20 years late question.

We just don't FULLY know what already went wrong. Like new crimes by Facebook are being posted each week. I guess other companies have quite some skeletons hidden. The most scary thing is actually when AI will pwn us -- we wouldn't know. We would be too stupid to even notice...

I generally have only the phone, no cards or cash on me. Since PayWave (a contact-less payment PoS) is supported by next to all terminals I very very rarely run into issues. From what I know plenty of people do the same -- phone only is enough for pretty much everything.

There is nothing left to be seen there.

Would be fun to watch FB die separately of WhatsUp and Instagram if they FB will get split. Though it won't be, as WeChat is not going anywhere...

I have heaps of filters in place and I do unsubscribe a lot. It's not zero, but 4-7 items actionable items, moved to sub-folder once actioned upon.

It's like Harvey Dent -- from one side very good hardware and from the other a blood-sucking patent troll. Some even suggesting to split the company in two.

Nah, but the ear hair will look young.

The life of a corn farmer is a bit different from a life of a software developer and not all people will easily swap them though.

What about the beef lobby? These guys will starve on what's left of their billions.

Very true!

Quite risky to be honest. She's non-techie and will buy something red/cute/light/etc. Then you will end up with a company laptop you have no use.

Quite often non-techies struggle with Linux, but if you can make sure it runs smooth -- that's definitely a very good option.

Assuming one would be paying a market rate of $50+/hr I would seriously weigh in probable wasted on Windows updates/install/cleanups/etc as she would do that in business hours. I personally would consider a macOS-based laptop just to evade maintenance burden of Windows. The options could run from leasing one directly from Apple and expensify monthly as a cost of sales or getting a new/refurbished one and depreciate it. After her employment is over you can sell the laptop as an asset (if it's after three years in Australia - it will be written off already). Hope that helps. Disclaimer: based on personal experience.

AirDrop works for me and my family.