those cheap-as-chips thermals are nice, esp some old ones , they come with a parallel port - very retro! I used an 80mm one to print short todo/lists, they fit well into my 'ancient' pocket filofax (4-ring), alas this kind of paper is not echo friendly.
"Superior" ... unless you don't use IoT, Arduino etc that most if not all of the programming/debugging webapps are using things that the Mozilla folks refuse to implement : webUSB/webSerial , sorry we are not on 90s!
FreeBSD is acceptable, but if you need features like suspend, it can be quite a hassle, and you might be fortunate if your hardware is compatible. On the other hand, OpenBSD has strong advantages for me as an out-of-the-box desktop system, allowing you to avoid the hassle of enabling services. Unfortunately, all the BSDs seem to still carry a 90s vibe.
I have one (800w) that takes about 5min to cook a potato (200gr), the manual suggests "once the potatoes are cooked, wrap them in tin foil for at least 5 minutes to cook through" but I just cook one wrapped with baking paper.
What I hated that time was exposure of the CRTs to magnetic fields while shipment.
I remember I got some of them with a display like total crap then I had to travel back for replacement.. newer CRTs had degaussing built-in BTW
The modular one looks like Convergent Technologies/UNISYS CTOS modular systems. Cool idea, but no so practical, imagine each module required it's own (external) PSU!
Olympus digital voice recorders (check online manuals before you buy), I have an old one, DM-5 that allows you to change the playback of MP3s from 50% to 600%! only minus with this is friggin slow startup if you add a lot (over 1000) MP3s plus bit PITA to use under linux.
I am on firefox 122 , binary from Mozilla, not from my distro's repos (debian) and I don't see any connection to pocket - at least some domain that has the name 'pocket' on it.
exactly as you wrote, social crap and news sites are the main issue, OP may quit from all of them - use RSS for the news , try to check from time to time, or better during the end of te day.
yeap, this PowerBook was a real gem, I had the 230 model, with dock etc, used it as subnotebook will mid 2000s - light spreadsheets and note taking! The monochrome screen was really a plus. I really miss that.