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sopo,

They are talking about removing the obligation to pedal, not the option (which I agree with you, it’s a good option to have)

I think it’s a very sensible decision, I’m from a EU country with 250W limit which is very anemic for the dangerous city streets we have in my town. A throttle is much safer especially when starting from a stop, but it’s currently illegal to have on.

sopo,

Nobody answered yet so I’ll try :D

Grab whatever best deal you’ll find, because prices on the used market, especially for 5+year old devices, don’t always follow a logic. So make sure to look out for the X390, X13, L13 yoga, etc, as well. Newer but they might be cheaper!

Personally I never bought Yogas so cant comment on that vs regular thinkpad. I had a touch T480 but the display was too dim to use outside (so I put a bright 1440p panel on it).

sopo,

Best of luck to the devs, very exiting! Here is the link to pmOS wiki to follow the progress. Caleb is working on it apparently, one of the main people we have to thank for sdm845 (like Oneplus 6) mainlining effort

sopo,

Web bloat, ads and trackers is an example of inaccessibility that I can think of for the treasure trove that is iFixit especially since they started accepting full guides by external contributors (which means also guides that could have ended up on a more accessible website). Videos should be backed up and not simply embedded youtube that can have georestriction or be down for any reason. We should have the guides distributed like we would wikipedia…in general, they/we can do better.

My other gripe with iFixit is their sponsor aspect, pretty much any big company outside of Apple has a big fat logo on their website, as an Ally to repair. It’s cheap PR while they continue to produce massive amounts of ewaste. Why promote them indefinitely for a single collaboration if they don’t apply those principles to the remaining 99% of their catalogs?

But I still read their blog (via RSS) and use and suggest their guides, contributing when I can. They have been and still are a big catalyst for Right to Repair.

sopo,

Actually mate, I know it sounds ridiculous, but it has been demonstrated that, statistically, because of the extra amount of calories burned and the pollution due to food production and transportation in modern times, ebikes are greener despite the higher impact of their production.

Of course the specific case can be different, maybe someone already grows their own organic food and buys an ebike without doing any distance that they couldnt cover easily with their acoustic bike, and then proceeds after only a few months to throw their ebike off a bridge (stupid example, but much more important when studying the impact of electric cars vs ICE cars, if an EV gets into a really bad accident or fire in the first ~20-30k kms of its life, then it would have been slightly better for everyone that it wasnt built, compared to an ICE car)

As far as exercise goes, it has also been shown that ebikes results on average in more exercise by more people, because people cover much bigger distances, and/ore use it more often, and because it allows you to smooth out the ride (making some roads, especially climbs, cyclable to people who wouldn’t have been able to do them with a normal bike), and to decide for yourself when you want to put more effort.

sopo,

There are countless situations in which you can ride too much, or your cargo/baby passengers are too heavy, or the roads are very polluted and that extra breathing on that particular climb is better avoided…et cetera

Have you tried an ebike? My favorite bicycle is a 1980s road bike which weighs maybe 8kgs, but I know what it means to commute every single day more than 30kms with it, it stops being fun after a few weeks. My second favorite is my ebike.

Following your line of thinking we shouldn’t have lifts because people need the exercise. Do you know that a single flight of stairs with a lift uses as much energy as roughly 10km with an ebike/escooter? But you don’t see me or anyone else attacking lifts/elevators. Also to remember, the lithium mined or refined to make the battery, can be reused forever.

sopo,

Ahah dude I love your fender :D

sopo,

I agree, and despite maybe too many competing flavors it looks like a great recipe to pick up some tricks for a newly veg. So thanks :) and congrats I guess OP, you’re clearly skilled and unafraid lol

sopo,

I think they’re the same thing as cable holders/organizers

sopo,

What’s the screen like? I upgraded the panel on both my thinkpads so I can help if you have questions :)

E14 are pretty modern so I can’t think of many useful mods, maybe ugrading the speakers? It’s something I want to try on my T440S

Anyway congrats on your lappy, hope you enjoy it for many years to come

sopo,

Thank you for the summary!

sopo,

I’ve found that L and E series seemingly mirror the T line but with a couple of years of delay, so overall with time it gets worse repairability wise, but gets better with things like 16:10 screen aspect ratio.

I haven’t researched the 2024 T series, is it noteworthy other than having some models with ram slots? Feels like some hype is going on. In any case, expect ~2026 L,E series to have similarly constructed models.

Questions about T480 Battery, few other things

I’m planning to purchase a used T480, and want to know how the battery life would be on Linux. Online I see a lot of good numbers, and I am considering carrying multiple of the external batteries, but I want another opinion. Also, do you have any recommends on a good price to “go for it” and any other laptops to consider...

sopo,

I’d say no more than 200$ for the T480. Since you mentioned portability, it’s not very portable compared to the S models of the T series and even less to the X series.

One advantage of the t480 is having two memory slots for easy and cheap ram upgrades, with all others you have to make sure they have at least 16gb (or 8gb soldered on one side)

The portability carries a big bump in price, if you see a cheap T480S, X1 carbon 6th, X390, you might be happier with those.

We also have to consider that from 300$ upwards we are talking Ryzen Zen 2 (used) prices, maybe from the L series but you might catch the occasional T14 AMD for 400$ which is a considerable upgrade in every metric.

sopo,

Long story short: nowadays 65W-capable USB C powerbanks make more sense in my opinion, than multiple Thinkpad batteries. And they work with all laptops.

Yep just like the S versions they have a double battery. This is great because the total can get close to 100Wh (when using the 72Wh external) but hot-swapping requires an internal battery in good shape which is not so easy to come by. From Lenovo they can be very expensive or not available. From third parties you’re always gambling that those batteries will play nice with the proprietary Thinkpad EC.

I bought both (3rd-party) batteries for a T440S, and the internal would suddenly show up as 0% every couple of weeks, and had to be “reset” by opening the base, unplugging and plugging it in…in the end I just put the original internal back; the external has been amazing instead, and it does basically all of the work since it’s the 72Wh version. Fun fact: these laptops work perfectly with only one of the batteries attached.

sopo,

Energicas and Zeros are single-speed, they have done pretty damn well. Btw I’m not against a clutch personally. But it’s rare in EV land, see the Brammos for example (which were more of a flop in the market, but not for the clutch I don’t think)

sopo,

Hi, have you tried acetone? Chemically (propanone) it seems very similar to isopropyl alcohol but maybe it’s different enough…never tried on a thinkpad but on other stuff it always worked for me.

Also maybe the cloth/paper you were using did not pick up enough, you need to actually remove the material (used to make plastic “soft to the touch”) that became sticky.

sopo,

Hello, I’m seeing a T540P W540 W541 “Power Jack cable” available for less than 5 bucks (aliexpress, ebay, etc). The cable has the charging port and a connector that goes on the mobo so should be a pretty easy fix, no soldering.

Do you have the HMM (hardware maintenance manual) downloaded to double check?

Btw you don’t need the whole “lenovo square tip” charger if you have a 20V capable USB C PD charger (65W or more), you can get a 3 bucks adapter, I use it all the time it works perfectly.

sopo,

No I mean a USB C to Lenovo Square tip (the name of that Lenovo yellow plug) adapter, no USB A involved.

USB C PD charger > USB C - C cable > adapter > laptop. I’ve done this on many thinkpads, the only thing is if you use a small charger (45W or less) and have a big battery or the laptop uses a lot of watts, it might not charge or charge only when off. With 65W you’re good, and with GaN tech they are tiny nowadays

This is also so you can also charge your phone tablet or anything else usb C while traveling with only one charger

sopo, (edited )

Returnable via an extra shipping?? Yeah that’s absolute greenwash, it’s a bulky rigid EMPTY plastic box to be shipped back filling up more trucks and planes

Edit: Sorry, just read that they fold down. That’s better, but I still doubt that the extra traveling it has to do is worth it compared to local recycling. I’d prefer a push toward monomaterial packaging (either all paper or all plastic, e.g. no metal clips or hard to remove plastic tape that end up in the paper recycling bins)

Anyone repaired Ninebot Max G30P front fork bearings?

A while back, I came off my scooter and damaged the front-fork. I got the fork replaced at the store where I bought it, but ever since there has been a fair amount of float / movement in the steering stem (and no, it is not movement in the folding/locking mechanism as so many YouTube videos indicate)....

sopo,

Hi, I’m pretty sure g30p/g30/g30d are the same hardware, the last letter is the region code. G30LP (usually grey/white in colour) is a different model, L for lite. see more on SH wiki

sopo,

You got it! If you need help in putting the ScooterHacking firmware you can ask me, I’ve done it on mine. Field weakening is incredible.

Another useful website I found is Joey’s wiki, and finally Ninebot Max playlist on yt is not bad at all, the repair videos are short but well done (I yt-dlp the whole playlist :D)

Btw I saved your post because mine wobbles a bit, so I might have to look into the same problem in the future (and I already tightened the locking mechanism)

sopo,

A pleasure, glad you found the solution and thanks for sharing it! Well done

sopo,

Same experience as Dr Wesker, I think most things need a bit of “air” to keep worst anaerobic bacteria at bay. Why not a bowl with a kitchen cloth on top, nothing tight? That’s what I do with fresh stuff (if cooked, sealed containers)

But even thus the fridge environment is not always ideal, I feel like loads of stuff (exept with this summer heat) lasts longer outside of it (wooden basket with cloth on top 😄 )

For example potatoes: never in the fridge

Tomatoes, if they’re good they’ll last months outside as well

sopo,

It might surprise you but my main laptop is a 9yr old thinkpad, even tho I have newer ones. Of course it can run win10, I daily drive linux but occasionally use windows from a usb ssd enclosure (installed with winTousb). I bought it almost as a joke 4-5yrs ago, but upgrade after upgrade (the screen especially which was crap) it became too good to replace lol

sopo,

Just realized that my first comment went on a week old discussion, oops :P

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