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It would be awesome to see a long term sub zero rig.
Alex should build one that eliminates condensation worries, uses no consumables (Liquid nitrogen, oxygen or dry ice) and can run for months straight.
 
If anyone's interested in such an endeavor, I would enjoy discussing it with like minded individuals. If this sounds to good to be true, the design is already done and ready to prototype. 

Hi LTT,
Is this something you are at all interested in covering? I found it while doing some spring cleaning.
 



 
It's a hardware IDE encryption solution. You plug in the little board between your hard drive and your motherboard, add floppy power to it, and connect the internal USB looking header that goes through a backplate to the outside of the computer. There you plug in one of the two supplied "thumb drives" having a FireWire connector.
 
I've never used the thing. It came bundled with the Abit IC7-MAX3, a quite legendary motherboard. I don't have the motherboard anymore, but apparently I had put this aside already, so it remained with me.
 
According to the Internet, the marketing material included gems like "keep the RIAA away from your Kazaa files" and "keep government supercomputers busy for weeks". I wonder how long it would take modern hardware today. 🙂

I would like to see a rundown of the four mainstream handheld computers and how they rank against each other. It would be helpful for those of us wondering how the other side lives and for those looking to buy.

Sponsored video... Have Alex design and build a custom electric car chassis, filled with Jackery power stations to use as the batteries.  Then drive it around town, à la Top Gear's Geoff electric car

Linus has done it before, so maybe doing a physical console for the switch like this video but maybe jankier? 
 
 
Plus you can then show off the PTM7590 in a Nintendo Switch application?

Can you make a video about Hiren's BootCD. It is a curated selection of free tools. It can address various computer-related problems.
 
Link to its website: Hiren's BootCD PE (hirensbootcd.org). 

ofc they are, its directly against like a gazillion laws lol...
 
i get why fb is doing it though, this DMA act(tm) directly threatens their whole reason for existing,  which is a good thing ofc, but they do have to try fighting it... as they're obviously completely unable to change their unethical and anti-consumer practices  

They are already under investigation by members of the European data protection board:
 
https://edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2023/edpb-urgent-binding-decision-processing-personal-data-behavioural-advertising-meta_en
https://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/verbod-op-gepersonaliseerde-reclame-facebook-en-instagram

i don't think that people understand that this is literally against the law. If you have a website or app you *need* to give people the option to opt out, doesn't matter if they pay or not lol...
 
This will end well for Google Meta Facebook... 

Summary
Some users in the EU received a popup on both web and mobile versions of Facebook prompting them to choose whether they want to subscribe to the ad-free version for EUR 9.99 for both Facebook and Instagram or allow Meta to use all their data for advertising purposes. At the time of writing, Instagram does not seem to be affected. The popup states that user's data will not be used for advertising purposes as long as they're subscribed.

(On attached screenshots of the web version, all text is auto translated from Polish, some wordings may be different than in Android version)
Quotes
 
My thoughts
What happens in case of a failed payment? If user stops their subscription for any amount of time, does it mean their data is automagically used for advertising? What happens if they resubscribe, does their data get deleted again?

I pretty much don't use Facebook anyway, but it stores a lot of memories from years ago when it was my only social media outlet. I wouldn't hesitate for a second whether to delete my account if not for these old photos, videos,  and posts.
 
Sources
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/30/23938283/facebook-instagram-ad-free-subscription-eu
https://about.fb.com/news/2023/10/facebook-and-instagram-to-offer-subscription-for-no-ads-in-europe/

I have a few branch thunderbolt docks at work and different brand of laptops and most of time all functionality only works with respective brands are paired together and even then from time to time stuff just doesn't work.

In general Thunderbolt 3/4 just has always worked like trash even when bandwidth is not limiting factor I can't get two 5 Gbps Usb devices and Display working at the same time. 😕 Only docks that work all the time are USB 4.0 (non thunderbolt) docks

I'd expect that they're working on it. But Linus himself wouldn't reply to something like this in this topic 
You have to put it in the 'thread for Linus Tech Tips Video Suggestions' 

The billing address is "who the buyer is and who we have a customer relationship with now", it is obviously very important and if it's the address of a reshipper who cannot have been the end customer, you both have no valid proof of purchase and the seller has no idea who you are with regards to that particular transaction. Again a crucial bit of information that was not mentioned and makes it entirely unsurprising ...
 
There's a reason shops typically ask you for the billing address first, then give you the option of a different shipping address. The shipping address is the one you may care about most to actually receive your thing, but the billing address is the one that actually matters in terms of the purchase contract and any business/support relationship.

Framework got in touch as a response to this post (they got back to me a few days after I created this thread, but I was too busy to write an update here).

It seems that the thing they didn't like the most was that I used non-existent billing information:

I bought two frameworks and I was lazy and I specified the same billing and shipping address on one order (I have always done this and it was a never a problem).
I specified the correct address (my flat) as a billing info for my second framework (that was also ship-forwarded and has the same shipping address) and that doesn't seem to be flagged as "deceptive and false information", not sure if they would give me support for that one.

They also allowed me to ship them the computer to their German repair center, which I did yesterday:

I asked them to ship it back to my old German flat where my old flatmate can pick it up and forward it to me.

I'll update here once they ship the laptop back to me.

Cool thing about US import laws aren't state by state its by the entirety of the country.
 
I know a US based firearms accessories manufacture that is kinda of small they can't fully ship the entirety of the EU.

Here is the thing if your out of a country and ask to have it shipped to a different place it looks shady as frick to what ever company it is.
So I own a preowned camera I CANNOT register it here in the US its from Japan, thats exactly how even a country that is around the corner sees it to framework.

You really do not deserve frameworks help now, and if they do help you out you should be extremely appreciative.

Thanks, I expected Framework's legal team to have this in order so I was confused by the fact the Framework would not adhere to EU policies, that's why I was surprised by the response from ECC and why I decided to share.
 
I'll send you details on Reddit. And I promise this is my last ranty post. And if I do make another one it is will be only to share facts in constructive manner.
 
And I'm really sorry if I caused anyone at Framework discomfort. I didn't mean to harm anyone I was just confused/angry because of the lack of communication.
 
Thanks for what you are doing (like Framework's mission and all that).

Please call it what it is. You LIED -- multiple times -- in an attempt to raise pitchforks and get people angry and to bypass our community rules.

If you were continually being aggressive or abusive with support over this, like you have been on Reddit, or started making legal threats, it’s likely that they blocked you for that reason. Framework takes their team’s mental health seriously and does not tolerate that kind of behavior. 
 
The EU laws you’re referring to do not apply to non-eu companies. The ECC themselves say so on this page. https://www.eccnet.eu/consumer-rights/what-are-my-consumer-rights/shopping-rights/online-shopping-rights/geo-blocking. It sounds like someone gave you bad info. Even beyond the customer experience issues that would cause, what you are trying to get Framework to do is illegal, as I already explained multiple times. 
 
All that said, if you’re willing to engage constructively and provide a valid address in a supported country, it's possible something can be arranged (unless there’s something else behind the scenes that I’m not privy to).  Send you order number via the r/framework ModMail and I’ll make sure it gets to the right place. 

Generally, the big companies have approvals and the little companies are either EU-based or are operating illegally. I’m not an expert, but it’s also possible that retailers that are selling products manufactured by someone else are subject to different requirements than manufacturers selling their own products. 
 
There are other factors (logistics, reverse-logistics, loss prevention, record keeping, etc) that play a role, which Framework takes seriously. 

Framework allows you to warranty your laptop in a country they can service. Depending on how you read things, Framework also hasn't voided the warranty in general for OP, just in this case since they're not in a supported country. 
 
If their warranty in general is just null and void now because they tried from a different country, I'd love @caniballshilabuff to post proof of this. 

They only exist as a legal entity in the USA, so no.
 
OP also posted to r/framework (from a reddit account with the same username) phrasing their post in the third-person as if they weren't the OP of this thread, which they linked to. In multiple places in their Reddit post history, including the removed post in r/framework they referred to, they admitted to using a freight forwarding service (which is not what they described here) and being "based in" a country that Framework can't legally do business in -- warranty or not.

As I said on my comment on r/framework, As a US-based company with no EU entity, Framework legally cannot ship to any countries that they are not approved to do business in, warranty replacement or not. EU open borders do not apply to non-EU companies -- they have to get approval from every country individually. This is not like if a company refused warranty service for traveling between US states -- US states are constitutionally required to allow inter-state commerce regardless of the goods origin. No such requirement exists for EU countries.

Disclaimer: I'm one of the volunteer mods on r/framework, but I am not a Framework employee.

You say they are breaching Geoblocking laws, but a quick Google search implies they aren't even required to follow them.
 
"It applies to sales activities within the 27 EU member states, as well as Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. Web shops that are not based in one of the aforementioned countries are not obligated to comply with the Geo-blocking Regulation." - Source
 
I've heard Framework state multiple times they don't have an EU-based entity, which is also a big reason why expanding to more countries isn't as simple as people might think. is their webshop based in Germany? I'm not sure what is needed to fulfill that criteria, but if none of the webshops are based in those countries. then as stated above these regulations do not apply, at least that is my understanding. (I could be very wrong here, feel free to correct me) judging from the situation described, it sounds like you are a false positive. plenty of people try to get around the available countries for Framework & they've had a lot of issues with various types of freight forwarding to unsupported countries. so they've gotten very strict on this, which will inevitably result in situations like this.
 
I hope this issue gets resolved, the warranty should be honored. I just don't know if they are breaking the laws that you are accusing them of breaking.

Went back to the Reddit post that brought me here & I must say your credibility just sank dramatically for me. Didn't notice you had the same username as on Reddit & on that post, you are speaking as if you haven't actually ordered a framework yet, talking about yourself??? as a different person, so some clarification would be great.  @caniballshilabuff

 

- source for both screenshots

No, this would be like buying something in the States, breaking it or trying to order warranty parts while your on vacation in Canada or Mexico. 99.9% of companies would want it shipped to them from USA, where you bought it, or would ship the parts to USA, where you bought it, or tell you to try again when you're back in the country. 
Different states =! different countries.
Import laws among other things also don't change state by state like they do country by country.