I’ve gotten 3 drives from serverpartdeals, an 18 and a pair of 22s. They were $220, about half price.

There are also some travel-friendly requirements-

Open 6+ days a week Public restrooms Drinking water

Each state is different but they’re generally similar to NYs for instance

https://www.dot.ny.gov/programs/nys-signs/logo

And Sony patented this garbage

Does a Sony Patent Propose Viewers Skip Commercials by Yelling Brand Names at TV?

That was 15 years ago.

Image source

https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/09/12/221874851/a-most-delightful-map

It’s mostly kernel upgrades that can be a problem. If you stick to the repo, you will generally be fine. If you need a specific version of CUDA, or a feature that’s only in the newest driver release, you’ll have to build the kernel module yourself. It’s not a huge deal after you learn how it works but you’re almost guaranteed to break it at some point and then you’re on the command line. If that scares you, go AMD.

pcpartpicker has some community builds that can give you an idea of cost, value, and performance.

https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/

AMD GPUs are better on Linux than Nvidia, if that’s important to you (which it should be). I’ve made nv work through the years but it is not for beginners.

It’s a rube goldberg footgun

How do you prove that your ad campaign is working?

That’s the neat part- you don’t!

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-advertising-actually-work-part-2-digital-ep-441/