I am 36 years old. I don't have any friends. I haven't been in a relationship in two years. I don't make as much money as I would like. I am have a really slow recovery from a tonsillectomy and I am just having a hard time getting myself motivated to do anything.
I had one pretty good friend, an ex, and we went on a platonic trip together in March. I had a really good time and generally enjoyed myself. Got to see Chichen Itza and get some fun in at the cenotes and beach. Since then we haven't hung out though. In her texts she said the guy she has been seeing is moving out of town in a few months so she is spending time with him. She has dated him off and on for 20+ years and this has never been an issue before so I do feel like some of this is also just fatigue of hanging out with me. We didn't get in any fights on the trip but it did show we have much different priorities/personalities. She brought her dogs, they go everywhere with her, and one is incontinent so it was dictating quite a bit of our schedule but I am pretty used to this so I felt like I handled it fairly well. I also do think some of this is her boyfriend not wanting us to hangout, which is understandable. I just said No worries and we haven't talked since. She didn't message me on my birthday, but I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't remember. We have been hanging out regularly for 2-3 years so it is a bit of a hit, but it was something that felt ultimately was going to happen so I am not mad, just a little sad. I haven't hung out with anyone other than my dad since the middle of March though.
Just hurts to not have anyone to hangout with at all. I have talked to two coworkers and one of them has bailed on me multiple times and the other just said he was too busy to make any plans in the first place. I have done meetups in the past but I always just feel so awkward not knowing anyone and I am awful at initiating contact with anyone, guys or girls. I also just don't really have that many interests, even though I tend to enjoy most things I do. I own a dirt bike but haven't gotten out to use it because it is really hard to load by myself and I am just not that confident with it. And if I am doing anything alone without somebody else keeping me accountable I tend to just blow it off. I have also tried Bumble BFF but honestly was so turned off by it. I kept on getting hit on, creepy af, and it just feels awkward.
I feel like I am bad at making friends because I am not very personable and also tend to overshare and say stupid things just because I haven't talked to anyone in so long it is just kind of like a dam bursts.
I would like to get back into judo or jujitsu, but with college and my mortgage I am barely squeaking by financially, and 200+ a month is a little too much for me. I even canceled my cable plan to save some money for bills despite loving basketball. I also don't really have enough energy for active hobbies due to my tonsillectomy right now.
I work full time and am taking college classes at the same time. I was never the best student, but I have finished 9 computer science courses and a statistics class over the last 2.5 years. I have 5 classes left for my bachelors and am on course to graduate Spring 2025. Straight A's and one B+ so far so I have been really happy with my grades, but the industry has completely fallen apart over the last year or two and I am worried that after investing all this time and money into going back to college I might not be able to get a job. The best student I know wasn't able to land a single internship this summer and that really shocked me. He is an amazing programmer, better than anyone I know.
Because I have a mortgage on a little duplex I cannot really afford to do an internship to try and help my job prospects, I am going to really have to rely on doing well in the interviews. I am also planning on trying to take advantage of the career fairs and other on-campus opportunities next fall but that is so not my comfort zone that I don't want to set my expectations really.
With how busy I am it has also been a great excuse for myself to not pursue more social outlets and the only thing I do for dating is online apps and while I can get the occasional date I don't think I have ever actually had a real connection through it. I am just bad at connecting with people on a personal level, be it friends or dates. I have been on so many first dates it is kind of depressing. The town I live in isn't small, like 150k, but I feel like I am running low on options after years of failures.
I had been suffering from chronic tonsillitis over the last year. I had 5 bouts in total, three of which were back to back episodes from January to March this year. I got a tonsillectomy on April 20 and am still having problems swallowing food. I am basically still on a puree diet.
Getting the tonsillectomy was a real eye opener for me because with my ex not being a contact anymore I didn't have anyone to rely on so I had to have my father fly out and spend a week with me. I didn't have any friends to rely on and it really just kind of hit me how depressing my life is. All of my old high school friends, who I don't keep up with, have families.
The one thing I had going for me is that I had a decent physique. Due to a lack of a social life I was pretty good at going to the gym and lifting regularly. I was 6'1 and 180-185 pounds, nothing impressive but I was happy with myself. I am down to 160 pounds now since my tonsillectomy though and I am just extremely low energy all the time. My summer class started today and I am having a lot of issues just focusing after an 8-hour work day, even though I only work remotely on a computer.
During COVID I really made leaps and bounds to improve myself. I quit cigarettes after 15 years, I started going back to class. Got my own place and gained 40 pounds (in a good way) but after losing half of that weight and generally being miserable from my tonsillectomy it is just so hard to motivate myself to even go to the gym anymore and for 3 years I never had a problem getting off my butt to go to the gym, even if it was just for a mediocre lifting session.
I used to love playing video games and watching tv shows/movies but now I just find myself mindlessly watching youtube or reading and don't even have the attention span or interest in booting up a video game anymore or trying to find a show or movie to watch.
I always wanted a family, but I have never really had a successful relationship in my life and now since my tonsillectomy I have become a lot less sexually motivated than before. I don't even have the urge to masturbate anymore, and sex was never a strong point of mine in the first place, leading me to believe it will be even worse moving forward. I also just have never connected with somebody on like a really deep level and feel like years of failures/insecurity just kind of burden me a this point. And I am getting to the age now where I feel like I am almost beyond the point where this is still possible. It is weird telling somebody I am 36 and my longest relationship was only 4 months long.
I feel like I am on the right track on paper with only one year left until I graduate and I kind of really want to move even though I love where I live just so I can get a fresh start, but at the same time I am terrified I will graduate and just be in the same situation I am currently in. I also could never afford to buy another place without a better salary. The only reason I was able to afford what I currently have is because I bought during the 2020 market and got a 2.34% APR. But even with that my mortgage is close to 40% of my take home right now and I have one of the cheapest places in town.
I don't really have anyone to vent to or destress to so I just wanted to post something from a throwaway account. My dad has been texting me daily because I think he realizes how unhappy I am and I really appreciate that.
I have been wanting to go see some Nuggets games at the bar, but I still cannot drink alcohol until I am eating food again so I have just been following highlights on youtube. I also have never been a fan of hanging out at bars. I enjoy shooting pool but I am not good at social settings like that.
I will leave it at this for now. A very long, poorly formatted ramble. But I have seen much worse. Thanks.

Frontiersman No. 0012: Duke Collins
I snapped up in my seat with the notifications sounding on my ship's Heads-Up Display, telling me that I'd arrived in the next system. Hopefully this one would have at least something of interest. For 2 years now I had been doing this; going system to system, scanning areas of interest or systems that merit valuable expansion. That's the fate of someone like me. I'm a criminal. It turns out punching your superior officer in United Navy Advanced Flight School is grounds for an immediate court-marshal, and 12 years in a military prison. To be fair though, the guy was a bit of a dick, and I'm pretty sure he had it out for me ever since I beat him in the simulators when he was trying to make an example of us new recruits. That aside though, when it was announced that a new program was available for qualified individuals in lieu of serving time, it was a no brainer for me. They stuff you full of experimental hardware/cybernetics, throw you on a decent sized ship filled to bursting with experimental/cutting-edge upgrades and capable of being piloted by one person, and exile you from Humanity controlled space, with the sole mission of exploring. I'm required to make logs while I travel, and leave buoys behind to relay the logs back to the United Terran Systems. So that's me.. Duke Collins, Frontiersman number twelve.
"Aerie, Anything on the scans?", I asked my shipboard AI.
"The nearest planetary body is showing signs of life, Captain." Aerie responded in a cool voice. Her voice was a recent development, in the last 5 months or so. She was one of those experimental things added to the ship when I was tossed out here, and it seems like she's actually getting... smarter? United Terran Systems hasn't really developed AI yet, but I was the lucky sucker to have their first big attempt thrown into my ship. There's a room about 5x7 meters near the aft of the ship filled with all sorts of high-tech storage and processing tech, but about 4 months into our journey my "computer" began requesting stops at resource rich asteroids to harvest materials for our synthesizers, and suddenly I'm performing upgrades to the room that she had developed herself. She turned out to be a great proof of concept, but also my only companion and friend in this lonely journey.
"Don't fuck with me, Aerie, and stop calling me Captain." I replied. She responded with a giggle through the speakers. I knew it was just for my sake, but it made her feel more like a real person, and I appreciated that. I think she liked to emulate organic life as well, for some reason.
Aerie relented, "Nothing of note on the scanners, Duke." She emphasized my name. "Although we aren't in range of all of the planetary bodies yet, and there's a few sizeable gas giants on the opposite side of the star."
"Well, lets get over there, I'm eager to leave another boring system behind." I replied. This job was a way to avoid jail time, if you meet the qualifications, but it was a prison of it's own kind. Spending all of this time in a ship the size of an moderate apartment could get cramped, and being alone this long can start to affect the mind. I seemed to be doing alright, but I honestly think i'm just riding the high of finally having someone to really talk to.
With Aerie's help, we input the coordinates for the opposite side of the start and the FTL drive began to spool. Within a few seconds we were on the opposite side of the star, and lasers were passing over the bow of the ship.
"Aerie, what the hell is going on!?" I shouted, and slammed the throttle to 100%. Inertia Dampeners be damned, it still hurt like hell. In an instant, we were rocketing through space, away from what appeared to be an active engagement.
Aerie chimed in, "Powering up reactive shielding, uh, for the first time. It seems that, while the planets were identified before warping to system, we were unable to identify the ships behind the interference from the local star. Recommend leaving the area."
"Well hold on now, Aerie," I retorted, "scan those ships, lets see what's going on out here." I swung the ship around, from what I believed to be a safe distance, and looked at the active engagement taking place. "Aerie, are those ships... even Terran?". Looking at the vessels, I didn't recognize any of them. One of the ships was shaped like a sleek, white, cylindrical pod, with black glass at the front that was undoubtedly the pilot's viewport. It had a sweeping tail that formed a half-ring loop on the stern of the ship just above the rear thrusters. It rolled and twisted erratically as it attempted to escape it's pursuers.
The attacking ships, at least from the looks of it, were much less graceful. They were a dull, dark brown, almost black, and sported large flat surfaces on the front, in which rested the weapons that were being actively fired at the fleeing vessel. It seemed that whoever created these ships somehow managed to take a few blocky cigar shapes and stuff them together, clearly more function over form. The function seemed to be working as intended though, as shots connected with the fleeing vessel, and engines began to flicker out.
"Scanning...Scanning completed." reported Aerie. "The vessels appear to be of 2 separate make. The lead vessel appears to be a simple transport, and sports no weapons or shielding. The FTL drive function is unknown. In short time, the vessel will be destroyed. The pursuing vessels appear to have some form of laser based weaponry, schematics and build are unknown. There is technology aboard the vessels that I am unable to discern at this time, but I believe some to be a form of very basic shielding, of a completely different function than our own. Recommend vacating the area."
My adrenaline was pumping, the cybernetics in my brain processing the combat at enhanced speeds. I wanted so badly to get involved, to be the hero that saves the day, but I know better. Just because a ship is being chased, doesn't mean that they're the good guys. As if to answer my prayers though, one ship peeled off and began moving my way. I gripped the controls to my vessel and waited.
"Come on... do it. Make my day. I'm so, so bored. Do it. DO IT." I kept thinking to myself. I had no idea what I was up against, but anything was better than rolling through space for another 10 years, and maybe I'd finally be able to put some of that oh-so-expensive schooling that our sweet Terran overlords brag about to some use.
A flash of light. I yank on the control stick, sending my ship into a sideways tumble as laser fire rolls across the length of my ship, barely missing me. My inertia dampeners and cybernetic muscle and bone fibers helping absorb the massive g-forces.
A smile flashes across my face. "Aerie, I have a better idea." Aiming towards the fleeing vessel and it's lone pursuer, I roll the sticks forward, sending us rocketing in their direction, and away from the one that chose me as it's target. "We're going to be heroes."

Hi; got a new TV so was going to try to update my Logitech Harmony 720 remote. And then......... oh, you're living in 2024! Well boooooo! New computer tech won't support doing any update work on this remote and I fear it is due for the recycle facility.I could revive an old Windows 7 box I suppose before I pitch it. Do one last update to get the remote to control my new tv and then be grateful for my almost 20 years of use on it ;)I'll start reading out of curiosity to see what others are doing with these devices in 2024.Long Live Harmony!

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I am about to buy lethal company, which platform should I play on:

• MacBook
• tv app GeForce (keyboard and mouse)
  I don’t have a windows computer.
  

Hi there, thanks for checking out my post. I hope that you're staying safe and well during these crazy times! I am hoping to find someone who I can chat on here a while and then maybe move on to a messaging app with the intention 0f hanging out in real life and explore the big apple with, which is why I'm mainly looking for someone in the NYC area or at the maximum withing the east coast. If you think we would really click, I'm open to anywhere too but please put some effort into your first message and can actually hold a conversation. Not looking to waste each other's time! Thanks!
About me:

• 31
• 5'8
• 160 lbs
• Average build
• Asian
• Foodie
• Majored in Computer Science
• Working as software developer
• Huge geography buff (love history too)
• Boxing fan (also watch MMA, NBA, and soccer from time to time)
• Horrothrillemystery movie fan, do watch mainstream movies & TV shows in general
• Love paranormal/creepy things
• Exploring new and unknown places
• Space, universe, aliens
• Enjoy deep conversations
• Collecting things (I'll keep it a mystery for now, message me to find out more)
• Swimming, running, hiking, working out
• Into science & tech in general
• Laid back, open-minded, and love to make inappropriate jokes even during tough times
• Dark humor
• 420 friendly (I smoke socially and have no problem with it as long as it doesn't revolve around your life 24/7)
• Random fun fact: Drifted around homes during childhood, moved more than 10 times before I left home for college (lost count at this point 🤔)

Looking for:

• 20+
• A cutie like myself :>
• Can hold a conversation
• Share some 0f my hobbies and interests, would love to hear your hobbies/interests too
• Willing to explore the city and go on a food hunt with me
• Enjoy traveling and trying out new things
• Will enjoy staying indoor as much as being outdoors
• Build a deep connection with me and open to the possibility 0f leading to a serious relationship
• To be honest, I don't have much expectation. So just send me a message and we can find out!

What I am hoping to see from your first DM/Chat:

• An intro about yourself, just something we can kick off with. Things like as age, height, weight, location, INTERESTS, etc. would be cool
• Perhaps a photo, will be sending one (or a few) in return

Hi there, thanks for checking out my post. I hope that you're staying safe and well during these crazy times! I am hoping to find someone who I can chat on here a while and then maybe move on to a messaging app with the intention 0f hanging out in real life and explore the big apple with, which is why I'm mainly looking for someone in the NYC area or at the maximum withing the east coast. If you think we would really click, I'm open to anywhere too but please put some effort into your first message and can actually hold a conversation. Not looking to waste each other's time! Thanks!
About me:

• 31
• 5'8
• 160 lbs
• Average build
• Asian
• Foodie
• Majored in Computer Science
• Working as software developer
• Huge geography buff (love history too)
• Boxing fan (also watch MMA, NBA, and soccer from time to time)
• Horrothrillemystery movie fan, do watch mainstream movies & TV shows in general
• Love paranormal/creepy things
• Exploring new and unknown places
• Space, universe, aliens
• Enjoy deep conversations
• Collecting things (I'll keep it a mystery for now, message me to find out more)
• Swimming, running, hiking, working out
• Into science & tech in general
• Laid back, open-minded, and love to make inappropriate jokes even during tough times
• Dark humor
• 420 friendly (I smoke socially and have no problem with it as long as it doesn't revolve around your life 24/7)
• Random fun fact: Drifted around homes during childhood, moved more than 10 times before I left home for college (lost count at this point 🤔)

Looking for:

• 20+
• A cutie like myself :>
• Can hold a conversation
• Share some 0f my hobbies and interests, would love to hear your hobbies/interests too
• Willing to explore the city and go on a food hunt with me
• Enjoy traveling and trying out new things
• Will enjoy staying indoor as much as being outdoors
• Build a deep connection with me and open to the possibility 0f leading to a serious relationship
• To be honest, I don't have much expectation. So just send me a message and we can find out!

What I am hoping to see from your first DM/Chat:

• An intro about yourself, just something we can kick off with. Things like as age, height, weight, location, INTERESTS, etc. would be cool
• Perhaps a photo, will be sending one (or a few) in return

I don't know how to word this so the title might sound strange. I have T-Mobile home internet with a little box that plugs into power and nothing else, and wirelessly provides internet. Really, there are 2 main things I have that use this internet: my PC (laptop) and my firestick plugged into my TV. I also have a PS4 and cell phone that I very rarely use with the internet but that's not important for this I'd say.
I do a lot of stuff with my Firestick and PC, such as stream TV, watch live streams, download video games, play online games, and video calls, among other things, often 2 or 3 of these different thing at once, easily. Usually, my Internet can keep up and it's not a problem. I've had T-Mobile for over 2 years.
Lately (past week or two), my Internet has gone out and I've had to turn it off and back on again at least once per day.
I've also had issues, especially when in a video call, and the Internet will go out.
Every single time the Internet goes out, it won't come back on automatically, no matter how long I wait. I always have to shut it off and back on again.
Is this definitely a problem with the Internet box thing itself (I don't know what it's called), or could it be my PC is using so much Internet that it's causing it stop working (where I also can't watch anything on my Firestick)?
I called T-Mobile and they are super unhelpful. They all think I'm an idiot that knows 0 about what he's doing and they just waste my time claiming to fix the problem but it's not fixed. In reality, they seem to have no idea what they're doing. :-\
About a year ago, I had similar issues and had to exchange the box and it was a huge hassle because the people at the brick & mortar stores are extremely rude and not wanting to help me.
Anyway one thing that made me think it could be my computer is I started just using my phone's hotspot the past couple days and, just before I posted this, I was trying to open a bunch of web pages at the same time on my PC (not super intensive stuff) but the Internet went out briefly. However, it came right back and is working fine on the Firestick (not sure it ever stopped working on the Firestick) so...I don't know. I'm just spitballing here.

I've been seeing WAY more errors ripping TV discs than I did with any movie. I know having multiple episodes and movies makes a big difference but it's damn near every disc I put in has insane errors on them even after cleaning. I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
This is the latest log of errors I'm getting off of a basically brand new box set of DVDs:
Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading '/VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB' at offset '0'
Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading 'BD-RE PIONEER BD-RW BDR-UD04 1.14 CKDL121011WL' at offset '0'
Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading '/VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB' at offset '0'
Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading 'BD-RE PIONEER BD-RW BDR-UD04 1.14 CKDL121011WL' at offset '0'
Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading '/VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB' at offset '0'
Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading 'BD-RE PIONEER BD-RW BDR-UD04 1.14 CKDL121011WL' at offset '0'
This happens on two different BDR-UD04 drives and 2 different computers.

To start, my wife (31f) and I (31m) have been together 5 years and married 2. We have an amazing relationship and I cannot imagine a life without her and our two dogs. We love to travel, spend time together and we are basically best friends. We work from home on our business and spend most of our time together (well at least in the house, I am usually on my computer and she does house stuff and watches TV).
We have been trying for a baby for a year now without success, I convinced myself that it would be nice to have a child who we can raise, mostly because she wants one so much. But I have finally confronted this feeling that deep down I still want to be free, travel more, have more fun and that I do not want a child, YET. I told her yesterday how I really feel, we had a fertility appointment that I just cancelled which we were supposed to go to today (she told me to cancel it, I was still ok with going to see if there was a problem). I have had this feeling deep down that I am not ready yet, and just came to realization that this was what has been bothering me. I have voiced this opinion many times before convincing myself that maybe I do want a child. I started to believe that maybe a child isn't so bad because we both have caring parents who could watch out kids if we go on a vacation/out but that honestly sounds a bit delusional on my part. We have all the freedom in the world right now and we have been taking advantage of it by going to Mexico for a month, Japan, Europe in the last year and I just don't want this to end.
She wants a baby because she is convinced that she is getting way too old to have a child and that her time is running out + she doesn't want to be old raising children, and I totally get that, but I am also feeling immense pressure to satisfy her needs without really questioning it since I love her so much. I just wish we could wait a little longer and settle more (buying a house, figuring out our finances, enjoy life).
I tried to talk to her about it just now but she shut down and won't talk to me. I offered that we should try marriage counseling but she doesn't seem to want to/mad at me at the moment and won't listen. Maybe we can get some good advice on how to proceed with this. Hopefully she will listen to me and we can see what a therapist would say and we can try this FIRST before we bring a child into our life. She just took the keys and went out.
I realize it's wrong for me to have gotten cold feet like this all of a sudden, but I honestly did not figure out what was this "looming shadow" I had deep in my head until I actually thought about it and finally it clicked.
Like I said, I believe I will get around to wanting to become a father, just not yet.. There is too much fun I still want to have, preferably with her, without shackling us down.
Thank you!

For the past year I feel like there’s cameras watching me everywhere. In my room, my bathroom, my hallways, outside, my phone, my computer, my closet. Everything. It’s gotten to the point where I shower with the lights off, every hole in my wall is covered by a piece of tape or sticky note, every device is covered when I’m not on it and the camera is taped, all mirrors and electric devices(even my hair drier) is away from me and/or out of sight when I’m in the room, my blinds are closed at almost all times, and I have to check my bed area every half hour to make sure there are no hidden cameras. It’s cutting into my life at this point. I wake up at 2 am just to use my phone and even then I’m disconnected from WiFi and Bluetooth. I can’t use the bathroom with the lights on unless it’s earlier than 5 and later than 11. I’m constantly looking at my vents and smoke detector like something’s looking back. When I am in my room during the day I feel like I’m acting on tv, doing anything an anyone else would and filtering my every movement. I feel like there’s an audience, like everyone I know and strangers can see me on recordings. Even now I’m afraid someone looking at my pho. Does this go away? I don’t think I can just convince myself I’m wrong. I’m afraid to let my guard down. Is this happening to anyone else? How do I make it stop if I can?

Posting this on a burner account because I’m so embarrassed. Small cringe/trigger warning because I did a dumb thing I knew better than to do. Here’s the story…
I let my sister drive my car (2017 Toyota Corolla LE, automatic transmission, turnkey ignition) today and I noticed she keeps the starter engaged a little too long when she starts it, causing a little extra grinding/squealing noise and making me wince every time. When I was back in the driver’s seat I got to show her how long I held it for when I started. No problems or mishaps there. But then we got home, and for some reason I thought she’d take me more seriously if I showed her the sound it makes when I briefly grind the starter, as she couldn’t tell the difference between a clean start and overcranking. So, parked in the driveway and feeling cocky, I pressed the starter in unintentionally very firm, and…
In a second the engine stalled, big red battery light came on the center screen and it beeped at me. Started right back up as normal though and there weren’t any problem lights whatsoever when I did that. No smells or smoke from under the hood, opened it and stuck my face in to be sure. I then went for a drive because I felt paranoid that I’d damaged the motor or flywheel / flywheel equivalent somehow. Starter behaves as normal, battery voltage normal, car drives the same, I’m just scared because I’ve never had it stall on me when doing that accidentally (think it’s because I’ve never pressed in that firmly?). I have no idea if that’s a failsafe or a sign that I damaged something serious, the car’s acting normal but google is clueless and provides no reassurance. I’d invest in a cheap OBDII scanner but I don’t even know if the car itself can detect the type of damage I’m worried about.
Is there anybody here that could tell me whether stalling out is worse/better than gear-grinding? Is it a modern computer failsafe in response to excessive starter torque while already running? Did I just decrease the lifespan of starter and/or engine components in one go?? It all happened pretty fast but I don’t remember any particularly horrid noise before it stalled, and again there’s no obvious damage… I just feel stupid. Thanks for reading and for any help.

My boyfriend noticed that his guitar (which was plugged into an interface>his MacBook>the wall outlet) was shocking him. Then he noticed his iphone charger was doing the same thing.
This lead to me and him touching the tips of all the chargers in our house. My watch charger, the guitar cable, multiple USB cables plugged into his computer, the hdmi cable plugged into our TV, all shocked us when we touched them.
We tried different outlets with and without a power strip. Everything is delivering a small but noticable shock when touched, more like a sharp sting than an intense electric shock. The only thing that doesn't cause a shock is my android charger for some reason.
I have lived in this house for a year, it never did this until now.
That being said, I bought a receptacle tester and all of my outlets read as correct.
What could be causing this? I know my landlord is going to try to avoid doing anything about it unless it's serious so I'd like to arm myself with knowledge.

May maram kamo dd na nag aayad hin monitor hn computer? Dre kasi na dayon na power it ak. May baralyuan ada na capacitor
Pde gad ak ini it maghimo kaso busy lwat ngn wa na ak mga gamit.

First off, I pretty much know nothing about old computers. But I recently found an old TRS-80 CoCo II in an old storage room and I wanted to check if it still works. I was wondering if there was a way to connect It to a monitor or smart tv? I'm already searching for old tv's so i can plug it in, but it'd be great if I didn't have to

I have a rare physical condition (due to a medical treatment I received recently) which causes my right eye to have trouble focusing. I’m hoping this is temporary but in the meantime I’m having a lot of trouble watching TV or even using my computer screen, I can only successfully focus on close objects (my phone screen for example). The medical term is Immune checkpoint induced cranial nerve 6 pulsy. I thought that my QUEST 3 would be a perfect companion because the lenses are so close to the eyes, unfortunately the Quest is imitating real world focal distancing so I’m still seeing double when I use it.
I feel like this is something that could be fixed with an added accessibility feature. An advanced setting that lets the user adjust not just the focus for each individual eye but also the degree of compensation based on the object’s distance. I think a computer could easily generate a new set of rules for distance based on a wizard that would place objects in the virtual space in front of your eyes and ask you to push LEFT / RIGHT until they are in focus, through which it would redefine what your current eyes focus capabilities are and adjust the rest of the VR world / games accordingly.
It would certainly provide some much-needed relief for patients with eye issues like Diplopia. I've done a lot of searching online and couldn't find any way to modify the QUEST in this regard but I'm hoping maybe a META employee sees this and brings it to their attention.

Hey everyone, If you're in the market for a photo printer, here are some of the best options available in 2024. These recommendations are based on user reviews on different subreddits and the features they offer. Each printers has its strengths and weaknesses, so the best choice depends on your specific needs, such as print size, frequency, and budget.
(Tip: If you're a professional photographer, the Canon PIXMA PRO-200 or Epson SureColor P700 might be the best fit. For those looking for cost-efficient and high-quality prints, the Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 is an excellent option.)

Best Photo Printer:

1. Canon PIXMA PRO-200
2. Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550
3. Epson SureColor P700
4. Canon SELPHY CP1300
5. HP Envy Inspire 7955e
6. Epson Expression Photo HD XP-15000

Canon PIXMA PRO-200:

The Canon PIXMA PRO-200 is a great choice for photographers who want stunning color prints. It uses eight different inks to make colors pop and can handle big prints up to 13" x 19". It's fast, easy to use, and fits well in small spaces.
Features:

• It offers Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and USB connectivity, and is both lightweight and compact.

Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550:

The Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 is an all-in-one printer that's perfect for saving money on ink. Instead of cartridges, it uses refillable tanks that last a long time. It prints beautiful photos up to 13" x 19" and is great for both color and black-and-white images. Plus, it's wireless, so you can print from anywhere.
Features:

• Equipped with Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB, and a built-in scanner.

Epson SureColor P700:

The Epson SureColor P700 is made for serious photographers who want the best quality. It uses ten different inks for amazing detail and color accuracy. It handles a variety of paper types up to 13" wide, including art paper and canvas. It's compact and easy to use, with lots of ways to connect.
Features:

• It includes Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB, and a 4.3-inch touchscreen.

Canon SELPHY CP1300:

The Canon SELPHY CP1300 is a small, portable photo printer that's perfect for quick, high-quality prints. It uses dye-sublimation technology for vibrant, long-lasting photos. You can print from your phone, computer, or memory card, making it great for events and parties. Produces good quality 4" x 6" prints and is portable and easy to use.
Features:

• Features Wi-Fi and allows direct printing from USB and SD cards.

HP Envy Inspire 7955e:

The HP Envy Inspire 7955e is a versatile printer for home and office use. It prints great photos and documents and can scan and copy too. It's wireless and works with the HP Smart app, making printing from your phone or tablet super easy. Provides good print quality for photos and is versatile with all-in-one functionality.
Features:

• Includes Wi-Fi, USB, automatic two-sided printing, and a separate photo tray.

Epson Expression Photo HD XP-15000:

The Epson Expression Photo HD XP-15000 is ideal for big, beautiful photo prints. It uses six inks for rich colors and can print borderless photos up to 13" x 19". It's compact, wireless, and easy to use, making it perfect for photographers and artists working from home. High print quality with Claria Photo HD inks, supporting wide-format prints.
Features:

• Offers Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB, and auto-duplex printing.

I have the Steam version. I have to set the resolution of my monitor to a very low setting to get it to run anywhere near a bearable speed. I have also disconnected a second monitor because I saw something about using an older library for graphics, and being slow with multiple monitors. I'm running on Windows.
Changing my resolution and such is a pain in the butt. Is there any advice specifically for this game? My computer runs most all games just fine.
I'm using the command "SELF DESTRUCT" to kind of check the speed ... I expect the 10 second countdown to be somewhat close to 10 seconds. The best I'm able to achieve appears to be less than half-speed.
This game appears very interesting, and I like the idea of the steep learning curve, but this performance bottleneck is getting in the way. I didn't even realize it was SOOO SLOOOW until I watched a video on YouTube and realized this :D
Considering what I've seen, and the size of the game itself, it should be very performant. During one of my attempts, some NPC ship knocked an asteroid into another and watching the event unfold on the scanner was quite interesting. Too bad it was so damned slow ...

My Bf (20M) and I (22F) have been together since 1.5 year, and live together. He is a living bf, not enough romantic for my taste, but thoughtful, sweet, kind, and supportive. For some context, we are in two different situations. I have my exams, and I work a lot for them. I know that I already have my semester but like my bf, I have pretty big goals and need to have the better grades possible. My bf however finished his exams 2 weeks ago, and wait for the results. He has very big goals (think that like a very selective school, a dream school) and is in law school, so more difficult than my field (human sciences). We've both pretty stressed. In top of that, I face some health problems since October, and if that didn't impact the rest of my live, our sex life is basically very slow and insufficient for the both of us. Now, the problem : my bf stopped being supportive. It's kind of a nightmare to live with him, he is always stressed, and very sensitive. Normally, is these situations, I take some work out of his plate, and make his life easier. But right now I can't, I'm too busy for that. He asks me all the time to share time with him (but refuse dates, want to stay home and watch TV), pressed me to taking time off and seems down when I revise. He is a little bit too pushy, and I feel like he didn't understand when I explained that I need time to prepare my exams. Yesterday, I asked him if he knows where was an important paper for me (we both fucked up, and if I misplaced that paper, he throw it away when cleaning). He responded in a very defensive tone, saying that I misplace my things all the time, and if this paper was so important, I would place that better, and if I followed his advices, the paper will be online. I was stunned. He spoke to me very aggressively, and I respond that I just asked, and that he doesn't need to spoke to me like a dog. He respound that his tone was okay, and that's it. Today, after an exam, I take a nap, and played near him, while watching TV. I played 3 hours, discussing with him, a pleasant time. After 3 hours of playing, he jokingly pressed the play button of my computer. He's not dumb, and anyone can understand that this can make me lost my progression. I reacted immediately, telling him to stop while he pressed two other times the button. I lost it, and tell him that he acted like an idiot, that he basically loose 3 hours of my time, and that it was not funny. He said other and other that it was just a game. We argued 5 minutes and after that, I concentrated for taking my progression again. Now, he won't talk to me, even when I pressed him for resolving the conflict, so I go to sleep. He followed me and take his pillow, and said that he is going to sleep on the couch. I'm tired. I don't recognize him. I'm stressed bc of my exams, but I m also exhausted from the situation at home. What can I do ? Break up ?

My boyfriend (S, 35 male) and I (30 female) have been dating for a year and a half, and living together for 7 months. I have been considering breaking up with him following a few conflicts over the past months. When I brought this up to him, he apologized profusely for his attitude and promised he would start seeing a therapist and would never hurt me again. Is it reasonable to give him another chance? Am I overreacting? Am I overly sensitive?
Just to for a bit of context: I am neurodivergent and have some difficulty reading between the lines. I did ask my therapist what to do… but she doesn’t give me plain answers and wants me to come to realizations by myself… Also english is a third language for me, sorry for any mistakes.
So here are the conflicts I mentioned above: 1– A few weeks ago, S invited his parents and 3 brothers, as well as my sister, to our place for dinner. After a nice meal, we all sat down to watch TV. As the evening progressed, his brothers and my sister left one by one, but his parents did not budge. I eventually realized that they were going to spend the night. No one informed me of this, nor did they ask me if I had plans or if I agreed to it. I dont’t know if this changes anything, but this is my house, and my boyfriend lives in, rent-free, as I have a higher paying job. When we went to sleep, I told S that, in the future, when his parents decided to stay over, I wanted to be told in advance. He got defensive, raised his voice and said that he felt that I was telling him to ask for my permission to invite his parents. That I didn’t want to see them. That, in his culture, family doesn’t ask. That he didn’t know they would sleep over, etc. I slept on the couch that night. The next morning, I tried to deescalate the situation. I explained to him that I did not want him to ask for permission. That this was his home too and he could invite whoever he wanted, but that I preferred to know in advance. He said not to worry, because his parents would probably never want to come over again as he felt that I was cold to them and ignored them all night by being on my phone on the couch (which is true, I was upset). However, his parents never told him this… and did come back. I asked why he would say such a thing if they never mentioned it. He explained that he knew his parents by heart and knew that they would react this way. I then accused him of emotionally manipulating and gaslighting me. He thought about this for a few hours, then agreed that he did gaslight me, albeit unknowingly, because our fight brought back insecurities from a previous relationship. I forgave him and we moved on. He promised he’d see a therapist and would never hurt me this way again.
2–S borrowed a few thousand dollars for a failing family business owned by his brothers. As 6 weeks passed by and no one mentioned reimbursing me, I proposed that each of the brothers pay me 100$ a month until the debt was paid off. He agreed and fought with his brothers multiple times, but they would repeatedly say they have no money at the time, or change the subject. In the end, S took it upon himself to pay their debt, and does so by sending me 500$ every month. Following this, S’s work computer broke, and a new one would cost between 4 and 5K. He asked if I could help out, and this made me panic, as I wondered if he was using me, which I expressed to him. He comforted me in the moment, but a few hours later, he told me that he decided to get a loan from the bank to be able to pay his family’s debt as soon as possible, so that I don’t feel used. He seemed mad and raised his voice, but he denied being angry at me. “I am only angry at myself for putting myself in a situation to be told that I use someone.” I felt bad and apologized multiple times and the conflict deescalated. We ended up making up.
3– We went to visit my family for a week. He was a bit sick and did not socialize much. He spent most of his time on his phone, in my childhood room. My mom was worried about him. My sister tried to include him into activities with little success and later told me that he was participating in family conversations only in my presence, but that as soon as I stepped out of the room, he’d pick up his phone and ignore everyone else. I did not say anything to him, as I knew he was not feeling well. However, one evening, I had planned to see some childhood friends. And my mom asked S to have dinner with the family, but he refused, and went on a car ride and to McDonalds instead. Mom proposed different food options, worried that he didn’t like the food, but he refused. This made me very angry, but I did not want to seem accusatory, so I decided to let it go for the moment, until I was calmer and had found the right words to bring this up respectfully. He drove me to meet my friends later on, and blew up in the car, yelling that he felt I was cold and that he knew I was mad and that he knew I was about to explode but couldn’t handle the wait anymore. I cried and told him that I just needed some time to deal with my feelings and I had the right not to talk to him about everything that bothered me. He yelled at me the next day as well, saying that he was “worried he would get tired of my attitude”. I later asked my sister if I seemed cold towards S to her, and she said no. S and I later talked about all this, and he apologized profusely and said that he was tired and sick and worried.
4–He asked that I do not talk to my therapist about him because he doesn’t want people talking about him and knowing his business. We had an argument about it. I told him that this felt controlling and he recognized this and apologized dozens of times, explaining that he did not know about confidentiality, and that he overreacted because this brought back past trauma. He doesn’t mind my therapist anymore.
And other such little arguments where he reacts because of past trauma. Aside from these arguments, he is the sweetest man. Makes pancakes every morning. Massage twice a week. Kind. Very loving. Very generous. Sacrifices his own wellbeing for those he loves. Wears his heart on his sleeve. He left his better paying job to spend more time with me. We do a lot of activities together. Cleans. Cooks. Listens to me. Supports me. We have similar life goals. Drives 30 minutes into town if I want ice cream. Makes my lunchbox every morning. I really love the man. Plus, he’s sooooo good looking.
I was ready to leave him after the last argument (the yelling while at my parents’)… and I told him about it. He accepted the possibility of a break up, saying he only wants to know I am happy. But he asked for one last chance. I told him that I felt as if I couldn’t speak to him because of his reactions and that it felt somewhat abusive. He said that I was right and he understood that his reactions are not healthy and that he has to deal with his trauma. And he gave me examples where he thought he could’ve acted better, which showed that he really understood where the manipulation/overreaction occurred. He promised he’d never get upset at me again for no reason and things have been perfect for the past 2 weeks.
Even when I bring up something that upsets me, he listens and adresses the issue calmly and kindly.
Yet, I feel that I have trouble forgiving all the fights we’ve had where I felt muted. I don’t know if these are such grave offenses of if I’m just being overly sensitive. I tend to be very naive and I’ve been burned badly in the past, so now… am I being overly cautious. Are these incidents really so bad if he understands what he’s done?