I can't say I've ever used a microwave, but I usually bake or convection bake the beads at just above the boiling point of water (something like 225-240 degrees) for an hour or two in the oven.

I'd be concerned with the microwave that they might get too hot myself.

Why don’t you just carry around your 65" TV instead?

Cause the battery life sucks.

Negative equity just means you owe more on something than it's worth. So whether you have negative equity on a car loan is a "it depends". On a new car, probably yes because of the big deprecation hit as soon as the car is driven off the lot, but on a car where the loan is almost paid off probably not.

Well, even if there's no update for your shit, it's still possible to go into the certificate store your browser/OS/whatever uses and delete the compromised certificates.

Not much you can do about everyone else not updating their shit though.

I assume we'll still need the 32 bit libraries to play 32 bit games, which at this point is probably just older games that will never be updated. I guess it depends on what you like to play, but I'll be stuck with them for some time yet.

Don't forget the SIM card slot.

In all seriousness, next is probably the charging/USB-C port. Wireless charging only.

You might as well just buy a cheap Android phone to use as a music player. A number of the MP3 players out there are pretty much that anyways, except they actually delete the cellular modem.

The cheap phones are also more likely to have a 3.5mm jack and an SD card slot too.

Are you still running Windows 7 or something? Because my experience with Windows 11 and updates is exactly the same. Windows 11 basically does whatever the fuck it wants and any settings or preferences around updates is frequently ignored.

Is it really hypocritical to find a tool useful yourself, but at the same time complain about people who misuse the same tools?

The big problem, at least to me, is that they were massively overplayed on the radio and I grew tired of hearing the same song over and over again.

Now hearing them again after a long break, I can recognize that they made some decent - not great, but still decent songs.

I have to say I enjoy that movie a lot too. I'm not denying that it's a terrible movie, but it's terrible in a very watchable and enjoyable way.

I guess I don't know the rules around this time traveling adventure, but hopefully you're in it for the long haul.

I'd buy Microsoft myself. Perhaps sometime around the very late 90's sell it then buy Apple.