They count it as Linux, yes!

Once the results come out, so let’s hope for the best!

No, tbh I don’t. I did okay in the written test, but I’m sure I can’t manage a conversation.

I did the reading comprehension and listening parts quite nicely, and predictably struggled with the essay. Quite likely passed though.

Surprisingly, it did go pretty well! As expected, not very great on the writing skills side, but overall OK aside from that.

Most Chinese capital is still socialized. Some privatization did indeed happen (which helped China attract foreign capital and maintain diplomatic relations), but that trend has since reversed.

I wanted to delete all the subfolders in the current directory:

 rm -rf ./*

After a few seconds, I realize in horror that I had mistyped the path. Whole system nuked. Had backups though.

“Escanciar” in Spanish means pouring from a height for the purpose of mixing a beverage (usually cider) with air. I suppose it would still be valid if you’re pouring a mix from some height.

Disabling the USB port is neat, BUT… What if it got instead reconfigured to pretend to be a USB keyboard when connected and then… you know… For research purposes, of course.

Indeed! If one person ends up spending most of their income on basic needs, they’ll not be able to spend much of it on long-lasting properties, which is what this map measures. It’s a pity though that Cuba and the DPRK did not appear in the sources, but at least we do get some interesting perspectives on the countries that do (look at Venezuela!).