Before Microsoft demanded TPM 2.0, you could install the latest version of Windows on extremely old hardware. Easily reaching that 15 years. We had this already. And Windows 11 can easily run without TPM 2.0. Microsoft just has business reasons to demand it. So I don’t see how innovation is slowed down by this.

The tape is a sticky situation. But grounding them is pretty easy. Just keep the windows, doors, and cat flaps closed.

Why the complicated if statements to check the sign? Just let the number overflow. Would be functionaly the same, and result in much prettier code.