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New comment by backscratches in "The Emacsification of Software"

backscratches — Thu, 14 May 2026 11:57:56 +0000

This is why open source has been great and will only get better

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:49:49 +0000

No my definition is most Linux compatible, custom firmware and support. They make the only modern qubes certified machine which is a hardware compatibility nightmare. Look is afterthought

New comment by backscratches in "European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:15:53 +0000

> And I will find even smaller US cities with even better metrics.

You won't. There is no city in the US you can get around better than even a 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th tier European city. Its silly to even argue.

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:12:53 +0000

The hardware is designed in house and is the only trackpad that approaches macbook levels

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:11:57 +0000

You'll have to use your brain unfortunately to figure it out

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:11:32 +0000

Lmao what do you mean the specs are all there

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:10:06 +0000

Starlabs is older than framework and their machines are *at least" as repairable. I have been using a really good one for 4 years or so. And their firmware is open source.

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:08:54 +0000

Lol these are the most refined Linux flagship hardware manufacturers in the world. No clone.

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:05:22 +0000

There are no guarantees your laptop will ever get a single update (let alone 5 years) unless they state as much. Most do not state any guarantee or less than 5 years.

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:02:35 +0000

Starlabs is at least as repairable as framework, older, and coreboot.

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:01:02 +0000

Modern devices generally do not have s3 anymore

New comment by backscratches in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

backscratches — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:59:51 +0000

Older than framewank, and more replaceable parts.

New comment by backscratches in "Quirks of Human Anatomy"

backscratches — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:31 +0000

Isn't that exclusively what that indicates?

New comment by backscratches in "European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp"

backscratches — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:26:31 +0000

We have to pick some metrics, but I bet per capita buses and train cars are dwarfed by even cities well below the tiers you listed compared to NYC.

New comment by backscratches in "Swiss AI Initiative (2023)"

backscratches — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:27:41 +0000

It's a university in a French speaking region for one.

New comment by backscratches in "European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp"

backscratches — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:42:48 +0000

Name a single metropolitan area in the US with infrastructure on par with any single European one.

New comment by backscratches in "Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)"

backscratches — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:41:57 +0000

Makes me think of Intellij

New comment by backscratches in "Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)"

backscratches — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:38:46 +0000

I love the name (from zellige): (architecture) A form of terracotta tilework covered with enamel in the form of chips set into plaster, characteristic of Moroccan architecture.

New comment by backscratches in "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator"

backscratches — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:40:06 +0000

In every parallel universe where a different person invents bitcoin, every single one is familiar with becks ideas from a decade earlier.

New comment by backscratches in "Typing and Keyboards"

backscratches — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:28:27 +0000

I have opposite opinion, that using an alternative layout on a standard keyboard is a greater improvement that a split keyboard. Coming from someone who uses colemak on a split column staggered aka as ergo as it gets. When I have to use my laptop keyboard its not so much worse.