I think Fox Sports does something similar and people complained. I've gotten used to seeing cut-outs of people at ballgames now .. weird times that we live in!
I have done codec development, heavy C++ programming, web development (front end), worked with MS Office exclusively for a year when I was a "manager" and now onto to blogging and copywriting. My trusty companion in all of this has been my Macbook Pro 2015 (Early) and it has never once crashed or stopped working.
I have seen so many Windows machines come and go and nothing can hold a candle to a MacbookPro. This is my personal opinion - ymmv. But, if you are looking for a 1-time purchase that will last you atleast 6 years, and you use your machines carefully, then a Macbook Pro is worth the investment.
Fair warning: I have no idea how the ARM-based macs are going to turn out.
Fantastic explanation of transforms and the example of 20 questions and DCT totally did it for me. The rest of the explanation is hard to grok if aren't a programmer or not interested in image & video compression. YMMV