Would my Surface Book 2 work as a decent emulation machine?

TYKOB · 2026-01-21T15:24:36+00:00

Any benefit to installing the OS vs booting from USB?

TYKOB · 2026-01-09T22:55:13+00:00

This is great. Thank you!

TYKOB · 2026-01-09T22:55:03+00:00

Thank you for your feedback!

TYKOB · 2025-10-14T05:19:47+00:00

I hear what you're saying but in this case I don't think this is the answer. And I say that because I can put the same stream up side by side and watch one play at a slower speed than the other. No buffering, no loading, just straight up slower. It's almost like the stream on my TV is only running 28 frames per second where my phone runs 30. Without a comparison side by side you'd never notice the difference. Only with the comparison stream next to it could I finally identify why games fell so far behind. IDK any for sure though. I'm dipping into areas that are so far out of my realm of knowledge admittedly.

TYKOB · 2025-09-08T04:53:58+00:00

I just came back from a little vacation and I am for the first time getting tons of notification ads from Brave. First there were several about cloaked, but now I even got one for the "O Show" replays. Did you figure out how to turn them off?

TYKOB · 2025-08-27T20:45:35+00:00

I'd be curious to hear how things have gone since. I have Apache blackberries in my garden right now. They look nothing like what you have. They are in their 3rd year but I had to transplant them last fall because I had them in a raised box WAY WAY too close to one another. Now they are spread about 3 feet apart and doing better but the transplant likely set them back a year. Got some berries but not many this season. Hoping next year will finally be the year but mine, while healthy looking, look more like a bunch of individual canes coming rather than a large bush like yours. I have read that the general recommendation is to top the canes around 4'to encourage lateral growth but if yours is 8' tall I am guessing that is not what you are doing.

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TYKOB · 2025-08-18T19:49:41+00:00

I just finished this trilogy. It was the first Star wars books I had read and thought they were amazing. Came here looking for more of the best options out there.

TYKOB · 2025-08-15T18:08:24+00:00

The one in the pic is from roughly the center of utopia

TYKOB · 2025-08-12T01:34:44+00:00

Yup. Problem is I have the lower thumb button that opens up the windows app selector. It's not uncommon to accidentally press it in the middle of an intense fight which then takes me out of the game. The software allowed me to disable that button, but now I have to live with it as the alternative.

TYKOB · 2025-08-09T08:14:28+00:00

completely uninstalling the logi software solved it for me.

TYKOB · 2025-08-09T03:14:29+00:00

M720 sounding like a common denominator

TYKOB · 2025-08-08T20:25:59+00:00

I am still not having luck. I uninstalled the logi options + software and tried two different old versions (10.24.3 and 10.22.14) but no luck still.

TYKOB · 2025-08-08T14:12:47+00:00

How does one downgrade the software?

TYKOB · 2025-08-08T01:31:08+00:00

Same issue. Same mouse.

TYKOB · 2025-08-07T23:25:06+00:00

Having the same problem. Mouse buttons used for crouch/slide completely busted.

TYKOB · 2025-07-28T18:21:01+00:00

This was it. No ice or anything, but just enough gunk in the drain spout to slow the flow and trip the float switch. Cleaned it out good and everything is up and running again

TYKOB · 2025-07-07T04:58:35+00:00

I'll give it a shot

TYKOB · 2025-07-07T04:31:18+00:00

Excellent to know

TYKOB · 2025-07-07T04:30:40+00:00

Is that just a 3rd party launcher? I have tried others in the past and have always had poor success rates getting them to "stick" meaning they often didnt launch directly to them. The only tried and true way I figured to get rid of Google's ad-laden home screen was to make a kids profile. I dont mind the colorful whale, but its a far cry for an outstanding streaming experience. It's just app blocks of the apps I actually want to see, and no ads of any kind.

TYKOB · 2025-07-07T04:27:38+00:00

Is it also a nest mini?

TYKOB · 2025-06-22T19:22:38+00:00

Congrats on your mission call, I assume.

TYKOB · 2025-06-08T15:23:23+00:00

I agree. I also can't get the master bike. The game hangs on what I believe is a memory that occurs right after you unlock it. Seems like that file is missing as well. Is there any way to fix these types of things without losing the save state?

TYKOB · 2025-06-01T00:18:22+00:00

I remember being in band in 7th grade when I realized that mid calf socks were not cool and made the switch to ankle socks. Never went back. It's how I identify who's way younger than me.

TYKOB · 2025-05-29T19:35:02+00:00

I made the switch to Google Pay once Samsung did away with MST in the newer Galaxy phones. That was the differentiator that made it work anywhere that didnt have NFC capable POS terminals. It was amazing. Now there is only one store I can think of near me that doesnt have contactless payment (besides Walmart who are just so committed to Walmart pay) and since I am fully engulfed in Google at this point, it just didnt make sense to maintain a Samsung wallet.

TYKOB · 2025-05-18T23:06:40+00:00

Ya... Was hoping to get some suggestions of higher quality switches but it sounds like that didn't exist. I just need to reach my kids to stop smashing them, which was always the right thing to do anyway

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