Carrier pigeons are still faster than the internet, tested again this year to prove it

Did you build or find some yet?

The internet -in its current form of trackers, data miners, AI, and surveillance - is a huge resource drain on the environment. Yes, adding a consumer level AI is going to make it much worse

I like this, nice and simple

Hmmm, thanks for the thoughts. Any better mental frameworks for organization?

Dell gaming laptops are decent for the price and might get a discount if you have the preinstall Ubuntu (since you're not buying Windows)

Totally, difficult but by no means impossible. I think we should be cautious and have less hubris when it comes to computer security, that was my point

To add to the other security conscious comments, even if you wanted to run a VM, there are attacks that escalpe the VM and hit the underlining OS

Computers are inherently insecure

Some classes don't need to work, they hire others to invest their resources or can just live off their resources

Perfection

Together we can create our very own echo chambers!