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Re:Using a ThinkPad X61s in 2020 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:07PM (#30079956)
Delighted to see this. The X61 is one of my favorite laptops and I felt silly buying a second one (8 years ago..!) when it was already considered out of date.

I recently had the same thought I did then: what if I got another X61?!

It's really disappointing that Lenovo's Thinkpad division went with a Macbook-ification of the product line, though I understand why they did.

One thing I discovered: Thinkpad sells external USB & bluetooth keyboards that have the pointing stick. They're based on the newer Thinkpad keyboard design but it was a nice enough compromise for me that I went for it.

Re:Google admits Kubernetes container tech is too complex on Friday February 26, 2021 @12:42AM (#26271696)
Sadly, this is a typical Register headline.

Google did not say "Kubernetes is too complex" but rather, they are making this new tool - called Autopilot - that is an abstraction layer on top of Kubernetes for certain types of applications / companies.

This Autopilot system still uses Kubernetes AFAICT.

Re:Dropbox Passwords on Saturday February 20, 2021 @01:08AM (#26202036)
I was a little confused as to whether or not this was new because there's no date on the page. Looks like a beta happened in 2020?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2020/06/05/dropbox...

Is it known what flavor of Linux they're running? E.g. are they using real time modifications to the kernel or something?