Wild that China is the only one that learned from Trump in 2016, and prepare for what was coming.

Of course, most of that is what China’s been doing anyway for a couple decades, so that may be more coincidental.

That’s where the “cheap bastard” part kicks in. The desire to spend less money outweighs things like social acceptance.

I have a problem with their methodology, although I concede that better metrics would be hard to find.

I’ve known a number of right-wing people that own and love their Prius. They are the “cheap bastard” type, and it’s hard to argue with the value (albeit not the styling nor associations) of a Prius.

As evidenced by the term “bearded clam”

Let’s not forget possibility number 3, that someone lied to him that we are doing it. How would he ever know?

It probably depends on how personalized the ads are. It should come as no surprise that targeted ads have been a thing as long as ads have existed. Coke ads during family shows, alcohol ads (you’ll be cool if you use our product) on MTV, etc.

There are already a number of algorithms to deliver one ad for a product over another, based on likely demographics. Streaming has greatly increased this, since specific demographic details are immediately and directly available when the ad is shown. I won’t get the same as on Hulu that you get.

As for generating ads on-the-fly, that seems unlikely. Few ads are fully generated at all, let alone in response to demographics or the specific viewer(s).

There are also risks when deploying ads without vetting. Some of these viewers will be dressed as Nazis, and will happily share the video to everyone.

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I’m sure that was autocorrect, but it feels awfully portentous.

Even then it can be dangerous. People move around, and people talk. The people burned can show up again later in so many different ways, in both official and unofficial capacities. I currently work near (different teams, same org) several of my former co-workers, purely by coincidence.

It wouldn’t be a career-ender if I’d screwed them over in the past, but it does make things easier that they have positive experiences with me.

AKA “The Nixon”

Do you have a source on that? It sounds evil enough for IBM, but logistically too problematic to be worthwhile.

Not op, but there are many ways to measure nutrition. Similarly, there are many definitions of “healthy”.

That said, processed sugar is rarely regarded as healthy or nutritious.

ETA: Related, the makers of Nutella were sued for claiming it was healthy.

Bananas are moderate in sugar (14g per medium banana), dark chocolate is relatively low in sugar (5-30g per 100g, depending). Peanut butter is readily available without any added sugar.

Honestly, these seem to be closer to a “fat bomb” than a sugar bomb. If it were milk/white chocolate and the cheap, sugary PB you would have a point though.

The reason why you can (not especially safely) eat takeout pizza that’s been sitting out overnight is because it’s usually loaded with salt. Salt is a preservative, and limits growth of the nasties.

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Some quick googling suggests that their single-thread performance is really close, but the AMD has triple the cores. Plus extra RAM is always good, and looks to be the newer and faster DDR4.

The main question for you becomes how multi-threaded your needs are. If you don’t need more than 4 cores, then switching won’t give you anything more. There’s also the smaller question about RAM, with the same criteria.

If your needs are highly multi-threaded, or RAM-constrained, then switching will be very worthwhile.

I left them years ago, but their VPN software has (had?) a critical bug - the killswitch treats “connecting” the same as “connected”.

Meaning that if the connection drops for any reason and is not immediately reestablished, you not only lose all protection, but you have a false sense of security.

Depending on your location and situation, you may have access to a nurse line or fast telemedicine (basically a zoom call with a random doctor). They can diagnose many ailments remotely, and at least tell you what the next steps should be.

In some places, yes, probably. It would most likely fall under anti-SLAPP protections.

IANAL though, so it could be more complicated.

Are you able to physically replace the HDD (preferably with an SSD)? If so, you can use the (Win10) Media Creation Tool to create a USB installer.

When it prompts for a key, just skip it. If you have an OEM mass activation laptop (i.e. anything from a major brand), it’ll activate automatically after. If, for whatever reason it still doesn’t activate, you’ll have a nag screen telling you to activate. It won’t significantly limit what you do.

It’s nearly certain. OEM activation has been stored on the motherboard since XP. XP-7 required a matching OEM cert (easily found online), while 8+ have a unique license in the BIOS. For these, you just reinstall the OS, skip the key during setup, and let it connect afterwards for all of the updates and whatnot.

Now, licenses to other apps, such as Word, are not so simple.