I have an old HP Omen laptop that I use as a sever, removed the battery because it started getting a bit spicy but other than that it runs just fine for multiple years now.

I use mine as an application server without much storage since it only has space for one nvme ssd and one 2.5" SATA drive.

If you are that far away make sure you have someone with basic Linux knowledge around there to restart it if necessary. And it sucks in LOTS of dust, so be prepared to clean it about once per year

No, what are you talking about?

This was posted on Mastodon today: https://epicenter.works/en/content/finally-a-no-to-overreaching-id-systems

Looks like they didn’t expect it to pass a vote, just like with chat control, and postponed it indefinitely.

They will surely bring it back for discussion in a few months/years though, just like with chat control.

Works great until some hikers take a photo with you in the background, that gets backed up to iCloud, then they want to show the photo to a friend, download it to their computer, open it and BOOM, Microsoft AI knows your face

I recently bought a Pixel 8 for 500€, they got cheaper since the Pixel 9 was just released. If you want to save some money you could probably just buy a Pixel 7a which will get updates until May 2028 (vs October 2030 for the Pixel 8). Supposedly the 7 has better battery life than the 8, but in the end it comes down to how long you want to use it.