Exec

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[–] Exec@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don't trust Secure Boot.

That's the second best thing as long as you don't worry about nation state actors (you're fucked by then anyway). Only requirement is a board/laptop manufacturer with a proper uefi setup (eg ability to set your own keys, not using those "do not use" test keys, etc) - that usually comes with business machines.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago

If you have to argue about how little ewaste it creates when it gets thrown away then the thing shouldn't have been made in the first place

[–] Exec@pawb.social 62 points 3 months ago (3 children)

DisplayPort is superior

[–] Exec@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Open this and change caption language to Japanese: https://youtu.be/ddWJatRxfz8?si=V27JgaisYSRgmGKi

[–] Exec@pawb.social 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I got dropped out from university. I got a Microsoft Azure Fundamental cert since then, now I'm a mixed Windows/Linux sysadmin at an SMB. YMMV, I'm in Europe btw.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The upgrabability of this laptop does have one caveat, though. The bottom is a bother to remove, and most Youtube crap conveniently glosses over them. For one, some of the screws would get loose but not come out all the way. I eventually found the trick was to throw some pry tool under the screw head to hold it up so I could get it the rest of the way out. After they were all out, the bottom cover STILL wouldn't budge. This too ended up being a matter of jamming a pick in one corner of the case and running another one to slowly pry up the bottom case on all sides. I lost a plastic tab or two in the process, but that doesn't show up on the outside, and I think 24 GB of RAM (and 2 TB of NVME 2280 storage + 256 GB, the Windows drive that I left in the 2242 bay) will be plenty for a long time.

It's an E series ThinkPad. They are a lot less durable than any other series - they are basically the Dell Vostro of ThinkPads. (Even Dell doesn't consider the Vostro line business ready now)
For the next best thing for a slight price increase would be the L series which is a lot more bulky and durable (and more repairable in fact - you can't replace a keyboard in an E) which still doesn't come with the premium price of the T series.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

Who's going -397 miles?

[–] Exec@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The name must be along the way of "Real Zen Safety"

[–] Exec@pawb.social 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Exec@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

Doesn't surprise me that a developer from Microsoft doesn't understand this. To this day, when I select "Update and Shut Down" in Windows, it only actually shuts the computer down about half the time.

There are some tasks that only can be done when the majority of the system is not in use. Windows prepares the files, reboots, does its thing in a preboot environment, then it actually shuts down.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 40 points 5 months ago

Matthew Bye, Google’s head of competition law, will be leaving as well

Bye Matthew

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