Middle class manufacturing jobs have fallen off a cliff and completely destroyed huge swaths of our country. Take a tour around Bridgeport, CT sometime as a great example. The northeast is littered with towns like this. These executives and their buddies in Congress mortgaged our middle class for profits by sending all our industry to Asia.

I’ve noticed that products tend to originate in these countries because the manufacturer has decided to prioritize quality. As a bonus I’m much less concerned about contributing to horrible labor conditions.

I personally put my heart and soul into ensuring that the things I make are exceptional. I’m not going to accept less from the products I rely on for long periods of my life. If I’m not going to need it for a long time I probably don’t need it.

When I do the same with Ubuntu I get a massive list of processes, most of which I don't understand or recognize. I'm back to the Windows feeling that the OS is a transcendent black box, but now with no Microsoft Office, power management, and display (esp multi-monitor) bugs.

I love the idea of Linux but it seems like the less practical option.

Then they add insult to injury by pretending to “discuss” it as if user consent or participation has anything to do with this.

Funny since your priority on HN is to push your far-left social justice agenda, shadowbanning people who say anything that can be remotely construed as not agreeing with your worldview.

The Topre’s caps lock light doesn’t work with OS X out of the box but Karabiner can fix that.

I would have been open to a mechanical keyboard if I didn’t work within earshot of other people, and found the quiet mechanical switches to be inferior to the topre.

They don’t cut into the cables, you can add cables later, they’re very strong. You can chain them together as your bundle size increases. I keep a spare roll in my briefcase.

Please let me know what to think dang.