#writing mastodon, could you recommend any good resources on organizing a #shortStory#contest, especially in context of optimal text length / jury size / time?
Anyone here have a Framework 13 laptop? I'm considering getting a Ryzen 7 base model and adding my own RAM/HD.
Right now, I have an awesome little Zepheryus g14, but it doesn't have good battery life and it's a fair few years old. I'll keep running it as my home computer but I think I need a backup on hand, as well as something I can travel with.
Be interested in hearing any current owners' thoughts.
I see about half of the laptops used in this room are Apple branded, then some thinkpads and Dell laptops (some of which really old) and next to mine there is only one other person using a @frameworkcomputer@framework
What a shame that this headline even has to exist. #Thinkpads used to be modular, robust and yes, #repairable back in the early 2000s.
Along comes #Apple starting excessive use of glue and soldering. Of course their cult followers and friends in tech journalism follow along without any hesitation and we have a new trend of monoblock bricks. Everyone MUST follow along in order to be COOL and sell new devices.
15 years later, a Thinkpad that can be repaired is newsworthy.
Good News! Our #repairable#3dprinted GLoA #ereader case, now support the #kindle 11th and 10th gen E-Readers. Both E-Reader cases are available now in Basic Cloth Premium Leather, and as DIY Sewing Kits at 16bitsrore.com.
"Apple faces scrutiny from European environmental and consumer groups over its claims that its latest devices are “carbon neutral,” a term that Brussels proposes to ban in corporate marketing because it is “misleading.”"
A repair shop in Germany has invented a tool that breaks Apple's repair DRM on MacBook Pros, allowing independent companies to fix a common issue that Apple charges > $1,000 to repair
So torn with #Fairphone. Really like all that is stands for... which is why I really hate what seems to me like gaslight reasoning for dropping it and then selling bluetooth headphones.
I am also not very confident in overall device security, compared to the usual options (Samsung, Google, Apple).
I think I will follow my usual routine of only upgrading macOS when the latest stable Xcode version requires it. I’ll see you on Sonoma sometime next Spring!
I find the bloatedness of #macOS inexcuseable and I've to agree with people like #HughJeffreys that do suspect that #Apple - which has a vested interest on selling people new devices - will purposefully make their OSes bloaty and slower on older devices...
After all, Apple got caught artifically slowing down their #iPhone|s "to preserve battery life" instead of making their devices more #repairable...
People might wonder why I am a little hesitant about buying #Apple products now…
Back in 2011 I bought a used 2008-model #Apple#MacBook (MacBook 5.1), sporting a Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM and a 160GB HDD.
It was in good condition. I updated the OS on there to MacOS X 10.6, dual-booted with Gentoo Linux. I later upped the disk to a 750GB HDD (SSDs were puny and a bit dicey back then) and upgraded the RAM to 8GB.
It was a good workhorse for a couple of years, except its lack of ports.
2 USB 2.0 ports is a pain to work with, netbooks have more. Plus the lack of RS-232 was a pain at work. I bought a Panasonic ToughBook CF-53mkII (pictured) to replace the MacBook at work, and used it as a work-from-home machine.
After a while, it managed to cook its original batteries, so I took the machine into one of Apple's vendors in Brisbane, and picked up a replacement battery. Installation on this model is a tool-free process.
A few years later, the machine managed to cook that battery too! So the MacBook today is battery-less. This means when disconnected from power, it forgets the current date/time, and if that magsafe power connector moves just slightly, the machine may shut down as there's no back-up power supply.
I've had several laptops over the years, but only one Apple, and this is the only machine I've used or owned that has cooked its own battery in such spectacular fashion.
I'm thankful its removal is a tool-free process. Modern MacBooks have their batteries glued in. Sorry, hard-pass!
Especially as the ToughBook here is still being used today, its original battery is still good for 2-3 hours (and I have a new replacement which is good for ~6).
Dis, Mastodon, si j'ai besoin d'une pièce pour un appareil de cuisine, je cherche où ?
C'est un objet en contact alimentaire donc un truc un tant soit peu sûr svp 🙏🏻
Also related is that genz is getting older than 25, their parents insurance won’t cover them anymore and the minimum wage is still not livable. But sure, spin it however you want.
@codekoan Also people demand #Repairable devices not only because they like #repairability and hate avoidable #eWaste but most people in the #USA can't even afford a surprise $400 expense.
So it makes total sense to choose something cheaper that if it breaks can be repaired cost-effectively - like a @Fairphone ...
My laptop's coming to the end of its life (specs below). 💻 🔨
Every time this sort of thing happens, it takes me by surprise.
I guess my digital life flashes before my eyes and I wonder what I need all this power for.
I'm no longer the kind of power user I was when I got it. I occasionally flex for a couple of things like converting videos, but generally I write, I use cloud-based tools and I do the things that you can't do on a phone (#adulting, invoicing, dual-screens, collaboration).
Everything new seems overkill, overpriced and not really value-add.
Would love to be desktop, and on a Linux distro, but portability and cloud lock-in is enough of a thing. #Upgradablity and #RightToRepair are no longer nice-to-haves. The research gets me nowhere (Framework, Dell, Apple, eBay are where I end up).
I guess every direction forward has thorns: get something more than I need, rip up familiarity and start over or scour for a solid second-hand machine and merge parts.
I am looking forward to saying goodbye to one of the worst keyboards I've ever used. 😂
For right now, time is on my side, I'm grounded using this like a desktop.
I'm not looking for reassurance or advice, but I would love to hear of uplifting experiences people have had when they face this situation. 😘
@faiz I got a desktop thrown out by a closing charity. It is probably 8 years old. Runs #fedora or #ubuntu fine and it's our family TV basically. I got a laptop thrown out as scrap (because: #windows will make that happen) and it is still going 10, 12 yrs old, with just a new SSD (and #linux ofc). My daily laptop (I'm a dev) is a #framework but with less specs than the one you're moving on from. Had to buy when my dell xps (never buy these!) died and they didn't do parts (less than 5 years after sale - boo). Have already used its #repairable feature thanks to clumsy orange juice drinking!
Framework produces laptops that are #modular, easily #repairable and #configurable. Just imagine: you can even decide on which side the charging port should go - just by switching out a module. Crazy I know.
With their new model, they are also partnering with #AMD.
If I need to buy a new laptop, this one will definitely be it.
I want an ngrok that instead of sending something local accessible over the internet it makes an Olympic swimming pool accessible through my bathroom door.