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Gold miners are having a better month than chips did in years

The price of gold has jumped 13% so far this month and is trading above $4 500 an ounce.

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Stop Thrashing Under Memory Pressure: Practical zram + systemd-oomd on Linux

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Your App Center List Is Not a Security Audit

I opened Ubuntu's App Center, scrolled through ~90 installed packages, and asked the obvious question: is any of this malware? The list looked suspicious in all the wrong ways.

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