the fan randomly starts running pretty hot on mine and i find that concerning since I can't afford a new laptop and will probably not be able to for several more years.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
My previous laptop was from 2009 and lasted about 4 years. By 2013, its battery barely held a charge and its hard drive was dying, so instead of replacing those parts I just bought this one, which has twice as much RAM and a bigger hard drive.
Compared to the last one, this one's still in quite good shape for its age, and I'll probably be able to get another two or three years out of it if I have to...
I don't know what the projected lifespan on those things is but the only thing I've ever replaced is the charger, so it's held up pretty well all things considered I guess.
mate my laptop is 6 years old every time you try to save a file you have to carry it across a snowy hill slick with ice uphil both ways, and the cyber ants that run the microprocessors have formed a union and are demanding 15 dollars an hour it's hell
Cook Out probably has the most inconsistent branding I've ever seen on a restaurant chain but the food's super high quality for fast food so it evens out
I've never been to the Lexington one but I go all the time in Raleigh because they have a killer tray special there:
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I'm seriously getting into "first-wold problems" territory today, aren't I?
I feel like a desktop and/or a tablet is a better investment when you're broke than a laptop for a bunch of reasons, but I get how a laptop can be convenient in some cases, and I do feel bad when I hear about other people's laptops going kablooey or otherwise working incorrectly... >~>
I got a Stones Throw Records sticker when I bought Quasimoto's The Unseen album so that currently is sitting atop the Dell logo on the back of Teletraan's outer shell.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I feel like a desktop and/or a tablet is a better investment when you're broke than a laptop for a bunch of reasons, but I get how a laptop can be convenient in some cases, and I do feel bad when I hear about other people's laptops going kablooey or otherwise working incorrectly... >~>
Maybe once I graduate I'd consider a desktop computer, but a laptop is pretty much indispensable for me right now as a student at a big university. Sure, there are computer labs on campus I have access to, but the convenience of being able to take my own computer wherever I need to go tends to outweigh the drawbacks of a laptop.
Cook Out probably has the most inconsistent branding I've ever seen on a restaurant chain but the food's super high quality for fast food so it evens out
I've never been to the Lexington one but I go all the time in Raleigh because they have a killer tray special there:
I feel like a desktop and/or a tablet is a better investment when you're broke than a laptop for a bunch of reasons, but I get how a laptop can be convenient in some cases, and I do feel bad when I hear about other people's laptops going kablooey or otherwise working incorrectly... >~>
we bought a tablet for christmas and it took literally two days for my siblings to get malware on it
That's why a tablet/desktop combo is ideal, to my mind, but the irony is that wouldn't work with my desktop because it's from the last generation of PowerPCs and thus is old and unsupported by basically everything.
Cheerwine is a cherry-flavored soda from NC! It's not my favorite but I do like it, and it's one of the few things I know North Carolina can actually brag about, so it has its merits.
Cheerwine is a cherry-flavored soda from NC! It's not my favorite but I do like it, and it's one of the few things I know North Carolina can actually brag about, so it has its merits.
That's why a tablet/desktop combo is ideal, to my mind, but the irony is that wouldn't work with my desktop because it's from the last generation of PowerPCs and thus is old and unsupported by basically everything.
I went with the desktop+tablet approach and when I'm on campus I frequently curse not having a laptop. It's just not realistic to do schoolwork on the tablet, at least not comfortably.
Cook Out probably has the most inconsistent branding I've ever seen on a restaurant chain but the food's super high quality for fast food so it evens out
I've never been to the Lexington one but I go all the time in Raleigh because they have a killer tray special there:
I feel like a desktop and/or a tablet is a better investment when you're broke than a laptop for a bunch of reasons, but I get how a laptop can be convenient in some cases, and I do feel bad when I hear about other people's laptops going kablooey or otherwise working incorrectly... >~>
we bought a tablet for christmas and it took literally two days for my siblings to get malware on it
we don't really have the room for a desktop
To the first, I'm curious, too.
To the second, that seriously sucks, but I am nevertheless curious as to how they managed to do this. (I would advise that you save up and double up like that when you move out. A desktop will afford you more processing power, and a tablet won't generally explode on you.)
I've mentioned it already, but the leading one in Kentucky is Ale-8-One (almost exclusively referred to as Ale-8), a citrus-ginger ale with caffeine and light carbonation. S'pretty good.
Cheerwine is a cherry-flavored soda from NC! It's not my favorite but I do like it, and it's one of the few things I know North Carolina can actually brag about, so it has its merits.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Re: Malware: enabling the "install applications from unknown sources" option is basically one of the most dangerous things you can do on an Android device. So many of the "free downloads" you find when searching for apps on the web are malware disguised as something useful. Trojan, I guess is the term.
Re: Malware: enabling the "install applications from unknown sources" option is basically one of the most dangerous things you can do on an Android device. So many of the "free downloads" you find when searching for apps on the web are malware disguised as something useful. Trojan, I guess is the term.
Stick to the Play Store.
it was a Windows tablet
also you have to understand, they're at the age where they know how to turn that stuff off but not how to discern what is and isn't spam
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Windows tablet. That's a whole new can of worms, I suppose.
As for my laptop: the only thing right now that really, truly bothers me about my current PC is that its hardware doesn't support Windows 10's built-in disk encryption. I dunno, I've become paranoid about encrypting my crap lately.
dude if i get this job on wednsday all my checks are going to bills, our electricity subsidy runs out this month.
That's why I strongly implied "in the future" there. Like, you're not moving out right this instant. I hope you can soon, definitely, but I'm not telling you to do any of this now.
dude if i get this job on wednsday all my checks are going to bills, our electricity subsidy runs out this month.
That's why I strongly implied "in the future" there. Like, you're not moving out right this instant. I hope you can soon, definitely, but I'm not telling you to do any of this now.
i know
it's just i've been planning that for three years now and it's not hard to be pessimistic
I typically turn that option on just so that Amazon's Appstore/Underground works properly, because until recently it was easier for me to get stuff from there and not the Play Store because I had an Amazon gift card racket going that sustained a number of my purchases for a while.
They also have some pretty good paid apps that they slid some money to so they could give them away as part of their Actually Free program so there's that.
Basically I've just kinda made sure to do as little pirating/browsing shady websites on Android as possible. S'worked pretty well.
dude if i get this job on wednsday all my checks are going to bills, our electricity subsidy runs out this month.
That's why I strongly implied "in the future" there. Like, you're not moving out right this instant. I hope you can soon, definitely, but I'm not telling you to do any of this now.
i know
it's just i've been planning that for three years now and it's not hard to be pessimistic
I get that. You have every right to feel lousy. But assuming that things will stay shitty because they have been shitty is not productive and sets you up to expect failure rather than simply brace yourself for the possibility of it.
That's why a tablet/desktop combo is ideal, to my mind, but the irony is that wouldn't work with my desktop because it's from the last generation of PowerPCs and thus is old and unsupported by basically everything.
I went with the desktop+tablet approach and when I'm on campus I frequently curse not having a laptop. It's just not realistic to do schoolwork on the tablet, at least not comfortably.
i'm lucky enough to have gotten all three, though my parents and I only paid for the laptop (the tablet was a scholarship gift and my desktop was built from old parts my best friend didn't need anymore)
most of my work is done with the laptop, while my iPad sort of replaced my Kindle as my portable media consumption device (and I use both during my radio shows) and the desktop's my gaming rig
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Now that I'm showered and feeling a bit more lucid I feel weird about having whinged about not getting a new laptop.
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I think it's ready for kindergarten
My last one lasted for three years before it got stolen, but it was pretty much on its last legs by then anyway, so...
I have no idea what else I would want to do with it
they were OK?
they're only like 40-50 bucks
of course, that would be a waste of my money as I neither need nor want Reebok pumps
I actually had a pair, uselessly