I’d been debating commenting on the unexpected factorial. Thank you for doing the honors.

Unfortunately for those not comfortable purchasing from AliExpress, the system is not yet available on Topton’s official online store.

https://www.techpowerup.com/333955/topton-m1-amd-ryzen-3-powered-mini-pc-unveiled-with-tiny-chassis

Add “cancel” after the X in the url for workaround access. Like any other workaround, this will only work until it doesn’t anymore

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41546640

“Nothing there said the spokesperson is not a source”

They said in their statements that they wouldn’t identify a corporate spokesperson as a “source familiar”. That language — corporate spokesperson — is intended to avoid describing the representative as an actual “source” in the sense of identifying them as a leak.

A corporate spokesperson spoke to them “on background”. A “corporate communications professional speaking to [them] in [their] official capacity“ has the option detailed in that section to request anonymity while being quoted.

There must have been an agreement between The Verge and the corporate representative to speak without being identified beyond their affiliation with the company, as described In the section titled “on background”.

Take the link and scroll down to the section titled “ON BACKGROUND”

Edit: I never learn how to not try to be helpful to hostile commenters. I’m legit just trying to clarify or explain.

I tried to help someone who prefaced their confusion with an assertion that they were unwilling to read the linked material. This one’s on me, I guess.

Someone needs to tell Downtown Doug Brown about dark and muted background colors to alleviate eye strain. The white is like staring into the Sun.

Edit: Whhoooaaa, definitely poked the bear on this one. This comment was intended to both make a tongue-in-cheek point and be funny. Didn’t mean to ruffle so many feathers.