I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad

Why I Maintain a 17 Year Old Thinkpad Published on: April 1, 2025 If a book has been in print for forty years, I can expect it to be in print for another forty years. But, and that is the main difference, if it survives another decade, then it will be expected to be in print another fifty years. This, simply, as a rule, tells you why things that have been around for a long time are not "aging" like persons, but "aging" in reverse. Every year that passes without extinction doubles the additional life expectancy. This is an indicator of some robustness. The robustness of an item is proportional to its life ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile Nassim Nicholas Taleb contrasts fragile systems—those that suffer serious harm under volatility—with robust systems that can endure stress with minimal damage. He extends this concept with antifragile systems, which can actually benefit from disorder, but we’ll focus here on the divide between fragile and robust. Taleb also introduces the Lin ... Read full article.