Start paying for your search engine and you can get better results. I’ve been pretty happy with Kagi.com

It has a built in ad blocker, so you don’t need ublock, even though it would work too.

ChatGPT already has a free tier. It’s likely the same deal. Apple said you can link your ChatGPT account if you want access to premium features.

Same! I’ve had the same Arch install since 2010. It has outlasted all the original hardware, except for the case and power supply.

You can use Yubikey Manager: https://www.yubico.com/support/download/yubikey-manager/

How does NextDNS compare with controld.com?

How are you liking Controld vs NextDNS?

I tried Mullvad's DNS service and found that it messed up sites that rely on geography based DNS routing. For example, I'd get sent to a service's servers in Singapore instead of the US. This caused some noticeable lag.

You can buy a jacket that is (mostly) made out of cotton, and then wax it yourself. It’ll probably take you a few hours to do, but it can be done inexpensive. AliExpress has some cheap waxed jackets too.

There is a map search mode that does surface location aware results, after explicitly getting your permission to get your location.

Balls? Of course.

That TLDR is more of a thesis statement than a TLDR/summary.