Hackers' Pub

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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
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`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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Mike @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

3/20/2026, 2:29:33 AM

Public

Tonight on the #nixbook workbench.. a 2015 Era #macbookPro that had a bad SSD (which I had a spare and replaced then installed Nixbook)

And then an older Lenovo Yoga that had a cracked screen registering a constant phantom touch, making the computer unusable.

I simply disconnected the "touch" data lines to the motherboard and now it functions as a non touch laptop.

These will both go to people in need for free.

Love to #linux and #nixos for always making this possible!

Yes, Apple has dropped support for it, so it can be rescued by NixbookOS, but this laptop also had a bad hard drive in it, causing it not to boot up at all and be "dead". But over the years, I've collected quite the pile of spare parts and I had a spare Apple hard drive here (they're custom OF COURSE). I was able to put that in, install NixbookOS on it, and now it's not just usable, it's NICE!

On the right is a Lenovo Yoga, one of those touch screen laptops. Sadly the bottom left part of the screen got cracked, and the display was picking it up as a constant "touch", so the computer was unusable because it thought someone was constantly touching the screen. For that one, I was able to open up the computer and just cut the wires coming from the screen to communicate the touch screen. Sure, the touch screen doesn't work anymore, but it displays fine as a regular laptop!

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