Since the ad-barage of the late 90's and early 2000's began, my brain has rejected ALL advertising. It is now actually more likely for a forced ad that i'm unable to avoid, to cause me to reject a product entirely. If I see it on a gas-station pump and can't opt-out... Its basically blacklisted from my life. That working list of F-U companies that cannot seem to respect that I TOTALLY REJECT any and all form of advertising, regardless of who pays for what, seems to grow minute by minute. Some of us FLATLY REFUSE to be "Advertised" to... And we honestly do NOT care if some mega corporation likes it or not. Tough cookies. You've abused the concept and it is itself now inhuman abuse wrought upon the masses. If you block outright, I'll simply take my attention, my data, my behavioral information, my spending habits, and every other drop of data you are harvesting.... And let the next guy scrutinize and sample to their little digital devil heart's content! It is not I who need something from YOU... Little Tube. It is YOU that needs something from ME. Its ok, I noticed. Others will too ;-P

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That article doesn't remotely suggest "massive white collar job losses." From the article:

"A year ago, college grad unemployment was 1.8%; today it’s 2.1%."

So college grad unemployment is still around half of the overall unemployment, and well within what economists have long called "full employment." Even IT employment is well within the full employment range. That's still a historically strong employment market.

We quit last year. No more good phone deals and we could feel this coming. My plan was literally 20 years old and they wouldn't give me an phone discounts. Now pay the same for twice the lines on Fi.

For me it's TPM. I don't want to replace my mainboard just to get a TPM chip when literally everything else on my PC meets spec. And no there is no TPM module available for it.

The TPM chip requirement was a issue, but the chips have been standard long enough that it's really only the earliest Win10 PCs that didn't have them. Most of those people have probably upgraded their PC by now, even if they stuck to Win10 on the newer one.

Sooooo... I hope you are aware an Intel core i3 13100 CPU is more powerful than both anything on AM3, AM3+ and the 7900k? This means a $130 CPU beats whatever you are rocking right now.

You can get Mobo + RAM + CPU for $300-$400. A 5700X build could also be interesting, though 13th gen is a much better deal than AM4 builds.