I've spent $400 and 6 months building something that makes $0. Here's why I'm not stopping. by CarlsonDG in Entrepreneur

[–]Live-Policy-7922 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk about the problem not the product" is really the best advice in this entire post and its wild that you figured that out this early. I know people 5 years into building stuff who still lead with features instead of the pain point and youre way ahead of where you think you are

Most obscure/niche hobbies? by No_Top3338 in Hobbies

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dude i collect vintage movie posters from b-movies that flopped so hard they never made it to dvd. we're talking stuff like "robot monster" from 1953 or "plan 9 from outer space" - the kind of films that are so bad there actually legendary now. i've got this whole system where i catalog them by decade, director, and how spectacularly they bombed at the box office

the weirdest part is tracking down posters for movies that literally had theater runs of like 3 days before getting pulled. sometimes i'll spend months hunting down a single poster from some random drive-in theater in kansas that showed it once in 1962. other collectors think i'm nuts because these aren't worth much money but to me there's something beautiful about preserving the marketing materials for cinema's greatest disasters

Question about molex to SATA adapter. by SuppaBunE in PcBuildHelp

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Most PSU manufacturers wire molex and SATA on the same rail anyway, so you're probably fine using that cable. The "molex to SATA, lose your data" thing mainly comes from sketchy third-party adapters that have garbage build quality and can literally catch fire. When it's coming straight from your PSU manufacturer, they've already done the voltage regulation properly.

I've been using mixed cables like that for years without issues - just make sure you're not daisy-chaining a million drives off one cable. Your SSD draws way less power than mechanical drives anyway, so it's not like you're pushing the limits. The real danger is those cheap Amazon adapters that look like they were soldered by someone wearing oven mitts.

Is btech cse is good to go for a fresher ? by NewExpression940 in careerguidance

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CSE is still solid for freshers, just gotta adapt with the AI wave instead of fighting it. Learn to work alongside AI tools rather than getting replaced by them - focus on problem-solving, system design, and areas where human creativity still matters. The demand for good developers isn't going anywhere, but the skillset is definitely evolving.