DDR3 was actually extremely cheap about 2-3 years ago. I managed to get 64GB of ECC DDR3 for about $25. Server memory, yes - which is exactly what I needed. Haven't looked at prices lately.

DDR4 is not unaffected.
I recently had to purchase some DDR4 (recently = a week ago). The price I paid, after searching for deals, was approximately 30% higher than what I had paid for equivalent memory in August.

Define "respiration". If your definition includes something along the lines of "perform gas exchange with the environment" - then there are many organisms alive that don't do that.

... the idea of putting that contraption into a phone. :)

Same in Arch and derivatives.

If you want Steam support out-of-the-box, your bext bet is Ubuntu or one of the derivatives thereof (Kubuntu, Xubuntu etc).
But realistically, Steam runs fine on basically any modern distribution. Even if not supported by the distribution's own package repo, you can also install it e.g. via flatpak. I personally use a distribution related to Arch, which does not support Steam as-is. But I have flatpak installed, and Steam from Flathub using flatpak. It works perfectly.

Didn't Jeep already show ads on the dashboard screen? I think they did.

"And then they came for me, and there was nobody else left to speak for me'

My only basis for evaluating the (public school) US K-12 education system is my own observations on the quality of teaching that was done to my kid when he was in public school, and contrasting to the education I was provided with myself growing up in Europe. The contrast was stark. Most of the 6th and 7th grades were for instance spent on rehashing the exact same subjects as in 5th grade without any significant development.
I was fortunate enough to afford moving him to private education starting in 8th grade, and that made a very significant difference.

I've cleaned the USB-C port on the phone many times, including using contact cleaner/deoxit. It did not make a difference.

The USB-C port on my 5-year-old phone is now functioning only intermittently. On a good day I can charge the phone. On all the other days I can't. And that is after going through a large number of power adapters and cables.
The USB-A ports on my 10-year-old laptop all function well, no issues there. Being used on a daily basis.

for enabling the heated seats? Inquiring minds want to know.

That's just, like, your opinion, man. :)

I like Firefox. I tried many other browsers, but I always keep going back to it. Yeah it could be better, but the same can be said for all other browsers many times over.

Enjoy the choice.

Firefox 141.0.3 on Artix Linux, no AI tab grouping either. Whew. Keep it this way.

I have. A few actually. It was on a music channel where the creator used AI to make imagery for her original music. It was tastefully done and clearly labeled as AI-generated imagery over original human-made music. It was also very easy to tell that it was AI generated.