The 8 GB RAM aren’t much if you run iOS simulators.

You can run macOS and install most tools and software that run on Linux. Packages in Macports and homebrew are mostly very current. It might be the best way to run bleeding edge software on a stable base system.

Some artists I know made pretty good money on NFTs for a while.

They have the resonating rhetoric, charisma, personal connections, and delusional enthusiasm necessary to wow investors. Wooing investors is a skill unrelated to technical understanding.

I used a VGA cable just last week to attach a screen to an HP micro server.

Geopolitics is when you don’t pick sides.

Exactly the kind of take OP was asking for.

Where was OP when Iran slaughtered the protesters just recently?

There are less political topics though. Of course you can make arguments about the politics of breathing or wearing a watch, but it’s not commonly done.

Focusing on emotionally triggering topics like “killing children” is exactly the kind of framing that makes political thought, analysis, and discussion impossible.

War is horrible, yes. However if you remain in an emotionally triggered state, you are unable to understand and Analyse and are an easy target for manipulation.

Why do you think, we get this destroyed school and the blood spread on international media, while there was very little to see from the massacres Iran enacted on the protesters the last couple of weeks? It’s the Iranian regime fighting the media war, distracting from their own cruelty and pointing at others. Do you really want to support their efforts?

Garuda is a great and very polished Arch distro. The bling in their riced themes is not so great for old machines, but a recent one has no issue. The documentation and community is also pretty good. Their dotfiles and choice of terminal tools were also great.

I tell children to learn an artisanal trade they can do with their hands and an artistic skill.

I think going out an meeting people IRL is what I will go for next.