If I were forced to choose … yes, it would be the ones that build dams just to keep everyone else away from their homes.

Also phone number and address, none of which is being exposed like so, save name and maybe birthdate.

Location?

There be no blasphemy or deception like using a plastic banana rather than whatever random banana they have at your local store.

Nowhere local stocks the parts to repair most second-hand items. Parts for older items are often hard to find because they are no longer made. I mean, you’re replying to someone who builds repairable versions of such items. Why do you think that is necessary?

Do you have the skill-set to do as they do? I do, and yet, I assure you, skills, a 3D Printer and a friggen machine-shop at my disposal can only do so much to compensate for a supply chain that has been absolutely gutted and continually re-worked to force consumption, and of products from the far end of the globe, at that.

Even back when I was in the laptop-repair game, this is the kinda stuff people would expect me to know about their stuff that I hated. I saw too many features come and go over the years to keep track of even half of it on behalf of others.

Depends on the iGPU, but this being a damn near brand-new laptop, I’m sure you’re right.

Maybe if it allowed you to switch to integrated graphics versus discrete, putting the GPU to sleep.

For just browsing, even integrated graphics has been plenty since the beginning of the internet, maybe with some exceptions when Flash gaming reached its pinnacle.

The one usually works best with the other, though.

EDIT: nm, I see what you were getting at in their comment now. Thy also meant downscaling the Text/UI, not upscaling.

Honestly more respectable than what I was replying to before, unless they were being sarcastic at first.

Seriously though, I dig it. Just a bit off these last few days.

Both use standards that are basically device agnostic, particularly by the time you get to the OS-level. Try to keep up.

In the case of the IMF, its unbelievable how much power and influence they have.

You should be skeptical that those five operating systems are all that it works with. Do you seek out networking equipment that specifically lists compatability with your operating system too?

Real shame its the two failed would-be presidents that explicitly told USians we should trade our guns for healthcare that are taking point on this.

It would have to be tailored by region. There are plenty of places with much lower electricity demand in winter, so those homes getting extra heat from their mining setups would be preferable to just gas heating.

Also, North Hemisphere winter is Southern Hemisphere summer.

Okay, I’ve got it. Regional currencies that require a local(and low-latency…) gps signal to mine. Make the raw satelite data part of any proof-of-work, and during the seasons where energy-use is to be restricted, shift the proof-of-work weights to favor that data over calculations. Give some people with lower-power rigs a chance to “mine”. GPS modules become as useful as ASICs for some.

The only reason I went to a WiFi 6 Mesh setup is coverage and consistency. Speed was never an issue in over a decade, except for with (later…)Chromecasts and/or FireTV sticks.

Wait until they learn what can happen when its cold enough outside. There’s a legitimate reason that climbing naked into a sleeping bag together is recommended for hypothermia, but until you’ve got that core temperature back up …

The WTO is probably right. I couldn’t remember earlier, did some googling, and went with what I found. The WTO and IMF together are a global juggernaut. The ICC is … the one that sticks out in my memory, for some reason.

I was promised Jose Cuervo, instead my hair is finally starting to thin dramatically. I MUST SPEAK TO THE MANAGER!!!

Set to the tune of the Freakazoid soundtrack. Much approval.