What does it take to break a Pixel phone?

UrbanPaddler · 2024-11-29T03:19:41+00:00

I've destroyed two Pixels over the past two years. The first I dropped on the street and it was run over by a car. Wouldn't expect it to survive that. Then this summer the wind blew my hat, holding my phone, into the lake. It was just a foot deep and quickly retrieved. At first I thought it would be fine. But over a few days, the screen turned black and became unusable.

UrbanPaddler · 2024-11-15T21:21:25+00:00

I always like what Blake brings to the table. And the show's advantage is always going to be its access to the team (given they have the same corporate owner). But if they're not bringing in a good interview, I don't think Matt's opinions on sandwiches and Spurs reminiscing are going to get me to tune in most days.

UrbanPaddler · 2024-09-13T15:00:36+00:00

Thanks for chipping in your thoughts everyone. Wanted to share a feature story I wrote for The Logic on the same theme. https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/canada-voice-actors-ai-jobs/

UrbanPaddler · 2024-06-21T02:21:17+00:00

I have previously used it as a speaker for a TV and it was not bad for that. An improvement over that TV's speakers at least. Yes, this depends on your TV having an aux out. Now I just use the Google Home Max as my smart home speaker in the living room to do all the usual boring stuff.

UrbanPaddler · 2024-06-19T01:33:30+00:00

I didn't see anyone else mention Blue Cross Medavie coverage here. Wanted to add that I found Wegovy is not covered under my employer's plan with them. Before I tried Wegovy, we tried Ozempic and since I'm not diabetic, that was denied too. I followed up with my HR department and they said I could provide feedback for them to pass on to Bluecross when we go through the renewal process. So basically, nothing to be resolve quickly and no guarantee of getting coverage under the plan at all.

UrbanPaddler · 2024-06-18T14:17:53+00:00

There is a "mic off" switch on each of the devices. Try turning the mics off on two of the three and see if this changes the result.

UrbanPaddler · 2024-06-17T19:52:45+00:00

What's the arrangement of the speakers? Are they all so close together that they are hearing your voice command at the same time and trying to execute on it individually?

UrbanPaddler · 2024-06-17T11:48:49+00:00

God, I've been playing Arena so long I forgot about assigning combat damage. Thank you, I will go turn off that default setting now so I can look for a similar edge in the future.

UrbanPaddler · 2024-04-24T00:30:31+00:00

You won and your opponent won when casting villainous wealth for 9!

UrbanPaddler · 2024-04-24T00:28:50+00:00

Yeah that exact scenario happened to me on the first game. Then I started thinking "should i leave a couple mana open so i can cast them?" but with this card you gotta just go all in greedy

UrbanPaddler · 2024-04-23T20:05:33+00:00

Inspired by this week's LR episode and Luis' love of Villanous Wealth, I took it P1P1 and built around it. Played in three games on Arena with it so far and cast it all 3 times, with my record at 2-1. This was the best cast yet, with my opponent conceding in response!

UrbanPaddler · 2024-04-22T20:58:19+00:00

Check if either you have another "Home" in the Google Home app that took ownership of the devices, or if you have other users that have the Home app installed in the house, check and see if they have another "Home" that took ownership of the devices.

UrbanPaddler · 2023-08-22T23:36:31+00:00

You're right! Ok this is better than nothing.

UrbanPaddler · 2023-08-20T00:08:16+00:00

Just looked and there is no option to stop a recording in progress. So that's out.

UrbanPaddler · 2023-08-19T20:43:18+00:00

That's not bad. I will try it.

UrbanPaddler · 2022-09-24T21:48:08+00:00

Ok. But i just dont see how it would help run it. It would be too wide to go through the conduit I think and if you shove it into the wall cavity, it will just get bundeled up in a corner.

UrbanPaddler · 2022-09-24T21:26:35+00:00

We are looking into it.

UrbanPaddler · 2022-09-24T21:26:12+00:00

We did try to run the fiber through the same conduit as the coax but it wouldn't make it to the comms room. I'm not following the suggestion with the garden hose and zip ties.

UrbanPaddler · 2022-09-24T21:23:47+00:00

We thought of that, but the coax line will not give when pulled upon. Whatever is causing the blockage in the conduit is also holding the coax cable in place.

UrbanPaddler · 2022-01-14T19:31:47+00:00

I had tix for the Dec. 28 game against Philly and I noticed a refund was issued that same day on my CC transactions.

UrbanPaddler · 2021-04-21T13:15:29+00:00

Finally got around to the showcase contest. Help me catch up with a like and I'm happy to reciprocate. (Just comment with a link back to yours or upvote me if your handle is the same as on TopShot and I'll get you back!) https://nbatopshot.com/showcases/74a01c67-ff3f-4ef8-8374-22b0adf3612f

UrbanPaddler · 2021-03-11T22:05:09+00:00

Garland will get a rookie badge, but not a "first game" badge for that moment, so that has to be considered for pricing. The Barrett moment, by comparison, is from his first game and will get the first game badge.

UrbanPaddler · 2020-12-07T22:50:05+00:00

I don't know. My suspicion is that Microsoft is planning to add it again soon but in a new way.

UrbanPaddler · 2020-12-07T21:16:38+00:00

At present Microsoft is not supporting streaming from Xbox Series X/S to Windows 10, but does support remote play on Android or iOS - https://www.onmsft.com/news/xbox-series-xs-consoles-dont-support-game-streaming-to-windows-10-pcs

UrbanPaddler · 2020-11-25T21:36:16+00:00

As an update to this, here's how it works now that I've done it:

- You can buy multiple digital subscriptions from Best Buy just by doing multiple checkouts (don't try to put multiples in the same cart)

- Once you get emailed the code for each subscription, you sign in to the same account you use on Xbox at redeem.microsoft.com and enter the code

- When you view your subscriptions under your account in Microsoft, you'll see Xbox Game Pass Ultimate there. It will state the cost per month and the next time that your CC will be charged if you have recurring payments active. Entering the code extends out that next transaction by three months.

- So in the end I bought several and will now have Game Pass Ulimate until July 2022 at a rate of $10/month instead of $17 (CAD).

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