The reason is fingerprinting. Verrrry old technique. Adtech stuff. You might collect browser extension, webgl information, CPU core count, screen resolution, IP address, reverse dns, locale, headers, user agent, akamai hash, etc. The reason is so that these metrics can then be enriched to build a consumer profile and used in analytics

You’re late on april fools

How are you with GNU/Linux and how do you feel about paying nvidia a fee every month?

I know we’re mostly against cloud subs here, but not all of us can afford graphics cards.

My recommendation is probably: buy a thinkpad on ebay and use geforce now. $200 laptops aren’t going to get you very far these days at all. Focus on storage.