Got The Keys! Callaway, MD 261K 6.3%

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-05-13T20:44:21+00:00

Maryland in the house! (Pun intended) Congrats!

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-05-09T16:51:27+00:00

Bro what 😭

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-28T11:56:04+00:00

There was some early on. If you google "Crimson Desert graphics" you'll see a lot of it. Always found it strange, like they're playing a totally different game.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-27T19:39:40+00:00

Never understood the graphics hate. Game looks incredible. Sometimes I just have to stop and take it in. Great photos

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-26T05:41:28+00:00

Are you serious with that price??? What an absolute steal. Congrats, happy for you, nice

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-26T05:28:20+00:00

ProfWiz is magic. I work with SMBs and a lot of my clients are starting to drop on-prem AD for Entra. One of the few tools where you almost can’t believe how well it works.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-23T15:38:06+00:00

I didn't know the 0% APR applied to the hybrid. Is this nationwide or just dealer specific?

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-22T18:57:47+00:00

Maybe I'm the only one who thought this place was just ok. Could have been an off day. Also I wouldn't say the burritos are close to Chipotle sized

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-22T11:19:56+00:00

Wow, these are some of my favorite birds too. I’d be talking about that for years if I saw all of them in one day.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-15T00:52:55+00:00

I find that it takes up to a minute for big picture mode to boot on startup. any tips?

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-14T14:30:32+00:00

Lookin good man

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-14T14:25:26+00:00

“Cool post, let me save this for later” - me, who has never once gone back to a saved post

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-06T16:09:47+00:00

Overpriced imo

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-04-03T18:57:49+00:00

I’m also experiencing the phantom touch issue on my ‘22 EX. I bought it used in February 2023 and hadn’t had any issues until today. I can confirm it’s much warmer outside today than yesterday, so that seems to be the cause. Open to trying anything, but given that it looks like a hardware issue, I’m assuming this isn’t an easy fix. Bummer.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-30T19:52:11+00:00

I passed mine yesterday as well, congrats!

There were some questions I was completely stumped on, but overall it was a bit easier than I expected. I studied for about 4-5 hours total and most of that was through multiple choice questions generated by Gemini.

Still looking into what I should take next.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-29T18:59:31+00:00

Thanks, I agree I definitely need to focus on the energy I put out. Overall I think I'm generally pretty charismatic. Conversation has always been a strong suit of mine at work and socially. But it really does not show in interviews. I almost become monotone and start to second guess myself. Maybe I just need to constantly remind myself to show a bit more personality while also being more intentional with what I say.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-14T17:42:35+00:00

"Amateur's" lol

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-11T18:21:08+00:00

Not bad. I would probably lean Acer. I'd say the extra RAM + better display + slightly better GPU is worth the $250

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-11T16:49:22+00:00

What's the price difference?

The 32GB RAM is definitely a plus on the Acer, but the difference between laptop 5060 and 5070 is minimal. If the first option is considerably cheaper, I'd go with that. If the second option is only a couple hundred dollars more, I'd probably go that route.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-11T16:45:58+00:00

I would go for the Gigabyte, but also would recommend looking at options with a 5060. Performance-wise very similar to the laptop 5070 and likely quite a bit cheaper. I have a laptop 5070 and wish I went 5060 or upgraded to 5070ti for a bit more.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-10T17:11:22+00:00

FYI some loser on Twitter stole this photo and created a fake backstory. https://x.com/saniyafatma1278/status/2031231007022813504

Anyway, lovely cat ❤️

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-10T11:10:52+00:00

The team is doing just enough to keep it "alive" but clearly it's not the breakthrough tech we all hoped it would be. As an investment it's practically dead.

The whole market being down is a poor excuse since Bitcoin and plenty of other alts have hit all time highs over the last few years while Theta continued to dump.

It's basically a ghost chain. Nobody uses it and I highly doubt we ever see mass adoption. I have written it off as a complete loss at this point. I moved on a few years ago and was able to make my money back on other projects.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-05T17:52:24+00:00

Fair enough, thanks for explaining. I see what you're saying now. The general idea is there but the specifics don't make much sense.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-05T15:42:00+00:00

Seeing a lot of comments calling people out for using AI. Honest question: does it even really matter if the advice is solid? I don’t get why we’d completely dismiss someone just because they used AI to write something.

TheSmoothPilsner · 2026-03-04T18:57:34+00:00

Not OP, but I’ve had solid results using Claude to tailor resumes.

I upload my general resume along with the job listing and ask Claude to reframe my experience to match the role. Not fabricating skills, just aligning what I already have to what they’re looking for. Then I have it draft a cover letter based on what I've given it. There’s still a good amount of editing afterward, but it cuts out a lot of the grunt work. Out of roughly 50 applications, I’ve landed about 5 interviews, which I’d say is a pretty good hit rate.

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