James Scheibner
@jamesscheibner.bsky.social
Academic researcher in bioethics, public health ethics, data privacy, patent, copyright, open source licensing, technology transfer, citizen science and access to justice. Plays lap steel, MTG and Dwarf Fortress in my spare time. Opinions my own.
www.theverge.com/tech/823337/... sadly, it’s hard to get a mechanical keyboard with a super key
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
It’s the year of Linux on my desktop.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
www.theverge.com/tech/823337/... sadly, it’s hard to get a mechanical keyboard with a super key
I’m thinking about installing a Linux keyboard on my Framework 13 and just running Ubuntu on it. Probably should do that soon given Valve look like they’ve eaten Framework’s lunch with the Gabecube.
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’m thinking about installing a Linux keyboard on my Framework 13 and just running Ubuntu on it. Probably should do that soon given Valve look like they’ve eaten Framework’s lunch with the Gabecube.
Huh, looks like Blue Labour decided Slovakia was a more viable model to follow than Hungary.
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Huh, looks like Blue Labour decided Slovakia was a more viable model to follow than Hungary.
It almost fell to a Xenophon candidate in 2016, and an Indie in 2025, but Labor voters would probably preference the Liberals over ON.
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
It almost fell to a Xenophon candidate in 2016, and an Indie in 2025, but Labor voters would probably preference the Liberals over ON.
It would be pretty remarkable if Grey were to fall to One Nation.
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
It would be pretty remarkable if Grey were to fall to One Nation.
I think it’s that, and also that most of the tech industry aren’t particularly transparent about design flaws (see the original ROG Ally which had a nasty habit of cooking SD cards).
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I think it’s that, and also that most of the tech industry aren’t particularly transparent about design flaws (see the original ROG Ally which had a nasty habit of cooking SD cards).
Also, most of them have 8GB of RAM which is really not sufficient in 2025. I could easily upgrade my decade old Lenovo X230’s RAM to 16GB and would probably still be using it if it didn’t have such a crappy screen.
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Also, most of them have 8GB of RAM which is really not sufficient in 2025. I could easily upgrade my decade old Lenovo X230’s RAM to 16GB and would probably still be using it if it didn’t have such a crappy screen.
Yeah, it’s especially annoying as the M2 air mainboard is the same dimensions as an M1 air mainboard, yet you can’t even swap the M2 into an M1 chassis. Just awful from an environmental perspective, which is a shame because the M series are technically super impressive (bought an M4 mini recently).
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Yeah, it’s especially annoying as the M2 air mainboard is the same dimensions as an M1 air mainboard, yet you can’t even swap the M2 into an M1 chassis. Just awful from an environmental perspective, which is a shame because the M series are technically super impressive (bought an M4 mini recently).
It’s simultaneously impressive how well M1s have kept their value and concerning how easily an entirely soldered computer can become a fancy paper weight. Shame that Lenovo didn’t make a repairable ARM laptop and just made an ARM thinkpad that’s also soldered and is worse than an M1.
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s simultaneously impressive how well M1s have kept their value and concerning how easily an entirely soldered computer can become a fancy paper weight. Shame that Lenovo didn’t make a repairable ARM laptop and just made an ARM thinkpad that’s also soldered and is worse than an M1.
I’d be interested in signing up to use it as a teaching tool for law students.
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I’d be interested in signing up to use it as a teaching tool for law students.
Makes sense considering they’re the spiritual successors to the NSDAP.
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Makes sense considering they’re the spiritual successors to the NSDAP.
Hell, the proposed Mount Barker to Adelaide rail car sounds cool by itself. If we miss out on the only piece of regional public transport for the past century or so because the train and cars are not built in SA, I will be very upset.
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hell, the proposed Mount Barker to Adelaide rail car sounds cool by itself. If we miss out on the only piece of regional public transport for the past century or so because the train and cars are not built in SA, I will be very upset.
I’m just waiting for someone to return Talgo’s calls and put some high speed gauge switching locos on the Overland track: www.indailysa.com.au/news/archive...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I’m just waiting for someone to return Talgo’s calls and put some high speed gauge switching locos on the Overland track: www.indailysa.com.au/news/archive...
I’m so sorry man. I feel so sorry for his mother too.
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’m so sorry man. I feel so sorry for his mother too.
If you ever get to Adelaide in April, Corporate Lawyer Heaven (the R.M Williams Trunk Sale) is on at the Adelaide Showgrounds. I got a couple of polos and some chinos for $30 each, plus they fit me well as a person of size and girth.
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you ever get to Adelaide in April, Corporate Lawyer Heaven (the R.M Williams Trunk Sale) is on at the Adelaide Showgrounds. I got a couple of polos and some chinos for $30 each, plus they fit me well as a person of size and girth.
FWIW Mitchell is one of the authors of the Stochastic Parrots paper, so hardly a LLM booster. I am also sceptical of the benefits of LLMs but I sometimes feel pretty uncomfortable about posting things on LLMs in my area of expertise.
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
FWIW Mitchell is one of the authors of the Stochastic Parrots paper, so hardly a LLM booster. I am also sceptical of the benefits of LLMs but I sometimes feel pretty uncomfortable about posting things on LLMs in my area of expertise.
I agree but note Margaret Mitchell’s complaint relates to the fact that a chunk of this site’s user base hates LLMs and AI, and tends to dogpile anyone who isnt similarly inclined. If you’re trying to see what the user base thinks about changes in tech, blocklists make it harder to gauge things.
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I agree but note Margaret Mitchell’s complaint relates to the fact that a chunk of this site’s user base hates LLMs and AI, and tends to dogpile anyone who isnt similarly inclined. If you’re trying to see what the user base thinks about changes in tech, blocklists make it harder to gauge things.
Baker’s Delight is also very good and cheap.
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Baker’s Delight is also very good and cheap.
Those prices are steep. I pay $5.40 a loaf at my local bakery.
steep.pay
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Those prices are steep. I pay $5.40 a loaf at my local bakery.
To an extent they were always like this, but a lot of Australian journos have been marinating their brains in bin juice on X, the everything app for the past 3 years.
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
To an extent they were always like this, but a lot of Australian journos have been marinating their brains in bin juice on X, the everything app for the past 3 years.
Shades of Jobe Watson going to work as a barista in NYC after being stripped of his Brownlow.
November 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Shades of Jobe Watson going to work as a barista in NYC after being stripped of his Brownlow.
Same issue as with asking LLMs for legal advice tbh. If you’re going to do it, run your own instance on a server or personal computer. I wouldn’t trust Apartheid Clyde with my Aldi shopping trolley token, let alone notes from my therapy session.
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Same issue as with asking LLMs for legal advice tbh. If you’re going to do it, run your own instance on a server or personal computer. I wouldn’t trust Apartheid Clyde with my Aldi shopping trolley token, let alone notes from my therapy session.
Great article. An interesting observation regarding Rupert Murdoch too, who built his media empire off the Royals and like many Australians of a certain vintage, still bears a grudge over Gallipoli. I wouldn’t be surprised if the UK becomes a republic before we do.
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Great article. An interesting observation regarding Rupert Murdoch too, who built his media empire off the Royals and like many Australians of a certain vintage, still bears a grudge over Gallipoli. I wouldn’t be surprised if the UK becomes a republic before we do.
It is useful as a tool to help you write code. Relying on it to do software engineering though is a bad idea.
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It is useful as a tool to help you write code. Relying on it to do software engineering though is a bad idea.
Thanks Owen! Hope you’re keeping well!
October 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Thanks Owen! Hope you’re keeping well!