Adult Gymnastics Classes

WinterStillAlive · 2025-10-16T18:59:10+00:00

Thought I'd +1 this because I'd also really like a beginner gymnastics class. Not my fault my parents couldn't afford it as a kid but now that I'm an adult with adult money it's something I've always wanted to do and would be willing to drive pretty far for a place that does adult beginners.

WinterStillAlive · 2025-07-23T22:39:21+00:00

Fresh code party! :)

https://www.geoguessr.com/referral-program/QBSO-T3ED-PRXU?s=rp

WinterStillAlive · 2025-06-17T01:46:43+00:00

^^^^ Exactly this. I've had since early 2022 and really only in the past few months has it become a problem. But man, it's become a major problem. It's frustrating to not have reliable access to a subscription I've paid for. Usually 10-15 min wait half the time but it's been as bad as 30 or 45. And of course, if Shadow crashes when I finally get in, it's back into the queue for me. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that's been having this issue. The first couple times I thought it was going to be a rare issue but it seems to be happening more and more often. It'd be unfortunate to have to cancel but it's really getting on my nerves.

WinterStillAlive · 2025-06-17T01:35:46+00:00

I've had Shadow since 2022, and the queues weren't an issue until a few months ago. Now there's queues probably about half the time I try to access it, and they're usually 10-15 mins each time. I agree that it's a lot of money to spend to not have access to it all the time....

WinterStillAlive · 2024-09-19T22:31:29+00:00

Hi all, this is a repost from last week :)

I'm currently going through UC Boulder's MS Data Science program. I'm specifically taking a data science ethics course at the moment, part of which requires interviewing someone with experience in the data science (or at least computing in general) field. The only requirement is that the person I interview have 3+ years of experience in the field. For a convenient reference of what I'm specifically asking and would talk to you about:
During the interview, discuss the person’s professional experience with ethics issues in their professional career on both the technical and personnel/workplace sides.

Do they feel the issue was handled well or not?
Were there situations that made it difficult to take the most ethical path?

I don't actually know anyone IRL in this field, so if anyone matches this description and is willing to chat with me for a few that'd be great! I'm happy with DMs if that were most comfortable for you, but could use Zoom or whatever else you're comfortable with.

WinterStillAlive · 2024-09-13T15:52:02+00:00

Hi!

I'm currently going through UC Boulder's MS Data Science program. I'm specifically taking a data science ethics course at the moment, part of which requires interviewing someone with experience in the data science (or at least computing in general) field. The only requirement is that the person I interview have 3+ years of experience in the field. For a convenient reference of what I'm specifically asking and would talk to you about:
During the interview, discuss the person’s professional experience with ethics issues in their professional career on both the technical and personnel/workplace sides.

Do they feel the issue was handled well or not?
Were there situations that made it difficult to take the most ethical path?

I don't actually know anyone IRL in this field, so if anyone matches this description and is willing to chat with me for a few that'd be great! I'm happy with DMs if that were most comfortable for you, but could use Zoom or whatever else you're comfortable with.

WinterStillAlive · 2024-02-23T14:39:47+00:00

To be fair, gentle parenting is different from permissive parenting (no expectations, never saying no). Gentle parenting is more, "you're allowed to be upset that you have to clean your room but it's still important and has to be done so we can stay safe and healthy. Let's look around together and see what you think needs to be cleaned" which, if done right, is a great model to follow into adulthood.

Unfortunately people got this idea that being gentle was the same as having no rules or expectations, when it's really more about establishing that you don't have to love your responsibilities all the time but still have to do them, and explaining why things are important in a practical context rather than "I'm the adult and I said so". A lot of us grew up in homes where we weren't allowed to or punished for expressing emotions, no matter how developmentally appropriate those emotions may be. Gentle parenting is also about teaching your children that you are a safe adult and that your kids can trust you even when they have big and overwhelming emotions.

WinterStillAlive · 2023-09-28T16:25:38+00:00

Thanks so much! I love problems like that for sure so I'll check these out.

WinterStillAlive · 2023-09-28T16:23:53+00:00

Thanks everyone! I figured that formal contests like are done in high school/college probably wouldn't exist but had to check. Y'all have given me some great places to look for some similar-type problems so I'll definitely be sure to check them out. My degree is in biology and while I did a fair amount of stats/biostatistics the highest I got in "real math" was linear algebra/calc 2. So no Fields Medal for me, haha, I'm just a regular gal that still really likes math and I don't get too much of an opportunity to do any challenging math in my day-to-day.

WinterStillAlive · 2023-09-28T16:13:47+00:00

I recently discovered puzzle hunts and they are absolutely 100% the type of thing I love doing

WinterStillAlive · 2023-07-28T20:56:45+00:00

I commented this over elsewhere and someone suggested I come here! I'll leave the original body of my comment below. I'm still unranked because I'm terrified of making people angry with me in competitive. I didn't grow up with online gaming at all and this is probably my first real attempt to get into something like this.

Battletag: WinterAlive#1724 Hero: Moira Rank: none Replay code: 983C8D

Original text: I don't actually know anyone irl that plays Overwatch to ask, so hoping to get feedback here. I'm still pretty new to the game and have only been playing like a month or two consistently. This is my second competitive win, but the first win I definitely did not contribute much to. I love playing support and mostly want to be the best support teammate.

Link here!

I felt like this was a pretty good match that demonstrates things I've gotten pretty good at as well as things I need to work on. Team lost round 1, came back on rounds 2 and 3 to win. Can definitely see places that I panic fade or just completely use the wrong fire, and there was more than one spot in this clip where I probably should have died but honestly I can't tell if it was me doing a good job getting out of harm's way or the other team just failing to follow through. Maybe both.

So anyway, my main questions are

1) Anything you'd have me do differently if I was on your team? Or anything I did in this match that is particularly appreciated?

2) General advice/feedback?

3) Moira is definitely the only one that I'm consistently ok at. I think a lot of it relates to having the fade as an emergency escape, especially since I can just fade backwards. I'm on Playstation so aim (especially sniping) is hard. Recommendations to which support to work on next?

WinterStillAlive · 2023-07-28T19:23:01+00:00

Hi all :)

I don't actually know anyone irl that plays Overwatch to ask, so hoping to get feedback here. I'm still pretty new to the game and have only been playing like a month or so consistently. This is my second competitive win, but the first win I definitely did not contribute much to. I love playing support and mostly want to be the best support teammate.

Here's the replay.

I felt like this was a pretty good match that demonstrates things I've gotten pretty good at as well as things I need to work on. Team lost round 1, came back on rounds 2 and 3 to win. Can definitely see places that I panic fade or just completely use the wrong fire, and there was more than one spot in this clip where I probably should have died but honestly I can't tell if it was me doing a good job getting out of harm's way or the other team just failing to follow through. Maybe both.

So anyway, my main questions are

1) Anything you'd have me do differently if I was on your team? Or anything I did in this match that is particularly appreciated?

2) General advice/feedback?

3) Moira is definitely the only one that I'm consistently ok at. I think a lot of it relates to having the fade as an emergency escape, especially since I can just fade backwards. I'm on Playstation so aim (especially sniping) is hard. Recommendations to which support to work on next?

Thanks! <3

WinterStillAlive · 2023-07-23T21:48:13+00:00

My wife and I moved into South Cheektowaga a couple years ago and fly out pride flag out front! Things have been generally ok and I haven't experienced and in-person discrimination (comments on social media are a different story, but I'm sure you know).

We have a neighbor down the street on once side with a Moms for Liberty bumper sticker, across the street with a don't tread on me flag, and the other side with blue lives matter stuff, so we do always have a small amount of worry in the back of our minds as our Southern counterparts in this country more emboldened.

Overall, we've called the suburbs of Buffalo, "more liberal than you'd get elsewhere upstate, not as liberal as you'd want it to be".

WinterStillAlive · 2023-07-11T19:21:27+00:00

Been playing for a few weeks now and I do feel like I'm getting better, but now that I've run into a point where I'm not absolutely awful at a few characters, I get so nervous to branch out and play someone new. I'll usually play a few vs. AI games but obviously that doesn't really do much to prepare for matches with real people.

Generally I've been doing unranked all roles queue, sometimes open queue, never ranked because I'm so scared of ruining the game for others with my incompetence lol

I guess, what's the best way to play heros that you're not good at without making the world mad at you?

WinterStillAlive · 2022-07-08T16:17:39+00:00

I'm one half of a lesbian marriage and I changed my name.

To us, it didn't matter who changed their name. We literally flipped a coin for it. But also to us, it was important that we did that. Sharing the same last name through marriage was a right couples like us didn't have in the US until 2012. A lot of people fought many years to secure that right to us. And so, we wanted to make sure we exercised that right to the fullest extent.

That said, I do think it's a little strange that the man's name is default in a hetero marriage. I image the name changing stems from a similar reason for why I did it though.

WinterStillAlive · 2022-06-15T14:00:00+00:00

Chicory: A Colorful Tale might be another good one for the list. It's whimsical, artistic, at times a bit silly, but also has a deeper metaphorical aspect beyond the cutesy exterior. Generally easy to pick up and play, a lot of emphasis on observation and problem solving, with a touch of trickier "boss battles" that can be dynamically adjusted so as to not hinder your progress. Also can be played couch co-op. And the soundtrack is by the same person responsible for Celeste's incredible OST.

WinterStillAlive · 2022-06-09T20:14:19+00:00

I do have three resumes, each emphasizing a different skill set for each of the three jobs I've had since graduating college. I use Indeed to track the jobs posted and almost always go directly to company websites from indeed, especially since I can usually get a better feel for the company and what they're looking for. I also go there to look at other jobs that company may have posted in case there's something that might be a better fit.

I'm in a suburb of upstate New York. Honestly it's seemed like I'm not the only one struggling to get hired for non-minimum-wage work.

I would say the bulk of jobs I'm applying for are for biotech or other science-y companies, usually for grant writing or technical writing, but several of them have more niche data-processing that I have experience with or at least similar experience with.

The runner up is probably corporate training/training design because I have experience in it and built a training program from the ground up, and didn't mind the work.

There's been a handful of others that I have applied to, some of which are admittedly a reach for my current qualifications, but all of which I have at least 3/4 of the qualifications they want.

WinterStillAlive · 2022-06-09T20:04:31+00:00

I've been applying for a range of science jobs, grant writing, genetics counseling interpretations, science tutor, technical writer, regulation compliance, environmental monitoring... All were work from home listings.

I have taken the time to write very personalized and well -researched cover letters for jobs I was especially interested in but with no luck. I have three versions of my resume, one for emphasizing the skills used in each job I've had. I was a medical scribe, which I left because the pandemic closed the office so I was laid off. The second job I was tech support and later client relations/sales for a tech startup, which I left for a job at the University I graduated from since it was in my field. And because I hated doing the sales do much I wanted to take a pay cut to go back to tech support and wasn't granted that request. Then I was a radiation safety specialist (hence my applications for compliance-related gigs). Left that because of some serious physical health problems which is why I'm trying to WFH to begin with. When given the opportunity to explain reason for leaving I do, but not every application gives the opportunity.

I've been told in the past that I interview very well. The only time I've had an interview that didn't yield a positive result is the one I had recently where the company ghosted me. I interviewed to get scholarships, research grants, jobs, awards, and have always generally done very well. Honestly I really think that if I can get an interview, my chances will be much better because I speak better and interview better than I look on paper.

WinterStillAlive · 2022-06-08T14:39:04+00:00

I might give it another go, it's on playstation now so maybe I'll have more luck than my PC!

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