If you like her voice, check out The Swans and Dot Allison.

I carry a .45-70 rifle with me when I’m up north. The high powered rounds I have for bears will also fell an elephant. (In theory. I really don’t want to find out.)

Now, I am not intimately familiar with Autodesk products, but I have this extensively with other Windows only software and the VM option has worked great. Some VR platforms will even run the Windows part in the background and let you run your application right on your Linux desktop like any other Linux app.

This sounds like the set up for an ancient Greek tragedy.

There’s a whole TV show about this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Security:_Canada's_Front_Line

Who is she going to call when they close that office and fire all the staff?

If the company you work for is bought by Alpine Investments, get a lawyer. Especially if you’re a woman or expect severance when they ditch you.

“Trade in” like theres a dealership willing to give you some kind of fair value for your old computer. That said, if you’re willing to be extorted by Microsoft, then you get what you have coming to you.