I'm not using disk encryption. It's a desktop and if it's every stolen I've got bigger problems.
Also, I presume that disk encryption makes it so you can't just pop the drive in an adapter and pull stuff off it, which I sometimes need to do with old, retired drives.

6.1 inches while still too large is actually usable.

That's what she said.

It's like a Sokal Hoax for STEM.

I mean, the plunger is a little tight in my Aeropress, but jeez.

I hear pigeons aren't too hard to breed.

ATX is ATX. The spec is remarkably stable. You'll miss front-panel USB-C, though, if you put a newer motherboard in it.

I’m old

You'll fit right in.

One of these days I'll read through the PEP and figure out why Python doesn't have do-while. I understand that it's just as bad, but while(True) feels so dangerous.

That's a perfectly reasonable question.
Bench planes are used for taking rough lumber and squaring and smoothing it for use. If you only buy wood from the hardware store you're used to seeing "S4S" or "surfaced four sides" boards, so it's already been squared and smoothed by machines. If you buy your wood from a specialty wood dealer, it usually comes rough. In both cases it's usually not really square and straight, so you'll need some means to remove warp, twist, cupping, etc.
Hand planes are the old-school tool for the job. Longer planes flatten longer boards, and shorter planes are used to smooth and clean up after the rough work from the earlier planes. I'm in danger of just recapitulating this article by Chris Schwarz, so I might as well link the whole thing:
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/CoarseMediumFine.pdf
This is an excellent explanation of which planes you need, what they're used for, and how to set them up for that use.

How does multiplayer work without Game Spy?

If you just want to distance yourself from Google, give OpenBoard a try. It's GBoard without the G. It's been working just the same for me, except for some reason it spontaneously decided to stop automatically capitalizing "I".

C++ for kids... C++ isn't even for adults.