Thanks, I see your point. My computers are usually doing something (running servers, long-running computations, backups, downloads, etc) or they are sleeping (ie, not running up the power bill). Boot time isn't the tedious part of restarting, it's restoring state that isn't saved. Anyway, I always disable auto-updates because updates change things; I want to choose when things change.
I'm surprised your PC runs hot enough to cost you so much for A/C. I doubt my computers impact my power bill very much compared to appliances, heating, charging cars, etc.
The local food bank. It's hard to make ends meet. If people can get food from the food bank then maybe their limited dollars can go to other things they need.
Hydrogen? I'm not a close observer of the auto world, but it feels like Toyota went with hybrids a long time ago and don't see a reason to change that.
I think it's meant to be perpendicular to the wall & window