Tell me if I'm close. When asked to concisely offer information, you're robbing the LLM from faithfully spewing your preferred rhetoric.
"... ability to debunk misinformation"

For fucks sake, grow up.

I function best with an average of 5-6 hours of sleep per night. Doesn't mean I'm one of those crazy people who crack their eyes open and leap out of bed to greet the morning. There's some kinda science that makes bedsheets softer when you wake up than when you go to bed, and it's nice to just lay there a bit and enjoy it. If I actually sleep in and get 8 hours, I'm yawning all day. If I sleep 4 hours I'll be good for a week, but then need 6-7 hours on the weekend to "catch up". If I drink alcohol before bed, I will be fully awake after maybe 3 hours full of energy and there's no chance of going back to sleep. Caffeine is the opposite, I can drink a cup and go straight to sleep and conk out for the whole night.

Yeah, I'm weird

I mean, the dude's nickname was literally Sleepy Joe ... So, no.

There's no issues staying with Valkey, and no benefit to returning to Redis even with their hurriedly added new features.

I am 100% in-office most of the time, but when there's been weeks like this one .. well I decided to WFH today and actually move the needle forward on the projects under MY responsibility. Far too often we're the answer department, and despite telling people to figure things out on their own (where possible, ofc), it doesn't change the fact the interruption already happened and negatively impacted my productivity. And code quality.

Actions for those who want everyone to capitulate to their own desires via the 'safety' ruse:

1. 1. Fuck off
2. 2. Take the bus

Let me guess, you push the 'safety' nonsense so you feel better about driving slower than traffic, in the left lane, with your nose in your phone.

Or if they do, they try to check off as many hot topics as they can, which obscures and dilutes whatever story there was to tell. The film industry needs to back off the formulaic approach and get back to mentally engaging entertainment.

through bad business decisions. We used to be basically an exclusively HP (starting with Compaq since they were right around the corner) shop, from servers, to desktops, laptops, network infrastructure, and printers. All of that has gone by the wayside over the years, and none of it for religious reasons. The product has become undeniably worse. Servers are now Dell, desktops and laptops are a mix, networking went to Cisco, and printers are another non-HP mix starting in the 3000 series era where the Canon print engines came into play and the printers became unreliable junk. I miss the old HP you could rely on.

Typical idiocy. This has nothing to do with free speech, and everything to do with being an asshat to those around you. It's not illegal to take a dump, but it is illegal to take a dump on your boss' desk. Why? If it's not obvious, you're part of the problem.

All this attempted focus on social things, personal feelings, and other distractions. Do that on your own time in your own circles.

Or at best, an annoyingly chatty passenger. Obviously not a car guy.

I'm in tech, have been my whole life. I LOVE gadgets. I LOVE technology. But I also LOVE cars. Shoving ever more tech gadgetry into cars makes them undeniably worse. Don't misunderstand, there's a lot to be said for actual tech, like seat belt pre-tensioners, variable impact airbags, anti-lock braking and active handling assist. Those have saved countless lives. Closed loop engine controls, electronic ignition and the like have made engines run clean, efficient, and reliable. But these advances also share one absolutely crucial aspect - they stay out of your way, quietly minding their own business except where they are needed.

The best controls in vehicles are those you can manipulate purely by muscle memory without taking your eyes or your mind off the road. They do one thing, the same way every time. Controls, not an interactive elements. Voice control is pretty damned interactive and has no place in a vehicle.

To each their own, I guess. I don't like lightweight mice, or keyboards. Not only do I actively use it, but my Magic Mouse is the lighter of the two mice I actively use. The mouse I use on my PC (Logitech G502) even without the add-in weights is heavier than the Magic Mouse.

The one thing I really think Apple got right was making the whole surface of the mouse active. Finger scrolling in whatever direction you need, while simultaneously moving the pointer with your wrist, is really nice.

My youngest (10) has been complaining about school almost since he started. At first we chalked it up to new environment, added structure, etc. but when he became increasingly specific we couldn't keep explaining it away. His main points were boredom, repetition, constraints around learning beyond the curriculum, and being forced to sit ... and sit ... and sit ... So we finally made the decision to give it a try, pulled him and placed him into a home school program. He's a bright kid, we knew he'd finish in shorter time than in public school but we were not prepared for how much of a difference. We chose a fully accredited program, approved by the state to be equivalent (actually ahead of) their established grade level standards. Just in case he needed to go back. Cue surprised face when he trots out of the office after 45 minutes saying he's done for the day and asking if he can play on his VR. No way, 7 hours in school can't equal 45 minutes at home. Apparently it does, little squirt had everything right. 100%. Every day has been the same, and we've bought more materials to supplement. He is absolutely eating it up, and loves learning all these things beyond what they would ever cover in public school. The biggest thing he longed for was contact with kids, but we've already started figuring out where other homeschool kids go during the day and that too has been so much healthier.

tl;dr; It's not Gen-Z, it's our schools.

I don't honestly see much meaningful difference when the other choice is someone who must prepare to merely deliver a coherent sentence.

Buddy of mine in our Jr. High typing class was pretty cool. He had no arms, but could type 35wpm with his nub.