SMS based 2FA isn’t recommended and with an authenticator/hardware token your scenario is not a problem.

So it’s more expensive than the competitors which also have real budget options at easily half the price but then “corners are cut”.

You know, I won’t even argue about the quality of Apple products - they are top tier. But calling the pricing “a steal” is just dishonest.

They have consistently been averaging at 150-200% the price of comparable hardware at least since the 90s. While there may be examples like yours where the gap is smaller, there are plenty of outrageous examples like the infamous monitor stand or some ridiculously priced chargers.

Nor are they priced like consumer grade hardware.

Apple products in general aren’t.

You replied, I replied back. That’s how public social media work. It’s unlikely we know each other.

As I said: feel free to upgrade your MacBook just don’t throw the one with a “meager” 8 gigs away since it’s totally usable with a non-bloated system.

So hot!

*dungeon

That’s absolutely what I’m saying. Apple is just holding back that feature for upselling (as always) and because it’s hardly possible to debloat macOS.

I can’t believe, there’s no Linux reference yet!

Give your “8 gigs not enough” hardware to one of us and see it revived running faster than whatever you’re running now with your subpar OS.

wasn’t this specifically developed to assist in helping to better identify victims of human trafficking?

The author of the article you linked doesn’t seem to believe that.

Not just matter but time as well. That’s what they were referring to. There is no “before time”.

Regarding your rethorical question: go find an answer and you’re sure to win the Nobel Prize.

It’s incredible to me that the bedrock of modern physics is hand-waved away

Nothing is waved away. It’s just a point the math breaks down, just like black holes. That all evidence so far supports the math doesn’t help explaining what exactly is/has been happening there.

Google’s business model also doesn’t really fit to what VPN customers are looking for. They hardly would implement a zero log policy, for example.

Even OJ without alcohol isn’t exactly healthy.

Ah, right Lion Philips was the founder’s gramps. Still wealthy though.

Do some people just have an opinion in mind and then look for any tiny evidence to support that?

I really hope you see the irony in that statement. Marx may not have been rich but a lawyer’s son at that time wasn’t exactly proletariat either.

Pendatry. Very widespread in tech.

Onfuscators probably use it though, so no spec ever will be able to get rid of this crap.

It’s really not a generational thing. Every generation has their nerds and they always are just a tiny minority.

The late Gen X/early millennials may have been an outlier because they were forced to learn to get anything working but also from those years most don’t care about tech.

OK, continue reading and you’ll find his uncle was the founder of Philipps electronics and his main sponsor. Anyway, someone already replied what I hinted at: the wealth of your family doesn’t define your political leaning.

He grew up rich and had a very distinguished pedigree. His life is a study in privilege

What does that prove? Karl Marx came from a wealthy family.