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Drug gang violence in Sweden linked to 60% increase in bomb blasts
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... s-increase

Last year 257 bomb attacks were reported to police, up from 162 in 2018

And they have to accept it.

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NEC introduced a new 4:3 desktop monitor again in 2015: https://www.necdisplay.com/p/displays/p212-bk-sv

DPI is unfortunately too low (21" 1600x1200 = 95 PPI only), but still a good start

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Acer announces the TravelMate P2 and TravelMate P6 to take on the ThinkPads and Latitudes of the world

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And still no good display options for the X1C8. The WQHD is the low-contrast one and the 4K wide-gamut one has no sRGB emulation (unlike HP or Dell) so it is useless in most of applications.

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Paris stabbing: Man ‘knifes three’ in Villejuif attack - area in lockdown
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/12 ... -des-hauts

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Samsung Galaxy Book Flex α with QLED display launching for $830 USD

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Ibthink wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 02, 2020 6:21 pm
but also in terms of resolution & special features

Yes, no way to get a $30 cheap 55% sRGB low-res 16:10 display and use it in a $2000 laptop

Until then, Lenovo is not interested.

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- There is no indication that the competing business lines of Dell / HP are moving to a different aspect ratio. Because these dinosaurs (including Lenovo) aren't able to change themselves. That's why "obscure" PC laptop brands like Microsoft, Huawei or even Chuwi (with all the limitations and quali...

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I think your Matebook 13 has much shorter key travel (just 1 mm vs. 1.7 mm on the T490) It is 1.2 mm but it doesn't matter. Anything worse than X220 or older keyboard is sh!it anyway. CPU performance is actually very good for a Core i5 ultrabook and it has much better display provided by a single v...

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amardeep wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 02, 2020 3:39 pm
I say this every year though, and I know the probability is zero !

Of course. But there are other aspects. Those thin models like T490 have crappy trackpoint, short key travel and bad cooling.

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dr_st wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:56 pm
Pretty awesome, except keyboard is sh!te, sh!te, sh!te. Like on every laptop out there.

Yes, including ThinkPads. There is no way to get proper laptop keyboard anymore.

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Also, the bulkiness issue of 16:9 laptops has been partly mitigated by having smaller bezels That's true but there is another issue, narrow keyboards. That's what I like on ThinkPad X31 or the MateBook 13, the keyboard is full width. No useless "landing stripes" on sides and "microkeyboard" in the ...

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Oh yes, I would hate 14" 1920x1080 because the resolution is too low (156 PPI). Currently the 13" 3:2 2160 x 1440 (200 PPI) is perfect. I simply find the 16:9 form factor stupid, wide and bulky. I need vertical resolution.

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Current ThinkPads do offer this functionality. FN + arrow left replicates the Home key, FN + arrow right replicates the End key function. No, it isn't the same. Other vendors provides all four Fn + arrow keys combinations additionally to the four (clustered) navigation keys. Currently HP Envy 13 ha...

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Ironically even a 200 euro Umax "laptop" has much better keyboard layout than any ThinkPad.

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dr_st wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:46 pm
It's all Fn+arrows.

Yes, but for me it is still far better than the stupid 6-row ThinkPad keyboard layout. There is even no [Fn]-ed + arrows option other brands (HP, MS Surface) have. Ergonomy last

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16:10 is MUCH better for productivity. And 3:2 is even better. I don't expect 16:10 in ThinkPads because the 16:9 low res/gamut crap Lenovo use is still cheaper and ... I don't care either as the ThinkPad keyboard layout is garbage anyway, worse than most of other laptops on the current market. I a...

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ZaZ wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 25, 2019 2:06 pm
but no stick.

Oh yes, but expect it to be removed in the future as well. That's why I no longer rely on it.

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dr_st wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:05 pm
I disagree that that layout is better. It's garbage.

Compared to old ThinkPads, yes. But the 6-row ThinkPad layout is extremely stupid as the Pg Dn/Up and Home/End keys are split to opposite sides of the keyboard. This keyboard layout is still better.

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Interesting. And the keyboard layout is also better than current ThinkPads have (clustered navigation keys).

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https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article227890409/Gruenes-Gewoelbe-Neue-Spuren-fuehren-ins-Berliner-Clan-Milieu.html After breaking into the Green Vault in Dresden, new traces lead into the clan milieu of the capital. The Berliner Morgenpost learned this from police circles. There were several indic...

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Well, you are welcome to drag your gigabit router and broadband line with you everywhere you go. Good luck. Typical scenario is that I have more computers connected to local network so it isn't about the broadband speed only. Every additional 10 ms of latency or frequent dropouts are noticeable and...

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You know, I kinda don't think you are correct about how it works... Wi-Fi b/g has three separate channels only, n has eight. If you can see almost 100 networks nearby, all of them have to share it. The "old" gigabit LAN has always full 1 Gbps speed and less than 1ms latency 24 hours a day. Anything...

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A decade ago anyone who would've suggested removing the RJ45 (LAN) port from a business laptop would've been laughed out of the room And there is no substitute. Wi-Fi is crap unless you live on a desert island with no other router 10 km away. But in typical residential area when you can see 100 net...

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amardeep wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 01, 2019 1:02 pm
What major excitements await us ?

The fading light of the do-it-all business laptop

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I'll *never* use an Android-based phone as a personal device. I understand it, but there is no choice as Microsoft had killed the Windows 10 Mobile :? iOS is even worse as there is no basic functionality supported - Dual SIM (two SIM cards, no eSIM) and the eco"system" is terribly limited in every ...

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ajkula66 wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 29, 2019 2:58 pm
And again...

Multicultural Christmas. But we have to accept it.

And of course, there is absolutely no connection to anything. Dozen of NGOs are already working on how to explain it to us to believe it is our fault.

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New migrants put Germany's established crime gangs under pressure
https://www.dw.com/en/new-migrants-put- ... a-51408164

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https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/e26s59/ibm_thinkpad_users_wanted_for_bbc_docunentary/ TVI Vision, a TV production company based in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, is making a documentary for the BBC about Silicon Glen, the area of Scotland which once boasted many big electronics companies. One of ...

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https://www.notebookcheck.net/Hands-on- ... 897.0.html

But ... why?

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