JoeDyrt

THIS I agree with! Nations and patriotism have been out-moded by supra-national corporate conglomerates, banks, and cartels.

That’s right. In USA and Canada it’s AMATEUR radio. Commercial activity is prohibited. Various protocols are allowed for information transmission, but must be basically open source so anyone can play.

I’m way past making a living in tech, and so far (5 months) my MacBook is delivering a very satisfactory user experience. I’m not thrilled with the “radical” changes coming to MacOs, but I don’t have that much invested in the current version to fret over it. So far the biggest controversy about the new OS is how the finder icon swapped colours. I can live with that! I considered and tried some Linux distros over the past few years, but there was too much intervention required by me, the user. The “Total Recall” vibe of Windows 11 pushed me over the line.

And yet, most likely user behaviour hasn’t changed!

I began using Windows in 1992. I switched to MacOS this year and I'm never going back.

The best internet find today: informationisbeautiful.net !!

Alll those, yes.

NHL Hockey: Goaltenders eligible for contact if handling the puck outside the crease, and outside the trapezoid. Same as any other players.

NHL Hockey: Goaltenders eligible for contact if handling the puck outside the crease, and outside the trapezoid. Same as any other players.

I have baked “past year” into my search engine url in Firefox. I have to remember that because sometimes the results are quite sparse!

Yes, Microsoft forum “experts”, are all about cycling through the update, uninstall, reboot, install, contact OEM. And the most frequent comment on solutions: “That does not address the user’s question.”

It won’t really matter how difficult it is to replace a battery if no manufacturer has enough spares to meet demand. Is that going to be legislated? There’s a hundred ways to make replacement inconvenient or impossible.