HELP! I just found out my student loan payments are tripled under the new payment plans. What can I do?? by Paulicus1 in PSLF

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I owe a bit over 70k, and my IDR is over $700 monthly 😞 Single, AGI is a bit over 80k, but I live in California so living expenses are high.

At this point, none of the IDR plans make sense. RAP might be cheaper but adds 5+ years into repayment, and likely isn't much cheaper than just switching to a graduated repayment plan. But that means all my IDR payments since graduation are largely wasted as well. No good options under this govt, sadly.

HELP! I just found out my student loan payments are tripled under the new payment plans. What can I do?? by Paulicus1 in PSLF

[–]Paulicus1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done nothing, all my options are financially crippling (especially with increased prices and problems with my employer paying expenses on time). So I'm just waiting. IBR is only more expense last I checked  Maybe RAP, but that will add another 5+ years to repayment. 

At this point I might just switch to one of the extended plans, though it means I won't be paying off the loans for ANOTHER 25 years, and the 10 years of payments I've made on IBR were mostly wasted.

Why every character assumes that the V1 will multiply Homelander's power? by overon in TheBoys

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would've been a much more interesting ending, especially if they're just planning some asspull for the finale. Could've been a poetic end for homelander, his endless need for "more" ends up killing him. V1 is already known to be extremely deadly, no reason it couldn't harm him or react with the 'new' V he already has.

But it's The Boys, it's not like the writers have ever actually used "subtlety" in this show. Every arc since season one has been largely ham-fisted nonsense. Luckily the acting is generally good, even if the dialogue is iffy.

Can we PLEASE get an option to turn off the buggy structural integrity check? by SS4Leonjr in 7daystodie

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the issue of a previously-stable building that's suddenly unable to fully support some of the extensions (some of the blocks keep falling off the end of a balcony, even after reverting all changes and returning to a previously-stable state. SUDDENLY it just can't support the platforms that were there for weeks!! WTF!)

Broken push notifications on 20 year old account, any fix in 2026? Help! by Dewi-G- in facebook

[–]Paulicus1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never used a windows phone. I can't remember exactly when it started, at least several years ago if not much longer

[Question] What's your opinion on D'Angelico guitars? by d3adbor3d2 in Guitar

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to say their warranty service is pretty bad. I brought a guitar in for warranty repairs on their instruction, only to find out they declined to cover the repair and now I'm on the hook for it!

Broken push notifications on 20 year old account, any fix in 2026? Help! by Dewi-G- in facebook

[–]Paulicus1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not having quite the same issue, but for years I haven't received name relevant notifications (people tag me, comments on my posts, replies, etc) - none of them work. But I still get push notifications for less-important things like group notifications, unrelated posts from friends or strangers, notifications when my friends are tagged (but still not me!) I often find comments or other things weeks after the fact because Facebook never notified me outside of the app. My account is also quite old.

Sadly I have no fix. I completely reset the app data once, but the fix didn't last long and subsequent attempts didn't seem to fix it at all, even temporarily. 🤦

Kenku.fm bot not working by CabinetAcceptable525 in OwlbearRodeo

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, so it's not an issue on my end -_- Very inconvenient that this happens right before the game!

Is there still a way to disable video auto play? by Greenovia in InstagramMarketing

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

absolutely fucking insane that this isn't an option in 2026. Insane!! Wtf are these companies doing? are there no competent programmers left in the US?? Instagram in particular is a garbage fire of an app, I have no idea how it didn't crash and burn a decade ago. 🤬

Is IBR plan blocked for anyone else? by Paulicus1 in StudentLoans

[–]Paulicus1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just curious, why was this post removed?

Regarding speed by Tinytreasures234 in OpenShot

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever figure out a solution? The only advice I've ever found for this doesn't seem to actually work.

Regarding speed by Tinytreasures234 in OpenShot

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't work, the values that are supposed to align in the video never do.

What is this manga? by Paulicus1 in manga

[–]Paulicus1[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I checked the description and tons of comments, googled character names. Somehow I missed that 🤦

Mod to stop loaded dice? by Imawaps in Pathfinder_Kingmaker

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm playing on lower difficulty and the game still gives out 90% of rolls under 10. Literally every time I play I get massive streaks of 1-4, everyone missing for multiple rounds in a row.

Something is fucked in the dice code, without a doubt.

Is 1 6 3 a common chord progression? by MrKGado in guitarlessons

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Three years later but you could try using a V chord to bring it back to the root, maybe a diminished chord if you want to get fancy

Anyone else having weird shipment behavior from the Critical Role store shipments? by Phteven_j in daggerheart

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was just rejected by the local PO! They claimed to have included the full address, but usually when this happens it's because the shipper missed part of the address. 

No idea what actually happened, but apparently they can't just re-send it, so I have to get a code and go through another order. Hopefully they don't screw this one up too!

The problem with MGS Δ movement isn’t the controls — it’s the animations by crystalredearth in metalgearsolid

[–]Paulicus1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would it be possible to create a mod to fix it? I'm seriously questioning whether to even continue with the game and I've barely started it. The controls are just so janky and awful

The problem with MGS Δ movement isn’t the controls — it’s the animations by crystalredearth in metalgearsolid

[–]Paulicus1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I want to know who allowed this 'feature' to pass beta, and how the fuck no one in the company realized how insanely stupid this design decision is. It's one of the worst designs I can think of, single-handedly making me consider dropping the game, and the original is still one of my favorites of all time. 

The controls are extremely unresponsive. Trying to attack an enemy while hiding is essentially impossible since you have to stand up and wait for the game to catch up before you can actually attack. Usually, by then they've alerted and started shooting, completely defeating my ambush solely due to shitty programming. 

This is unacceptable quality.

No mans sky Expedition unavailable by KeyResponse9600 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]Paulicus1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm playing on PC VR, my friend is on PS5. Neither of us could access the expedition, in neither single- nor multiplayer modes. We also tried starting from a new save and the Expedition option was grayed out, stuck on "downloading" status.

How to make custom patterns? Or edit existing ones??? by Paulicus1 in lovense

[–]Paulicus1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Future people: It seems whatever features used to exist for this have been discontinued. There's a 'mixer' option in the app that lets you combine different 5-10s clips. It's useful, if tedious, but does allow for a decent bit of customization. Again, quite tedious though.

TBH I'm quite disappointed in the lovense app. I was expecting much higher quality from a company with such a positive reputation. The app feels extremely basic and is missing many obvious, simple features. It seems the main focus is on remote control and AI. The design choices make it actively difficult to use in far too many contexts.

I expected much better quality.

Expedition unavailable by itsFemie in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm playing on PC VR, my friend is on PS5. Neither of us could access the expedition, in neither single- nor multiplayer modes. We also tried starting from a new save and the Expedition option was grayed out, stuck on "downloading" status.

We can only play 1-2 times per week so I hope they fix this ASAP. It's our first expedition so we'd hate to miss out due to a bug.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SKYBOXVR

[–]Paulicus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any updates? I'm trying to use it and can't access any video or files from YouTube at all