On a scale from 10 to 10, how good of a boy is he?

I will not answer the "good deal" aspect of your question, as I have no idea of the laptop market on your side of the Atlantic. But what I can say is that I steer away from HP in general:

• The good HP laptops are great. But they suffer a little from the Adidas syndrome, making them pricey just because of the brand name. The HP pavilion from 15-20 years ago was amazing. Good hardware, good build quality, incredible audio.
• ...but their cheaper line has always been awful in every respect.
• Their business oriented laptops are pretty good, but Dell is just as good if not better.

Not really. I've trained dogs way older than that, but the complexity I've managed to teach them varies. Dogs want to be your cool bro, and given enough positive reinforcement, they'll do whatever it takes, provided that they understand what it is that you want.

Disclaimer: I'm not a professional dog trainer. I just grew up with dogs. Golden retrievers and Field Spaniels, mostly.

Not OP, but this is the first time I hear about anyone else than me.

Long story short, a major accident when I was 15 left me with a minor permanent condition; a severed facial nerve. I have this small area in my face where I cannot feal anything apart from the occasional stabbing pain. It is combined with one muscle being out of action as well - that one you use to lift your nostril.

What are your hobbies?

And more importantly, what is your favorite dinosaur?

I have some chargers for my RC helicopters days. They're awesome. They can charge almost any battery type (although it took ages to charge my 12V 200Ah AGM battery), and when it's done it plays a small fanfare.

Nervously glancing over at the stack of Exos 10TB drives I have as leftovers after upgrading a storage cluster to use 18TB drives

Because it's what most general purpose screws come with here. Also because it's the superior head.

I've used Robertson a few times. They're quite nice, and I prefer them over philips, but its strength is also it's weakness: The square hole allows for a lot of torque, but punching that square weakens the head and makes the screw head more likely to shear off.

Yeah, I've considered that - Remake the mdraid and partition schema on the correct drives, and then rsync everything over. It's just a lot more manual than what I was hoping for was possible.

I keep my collection in the walls, mostly. Some in the furniture.

A 13mm (half-ish inch) ratchet spanner comes in handy quite often. It's used everywhere, and handy to have available when you can't be arsed taking out the entire socket set.

I too would've been traumatized if my dentist was Saruman, with experience from the Finnish winter war, as well as moonlighting as a bond villain.

Exactly the opposite. Philips screws are no longer patented.

The last related patent for Philips expired in the 60's. No royalties are required since then. Also, the patents were filed with USPTO, which nobody outside the US care about.

I think "Just be the best version of yourself" is a better phrasing.

Tx25 is by far the bit I use the most. That's why I always make sure to have extras.

Most general purpose screws you find at the hardware stores here in Norway are torx.

Why don't you just quit?

/s, obvously

I catcalled this woman the other day after seeing her at the store. Since it was just the two of us in that aisle, I gave her a friendly pat on the butt. She must've liked it, because she went home with me.

Also, she's been my GF for over 14 years. Sexual harassment isn't cool, guys. Unless it's consensual.