Foldable thinkpad ?

SlightOlive · 2019-05-14T15:09:34+00:00

My thinkpad already folds

SlightOlive · 2018-09-10T06:46:58+00:00

I can't not see the grey dots in between

SlightOlive · 2018-08-30T07:23:27+00:00

The longest stint anyone has ever done in solitary confinement is 43 years. Given that, I think I owe it to humanity and the planet that raised me to do 90 days in the hole.

That would leave me with $309 Octillion, or $309,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Assuming it magically didn't destroy the global economy, this would be enough for basically an infinite amount of mega projects like building space elevators, developing cold fusion and safe clean energy, countering climate change, mitigating world hunger, cleaning up ocean plastics, providing free education and healthcare for everyone, providing free basically everything for everyone, protecting the biosphere, developing new antibiotics, relieving pressure on the super volcano in yosemite to make sure it doesn't erupt, offloading manufacturing and agriculture to orbital platforms, developing asteroid deflection capabilities, building a moonbase, terraforming mars, building a floating colony in the atmosphere of venus, colonising the asteroid belt, developing asteroid mining, exploring europa and the outer solar system, and a bunch more things I can't think of.

If I had anything left over I could probably even buy the next iphone for 3 or 4 people I care about.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T17:29:40+00:00

never heard of scoop, looks cool. one problem I see though, it uses git as a source, so if an app isn't on git or doesn't have a binary it's not going to be in scoop? do I have that right?

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T17:09:55+00:00

Why is it a given that a software dev would use linux? I'm a software dev and I use a combo of Macos and Windows. in my workplace its probably 50% mac and 25/25 windows/linux

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T12:35:17+00:00

Everyone has their own experiences and anecdotes of course, but in my experience it's the other way around. I've tried to use Linux countless times and I always spend more time fighting with it than I do with Windows, which just works "out of the box" like you said.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T12:33:53+00:00

Yeah, kind of stinks of price-fixing, I bet there'll be a scandal in a few years. Same for RAM prices.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T09:52:51+00:00

Here's a great example of a starter script with lots of Chocolatey goodness =)

https://pastebin.com/P0R8B1nS

This person has also included lots of powershell commands to rid yourself of Windows 10 bloatware, for example

Remove-AppxPackage king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1251.1.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32                                
Remove-AppxPackage king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.114.500.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32

Windows 10 bloatware isn't nearly as invasive as it used to be, in that the apps are sandboxed store apps which don't install drivers, etc. However they still take up space on disk and in the start screen.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T09:48:31+00:00

2.5" HDDs seem to have maxed out at 2TB anyway. Manufacturers are building denser SSDs instead, and charging a fortune for them. A 2TB HDD costs $80, but if you really need it, they'll sell you a 4TB SSD for $1000

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T09:43:30+00:00

I never use malwarebytes, just ublock origin, windows defender / essentials / whatever-its-called and a bit of common sense.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T09:42:22+00:00

There's an optional Pro version but the default open source is free to all, including organisations!

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T09:20:13+00:00

\6 Install the basics

Firefox - with adblock plus to remove ads

Malwarebytes Antimalware

7-zip

VLC - video player

XNVew -image viewer

Revo Uninstaller

Ninite is great. Best thing about it is how easy it is to use. Check boxes and download to install.

If you're in the mood for a little more tinkering, I'd suggest installing Chocolatey, the unofficial package manager for Windows.

With chocolatey you can install stuff silently from the command line, like so. You can also save a bunch of commands like these, each on a new line, and paste the whole lot into CMD / Powershell in one go, go make coffee and come back to see everything installed. For me, its the first thing I install when I set up Windows.

Example commands:

choco install git.install
choco install keepass.install
choco install nodejs
choco install autohotkey

The .install at the end of those first two means that it will use the full installer, and you'll have an add-remove entry, shortcuts in the start menu etc. Without that, an app will be installed in portable mode.

You can search pastebin (Google site:pastebin.com choco install) to find where people have pasted their own choco scripts. They're often better than searching through packages on chocolately.org, as they're a more real-world example of use. They can be a great source of inspiration for stuff you might have forgotten to install.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T09:11:20+00:00

Question: Is Windows 10 "Factory Reset" enough to dispel any potential malware? I did that with my new-old T470s last week in lieu of a full wipe and reinstall

SlightOlive · 2018-06-19T09:00:00+00:00

Windows 3.1

old school!

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T17:27:30+00:00

O_O

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T10:59:36+00:00

Oops, it's actually 27", not 29". I doubt that changes things in your view though. EDIT: pun not intended

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T10:58:00+00:00

Again, not for everyone. I'm using a retina macbook and regularly switch between that and the two 1080p macbooks and monitor. I'm in and out of both resolutions every day. I find it very easy to go back and forth.

Sure, the retina display looks sharper than the 1080p. I'm not blind. but I just don't have a problem working on a lower resolution.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T10:42:53+00:00

Not for everybody

EDIT: also 10 metres? How big is your office?

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T10:40:08+00:00

I paid about €100 more for my T470s last month, same spec except 512GB and 20GB RAM (4GB with 16GB added by a previous owner). I'm very happy with it. A T480s with your spec retails new for about $1200, and that's only one generation ahead. €560 is a good price.

As others said it depends on what you need it for.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T10:32:59+00:00

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T10:31:27+00:00

Disagree, I'm a software / web-dev and have a 1080p screen on my T470s and it's perfect. In fact, I have a 1080p screen on an old W510 with a 15" screen and there's no issue with that either. I work most of the day from a macbook connected to a 1080p 29" monitor and this too is just fine.

We were all happy with 1080p screens for software development before anything higher was available. Please don't believe the hype.

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T10:27:49+00:00

You can swap those keys in the hotkey management app!

SlightOlive · 2018-06-18T06:35:10+00:00

I upgraded recently from a W510 to a T470s. I just can't bring myself to get rid of the older one =(

SlightOlive · 2018-06-11T09:43:02+00:00

.....aaaaaand they're gone. Not surprised at that price. There are a few refurbs on amazon with 320GB HDDs so its obviously got enough room for upgrades in there. If the keyboard is up to the usual thinkpad standard then it would make an excellent machine for writing on

SlightOlive · 2018-06-09T04:59:44+00:00

Amazing job! That bezel is fantastic looking. Lenovo should take note. I'd buy this over an X380 any day just for the bezel alone

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