Generally a consumer router only needs 2 interfaces - local and external.

Most consuner devices are a combination router, switch, and access point - the switch requires the multiple ports.

I don’t think laptops are much of a concern - virtually every laptop on the planet spends 90% of it’s time plugged in.

All of mine have since the mid-90’s (back then that really shortened NiCd life).

Since they’ve gone lithium I’ve had probably 20 laptops (with multiple running since 2019 as hosts) and seen one spicy pillow - and that was on a year old machine.

My newest machines have charge limit on by default in the hardware. I assume they all do these days as it would reduce support/warranty calls.

Good to keep an eye on them because it can happen to any battery, I just don’t think it’s a huge concern.

I pay far less for mybused Pixels than a new phone - I refuse to buy new when a 2 year old phone is $150

Apparently there are stupid questions

It is up to every administration to determine what that means

In other words, it’s total nonsense

Oh, I’m sorry. Lol.

Hyper-V is just so bad. Decided to run it for a while as a test, I couldn’t get back to ESXi fast enough, haha. And I come from the Enterprise world where Hyper-V is common.

My ESXi box draws 20 watts at idle with 3 Windows VMs and 3 Linux VMs.

Guess which of those VMs draws the most power (hint: it’s not Windows).

Power draw depends on more than the base OS, what it does matters so much more. Which is why my one Linux VM draws the most power - it gets used for some intense tasks with ffmpeg.

Interestingly. I’ve found little power draw difference using ffmpeg on Windows or Linux. Both will max CPU while converting and take a similar amount of time.

Ok?

A decade? Those are rookie numbers!

I curse whoever decided unflexible untreated steel wire was great for moving windows up and down.

Chrysler, fucking Chrysler, that’s who. And this is the kind of difference you see between companies like Chrysler (in my opinion the worst) and companies like Toyota and Honda, who would use completely sheathed cable, and then a plastic chain for the exposed part (I’ve worked on both and seen this first hand, so I know exactly what you’re dealing with).

Well done! I assumed you lubed the daylights out of the steel with something that will stick around, like lithium or even never seize (which usually has graphite in it, which doesn’t easily wash off).

Fucking Pirouettes.

Damn things are my kryptonite, especially because the dollar store brand are nearly as good.

It’s more than about doubled in 25 years, which is amazing (I initially misread the start point).

It’s close to 60% now, which is how I’d phrase it, especially since I’m sure the rise before 2000 was also pretty steep.

There’s no mystery.

It’s just old latin text jumbled around to use for print testing.

Don’t worry, they’ll just build elsewhere that wants the tax basis.

I think (based on our understanding of the line between the quantum world and thr macro world), time travel is just fantasy.

While mathematically time is reversible for sub-atomic particles (quanta), that breaks down as you gather more particles together.

But it’s been a while since I’ve read deeply on it.

High stress job

Hockey 2x/week

Weekends full of housework

Pound energy drinks

And you don’t know why you’re exhausted all the time?

You need to revamp some things, restructure your life a little. You can’t be “ON” all the time, where’s the down time?

A lesson I got from my grandparents (that took me forever to understand) was slow and steady - do a little every day. So rather than save all the housework for the weekend, do a little every day. Then there’s a little less for the weekend.

The hockey is good as exercise and something you enjoy, but it’s also a lot of time. Not saying that’s all bad, just something to be aware of.

And just stop with the energy drinks.

That look on her face is great! That’s how she looks at Bond.

A little more information would be useful - what are you trying to accomplish/resolve?

Every BT speaker I’ve had can be used with a cord, and requires pressing a button to pair with BT, so the BT is effectively disabled unless I physically enable it.

This is probably the best approach.

Just simply not using the Bluetooth would work. Every BT speaker I’ve had requires pressing the BT button to pair - it would be trivial to simply cut the wires on the button or just glue the button so it doesn’t move.

Not true, I had portable amplified speakers in the 90’s that worked via a cord.

They weren’t rechargeable, but used regular batteries.