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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:00:14 JST iced depresso
   why are like all the 10-13in computers chromebooks :neocat_woozy:
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:08:15 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @icedquinn Netbook 1.1. :blobfoxgooglytrash:
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:11:10 JST iced depresso

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     • Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:
     @tk apparently you're like obligated to get 14+ now for it to still be a real computer :neocat_floof_explode:
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     eemmaa (eemmaa@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:12:24 JST eemmaa

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     person that caused this issue:
     >WE NEED THINNER AND BIGGER! MAKE IT THINNER AND BIGGER IWANT MY PHONE THE SIZE OF AN IPAD, I WANT MY LAPTOP TO RIP THE CORNERS OF EVERY BAG! THINNER AND BIGGER!!!
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 01:15:07 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @icedquinn #bloat
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 05:58:19 JST iced depresso

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     • manfromhuh
     @manfromhuh pine and clockwork aren't really serious institutions
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     manfromhuh (manfromhuh@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 05:58:20 JST manfromhuh

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     @icedquinn It is a shame as I really like the format. Pine seemed like they were trying to make a go with something like that, but I don't know if that went anywhere.
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     manfromhuh (manfromhuh@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:00:46 JST manfromhuh

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     @icedquinn What makes you say that? I'm curious as I've considered but haven't ever bought anything from them.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:00:46 JST iced depresso

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     • manfromhuh
     @manfromhuh they were selling uconsoles with "90 days lead time" and after a solid year i cancelled the order and put the money to a supernote.
     
     i actually got the supernote in about 4 days.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:04:05 JST iced depresso

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     • manfromhuh
     @manfromhuh i don't really understand how ex. clockwork still can't manage fulfillment after several years of being in business. if the problem was high demand, well, manufacturers actually like bigger bulk orders. people should not be waiting years and getting random allotments from small batches. there should be big orders going through, maybe some kind of waitlist notification where its inevitable (maybe the factory IS running at max production idk)
     
     pine similarly tend to be assclowns. you will eventully get your pine, but they sell literally everything as "for devs" meaning they don't ever finish any product and just hawk hardware for hardware hackers. (they also drop ship or something, because fulfillment is slow a fuck.) they also seem to struggle to ever get things back in stock.
     
     maybe hardware is like super hard but feels like they just literally aren't trying actually
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:07:41 JST iced depresso

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     • manfromhuh
     @manfromhuh i talked about using the valve model on fedi. as in basically people subscribing to a newsletter and then issuing random invitations to purchase the item when its available. it worked quite elegantly for valve while they were clearing huge orders during chip shortages.
     
     i think more bespoke stuff should be doing this.
     
     i talked about something else like this like a storefront that just batches peoples orders and then pushes them all say once a fortnight, but idk how to do this. i don't have any contacts :neocat_pensive:
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:08:34 JST iced depresso

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     • manfromhuh
     @manfromhuh i got a pine time and a watch band from barton. the band doesn't fit and i didn't really like the watch :neocat_woozy:
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     manfromhuh (manfromhuh@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:08:35 JST manfromhuh

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     @icedquinn Thank you for the insight. Guess I'll keep looking for a notebook.
     The real shame is an open source watch would be really cool. But I have enough things to keep charged. :02_shrug:
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:10:17 JST iced depresso

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     • manfromhuh
     @manfromhuh amolith bought a pine note. i dunno anyone else who used it. and without special software i dunno what you do with it.
     
     every note tablet has to write their own drawing software. (i'd love a competently made foss one, but alas)
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:17:12 JST iced depresso

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     • manfromhuh
     @manfromhuh they released some tws earbuds and the desc is basically like the hardware is 100% proprietary but you can have the source code to the charging driver or something :blobcatdunno:
     
     i dunno what the point is at all
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     manfromhuh (manfromhuh@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:17:13 JST manfromhuh

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     @icedquinn Yeah. They do seem to just throw products over the wall and then never touch them after initial release. Which is a shame. They have good ideas, but you have to stick with those kinds of projects for them to be worth anything.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:34:36 JST iced depresso

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     • manfromhuh
     @manfromhuh well.
     the pinecil works.
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     manfromhuh (manfromhuh@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 06:34:37 JST manfromhuh

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     @icedquinn Man, every product they've done I've ever thought was cool has some massive flaw like that doesn't it. :02_angery: