NaibofTabr

Graphene is the most amazing material, it can do anything and everything... except leave the lab.

• The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain
• Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows and Diana Wright
• Getting to Where You Are, by Steven Harrison
• Journey Without Goal, by Chögyam Trungpa

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disclude

From Middle English discluden, from Latin disclūdō, disclūdere (“separate or keep apart”).

Men ... They need to be slightly yellowish...

Well OK, but is it valid to consider the satellite states as functional centralized economies when they were financially dependent on the USSR? For instance, North Korea's economy and quality of life immediately collapsed when the income from the USSR stopped.

Ultimately my point is that this comparison done 10 years later would look very different.

Depending on what you're emulating, the 8BitDo ultracompact options might work for you:

8BitDo Micro

Basically turn your phone into a Gameboy, good for 90s games where you don't need sticks. The controller and clip together will cost you $35.

Hmm, this analysis was published in 1986. It predates the collapse of the USSR by 5 years, and of course the data used in the analysis is older than the publication date. Many of the nations listed as socialist economies were Soviet satellites (North Korea, Romania, Chekoslavokia, etc) and were being financially supported by the USSR. This was a big part of why the USSR collapsed - it was massively overextended. The centralized economy (which is how socialist countries are identified in this analysis) did not scale sustainably.

• Cool Spot - an unreasonably good (and challenging) platformer that is basically just an add for 7-up
• Chex Quest - DOOM but with Chex cereal - it's stupid, it's fun
• The Simpsons: Hit & Run
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Star Wars: TIE Fighter
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

The WebMaster, he who holds the Staff of Power, Longbeard of the Coppervines.

OK, so you want to install Linux on an old laptop after wiping the hard drive.

Sure, you would have root control for that OS. Make sure that there is no BIOS/UEFI password set before you start, or that you have the password.

Do not use the root account for regular use, especially if you will be connecting this laptop to the Internet. Log in as a normal user account and escalate your privilege as needed.

I also highly recommend gparted for editing the hard drive partitions before you install the OS. Don't install gparted, just run it live from a USB drive.

Do you know which Linux distribution you want to install?

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