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Big Sur is the first version of macOS which can make Time Machine backups to APFS volumes without using a virtual HFS+ file system on a sparse bundle.

APFS Changes in Big Sur: How Time Machine Backs Up to APFS, and More

eclecticlight.co

Sohcahtoa82 Non-technical users that don't care about the shady things Google did involving AMP probably think AMP is a godsend, if they even know AMP is even a thing. AMP pages load incredibly fast, are incredibly responsive, and are far less annoying. Your typical end user will likely prefer AMP. Thing is...we don't need AMP to get those features. But somewhere along the last 10 years, web developers lost the plot and now seem to think a static blog needs to serve several megabytes of JavaScript. They think they need to implement smooth scrolling in code, when every browser already does it natively.

Twitter Rolls Back AMP Support, No Longer Sends Users to AMP Pages | Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com

When people say a wine has citrus notes, that might mean it has 9-carbon alcohols somewhere in its chemical soup. If they say chocolate, 5-carbon aldehydes; if mint, 5-carbon ketones.

Is Wine Fake?—Asterisk

asteriskmag.com

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