This reminds of other stories about teachers. Teaching is beginning to look like one of the worlds dumbest professions.

I am seeing more people using their phones as their primary, if not only, computer device. If it's not a phone, it's probably a tablet, or maybe a laptop.

If it's Boeing, I ain't going.

There is no inherent value. Just 1s and 0s on computer storage somewhere. Of course you are gambling when you "invest" in crypto. Ponzi schemes always fail eventually.

If demand to drive a gas guzzling truck or SUV, is it fair to blame the car company, or the fuel company?
That is like blaming the beef companies for the earth destroying and inhumane steak that you decide to eat.

Amazon used to be great about taking returns, but not anymore.
I bought an Amazon Fire tablet for $90. It stopped working soon after I bought it. I tried to return it for a new one, but Amazon said they could only give me a refund. To buy a new one would cost $140. But I should not have to pay an extra $50 because Amazon sold me a defective item. Eventually, after months of going back and forth, Amazon gave me a $50 gift certificate.
I will be much less likely to do business with Amazon in the future.

> "is afforded the same First Amendment protections as a United States citizen, and that the death penalty is not imposed."

Clearly the UK will not give Assange freedom to express himself. Why does the UK demand that of the US?

How Julian Assange be charged with mishandling classified information? It was never his responsibility to handle such information.

People like Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton, had the responsibility to correctly handle classified information. If a senator, or vice president, or secretary of state mishandled classified information, *that* would be serious crime.

MATE is awesome desktop. Much better than MacOS or Windows.
It is customisable. It does not have a lot of silly useless crap that only gets in the way. Everything is easy to find. MATE developers do not seem to believe in change for the sake of change.

Again: JMHO.

It is my understanding that starlink is not nearly as fast as standard internet. Starlink is only for cases when there is no other option.

Didn't say it was clever (weird take there). My point was that controlling your own storage and using widely compatible cameras allows one to control one's own destiny, as opposed to being held hostage by proprietary "walled cloud" devices.

This is why (well that and overreaching surveillance) why I bought a group of PoE cameras that work with a wide variety of platforms. Store to my local NAS. No ongoing subscription. I won't buy devices that can't be used except with a subscription, or that allow the seller to brick them at will.

Tell some telemarketer to put you on their "do not call" list, and then they call the next day. What are you going to do about it?

It's like telling migrants that it's illegal to cross the border.