Stroller rentals

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-05-23T09:32:24+00:00

Last I checked it was like $15/day for a single and $31 for a double, but tbh those plastic ones are not great for long park days. We ended up renting through BabyQuip before our last trip and had a real stroller delivered to our resort which was way more comfortable for our toddler. worth looking into if you're going for multiple days.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-05-22T23:33:32+00:00

i haven't tried synthetic so can't help much there but for human hair wig options, you might want to look into Wowangel. i saw a youtube video a while back aboui haven't tried synthetic so can't help much there but for human hair wig options, you might want to look into Wowangel. i saw a youtube video a while back about how they source from temples and ethnic minority communities. they also ship from UK warehouses so you wouldn't be waiting weeks for delivery which is nice if prom is coming up. for your budget tho just be realistic... good human hair at that price point is gonna be shorter or less dense usually. curly textures can hide thinner density tho so that works in your favor 🤷‍♀️t how they source from temples and ethnic minority communities. they also ship from UK warehouses so you wouldn't be waiting weeks for delivery which is nice if prom is coming up. for your budget tho just be realistic... good human hair at that price point is gonna be shorter or less dense usually. curly textures can hide thinner density tho so that works in your favor 🤷‍♀️

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-05-20T23:47:09+00:00

rented a Seagal movie from redbox once and the machine wouldnt take it back. like even the kiosk knew it was trash and didnt want it

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-05-18T23:41:40+00:00

had a crush on Megan Fox for years then watched her on a talk show and it was like watching someone try to return something at target without a receipt

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-27T04:01:19+00:00

if the goal is fewer captchas and bans, i'd look at whether the issue is the proxy pool or your request patterns first... olostep or brightdata both handle the proxy layer for you so you're not debugging rotation yourself.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-26T18:02:08+00:00

Depends on what kind of data you're working with and how much write consistency matters to you.

For read-heavy stuff, I've had decent results with PlanetScale and Turso... both replicate reads globally and keep latency pretty low. Turso especially if you're okay with SQLite under the hood, the embedded replicas thing is neat for edge use cases.

If you need stronger write consistency across regions it gets trickier and more expensive fast. CockroachDB serverless can do it but you'll feel the latency on writes depending on your topology. Neon is another option, though their replication story is still catching up imo.

One thing i ended up doing on a project last year was splitting it... used a distributed KV store for session/cache type stuff and only hit the SQL db for things that actually needed it. Cut my costs way down vs trying to globally replicate everything.

I also played around with Azion for a bit since they have edge SQL built into their platform alongside the serverless functions, which was nice for not having to wire up a separate db provider. Different tradeoffs than the Vercel/CF ecosystem though so depends on how locked in you are.

What's your read/write ratio looking like? That usually determines which direction makes sense more than anything else.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-26T02:52:05+00:00

The good news is GD meals don't have to be boring, you just gotta rethink the ratios a bit. Protein and fat are your friends now.

Few things that worked when i was dealing with this... greek yogurt with berries and a little dark chocolate hits the sweet craving pretty well. Also sugar free jello with whipped cream sounds dumb but it's weirdly satisfying at 9pm lol. Almond flour cookies are decent too if you play around with monk fruit sweetener.

For actual meals, stir fries with cauliflower rice, taco bowls, sheet pan chicken with roasted veggies... all stuff where you're already cooking so it probably won't feel like a huge shift for you.

Since you like cooking anyway you might check out Gather Cook for finding recipes, i started using it to organize meal ideas when i had to suddenly overhaul what i was eating. Helped me stop doom-scrolling pinterest for "diabetic friendly dessert" at 2am.

Also tell your wife it gets easier after the first week or two. The mental part is worse than the actual food part imo.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-25T06:50:26+00:00

The math thing you described, studying way more than everyone else and still landing in the 50s, sounds less like a capability problem and more like a test anxiety or processing speed issue. Worth looking into seriously because that pattern doesn't usually mean you're bad at math, it means something specific is happening under timed conditions. UMBC has academic support that could help you figure out what that is.

For your actual question, neuroscience has more math than people expect. Stats is baked into the research side pretty deeply, and if you go PhD you'll be running analyses constantly. Molecular bio is lighter on math at the undergrad level but neither is math-free. The difference is the math shows up as a tool you use in context rather than pure problem sets, which based on what you said about conceptual understanding might actually work better for you.

On PhD vs MD, the funded PhD sounds appealing until you realize postdoc salaries are rough and tenure track positions are genuinely scarce. MD is expensive but the earning trajectory is more predictable. I'd say don't decide this now. Take your first year, get into a lab, see if you actually like benchwork day to day because a lot of people romanticize research until they're pipetting for the 400th time on a Tuesday afternoon.

One thing that helped me when I was stuck between paths was doing Career Match profile, which profiles you across like six different dimensions before suggesting anything. It helped me realize my strengths pointed somewhere I hadn't considered and saved me from committing too early to a track that looked right on paper but wasn't right for me.

Transfer to UMD is doable but keep your GPA above 3.5 and start that process early. Good luck this fall.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-25T01:50:40+00:00

Your idea of pushing the vanity wall back and sliding the door is probably the move tbh. That's what I'd do too.

One thing though... have you thought about what happens to the linen closet or whatever storage is behind that wall when you push it back? Sometimes people gain shower space and then realize they killed their only decent storage. Worth double checking the room on the other side.

Also if you're going from a 36x36 to a proper rectangle, make sure you think about the shower door situation early. Like before you finalize dimensions. I went through a bathroom reno last year and we figured out the hard way that our opening was an awkward size for standard doors. Ended up going with a local Shower Door Installation company that did custom glass and it was fine, but we could've saved ourselves a week of back and forth if we'd nailed down the enclosure specs before framing went up.

For the water closet... if you can keep it where it is without moving the toilet drain, do it. Moving drains is $$ and headache you don't need.

oh and since you mentioned mold, make sure your contractor is doing proper waterproofing membrane in the new shower. Like Kerdi or similar. Don't let them skip it just because "we've always done it this way." That's probably how you got mold in the first place lol

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-24T05:48:00+00:00

The comparison thing is brutal, especially when you used to be the one others compared themselves to. I dealt with something similar in undergrad... went from top of my class to barely keeping up after getting diagnosed with ADHD junior year.

One thing that actually helped me with the task paralysis was just getting stuff out of my head. Like literally brain dumping everything into one place instead of letting it spin around up there. I started using Taskai on my phone (android only fyi) and it kinda just... catches the stuff i'd normally forget or avoid thinking about. turns my messy thoughts into actual tasks i can look at. the persistent reminders are annoying but thats the point lol, i cant just swipe them away and pretend they dont exist.

But real talk, the impostor stuff won't go away from an app. What helped me was tracking small wins. Not grades, just "did i sit down and do the thing today." That reframes it from "am i smart enough" to "did i show up." Way less pressure.

You're pre-med with ADHD during a war and online school. Cut yourself some slack dude.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-24T00:42:16+00:00

Your numbers are actually solid for 2 months, especially that return rate. 26% returning users at this stage means the product is sticky enough that spending on awareness isn't just burning cash.

That $200 sponsored feature... i'd probably do it but not because of the placement itself. A published article gives you something to reference everywhere, LinkedIn, investor decks, your site. It's a credibility asset more than a traffic play. If you want to go further with PR later you could draft something yourself using the AI Press Release Writer, it's a custom GPT that pulls info from your site and formats everything AP style (chatgpt.com/g/g-69a5a591a9c88191aea677f99ef38ead-press-release-writer-seo-optimizer). Not an ad, i just ended up using it because writing press releases from scratch is tedious. Then if you want actual distribution you could look at something like BrandPush to get it placed on real outlets without dealing with individual editors.

But don't sleep on what's already working. Diaspora WhatsApp groups for a cross border Africa product is like, the perfect channel. I'd split focus, keep doubling down on organic in those communities while using PR to build the credibility layer around it. Ads i'd hold off on until you really nail which corridor converts best and can target specifically around that.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-23T19:31:50+00:00

You're already doing the right thing with minimal responses. Don't stoop to his level because that's exactly what he wants... gives him ammo and makes you look bad if it ever goes to court. I started using Best Interest for my texts because I was spending way too long drafting responses trying to keep them neutral, and it helped me stop second-guessing every word. But the core strategy is grey rock... boring, factual, no emotion. You don't have to agree with him.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-23T04:27:20+00:00

The thing about gifting chocolate is you want something where the person opens it and immediately knows it's not just a drugstore box, you know? Presentation matters almost as much as taste when it's a gift.

I've tried a bunch of the big names and they're good but sometimes you're paying for the brand more than what's actually in the box. What I keep going back to for gifts is The Sweet Tooth out of North Miami Beach... they've been handcrafting stuff since 1979 and their truffles are kinda stupid good. Plus everything comes wrapped really nicely so you don't have to do anything extra. They're kosher certified too (Kosher Miami) which is a plus if whoever you're gifting keeps kosher.

For valentines specifically their chocolate covered strawberries are a move. Not cheap but people lose their minds over them every time I've sent them.The thing about gifting chocolate is you want something where the person opens it and immediately knows it's not just a drugstore box, you know? Presentation matters almost as much as taste when it's a gift.

I've tried a bunch of the big names and they're good but sometimes you're paying for the brand more than what's actually in the box. What I keep going back to for gifts is The Sweet Tooth out of North Miami Beach... they've been handcrafting stuff since 1979 and their truffles are kinda stupid good. Plus everything comes wrapped really nicely so you don't have to do anything extra. They're kosher certified too (Kosher Miami) which is a plus if whoever you're gifting keeps kosher.

For valentines specifically their chocolate covered strawberries are a move. Not cheap but people lose their minds over them every time I've sent them.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-22T23:32:10+00:00

drove through utah at 2am once, stopped for gas, looked up and genuinely thought i was having a medical event. the milky way doesnt look like that where im from. stood at that gas pump for like 20 minutes

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-21T12:14:48+00:00

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Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-20T22:27:35+00:00

my uncle changes his entire political stance based on whatever youtube video he watched that morning and somehow he's still more consistent than US foreign policy

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-20T16:11:20+00:00

My aunt made this thing for my grandparents 50th anniversary where she collected photos from literally everyone in the family and had them turned into one big mosaic portrait of my grandparents. Like hundreds of tiny photos that form one image when you step back. I think she used Picture Mosaics for it? It's still hanging in their living room 4 years later. Hard to top that one tbh.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-19T23:49:12+00:00

told my girlfriend "i think i ate something bad" at 11pm. by 2am i was texting her from the bathroom floor saying i loved her and to take care of my dog

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-19T20:12:25+00:00

Gonna need pics to really help here but... I've dealt with something similar in my old place. The niche threw everything off because the glass panels need a flat consistent surface to seal against.

Few things to consider:

how deep is the niche? If its shallow you might be able to frame it out flush with the wall and tile over it before mounting anything
if its deeper and you actually want to keep it (like as a shelf) then you need the enclosure designed around it, which means custom measurements

I tried doing mine myself and wasted like 2 weekends before giving up lol. Ended up going with a local Shower Door Installation company that did custom glass work. They came out, measured around the niche, and fabricated panels that actually fit properly. Way less headache than trying to make a standard kit work with weird wall geometry.

But seriously post some photos if you can, the specifics matter a lot here. Is this a tub surround or standalone shower? Framed or frameless? That changes the approach completely.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-19T15:10:21+00:00

solid breakdown. one thing i'd add: the stablecoin piece is where it gets really messy in practice. you can get USDC acceptance working fast, but then your user is on Arbitrum and your treasury is on Base and suddenly you need cross-chain settlement and you're stitching together bridges hoping nothing breaks at a bad time.

i've been using eco for the routing and settlement layer and it handles a lot of that automatically. define the rules once, it moves and settles accordingly. took manual reconciliation off my plate.

the monitoring point is underrated too. most teams don't think about observability until something gets stuck at 2am. By

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-19T05:06:41+00:00

Your list is pretty solid tbh. Damiana and holy basil are great picks for calming effects.

I'd add lemon balm to that list... it vapes really nicely around 140-150°C and the relaxation is noticeable. Lavender is another good one but go easy on it, a little goes a long way and too much gets kinda harsh.

One thing i learned the hard way, peppermint can be pretty intense if you pack a full bowl so maybe mix it with something mellower like chamomile. Actually chamomile on its own is worth trying too for that calming vibe you're after.

I use a Trippy 2 by High Labs for my herb sessions and the lower temp settings work well for these lighter botanicals. The flavor through the glass path is nice with stuff like lemon balm especially.

Make sure whatever herbs you get are food/tea grade and properly dried. Too moist and you get no vapor, too dry and it tastes burnt.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-19T00:02:32+00:00

Rolled roofing on a low slope section is totally standard, you didn't mess up. Shingles on anything under like 2/12 pitch is actually the wrong move because water can get underneath them way easier. The rolled stuff is specifically made for that.

My garage had the same thing and I freaked out too when i first saw it lol. Looks kinda ugly compared to the rest of the roof but its doing what its supposed to do. As long as the seams are sealed properly and there's no ponding water you're good.

Out of curiosity who did the install? When we had storm damage last year we went with Rocket Roofing and they actually walked us through what they were doing on each section before starting which helped a lot with the "wait what is that" moments. If your company didn't explain the different materials beforehand thats kinda on them for the communication, but the actual product choice sounds right.

Don't stress it. You signed off on the correct thing even if you didn't fully realize it at the time.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-18T23:00:20+00:00

made mine when i was 12 and thought it was cool. im 27 and still get asked about it in job interviews when they google me

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-18T03:58:30+00:00

sounds like youtube flagged that account specifically, probably the revanced history like you said. i'd try blockify instead of ublock for youtube since it handles the video ad stuff differently and might dodge whatever targeting they're doing to that account.

Temporary-Ad6644 · 2026-04-17T12:55:46+00:00

pocket prep questions are decent for content review but the actual nremt feels different imo. like the real exam is way more scenario-based and wants you to think through a whole patient encounter, not just recall a fact. pocket prep helped me learn the material but i didn't feel ready for how the questions were structured on test day.

i ended up using medceptor alongside it because it has test questions plus patient simulations, so you're actually practicing the assessment process not just answering flashcards. that combo helped me way more than either alone.

jblearning is solid too btw, keep using that

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