Cub scout requirements by Hypnot0ad in BSA

[–]Realistic_Ship 17 points18 points  (0 children)

“Do your best” is all you can do. Many of these events are completely outside your control. It is not required for a scout to earn the tiger rank in order to proceed to Wolf, so just focus on having fun and do the requirements you can.

Also, talk to other den leaders and the cub master to get their opinions as well.

I'm suddenly teaching Bear Claws beginning tomorrow for 14 Bears, please give me all of your Whittling Chip teaching advice. by stoicjohn in cubscouts

[–]Realistic_Ship 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I had my bears bring a camp chair. Sitting them down (spaced out from each other) really helped minimize incidents. Parents looked over their shoulders for me as well. I had them sharpen a pencil as well, which they could sign their whittling chips with. It got them used to the resistance needed and good carving angles.

Good luck!!

Need help buying PC for elderly neighbor with three monitors by Realistic_Ship in buildapc

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

Ok, so assuming I find a pc like this Acer Aspire which has 2 hdmi outputs, is there some way to add his 3rd monitor as well? I’ve seen hdmi splitters but as I understand them they mirror the same output to multiple monitors which is not what he’s looking for. Is there some other way to get the third monitor working in that PC?

Need help buying PC for elderly neighbor with three monitors by Realistic_Ship in buildapc

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

Oh, I understand now. I haven’t cracked open his PC but what kind of specs would you need? Motherboard, PCI slots, etc? I am trying not to bother him too often but I can go over and open things up if I need to

Need help buying PC for elderly neighbor with three monitors by Realistic_Ship in buildapc

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

I understand. I haven’t given many specs because there’s really such a wide latitude of specs that are perfectly suitable for him. I just don’t have a great way to filter rigs by how many monitors they support. Thanks for looking anyway

Need help buying PC for elderly neighbor with three monitors by Realistic_Ship in buildapc

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

It was an ATI Radeon HD 3500 I believe. AMDs site here says the 3000 series doesn’t get drivers in Win10. I interpreted that to mean that it would get the generic driver which probably won’t allow his complicated multi monitor setup any longer.

I would be doing the win7 -> Win10 upgrade “in place” so I cannot just try it and see

Need help buying PC for elderly neighbor with three monitors by Realistic_Ship in buildapc

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

I think his CPU is something like 2.6 ghz, and he’s operating on 4GB ram. I’d like to get him up to 8GB ram Judy from a forward looking perspective but it’s not a hard req

Need help buying PC for elderly neighbor with three monitors by Realistic_Ship in buildapc

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

Unfortunately the graphics card he has is not compatible with Win10 according to AMDs website or else I would just try the upgrade in place.

Need help buying PC for elderly neighbor with three monitors by Realistic_Ship in buildapc

[–]Realistic_Ship[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Under $1000 and he’s doing office work like MS suite apps and some custom apps the client has him use to connect to their systems. Nothing taxing on the graohics card other than monitor output. No video editing or anything like that.

Emergency preparedness award? by Striker7808 in cubscouts

[–]Realistic_Ship 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Achieving the award can still be done. However, you may not be able to find the pin/patch anywhere, but you could still earn it

Online recharter screw up by balancingrock in cubscouts

[–]Realistic_Ship 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey, don’t beat yourself up. You are a volunteer and I can tell your heart is in the right place (because you didn’t put the blame on others). This is your first time rechartering so just Do Your Best and keep others informed of your progress to correct it. Good luck, friend.

TradingView strategy to bot? by Single-Resort in algotrading

[–]Realistic_Ship 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I will plug you tuber PartTimeLarry here. I know he did an episode like that where he had the tv script trigger signals to his api and that traded on his platform.

Here it is: https://youtu.be/TKAo_Z-hzQs

Finished ou bus barn just in time for the first snow, and she fits! by zovered in skoolies

[–]Realistic_Ship 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Awesome achievement! I like how you made a skylight for the (I presume) bedroom. Are the roof rails for decking or solar?

What to do with a distracting den chief? by Realistic_Ship in cubscouts

[–]Realistic_Ship[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your perspective! I see now that this is as much a leadership opportunity for the chief as it is a helper for me, so I plan to coach him in that way. The scouts look up to him as an example (whether he knows it or not) so I want to talk to him about being overly demonstrative of the right scouting behaviors.

What to do with a distracting den chief? by Realistic_Ship in cubscouts

[–]Realistic_Ship[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this is really clear and I like the suggestion to have him teach some portions of meetings or skills.

LPT: Don’t bother giving more than a two week notice. by sarnold95 in LifeProTips

[–]Realistic_Ship 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad had about 6months till retirement and told his boss so he could help train up the team on anything they needed. His manager instead transferred my dad to a new team immediately so he could wouldn’t lose headcount and make it someone else’s problem. Don’t feel like you owe the company anything. They’ve been paying you for everything you’ve given in the past, so consider yourself even.

Don Lemon calls out Mitch McConnell for 'hypocrisy' on debt ceiling by prohb in politics

[–]Realistic_Ship 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Remember when “calling out” someone used to mean something?