tgw

you probably missed that part of the article: this crime carries heavy penalties

okay, that can happen, of course there are some specific parts that can't be repaired and must be sourced from a spare parts supplier, especially mechanical/structural parts like that display cable. I had one time the power management chip, one time the GPU chip, and another time something else, unsure what it was, it was power related too. The laptop had been exposed to a thunderstorm that impacted nearby, I guess it had sustained some electrical damage.

my laptop had issues last year, I brought it to a repair shop in Pattaya and it got repaired in less than 24 hours both times. Pattaya4U behind Tukcom. the long wait times can be caused by repair shops not doing actual repairs but rather swapping out whole parts, i.e. instead of soldering in a new power management chip on the motherboard, they would instead replace the whole motherboard because they don't have any repair staff and facilities available. That's common practice in Europe, where it's difficult to find actual repair services.

for really custom laptops there is not much choice besides finding a shop that assembles CLEVO laptops. Sure, some ASUS and Alienware, HP OMEN etc. claim to do custom, but as soon as you want 3 or 4 HDD bays and/or RAID-1 mirroring, they throw the towel. Their motherboards are simply too mainstream. I bought the world's most powerful laptop in 2015 ( CLEVO with i7-4790K with 32 GB RAM, GTX 980M 8GB, and RAID-1 mirrored system SSD, 2 TB HDD ) and I still use it today, it was a real beast at the time. in the USA, there are some shops such as https://originpc.com, I guess they would ship to Thailand (I bought mine there and had it shipped to Europe). in Thailand, I only know https://www.level51pc.com/ who has a website offering that product, but there must be others. Their website used to have an English version, but not anymore. they do reply on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Level51pc/ If you are ready to spend a bit, I would check out originpc.com and have it shipped to Thailand. there is no import tax on laptops from the US, so you would only have to pay Thai VAT. EDIT: I found the English version of that Thai shop: https://en.level51pc.com/ EDIT 2: relating to what @tomazbodner posted, Clevo laptops allow users to service most parts of the laptops and they are repairable. I was able to swap my CMOS battery, SSDs, renew thermal paste on GPU and CPU, etc. There are only screws, nothing is glued or clipped-on using these annoying plastic clips that seem to be designed for one time use and love to break easily. EDIT 3: my personal choice is to always buy a laptop with a mirrored system disk (hardware based RAID-1 to avoid OS dependence) to host the OS and important files. I do this for availability, mirrored harddisks do not replace backup, but they do prevent a major annoyance incase of HDD failure.

which a noncompete clause does not do when it's balanced.

it's somewhat disturbing that this guy is still alive at 77 with that type of behaviour. I wonder how many other victims he claims.

huh - noncompetes need to be regulated, not banned. with a ban, it will become even easier for big business to destroy small business than it is now.

it's not by choice - they are waiting for ammo to be delivered

Harrigan ????

which is completely not what I'm talking about

sawatdee peemai ! please see this post of mine: https://aseannow.com/topic/1280637-vpn-vs-cloud-computers-for-connecting-to-home-from-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=17797422

- no need to have another computer - no need to update - no danger of data leak / intrusion on the remote computer - much less danger of the remote computer having a technical issue (Bios CMOS bad, select boot device/ windows blue screen loop, boot into safe mode, windows update fails....) - you can use all your programs/files of your own computer ... I guess there are some advantages I don't even think about, but I'm sure there is not a single advantage in using a remote computer and teamviewer compared to VPN on the router. and ah, hum, I have been a user of teamviewer for years until they decided my connection to my dad's computer and my son's computer were of "commercial" nature and cut every connection after 1 minute. It took some time to convince them otherwise. the less you depend on third party vendors and other devices, the more reliable your solution is.

It will be interesting to know China's reaction to this invitation

I think you don't understand what a VPN is. What gets you flagged, is the commercial VPN's IP address. There is no way the use of a private VPN can be detected by the visited website.

I wonder how people who write "all are guilty" and "all are innocent" even manage to command their lungs to breathe with just their binary system of neurons... anyway, the salute of the arrival of the Russians is a disgrace for Thailand. this damages Thailand's image. disgusting !

don't negotiate with terrorists. slava Ukraini !

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-28/milan-reports-50-of-passengers-in-flights-from-china-have-covid Milan Reports 50% of Passengers on China Flights Have Covid

1- no sharing of a computer involved if using the router's VPN server. 2- VPN on the router should not cause your sister any technical issues 3- your sister's connection bandwidth will be impacted regardless of what solution you will use, because both will share your sister's connection. the impact should not be noticeable though, if you don't stream HD video or down/up load a lot of content 4- I have mentioned the drawbacks/advantages before

okay, still, anyone can plug a monitor in.

I would still prefer a home router configured as a VPN server, because it wouldn't require a remote laptop to be switched on. you could of course switch the laptop on if it's connected to the router by using "wake on LAN" function, but this requires to login on the remote router anyway. and even an "always on" laptop will need to be updated, rebooted, etc. also anyone near the laptop will be able to see what's on screen, and able to install any software.

Kremlin spokesman: Peace possible only if Ukraine agrees to Russia's annexation of its regions. https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/kremlin-spokesman-peace-possible-only-if-ukraine-agrees-to-russias-annexation-of-its-regions good luck with that ????

Russia Today's Disinformation Xmas Video yes, I'm posting content from Russia Today. It's so ridiculous. This is the disinformation Ruzzia feeds to its own citizens about how Europeans experienced Xmas in 2022: I wonder how many vatniks will believe those "fairy tales" ? "if your media doesn't tell you where it's all going" ... yeah right ! lol

when I read Lavrov's drivel, it reminded me of this guy:

good thing then that Ukraine has about a million men standing in arms and with enough ammo, equipment and food.

Putin ... is '100% sure' his forces can 'weed out' $6m anti-aircraft system https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11574175/Putin-vows-destroy-patriot-missile-systems-sent-Ukraine.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline err ... a patriot battery costs 1 Billion, not sure where they got their 6m figure from