Or you can do half-and-half with the help of some automotive vinyl. Bought this Silvia a few years ago. Made in 2007 so this vinyl covered up most of her scars. 🤭

Yeah, that’s an espresso circlejerk shot.

Here’s visual aid on the difference between high-end derailleurs and low-end ones. One can get pretty decent shifting out of the cheap one but not the 99.9% reliable shifting that stays reliable for years without adjustment that you get from a better made drivetrain.

With that said, some parts have more effect than others. With any level of Shimano, running decent quality (Shimano, Jagwire) uninterrupted housing from the shifter to the derailleur eliminates problems on the frame. That along with an aligned derailleur hanger would produce pretty good shifting.

9x 14TB, WD HC530. Paid 25% less for some 16TB HC550 in 2024.

Being poor sucks.

No kidding. This didn’t ruin me but it was painful. And on top of that, it’s smaller disks for significantly more than I did last year.

I bought them for years ahead. My primary pool is gonna start having drives fail from age and use, and it’ll need replacements. So I’m gonna be sticking these in as they fail over time so I use all the service life I can get from the existing (8TB) drives.

The AI search is just crazy, especially when you adjust the model quality.

I call it Ubuntu.

Reactivated the Battety health assistance setting and we’re back to 91% capacity:

Another full charge session clocks at 96%.

But basically search for “battery health assistance” and you should find it.

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Good call. Measured the flatness of the screen and back glass. Both are perfectly flat. If there’s any swelling going on, it hasn’t pressed against them yet.

It’s no more than 1.5 year-old. If you see its capacity at 90-92, then something’s wrong. If it’s over 95% it might be normal.

No dip.

Assuming you’re on an 8 Pro, install AccuBattery and clock its capacity over a week.

Yeah but a drop like that isn’t nornal wear. And this battery is barely a 1.5 years old. A 5% dip in the span of a few weeks is either a defect or something else. If it’s a software “adjustment,” it should show up on other Pixel 8 Pro capacity estimates too. Given most are less than 1.5 year-old, most should have over 95% capacity left.

Awesome. Let me know what your battery capacity looks like when you had a few charge sessions.

Actually I prefer the larger size of the Pixel. I don’t know if I’m jist used to it or it’s my hands but I’ve tended to like bigger phones. I always type double-handed.

You’re probably looking at /e/OS on it. The standard OS launcher is the same as Pixel’s.

To Gaben’s credit he collects a lot less of the surplus these workers create than most other billionaires. But yes.