Y'all, I'm running #PopOS on an old 13 inch MacBook Pro. I'm really wanting to upgrade to something new and with a better keyboard but maybe I just replace the battery, repaste the CPU and blow the thing out with canned air and call it good for another 5 years? It feels a smidge slow but I think repasting and canned air will help with heat throttling.

• Machine: MacBook Pro (2015, Broadwell i7-5557U)
• CPU: 2 cores / 4 threads @ 3.1 GHz (max 3.4)
• RAM: 16 GB
• Disk: 466 GB Apple SSD (LUKS encrypted, ext4, 50% used)
• OS: Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS, kernel 6.18.7
• Swap: 15.5 GB zram + 4 GB encrypted partition

Electric car owners may be feeling smug because they don't need to worry about soaring gasoline prices. And people with combustion engine cars may be wondering whether it's time to buy an electric vehicle.

🔗 What to Know About Electric Cars When Gas Prices Are Surging - The New York Times

Ha ha oh give me a break. "the gas-price roller coaster"??? What about the electric-price roller coaster? Here in Richmond, I have heard much complaining about Dominion pricing during the winter.

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My wife and I just recently started watching #F1. Just before last season, we watched the most recent season of #DriveToSurvive then we watched the 2025 F1 season and we have really enjoyed it.

One of my favorite things about the races is it's timeboxed. The race is over after X laps or 2 hours, which ever one comes first and I really think that's brilliant. 2 hours is just enough time. NFL games can go on too long IMO. I really like hearing all the radio chatter and such and I think other sports learn a thing or two about it.