"I readily acknowledge the absurdity of all this: a portfolio of devices, swimming around various pockets, with deliberately hobbled and enabled in various ways

"I readily acknowledge the absurdity of all this: a portfolio of devices, swimming around various pockets, with deliberately hobbled and enabled in various ways, all to fit my mental whims." We're in agreement there at least. All this work just because he's lacking the self-control to regulate his gadget usage without some byzantine self-imposed restrictions, it's kinda sad.