I've seen a lot of confusion around the "aspect of Persephone" for the argent skull, I was also really confused after unlocking it. After reading some post in here and testing it in my own game, this is the info I've gathered, for any person interested in trying to understand and use this aspect of the Argent Skull:
1 - Using normal attacks WILL do something for the indicator next to magick, even if you won't get the damage buff from "glory". It seems like omega attacks raise that indicator more, but any type of damage should work (It raised so slowly that, at first, this post said that normal attacks didn't work... it really needs some kind of buff)
2 - After using omega attacks (Both omega attack and omega special), you will get a short damage buff to ANY of your attacks or specials, so the idea seems to be that you should use the omega attack 1 time and then spam yout other skulls with the buffed damage
3 - When you have accumulated a certain amount of that indicator, after using your omega special, you will basically have a "Poseidon's Call" effect for your omega special. You will be able to move freely with your omega special while being impervious to damage, which means that you can't be damaged while using it. It's not as strong as the description says, it doesn't last THAT long even after the whole indicator is full, but it's still good if you charge it enought.
(Also, it's important to know that the indicator raises up like the Thanatos's aspect one. It's a semi-circle that goes from left to right, with a small blue light. It's kind of hard to see at first, specially with how slowly it grows, but after using some attacks and omega attacks, you should be able to see it raise). So, it seems like the way to increase the indicator is to keep spamming omega attacks and attacks constantly (which uses a lot of magick...)
4 - The indicator doesn't go down with time or after clearing a room, which means that the idea is to use your attack and omega attack as your main source of damage and wait until a hard fight to actually use the omega special
So, as a brief summary, it seems like the intended way to use Persephone's Aspect is to use constantly your omega attack and your attack, making the indicator and the "glory" raise, and having that brief damage buff constantly activated. When you already have a huge amount of "glory" in the indicator next to your magick bar (after clearing some rooms, because it raises reaaaally slowly), use it against big amounts of enemies or against bosses for free damage, like if you were using Poseidon's Call in Hades 1.
You will probably need some kind of magick restoration for this aspect to even work or to be good. Hestia's magick restoration seems like a good option, and if you have enought magick, maybe even Hera's magick restoration boon could be really good.
IMO, the aspect is not good enought right now, and needs some kind of buff. The indicator grows to slowly, knowing that you literally can't use yout special AT ALL if you want it to be powerfull, and magick restoration is mandatory to actually have a powerfull build.
If anyone wants to share some extra info on the comments for me, so that I can edit the post and have all the info about the aspect in one "easy to read and understand" way for anyone, I would be very grateful.

I'm a big fan of Hainbach, and remember listening to an album of his that heavily used test equipment in 2020. It's cover featured equipment dials, and it had lots of minimal-techno made on the machines.
Now I can't seem to find it anywhere, not bandcamp and not on streaming. Putting "Hainbach test equipment album" into YoutTube doesn't help. Can anyone help me find it?

 Braxs wakes up in a cold sweat from the nightmare he has been having for the past 3 months the same nightmare that always puts fear into him. It is the same nightmare that he is always running in hearing screams and cries and when he looks up he always sees the thing he is scared of the vortex he doesn't know why but looking at the sky makes him unsettled. As he runs for something behind him that he can't escape from and every time before he wakes up he hears the words “ find the keys”. Braxs gets out of his bed he looks out his window into the vast of space and calms himself down and gets ready for what seems like an ordinary day on his ship with his crew. As he steps out of his room making sure his arm is properly put on he bumps into David. Braxs combat expert as they exchange good morning they go to their stations braxs in the cockpit and David in weapons storage. As Braxs enters the cockpit he hears the usual fight between Maylie and Dex. They are always fighting about something this time Dex took Mayle’s stop in the cockpit and like usual braxs had to end it. The two of you stop the bickering now there is no use in this now get out while I plot a course for the nearest atomic gaser station. Mayle and Dex leave giving each other death stares as they leave Kelly walks in and says wats up with Mr. Robot and Miss Grumpy she says in a sarcastic voice. Braxs chuckles and says are you serious if it's not one thing with them it's a completely different thing. Ke; takes a seat next to braxs as he is plotting a course and notices his eye bags have gotten worse she sighs and looks at Braxs and asks him” Are they getting worse?” Braxs gives her a tried glance and exhales and says” no there not even bothering me anymore” Kelly grabs his hand and looks at him “don't lie to me I can see you eye bags come on braxs I am here talking to me I didn't almost die trying to leave lextens army for you just to keep hiding things from me. I can't help if you don't speak to me the only way for you to get some rest okay” Braxs gives her tried and understanding looks as he lets out a big exhale he tells her about his nightmare and how it's been the same forever and once he finishes kelly gives him a relieved look and worried look about that he finally told her but that his nightmare is so vivid. “ keys? Do you have any idea what that means “ braxs think for a mommet and remembers something Lexten told him awhile ago when Brxs was under the influences of lextens controls it was about a vortex that can be opened with a device and it was called the keys to mothers tears or for short K.T.M.T and the device was split into many pieces because the purpose of it was o open a gateway to the gods and enter their realm. Braxs reclaims this to Kelly who thinks for a while and says well why would you be dreaming of such a horbile thing then if the device is split apart” Braxs does know and gets the course plotted and goes to his room to think about what all this could mean. 

Braxs drifts off from his tiredness and finds himself in his nightmare again everything happens but this time he sees what comes out of the vortex and what he sees puts fear into him and what he sees is a man walking out of the vortex and the man has a look of sinister and he walks down and a giant bright light expelling into the sky. The screams stopped and the man walked to braxs in a calm but strong way the man grabbed braxs by the neck lifted him in the air and said “See you soon braxs and let's see if you beat my game Hahahaha” And braxs woke up on the ground in his room with one of his hands rubbing his neck and signs and goes to take a shower to clean his sweat cover boat from fear and he keep hearing voices and it starts getting louder and under they are all saying “ FIND THE KEYS AND FIND THE LIGHT FIND THE KEYS AND FIND THE LIGHT” and they stop braxs goes to his bed. Braxs takes a pill that lets him sleep but cuts off his emotions and stops the nightmares He falls asleep and gets much-needed rest from his nightmares and the voices. As Brax awakens in his room, he notices something feels off as if he is being watched and it's not a good feeling. As braxs was sitting feeling odd he heard his voice but not from his mouth but from his head as braxs jumped his voice chuckled and said “ Oh my is the strong leader of this little rebellion scared.” Braxs replied,” Show yourself NOW voice!!” The voice takes form into braxs vision and as he does He looks choked as in front of him is standing himself but with black his sclera is black and his eyes are red this is a form of braxs giving up and letting his demons and fear take hold on himself. Brax in a calm but hesitant voice says: w-w-what are you?” The voice chuckled again deepening his voice and saying” I am what makes a man fear the dark and himself I am the thing a man can never get rid of…..hahaha….I am guilty I am darkness I am BRAXTEN your demon that you made!!!....HAHAHAHAHAH” Braxs For the first time in a while was scared and had feared but he calmed down and said” Whatever you are doing care you will not stop me I am not going to let my head play tricks on me you are not real!!” Braxs closes his eyes breathes in and out and opens them and Braxten is gone Braxs get flashbacks to when he last felt that way.” it was 4 years ago…..and yet I still fear him I can't I need to stop this I can't choke when we fight him if I do I am costing my team there lives…..if lexten finds us….. I won't choke I will end everyone suffering once I see him……My “father” will die when he attacks us…” As braxs leaves his room he sees David cleaning the weapons and Maylie looking in old history files of the K.T.M.T to see if they can find it cause if lexten told braxs about lexten defiantly wants it that can't be good for the world if he gets his hands on it and gets to the gods who know what he could do. Braxs is angry that Maylie and Dex eavesdropped on his conversation with Kelly yesterday but lets it slide since she doing something useful to stop lexten. As they look through they find a section that says there is a dead sun solar system that there was a planet that was destroyed and most of it survived and now just floats in the void of space and that the activater to K.T.M.T is on it. Braxs is concerned because when a sun becomes dead a creature forms on any rock in that dead sun location that creature will eat anything and nest in in boulders to make more offspring. Maylie gets the idea of braxs getting reconnected to THE ONE a god that was once braxs Vishnu as braxs was his Avatar but a while ago The One broke their connection after braxs disobeyed an order and left braxs powerless. Braxs thought about it and decided he would try as he laid down in a tub full of warm water and chanted The one message” The one I call upon you the weaver of destiny and fate I what a word with you it me your Avatar” As Braxs vision closed his mind woke up in the domain of the one. The one Speaks in a strong voice” Braxs you are not my avatar you once were but you disobeyed me and I will not tolerate disobedience…..But I do and a choice for you I will reconnect us but only IF you will follow my orders and not go on using them from something I tell you not to mess with understand?” Braxs takes a minute to think getting K.T.M.T is very important so he agrees “OK I agree but I want you to stop watching me and hovering over me and let me use this power to get K.T.M.T activator from a dead sun “ The one thinks he needs an avatar and braxs is not asking for much and asking to do more heroism so the one snaps and braxs wakes up and see if he is reconnected he use activates his pure energy sword and it appears in his hand and he is electterfided that it works and walk out to his crew and says “ plot a course we have what we need” As they leave braxs feel his connect to the one is weak but there and keeps it to himself and let Mayie plot the course as he decides who will go with He knows everyone can handle themselves but he needs a group to protect the ship so he picks David to come with him. As he and David gear up Braxs grabs his cloak so that he does not freeze in the dead zone David grabs his suit to protect him from the gravity and cold and the forug blasters and waits in the hatch David inquiries Braxs about all the info that he has on K.T.M.T braxs replies “ its just something I picked up on” He lies to his team from the start minus one And kelly him and kelly were lextens right-hand man and medical adviser the rest are clueless to there past and Braxs want it that because he fears his team will be scared of him and he does want to lose his family but David isn't dumb he has known forever and he say to braxs” okay boss but remember i am a friend and friends don't judge a friend for there past but there present actions. Brax Looks at David with reluctance and before Braxs can say something the ship’s alert system Tells everyone that we are entering Lord Lexten territory and they must be careful Braxs yells to his team “ Get the cloaking device on NOW” His team gets to work getting in online and as they do the once beautiful lights in space die out in there view now is a dead sloar system and in the middle there traget the dead sun its said when a sun explodes it froms a dead sun with the planets in it solar system and that is what Braxs and his team faces are in aw and shoke then Dex speaks up” i see worse” Braxs chuckled at the fact that Dex has a point but neve mind that braxs and David get to the hatch again and they jump down on the planets surface as they do braxs can already feel the K.T.M.T energy and its deep in the planet so Braxs and David turn the lights on and walk as they pin point the location and as they do Braxs stops in his tracks and stop David who looks confused why they are stopping and Braxs point at what look like David but actually behind him and Braxs shoots killing one of the creatures that inhabbit the Dead sun and David was unfased and gets back to with Braxs finding the K.T.M.T and they had to enter a cave it glowed with a uneasy purple glow and they went in with there gruards up Braxs states “David be careful we dont know what could be down here “ David says “ On it boss” Braxs looks around the cave seeing that the creature arent going near them which made Braxs even more careful because something terrible must have scared them and as him And david walk deeper in the cave there coms go out Braxs keeps moving d David ge worried because they just lot there only connection to warn the team if something happens” boss shouldent we go back before we get hurt or something?” Braxs turns around “ NO we need to keep going before lexten gets to it if you are that worried go back I keep going” David looks around and turns around and leaves “I am sorry boss…. it too risky” David leaves Braxs alone in the cave With that. Braxs goes deeper into the cave he finds something odd an old ship the size of a small moon in the end. Braxs finds a broken window and jumps in he surveys the area and see a light coming from a room and above its door says K.T.M.T safety Braxs enters and finds the K.T.M.T activator and it is just a remote so he easily grabs it and then he feels it the presents of someone that someone with a past with Braxs As Braxs turns Around he sees him Lexten “HAHAHA I see you're still doing my job for me Braxs hand over that remote now” Braxs Gretts his teeth and let out smile and says” Oh my dear “father” thinks I will just hand him this no I will not let your hand on this thing if you want it you will have to fight me Lexten!” Lexten chuckles” Ha that's boring how about this I use my new toy on you” As he says that Lexten's New right-hand man walks in and is ten times Braxs size” Puny Ant, hand over the device now or I will make this fun for myself” Braxs try using his coms but forgot they were cut off and then he draws out his powers but before he can The one pulls him into his dreamscape and says” Braxs you must not fight you will not win” Braxs get mad and laughs” Are you questioning me I always have a plan”
With that Braxs pulled himself out of the dreamscape and realized he had been tied and Lexten took the remote Braxs broke free with ease. And runs Out of the cave to catch up with Lexten as he exits. He sees his ship and Lexens above it He runs to it but he gets surrounded by the creatures one bit his Robot arm off. And braxs was able to kill them all with the little energy he had left and as he makes his way to the ship his team is standing her Kelly with her normal look meanwhile the other Three Look at Braxs with looks of fear and judgment and Braxs looks confused then Maylie spoke up with tears in her eyes “is it true braxs?” Braxs looked and said,” What is true Maylie?” Maylie screamed,” Is it true you're the braxs that once who worked for lexten the one who hurt all of us the one that made us work day and night without breaks!!” Brax stood there in shock” Who told you this Maylie “ Kelly walked up “ I couldn't keep my story hidden from friends anymore and then I told them yours” Braxs felt his chest tighten as the one he trusted and had known forever would reveal his dark past. Dex pipes up” At least she had the guts to tell us our Leader didn't even tell us” Braxs looked at his crew the fear and hatred in their eyes. He tried to get in the ship but Dex pushed him out” You don't deserve to be up here we should let you die on this planet.” Braxs caught himself and Kelly tried to get Braxs on the ship but the group held her, And they closed the hatch, and started the Ship. Braxs was distraught; he tried to improve his life, but his past kept biting back. He looked down at his destroyed arm and then he heard it “ Oh this really took a turn for the worse all because you never told your dumb friends the truth” With that Braxs turned around and saw Braxten standing there with his smile Braxs stood there feeling like his life is already gone he fell to his knees as he saw his ship his friends leave him on the Dead sun And Braxten chuckled “ Ah is the great Braxs alone to bad I wanted your friends to see me take control of your body and take them back to where they belong” Braxs felt something odd he noticed his arm repairing its self without him rebuilding it then Braxten vanished and braxs herd The one “ My Avatar we must speak alone now that whatever that thing was has retreated into your Subconscious we can do that. I think it is time you look for a way off this planet because as we speak Lexten is finding the last piece of the K.T.M.T. Do it soon young one”. Just like that Braxs was alone again and he didn't know what to do anymore He sat there lifeless his mind racing with all the memories of his past actions but the ones that kept appearing were his crew and him eating and laughing together. He stood up and headed to that abandoned ship buried deep in the cave and as he got in there he went to the engine room and got to work he worked on it for hours and as he did the only thing he thought about was finding his crew and giving them the full story he know then they might understand he then hears something. As he walks out he sees something odd ghosts. No that's too silly he thinks to himself self then he sees it is not a ghost but hologram’s and it looks like it is a recording He finds the control room and asks it what the date is of this recording it states the recording was made over 500 years ago as he watches it he goes to the area where the K.T.M.T activater was held and sees several researchers studying it. Braxs hears them” We need to get this to the station this device is too dangerous to have” With that the ship's recording cuts to 5 days later and the ship is on fire and screaming and braxs hears a very familiar laugh. As braxs turned around he saw Lexten first Braxs had fear but then confusion how is lexten here in this recording if it was 500 years ago? Braxs then see someone clinging to life in the Recording and they shove themself into lexten and push him into an escape pod so he would not get his hands on the device. Then for the final moments of life, this person sent a beacon out to another ship so that when needed the device could be found. With that, the person lets go and dies. As braxs watched this he thought if this was from 500 years ago then lexten would be at least 534 years old now but that made no sense because both of them looked the same. Braxs shook it off and asked for the next recording it went quiet and braxs seen that this ship crashed into a planet and then was deep enough to survive the implosion as it happened he didn't see it but felt that this planet had been the core of the dead sun brith. Braxs then realized he was in a ship that could be stronger that all of the lextens combined he went back to the engine and finally got it running he went to the power box and gave it a punch with his robotic arm sending waves of energy starting it up got the light on and everything. But as he did the ship started to shake like 100 earthquakes all at once and the ship was pulling out of the dead sun Braxs Quickly got somewhere safe. As it shook and broke the dead sun braxs fell to the ground and when he got to his feet he sen that this ship was not a ship but a space station. And the dead sun was gone and all the creatures died put to rest. While all this happened His team was off going who knows where and Kelly was trying to convince them to go back and pick Braxs up. “ come guys you all know Braxs would never hurt us” Dex with a plain face replied” He kept a secret from us one that was way too wrong to hide he is a murderer he did lextens biding and look where that got everyone I may be a robot but the doest mean i don’t read facial expressions. “ Kelly continues to talk to them and Maylie pipes in “He may have been our friend but he didn't tell us the truth he betrayed our trust why should we trust him” Before Kelly could speak their ship was attacked and when they looked out it was one of lextens drone ships and it shot down there engine the n there power as they got ready for a fight lextens Right-hand man got inside “ well look at this these ants want to play it we gonna do this properly you should know this winner name they call me 5 and you would know that kelly haha let us play now” With that 5 used the darkness to his advantage and attacked he used an emp bomb to disable there weapon and Dex he then knock the other two out with ease and pick them up and took them to his ship before that he planted a few bombs on their ship and once inside his own he blew up their ship. 5 took them to the empire capital and were tossed in prison minus Maylie Lexten wanted a word with her” Ah young one you right one time to see my greatest creation be rebuilt do you know the one thing that defies a villain and an evil mad man its simple really a villain is always having a reason for what he does and lets the hero win because they are weak but not I this game is fun when you time every mommet” Maylie sat there and spoke “ get to the point old man I rather be in a cell then here you drag this on” Lexten with a chuckle and gave her an offer” how would like revenge on Braxs I know you want it he did, after all, betray your trust.” When we get back to Braxs he gets the space station out of the dead zone and he had one goal and asked the ship's navigation “ find Ax6-10 position and status.” It replied that they were 56 light years away and that status was the ship was destroyed. Braxs automatically had to take him there he got his suit on and jumped into the vacuum of space he went to what was left of their ship and he was revealed there was no sign of them but he knew there was only one person that never left something behind he knew who Lextens right-hand man was now and wasn't happy. Braxs quickly set a course for the capital and quickly took a look at what weapons this ship held since he needed a totem to channel the full length of his powers when he got to the weaponry he found a normal-looking gun as he thought but when he picked it up it changed its self to a grip that fit his hand and a barrel to a perfect for a hard shell bullet. Brxs was stunned he never heard of any weapons like this with the K.T.M.T. activator and now this gun had him thinking this ship had more to it than it seemed and as he got closer to the capital he was ready for a fight. When he was getting closer the Station Computer asked to activate the weapons and Braxs didn't think much of it because he was still far away from the capital then Warnings appeared hostile ships were heading to his location. Braxs quickly and smartly activated shields first then had the turrets and as they got closer the stations shot each ship with precision and ease Braxs wasn't going to let people die anymore he used the tractor beam and took in the pilots he knew that would fight back because they where to in fear of defining Lexten Braxs quickly get in the command deck and they were hesitant at first but Braxs told them with him as their leader he won't let Lexten hurt them ever again. They quickly got up and went to different consoles on the command deck maned them and got the station at 100% power affinity. They were on a direct pass to the capital and Braxs told the pilots that he needed them on command there because Braxs now had the ship to save every person from Lexten's control and power and he was keeping his promise to end Lexten. When Dex woke up his head was disconnected from his body he was stuck and confused he laughed it off and said “Well I could be dead right now ha…he….” He is not good when it comes to this and quickly panics and makes his head fall to the gourd and his head rolled close enough to his body for him to connect to it and pick his head up and reconnect himself. When he calmed himself he looked around and realized he was not in a cell with his friends he was in a lab but he felt like he was there before as Dex looked around he saw something that triggered a memory he saw a bloody table he felt his head hurt and as he tried fighting the memories he let one slip and see his reflection it was him he knew it was he was not a robot he was once a human his name was not even Dex. He let all the memory flood his head and realized Braxs wasn’t at fault he was. Dex in his memory puts a control device in braxs head for lexten and Dex gets a surge of regret. Then he heard clapping “Ah I see that brain of yours was not too far gone you remember everything good” Dex tried attacking but 5 pressed a button his wrist freezing Dex’s body. 5 walked around him and spoke” You think I wouldn’t be dumb enough to bug that body of yours you are my mercy Mr.Trever or my mentor” Dex looked at him now with his memories back “ 5 What the hell is this I took you in raised you as my son” 5 smiled” Oh you did do that but failed to do lord Lexten bidding 9 years ago and he had you punished he wants to know how you ended up like this so I will be breaking you and rebuilding you it's going to be so much fun!” Dex thought for a mommet “ I will tell you how I ended up like this and first of all my name is not Trever it's Dex plus I am not scared of you i have seen the dead sun’s more sickening than you 5 You are not scary ha yout not even creepy.” Dex looks over to a closet” Behind the panel is where I kept my journal you will find it in there 5 walks over to it and rips off the panel “Where is it all I see is a tunnel?” Dex tried hiding his chuckles” It's deep in there you will find it” 5 stepped inside and Dex yelled “ Computer shut test cell 45” Room 5 was in lights up brightly blinding him as the entrance closed off Dex could now move now that signal and walk to 5 “ Your grounded haha” Dex leaves 5 and goes and find his friends to reveal the truth. While all that happened Maylie woke up in her old room the door was guarded and she needed to find a way out she went to her old chemical lab and was stunned all her chemicals had been cleared out she had no hope of getting out she went to her bed and lost hope. David was the only one put in a cell he tried breaking out but ended up breaking his arm.” agh…. it's no use I am useless without a weapon if the boss was here what would he say” David was thinking for a while and remembered something Braxs said while he was training with him “ Remember David we may be good with our weapons but the greatest weapon is the mind when using it right you anything could be a weapon just use you head” David looked around and he took Braxs serious and used his head agest the lock David is so hard that it made a actual dent.” ow that hurt I probably should have cushioned the blow” Braxs made a quiet entrance and knocked out the guards. And went to the command center and unlocked all the cell doors he located everyone minus Maylie he could not find her location anywhere which worried him. Braxs bumped into Dex first and Dex tried apologizing but Braxs stopped him” Dex we will worry about this later this is a rescue mission and saving the world” Dex nodded They quickly made ease with guards after they picked up David who had fallen unconscious with that head bump from earlier and They quickly made their way to Kelly when they took down the guards and entered they saw Kelly's hopeless face fill with joy when she saw her friends “BRAXS!, DEX!, DAVID? What happened to him” Braxs looked over “ He probably took my advice seriously again” They all chuckled then the question Braxs knew was going to come up came “ Braxs how did you get here we left you on the dead sun” Braxs smiled” look out to the wall her name is Audrey “ He pointed to the ship he named like all good captains do.

So been on an odyssey with this Nest Learning thermostat.
It's been working, but then the wifi stopped working. Support sent me a new one and it refuses to do anything besides tell me to take it off and put it back on. So they sent me another one, it does the same. My original wifi broken nest can plop right back on and work fine minus wifi...
on both replacements i did try charging them overnight on a usb cable, no change.
is it possible my wiring is somehow wrong? I can replace the wire disk thing but it seems so odd that my original works ok on the current wiring plate.... attached are pictures of the setup and original thermostat wiring.
thank you!!
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Hi, I know this is probably a post that most people won´t care about or relate to but I want to leave it here so that if someone ever ends up in my situation can benefit from my experience, and save you some stress. I took the C2 proficiency exam from Cambridge in 2017 and studied my bachelor´s degree in English, I passed the C2 exam pretty alright, I don´t fully remember my grades but I think I failed speaking by 1 point but the writing, reading and listening more than compensated it and I got a pretty good overall grade.
Now fast forward 7 years and for my masters I was forced to take the TOEFL and get a grade above 95 (it is a bit low, yeah), since they thought my C2 was too old, and the deadline was in a week.
I got 107 by only doing a couple tests and watching a couple youtube videos on the best strategies to follow during the reading, my grades have been 30/30 reading, 30/30 listening, 25/30 writing and 22/30 speaking.
Now, if you want to replicate this results or get better ones, I have to say you should do one test first without a time limit but counting how much time is passing and see how well you defend yourself. If you already got the level of English, the only parts that you are going to plan are the writing and the speaking. Without time limits you should be getting a 30/30 in both listening and reading or really near that.
On the reading, you need to not read the full article at first, the best strategy is to read the introduction, read the first phrase of the rest of the paragraphs and maybe (your choice) the last paragraph fully , and after that, go to the questions, you are going to have to be quick but you will have time to spare. This strategy will give you a general feel of the text and allow you to respond faster.
On the speaking, I don´t really know tbh, I didn´t plan it and that´s why I got the lowest grade there, it does feel like they are benevolent while grading since I kind of got stuck in one question repeating myself and I still got a good enough grade. You should check around the internet to find the way you feel is the best in case you want to be a 100% sure you will do good.
The listening should be really easy if you just pay attention and for the writing I would recommend just following the structures you would have used for the C2, or just follow yout guts in terms of how well you are structuring the text and the vocabulary you are using, I didn´t practice much, I just tried to make the structure make sense and use the fanciest vocabulary I had.
It is easy, WAY WAY WAY EASIER than the C2 exam, you just need to be prepared for what is coming and have a way to tackle it, I only had two days to prepare and I didn´t spend those two days fully studying, I even went karting, out for lunch, to the beach, to drink some beers... Idk if this will ever get to anyone that needs it but don´t stress like crazy, you have got this.

For a few weeks now, I've been trying to find the most satisfactory Android note-taking app for me personally, the one that works best with the stylus. I would therefore like to share my experiences with you and possibly also discuss them.
On Android there is unfortunately the problem that the OneNote version is rudimentary (compared to Windows) and there is also no Notability (probably the best note-taking app, which is only available on iOS).
Aspects that were originally important and/or significant to me: Page limit setting: A4 (or other limited format) as well as endless scrolling if desired; Paper background: checkered background & should have different size settings; Paper size setting: Vertical as well as horizontal screen layout support: so that you can write notes horizontally as well as vertically. Therefore landscape or "normal" (vertical) orientation/ alignment; insertion and/or recognition of objects. For example, inserting squares, straight lines and/or even coordinate systems, etc.; Subsequent modification of what has been written: Color, thickness and if necessary also pen type; Good folder or organization structure of the note sheets, pages, notebooks; Possibility to export as vector PDF; Audio support, so that you can make voice recordings; support of mathematical formulas (useful because I am an engineering student and have a lot to do with formulas); handwritten text recognition.
I considered and tested the following apps: Samsung Notes, Flexcil, Noteshelf, Notein, JNotes, Touchnotes, INKredible, Kilonotes Notewise, Nebo, Goodnotes.
The main cons of the apps:
- JNotes, Kilonotes, INKcredible & Touchnotes: Since I prefer somewhat cleaner, minimalist interfaces, more professional rather than playful, I sorted these apps out right away despite the lush features. But also because some things have been translated incorrectly/badly from Chinese.
- Notewise: long import times for PDF imports; general lack of "ease" - sometimes you have to perform many steps for a single action. Often seems a bit "playful" to me, e.g. when deleting notes you have to move a slider etc.. This often saves a lot of time; no recycle bin for deleted files; lack of handwriting recognition/conversion; form recognition is often somewhat inaccurate; resizing shapes is not possible with small shapes;
- Nebo: Feels like the OneNote Android version spiced up by the excellent handwriting recognition. Few paper formats. With the infinite canvas there, I have performance problems with slightly longer notes. Be it with fast scrolling, but especially when going back from actions. A plus is that there is even a Windows version because everything is properly synchronized. Not like Noteshelf, where the two operating systems have different storage locations...
- Noteshelf: With many note pages or long PDFs, changing pages is a bit complicated and tedious; when importing PDFs, at least on my Galaxy Tab S7 FE, it immediately opens the files sorted by name, which is rather cumbersome for me. It would be better if it sorted directly by time. Other note apps do this (but it could also be a setting on the tablet...); Handwritten elements cannot be moved to another page so easily -> you have to cut out this element first... is annoying; If you reduce/enlarge handwritten notes, the thickness of the line changes accordingly; POSITIVELY, however, I have to say that I write most beautifully with Noteshelf. I don't know what it is, but that's the way it is; the AI function is also often really great.
Samsung Notes: While it does have the most pen versions and a very good audio recording feature, this propriety story that it only works on Samsung Tablet distances me a bit from the app. Also, my handwriting on Samsung Notes is by far the ugliest, but that's not necessarily true for everyone; the PDF export... The quality is subterranean when zooming; note organization is pain. For once, the folder name length cannot override a certain character length, but other apps can do it much better.
Conclusion:
PDF - In the end, I stuck with Flexcil for PDF editing. Perhaps if Flexcil had more paper size formats and hand-to-text conversion, I would also use Flexcil for my notes.
Handwritten notes - I use Notein for my notes, as it offers the most useful functions and is not Samsung-bound. What I sometimes miss is the audio recording, but since most professors at my university record their lectures anyway, it doesn't matter too much if one or the other passage is no longer clear and comprehensible. Also, since you can replace it with a separate dictation device app in an emergency, even if this is nowhere near as good as the inbuilt Samsung Notes function. It also has a screen shot function, split screen, other shapes which are often fine to insert into the notes, possibility to draw dotted lines.
What is yout go-to Note taking app? What are your experiences?

For a few weeks now, I've been trying to find the most satisfactory Android note-taking app for me personally, the one that works best with the stylus. I would therefore like to share my experiences with you and possibly also discuss them.
On Android there is unfortunately the problem that the OneNote version is rudimentary (compared to Windows) and there is also no Notability (probably the best note-taking app, which is only available on iOS).
Aspects that were originally important and/or significant to me: Page limit setting: A4 (or other limited format) as well as endless scrolling if desired; Paper background: checkered background & should have different size settings; Paper size setting: Vertical as well as horizontal screen layout support: so that you can write notes horizontally as well as vertically. Therefore landscape or "normal" (vertical) orientation/ alignment; insertion and/or recognition of objects. For example, inserting squares, straight lines and/or even coordinate systems, etc.; Subsequent modification of what has been written: Color, thickness and if necessary also pen type; Good folder or organization structure of the note sheets, pages, notebooks; Possibility to export as vector PDF; Audio support, so that you can make voice recordings; support of mathematical formulas (useful because I am an engineering student and have a lot to do with formulas); handwritten text recognition.
I considered and tested the following apps: Samsung Notes, Flexcil, Noteshelf, Notein, JNotes, Touchnotes, INKredible, Kilonotes Notewise, Nebo, Goodnotes.
The main cons of the apps:
- JNotes, Kilonotes, INKcredible & Touchnotes: Since I prefer somewhat cleaner, minimalist interfaces, more professional rather than playful, I sorted these apps out right away despite the lush features. But also because some things have been translated incorrectly/badly from Chinese.
- Notewise: long import times for PDF imports; general lack of "ease" - sometimes you have to perform many steps for a single action. Often seems a bit "playful" to me, e.g. when deleting notes you have to move a slider etc.. This often saves a lot of time; no recycle bin for deleted files; lack of handwriting recognition/conversion; form recognition is often somewhat inaccurate; resizing shapes is not possible with small shapes;
- Nebo: Feels like the OneNote Android version spiced up by the excellent handwriting recognition. Few paper formats. With the infinite canvas there, I have performance problems with slightly longer notes. Be it with fast scrolling, but especially when going back from actions. A plus is that there is even a Windows version because everything is properly synchronized. Not like Noteshelf, where the two operating systems have different storage locations...
- Noteshelf: With many note pages or long PDFs, changing pages is a bit complicated and tedious; when importing PDFs, at least on my Galaxy Tab S7 FE, it immediately opens the files sorted by name, which is rather cumbersome for me. It would be better if it sorted directly by time. Other note apps do this (but it could also be a setting on the tablet...); Handwritten elements cannot be moved to another page so easily -> you have to cut out this element first... is annoying; If you reduce/enlarge handwritten notes, the thickness of the line changes accordingly; POSITIVELY, however, I have to say that I write most beautifully with Noteshelf. I don't know what it is, but that's the way it is; the AI function is also often really great.
Samsung Notes: While it does have the most pen versions and a very good audio recording feature, this propriety story that it only works on Samsung Tablet distances me a bit from the app. Also, my handwriting on Samsung Notes is by far the ugliest, but that's not necessarily true for everyone; the PDF export... The quality is subterranean when zooming; note organization is pain. For once, the folder name length cannot override a certain character length, but other apps can do it much better.
Conclusion:
PDF - In the end, I stuck with Flexcil for PDF editing. Perhaps if Flexcil had more paper size formats and hand-to-text conversion, I would also use Flexcil for my notes.
Handwritten notes - I use Notein for my notes, as it offers the most useful functions and is not Samsung-bound. What I sometimes miss is the audio recording, but since most professors at my university record their lectures anyway, it doesn't matter too much if one or the other passage is no longer clear and comprehensible. Also, since you can replace it with a separate dictation device app in an emergency, even if this is nowhere near as good as the inbuilt Samsung Notes function. It also has a screen shot function, split screen, other shapes which are often fine to insert into the notes, possibility to draw dotted lines.
What is yout go-to Note taking app? What are your experiences?
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I currently work as a Scrum Master for a management consulting firm.. my company has been doing some layoffs and I want to get out before I get hit next.
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