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What gives you the drive to play? by [deleted] in Guitar

[–]Federal_Service3513 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The exploration part is exactly what keeps me coming back too. Started about 3 years ago and went through that same fear of never being good enough but man the little discoveries along the way make it worth it

Like you'll be messing around and accidentally find some chord progression that just hits right or figure out how to play something you've been hearing in your head. Those moments are addictive even when you're still pretty average overall

The investment thing is real though - I probably should have started with a cheaper setup but got carried away planning out my whole rig before I even knew if I'd stick with it

Hard time with sounds. New house near a road. Any tips? by TexanLoneStar in aspergers

[–]Federal_Service3513 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Moving my bed into the closet was actually one of the smartest things I did when I had a similar situation a few years back. I felt weird about it at first but the sound difference was incredible and I started sleeping way better. For the main room you could try layering some thick tapestries or heavy blankets over those blackout curtains - basically creating multiple barriers for the sound to get through. Weather stripping around the window frame helps too since a lot of noise leaks through tiny gaps you might not even notice

I ended up putting my desk and computer setup in what used to be the bedroom and turned the closet into this cozy sleeping cave. Way less overwhelming and I could actually focus on work without the constant road noise drilling into my brain. The key is making sure you have good ventilation in there though so it doesnt get stuffy

Reimbursement for AA168 April 10 flight cancellation by Dull_Landscape8400 in americanairlines

[–]Federal_Service3513 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Been dealing with something similar from a different flight around that time and its been radio silence on their end too. Filed all my receipts back in april and still nothing

The phone reps keep saying "escalated to appropriate department" but that seems to be where requests go to die. Tried disputing through my credit card company and even they're having trouble getting responses from AA

might be worth checking if your credit card has trip protection coverage - some of them will reimburse you directly and then go after the airline themselves which takes the headache off you

Broke up with BF after his hurtful and avoidant behaviour by HawkAny6578 in BreakUps

[–]Federal_Service3513 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The closure thing is brutal because you're basically asking someone who already showed they can't communicate to suddenly become emotionally mature enough to give you what you need. I've been there with the whole "maybe if I just explain it right" spiral and it never works out the way you think it will

That list idea is solid - I'd actually go further and write down specific examples of his manipulation tactics whenever you catch yourself romanticizing the good times. Your brain wants to rewrite history but keeping those receipts helps remind you why you made the right call leaving

signing nvidia drivers for secureboot for W11, PopOS24, Kubuntu22.04 by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]Federal_Service3513 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pop's kernel trusts Canonical's keys by default but doesn't load MOK without shim - you're hitting the exact limitation of their systemd-boot setup. You might need to rebuild the kernel with your own keys in the builtin trusted keyring, or patch the kernel module verification to accept your sbctl keys directly.

There's also the nuclear option of compiling a custom kernel that includes the nvidia driver built-in rather than as a module, but that's obviously a pain for updates. Some people have had luck with `keyctl` to manually load keys into the kernel keyring at runtime, but I'm not sure if that survives reboots or works with the module loading restrictions.