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Trump's techbro buddies cozied up and intertwined interests with the regime's so they'd get preferential treatment when the music stopped. Just like 2008, they'll get taxpayer-funded selective socialism for wealthy people's mistakes/intentional speculation/malfeasance.

Neoliberalism 101.. monetize and privatize everything and punish the poor disproportionately. Not for a beneficial purpose, but because "free is communism".

T480 also has dual batteries with one being removable. I upgraded the top cover to magnesium, added WiFi 7, upgraded to 32 GiB, swapped from a HDD to a SSD, and changed the motherboard from i3-7300U to the i7-8650U. The only repair I ever did was replace the screen because I messed up once and dropped it. Oddly enough, it supports an eGPU over Thunderbolt 3 and 25W TDP unlocking so it was once used as my compact gaming machine. Mine also has 3 spare extended batteries and a custom external charger for them.

T480s and T490 are inferior compared to the T480's usability of ports and batteries.

Yep. BGA SSD and RAM chips can often be changed, sometimes offering more capacity than was officially available.

One can also DIY such mods/repairs but it requires some extra equipment and supplies.

Powell memo and the real conspiracy of greed to destroy the middle class.

Yep. Doesn't work. Just a bunch of garbage. This is anti-accessibility and user hostile.

Homebrew governance sucks. The only problem with that is MacPorts requires sudo, which risks the stability of the system. Maybe Nix works on Mac? Or skip shoehorning fragile patched software on a hostile system that is entirely different from production and use tools in containers more similar to production instead.

Reinventing Shopify.

Next on StacheD, indoor BESS burns down affordable housing complex and smolders for 2 weeks.

BESS isn't inherently bad, but needs to be treated with respect. LFP packs need continuous igniters and NMC packs need combustibles-free clearance, and both need deflagration gases ventilation.

Kaiser sucks unless you're healthy.

Formal methods for reliable software and properly configured systems secure by default.

Sowing*

Russia's idea of hybrid warfare means doing things like dragging anchors across internet cables and paying people to firebomb warehouses and businesses.