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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 02:04:52 JST Charlie Stross

   • Cory Doctorow
   • Teedi P.
   • Oggie

   @CoolBlenderKitten @CaffeinatedBookDragon @Oggie @pluralistic There is plausible scope for emergent anti-brands. Consider Muji, whose entire shtick is stores selling good quality basic stuff with *no* branding. There's scope for that in tech, too. (I ❤️ my Pomera DM250. It's just a boring grey pocket word processor which processes words. Looks like USB mass storage to a PC when you plug it in, doesn't require software updates, doesn't expect or ask for internet connectivity ...)

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 02:57:49 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Cory Doctorow
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     • Dennis Faucher :donor: :mastodon:
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     @dennisfaucher @CoolBlenderKitten @CaffeinatedBookDragon @Oggie @pluralistic I was thinking more along the lines of this:

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     Dennis Faucher :donor: :mastodon: (dennisfaucher@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 02:57:50 JST Dennis Faucher :donor: :mastodon:

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     • Cory Doctorow
     • Teedi P.
     • Oggie

     @cstross @CoolBlenderKitten @CaffeinatedBookDragon @Oggie @pluralistic
     I still have a stack of HP LX200s. Runs DOS apps and you can hammer nails with it. Powered by 2 AA batteries.