Along with other suggestions above, I’ve really enjoyed Travel Man - travel show with Richard Ayoade (IT Crowd, and many other credits).

Upvote for BlackBerry. I really enjoyed that film!

Pretty much all the major news outlets still publish to RSS. I use RSS for my news and was able to find feeds from my preferred news sources. I’m sure not all publish, but CBC does for sure.

I picked up a used Latitude 7300 (I think?) last year and am quite happy with it. I appreciate that I can replace the ram and ssd myself for repair / upgrade.

I’m running Mint on it and haven’t noticed any problems.

For me it’s also about reducing my reliance on my mobile. Teaching my kids by example that life isn’t only on my phone is easier when I can more clearly demonstrate what I’m doing. To listen to music I get my music device. When I want to take pictures, I grab my camera.

I had considered this. I still may at some point. I wanted to play with the original interface and experience that. Plus my car connects well to iPods (it’s an older car) and that’s pretty handy. I’m pretty sure it’ll get the audio from rockbox but less confident playlists and such will work.

I’ve been using a gen 5.5 for about 10 months and am quite enjoying it. I bought a refurb with a fresh battery and SD card replacement. Sounds great, nostalgia moments on point, and can enjoy music without my phone.

On Linux it’s been a bit cumbersome to get content on, and the podcast experience is subpar by modern expectations, but I still appreciate the tactile interface. It’s nice to interact with things that aren’t all glass touch surfaces.

This was my experience about a year or two ago. I was really impressed with how polished it was in ecosystem. Using Firefox, Typora, Plex and a bunch of other things that solved my user needs better don’t quite fit in right. When the update came that required me to wipe my system, I switched to Mint. I’m happy where I am now, but don’t believe Elementary was a bad thing - just clearly wasn’t aligned with what I needed.

I personally like the True Tiles system. They print fast and don’t obstruct as much of the game. However they are also less immersive/ impressive.

ShipWorks (by Dragon Workshop) if you want to print some epic ships.

Yasashii minis if you want to punish your FDM printer (or reward your resin).

Brite Minis for FDM friendly minis.

Fantastic! I that’s what it’s all about, making sure everyone has a fun time.

I ran my first game ever last week. I used some TrueTiles for some buildings, and took some other models and modified them to fit the True Tiles philosophy.

The party likewise enjoyed it.

Looks great - did the party enjoy the experience?

Thank you for pointing this out. I never noticed before, but also couldn’t figure out why I’d struggle so much to find what I was looking for when I signed into proton. This explains it.

I recently picked up a Dell latitude 7300 for less than $300usd. It has two sodimm slots (supports 32gb) and up to 1TB SSD. I’m pretty happy with it although it’s a touch older than the x1 carbon gen8. The 7400 is slightly larger with a 14” display and is the same generation otherwise.

I’m running Linux mint on it and haven’t tried your specific distro.

I did this - mine is a few years old (Dell latitude 7300) for roughly $225usd. It’ll drive my 4K monitor ok, came with 16gb ram (and is user upgradable to 32). I don’t develop on it intensely but I would feel comfortable doing so outside of an immense project. I’m happily running mint on it and everything works smoothly.

Thanks for sharing. I think it’s an interesting way to approach life. I’ve found myself trying to get the most out of life by scheduling my free time so I can make sure I’m not wasting time. It broke down for me when I’d find myself not wanting to do that thing and then feeling guilty about wasting my time instead of acknowledging it’s ok to take time to make sure I’m in a good space.

I’m not at the “don’t need a vacation” phase but it’s a great idea to consider so thank you!

I didn’t know about this community on Reddit. My move to Lemmy came with a long dislike for the world of Reddit. As a result I’ve closed my remaining standard social media accounts (or plan to access once a week to make sure I’m not forgetting anything before closing). My discovery of this community was well timed with my interest in reducing my stuff, stress, and tech.

Mine arrived on June 16. I requested a day or two before the AMA

Oh I hadn’t connected those dates together. Certainly it could have been part of his vision. It could be a very interesting world if FaceTime was available on other operating systems. Who knows what else may have come with it.

I remember this and thought I was crazy. There was an article linked somewhere on Lemmy last week that addressed this. It seemed like it was a Steve Jobs special - no one knew he was going to promise that. Subsequently, they got tangled up in a patent dispute with someone who owned a very vague communications protocol patent. That outcome has been appealed, from both sides, in courts basically since then.

I saw this two weeks ago. I had a few days where I thought I was going crazy because there was no “log in” link in the header, just a more obnoxious “open the app” button instead. After a few days I did see the log in button again, but I had already accepted the fact that I’d only be allowed to use their mobile app and convinced myself I’d close my account (which I subsequently did two weeks later)