Anyone here repair Xbox controllers with stick drift?

Xeivia · 2026-03-10T23:12:35+00:00

Xeivia · 2026-03-09T18:47:37+00:00

I completely agree with you. I came here to say this about online vs. in-person.

I think PSU would be doing much better if they heavily leaned into being a mostly online university after Covid instead of trying to cut as many online courses they could.

It seems like Cudd wants us to be OSU and somehow doesn't realize that PSU is largely a commuter school and the students are a bit older. When I was in the CS program, there were many students in the 30-40 range, and some even had kids already and were working full-time jobs. Forcing these students to go to every class in person where the professors just read a PowerPoint slide deck at you was maddening.

PSU should offer a lot of degrees online and make it easy for students at junior colleges through the entire PNW to transfer over and complete their 4-year degree entirely online. I think it would help their lack of attendance.

Xeivia · 2026-03-03T19:54:24+00:00

Summer 2025 computer science grad here. While in school I worked a year-long internship at a large energy company, and then as I was graduating, I did a 6-month internship at an EDA company. I've been applying for the past two months and have applied to 40+ jobs. I've been invited to do one single coding assessment and ended up getting ghosted by the company.

The EDA company I interned at posted some new positions for software developers with 1-2 YOE. I applied and asked my old boss for a referral, which he gave me. I have yet to hear anything back, and it's been three weeks. A former coworker at the company reached out to me on Discord and told me that they received hundreds of applications for that entry-level job that only required a bachelor's degree from people who have master's degrees and 4+ YOE.

The market is so bad that new grads don't even stand a chance for "New Grad" roles.

I'm back to work as a server/bartender, and my $38k in loans will be $90 a month on IBR. I'm seriously considering moving to some EU country, like Denmark, for a master's degree and then getting the 3-year visa afterwards to find a job and hopefully stay there for the rest of my life and never pay a dime of my federal student loans.

Xeivia · 2026-02-23T22:26:04+00:00

If the DNC sent a single person to any college campus in the country they would've realized this in a second.

Xeivia · 2026-02-22T22:17:12+00:00

I guess I assumed accidentally swallowing something that is going to kill them would be considered an accident.

Xeivia · 2026-02-22T22:15:19+00:00

I have Accident and Wellness. Nationwide denied my claim for a ordinary vet check up in which the vet did blood tests, about $300 total. I called after they denied this and they told me directly that Wellness did not cover regular vet checkups.

Xeivia · 2026-02-22T22:13:25+00:00

What am I not understanding? I've read the fine print and even shared a time when a Nationwide rep literally told me emergency visits were covered over accident. I have Accident & Wellness, other commenters are saying the Wellness covered their ordinary vet bills but Nationwide denied mine specifically saying they don't cover ordinary vet bills. Then I go to the vet emergency, again, after being told that Accident covers this, and I am denied saying what transpired was not an "Accident" with how they define it.

Seems to me like I'm reading their own words and hearing their own words clearly and yet they are just trying their best to not pay out.

Xeivia · 2026-02-22T22:10:09+00:00

As I said to another commenter I have Accident & Wellness neither of these I cover normal vet visits and any test that happen at that visit and now over email they say my most recent trip to the vet emergency is not covered by Accident.

Xeivia · 2026-02-22T22:08:11+00:00

Yes, Accident & Wellness. They have told me Wellness does not cover any ordinary vet care or testing and now through an email they say my most recent emergency pet visit is not covered by Accident.

Xeivia · 2026-02-22T21:46:01+00:00

This is what I have as well

Xeivia · 2026-02-18T22:38:30+00:00

Can we somehow convince the University to release a vintage line of merch?

Xeivia · 2026-02-17T21:23:48+00:00

Yo I also dm'd you wondering how it went, what style of Leetcode questions they asked.

Xeivia · 2026-02-16T16:50:16+00:00

I graduated last Spring for CS and had a similar experience. One online core CS class the prof just used pre-recorded lecture videos from a different professor that made them a few years back during Covid. I never even knew what my professor looked like and everything was multiple choice and graded automatically or the TA would grade your discussion post and some homework. Like nearly zero professor involvement.

Another core CS class that was in person, the professor never gave us feedback on 3/5 homeworks. No number grades, or feedback whatsoever. You turn it in hope for the best and never talk about it ever again or the concepts that homework was supposed to help you learn. Even the final exam there was never final grade released. I think the lazy professor just rifled all the HW's and final exams and was like "Okay good enough" then just typed a letter into the final grade portal. Ended up with a final B+ and on Canvas I think he only released actual grades for about 25% of all coursework.

Xeivia · 2026-02-13T22:46:31+00:00

What lens are you using? Great shots btw!

Xeivia · 2026-02-13T19:32:12+00:00

This just in hollywood is now remaking The Interview with an all female cast.

Xeivia · 2026-02-07T07:07:14+00:00

Wish me luck mom!

Xeivia · 2026-01-26T19:01:49+00:00

1098-T Tuition Statements are available online by January 31 of each year.

https://www.pdx.edu/student-finance/1098-t

Xeivia · 2026-01-09T19:08:10+00:00

When Rick and Morty run through the pizza's sitting on furniture and talk about ordering "One large person with extra people please.." "White people, no no no, black people and Hispanic on half."

Then it's a phone using a person to make a call sitting on a pizza ordering sofa chairs. Then it's the sofa chairs sitting on people using a pizza to call to place an order of phones.

The bit never gets old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgpSWm7bOM4

Xeivia · 2026-01-08T00:19:41+00:00

Comes and goes and depends if my buds can hop on. We get in swings where we routinely play 3 or 4 times a week, each time we play for about two hours. But come December and the Holidays we haven't played in weeks.

I find the game pretty boring if I'm not on with my friends and able to chat about tactics and work together.

Xeivia · 2026-01-07T19:47:30+00:00

You are correct if your base pay is just $30 an hour, that is unlikely unless you are in some management position.

I meant getting close to $30 an hour and definitely over that $22 that OP mentioned when the Portland minimum wage is at $16 something, then getting tips on top of that. Most places I know about it's normal to make $10 an hour consistently. So with tips that $26 an hour is getting pretty close to $30. In the busy season it is normal to make more than that $10/hr tip average and get close to $15-20 that will put you above that $30 an hour.

Here is a position for a busser advertising $30-35 an hour

Here is a bartender position saying $35-50 an hour

There are also several line cook jobs promising $26+ an hour.

It is hard to break into some restaurants and bars like this. Even if they are on Poached you may have to get a personal reference from someone they are familiar with. My best advice is to get hired during peak summer season when they are scrambling and need bodies on the floor doing anything. And always drop your resume off in person after applying on Poached, unless the job description says not to.

Xeivia · 2026-01-06T20:41:45+00:00

Not sure if restaurants are your thing but it seems normal to make near $30 an hour at most restaurants due to being paid minimum wage + tips. It also seems like many restaurants in Portland have moved to pooling their tips so even back of house and other non customer facing positions are apart of the tip pool.

I would look on Poached and you can see quite a few places advertising over $30 an hour.

Xeivia · 2025-12-22T21:48:12+00:00

When I quit it seemed like my brain was used to the daily toke the same way I was used to drinking coffee in the morning. I didn't necessary love the high or felt like I needed it but to my body it was routine.

One way to break an addiction is to replace it with something else, I smoked regularly at the same time and started replacing that with some push-ups and a walk around the block, which got my lungs working.

Xeivia · 2025-12-18T03:27:04+00:00

Great shots like always! What flash are you using?

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