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1. MisterRogersSnapped (misterrogerssnapped@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 21:54:57 JST MisterRogersSnapped
   Why are thinkpads the most popular older model laptops? There are other older laptops with similar specs. Is it just the keyboard?
   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 21:55:06 JST Machismo

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     @MisterRogersSnapped I thought it was the open firmware.
   • MisterRogersSnapped (misterrogerssnapped@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 21:56:09 JST MisterRogersSnapped

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     @Zerglingman it isn't open unless you install open firmware though, there are proprietary bios blobs
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 21:56:35 JST Machismo

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     @MisterRogersSnapped Right, yeah, that. As far as I know, you can't do that on anything else.
   • MisterRogersSnapped (misterrogerssnapped@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 21:59:24 JST MisterRogersSnapped

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     @Zerglingman just cause no one tries and no one tries cause the other old laptops don't have the userbase of thinkpads
     
     Like if a million people still used a Toshiba Portege instead of an x210 or whatever they'd libreboot the Toshiba I would think
     
     This might be applying shitty logic to a technical problem
   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 21:59:48 JST Machismo

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     @MisterRogersSnapped I'll believe that anyway, just because network effect is extremely gay but unfortunately very real.
   • ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 22:06:47 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠

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     @Zerglingman @MisterRogersSnapped
     
     It's just democracy in another form.
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   • MisterRogersSnapped (misterrogerssnapped@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 22:12:44 JST MisterRogersSnapped

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     • ≠ Brett Stevens ≠
     @amerika @Zerglingman this is a hella interesting statement tbh
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   • ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 06:49:42 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠

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     • Machismo
     @MisterRogersSnapped @Zerglingman
     
     For kicks, consider PageRank at Google. Whatever sites already have an assload of traffic are ranked the most highly, so whatever is not popular gets excluded. Soon you have a perfect feedback loop for an echo chamber based on what the herd thinks it should think.
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   • ≠ Brett Stevens ≠ (amerika@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 06:49:47 JST ≠ Brett Stevens ≠

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     • Machismo
     @MisterRogersSnapped @Zerglingman
     
     Whatever the herd wants, it can enforce through network effects, so popularity dominates over reason. Same thing as having every idiot vote; whatever appeals to the lowest common denominator wins!
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