

LWN puts things in context: "Younger readers may not be familiar with [FTP], which was once how we downloaded Linux distributions before writing them to a pile of diskettes. That is the source of the "ftpmasters" name; it's a reminder of how much worse things used to be." lwn.net/Articles/884301/

How to get systemd to open a tcp port and pass it to a service - useful for non-root services wanting a low-numbered port
sobyte.net/post/2022-01/system

Mike Massimino's book is a very good read, covering the Space Shuttle and Hubble, and what it takes to become an Astronaut.

Starship Titanic - the radio drama of the book of the video game by Douglas Adams
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012pjv

The James Webb Space Telescope – the successor to Hubble – is launching this week. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1m8t

GM Word of the Week is a great podcast if you're interested in everything - the world, all that's in it, and how it all fits together. For example, this great episode on ancient Persia
gmwordoftheweek.com/home/the-m

"git switch" exists, so don't need to "git checkout" to switch branches any more
git-scm.com/docs/git-switch

Coca-cola plastic is 9% from recycled plastic and 81% from new plastic ... but Pepsi do a worse job with 3% recycled vs 97% new plastic. resource-recycling.com/plastic

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