Banks, insurance, and aviation all run on very well-tested established code, and are very, very resistant to change.

But people who know cobol and fortran are getting fewer and further between, so they are slowly changing. Fortunately with modern software development practices, you can much more easily write verified software.

Yeah probably.

But watch out that Amazon doesn’t send you a fake. Run one of the storage testers to validate the actual capacity.

https://www.vconsole.com/download

https://h2testw.org/

It’s definitely sucking up to you. It’s programmed to confirm what you say, because that means you keep using it.

Consider how you phrase your questions. Try framing a scenario from the position of your boss, or ask “why was my boss right to say x, y, z”, and it’ll still agree with you despite the opposite position.

If you’re just shooting the shit, consider doing it with a human being. Preferably in person, but there are plenty of random online chat groups too

The Golan Heights is Syria though