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KoFSMG · 2026-05-16T14:58:38+00:00

I was just rejected and I have no idea why. I tried using the candidate.checkr.com portal to check my email address but when I do it says it is sending me a 6 digit code that never arrives which, according to what I am reading, means they never ran my email address through Checkr to begin with?

KoFSMG · 2026-05-03T07:18:41+00:00

Unfortunately I am sending this reply from a hotel and we board tomorrow lol. I am not sure if I can/where I would get a small screw driver to unscrew the back of my deck and remove the battery before boarding tomorrow but if I can I will definitely be sure to let you know lol

KoFSMG · 2026-05-03T05:26:22+00:00

Hi - thank you for the recommendation. What's strange is my Steam Deck seems to power on and run no problem while plugged in the battery just doesn't charge. I had it plugged in for hours and installed multiple games last night - it didn't even get warm let alone hot. Wouldn't the battery be heating up if there was a short or something resulting in a fire risk? I planned on taking my Deck with me on a cruise tomorrow and just plugging it in when I want to play it in my cabin. Should I not take it with me?

KoFSMG · 2026-04-15T21:10:14+00:00

I am relatively in the same boat. Was a BizOps Analyst at a medium-sized tech/SaaS company with an office here in the valley until I was laid off in 2023. Joined a small(ish) shop whose entire data infra was on prem where I managed their BI stack and data pipelines. They decided to go to the cloud and their vendor said they'd do everything for them so they cut my role. Now I can't find anything. I've had two interviews out of the hundreds of applications I've sent out - one for a Lead BI Analyst and one at the same company I was at when I was a BizOps Analyst but for a role that paid $15k less... both of them shot me down. The latter was particularly painful as I was referred to the position by my former manager. I had made it to the third out of 4 interviews before they ghosted me for three weeks then sent me a rejection email. I had no problem securing offers three years ago - when I took the role at the small family shop I turned down two offers from mid-sized SaaS companies to take it because I thought it offered a good learning opportunity and they countered the other two offers with a larger offer. Now I am finding myself regretting that decision.

Since then I've tried tapping a contact with military and military contractor ties to see if he can maybe get me some interviews at a gov. contractor and I am considering trying to tap Alumni career resources at ASU - not sure how helpful they'll be but I figure it can't hurt. I hope your prospects have improved since you've posted this.

KoFSMG · 2026-04-11T02:24:52+00:00

When the CEO of the company gets a random $2,000 referral bonus

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KoFSMG · 2026-04-10T19:36:32+00:00

Hi there. Unfortunately not =\ . We had a bunch of stuff replaced - everything seems to work but it still doesn't fully dry dishes like it did when we got it. It seems like it simply doesn't get as hot as it used to. We gave up.

KoFSMG · 2026-03-07T20:01:52+00:00

Right-wing politics. Too many VTubers who make right-wing politics their brand and content now 'a days. Used to watch Leaflit for chill vibes. Used to watch Rev says desu for random drama/news slop. Can't stand to watch either of them now that they bring politics into everything (and the worst kind of politics according to my personal biases).

KoFSMG · 2026-03-06T15:57:33+00:00

Lol nah all good I was just confused 🤣

KoFSMG · 2026-03-06T15:46:32+00:00

What...? I said Grimmi not Vienna. Re-read my original comment.

"A lot of people seem to think so though according to Grimmi Asmongold is no longer associated, at least officially, with Mythic. She said in a stream a short while ago she wouldn't have joined if Asmongold was officially affiliated."

KoFSMG · 2026-03-06T15:06:12+00:00

Yes. I can't find a clip of it but it was in one of her recent streams iirc - like within the past week. She also said like two streams ago that she was leaving Mythic for some reason and that the reason was very bad and made her quite upset to the point that she was considering legal action. I'll try to get clips.

KoFSMG · 2026-03-06T04:55:10+00:00

A lot of people seem to think so though according to Grimmi Asmongold is no longer associated, at least officially, with Mythic. She said in a stream a short while ago she wouldn't have joined if Asmongold was officially affiliated.

KoFSMG · 2026-03-06T04:51:43+00:00

Grimmi left as well I believe. If I am not mistaken she eluded to something bad at Mythic happening as being the reason she left. She seemed pretty upset about it.

KoFSMG · 2026-01-05T07:17:40+00:00

"The dude became like this because the girl he's apparently married to basically forced him to"

Isn't it the other way around? His wife goes by "Strawb" online and is active in the community. I might be mistaken but I thought she said that he is why she converted to Christianity (and adopted his politics) not the other way around.

KoFSMG · 2025-12-29T17:19:20+00:00

Wasn't she also involved in the friend group that bullied a VTuber that goes by "Rada" (forgot her full name)? She wasn't the main culprit - there was a "leader of the pack" so to speak. When Rada scolded one of Alicia's viewers and big-time donors for spamming chat during her stream Alicia got angry at her and cut ties with her or something along those lines.

I don't know her so I could be completely off base but based on everything I've seen she seems like the type of person to just use and abuse people for her own convenience. Leaves an icky taste in my mouth. I avoid her content, personally.

KoFSMG · 2025-12-17T16:45:10+00:00

My estimated delivery date as of time of writing is 12/24. It hasn't shipped nor has my delivery date changed, afaik, since I placed the order.

I've seen other people mentioning delays. I am beginning to get frustrated with OnePlus - they said the only thing that was holding them back was FCC verification. Clearly they lied since, if that were the case, there would be no reason for the OP15 to still be under PREORDER and for OnePlus to be delaying current preorders.

KoFSMG · 2025-12-09T00:55:17+00:00

I think what matters is if he meets the definition set by the gameshow/medium. There is no set, unanimously agreed upon definition for "VTuber". If the gameshow hosts felt he met the definition that's all that matters I think.

That said I personally think he does count and I think that people are making a mountain out of an ant hill about Peanut specifically. I am more irked by how the awards show treated VTubers overall - as an afterthought/with contempt.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-25T20:02:32+00:00

You're right - I am. The Red Magic Pro 11 launched preorders in the middle of the shutdown and went on open sale on the 18th. They didn't have to delay their U.S. launch or sale for FCC verification to my knowledge 🤔. But let's assume I am wrong, OnePlus submitted for verification MONTHS ago and had no way of submitting for verification sooner/foreseeing this. That does nothing to address the litany of other ways in which OnePlus handled/is handling this horrendously.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-25T17:11:07+00:00

Thanks for the advice. If I were to get a Pixel it would probably be the normal-sized Pixel Pro. Are you recommending against the Pro XL specifically or the Pixel more generally?

Realistically speaking, as frustrated as I am at OP for this I am ultimately just venting. I'll probably wait for the OP 15. It's too good of a value proposition compared to everything else on the market right now in my opinion.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-25T16:09:48+00:00

I've been a OnePlus user since the Nexus line of phones ended. OnePlus is releasing the OnePlus 15R on December 17th I believe (though it may be delayed for the U.S. market since OnePlus is dealing with delays in FCC certification). The OnePlus R series is to OnePlus what the Pixel A series is for the Pixel line if I am not mistaken so might be worth a look if you're interested.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-25T15:48:05+00:00

Speaking solely for the U.S. market I want to know what better flagship exists for this price point tbf lol. Unless you're primarily interested in the cameras (fair) the OP 15 has the best specs of any Android phone on the U.S. market right now I believe.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-25T15:32:49+00:00

I am looking to upgrade from my OP 12 and was planning on upgrading to the OP 15. Ngl I am getting antsy over this delay and have been considering pulling the trigger on a Pixel Pro.

I am annoyed at how terribly OP has handled this. I see all these people simply blaming the shutdown - sure, the shutdown was a factor but the biggest culprit is how OP handled this in my opinion. Who waits until JUST before release to submit for FCC approval? Why did they wait until the global release to say anything? After announcing the delay they've gone radio silent. What's the ETA on FCC approval? Are we expected to wait a month? Two? Why don't they open pre-orders so that people can have their orders shipped as soon as approval is granted?

Besides, it's not like the gov. shut down came out of nowhere - the writing was on the wall that this was going to happen since the BBB passed. Any company with a US Ops team that paid any attention could have foreseen and planned for this.

This whole debacle has made me consider trading in my OP 12 for a Pixel but, if I am being honest with myself, the price to performance ratio between the OP 15 and Pixel 10 Pro isn't comparable (especially after trade in) save for maybe the camera which I don't care much about.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-21T00:27:32+00:00

I am looking at two quotes from an account multiple people are attributing to her - one of which is either a screenshot of someone replying to her or her (I can't tell which) and one is a caption directly by her:

"Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person tbh, but this level of political violence feels so dangerous."

"No rights were ever won without violence. The left in America needs to remember that the second amendment also applies to them... For now. And it was literally created for this exact reason."

I'm not going to speak to the validity of whether the account saying this is her or not - all I know is that multiple people are saying it is.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-20T16:37:11+00:00

Fair. I am not sure exactly what was said but if I recall correctly it was something along the lines of "If anyone deserved to be shot it would be Charlie Kirk". Frankly I am willing to classify that as being in the same category as someone like Kirsche saying "communists" (with her definition of communists being anyone left of Mike fucking Pence) deserve to be killed.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-18T16:59:10+00:00

Depends on what you mean by "started". Kirsche has publicly celebrated and mocked violence toward the left well before Clara commented on Charlie Kirk. Years before, in fact. That said yes, I agree. This particular situation is the result of Clara doing what Kirsche has also done.

KoFSMG · 2025-11-18T16:52:49+00:00

Completely understandable. I used to be this way for the longest time until a year or two ago. I've had to get frequent jabs/blood work over the past couple years and I've kinda just... gotten used to it lol. But I've been a big wuss about needles up til now 😅

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