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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.

Republicans (and people in general, TBH) don't make the same mistake twice.

They make it 6 or 7 times, at least.

I'm sure they're trying to copy Reagan's move.

The Nobel Peace Prize, brought to you by Carl's Jr.

Presumably they all are informed that they've been nominated. They could also ask them beforehand what their preference is if they win.

2am calls are why people leave their profession.

Amazon has largely become AliExpress with faster shipping. You have to be very careful to make sure that's not what you're getting in the first place.

Amazon also encourages counterfeits and fraud through their policy of "commingling" all sellers, even if it's a trustworthy and reputable product. If any of those third party sellers are scammers, the entire product is tainted.

At most employers, this is grounds for immediate termination, and rightfully so. Rarely are the credentials to view paystubs entirely separate from the rest.

You've now given your potential landlord access to a much wider system. In many places, the potential landlords are then criminally guilty of unauthorized access to a computer system, AKA "hacking". The potential tenant typically does not have the authority to grant the authorization.

Clearly the requirements will not drop. But due to the passage of time, they aren't quite as ridiculous anymore. The last machines that didn't meet the requirements were made in 2017. It's not unreasonable to require a device that's less than 8 years old. Most individuals upgrade more often than that anyway.

Yes, it would be preferable to keep the older ones in service. But it's a smaller pool than you think, and most of them will actually stay in use but unpatched.

Most go to a tech recycler. They pay their client a pittance for the old equipment, then they refurbish/resell it on places like eBay. Yes, the SSD is often destroyed, and usually the mounting bracket with it. But the rest is fully functional and readily available.

If you want to see this firsthand, just go to eBay and search for "Thinkpad T490". These are about 5 years old now, and at the end of the corporate lifecycle. They were also a very popular corporate device, and very rare for individual consumers. You will see an absolute ton of these, and mostly from recyclers. But they originally came from places like Coca-Cola and Chase.

While I appreciate your sentiment, it's important to consider how it will actually play out. Above all else, (nearly) every corporation will take the path that is the most profitable. That will decide each step along the way.

First, ABC will happily replace Kimmel with whomever brings in the money. It might be a full-on Nazi, or it might just be inoffensive Kimmel-lite that won't rock the boat. The time slot will not simply go empty.

Something similar would happen to Fallon, Stewart, and the rest.

At this point, the influencers begin to lose their influence. They are no longer the voice of a frustrated nation. They become a former voice. Someone that we used to listen to. This is actually where Jon Stewart was for a number of years, and I'm still not convinced he's regained his influence.

When the voices we need are silent, other voices will rise to the top. By definition, they will not be what we need. They will probably be working against us.

I don't have a solution to any of this. I'm merely analyzing the problems of one approach.

"it’s a celebration of bold flavor"

I'm guessing they chose to celebrate rather than including it.

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.