I saw it coming when Trump got reelected and wanted to setup tariffs. So I upgraded all my PCs before he took office and I am glad I did. Can easily last 5 more years.
The thing is that it was shown that those no-doctor-note days actually reduced the amount of sick days, even when used for things other than sickness.
Because if you drank too much the day before and can't come into work because of a hangover. You only need 1 day to recover. But if you need to get a sick note anyway, you might as well get one for an entire week.
Yeah, a DM shouldn't write a story. The story gets written at the table.
A DM should write a scenario, the concept of a story. With many different NPC, locations, and lore. That can all be moved freely around and only get locked into existence when told during a game.
I call them information blocks. And even though you prepared an NPC block to be at a specific location block. The NPC can be moved to where the players are if the story calls for it. Same with lore blocks, especially if it is something important the players need to know in order to progress. The same lore can be said by any NPC, even if you prepared it to be told by a specific one. Having individual information blocks that switch around gives the players more agency and makes the story more fluently.
There are plenty of IoT devices that can function exactly like analog devices. Like smart switches that still have an analog switch on them, but can also be driven by motion sensors or a button on your phone.
Since those exist, your statement of "100% of them being trash" is just plainly wrong.
What does Windows have to do with cooling? That is a hardware problem.
You'd have the same issues if you installed Arch on it.
Stop blaming Windows for all your problems.