dingdongitsabear

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[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

firefox focus has reader view?

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

tried it, that’s the opposite of what I need. that app guesses what’s going on with the battery, based on prolonged usage patterns. I need something that talks to the battery controller and gives me numbers I can use.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

tried it, that's the opposite of what I need. that app guesses what's going on with the battery, based on prolonged usage patterns. I need something that talks to the battery controller and gives me numbers I can use.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

billy removed-tits as well,

the removed part is something he calls himself, wasn't my stab at him

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get what he's doing. from his perspective, it's like as long as the public (three dudes with a shitter account) is pearl-clutching over something I've said as a hyperbole, I'll keep banging this drum and upping the volume and I'll keep doing it in every special. problem one is, he's grown tone-deaf and can't connect to normal people no more.

problemo dos is, his standup is shit and has been for years. from the fucking faked raspy voice then the cigarette on stage because he totally can't make it without one, like dude you're so rebel! to the the faked "OMG I collapsed laughing at my own shit" and then audibly banging the mic so it accentuates the non-existing punch line every couple minutes, it's super annoying.

like CK jokes about equally deranged topics, but the craft is there and it's flawless. every movement, every breath, every stutter is in the service of delivery... billy removed-tits as well, can't agree with much of the stuff he's on about, since he portrays a super exaggerated persona, but the craft is flawless.

this dude better get off his lazy ass and start practicing in front of live audiences and start embracing the sucking and bombing if he ever wants to be considered great. only then can we start dissecting the "jokes".

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

glad it worked out for you; I'm still looking for a solution for my problem that doesn't involve throwing everything out and buying Newest & Best.

do you use the LAN port on the dock by chance? and have you tried using the dock's USB 3 port for data transfer while everything's connected?

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

it is, that's why I'm looking to linux to overcome the fault; like GRUB can cut out a piece of faulty RAM and work without issues.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

tried a bunch of those, did modinfo i915 and then tried all that looked power management related, and in both directions. here's one of those attempts:

just wish I could somehow do a snapshot of all kernel and other settings when with and without battery and deduce the difference, but I'm coming up short.

I'll try to rephrase this and post again, as people assume I'm looking for hardware troubleshooting help.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

thanks for chiming in. yeah, some surface models are prone to have these issues as well, I remember trying that in windows but with no results. in linux, the i915 driver doesn't have that option any more, or I suck at reading comprehension... anyhow, not sure that's the same issue, as my device has these spells also when on AC power but with battery installed. the only times it's functioning properly is when it's on AC and with battery removed. but this looks like a promising lead to research further.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

hmm, there's an idea. I'll try to shield the cable from the battery with cardboard and aluminium foil.

edit: nah.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

nah, tried that when I had windows on it. that and a bunch of other stuff from the unhelpfulest site on the webz - dell.com. screen rates and resolutions and auto brightness as well. the battery contacts are way too tiny for me to do anything meaningful there. besides, I'm thinking that if the battery is the problem, then there shouldn't be any issues when running the thing on external power; it's not like the battery is powering the laptop when connected to external power, it's running on external power and using the surplus to charge the battery.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

naturally, it began again after waking from sleep. that's why it's so darn tiresome diagnosing it, you never know if the tweak you've made has any effect, sometimes it works for hours, sometimes it freaks out after seconds.

if the battery is the culprit, shouldn't it stop being a problem when running the device on external power? it's not like it's constantly charging the battery and simultaneously draining it; at least, no laptop I know of does that. and if the display cable is faulty, then it should also have those flickers when running it without battery. that never happens.

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