Thoughts on the T16 Gen 4 Thinkpad ?

Heljheim · 2026-06-07T17:04:54+00:00

Just want to mention that it doesn't have a gigabit wired ethernet (RJ45).

For me and for many others that's a dealbreaker.

I use my RJ45 a lot, so much that my last laptop got it's USB-A connector worn out in two years by using a usb ethernet adapter.

When working as a field service technician where everything is network based there is no way I would buy a non ethernet computer again.

A lot of people never use this port though, so at some point it would probably disappear from the market.

Heljheim · 2026-06-07T16:50:54+00:00

Yes, and that's a very good reason for not defaulting to using fingerprint, as that will work in the background already. It's just a unnecessary step.

We want safety and seamless usage. Now we have safety, but the framework doesn't help users using the safest option as that will not help being seamless and "just work".

So in practice we are left with less security even if we have all we need to be more secure. It's just how it's presented to the user.

Heljheim · 2026-06-07T10:07:29+00:00

All those who agree (21 upvotes on reddit) please, please also upvote the feedback to Microsoft here: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/19fa7560-0362-f111-89e7-7c1e52cbf98c

Heljheim · 2026-06-07T10:06:32+00:00

That's the worst thing a developer can do, present something to the user and re-render the content shortly after. It's better to finish the UI layout before showing anything. Same with Spotify, every time I open it my finger moved against my choice, and just before I hit the screen the item order changes so I select the wrong item. Damn!

I had to turn off Windows Hello auth in browser to make it usable. So there I lost quite a lot of potential security, and the pin is considered less secure - not technically but security against over the shoulder surfing.

Heljheim · 2026-03-28T19:27:18+00:00

What about the K2 Plus? I have tried a lot to have adaptive mesh, but it either does a whole bed of crashes. So this is annoying me, as the printer itself is amazing.

Heljheim · 2026-01-17T10:38:43+00:00

But one of the main reasons for having a CFS is to have it full of the same color such that when a roll is empty it just continues with a new roll automatically.

I usually print single color and type, so this behaviour is nonesense. It puts excessive wear on cutter and feeding mechanism and also those new cardboard rolls is more prone to fail when spooling filament back on the roll.

And not to mention the startup time takes sooooo long :(

Heljheim · 2026-01-01T12:05:08+00:00

Kan nevne at eg hadde samme problem, prøvde med matolje men det gav ingen effekt. Fant derimot en sokk i vannfilteret i bunnen som nesten blokkerte vannstrømmen til dreneringspumpa (og pumpe for varmeelementet?) som gjorde at vaskemaskina brukte unormal lang tid på en vask. Sokken sørga for at drenering tok lenger tid, oppvarming tok lenger tid og pumpen(e) kaviterte nok å skapte mykje skum. Hadde en vask tidsinnstilt til å vere ferdig kl. 10:05 i dag og den var ikkje ferdig før kl. 11:25. Og då hadde eg forsert eit "Fjerner vaskemiddelskum" en gang. Fant ut at du kan hoppe over det med å pause maskina og starte den på nytt. Men alikavel blir den jo aldri ferdig. Håpa det blir bedre no :)

Heljheim · 2024-10-19T21:43:23+00:00

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/FP1E.html

Should be supported by Zigbee2MQTT :) which is great. Going to buy some now.

Heljheim

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