Yes, "reduce, reuse, recycle" in that order. It is better to sell or give away an old PC instead of just sending it for recycling or even landfill.
You'll be more vulnerable to malware because it won't be patched against newly discovered exploits.
It could actually be a good thing, since it opens up the possibility of unsnoopable channels of communication, using encryption that would be disrupted by any attempt to intercept it.
The clock is ticking down on a crucial but little-noticed part of President Donald Trump’s first round of executive orders — the one tasking the secretaries of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to submit a joint report, within 90 days, recommending “whether to invoke the Insurrection Act.”
Many of us are now holding our collective breath, knowing that the report and what it contains could put us on the slippery slope toward unchecked presidential power under a man with an affinity for ironfisted dictators.
Adding to the suspense was the recent “Friday Night Massacre” at the Pentagon — the firing of the nation’s top uniformed officer and removing other perceived guardrails (i.e., the top uniformed lawyers at the Army, Navy and Air Force) standing between the president and his long-stated intention to declare martial law upon returning to power.
Source: Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
Only one of the Five Eyes has put its intelligence services in the hands of a likely agent of a hostile foreign power. That's the one that should be kicked out first.
See also Israel's leadership today. A deep belief in your own people's superiority and your right to take things from others is a dangerous thing.
"Efficiency" is just a word they throw in to distract. None of this is about efficiency, and everything they're doing is the opposite of efficient.
It's just the bad new manager who wants to "shake things up" to make their mark, without first bothering to understand how anything works. Going through life with no clue but a baseless assumption that they always know better. Except this is across the whole federal government and the new manager is a Nazi.
This is a government of the absolute worst people.
Every single news outlet is doing the same. Not daring to call it the Nazi salute it was, and firing those who do.
CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture
When we wonder how people did not resist the Nazis in 1930s Germany, this is how. Everyone afraid and trying not to anger them, and all the businesses silencing dissent to protect themselves.
At the same time they do love to call themselves patriots and accuse progressives of not being.
The difference between taxes and fees is really just that the first is cheaper and goes to people who aren't incentivized to pocket the money while providing the worst service they can get away with. If you push a libertarian to explain their story in detail, there always comes a point where they introduce government and taxes but try to call it something else.
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There's not a lot of hope when you look at the list: