Woah, how is this legal?! Actually, is it?

All it means is you have to follow the instructions to set it up; it doesn't come working out of the box. Yes, it's legal to sell products that require setup and are only partially assembled out of the box. Think of a more extreme example like a backyard swing set for kids that comes all packed up in a box. The keyboard is guaranteed to work after you follow the setup, and you can send an email for help if you are stuck.

This isn't saying "you have to do some assembly" it's saying "random parts may be broken and that's your problem to solve however you can". If the "g" key is broken it might be as simple as needing to pop the key in/out or it might be as complex as a defect in the board/just plain broken key you need to go source a replacement for yourself. It's very vague because it's saying any fixes are on the buyer, not just some assembly.

If you mean to say you have to assemble but you get support/replacements if that doesn't work out then that would be a lot better to put than the current text.

Yes, that's actually step 2 in the manual - check everything and email me if something broke in shipping. I get emails when things break so people do follow the manual! The manual was significantly updated recently.

If it's in the manual that's great, the problem is with what's on the purchase page though.

Where does it say you have to live with broken keycaps? Please send me a quote and link so I can check.

That’s the crux of it, he will use what’s on the purchase page to deny your return and any credit card chargebacks.

Probably, if "for parts or not working" is a valid description for items on eBay.

> Until you need to repair something or change some hardware

The overwhelming majority of people would just go buy a new one. The downtime for ordering parts and waiting repairs has a price tag, likely greater than the laptop's price. Maybe that will change with how the prices of everything have been soaring lately.

> However, in bulgarian in means 'thread'

You can use "конец" for "end" in Bulgarian too, even though it's antiquated.

... and it has lots its meaning of end

it's in the original post

Oof, true, somehow I failed to parse this part. Probably because you wrote "lots" instead of "lost".

> "lots" instead of "lost"

indeed, my bad

I realized that most of the games I fancied playing just aren't meant for a 7" screen.

Disenfranchised people wanting the system to crash and burn is nothing new.

Win32 - the #1 stable userland ABI for Linux!

Entry-spec M1 Air is the best computer ever made.

I can't stand Apple, but it's the truth. I used one sporadically to build my stuff for Mac. Going back to my Windows workstation after that always felt like travelling 15 years back in time. I recommended M1 Air to everyone whose workflow was compatible with a Mac. Most of the people who acted on that recommendation still use it and don't really think about upgrading.

I absolutely loved that m1 air, but one time there was a MacOS update, and it bricked. I discovered that another mac is required to recover my M1. As if I had another working mac laying around somewhere. I would love to go back to mac, but those things really scare me.

If a {Dell, HP, Lenovo} firmware update fails leaving the computer bricked, can you use another {Dell, HP, Lenovo} to restore the firmware?

(Honest question: I'm a longtime Mac user, I use Macs at work and I can tell you the correct DFU port for each model. But my home computer for the last 6 years has been an HP EliteBook with Ubuntu.)

> I legitimately have no idea what "SS" means next to a port

surströmming

Do. Not. Open. That. Port.

I was only punished like this once as a child. It was because I beat another kid and took his crayons. It worked like a charm. So YMMV.

I'm going through this now, we don't smack our child but I do remember getting smacked when I was especially naughty, and yeah, it set me straight. I don't hate my farther for it or anything, I just understand he had to do something.

My wife is getting basically beat up by one of our kids now, she doesn't believe in smacking so basically she just puts up with it and tries to talk to them about it and uses various strategies. Some work for a while, some don't. Sometimes she blows up anyway, which is completely normal human behavior.

I guess we're running a potentially very high consequence experiment with our children to see if talking through them and using other strategies turns them into better / equivalent humans to us without the smacking, let's see.

> My wife is getting basically beat up by one of our kids now

You can't have this. Have a one-to-one conversation with your kid and tell them you can't have this. If they continue... well, I'm not saying "whoop their ass", but you can't have this.

> No idea what you guys are doing.

A friend of mine has been running the same Arch install since 2009. Does this mean Linux is problem-free and people who struggle with it are doing something wrong? No, it doesn't. Same with Windows.