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I'm aware this is not a topic that is uniquely applicable to Thinkpads but given the proportion of users of old Thinkpads using linux I'd be curious to know what you opted for as a memory efficient coding IDE in linux, particularly for machines with < 8/16GB of memory.

I have lately started to look into the memory consumption of my workflows and some of it really surprised me negatively. The main one being Pycharm as an IDE for python. I do like it but it also feels like I am not using 90% of it and it consumes a lot of memory.

I am reading a lot about Neovim as a true lightweight alternative but historically I've always gotten the impression that the learning curve is steep for that one.

What do you run?

A friend's birthday is coming up and he is a car nut in the making. Since he generally makes a day out of cleaning / polishing his car's exterior, I planned to gift him something for the interior as well and landed on brush kits that could be used across different cars so I wondered whether anyone here can suggest a good-quality kit in that area?

Birthday of a friend of mine is approaching and he is a bit of a car guy with a growing liking for vintage cars and the Mercedes 190 (doesn't own one yet) in particular so I was thinking I'd buy him a nice detailed book about the development story (incl. engineering details), with a good coverage on the 2.3 and 2.5 versions as well.

To my surprise there does not seem to be dedicated literature on the 2.3/2.5 (as compared to BMW M3 for example) and best I could find on my own is this one . So I thought I'd ask the vintage mercedes experts here whether that's the book to go for or whether there is some niche gem somewhere? German or English would be fine.

Thanks a lot!

I have read conflicting posts about it, some say it is possible with changes to the BIOS, others say the board simply won't accept anything beyond 8GB sticks no matter what.

This is not a question of whether it makes sense or not but whether someone has actually managed to run a 32GB T440p over a prolonged period of time in a reliable manner and, if so, what it took to achieve that.

I inow it's tough to find qualified handymen here that offer repairs but I'd still be curious to know if you know of any good carpenter here or across the border.

It's mostly to restore the main entrance door at my parent's house. Over time the veneer has degraded and anchor points have tilted somewhat. They have been readjusted in the past but I think a proper refresh is needed. Most companies seem to push for a new door but my parents would prefer to keep the current one.

Thanks! :)

Trying to remove the interior from my MG ZT (2003) and one of my seatrail torx bolts is completely stripped to the extent that even a socket size up (from t45 to t50) sits loose and so i cant really hammer it on. Access is fairly tight due to the seatrail frame and I don't have any electricity in the workshop so my drill or dremel won't really work.

What are my best options?

I've seen a number of posts on the topic asking whether using solar generators can be a valid option to power a workshop that has no electric connection whatsoever, but I'm not sure if those people actually went through with it and how it turned out in practice.

In my case it relates to a pair of old garages located roughly 30km from where I live. The house it belongs to will likely be sold off separately. It has no connections at all, a manual garage door but a favorable flat roof with decent sun exposure.

One of these garages is used purely to store a car and some parts, the only electrical need I would have there is occasional and sporadic use of a dehumidifier to control humidity (alongside a more permanent chemical solution) during damp months.

The other garage is more meant as a workshop that would require the occasional lighting, occasional use of power tools, vacuuming, car battery charging and so forth. On paper that seems fairly doable with a modern solar generator but given they aren't cheap, I'd like to be sure of it.

At this point in time I don't think it makes (financial) sense to opt for a permanent solar energy feed as the garages are old and probably torn down and rebuild in the not so distant future (5-10 years), as of when a permanent option would make a lot of sense.

So what are your experiences in this space? Were there tools, use cases that you did not think off and for which these generators were not very suitable? How do these compare to classic fuel-based generators? What about longevity of these things, particularly over the aforementioned 5-10 years, as you read a lot about the decay of battery storage over time.

Appreciate any advice!