From what I've watched/read the builds are using at most 50% recycled materials, which is still pretty good.
As for the cultish aspect, I think anyone can enroll in their "courses", and considering how many tires need ramming nobody would say no to lots of helping hands. I haven't heard of any abuses or scandals regarding those, but feel free to share them as a warning to anyone who might be intrested in attending their courses, including me.
Thats exactly my go to setup right now but for different reasons, I struggled with doomscrolling no matter how much I'd dumb my phone down.
I'm using a Nokia 6300 4G for tethering/calls and a Thinkpad for everything else.
Probably somewhere between 3 and 4.
I would notice it the most during exams, where when faced with a question I'd be able to recall how the page with the lesson was laid out, only I'd see blurry squiggles instead of letters.
Before buying something new try to look up on secondhand marketplaces/craigslist.
I've snatched an Ergodox Ez with wristrests for a bit over 100 bucks because the previous owner could not get used to it :P
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