https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039 NYT not the only big outlet doing "actual journalism"
not sure about WSJ's profitability quarter to quarter, but I don't think they are actively sinking.
And of course: opinion side of any paper is NOT news, regardless of your alignment.
If you want to rule out most everything software, you can use dd and nc to benchmark file transfers with minimal overhead. iperf also your friend of course :)
Learning for the sake of learning is nice, but sometimes it's nice to learn for the sake of figuring something out.
So, try asking yourself an easy-to-ask question to which you don't know the answer. Sleep on it. Come up with your own explanation. After a while you may find yourself itching to find out a "proper" answer. The best part is, a lot of questions aren't completely answered. But you'll have to do some learning to see which ones.
Dynaco ST-70 (stereo tube amp, mine is maybe 1960s?), 8Ω tap to either Klipsch Heresy II or Vandersteen 1c speakers.
I've had the Klipschs for 20+ years, so to me they're sort of reference/completely neutral speakers. (I know Klipschs aren't everyone's cup of tea though.)
Does the raspberry pi have a wifi adapter, and is it unused for your project?
If so, you can use your pi as an access point
no need for cables, you just connect your laptop to the pi's SSID.
Downside is that now your laptop doesn't have Internet access, which may be a deal breaker (unless you can plug your pi into a router and get access through it). You could just get a cheap USB wifi dongle for your laptop and use one interface for Internet, one for pi.
Hostapd is probably how you would go about this of you're interested ( https://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up-a-raspberry-pi-as-a-wifi-access-point/install-software )
My work phone is nice (~$700 new?), so I use that for camera when possible.
My personal phone is an entry level "free" phone. Through Google Fi, and for this one you pay up front, with bill credits for the next year (I think?) which covers the cost
so basically I give Google Fi a $200 loan where the "interest" is a cheap phone. No complaints, it's not premium but it works.
Whoa there pardner!