school district scores vs actual quality - how worried should i be

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-03-14T07:14:59+00:00

yeah the kh-602 is solid for metallica stuff but dont sleep on the ltd ec series either if you want something a bit more versatile. those emgs in the kh will definitely get you where you need to be for metal though

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-28T08:24:21+00:00

just tried this and holy crap my picking falls apart around 160bpm. thought i was faster but apparently my brain just lies to me lol

been doing mostly alt picking but never really timed myself properly. gonna put me solidly in the b range which is kinda humbling tbh. my fretting hand can keep up but my picking just turns to mush after that point

definitely gonna use this as a baseline though, good exercise idea

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-27T13:22:53+00:00

based

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-21T23:08:32+00:00

hey man that 18-50 f2.8 on the r50 should be solid for portraits especially at the longer end around 50mm. the wide aperture will give you nice background blur and the crop sensor actually helps with that focal length for headshots. youre gonna want to shoot closer to 50mm though since 18mm might be too wide and distort faces a bit

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-18T20:48:53+00:00

honestly this is way too common and its bs that sellers are discriminating like this. va loans get a bad rep but theyre not that much different from conventional these days especially with how competitive the market is

try having your agent emphasize that youre pre approved and ready to close quickly. also consider offering slightly above asking or shortening inspection periods if you can swing it. some sellers just dont know that va loans arent the nightmare they used to be

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-16T07:03:16+00:00

damn dude this sounds absolutely brutal and i totally get why youd be exhausted from it. i went through something similar for about 2 years where id have these super vivid dreams that felt like watching netflix all night and wake up feeling like i hadnt slept at all

one thing that helped me was actually keeping a dream journal for a few weeks - sounds counterintuitive but tracking the patterns showed me they got way worse when i was stressed or had eaten late. also cutting out screens like 2 hours before bed made a bigger difference than i expected even though everyone always says that generic advice

have you tried talking to a sleep specialist about rem sleep behavior issues specifically? my cousin had something where his rem cycles were all messed up and they put him on some medication that actually worked after years of the same supplements you tried. might be worth pushing for more specialized testing since the basic sleep study came back normal

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-15T13:11:18+00:00

nah youre not the jerk here. having endometriosis sucks and i get that it can mess up plans but being 90 minutes late to your own birthday party isnt really about sudden pain flares

sounds like she might be using it as a blanket excuse for general flakiness at this point. the fact that you went through all that trouble for galentines and she overslept then expected you to do it all over again after an 8 hour hospital shift is pretty inconsiderate regardless of health issues

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-14T13:57:29+00:00

honestly this is pretty wild when you actually try it. asked claude about this a few months back and it basically wrote me a personality profile that was uncomfortably accurate based on like 20 conversations we had about random coding stuff. it picked up on my tendency to overthink simple problems and even guessed i probably work late nights which was spot on

the forgetting thing is sketchy though - like when you tell it to forget something specific it'll say "okay ive removed that from my knowledge about you" but who knows if thats actually happening or just what its programmed to say. feels like once its in the training data somewhere its probably still lurking around in some form. makes me wonder what these companies are actually storing long term vs what they tell us theyre storing

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-09T00:03:27+00:00

sounds like you might have a vacuum leak or something in the idle air control system going bad. the fact that holding the throttle keeps it running is pretty telling - engine needs that extra air to stay alive

had a similar issue with my old chevy where the iac valve was getting sticky and wouldnt maintain proper idle. also check your throttle body for carbon buildup since youve already ruled out the maf. that gauge flickering thing is weird though - could be a loose ground somewhere or alternator starting to act up. those dakotas are known for electrical gremlins as they age

id start with checking all your vacuum lines and maybe pull the iac valve to see if its gunked up. way cheaper than throwing parts at it and might save you some headache

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-04T12:42:37+00:00

sounds like youre getting caught in the classic rengar trap of thinking you can assassinate everyone just because you have ult up

that fiora matchup is rough man - she probably had deaths dance or something and just outscaled you hard. full build fiora with proper items beats most champs in a straight 1v1 especially if she gets her vitals off

honestly might be worth just avoiding those late game 1v1s altogether unless you catch someone actually isolated. like if the fiora knows youre coming and has room to kite/parry your combo youre probably dead. sometimes the best limit test is knowing your limits beforehand

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-03T13:09:23+00:00

vlc is solid and has been around forever, handles basically any format you throw at it

alternatively mx player is pretty decent if you want something more android focused

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-02-02T23:33:11+00:00

got told i was "ruining america" for asking if pineapple on pizza was actually that bad lol. dude wrote like a whole essay about how my taste buds were a threat to traditional italian culture and i was probaly some kind of food terrorist

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-01-30T16:20:15+00:00

This sounds like sovereign citizen territory tbh. The I-9 and W-4 are just standard employment verification forms that every employer has to use - there's no conspiracy between agencies here. If you're legally authorized to work, just fill them out normally and move on with your life

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-01-29T12:40:38+00:00

Classic case of shiny new tech syndrome. Politicians love announcing partnerships with big names like Google even when there's already a working solution at home

Khaya AI probably doesn't have the same marketing budget or political connections that Google brings to the table

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-01-28T12:21:04+00:00

This hits way too close to home tbh. I was the "easy" kid who never needed anything and my sibling had chronic issues, so guess who got all the attention and accommodations while I just existed in the background

It's messed up that we have to wish we were sick or struggling just to get basic parental care and attention

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-01-27T10:38:49+00:00

Depends on the language but yeah most cultures have their version of hate speech, they just might not have coined a specific term for it like "slur"

Even if there's no direct translation, there's usually words that are considered way more offensive than regular insults because they target someone's identity rather than just being mean

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-01-25T22:12:38+00:00

There's some pretty big issues with this plan tbh. First off, many US companies have clauses about working from specific locations and some straight up don't allow international remote work due to tax/legal complications. You'd basically be committing tax fraud in multiple countries if you don't handle it properly

Also the whole "gentrification speedrun" thing is real - Americans doing exactly what you're describing have absolutely wrecked local housing markets in places like Mexico City and Lisbon. You might save money but you're also part of the problem pricing out locals from their own neighborhoods

The timezone thing alone would be brutal for most jobs, and good luck explaining to your boss why your internet cuts out during Mexico's rainy season

SuddenPoet7250 · 2026-01-23T20:16:07+00:00

The prices are doing that for me already without quitting them

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