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If you don't need components on the bottom side, it saves money to not do so. That means the board doesn't need to go through another pass on the SMT machine.

Even if a board is double-sided, it is common to avoid putting major ICs on both sides, unless the space constraints are severe. Often, people will only put passive components on the bottom side.

> `... they did invest in Uber, but also have many bad investments.`

The one I really don't get is that they funded Adam Neumann's new company after the collapse of WeWork. How stupid do you have to be to give that guy any more money?

Well, that would be an awkward DM to write. "Hello, you invited me to the website, but I don't actually know who you are."

Modern problems...

You can look on your user page, or search for your username on the user tree page.

I requested an invite from a guy I have only known via Reddit, we've never met IRL.

Why do you want to stick your opinion into something that you hadn't previously known about? What are you going to positively contribute to the discussion that will move things forward? How does that help?

The high-voltage side should be separated from the electronics, so it shouldn't be dangerous if you are observant.

It may be sufficient to just disconnect the antennas from the WiFi module, that will help prevent any network connections.

This is an interesting and fun project, I was glad to read about it.

It was a bit of a bold move to base this on a Model I. That system had an unreliable expansion interface, limited memory options, and emitted a lot of EM interference.

Yes. The ARM Chromebooks suffer from long term support issues just like phones. Qualcomm and the other chip vendors will only support a given chip for a few years, and then that's it.

For x86-64, the peripherals are mostly standard, with the sometimes exception of suspend / resume support. So a regular Linux distro will often just work with little tweaking required.

There's a lot of quackery around these days, especially with regard to tech and finance.

There's quite of bit of quackery just with nutritional supplements, too. And people and companies try to bypass the FDA all the time with fake cures, the COVID-19 epidemic was just the latest version of that.

The FDA is over-zealous with their testing requirements. However, without them we will see an explosion of fake cures for everything. The legitimate pharma companies will lose money, or otherwise start cutting a lot of corners in the pursuit of profit.

We need something like the FDA to keep things in check.

> Syntax highlighting code visible on the screen

That... does not work in most programming languages. Especially so for showing indent levels correctly. Generally speaking, the language server (or whatever) is parsing the entire file.