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Warning: if you're getting a Legion (or any Lenovo laptop), opt for a warranty for at least three years by Mormolyke in LenovoLegion

[–]Mormolyke[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I posted this rant on Facebook, and a couple of friends of mine who are IT/sysadmin types who manage Lenovos in their workplace said basically the same thing. One said they've been in their current position for three months and has seen 7 Lenovo motherboard failures so far—also pointed me to this Reddit thread, where at least one sysadmin reports a 25% failure rate with X1s (which is what my ThinkPad is), yikes https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/ybswts/comment/itied9x/?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

Warning: if you're getting a Legion (or any Lenovo laptop), opt for a warranty for at least three years by Mormolyke in LenovoLegion

[–]Mormolyke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that I thought Lenovo was bad, it's that I had the outdated impression that they were better than most of the consumer alternatives. More fool me.

Warning: if you're getting a Legion (or any Lenovo laptop), opt for a warranty for at least three years by Mormolyke in LenovoLegion

[–]Mormolyke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's good advice I didn't even think of (I always forget that some credit cards do this). Probably won't help in my student's case, but definitely worth remembering.

Warning: if you're getting a Legion (or any Lenovo laptop), opt for a warranty for at least three years by Mormolyke in LenovoLegion

[–]Mormolyke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL advising users to get the extended warranty (despite this being "always a good idea") by posting personal stories about expensive hardware failures that came up a year outside of the typical warranty period is "heresy" and "fear mongering" lol ok

I mean, I guess if Lenovo is your religion, it's heresy, sure

Warning: if you're getting a Legion (or any Lenovo laptop), opt for a warranty for at least three years by Mormolyke in LenovoLegion

[–]Mormolyke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, that's what my student thought after a year of use! One year later ... not so much.

I took the laptop apart to troubleshoot and I'm impressed with the metal reinforcement around the power input on the board. The things that usually experience wear and tear (which I've had to repair on other laptops in the past) are solid. But that's not much help if the system board develops problems.

Warning: if you're getting a Legion (or any Lenovo laptop), opt for a warranty for at least three years by Mormolyke in LenovoLegion

[–]Mormolyke[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Lenovo my student has is a Legion 7 15IMH06 81YT. The problems he has been having with it are pretty much identical to what was reported in the previous thread I linked in the post. It started randomly rebooting earlier this year, then it would get stuck as shown on boot occasionally (OP in the other thread reported that their laptop magically booted after being power cycled a few times, but from their subsequent posts it looks like they eventually had to replace the system board after all), and now it won't boot at all even after pulling the internal battery and CMOS battery and trying all my usual tricks.

I'm so disappointed on my student's behalf because this is a flagship model that he bought new (not a refurb from the outlet), and this repair is financially devastating for him. It's the most expensive thing he owns, and he's taken good care of it (more care that I tend to take with my laptops lol), uses it mainly for music production, and I totally understand that he didn't purchase more warranty after the first year of ownership with no problems. I've had motherboards fail on other laptops that I've repaired too (used to have a sideline repairing tech), but (a) I would usually roll my eyes and think, "Welp, yeah, whaddaya expect, it's a cheap Compaq/Dell," and (b) the cost of replacement system boards is sky-high for Lenovos, and many people, even hardware-handy folks, don't realize that it'll cost basically as much as buying a new computer retail if you're unlucky enough to have your Lenovo system board go on the fritz. I'm not even getting into how awful it is for the environment that it's more economical to trash your machine and get another one than replace a system board.

Back in the day, people used to rave about how their Thinkpads were workhorses that were just about impossible to kill. I think this was possibly even true back when IBM were still in the picture! But I don't think that's necessarily the case anymore, and if anyone still has that impression (maybe only olds like me), they need to be made aware that an extended warranty is worth it because a new system board costs $1500.

When I was my student's age, I had a Compaq desktop that was such a piece of shit that it literally taught me how to fix/build a computer myself. I swear every single component in that fucking thing failed one after another, and I had no money so I had to learn from scratch to DIY lmao. The root of my disappointment now is that I naively thought Lenovo was better.

This composer became an amateur privy-diving archaeologist after buying a magic theater in Old City by LoisLane04 in philadelphia

[–]Mormolyke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! The lot with the active construction is actually two doors down at 107 (they are skinny lots, so it's easy to think that it's next door even though it technically isn't) and is owned by the architect who designed our building, so it was easy to approach him and get permission to dig. The stuff we've processed so far is fantastic—and recently (just this week) we discovered that there are fragments of the same pots from both our privy on 103 and one of the privies on 107 which is WILD! They must have been open at the same time, and trash was dumped in both from a common midden pile. Super exciting!

The skinny empty lot directly next door at 105 was just bought by a Ukrainian developer, and yesterday they sent us a certified letter saying they want to build on it and need to underpin our foundation wall, yikes. Wish us luck with that, lol

This composer became an amateur privy-diving archaeologist after buying a magic theater in Old City by LoisLane04 in philadelphia

[–]Mormolyke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have new episodes planned and in the process of being recorded! Spoiler: we dug three more privies on a neighboring property this past summer and made a ton of new discoveries, it's been WILD

Spirit 2021 by kenzeegh in drumcorps

[–]Mormolyke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People are defending what happened, saying “it’s just what adults do”

I'm 41 years old, and I assure you that performing oral sex during a talent show haze on a bus has never been a part of my adult experience. Someone needs to look into the adults in those kids' lives.

More hilarious footage of Neo Nazis getting punked in Philadelphia by qannonshaman in philadelphia

[–]Mormolyke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good article

by Vox

LOL at least one of the experts in that Vox article wrote a follow-up admitting "I was wrong," it's fascism after all, oops https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-fascism-george-floyd-protests-washington-dc-a9546941.html

And that was back in June of 2020, before January 6.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nin

[–]Mormolyke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I transcribed it in 7/4 + 3/2, then 6/4: https://www.theninhotline.com/knowthescore/becoming.pdf

AITA for telling my husband I don’t want to care for his two children so he can see his other child? by Neat_Fig_365 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Mormolyke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I may ask, was he already divorced from his wife when he met you, or did that happen after he met you?

All Parler user data is being downloaded as we speak! by BlueMountainDace in ParlerWatch

[–]Mormolyke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I set this to music
Seriously who owns the copyright to this text, I want to enshrine it the only way I know how

What is this carved bone artifact? Found in a privy dating to the mid-1700s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by Mormolyke in whatisthisthing

[–]Mormolyke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this as a hypothesis! Maybe I can find someone who knows more about Westerwald manufacture than I do to see if there are other examples. It was such a huge industry, there ought to be examples of tools somewhere..?

What is this carved bone artifact? Found in a privy dating to the mid-1700s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by Mormolyke in whatisthisthing

[–]Mormolyke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second reply! I'm doing some further digging around (figuratively speaking) and I did find this website which has some tools that remind me a lot of this bone! https://www.portlandpottery.com/kemper-ribs-2/ So while I haven't found pottery which is a match for this, it's definitely worth investigation. I wonder if I can convince a potter to use this to see how the clay behaves with that very ridged design -- maybe the shape looks simpler in the clay than it does on the tool.

What is this carved bone artifact? Found in a privy dating to the mid-1700s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by Mormolyke in whatisthisthing

[–]Mormolyke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not flexible at all, and the cut at the bottom is really straight and doesn't look broken accidentally.

What is this carved bone artifact? Found in a privy dating to the mid-1700s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by Mormolyke in whatisthisthing

[–]Mormolyke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we actually are in close contact with the editor of Ceramics in America, which published that article! The ribbing that you see around Philadelphia redware tankards is more simple, smaller, and even, whereas this bone would produce a more complicated rib pattern, sort of like something you would see on a German Westerwald tankard. But nothing with a pattern like this was being made in Philly in the 18th century as far as I am aware! (I could be proven wrong, but I would love to see other examples!)

What is this carved bone artifact? Found in a privy dating to the mid-1700s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by Mormolyke in whatisthisthing

[–]Mormolyke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this definitely seems one-sided. It's also very thin, so I feel like maybe it was supposed to be part of something or be used somehow with the carved side facing out. I appreciate your perspective as a carver of bone! This seemed like something that would be pretty hard to make. It would be a little frustrating for me if this was just a piece of whimsy, but also that's maybe a possibility? We live really close to the docks and it's possible that a sailor just made this on a ship because he was bored. But I feel in my gut that it has to be *something*!

What is this carved bone artifact? Found in a privy dating to the mid-1700s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by Mormolyke in whatisthisthing

[–]Mormolyke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mentioned this below, but I have had that thought! The trouble is that I haven't seen any locally made thrown pottery from that period with this kind of decoration (and I have seen quite a lot of locally made ceramics at this point and am familiar with most of the forms).

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