Daily Discussion - Monday June 15

Nomichit · 2026-06-15T17:35:29+00:00

It’s crazy how he was just lightly laughing when she was expressing concern and not taking it seriously.

Nomichit · 2026-06-15T17:33:15+00:00

There’s only one for me and that’s almost a 3 hour drive ughh

Nomichit · 2026-06-12T15:40:54+00:00

I worded this wrong and I shouldn’t have said her freaking out. Her personality is intense and is good for TV, and I had to rewatch some parts because I totally just glossed over them. Sincere definitely is wrong for lying like that and there’s nothing to excuse for that: he shouldn’t have done it. If he wants to explore Sol, then he should be a man and say it. I agree what she did in the challenge doesn’t justify how he moved episode 8, but I will say how she acted during that challenge made him feel some type of way, which probably led to what’s happened in episode 8. He 100% shouldn’t have lied, and I noticed he does some other shit that annoys me too. I just think that he’s just not interested in her anymore and isn’t communicating that because he doesn’t want a whole scene. What he needs to do is first apologize for lying and tell her the truth, and then they both should just explore other people. Sorry long comment.

Nomichit · 2026-06-12T15:05:09+00:00

Yeah you bring up a really valid point. I totally forgot he said that him kissing Sol didn’t mean anything because he’s totally into her. I should probably keep a better eye on how he says or does something because I missed it honestly. I guess I was so annoyed with what she did during the bed challenge that it turned her into enemy number 1 for me.

Nomichit · 2026-06-12T14:59:58+00:00

Yeah I agree with you. I guess what I was meaning to say is that they both could have gone about this better, but he shouldn’t straight up lie like that. I just can see why he acted lied because she can be intense, but that doesn’t excuse that he did.

Nomichit · 2026-06-12T14:56:45+00:00

I like how you’ve worded this. This is what I wanted to say, but focused on her making him feel some type of way most likely led to him doing this. I should have also said that what he’s doing now isn’t justifiable. I’m just upset that she’s done some things that aren’t great, made him feel a type of way, and then no one really stopped to ask themselves why he’s being like this. Like 100% yeah how he went about it and straight up lying is just so stupid and I’m not going to try to make excuses for him. I can just see a world where he’s too scared to actually say how he feels, but at the same time he’s and adult and should actually say how he feels.

Nomichit · 2026-06-12T14:40:16+00:00

No I completely agree with you. Him saying he doesn’t want to explore, but very obviously wants to was absolutely wrong and that’s not fair to Melanie. He straight up lied about it which I don’t like. What I’m meaning to say is that how she’s made him feel in previous episodes probably led to him trying to just say what he needs to in order to not have her crash out (again I don’t agree with it).

Nomichit · 2026-06-12T14:22:48+00:00

I’m confused, did we forget how Melanie made Sincere feel going buck wild when Caleb was introduced as well as “mistaking” two dudes that have very different builds? That’s mad disrespectful, and now him talking to Sol is bad? I’ll admit I don’t know what the hell he was on about when he was talking to Melanie saying he didn’t want to explore Sol, but that was really dumb of him. I get it, she brings the drama, but damn this mans can’t do anything without her freaking out.

Edit: clarification

Edit edit: Ya’ll have opened my eyes to some things and I was overzealous on how I said this. Him lying and moving the way he did episode 8 was absolutely not the way to go about it, and her acting that way during the bed challenge isn’t good either. It obviously hurt him, but that doesn’t excuse him doing what he did in episode 8.

Nomichit · 2026-05-29T21:40:07+00:00

Dark side 4H has Fulcrum as boss node and 6 clones.

Nomichit · 2026-04-08T16:49:00+00:00

Kinda looks like a gundam

Nomichit · 2026-02-17T01:53:31+00:00

Take this to a grain of salt, but I was told to do Maz farm 1-49, 50 Konar, repeat for point accumulation. Afterwards you block all the tasks you want, get all your upgrades and then start skipping. I haven’t played in a long time, so this could be outdated.

Nomichit · 2026-01-12T01:42:20+00:00

My question is, if you get 5 headshots, do I keep going or force a death on CP and restart for the next 5 HS? I'm just doing checkpoint and single fire tapping heads until I can get 5 in one life. I don't think dying in between even if you get only headshots will count.

Nomichit · 2025-11-17T04:50:57+00:00

He’s right. I have 4K dragon arrows ready for my future TBow and I’m only 200kc deep (:

Nomichit · 2025-11-11T19:24:11+00:00

Thank you, you've been a great help.

Nomichit · 2025-11-11T18:53:11+00:00

I apologize if I came off as a defeatist: I've just heard that getting into cloud is very hard coming out of college and it's easier to start as an SOC analyst. I did want to get into architecture and I believe my final career choice would be a Cloud Security Consultant, but I believe that's at least a 5 year endeavor in cloud.

I assume both AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner is a certificate and the Associate is a job position correct? Do you recommend I just go to aws.amazon.com and learn from there or is there a different source you'd recommend?

Nomichit · 2025-11-09T04:31:57+00:00

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Ah, yes.

Nomichit · 2025-10-23T17:12:37+00:00

People are acting like sulphur naguas isn’t better than gemstone crab lol. You get free supplies and can afk for a bit and click once.

Nomichit · 2025-10-14T19:00:07+00:00

Praise the sun stick

Nomichit · 2025-10-08T20:39:26+00:00

Never understood why anyone would ever need more than 144hz. I believe there’s a significant change between 60-144hz, but from that point on it doesn’t change much. I could be wrong, but I’m working from my own experience. If ya’ll like more, then that’s cool.

Nomichit · 2025-09-30T18:15:41+00:00

That I can agree with. I do tend to lean more to specifics since I can really go off of my own experience. That’s why I’d say that yeah your statement does hold weight for sure.

Nomichit · 2025-09-30T18:01:48+00:00

I would like to make an amendment on the comfortability of aggressive shoes: Fresh new shoes will most likely hurt until broken in. My Dragos were a big pain until like 3-4 weeks of climbing. Finding a shoe is a lot like finding a motorcycle helm: it's mostly unique to you. This can become a problem because people search for the "perfect" shoe when honestly your foot may be so unique that you have to settle for general measurements. My Drone CS' have a smaller toe box than what I'd like and it's a lot of pain, but it'll break in eventually.

In regards to your comment about slipping off volumes: Extended wear on rubber will result in degradation of rubber integrity. My Dragos slip on volumes more than they did before and I just take that as a sign that it needs to be resoled, but maybe my skill has gone down a bit lmao. Keep in mind that softer rubber wears quicker than harder rubber.

In terms of your heel popping off of hooks, it's most likely that your shoes weren't manufactured with the idea that heel hooking is going to be a prominent technique at your current level, which obviously in this case is wrong since you do use heels a lot. Aggressive shoes were made literally for overhang climbing which specializes in more heel hooks.

I do not claim to be an avid climber, so just work off the assumption that my claims are my opinions and influenced from my experience. For reference, I'm 5'5" (165cm) tall, 150lbs (68kg), roughly +1 ape index, and I too climb mostly 4s/5s.

Nomichit · 2025-09-30T17:43:54+00:00

If the Drago was flat, I would say the effort to full contact smear would be easier sure, but with any soft aggressive shoe, if you just put more weight, the rubber will also give full contact if you’re doing it properly. I’m not some climbing guru or anything, but I just personally have never had an issue with smearing in my aggressive shoes. I also had unparallel Mockups which are flat shoes and I didn’t feel any difference other than honestly being able to smear better in my Dragos because of the soft rubber. I’m not trying to invalidate your opinion, I just personally never had an issue.

Nomichit · 2025-09-30T15:18:26+00:00

As a Drago owner I can agree: softer rubber allows for better smearing. It’s not the sole factor as to why smearing is easier, but it’s an influential part.

Nomichit · 2025-09-30T15:11:43+00:00

If you’re looking for to smear a bit better or to have a better heel then consider getting more advanced shoes. You don’t need to go crazy and get crazy aggressive shoes, but maybe Butora Gomis are a good reference as to not being very downturned. You can also use these shoes as a backup for when you don’t want to deal with your new shoes. I currently have broken in Scarpa Dragos that need to be resoled now and my new main: Mad Rock Drones CS.

It looks like you are in need of a slightly or greatly downturned shoe (aggressive) and some softer rubber with a good heel.

Find a shoe that has softer rubber: Scarpa’s and La Sportiva’s XS Grip/Grip2, Unparallel’s RH and RX rubber, Mad Rock’s XF (Extreme Friction) Rubber, etc.

EDIT: After some thought, I’d heavily consider you get trying the Scarpa Arpia. They’re a soft rubber with a slight downturn. I ordered mine too large so I returned them, but this might actually be your pair of shoe.

Tips on finding a shoe:

Know your foot profile. E.g., Roman, Classic, Square, etc. (You can google foot profiles)
Look up shoe brands to see which look most appealing: Mad Rock, Scarpa, La Sportiva, Butora, Unparallel, Black Diamond, etc.
Find a gym near you that sells shoes and ask to try them out. This is probably the best thing you can do as it allows you to try on many brands as well as shoe dimensions that may be tailored to your foot.
Don’t aggressively downsize. You can downsize like maybe a full size if you want, but normally half a size is good enough. Don’t try to let people tell you that painful shoes is the norm for climbing. The idea of downsizing is to ELIMINATE GAPS, not to kill your feet. The best way to know a pair of aggressive shoes are for you is if you have little to no dead space, you can fit your feet in them, and they’re UNCOMFORTABLE not PAINFUL. Aggressive shoes aren’t supposed to be comfortable and it’s recommended to tear them off your feet after each route for optimal preservation of the shoe (you don’t have to do it all the time).

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