Totally get that. I've started seeing chores as protected time for my own thoughts instead of just tasks to check off.

An hour of prep time seems a bit much for a title block location. Couldn't they just fix that on their end once they knew?

Gray_wood is right on the money. That's old dredge work, not a fresh cut. Those sharp trenches are from the ladder or cutter suction lines, and the flats are the settled overflow. Trying to fix pump speed now is like tuning your car for a pothole someone else drove through. You're reading a history book, not making a new cut.

Yeah that "ambient learning" thing is the creep factor for me. It's one thing to answer a direct question, but it's another to listen to random conversations and decide what you might want. What if you're venting about a personal problem and it suddenly suggests a therapist ad? Or joking about a trip and it pops up with flight deals. That's not helpful, that's just eavesdropping to sell you stuff.