@jtk@infosec.exchange2026-01-16 19:25:18
The title of the blog post blog was clickbait for me. It argues #Thinkpad fandom boils down to price, build quality, and repairability.
There is one glaringly obvious omission any longtime user should spot immediately. There is no mention of the unique trackpoint-based keyboard design that you can't find anywhere else.
I've stopped using ThinkPads as my primary platform f…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-01-16 11:50:43
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115900896398619371
Yay, the "good" (still very slow but not like molasses) Internet is back! ~18-hour outage.
Hope those techs are getting some sleep now.
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2025-11-17 05:29:51
Post Malone to perform annual Thanksgiving halftime show https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/post-malone-to-perform-annual-thanksgiving-halftime-show
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-16 19:16:24
Post Malone, Jack White will star in NFL Thanksgiving halftime shows https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6812153/2025/11/16/post-malone-jack-white-thanksgiving-halftime/
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-01-17 03:05:51
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115905194480224518
An exception is possibly when you make a website that looks awful on purpose, e.g. for nostalgia for marquee elements and so on.
(Even then please make it honor user preferences.)
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2025-11-16 17:58:26
Post Malone to perform annual Thanksgiving halftime show https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/post-malone-to-perform-annual-thanksgiving-halftime-show
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2025-12-15 13:47:27
Not to be alarmist, but VHS will be FIFTY YEARS old next year.
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115723856261738924
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2025-11-16 18:47:37
Post Malone officially announced for Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/post-malone-officially-announced-dallas-cowboys-thanksgiving-halftime-show
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-01-15 14:20:43
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115894798045761296
It should be noted that Ted Nelson here has a bit of a naive viewpoint, as the reasons for how a machine is designed and why it exists are because people made it and people literally always have an agenda.
In other words, a machine exists because it does something that a person actively decided it should—it is the embodiment of non-neutrality.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2025-12-15 23:17:43
People ask, “but isn’t it unsafe” to which I reply, “Das Leben ist lebensgefährlich.”
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115726098344593741