Please point out where it says you need consent to ensure normal operation at a technical level.
To my knowledge it is perfectly acceptable to have IP addresses for that purpose.
However, when you collect them for use at the business level (e.g. to profile users), that's a different story.

Zuck tries to shift our attention to this meaningless whining instead of him destroying the remaining bits of responsibly managing the Meta platforms.

Insufficient isolation is *not* caused by any other than Microsoft's Windows engineering.

Is this story of poor quality true or is someone trying to shift the blame from Zeus to a lesser god?

Stop all space exploration, 'cause all the heavens is sacred to me.
Oh! Oxygen is, too. So stop breathing, you infidels.

No appreciable speed improvement on Mac, both Intel and Apple Silicon.
Switching apps within Teams is even a bit more sluggish by comparison.
Screen updates are noticeable slower, e.g. when switching to Calendar.
Memory footprint is indeed smaller. Like a quarter less.

"land your spaceship on Earth's moon or zip 16 light-years to Alpha Centauri"
The assumption seems fair.

Is it ignorance or plain arrogance to assume the USA as the default country when posting?

Given that Mars' diameter is about half Earth's diameter the relative difference is even larger.

You get the {pick a video card} working with|under|using|from Linux.

The video card itself does not execute software in the Linux environment.

The title is wrong.

Just to nitpick, "Apple's M-Series GPU Working On Linux" should read "Linux Working On Apple's M-Series GPU".

It has long been predicted climate change might shutdown the transatlantic Gulf Stream. That should heavily influence hurricane formation either way.

Science seems to misunderstand the finding. The genes themselves are normal. The methylation, i.e. markers on the DNA, is different. "Identical Twins Carry Genetic Markers No One Else Has" would be more appropriate.

Too cocky to accept the knowledge of a complete community who spend their lives to study the planet and humankind's influence on it. Need to spend an incredible amount of $$ and go see for yourself.

"The study population included MHS members aged 16 or older who were vaccinated prior to February 28, 2021".
Those where members of the initial group to be vaccinated. That group consist of people vulnerable for some reason. No wonder they are vulnerable again.