It’s not necessary in most cases, but it has advantages. Namely, it’s easier to work with and melts at lower temperatures (less risk of damaging components and burning yourself). Also, while lead has its risks, they’re easy enough to mitigate.

Lots of conjecture and misunderstanding in the other comments. Thanks for posting actual sources.

Be ready to replace the disk when the warranty ends.

What’s the point of replacing them? The warranty doesn’t keep them from dying, it just means you get a free replacement. The amount of life left on the drives after the warranty expires depends heavily on how they’re used, and most self hosters are pretty gentle on their drives. I could see replacing the drives that are heavily used, but replacing all drives just because their warranty expired seems like a waste of money and effort.

Wouldn’t mind if they keep lowering power consumption…

I didn’t say their point wasn’t valid, I just thought their reading comprehension was ironic.

The article is about a course that’s required for all freshmen, not just lit majors. Here’s the first sentence of the article:

Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities, Columbia University’s required great-books course, since 1998.

It could - if a woman has a child with her own son.

Thanks for clarifying.

Still not sure what you’re talking about… Is someone going to ask IA for payment related to the zendesk email?

Are you saying the person who sent the zendesk email is going to try to get IA to hire them for something? I’m not sure I follow…

No. And it’s hard to call the zendesk one a hack, even. They just used the same credentials that were leaked a couple weeks before.

That’s what I do, never noticed the balls exploding. It takes about 20 minutes, but that’s the microwave’s time, not mine.

Why do you think you’d hear about it?

Depending on how much the investor’s interest rates are they could be covering maintenance costs, making a profit, and still charging less than a new mortgage at current interest rates. So depending on your landlord and how much profit they’re trying to squeeze, renting might be a better option than buying right now.

I’m not a CPA, but I don’t think you can write off something that already made a profit. How would that even work, if companies were able to write off predicted ad revenue? They could make up any value and never have to pay any taxes at all.

I don’t think write-offs have anything to do with them removing these episodes.

I don’t think they can write it off either way, though. It only makes sense to write off shows that haven’t made money. It’s just “retiring” when you’re taking about something that’s already been released. There’s no ulterior profit motive, unlike when they write off unreleased movies and shows.

What does this have to do with write-offs? I don’t think they can write off episodes of South Park and the daily show that have already aired.

That depends on your OPSEC.

Isn’t the same true in the EU, then?

You also don’t need to show any ID for a business to meet “know-your-customer” regulations. Can you get a phone number without revealing your identity?