I'd like to ask something related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it has on laptop supply chains, more specificaly on how it'll impact the availability and price of laptops the coming year. I really wanted to buy a new laptop this year, but I'm not sure it's really a suitable year for that given that a lot of manufacturers and stores are already announcing price hikes and product shortages because of COVID
But I'm not sure if I can make an on-topic question about that, or how to word it
It wouldn't be shopping advice, but rather how the pandemic would affect things
@Nzall hmmm it's likely to be opinion based at best.
Fortunately, it's not like the thai flooding, where physical plants were damaged, it's just there's no one to work in them currently.... so things should get back on track quite quickly.
on the topic of COVID19, I wonder if the 14 days thing is causing people to be missed
What if some people are carriers who don't present symtoms
@djsmiley2kTMW I mean, sure, the plants are still functional, but there are a bunch of rules that companies need to fulfill in order to be allowed to go to work again, such as a stash of face masks sufficient to give every employee 2 masks daily for 2 weeks, and considering those masks are currently in extremely dire shortage...
@Burgi Last I heard, they allowed factories to resume work if they have a stash of face masks for every employee that lasts for 2 weeks
Problem is that 1) not enough face masks; 2) workers are apprehensive to return; 3) factories need to find replacements for those that got very sick or died; 4) some deaths, like owners or upper management, may doom a company; 5) even if a factory may get back to work smoothly, chances are they need supplies from a different factory and may end up having to shut down again soon after because they simply do not have enough to work with
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well, zoom as in for the edited images themselves, yes, but for the texts and buttons of the GUI controls, not really
there's only a 100% / 200% scaling option and tiny / small / medium / large for text, which is about 75%…200% but that is not enough, everything is still tiny
looking up the code and values for the WM_DPICHANGED message
...welp. The New York Times has increased the price of the subscription. It is now $17 every four weeks, up from $15. This is the first time The Times has ever raised the subscription price.
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