#like canonically. so i think they gave her the phone as a keyboard replacement and then she uses it for other stuff
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it has come to me in a vision (Lila using phone AAC app to write her essays when she goes to college)
#N posts stuff#i donât know if we ever get confirmation what Year this was set it but iâm giving her a smartphone Anyway#the argument could be made that a phone sized keyboard would be accessible to her#but i think sheâs still small enough that the manual effort of using the entire keyboard would still be like#exhaustively disproportionate. so i think the AAC app and being able to click whole words instead of having to type letter by letter#is a way more accessible option for her and also i think itâs cute#i want to know how she navigates a college campus tho. maybe she has an aide that is like#a human classmate that carries her places. iâm interested in dissecting the like#unfortunately very standard college campus inaccessibility as relating to a stoat. does Lila struggle with staircases#in buildings where there arenât elevators? how accessible are the elevators when she canât reach the buttons?#how long does it take her to navigate from building to building? is lack of ramps a consistent problem for her too?#ANYWAY i think she puts little stickers on her phone and carries it around in a little backpack#i think sometimes she uses it as an actual communication device also bc she gets really bad disorganized speech when sheâs overwhelmed#like canonically. so i think they gave her the phone as a keyboard replacement and then she uses it for other stuff#she Could also dictate i guess but i think the aac is better just bc the like. slower and having to select out full words would be easier th#than trying to sort out her thoughts verbally when again she struggles with that a lot.#d20: stupendous stoats#dimension 20
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Weird question but do you recommend a chrome book for like studying and work like that bc Iâve heard they can be slow
Hey, not weird at all! I just got mine mid March, but I havenât noticed it being slow at all! My laptop completely died on me during midterm season and I had a ton of papers and online exams to do, so my plan was to just use this in the meantime and return it to best buy as soon as my work was done and then I could buy an actual laptop. I obviously decided to keep it. I would recommend using a Chromebook for schooling, but only if itâs not going to be your primary device at home like it is mine (if you spend a ton of time on it, anyway)
First off, before I go into pros and cons (no false sense of hope here⊠under the cut Iâll tell you everything I love about it and everything I hate or get annoyed at), I should mention Iâm using the Samsung Chromebook PlusÂ
All in all, I LOVE my chromebook. Itâs got its flaws, but most of them have easy fixes. I hope this full length article helps you decide what to do! If your main concern is getting you through school/work, I say go for it!Â
8/10 would recommend! Iâd love to say 10/10, but there are enough flaws that I canât in good conscience tell you to go get yourself a chromebook knowing it does some real stupid stuff.
Pros:
lightweight - seriously, I spent all day on campus carrying my Dell around in my bookbag and Iâve never been one to have back problems but carrying it around all day hurt. Sometimes Iâd literally just abandon my bookbag (with my laptop in it) in the hall in one of the academic buildings while I went to find something to eat all the way across campus. Like, seriously. According to google the UCF campus is 1415 acres. I donât even feel weight from my Chromebook while Iâm walking campus with it in my bag.
Convenience - Itâs essentially half laptop, half tablet. Youâre getting the best of both worlds. Google play store (so you can play games and use the device as an e-reader) but you also get the internet at full capacity rather than the dullness of a mobile browser.
Stylus apps - This stylus was a lifesaver for me last semester. I had college algebra last semester, and with math Iâm always wasting a ton of paper, so I bought a whiteboard I could carry around with me but it took up too much space at the desks in classrooms. With a Chromebook, Google Keep (note taking app) is built in. when I didnât feel like wasting space (and dropping my calculator, pen, eraser, markers, board) I could just pull up my stylus apps on half my screen and my math modules on the other half.
Also, have you seen my newer editing attempts? Working with just my finger on this device was already pretty good, compared to on my phone. But using the stylus helped me to get a clearer view of everything I was erasing and more wiggle control
Quick boot up time - In the manual, it claims that the chromebook boots up in 10 seconds. Iâve found that it takes about half that time to start up
2 in one - it does have 360 mode, so you donât have to use it as a laptop all the time. In tablet mode, you get all the essential uses you get in laptop mode (except the ability to split the screen) plus you can use emojis on the touchscreen keyboard that pops up
Apple Music - On my samsung tablet, I canât access apple music (the app shows up, but I canât download it). On chromebook, I can. No itunes though, which is a bummer, but I donât really need it.
Easy streaming - Watching Netflix/Hulu is such a breeze. I havenât experienced any buffering issues like i constantly did with my last laptop
Amazing touchscreen - With my Dell laptop (which, again, gave out on me) my touch screen often had meltdowns or prevented my touchpad from working. Seeing as how Samsung has essential experience in touchscreen development, Iâm not shocked that Iâve never had an issue with this touchscreen
Have trouble remembering urls? no more - Built into the computer, you have what appear to be google (and other brand) apps, but theyâre actually shortcuts that take you directly to their respectful websites. Google drive (which is also built in through the files app), Lookout, Google Maps, Weather Channel, etc. I donât use them, but itâs such a great gesture.
Memory - I use a lot of space and I havenât even begun to run out yet! Thereâs also a slot for external memory (an SD card like what youâd insert into your phone something I wish Apple would do instead of making me pay for more storage every month. Unfortunately for me, this doesnât work for apps. Itâs only so that you have another storage method for your files. After my previous laptop died I lost all my running club pics, so with this chromebook, I have the option to just go ahead and save them directly to my SD card so that doesnât happen again. Itâs kind of like using a flash drive for safe keeping except, ya know, itâs not a flash drive replacement.
Itâs made to fit YOU - If you donât want someone to get into your files, they canât. You sign in with your google account, but you CAN create additional user accounts (which includes a guest account)
Resetting the computer is easy! - You canât go wrong. Your options are
restore default settings
COMPLETELY wipe the computer of all info (the option youâd choose if you wanted the get rid of the computer, so itâs essentially⊠factory reset)
Virus control - While thereâs no harm in buying yourself an antivirus program, you donât necessarily need it with Chromebook because googleâs actively fighting off viruses for you. I started out using antivirus programs before I realized I didnât need it. I havenât had any issues at all with the security of my computer, with or without any kind of protection
Cons
Limited keys - You have to make sure you remember key combinations to perform certain tasks. For example, at first I thought I couldnât get caps lock on this computer. To do that, itâs alt+search key. scroll to the top of the page? alt+ctrl+up arrow. screenshot in laptop mode? still canât remember which symbol matches up with that one.
Ctrl AltâŠ. What? - You donât have control alt delete anymore. The task manager apparently can only be accessed through settings, which if your chromebook freaks out on you either wait for it to settle down or shut it down are your only two options. Which brings us to con #3.
Freaking out - Lately Iâve been noticing that if I have too many apps open at once, my chromebook will stop funtioning properly for a couple minutes and itâll do one of two things
shut all my apps down without warning
system reboot
Google Print - It wants to hijack your printer, but I refuse to give google access to store info from my printer. I have my Canon hooked up to my chromebook, but I wonât allow google access to it. Theyâre basically asking to save the info of everything you print to their servers and your printer will only be available for devices you allow access to your google print account (canât be set up from chromebook anyway).
USB C ports - Okay admittedly I do like these ports, It serves as the charging port, so you can charge the computer on either side. You can also use it as a normal USB port so long as you find devices with the usb c tip BUT this means you need to buy an adapter if you want to use HDMI or a flash drive/other devices that use usb 2.0/3.0 ports
Speaker location - Theyâre on the bottom, so as long as youâre not covering them up, your audio should be pretty decent
Google Chrome - What I LOVED about using Chrome on actual laptops was that you could have several different user profiles under the same google email on your browser. I had 2. One for my personal multi fandom tumblr, and the other for my marrish tumblr accounts. That way I could just switch windows to change tumblr accounts. You canât do that on Chromebook. Youâd need to create different accounts for your log in screen⊠which⊠is it really worth creating new emails? (says the girl who creates a new email everytime she wants to get a new free trial) Now my only option is to use 3 different devices for different tumblr accounts (I just created a choices safe main blog so I can actually find choices posts without doing a ton of searching, so I need an extra layer now)
Microsoft Office/One Drive - Whoâs that? We donât like her apparently. Seriously. You canât have microsoft office, because all downloads come from the play store. If you like the mobile version of Word, congrats! This system is a winner for you! If not, you can always use the online version on Outlookâs website if you use that. Donât even THINK about trying to download the one drive app. Seriously, it doesnât work on Chromebook. Iâve been trying to sign into it since I first bought this laptop. Only when I looked at the horrible reviews last week did I realize Iâd NEVER be able to log into the app.
Also streaming - Thereâs this god awful sound that sometimes plays when streaming on the CBS website. It usually isnât there, but I gave up on watching SWAT (sorry shemar and criminal minds, I still love you) because I never know if thisâll be the moment when that screeching will begin. It only happens on the CBS website though (while itâs hooked up to my tv)
Ooh speaking of hooking up to my tv - HDMI sucks. thatâs all. I hate the border that surrounds the chromebookâs visual. And if youâre watching videos that already arenât full screen? Good luck streaming comfortably.
Digital Textbook app used for UCF - Okay so we use Yuzu for digital textbooks at my uni and I canât figure out how to get the app to let me in. Pretty sure thatâs the appâs fault though. You have to sign in through a mobile browser to use the app, but the chromebook uses a full capacity desktop browser so I CANT log into the app. I have to use the online version if I take my chromebook to school with me instead of my actual tablet. So whether or not this is the chromebookâs fault is a bit iffy.
Here are some photos for proof if you need to see what youâd be signing up for!
Nobody canâŠ.
Instead of a âstartâ menu⊠we have a search menu. The top bar shows your most recently used apps.Â
#not choices#long post#sorry#anon#cg answers#i'll add a pic of the hdmi situation in a few!#tumblr really messed up the quality of those pictures
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Haunted Chapter 26.5
Tobi sat upright in bed, back against the wall and laptop resting on her outstretched legs that were tucked under the blankets despite the summer heat. Her bright green hair was pulled into a messy bun, stray pieces of hair falling out to frame her face. She kept having to push them behind her ears because they annoyed her, but she made no effort to properly pin them back. It was 5pm on her day off, and she still wore her pajamas, not bothering to change into real clothes despite her and her roommateâs plans to get Chinese before her roommate had to work. Theyâd both slept all day, exhausted and overworked.
 Tobiâs hands hovered above the keyboard uncertainly, the exhaustion showing on her pale face. The bags under her eyes âwhich she usually liked having, since they gave her a âdead insideâ look without having to apply make up at 7am- were much darker thanks to the 18 hours she worked in the last two days. She was attempting âand failing- to write the next chapter of her fanfiction, Haunted. She kept writing one or two sentences, then deleting them. Now she stared at the blank word document like it was mocking her.
 âFuck this,â she muttered, setting the laptop aside and getting out of bed. Her little black cat, Salem, chirped in protest at being woken up, and Tobi proceeded to get distracted with petting the cat for a good 5 minutes before she managed to make her way to the kitchen.
 âDrink of champions,â she said to herself as she pulled out her third Vanilla Coca-Cola and cracked open the can. As she took the first few too-big mandatory gulps she recalled that this very drink had inspired her Fanfiction.net username âVanillaKokain, because the sweet vanilla-laced beverage was just as addicting as that white powder.
 (In the real world, not fanfic self-insert land, the Real Tobi takes a second to retrieve her own Vanilla Coke from the kitchen before resuming the crack fic.)
 Though she really hadnât done much but write maybe two paragraphs, collectively, she considered taking a break and making something to eat. She wasnât particularly hungry, but she couldnât remember the last time sheâd had anything to eat, so she set down her Coke and grabbed a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese â the new Star Wars shapes, because fuck you, the shapes taste better.
 As she was turning to grab a pan from the cupboard above the sink, she spotted two people who were definitely not her roommate or friends, and dropped the box of BB-8 shaped noodles.
 Sitting there on her couch among the dozens of decorative pillows were none other than Malik and Bakura; more specifically, the versions of the two characters that existed in the Haunted universe.Â
Malik wore his beautiful golden hair up in a ponytail, his outfit consisting of black skinny jeans and a white-to-lavender gradient tank top that Tobi had wanted to draw him in again. Bakura, meanwhile, wore his baggy red hoodie and grey sweat pants, his body surrounded by the weird, other worldly shimmering that Tobi always worried she didnât describe very well.
 The two men stared at Tobi, and for a long moment, Tobi stared back, too shocked to do anything but try and control her breathing so she didnât scream. At length she picked up the can of Coke and checked the ingredients. âDid they start putting actual cocaine in this shit?â
 âIâm pretty sure cocaine doesnât make you hallucinate after one hit.â
Tobi shook her head, her eyes wide and an unhinged smile working its way over her lips. âNo, youâre right, of course, I knew that. So this must just be a hallucination brought on by exhaustion and sleep deprivation and where is my phone I need to call chef and ask for some time off because I obviously need a damn vacation if Iâm starting to talk to hallucinations of my two favorite YuGiOh villains!â The more she spoke, the more shrill her voice got, and at the end she took a deep gasp of air after not taking a single breath.
 âOh, we arenât hallucinations, sweet heart,â Bakura purred, and Fanfic Tobi didnât know whether to laugh or cringe at the pet name. Real Life Tobi thought it was hilarious, though, so she left it in there.
 Tobi stared at them a moment longer before suddenly grabbing a ghost shaped salt shaker and chucking it at Malik. It hit him solidly in the shoulder and spilled salt everywhere.
 âOw! What the fuck!â Malik rubbed his shoulder and stood, shaking and brushing the salt from his clothes.
 âHolyshityouâreREAL.â
 âYeah, Bakura literally just said that.â
 âBut- how- I donât- youâre fucking fictional! Okay, this has to be a dream.â
 âWe arenât a dream, either.â
 âNo, you totally are, because I have weird dreams about anime characters all the time.â
 âBut in how many of those dreams do you acknowledge itâs crazy to see two anime characters in your house?â
 Tobi opened her mouth, a finger raised in her customary âWell, actually,â pose. She closed and opened her mouth a few times, trying to think of something to say, but in the end she gave up and pinched herself.
 Fuck. Definitely not a dream.
 Malik smirked as the reality finally, finally dawned on Tobi.
 âOkay, but how, and why, are you two fuck heads in my living room.â
 Bakura snickered. Malik pulled something from his pocket and held it out for Tobi to see. A glowing golden cube floated above his palm, one corner sheared off and replaced with a YGO-styled Eye of Horus.
 âAh. Yes. The Fanfic Device. Of course.â She paused for a moment, then frowned. âBut how the hell did you get that? You guys are totally AU. Thereâs some stuff in your universe thatâs based on canon, but the Dimensional Cube shouldnât exist at all. Neither should any of the other Items.â
 Malik nodded, tossing the cube from hand to hand. âYouâre right, it doesnât exist in our universe. We stole it from our Abridged counterparts when they entered our universe.â
 âYour Abridged counterparts? I never wrote- oh shit. A Way Home.â
 âPrecisely.â
 Tobi shook her head, raking her fingers through her hair and managing to pull more out of her bun. âNo way. I just reread that fic a few days ago and YGOTAS Malik and Bakura never visited Haunted. It wasnât even referenced.â
 âIt was off screen.â
 âThatâsâŠconvenient.â
 âRight? Anyway, point is we stole the Cube and used it to travel to this stupid self-insert crack fic youâre writing like itâs fucking 2005 again.â
 Tobi rolled her eyes. âWhy? Why would you come to this fic when there are a thousand others you could go to?â
 âBecause we needed to talk to you, and this is the only YuGiOh fanfic where you exist, aside from Whereâs The Tan.â
 âWe donât speak that name in this house.â
 It was Malikâs turn to roll his eyes at Tobiâs dramatic reaction. âBelieve me, I want to forget it exists, too. Thank god you only got three chapters in.â
 âAnyway,â Bakura cut in, moving to stand beside Malik. âWeâre here to tell you to get off your lazy ass and start writing our story again.â
 Malik nodded in agreement. âWeâve been stuck in fanfic purgatory for five months, Tobi. Five months!â
 âAnd you left the last chapter on such a cliffhanger, too!â
 Tobi raised a brow. âIt wasnât that much of a cliff hanger.â
 âMy clothes just disappeared. You were definitely implying I passed on. But even we-â he motioned between himself and Malik- âdonât know if I did or not because you havenât even started the next chapter!â
 âIâve started the next chapter,â Tobi said indignantly.
 âYeah, because writing two sentences and then deleting them is definitely starting a chapter.â
 âHey, itâs an emotional chapter! And how do you not know what happens when Iâve outlined up to chapter 30?â
 âBecause that doesnât count as a fanfic. We canât travel to it and see what happens.â
 Tobi grumbled something under her breath and rubbed her forehead. âSo you stole the Fanfic Device from Sitabethelâs Abridged-based Verse and traveled to this specific fic to chew me out for not updating?â
 âYup.â
 âOh my fucking god thatâs so stupid.â
 âYouâre the one writing it.â
 âWhat?â
 âWhat?â
 The three stared at each other again in silence before Bakura scoffed.
 âCome on, how hard can it be? Just write the rough draft, at least! That technically counts as fic, and weâll be able to travel to it and see what happens.â
 âIf it was so easy I wouldnât really be struggling so much to write this chapter, would I?â
 Bakura opened his mouth to retort, but Malik shushed him.
 âJust do what you can, Tobi. Weâre just anxious to see if we get a happy ending or not.â
 Tobi winced. âI meanâŠDo you want spoilers? Because I can tell you what happens.â
 Malik shook his head. âIâd rather experience it.â
 âSame,â Bakura agreed.
 Tobi sighed and picked up her forgotten box of Mac and Cheese, brushing a tuft of white cat fur from it. âAlright, Iâll see what I can do. But I really am exhausted from work, so I donât know how soon I can get it done.â
 âLike I said, just do what you can. Just donât keep us waiting another five months, yeah?â
 Tobi huffed and smiled. âIâll do my best.â
 Malik nodded and activated the Fanfic Device. A projection of various fanfics appeared in front of him and he began scrolling through realities in search of their own universe. Tobi watched, fascinated with the variety of AUs. While he was looking for the Haunted dimension, Tobi spotted a familiar scene and tensed.
 âWait, go back!â
 Malik looked at her oddly but did just that, scrolling backwards. The scene on display was one of Malik spooning Ryou, while on the other side, âAmirâ was spooning Bakura. Bakura and Malik exchanged confused looks, but Tobi was grinning.
 âThe Only Human universe! Iâve been obsessed with this fic forever!â She turned to Malik, giving him a puppy dog eyed expression that would have been adorable in an anime or cartoony style, but in the real world where shit was 3-dimensional it looked awkward. âCan you please go there and see how many chapters it takes until that Marik get truly comfortable with Kek and Ryou?â
 âYou mean, how many chapters are left until the big conspireshipping lemon?â
 Tobi just grinned.
 âNo.â
 Tobiâs face fell.
 Malik flipped forward to their own dimension, the screen displaying Malikâs empty bedroom, exactly how sheâd always imagined it. He tilted his head to the portal. âCome on, Bakura. Letâs go relive chapter 25.â
 Bakura grinned. âI thought youâd never ask.â Without ceremony he slipped into the portal and disappeared.
 Malik took a step forward, paused, turned back to Tobi. He looked troubled. âIâŠdonât want spoilers, but⊠Is there actually a happy ending?â
 Tobi chewed her lip. âThereâs a lot of pain coming your way butâŠtechnically speaking, yes. Thereâs a happy ending. For everyone.â
 Malik smiled. âThatâs all I needed to know.â With that he stepped through the portal and, just like that, Tobi was alone again.
 Tobi rubbed her forehead, glancing down at her half-finished Coke. With a frown, she grabbed the can, chugged the remaining refreshing beverage, and slammed the can back down onto the counter. She took a few steps towards the bedroom, determined to actually properly begin that rough draft, but her growling stomach stopped her.
 âOkay⊠First, Mac and fucking Cheese. Then Iâll write some angst.â
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