>What other similar books would you recommend?

Similar era at least: Po Bronson - The Nudist on the Late Shift ... and other tales of Silicon Valley (1999)

Get a random fact about OpenBSD https://why-openbsd.rocks/

Transcript of slides at https://danluu.com/microsoft-culture/

Anyone got an opinion on Gigabyte Brix?

Same here: Leap 42 -> 15.4 . Never had any upgrade issues. Will move to 15.5 imminently.

However 15.6 will be the last release of Leap as we know it.

>openSUSE Leap 15.6 Now Planned To Provide More Time For ALP

https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-Plan

A real shame about the timing too. I understand the general reasoning behind it (it sounds like SUSE internally is moving more towards the container/MicroOS focus) but making such destabilizing changes right when people are really looking for RHEL/CentOS alternatives feels like such a missed opportunity.

Demo here I think: "This video shows the IMAGINE Robotic Disassembly System at Milestone 3. The system is able to analyze an electronic device (here a HDD) placed in its workspace." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8aEZnSdiCA

also https://twitter.com/aeondesktop

In a semi-confined space too - eg an orchestra pit at the opera... Musician wins landmark ruling over ruined hearing (2018) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43571144

Sounds like it augments pyrolysis: “This technology enables direct parallel integration of the Olefy modules into existing steam cracker sites"