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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 18:50:35 UTC Bernie

   I'm at SCaLE 19x, but it sucks.
   https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/19x

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 18:55:50 UTC Bernie

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     To put it mildly...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 19:27:20 UTC Bernie

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     The exhibits.actually ain't bad...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 19:31:26 UTC Bernie

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     I guess I'll go chat with the #RedHat / #Fedora folks over there... I'm a long time user, and I have a few old friends from past FUDCon events.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 20:04:21 UTC Bernie

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     Ah, the #EFF! I don't remember if my membership is still active... I guess I'll sign up anyway to get some.of their great swag!

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 20:06:22 UTC Bernie

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     I love this new #EFF t-shirt design 🤩

   • Thom Zane :verified: (thomzane@daedal.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 20:13:18 UTC Thom Zane :verified:

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     @codewiz What is bad about SCaLE? I have never been.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 20:13:18 UTC Bernie

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     • Thom Zane :verified:

     @thomzane Today's talk schedule is super dull:
     https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/19x/schedule/saturday

     I was expecting a Linux conference on the same... ehm... scale of LCA or Fosdem.

     But the booths in the exhibit area aren't bad. I love collecting stickers for the back of my laptop.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 20:17:43 UTC Bernie

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     Ah, #System76 is here! I want to have a good look at the new Lemur Pro with the #Coreboot firmware...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 20:23:01 UTC Bernie

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     But first... I can't get my eyes off the Launch keyboard:
     https://system76.com/accessories/launch

     I already own too many keyboards, but... this one is so... sexy 🤩
     #keyboardlove

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 21:03:30 UTC Bernie

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     But I turn to the #Fedora booth and start a conversation with Ben Cotton and Neil Gompa on #KDE, #GNOME.and all that.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 22:08:53 UTC Bernie

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     Aha! Here's the #System76 Lemur Pro with #Coreboot and all that!
     https://system76.com/laptops/lemur

     My main worry was that the touchpad wouldn't have middle mouse button emulation with 3-finger tap, but it does 👍

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 22:22:24 UTC Bernie

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     • Benoit

     @benoit I'm collecting cool stickers for my next laptop :-)

   • Benoit (benoit@toots.benpro.fr)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 22:22:25 UTC Benoit

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     @codewiz Share your swag loot. 😎

   • luck002 (luck002@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 23:29:11 UTC luck002

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     @codewiz
     Libreboot.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jul-2022 23:29:11 UTC Bernie

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     • luck002

     @luck002 A modern Intel or AMD laptop with absolutely zero blobs is probably still several years away, but #System76 is making strides towards this goal, and so I'm happy to fund their engineering.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 00:03:05 UTC Bernie

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     • luck002

     @luck002 Sorry, have I missed some breakthrough? Do you have any links to *current* laptops that work well with #Libreboot?

   • luck002 (luck002@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 00:03:06 UTC luck002

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     @codewiz
     Yes. Liberty BIOS.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 00:35:01 UTC Bernie

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     • GOwin

     @gowin I realized that I rarely use the trackpoint on my ThinkPad. It's a cool feature, but I'm sure I won't miss it too much.

   • GOwin (gowin@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 00:35:02 UTC GOwin

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     @codewiz Very nice!

     If only the have a trackpoint. There's a three-year old ticket [0] on Github. 😁

     [0]: https://github.com/system76/laptop-suggestions/issues/25

   • maryam@mstdn.io's status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 01:31:59 UTC Maryam

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     @codewiz because it's anime like.

   • Thom Zane :verified: (thomzane@daedal.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 01:39:06 UTC Thom Zane :verified:

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     @codewiz I read all of the talk titles and I feel like I have already watched all of these talks. HOPE was good this year.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 01:39:06 UTC Bernie

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     • Thom Zane :verified:

     @thomzane I couldn't make it to HOPE 😭

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 01:41:05 UTC Bernie

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     • Maryam

     @Maryam 😁

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 02:58:59 UTC Bernie

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     Seriously? In addition to the 6% California sales tax, I'm also paying a 0.25% + 0.75% + 1% +2.25% = 4.25% markup on all online purchases for... Los Angeles?

     Well, I hope they'll allocate 0.1% of this towards sweeping the streets a bit more often 🤬

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 17:21:35 UTC Bernie

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     • Tagomago

     @tagomago Indeed.

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 17:21:36 UTC Tagomago

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     @codewiz Or helping Skid Row...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 17:25:49 UTC Bernie

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     • Tagomago

     @tagomago Before moving to LA, I had no idea there was a Skid Row other than this:
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi9M8h6JrQU
     #demoscene #amiga

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 18:08:43 UTC Bernie

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     • penguin42
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     @greypilgrim @penguin42 But it is the right thing to do for government transparency, IMHO.

     I have no problem paying a fair sales tax like anyone else who lives in California, but I'm quite opposed to hidden markups on online sales added by CA COUNTY, CA CITY, LOS ANGELES CO LOCAL and LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT.

     Come on, not even in Italy they ever did this...

   • greypilgrim (greypilgrim@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 18:08:45 UTC greypilgrim

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     • penguin42

     @penguin42 @codewiz You know that they don’t have to push the technical details to the customer. They can charge everyone a flat dollar price and pay the sales tax behind the scenes because it is their responsibility in the first place. Putting the tax as a line item is a tactic to say their price is lower.

   • penguin42 (penguin42@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 18:08:47 UTC penguin42

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     @codewiz This stuff is crazy; it confuses the hell out of payment systems everywhere, there are entire companies just providing APIs to figure out what taxes to pay given a postal code.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 18:35:51 UTC Bernie

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     • penguin42
     • greypilgrim

     To put it another way: without control, fiscal pressure tends to creep up without a corresponding benefit to citizens.

     Los Angeles skims an additional 4.25% on all purchases made by 13M people. They also collect regular property taxes, water, trash, and probably some percentage of all paychecks...

     But does this money turn into good infrastructure and public services? I'm afraid not.

     @greypilgrim @penguin42

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 18:39:44 UTC Bernie

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     • penguin42
     • greypilgrim

     @penguin42 @greypilgrim Do local taxes come mostly from paychecks or from residential taxes and utilities?

     That can make a big difference for commuter's cities like Manhattan.

   • penguin42 (penguin42@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 18:39:45 UTC penguin42

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     • greypilgrim

     @codewiz @greypilgrim Our local taxes tend to be related to where we live rather than sales.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 19:01:43 UTC Bernie

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     • penguin42
     • greypilgrim

     I tried shipping to other US cities where I have lived or spent a lot time:

     Los Angeles CA: 6% + 4.25%
     San Francisco CA: 6% + 2.625%
     Mountain View CA: 6% + 3.125%
     Cambridge MA: 6.25% + 0% !!!

     There's simply too much variation within the US for a merchant to apply a flat rate to everyone and eat the difference.

     @greypilgrim @penguin42

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 31-Jul-2022 19:04:06 UTC Bernie

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     • penguin42
     • greypilgrim

     ...and Boston / Cambridge could still afford a proper subway & bus network 🙂

     @greypilgrim @penguin42

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 04-Aug-2022 10:38:06 UTC Bernie

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     My new #System76 laptop is arriving soon! 🎁