Assuming you mow the lawn once every two weeks for 6 months of the year (13 mowings). Assuming your child will do it from the age of 13-17 (5 years for a total of 65 mowings). Assume that paying someone else’s kid costs you 20$, that’s a savings of $1300 already. Factor in there all the snow shoveling, dishes, and any…

No, as I said in my other comment. RAM is storage. The more things you store in your ram, the less your computer needs to go back to the HDD to access it, making your computer run faster.

No, I’m talking about memory. It is volatile short term storage. Letting it sit idle is a waste of resources. The obsession with keeping your memory free is tantamount to storing all of your clothes in a box in the basement (hard drive) because you think you need to keep your dresser (RAM) empty.

Do you think that the benefits you’ve described are meaningful? I get that there is a theoretical benefit to doing so under certain circumstances, but do you actually think in your regular day to day usage, you realize those benefits?

There is an option to let Windows manage it. Let Windows manage it...

No, it isn’t.... Memory is storage. You don’t leave your dresser with 4 out of 5 drawers empty, do you?

This has always bothered me... So many people whine and complain that things are using so much memory and strive for the lowest possible memory usage they can. If you only want your computer to consume 512mb of memory, why the hell did you install 16gb??? The more memory your computer is using, the better. With…

My general rule is to always tell the person. Honesty is a good thing and my friends can expect that from me. I can’t really think of many situations where keeping quiet would be an appropriate course of action. Informed consent kinda demands honesty in relationships.

Some day, I hope to make enough money so that I can afford to pay the bills AND save...

To assist in the consumption of air popped corn, I use my “Mister Mister” and spray a bit of olive oil on it. It helps the salt stick to the popcorn. If I’m feeling frisky, I’ll add a bit of pepper, and maybe a little cumin, or some ground celery seeds.

To assist in the consumption of air popped corn, I use my “Mister Mister” and spray a bit of olive oil on it. It…

I’ve been using Windows IOT for a while, it’s pretty fun stuff and accomplishes all of your standard rPi projects.

You have a lot more control than just trying. Just trying isn’t gonna lead to success. If you apply for colleges, you still may not get accepted. It’s up to you to create a scenario that succeeds. I know plenty of people who are “job hunting” and when you actually watch them do it, they are filling out applications,…

I don’t like the complex constructs we assemble to forgive ourselves for failure. Failure happens, and it’s not a big deal (unless it is, at which point you prolly should have taken a more conservative approach to the larger problem).

Hands down, the Nespresso is one of the most costly, wasteful, and low quality way to make an espresso at home. Sure, the machine is on a deep discount right now, but at almost a dollar each for the capsules, you’re still spending 3-10x as much as you would with a regular coffee machine.

Hands down, the Nespresso is one of the most costly, wasteful, and low quality way to make an espresso at home.…

This works for a shallow fry, a deep fry would likely cause a splash.

Physical access isn’t necessary. An adequately compromised system will give up it’s passwords. You are assuming that a hacker is going to take the hard way. The easy way is to compromise the system, wait for the user to unlock it, then access it normally. Unless you are breaking out your two factor authentication…

My main concern with a password manager is that it’s a neat an organized list of every single password you use. If it gets compromised, then everything is compromised. It’s a very large single point of failure.

If you think that common sense will protect you better than an antivirus, you have none.

It is unfortunate that the actual templates aren’t available, and it says “Basically, figure it out” (paraphrasing).

If your interpreted code crashes, you’ll crash the interpreter. The only way it’ll crash your operating system (Remember, every OS has a “Blue Screen”) is if it interacts with the kernel in a way which puts the kernel in a state that it isn’t designed to be in.