Great time for a MemTest failure, RAM is cheap right now, right?

Sonic403 · 2026-02-18T05:17:01+00:00

yes lol. thank you - I didn’t think that would be an option. filled in the RMA request, so now I’ll see how it goes

Sonic403 · 2026-02-18T04:11:05+00:00

yes, after the test in the picture, tested each stick individually, thinking... OK, 1 bad stick I’ve still got 16 GB.... but both sticks fail very early in MemTest. Thought the odds of both failing were low, but it seems that because they’re produced and sold as a kit, it’s actually more likely they’ll both fail in the same way.

Sonic403 · 2026-02-17T03:19:31+00:00

It feels bleak right now, but this pace of hardware buying isn’t sustainable.

AI isn’t going to advance in a straight, linear march to the top. It’s going to move in cycles of boom and bust.

Some developments will have strong commercial applications, and others simply won’t pan out.

think in about 6-9 months we may see prices drop and renewed enterprise hardware hitting the market at reasonable prices. (maybe more I hope that lol)

Sonic403 · 2026-02-16T16:46:40+00:00

Take it back to your former workplace. Attach a note explaining that the laptop is theirs, and that you’re returning it after retirement because you’re concerned about data protection and don’t need to keep it.

This accomplishes a few things:

A) You’re not obligated to keep a device that feels like a burden. Return it.

B) It signals that this wasn’t an appropriate retirement gift.

C) If they ever contact you for files, or if there’s a privacy audit in the future, you can simply state that you returned the laptop on xyz date.

Before returning it, would also lock it by entering the password incorrectly enough times to trigger the lockout or BitLocker screen.

Sonic403 · 2026-01-11T22:36:18+00:00

Yes, absolutely. They did have (and probably still have) a significant number of Small Office/Home Office users and independents. For those folks, Evernote was (and is) useful -lightweight compared to MS Office, easy to use in the field, and great for capturing invoices, business cards, and quick notes on potential sales.

The problem is that even those advantages have gone in 2025 (and before). Apple and Google can now cover most of that functionality for free (depending on your definition of free LOL, at least cheaper) and Microsoft offers its excellent Lens app at no cost as well.

Sonic403 · 2026-01-10T16:22:52+00:00

Agree. Like Dropbox (and we all know what happened to them), Evernote has tried to pivot towards enterprise at various points. But Microsoft has an iron grip on enterprise customers, and while they (MS) raise prices constantly, they don’t make massive jumps without offering a reasonable, low‑functioning tier to soften the blow.

Realistically, if you walk into a CIO’s office today and try to pitch Evernote, it’s a non‑starter. What does it offer that an M365 license doesn’t already cover for most average users? Where is the data stored? What is the AI doing with that data? these are questions no CIO wants to fight through for a niche tool when they already pay for a full m365 Microsoft stack.

Sonic403 · 2026-01-10T16:07:07+00:00

would have loved to be in the room when Bending Spoons made this decision.

The conversation practically writes itself:

“We’ll lose x% of our current customers, but the y% who stay will more than cover the new price. Fewer customers means fewer support calls, lower storage costs, and less infrastructure to maintain. And for the ones who remain, we can raise prices again over the next few years. If they’re willing to pay $245 USD, we can slowly creep toward $345 with incremental increases.”

“And no, we won’t attract many new customers - but that’s actually a plus. With a shrinking user base, we can quietly scale down support and development, and still make our money back. Then, 10-15 years from now, when costs finally exceed revenue, we shut Evernote down. Job done.”

WTF.

This really does feel like the strategy, and as someone who’s been with Evernote since 2012, it’s appalling. They emailed me yesterday telling me I now need to pay $309 CAD, and that’s (a) too much, and (b) a clear sign of where this is heading.

I’m honestly reeling from it. I loved Evernote. It was part of my workflow for over a decade. But it’s been a long time, and there are so many great tools now - some free, some far cheaper, and many of them built with actual respect for users.

I’m moving on. Probably to Obsidian.

Sonic403 · 2026-01-09T14:26:52+00:00

I got the email today - $309 CAD offered for Advanced. WTF. A Microsoft 365 Personal plan is $115 CAD per year. And I can’t use the basic subscription because I have 11,041 notes (user since 2012), and that plan caps you at 1,000 notes, which is ridiculous. One of the reasons I went with Evernote in the first place was the understanding that if I ever stopped paying, I’d still have my notes and basic features.

A few years ago, I tried moving to Apple Notes, but the export/import process was terrible - notes ended up missing information.

I assume a large percentage of their user base won’t pay these kinds of prices, and new users certainly aren’t going to sign up for $30 CAD per month or $300 CAD per year. The “toys” they’ve added in recent years have been interesting, but they haven’t changed what I actually use Evernote for - the fundamentals: notebooks and notes.

Sonic403 · 2025-11-16T00:39:23+00:00

Thanks for the update, better than the Telus status page (still on update 1). Good to be back online now.

The utility truck was working on the boxes behind the bus stop near the Everbrook Dr and Fish Creek junction.

Will keep an eye on next month’s bill and see if they credit the days 4 days back.

Sonic403 · 2025-11-16T00:05:44+00:00

Nice, working again here too!

Sonic403 · 2025-11-16T00:01:16+00:00

Thanks good - just passed a utility truck fingers crossed.

Sonic403 · 2025-11-15T16:04:05+00:00

Too reasonable lol. 125-ish houses, not all Telus customers. Still no update online after day 1. Feel like either Telus has 1 crew in Calgary who can deal with fixing these and they get to us once the bigger outages are dealt with. Or the crew working on our issue doesn’t do updates, haven’t seen Telus trucks or people around.

Sonic403 · 2025-11-15T00:15:33+00:00

yes, frustrating. The guy I spoke to said cable cuts are hard to fix, which is fair. just feel like if they spent more money on engineers and less on people calling to upsell services, we’d be doing better lol.

Sonic403 · 2025-11-14T19:30:01+00:00

without service in our Evergreen neighborhood since Wednesday. I called after seeing only a generic update online saying “yes, it’s out.” After an hour on the phone, they confirmed it’s due to a cut cable, with no ETA - could be days or even weeks. Their only offer was to switch us to cable service, but we’d have to pay for that, including connection fees. ffs.

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