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Tom Lehrer, genialer Mathematiker und scharfsinniger Satiriker, ist im Alter von 97 Jahren verstorben. Bekannt für bissige Songs wie „Vatican Rag“ und „So Long, Mom“, trollte er einst sogar die NSA mit versteckter Ironie in seinen Werken. Sein Werk ist jetzt gemeinfrei! 🎵🧮🎤 #TomLehrer #SatireLegende #NSA #RIP heise.de/news/Der-Mann-der-die
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heise online · Der Mann, der die NSA foppte – zum Tode von Tom LehrerBy Detlef Borchers

In 2021 I bought a small Chinese ultrabook, the One Netbook A1. You can find a review at liliputing.com/one-netbook-a1- and the official site for the company appears to be 1netbook.com. I wanted a small computer with USB ports so I could teach a hybrid course with a USB webcam pointed at the blackboard.

It was a bit hard to get the One Netbook A1. Despite positive Western reviews, no American company was selling it anymore, and I couldn't order it directly from the the PRC. I had to use a European intermediary in order to obtain it. I would joke that the ultrabook had the PRC's version of our NSA's spyware built in, so I wasn't supposed to have it. In any case, it worked well for my purposes and I had fun using it over the next couple years.

I was letting the machine collect dust for a while, and I finally decided to give it new life by switching it from Linux Mint to Linux Mint Debian Edition. When I did so, I found that (again) the screen wanted to be in tablet mode and I couldn't get it to switch through the Display menu. I had an applet that solved this before, but it was no longer available. I ended up writing my own script for switching screen layouts quickly. In the process, I found reddit.com/r/GPDPocket/comment which says that the Reddit One Netbook community is «banned». Maybe my joke was more right than I thought?

Liliputing · One Netbook A1 handheld computer preview - LiliputingOne Netbook A1 handheld computer preview