In the US, at least, there are two levels of medical emergency responders. An EMT is a basic first responder, and receives 170-200 hours of training. A paramedic has more advanced training (1200-1800) and is able to perform more procedures and administer medicine. Most ambulance crews are one EMT and one paramedic.

CIA/FBI/NSA agents

Not excusing the practice, but I'm pretty sure Boox products use a highly customized version of the android kernel to work better with eInk screens. It's not as simple as just using the latest AOSP for them. Sadly, this also seems to be standard across all eInk Android tablets, though it looks like at least some Boox products use Android 12, while most of the space is stuck on Android 11.

We called that a cosmonaut screwdriver

A younger me would sometimes go for what we called cosmonaut screwdrivers - vodka and tang

The bulk of datacenters in Virginia are not in a rural area at all. The Northern Virginia area is the datacenter capital of the world, and they are all in urban/suburban areas. Check it out for yourself.

Pawns join in class solidarity and rise up against the oppressive monarchy.

I'm pretty sure Pepe was only temporarily coopted by the far rights, and has since been reclaimed.

The extortion for API use is how they are fucking it up, from the console manufacturer's perspective.

Charisma is selling salsa as a tomato based fruit salad

The older you get, the more excited you get for socks as a present.

Getting staff to leave voluntarily (and thus without severance or unemployment) is an intended feature.