It is not recursive though. A directory is a special kind of inode that enumerates file inode numbers and when that list changes then the contents of that “directory inode” change. But if /home/user/.bashrc is deleted then the timestamp for /home will not be affected because the timestamps are associated with inodes rather than directory entries (assuming no symbolic links are involved).
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/inodes-linux-filesystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/inode
Just to second that, the model series is Latitude, not Inspiron. and yeah, the i5 processor options I got over the years beat the i7 on processing power. The Precision models are a step up, but not any kind of low cost and seem not quite as tough.
Oh, my, what a surprise! /s
Failing to provide the name of the person in the body of the email is incomptetence.
Fox included the disclaimer about contact email… but IMO the person who built the mail merge was incompetent and that will not prevent ICE from coming after Aldo.