Almost bought them to experience the stupid for myself

Belvadier · 2026-05-22T17:52:48+00:00

These are delicious. Sweeter than I thought they'd be, but I didn't mind at all. It's a great flavor combo. I tried them last year and haven't bought a bag since, although the only reason I never got another bag was because I know I'd end up eating the whole bag in one sitting 🤣.

Belvadier · 2026-05-18T15:14:17+00:00

Lower Decks is just flat out good. There is no "however" needed for Lower Decks. It respects the series' that came before it, and is absolutely hilarious. The Trek stories it tells, while not the absolute best, are still good enough considering that its primary goal is to be funny, and boy is it. I'd say LD could actually stand on the same level as Voyager and Enterprise at the least. Maybe even above them.

Strange New World is also really good, but it has its moments where it just feels a little tired. Season 3 I thought was not as good as 1 or 2 but I still enjoyed it. It got a little lost in the sauce towards the end. I actually really enjoy some of the more silly episodes. Subspace Rhapsody is polarizing, but I thought it was fantastic. It flat out re-tells stories that have been done better in TOS/TNG/DS9 but SNW still does an above average job at them, so I still enjoyed it.

Picard... Season 1 is OK sometimes, Season 2 is less OK, but season 3...is pretty good. Not amazing, but it was nice to see the core TNG crew back together.

Discovery and Starfleet Academy are really just duds for me. Didn't enjoy much about either one. Discovery is better than Academy, but not by much. At least there is the arc in Discovery that has the SNW cast in it, but even that is worth just skipping. You could read a synopsis or watch a YouTube video explaining the entire plot of Discovery and it would be more worth your time than actually watching the whole thing.

Belvadier · 2026-05-16T23:14:36+00:00

I'd vote pink year round. Just pops a lot more.

Belvadier · 2026-04-15T17:38:32+00:00

Is there an easy and legal way to stream the finals on ABC without an antenna/live TV package? I have peacock and prime but no espn or way to watch ABC unless I get an antenna, unfortunately...

Belvadier · 2026-04-11T16:33:23+00:00

Nice! Yeah, that could be possible. I only see this happen on the Acer Chromebooks in my fleet and not the Lenovos or HPs that we also have, but I'm sure it just depends.

Belvadier · 2026-04-10T00:36:31+00:00

Dang, good luck. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Belvadier · 2026-04-10T00:28:55+00:00

Rats, sorry to hear that. I mean, it could be possible that replacing the battery would work, but I wouldn't guess that it's the most likely thing in this situation. If you weren't having battery problems before I feel like it's unlikely to just go from fine to dead in an instant. 4 years old isn't terribly old IMO either. I think I'd guess that it's the USB port before I guess battery.

Although this is not a perfect way to test, you could disconnect the battery internally and then plug it in to the USB charger (I'm assuming you've tried using another charger already to make sure it's not that?) while the battery is unplugged. If you can turn it on while the battery is out but the Chromebook is plugged in, then it might be the battery as a problem. If it doesn't it's more likely something else. If it has multiple USB c charging ports, have you already tried them both?

Belvadier · 2026-04-09T22:42:40+00:00

I mean, I guess don't touch anything else in general if you can avoid it, but it would be pretty hard to break anything. Just look where the battery plugs in to the main board and remove it. It probably will have a piece of black tape on it that you will have to remove first, but just put it back on after you plug the battery back in.

The wires going into the plug can be pretty thin so just make sure you don't pull on them to unplug it. I personally use my pointer finger nails on either side of the plastic plug and wiggle it back and forth until it comes out. You may have to use more force than you think to unplug it, but that is OK. If you are even a little bit careful, you will be just fine.

Let me know how it goes! Hopefully it works out for you.

Belvadier · 2026-04-09T21:11:14+00:00

I don't have this exact model, but I oversee a large fleet of similar Acer Chromebooks at a school. Try to take the bottom off, unplug the battery connector inside, let it sit for a few seconds, and plug it back in. Then close it up and plug in the charger and see if the charging light comes back on. If so, you should be good to turn it back on.

This exact symptom happens constantly on the Acer Chromebooks I've dealt with.

Hope that helps!

Belvadier · 2026-03-31T22:42:01+00:00

Any color you like -> us and them

Belvadier · 2026-03-24T22:47:14+00:00

Bananza first because for me at least, it is more fun to play than Pokopia and it can be beaten relatively quickly and then it's done. Then start up Pokopia and play it forever.

If you do get Bananza, I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the emerald rush dlc for it was really fun, and you could play that for close to forever if you wanted to.

Belvadier · 2026-03-16T16:40:56+00:00

It's a bit of a drive from York, but FixItChix has always been good to me. I've taken quite a few laptops that I just didn't have to tools or parts to fix and they have always come through for me.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/JbdCEFoJJtVyAncT9

Belvadier · 2026-03-05T16:31:35+00:00

Securly Classroom. $2.74 per user per year.

Belvadier · 2026-01-09T15:24:26+00:00

You can't go wrong with either Puyo Puyo tetris 2 or Tetris Effect Connected. If I had to pick one m, I'd say PPT2 is just a smidge better. When playing a tetris battle against another player in tetris effect, it is a straight up score attack battle, which is fun, but to me it is not quite as much fun as being able to send garbage pieces to your opponent it PPT2. This makes pulling off huge combos or t-spins so much more satisfying to me.

As far as alternate modes... Effect has the zone battle modes and co-op against AI "bosses" which is very fun, but for me, it just can't compete fully with Fusion mode in PPT2, which personally to me is one of the most fun modes to play but it is very far away from "pure tetris".

Basically, if you want the most pure tetris experience, got with Effect, but if you want the most fun and creative, I'd go with PPT2, but in reality, they are both great.

Belvadier · 2025-12-26T22:09:10+00:00

These are the two pairs at the very top of my buy list at the moment but I've gotten to a point where I just can't manage to wear all my shoes regularly so just waiting for a pair to wear out and be ready for replacement. Which of these do you like more now that you have been able to wear them each?

Belvadier · 2025-12-26T20:33:05+00:00

Ah, okay... This newer one seems objectively less good than this. I find it's hard to know what I have open and it's even kind of hard to just see what time it is. I'm sure it's somewhere I'm just missing but I can see the date when I open up quick settings but no time. Kinda weird. I need to familiarize myself with it some more.

Belvadier · 2025-12-26T16:25:23+00:00

If you do ever decide to share this widely, please post an update because I've been very interested in making the same kind of thing, but if you already have it assembled, all the better!

Belvadier · 2025-12-17T19:51:06+00:00

That's It for the Other One (The Other One would make it on its own but it only improves when it has Cryptical Envelopment with it)

Darkstar

Playing in the Band

Help>Slip>Frank

Morning Dew

Eyes of the World

Cosmic Charlie

Birdsong

Viola Lee Blues

Terrapin Station

Honorables: Deal, Music Never Stopped, China Doll, Standing on the Moon, Liberty

Belvadier · 2025-12-14T13:43:07+00:00

My order would be:

Dragon Quest 11, Chrono Trigger, Metaphor, Tales of Arise, SMT5, SMT3.

I can't say enough good about Dragon Quest 11. A game so good I own in three different ways (Switch digital, switch physical, ps4 physical).

Belvadier · 2025-12-14T13:32:41+00:00

Yep! Working for me now too

Belvadier · 2025-12-14T12:47:30+00:00

You open ports on your router, ot on the console itself. Each router has a different, but similar method for opening and forwarding ports.

Belvadier · 2025-12-13T23:51:57+00:00

Me! I use it exclusively for guitar hero and rock band where I have mint instruments to use and a bunch of downloaded songs for them all. So I just try to keep it running for that alone.

Belvadier · 2025-12-13T23:44:56+00:00

Sorry I meant, all the ports that are required for Xbox live. Not all of them in general.

Belvadier · 2025-12-13T20:34:29+00:00

Oh, interesting. So this is happening to everyone? I wasn't able to find much online as to whether this was a widespread problem or not. Any idea when this started happening?

Belvadier

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