chopmo

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Comment · 5 years ago

GoMore | Fullstack developer | Copenhagen, Denmark or REMOTE in Europe time zone | Full time

GoMore is looking for a full stack developer who can help us in our mission to get more people to share cars and take better care of the planet.

Tech we use: Clojure, Rails, Javascript, Postgres (Aurora), Docker, AWS.

You'd be part of a small, highly skilled product team.

Comment · 12 years ago

I think we're being trolled :)

Comment · 15 years ago

I'm sure there is money to be saved here. But the question is, how much of my time am I going to spend trawling through pages like this one?

http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/products/item.asp?procatalogID=7

Also, it would be a hassle to verify that the hardware was supported by Ubuntu. I didn't state this in my question, but I'm looking for something that "just works" to the extent possible.

I appreciate the tip though, thanks.

Comment · 15 years ago

Excellent tip, thanks!

Comment · 15 years ago

I only care about how they feel. The old MPBs had a keyboard that was soft to the touch (eg. not "clicky"), there were no gaps between the keys and each key was curved to fit your fingers.

In contrast, the newer Macbooks and MBPs have clicky, flat keyboards. It takes much more effort to depress a key and even after a year of getting used to this I'm unable to type as fast as I could on the old one.

About the keyboard layout, I don't care what is printed on the keys. US-style wide enter key is fine, as is European style tall enter key. These things are pretty easy to get used to in my experience. Color, backlight etc. is not important.

What matters is simply how good it is to write on, especially after several hours and especially when typing fast.

Comment · 15 years ago

They look really, really nice. And the specs can be boosted to impressive levels.

Just too bad that it isn't possible to see the machines on display somewhere. The keyboards look bit like the newer MBP keyboard, and I don't like those at all. But I guess I could dig into some reviews and check that out.

Comment · 15 years ago

I loved the IBM T42 keyboard. Best I've tried with the possible exception of the old MacBook Pro (ca. 2005).

The Lenovo product line is a maze...I thought the X-series was the best, but I'll check out your recommendations.

Well put.

This is also why I quickly realized that my troll list initiative was seriously misguided. And why I now vow to never again mention a troll by name ;-)

Comment · 15 years ago

After today, I'll go back to living by the same formula, it's a good rule to keep in mind. But right now I like hearing other people's views on this.

Comment · 15 years ago

1+2: I agree! 3: I need to work on that... ;) 4: Right about the retention part, but some trolls are really persistent and not easily destroyed 5: How do you mean? 6: This is a decent strategy for sure, but no guarantee that they'll go away.