Lenovo t480s 16GB/512GB

And I was just joking about this being a Core2, it’s a i5-4xxx 4GB

Nice. I’m currently waiting on a “new” laptop, get off this old Core2 duo I’m typing on. Under $300 from a trusted ebay seller and I’ll be in the right decade. Linux is awesome for using old hardware but my favorite part is the “free as in freedom” aspect.

If you do run into windows mandatory stuff it’s not all that hard to run virtual machines now. I’ve been using VMWare player but on my incoming machine I’m going to give QEMU-KVM a shot. Move away from proprietary VMWare and onto free as in freedom software.

The French have healthcare

Fuck that, Theo.

Not if the House and the Senate defund it.

They control the purse strings. Full stop.

What do you mean “how is this legal”?

Those are the people making the laws.

I’m Spartacus!

Magic has no place in science fiction.