finally evaluating @npub1ncyt...3x0q Plasma desktop for MNT Pocket Reform (with external secondary dell 1440p monitor + mouse + keyboard) and taking notes. it'll need some little tweaks before we can ship it as a default, but so far it feels pretty fantastic. love the configurability and the attention to detail everywhere
on our very recent shipments of MNT laptops to the US, i can see that a number of people had to pay "government charges" via UPS before delivery. there is no transparency on these charges, we can only see the dollar amount. the amount is never the expected 15% (EU->US agreement), but usually around 25%, in some cases more. even taking sales taxes into account it doesn't add up. so far no one can explain to us how the charges are calculated or how to appeal. this is beyond frustrating. any ideas?
i still have to clean up the silkscreen due to some changes but otherwise i'm pretty ok with the layout. compromises: hdmi traces are not coplanar all the way to the end, but i never ever had issues with hdmi SI. focus is on usb3 and pcie, and power. and ethernet is still on an inner layer, but it worked fine before and with correct stackup it should be fine still.
now available: a green LED version of the MNT x Kolibri HALO-90 Electronic Earrings (open hardware, sound reactive). also after the link: a new video demo by [@holo_memory](
