Oral antibiotics how long to start working

TL;DR - What's the better first role: BU aligned (revenue), cost or group consolidation?
So I have been working in accounting for 8 years and have my CPA. Current role is in the financial control and reporting team for a major bank. After 3 years here I want to move in to FPandA, and I have have my director's support to start looking at internal moves as we both think FPandA fits better with my interests and skills (business stake holder management, and data and analytics).
The only open FPandA role right now is in a cost allocation role for the risk department, i.e. determining how to allocate the department's cost throughout the rest of the bank. I'm hesitant on jumping straight in on this as I hear cost isn't the best career move. My director is offering to connect me with the hiring manager though.
I don't need to leave my current role, but I don't want to wait too long.
What would others suggest, take a chance at this as a first role or hold out for a "better" role?
Additionally, I normally only hear people comparing revenue vs cost FPandA. What do people think of group FPandA?

Hi everyone,
I recently found myself in a bit of an emotional whirlwind and could really use some advice. Here's the backstory:
I've been working with this amazing colleague, Dariga, for a while now. We've always had a good rapport, but over time, I've started developing feelings for her. It got to a point where I just couldn't keep it to myself anymore, so I decided to be upfront and honest about how I feel.
Late one night, I sent her a series of messages where I laid it all out. I told her that I wanted things to be genuine and open between us, and that I'm not the type to play games or act indifferent just to spark interest. I mentioned that if we were to explore something together, I wanted it to be sincere.
Dariga seemed to understand where I was coming from, but she also mentioned that it's difficult to be open in our current work environment. She acknowledged that she has a lot going on and that it might not be the right time to discuss these things. Despite that, she appreciated my honesty and said it was a risky but sweet gesture.
I told her that I'm willing to be there for her no matter how long it takes and that my intentions were genuine. However, I also expressed my frustration with how complicated things can get in a work setting.
The conversation ended without a clear resolution, and now I'm left wondering what to do next. I really like her, but I don't want to make things awkward at work or pressure her in any way. At the same time, I don't want to leave things hanging indefinitely.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation? How did you handle it? Any advice on how to navigate this would be greatly appreciated.
And yeah I know telling about this to girls leads to them pulling away.
Thanks in advance!

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House of Prayers, Maxim & Matte – All Night (Crazibiza Remix) (6:09) 30. Layton Giordani – New Generation (Space 92 Remix) (5:41) 31. Skrillex, Ahadadream, Priya Ragu, contra (US) – TAKA (Extended Mix) (3:26) 32. Ghostbusterz – Long Train Running (Original Mix) (4:40) 33. Maz (BR), Antdot – Run (Extended Version) (7:30) 34. &ME, Rampa, Adam Port, Keinemusik, Alan Dixon, Arabic Piano – Thandaza (feat. Alan Dixon, Arabic Piano) (Original Mix) (7:04) 35. Clüb De Combat – House Anthem (Original Mix) (7:41) 36. Yvvan Back, Afterman – Who’s That Girl (JL & Afterman Mix) (5:20) 37. Adam Ten – Magic Circus (Original Mix) (5:00) 38. Massano – Talking (Extended Mix) (5:22) 39. DNMO, Wolfy Lights, Blooom – Bombalaya (Blooom Remix) (4:08) 40. TWENTY SIX, Tayson Kryss – Buscando Money (HUGEL & Jesús Fernández Extended Remix) (5:27) 41. MAXI MERAKI, Samm (BE) – Everybody Get Up (Original Mix) (8:24) 42. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Fisher – Jamming (FISHER Rework) (3:21) 43. CASSIMM, Mahalia Fontaine – Say Yeah (Extended Mix) (5:47) 44. Disclosure – She’s Gone, Dance On (Extended Mix) (5:55) 45. Space Motion – Baiana (Original Mix) (6:04) 46. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (John Summit & Silver Panda Extended Remix) (5:44) 47. Barry Can’t Swim – Kimbara (Extended Mix) (4:25) 48. Maz (BR), Antdot, Letícia Fialho – Corpo e Canção (Original Mix) (6:21) 49. War – Low Rider (Kyle Watson Remix) (5:25) 50. Sasha, Super Flu – Astra (Sasha’s Daydream Mix) (7:45) 51. RUZE – Everybody (Original Mix) (4:33) 52. Eli Brown – Trick Daddy (Extended Mix) (5:07) 53. Zamna Soundsystem, ROZYO, Armonica – Summertime Sadness feat. Blu (Original Mix) (5:31) 54. Wakyin, Carlos Vives – Beso (Fruta Fresca) (Extended Mix) (6:31) 55. Argy, Baset – Sierra (Extended Version) (4:11) 56. Gorgon City – One New Change (Extended Mix) (6:50) 57. Riko Dan, K Motionz, ArrDee – Heavyweight (Extended Mix) (3:00) 58. Jay Lumen – Bang To The Beat (Extended Mix) (5:56) 59. Freenzy Music, Marian (BR) – Pakit Ban (Original Mix) (6:00) 60. AYYBO – All We Need (Deep Inside) (Original Mix) (5:17) 61. John Summit – EAT THE BASS (Extended Mix) (4:35) 62. David Penn, OFFAIAH – Satisfied (Extended Mix) (5:16) 63. &ME, Black Coffee, Keinemusik – The Rapture Pt.III (Original Mix) (8:02) 64. Jamie xx, Honey Dijon – Baddy On The Floor (Original Mix) (3:42) 65. Eli Brown – I Got Money (Extended Mix) (5:14) 66. Tony Romera, Crusy – The Unknown (Extended Mix) (5:30) 67. AYYBO – RIZZ (Extended Mix) (5:18) 68. Rosalie, James Mac, VALL – The Boy Is Mine feat. Rosalie (Club Mix) (6:16) 69. ACRAZE, Don Toliver – Bandit (Extended Club Mix) (4:11) 70. Hot Since 82, Ron Carroll – Preach (feat. Ron Carroll) (Extended Mix) (8:23) 71. Martin Ikin – In The Streets (Extended Mix) (5:08) 72. Doche – Pick Up The Pieces (Extended Mix) (5:09) 73. Diffrent – A Little Closer (Extended) (5:18) 74. Max Styler – Follow Me (Original Mix) (5:11) 75. nari, Steve Tosi – S.O.S (Original Mix) (4:29) 76. Estiva – Fine Day (Extended Mix) (7:00) 77. Moeaike – Bo Bom (Alan Dixon Remix) (5:39) 78. Yann Muller, DE SOFFER – Mas Que Nada (Extended Mix) (4:15) 79. Chris Avantgarde, Kevin de Vries – Killa (Original Mix) (5:34) 80. YOUniverse (IT), Beltran (BR) – Still Pushin’ (Original Mix) (5:56) 81. Liva K – The Drill (Original Mix) (6:59) 82. Joshwa – Get Stupid (Extended Mix) (5:27) 83. Zerb, Sofiya Nzau – Mwaki (Extended Mix) (4:32) 84. W&W, Raffaella Carra, Agatino Romero, Jaxomy – Pedro (W&W Remix – Extended) (3:30) 85. Sidney Charles – Space Bass (Original Mix) (6:09) 86. Adriatique, Eynka – Beyond Us (Extended Hatshepsut Version, Alex Wann remix) (6:03) 87. Julian Jordan – I DON’T KNOW (Extended Mix) (3:52) 88. Layton Giordani, Eli Brown, OFFAIAH – When I Push (Original Mix) (5:22) 89. Sasha, Super Flu – Astra (Extended) (5:58) 90. Da Hool, Maddix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Kiki Solvej – Meet Her At The Love Parade (Instrumental Mix) (5:40) 91. Buogo – Rave It (Original Mix) (6:01) 92. Malone, Nacho Scoppa – On Yo Head (Original Mix) (6:03) 93. Sub Focus, Julia Church, John Summit – Go Back feat. Julia Church (D&B VIP) (3:29) 94. Tiesto, Prophecy – My City (Original Mix) (3:18) 95. HoneyLuv, Roland Clark – This Is My Life (Bontan Extended Mix) (5:37) 96. Sugar Hill – I Love You So ((Extended mix)) (5:10) 97. Christian (IT) – Ain’t Nobody 2024 (Original Mix) (4:51) 98. Alex Stein – The Chant (Original Mix) (6:06) 99. James Hype – Wild (Extended Mix) (5:40) 100. Rova – Eyes On Me (Original Mix) (3:43)

He got the "final" diagnosis last august, passed in february. He was in and out of hospice but there was some comfort in the time before his passing, when he was able to stay at home for a full month until he got a heart attack and passed the night he was taken to a hospital. That at the very least, he didn't spend his final weeks in a hospital.
Anyway, I just wanted to write and rant about how life's been. At the four month mark, life is starting to feel more normal. The sadness weighs heavy and it's always there but as it's commonly described as the crashing waves, the waves do come farther apart. And there's time to heal and breathe and live in between. Happy announcements don't feel like a kick in the stomach anymore - at the beginning, the joy of others felt crushing and unfair. Now a dear friend is pregnant and I'm excited for them and at times, excited for the future. I keep one of my dad's old photos at my desk, a one where he's a young lad in a car with his friends. At first it felt like it just made it more difficult to work, to have that constant reminder there. Still does, a lot of times. But it's there because I don't want to push the grief away, I believe that facing it is the only way to get to the good parts.
I'm trying to stay positive and appreciative of the memories, but my heart goes to all of you - watching the hopeless fight knowing death is at the finish line was the worst thing I experienced. We're all doing our best, be kind to yourselves. For weeks I ruminated on the funeral, picking apart every single thing I may have done wrong, wallowing in shame, putting myself down on the stupidest things - such as not getting a gravestone or a cross - like my dad would've wanted me to go into more debt as a student and by an expensive gravestone right away (There was no heritance, only debt). But the funeral was wonderful, an intimate occasion with friends and family, and did my dad justice.
As my father said to me; "All I hope is that you won't be so sad." I'm trying my best to be happy in between the sadness. I'm not sure what the point here is, maybe that it does get a little easier, and that there is comfort in knowing there's no pain, and that the only thing to do now is to live like your close one wanted you to - regardless of the pain. I believe the biggest strength and courage in life comes from that, to not close off your heart but to keep it open.
Weeks before my dad passed and after, I found a lot of comfort from Duncan Trussel's podcast episode with his mom, who passed away only weeks from cancer after the episode was aired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j0POiqOaGw
Really recommend it. Take care <3

My boyfriend (23M) hasn’t contacted me in almost two weeks. And this isn’t the first time. He’s very prone to isolation and withdrawal when he’s depressed. I love him but it’s frustrating. And part of the reason why it’s so frustrating is because he knows I’m a patient and understanding person, yet he decides to suppress his emotions anyway and shut down completely.
It’s important to note that he’s definitely going through some emotional turmoil right now, with his brother (whom he’s very very close to) leaving the country to study abroad. Now he’s home alone whenever he’s off work which I can’t imagine helps much with the feeling of loneliness. And I’ll also admit, I haven’t been a great girlfriend and I haven’t made him feel emotionally secure or safe in terms of my faithfulness to him (which I’m working on). That’s actually what I wanted to apologize for before he started avoiding me like that. He’s very sensitive when it comes to love, he doesn’t show it, but I know him well. I feel terrible for my behavior recently, but I do have jealousy issues that I project onto him.
Sometimes I feel like he’s cheating but he hasn’t given me a reason to believe so. I always think of the worst case scenario and I don’t react rationally.
How would you guys handle this situation? Input would be highly appreciated.

Hey what's up
So now that we got the boring opening line out of the way let's talk about something more interesting.
A bit about me. Im a Student studying media design. I'm 188cm tall with brown hair and a short beard. I'm a bit chubby but working on it (-7.5kg in the last three weeks yay :3)
I am an introvert in an extroverted shell who simultaneously enjoys and hates spending time with people.
My hobbies are cooking, baking, going on walks, designing, 3d modeling, reading, watching horror movies, programming and playing games and riding my bicycle. I also have rediscovered a long forgotten obsession with prehistoric life.
About you
You should be about my age and hopefully live close to me, but im not opposed to a LDR. I don't really care about how you look it just care if we click or not

Vyvanse/Lisdexamfetamine began to make me look really old after about two solid months on 40mg. It worked pretty well and I found it helpful. Then, one day I noticed I just didn’t look like myself and it took me a while to figure out what was happening. The right side of my top lip shrunk and my face looked really hollow in photos. I began having lines and wrinkles on my face.
It wasn’t gradual, it basically happened within a couple of days. I was eating normally and did not lose any weight while on it, and I also consistently drank 90 oz. of water every day. I found a sub where someone mentioned their lips shrunk from Vyvanse and knew immediately that’s what it was. I stopped taking it and I’m slowly starting to see my face return to normal. I researched this and it seems a lot of people have this happen and find themselves aging rapidly on Vyvanse. Some say it’s because of dehydration, but I don’t think that’s it. I drink plenty of water with electrolytes every day, plus I take vitamins and eat very well and have a healthy appetite.
The interesting part is that it also gave me spots on my hands. These are also going away now that I’m off of it. If the issue were just dehydration, that wouldn’t cause spots. I’m hopeful this will completely reverse itself since I didn’t take it for very long.
Anyway, I’m on the hunt for something else. I’ve taken Stratterra, Methylphenidate, and Adderall. Stratterra made me feel no emotion and had no benefit whatsoever. Adderall made me sleepy. I’ve also tried Wellbutrin and found it unhelpful. Methylphenidate was better than the others but only gave me about two hours of support. A second dose wasn’t that helpful and impacted my sleep sometimes.
Anyway, I wanted to put this out there in case someone else is noticing this happening to them and wondering if it’s the medication. It’s really too bad because I found Vyvanse the most helpful of the things I’ve tried.

Hi all, Hope you all are doing well. This is a very superficial question (a very unlikely scenario that's going to happen) that I am asking however, I would want to know if you had no experience in working in IT at all and you have to get an IT job within a months time (I still have about 3 years for my visa in this country).
Little background of me. A international student who graduated from a University studying Bachelor's of IT about 1 year ago. I have been working in finance (absolutely lovely place to work with great staffs and amazing manager) but because my visa ends in 3 years in this country (Australia) I have to get an IT job to secure my residency (If I decide to stay here). How would you start to practice/train yourself as well as advance your skills so you can get any role in an IT field (even level 1 tech support). I have been applying for IT jobs recently but haven't even had any interviews (maybe because of no experience at all). Any guide or tips would be amazing for me as I do feel lost.
Apologies if anything similar has been answered before.

I'll try and explain as much as I can because I don't know where to turn at this point.
I've always struggled to get to sleep, I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years back so I assume it's down to that (or in part anyway)..
So I struggle with the "if you don't fall asleep within 15 minutes, get up" as I've never fallen asleep within that time, no where near(!)
For the last 2 years (maybe a bit more) I've had an even harder time. It was usually down to my cycle so the week before my period I'd barely sleep (couldn't get to sleep, nor stay asleep, but was at least getting 5 broken hrs), then that crept up to 2 weeks of misery, then 3.. Now in the last 2 months it's been constant & I've also gone from 3-4hrs down to 1, sometimes 45 minutes.
I've had 7hrs in as many days. Everything is hard. My ADHD feels unbearable cognitively and I'm struggling to do anything, I don't feel healthy or well and I feel like I'm never coming back, all I do is cry, drag myself through the days while the nights hang over me. I don't drive anymore, I've had to have a break from work.. I'm miserable.
Im perimenopausal so presumably it's down to hormones, but I get a strong feeling there's something else going on as well. I wake up feeling like I'm choking.. I've done it multiple times in the past, just sat bolt upright, gasping & swallowing.. I always assumed acid reflux although I didn't get sore throats or heartburn.. Now I'm beginning to wonder if it's something else.
I think I was running on adrenaline as I felt wide away at the start of the last 2 months, but in the last week I do feel sleepy, so I can't understand how I'm not sleeping for more than an hour as I know my body must be exhausted by now. That said, I feel drained in the daytime but wouldn't be able to sleep (so that doesn't seem to fit with sleep apnea as it appears ppl with that could fall asleep at any moment from what I've read?)
My GP refuses sleeping tablets. He gave me Mirtazepine but that only gave me restless legs, a dry mouth, a frequent need to urinate and left me agitated & unable to lay still.. hrs later, sometime after 6am I got my (now) usual 1 hour sleep. I haven't tried again.
My GP insists I need to exercise. I was walking but granted it was only half an hour. He insisted it needs to be an hour and I "have to push myself to the point of exhaustion" ( the fact I'm already there didn't seem to matter), however I do as Im told but I feel like I'm going to pass out and after a while my leg muscles tense up to where its painful to walk at all... I'm assuming my body is just exhausted and not repairing itself??
I've done all the supplements, all the sleep hygiene, I don't drink, I take hrt but it's not touching the sleep.. I took 30mg Amitriptyline last night and that did make me feel sleepy, but even when I woke up (still sleepy) I couldn't didn't get back to sleep... Every single time I did drop off I had to swallow (or my hand/foot twitched), like I'm refusing to let myself sleep! It's beyond frustrating.
I did recently come off Amitriptyline after a decade on it (only 10mg).. It crossed my mind the insomnia had something to do with that, but it was getting worse while I was on it daily anyway.
I've considered doing a sleep study but fear it will be a waste of money as I'm only sleeping an hour in my own room where I've got all-sorts (fan, nice mattress, pure silence.... Etc etc). I worry I wouldnt get any sleep somewhere else and I certainly wouldn't be able to sleep on a schedule as it takes an age as it is.
I don't know what to do, if anyone can spare a suggestion I'd greatly appreciate it.
I feel for anyone who's going through this, especially ppl who've been tormented with it for years, I honestly don't know how you cope

Hello,
For a while now i have a need to own my own stuff mode independently. I'm fond of making tech work for me, loved it to have the lights turn on and off when i get home etc.
I'm 43, behind the development of new things like hypervisors and how those things hook into each other with redundancy etc etc. But, i'm trying my best. got some things running'ish. But it wasnt working as intended. I'm aiming for a 3-2-1 setup.
What i have might not be optimal, but i hope its fine enough to start with. I have a HP Prodesk 600 G2 Mini, i5 core, 32 gb memory, 256gb ssd and a 2tb nvme drive.
What i would like to achieve: A proxmox setup, with multiple drives (mirrored for redundancy). Running: Truenas for storage/NAS functions. VM's to host my local media (plex/jellyfin, i have not decided), photo-backup, home-assistant). I'm not a power-users. I'm fine with 1gb networking, read/write speeds are nice, but i'm not into 4k movie editing so, with a little patience i'll get there.
But to get all the VM's etc running, the basics have to be in order. For redundancy, i would need extra storage. Maybe in the form of 2x external drives?
And for getting it setup, best case, a friend in the neighbourhood to help me allong, but their interest lie elsewhere. So, a guide or resource that i can follow allong would be great.
TLDR: I have a tiny low power pc, that might need 2 external drives to make redundancy viable. I want to start selfhosting some services. I'm lost in the countless options out there. I'm looking for a setup that will at least get me started and stable. In a later date i'd hpoe to upgrade to little larger case, place some extra physical drives and use this new machine in the house, and move the tiny PC to function off-site. What to do, where to start.

My solo indie game just reached the 10000 wishlists last week (10484 to be exact). I never thought I could reach that number on my own without a proper marketing team, budget or big following.
I'd like to share with you what worked and didn't in the hopes it can be helpful to you too.
Disclaimer: I did sign with a publisher two months ago, and while they are already working on marketing stuff, nothing has been published yet. Those numbers are 100% from my own "marketing" efforts. There are people way better at this than me! I'm just sharing my experience here and I'll let you judge if it's helpful. Some things that did not work with me might work with others (and vice versa)!
Let's sort what worked out the best for me. Steam Events > Influencers > Reddit > Twitter > Devlogs (I can't put image on this subreddit, but you can take a look at my wishlist graph with key notes on my original free patreon post)
It might sound obvious, but take the time to check your wishlists regularly, especially whenever you're trying to give visibility to the game with a post/video/announcement/mail. It will allow you to know what works and doesn't. I usually check out youtube and twitch for gameplay videos or press articles whenever there's a bump while I'm not in an event or did not post anything.
Keep posting stuff on social networks. I know it takes time for a small reward, but it's good to have those regular wishlists. It also shows development is alive and you never know when it will reach an influencer or press. When I stopped sharing my stuff for a while, wishlists completely dropped, I was even loosing some everyday! Reddit is harsh, but very rewarding.
I publish devlogs on my youtube channel. I got ~200 wishlist from more than 100k views that took me weeks of work. I don't think publishing devlogs is an efficient way to promote your game, UNLESS you go viral or that your videos also target players by being more accessible without too much technical stuff (mine are definitely targeting game devs for now). I'm only speculating here, but I think game developers are mostly interested in learning from your journey than actually wishlisting/playing your game compared to players which results in less wishlists. So do it only if it makes you happy and you want to share your journey (and be careful not to overwork while doing it)!
Influencers are great for 3 reasons:

1. They give your game visibility.
   
2. They give you feedback to make your game better.
   
3. They are usually keen to do it for free to help small indie devs.
   

Build yourself a press list: a list of press and influencer that might be interested in playing your game. Find their mails online, on their website, channel page or social networks. When you have something very interesting to show them (a new demo, event or announce) send them all a mail (but don´t spam them)!
Here are two accounts you should follow to get tips about how to properly reach to influencers (and other game marketing in general): Clemmy and Wanderbot (subscribe to their newsletters!)
Events are huge for wishlists. It's easy and it does not take time to submit and they are usually free. But there are two big issues with events:

1. You have to find them.

The best free place to find most events is on the HTMAG discord created by Chris (@AdventureMtn). There's also this amazing calendar with all the events (thanks to u/mreliptik for sharing this with me)!

1. You have to be accepted.

You need a demo, quality marketing assets to share and a good steam page. Again, Chris has some awesome tutorials (free and paid) to get a great steam page up. Consider supporting him if his tutorials helped you!
WARNING Do not submit your game to the steam next fest too soon like I did. You want to submit as late as possible, ideally just before your release. Each game gets one shot at the steam next fest, and the more wishlists you have going in, the more wishlists you'll get. I made that mistake because I thought I would release the game 2 months later (lol).
On a side note, you will have tons of wishlist deletions. Don't worry about it, that's perfectly normal (I won't lie, the first 1000 deletions still hit me hard though).
I think the best time to create your steam page is as soon you have a small trailer, screenshots and interesting description that do not look like a prototype full of placeholders. The sooner you have it, the sooner you start collecting wishlists! With the steam page also comes the whole steam community package, which is a plus to keep in touch with people who like your game. I don't really see any disadvantage in having a steam page early, but you might want to plan the communication around the page release to maximize visibility right away. Do not release it without telling anyone! When you demo is out, you can update your page and announce it everywhere too (try to give the exclusivity to a big showcase if you can!).
Things that did not work for me: devlogs, replying to influencers asking for games on twitter, using those spammy hashtags to promote your game (#wishlistwednesday etc...), posting uninteresting stuff about the game developement EVERY day, reposting the same content, posting on the popular subreddits, sharing my game on those "share your work" channel on discord servers, paid ads and plenty of other little things I wasted my time on because I was desperate to get more wishlists.
I hope this was was a nice read! Just to make this clear, this is my experience and it might work very differently for different type of games and game developers. If you'd like to try the game for yourself, you can play the demo on steam. And if you'd like to keep following my journey, you'll find all my links/socials/newslettepatreon stuff here.
Don't hesitate if you have questions, I'll do my best to find time and reply!

Hey all, I’ve been on HRT for 6 months now and am pretty disappointed with the 6-month values on my latest bloodwork. My doc decided to take a slow starting approach and, from what I’ve read, this doesn’t seem to be necessary. It also doesn’t seem to be working. I’m pretty positive something drastic needs to be adjusted with my doses but am unsure where to start. I’m looking to take medication into my own hands and just use my doc for bloodwork. I’m 30yo and don’t really feel like wasting anymore time. Let me provide some background.
First 3 Months
Doses: Spiro (oral): 50mg/twice daily Estradiol (sublingual): 1mg/twice daily
3-Month Bloodwork (trough): Estradiol: 57pg/mL Testosterone: 348/ng/dL
Months 3-6
Doses: Spiro (oral): 50mg/twice daily Estradiol (sublingual): 2mg morning, 1mg night
6-Month Bloodwork (trough): Estradiol: 41pg/mL Testosterone: 297/ng/dL
Questions/Considerations
-Initially I’m curious what you’d recommend for adjustments.
-I’m also looking for recommendations on resources where I can quickly learn more about the process. There are a lot of resources in the sidebar and I’d like to know which ones to prioritize reading through first. Science has never been my strongest field (hence starting with a doc) so easily digestible material for a layperson is preferred.
-I’m willing to switch to injections after a while if this route continues being ineffective but I don’t want this to be a first step because needles kind of terrify me.
Thank you ahead of time for any help you can provide! Please let me know if I did this wrong and need to change anything about my post.

I started freelancing 6 years ago, and made a collection of tools for own use to do things like accounting, timesheets, keeping track of contacts, etc. I have showed it to other freelancers I worked with, and they asked me if they could also use it, and this is how it slowely turned into a SaaS product. It has been a while since I received feedback, I updated a lot of small things in the meanwhile, and I was wondering what freelancers think of it. The website can be found here. I'm looking for feedback so I can keep improving it.

So for context this is both mine and hers first real relationship. We'd been going out for about a month and a half (meeting up once a week or sometimes twice) until she asked me to make it official about 2 weeks ago. I haven't seen her since.
We're both college students and in the middle of the exam period right now. She's doing her second try at a number of difficult bachelor courses while I'm working on my master's. All in all, both of us are super busy, so I understand that it can be difficult to schedule things.
She's told me that she doesn't really meet up with people during exams, to which I said yeah, I get it, gotta focus on school after all. But I find it really difficult to not see her at all during this period. We've only texted every now and again these past 2 weeks, which doesn't feel fulfilling to me - no flirty or romantic texts either, barely anything more than you'd text a friend. We haven't even called or anything, and she doesn't seem to want to. She's introverted and socially anxious while I'm on the opposite side of the spectrum - after studying for the whole day there's nothing more I want to do than meet up with people to recharge my batteries.
What makes this all the more difficult is that we live really close to one another. We could meet up at a park and take a short walk in less than 10 minutes. I asked her exactly that yesterday, if she wanted to see eachother for a short bit in the evening and take a walk around the block. She was rather annoyed with me and made it clear that "even her favourite people exhaust the living crap out of her" and that it bothered her that I'd push her on it. From my perspective I didn't push anything - I hadn't even asked her to hang out before in the last 2 weeks precisely because I knew how tough it is for her at the moment. Just figured it had been a while and if we can schedule something great, if not unfortunate. But her having to tell me no was apparently stressful in and of itself.
And she's made it clear a few times that she does like being with me and misses me, but she just can't see me right now.
So all in all it looks like I'm not gonna see her for at least another 2 weeks - a whole month in total. Then she said once the exam period's over she's going to take a week break, and then start studying for the summer resits. This makes me worry we're just going to end up having a repeat of this situation during the summer too. It already barely feels like we've been a couple these last few weeks, if she ends up isolating during july/august as well then we might as well be single.
This whole situation just frustrates me because we fit really well with one another otherwise, and before the exam period everything was going great between the two of us, and I really felt a connection there. But now I'm asking myself if we're only going to "truly" begin our relationship in september, which just seems ridiculous. And just after that too, I don't know if I can handle being blocked out of her life whenever things are stressful for her.
This became a bit of a rant but I need some advice here. How can I try to make all this work for the both of us? I feel like I'm gonna need to have a conversation with her about it after her exams are over, but I don't know how to bring it up while still being considerate of her situation - she's doing her damn best right now to make sure that she can continue studying this degree, and her parents have been stressing her out over succeeding in her studies too. It feels like I'd just be yet another thing for her to juggle on top of everything.

Male 32 DX. My partner, 26F is nothing short of an amazing human being. She’s empathetic, kind, strong and there is a lot of love between us.
But there are also a lot of fights. I forget the things that matter to her. I repeatedly forget what she’s told me when it comes to the logistics of our day to day. I clean for sure but in a more systemised way. Say end of day. Whereas she prefers to keep things clean all day.
My interest in my entrepreneurial endeavours, coupled with getting little to no stimulation from the day to day of a relationship has her feeling progressively less valued, and I can see her slowly losing her vibrant energy and becoming more negative.
She likes a man that can provide direction, decisions, etc and I can when do that better than most when the stars align, but that is a rare occasion indeed.
Being quite honest I can’t imagine myself coping with kids in the future. Love the idea. But I’ve never been able to mind or tend to anything on a consistent basis that isn’t work related.
I am medicated with an SNRI, which seems to actually amplify my interests in my various work projects and the external world, whereas unmedicated I am barely able to function.
In a weird way as well, it feels like 90% of my mental bandwidth goes into managing my state, which she sees as me being selfish. But I don’t know how else to someday get to a place where I can step up to the plate for marriage, kids, etc.
I’m starting to seriously wonder if I just let her go it would be better for her, and for me to maybe make peace with the fact that I’m not reliable long term. Maybe I’d enjoy my life more that way and not give people false hope?
Square peg, round hole and all that.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Hello, I've started to learn openGL shaders and can't understand what means this line in examples
// NOTE: Defining 0 (NULL) for vertex shader forces usage of internal default vertex shader
What does it mean default vertex shader? If I whant to write it by my own, how can I name pixel's pos attribute?
For example, how it works in p5js
attribute vec3 aPosition;
attribute vec2 aTexCoord;
I want to make something like this. https://editor.p5js.org/BarneyCodes/sketches/ZPnUfPUaE

This is a ThrowAway account because I have friends on Reddit and prefer to keep this private.
I (40M) have a son (18M) who had just been accepted to college. When he told me he had been accepted, I was extremely happy because I didn't have that opportunity in my life. I was born into a family of 8 siblings and we never had many luxuries growing up, so I dropped out of school to work and help at home. Today, I work in the same place where I started my first job, but in a managerial position that pays me very well for someone who doesn't have a diploma.
Back to the title: when my son was accepted to college, I asked him to read the notice and gather all the necessary documents for his college registration. I don't understand much about technology, so I asked one of my employees, who knows how to use a computer better than I do, to help me with my son's registration. During the week, I kept asking him for the documents and he always made up an excuse not to deliver them. In an attempt to help him, I had already gathered all the documents of his that I had printed, but according to him, some documents could only be obtained online and that might take some time.
When the last day for registration arrived, he gave me the missing documents and without wasting time, I went to work to use my computer with a friend to do his registration. However, the website of the college he said he had been accepted to was not accepting the login credentials. I called him many times asking if the credentials were correct because to enter the new student's page, information from the document and the registration number were needed, but he didn't answer my calls. That day, I got home as quickly as I could to find him and try to resolve this as soon as possible.
When I got home, he was on the couch and from his expression, I noticed something wasn't right, and I was right. As soon as I entered the room, he asked me to sit down because he wanted to have a "serious conversation". In this conversation, he revealed that he had not actually been accepted to college but had lied to me out of fear of my reaction if he didn't get in. At that moment, my world fell apart. I had never felt so disappointed as I did at that moment. I had told everyone how smart my son was and that he had been accepted to a good school, was working from Monday to Sunday doing overtime to surprise him with a car that I was going to buy for him as a gift, only to find out he had lied to me.
In the same conversation, I couldn't hold back. I argued with him about how he could lie to me about this, I talked about how much I had worked to provide him with a good education and that he had nothing to do but his chores and study. I got so upset that I ended up crying and saying he was a disappointment, something I regret, but in the heat of the moment, I couldn't control myself. I sent him to his room and sat on the couch not knowing what to think. I spent two hours staring at the walls thinking about where I had failed him. I was never absent, never hit him, and was always understanding, even about him going to college or not, because I hadn't even finished elementary school, so I would understand if he didn't want to go to college. He had no reason to lie to me, but even so, I tried to be understanding and let time pass to apologize when I was calmer.
The next day when I got home from work, I looked for him but he wasn't home. I wanted to have a conversation with him to apologize and talk about other future possibilities for him, but he was out with his friends. Because of this, I decided to use the computer we share to check my email, but when I went to use it, it was already on. What I saw on that screen was something that made me take back everything. My son and his friends were talking badly about me in an extensive conversation that seemed to have been going on for months, where I was called various names, and his friends said they were his "real family". Reading that was torture. It was obvious he had left the computer on for me to see because he never left it on or any of his accounts logged in.
When he got home, I lost it, I yelled at him again, this time worse than the last, and said he had until the end of the year to get a job and move out because I wasn't going to support a lying adult who didn't appreciate anything I do. He started crying and saying I was overreacting, but I didn't care. I stood firm in what I said, and he knows that. Now, his grandparents are calling me trying to get me to change my mind, but I don't think I'm wrong in making the decision I made. I've always tried to be the best father for him, but if all this was for nothing, then I give up, I won't put up with this anymore.
So, am I the asshole?

Hi everyone!!!
My wife and I currently have a side hustle of helping people learn the ropes of award travel and how to rack up and redeem lots of points/miles.
We currently take 3-4 international trips per year with essentially free biz class airfare and top-end lodging.
Thus, were obsessed with traveling the world for the minimum price possible.
Upon the reqeuest of colleagues, clients and mentors, we’ve decided to also adapt to becoming travel agents.
Since our points/miles gig isn’t outsource-able/delegate-able in any way, we need a business model that we can scale long term. Our goal is to work for ourselves full-time as entrepreneurs in the next year.
Ideally we’d work with high-end clients and potentially businesses. That way we can use our expertise as much as possible.
We’d greatly, indescribably appreciate any advice you might have on starting a travel agency (ours would be an add-on to our current travel service business, so the basics of starting a LLC biz are in place).
Tips like where to start; books to read; guides; credentials; where you go to make connections; etc. would be wonderful! We’re open to anything!
Any help you can provide will be appreciated so much!!! 🫶

Morning fellas.
I'm starting a tier 16 Rags to riches game.
The journey promises to be long and winding and as such I've put a heap of other teams in to keep the game fresh. (AFC Richmond, Renford Rejects. Harchester etc)
Anyway, I digress one of the teams of interest will be tier 12's Redditch Boro (Not to be confused with Redditch FC) I need an entire roster of YOU FOLKS to fill up Redditch Boro
I need the following positions filled...
First Team Manager:
Assistant Manager
First Team Coaches (2-3):
Goalkeeping Coach:
Fitness Coach:
Physiotherapist: .
Chief Scout:
Scouts (3-5):
Player Squad
Senior Team (First Team)
22-25 players
Goalkeepers: 2-3
Defenders: 8-9
Midfielders: 7-8
Forwards: 4-5
Under 23 Team
Squad Size: 16-20 players
Goalkeepers: 2
Defenders: 6-7
Midfielders: 5-6
Forwards: 3-4
Under 18 Team
Squad Size: Typically 16-20 players
Goalkeepers: 2
Defenders: 6-7
Midfielders: 5-6
Forwards: 3-4
Academy and Development Staff
Head of Youth Development:
U23 ManageCoach:
U18 ManageCoach:
Youth Coaches
So by all means, if you want in then comment your name, dob and position.
(All potential ability on the editor will be 200. However current ability will be randomised between 75-170).
The series will be on YouTube so I'll let you know how you get on.
Thanks a bunch!

Hey all!
Fairly Seasoned GM (across a wide range of systems both light and crunchy) with fairly seasoned players (mainly various DnD3.5/4/5).
Our main group is currently transitioning to 2e after running a couple of the Free one shots and currently working through the beginners box.
Being fairly seasoned players they’re already exploring the edges of the system. We’ve run a few Avoid Notice scenarios now and found the RAW no stealth roll til an encounter and then stealth initiative vs. passive perception. And we’ve found it a little clumsy compared to how nicely the other exploration activities have been going. Some reading on the topic suggests this isn’t a unique experience.
It’s worth noting here that both I and the players enjoy the mechanical density and structure of the game, and are also very narratively and character driven and enjoy failure, we’re not war gamers and we’re not rules-light RPers.
What we’re really loving at the moment is how well 2e’s rules enable interesting role play and bring structure to it in an interesting way.
In particular the table is really avoiding hidden rolls, I even quickly modelled and 3d printed a small dice tower so players can roll their own but only I can see the result. Using it for Recall Knowledge and Grappling Hooks in the beginners box dungeon has been a hit.
Also in both DnD and other systems I’ve always a big proponent of smoother transitions into (and out of) encounters and exploration. I don’t like a clean break from roll play/narrative land into combat encounter land, and try to keep narrative and dramatic tension through encounters. I feel like 2e has really enabled and elevated that one almost every from but this one. My least favourite thing is encounter as a failure state with combat assumed from the outset.
We’re trying to stick to RAW as much as we can before breaking things or reinventing the wheel so I’m here to ask for opinions on potential pitfalls. But this mechanic is cropping up fairly frequently and I trust from reading other people’s qualms that this isn’t just a new-to-the-system issue.
As such I’m considering the following approach to Avoid Notice, trying to keep as true to possible with RAW/RAI but trying to bring the dramatic tension and “rules cinematicness” as I’ve been calling it to the table, and looking for opinions/advice/pitfalls we may not see because of our inexperience with the system.
Worth mentioning this isn’t a recommendation for every table. It’s a little dense but should be intuitive after running it a couple times. I trust it’s within the capacity of our group. Certainly won’t be everyone’s cup of tea.

• Characters Avoid Notice
• Everyone Rolls a Hidden Stealth Check
• I note the results
• I begin narrating the sneaking and the characters are free to continue reacting/taking other actions while avoiding notice
• Should a potential encounter arise I compare their rolls to the passive perception of the potential adversaries/noticers
• If they succeed I make the executive decision whether it is more interesting to enter encounter mode or narrate the close encounter.
• If we enter encounter mode, I make it clear to the players that they still have not been noticed but we are entering initiative order using their stealth rolls (they still do not know the order) at this point I roll perception initiative for the other NPCs/creatures per usual. These are also hidden.
• The encounter begins. Each participant (player or GM pawns) has their turns announced immediately after the turn prior ends. Each player remains Unnoticed to any npc/creature they beat the passive of, and remain so so long as they don’t deliberately reveal themselves, they do not have to roll for sneak/hide these unless they become noticed.
• GM pawns who have not noticed any players continue acting as they otherwise would, doing nothing to break a character’s concealment (but able to do other things like recall knowledge, ready, seek, aid, etc.). GM pawns who have noticed players are free to act however makes sense, intelligent creatures who are unequipped may attempt to subtlety equip themselves before revealing to the players that they have been noticed using stealth/thievery or subtly seek to try to spot any characters they may have missed, an unintelligent creature might just attack as soon as its turn is reached (or even as soon as a reaction might be triggered).

Optional additions: - any player who critically failed Vs a gm-pawn Perception DC might spectacularly fail revealing themselves on their first action, losing their first action. - players using Follow the Expert may only take stealth and hide actions otherwise they must begin rolling sneak/hide with their own modifiers per usual. - the first turn after a GM pawn whose Notice was Avoided detects any player they lose an action.
Perks: - fully stealth turn based encounters getting some mileage out of non-combat encounter mechanics mechanics and avoiding the “everything ends in combat” encounter mode. - tasty dramatic tension with the turn reveals and starting an encounter uncertain if you’ve been spotted and creatures taking turns while players are concealed plus the potential for counter-sneaking NPCs - reward players who role high stealth (they remain undetected even while other players may become detected, even if they use their whole first turn before they know someone has been spotted they start their next turn still undetected. - giving the “surprise round” style mechanic a lot of players appreciate and expect form systems as enemies remain off-guard to undetected players - makes the transition into encounter more dramatically/narratively satisfying - Mostly preserves the design ethos (I think) with all checks vs. DCs and hidden stealth roles. - No awkward everyone rolling their initiative but maybe not needing it vs perception DCs then rolling perception for initiative for creature. All of it is hidden from the player and they get a more or less seemless narrative transition staying in the land of uncertainty and tension until the moment combat breaks (if it does)
Cons: - Complicated. I reckon the current group will get it after a single encounter but it’s going to need onboarding if we bring in other players, especially ones with less experience - Will really weigh favour to PCs based on their (very buffable) Avoid Notice rolls. And if they adapt to the system and game it by playing over-cautious and readying actions vs off-guard enemies it could unbalance things. Could be offset with some kind of extra complication like each turn subtracting 1 or 2 from their stealth roll so they’re pressured to get out of the encounter quickly and not be over-cautious. but that’s another layer of complexity.
That’s only 2 cons, and only one of them is a potential dealbreaker for us, but I don’t know what else I might be missing. I’m not too averse to even heavily skewing a combat in the party’s favour (especially as bypassing encounters entirely grants the experience anyway). And if it starts to get gamed I can adapt.
I like that it eases the transition from exploration to stealth encounters without breaking flow to roll initiative and that choices and narrative moments about trying to steal something or gain an advantage can happen in encounter, making the encounter a progressive narrative device rather than a failure state.
I also know that a huge part of the reason the rules as written has been unsatisfying is because the rest of the rules (for which other systems don’t codify) have been so refreshingly satisfying and it feels like an awkward fad for a common (for our group) mechanic. And that 5e stealth rules are just as bad if not worse and have also never been satisfying, but it’s the least of our worries over there.
We’re going to test it next session regardless. But just wanted to field it here for thoughts.

Monthly update time. There were 23 games played in May and the postseason pool doubled from 8 to 16.
During the month we had two podcast mentions of the next postseason being shorter and an on-air mention from Ken that winning four games is more than likely good enough for automatic TOC entry.
In terms of my projections, I'm using the last Friday of December (12/27/24) as the cut-off date. That's arbitrary, certainly, but it creates a "season" of 158 games which seems reasonable in this era of the 2C-CWC-TOC-JIT pyramid. Once more concrete information is available, this will be changed.
Here it is for May:
Championship season opened: April 10, 2024 (Lucas Partridge as champion) Games played: 38 Winners: 15 (Lucas makes 16) Players (4+ wins) in TOC: 5 (Betts, Hummel, DeYoung, Kakirde, Walter) Players in CWC: 12
158-game projections: 4+ winners in TOC: 16-17 Other winners in CWC: 49-50
Very long way to go -- 8 weeks in this current TV season and who knows how many to start Season 41.