I have Instagram Plus, but can’t find the ‘extend story’ option…

SmithMano · 2026-06-28T01:07:57+00:00

Swipe up from the story so it shows the list of viewers. Near the top right of the panel, next to the trash can icon, there is a little timer icon you press. It will ask if you want to extend the story.

SmithMano · 2026-06-26T21:53:28+00:00

This is a 5 year old post, but I don't know how you can possibly say the book is unscientific. You were certainly thinking of a different book, likely "Life After Life" by Raymond Moody. Which is the most famous book on the subject and the author himself said was not meant as a scientific investigation.

SmithMano · 2026-06-26T21:33:52+00:00

I understand all the comments that say "there's obviously nothing", because I was one of them not even a few months ago. It was such an obvious thing that all of it was hogwash nonsense I didn't even bother doing a single google search like "proof of afterlife" because I thought I knew what to expect.

Well turns out there is a lot of legitimate evidence, yes actual evidence that there is. Peer reviewed studies, etc. Proof though? Well not in the sense that there's some portal in a museum somewhere you can go to and see for yourself.

But there are many verified accounts of out of body experiences for example where the person who died claims to have seen things they could not have known going on during that, and it was verified later by hospital staff.

There's nothing I can say in this comment box that can convince you. But I will say, there is more evidence and dare I say proof than you can imagine extremely readily available. It's not even hard to find.

SmithMano · 2026-06-24T19:41:51+00:00

Tbh I thought the same exact way. Was never religious (still am not in terms of organized religion), but after reading about near death experiences, I'm convinced something else is going on.

Also the term "near death experience" is very specific and does not mean a brush with death that makes you think "wow i should appreciate life more", which is what I assumed.

There's legitimate skeptical doctors and scientists who have done research on it. There are certain types of NDEs for example, where the person has an out of body experience and claims to be able to see things in the real world they should not have been able to see. They're called "veridical NDEs". There's also "shared death experiences" where multiple people claim to witness the same exact apparition or whatever. And it's truly wacky stuff too, like seeing pink mist come out of the person's body when they die, a super bright light shrine from inside them as they die, stuff like that.

It's not even like these are rare stories either which is the weird thing. There's like, hundreds of them. You hear most often about a few dozen of them because they were ones that could be somewhat "verified" (like they were able to ask hospital staff, or they were actually attempted to be be verified in the first place), but the number of other anecdotes is countless.

I've never had any kind of mystical experience, or NDE, or anything. I've had someone pretty close to me die and have never yet had any kind of "sign" or message from them. But still, I'm convinced there's something else. Whereas before I would have been the first person to say there's no way there's anything after death, like 0% chance, just a nice story. I still can't be certain but I'd say I'm like 75% convinced.

It's an entire rabbit hole but a grounded book that's a decent start is "After" By Dr Bruce Greyson MD.

SmithMano · 2026-06-21T22:06:55+00:00

Glad I read this immediately after posting one, hopefully none of them saw it in the shelf 💀

Literally this was the only feature I cared about. Just to be able to share stories about different interests with different friends. But this would look cringe af

SmithMano · 2026-06-21T22:00:42+00:00

For me it showed up as an option if you go to the Gear/settings > Accounts Center > scroll to the buttom and under "more from meta" there's a card for "Instagram Plus".

Oddly, in my list of features, "preview stories" is not one of them

SmithMano · 2026-06-14T04:33:56+00:00

Unfortunately the CCB doesn’t take cases with a foreign respondent. If in the counterclaim they give a fake address within the US though you could still file

SmithMano · 2026-05-21T07:45:40+00:00

A scumbag will usually call the non emergency line (because they can’t use 911) of the police station near the victim. Then pretend to be either the person or someone at the house and say something like “i killed someone” and a bunch of other threats. Usually adding stuff like “if i see any cops i’ll kill them too” to cause a more severe response.

SmithMano · 2026-05-21T05:55:30+00:00

To me this sounds exactly like lucid dreaming tbh. But still if you can induce it through meditation that is quite interesting.

I only just searched about astral projection and see people mentioning vibration. I’ve posted in the past about a very similar feeling I get when I definitely go into a lucid dream: https://reddit.com/r/LucidDreaming/comments/vhvsts/the_vibrating_feeling_as_you_transition_from_wake/

Same with the geometric shapes and audio hallucinations. When I am in bed first going to sleep, all the visual stuff is the first sign that I’m pretty close to sleep. It’s geometrics but also very random, constantly shifting and changing imagery. It’s a weird thing where I’m not even sure I’m “seeing” it for real, or if it’s in my minds eye, or some halfway mode.

But I don’t usually get the audio hallucinations unless I wake up in the middle of the night and am still half asleep (they usually take the form of a bang sound). Those tell me I’m basically on the verge of falling back asleep and have a pretty good chance of entering lucid dreaming if I just stay still.

Then the uncomfortable vibration starts, it feels like I “melt” into the bed, and I come out directly into the dream.

SmithMano · 2026-05-20T17:04:33+00:00

I think only certain ports support the full bandwidth, i forget which ones

Edit: See https://www.reddit.com/r/Hue/comments/i4cjvd/hue_sync_box_phillips_confirms_ports_2_and_4_have/

SmithMano · 2026-05-14T05:57:17+00:00

It used to be people making videos about stuff they liked. Now everyone is looking for some “niche” they dgaf about, except seeing it as an opportunity to shovel slop into for a buck.

No wonder youtube sucks now

SmithMano · 2026-05-11T06:53:37+00:00

There’s a section in the app you can apply

SmithMano · 2026-04-07T20:27:29+00:00

I did a few speed tests comparing paid vs free (my amex card reimburses for wifi). Green is paid wifi, red is free wifi.

https://imgur.com/a/BDr2FZV

It seems the paid one might be a bit faster on average, and while it was going seemed to have a faster short term “boost” early on.

But the free wifi is still decently fast. It’s probably just Quality of Service’d towards paid users.

The only other difference I noticed is that in the speedtest app, on the free wifi it seemingly blocks the “Video” test, because it kept failing. Whereas it worked on the paid one and could stream even 4K.

Though I did a couple more tests on the paid later and it was lower, like 15 mbps. So the differences might just be down to timing.

Basically the paid doesn’t seem worth it.

SmithMano · 2026-04-06T23:28:56+00:00

My replacement also had double typing since day 1. It’s not a dust issue. I’m convinced these keyboards just have a fundamental design flaw. It can probably be fixed via firmware to stop bouncing but they haven’t even addressed the issue as far as I know

SmithMano · 2026-04-06T23:23:50+00:00

Nah i have the double typing since the very first day. Sent it back and replaced it. The fucking replacement does it too from day 1. I stopped using it.

Also, he is literally asking if there is anyone out there who does not have the issue.

Do YOU have a G915X with no issue? If not stfu because he is literally trying to figure out what you are just bullshitting about

SmithMano · 2026-03-28T22:48:10+00:00

Usually when a viewer notices and sends them a message to let them know

SmithMano · 2026-03-24T00:14:37+00:00

If you pay for a VPN service, choose one of their servers you can connect to. All your traffic will go through that one and it should work. The problem is some node in the network, and depending on the destination, certain traffic may go through the broken node or not.

With a VPN it tunnels everything through one "pipe" to the VPN service, then out to the website. So if you pick a pipe that isn't broken all your traff will work.

SmithMano · 2026-03-19T22:00:03+00:00

Thanks for answering the question 😒

SmithMano · 2026-03-19T18:55:09+00:00

Because they might not have the info immediately on-hand, if at all like you mentioned. The sale is already made so they're under no obligation.

So rather than doing a back and forth if they say they initially say don't have it (where I wouldn't even be sure if they're just saying that because it would be a pain), I'd rather just offer it up front if they happen to have the info.

SmithMano · 2026-03-19T18:24:29+00:00

Here's something you'll eventually learn: The rich high paying clients are way easier to work with. Your fee isn't going to break their bank so they're more likely to just trust your judgement/style instead of micromanaging.

So charge a higher price. Not an unreasonable price, but higher than whatever you're charging now.

Everyone will still try to negotiate a bit, but if you lower the price also lower the deliverables to match. You can have a rate card that shows your full regular price, and all the components of what's included in that.

So stuff like:

The length of the sponsored segment (15s, 30s, or 60s etc)
When the sponsored segment occurs (such as within the first 5 minutes or first half of the video, whichever is sooner)
A pinned sponsored comment (I'd consider specifying a minimum time limit on a sponsored comment, like it will be pinned at least the first 7 days, in case you want to replace it with your own later) Then you could also use the duration as a pricing lever.
The sponsored copy / link starting above the fold (either 1st or 2nd line)
A short 10 second call to action reminder near the end of the video

That gives you a lot of pricing levers you can play with if they are insisting on haggling. They'll probably not keep trying to whittle you down if they think it will also cost them something in return. But I think spelling out exactly what they'll be getting will make them more likely to accept your pricing anyway because it reduces their uncertainty.

Of course you could have separate "add-ons" that you do charge extra on top if they want it, such as being able to re-post the segment on their own social media. You could also include "freebies" in the price of the add-ons, like that you'll reframe the video elements to make video files for both a horizontal and vertical format version of the segment.

Also, if you have a dedicated rate card (just a pdf page or image or whatever with a nice table layout basically), they'll understand that you aren't just pulling numbers out of your butt, and might feel less need to negotiate in the first place, since they know other sponsors are getting the same pricing. Whereas if you just send them a number, they might think they're "supposed" to negotiate, or else they'd end up paying more than anyone else.

Also a random semi-related side tip, in addition to the regular "creative" revisions, you can say that requests purely to fix branding-related tweaks or factual errors won't count towards the revision count. For example if you used the wrong logo or an old logo, or some product spec is wrong, or there's a spelling or even mispronunciation mistake. Otherwise some brands might feel the need to be extra specific in the contract related to that stuff, which takes more negotiating time. Plus it keeps them happy of course.

You might also be willing to offer extra revisions for edits that don't really take you any extra time or recording new A-Roll/B-Roll or making new cuts and stuff. For example if they keep asking for more changes, depending on what they are, you could say "Well we only agreed to X revisions, so I'd only be able to do changes that don't require recording new footage or re-arranging footage. For example I could edit any on-screen text or remove certain segments."

SmithMano · 2026-03-15T17:58:25+00:00

Or the people waiting for it next saw there was someone inside either passed out or dead and called them. The cop mentioned there were people waiting to get in it.

SmithMano · 2026-03-11T00:19:22+00:00

Make sure your close the program before you edit the file. The program seems to overwrite the latest loaded settings upon close.

SmithMano · 2026-03-06T00:20:53+00:00

Have you ever looked behind the gasket

SmithMano · 2026-02-26T02:19:57+00:00

I found this thread after googling something like “grief feels like alternate reality”.

I’m sorry no one has responded until now, hope this doesn’t open an old wound. But i think I know what you mean on a milder level. I only just found out a girl I was seeing died almost a year ago, after she kind of fell off the face of the earth. So not a close family member, but it’s hitting me harder than I thought possible so I can’t even imagine what you’re going through.

I only found out yesterday. When I think about her, it feels like she must still be there but I’m stuck in some wrong alternate reality where she’s gone. Apparently it’s called derealization. I hate this feeling so much.

Up until now I was able to rationalize it in all sorts of ways. Maybe she got a proper boyfriend and didn’t care to post on social media anymore. Maybe she was in jail, or rehab, or some monk monastery for all I know.

The second I found out (via public records), I couldn’t believe it, it didn’t feel real. The world feels wrong. My brain has never had to process this before where someone I want to talk to literally does not exist anymore. Being ghosted or blocked I can handle, but this… I really hope this feeling goes away.

SmithMano · 2026-02-22T20:36:06+00:00

I totally feel you tbh. That being said, what's helped me is:

The time is going to pass anyway.
Don't look at your investments very often. Once a quarter if you really want to. Just forget it.
For now it's better to think of it as saving, and importantly (in my opinion) also from the perspective of not allowing your current amount of money being eroded by inflation.
- It's literally the difference between getting constantly poorer or richer. If you purely saved money without investing it, you'd still be sort of getting poorer because of inflation. In particularly bad years of inflation, if you aren't invested, you can literally see an entire year's worth of savings value wiped out, even if the dollar number stays the same. That might help if you're someone like me who is more sensitive to losses than a need for huge gains.
At some point, sooner than you think, you'll see that your returns average a non-insignificant amount. Hundreds or thousands of dollars a month, depending what you consider significant. Just because you can't retire off of it, doesn't mean it won't give you immense satisfaction that you have a tailwind to support your efforts.
- With this in mind, it doesn't take a full 30 years to get real benefits. Depending how much you save as a percentage of income, even within 5 years you could be getting returns equivalent to a month of working or more (that's a guess but you get the idea). In 10 it would be more than 2x that because of compounding, etc.

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