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Cake day: June 27th, 2024

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  • As a point of reference, Lenovo Thinkpad’s have something of a cult following for their reliability and versatility.

    My T490s has a USB-C power supply which provides 45w (20v at 2.25a).

    The thing is, when docked it’s not only pulling power through that cable, but also network, USB devices, and providing video for 2x monitors in 1920x1080. It’s kind of astonishing to me how much can be crammed in to one little connector. That said, it’s frustrating trying to find a usb cable that works reliably, because as you’d imagine not all USB-C cables support the same specs.









  • God that fucking bot.

    The bot itself is only mildly offensive, but the fieflord bot-love is just repugnant.

    About a month ago news did a “feedback about the bot” thing, in which they declared undying love for the bot above all things and declared any input other than breathless support for the bot to be vote manipulated misinformation.

    There were about 3 mods involved, all contradicting each other, and themselves, very condescending, and very sooky and sulky. “One of the mods almost resigned over this!” kind of stuff.

    You had to start every comment with “look I know you guys are doing your best and investing all your free time as volunteers but…”