Good read. I'd add one more reason: write a post to document something. Might help someone else in the future, might not, but if you ever need to refer back to it, it's going to help you!

I don't think the vast majority of users use browser plugins at all. Vodoo or not, the barrier is high enough that it's not a common practice. Certainly not trivial. See the next section; I do think there's a genuine blind spot among tech literate people.

It's kinda like if cars shocked you every time you touched the steering wheel. Car enthusiasts of course know how to pop the hood and remove the shock module, but most drivers aren't car enthusiasts. So when people have a conversation about cars, it needs to start with 'yeah shock wheels kinda suck' because that's what cars are to drivers, even if you have a workaround. If leaving the shock module in as a reminder is what it takes, so be it.

I really like nonfiction, so I'll recommend a few.

Wonderful Life (Stephen Jay Gould) was what really helped me understand biology. Really interesting read if you want to hear about evolution or paleontology. If you prefer land animals to Cambrian bugs, Rise and Fall of dinosaurs (Steve Brusatte) is also a great read, though it didn't blow my mind as much as Gould did.

House and Soul of a new Machine (both by Tracy Kidder) are op opposite ends of the technical spectrum but together form a rich portrait of people at work.

Exploding The Phone (Phil Lapsely) is the book you want if you're at all interested in retro technology. I suspect many people who care enough to use a ln offbeat social network like this one will enjoy it.

Annals of the former world (John McPhee) is a hefty tome that tells the natural history of United States geology, the history of geology (especially how plate tectonics were discovered) and how geology has interacted with the people living on it.

Similar situation here. I held on to mine until it couldn't run Godot 4 then finally moved up to a newer Thinkpad. I still miss that keyboard...

It's not specific to Godot 4, but I found this couple of videos really useful for understanding how to build interpolated multiplayer in Godot:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=w2p0ugw3afs (and the one after on extrapolation.)

Huh, TIL about the Pliche: https://lowendmac.com/musings/pliche.shtml

I'm sure they have sentimental/kitch value. At the very least, I'm sure a junk shop would take it off your hands.

MacOS was just about as jank as Windows 9x by my recollection.

The screen was nice, the USB support was nice. I didn't hate the keyboard, though I was used to an IBM Model M so I hammered those keys...

Just wait till you find out the reliability of faxes and subsequently find out how much of the medical profession relies on them.

Just pick an engine and stick to it.

Thanks for the info!

I'm still on there because at the very least it's a decent way to track the books I've read. I keep getting tempted to put my reviews on my blog instead ot Goodreads though.