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Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop

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224 points cspags | 6 comments | 01 Dec 25 01:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.81s | source | bottom
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forty ◴[07 Dec 25 08:57 UTC] No.46180249[source]▶
I think the kind of laptop this person wishes should simply be made illegal to make. We cannot sustain having all electric devices being thrown after a year or two, these things need to last, to be repairable and make it easy to grab pieces and materials when they die anyway
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Yokolos ◴[07 Dec 25 09:00 UTC] No.46180264[source]▶
> I don’t care one bit about upgradability or customizability. After a year or two, I’m happy to throw it out and buy a new one. It’s not like upgradability is a bad thing, but it usually comes with tradeoffs to weight and power draw, and I’d rather it all be in one solid package glued together. And I don’t like customizability because I like when all the testing and polish work is put into one configuration.

Jesus christ. What a wasteful and selfish way to look at things.

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Johanx64 ◴[07 Dec 25 18:26 UTC] No.46183825[source]▶
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1. Yokolos ◴[07 Dec 25 18:55 UTC] No.46184054[source]▶
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2. rangestransform ◴[07 Dec 25 21:56 UTC] No.46185596[source]▶
You can absolutely put your money where your mouth is, today, right now. Upload a picture of your Framework 13 or Thinkpad T/X-series pre-T440, etc.

I presume most of the people on this site make enough to make purchases based on values instead of solely economics.

Alternatively, you can run for government on policies to price in externalities like this. Good luck winning your election!

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3. dang ◴[08 Dec 25 06:24 UTC] No.46189039[source]▶
Could you please not post in the flamewar style to HN? You've done it repeatedly in this thread, unfortunately, and we're trying for the opposite here.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

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4. Yokolos ◴[08 Dec 25 06:25 UTC] No.46189052[source]▶
That's unfair. I'm going unfairly called out even though I stand by my beliefs and I'm only trying to defend myself. How are the replies to my comments in any way acceptable and according to HN guidelines???

"Put your money where your mouth is", come on. That's not acceptable and it's provoking. How can you defend bullies like this?

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5. rkomorn ◴[08 Dec 25 06:32 UTC] No.46189095{3}[source]▶
I'm not a mod (and I flagged the comment you had originally replied to so I'm on "your side"), but I'd apply "two wrongs don't make a right" here.

I think the feedback is fair. I'd say just take it (the feedback) and move on.

6. dang ◴[08 Dec 25 21:50 UTC] No.46198140{3}[source]▶
I specifically responded with an identical reply to the other main commenter you were arguing with, who was also breaking the rules.

Still, someone else breaking the rules doesn't make it ok for you to do so, and pointing the finger at others instead of taking responsibility is not a helpful response.

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