Is anyone actively trying to stop me from leaving? Is there any punishment for doing so?

Is the “dangerous” outside because of something invisible, like a plague? Or is the “dangerous” a nebulous claim of “nobody goes out there”

I think plenty of people would try it just to say they did, just like the real world.

Wind turbines as well.

Unless you count the humidity in the air.

Except Signal should not have that data. They claim they do not log that information, so it should be impossible for them to do that.

Unless signal is lying, that’s not something they can do.

5g can cover a lot of rural areas, it’s not universal, but it’s a lot more available than fiber or cable.

There are certainly a lot of holes in the coverage, but a lot of people I know who live in pretty rural farm areas went from pretty unreliable microwave internet, to extremely reliable 5g internet a couple years ago.

That’s not going to be the solution for everyone, but it does work to (relatively) quickly get internet to a pretty big area.

Brother is saying they won’t “brick” your printer. Sounds like they’re only denying the most extreme description and not what they’re actually doing.

It’s actually not, because the exit condition is “when you get the joke”

Customer service reps have almost the same information that a customer would have. The only difference is they have a few more tools available to them.

Asking policy questions or anything at this level would likely get no useful info.

Airplanes fly typical routes, so it’s possible, but not guaranteed.

Gemini is wrong quite often. You shouldn’t rely on it to tell you facts.

If I need to double check it, then it’s worthless to me.

It’s also underselling what they are providing.

You get to skip all the AI garbage, all the sponsored links, and the “what other people are asking” sections and just go straight to the search results.

Privacy is the primary selling point, but the clean “old school” google interface is what I’m really excited about. I’ve set my default search in the browser to Leta for now.

https://www.printables.com/model/1051411-framework-portable-handheld-case-beth-deck-rev-15

I write code every day at my job. I use vim.

It does everything I need it to do, and it works exactly the same way on every system I touch, and functions the same way since I started using it decades ago (aside from being able to use arrow keys now instead of hjkl)

If I HAVE to do any coding on Windows, I use notepad++.

… if they can design and print a case they probably already owned a 3d printer. The amount of plastic used to make the small case is likely just a few grams. Probably around $1 of plastic total.

Yes, the article is pretty light on details since it’s just a rehash of a couple of comments with no actual reporting, but don’t blame the person for designing and printing a neat little case for their hobby. This is a perfectly acceptable way to repair and continue to use some broken electronics.