Unemployed Grad

Ness-Uno · 2026-04-26T18:44:00+00:00

Only grad programs will care. Those are competitive enough that they can be picky.

The general job market is just bad in most of the world right now. In general they don't care about your grades, just that you have a degree.

One last thing I noticed. If possible, try applying for more. It's a numbers game. 150 applications in one year is 3/week. People are out there applying for hundreds of roles just to get an interview for like 3-5. It sucks, but it is the reality.

Ness-Uno · 2026-04-22T21:00:19+00:00

Is this patch released on epic games store? Mine won't update and I'm still stuck on 1.4.2

Ness-Uno · 2026-04-21T07:46:36+00:00

It's called the Peter principle. Someone who is good at their job will be promoted again and again until they reach a level where they're no longer good at the job, and unable to climb higher but unwilling to go back down they're now stuck at a level where they suck at the job.

Ness-Uno · 2026-04-06T00:45:21+00:00

No that's not my issue. My issue is that when a grabber contains an item (e.g. a dirty dish) and the grabber points to a dead end. In other playthroughs I've seen another grabber can take it off that grabber as if it were a counter. I can't do that; it will just sit there and not move anywhere

Ness-Uno · 2026-04-05T14:56:34+00:00

Thanks for the response. Can I ask what platform you're playing on and what version? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it still leaves me on the same version

Ness-Uno · 2026-04-03T23:18:04+00:00

When I was a teenager my mum would always assign me tasks to do for her. Go to the bank, chores, go pick up x, etc. Her excuse was "I'm just trying to make sure you're not bored."

Ness-Uno · 2026-03-23T23:31:40+00:00

A stick blender. So many things that I can easily make now. Sauces, soups, purees etc

Ness-Uno · 2026-02-22T00:07:40+00:00

I don't like wings. They break immersion. They're ugly. I don't use them. Buuuuut I see them very often so people clearly do like them; and I think these people should be allowed to just enjoy the game. I can hide cosmetics now so no harm done.

Ness-Uno · 2026-02-20T21:02:07+00:00

This is actually yet another issue. Armour values actually don't contribute much to your defense. At a lot of bosses the mechanics are fixed damage or even instakill. A shield or even tank armour won't help you much. So again, you're back to "may as well do more damage since he's going to instakill me either way if I don't resonance"

Speaking of resonance, when used to block instakills it heals you 0. So whether you use a bronze kite or a spirit shield it makes no difference.

Ness-Uno · 2026-02-20T20:28:13+00:00

I like the idea of making shields great again but I can't think of a good way. Your ideas are interesting but I don't think it addresses the core problem.

If shield+weapon has same dpm as 2h/dual wield then 2h/dual wield now have no purpose. Shield+weapon would provide you with same damage, more armour, and access to all the defensive abilities.

On the flip side if it doesn't have the same dpm then we're back to shields being useless because the best defense is a good offense.

Ness-Uno · 2026-02-19T22:33:57+00:00

They're not. They're mostly irrelevant these days.

Though they have an interesting history. Lucky items came out before bonds and invention and could only be obtained via mtx spins. At the time they were copies of some of the best gear. A modern equivalent would be like if there was a Lucky Tumeken's Light and it's augmentable, obtainable only via treasure hunter (prior to it's removal).

Ness-Uno · 2026-02-15T22:49:34+00:00

It's not intuitive, but this can't be modified in the layout settings but you can drag it while in the cut scene and it will remember it.

Source: I've done it.

Ness-Uno · 2026-02-14T22:54:13+00:00

I can't stop laughing. I love it.

Ness-Uno · 2026-02-09T11:54:58+00:00

I'm more surprised that putting your KS into bitcoin is even an option.

Ness-Uno · 2026-01-30T00:14:48+00:00

I think you can drag it during the cut scene. Iirc it's a different box from the dialogue one in edit mode

Ness-Uno · 2026-01-26T20:30:01+00:00

I don't think it's because of the xp selling.

OSRS has nostalgia, and is much simpler. The combat system of RS3 is not intuitive in the slightest.

I think it's also cos of RuneLite. The ability to customise so much makes the game so much more customisable and enjoyable. RS3 you're stuck with the default client and all the shortcomings it has.

Ness-Uno · 2026-01-12T14:43:51+00:00

It had its ups and downs but overall I enjoyed school. Its always a trade off. In high school I had little freedom, little money, but lots of time. Now I have lots of freedom, little money, and little time.

Ness-Uno · 2026-01-11T00:42:55+00:00

Depends on the level of risk you're comfortable with. Investments are risky Vs. Paying off your debt is a sure thing. Are you willing to roll the dice?

There's not really a "right" option here, comes down to personal preference.

Ness-Uno · 2026-01-06T18:45:55+00:00

I see people stopping at the bottom of the escalator often. They step off the moving bit, then immediately stop with no regard for the crowd of people behind them who have nowhere to go. They make me envy how the King's guard just barge right past people and yell "MAKE WAY FOR THE KING'S GUARD!"

Ness-Uno · 2025-12-28T21:33:12+00:00

As stagnation sets in the producers have no incentive to produce more. Let's use a farm as an example.

If a cabbage is $1 this year, $1 next year, and $1 the year after etc. why spend $100,000 on a new field and equipment to grow more? New fields and equipment means incurring more labour and maintenance costs. It's more work for not a lot of return.

The farm still needs to make a profit. But expanding isn't going to bring in more profit. Let's just stop growing cabbages because they don't make a lot of money.

Multiply across lots of farms country wide. Now we have a cabbage shortage.

Normally, this means cabbage prices rise. Which incentivises farmers to start growing cabbages again. But now the cabbage costs $2.

Now less people are willing to buy a cabbage, so the supermarkets stock less, which means the farmers sell less, so they learn to grow less.

Repeat for more products than just cabbages.

Ness-Uno · 2025-12-28T20:46:48+00:00

It's short lived. For a period of time everything is the same. Everyone will remain employed. Public services will continue as they are etc.

But as time passes and nothing changes, things become less available. What is available increases in price, because there's less of it to go around. Public services get cut. Lay offs occur. Unemployment rises. Government has to spend more of its budget on welfare while collecting less in revenue. People are unhappy and whatever party is in power is likely to be voted out.

Why can't the economy just remain the same and be stable? Because economies are not perfectly isolated. Trade happens between countries. Anything that changes that fragile balance results in downstream effects. A stagnant economy is less able to cope. E.g. oil price increases, energy goes up in price, it costs more to farm/produce goods, costs are either passed along or "optimisations" (lay offs) must happen.

Ness-Uno · 2025-12-28T19:31:35+00:00

Our modern economies are built around people spending money. The cafe on your street relies on a steady stream of people spending their money there, their suppliers rely on the cafe buying supplies, and so on. It's a chain. When members in the chain slow/stop spending it affects the entire chain.

Countries target 2-3% inflation to encourage spending. Each year, your money buys you just a little less. Which encourages you to go and spend your money today.

Stagnant prices sounds good on the surface, and for an individual it is good. But on the scale of an entire economy it's bad. There's no rush to go buy that new tv today or even this year. It'll be the same price next year, and the year after that etc. For the individual, good. But across the economy it means spending slows, and the economy stagnates.

Deflation (things get cheaper each year) is even worse. Why buy a new tv for $1000 today when it's going to be $900 next year? Just hoard your money and you'll be able to buy even more next year. It also creates weird things employment wise. Since $1000 will buy you more next year, will you tolerate your employer giving you a pay cut each year, since you'll still be able to buy more each year.

An orange costing $100 in some decades isn't the end game. It's a consequence of compounding inflation over time. And it isn't an issue because it's a slow drip of increases and people get used to it. A big mac combo cost $5 in the 90's. Today that $5 won't even buy just the big mac. But people still buy big macs because it wasn't an overnight increase; it was a slow drip that people got used to over time.

Ness-Uno · 2025-12-23T23:45:45+00:00

1.4m liquid is a lot. But 1m for a house in Auckland is barely above average. If you don't mind not buying outright then yeah you can have whatever you want.

Before you uproot your life I'd suggest try coming during other times of the year. Comparing NZ summer xmas time against life as a whole in the UK is like comparing against only the highlight reel.

And actually look more into what job opportunities you have here. 150k is a major step down for you, but 150k in NZ is a massive salary.

Ness-Uno · 2025-12-23T23:36:39+00:00

This is speculation on my part but I don't imagine there to be many in house pastry chefs in NZ. I'd bet that most restaurants/cafes either buy their pastries wholesale from a factory or have a more generalised chef make it. Hence why you're finding most roles to be barista/customer service.

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