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It's because GM has deep pockets and doesn't want to pay one of their competitors a licensing fee to stay competitive.

At work I use a planck paired with a numpad. It's perfect for me, but it was definitely a learning experience. Probably 2 weeks or so to get used to it. Most people would probably like a preonic more, the number row is a must for gaming and it makes learning quicker.

Olkb.com can probably answer most questions you have. They where one of the first to bring ortholinear keyboards to the market. Planck and Preonic are models they make. Preonic has a number row, planck doesn't. MNT is a company making open and hackable devices like laptops, they aren't making devices for the masses, instead trying to make something that is longer lasting and repairable. Their 'pocket' model has an ortholinear keyboard built in, and I just think that's neat.

I have a planck at work and a preonic at home. It takes some time to get used to but now that I have switched I will never go back. I might try something split like a corne next but I'm kind of waiting for something that matches my olkb boards a bit better. Ortholinear would be the new standard if I had my way. I'm also eyeing that MNT Reform pocket pretty hard for that awesome keyboard but I really want them to release a tactile switch option for it.

Teams is absolutely used already or going to be used to train AI. Probably already has been used in corporate espionage. And yes, IIS is a steaming pile of shit compared to the alternatives. It's really only even entertained as an option at smaller businesses in my experience.

Check out Withings. Not open, but they are pretty good on respecting privacy and check the boxes you want. withings doesn't do the full screen app stuff, but it's a good watch with all the smart features.

I hate this. I'm pretty sure this gave me PTSD somehow.

Non-standard keyboard layouts. Custom kernels. Nah, I tried to rock a Chromebook but it sucks. What I really want is for arm or riscV to grow the fuck up and make an open pc platform. x86 wasn't meant to be open from the beginning, but market forces and other reasons forced it open. We need the same thing for other architectures.

I want an arm laptop for work. I almost always use web apps or SSH or RDP. I don't need or want a lot of power in my laptop, but fanless and big battery life sounds great.

AMD. Maybe Qualcomm in the near future. AMD Ryzen chips are pretty damn good.

I once did a house call over an hour away to turn on elderly couples monitor back on. Didn't feel good about giving them the bill.

LMFAO