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Tragic. And at $400 to replace, I guess the dream of a nearly-free chromebook might be dead. Ah well. Worth a try, never know when someone throws something out without even attempting repair.

Aight, 65W USB-C charger acquired. Sadly, behavior remains the same. Plug in, blinky red light. No power on. Tried disconnecting battery, behavior remains the same, no power on. Since I imagine it should be able to run without battery connected if that was the problem, that directs me to charging port (best case) or motherboard (worst case). It still recognizes when power is coming in, as indicated by the blinky red light.. so... probable motherboard?

Ugghh. Will have to see if I can scrounge one up or borrow or something. Wonder if there's anywhere that might have free charger use available.. hoping to avoid needing to buy a new charger just to diagnose what sort of charging problem it has.

USB to USB-C in a couple different methods. None giving full appropriate power draw, I know, but hoped getting even a trickle of power would indicate if it turns on at all.

Recently liberated an old chromebook destined for recycling. "Doesn't charge." Managed to pop it open.. wondering if I gamble on buying a new battery for it to see if that's all it needed.. seems mildly wasteful throwing out a brand new battery if it doesn't work.. but on the other hand, free chromebook... Anyone familiar enough with these to possibly talk me out of it? I don't have original power supply, but when I plug into a USB-C slot, the charge LED blinks red. Still won't turn on while plugged in, but unsure if that's because of wrong power supply or something else that's wrong.

Additional thought: If this doesn't lead to Majora's Mask getting the same treatment (perhaps even being bundled together), then what's even the point?

Dang. AD's gonna feel a whole lot less thirsty without her. Pour one out, lads.

I'd grab it if I could, y'know, afford a new console and new first-party game prices... But, much like FF7R, I reckon there will be enough new modern changes that it might feel like OoT thematically, but some of the magic might be missing. Optimistically, tho, I kinda hope they take the reception as "more like this please" and not just "more nostalgia bait please." After skipping TotK, I'd sure like to go back to a new proper-Zelda game.

I made myself sad thinking about how "Crikey! Aren't you a beauty!" has fallen out of the collective conscious..

Have noticed a couple hiccups, but never quite seemed prolonged enough to suggest a new wave, and likewise assumed just choppy internet.

Finally caught up/finished Fire Force. God dammit. I shouldn't really be surprised. The vibes were all there. But what a way to wrap that up.

Traffic seems up again this morning. Felt a little sluggish at one point last night as well. I'm just kinda taking this as a preview of where the internet is headed, as bots continue to multiply and turn everything into an unusable hellscape..

I don't think there's anything in this world that could prepare me for Korean bluegrass...

Presented without comment.

Weirdly seems to run pretty ok on mobile. But desktop has been timing out a lot. Did seen slow on mobile at one point, but haven't had a persistent problem. Retracting, been spotty on mobile, sometimes fine, often not.

Bots back in force?

My AC so far this past month:

This is the second time I've seen this series brought up tonight. Weird coincidence.. The first was because I got curious again to see if that King Killer Chronicle ever got its ending. Spoiler: it hasn't. At least you got something?

Yup, that's one for the weird pile (that said, dude's clearly living his best life)

Feels very intermittent. Like, first visits of the day can be really slow to get going, but then everything settles and just works like normal. Not experienced any prolonged hour+ problems myself.

Watched it all again a couple years back since [as] has it on app for free viewing, and yeah, still great. 2nd GIG felt oddly relevant with its whole refugee crisis elements...

No problems previously, but today loading anything is ass on desktop. Edit: seems to have resolved itself.

It was upper 70s here yesterday. Today it tried to snow.

Kinda wild to think about being the last generation to have experienced what "spring" is supposed to be like. The old Shatner "perfect day" joke doesn't even make sense anymore.

Huh.. now I'm going to associate it with Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny.. which also recently turned 20 years old..