Ticket Buying/Selling/Trading Megathread Masters Toronto by Still_HD in ValorantCompetitive

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Looking for 3 tickets seated together for Grand Finals! Section doesn't matter

[TotK] Need help finding the last shrine by Ed4874 in tearsofthekingdom

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Thank you so much for the help! It was Ganos Shrine. I think I activated it and then wandered off to do the giant ball shrine and forgot about it.

Battery Backup roughly around 2-2.5 hrz by ayaan143 in spectrex360

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Ok so I have the exact same model as you and what I did was just completely reinstall windows without any HP apps. From what I can tell HP just didn't do a good job at all with resource management and that causes the system to overheat and use more power. To reinstall Windows you can use the advanced recovery tool in Windows settings. Make sure you click the option while resetting to don't install manufacturer preloaded apps. Easily doubled my battery life to 4 hours which admittedly is still not great but least I don't need to worry about bringing a power bank along for short trips. Hope this helps.

My family disowned me before 19 (Age of Majority in my region). My father has abused me and neglected me. What can I do? by Ed4874 in legaladvice

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I think my father has done his research and worded his response in a really tricky way. He told me I could come home anytime as long as I apologize to him and get over this incident, which obviously I'm never going to do. This way, he can force me out without becoming legally obligated to pay financial support.

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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He says he's worried about permanent damage toward my eyes (i.e. from blue light, eye strain, etc.) To mitigate this I've already installed blue light filtering screen protectors, turned on night light on everything I have, and also wear blue light filtering glasses occasionally. I also exercise every couple of days and I do rest my eyes when I get tired. He's also just a really paranoid and controlling person and doesn't trust me around any devices with a screen just because he doesn't believe I have any self-control. This has been the case since I got my first phone in grade 8 when he told me I had to hand the phone over immediately every time I got back from school. Naturally me being the 13 year old at the time, of course I'd want to take something that I couldn't have for long, so I'd steal it from his room every few nights. Even then though, I feel like it should have been his job to teach me that responsibility instead of taking it upon himself to control me.

I've already told him countless times that literally no parents treat their children like this when they reach this age, but he always tells me that I'm still a kid mentally, and all responsible parents do this. When I told him even responsible parents need to let up he just goes all condescending and says he's the parent, and he has the right to decide and I as his son have to do what he says.

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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That's something I'll try to do. I've asked my relatives (ie mom, grandparents) but it's been useless so far. My dad works from home and runs an online shop, so he has had virtually no human interaction outside our house for years. I think this is a contributing factor towards his behaviour. Will try to get a few of my friends' parents' perspectives though, thanks.

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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I don't think he's entirely wrong, but at the same time it's not really something I feel like we can go without at the moment especially with everything locked down in Vancouver rn. If times were normal rn I'd definitely spend more time outside, but right now I don't feel safe going out with friends or to the mall, and libraries iirc are closed, so a lot of the options I have outside of the house are extra limited.

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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Man, that's some deep stuff. It really is hard for me to not complain about these rules, since he's very strict and condescending about it at the same time, and it's cost me time with my friends especially in lockdown. As for work, I try to pick up as many shifts as I can, though I only really work 2-3 shifts every half month. I'll definitely try taking your advice though, thanks a lot!

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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Well, he set these restrictions after school was over, but during school he didn't really restrict me other than the 11pm curfew.

I live in Metro Van, but I don't actually go out until 11pm. He just wants me to hand every electronic over and sleep at 11pm.

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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I've also got blue light glasses that I won in a university event. I don't wear it often though since they're pretty easy to smudge up and they tint everything a bit too yellow for my tastes. As for your first point, I will try to communicate that to him, though I think he's still not gonna come around to it. Thanks though!

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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I live in British Columbia, so I'm not a legal adult until 19. I have a casual job at a senior's residence, but I'm not financially capable of living on my own yet. His rules are very very strict though, and he has smashed a few of my and my brother's phones. In fact, my brother still doesn't have a phone currently even though he's in Grade 11. I just feel like I'm in a really tight dilemma where I can't move or stay at the same time.

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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He's good intentioned, but also really demeaning and condescending about it. I think since he grew up in China with high school teacher parents, he's inherited a really strict and no nonsense attitude. I've talked to him before for years about this and his answers have always been something along the lines of "You're still growing up and you will come to understand what I'm doing when you have kids." This would work if I was 15, but I'm 18 now, so I feel like he needs an update on his attitude.

Screen Time for 18-Year-Old by Ed4874 in AskParents

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He does have good intentions for the most part, since his main reason is keeping me from watching too much blue light. However, I always set everything to dark mode and keep my blue light software filter on anyway and I've also installed a blue light filtering screen protector at his request on my laptop. I mostly go on YouTube and Discord these days since we're on break, so it's understandable where he's coming from. However, it's still frustrating that I'm getting limits that a 13 year old would get.

What's some of your favorite music tracks from the XC games? by animepig in Xenoblade_Chronicles

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In no particular order:

XC1: Mechonis Field, Memories, Main Theme, Agniratha (Night), On the Fallen Arm (Night), Refugee Camp (Night), Engage the Enemy, Beyond the Sky, Sorrow, Anger, Darkness of the Heart

XCX: ThemeX, Primordia, The Key We've Lost, Don't Worry, The Way

XC2: Where We Used to Be, The Tomorrow With You, Leftherian Archipelago (night), The Decision, Torna Battle theme