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   Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 09:14:41 JST Bloodytailspike
   I need to buy a laptop but I don't want to spend a lot of money
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     Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 09:14:40 JST Bloodytailspike

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     @burner Thank you
     I've decided I'm going to buy a book about Assembly and spend my time on THAT rather than social media, at least while I'm at work.
     Is there anything I should look out for wrt the Thinkpads?
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 09:14:40 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @monsterislandcolonizer @burner Assembly!? Madman
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     burner (burner@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 09:14:41 JST burner

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     ebay thinkpad is your answer I think
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     :catnoears: Mister Lister :catnoears: (misterlister@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 10:19:55 JST :catnoears: Mister Lister :catnoears:

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     @BowsacNoodle @monsterislandcolonizer @burner Assembly is essentially the root of all code right? It's how all the computer parts talk to each other iirc
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     @MisterLister @BowsacNoodle @monsterislandcolonizer @burner Computer parts talk to each other in Hebrew.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 10:21:05 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @monsterislandcolonizer @MisterLister @burner That's what I understand. The calculator games for the TI-83 were coded in assembly
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     Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 10:21:06 JST Bloodytailspike

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     @MisterLister @BowsacNoodle @burner It's human-readable machine code is what everyone says
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 11:39:37 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @UncleIroh @yockeypuck @burner @MisterLister @monsterislandcolonizer Do people really nuke the Intel ME ?
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     Uncle Iroh ☑️ (uncleiroh@merovingian.club)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 11:39:38 JST Uncle Iroh ☑️

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     @yockeypuck @burner @BowsacNoodle @MisterLister @monsterislandcolonizer

     They've been laughing at us for years with the "Intel Inside" joke and having the Intel chip factory in Israel.

     That said, Thinkpads are awesome for tinkerers. Get some chip clips, nuke the Intel ME and you're good to go.

     Check out the coreboot, seabios, heads, & skulls repos on github and you'll find plenty of assembly to keep you occupied.

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     Uncle Iroh ☑️ (uncleiroh@merovingian.club)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2024 11:47:59 JST Uncle Iroh ☑️

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     @BowsacNoodle @burner @MisterLister @monsterislandcolonizer @yockeypuck

     Not entirely. On the older Thinkpads (x230, t440, etc.) you can overwrite most of what's in the 2 onboard roms and then lock them.

     Neutering is a better description. Only the very old ThinkPads can be completely libre-booted but it won't be a productive user experience unless you're Richard Stallman and live inside emacs.

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