“The only only thing better than a poison swamp is two poison swamps.”

-Hidetaka Miyazaki, probably

Yes, they fucking are. For reference, here’s a picture of where the tropics end, note how the Tropic of Capricorn is south of the vast majority of the high heat area in the image.

https://i.imgur.com/xqtBljp.jpg

While it is the southern hemisphere, almost all of the heat zone area shown here is within the tropics. The tropics do not have winter and summer as seasons.

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fTPM is firmware TPM, it is not physical.

The idea that soda and similar sugary beverages aren’t hydrating is just plain wrong. They are, it’s just that it’s not healthy to drink them in anywhere near the quantities you would need to maintain hydration using them.

Sounds like your cat is either defective or doesn’t like you. A well adjusted cat will demand cuddles in this situation and only make an attempt on your life if you refuse.

Not in this chain, but it can likely be determined from your comment history by anyone who cares enough to put effort into it. A quick, less than a minute scan through that was enough to figure out that you live in the UK, and that you lived in Edinburgh during the first decade of this century.

Way too late to be worrying about that now. You’ve already posted it, and nothing you can do at this point would noticeably mitigate those types of risks.

Agreed wholeheartedly, this is definitely not poutine, but it does look delicious.

Looks like HVAC in in the top left and then GPU out and case fan out.

Used to be independent, but it’s owned by Alibaba now, so don’t expect anything more than a pretense of independence anymore.