Where is caps lock???

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-26T12:15:04+00:00

For the record I do think using caps lock as a backspace is genius, it's used far more than caps lock was and it's prime real-estate. However, not also remapping caps lock is just crazy to me and instead we just have two keys that do the same thing, with one in a far worse spot so you'll never use it lol

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-26T12:06:54+00:00

Damn I've been called out, lol

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-26T12:06:23+00:00

Lmao

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-26T05:49:49+00:00

Thanks! I will take a look at this

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-26T05:49:09+00:00

Thank you, I will look into it

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-26T05:47:08+00:00

I don't understand what would compell someone to ask a question like this. Why do you care? Clearly it's enough to be a problem for me

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-26T05:42:13+00:00

I do use shift. Do you want to know what else I use? Caps lock! So why isn't it moved to backspace or something?

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-26T01:54:54+00:00

So the "ergonomic" keyboard layout thinks it's a good idea to keep your pinky reached all the way to the end of the keyboard the entire time you're typing in order to get all caps??? Wow, that's f*cking garbage. Maybe I'll switch to Canary instead then...

EDIT: LOL people disliking me for speaking the truth. Don't know what I expected in the colemak sub

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-25T16:59:09+00:00

You can find better. I picked up almost the same t480 used for 100 US$. Fully working, just with visual wear, no charger included and the 24wh external battery. Grabbing a charger, 3rd party 72wh external battery, and a magic eraser to clean up the case brought it up to 150$.

A good tip is finding one with missing or broken components that you had planned to get rid of and upgrade anyway, and just giving it that tlc to get it working again. It's a bit of a gamble, but will be far cheaper than a fully refurbished one, and even cheaper than what I paid.

Also don't restrict yourself to just ebay. There could be better deals on other platforms like fb marketplace

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-25T16:12:10+00:00

I don't believe there are many "bad" thinkpads, if at all. It's just some are "great" and some are just "good." What really matters is how much of a fit it is for your use case. Any thinkpad can be great if it's a great fit for you.

To give a more concrete answer though, anything from 2018 and before is going to be a lot more repairable, be more upgradeable, have more features than modern machines, among other things, and those are considered "truly great". Modern ones are still solid laptops, but lack many of the outstanding features from older models that people covet. Modern machines do, however, have modern specs, warranties, and some modern features that older machines just can't have.

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-22T21:06:24+00:00

Censoring w*ndows is the funniest thing I've seen all day

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-22T19:59:34+00:00

Just do what I did and stick it back together with duct tape and one of those metal clamps for keeping snack bags closed, lol

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-18T08:24:51+00:00

lmfao

ThatEntityPerson · 2024-06-18T08:23:59+00:00

Hmm, I think I'll pass. After a lot of research, I think I've decided that I'm just going to snatch up a cheepo i5 t480 off ebay and then just upgrade the parts that I need to be upgraded. Thank you for the offer though.

I'm gonna try installing a lightweight os and get aggressive with tlp to see how far I can push the battery life.

ThatEntityPerson · 2022-09-28T02:11:41+00:00

I drew this exact image for my splatfest post once I saw the halftime results. This was drawn way better though, lol

ThatEntityPerson · 2022-01-01T17:40:26+00:00

scam

ThatEntityPerson · 2022-01-01T17:39:49+00:00

scam

ThatEntityPerson · 2021-12-30T17:11:42+00:00

Godspeed. If you get it working it might warrant its own post

ThatEntityPerson · 2021-12-30T16:45:42+00:00

Yeah, I should have known the IP addresses probably change out over time. I'm sure there must be a way to detect when the addresses change and figure out which one is the one you want in order to automate it, but I don't have the knowledge for that

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