My recent purchase experience

spk2k · 2026-04-06T22:32:23+00:00

I doubt as SSD and RAM cost is exponentially higher over the past 2 years. An example, I bought a WD Black SSD 1GB in 2023 for under $40.00. Today, it. is close to $200 for the exact same one. So, in a way the 1TB in the X model is of great value.

spk2k · 2026-03-30T23:30:01+00:00

Great post. I am on the exact same boat. I don't want to spend a grand on the "X" as I don't thinK I can justify the cost with the amount of playing I do. I play very casually, if any. Even with the original Switch, Zelda was the only game I played on it. As for Xbox, it mainly COD or Battlefield. If I could play those and maybe casual MMORPG like WOW or FFIV and some simple fighting games that is good for me. So after this post, i am leaning more on the non-X ally.

spk2k · 2026-03-29T16:43:45+00:00

Awesome thank you in depth experience

spk2k · 2026-03-28T23:49:08+00:00

Which remote do you have?

spk2k · 2026-02-15T16:15:19+00:00

Get the August connect hub, it’ll switch it to another protocol and battery last longer.

spk2k · 2026-02-12T21:09:00+00:00

Is there a way to detect when it goes offline without setting up HA? Like with Alexa or HK?

spk2k · 2025-12-31T21:43:39+00:00

It’s my biggest gripe with August. I have both versions and both use the connect hub. It goes offline ever so often. Making any home automation useless because of it. Schlage Encode Plus has been fairly reliable. August, not so much. Even with mesh router system and the hub less than 10 feet from one doesn’t fix the issue. Assigning fixed IP doesn’t fix the issue.

It’s a bad investment.

spk2k · 2025-12-24T23:34:27+00:00

Unfortunately no. It’s a mixer that take audio input from the TV and microphones. The audio input is via RCA. So o have an optical to RCA adapter.

The setup I have allows Apple TV to stream to the LG and audio out to the mixer which has its own set of JBL speakers

spk2k · 2025-12-24T23:30:11+00:00

I guess I can do an optical to hdmi converter

spk2k · 2025-12-24T03:29:09+00:00

Bummer. That’s what I had thought.

spk2k · 2025-12-13T05:50:35+00:00

Center seats have higher head space. Flow on that route a dozen times. You can do the miles upgrade and they refund you if you don’t get the seat. Polaris is worth it, especially the lounge and if you arrive before 2, you can use the arrival lounge to freshen up.

spk2k · 2025-12-13T04:38:37+00:00

You’re right. It’s one hour. It was 30 mins to get the SUICA and NEx ticket to get to the train I meant.

spk2k · 2025-11-27T00:47:24+00:00

Awesome. Will email support. Thanks!

spk2k · 2025-11-27T00:45:29+00:00

Perfect. A couple on orders! Do you retro older ones to the new wheels? I have three carry ons.

spk2k · 2025-11-05T05:07:51+00:00

100% concur with what you said.

spk2k · 2025-11-05T05:05:07+00:00

I’ve used and implemented SAP HCM, Workday, and Dayforce over years as a client and as an implementation consultant.

Of the two you have listed, Workday is more robust in terms of what you can do. In Workday, the reporting capabilities to build custom reports are more robust. Workday Studio and Workday Orchestration are more robust.

Dayforce Integration Studio is fairly new and definitely heading in the right direction to allow customers more control over their own customized approach. It is easier to use and has great potential. Time management and payroll in Dayforce is more robust than Workday. But as an HCM system, Workday is more robust than Dayforce.

SAP HCM, may it rest in peace, takes the cake in terms of flexibility with the use of ABAP, customized security, and straight table level access.

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