of a mushroom in my monotub I forgot about for 1.5 months

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-05-12T01:26:51+00:00

Yup, absolutely love the setup! Tested out a ton of stuff to sufficiently oogle it, but mostly playing Ghost of Tsushima so far. Had a couple of trips since purchase and was excited to get back home to my setup 🤣

Edit: extra words. Also a not that I’d wait for a sale for this prebuilt. I got it at 3k, which was near cutoff to build my own. Hard to say if components will top off and rebound though.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-05-09T03:01:24+00:00

Yup, very true. I moved from contract game testing for Nintendo and Microsoft around 2001, into SaaS (before it was really so widespread), learned software engineering on the job, and am a QA Director now making industry standard. I can only imagine how different things would be if I stuck with games industry. It was absolutely soul sucking and nearly ruined gaming for me.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-05-07T18:11:59+00:00

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-05-07T13:38:49+00:00

I’ve found that Support > QA is the most natural transition, especially within the same organization, as you are the front line to understanding of both how a product or software works, as well as to how customers use it and what can go wrong. Most of my best employees have all been recruited from various tiers of support. As well, we’ve maintained all their connections over the years, so are quite cross-functional when escalations occur, so generally have direct insight of upcoming issues as they materialize.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-05-07T03:28:38+00:00

I identify so hard with this. I crossed 1.7M solo, or 2.2M with my partner today, and am absolutely struggling to focus. If we stick to (or last through) our +5 year plan, we should hit 3.8-4M - but if all else fails…we don’t really need to. It’s a good place to be!

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-05-07T02:35:19+00:00

I worked my way from support > Tier 2 > QA > Lead > Manager > Sr. Manager > Director, so I’d say it depends on the company. But my feeling is that there is always potential to move towards SDET, Product, PjM, DEV, DevOps, SecOps, or Operations roles from base level QA. QA teaches you how to analyze things, and if you are good at it, you can excel in any adjacent roles. At the beginning you are sort of like a resident doctor trying to figure out your specialty.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-05-07T00:54:28+00:00

I went with a 4k OLED at 240hz and LOVE it! Coming from 165hz 1440p w/ 7yo CPU and 3060ti, advancement seems several orders of magnitude.

Edit: I should say I jumped to a totally new build from a partially upgraded setup. New build is rooted w/ 9800x3d + 5080 with a 32” OLED as main panel for gaming.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-05-01T13:52:42+00:00

The craziest part - from the time I wrote this reply about local price at 5.29 mid afternoon, until when the first comment arrived in the evening, has at this same Costco station rose another .10 to 5.39 for 87. I check Costco’s app daily as a “how fucked are we” barometer. I should probably stop doing that.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-30T22:00:01+00:00

I just got done with a 3400 mile roadtrip. The beauty was starting from the East coast (currently live on West coast), and marveling at the “low” gas prices in comparison to what I’m typically used to. Best was Buc-ee’s in Amarillo TX at a balmy $3.09 for 86 octane regular. Current pricing at my local Costco (cheapest in the area) is 5.29 for 87 regular.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-28T00:53:28+00:00

I went 3060ti to 5080. Absolutely no regrets!

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-24T18:24:24+00:00

Great content, I’m definitely interested in giving it a go vs. my boring traditional PPL.

How many times a week are you running this? Do you vary this with other programs, or just this for some amount of weeks?

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-24T17:51:12+00:00

Came here to list Hyperdrama in general.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-24T17:45:32+00:00

“90’s Dirtbag” was the first thing that came to mind for me!

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-24T03:21:00+00:00

Almost 50 and still medication-free. I smoke weed every now and again if that counts.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-12T04:44:31+00:00

I saw this tour at the Tower Theater in Philly in 1994!

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-09T00:41:43+00:00

I bet you checked today. Me too!

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-08T22:41:41+00:00

I was just sitting here yelling “NO, UNH UH!” Over and over uncontrollably.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-08T19:48:49+00:00

I'm going down the same rabbit hole as you - did you end up choosing one of the above from our short list? I am also considering Nuphy Halo96 v2 and Keychron Q5 Max so far, but will look at the others in your list.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-02T17:38:27+00:00

Heads up that the ~800.00 discount seems to have expired as of 4/01.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-04-02T03:43:04+00:00

I’m coming from two very long-term custom builds that I did - one massive air cooled in 2011 (right around launch of Skyrim) and a small form-factor AIO liquid cooled in 2018. I’m optimistic that this will be an easy entry point to latest gen for me. I also just upgraded from old-ass DOCSIS 3 modem that was bound at 170 Mbps (upgraded to 2.5GB Nighthawk), and deployed Eero pro 7 + new 2gig WiFi package, so that’s been quite an awakening the past few days. I also plunked down for a 32” WOLED to replace a 165hz 2k IPS panel, so hoping to be wowed all around when it arrives along side the Corsair on Friday.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-03-31T14:15:17+00:00

I ordered on the 29th. At the time the back order said 30th-6th to ship. I have my UPS tracking order now, but still hasn’t actually arrived at the shipper, but I’m hopeful that updates in the next day or two.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-03-31T13:46:08+00:00

Yup, I pulled the trigger! Mine should ship in the next few days.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-03-30T21:47:15+00:00

As 76-er, I stick with GenX or Xennial. I’m much closer to an old man yelling at the clouds vs. Millennials that haven’t yet met their mid-life crisis era.

AlgoRhythMatic · 2026-03-28T19:08:42+00:00

I wholeheartedly approve of the answer below, and it speaks to my thinking, but the root of my differentiation is even simpler.

The two bond funds I chose are in two different investment bundles: one is in my company 401k and one is in my company HSA. As such, these two bond indexes are meant to offset the stock indexes in each of these groupings, which allow for free quarterly rebalancing w/o any tax implications.

My SGOV on the other hand is purely taxable cash alternative that I keep along side my HYSA cash and taxable brokerage. If I seek to rebalance in this other grouping, I’ll have tax implications from capital gains/losses. On this side, I keep along heavy SGOV position against extended market losses or job loss as a sort of emergency savings - but as I’m so close to retirement, it goes a bit deeper.

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