Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman is the book that comes to mind with this article link. 2 years ago my wife and I took the TV off the wall. My kids don't have Bluey or the latest Disney cartoon to keep them company. I am not going back... It has been the most blissful time. Amazing that the TV is not required to lead a thriving life despite what the incessant sales-industrial-complex will tell you.

I tried to do this recently but discovered that the DRM algorithm changed and I couldn't use the standard de-DRM tools.

Thanks for the info!

are you using a relatively new kindle?

It is a Linux variant. Has been rootable in the past.

USB ethernet tether might be the “how” here. Or some sort of VPN (tailscale) to the home LAN that the phone is hooked up to. Not quite “off-grid”.

What is the functional difference? unzip is installed as a default on linux distros just as tar is...

The more pedantic compiler flags you introduce, the more strongly typed it becomes.

I have been using grist [0] for a number of months. Self-hosted. Uses Python and has defined all common Excel functions as Python functions. Has a web-api so it can be used as a kind of database. Very nice for my small use-cases where Excel would have fit the bill. I have not stress tested it and I know there are row limitations without going to the enterprise edition.

0: https://www.getgrist.com/

On iOS install ReadKit which can interact with a very nice interface to FreshRSS. I self-host FreshRSS and it works perfectly, syncing with the server so when I go to the computer, it is up-to-date with what I have opened. I do not know if ReadKit is on Android.

Reeder is another nice (iOS) client with FreshRSS support https://www.reederapp.com/

Reeder is the app I use the most. It does its job perfectly and nothing more. I love it.

And iCloud sync!

emacs org mode… anything else needed?

There are better apps. You want one that supports library exports if/when they also "discontinue" their services. I use pocketcasts.