Oh nothing… its just $160B in trade the United States does, nothing much.

U.S. goods and services trade with Taiwan totaled an estimated $160.0 billion in 2022. Exports were $54.5 billion; imports were $105.5 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with Taiwan was $51.0 billion in 2022.

U.S. goods exports to Taiwan in 2022 were $44.2 billion, up 20.1 percent ($7.4 billion) from 2021 and up 82 percent from 2012. U.S. goods imports from Taiwan totaled $91.7 billion in 2022, up 19.1 percent ($14.7 billion) from 2021, and up 136 percent from 2012. U.S. exports to Taiwan account for 2.1 percent of overall U.S. exports in 2022. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Taiwan was $47.5 billion in 2022, a 18.1 percent increase ($7.3 billion) over 2021.

U.S. exports of services to Taiwan were an estimated $10.3 billion in 2022, 2.4 percent ($243 million) more than 2021, and 11 percent less than 2012 levels. U.S. imports of services from Taiwan were an estimated $13.8 billion in 2022, 38.8 percent ($3.9 billion) more than 2021, and 131 percent greater than 2012 levels. Leading services exports from the U.S. to Taiwan were in the intellectual property, transportation, and travel sectors. The United States had a services trade deficit of an estimated $3.5 billion with Taiwan in 2022, down 3802.1 percent from 2021.

U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI) in Taiwan (stock) was $16.7 billion in 2022, a 2.7 percent increase from 2021. U.S. direct investment in Taiwan is led by manufacturing, finance and insurance, and wholesale trade.

Taiwan’s FDI in the United States (stock) was $16.1 billion in 2022, up 1.1 percent from 2021. Taiwan’s direct investment in the U.S. is led by manufacturing, depository institutions, and wholesale trade.

Source: https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china/taiwan

How about two batteries that can be ejected and swapped without powering off the device? We don’t need to wait for super-capacitors today.

iPhones… someday. :)

I have the big SearXNG portal bookmarked ( https://searx.space/ ) but I don’t find that I ever reach for it that often. Not being able to cull lower quality sites is just a little bit of extra toil I’m happy to pay to go away.

One of my best monthly expenses. I also appreciate being able to block low-quality domains from my search results.

Absolutely doable.

I’ve switched to paid search with Kagi. Best standard feature is I can tell Kagi to block w3schools, mediumDOTcom and stackoverflow from my search results.

SanDisk sells very pretty expensive plastic bricks that excel at disappointment and confusion (like when a USB flash drive decides to become permanently read-only).

Might be somewhat partial to CueLang but that needs an external tool to fiddle with.

I mostly use YAML or TOML depending on what’s being configured.

Actually that is kind of scary, most companies supply you with a work device so it can be securely administered. That’s kind of a red flag that they accept you working from whatever you have.

Get the laptop if you can, you can probably claim it for a reduction of taxes (keep the receipts). Keep it separate, always. You’ll appreciate being able to close the “work device” when the day is done. Also, very much lock it down–do not let friends/family “borrow” your laptop.

People do the worst crap on computers that aren’t their own.