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BLUF: I had a new proctor that was not familiar with the GMAT testing procedures (specifically whiteboard usage) causing me to cancel my exam mid-exam during the first 20 minutes. She interrupted my exam multiple times during the first section because I was moving around too much while writing/erasing the whiteboard, and then during the last interruption, she asked me to position my laptop camera so that she can see the whiteboard as I am writing. I told her that that basically made zero sense as there is no way for me to move my camera and see the questions at the same time. Even though she checked the front and back during the check in.
I scheduled my exam for 8:00PM, began check-in at about 8:05, the proctor added me to a zoom meeting where she said she needed "2 minutes" to read through the exam because she was not familiar with it. She then placed me on hold.
At about 8:30, and almost 30 minutes (way more than two) and not getting a response, I left and tried to relaunch and was reassigned to the same proctor, where she answered, did not realize I was the same person, and again greeted me and said pls give me 2 minutes while I read the instructions.
At about 8:45, she finally started checking me in. At this point, I had been waiting for about 45 minutes in an empty room with my computer in a lockdown browser. I have testing anxiety and just sitting waiting for that long drove me insane.
Once she finally got me checked in (including making me scan my room almost 10 times because I was going to fast, not angling the camera so she can see everything, not doing a continuous circle, etc. after each scan she had another issue, made me move my desk to another side of the room because she said I couldn't be near another chair, amongst other things), she didn't realize she need the test code so she put me on hold again to get the code. Once, I finally went to start the exam and verify my name, the system crashed so I had to completely restart.
At this point, my anxiety/irritation is through the roof as it was 9:00PM and had been an entire hour.
FINALLY, once I am in the exam and begin, I start off with Quantative Reasoning as it is my strongest subject, and began using my whiteboard. She stopped my exam and asked me what I was doing because I was moving around too much. I never left my seat and said I was simply writing on the whiteboard. She said okay.
She then interrupted me again, and asked me to position my laptop camera so that she can see the whiteboard as I am writing on, which make absolutely no sense. Because of my frustration with her lateness, putting me on hold, and interrupting me multiple times, I asked if there is anyone I can have a different proctor or reschedule my exam.
AITA???

Hi im 22m, I just graduated from community college and got accepted to an instate public school with a good computer science program. I had community college free because my mother is employed there and could commute from home. I did fill out the fasfa, and was only approved for two 3,000 loans. This is the closest in-state public school for me however I would likely not be able to commute. The estimate I got from the college was
tuition fees: 11,000 On-campus housing and Food allowance: 16,000 indirect costs: 5,000 in total for the academic year 32,000
This feels like a lot which does confuse me a bit, cuz I was always told community college into public instate is the cheapest way to go.
I was confused about whether or not Parent Plus is for me or not. I have 3 years of credit history (750ish) and my parents have amazing credit as well (700+) should I still stick to parent plus anyway? If not is there a good resource to look for good private loans?
Also when I take a loan out for parent plus or private, would I get the funds after tuition so I could be off campus? I heard living off campus is cheaper.
Is there anything else I should know? I am confused about a lot of this stuff and my community college advisor didn't give me much good information

Hi, I'm a university student ending second to last year of my studies. The topic of my graduation thesis, which I'll be writing next year, is aimed at practical applications of LLMs, specifically their long-term memory. All I know so far is that I'll work with GPT in Python, no specific assignment yet.
My question is: what approach would you recommend to get into the field of LLM applications as smoothly as possible? I was thinking about buying some books and working on my own LLM project during the summer. The best I could find is this book, but I haven't found many reviews, so I'm not sure whether it's worth the money...
Any tips for literature, courses, articles etc. or even your personal stories of starting with LLMs and NLP applications are appreciated.
For context: however cocky it may sound, I'm not a beginner in coding looking for basics. I'm currently ending 4th year of computer science studies. I just wanted to clarify that so you could give more appropriate tips. We've had some courses aimed at AI and machine learning, but their core was the theory behind these topics and assignments were mostly in the "train your neural network to find patterns in data" style. So that's why I'm looking for materials to get me into the world of LLM and NLP practical applications.
Thanks for any advice!

I'm in that weird situation where I'm cooked but also not at the same time next year I will be a senior and I'm planning to either get a degree in computer science or medicine I've tried doing my research on what would benefit me more, people said statistics some said calc I'm not really a math person though and would like to know which one is easiest whilst also benefiting me and also I need to get at least a 3(would want higher) because in where I live I need to finish my equivalency certificate so that I can actually graduate and go to college so I need something that would basically guarantee me a good grade Im also thinking of taking csa since I took CSP and did pretty well on the exam pretty sure a 5 just so I can get extra credit and have two subjects instead of one just incase one of them go south soooo I'm not really sure what to take from these 3 and if I even should take csa on the side incase. Another thing my school doesn't offer stats/precalc at the moment from what I remember which is also something to keep in mind because if I might end up taking stats or precalc I'd have to self study/take a course PLEASE HELP.

I don’t really know what flair to add this too, I’m sorry. It’s also kind of heavy so I apologize for that too and I understand if it’s too much. I’m going to give the ages everyone was at the time so: Me (17F), my little sibling A (11NB), and Ex Boyfriend C (14M). I know the age gap is bad but please bear with me to the end
The start of things: my little sibling was playing Minecraft in a public server while I was hanging out with them, and their friend (C) was venting about their recent breakup. Having dated a couple people by then, I offered A some advice to give him since A had never had a partner. A started to get fed up with typing and wanted to play Minecraft- which is fair- so I told them to just give C my Skype (yes this is back when everyone had Skype) and I would talk to him there.
C was a friendly and sensitive kid, and I didn’t mind trying to help him feel better about his self-confidence and the breakup and everything. I was just trying to help him out for A’s sake since they were pretty close. Unfortunately, in giving C relationship advice and talking about what he wanted in a partner and such, he started to see me as a rebound. I didn’t really see much harm in this, and we had a lot in common and I was admittedly having my own issues at the time that made me enjoy the attention he gave me. We lived several states away so it would only be emotional attachment so I thought it would be okay to date him. Huge mistake and kinda gross on my part, I know.
I told some of my friends and they jokingly called me a “cougar” and a “cradle-robber”, but no one condemned me for it. Still, their comments made me really think about what I was doing and how it would be if things were reversed, and it was a guy in his 20s hitting on me. And then it hit me that even though we were both minors now, I would be 18 and a legal adult, and he would be in his second year of high school. I brought this up to him, but by now he was getting a little obsessive. He said he would wait until he was old enough to propose to me, and talking about our future kids. He was 14 and planning his life around me when he should’ve been worrying about which afterschool clubs to join. It made me sick to realize what I had done and set off every red flag, so I told him to forget about me and just focus on enjoying his teenage years. That I hoped he took all the advice I had given him and that it helped him love himself a little more and didn’t forget that just because of the breakup.
He did not want to. Begged me to reconsider, that he loved me, how could I do this to him, was everything I told him a lie, everything he could think of. I blocked him because I really wanted him to be able to get past me and I didn’t know what else to do. A couple days later I get a message from someone claiming to be C’s friend. He told me that C’s cancer had come back aggressively and that he was in the hospital. Over the next few hours he described how C was in and out of life before saying he flatlined. Not only was he telling me all of this, but he was telling it to A as well to make it more believable. My little sibling and I were sitting together thinking this guy we both cared about was gone and crying.
20 minutes later I get another message saying the doctors just revived him. This raised a huge red flag for me because I thought that that shouldn’t really be possible. I got suspicious about everything then. Suddenly C had his phone back and his “friend” told me to unblock him because he had amnesia from everything and needed to talk to me. So I unblocked him and he asked who I was, thinking that I would stay with him so that I would help him regain his memory and take care of him.
Well his plan backfired, because I remember thinking “this is my way out”. If he did have amnesia, he could move on and never even miss me. If he didn’t and it was a lie, then he was awful for doing all of this to me and my little sibling. I told him I was no one special, and I reiterated the most important pieces of advice I had given him, including about something very personal and traumatic to him. He said I must be very important if I knew about that. Red flag again, because if he had amnesia about everything like he claimed, how did he remember that? I told him again I wasn’t special and blocked him again, and also his “friend’s” account. I figured that was that and even though I was shaken, I was glad it was done.
UNTIL 3 or so years later my little sibling looks up from their phone and goes “did you know C was actually still alive?” I was shocked. I hadn’t even thought about him in a while. “Yeah? Did… did you not know?”
HE HADN’T TOLD A HE WAS STILL ALIVE
He went through all the trouble of telling A he was in the hospital and everything else, but only cared about telling me he was alive after. He let my little sibling grieve him for 3 YEARS. That was A’s first real experience with losing someone! I was so unbelievably angry. I hope C got the therapy he really needed at some point, but I also hope we never cross paths again.
That was 11 years ago. I’m married to someone who is a year older than me now, and I’m the crazy one in the relationship, not him.

Just completed the LS interview, however the recruiter did not mention any details about the Pair programming and technical deep dive interview. I have no idea what to expect. I believe mine would be front-end related since the recruiter asked me which one I leaned towards to more and I said front end. But might also be back-end because I said I don't mind -_-
Can anyone who has completed this interview please tell me what type of questions/algorithms to expect? And the level of difficulty?
For context, I am entering my 4th year in computer science and I've done quite a bit work in front end development for school projects, personal projects, and as part of an internship. However, I've never had to develop or implement any code while under pressure and being watched/monitored. I am confident with my skills to figure stuff out even though I do not have these solutions and design patterns memorized, but I am concerned about my ability to respond under pressure and without external resources.
I also don't have much time to study for it, I'm doing a full-time internship at the moment and taking 4 university courses so I'd really appreciate anyy guidance so I don't totally embarrass myself lol.

Interested in computers, I don't really have any knowledge about cyber security tho. Obv they will train you and everything. 20, huge loser, went in and signed all my documents, all I need to do now is the real asvab then go to MEPS. I already planned on joining after watching some bct videos. Again huge loser, I have nothing going for me, life is pretty shit rn. Dropped out college and wasted tens of thousands of dollars so add broke to the list. Don't have any skills either.
Don't have a job, minimum wage job places are playing games. I need a complete 180 in my life rn. Planning on 25B for my mos but it depends how long it will take to get shipped out. Also joining for brotherhood since I pretty much have no fucking friends since I left high school, able to live on my own as a adult even though I'll be treated as a child. Now based on my position I think it's a good decision but obv reading things people say on the Internet. Killing brown people for oil, sexual assault, racism. What is it really like day to day

Hi all, sorry if this is not the right place, please point me in the direction if so.
It'll help if I tell you my story a little first, so you understand the pickle I am in.
I was born in germany, September 2003 to my german mother, and English father. My father at the time was in the British army.
After a year and a couple months my parents split up due to my mother's mental health I believe, and she gave permission for my father to take me and my older brother to england (my brother is not relevant in this story, he lives in germany now for a few years).
I lived with my father and his new girlfriend until February 2017 where I then entered the care system. I've moved quite a few times since then to different types of homes and am still in care now.
This problem of mine first started in September 2022. I decided on a wim that I am going to visit Germany by myself as I haven't seen anyone for a long time, besides my mother visiting June 2018.
I returned after about 3 weeks, and when you return to Manchester airport and have to scan your passport, I was flagged and had to speak to border force in person. They said I have no eu status, and the application one of my old social workers made, had no evidence or something. So they said they would let me in this once, so long as I made a new application ASAP. I did so, and the next time I visited fermany for the 4 weeks in December 2023, I was flagged again. But this time the border force man said its okay, you'll always be flagged but I can see you have eu status so in future come straight to us and we'll let you in. I then visited several weeks later from last week of Feb and returned on Friday 1st March 2024. I was again flagged by border force like I expected yet this time the guy says I have got no eu status whatsoever, and on his computer he can see absolutely no evidence of me making one. I told him it's wrong and I definitely made one and explained last time borderforce said I was a OK for next time. He said then this is the last time I'll be let in, and next time I visit Germany I will not be let in and will be put on a flight back to Germany. To me this was sad , as I basically thought my options were never visit Germany again, or go there permanently. So I decided to apply to the Voluntary Returns Service. They denied me, saying that they checked with the home office or something and I have got leave to remain in the UK. But if I go online, where you get a share code, it says my permission to stay in uk expired November 2022. So I told them this is wrong and I don't, yet they didn't reply.
We are now in the present of this pickle, where I'm confused as to why borderforce in Manchester airport, and voluntary returns, and my share code online, all say three different things.
What are my options? I can't get dual citizenship, as I looked at British passport/citizenship but I'm unable to get this which is why I applied to voluntary returns who won't help me.
Am I wrong, or are voluntary returns meant to help me? The reason I need the help/financial help from them is I'm not working right now so can't save up enough to support myself.
If you have any questions please ask, I'll do my best to answer, and thanks very much for reading this many words.

My mom and stepfather have 3 children at a rented home (ages 4, 11, and 12). I moved out after graduation just a few years ago. When I was living there, we had 2 female non-spayed cats (one was an outside cat) and it was tidy until the end of my senior year because I wasn’t doing chores anymore and was too busy with friends or high school stuff. My mom is an alcoholic and drinks pretty much every single night. Every time I’ve gone over to visit, the house is extremely gross. They have an non-neutered large dog (german shepherd, black lab mix) who they keep in a kennel or cage all day with the exception of 2-3 hours of time in the house and potty breaks in the morning before and after work. They also have another small dog who has free range and another 2 unfixed cats (kittens of one of the cats). The house isn’t just dirty. There are dirty dishes filling the sink and all over the majority of the kitchen counter. The counter and cupboards are full of boxed and microwaveable food (expired and new), including the fridge that’s full of food but it’s a mix of old and new because they don’t clean it out of organize. I went over to pick up my 11 year old sibling a couple of days ago and it was absolutely heartbreaking what they’re living in. The floors are caked in dirt, animal hair, animal pee, and probably animal feces. There is garbage and broken toys or items on the floor. The couch cushions were peed on or eaten by the dog so the couches are just down the bones. There’s are blankets that belong to the children’s beds on them that are covered in cat pee. The entire house smells like animals so strongly that I couldn’t stand 20 minutes in there without getting a headache. The kitchen table is full of garbage and random things, preventing them to eat there. They replaced the stove around early this year because it broke (they never told the rental company because they didn’t want them to come into the house) and it’s been sitting in the living room since then. There are 2 litter boxes for the cats, one being in the hallway and one being in my 12 year old siblings room with one cat who is seperated because he isn’t fixed. He pees everywhere in that room and ruins clothes, bedding, and furniture. There are 2 bathrooms, but the main one is not in use because the only usable things are the toilet and sink. The entire bathroom floor in that one is covered in laundry that is caked in dirt and animal feces and the only walkable area is a small pathway to the toilet. There is a hole in the ceiling above the shower that drips when it rains and it’s becomes a crack that is literally caving in. Instead of my parents calling someone for help, they just avoid it because they don’t want to clean to have someone come in and fix. The other bathroom (the smaller one) is the only one they use because my 12 year old sibling keeps it clean because it’s attached to their room. My parents bedroom is where the 4 year old sleeps (she is not potty trained and has been 4 since February, she wears underwear during the day but has recurrent accidents. She wears pull-ups at night). She sleeps with my parents and it’s been this way since she was born. The entire floor of the master bedroom is covered in clothes and you have to step over cardboard food boxes (honey buns, crème pies) when you walk in to get to the bed. My stepfather eats boxes of these and just throws the wrappers and boxes next to his side of the bed (closest to the door). My 11 year old siblings room is full of toys, their mattress is on the floor because their bed frame broke years ago and my parents said they couldn’t afford a new one. However, their newest purchase is a computer monitor and computer tower (costing over $800 together). They also own a playstation and new iPhones. Both of my parents work full time M-F 8-5, with the exception that my mom has Mondays off. During winter, my stepfather wasn’t working because he works a seasonal job and the house was still in this state. They don’t open the windows or curtains to air it out ever so the kids are just sitting in a dirty house that reeks of cat pee and animals. The only safe thing they have is running cold and hot water. They have food, but it’s mostly easy to make (microwaveable rice/boxed foods, packaged snacks, and canned foods). My 4 year old sibling will go to my stepfathers moms house during the day when they’re at work and enjoys it over there.
I know this was a lot of information but I seriously don’t know what’s considered abuse or neglect and I feel nervous about reporting if it’s not that big of a deal. I’ve tried confronting my mom, but she just blames it on mental illness or her POTS that she was diagnosed with this last year. Help me.

The first time I saw this girl was probably around 2 weeks into the beginning of the school year. It was the end of the day and the bus that takes the kids from my early college to the high school was there parked at the front of the main gate. I looked at the bus and noticed a girl already there sitting even though. As I was looking at her I couldn’t note but see how pretty she was. I stared at her for a little bit then looked away knowing in my head i’ll probably never talk to her or she’s probably got a bf. The same thing would happen again a few times see her stare a bit look away. Eventually the bus would stop coming on time, and one day I saw her up close by the side of the gate and stared. She was talking to one of her friends and in my head i just said “damn she’s bad as fuck.” Anyways fast forward near the end of March I guess she’d noticed that I was always looking at her and the quick glances i’d take at her cause here’s what she did next. It was a friday afternoon and school was finally over. I was walking to the door and as I opened it I saw her standing right where I usually stand where I wait for my mom to pick me up at the end of the day, it’s very close to where she stands at the gate. Anyways I see her standing there and she was staring at the door with a smile as if she was waiting for someone. She sees me and stares and her smile gets even bigger. I didn’t think much about it and just pulled my phone out and doomscroll my chronically online tt posts and look up after a bit. I look around she’s like 2 feet away from me standing there smiling at me still I look at her for a bit seeing her just stare at me while she smiles at me I then just look down back on my phone and keep scrolling not thinking why she’s just there. I look up again and I see her still looking at me. Look up for a third time she’s still standing and staring with her pretty smile. Finally the bus comes and I look up again she’d prob been standing there for like 5-10 mins staring at me and this time she has the shocked sad face of disappointment. When the bus left I thought why she was just staring at me. It then hit and i realized how much of a dumbass I was and realized that she wanted me to talk to her and i’m just like holy shit I’m an idiot. Anyways 2 weeks later my mom picks me up and takes me back to her office and i’m staring at her computer which had the schools district website page. As i’m there staring at the computer screen seeing what events where happening or had happened I see a photo of a group of girls and see a familiar face, it was the girl that tried getting me to talk to her. In my head i’m like damn I sold. The next week and a half I purposely tried to look at her at her hoping maybe she’d notice that I’d be looking at her again, she did. Her second attempt at her trying to get me talking to her, she had put herself close to me again not as close but still close and was staring at me again. I noticed her staring and instantly pussied out. “Holy fuck she’s actually looking at me.” I pretended she wasn’t there and looked at the other direction and had sold again. The third time I was scrolling on my phone again and she was right there infront of me again I didn’t realize till I looked up seeing if my mom was there to pick me up, and boom she was right infront of me again staring. See her staring again I got nervous and looked down on my phone. Looked up again to see if she was staring and yup what do you know she still was. So that was that for a while until recently a few weeks ago I put myself near a bench that’s right infront of the gate where she stands. I wasn’t looking at her cuz I was faced slightly away from her. She was staring at me but I just pretended I didn’t see her. One of my hbs came up to me and I broke that blank robot face I usually have, in the corner of my eye i’m like 80% sure she smiled once she saw me smile and talk to my hb. The week after that on monday I was looking around for her and see her at the side of my eye. She was with one of her friends and they where looking at my direction I don’t know if they where talking about me but they where definitely staring. Then the same week on wednesday as the bus came I see her leaving, I was staring at her and she looked in my direction. She saw me staring at her and stared at me too then got on the bus. I forgot to mention that she doesn’t go to my school she goes to the high school and comes to my campus for cosmetology. She used to be here everyday but since it’s the end of the year I guess she doesn’t need to be here everyday and only comes Mondays and Wednesdays. Yesterday Wednesday , I told myself I was gonna get the balls to finally go up and talk to her. I’d gotten out 15 mins early from class cause the teacher i have last period M and W’s takes forever to dismiss us. Anyways I walked over to the door that we walk out and the security guard stood there waiting for the bell ring to open the door. As I was waiting I see one of her friends she’s always with smiling at someone, unknown to me at the moment it was the girl who I was gonna go up too was standing where I stand at the end of the day again this time exactly where I stand, and facing the direction where the door was. Her friend noticed I was standing at the door and stared at me. The bell rings I walk out, I see her, and IMMEDIATELY walk past her and sit at the bench that’s right next to where i stand. She stands there for another 20 seconds. Her friend was sitting across from where I was sitting and she went to sit with her. My back was faced to them and I was just thinking fuck what do I do, as I was about to look back they got up and walked to the parking lot for students. My hb who I told this situation came up to me and said “go talk to that girl u like.” I told him she’s right there walking, and as I did they turned around. They then came back and I was standing where she stands by the end of the day facing the gate, I look back and take a quick glance at her and i’m pretty sure she was me do this. Anyways by this time the bus was here and everyone piled up at the gate and there she was at the crowd. I was like 4 feet away from her and her friend turned around and saw me staring at her then they went back to their conversation. She got on the bus. Then My hb came up to me and said go on the bus and follow her. See id probably would have done that if I didn’t have to go to Mexico right after school for my stupid braces. And then the bus left. Yea that’s pretty much it, I don’t know if i’ll see her again today, tomorrow or even next week, grades are due this friday for everyone and I don’t see why’d they’d keep bussing kids to a campus they don’t need to go to anymore but maybe i’m wrong. If I see her again should I just go up and say hi to her even if she’s with one her friends? It’s probably more than likely over and that’s probably why she put herself right where I stand to maybe see what would happen. I fucking sold so hard guys i’ll probably never see her again after yesterday. Alice if you come across this post on social media sorry.

I've been working in IT support for 5, nearly 6 years now.
For background, here is my current job history:

• Level 3 Apprenticeship in ICT / ICT Technician - 2.5 years
• ICT Technician in school - 2.25 years
• Systems Engineer - 7 months (made redundant)
• ICT Technician (current, 2 months)

The journey so far
I did really well in my apprenticeship. I got apprentice of the year from my local authority, and continuted to work for ~6 months.
I left that job to go study Computer Science at university. I did this because I wanted to push for a better career in software development. Unfortunately due to personal circumstances and difficulty with the course, I dropped out towards the end of first year. This has been my life's biggest regret so far.
After University, back to IT support. It was in a school, so nothing too advanced, but I pretty much mastered troubleshooting, infrastructure, and basic networking. It felt like I could do IT support asleep, and has only gotten worse.
On the side whilst at this role and my previous one, I completed a lot of codecademy and freecodecamp, aswell as learning from YouTube resources and practicing coding projects.
Using this position I got into my last role. It was as ICT Technician/Systems engineer, and I both loved/hated this job. Part of it was to perform data analysis and prepare reports for stakeholders. This involved me using past knowledge such as SQL to a much greater degree. There were also opportunities to put some of my software development skills to test which was great.
Unfortunately aswell, this was also another IT support role at the same time, so I still had that frustration of not breaking out of IT support. It is just so easy for me at this point that it's extremely frustrating having to do it, especially for shitty pay. Ever since the apprenticeship, I have known it is dead end.
The present
So right now, I am currently working in IT Support, again. Unfortunately, due to the unexpected nature of me leaving the other job, I took the first one I could. I needed the money. A friend helped me get it, and it's working at a very small MSP providing support and doing basic infra work.
It's ridiculously simple, it's a step down, and I absolutely hate it, and knew from the start it was just about getting a paycheck in until I figure it out. I'm finding it really difficult going to work to do easy shit for low pay.
I'm back in the same zone I have been so many times, wanting to get out of IT support, and having no idea how to do it.
I could go to University again, but how do you do that without working for 3 years?
I could do Open University, but that means grinding in IT support for another four years and I don't think I can do it.
I could try a gov-funded bootcamp, but let's be real 80%+ of those are a cash grab just like the PPE scandals, and I can't afford the 8k the other 20% charge, or go 6 weeks+ without pay.
There are no level 4 apprenticeships in my area, and there hasn't been for 6 months or more. I check regularly.
I could try the whole self-taught angle. But I already have completed a lot of codecademy and freecodecamp, and have projects. I am already a semi-competent programmer, but find it extraordinarily difficult to convery this on a CV, any attempts in the past haven't worked.
It really feels all my doors are shut, and software dev isn't something I can achieve. I've though about doing networking instead as I do have an interest, but doing a CCNA and then hoping for the best doesn't seem like a great choice.
Appreciate any help, sorry it is massive :)

Every so often, we see a post that starts with "I did not think my stuff was ready to show..." or "I just got my stuff to the point where I can share it..." It is like they feel there is a minimum level where their stuff is worth it. Hell no! You just got an old desktop that a school tossed and started with docker? Awesome! Dug some busted laptop out of the trash and are running pi-hole? Sweet! Found an old Dell R710 and are bench-marking the different raid levels on 140gig disks? Wicked! We all started somewhere, and even some of us with a lot of experience and resources have ugly stuff. I literally have a pile of Cisco 3850s next to me, and my core switch is an EnGenius ECS1529P because it is so much quieter! I have 4 rack servers sitting unplugged in my office and my core compute is a Dell SFF desktop. All of my stuff on a shelf in the laundry room! :)
The point of all this is don't knock yourself. You dove into this mess and that is way more than most. And you will LEARN! A lot! And get better. But the better is not the end point. It is about the journey! Welcome to the circus! Now talk about your cool stuff below! Pics welcome!
Posted in homelab and selfhosted because people in both need to hear it. Your stuff is cool!

Every so often, we see a post that starts with "I did not think my stuff was ready to show..." or "I just got my stuff to the point where I can share it..." It is like they feel there is a minimum level where their stuff is worth it. Hell no! You just got an old desktop that a school tossed and started with docker? Awesome! Dug some busted laptop out of the trash and are running pi-hole? Sweet! Found an old Dell R710 and are bench-marking the different raid levels on 140gig disks? Wicked! We all started somewhere, and even some of us with a lot of experience and resources have ugly stuff. I literally have a pile of Cisco 3850s next to me, and my core switch is an EnGenius ECS1529P because it is so much quieter! I have 4 rack servers sitting unplugged in my office and my core compute is a Dell SFF desktop. All of my stuff on a shelf in the laundry room! :)
The point of all this is don't knock yourself. You dove into this mess and that is way more than most. And you will LEARN! A lot! And get better. But the better is not the end point. It is about the journey! Welcome to the circus! Now talk about your cool stuff below! Pics welcome!
Posted in homelab and selfhosted because people in both need to hear it. Your stuff is cool!

What if there’s a Christian situational comedy teen animated series about Christian saints (ex. apostles and virgin saints as highschool students and the doctors of the church as faculty members) where the animated series tackle about love, friendship, family, finding your true role in life and also Mama Mary as the Vice Principal of the school who love to giving life advices to her students and what kind of student aesthetic and personality would our favorite saints shown and why?
mine would be (pls read) : 1. saint cecilia as a popular girl who was kind, sweet, shy but she’s obsessed on flowers like roses and lilies, creating music on her notebook and laptop and she’s being charitable. 2. blessed carlos acutis as a computer tech geek and he would say some gen-z words to them 3. pedro calungsod and maria goretti as the newest students on that school where they find their true role in life.

I put that in quotations because I have no idea if that's what we're even doing.
I've been friends (more like acquaintances) with this guy for years. We went to school together and used to text off and on, sometimes talked on the phone. Sometimes I got the vibe he was into me, but I always felt like he was hotter than me so I couldn't see myself with him.
Recently, he texted me and we hung out for the first time. It was nice and the conversation flowed freely. After that he started texting me pretty frequently, which freaked me the eff out. I haven't dated in 7 years and I really want the next man I date to be "the one". I don't want to waste time on anyone else. So I blocked him, just out of nowhere. Because I'm effed in the head.
About 3 weeks went by and I started thinking I was too hasty with the block, and maybe I should give the guy a chance. I unblocked and about a week later I got a stream of texts from him saying "helllooo? you there? where'd you go?", etc. We talked and I apologized. He seemed a little taken aback, but was overall pretty cool about it. He asked if I still wanted him to text me and I said "if you want to" (because I'm wishy washy and a pain in the ass, I know).
He went on vacation shortly after that and texted me almost every day- usually just pics of the places he was at. It was confusing AF because I've never really had male friends, but it seems like this is more contact than just friends?
When he returned from vacation he went 4 days without texting- and not a text on Mother's Day, which I thought was a pretty clear sign he wasn't into me. When you're into someone you look for reasons to text, right? So why miss that one? And why go 4 days? Then he calls me and we have a great conversation, which leads to him asking when we can hang out again. "What would we do?" I ask.
"I don't know, what do you want to do? "You asked me to hang out. What do you want to do?"
"Well, I've got this great big screen TV. And you haven't seen my new place yet."
I told him I'd think about it. But I'm so disappointed! Clearly, if he saw me as dating material, he would have asked me on a date, right?
Do guys really invest this much energy just for a hookup? I have a feeling I know the answer. And I guess if I'm honest with myself he didn't invest much- just a text here and there. It's just more attention than I've had in so long that I made it out to be more in my mind.
So I guess I need to decline, lest I be placed in booty call territory.
FFS this whole culture is so sad and confusing.

I got recently diagnosed of Schizotypal Personality Disorder because of my referring different mythology, deities, and religious concepts interconnected with each other.
I was suffering from depression from roughly around 2015 to 2019 then there would be moments when I would get a lack of sleep and I would feel better (hypomanic) this went on for a while me cycling depression and hypomania. It wasn't until 2018 that I was introduced to cannabis being high opened my eyes to new possibilities like I could be this happy. I realized I'm a highly anxious person and cannabis allows me to relax.
In 2020 I had a psychotic episode where I was walking with my mom to the subway and I was on my way to an interview with Equinox to become a Personal Trainer, I just wanted to help people get better. During the subway ride, I was happy as a peach, but then I heard whispering from the other side of the subway cart, it was a little who was just mumbling to herself and she was just looking around with a paranoid taste. I looked at her and sent her love and kindness and she nodded at me and closed her eyes. Then I received a text from Jude mentioning about Flushing Printer, but I interpreted it as I need to go to Flushing Hospital. I left the subway cart and I called an Uber, as my Uber lifted me up I had an internal monologue, I had a voice.
The voice said "Son you are worthy, to be King!", the worthy part I liked, but becoming a King I said "I don't know want to be a King and be burdened with responsibility" I asked the Uber Driver where he was from, Brooklyn = King so I said he can be king. Then I went to call two people who I had a crush at the time, one I would be referred to as a Lady Sif and another a Valkyrie, I just automatically assumed their title and they responded normally. I assume I was Thor.
I got to Flushing Hospital and I bypass the security and followed an old man going to see his daughter or wife, I still have no reason why I was there, I thought I was going to perform a miracle, and I was on the 4th floor by then. I was answering's doctor's call which were empty. Then the medical staff noticed I was there, there was another older gentleman who said "You have nice hair" and my Grandfather would say the same thing.
The security team arrived to escort me out and they were disappointed in themselves for missing me and allowing me to come in, they were annoyed by my presence.
Since then I've gone through many Archetype.
Marvel Thor was cast out of Heaven due to arrogance and to learn humility. I equate that to Lucifer, a lightbearer, and Lucifer is equates to a Dragon. I have this book call "An Initiate's Guide to the Path of the Dragon" which ties everything for Dragon path.
I went through a plethora of ArcheType I really thought I was God because I was able to create a pantheon a series of what I would call evidence.
Aang The Avatar: The Last Air Bender shares the same name as my Vietnamese Name "An" it's pronounced the same. An in Sumerian is number 60, I am also number 60 in my Kung Fu Lineage. Then I received the name "Samuel Wiest" and from there things started to get biblical. I have a degree in BTech Computer Information system so I started to see things as in codes.
I would mean "Daniel" would be "God is my judge" and Ingram "angel, raven, or ruler" the most recent archetype if Dream, and I would use his Family Tree mostly recognizing the different archetypes and characters around me.
I received a Hot Pink Umbrella that said Dream Hotel from a local park that has Graffiti "I LOVE YOU JESUS!" and "ELI" "MER" "SIL" and "SUPA" tagged on the billboard.
I've cycled through and attached to different archetypes, I still use Dream and N30 Morpheus as my "high self".
Anansi the Spider, King of Stories, and Loki, God of Stories has been resonating a lot.
I meant this clown named Spatz Donavan and he worked with Jim Carey to get into spirituality, he worked with performers like Michael Jackson. I called Spatz Merlin, but Merlin is also Odin and I'm Loki his blood brother.
There are just a lot of things that happened that connect to each other, like the show Mr. Robot and Raganarok the endings are the same where it was all in the character's head.
On Facebook, there a lot of people who seem to pick up on the Lucifer archetype and then Lucifer in the Netflix series becomes a boddhisatva of Hell.
There is a trend where Anti-Heroes or the An Thai Christ, I use my name as part of the equation.
An = Peace Shalom = Peace
Lately I've been exploring the Abrahamic religion because I want to learn more about the Holy Spirit.
I was wondering if this is a common thing to explore archetype.
I looked in Anansi the Spider because it contained "An" my name and my initial is AT = @
@ looks like O+a which reminds me of the Netflix Series The OA (Original Angel)
The most recent death Akira Toriyama's initial is AT, he is known for Dragon Ball and Dragon Quest. Dragon Ball characters such as Son Goku take after Sun Wu Kong, and Sun Wu Kong is Hanuman.
After watching the show Loki, I believe we are all variants of each other, so there is a say "view all as your mother", since people as variants from one another helps me navigate.
Journey to the West, Sun Wu Kong because a Buddha
I believe I connect with Chenrezig aka Avalokiteshvara the most, after watching ABC: American Born Chinese, I'm a firmly believer that my mother is Guan Yin and I'm learning the path back to Source.
I'm writing because it's the only thing that brings me joy and hopefuly opens to other who would like to share their story.
I personally don't subscribe to Schizotypal Personability Disorder, but I'll borrow the name because I do look at SchizoPoster's Memes.
I learned OM MANI PADME HUM Mantra from a group of Guan Yin' Disciples in California, ever since then my parents have taken on meditation practice and even setup an altar since I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder which I definitely do have since I've felt the highs and lows, writing because I feel low right now and didn't know where else where I would post and discuss besides Reddit.
Anyways I wonder if this has to do anything with the Arisings and Passings or has anyways gone though this Archetypal journey?

Ciao Gang

It’s been a few weeks – IM Texas is done and dusted. As one would expect, I’m fully recovered. Not quite, but ouais yeah here goes my race recap
Swim – 1:22:05
T1 – 00:08:29
Bike – 6:51:34
T2 – 00:08:29 (exact same lol)
Run – 6:22:40
~Background Info~
Very sporty and athletic 26 year old who weighs give or take 185 lbs on any given day. Have run two 70.3’s with generally good and comfortable results. Have ran like a dozen marathons and all-around active person. Fitness is “in” right now so I keep busy ya hear
Socially… I stopped drinking two months before the race (varied 5-30 drinks a week before though…). Never changed my diet at all leading up to the race
~Prep~
This area can get a little complicated – I was scheduled to run IM Texas in 2023, but my so called best friend decided to snap my leg (compound fracture of my tibia and fibula) (very wicked) in half while playing soccer 3 months before race day. So after surgery, one month without standing really, one month using crutches, one month using a cane, endless $$$ spent at physical therapy medical bills etc. I find myself in July of 2023 more or less ready to start training again for IM 2024. I sign up (this time with early benefits so I don’t lose all my money again if I have to cancel, thanks Ironman).

I bought a training plan from MyProCoach. 24 Week Intermediate plan to be exact. Between that plan, help from reddit, Instagram influencers, and my self-proclaimed expert father – I morphed a plan that more or less would hopefully (ambitious I know) get me across the finish line in one piece.
~Training~
My new concoction of a training plan generally consisted of two swims a week (Monday and Thursday), one track workout (usually Tuesdays), one hard bike effort on the trainer (usually Wednesday), fun day Friday (no workout unless I was making up for one I missed), long bike ride (Saturdays), and one long run (Sundays) a week. I would generally build up for three weeks then take a “rest” week with 3 to 4 light workouts just to stay loose-ish. I’d up the tempos, intervals, effort, distances etc. every time I got to a new 3 week build phase.
This is more or less what I stuck to for 6 months. I coach high school lacrosse and still play a decent amount of soccer so there was some tweaking here and there to still accompany those. But this was the plan and I can safely say that I did ~80%~ of my planned workouts. The other 20% fell to the wayside as I was still trying to be a socially active fun 26 yr old guy who likes to drink with his friends (loves to drink with his friends)

~Week of the race~
I live in Houston, TX where the race is (really it’s in the woodlands but who cares), so there was no extensive travel for me or anything like that.

I got in some small runs, light bike rides, and swam twice the week of the race. Logistically, I think IM Texas is setup very well. I knew the course very well as a lifelong Houstonian so there was no prep necessary for that. Check-in was easy. Transitions are a bit different at IM Texas than my other tri’s, so that was a small learning curve. But again, nothing to be intimidated by or worry about.

~Race Day~
Managed to go to sleep by 10 pm the night before, so waking up at 4:30am wasn’t the worst thing I’d ever done. Woke up, ate a breakfast sandwich, slammed some coffee, and began hydrating. Got transition about 5:30ish, had my dad and a friend drop me off so didn’t have to walk at all. Got in there, setup bike computer, bottles, etc. I managed to get a BM (dump) out here, which was huge. Things were looking up. Grabbed my wetsuit and then got dropped off at swim start, again no walking which was awesome.
Got to swim start and started getting pretty nervous (all the leg injury shit and 18 months of training were all for this). Water temperature was 75.5 degrees, so wetsuit legal. Luckily had my family and a friend to keep my calm and get my wetsuit on. The gun goes for the pros so I hop in the queue with the other swimmers seeded around the 1:20 to 1:30 mark.

~Swim~
I hop in the water and immediately start worrying that it’s going to get toasty in this wetsuit. In this swim, the buoys are on your left side. I immediately pop out to the right some to get out of all the rough water and kicking feet. There is a park adjacent to the swim start for about 300 meters and I actually see my family walking along the edge of the water as I get out into the lake (mentally huge for me to see them and take my mind off of things while I get in the groove of it all). For about 20 minutes everything is fine, I’m feeling okay, wasn’t overheating in the wetsuit, didn’t let my heart rate get too high (it has in all my other tri swims), and I was sighting well without having to pick my head up too much. At this point the lifeguards/kayak/paddleboard people were pinching us a little too hard. I get they are there for safety and to keep people on course, but I felt like they were funneling us into a tight swim pack for no reason. I totally understand that the swim is dangerous and people can die if help doesn’t get there quick enough, but I felt it was putting a little too much stress on the swimmers. I like to swim away from the pack so maybe this was just me. At the halfway point of the swim, you get funneled through this floating arch (I think it’s for timing purposes?). Whatever the reason for it, it bottlenecked all of us. We were swimming probably 10 people wide through a 7-yard-wide arch. Had to protect your head on that for sure to keep from getting kicked. While I thought it was stupid, it did have a great little benefit. The way we were funneled through created a nice little current and I ended up riding that wave for maybe 75 meters or so. Stupid feature but nice little boost. At this point I’m feeling great. I haven’t been kicked yet, the lungs feel good, I’m not overheating and I have the space to swim in. IM Texas is unique because at 80% of the way through the swim, you start swimming through a canal that people can actually cheer for you and walk with you as you go. I had told my family I’d be on the left side of the canal and as soon as I get into it I pop my head out and see my family, friends, and smoking hot girlfriend cheering me on (again this was mentally huge). I start rocking through the canal which is maybe 25 yards wide and felt like I had a current helping me the whole way through. As I’m swimming, mu friends/family are walking right there with me. It’s such a unique way for people to cheer you on that I got out of the water in a great mood with a smile on my face. I seeded myself perfectly as I got out at 1:22:05.
~Bike~
Going into the bike, IM Texas is known for having absolutely brutal headwinds heading south towards downtown Houston. And with close to 90 miles of the course being on a closed toll road. There is nothing to protect you from a wicked 45 miles of Texas headwind.
But before you get to the toll road, there is a little bit of a “circuit” you go through. So, I hop on the bike and get going. Immediately the course feels a little congested so I try to stay off the bars and ride defensively. Sure enough 8 miles in, big crash ahead as a volunteer golf cart cut off a rider and he crashed hard (thoughts and prayers with the rider). And that right there was the story of the day. HUGE crashes and HEAVY headwinds. I witnessed 6 crashes throughout the ride. Between riders coming through the water stations too fast, cones blowing out on the course, pelotons forming to avoid the wind, inattentive riding (we’re all tired I can understand this), it was a hard day on the course. Thoughts and prayers specifically for the one crash I saw where the organizers made us dismount and walk past. Not sure the context of the crash, but the rider was in a really bad situation. I think I averaged 8 mph heading south into the wind and 28 mph with the tailwind. Haven’t checked my bike data as I still have a bit of PTSD. Between the chaos of everything (I heard rumors a tesla was in self-drive mode on the course and caused a crash…?), I managed to make it to the end about 20 minutes over my 6:30:00 goal. I got off the bike to a boisterous cheer from a phenomenal group of friends and family and walked into transition.
~Run~
Going into the run I wanted to be around 5:30:00. I knew this might be ambitious for me because I didn’t really have that many brick sessions in my training plan. But, I’ve run a few marathons straight off the couch in my day. So, if anything, I know how to suffer through a long slow marathon. Honestly, I don’t have much to say about the first ten miles. My legs felt fine coming off the bike, I was comfortable at a 11:00 min/mile pace , felt good hydrating and getting some food down. Right after mile 10, started feeling some small knots in my stomach. Mile by mile, those knots started to get worse and worse. Every time I got to an aid station, I was able to delay the inevitable by getting down a banana, then potato chips at the next one, then it was chicken broth. By the time my family and friends saw me at the end of the second lap, I was in a bad spot. Was walking three minutes and running one (something like that). The stomach eventually morphed into full body discomfort. The HR kept getting sky high after minimal effort. I knew I was in for a tough last 8 miles. That last 8 miles took maybe 3 hours? I’m not sure, it’s all a blur. The pain finally culminated at mile 25.5, where the wrath of god came down on me and I vomited for 10 maybe 15 minutes, who knows. But at this point I knew I could literally crawl to the finish. I picked my head up and saw my buddy’s girlfriend walking toward me, I figured they had sent her to come find me as the gap between my last time split was getting astronomical. I picked my ass up off the ground and full body cramp runned to the finish line. Will never forget the feeling of having so many friends and family cheering me on to help me get over that line. The only bummer at the finish is I paid all that money for someone to tell me an Ironman on a microphone and I didn’t even hear it. Anyways – life goal accomplished. I’ll see ya at the next one.
P.S. I'm an open book, shoot me any questions you have on my training, advice, hate, love, whatever you want to say

Hi, I go to a top magnet school in DISD, and i have been remanded to DAEP for having alcohol in my system during prom. Now my counselor has told me that since I do have 5 APs next year, all my work will be taught and turned in through google classroom, and the teachers there won’t be able to help at all. I had some questions regarding the actual experience. From what I was told it was just be me and a computer on a desk for the day. Safety wise, I will be there at the beginning of senior year for 3 weeks so ideally most of the kids in for more dangerous stuff won’t be there during my stint.
Is it safe? If i keep to myself can i largely avoid getting into fights
How much do the teachers chaperone? If i finish my work do I have to just take a nap, or can i read or watch TV
Overall, what was the experience for others who have been through this process?
Appreciate any help

Good afternoon,
I hope you are doing well.
I have had many problems for the last couple of months as the Wifi icon keeps disappearing, and once it disappears I cannot use the internet until I restart the laptop. Once I restart, sometimes works for only a minute, and other times works for several hours.
These are the different things that I tried so far:

• Network&internet - Advanced network settings - Network reset - Run
• Get Help to troubleshoot and fix common connection problems. Right-click the network icon on the right side of the taskbar and select Diagnose network problems or open Get Help for Network & Internet
• Update Drivers - downloaded from Windows as well as from my manufacturer.
• Use old drivers
• Up to date on Windows updates
• Device Manager - update drivers/scan for hardware updates. Also, the WIFI device appears hidden when it stops working and gives two different errors depending on the time: Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer. (Code 45) To fix this problem, reconnect this hardware device to the computer. OR This device cannot start. (Code 10) {Operation Failed} The requested operation was unsuccessful.
• Troubleshooter - Wifi is not connected, and it does not connect when using the troubleshooter
• Powerflush
• Restart your modem and wireless router.
• It does not let me use the "System Restore" option.
• I have also tried all the steps that appear in this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-wi-fi-connection-issues-in-windows-9424a1f7-6a3b-65a6-4d78-7f07eee84d2c

Please note that the issue happens with different wifi networks, and the main wifi network works without any issues on my other three devices. I have also noticed that this always happens especially when I suspend my laptop and open it again after being unplugged from the electricity. But it also happens many other times while working and while using the laptop always connected to the electricity.
I use W11 and my laptop is an asus tuf gaming f15 fx506he_fx506he.
Please help, I work remotely and this is killing me.
Many thanks!

Hihi!
Back history paragraph: I’m 28, neurospicy, queer, and AFAB. I have a liberal arts degree in Linguistics and American Sign Language, and worked in business, sales, marketing, and real estate post graduation. When COVID hit, I joined the flood of people that went to tech boot camps and FELL IN LOVE with software engineering. I landed at a great company and have been there for 3 years.
I’m really good at my job and have climbed the ladder fast. I recently accepted a promotion as a Team Lead; I now manage the team (7 engineers total) for one of our products, have 2 direct reports (with plans to acquire more), AND still get to commit code daily (yay!).
I’m thinking about the future and how to continue to make myself as marketable as possible to other companies. The tech job market out there is STRUGGLING and, like a lot of us, I want job security in case of layoffs/restructuring/getting acquired/even selectively moving companies.
In an effort to continue to be as marketable as possible…..what do you all think about getting an MBA as a software engineer? I adore the technical aspects of my job and also recognize that I have the brain for the business/organizational/process side as well. I make great money (let’s just say around $120k) and, if I stay at this company, I could easily see becoming a Director of Engineering some day.
I wouldn’t be looking at any of the top colleges; I’d stay in-state and would price it conservatively - most of the programs I’m looking at are about $40k-65k in total. I’d work full time (this is a must, I have kids), take classes on nights/weekends/online, finish the program in a few years.
I don’t have any student loans from my first round of school, so taking on some debt for job security and the ability to climb the ladder would make sense to me.
I recognize that many bootcamps are ‘frowned upon’ and part of my goal here would be for people/companies to take me seriously with my liberal arts degree and boot camp certificate 😂 Why an MBA vs a Master’s in Computer Science? Variety and not niche-ing myself.
What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Am I looking at this all wrong?