I hope they sell so many of these, because the Mac ecosystem is just better for learning about computers then what most young people use daily.

Not enough memory is sometimes just a slowdown these days, with ssd and swap.

In an interview setting this is such obvious bait to see if the person will ask more questions or go straight into making a solution.

It really depends on how much time is spent filling out the spreadsheet.

If they are collectively spending 1hr/mo on the spreadsheet then it’s not worth an SWE’s time to optimize it. If they are spending 4hr/day on the spreadsheet then it’s a prime candidate for automation.

Why even ask for the cookies if denying them doesn’t achieve much?

It’s naive to think that cookies are the only tool used for tracking, but they are the most powerful tool for web based tracking.