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  1. With so many interacting components, the number of things that can go wrong in a distributed system is enormous. You’ll never be able to prevent all possible failure modes, but you can identify many of the weaknesses in your system before they’re triggered by these events. This report introduces you to Chaos Engineering, a method of experimenting on infrastructure that lets you expose weaknesses before they become a real problem.

  2. +++: backlit keyboard, battery ++: HDPI matte screen, touchpad+trackpad -: BIOS messages in approximative English --: no ethernet port ---: cooling / fan noise

    ETH available through:

    • 10$ generic USB-C adapter
    • 25$ Lenovo USB-C adapter
    • 150$ Lenovo USB-C dock
    • 180$ Lenovo docking station

    Cooling / fan control:

    • triggered when the CPU reaches approx. 46° / 20% load
    • slowest speed: 3400 RPM (!), goes up to 4000+ RPM

    TODO:

    • try updating BIOS/UEFI
    • use a laptop cooling pad
    • killall -9 firefox # not really an option tho

    User-contributed feedback: