You’re right about domestic production but I think the situation is much worse. We’ve tried to make advanced chips domestically and we can’t do it. Taiwan has had decades to perfect the resource allocation, supply chains, knowledge, and work culture to make those damn things.

It should be an executive order to make them domestically, and put up with the years of failure and low output. It’s a matter of national security to be able to create and maintain computers and other advanced tech.

Hibernate?

Also, Christ, how many apps do you have running in your tray?

You shouldn’t disable page.

How much is your page being used? That’s a more real indicator. You should want all of your ram to be used.

Ram usage isn’t important, it’s how much your page being hit. Otherwise you want your ram fully utilized.

32? It takes a lot to not only use 16, but to actively use it and be affected by slower pagefile access.

These are two separate comments.

The metro is usable.

It’s still impossible to get around LA without a car. It’s a very large spreadout city.