We do have better insulation here, especially with modern homes you're better off closing doors and windows during the day and opening them by night.

If it's solid oak you bet your ass I'll take it. I'll never tell you that I'll scrap it for parts though. New wood is expensive and planing and joining wood is a pain, cutting some cabinet doors from a table is way easier.

For me, becoming self employed was the solution. Don't like a project anymore? Just don't renew the contract and find something else that's somewhat related but different enough to be interesting.

I don't know man, those benches are nice for a variety of positions. Plus, you are already naked..

Why people would watch vanilla YouTube without a privacy front like invidious, newpipe or SmartTube is beyond me. No ads, no algorithm, sponsorblock, no click bait thumbnails and convenient download options

I have a T480 with an i5, it's more than adequate for browsing, office, I even run Qgis on it.

First few books were good but after a while I got too tired of all the time jumps and whatnot.

I have a Kia e-niro which is pretty decent. It has a touchscreen for navigation, but the climate controls, radio etc are all physical

I may have used such a feature myself, but that was more to mask my stubble from a week without shaving.