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Keep in mind that Google sets some drop-dead dates for support, so once yours is no longer supported, you start being at risk for exploits that will never get patched just like Android phones and tablets whose support has been prematurely dropped by manufacturers. Which is pretty bad for a system that is designed to be continuously online.
To me, that pretty much rules them out completely. I have a number of 12-15 year old laptops I'm still getting some uses for, and if I cannot do with the hardware whatever I may please, that makes them a non-starter.
Best compromise - if it's not so locked down that you can blow the OS away and replace it with some version of Linux, do it on day one so you have nothing committed to ChromeOS.
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For your needs, I find an iPad is a far better option.
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without teeth.
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I got the overpriced but pretty slick pixelbook go. There is a path to putting Debian Linux running inside of the Android os. Set up Linux on your Chromebook - Chromebook Help[^] I’ve had moderate success running VS code. It’s definitely under powered, but it’s a pretty nice environment for fooling around. Unsure about xamarin dev work though.
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It's unlikely you'll be able to upgrade the SSD or the RAM. Depending on the model the machine might be glued together or the RAM soldered to the motherboard.
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All you had to do was say what you see!
Without the (remove)
Green Tit GREEN TIT
TING ETER
limiting eternal LIMI NALcan barely see
LIMINAL
liminal adjective
lim·i·nal | \ ˈli-mə-nᵊl \
Definition of liminal
1: of, relating to, or situated at a sensory threshold : barely perceptible or capable of eliciting a response
liminal visual stimuli
2: of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition : IN-BETWEEN, TRANSITIONAL
Ladies and Germs, where did you think SUBLIMINAL messages came from? 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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The confusion was you had to remove an anagram of green tit - different though
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Well, not an anagram as it wasn't a word - just remove each of the letters!
Oh well, I'll do a hard one tomorrow ... maybe.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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And the day has been GREAT! Everyone was super nice, very collaborative, everybody agreed with me on everything and went out of their ways to help me and complied to every minimal request.
At lunch, when I unpacked my beef cut I brought from home, it dawned on me why: today I was a steak holder in the company.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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is it good to ask which area your vacation was taken?
diligent hands rule....
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Tuscany. I love that region.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Without the Green Tit limiting eternal can barely see (7)
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Blurred ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Thank god for that
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Because you didn't want to post tomorrow?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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It was a guess because it had blue in it - this CCC is slowly becoming a private competition between the two of us
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Is this a word that has alternative spellings ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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To the best of my knowledge, no.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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my switch to control porch lights is damaged due to a lightning in my area month ago.
so I bought a new switch from Home Depot. today I spent time to find out how to program this switch.
the instruction manual is written well as a programmer's user guide. I read through all the steps and did some highlights for important tips.
one press on ON/OFF button caused a click event. every event needs to be programmed. so I can program 7 days by programming 14 events, but I select ALL(they are same everyday).
event #1 is DUSK at 7:53PM. event #2 is DAWN at 5:31AM. it looks like macro definition in C/C++.
once DUSK and DAWN are defined, the left is to program these events.
after about an hour, I finished all installation of wall box. turned on general lighting in outside power control panel, all works!
WARNING: you must turn off general lighting power from outside power control panel!!!
diligent hands rule....
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So I presume it was an eventful day for you?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Southmountain wrote: event #1 is DUSK at 7:53PM. event #2 is DAWN at 5:31AM
I assume those aren't constants? 
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I skipped this: built-in timer will trigger event#1 at DUSK, trigger event#2 at DAWN.
my previous timer does not use battery. so each outage will cause timer to delay timing. so after long time, all schedules are corrupted....
diligent hands rule....
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Sounds like a little light programming exercise.
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Ah, the advantage of being "born" as a probrammer with VB6 
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Southmountain wrote: spent time to find out how to program this switch
You guys have programmable switches ?
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