u/tortoiselessporpoise

So I finally finished the series.

I think it's one of the most satisfying ending to a series I've ever watched.

There's no explanation about why the Departure happened.

Some characters in a sense got off easy. Matt had cancer, we don't know how long he lasted or if he made up with Mary, but we'd assume he did. Jill and Tom I suppose their stories ended some time ago, even if Jill had a slightly weaker character story after it ends in season 1. Laurie, one of the most antagonising characters ends up probably the happiest and most adjusted of them all.

There's no way either of them to ever know if what the other said was true, if it was just all in Kevin's mind, or if Nora made the entire thing up. Her story true or not was haunting, but imagine if it was true...

But it ends on such a sweet note and high emotional pay off. Mid way at the dance I thought was it going to just end like that, and the other 30 minutes goes into some how everyone did? But no it went back to the two main characters.

It's one those perfect endings where it never needs a remake, a sequel, prequel or an explainer.

I've never seen ambiguity done that well in a TV series.

I went in thinking it was more a scifi, but damn, that is the peak of drama.

Hi everyone,

So I've been offered a grant for a laptop up to the of 2000 AUD (and no they wont let me add on my own cash to upgrade, it strictly has to be <2000 on the receipt/invoice). Desktops are also excluded.

To preface, I'm not a very techy person. Like I could replace RAM, SSDs , maybe a keyboard if it came to it by watching a youtube video, and some online troubleshooting for software issues but I would not call myself an advanced user. Soldering, swapping motherboards and all that which requires more than a screwdriver is probably out of my current comfort level

Criterias:
Screen size. 15- 18? - no limitations. Will mostly be plugged into 2 monitors, so I dont particularly need an amazing oled screen (out of that price point anyway from searching)

I do mostly office work, some niche research apps that somehow doesnt use the GPU much (only CPU) and do some modern gaming, but like I'm okay if its not ultra max settings.

Storage wise - 512GB is a reasonable amount - if I need more I have external storage, so if moving back from a 1TB option allows me to up other specs, I'm game

Upgrade-ability: Slots to upgrade things like memory and storage would be nice, but not mandatory.

After sales service: I read about laptops from companies like Infinity, gigabyte and they seem to offer nice specs but lot of complaints about after sales. So while its not a complete loss if the laptop dies since its on a grant , it would still be nice that it works, and has decent after sales service.

Thanks for going through my lengthy posts

Hi everyone

I really like the Sarasa grand series, but recently with work I'm needing multicolour pens (just helps me work, and I like the doodling with the pencil)

I know zebra has the 2, 3 and 4 s

But is there a metal version out there? Or a different brand will be ok too.

I really like the feel of metal during prolonged writing sessions, and tbh it really helps me not lose it ...

Thanks for your collecting wisdom

Hi so I've been considering buying a xteink .

From my reading, I thought the x3 would be more suitable, given its smaller to fit on the back of the phone (I've a pixel 9a with a magfit case from Spigen though I've never actually used the magfit for anything before ), and being slimmer

The official site suggests that buying from them allows you to modify it with your own firmware, whereas buying from the random AliExpress ones won't. And if China versions, you need a phone number to activate the device ?

Is this true or does it not matter ? There is a price discrepancy, eg the AliExpress ones are about 70 AUD, whereas xteinks site sells its for about 100.