The 'general' package has basically fixed that for me:
https://github.com/noctuid/general.el

Makes it pretty simple to swap out most common emacs shortcuts for much more ergonomic alternatives.

You can ban them for yourself by monitoring your own internet use, deleting mobile apps (and/or disabling notifications) and reducing news consumption in general. All of which are pretty solid protocols for most people to follow 365 days / year, actually.

I'd check out Leechblock NG (for Firefox and Chrome) if you need a short vacation from Lemmy or any other websites.

Tom Otterness, the sculptor. He might not be a shitty person anymore, though (it's really up to you).

You could argue that China has devolved into a totalitarian state under Xi. There's a lot of corruption surrounding the party's Ministry of Railways, which has led to some perverse incentives to invest (possibly way too much) in HSR and urban metro networks across all of the country. And thanks to the extremely centralized power structure, you have a lot of standardized components used to roll out those networks, making construction cheaper and faster due to economies of scale.

Tldr; China's rail infra is pretty great, especially when so many of its cities are very rough around the edges otherwise. That said, East Asia's democracies (Taiwan, S. Korea and Japan) also have phenomenal rail coverage, so who knows.

Haven't listened to any, but think I'd have a hard time hearing someone talk for that long. Really enjoy the silence of books

Basic functions like web browsing are borderline unusable on the OG pinephone, unfortunately. Still a fun device to hack away at, but I wouldn't use it as a phone

If you haven't played Riven yet, that game was a huge improvement on every aspect of Myst IMO. Still completely holds up

Started having the same issue during covid lockdowns. What works for me now is:

• switching often between sitting and standing for work. Getting a sit-stand desk converter like this one really helped with that.
• pretty serious amounts of near-daily exercise (esp. swimming laps and strength training). This pays off in all kinds of ways beyond fixing back pain
• making sure to take enough breaks, even if that just means getting out for a 10-15 minute walk a couple of extra times per day.

Kentucky is the North South.

Moving to a city that doesn't force you to own a car, learning Chinese, and quitting drinking

Great, but I can't really consider any phone without a headphone jack.

I don't see the point. If we've learned one thing already, it's that the users must control the platform. And that can never happen with Reddit