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  • Nah, fridges are convenient. That’s what makes the beer taste good!

    There is a definite interest in learning older preservation techniques. I’m not sure how it lines up with political beliefs, though. For any that do, the big trick was salt - lots of salt. If they are above a certain age, it’s likely to do some damage based on the rest of our modern lifestyle.










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    A valid option, but one that brings its own issues and caveats to the table. Do their apps even run on IOT? Are they currently using that bloat? Will Steam/etc keep working on Win10 after support for the main edition ends? What about drivers, or a new printer, or whatever?

    Not saying it’s a bad option, but it can’t just be thrown out as the singular solution to support ending.


  • High profile and high impact cases always take a long time. Murder trials by themselves (with no significant impact) average something like 9 months before trial. Every extra facet adds more hearings and delays. There will be many, many motions from both sides on what can be shown to the jury.

    As for his rights, he can certainly choose to invoke that. I believe that would give them 60 days to begin. However, that also means that his defense only has 60 days to prepare. Delays almost always benefit the defendant.


  • It’s not so much being unaware of anything. It’s about ensuring the juries are able to impartially evaluate the evidence presented. If one has a conflict of interest, or certain outside knowledge, they can’t be impartial. Simply having read the news stories probably won’t disqualify you. But if you’ve written similar statements as the accused, that would.

    Since this is a high profile case, there are some interesting possible conflicts of interest. They might disqualify anyone that’s ever had United Healthcare insurance. Or anyone that’s had a claim denied, regardless of insurer. Or works in the medical field. Or had a family member with various medical conditions.

    For all of the reasons that some people say it was justified, those are reasons a juror could be disqualified.

    But these are all idle speculation at this point. It will be a long time (probably years) before they actually seat a jury.



  • Jury nullification isn’t an official path to be taken. Many judges will slam on the brakes the moment anyone, anyone at all, even hints at it.

    Officially, juries are finders of fact. Did he do the actions needed for each charge? If so, then the verdict must be guilty. They are not finders of law; that’s for the judges or legislators.

    That said, much like determining which degree of a murder charge, whether “he had it coming/he started it” could play a big part in evidence and testimony.



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    This is off topic, but it’s something you will need to consider before doing this. Windows 10 support ends in less than a year. Windows 11 officially requires a newer CPU than the motherboard will accept.

    There are tricks to force Win11 to install on older equipment, but they risk Microsoft bricking them with a future update. This has already happened to an extent - C2D worked on Win11 23H2, but 24H2 requires at least a 1st-Gen Core CPU. Anyone in that group cannot upgrade, and may face BSODs. Other features may not work as expected, either.

    The alternative would be to stay on Win10 after support ends. This is highly risky because of missing security patches. I’m not sure if you can sign up for extended updates as an individual, but that would be another annual expense.

    So, with that in mind, is the hardware upgrade still worth doing?


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    It’s a trade off. You could get 32GB of whatever speed, up to the DDR4-3400 limit of the board. You’ll probably end up with DDR4-3200. Your existing RAM, having been purchased years ago, is probably around 2400.

    All RAM must operate at matching specs, which is why you sometimes see that it can run at 3200, 2666, 2400, 2133. It will (usually) run at the highest spec supported by all of the pieces - every stick, the motherboard, and the CPU.

    So, in the above scenario, you could either have 32GB @ DDR4-3200, or 40GB @ DDR4-2400. If you don’t need more than 32GB, the extra capacity won’t help, and the speed difference is all you would ever notice. But if you need more, the extra capacity will make all the difference.


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    Some specs you just need enough of, and adding more won’t help. Others improve performance all around.

    RAM and storage space are the former. You definitely need more RAM. You might need a bigger SSD, but you would need to evaluate that yourself. Is it low on space? RAM and storage speed are the latter.

    You probably don’t need faster RAM (although it won’t hurt; it’s just unnecessary). But a faster SSD will make a world of difference. If the specs I found are to be believed, that board has a single M.2 slot that can be used for NVMe. Even the cheapest NVMe today is several times faster than the fastest SATA SSD. For gaming, this will affect load times. It may also reduce stuttering