It may be worth looking into getting him a phone that only allows trusted numbers to call him.

But regarding scammers, asking "is your mother proud that she raised a thief?" really annoys them.

One of them threatened to come over and rape my sister.

I don't have a sister.

An interesting one is .uk, because the UK's country code is actually GB (the ccTLD is delegated, but unused).

And that's before we get into the really weird not-a-proper-country ones like .im or .pn.

Normal travel insurance doesn't cover high-risk activities like mountaineering. You have to buy a specialist policy.

Was the hospital affiliated with a religious order?

no

The coup has already happened.

Maybe it looks like you're trying to trick the meter into running backwards?

Endocrinology wouldn't be an entire specialism of medicine if things were that simple.

Apparently upgrading the SSD can be done, but it's a weird form factor and you need another Mac to restore it.

Federal law says you can't. The PLCAA passed in 2005.

I gave up when it wanted a Dun and Bradstreet number (whoever they are) and the website to get one didn't work.

I have had the misfortune of having to get D&B numbers (for various Apple things). I believe is the source for lead lists where you start to get dozens to text and phone spam calls per day. Do not pay hundreds of dollars for this if you can at all avoid it.

Definitely avoid unless you are distributing a consumer application through the dominant app stores (App Store and Google Play) ~globally, in which case you may not be able to avoid (or avoiding will be just as much work).

Google and Apple require it for lots of mobile apps targeting certain consumer segments because some countries (eg: Brazil, IIRC? don't quote me on that) have chosen to use D&B as a qualified unique identifier of business legitimacy and it requires exposing personal information of your company's leadership to them.

Afaik every company has a DNB number. It's a credit risk company which sources company data from every country.

Dun & Bradstreet is a business credit agency. Having a D-U-N-S number, which they issue, is like table stakes for being taken seriously as a business.

I'd take Dun & Bradstreet seriously if:

- They didn't sell your data to spammers, and

- Their website actually worked