In this context, it means praiseworthy. If a person describes something as based, they are commending that thing; however, it is also commonly used in an ironic way. People will praise something that shouldn’t be praised in situations where it would be humorous.

My workout playlist consists of anime openings and Power Metal. I don’t watch anime nor play D&D, but I like the fast-paced and fantasy/superhero style.

I much prefer smoothed brown noise over white noise. It’s less sharp than white noise if that makes sense.

They look like an average Spore creation. We have sword meatloaf, spiky hotdog, spaghetti mouth, and Bob.

Yes, it’s a T-post driver.

These AI images are getting pretty good. You can almost guess the model and brand of some of the cars.

I very much appreciate the correct use of POV.

I use Mull as my daily driver. It works well. It tends to break some sites, so I keep Fennec as a backup.

It might be Mint or an issue with your laptop. I’ve been using Arch for a while and haven’t had major performance issues. Before I used Arch, I used Pop!OS and didn’t have any issues either. What are your laptop specs? Have you already looked into Nvidia Optimus? Have you tried other distros?

It sounds like what you’re looking for is a DNS blocklist. I know NextDNS has a Google blocklist. NextDNS is easy to use and I highly recommend it.

I highly recommend the Kobo. You need an account to activate the device (only needs email and password), but after that, you don’t need to use their services. Side loading books onto it is trivial (it’s officially supported). Connecting it to WiFi is unnecessary after the initial setup. You can’t install a browser onto it, and the built-in browser leaves much to be desired. I would download the books onto a separate device and side load it.

Password manager like Bitwarden. I’d rather they take care of it for me. The consequences would be too great if I messed it up.