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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/@enigmatico" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@enigmatico</a> <a href="https://udongein.xyz/users/lispi314" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lispi314</a> <a href="https://ublog.kimapr.net/users/kimapr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kimapr</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/@bunnybeam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bunnybeam</a> case in point:<ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bloatedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloatedness</a> was <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/a2x3lafb4lky00q6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the original post</a> topic and yes, due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechBros</a> "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BuildFastBreakThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuildFastBreakThings</a>" mentality, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloatware</a> is increasing given that a shitty bloated 50+MB "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebApp</a>" with like <a href="https://nwjs.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nw.js</a> is easy to slap together (and yes I did so myself!) than to put in way more thought and effort (as you can see on the slow progression of <a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OS/1337</a>...</li><li>Yes, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> is something that needs to be taken more seriously and it's good to see that there's at least some attemots at making <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> mandatory (at least in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a>, where I know from some insider that a big telco is investing a lot in that!) for a growng number of industries and websites...</li><li>And whilst one can slap an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RTX5090" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RTX5090</a> on any laptop that has a fully-functional <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ExpressCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExpressCard</a> slot (with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PCIe</a> interface, using some janky adaptors!) that'll certainly not make sense beyond some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CUDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CUDA</a> or other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPGPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPGPU</a>-style workloads as it's bottlenecked to a single PCIe lane of 2.0 (500MB/s) or just 1.0a(250MB/s) speeds.</li></ul>Needless to say there is a need to THINN DOWN things cuz the current speed of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittifcation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittifcation</a> and bloatedness combined with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiRepairDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiRepairDesign</a> and overpriced yet worse <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> in general makes it unsustainable for an ever increasing population!<ul><li>Not everyone wants (or even can!) indebt themselves just to have a phone or laptop!</li><li></li><li></li></ul>Should we aim for more "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrugslComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrugslComputing</a>"? <ul><li>Abdolutely!</li></ul>Is it realistic to expect things to be in a perfectly accessible TUI that ebery screenreader can handle?<ul><li>No!</li></ul>That being said the apathy of consumers is real, and very frustrating:People get nudged into accepting all the bs and it really pisses me off because they want me to look like ab outsider / asshole for not submitting to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consumerism</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unsustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unsustainable</a> shite...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://hessen.social/@ustralien" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ustralien</a> Sadly no, and that's my big disappointment!<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@frameworkcomputer</a> decided to choose the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a>-esque "flat cells below <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/trackpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trackpad</a>" design in the unreasonable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/THINN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#THINN</a>-ness race instead of doing what even the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EeePC</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sony</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vaio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vaio</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P11Z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#P11Z</a> did and have a slot at the back to chug in batteries!<ul><li>I know why they did it, as a closed aluminium pan aka. "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/lunchbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunchbox</a>" design is easier to fabricate, but I'd rather some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToolfreeSwappableBattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToolfreeSwappableBattery</a> which are IMHO of more practicality than having the ability to swap out every port.</li></ul>Not that I don't like those <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/modules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#modules</a>, but I'd rather wish for a "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/THICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#THICC</a>-er" device if that gets me essentials like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethernet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ethernet</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USB</a>-A & -C as well as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TRRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TRRS</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HeadphoneJack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeadphoneJack</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HeadsetJack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeadsetJack</a>. <ul><li>I mean, I understand they won't make space for a underslung <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dock</a>, a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slimline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slimline</a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ODD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ODD</a> or god forbid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ExpressCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExpressCard</a>, and in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> I'd welcome <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Thunderbolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thunderbolt</a> over <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OCuLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OCuLink</a>, but there's a reason I've not canceled the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NUCbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NUCbook</a> and if I didn't have to buy/procure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#COTS</a> products I'd likely just buy a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pi500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pi500</a> with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Powerbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Powerbank</a> and screen slapped on...</li></ul>That being said the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Framework</a> is still by a long margin the "least <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enshittified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittified</a>" device on the market, and same goes for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fairphone</a> devices...<ul><li>I just wished <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrameworkLaptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrameworkLaptop</a> and Fairphone were just refusing the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> trend entirely, cuz I'd rather have a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Toughbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toughbook</a>-Style device made out of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Thinkpadnium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thinkpadnium</a> or even better <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Nokianite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nokianite</a> than some fancy Aluminium stuff if that makes it more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/repairable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#repairable</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upradeable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#upradeable</a> and espechally doesn't result in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Downgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Downgrade</a>. </li></ul>Not to mention they don't have an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UltraNav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UltraNav</a>-Style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trackpoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trackpoint</a> and I do <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ya4dUZfTQ&t=36s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">use</a> that instead of a Trackpad.<ul><li>The only reason I'm not daily driving my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P11Z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#P11Z</a> anymore is because until I got <a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@OS1337</a> into a useable state it's hardware, which was already <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LowEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowEnd</a> at launch, can barely run <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bunsenlabs</a> and thus is not an option for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DailyDriving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyDriving</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Desktop</a> workflows anyways...</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@AlanyG21" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AlanyG21</a> <a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fuchsiii</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@foone</a> So nothing but budget, time and soldering or at least layouting skills prevent one from slapping an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RM500Q" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RM500Q</a> onto an adaptor and roll withit. <a href="https://www.quectel.com/product/5g-rm50xq-series" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.quectel.com/product/5g-rm50xq-series</a>In fact, there are <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/M2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#M2</a> adaptors for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ExpressCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExpressCard</a> made by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinkMods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThinkMods</a> that do this, and personally I'd just take something like an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LTE</a>-<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USB</a> Stick and wire it up to the USB lines...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@AlanyG21" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AlanyG21</a> <a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fuchsiii</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@foone</a> Eeyupp...There are basically passive adapters since <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ExpressCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExpressCard</a> is just <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PCIe</a> 1.1-2.0 + <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USB</a> 2.0 or a hot-plug capable, external variant of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiniPCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiniPCIe</a> aka. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiniCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiniCard</a>.And OFC there are adaptors for that... <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/284266383567" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.de/itm/284266383567</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mstdn.social/@josephholsten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@josephholsten</a> <a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fuchsiii</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bastetfurry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bastetfurry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@gpuopen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gpuopen</a> having a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPU</a> randomly go <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/braindead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#braindead</a> until reset is not only inacceptable, but inexcuseable!Shit like this doesn't happen with any other card amd I'm used to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jank</a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ExpressCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExpressCard</a>-based USB 3.0 controllers!

Boiling SteamTesting a Cheap ExpressCard to NVMe SSD Adapter on My ThinkPad T430: <a href="https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2022/10/04/testing-expresscard-nvme-ssd-adapter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2022/10/04/testing-expresscard-nvme-ssd-adapter/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/expresscard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#expresscard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ssd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/nvme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nvme</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thinkpad</a>

IT NewsThis Laptop Gets All The PCIe Devices - Did you ever feel like your laptop’s GPU was sub-optimal, or perhaps that your lap... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2022/04/20/this-laptop-gets-all-the-pcie-devices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2022/04/20/this-laptop-gets-all-the-pcie-devices/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/externalgraphicscard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#externalgraphicscard</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/minipciexpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minipciexpress</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computerhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computerhacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/laptopshacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laptopshacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/expresscard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#expresscard</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pciexpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pciexpress</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mini</a>-pcie <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/videocard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videocard</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pci</a>-e <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/egpu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#egpu</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pcie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pcie</a>

mmu_manHow come nobody thought it'd be useful to make <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/ExpressCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExpressCard</a> RAM cards?So many machines around limited to 8GB in the chipset (including my T510) that'd benefit from putting tmpfs or zram swap on some more Gigs instead of burning SSDs for that…

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