>> Battery isn't what it used to be, everything else still works perfectly.
Not interested in changing the battery? Or not able to?
Asking because I'm thinking of making my next machine a MBP. Have used (DOS then) Windows almost exclusively my entire life, but not a fan of how Windows is evolving.
Could I ask a couple of questions:
1/ What's the battery situation with such old laptops? (Replaced? Or running purely on mains?)
2/ What's the OS situation? (Presumably not current?)
I agree with the other reply to your post
OP:
After you've read parent's post
'avariciously'
Haven't had my coffee yet.
Author's life + sounds fair.
But I have no respect for those who so aviriciously guard their copyrighted works
Wasn't the original purpose of copyright to send a message that 'after n years these works are a free-for-all' ?
That the focus was on the freeing of the works, not on the protection of the works. On the understanding that releasing stuff after a period of time benefits all of humanity.
I'm very disappointed in the evolution of ThinkPad's over the past 10 years, though I must say I'm a big fan of the, err, pointing stick.
I have used it on other brands (e.g. HP) but it doesn't seem very widespread outside of ThinkPad's.
Had to check to make sure: apparently it's been off-patent since 2017
>> I have my own small company and I do everything I can within the defined law to keep as much of my hard earned money as I can.
You're small company is nothing like Amazon, and it exploits not the loopholes exploited by Amazon and their ilk.
In Australia, using a tax haven FOR THE PURPOSE OF MINIMISING TAX is a criminal offence. However using it "legitimately" is A-OK.
I have researched this, and my own accountant gave me the same advice:
"Offshore tax evasion is a crime where a person deliberately evades paying tax by holding money and assets offshore. Our role at the ATO is to identify and catch these individuals."
From:
https://www.ato.gov.au/uploade...
See also:
https://www.ato.gov.au/General...
https://www.ato.gov.au/General...
Large companies can easily open an actual office (not a fake office) in a tax haven to assert legitimacy.
But you & I would struggle to convince a judge that our company head office in Bermuda is legit.
That's why you & I would burn, while Amazon and others save hundreds of billions.
>> I haven't come up with an effective way to explain the people that having too much money means you have power not money.
Sigh emoji
Then perhaps the workers should band together?
>> Yeah, but don't except me to feel any kind of symphony for the 1%
That kind of attitude can orchestrate a whole lot of resentment.
>> It's either P=NP, or P!=NP. There's no partial answer.
Wrong: it's both P=NP and P!=NP at the same time !!!
>> Realistically, the only way to catch these people reliably is with a sting operation
I'd like to see many, many more sting operations by police, across all different types of crimes. Just to spread fear amongst the bad elements of society.
Sadly, my police here in NSW, Australia are probably as under-resourced as those in most other jurisdictions.
Yup. Any recovery process should Fail Secure: deny access.
Apple provides API's to check whether devices are locked-down (Find My, etc), making it possible to reject locked-down devices early on in the returns process.
Though I don't know how large a turnover of devices one must have to gain access to these API's.
I want my PHONE to have 2FA. I want it to use a biometric factor (FaceID/fingerprint depending on my device; eg, what I am) AND a code (what I know). The account change here is less consequential as already have other 2FA implemented on that.
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Yes ! That's crossed my mind in the past, and I'd also use the sample combinations you mentioned: Face Id (or fingerprint) + short code (3 or 4 numerals).
Doubt we'll get it with the current 2 mobile OS leaders.
Intel CPUs are not defective, they just act that way. -- Henry Spencer
