Surprising how often the former seems to work these days.

Um... aren't all ads suggestions?

Removing all the pesky leading white-space helps, but it never runs right after that. :-)

(Also, define "readable".)

Technically those fees are paid by the merchants, though a recent settlement with MasterCard and VISA may change things a bit.

Visa, MasterCard reach $38 billion swipe fee settlement, draw opposition

The battery will love this. /s

I was going to snark about how Trump will just pardon them for this "white collar" crime, but then saw their names. Guess they'll either have to buy a *bunch* of his crypto or become presidents of another country, like former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez - convicted of conspiring in smuggling +400 tons of cocaine into the U.S., sentenced to 45 years in prison 1 year ago, and just pardoned (at the recommendation of Roger Stone and others).

I park in the driveway because it's difficult to get into my garage. It's a 90 degree turn and there's fencing along the top and opposite sides of the driveway. Not impossible, but a PITA.

Also, insert joke/commentary about "parking on a driveway" and "driving on a parkway." :-)

Which rich, tech-bro, donors running AI companies whispered this idea into his ear?

Rivian R1T Fender Bender Turns Into $42,000 Repair Bill
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You can glance at them all you want, but they're not even close to Trump - by an order of magnitude, or two.

This discusses recent presidential net worth before and after and how they made their money: Chart Shows Net Worth of US Presidents Before and After Office (2024) with Obama and Clinton making most of it after leaving office, and Biden from real-estate . Trump lost money after his first term due to the economic downturn during the pandemic and $590M in loan repayments and is currently raking it in via various, putting it politely, avenues (link below).

The net worth as of 2025 (various Google results):
Bidens: $10M - mostly property
Obamas: $70M - mostly books
Clintons: $300M - books, speaking, investments, consulting
Trump: $6.2B (down from $7.3B) - most while *in* office: Presidency Boosts Trump’s Net Worth By $3 Billion In A Year

Pelosis: $280M - investments (big-cap tech stocks) and real estate (most probably during her 40 years in office) and her husband is a venture capitalist.

List of presidents of the United States by net worth: #1: Trump, #4 Clinton, #12: Obama, #25 Biden.

Ya, but once everything is available as cloud-only services, how much RAM and storage will us consumers really need? /s

You get lube? Luxury! :-)

I have a Dell XPS 420, that a friend gave me years ago, that is currently running Windows 10 just fine. Don't know when he got it, but the system came out in 2007. I'm sure it would run Linux (Mint) very well too, though I'll be switching to a system I built already running Mint 22.2 (ASRock Z77 Extreme3, Intel i7-3770, 32GB RAM). Neither system meets the (arbitrary) HW requirements for Windows 11, if I even wanted to use it. I also have several other very old Intel-based systems that run Linux fine as well as one Athlon 64 X2 system running OPNsense. Newer isn't always better - use and needs count for more.

Still better that what you'd get from MacroSoft ... :-)