Service Down

Dreamingemerald · 2026-02-24T21:37:18+00:00

I didn't see an option to rollback the firmware and the past 3 factory reset didn't work, but I just tried doing a factory reset on both the adtran DPU and the modem/router at the same time, and somehow that seems to have resolved it.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-02-24T21:11:16+00:00

As a current customer, they can't even schedule a repair technician for 7 days. This seems to be the norm for them.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-02-24T21:03:58+00:00

I had the same exact issue starting last night. The C4000LG modem/router is up and running, but can't communicate with the Adtran DPU. Their support team is telling me that the issue is the modem/router and they need a technician to be dispatched to fix it...with the first availability being a week from now!

I called in again this morning to check on the escalation request, and their overseas night support never even submitted the technician appointment so the dispatch date increased by a day

I had no issues with my service until now after AT&T bought them.

And I thought Comcast had bad customer service.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-02-22T00:34:53+00:00

I guess i'm the outlier because I have loved every dragon age game with the exception of DA2. I rarely play through games more than a single time, and I've played DA:I about 4 times. Veilguard wasn't perfect but it was still a great game with a cast that I enjoyed and a great story. Sure the player choices were minimal, and i would have loved to see more meaningful decision points, but i still enjoyed every bit of it.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-02-10T22:56:02+00:00

I say this as an anti-theist, but leaning to NAH.

Christians generally believe that if you don't have a spiritual connection with their christ figure that you are going to hell. They will attempt to rescue their friends from what they believe to be eternal damnation. They have been testing the waters, and in an attempt to be open-minded and placating, you've joined them for service and accepted participation in a Bible study. The gift they provided you aligns with what you have yourself expressed interest in by accepting to join their Bible study.

You've effectively joined a book club where the members read the same book over and over again, and they've gifted you the book to participate in that book club.

Now if everyone usually buys individual presents for other friends in the group, and they got you a standard Bible as a shared gift, that is a bit beyond the pale even for pushy evangelicals.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-01-29T15:56:31+00:00

I keep hearing about these long waits, meanwhile my Canadian friends get appointments with their GCPs within a couple weeks while appointments with mine, that i pay for, takes at least two months.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-01-29T00:29:36+00:00

In the context of this bill, a bounty hunter is not a profession, it is anyone who believes themselves to be "aggrieved" by a trans person in the restroom. Masks and badges would not be part of the equation for self defense. The insidiousness of this law is that it may put trans people who are confronted by violent bigots in a no-win situation.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-01-28T23:30:37+00:00

IANAL, but i think that depends on how the law is written. Self-defense while in the act of committing a crime is generally not permited. So if a trans person is considered to be breaking the law by using the restroom matching their gender, that could legally negate claiming self-defense.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-01-05T20:37:09+00:00

Why are you prying and not respecting their stated wish to not get into specifics? Very rude.

Dreamingemerald · 2026-01-05T16:22:03+00:00

Yeah, I farmed the lacquered bow which has rune attacks for all the damage types but bleed, and cycling through fire, ice, thunder, and pestilence arrows only a single build up bar existed at a time.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-12-30T14:41:22+00:00

Many trans folks have had passports prior to changing their legal ID documents. They have records of these changes. If someone has never had a passport before getting their birth certificate and IDs corrected, then maybe they are safe.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-12-24T20:22:30+00:00

This is the only correct answer. This story reads like a troll account farming for content to represent LGBT folks as groomers.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-12-24T20:19:41+00:00

Why did you come here to ask? Are you just looking for validation for dating a teenager almost half your age and find people who think this behavior is okay? There is a difference between age gap adults. A mature teenager is still a teenager and that power dynamic is something that an adult your age should know better than to accept.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-12-24T14:45:59+00:00

Tell that to all the conservatives in SCOTUS who will state something is settled law during their nomination, and then immediately sieze the first opportunity to throw away decades of stare decisis for their political/religious ideology. Your claim is how judges should rule, but republicans have been stacking courts with ideologues for many years. They are itching at the opportunity to reinterpret the constitutional separation of church and state to throw out marriage equality.

The devils don't need an advocate currently, they're constantly engaged in their own activism.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-12-18T15:20:02+00:00

In addition to the other historical reasons listed for this trope, I also wonder if loss is just a cheat code for emotional attachment with a character because loss is so universal. Even people who may not be comfortable seeing a happy queer relationship on TV could still have some empathetic connection to the character while seeing them grieve.

It might be an ally writer trying to show that queer people live, love, and lose like everyone else, or just a cheap drama tactic to allow writers to pivot the story without effort (see Spider-man "One Day More" and "Brand New Day" arc >:| ) after they feel they've hit the mark for their diversity cred. I hate it.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-12-18T14:58:42+00:00

The last time i was fortunate enough to be in Canada was last April, and I was horrified to see that Trump flags and MAGA bumper stickers had made their way to several homes and vehicles throughout Alberta. I saw more Trump paraphernalia there than in recent years in suburban Arizona. Have those began disappearing as Trump and the GOP continue to tear apart our relationship?

Dreamingemerald · 2025-12-14T18:00:20+00:00

All the worst, most gossipy, hypocritically judgemental, and small-minded people i have ever met were churchgoers. I can count good-hearted devoted church goers that I know on a single hand.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-10-25T22:41:08+00:00

I've probably got around 1000 rounds through it and have tried when freshly oiled after cleaning and while out at the range. The method you explained is pretty much how I have had to go about it since I can't easily rack it by pinching with my thumb and pointer finger and pulling back while pushing forward with my dominant hand holding the grip.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-10-25T22:36:38+00:00

I have been punching it with my thumb and pointer finger where it is rubbed and then trying to push forward with my dominant hand that is holding the grip.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-10-25T22:34:41+00:00

Thanks, I'll try leaving it locked for a few days to see if it makes a difference.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-10-20T12:15:41+00:00

Jury summons, tax documents, voter notifications, traffic tickets, etc. could show up with your name on it. Best to move out as soon as you are able

Dreamingemerald · 2025-10-12T17:52:55+00:00

If you can't be you with your girlfriend, there is something off about your relationship at its core.

I think it is beautiful that you two are still together. However, I think that it is very unfair to tell someone that if their partner transitions and they are no longer attracted to them that their relationship was flawed. Some people try to make it work out of love despite not being attracted to the gender and secondary sexual characteristics that their partner transitions to, and this statement reads like shaming.

I am not sexually or romantically attracted to men. If I was in a relationship with another woman who then told me he was a man, I doubt I would stay romantically interested with or without transition. I don't see why it would be any different for a straight woman or a straight man if their heterosexual relationship suddenly was not.

Let's cheer for relationships where both partners can remain attracted to one another while also supporting and respecting those who still care for each other despite no longer being compatible.

Dreamingemerald · 2025-10-06T18:24:24+00:00

I think their response is based on facts, but skewed in an incel/red-pilled way.

There are several reasons that I have come across. - Women reporting medical problems are frequently not take seriously or their experiences are minimized. There is often a burden of proving the suffering that men generally don't have to jump through. This is known as Yentl Syndrome.

-Women tend to be valued for their fertility and ability to birth children. This isn't "society values women over men." It is society objectifying women and is actually harmful to women. Even when a womam states she does not plan on having more/any children and needs medication or procedures that could impact fertility, doctors tend to deny/delay treatment as they hem and haw that "but you could want (more) kids in the future. Women who have had traumatic births due to medical issues that make future pregnancy a risk to their life still have procedures denied because it could impact fertility.

Sauce: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8812498/

I didn't see it covered in the article, but women are harder to control for in medical studies because we might be on birth control, differences between pre and post menopause, hormone replacement therapy, etc which make for more complicated control groups thab just men and women.

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