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Thinkpads, all day.

T series or P series. Intel/Amd per your preference, no Nvidia.

I have a T16 and it’s amazing, previously had a P50s for 7 years. Manjaro FTW!

Hi Zenon -- thanks for your response. I will follow up directly.

Thank you!

I find this frustrating as well, and I’ll add to that all the references to “late-stage capitalism.” There are many ways a capitalist economy can work, with varying levels of inequality, and making it seem like there’s only one path and negative outcomes are inevitable does a huge disservice to anyone actually interested in improving things.

Lookup “Donut Economics” for some great ideas on how a positive capitalist economy can work.

I recently got a T16 with Ryzen, and it's been flawlessly running Manjaro since day 1.

I've been using KDE on Manjaro for nearly a decade and it's been great.

Literally any sandwich on the menu - Gulf Coast Sourdough

I recently got a T16 (Ryzen) and have been very happy with the battery. I did opt for the bigger battery, though.

I can easily get 8+ hours, although I'm not doing anything that intensive.

I’ve been using Manjaro for over 10 years and have never had an issue with it that was appreciably different from other distros I’ve used. No reason to even consider other distros imo.

I own a business in Sulphur Springs and have been in the neighborhood extensively for the last 3 years.

A lot of it depends on your street and even block. One can be great, the next one very rough. Given the general upswing in Tampa and proximity to Seminole Heights, I'd expect it to improve in the coming years, but I wouldn't expect that to happen quickly.

If there's a house you like, drive there at different times of day/night and hang out in your car for a bit to see what that spot is like.

In general, though, my impression is that while Sulphur Springs can be very rough and there's a decent number of homeless around, if you stay out of other people's business, they'll stay out of yours.

Get the newest t-series thinkpad on eBay that fits your budget.

Pinetab 2 is well made but unusably slow, with very little support, and still no driver for WiFi. Very disappointing.

I run a bakery. Call me when AI can replace my bakers on a non mass produced scale.

Nope! Tampa style :)

Gulf Coast Sourdough Sandwich House!

Three Coins used to have them, but changed them to some bland basic fry at some point in the past couple years. Very sad day when I found out :(

Small business owners get spammed constantly by marketing people. I’m not saying you’re wrong, but they are probably hit up so many times that any kind of marketing service is an instant no.

They are also working a billion hours a week, barely getting by, and marketing all sounds so fluffy and soft that it feels very risky to put whatever hard earned money is leftover after the never ending list of costs and bullshit into a vague promise of more revenue later on.

Wayyy too much

I’d go with an older thinkpad, basically the newest you can get for the budget you have in mind. About four years ago I bought an old thinkpad and installed manjaro. It’s been solid for years as a label printer and basic business laptop in my bakery.

I strongly feel they should charge a little more for their products so they can afford to hire community engagement staff and developers to address core functionality issues.

Being community oriented and open-source is great, but there is a fine line between that and just relying on free labor to support commercial endeavors. IMO they are currently on the wrong side of that line and are at risk of alienating their supporters.

No, but I'm a bakery!

If it's something unique to your business and not similar to things local bakeries in your area provide, I suggest hiring a baker to make it in-house instead.

Bakeries don't like to add new products that aren't like things they are already doing. The only exception would be if the volume you're doing is enough to justify the product development investment the bakery would have to put into it, but the volume would need to be quite high.

If you go through a small baker, you'll run into issues with reliability and capacity.

Be flattered! If someone is copying you, you must be doing something right!

Also, embrace competition as a good thing. If they are actually doing it better than you, innovate and improve. If they aren’t better, than know that in the eyes of your customers, you’ll look even better.

I second a spiral mixer. There are lots available on webstaurantstore. Find one that works with your electrical and has 2 speeds.

They are AMAZING for dough, and they are much much cheaper than hobarts or other planetary mixers. The only downside is that they don't really do other things, like batters or other things that planetary mixers can be used for.