EU and UK actions tell other stories. I'd say they're really folks with their heads in the sand.

Yeah since all of us on this site, for the most part , are old, we've been saying this since the 1990s.

What a laugh.

Nordstroms, a fur.

AND you can see this around 2010 or so when the dot com crash in 01 finally played out - business was screaming for CS folks. And there weren't many.

I hope you don't live in any place colonized Europeans. If so, you're a colonialist and should leave immediately.

Given the insanity of saying things like 'cash bail is racist' tells me that reporting the crime isn't the problem - the 'revolving door' justice system just shoves people out faster and faster. Why would you report a crime? It's not going to do a thing.

Yes, and unless you're working under the table you've shown proof of legal residency or citizenship.

Plants grow when they have the things they need, water, appropriate minerals, light, and CO2.

What? You mean leveraging off our core competencies and synergize in a cross functional team environment on a go forward basis isn't a crystal clear way to communicate our new strategy? I'm shocked, just shocked.

My most recent frig is from 2013 and it's ... 12 cubic feet i think. The 9 cubic foot uses about the same amount of electricity. I say 'about the same amount' because they're in different buildings, both climate controlled but obviously there can be variations. My goal is to have everything either frozen (I have a couple of freezers; when you live as far from a grocery as I do, you don't go often) keeping just a day of leftovers and fresh veg in the refrigerator. And any beef, pork, or chicken that is being defrosted. So I don't really need enormous refrigerators.

Exactly. I mean, I have no problems buying new things - but they DO have a cost. Yeah I have 2 friges in use right now -- one bought in 2013 and one bought in 2006. I'm done with buying new appliances when I look at the decline in reliability. Is your microwave an Amana Radarrange? I had the fortune of getting one from 1981 -- it has a touchpad, I wanted a dial - but the price was right at $20 and it's a great microwave.

soon it will be touted as the 'new extra secure Azure' and then it's going to be 'company machines do not have to be on the internet'

Nobody ever wants to count the total cost. Even by electric consumption standards, it's not high because a) it's compressor is very efficient, b) it's very well insulated, and, c) it does not have a frost free freezer. Of course, it's old enough it doesn't have much of a freezer at all. I've got that covered with deep freezers. And i'm still using my 2005 refrigerator.

Actually, it isn't. It uses less electricity than a modern frig - I measured it with a 'kill-a-watt' and if it was leaking it wouldn't be working after 80+ years. But, hey, replace your appliances every three years.