The goal is to stop China from trying to own the EV market, which is what they’re trying to do by subsidizing export production.
Subsidizing export production is VERY different from subsidizing domestic production. The former is a type of economic warfare; the latter is a domestic policy mechanism. I know it’s nuanced but there is absolutely a meaningful difference.
Just get an old 1L class dell/hp/lenovo, a riser to adapt the proprietary expansion slot to standard PCIe, and an old x520DA2 nic. You can find all of this on eBay. Then, just slap pfSense or OPNSense or whatever you want on it.
Source: running an old Lenovo m920q with that exact setup. 2.5G copper module to the modem, fiber to the SFP+ port on my switch. Works great.
Edit: and the switch is the 9-port version of the one you posted.
It’s an income issue as well as a cost of living issue.
I have some friends who had a kid a couple years ago. Both work in tech, and have salaries in the 6-figure range, and childcare was going to be so insanely expensive that they were debating whether or not one of them should straight up quit to be a full time parent for a bit, because childcare was going to be more expensive than one of their monthly take home salaries.
And simultaneously, we have politicians wondering why birth rates are plummeting.
As someone who has worked in safety-critical aerospace in the past, and who works in biotech nowadays on projects that fall under FDA purview: the flagrant and willful violation of safety regulations that is abundantly apparent here - let alone the gross engineering ethics violations - simply beggars belief.
Fucking beancounters are killing everything. I just want to build cool shit that works good, helps people, and (I thought this part went without saying) doesn’t accidentally kill people. Please let me just do that.
Well… yes and no. This is from the house. The clown show is currently in charge of the house. So this could very well be some bullshit wild goose chase that Gym Jordan wanted to kick off as some sort of distraction.