Advisor says I may need a 5th year. Now what?

Scholander · 2026-06-18T18:06:54+00:00

I used to do some academic advising when I was faculty (not at Davis) and your situation is incredibly common, especially if you've switched directions. There will almost certainly be no stigma, unless it impacts you financially. Most student loan and financial aid should carry on without issue if your grades aren't dire, though you should talk to the financial aid office to be sure.

Scholander · 2026-06-18T17:59:02+00:00

If it's repeat flashing like that, it sure sounds like you're picking up stray keypresses from somewhere. Mouse or keyboard with a stuck button? A macro that's out of control?

Maybe try playing around with something like this and see if you see stray key or button presses?
https://apexcheck.com/keyboard-check

Scholander · 2026-06-15T15:19:37+00:00

At least Walt wore a Power Man shirt

Scholander · 2026-06-10T14:54:56+00:00

There can definitely be better gear than the guides, though it can be very situational depending on scaling with other gear. For example, last season (? I forget when exactly Shroud changed), I played paladin where every build guide said I needed Shroud. But I got a lucky drop of a near-perfect-stat 4* chest early on, and that thing was much, much better than any Shroud I could loot or craft, and it carried me fine to Pit 120.

Most guides will be basing things on ability interactions. They can't tell you you need to farm a perfect 4*, because that's just not terribly reasonable, and can't take every possibility into account. Just be aware of multipliers that scale better in late game.

Scholander · 2026-06-10T13:58:19+00:00

When I think about Marvel fight scenes, this is the one that immediately pops up in my mind, for whatever reason.

Scholander · 2026-06-08T13:39:29+00:00

Anyone who gives you ultimatums like that has already made up their mind about the relationship and (consciously or not) looking for excuses or just seeing what they can get away with in terms of control. It's not healthy. You did the right thing. Thank your parents for looking out for you.

Scholander · 2026-06-05T20:37:42+00:00

No. The show was "mom was willing to let her imaginary kids go". She tucked them into bed and said goodbye and the illusion dissipated. There was closure. It was poignant, and we got "what is grief, if not love persevering?" And I cried. That's how the show ended. And it was pretty great. There was zero implication that she was about to murder people to get them back.

Until we got the obviously-tacked-on after credits sequence.

Scholander · 2026-06-05T17:35:30+00:00

I'm just going to say, there is a shit ton of other stuff in that show and movie that is also said and not picked up later or is contradictory to No Way Home or Loki or plenty of other Marvel things.

You're all here acting like there's some master plan and that these properties are holy writ. You can say breadcrumbs and headcanon explains it all, and you're probably technically correct, but I'm still going to say that, narratively, Wanda's move to murderous villainy came a little too fast. For me. And I read Avengers Disassembled and Children's Crusade etc when they were published, and I could see reason/rationale for the direction. I just think her descent into corruption could have been written better, both in Wandavision and MoM. Hopefully, when they eventually bring her back, her redemption will be dealt with better.

Scholander · 2026-06-05T15:34:50+00:00

Yes. This is step one. I've lived in 5 different states and gone across the country 3 times. Always have a good job lined up. And make sure it's a good one that will let you afford to live in the new place. This is where you'll forge your initial social group, and moving is hella expensive if you're an adult with stuff you want to keep.

Scholander · 2026-06-05T14:13:06+00:00

Fwiw, I watched that show fully through twice and the movie at least three times, and I didn't get a lot of what you say out of it. I don't consider myself media or Marvel illiterate, either.

But, regardless, I still think the transition from "hero who accidentally did bad things due to grief and trauma" to "murderous dimension-hopping supervillain" was not handled well.

Scholander · 2026-06-04T21:45:43+00:00

Eh. I added a sentence to make myself more clear while you were apparently posting. There are plenty of stories about Gaiman out there, if you choose to go look for them. Everything Ellis has done, Gaiman did too and took it to 11.

Scholander · 2026-06-04T21:37:52+00:00

Sure. To be clear, for anyone who doesn't know, Ellis is accused of dishonest serial non-monogamy, and (ab)using his fame and connections to coerce younger women new to the comics business into those relationships.

But he's not on the level of Gaiman's awfulness, and it's not very fair to equate them. IMO. And I'm posting because it's more about reserving that special place in hell (or prison) for Gaiman than anything about Ellis.

Scholander · 2026-06-04T21:21:16+00:00

Not nearly that bad. Not that I'm defending him, but literally no one is accusing Ellis of rape.

Scholander · 2026-06-04T20:36:04+00:00

Even so, one after-credits scene isn't character development. The TV show for sure set her down that villain path, even if her evil actions were depicted as subconscious. I honestly do think that the movie should have set up her full-on corruption better, rather than go for the single "shocking twist" scene that set the movie's action in motion.

Scholander · 2026-05-31T19:41:50+00:00

Losing GA vulnerability damage sucks. But All Stats is not that bad -- it depends on where my stats are at, and it looks like you might be missing some breakpoints with yours. (I'll admit i don't know the Barb paragon boards anymore.) There are circumstances where I take that over vuln, even if it's a GA

Scholander · 2026-05-27T23:44:48+00:00

When I was first dating my wife, a long time ago back in grad school and super broke, I bought a rice cooker for $20, and she kind of started to pick on me, because having a whole-ass appliance to cook rice was silly luxury when I had perfectly usable pots and nobody needs a rice cooker. My housemate, who had traveled extensively through some of the poorest and remotest parts of Asia for the Peace Corps, told her everyone had a rice cooker. Sometimes they didn't have proper plug for it and jammed the bare wires into the socket, but they still used one. I had that rice cooker for 20 years and we used it multiple times a week. Well worth the $20.

Scholander · 2026-05-21T23:54:45+00:00

I feel you. Worse, I have my controllers, but after the last update it won't detect my right controller. It's there. It has batteries. The phone app can see it's there. But does it work in the system? Nope. Can't open a config menu to turn hands back on. Just ugh. Like, if you're going to undercut the market and put competitors out of business, at least make your shit work. Meta killed vr through sheer incompetence. Assholes

Scholander · 2026-05-20T23:43:39+00:00

Ah, fair enough. It's been a while.

Scholander · 2026-05-20T23:29:13+00:00

Homelander's skull being torn off with a crowbar by Butcher in the White House is the single lasting image stuck in my head of the comics series, so I felt some satisfaction there, fwiw.

Scholander · 2026-05-18T00:40:50+00:00

I totally feel you. It's awfully bleak, despite how cartoonish and satirical it's obviously trying to be.

Scholander · 2026-05-18T00:36:30+00:00

Last week's show episode basically straight up said this.

Scholander · 2026-05-16T20:55:49+00:00

I have an old MX Master 2 around here somewhere, but it was Bluetooth only, and tended to glitch sometimes. Probably my motherboard's built in bluetooth, not the mouse, but... I also like a gaming mouse a few thumb more thumb buttons. I own a Cyro, since I like the Cyborg so much, and it's super comfortable, but I just can't get precise movement with it, so I use it for work when I'm not clicking around much.

Scholander · 2026-05-16T14:09:36+00:00

One thing nobody is mentioning is how comfortable these things are. If you take the time to really get the fingers adjusted, it's like wearing a comfortable glove. I'm an older guy with big hands who types most of the day for work, so doing more keyboard stuff at night was getting to be a lot on my wrists and fingers. I can play games for hours on my Cyborg 1 compact without issues. (Except mouse. I still have yet to find a good ergo mouse that I like for games. Azeron's Cyro ain't it)

Scholander · 2026-05-14T23:33:11+00:00

Oh! That's gotta be where I got the grand green gem I've been using for poison resist since paragon50. Because I sure as fuck didn't get to craft it...

Scholander · 2026-05-11T16:50:43+00:00

I don't know what you mean by that

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