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A few months now with the Pixel P8P, it works fine (unexpectedly!), great display, excellent photo abilities from great macro to good zoom. Can live well with the 'slow' chip and relatively lack of batt time. But the Doodle OS, damn, desert island, coconuts only. Samsung oneui + addons is a 5 star mega-restaurant in comparision (with nothing to pay for the meals). So carrying 2 phones (no problem + using many sims): Pixel for it's great photos (+ hotspot use), Samsung for all the rest :O)

Valkiria - blood on blood Continuing to check out 'melodic black' metal stuff, came across this, liking the 'atmospheric' sound.

Feb. update 10 ltsc done, and (have I mentionned this before?) zero problems, zero changes, zero plagues. Great OS.

Been very happy with the 5 Dell ever owned, 2 active. Always win clean install + then adding the absolute minimum of drivers, 'Dell original' (network, audio, display, touchpad etc). Zero of the myriad of Dell special-extra stuff, total available 81 (!!) drivers\apps for the Precision, am probably using 8 or so?. Maybe why there's no lags or strange hiccups here. Memory use after startup 2GB and everything peaceful. Never seen any Dell name appear in task manager.

Surface test shows the 7mm Seagate is ready for replacement. Gave good and long service. CrystalDiskInfo correctly warned about drive degradation.

Ref https://notebooktalk.net/topic/1036-the-end-of-windows-81/?do=findComment&comment=55211 Seagate 2TB, 'Caution' in CrystalDisk, after approx 7 years of loyal (ab)use in the E7440. No symptoms so far, wondering if the marked 'Sector count' means imminent carnage or continue use (for a while). Got backups & will run surface tests. Any recommendations (continue use ...or scrap asap) ? Thanks

Quite amazing, 10 years heavy use with the Dell E7440 wo any problems. Even the battery is still useable. Even better, still got the original 8.1 install from 2015. Never ever any bluescreen or OS related problem. And the old msata 256gb is doing well, should last until approx 2125 :O)

Time for a small journey away from this disturbed planet :O) Aurora Borealis - Atlas

No problem at all 😮 Demon King - And He Shut His Eyes In Anguish, Drum Playthrough

Neil Young - Cortez the Killer

A screenshot of a screenshot of a screenshot etc etc :O)

Tested pixel 8 pro zoom. The full zoom does not survive any scrutiny on pixel level, but quite impressive that such results are even possible ! link to reddit post showing 1x & 30x quick shots from within car.

w10 ltsc, 01\2025 update done. As always, all well.

3 months with Pixel 8 Pro, still works ! :O) Behaved much better than anticipated. Very+ satisfied with camera results \ editing \ options (both before and after taking pics), Display, battery, network etc all fine (for my use). Of course, vs Samsung, am missing many of oneui's nice and very useful options and tweaks, but knew in advance it was a move to the "Desert Island OS", the Pixel was acquired for it's photo cabilities, in which dept. it does deliver. One major irritation was that (ugly and unused) Google search bar, no removal possibility, so started looking for an alternative laucher. ftm using 'Discreet Launcher', open source from f-droid. Sooooo happy+ to get rid of that google search monstrosity, also freed up the locked (for widget \ date use) home screen top area. Light launcher with no over-the-top possibilities, liking it's philosophy of going after a basic, clean interface. Still quite some settings to play with, am enjoying the current setup. Pic 1: home. Pic 2: home apps (swipe up on screen, alt. always on). Pic 3: app drawer (swipe down on screen, alt. folders).

11 still struggling. Win10 = Die Hard 3 (1: xp, 2: w7) Statcounter Edit: posting this from the old dell 7440 running it's original 8.1 from 02\2015. Assuming Statcounter is vaguely correct and 3 billions (?) total win installs, 0,29 % = 8.700.000 8.1's out there, so still got lots of company :O) ...and 72.000.000 win7's still alive !

Happy new year to all :O) Earl Scruggs - Ground Speed Stringbean - 20 cent cotton 90 cent meat

Just wondering, been living with 10 ltsc 1809, soon 4 years without a hitch, on several machines, very satisfied++, it just works, all personal programs in use are fine, security to 2029, etc. But, asking those with experience on many versions, are there any (important) gains in thinking about 10 ltsc 2021, or 11 ltsc, missing out on anything (really) useful staying with 1809? Thanks

Probably what we could call "semi-legit", have got some stuff from them, no problems. https://fr.godeal24.com/cyber-monday.html?g24

Omnium Gatherum - Beyond As before, sorry for the vocals, rest is great :O) love the drums & guitars, the sound & arrangements.

And while at it, look for any heat build-up? Check with f.ex. cpuid.

Worth the few 100 $ in parts, a few afternoons and some dirty fingers! The old girl passed it's "Hauptuntersuchung TÜV \ MOT \ Controle Technique CT \ Roadworthiness Test" (pick your country) with 0 faults in every dept. I pick only meticulous garage\people for the control, wanting them to find faults, like dangerous rust etc > security above all. btw, it's a "Renault\Nissan\Vauxhall\Opel" :O) van. But old cars, it never ends. Now that it's deemed solid & safe (=worth keeping), it's over to non-lethal stuff ...like that roller bearing noise that lately appeared in some gears. Before going for a profesionally renovated gearbox ($$$$), was recommended a special ($$) gearoil that is supposed to help. Snakeoil, or maybe not :O) Worth a try, looking for wonders after that green blood transfusion lol

ltsc 10 update done, all well as always.

^^^ Yes. And, strangely, off when I took it out. But very happy about not posting something like "How do I save 9 years of irreplaceable family photos \ messages \ important documents from my completely dead pbone" lol+++ Remember to always have fresh backups available, things can (and will) happen!

Deemed beyond fix, no screen, no charge, no heat, no vibration. Nothing. Motherboard shorted, chip failure etc ? But gave the opportunity to learn a little about dismantling, can be of use in any future work (f.ex. battery swaps).

Yes, hard times does come in life. And one should and will feel it. For quite a long time. But do not loose faith that one will\can cope with it, in one's own way, one's own time. In a similar situation, talking to my doctor, telling I was feeling real bad, he answered: "Yes, I understand very well. But if you had said feeling good, I'd be seriously worried". My reaction to some of life's onslaught(s): accept the need to feel as bad as the situation dictates, while not doing anything that makes anything worse, slowly rebuilding when possible.