Back from beyond the age of machines...

(Yogi)

The last few weeks, I did literally go beyond the age of machines. The power unit of my laptop died and the following week I learned a lot about the fact that all laptops have their own power units, which are basically all incompatible with each other... All hail to the coming standardization with USB-C! That's all I can say. I had planned for many contingencies, but not for the case that a new power unit would have to be shipped from the U.S. and would take three weeks to arrive. So I bought a cheapo "universal" power unit, which seems to have fried the laptop completely.

Now, buying a new laptop on the quick wasn't easy, with all the supply chain issues right now. It seems to take on average between four and fourteen weeks to get a new laptop.

Also: I did learn that no philosophers use Linux, and there is no way the Philosophy Department could give me a Linux replacement laptop...

It is quite amazing just how much one's life and work is impaired by the inability to start up one's laptop. It'll be quite the readjustment.

Anyway, I'm happily in possession of a new Dell laptop running Pop!_OS 22.04, and the world can go on as it always has. Nothing will ever go wrong again...
Finally back to writing on the book at least! Also: big article about the neo-theistic death cult of silicon intelligence coming up. I'll keep you posted...