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Suolevram posted...

How old is the insulation in the attic? I had to climb my happy ass up there and do it myself. Only took a few hours but i wouldn't wish that on anyone.

This is another thing. Make sure you spend your first year fixing the insulation and seals around the windows and outer doors. You'll save a ton of money. My first year a friend and I rented a insulation blower and bags of insulation from Lowes and made it snow. Knocked off $30 a month on the electric bill.

Look into a home warranty. Costs us ~$950 a year with a $80 charge each time we call them out but it's completely worth it. Our warranty covers all our appliances, HVAC, heating, electrical, and plumbing in the house. If something breaks, I'll do some quick research to determine how easy/cheap it would be for me to fix it. If it's less than the $80 charge, I take care of it and learn something in the process. Otherwise I call them out to fix it. Turn around time is generally ~2 days.

Last year we had a blower motor go out on the HVAC. Part would have cost $650 + installation if we didn't have the warranty. Instead we paid $80.

Can't believe Aeriis hopping on the soft goth bandwagon so late. Shameful.

What is the purpose of this meeting? There's no way I'd be a part of one that long.

Our devs try to invite me to these hour long Zoom product releases where they all sit around muttering to themselves. I always tell them to just hit me up in the Slack release thread when they are ready for my part. I don't need to be on a Zoom call to tell them "ok made the change."

This topic has gotten so many posts and a third of them are from @Aeriis lmao

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

If you wanna join ours we can bring you in. @JimCarrysToe too, shit you have your own channel in there. @BlazinBlue88 I think you told us we can invite people I can't remember but those are two possible invites if they want.

I don't automatically voice chat, it just depends on who's there and if they want to. Nobody is forced to.

I've tried to invite Jim like 3 times. She doesn't care enough about us to join.

Error1355 posted...

It doesn't help that the Switch has a fuckin' garbage ass cheap wireless card that if I recall correctly they have to underpower/slow it down to prevent it from overheating.

On top of that, if the wifi card fails, the Switch will throw an error during boot up and crash. Ask me how I know this...

AirFresh posted...

Aw hell yeah it's one of those storm days where it's already night time looking.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/2/6/AAbwL_AADGtm.jpg

You live in SC? I'm so sorry.

Got my first check since my salary adjustment was approved plus back pay. Been up since 5:30am working and completed something that's been hanging over my head for 12 weeks. Drunk on wine until my wife gets home.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

I remember the N64 blowing my mind. Specifically running around in circles as Mario for like 20 minutes because I thought it was so unheard of.

I still remember walking up to the N64 in toys r us and playing Mario for the first time. I had no concept of 3d movement and having to wrap my head around pressing the joystick up to move forward instead of right like in 2d games.

MabusIncarnate posted...

@BlazinBlue88 can you invite Trey to the Discord? Or anyone that knows how.

Yeah man. I can't remember what settings I have. Either I'm the only one that can invite or everyone can. Either way I'll invite him tomorrow morning.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

It's become a goal for me everyday. Figure out what I need to get done in the morning. Finish it as fast as possible so I can go home early and still get paid for the whole day. It's like a mini game at work.

Very similar man. I'll get a lot done first thing, fuck off for most of the day then do a lot more in the last hour.

Harpie posted...

You need to be willing to change jobs, more often than you think. Staying at your current employer paying you minimum wage with 50 cent increases once a year wont help you. I switch jobs 1-2 times a year and went from making $12-$30 in a couple years

I dont think you need to change jobs as often as I do, but if there is no clear path to making significant progress in your wages, then leave.

Harpie is dead on. It's better to get a different job every 2ish years and increase your pay by 15-20% than stay at the same job getting 2% raises every year. Plus the experiences gained from working different jobs is far superior to doing the same thing at the same job.

Blocking is horrible. Get ready to do chip damage for 10 mins until the battle is won.

Outside of that though, it's a good story with fun new town to explore. The story isn't as high stakes as the previous games but that's not a bad thing.

Had similar issues when trying to sell two items a couple years back.

Tried to sell some airpods. Starting bid was $50. Had a few people PM me trying to haggle like "I'll give you $15 for them right now." Eventually the auction ended at $70 but the winner backed out. Since when can you cancel your bid? Back in the day, eBay had a warning on the bidding page saying once you bid it was final.

Then tried to sell some headphones. After shipping the headphones to the winner, they told me the headphones didn't work and requested a return. I accepted the return and eBay emailed them a return label. They never shipped the item back to me and eBay auto canceled the return.

@CanuckCowboy the seman sake isn't as odd as Q is making it out to be. The sake in the bottle is clear but there's rice sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Shake it up a bit to mix it all around before serving. Gives it a slight milky consistency.

There's also the type where it isn't just sediment at the bottom but full on rice. That's where the whole rice pudding comment came from.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The best sake more or less looks like semen.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/1/AAEhCpAADGCj.jpg

Yeah that's the stuff I've leaned towards out of all my sake tastings.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Room temperature.
Ice-cold nigori is fucking great, though. It congeals more, to the point that it's almost rice pudding that gets you drunk.

In my limited experuce, I've really enjoyed the cold nigori. I like the milky texture of it. I know what you mean about the rice pudding texture though.

Cleo_II posted...

@BlazinBlue88 oh yeah Im well aware that the hot sake is the super cheap stuff lol. But for whatever reason it gets me the most drunk the fastest. And tonight was a night I needed that

I'm sure there's something to be said about warmer liquids moving through the body faster to take effect quicker.

Oh yeah, no judgement here. Sometimes you just need to get to that level of drunk. Even though it's cheap, I'm sure the hot sake tasted just fine.

Cleo_II posted...

Ha I dont even know what it was. It just said hot sake on the menu and thats what I ordered. But it was great!

General rule is that if a sake needs to be heated, then it's very cheap and the heat is masking the terrible flavor. Not to judge cause if you liked it then you liked it. Just saying.

Cleo_II posted...

Ha I dont even know what it was. It just said hot sake on the menu and thats what I ordered. But it was great! Got me properly buzzed. Too bad the food ended up sucking which is sad for kbbq

Ha Ive never tried that, there is no Aldi by me. I honestly cant taste much difference with wines but Im prone to migraines and some trigger me more than others. I just buy the bottles that go down best and dont trigger me for whatever reason.

That's fair. I just try to stay away from things with a ton of sugar in them so I've tried a lot of less sugary wines. While I don't care for white wine, I know chardonnay is on the low sugar end.

FigureOfSpeech posted...

Oh wow I was mad because I folded last hand and would have had a full house... but another asshole would had a better full house. "Anger-inducing bad fold" turned out to literally be a life saver.

That's not completely true. Clear, foggy, and rice at the bottom types have their own levels of quality. Sake is kinda complex and I still haven't exactly figured it out.

MabusIncarnate posted...

I liked sake when I tried it, reminded me a bit of moonshine honestly.

Do you remember if it was clear or foggy?

Cleo_II posted...

Ive never had the fancy stuff lol. The sake I got was the good old cheap kind but it gets me the most wasted lol

Oh I didn't get the fancy stuff either. Bottle I've gotten multiple times was around $16. I'm of the mindset that there's plenty of cheap wine/sake that are of quality. You won't see me pay more than $20 max for a bottle. My go to casual drinking wine is Aldi's Winking Owl that goes for $3.25 a bottle. Lol

My wife and I like to get together with her cousin and husband to have cheap wine tastings at their house. You try to bring the most impressive wine that doesn't cost more than $15. It's a great time.

Cleo_II posted...

I ended up getting sake. All of it to myself since hubs was driving us. I am not ok lmao

Ive tried a handful of sake from Total Wine. I seem to like the cloudy variation without the rice on the bottom. Can't remember the proper name for it at the moment. The clear stuff is a little too sharp for my tastes.

MabusIncarnate posted...

When are you gonna play with us one night? My wife plays Kart and Party with us when we get on.

Like Johnny said, I have...modified my Switch. Because of this, I can't go online in games. Small price to pay for the benefits. Trust me, otherwise I'd love to play with yall.

My wife and I gave the switch mario golf a try. We just played the standard mode where you aren't racing. She really enjoyed it cause she was nearly whooping my ass on most holes.

a-c-a-b posted...

It's pretty fun and very charming.

I really liked it. Did most of the post game stuff but those last couple side missions require a lot of material grinding. Never got around to finishing that off. The combat takes a while to get used to which turned me off from it for years. I eventually picked it back up last year after having it since release on ps3. Really got into it then.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

Oh im into the bluesy type guitar tonight.

@BlazinBlue88 knows this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IyfSOac5m4

@Johnny_Nutcase cant forget this one either.
https://youtu.be/uFiywa0dIaw

Cleo_II posted...

Im not a wine connoisseur either but I usually go with a Chardonnay because I dont like overly sweet wines. We got a case of Beringer Chardonnays but it was on sale and its pretty good.

I'm a red wine person but stay away from the sweet wines as well. I stick with Shiraz or merlot.

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@videogamedunkey

I haven't watched it since season 5. Not sure I even finished all of that season. I just couldn't deal with it anymore.

Why get drunk and mow random patterns into your own yard when you can do it from the comfort of your couch?

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

Lawn Mowing Simulator is on Gamepass. I'd make that the first game you get.

How much of the game is spent with you attempting to fix the old busted ass mower you got from your grandpa vs actual mowing?

CruelBuffalo posted...

I was like 4 years old lol

lol yeah I was only 5. My dad was into video games then so he was more on top of things than most parents. Got the game and controller for Christmas.

CruelBuffalo posted...

I remember being so annoyed having the Sega version with my 3 button controller

Should have bought the 6 button controller which was released alongside SF2 CE. Then you would have had the best version.

If I crop off the bottom 50% of that pic, that's a damn fine pic.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

So you just need the A+ cert to get a job like this?

Eh, an A+ cert will easily get you a tier 1 or 2 helpdesk job depending on the responsibilities. After that you'll need to take the initiative to self learn to advance. It's normally difficult to punch upward as a helpdesk tech to get experience for higher jobs.

CRON posted...

I wish I could get into IT but as much as I know about computers, I know jack shit about networking.

I know jack shit about networking and I make six figures. Non network admin positions barely know anything about networking. Course you can always just make an effort to learn it.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

I've actually heard that a lot from other IT guys.

It's because when you start out in IT, you tend to be in positions that require you to be a jack of all trades. As you move up in your career, you'll specialize so your field of responsibilities narrow but your work affects more things.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

And one thing that I really appreciate about my boss is that she doesn't micromanage us and she kinda lets us go through the day as we see fit. We have one 30 minute meeting every day to discuss ongoing issues and outside of that, she only really hits us up if she needs us to do something.

Sounds like you work within the agile methodology which is what we do. We plan project work in two week chunks and have daily standup/status meetings that last no more than 30 minutes. Other than that, you have two weeks to be left alone to your work in addition to whatever break/fix situation pops up.

doomcrusader posted...

I'm finishing up a second bachelor's degree in IT in May.

I'll start looking for a new job later this year, but I have no idea what the most enjoyable ones are. No coding though.

Honestly you won't know what field of IT you'll enjoy until you test the waters with some hands on experience. Also because automation has become such a required skill in the last few years, you'll be hard pressed to find a field that won't require you to learn how to script in something like Powershell or Python.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Service Desk Administrator.

I didn't really start applying for tech/IT jobs until July of last year, but didn't earn my A+ until November. After getting my A+, it only took about a month after until I got an offer for my current employer, who is fucking awesome and could honestly end up being long-term employment for me.

Just wait until you get higher up the IT career ladder. It's even less work but the work is more important.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Only do like 2-3 hours worth of actual work per day, but I apparently do enough of a good job to get praised.

Combine that with working fully remote and this is like a dream job (for now)

It's not about how long you're working, it's the amount you get done regardless of what middle management will tell you otherwise.

DestroyedDog posted...

Up. Toughest battle I've had yet is Al Gore of all people.

I believe he's suppose to be the hardest boss in the game.

Bout time someone stepped up and made a topic. @Pandamonic a bro.

I'm actually wearing my Okami t-shirt right now!

Makeveli_lives posted...

Ya'll made me fire this shit up. Will always hate the goddamn intro though, fuck no auto advance text option for this long ass story lol.

The story being long isn't the issue. It's that the dialog treats the player as a moron. Rather than speaking one line telling the player what to do next, Issun will spend a couple paragraphs doing so. Couple this with the slow text crawl and it really drags things out. That will always be the one negative I have with the game.

BignutzisBack posted...

I've turned into a cheapass patient gamer over the past 5 years, this is the first game I paid more than $20 for

I'm still waiting for it to hit $20 before I snatch it. Only time I pay more than $20 are those ultimate versions with all the dlc included. Even then, I only go up to $35.

warlock7735 posted...

Don't just go "I want to work in technology". Find a specific field or job title that you want and ask somebody who does it about their role and some of the adjacent roles.

Though I agree with the statement, it is hard for a non IT person to understand all the responsibilities that comes with different areas of IT so they can make an informed decision. When I first started, I had no idea all the different jobs there were in IT as a whole. I had to get my hands dirty before I realized what I was and wasn't interested in.

Also TC, don't spend 10k on a bootcamp. That's ridiculous.
Instead look at job postings for cyber security positions. See what experience/education requirements they tend to list and go from there. If there's a cert that tends to be listed(I don't know much in regards to cyber security or what certs there are) then look up ways to study for that cert exam. People online will recommend books or IT training sites that you can subscribe on a monthly basis.

Smackems posted...

I used to be lead singer/guitarist in a band. Touch peel stand was one of my favorite songs to cover

Haven't sang in years and the song came on today and I couldn't even hit the "screams" without almost coughing to death

This is Mabus fault

Oh yeah those vocal muscles need to be worked out like any other muscle. When I sung regularly, I could hit that last section in Pantera Cemetery Gates nearly perfect. These days I can barely hit the second gates. Nevermind that third and final one.

Kircheis posted...

Shit dude, these look cool as hell! Why's the second one more expensive though? Cause of the button profile switch? I don't really see myself needing that tbh. The one from the first link looks cool, might get that one unless someone else recommends something cheaper.

The vibration, longer grips, and better shoulder buttons. Those low profile shoulder buttons will be an annoyance.

Are you a cat?

FF_Redux posted...

I pretend my Link is very shaky when aiming >_>. But the motion controls help a lot with the drifting joycon.

Ive done the Plateu, didnt head for Kokoriko village, instead Im looking around, beat a shrine and gonna do a combat shrine I found next.

Loving this game already.

I had to turn those damn motion controls off. I couldn't aim my bow for shit. They are still required for a couple shrines which is fine.

Questionmarktarius posted...

All I watch is Smackdown because I'm stingy, and even then not very often.

Sometimes I catch local shit on one of the old-UHF stations, but I'm rarely able to wander into it.

What local shit do you see? I'd be interested in it.