Eh. I’m typing this on my P10PF and I’m happy with it. The crease on the inner screen is still very visible even after two weeks+ of daily, heavy use. But the rest of the negatives I dispute. Yeah, it should have had the full-blown pro cameras, but it’s in no way ‘mediocre’, and that’s coming from someone who uses their camera a lot. It’s fine. I’ve had no issues with biometrics, at launch or now. It’s heavy and thick yeah, if that’s a negative the entire product category isn’t for you.

My biggest gripe is the internal screens sensitivity/touch detection is… weird. Maybe I’m being too gentle with it, but using it can piss me off in short order. Clicking/pressing on things when I’m trying to scroll, ugh. It might be the touch sensitivity, it might be my careful use, it might be apps that are dogshit with this form factor (most of the ones I use, honestly). Maybe all 3 at once. But reading or watching using the inner screen is really nice. As expected.

I’m simultaneously the core demographic for this device (geeky, always go nexus/pixel, want the unlockable bootloader…) and the worst candidate for it (physically disabled, so using it one-handed; very very very limited income, so the price was actually insane, ~20% of my gross yearly income). And the pixel care is too expensive, though I have that too, because I’d rather pay $150 for when I drop it unfolded vs a complete write-off.

I like the device though. I quickly got used to the weight and size, and opening it one-handed was easier than expected, but it stays closed securely when I’m not trying to use the big screen. A nice middle ground, I expected it to be much more difficult. And this is the first time in… 6, 7 years (?), where I’m rocking the stock os. Partially because GrapheneOS wasn’t available when it arrived, and partially because the key security concerns have been addressed or mitigated.

It should be ~$1.4k to start, and 1.2k on sale (I received over $500 in store credit + 350 trade in to help pay for a bit of the device) but tbh, I’m quite happy regardless. If I knew how my experience would be before pre-ordering, I would have been much more at ease and even more excited.

E:

“You can’t pin the app dock if you use gesture navigation” (article)

The taskbar? Yes, you can. Hold the vertical divider and the toggle option appears. It’s a nitpick, sure, but if the author didn’t check that small detail, how many other things did they assume?

Fascinating, Jim. Now let’s take a look at how one group of horny citizens is turning this Sears from the place to get their holiday photos, into the place to take all your photos and videos taken~. Live from Christi Marketplace, here’s Julie with the latest.

Is it cannibalism if you are eating yourself though? We look into this phenomenon at 10.

removes your leg

Dinner is served!

And the lord said, “yeah bb sucky sucky”. And thus, I complied. You ever get a facial from a dude who hasn’t nutted in two thousand years? I thought my edge game was on point but damn.

“well blame dad for that, not my fault the hand I was dealt”

Help, I’m now physically inside my system, but it’s kinda hard to read the screen at this angle. Plus I’ve got to reach out for keyboard input…

That’s why I stroll down the street nude. Everyone else is a juicier target than me 😎 why you wearing clothes huh?! Kinda sus.

I use this as my ringtone, have for several years

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WJPjdNpA-aE

But can it sort by penis?

You install windows as standard (from MS directly), selecting the IoT version during setup. Afaik it’s on GH so you can view the scripts, copy/paste if you don’t trust the downloaded .ps1, etc.

I ran the OS for a couple months on a system and had no issues. No funky activity reported (no more than usual) with snort, no alerts from sophos. I didn’t extensively verify it, but I don’t have any suspicions to report.

100 GB

looks at my nas, already stuffed with several TB of content, chuckling

Some panic, while others were ready since the dawn of time. I’ll add that extra 100 gigs to my drive collection though…

(it’s lots of games, media, and yiff. And yeah, it is enough to hold me over for 5 years. No, you can’t see it. :p)

Bout that time eh chaps?

…

right-o

So, just like life then

You can do both, though. And I mean, remember when a double cheeseburger was $1? Or when 10 nuggets were $5? A big mac meal was $6.50? How much are those now?

Fuck the greedy corpos. As far as I’m concerned, it’s fair game. I’ll add a 4th order for the homeless dude outside.

Yeah I know, who passes up free nuggets?

Eh, I dunno why everyone is so negative about this. A knowledgeable person, free food, and (I suppose the critical point) I’m into this stuff too, so fuck yeah let’s go. And whipping out that knowledge boner on the first go? Shit, setting the bar kinda high. What’s in store for next time, gonna joyride in a new car after you take control of it remotely? Oh just take me now, I’m ready~.

Just gotta remember to torch it after, evidence is a bitch. Or so I’ve heard. Ehem. Anyway… nuggets, not a big deal, but knowledge is sexy af.

Me, disabled and just wanting someone to be with: side eye

Pretty much what I do now, but with way more sex.

(I’m disabled so I have lots of free time to game and fuck around on the internet)

Exhibit A:

nfs games up to and including MW 2012

These are solid, enjoyable entries in the series. Peaked with Underground 2 and MW 2005, but the takeover/acquisition of Criterion pumped new life into HP 2010 and MW 2012.

Exhibit B:

nfs games released after MW 2012

These are dogshit. Heavy dlc, meh progression, horrible to play on a keyboard, stupid upgrade systems (cards? cards? are you retarded, EA?), always-online, shitty online servers, horrendous physics, so arcadey that they make actual arcade racing games look desirable.

You’ll note that this game is in the second group.

I got it as a gift a couple weeks ago, they paid $10 for it, which I was holding out for >$5 to buy myself; it’s actually better than the last iteration, but not by much. That game - heat - I thrashed on at launch and 6mo later, and when the premium or whatever edition dropped to like $1.25, I finally bought it (10h demo before) and honestly, I want my $1.25 back. Here, $5 for unbound is about right, near the upper limit.

If they hadn’t killed Criterion (the reboot is in name only, the talent jumped ship with the forced merge), nfs might be awesome still. They have to do a metric fuck-load to save this series. I have almost every game, I’m a massive fan of the series… But for the past decade, it’s fucking dogshit.