u/Creamy_Alyanna

Two weeks ago, I ordered Wingstop for delivery. It indicated about a 30 minute delivery time. That time came and went, it extended, and indicated that they were still searching for a driver, and that I could pay $4 to "expedite" it. I opted not to do this.

About 15 minutes later, it showed picked up. About 2 minutes from my house on GPS, I got an error indicating that the order was not deliverable because "the restaurant was closed." It also said I was eligible for a "partial refund" and to contact support for options. I figured this was uncommon, maybe a bug, since it already indicated it had been picked up and was on the way.

It took over an hour the next day debating with support, and ultimately, they refunded me.

Last week, I did the same thing, but 30 minutes earlier in case they were soft closing early. Based on their site hours, it was still 2 hours prior to close. New driver assigned, and with no delay. My luck - restaurant was not open again. It showed the driver was on their way too... after picking up the order.

After another long chat, support issued a refund for "customer satisfaction." They seemed to understand that I was not in the wrong, but I wonder why I am expected to jump through hoops to get a refund when it clearly showed that the customer played no part in this.

Based on that, it turned me off to delivery. I know there are a lot of clients that commit fraud but I wonder if this was a driver doing something weird??

Anyway, fast forward to today. I ordered a pickup order for myself and my colleagues as a surprise. The sushi restaurant we go to doesn't have their own online portal, and refers to either GH or UE for to-go orders.

Of the 4 entrees, 3 apps, and 3 side soups ordered, we were missing 2 entire entrees and 2 of the soups. UberEats support stated that at this time, they can only refund one of the soups... $2.90 of the $46 missing. I contacted a second agent after and both said the same thing. "the best solution has been provided."

My mind is full of speculation, and disappointment. I'll be contacting the restaurant when they open again tomorrow to see if they can remake those entrees for another time or refund, but I am curious if anyone has insight as to what happened here. I am tempted to do a charge-back, but I don't want to harm the restaurant, especially since they'll probably be accommodating.

My questions for the community are - was I possibly flagged for the 2 previous failed deliveries? Is this common occurrence? Thanks.

I've been doing a full binge rewatch for the.. 3rd time?

When I watch Trek, I often think about realistic expectations. For example, that s06e12 "Blink of an Eye" is finally an entire civilization, when most of the time, the single-episode species live in a colony despite being warp-capable. I don't see how they could sustain themselves most of the time.

This time, I was thinking... what about the gene pool? There's what, like ~200 Klingons on their new Delta Quadrant homeworld.... how long would they realistically last? Then I realized, Neelix mated with one of them... so maybe Talaxian DNA will be introduced, plus their viral pathogen has been eliminated, and who's to say other crew members didn't get approval for copulation from Doctor Doctor, and Captain Coffee... maybe they will succeed in Kronos 2.0...

I've been out of town for the last few days and brought my M16 R2 with me for some light gaming. Unfortunately, I left the 240W barrel charger at home… big L on my part.

Luckily, I brought some 240W-rated USB-C PD cables with me, so I figured I’d test USB-C charging rather than go without the laptop. I know this isn’t officially supported by Dell, but there’s been mixed reporting on whether it works on here, and other hardware forums.

I tested using the left rear USB-C port which is for iGPU and TB4, I did not test the right-side port that’s tied to the dGPU, and wouldn't recommend it since it's a standard 3.x port with DP out.

Using a 200W GaN Prime Anker charger and a 240W-rated 10' USB-C cable, I was able to get ~95W input according to HWiNFO. With a shorter cable, I suspect it would get closer to the full 100W PD limit. I'm likely seeing a bit of voltage droop over the longer cable.

For reference, my unit is an early production model (56th off the line), so it’s possible there have been revisions since then. That said, I had no issues with the system accepting the charger despite Dell’s typically strict/finicky behavior with non-OEM adapters.

As expected, this isn’t enough to meaningfully drive the dGPU (RTX 4070). I wouldn’t recommend playing anything that pushes the dGPU much beyond ~20W. However, for lighter games, it was more than usable.

Here is what I changed after experiencing some hiccups in game.

Windows 11 “High Performance” plan had minimum processor state set to 100% by default. I dropped this to 5%, which significantly reduced idle power and eliminated stuttering.

Set maximum processor state to 99%, which disabled the turbo boost on the Ultra 7 155H and prevents power spikes into the ~50–60W range.

Not sure why the default is minimum power state 100%, but this seemed to help a lot.

I also updated to the latest 4/16/26 BIOS revision. I did all of these 3 things at once unfortunately, but something fixed the stuttering.

I am curious if anyone else has tested USB-C PD on this model. I imagine the Ultra 9 with RTX 4080 config would struggle more under the same 100w limit, but it would be interesting to hear your results.

I’m also planning to test with my Apple 140W USB-C charger, since it’s the only non-OEM charger that consistently negotiates cleanly with my XPS systems. I expect it’ll still cap at ~100W, but I’m curious to see.