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Keyoo Vendor Introduction
2024.06.01 14:12 KeyooKeyboards Keyoo Vendor Introduction
 | https://preview.redd.it/n7kyx6iy3y3d1.jpg?width=3832&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b50a52d2d363f3e040c0d6e2d963a91c285f8b7 submitted by KeyooKeyboards to MechanicalKeyboards [link] [comments] Hello MechanicalKeyboards, José here from Keyoo, along with my partners Jenni and Michael. We’re excited to introduce ourselves to this amazing community, especially the German members, and share what we’ve been working on. A little about us and the story behind Keyoo: I’m José, a 16-year-old entrepreneur passionate about mechanical keyboards. Four years ago, I noticed a lack of keyboard and keycap options for the ISO-DE layout. As I spent time crafting custom builds, friends became intrigued and eager to buy them from me. That's when I realized I could share my enthusiasm with others. This niche hobby sparked a lot of interest among the people around me. At just 12 years old, I pursued my idea of creating Keyoo Keyboards with the unwavering support of family and friends. My uncle Michael, who has been instrumental in our journey, designed our website as a birthday gift for me a couple of years ago, setting the start. He has continuously dedicated his time to creating our keycap designs. Recently, we welcomed Jenni to the team, bringing another creative mind to our upcoming projects. Our mission is to provide top-quality keycaps and keyboards tailored to the needs of German keyboard enthusiasts. We’ve built a small but dedicated community that appreciates our efforts and shares in the excitement of our growth. While we receive a lot of positive feedback, we do encounter criticism and rumors. We want to put ourselves out here to clear the air, reveal the team behind Keyoo, and highlight that we are a small team of young minds learning along the way. Looking ahead, we are constantly trying to improve. We have set clear aims to move forward with, including ambitious goals to bring out more unique, thoughtfully conceptualized designs and collaborations to the German market. We’re thrilled to share our journey with all of you and look forward to engaging with this community! GK980 ISO-DE Keyoo Edition If you have any questions or want to contact us regarding our products, please email us at [info@keyoo-keyboards.de](). Additionally, this comment section is open for any questions. Behind every answer, there is one of us trying our best to help you with any problem or question. Thank you for your time! https://keyoo-keyboards.de |
2024.06.01 14:08 generichuman27ABF9 Launching TaskBridge: Export your Apple Reminders & Notes to NextCloud, a local folder, or CalDAV - and keep them in sync [looking for contributors & feedback]
TL;DR;
I've created an open source app which synchronises Apple Notes & Reminders to Markdown (ex: NextCloud Notes) and CalDAV (ex: NextCloud Tasks), respectively. It's a new project and I need help. Check it out on GitHub.
Background
I love Linux, and I love open source, but for reasons of both work and family I'm stuck using a lot of Apple stuff, which includes Notes & Reminders, which I love. However, there's never been a way of synchronising notes and reminders to any other platform (I mean proper, 2-way sync), and the only way of accessing your Apple Notes & Reminders from Linux is to use web apps.
Solution
I've created an open source app called TaskBridge. It runs on a Mac, and uses AppleScript to interact with the local Notes and Reminders apps. It can then export notes to a folder, converting them to Markdown, and vice versa. It can also synchronise reminders via CalDAV. The idea is to synchronise Notes and Reminders with something like NextCloud, which would then allow you to have 2-way sync with easy access from Linux or any other platform.
You can check out the project's website here, and the GitHub page here.
Limitations
This is, of course, not a perfect solution. Apple does NOT make it easy to access the data in the respective apps and, even with AppleScript, many features (such as checkable TODO items in Notes) are simply not exportable. That said, I've tried to do the best I can to get around limitations, and I have images, links and attachments working in notes, and even alarms in reminders.
What I Need
I'm not a professional full-time programmer. I'm more of a dabbler, so I'm sure there are much better ways of doing what I've done. Primarily, I need people willing to test the app, submit issues and, ideally, create pull requests to keep improving the app.
Also, I am absolutely horrible at UX/UI. The app does have a GUI which works, but I'm sure it can be a hundred times better. A few better-made assets and icons wouldn't hurt either.
Simply providing feedback would also help. This is my first non-script contribution to open source, so I would appreciate your comments and general feedback. I intend to keep the app free and 100% open source forever, but might upload a paid version to the App Store at some point to help support development. This is a bit of a niche project, so getting testers is not easy, and I don't think it's a good enough app at this stage to actually charge a few dollars for it.
Quick Technical Stuff
The project is written in Python, with a CLI interface being available, as well as a PyQt6 GUI. It requires a Mac system to run, since it needs access to the locally-installed Notes and Reminders apps. AppleScript is used to interact with the local Notes/Reminders apps. The project is (IMHO) very well documented on RTD, with end-user documentation also available here and some pretty good test coverage (at least for the back-end).
Any contributions, feedback, constructive criticism and so on are greatly appreciated. This is my first publicly-released open-source app!
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I've created an open source app which synchronises Apple Notes & Reminders to Markdown (ex: NextCloud Notes) and CalDAV (ex: NextCloud Tasks), respectively. It's a new project and I need help. Check it out on GitHub.
Background
I love Linux, and I love open source, but for reasons of both work and family I'm stuck using a lot of Apple stuff, which includes Notes & Reminders, which I love. However, there's never been a way of synchronising notes and reminders to any other platform (I mean proper, 2-way sync), and the only way of accessing your Apple Notes & Reminders from Linux is to use web apps.
Solution
I've created an open source app called TaskBridge. It runs on a Mac, and uses AppleScript to interact with the local Notes and Reminders apps. It can then export notes to a folder, converting them to Markdown, and vice versa. It can also synchronise reminders via CalDAV. The idea is to synchronise Notes and Reminders with something like NextCloud, which would then allow you to have 2-way sync with easy access from Linux or any other platform.
You can check out the project's website here, and the GitHub page here.
Limitations
This is, of course, not a perfect solution. Apple does NOT make it easy to access the data in the respective apps and, even with AppleScript, many features (such as checkable TODO items in Notes) are simply not exportable. That said, I've tried to do the best I can to get around limitations, and I have images, links and attachments working in notes, and even alarms in reminders.
What I Need
I'm not a professional full-time programmer. I'm more of a dabbler, so I'm sure there are much better ways of doing what I've done. Primarily, I need people willing to test the app, submit issues and, ideally, create pull requests to keep improving the app.
Also, I am absolutely horrible at UX/UI. The app does have a GUI which works, but I'm sure it can be a hundred times better. A few better-made assets and icons wouldn't hurt either.
Simply providing feedback would also help. This is my first non-script contribution to open source, so I would appreciate your comments and general feedback. I intend to keep the app free and 100% open source forever, but might upload a paid version to the App Store at some point to help support development. This is a bit of a niche project, so getting testers is not easy, and I don't think it's a good enough app at this stage to actually charge a few dollars for it.
Quick Technical Stuff
The project is written in Python, with a CLI interface being available, as well as a PyQt6 GUI. It requires a Mac system to run, since it needs access to the locally-installed Notes and Reminders apps. AppleScript is used to interact with the local Notes/Reminders apps. The project is (IMHO) very well documented on RTD, with end-user documentation also available here and some pretty good test coverage (at least for the back-end).
Any contributions, feedback, constructive criticism and so on are greatly appreciated. This is my first publicly-released open-source app!
2024.06.01 14:01 Secret-Property5498 Breaking free from your narcissistic parent as an adult child (long)
Hello Dr. K and the HealthyGamer community,
I am seeking advice, support, and insights on how to emotionally separate and individuate from my parents later in life, which I should have done much earlier. The adult part of me knows what I need to do, but there's also a part of me that is frightened. Let me give you a snapshot of my life trajectory. The story is long, but I want to provide as much context as possible. If you prefer a short summary of my dilemma, please skip to the last paragraph. Otherwise, here is my life story:
I grew up in a well-to-do family in an East Asian country. My parents had me in their early 20s, just as their business began to flourish during the 'boom years.' Both came from very broken families. My mother experienced poverty, abuse, and neglect from her parents (she did not speak to her dad until he died and almost never acknowledges her mother). My father was the least favorite child in his family of three, dropped out of high school, ended up on the streets, and, as I learned a few years ago, was later imprisoned for fighting. My parents met when my mother was 19 and my father 21, ran away together, and built a very successful business in their early to mid-20s, becoming incredibly wealthy in a generally poor society.
Although we were affluent, my parents were never around. I started boarding at age 3 and spent most of my time outside school with my paternal grandparents and occasionally my maternal grandmother. My parents fought a lot. My mother once threatened to take me away and drove off with me with no specific destination. At one point, she told me she was divorcing my father, and we moved into another apartment for a day before returning home. She emotionally smothered me, saying she would die for me and that no one would love me as much as she did. She also hit me often over small things, sometimes in public. I thought she was better than my father, who, according to her, would remarry quickly if she left or died, subjecting me to abuse from an evil stepmother.
Despite our wealth, my mother took me out of an international school after six months and sent me to a state school known for being strict and militant. I was a 'good, smart kid' in primary school, but around age 12 or 13, I became very depressed and felt life had no purpose. I failed almost all my subjects except History and started drinking, influenced by my father's heavy drinking and a culture that tolerated alcoholism.
Then something happened that saved me in retrospect. My family emigrated to an Anglophone New World country, and I went to another boarding school. Despite experiencing racism and feeling self-conscious about my appearance, I improved academically and, by years 12 and 13, was among the best students. Between ages 13-18, I saw my father rarely, perhaps once or twice a year. My mother visited periodically, and they bought a house near the school, where I lived mostly alone. Like many first-generation immigrant kids, I handled most family matters because my parents couldn't speak English.
When it was time for university, I wanted to study law and politics at the local public university, but my father insisted I go to the UK or the US, believing a degree from the local university would not lead to a good job. He also prevented me from taking a gap year. I regret not leaving home to get a job. I applied to many universities and chose the worst-ranked one in London because I wanted to be in the city.
University was eye-opening. I discovered Europe and realized the world was much bigger than the conformist, conservative East Asian country and backwater suburbs I knew. However, my degree didn't prepare me for life, and my emotionally underdeveloped state made me miserable in adult relationships. I chose emotionally distant or abusive friends, hurt people who liked me, and did no internships or travel because I was expected to help my family during holidays. I wanted to stay in London, looked for random jobs, but had no life skills or work experience. Eventually, I returned to East Asia.
By then, my father had moved to a more cosmopolitan East Asian city, living extravagantly. I interned at a fancy company for almost a year, hoping for a job offer that never came. I soon found a job in brand consulting and finally started earning money at 23. I had a relationship with an older woman, but I was still emotionally detached. I tried freelancing, learned to impress others, and almost made enough to support myself, but I was fundamentally lost and unhappy. I experienced my first depressive episode and decided to return to London for a Master's degree. My father agreed to fund my education.
That year was the happiest of my life. I loved university, research, and being with smart, nerdy people. I met an intelligent, caring, and beautiful woman, and we moved in together. I discovered more fulfilling ways to live and found that success didn't mean working for an investment bank or being rich. I wanted to be an academic, applied for a PhD, and got in after two attempts.
Academia wasn't all rosy. The work conditions were awful, and the publish-or-perish mentality sucked the joy out of research. I loved teaching but quickly learned it mattered little at a 'research university.' I gained weight, my relationship deteriorated, arguments turned physical, and I felt worthless. The pandemic made things worse, and I felt I needed to radically change my life. My solution was to become the person my family wanted: filial, loyal, and rich. I was ready to abandon my life in London and move back to East Asia to 'stop being a loser.'
I returned home, trying to fix my family and shower them with love. I interned at a VC firm, but it clashed with my values, and I cried every day at work. I broke up with my girlfriend for someone with no emotional attachment, leading to great sex but zero intimacy. Within three months, I was broke, living in a short-term rental, and eating unhealthily. Fortunately, I had a therapist, a good friend in Shanghai, and my girlfriend gave me a second chance. I realized my family's emotional neglect contributed to my unhappiness and depression. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and medicated, which helped me move out of paralysis. I confronted my family about their past actions and my diagnosis. My mother reacted poorly, calling me names and accusing me of being a horrible son. This ordeal made me realize I needed to break away from them. What I threw away in London was actually the most valuable: a career, a family, my identity.
After confronting my mother that year, she vowed never to see me again. However, 6-8 months later, she sent me a large sum of money for my birthday. I let her back into my life, partly for financial help but also seeking proof of their love and acceptance. Things improved initially, but soon she started complaining about mistreatment by my partner. Then, my parents promised to buy me a flat and pressured me to get married. I accepted the flat for stability and freedom, ignoring their past behavior. Predictably, the flat became a tool for my mother to control me. She threatened to sue me if my girlfriend moved in and disputed the flat's ownership just weeks before the move-in date. I have a demanding job and spend much of my day dealing with this situation, processing the emotional toll of my mother's actions. I feel unsafe, violated, and confused. I hear a voice telling me this is all my fault and that I'm too weak. I know what I need to do cognitively, but emotionally I'm paralyzed. Do you understand what I mean? What would you do?
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I am seeking advice, support, and insights on how to emotionally separate and individuate from my parents later in life, which I should have done much earlier. The adult part of me knows what I need to do, but there's also a part of me that is frightened. Let me give you a snapshot of my life trajectory. The story is long, but I want to provide as much context as possible. If you prefer a short summary of my dilemma, please skip to the last paragraph. Otherwise, here is my life story:
I grew up in a well-to-do family in an East Asian country. My parents had me in their early 20s, just as their business began to flourish during the 'boom years.' Both came from very broken families. My mother experienced poverty, abuse, and neglect from her parents (she did not speak to her dad until he died and almost never acknowledges her mother). My father was the least favorite child in his family of three, dropped out of high school, ended up on the streets, and, as I learned a few years ago, was later imprisoned for fighting. My parents met when my mother was 19 and my father 21, ran away together, and built a very successful business in their early to mid-20s, becoming incredibly wealthy in a generally poor society.
Although we were affluent, my parents were never around. I started boarding at age 3 and spent most of my time outside school with my paternal grandparents and occasionally my maternal grandmother. My parents fought a lot. My mother once threatened to take me away and drove off with me with no specific destination. At one point, she told me she was divorcing my father, and we moved into another apartment for a day before returning home. She emotionally smothered me, saying she would die for me and that no one would love me as much as she did. She also hit me often over small things, sometimes in public. I thought she was better than my father, who, according to her, would remarry quickly if she left or died, subjecting me to abuse from an evil stepmother.
Despite our wealth, my mother took me out of an international school after six months and sent me to a state school known for being strict and militant. I was a 'good, smart kid' in primary school, but around age 12 or 13, I became very depressed and felt life had no purpose. I failed almost all my subjects except History and started drinking, influenced by my father's heavy drinking and a culture that tolerated alcoholism.
Then something happened that saved me in retrospect. My family emigrated to an Anglophone New World country, and I went to another boarding school. Despite experiencing racism and feeling self-conscious about my appearance, I improved academically and, by years 12 and 13, was among the best students. Between ages 13-18, I saw my father rarely, perhaps once or twice a year. My mother visited periodically, and they bought a house near the school, where I lived mostly alone. Like many first-generation immigrant kids, I handled most family matters because my parents couldn't speak English.
When it was time for university, I wanted to study law and politics at the local public university, but my father insisted I go to the UK or the US, believing a degree from the local university would not lead to a good job. He also prevented me from taking a gap year. I regret not leaving home to get a job. I applied to many universities and chose the worst-ranked one in London because I wanted to be in the city.
University was eye-opening. I discovered Europe and realized the world was much bigger than the conformist, conservative East Asian country and backwater suburbs I knew. However, my degree didn't prepare me for life, and my emotionally underdeveloped state made me miserable in adult relationships. I chose emotionally distant or abusive friends, hurt people who liked me, and did no internships or travel because I was expected to help my family during holidays. I wanted to stay in London, looked for random jobs, but had no life skills or work experience. Eventually, I returned to East Asia.
By then, my father had moved to a more cosmopolitan East Asian city, living extravagantly. I interned at a fancy company for almost a year, hoping for a job offer that never came. I soon found a job in brand consulting and finally started earning money at 23. I had a relationship with an older woman, but I was still emotionally detached. I tried freelancing, learned to impress others, and almost made enough to support myself, but I was fundamentally lost and unhappy. I experienced my first depressive episode and decided to return to London for a Master's degree. My father agreed to fund my education.
That year was the happiest of my life. I loved university, research, and being with smart, nerdy people. I met an intelligent, caring, and beautiful woman, and we moved in together. I discovered more fulfilling ways to live and found that success didn't mean working for an investment bank or being rich. I wanted to be an academic, applied for a PhD, and got in after two attempts.
Academia wasn't all rosy. The work conditions were awful, and the publish-or-perish mentality sucked the joy out of research. I loved teaching but quickly learned it mattered little at a 'research university.' I gained weight, my relationship deteriorated, arguments turned physical, and I felt worthless. The pandemic made things worse, and I felt I needed to radically change my life. My solution was to become the person my family wanted: filial, loyal, and rich. I was ready to abandon my life in London and move back to East Asia to 'stop being a loser.'
I returned home, trying to fix my family and shower them with love. I interned at a VC firm, but it clashed with my values, and I cried every day at work. I broke up with my girlfriend for someone with no emotional attachment, leading to great sex but zero intimacy. Within three months, I was broke, living in a short-term rental, and eating unhealthily. Fortunately, I had a therapist, a good friend in Shanghai, and my girlfriend gave me a second chance. I realized my family's emotional neglect contributed to my unhappiness and depression. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and medicated, which helped me move out of paralysis. I confronted my family about their past actions and my diagnosis. My mother reacted poorly, calling me names and accusing me of being a horrible son. This ordeal made me realize I needed to break away from them. What I threw away in London was actually the most valuable: a career, a family, my identity.
After confronting my mother that year, she vowed never to see me again. However, 6-8 months later, she sent me a large sum of money for my birthday. I let her back into my life, partly for financial help but also seeking proof of their love and acceptance. Things improved initially, but soon she started complaining about mistreatment by my partner. Then, my parents promised to buy me a flat and pressured me to get married. I accepted the flat for stability and freedom, ignoring their past behavior. Predictably, the flat became a tool for my mother to control me. She threatened to sue me if my girlfriend moved in and disputed the flat's ownership just weeks before the move-in date. I have a demanding job and spend much of my day dealing with this situation, processing the emotional toll of my mother's actions. I feel unsafe, violated, and confused. I hear a voice telling me this is all my fault and that I'm too weak. I know what I need to do cognitively, but emotionally I'm paralyzed. Do you understand what I mean? What would you do?
2024.06.01 13:52 ThrowRA_Arthur03 My ex-girlfriend's (22F) birthday is coming up and I (24M) have a conflict about whether it's appropriate or just absurd to send a birthday gesture? I would really like some advice
Hey there, I need some advice on whether it's appropriate or just absurd to send a birthday letter and a small gift to my ex-girlfriend. Our situation is a bit complicated, so here's some background:
My ex and I had a relationship that spanned two significant periods. We met, got together, separated (without discussing it at all; we just drifted apart), and then almost a year later, we got back together. We broke up for the second time about three months ago.
My Conflict: I don't want to overstep any boundaries or make her feel uncomfortable. My wish is simply to make her something special. I aim to respect her space while showing this kind gesture. However, I worry about the potential of triggering negative emotions or discomfort.
So, the question is: Should I go ahead with this, or would it be better to keep my distance and let her celebrate without any of my input?
Any advice or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated.
P.S.: I'm ready for any feedback, and if I seem like I was or am a jerk, believe me, I have heard it all from myself. I really don't like the version of myself from the past year and there is really no excuse for my actions and the way I neglected her and our relationship. I also see things I still need to improve.
TL;DR: Ex-girlfriend's birthday is coming up. We broke up three months ago after a complicated relationship. I want to deliver her a handmade gift and letter but worry it might be inappropriate or make her uncomfortable. Should I go ahead or keep my distance and just send a normal message not too long and not too short?
Thank you in advance!!
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My ex and I had a relationship that spanned two significant periods. We met, got together, separated (without discussing it at all; we just drifted apart), and then almost a year later, we got back together. We broke up for the second time about three months ago.
- In our first relationship, we had significant lack of communication. I was very avoidant and stressed, which made me distant even though I wanted to be with her and truly loved her. She tried to connect with me, but I just couldn't reciprocate. After our first breakup, I realized what went wrong and started to work on myself, digging deep into my issues and aiming for personal growth. She unknowingly pushed me towards this self-improvement journey.
- We rekindled our relationship around six months ago. This time, I was the one trying to connect, but she had been through a lot in the past year, including a traumatic event, which I won't go into detail about. She wanted the relationship mentally but was emotionally too hurt and tired to commit fully. She has a lot on her plate: a full-time job, started her Bachelor’s studies, and has issues at home with her parents. After two months, she chose not to continue the relationship, feeling it wasn’t fair to me as she couldn’t be fully present, although she saw that I was willing to stay, fight for us, be patient with her, and sit in the mud with her.
- During our breakup talk, I gave her a therapeutic gift so she can draw in her alone time or whenever she likes (she loves to draw but didn’t have many opportunities to do so in the past year). We ended things positively, holding hands while walking around the park and saying "see you later" instead of a formal goodbye.
- I've been focusing on personal growth since then and am not looking to get back together. I genuinely see it as better for her to have the time to heal and get stronger. I wish her all the best because she deserves to be happy.
My Conflict: I don't want to overstep any boundaries or make her feel uncomfortable. My wish is simply to make her something special. I aim to respect her space while showing this kind gesture. However, I worry about the potential of triggering negative emotions or discomfort.
So, the question is: Should I go ahead with this, or would it be better to keep my distance and let her celebrate without any of my input?
Any advice or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated.
P.S.: I'm ready for any feedback, and if I seem like I was or am a jerk, believe me, I have heard it all from myself. I really don't like the version of myself from the past year and there is really no excuse for my actions and the way I neglected her and our relationship. I also see things I still need to improve.
TL;DR: Ex-girlfriend's birthday is coming up. We broke up three months ago after a complicated relationship. I want to deliver her a handmade gift and letter but worry it might be inappropriate or make her uncomfortable. Should I go ahead or keep my distance and just send a normal message not too long and not too short?
Thank you in advance!!
2024.06.01 13:50 anonymous_mrRobot Suggestion for whether to go for a bike
Hello all, need suggestion for my situation! I am married recently and bought a scooty so that it might help my wife as well if she wants to drive. I once wanted to purchase a bike and out of all I really loved BMW G310R for some reason (brand, engine, smoothness, comfort etc.) but couldn't purchase at that time. Now my wife asked me if I want a bike for my birthday. My work is hybrid mode and she recently joined a job after education and didn't get a project yet. Both our companies' offices are nearby each other. I can manage with one scotty but I wanted that bike, and it might be useful for long rides etc. but is it worth the money? Its either this bike or no bike. I plan first car after may be 1.5-2 years when we plan for kids. I am in dilemma whether to spend this money on bike or move on without it!!!
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2024.06.01 13:21 debzz_z My (34F) brain thinks I'm cheating, but I'm not
Hello everyone, first of all English isn't my first language, I'm on mobile, and I tend to ramble, so I'm sorry about that. I (34F) am in a short relationship (4 months) with L (28M), he's very kind and sweet, and I'm still adapting to this whole new relationship thing, for this last sentence I'll give you some background. My last serious relationship lasted for 3,5 years between me (24F at the time) and F (21M at the time). It started after we matched on a dating app and we went on our first date. Our first date was crazy perfect, he picked me up on a garden and we went to a tattoo/piercing shop where we got pierced. We talked for hours until evening, and he invited me to eat pizza at his place with his dad lol. It was super late by then, and I lived far far away, so we slept together just cuddling, nothing else. Since then we would meet each other every day. One time (6 months into the relationship) he rear ended another vehicle while going back home. So I decided to move closer to him, because the commute was getting to us. So I did. One week into the new lease, I had an accident and broke my ankle. So he decided that it was better for me to stay at his place to recover (bigger house, access to vehicles, and accessible in general). Three months and two surgeries after I decided it was time for me to go home, but he would convince me to "postpone just one more week" every time, and I would always oblige (I know the little doormat I sometimes am). And things would go like that until I hit the one year mark into that lease. And I said to him "or I move back home or I move definitely here, there's no middle therm", so I moved into his place. I offered to pay rent but he refused. Until this moment the relationship was perfect, his father also lived at that place, and we would always cook together, sing together, go for short trips, etc. But after a while I started to have symptoms of anxiety and depression. Until one day I had a panic attack by just sitting in front of my computer at work. I started to treat that and the doctors said I would have to stop work for a bit, because it was super serious (I don't want to go into too much details for that). At the beginning he was super supportive, but now I know that to have a relationship with someone w/ depression and anxiety it's super hard, 0/10 not recommend. So he and his friends started to be petty to me, and I noticed. One day me, him and his friend went for dinner and I got catchup for me. His friends started to berate me on how catchup is bad for my health and that I should stop using it. I simple replied that every time I see him he is smoking his cigarettes and I never said nothing. Or one time that his friend started to talk bad about gold digger women and insinuate that I was one, because I wasn't working. Before stopping to work I had a career in IT, while my bf had an assistant warehouse job, and I used to earn way more than him (that was never important to me before, honestly). So I said "I know I'm not working, but as soon as I get better I'll earn 4 times more than my bf, so your argument doesn't apply". Just wanted to point out that I had my savings, and I was living off it, paying for food, and other bills. My bf then was very mean and cold to me too, and at one point I asked "Do you want me to move out?" and he said "yes". "After that will you break up with me?" And he said "yes". So I activated my survival mode, and started to work my way into leaving. Between that, and getting a job, I started to pack my things quietly, and applying for jobs. All that while mourning the relationship. For him, I was doing nothing, but I was actually already in the way of signing a new lease, going to interviews and packing my things (and hiding in the house), I wanted to just disappear, I felt humiliated to not be able to leave in the next day after that talk. One day he went after me for sex, and I said "don't be like that, I feel like a piece of meat", he answered "so I'm going downstairs to get some salt then", and from that moment on, all the good feelings I had were replaced by disgust and disdain. A couple days after he asked me what I was going to do on next weekend, because he would go on a trip and wouldn't be home, and I said "nothing". I actually went to help the landlord to clean and paint the new place, since I wanted it to be ready ASAP. And I could move in next Wednesday. When I broke the news to him, he looked surprised and said "already??". So I kinda moved all out in less than a day. After that he would always go after me. I was 27 by then, and from that moment on the idea of a relationship would always make me sick. So I had the crazy teenager phase (since I always had long relationships before) and decided that I would be alone. I started to draw a plan to move to New Zealand, as far away from my ex possible and the plans didn't go through. But 3 years later I moved to Europe, my ex would always send messages saying he missed me, even when he was on a relationship, and in one of my birthdays he sent me a picture from his wallet with my picture in it. I replied politely, but I felt disdain honestly. We haven't talked in years now, honestly, and I'm alright with that. I was single for 7 years icking the idea of going through all that again. Ok, so now, what's happening? I'm 34 now, and I have my cute sweet new boyfriend, and every time he comes here to sleep with me I dream that I sneak out the bed to sleep with my ex. Even though I would never do that, even if he was in other bed next to us. I always feel guilty and dirty, like I'm cheating. I spend the days thinking that I should tell my bf, but I don't want to hurt him. All I feel for my ex is disdain and ick. But I feel like I'm hiding something. What do I do?
TL;DR!: Every time my bf sleeps over, I dream that I sneak out of the bed to go to sleep with my ex, and my brain thinks I'm cheating.
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TL;DR!: Every time my bf sleeps over, I dream that I sneak out of the bed to go to sleep with my ex, and my brain thinks I'm cheating.
2024.06.01 13:12 Hi_Im_Forsaken I don't know what to do with myself and I'm feeling lost
I'm 27M and I'm recovering currently after a tough breakup. I don't know what to do with myself in my free time and I feel like I'm lost. I don't want to game, as it is my automatic coping mechanism, but at the same time I don't know what else can I do.
I sometimes go to the gym during a week, meet with friends, but rn I have a free weekend and I'm like: "now what". There are things that I thought about doing: drawing, learning some coding stuff, maybe go for a walk somewhere, maybe try sightseeing my city or start up my side projects. But... all of them seem blunt, boring, or rather I feel like maybe I'm... afraid of doing them?!
Idk, I tried watching some Dr. K stuff, but I didn't found anything that help.
If anyone had similar issue, I would be glad for any advice!
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I sometimes go to the gym during a week, meet with friends, but rn I have a free weekend and I'm like: "now what". There are things that I thought about doing: drawing, learning some coding stuff, maybe go for a walk somewhere, maybe try sightseeing my city or start up my side projects. But... all of them seem blunt, boring, or rather I feel like maybe I'm... afraid of doing them?!
Idk, I tried watching some Dr. K stuff, but I didn't found anything that help.
If anyone had similar issue, I would be glad for any advice!
2024.06.01 13:02 FelicitySmoak_ On This Day In Michael Jackson HIStory - June 1st
 | Disclaimer: Some of these events have unknown June dates. They are identified with a '*' submitted by FelicitySmoak_ to WhereWasMJToday [link] [comments] 1974- The Jacksons play their 6th of seven nights at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel in Lake Tahoe, Nevada 1977\* - The Jackson go back to Sigma Sound Studios in Philidalphia to record their new album, Goin' Places, with Gamble & Huff 1978\* - The Jacksons record the Destiny album in Los Angeles after recording song demos at their Hayvenhurst home studio 1979 - The Jackson perform at Milwaukee County Stadium (closed- 2000) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on their Destiny tour 1979 - (June 1 -3) Michael, Quincy Jones & Bruce Swedien complete the recording & mixing of the Off The Wall album Westlake Studios in Los Angeles. 1979* - The Jacksons start recording the Triumph Album. 1982\* - Michael would come across a studio demo produced by John Barnes and request a meeting. In an interview with The MJCast podcast, John recalled their first meeting: “Michael said I heard you can make your own sounds and play them. How many sounds can you make? And, I responded, ‘How much time do you have?’”The meeting lasted a few hours and was the beginning of a friendship and musical partnership with Barnes being hired as a core member of Michael Jackson’s team. Their partnership would continue until Michael's passing in 2009 1984* - Michael meets with other supporters of Camp Good Times, a non-profit organization founded by parents of children with cancer, in Malibu such as OJ Simpson, Dustin Hoffman, David Soul, Neil Diamond & Richard Chamberlain https://preview.redd.it/4x9kul6utl3d1.jpg?width=604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=858e0ae773b2b13af0aaa747ba26d437a5b3dd47 The first Camp Goodtimes event would be held in Vashon Island at Camp Sealth in August of 1984. Ninety-three children, cancer patients and siblings attended and twenty-five American Cancer Society volunteers, who staffed the camp along with the summer staff at Camp Sealth https://preview.redd.it/xtzmm1dxtl3d1.jpg?width=492&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7799537391bec1d6d8fb915a87e8229d11379e0 1985\* - Michael starts rehearsing for an upcoming 3D science fiction musical short film named Captain EO to be shown exclusively at Disneyland and Disney World. Francis Ford Coppola will direct and George Lucas will produce the film https://reddit.com/link/1d5khy4/video/72l7t6xztl3d1/player 1986\*- Michael & Corey Feldman go to Disneyland . Michael is seen for the 1st time wearing a surgical mask in public In Moonwalk, he says he was initially given a mask by a dentist to keep germs out after having his wisdom teeth pulled 1987\* - Michael shoots the “The Way You Make Me Feel” short film at Skid Row, Los Angeles. It was directed by Joe Pytka and choreographed by Vincent Paterson & Michael. It featured Tatiana Thumbtzen & Latoya Jackson 1988\* - Michael Jackson : The Legend Continues is released on home video. 1988 - Michael sets another record as the first artist ever to have three albums with US sales of more than six million copies each as Bad & Off The Wall were both certified 6x platinum by the RIAA 1989\- Michael goes back to Westlake studio with Matt Forger and Bill Bottrell. He meets Brad Buxer who will work with him until 2008. Together they work on new songs for a compilation named *DECADE 1979-1989 Quincy Jones is not part of this project. "Black Or White" and "Heal The World" are among the first songs worked on. 1991 - David Ruffin, a member of The Temptations, dies of a drug overdose https://preview.redd.it/9vssz6p4ul3d1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=467d78db412c27f2bcccc750fc07a205dca12e8f It was found that Ruffin was peniniless and Jackson contacted Swanson Funeral Home in Detroit to make arrangements to cover a large portion of the June 10th funeral costs. He also sends a heart-shaped arrangement of carnations to the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit with the note, "With Love, from Michael Jackson" https://preview.redd.it/wm7yokl7ul3d1.jpg?width=115&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf6269399685e90265bcaa7a6c393d77ae7aebc9 Jackson was a big admirer of The Temptations. He would not attend the funeral ceremony to not divert attention from it (it was however reported that he did attend but in disguise) 1991\* - The Sun publishes leaked pictures from a photo session of Michael by Herb Ritts. It had been rumored that multiple photographers were battling in out to shoot Michael's new video & album cover. Steve Meisel, Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts had been in the running to give Michael a new "sexier" look https://preview.redd.it/5jg8a6xaul3d1.jpg?width=325&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5d4484fa0d172b0aae632402f1ab9fd317f2ae5 https://preview.redd.it/ex22ut6dul3d1.jpg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ecc704465423cd6d78e56ae951c344e0b0d2406 1991* - Michael enlists the help of producers L.A Reid & Babyface for his new album, which deeply upsets Jermaine who is also working with them. Jermaine is quoted in the tabloids as saying: "I could have been Michael. It's all a matter of timing, a matter of luck"1992*- Michael rehearses for his new tour & shoot the video for “Who Is It” 1994\* - This summer Heal The World Foundation, in partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District, "I Have A Dream Foundation", "Best Buddies", "Overcoming Obstacles" & "California One To One", provide 2000 children with tickets to see Janet Jackson, the L.A. Laker Jam and The Beach Boys in concert 1995\* - Issue #2 of History Magazine reveals that Travis Thomas, a 5-year old boy who suffers from cystic fibrosis, wished to meet Michael. https://preview.redd.it/11pinibiul3d1.jpg?width=591&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46f58fbcd03b6d9e73354092d1fabb9419de842e “One evening, we were watching TV and Travis hadn’t eaten for a couple of days. He was on TV”, the boy's mother recalls, “and we came across the American Music Awards and Michael Jackson… Travis sat up and wanted to eat… He said, ‘I love Michael Jackson, Mama!”His wish comes true in June through Jackson and the Make A Wish Foundation.Travis and his family, along with 20 other seriously ill children, spent a weekend at Neverland Ranch and were allowed to roam around the compound’s private amusement park. Travis’ mother: “The love this man has on his face when he is with these special children is unbelievable. He is one of the kindest and most gentle men I have ever met"https://preview.redd.it/xr603i8lul3d1.jpg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef81c6bb963147099671b014e9a41960894641bd 1999 - Michael cancels his participation in the Pavarotti & Friends Charity Concert in Modena, scheduled for tonight. Jonathan Morrish of Sony Music issues a statement informing the media, that Michael will not be performing due to the illness of his son, Prince: "Prince suffered a seizure early Saturday due to a high temperature. This is the third seizure over the last year"He added that the concert meant so much to Michael but, "he is an artist like the others, but also a parent"and that he waited until the last moment to cancel because he was still hopeful about making it. Michael is reportedly constantly at Prince's bedside 2000\* - Concert promoter,Marcel Avram, sues Michael for breach of contract for the Millenium Concerts and asks for $21 million https://preview.redd.it/rz0pl0wnul3d1.jpg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9975e1d6693daf47bf35f911a1c7341dc00955a4 2001\* - Michael hires Marc Schaffel and they create a new company,Neverland Valley Entertainment, with a common bank account. 2004\* - Randy Jackson fires Bob Jones, vice president of MJJ Productions since 1987, after discovering that he is writing a tell all book on Michael. He also stops paying Marc Schaffel. 2005 - Trial Day 64 Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Randy. Judge Melville gives the Jury the rules of Jury Deliberations https://preview.redd.it/ph42eghrul3d1.jpg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98185613a6f1d6e6dc53aacf2f31a539db9108e4 https://preview.redd.it/hqr89ghrul3d1.jpg?width=503&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9d24bb8ca7556d5914d1a5ef5053237430d2c7b 2005\* - Michael allows visits from fans inside his home while awaiting the verdict. They're impressed by his generosity given the circumstances https://preview.redd.it/8pg5cb2uul3d1.jpg?width=612&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87c700da00a607390f5b598a580c6c350cd2a496 2007 - A glittery jacket once worn onstage by Michael, his MTV Music Award for "We Are The World", as well as gold discs for his album Off the Wall and the Jackson 5 single "I Want You Back", all sell at an auction in the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas, Nevada. The total raised from the sale of Michael related artifacts at the auction is reported as $1-$2million Michael's bullet proof vest Sculptural prototypes from the movies E.T. & Alien 2007\* - Michael, Grace and the kids leave their Las Vegas house and fly to Middleburg, Virginia. They check into the Goodstone Inn, a 640-acre estate of open pastures, for a summer vacation. They are welcomed by Raymone Bain. 2007\* - Michael “Brother Michael” Amir Williams is hired as Michael’s new assistant. 2008\* - Michael and producer Neff-U start working on songs at 'Thriller Villa', his 2710 Palomino Lane home, in Las Vegas. They work on a new version of “A Place With No Name”. 2008\* - Late in the month, Michael's duet with Akon, "Hold My Hand" is leaked online. Michael is devastated Longtime recording engineer, Michael Prince, who was working with Jackson at the time “Hold My Hand” leaked, recalls: “He was truly upset when the song he did with Akon leaked. He would just get this sad look on his face like, how could this happen? Because 20 years ago this would not have happened. And somehow everybody in the world has a copy of it. And that really upset him because he liked that song a lot.”Akon gave a detailed account of the events surrounding the leak during an appearance on Tavis Smiley’s PBS television show in January 2009: “Me and Mike did this incredible record called Hold My Hand and the record is amazing. Phenomenal. And the concept was that this would be Mike’s first release off of his new album, and then I would stripe it on my album – on my following release. That way we could have the outlets open for everyone to be able to receive the record. You know, Mike came up with this brilliant marketing launch for the record. You know, he’s the best at launching a record.”Akon continues: “He’d have the whole world paying attention in two minutes… And before we could get to that point, the record got leaked over the internet. And we got over 15 million downloads on the song for free. So we couldn’t [release it]. You can’t at that point. Everybody already has the record. But in a way, you gotta look at it like… that’s just a gift to the fans.”2008\* - (Late June) Michael hires Dr Thome Thome as his new manager and president of MJJ Productions. As a result of a financial reorganiation of the Neverland Valley Ranch, all of Michael’s personal belongings have to be removed from the property. Dr Tohme contacts Darren Julien of Julien’s Auction House 2009 - The This Is It team leaves Center Staging for a bigger place : The Forum in Inglewood, California. 2009 - (June 1-11) At Culver Studios in Culver City, Michael shoots “The Dome” Project which consists of seven works:
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2024.06.01 12:57 More-Bag5408 Is my boyfriend negative or am I cold hearted?
Hi everyone, I need some advice. My boyfriend 26M and I 23F have been dating and living together for around 2 years. I have always been a very easygoing person, while I obsess over my own actions and what I say external stresses don’t bother me as much. I realise not everyone is like that and that people have different things that make them worry. That being said my boyfriend seems to put a negative spin on absolutely everything, it is really starting to drain my energy, but then I feel a bit heartless because maybe I’m too easygoing and should worry more. For example we are meant to be going on holiday for my birthday next week, he has said we will not have a nice time we will only have an ‘alright’ time because he hasn’t saved enough for it. I would understand if he had tried to save but this boy has been buying himself jewellery, me jewellery I specifically asked him not to buy and to save the money for the holiday, shoes, clothes and bags. Now he is miserable because we haven’t got as much money to spend as he hoped (this is not bothering me at all, only how he is going on about it after he caused the issue). Every time I call and ask if he’s alright or how his doing his response is ‘yeah I’m alright, but I’m not’ then it’s the given half hour to an hour of moaning about nothing or problems he’s created for himself which is really just starting to drive me crazy because at some point he has to be responsible for his actions and the consequences of them. Nothing is ever his fault or responsibility it’s always that the ‘devil is out to get him’ ?!? Im religious myself, but we have full power over our actions and he never seems to be able to accept that and stop moaning. These are not the only things he’s miserable about, just the ones annoying me the most at the moment. Am I being a total birch? Someone please let me know. Ty
TL;DR
My boyfriend is negative about everything and it’s making me miserable.
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My boyfriend is negative about everything and it’s making me miserable.
2024.06.01 12:45 NoGas8462 TIFU by encouraging my dying grandmother to live on
Obligatory this started more than 2 years ago. I live with my grandmother, my father lives with his own family an hour away.
Grandmother fell ill and hid it from all of us. When we found out, she refused to have herself checked and this went on for months as her condition got worse and worse. Any attempts to urge her to get checked would be met with yelling and snapping back, even items being thrown at people, it didn't matter if you were her son or grandson.
Eventually she ended up at the point where she couldn't even stand, she told me she wanted to die already. Now this grandmother of mine terrorized me my whole life, she tried kicking my mother and I during my childhood multiple times because she hated my mother, she would instigate fights with me and lie that I hit her or yelled at her siblings and my father. But I felt like I couldn't just watch her wither away, nor did I just want to stand idly and watch my father break down more and more at the thought of losing his mother.
So now at her most vulnerable, I cared for her, I moved into her room to watch over her. I urged her to keep living, I told her the family wouldn't want her gone and that she's still strong and can fight it. Long story short after a month she agreed to go to the hospital. It's cancer, we're too late and its terminal, but they chose to operate anyway and it was a success they removed as much as they could, but nothing could be done with the cancer that has reached her head. The doctors did everything they could and they believe she'll have a few more years to live her life. My dad dedicates the next year of his life to being with her and taking care of her, along with hiring 2 personal nurses to attend to her other needs as she refuses to allow me or my father bring her to the toilet for example.
Fast forward a year later, we find out that she's been talking shit behind my father's back. Soon enough, whenever he's around she badmouths his wife (my parents are now divorced) to his face and openly says that my half-sister isn't her grandchild. This goes on for months more until on my birthday she wakes up, gets out of her room, causes a scene and badmouths my father's wife and daughter to their face. This was the last straw, my father no longer drove over everyday to be with her, he still pays for her medicines and nurses but he told me he can't face her anymore, it was too much after everything he's done for her the past year+. I try to mediate but my grandmother sees no issue. After all, according to her she only badmouthed the wife and kid, not my father.
Today her favorite nurse went home to take a 1 week vacation, a temporary nurse came in to take her place. She has yelled at both nurses to fuck off and leave the room. Both aren't allowed in, she smells like shit because she refuses to let anyone change her diaper and whenever I try to convince her she just yells. As with before, she refuses anyone not female to clean her or take her to the bathroom, I am male.
More than 100k+ USD spent the past 2 years solely on her, that amount of money in my country you could live comfortably for years, 2 years of trying to give a dying old lady a good last few years, ends up here. With a smelly, angry, spoiled grandmother who refuses to listen to me once again. One who has told my father he can fuck off if he wants as long as he keeps paying for her nurses and medication.
I'm back on my anti-depression meds, and I'm having a thought worse than suicide. I'm regretting having convinced my grandmother to live, I should've let her die like she wanted. I feel like a complete asshole for thinking of it, but she's caused endless problems for her nurses, my siblings and I, my parents, her own siblings and many others in these two years.
TL;DR: I convinced my dying grandmother to get treated despite the fact that she is a horrible person. 2 years later she's an even worse person than before and I'm learning the lesson that sometimes some people should be left to die.
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Grandmother fell ill and hid it from all of us. When we found out, she refused to have herself checked and this went on for months as her condition got worse and worse. Any attempts to urge her to get checked would be met with yelling and snapping back, even items being thrown at people, it didn't matter if you were her son or grandson.
Eventually she ended up at the point where she couldn't even stand, she told me she wanted to die already. Now this grandmother of mine terrorized me my whole life, she tried kicking my mother and I during my childhood multiple times because she hated my mother, she would instigate fights with me and lie that I hit her or yelled at her siblings and my father. But I felt like I couldn't just watch her wither away, nor did I just want to stand idly and watch my father break down more and more at the thought of losing his mother.
So now at her most vulnerable, I cared for her, I moved into her room to watch over her. I urged her to keep living, I told her the family wouldn't want her gone and that she's still strong and can fight it. Long story short after a month she agreed to go to the hospital. It's cancer, we're too late and its terminal, but they chose to operate anyway and it was a success they removed as much as they could, but nothing could be done with the cancer that has reached her head. The doctors did everything they could and they believe she'll have a few more years to live her life. My dad dedicates the next year of his life to being with her and taking care of her, along with hiring 2 personal nurses to attend to her other needs as she refuses to allow me or my father bring her to the toilet for example.
Fast forward a year later, we find out that she's been talking shit behind my father's back. Soon enough, whenever he's around she badmouths his wife (my parents are now divorced) to his face and openly says that my half-sister isn't her grandchild. This goes on for months more until on my birthday she wakes up, gets out of her room, causes a scene and badmouths my father's wife and daughter to their face. This was the last straw, my father no longer drove over everyday to be with her, he still pays for her medicines and nurses but he told me he can't face her anymore, it was too much after everything he's done for her the past year+. I try to mediate but my grandmother sees no issue. After all, according to her she only badmouthed the wife and kid, not my father.
Today her favorite nurse went home to take a 1 week vacation, a temporary nurse came in to take her place. She has yelled at both nurses to fuck off and leave the room. Both aren't allowed in, she smells like shit because she refuses to let anyone change her diaper and whenever I try to convince her she just yells. As with before, she refuses anyone not female to clean her or take her to the bathroom, I am male.
More than 100k+ USD spent the past 2 years solely on her, that amount of money in my country you could live comfortably for years, 2 years of trying to give a dying old lady a good last few years, ends up here. With a smelly, angry, spoiled grandmother who refuses to listen to me once again. One who has told my father he can fuck off if he wants as long as he keeps paying for her nurses and medication.
I'm back on my anti-depression meds, and I'm having a thought worse than suicide. I'm regretting having convinced my grandmother to live, I should've let her die like she wanted. I feel like a complete asshole for thinking of it, but she's caused endless problems for her nurses, my siblings and I, my parents, her own siblings and many others in these two years.
TL;DR: I convinced my dying grandmother to get treated despite the fact that she is a horrible person. 2 years later she's an even worse person than before and I'm learning the lesson that sometimes some people should be left to die.
2024.06.01 12:44 SkyBotyt Help me! Davinci resolve scrambling file paths.
This is so weird and I am absolutely fuming. I have a huge project with thousands of clips and TBs of files for a documentary. I woke up this morning to start working on it and non of my files were linked and could not be linked. I checked the file paths on the clips and the paths seem to have changed in a weird way - for example, I had file in a folder called “20230905_DOC” but in the path it called the folder “DOC_0905”. I’m really wanting to fix this without me spending hour and hours relinking all of this. Please help!!!
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Mac Studio M1 Pro
DR 18.6
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Mac Studio M1 Pro
DR 18.6
2024.06.01 12:16 Flat_Mountain1976 im becoming delusional so humble me for some LACs, physics/maths OR classics major (intl)
Age: 17
Demographics: female, (south) asian, public high, sweden
Hooks: none..
Intended Major: physics, mathematics but if it doesn't work out then classics
UW/W GPA and Rank: school doesn't do gpa's or ranks, but i recieved highest grade qualification for senior years (we have 2 senior years)
Coursework: we don't do aps/honours/ibs or anything of the like, but i take 5 subjects, 2 scholarship subjects, + received online certificates in various physics and maths courses (not sure if this counts??)
Extracurriculars:
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Demographics: female, (south) asian, public high, sweden
Hooks: none..
Intended Major: physics, mathematics but if it doesn't work out then classics
UW/W GPA and Rank: school doesn't do gpa's or ranks, but i recieved highest grade qualification for senior years (we have 2 senior years)
Coursework: we don't do aps/honours/ibs or anything of the like, but i take 5 subjects, 2 scholarship subjects, + received online certificates in various physics and maths courses (not sure if this counts??)
- maths, statistics, english (advanced), geography, biology, chemistry, physics, history
- highest grade (basically a+) on all assignments for my all subjects including certificates received
Extracurriculars:
- co-created, and leader of project at school that works to create conversational/informal english learning plans for ESL/migrant students, reached about 80 migrant students in school within a month
- member of student leadership council, developing and overseeing all programs in school such as cultural share days, fundraisers, ramadan nights and a lot more. also worked to develop school spirit week, implementing various fun activities for students
- volunteer tutomentor for junior students in maths, english and science, helping 20 or more students weekly
- co-president of the literature society, creating first school magazine, hosting writing competitions, holding open mics and organising trips to literature festivals
- received bronze medal for volunteering for various things (making food for the homeless, pest control, tree planting etc.)
- volunteer at charity store that raises money for animal welfare, volunteering 11 hours weekly, serving up to 100 customers per day
- member of volunteering club at school, hosting and aiding the development of activities for children at local library (weekly), and implementing english language activities and lessons for migrant students at local elementary
- published blog, i write my own blog on physics (astronomy) and literature
- gymnastics for 4 years, performed at some small competitions
- piano for 4 years, nothing major but performed at family events like birthdays, anniversaries etc.
- form teacher: 7/10, my physics teacher and we had good convos about this
- english (columbia) teacher: 9/10, i help her out a lot with activities
- charity shop manager: 9/10, i'm her first student volunteer and we regularly converse
- vassar
- bowdoin
- bates
- williams
- bard
- middlebury
- boston college
- wesleyan
- (not liberal arts) university of vermont
2024.06.01 12:01 Lenic707 [Hobby] Noob Environment designer looking for like-minded people who want to learn/work together
TL;DR: Want to find kind-hearted, respectful people to learn alongside and hopefully even work on fantasy rpg projects with
I am not new to game design but i would still consider myself to be inexperienced because i have been dabbling with environment/level design in UE for the past couple years but i haven't gotten really far just because lack of motivation and a solid goal to reach for. also just a lack of game design friends.
I tried INAT before and i met some cool and diverse people and made a game design discord server with them and even started working on prototypes but everyone had a different dream game they wanted to make so it didn't really last long so i want to find people who want to work on the same types of games i do which is unlikely but i figured i'd post just in case i get lucky.
The types of games i would want to work on would be ones that include, D&D-esque fantasy settings(or even future-fantasy settings), magic systems, life and combat skills, tab-targeted combat or soulslike combat, character customization, stories/quests with a least a little bit of depth to them(not the generic fetch quests), npc's with depth and character, different nations/cultures, and technology affected by the presence of magic.
The main goal i would want to work towards is a fantasy classless rpg that is heavily skill and exploration based that puts emphasis on just exploring the world and picking up skills as well as leveling said skills along the way to allow you to build your character the way you want ideally without the motivation to just choose a meta. think games like Project Gorgon or Kenshi if you've heard of them.
I've always been in love with game environments, i started with WoW and Skyrim and went from there. Ever since i was young i wanted to create a world that gave that same feeling of adventure and wonderlust, i love mmorpgs specifically but they have become very similar in that most put the player character on rails and heavily guide the player along a certain path which is not a bad thing, ffxiv does that and it's a fantastic game but i also love ttrpgs like D&D and Pathfinder that give players the freedom to weave their own story. I'm not saying i want to make an mmorpg as that is a laughably unrealistic goal to give myself, but i want to make a game that evokes the same feelings.
I'm not looking to immediately get to work on a game but i want to find like minded people who want to learn together and practice working together. Also we don't have to work on my idea specifically but i would prefer staying in the same ballpark. (i.e. classless skills, combat, magic, some sort of fantasy setting)
The tools i would prefer to use and have experience in are Unreal Engine and Git.
It doesn't really matter what field you want to specialize in as long as you're passionate, willing to learn, want/able to contribute, and want to just have fun on the journey.
Morals are important as well, i would like to work with people who are respectful and keep an open mind, in other words people who dont hate on lgbtq+ or aren't misogynistic or bigoted.
Reply in the comments or dm me if you're interested in working on projects together. Also it'd be appreciated if you tell me a bit about yourself in your comment/message. I would also appreciate if you only reply if you share a similar enough goal and if you share the same morals, i dont want to waste your time or mine if we dont share a common focus or if we wouldn't get along.
Some of my work: https://postimg.cc/gallery/sVFY4gZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfMQGqEytgo&ab_channel=Jess
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I am not new to game design but i would still consider myself to be inexperienced because i have been dabbling with environment/level design in UE for the past couple years but i haven't gotten really far just because lack of motivation and a solid goal to reach for. also just a lack of game design friends.
I tried INAT before and i met some cool and diverse people and made a game design discord server with them and even started working on prototypes but everyone had a different dream game they wanted to make so it didn't really last long so i want to find people who want to work on the same types of games i do which is unlikely but i figured i'd post just in case i get lucky.
The types of games i would want to work on would be ones that include, D&D-esque fantasy settings(or even future-fantasy settings), magic systems, life and combat skills, tab-targeted combat or soulslike combat, character customization, stories/quests with a least a little bit of depth to them(not the generic fetch quests), npc's with depth and character, different nations/cultures, and technology affected by the presence of magic.
The main goal i would want to work towards is a fantasy classless rpg that is heavily skill and exploration based that puts emphasis on just exploring the world and picking up skills as well as leveling said skills along the way to allow you to build your character the way you want ideally without the motivation to just choose a meta. think games like Project Gorgon or Kenshi if you've heard of them.
I've always been in love with game environments, i started with WoW and Skyrim and went from there. Ever since i was young i wanted to create a world that gave that same feeling of adventure and wonderlust, i love mmorpgs specifically but they have become very similar in that most put the player character on rails and heavily guide the player along a certain path which is not a bad thing, ffxiv does that and it's a fantastic game but i also love ttrpgs like D&D and Pathfinder that give players the freedom to weave their own story. I'm not saying i want to make an mmorpg as that is a laughably unrealistic goal to give myself, but i want to make a game that evokes the same feelings.
I'm not looking to immediately get to work on a game but i want to find like minded people who want to learn together and practice working together. Also we don't have to work on my idea specifically but i would prefer staying in the same ballpark. (i.e. classless skills, combat, magic, some sort of fantasy setting)
The tools i would prefer to use and have experience in are Unreal Engine and Git.
It doesn't really matter what field you want to specialize in as long as you're passionate, willing to learn, want/able to contribute, and want to just have fun on the journey.
Morals are important as well, i would like to work with people who are respectful and keep an open mind, in other words people who dont hate on lgbtq+ or aren't misogynistic or bigoted.
Reply in the comments or dm me if you're interested in working on projects together. Also it'd be appreciated if you tell me a bit about yourself in your comment/message. I would also appreciate if you only reply if you share a similar enough goal and if you share the same morals, i dont want to waste your time or mine if we dont share a common focus or if we wouldn't get along.
Some of my work: https://postimg.cc/gallery/sVFY4gZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfMQGqEytgo&ab_channel=Jess
2024.06.01 11:45 Affectionate-Pomelo2 22 [M4F] #Georgia #South Carolina #Online #Anywhere - Looking for a Friend/Gaming Buddy and Open to more
Hey there! M22 here, straddling the border between SC and GA, but I'm open to connecting from anywhere. I'm all about Anime, Gaming, Cooking (Comfort Food fs), and diving into creative projects. When I'm not hitting the gym, you'll find me headbanging to Metal or exploring various music genres (though Rock, Metal and various Anime OP/EDs and Gaming OSTs are in my top picks as well as some mash ups too).
Currently pursuing a Cyber Security degree, and yeah, I still built my Gaming PC yet (Embarrassing I know). Work/School balance is tough, but genuine connections are worth it. Not shy about NSFW topics, but lets feel out the vibes first.
If you're into nerding out over gaming or anime, let's chat! I play on PS5, Xbox, Switch, and Steam Deck – let's kick back, nerd out, and grind it out together! (No, not that kind of grind, XD)
Scroll down for my gaming and anime list!"
[ W A R N I N G ]
It's a long ass list for both
List of Game's I've Played This is a roughly compiled list of everything
Destiny ( 1 and 2 ) Warframe Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Siege Overwatch 2 Call of Duty (any of them doesn't matter which) Halo (Only MCC or Infinite) Minecraft Diablo IV Tekken 8 MK 11 Guilty Gear Strive Smite Predecessor Back 4 Blood Sker Ritual Bethesda Games (Elder Scrolls Fallout) (Played most but not beaten all) Yakuza Series (I've played them all except I need to finish Infinite Wealth still) Sonic Games (Played all but not beaten all) Legend of Zelda Games (Played most but not beaten all) Mario Games (Beaten most but not all) Kirby Games (Played most but not beaten all) F-Zero GX Resident Evil Series (Played but not beaten all of them) Borderlands (Prequel 2 and 3 and Wonderlands need to play 1) Transformers Devastation Transformers War For Cybertron games Sly Cooper Series (Played but not beaten all of them) Uncharted Series (Played but not beaten all of them) Star Wars Games (From Dark Forces to Jedi Survivor) Ratchet and Clank Series (Beaten most of them) DBZ Fighterz Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Naruto to Boruto Shinobi Strikers Pokemon (Only a few games Red Gold Emerald Y Sword and Scarlet) Xenoblade Chronicles Series (All beaten still working on Future Redeemed) Metal Gear Solid Series (Beaten 3 and 5 I know the lore of the others and played 2)
List of Anime I've finished and seen This is a roughly compiled list of everything
One Piece (Caught up) Dragon Ball Z Blue Exorcist Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood Rising of the Shield Hero Mushoku Jobless Reincarnation Sword Art Online (Pretty much the whole thing) Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans Gundam 1, 2, 3 the original stuff and movies Mob Psycho 100 Black Clover Bleach Naruto and Shippuden Boruto (Not caught up) That Time I got reincarnated as a Slime Danmachi Jujutsu Kaisen (0,1, and 2) Yu Yu Hakusho Hunter X Hunter My Hero Academia Nichijou Keep your hands of the eizouoken High School DxD Chunibyou Attack on Titan JJBA (Up to Stone Ocean) Kill La Kill Gurren Lagen Darling in the Franx Death Note Radiant Goblin Slayer Space Dandy Dorohedoro Durarara One Punch Man Beastars Rust Eater Dr. Stone F-Zero GP Legend"
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Currently pursuing a Cyber Security degree, and yeah, I still built my Gaming PC yet (Embarrassing I know). Work/School balance is tough, but genuine connections are worth it. Not shy about NSFW topics, but lets feel out the vibes first.
If you're into nerding out over gaming or anime, let's chat! I play on PS5, Xbox, Switch, and Steam Deck – let's kick back, nerd out, and grind it out together! (No, not that kind of grind, XD)
Scroll down for my gaming and anime list!"
[ W A R N I N G ]
It's a long ass list for both
List of Game's I've Played This is a roughly compiled list of everything
Destiny ( 1 and 2 ) Warframe Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Siege Overwatch 2 Call of Duty (any of them doesn't matter which) Halo (Only MCC or Infinite) Minecraft Diablo IV Tekken 8 MK 11 Guilty Gear Strive Smite Predecessor Back 4 Blood Sker Ritual Bethesda Games (Elder Scrolls Fallout) (Played most but not beaten all) Yakuza Series (I've played them all except I need to finish Infinite Wealth still) Sonic Games (Played all but not beaten all) Legend of Zelda Games (Played most but not beaten all) Mario Games (Beaten most but not all) Kirby Games (Played most but not beaten all) F-Zero GX Resident Evil Series (Played but not beaten all of them) Borderlands (Prequel 2 and 3 and Wonderlands need to play 1) Transformers Devastation Transformers War For Cybertron games Sly Cooper Series (Played but not beaten all of them) Uncharted Series (Played but not beaten all of them) Star Wars Games (From Dark Forces to Jedi Survivor) Ratchet and Clank Series (Beaten most of them) DBZ Fighterz Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Naruto to Boruto Shinobi Strikers Pokemon (Only a few games Red Gold Emerald Y Sword and Scarlet) Xenoblade Chronicles Series (All beaten still working on Future Redeemed) Metal Gear Solid Series (Beaten 3 and 5 I know the lore of the others and played 2)
List of Anime I've finished and seen This is a roughly compiled list of everything
One Piece (Caught up) Dragon Ball Z Blue Exorcist Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood Rising of the Shield Hero Mushoku Jobless Reincarnation Sword Art Online (Pretty much the whole thing) Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans Gundam 1, 2, 3 the original stuff and movies Mob Psycho 100 Black Clover Bleach Naruto and Shippuden Boruto (Not caught up) That Time I got reincarnated as a Slime Danmachi Jujutsu Kaisen (0,1, and 2) Yu Yu Hakusho Hunter X Hunter My Hero Academia Nichijou Keep your hands of the eizouoken High School DxD Chunibyou Attack on Titan JJBA (Up to Stone Ocean) Kill La Kill Gurren Lagen Darling in the Franx Death Note Radiant Goblin Slayer Space Dandy Dorohedoro Durarara One Punch Man Beastars Rust Eater Dr. Stone F-Zero GP Legend"
2024.06.01 11:22 Cold_Purchase_5711 Best Father’s Day gift you ever received?
TLDR: Curious about the best gift you have ever received from your adult child. Could be anything!!!
I’m a 29 year old woman who loves giving gifts. Meaningful, useful, funny, hobby, experience, etc. I love it and I’m pretty good at it (not bc I think so, but I’m the designated person that family comes to when they shop for other family members). But… I STRUGGLE with gifts for my dad. Father’s Day, Christmas, birthday, etc. We have a semi-strained relationship, but we’ve both been slowly trying to reconnect.
He’s hard to shop for bc 3 main reasons: - his physical item wishlist items are usually very expensive bc he’s obsessed with home improvement projects (last year we bought him a weather station for $400, which he LOVED but I can’t always spend that much every year)
Please help, I’m trying to show him that I love him as much as I do my mom. ANY type of gift idea is welcome. I’m also just a mushy person and love to hear stories of great gifts they received and what it meant to them.
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I’m a 29 year old woman who loves giving gifts. Meaningful, useful, funny, hobby, experience, etc. I love it and I’m pretty good at it (not bc I think so, but I’m the designated person that family comes to when they shop for other family members). But… I STRUGGLE with gifts for my dad. Father’s Day, Christmas, birthday, etc. We have a semi-strained relationship, but we’ve both been slowly trying to reconnect.
He’s hard to shop for bc 3 main reasons: - his physical item wishlist items are usually very expensive bc he’s obsessed with home improvement projects (last year we bought him a weather station for $400, which he LOVED but I can’t always spend that much every year)
- any useful gift I feel like is not really appreciated. Ex: I bought him a nice pill organizer a few days ago (just because he has this insane ziplock method with 27 different meds and it’s hard to quickly access when he’s having angina) but he straight up said he didn’t want it and I should keep it for myself. He always acts like I shouldn’t be giving him anything and “save your money”
- sentimental gifts are hard bc like I said, it’s a strained relationship, but I would do these more if I felt like he would appreciate it
Please help, I’m trying to show him that I love him as much as I do my mom. ANY type of gift idea is welcome. I’m also just a mushy person and love to hear stories of great gifts they received and what it meant to them.
2024.06.01 11:19 Cold_Purchase_5711 Best Father’s Day gift you ever received?
TLDR: Curious about the best gift you have ever received from your adult child. Could be anything!!!
I’m a 29 year old woman who loves giving gifts. Meaningful, useful, funny, hobby, experience, etc. I love it and I’m pretty good at it (not bc I think so, but I’m the designated person that family comes to when they shop for other family members). But… I STRUGGLE with gifts for my dad. Father’s Day, Christmas, birthday, etc. We have a semi-strained relationship, but we’ve both been slowly trying to reconnect.
He’s hard to shop for bc 3 main reasons: - his physical item wishlist items are usually very expensive bc he’s obsessed with home improvement projects (last year we bought him a weather station for $400, which he LOVED but I can’t always spend that much every year)
Please help, I’m trying to show him that I love him as much as I do my mom. ANY type of gift idea is welcome. I’m also just a mushy person and love to hear stories of great gifts they received and what it meant to them.
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I’m a 29 year old woman who loves giving gifts. Meaningful, useful, funny, hobby, experience, etc. I love it and I’m pretty good at it (not bc I think so, but I’m the designated person that family comes to when they shop for other family members). But… I STRUGGLE with gifts for my dad. Father’s Day, Christmas, birthday, etc. We have a semi-strained relationship, but we’ve both been slowly trying to reconnect.
He’s hard to shop for bc 3 main reasons: - his physical item wishlist items are usually very expensive bc he’s obsessed with home improvement projects (last year we bought him a weather station for $400, which he LOVED but I can’t always spend that much every year)
- any useful gift I feel like is not really appreciated. Ex: I bought him a nice pill organizer a few days ago (just because he has this insane ziplock method with 27 different meds and it’s hard to quickly access when he’s having angina) but he straight up said he didn’t want it and I should keep it for myself. He always acts like I shouldn’t be giving him anything and “save your money”
- sentimental gifts are hard bc like I said, it’s a strained relationship, but I would do these more if I felt like he would appreciate it
Please help, I’m trying to show him that I love him as much as I do my mom. ANY type of gift idea is welcome. I’m also just a mushy person and love to hear stories of great gifts they received and what it meant to them.
2024.06.01 11:13 Cold_Purchase_5711 Best Father’s Day gift you ever received?
TLDR: Curious about the best gift you have ever received from your adult child. Could be anything!!!
I’m a 29 year old woman who loves giving gifts. Meaningful, useful, funny, hobby, experience, etc. I love it and I’m pretty good at it (not bc I think so, but I’m the designated person that family comes to when they shop for other family members). But… I STRUGGLE with gifts for my dad. Father’s Day, Christmas, birthday, etc. We have a semi-strained relationship, but we’ve both been slowly trying to reconnect.
He’s hard to shop for bc 3 main reasons: - his physical item wishlist items are usually very expensive bc he’s obsessed with home improvement projects (last year we bought him a weather station for $400, which he LOVED but I can’t always spend that much every year)
Please help, I’m trying to show him that I love him as much as I do my mom. ANY type of gift idea is welcome. I’m also just a mushy person and love to hear stories of great gifts they received and what it meant to them.
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I’m a 29 year old woman who loves giving gifts. Meaningful, useful, funny, hobby, experience, etc. I love it and I’m pretty good at it (not bc I think so, but I’m the designated person that family comes to when they shop for other family members). But… I STRUGGLE with gifts for my dad. Father’s Day, Christmas, birthday, etc. We have a semi-strained relationship, but we’ve both been slowly trying to reconnect.
He’s hard to shop for bc 3 main reasons: - his physical item wishlist items are usually very expensive bc he’s obsessed with home improvement projects (last year we bought him a weather station for $400, which he LOVED but I can’t always spend that much every year)
- any useful gift I feel like is not really appreciated. Ex: I bought him a nice pill organizer a few days ago (just because he has this insane ziplock method with 27 different meds and it’s hard to quickly access when he’s having angina) but he straight up said he didn’t want it and I should keep it for myself. He always acts like I shouldn’t be giving him anything and “save your money”
- sentimental gifts are hard bc like I said, it’s a strained relationship, but I would do these more if I felt like he would appreciate it
Please help, I’m trying to show him that I love him as much as I do my mom. ANY type of gift idea is welcome. I’m also just a mushy person and love to hear stories of great gifts they received and what it meant to them.
2024.06.01 10:59 TangerineThink3208 Should I try to make up with a ex-close friend
So me and my friend were really close from august 2023-mid may 2024, we've played volleyball together for a few years now but we got really close when we played on the school team together and closer playing on the same team for club, we also had classes together and it was great till the more i knew her the more i disliked her, she was always really mean for no reason but say "oh i'm kidding" and ive told her time after time, i don't get sarcasm, i can't pick up on it and can you stop insulting me and basically projecting your insecurities on me, I tried to not get mad, but basically i decided to confront her, she started to gaslight me tell me things like nobody likes you and nobody ever will, everyone hates you, its been a a few weeks and now we're playing volleyball together again, like camps and stuff over the summer and she's nice and acting like my friend and im really confused, tonight i opened insta and she had gotten an account and requested to follow me, i only accepted in hopes i could try to talk it out with her because im blocked on messages and snap, we talked an hour ago for like 5 min before she went to bed as it's 3am right now, I tried to see if she was open to talking about our fight and she seems like avoident like she wanted me to forget about it, cause when we did fight or had disagreements in the past she would always make it my fault somehow or loop around in a way she was the good guy or the victim, im wondering if i should follow up and talk with her or leave it and see what happens, because shes not the best and having calm conversations and not going to guilt tripping and gaslighting even though she seems as though shes not aware of what shes doing. im just a tad confused about how she feels and some advice would be great
TL;DR: shes toxic but i'm gonna have to be at least friendly with her for the rest of high school, she can be a bitch but is it worth trying to make up with her?
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TL;DR: shes toxic but i'm gonna have to be at least friendly with her for the rest of high school, she can be a bitch but is it worth trying to make up with her?
2024.06.01 10:47 tnecniv44 I fell for an ICE Call Scam - Gift Card Scam
What I am about to explain was incredibly traumatizing and stressful for me, the entirety of the call including after the end of the call.
Here is the story: I get a call from a fake or spoofed number (I will call this phone ICE) that claims to be from an ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) office somewhere in Minneapolis. I personally freaked out because it was also named "Prison/ Jail". He asked first if I am speaking to (my real name) and states my real address (I didn't give any identifying information yet). The caller, who claims to be an officer, claims that I was involved in serious criminal activity including money laundering, drugs, and having a fake identity. Obviously, I am legally born in the United States and have never immigrated to the U.S. I was literally shaking during this entire call.
Then, I explicitly state that I haven't committed any of these crimes, and they say that it could be identity theft (which is real thing and happens everywhere). That what I thought it was at first. Either way, they told me to go to the real .gov website to read the documents and what laws I have violated. He also interrogated me with some other questions as if it was almost a real interrogation with actual law enforcement and that there was a real reason he was doing this. Then an hour into the call, another number (I will call this phone number SLPD) called me three times, and the person behind that spoofed number claimed to be the SL Police Department. The person speaking claimed to be the sergeant for the department, and would threaten to arrest me. First off, she was very rude, in which this would not be how a real police officer would act talking to someone for the first time. So I told the ICE person that there was another "agency" involved in the same case and here is where things start to get messy.
The ICE person claimed that she would threaten to arrest me and I was given two choices: either self surrender to fill out an immigration bond containing a certain amount of money (this is where the real purpose of the scam comes through).
I went with the second option since I didn't want to risk getting arrested and being put on records. In order to complete the immigration bond in such a tight time, I was forced to go to a store to purchase a couple gift cards, each worth a lot of money. While the cashiers were making weird looks at me, I was still forced to do the purchase anyway and lie to them I had to celebrate my family's birthday or something. I went to other stores to look around for gift cards (yes, it does seem very dumb, but at this time my adrenaline was very high and I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into). After all the purchasing the SLPD person claimed she would come to my apartment in Santa Cruz, but first off she doesn't even know the address of my place. The ICE person claimed that I was not allowed to use any sort of web browser, to make phone calls, or talk with others about this "investigation". Then this was where I realized where something was off and what real trouble I was getting into until the SLPD person "visited" my place.
They also told me my phone was being tracked, but it wasn't.
Then after I thought about what was going on, then I realized that ICE (nor any of the well known agencies) DOES NOT call you directly about being arrested and ask you for money over phone calls. Then I realized the stupid thing I did over the past few hours of the day. I also browsed over reddit and confirmed that people have had similar calls.
After having some real thoughts, this was my state:
I haven't fell for any other scams, ones that simply say that you have an arrest warrant or a charge on your bank card, but this one was so elaborately done and this caught me completely off guard.
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Here is the story: I get a call from a fake or spoofed number (I will call this phone ICE) that claims to be from an ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) office somewhere in Minneapolis. I personally freaked out because it was also named "Prison/ Jail". He asked first if I am speaking to (my real name) and states my real address (I didn't give any identifying information yet). The caller, who claims to be an officer, claims that I was involved in serious criminal activity including money laundering, drugs, and having a fake identity. Obviously, I am legally born in the United States and have never immigrated to the U.S. I was literally shaking during this entire call.
Then, I explicitly state that I haven't committed any of these crimes, and they say that it could be identity theft (which is real thing and happens everywhere). That what I thought it was at first. Either way, they told me to go to the real .gov website to read the documents and what laws I have violated. He also interrogated me with some other questions as if it was almost a real interrogation with actual law enforcement and that there was a real reason he was doing this. Then an hour into the call, another number (I will call this phone number SLPD) called me three times, and the person behind that spoofed number claimed to be the SL Police Department. The person speaking claimed to be the sergeant for the department, and would threaten to arrest me. First off, she was very rude, in which this would not be how a real police officer would act talking to someone for the first time. So I told the ICE person that there was another "agency" involved in the same case and here is where things start to get messy.
The ICE person claimed that she would threaten to arrest me and I was given two choices: either self surrender to fill out an immigration bond containing a certain amount of money (this is where the real purpose of the scam comes through).
I went with the second option since I didn't want to risk getting arrested and being put on records. In order to complete the immigration bond in such a tight time, I was forced to go to a store to purchase a couple gift cards, each worth a lot of money. While the cashiers were making weird looks at me, I was still forced to do the purchase anyway and lie to them I had to celebrate my family's birthday or something. I went to other stores to look around for gift cards (yes, it does seem very dumb, but at this time my adrenaline was very high and I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into). After all the purchasing the SLPD person claimed she would come to my apartment in Santa Cruz, but first off she doesn't even know the address of my place. The ICE person claimed that I was not allowed to use any sort of web browser, to make phone calls, or talk with others about this "investigation". Then this was where I realized where something was off and what real trouble I was getting into until the SLPD person "visited" my place.
They also told me my phone was being tracked, but it wasn't.
Then after I thought about what was going on, then I realized that ICE (nor any of the well known agencies) DOES NOT call you directly about being arrested and ask you for money over phone calls. Then I realized the stupid thing I did over the past few hours of the day. I also browsed over reddit and confirmed that people have had similar calls.
After having some real thoughts, this was my state:
- I have never felt so angry, out-of-place, and frustrated with wasting so much time for this non-sensical scam call and giving out my money for "compliance".
- My entire day was gone as I was initially planning to work on some final projects and work on some homework.
- Nearly half of my bank account was drained (Please don't ask me how much I gave out).
- As mad as I was, my parents were not proud of me at all.
- I am currently having a lot of bad afterthoughts and I cannot seem to focus on my schoolwork. I also need to deal with how to recover from the scam.
- Lastly, I have never felt so stupid falling for such a non-sensical act, where people claiming to be someone else are just trying to trick people into getting money, though a very (I mean very) elaborate process. I must say they did it well and can easily catch victims off guard.
- I don't know if my parents will ever have the same trust with me as they did before.
- Never Ever transfer money with a random person through a phone call, not even if they threaten you to. If they ask for money, it's an automatic scam.
- The ICE nor the SLPD (or any other police departments) will never call you and immediately threaten you with arrest. They first need to have a probable cause, and they sure would've had started an investigation way earlier in person.
- If you think you have ran into a person threatening you, just nicely tell them that you need to go to the bathroom. Then what you actually do is hang up and completely turn off your phone. Go on your parents' or friend's phone to call the real agency or other people you trust to see what's the real deal. If there's nothing from the real agency, it's a scam.
- I would highly suggest blocking the number the scammers call you through.
- I need to learn to be more skeptical for this situation and look out for any early signs of a scam or malicious intent.
I haven't fell for any other scams, ones that simply say that you have an arrest warrant or a charge on your bank card, but this one was so elaborately done and this caught me completely off guard.
2024.06.01 10:45 Ready-Bat-8824 May 2024 Hilaria Baldwin’s IG Recap = 5 Posts or “The Baby Also Has Sewer Slippers?!?”
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Alec: Well, in my family now, I'm the only person I know who drops four kids off at school in the morning and comes home and I still have three kids waiting for me. When I get home, I have seven - I have eight children. Ireland, my oldest daughter who's married, Ireland has a baby, and she and her boyfriend are living in Oregon. And I met my wife and I got remarried and I had seven kids in nine years. It's crazy. (I think you meant to say, “my wife is batshit crazy.” The devil is in the details, Zander) And then, all of a sudden, I met my wife, who I love dearly, (I think he repeats this in virtually every interview to counter the years of talking shit about Kim Basinger) every time the baby would get to be two years old, we’d go, maybe it's time for one more baby, one more baby, so we have seven kids. But we're actually selling our house, moving to Vermont. We bought a place in Vermont, and I'm trying to get everybody to start to acclimate up there…I think my wife wants a little change of scenery now, it's so crowded out here…I love Vermont. It's so peaceful. We got a great deal. We got fifty-five acres; house was built in 1792. It's very pretty. The Kids Want Alec Around All the Time Host: What do you do away from your family? Meaning, do you play golf? Do you play tennis? Alec: I play tennis all summer...The thing that's happened in these last ten years, especially the last three or four years, is my kids are used to me being around…I mean they really rely on that… when I'm gone, they're like, you know, they're on FaceTime. If I travel to go away for a couple of days to get a paycheck, they’re on my FaceTime going you know, where are you? What are you doing? You know, they're completely baffled when I go away. (God bless those kiddos and I’m preeetttttty sure they rely on Leonela/Leonetta a whole lot.) Drug & Alcohol Use Alec: Every day for two years, I think I snorted a line of cocaine from here to Saturn. We did one on the rings of Saturn. Then we came home. We took it back home. I mean, cocaine was like coffee back and everybody was doing it all day. I did a lot of coke and then I and then February 23rd, 1985…I stopped doing drugs and my drinking increased, which is they tell you that's going to happen, and that did happen. I just started drinking. I mean, and the thing, I miss drinking. I don't miss drugs at all, but I do miss drinking. I like to drink. (I appreciate next to nothing about this man, but I appreciate the honesty of this statement). Host: But because you don't drink, and because you don't do drugs, what do you do? Do you meditate? What do you do to deal with the pressures of the outside, you know, forces, (I think you mean “lawsuits”, Paul) what do you do to get away from that? Alec: (deadpan) Drink. I drink. I lied; I've been drinking nonstop since 1985. I lie. I tell people I'm sober and I drink my balls off. (Laughs) But no, I do miss drinking, I must say…New York relaxes me. I walk around and I see aspects of it that I've never seen before. I look at a building and I'll go, my god, I never noticed that about that building. Those doors. You know. New York is like a European city. You walk around and keep your eyes open. And I have lunches and coffee with my friends. (Um is he talking about the owner of Madman Espresso? Because that’s the only coffee related person we’ve ever seen him around.) And, I'd like to get out of here because the city is chaotic. (But also relaxing? What the hell?) But we live in the village. It's a little bit more residential. I love New York. I go to the symphony and the opera and the ballet all the time, you know, pretty regularly. But I do try to meditate. Meditating with seven children is like trying to play ping pong on the deck of an aircraft. It's a real pain in the ass. (But they rely on you, Alec?!?!)
MichWho was also there- if only Hillary's mallet could tap some life into the frozen tundra of Mich's mask/face.
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2024.06.01 10:20 xoxoRain517 How do I get over trust issues, when my new boyfriend has been nothing but wonderful to me?
I haven’t had much luck when it came to relationships. Idk why, but I always end up picking the wrong guy. A little backstory so Reddit can see why I am this way. From 2010-2017 I dated a guy, “R”, he betrayed me so bad. He led a double life and was two timing me for years. I’m not a side-piece, and never will be. But that’s how he treated me, he had a full blown relationship while I was his side. I never agreed to that, he just had a double life. He betrayed me and her for years. He’s still with his “main” and has been betraying her for years, yet she’s blind to his infidelity. Evidently she’s going to marry him, and I feel sorry for her. Because he’s disloyal, and a liar and cheater. But anyway, so we broke up in 2017 and haven’t seen each other for 6 years and recently I gave him another chance. And ykno what? It was still the same bullshit. Him two timing me and her his “‘main”. Everything he told me was a straight up lie. He’s still with her til this day. He lied to me and said they were over, which wasn’t true at all. I had thought, after 6 years of separation he would’ve changed. But he didn’t. Still just a lying, cheating bastard. So I left his ass in the dust. Tbh he is my biggest regret, and I feel like I wasted my 20’s with him.
After “R”, there was “P”. So what happened with P is that, we were hanging out a lot and making memories together, and one day out of the blue I texted him, and a girl answered back told me to “stop texting my man”. I felt so stupid….. after all the memories we made he didn’t even have the balls to tell me he was going to date someone else. He couldn’t even give me a conversation, he just ghosted me. That hurt a lot. I’m just tired of never being good enough, and always an option.
After “P” came “J” my current Man. Generally, things have been good with me and J. He’s a catch, and a keeper. & has the ability to make any girl fall for him easily. He makes a lot of effort for me, even though he’s tired from working the graveyard shift he’ll still pick me up to spend time with him. Something that made me think a lot, So well he told me he wanted alone time, to take space or whatever. That week when he told me that I took it pretty harshly. It was only because I was emotional about my absent father’s death. It was his death anniversary, he’s been dead for 18 years now. Generally, my father was absent in my life. I don’t have many fond memories of him. Only just a few photos of him that I have and his passport and his ICE id, since my parents were refugees. So I pretty much sent him a long paragraph about why I was so upset about him asking for space. I’m not usually like that, I’m very understanding, and I never wanna force something on him. But as I said, I was emotional about my absent father’s death. I cried for like a week straight. But see after I sent him the paragraph about me being abandoned, he texted me asking to spend quality time together. We made up, made love, and things were wonderful. I can’t understand why he decided to change his stance about wanting space. Is he actually just a good guy, and willing to change his ways for me? I can’t tell if he’s the real deal, or just faking it. When I text him, he’s a man of few words. But when we’re together, he always talks to me about the important things. He doesn’t tell me he cares, he shows me with his actions. He’s mainly a loner, and only hangs out with his cousin. He doesn’t give me a reason to not trust him. I’m just scared of being hurt again. In actuality, he treats me really good. We both treat each other really good. For my birthday this year on May 17, he spoiled me with presents, quality time, food and love making. He made me feel really special and loved.
For the most part, I’m just sensitive and vulnerable and afraid that he’s too good to be true. I had already fallen for him, and caught feelings. He’s a pretty great guy. He’s handsome, attentive, has a job, a car, and his own place. Oh and good 🍆 too. He’s literally amazing in every way, and I can’t help but think, is he hiding something? Is this real? Did I actually find a good man? I guess I’m just insecure from being heartbroken too much. Scared because I was always the option. Scared because I’m a nice girl, a good woman, yet I always get taken advantage of. I just needed advice because, I’m just tired of getting the short end of the stick. In the dating world in this day and age, you would know that finding a good man or woman is like finding a needle in a haystack. I’m scared, because the deeper I fall in love with him, the more of a chance that I could get hurt.
What do I do?
TL:DR I’ve been heartbroken a lot, scared that my new guy is too good to be true.
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After “R”, there was “P”. So what happened with P is that, we were hanging out a lot and making memories together, and one day out of the blue I texted him, and a girl answered back told me to “stop texting my man”. I felt so stupid….. after all the memories we made he didn’t even have the balls to tell me he was going to date someone else. He couldn’t even give me a conversation, he just ghosted me. That hurt a lot. I’m just tired of never being good enough, and always an option.
After “P” came “J” my current Man. Generally, things have been good with me and J. He’s a catch, and a keeper. & has the ability to make any girl fall for him easily. He makes a lot of effort for me, even though he’s tired from working the graveyard shift he’ll still pick me up to spend time with him. Something that made me think a lot, So well he told me he wanted alone time, to take space or whatever. That week when he told me that I took it pretty harshly. It was only because I was emotional about my absent father’s death. It was his death anniversary, he’s been dead for 18 years now. Generally, my father was absent in my life. I don’t have many fond memories of him. Only just a few photos of him that I have and his passport and his ICE id, since my parents were refugees. So I pretty much sent him a long paragraph about why I was so upset about him asking for space. I’m not usually like that, I’m very understanding, and I never wanna force something on him. But as I said, I was emotional about my absent father’s death. I cried for like a week straight. But see after I sent him the paragraph about me being abandoned, he texted me asking to spend quality time together. We made up, made love, and things were wonderful. I can’t understand why he decided to change his stance about wanting space. Is he actually just a good guy, and willing to change his ways for me? I can’t tell if he’s the real deal, or just faking it. When I text him, he’s a man of few words. But when we’re together, he always talks to me about the important things. He doesn’t tell me he cares, he shows me with his actions. He’s mainly a loner, and only hangs out with his cousin. He doesn’t give me a reason to not trust him. I’m just scared of being hurt again. In actuality, he treats me really good. We both treat each other really good. For my birthday this year on May 17, he spoiled me with presents, quality time, food and love making. He made me feel really special and loved.
For the most part, I’m just sensitive and vulnerable and afraid that he’s too good to be true. I had already fallen for him, and caught feelings. He’s a pretty great guy. He’s handsome, attentive, has a job, a car, and his own place. Oh and good 🍆 too. He’s literally amazing in every way, and I can’t help but think, is he hiding something? Is this real? Did I actually find a good man? I guess I’m just insecure from being heartbroken too much. Scared because I was always the option. Scared because I’m a nice girl, a good woman, yet I always get taken advantage of. I just needed advice because, I’m just tired of getting the short end of the stick. In the dating world in this day and age, you would know that finding a good man or woman is like finding a needle in a haystack. I’m scared, because the deeper I fall in love with him, the more of a chance that I could get hurt.
What do I do?
TL:DR I’ve been heartbroken a lot, scared that my new guy is too good to be true.
2024.06.01 09:36 munchuwu How Important is the Degree Title of "Computer Science"?
I'm currently a second-year Computer Science major at UC Davis, but I applied and was accepted into UCSD as a transfer for Cognitive Science. I've had a lot of bad personal experiences at Davis (hit an extreme mental low freshman year) and gripes with the CS department there. In recent years, a significant number of professors have either retired or left, leaving our department to be incredibly disorganized. (ex: the prof for my first DSA class left the uni 2 weeks before the quarter began, so we had this other professor assigned to teach instead, but then that professor had travels commitments for the first month—so we had to have another lecturer fill in, but then that fell through too so in the end we had the department chair attempt to lecture us lol. Also, the elective offerings here are barebones and some classes I want to take haven't been offered in 2+ years.) I know CS @ UCD is far from the worst, and I could definitely push through the last two years and just get the degree, but I honestly think I wouldn't get that much out of it and would be happier if I transferred. Perhaps this is just grass-greener syndrome but I've visited UCSD, talked to many cog sci majors about their experiences there, and have done a lot of research and weighed in a bunch of other factors like housing and such.
At UCSD, I plan to do a CS minor and will pursue either the ML or Design&Interaction specialization for cognitive science (B.S.). I planned it out and since I've completed majority of the CS lower divs, it's definitely doable in 2 years. I have a broad interest in programming, psych, data sci, design, art, etc. so I feel like the major suits me more, and I feel like I would be able to explore my interests more. I don't plan on going to grad school for now and am open to doing any role in tech that pays the bills and is moderately engaging.
Also, I was lucky enough to land my first SWE internship at a big tech/FAANG-adjacent for this summer, so I will at least have some technical experience under my belt. I'm not deadset on SWE for a career though and am open to doing other things like UIUX, project management, design or front-end stuff, etc. Really, the only thing holding me back is that I'm just worried that losing the "computer science" title would hurt my job prospects significantly, especially considering the state of the market. Will employers auto-reject or not even consider me if I don't have a Bachelors in CS?
TL;DR: I want to transfer to UCSD for a cog sci degree and do cs as a minor instead. Will this jeopardize my career in tech?
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At UCSD, I plan to do a CS minor and will pursue either the ML or Design&Interaction specialization for cognitive science (B.S.). I planned it out and since I've completed majority of the CS lower divs, it's definitely doable in 2 years. I have a broad interest in programming, psych, data sci, design, art, etc. so I feel like the major suits me more, and I feel like I would be able to explore my interests more. I don't plan on going to grad school for now and am open to doing any role in tech that pays the bills and is moderately engaging.
Also, I was lucky enough to land my first SWE internship at a big tech/FAANG-adjacent for this summer, so I will at least have some technical experience under my belt. I'm not deadset on SWE for a career though and am open to doing other things like UIUX, project management, design or front-end stuff, etc. Really, the only thing holding me back is that I'm just worried that losing the "computer science" title would hurt my job prospects significantly, especially considering the state of the market. Will employers auto-reject or not even consider me if I don't have a Bachelors in CS?
TL;DR: I want to transfer to UCSD for a cog sci degree and do cs as a minor instead. Will this jeopardize my career in tech?