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date    = "2026-10-16T18:59:49+00:00"
lastmod = "2026-10-16T18:59:49+00:00"
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What's a [null](/tdro/messages/agent/#tdro-messages-agent)? Zero? A
philosophical question? Occasionally someone hands me an old MacBook Pro saying
that the screen is fried, asking if it's junk.

I check to see if it's an `A1706`, `A1707`, yada yada, open the lid, and knock the
back of the screen like I'm knocking on someone's front door. "Is this
flexgate?"

There's always that confused look as it turns on and as to not look totally
insane, "Wait, I know what you're going to ask next, so who's flexgate?"