leimon @leimon@librem.one

@mntmn Ooh, is that a 360 degree hinge!?

Bonus points if your mini reform can open all the way and transform into a mini tablet form factor.

@purism That was a good list, but you did miss a couple of my personal favorites. I'd highly recommend checking out Kobe Deluxe as well as Battle for Wesnoth. Also, there is really high quality stealth game called "the dark mod", that I would recommend. IIRC, it is built using the Doom 3 engine.

@purism I suppose while I am dreaming out loud here, I should be more specific. I think what the world needs is an electric equivalent of the original VW Beetle. More specifically, it should be simplistic, affordable, and should be repairable by a single person within their garage.

@purism Ugh... looks like the future of cars is going to suck.

I know this seriously wasn't the point you were trying to make but, how about after you guys finish up with your upcoming tablet release. Why not at least evaluate the feasibility of making a repairable, privacy respecting electric car that doesn't do the whole vendor lock-in thing. I've heard that the people at zero motorcycles have teamed up with other companies before to make electric cars.

Anyhow, keep up the good work!

@kyle I'd love to read the article but, what an annoying paywall... Anyhow, I can certainly see the parallels even without reading the details.

@mntmn I mainly read phoronix.com and osnews.com for that sort of content.

@ajmartinez I'm glad to hear that those are finally appearing in the wild. I ordered one quite some time ago, but I don't know when they will get shipping mine... Maybe it'll be some time this month *crosses fingers*.

@mntmn The FP3 has a seriously great hardware design. Please do take inspiration from it.

Unfortunately, I personally just can't in good faith purchase another Android phone when companies like purism and pine64 are releasing real Linux phones.

@reality2cast @katherined @dsearls @kyle Another great episode! I particularly liked the section about privacy/tracking.

I do wonder if perhaps http is in a sense inherently broken in this respect. I find myself thinking that something like the #gemini protocol https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol) may be one the only viable directions away from this mess.

I guess one big question on that is, is it possible to operate a storefront over gemini given its design restrictions?

@mntmn Right now I see the biggest gaps in open/privacy respecting hardware actually being in the tablet and ereader space. So I might suggest something in the form factor of either the ipad mini, or a smaller 6" ereader device.

You could then further extend the utility of the device by having a pogo pin connector on the back/side, allowing for an attached keyboard or other mods. Anyhow, that's my two cents.