The rock it is, then

Not surprised to see the Gorillaz frontman in the right here, but I am surprised to see the Gorillaz frontman. When did he come out as 3D? Have I been under a rock?

You might’ve been misled there: bezos is an early investor in slate, but he doesn’t own the company and doesn’t even currently have representation on the company’s board. Bezos reportedly hasn’t been involved in decision-making for the company and doesn’t have an ownership stake, so I’m willing to accept that slate simply took his early support without handing him the reins

Americans will use anything but metric

I’d been looking everywhere for a yellow half-face jester mask, just a cheap paper pulp one, and I finally found it at a UK joke shop’s online store. £3 mask ended up running me ten times that after shipping and duty, but the hunt is finally ended

Huh, what happened to Oshi no Ko S2? Break this week?

First time playing, so close!

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Nice call-out, been using qBittorrent for a long while but never looked for an internal search! Did it take any extra work to get Nyaa functional? I’ll get myself situated after work today

Mine is how I flavored my paladin’s Spirit Guardians, so everything within 15 ft of me takes a boatload of shiny damage and walks slowly… Think I’m in good shape, if very lonely

Not that new, looks like the same model released with Fallout 4

Huh, just watched a 12Tone video today with the exact same title. Good watch and great channel if you’re interested in pop music theory

The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

It’s my first Pixel, I switched from a Samsung Note 20 Ultra 5G, and there have been some transition aches. I ran into the Android Auto issue this week where the phone would connect to my car for a few seconds then disconnect for a minute repeatedly, and I miss Smart Lock options like keeping my phone unlocked while on home Wi-Fi or while connected to a trusted device. Any Pixel vets know of a similar function on the device? (Edit: Found it! They changed the feature name to Extend Unlock and hid it in the privacy settings.)

Echoing another comment, the phone runs very cool and the camera is excellent. The battery lasts about as long as the Note 20 Ultra’s under heavy use: if I’m running ReVanced or Twitch all day, it needs a charge around dinner time. I haven’t yet adjusted to using the assistant (never touched Bixby on the old phone, either) so I can’t speak to all the AI features added in.

Overall, felt some buyer’s remorse early on, but I think I’ll come to appreciate the Pixel 8 Pro as I get used to it and optimize it for my usage.