Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@arjen [Removing the group thread as not to spam everyone]. When we can make accurate estimates we certainly share them, and I wish I could give every order an accurate shipping estimate (when I can, I will). We are incredibly sensitive to providing inaccurate estimates based on information that could change, and then disappointing customers further when our estimate turns out to be wrong.

@arjen @staticvoidmaine @agx @kop316 @blendergeek That's really odd, we have been sending email updates throughout, including sharing our gratitude most recently last month I believe. Perhaps we have bad contact information for you?

@arjen @staticvoidmaine @agx @kop316 @blendergeek Many people tell us they'd do things differently, but I suspect, like all the companies who attempted this before us, the main thing they'd do differently is quit when things got difficult. Every single aspect of what we are doing is incredibly hard with immense challenges and disappointments at every step. I'm very grateful for all the supporters who stuck with us when things got difficult.

@arjen @staticvoidmaine @agx @kop316 @blendergeek When you select a CPU that the automotive industry also has chosen for its infotainment systems, and there is a chip supply chain crunch, you run into a lot of delays. CPU supply is what is constraining our ability to ship out all the L5 orders. As we get more CPUs we manufacture more L5s and ship them. We just finished a new batch, and are starting to contact customers and ship them out.

@blendergeek @kop316 @agx Yeah while I think it's great PP has it as an option at all, having them all accessible on the side so they can be triggered quickly, even w/o looking, makes them incredibly useful and makes you more likely to use them. The only time I actually use a software switch is if I want to switch off part of something controlled by a HKS (disable WiFi but keep BT).

@kop316 I use them all the time! In particular I will use the wifi kill switch whenever I leave the house as a quick and easy way to save battery.

There was such a #privacy backlash against the IRS biometrics requirement that the IRS is changing policy. Imagine what would happen if enough people felt the same way about the companies that do far worse.

@yaelwrites It didn't affect me as much but I also had to develop a thick skin to play the banjo to begin with :). One day I walked into my local music store and asked the clerk if they sold banjo mutes. His response (with a smirk): "You mean a hammer?"

@yaelwrites Also banjo would be period and culturally correct for cowboys.

@yaelwrites I also enjoyed the film, and while not as haunting as the harmonica in Once Upon a Time in the West, the banjo did have a similar kind of effect.

This doesn't look like much, but it took me over 5 hours to warp this loom today (mostly because I was trying a new back-to-front warping technique). #weaving

Note I'm not saying there won't be dev jobs in the future, there are still factory jobs and sysadmin jobs, but they will be fewer and more specialized, focused on supervising the automation and the decreasing list of things automation can't do. No longer the sure thing it is now.

Both Google and Microsoft (who employ huge numbers of developers) are investing heavily in AI that writes software. Just like shop class, coding class in high school gives you nice skills, but neither is a guarantee of a good-paying job in the future.
https://m.slashdot.org/story/395817

@duncanhart @purism More arrived to the fulfillment center last week and we have started contacting the next folks in line for any address updates while we finish final QA, flashing, etc.

I used the leftover yarn from my wife's tweed scarf (left) to make myself a plaid scarf (right) so they match without being identical. #weaving

It's OK to step on my hand-woven rug. It's OK to wipe my feet on my hand-woven rug. I will keep telling myself this while I step over my rug.