Surfside sticks in my mind so much because it happened in my first week on the job as an engineer. That was only two years ago, but it really feels like the pandora’s box of deferred maintenance is just starting to swing open.

Birdtray might be what you’re looking for. I’ve only used it on windows, but for me it gets thunderbird out of the way but able to be checked and used immediately.

https://github.com/gyunaev/birdtray

I’ve only got a water resources/environmental practice exam that has been passed around a lot. There is a decent amount of rudimentary soil mechanics and foundations, that I actually think is getting removed for that specific exam in the new one. The new structure means it might be a choice of piecemealing old content based on the NCEES topics list, or buying brand new materials.

I’ll probably be sitting the exam a little under one year from now, so I’m planning on doing the former until early next year, then hopefully my employer will buy some newer materials, or handle a bit of the cost, or maybe a review course at a local uni.

https://files.catbox.moe/q0lv28.pdf

https://files.catbox.moe/e7u6ap.pdf

Just yesterday I got a dell inspiron for this reason. It’s the “we have a laptop at home” macbook air IMO and I only logged into the OEM windows for the 5 min of checking out what’s new windows 11 before installing my OS of choice.