Backblaze posts stats regularly on their site, for example:

• https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-2023/
• https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ssd-edition-2023-mid-year-drive-stats-review/

“Me me me me me.” I don’t have problems now, but thanks for caring.

Americans: let’s talk about America instead for no reason.

Not Gandi. They were very reliable since the beginning of the internet but they sold the company and went downhill since.

https://lowendbox.com/ is usually recommended for cheap VPS.

It was bought by a bad company who may have put crap inside.

I confirm that VPS companies use custom images with additional scripts. I’ve seen those a few times.

Avoid smart TVs, prefer large screen. IIRC the LG brand was less bad than the others. Samsung is the worst since they put ads on top of your own videos. Anyway, never plug it to the internet, never put the wifi password.

It might tell me that

IMHO an AI won’t be able to fix or cure all those feelings. You should see a therapist for this.

“I like having sex with her” would be objectively quantifiable

Again, I don’t think feelings are quantifiable, this is the main problem with AI.