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Just went back through the episode and they some artificial trees may have less environmental impact if used for at least 5 years. However, some other things to consider, first where do you think the plastics in the artificial tree come from? That’s right, PETROLEUM! Also, artificial trees will end up in a landfill once they reach their end of life while a real tree is 100% biodegradable. Lastly, most artificial trees come from oversees (mostly China) whereas getting a live tree is a great way of supporting local businesses. Of course now that you have an artificial tree you’re better off using that as long as possible to minimize the environmental impact.

A properly watered tree is actually not very flammable.

The ecological damage of a single artificial tree vastly outweighs that of cutting down many trees (don’t remember the exact numbers). - Source

This is true but this was also done at at time when all of these things were unprecedented. Valve was blazing a trail with Steam and digital distribution and there was nothing else even close.

If you have Docker hand you can use my project Directory Lister to do just this quick and easily (Docker docs).

All the Portal characters, really. Cave, GLaDOS, Wheatly, Chell…

To be fair it was a third party partner, not Discord itself. But you of course knew that since you read the first sentence of the article.

One of Discord’s third-party customer service providers was compromised by an “unauthorized party”

Directory Lister is a perfect fit for this. Docker instructions here.

Disclaimer: I am the author of Directory Lister. Feel free to reach out with questions.

Now THAT’S some mental gymnastics!

There’s nothing wrong with Secure Boot and enabling it can prevent a small subset of attack vectors with no real downsides. That being said, the things Secure Boot does protect against aren’t likely to be an issue for most users but it’s nothing to be afraid of.