Fantastic non-orientable spring!

Just curious. Why do you write 3/30 instead of 1/10?

Finally! A phone that can be washed with a pressure washer!

I would either get a used HP Proliant microserver Gen 8 (I own one. Pretty sweet) or get a mini ITX nas case, 4 or more bays. Depending on USB doesn’t seem like a good idea to me. You can always sell your mini PC. I have slowly learned to avoid the sunk cost fallacy.

I dunno if I’d like teeth like the ones in the pic. I mean sometimes they’d be fun, but not always.

I have a video conference ring that I set to disco RGB and control with the middle button. Does that count?

does the “open” have any relationship with open source design, or is it just a bullshit marketing tag? I have browsed their site and seen nothing

Just wait for Bobbyshkali Kennedyrakshstar to join goverment

Whistleblower deaths should have all of a company’s director’s investigated by default. It may be that 99% are innocent, but just one or two seeing their massively valuable stock, and options in danger, may be driven to such actions on their own.

I own a Skoda (VW group) that is extremely reliable. 25 years old almost 500.000Km. Not a single major repair, except for consumables like clutches, timing belts a starter motor, and such. It doesn’t burn or leak oil. Refrigerant is changed every few years, but never needs topping up. The car feels solid.

I have heard from owners of newer VW group cars that they are not as solid and reliable nowadays.

When CDs were introduced they were touted as essentially eternal and damage proof. Id take M discs xlaim with a pinch of salt

Consumables drop in cost per page the more you pay for the printer. Business printer consumables are cheaper per page.

Lasers are often overkill for many home owners who print a few dozen pages per year. Also, Lasers are inferior for printing photos. Even a cheap inkjets if printing on photo paper are way superior for photos. That said, pay services are the better option for most.

I print quite a bit, so I own a BW Brother for volume, and an Epson for photos and other stuff. I realize I-m not a n average user, though.

I generally use compatible cartridges. I can buy toner for my Brother for something like 15 25 Euro from amazon, and carts for Epson for 25 Euro for an 8 pack. They work fine. BTW, I bought the brother laser, new, in the box, from a second hand marketplace for 60 Euro. Basic printer, not a MFP, no scanner, b duplex but not wifi, which is probably why they sold it, probably a mistake buy and outside the return window.

In Spain, my first real long-term girlfriend. American. We are visiting some of my relatives. She speaks passable Spanish. My aunt ask her something. She replies that she’s embarrassed, but she uses a “false -friend”, Embarazada, which means pregnant in Spanish. Me knowing what was going on, let the thing run for a bit. When explanations came there was a hilarious bit of manga size eyes and laughs.

While I admit that I used to think trading was gambling I now know that while there is an element of gambling, there are a lot of measurable factors that make the “gambles” much more informed, even market psychology to some extent.

The reliability could be hit and miss no? These could have a bajillion hours on them, depending on where they came from. 20 may be a bargain, until you have to keep replacing them every 2 years or less. Just guessing here.

How would this compare to an AMD RX580? I can’t find this in the usual charts

I have never understood why electronic communications are not protected as physical mail

The strictly physical part: Imagine that sneeze that just doesn’t want to come out, almost there, almost, almost… and the BAAAM! Or when you are constipated, and you try to evacuate, and sit on the throne for half an hour and suddenly WHAM!! you are two pounds lighter. Multiply by 100

While I personally prefer this, I’m going to guess that the majority of people are generally not going to be using more than 2 or three usb ports at once. My take is that for most people, 2 Cs, an A, DP or HDMI would be optimal.

The availability of BT and wifi peripherals make this acceptable for many.

I still have a cutting plotter that uses RS232, but that’s connected to an oldish desktop, on the network, so a laptop never gets connected physically.

I’m not saying that this is good, simply that this is probably acceptable for many.

A megafuckhuge IT corp who deals in data doesn’t have backups, right, RIGHT???