This is the primary way I read longer articles on the internet. I hope something else pops up because this changes my daily routine pretty significantly.
Almost everything you have written here can also describe Canada. There is an Australian YouTuber named Chris Kohler who does really funny little shorts describing things happening in the Aussie economy and it’s jarring how often they apply directly to Canada also.
I'm not much of a MacOS fan, but his laptop is the best laptop I've ever owned. I got the 8GB/256GB version and it was worth the price because my kid still uses it every day. The 720p webcam is fantastic quality. The speakers are the best I've ever had in a laptop.
We just replaced the battery with a new one from iFixit and it's like a brand new machine.
I have some Prana pants that I really like, but don't wear too often. Recently someone asked me where I got them and I said, "hmm maybe 5 years ago at MEC." A month later I came across a picture of me wearing those same pants on a fishing trip 16 years ago.
There is an artist who has a Tumblr featuring characters in the style of Richard Scarry that parodies professions that many on HN would be familiar with.
I will use Harmony for my home setup until it no longer functions.
The horrors I have seen related to CEC and ARC are something else.