A 2230 from Ali Express is very affordable. I’d definitely recommend that over any modifications.

archive.ph will get you around the paywall too, if that’s more your style.

NYT cooking tends to have recipes with short descriptions and very little narrative.

Looks like an Intel NUC supports CEC. That would be a more powerful option I suppose.

What about a Raspberry Pi or other SFF PC flashed with libreelec to run Kodi.

Cooking. It gives me a chance to be creative, plus I need to do it multiple times a day. Also, you get to share the fruits of your labor with friends/ family. Definitely helps that I don’t have any friends who are picky eaters.

Can it run Doom?

Sebo also makes a great “premium” vacuum, but like the Miele, it also uses bags. I feel like the best vacuums tend to use bags.

New deck, albeit on the older side. The physical buttons just stopped working one day. By that I mean the d pad and A B X Y buttons would just randomly be unresponsive.

Was playing a bunch of Pokemon Fire Red, but then unfortunately had to RMA my deck. Waiting on a replacement. Luckily i still have my SD card, and i cloned the SSD before sending it back.

Very true. Leisure is essential even if it’s not “productive.” That’s not a great metric to measure things by.

I was thinking of it purely as a means to unwind, but you’re right. I kind of forgot about the documentary How Beer Saved the World, even if it is a bit exaggerated at times.

Appreciate it

I can do those too! Hooray, I’m valuable

Brewing beer. It might not be “essential,” but the apocalypse is gonna be bad enough, might as well have beer.

I’m a member of the SRA. I’m not saying lefty gun owners don’t exist. I’m just saying a lot of people don’t see them.

Not even close. About 3000 miles east

We definitely exist, but to the average American, a lefty gun owner is a unicorn.

Samurais (AKA Jimnys) are the shit

Guns. People assume I’m a Republican