Cutting the power for 30 seconds drains capacitors. The most likely culprit is in the PSU, but I’ve also seen it be the motherboard or GPU.

Desktop PSUs have been pretty standardized for 25 years. The odds are pretty good that you still have an old one, or know someone that you could borrow from long enough to test.

Failing that, just get one from a place with a decent return policy. I like Micro Center, if you’re near one of those.

Other people have suggested the broader ideas of saving, but I’m going to get into the details of how to spend less money.

I follow the PERK system, and have found it to be very helpful. It takes a lot of effort initially, but becomes easy once you get to a routine. There are a bunch of explanations on this, so here is the first one from Google:

https://lifehacker.com/give-your-budget-a-tune-up-with-the-perk-method-1748020270

(To find others, I had to search for “Perk postpone eliminate reduce keep”)

Most people are on multiple platforms. Find them now, while you still can. Save whatever contact info you can for them. You don’t know when you’ll need it, nor why.

Well yeah, where else would you eat salad? The floor? Everyone knows that’s where burgers are served.

It says EV battery (because politics), rather than a traditional 12v car battery. The latter is usually lead acid, while the former is usually lithium-ion (LiFePO4 or Li-NMC)

Yup, and in a very public way. As I said, this has nothing to do with Trump’s morals or anything. It’s about Epstein’s risk tolerance.

And it’s statements like that (and many more) which would make Epstein unwilling to take the risk.

It’s not really about Trump; it’s about Epstein.

You’re focusing on the wrong guy. Do you think Epstein would’ve taken the risk?

If we’re being honest, Trump probably wasn’t a patron. Not because of his morals or anything, but because he would’ve been excluded.

Epstein knew that what he was doing needed to be kept quiet. Trump has always been the loudest person in any room, making him a massive liability.

It’s unlikely that Epstein would’ve told him anything.

Adding to this, 538 gave Trump a higher probability than most pundits, and were mocked (pre-election) for doing so

While true, it’s a bit more nuanced than that. They can absolutely have requirements in the contract that will put you on site. For instance, they can have you being the one to set up the conference room for the morning meeting. They can also categorically say that their VPN access is only for FTEs.

But as an independent business negotiating a contract, you just haggle these terms away. It’s still a good idea to document expectations, including work hours and locations.

Simply having an LLC isn’t enough- it’s the separation of personal and business that enables protection. Until you have other employees, this is really hard to do/show.

If you’re going to go this route, you should probably talk to an attorney anyway.

There are legal hurdles to raising rates based on this data. The simple and obvious solution is to set the starting price as the worst-case driver scenario, then discount down from that.

It’s the exact same thing, but worded different.

The CEO is chosen by the board, which is chosen by the shareholders. The shareholders have the ultimate power, if they can unite on a goal/decision. Overwhelmingly, the only thing they can agree on is that they want to make the most money. They often can’t even agree on how to go about that.

So, the board won’t fire him because the shareholders won’t force it. The shareholders won’t force it because they want the most money, and musk as CEO seems to be the best path, or at least not a problematic one.

As for how that can be, it gets into how absurd Tesla stock is in the first place. There was a period where Tesla’s market cap (total value of all shares) was higher than the entire rest of the auto industry combined. This was despite having no feasible path towards that level of production, and even growth in general wasn’t looking too hot.

This is an entirely too rigid definition of generation. Biden was born in 1942. Clinton, W, and Trump were all born in 1946.

Betteridge gets all the credit, although the origins go back much further.

Or, if you are publishing an article, “Did Betteridge create the rule of headlines?”

This is correct. $100 used to be the standard, and a notice on many pumps still says that. If you are using credit, it shouldn’t be a big deal. You really shouldn’t be using credit right up to the limit anyway, so a few days shouldn’t be a big deal.

OTOH, if you are using debit (or similar), that’s actual money out of your pocket that you can’t spend.

I recommend using a credit card anyway, since there are many with completely free rewards. Some even have 5% cash back, which is money right back into your pocket.

That’s not really part of their mission. SS is traditionally a completely non-partisan role. They are not lackeys, just protectors.

Trump may (and will) bitch about it, but he’ll either abide by the terms of his probation or go to jail. If that means supervised drug tests, then that’s what he’ll have to do.

Offenders don’t really get a whole of say in the matter once it gets past the court system.

Secret service’s #1 job is the security of their protectee. While it usually comes up regarding children, the SS will turn a blind eye to any of their misdeeds. This is because the very last thing they want is for the protectee to ditch their protection.

As an example, the SS was present (albeit at a slight distance) when the Bush girls were arrested for underage drinking.

If Trump is using drugs, he does so with the SS’ awareness. Although that might create a logistical problem with dealers…

Many judges grant the defense way more leeway than the prosecution. One reason is actually pretty brutal- it keeps them from having something to appeal.

Trump obviously wants to drag this out as long as possible, and keep re-rolling the dice until he wins. Preventing that is a worthy goal.