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US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning:
As students and teachers prepare for a return to in-person learning for at least some of the time this fall, many of the nation's schools are facing shortages and delays for laptops and tablets needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation revealed.
Lenovo, HP and Dell, the nation's largest computer companies, have informed school districts that they are short nearly five million laptops.
[...] Last month, at the request of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed sanctions on 11 Chinese companies, including Lenovo, AP reported. School administrators have asked the Trump administration to devise a solution because remote learning without laptops is impossible.
Lenovo has informed school districts of the supply chain delays and the trade controls set by the Commerce Department, which would cause another slowdown. Lenovo declined to respond to an inquiry from AP.
Have any Soylentils run into this?
(Score: 5, Informative) by captain normal on Sunday August 30 2020, @04:55PM (6 children)
All of a sudden these days it takes 3 days (or longer) to send a piece of first class mail across town. That is thanks to Trump's efforts to disable mail-in voting.
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2) by Acabatag on Sunday August 30 2020, @05:36PM (2 children)
Amazon Prime usually doesn't mean two days anymore, though they haven't reduced the price.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:59PM (1 child)
I did a Prime trial membership for 30 days just a bit after the COVID lockdown started, I hardly noticed a difference in delivery speeds vs free shipping for most things. Maybe the difference is there, I didn't take statistics, but did I notice? No, I did not.
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 1) by Acabatag on Monday August 31 2020, @02:51AM
They used to actually try, and they promoted the idea, that they would delivery Prime marked products in two days.
When COVID showed up, they took advantage of the emergency to alter the terms. Near as I can tell, anyway.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @06:13PM (2 children)
So your thought leaders at the MSM have told you? I'll give you my anecdote of still receiving business mail within a day.
Of course, if you wait until 7pm to drop off your letter, it will get collected next morning, processed, and delivered the third day.
But Orange Man Bad and God Bless the USPS. The same USPS whom a lot of people were ridiculing and questioning their utility this time last year. "When was the last time you sent a letter?"
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday August 30 2020, @08:04PM
It still happens, usually in a reply-envelope, but it is far from the norm.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @11:48PM
Once a month.
Packages on the other hand, a dozen a week because FedEx Ground is more expensive and is an incompetent shitshow.
I have NEVER had problems with USPS Priority until the guy holding tens of millions of dollars of stock in companies that
want USPS dead became its head.