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The package wasn't at my entrance too, it was just on the sidewalk ๐
Fwiw, this is the only time the UPS driver has left the package in that spot. Normally it's right next to the front door.
If your regular driver leaves it at your door, I'm willing to bet it was a new hire or a seasonal dipshit (I'm a UPS driver of 20 years).
Lol thats just what happens if you follow Orion. Quit due to that but left before the rollout of the camera. I assume it was delivered and he just had to take a picture to complete the stop? Maybe didnt realize it until the next stop
According to OP he found the item on the sidewalk.
And Orion isn't so bad if you just ignore it lol
and this is why i infinitely prefer having them just leave the package at whatever store nearby handles packages, it means i can just pop over real quick whenever i have time rather than having to be home to answer the door or, if i had a yard, worry about where the fuck the delivery person kicks it to.
but of course in the us 90% of the time this would mean having to drive half an hour to walmart or whatever, car-dependent suburbs are so nice
It's why I refuse to order anything from the USA if it's not shipped via USPS. If it doesn't transfer to Canada Post so it gets safely delivered to the post office or my community mail box then fuck that shit.
Yeah, I wish more people just shipped with Canada Post. They've got secure boxes to leave packages right with your mail (they just leave a key in your regular mail slot so you can open it, then you stick the key in a slot when you're done). Or if there's no space for your package, they have post offices all over the country, and you can pick it up from the one closest to you.
They do have overnight shipping, too, though most of the time I'm in no rush and would rather it be shipped efficiently than quickly. Fill that plane and/or truck before you send it to me, that's cool.
Yeah but if it gets lost, they have to replace it, and if they leave it in a terrible place that's ripe for theft I can claim I never received it. Stealing from multi-billion dollar corporations is always morally correct. Plus, I get free shit out of it and they stop doing that pretty quickly :)
I've experienced some package fuckery but I never have had someone throw it in my yard or anywhere besides near an obvious entrance.
Just because people post about a weird thing doesn't mean it will happen to you.
PSA: Lenovo has gotten in trouble for hidden Chinese malware on their laptops, multiple times.
Careful with their hardware; it's no longer the company that built the name.
Lenovo is shit. They really aren't worth a damn anymore.
I've had fingerprint driver issues with my expensive Lenovo Yoga, and AHCI driver issues with an expensive Lenovo ThinkPad. Support is non existent, and if you do manage to find any help through their channels, they don't help and don't care.
My next laptop will be with Framework or some other company that doesn't try to screw me.
Which brands are actually good these days, apart from Framework? I already avoid HP and Acer.
Are Toshiba still around?
System76
Everyone is suggesting Dell, and I agree, with one caveat:
Order from their business division. Those machines are designed not to be a hassle, because they want return business customers. Dell business machines have no bloat, and consumer-grade extras often come as standard features on business machines. Just better all-around, even the designs.
Only catch is, you need a business license to order this way, or a friend with one.
I don't have my own business, but my workplace allows us to buy personal products through some of their suppliers like Zones and CDW, using our corporate discount (but paying with our own personal credit card). I wonder if that'd be sufficent to order a Dell business laptop. They usually use Lenovo ThinkPads, but might also have a business Dell account or rep I can order through directly... I'll have to check.
Are you sure you need a license to order them? Searching "dell latitude" on Amazon shows business Dells.
No, I am not sure, and I should have been clearer about my information being quite dated. Apologies for that, and for taking 3 months to reply (voluntary internet vacation).
In 2005, when I worked in purchasing, we needed a business license to order their business machines, and they were serious about it. But, e-commerce has changed drastically since then, when the only way to order was through the Dell website. Not surprised they're on Amazon.
Hopefully, the computers are still better on that side of things. What did you end up getting, and how do you like it?
Most companies in my country use dells, they're pretty nice in general. At least with unix
Dell XPS might be good but I'm not sure, somehow I doubt it.
Macs of course will work properly, at the expense of having to use macOS.
My trio used to be Apple, Dell and Lenovo. But now it's Framework and Apple.
Dell XPS is good, they even have one which ships with Linux pre-installed. So, no worries about driver compatibility, at least on that version. In fact I believe this is the laptop presently in use by Linus Torvalds, fwiw.
I think you're referring to IBM. Lenovo has always been suspicious.
As another commenter hinted at, "Thinkpad" used to mean IBM laptop; Lenovo bought the name (and PC division of IBM) for that reason, and they don't mind if people think they're still IBM, because OG Thinkpads were the bomb. This is what I was getting at.
It's bananas that the IBM association is just gone now, because the name was huge in the 90s. Sometimes a fella can really feel old.
Wait til you hear where Lenovo came from
Oh please tell me, Secret Squirrel.
You should always reinstall the OS anyways. No reason not to really.
It was firmware-level, and installed itself. Reinstalling the OS was not a solution.
https://thehackernews.com/2015/08/lenovo-rootkit-malware.html
Seems Linux would be immune
Lots of OEMs now ship Dolby software and drivers preinstalled but without download packages available so you can't do a clean install without losing features you paid for. ASUS is guilty of this one as well as having other software tied to the factory install ID. It's always a good idea to take a factory condition backup or the machine before paving it over with a clean windows install.
Seems like a manufacturer that one shouldn't support.
You're not wrong. Personally I take a backup of the drive in its factory state and then install Linux - I'm over Windows in general.
What about ThinkPads?
You mean the laptops made by Lenovo that security researchers found hidden spyware on?
https://boingboing.net/2015/09/22/yet-another-pre-installed-spyw.html
Build quality and user-serviceability not what they used to be.
They're probably pissed from taking the ferry out there for a single package ๐
It came from Lenovo so I'm guessing it was something expensive too lol
Where I live if something's on the sidewalk it's totally cool to just pick it up and walk off with it depending on how close it is to the street....
Don't worry, he's on Bainbridge Island where it's illegal to be poor.
It was just a dock, so not terribly expensive but expensive enough to hurt if it got lost.
If it did get lost, I think Lenovo would be successful with claiming against the shipping insurance (assuming it's insured) given the proof of delivery is just a photo of someone else's yard, meaning they'd be able to send you a new one.
It's not just a photo of someone's yard without the package in it. I'm pretty sure that photo is in motion.
Yeah, I put shit out there for people to take.
The trick is to put a sign on it saying '$20' because someone will "steal" it.
Lol, same trick I use.
I mean, as far as locations go, that's definitely "Other".
Bainbridge! I love taking the ferry over there!