They will thrice present him a kingly crown, and he will thrice say 'ooh shiny'.

What a joke. Spending a barrel of oil equivalent on cutting down a tree and turning it into Ikea tables and then replacing it with a twig, all in the name of protecting the environment. There's more green lining the pockets of these people than in the forests they allegedly protect.

After 8500 tokens of unit conversions and arithmetic, the poor thing gave up and decided to inform me that 1 gallon is 8 pints.

After so much thought, it realized it had forgotten my question. Now it's trying to imagine plausible questions I might have asked..

Anyone who owns a tesla is either living beyond their means or extremely well off.

It's funny how the results are so often 'just so' - as if the vote was decided in advance, and these are not delinquents but rather designated dissenters.

This is the best (only) use case for blockchain I have ever heard

Luxury cars don't have a good track record of solving anything

Linear is less noisy, but that won't matter for basic stuff. In many cases you can regulate or filter the psu output if needed. Consider voltage range, negative voltages if relevant, current capacity. A cheap linear 30v 5a can do a lot of useful work.