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Re:My favorite device is a Chromebook on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @05:27AM (#41179637)
What about recently released ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook?

https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-home/chromebook/asus-expert...

I disagree. Until now there might have been 30% buyers with cash, but with rising interest rates that will stop being the case if house prices stay up.

People with large sums of spare money always look for ways to park their money. Interest based products (term deposits, bonds etc.) will now become more attractive, diverting some cash flows away from housing.

Re:The Penguin Oil Industry (2019) on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:31PM (#26730807)
I think you are mistaken, this just an old iron hay cutter. I have exactly the same thing in my backyard.

https://somersetshop.co.uk/old-vintage-cast-iron-chaff-cutte...

Re:Fastmail was down on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:04PM (#25865832)
Partially, yes.

Oh, and one other thing- they disabled my account silently, no notification, no email, call, sms, anything. Found out only when one of my friends called to ask why my address was bouncing emails. As my account was disabled, I could not even easily submit a support ticket as a customer (which requires to be logged in), had to use some contact form on their website.

Re:Fastmail was down on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:13PM (#25865151)
Although Fastmail in general is offering an excellent service, their support can be too slow in an emergency.

I had my Fastmail account incorrectly flagged by their scripts, account fully disabled, bouncing all my emails. It took 5 days for their support to investigate, admit their mistake, reinstate my account and issue an apology (in the form of 1year subscription). Still, 5 days of emails lost.

Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @03:45PM (#23407804)
How did you make Lenovo X1 Carbon fingerprint sensor work on Ubuntu?