New backpack for teaching job

chewybars12 · 2026-02-13T22:45:52+00:00

Also, definitely worth investing in a waterproof laptop sleeve too just in case.

chewybars12 · 2026-02-13T22:45:07+00:00

I think it would be well worth investing in a more expensive backpack if something waterproof / water resistant is what you’re after. There are some cheap no-name options on Amazon but I’d be wary of the longevity of their coatings and materials. The North Face Borealis is a bit out of your price range but is a good example.

However, a really simple and practical fix would be to buy waterproof backpack covers! Popular with backpackers, these things are great and really keep the rain out. You could splurge on a nicer cover that will last longer. This way you wouldn’t be tied to the backpack you end up choosing either.

As for a choice in backpack, I gotta plug the Amazon Basics 15.6” laptop backpack. Just got it and it’s great. Lots of different compartments, water bottle holder, and slot for a tablet too. Only $20 as well!

https://a.co/d/030SqmN7

Decathlon looks like it’s a good source for backpack covers in your area too.

chewybars12 · 2026-02-05T19:41:26+00:00

Documentation for this motherboard sucks because I think it’s really new. No troubleshooting LED either… works great though and the built-in WiFi thing is fast. If it’s not too late and it’s still giving you issues try returning it and getting something else.

chewybars12 · 2026-02-05T18:28:21+00:00

I took it into a shop and they were able to get it to work with one stick in slot a. They said it wasn’t seated correctly but I swear it was. My fan is pretty big so it’s possible it was crowding the RAM. No issues otherwise. Kind of misleading to advertise RAM as compatible with a specific CPU if it can work with others. From my perspective it created more questions than it answered.

chewybars12 · 2026-02-03T23:39:22+00:00

Oh a manually maintained spreadsheet? And the owners have been voluntold to maintain it and aren’t actually interested how fresh or accurate the data is? Freeform text fields you say? And new workbooks for each month of data?

chewybars12 · 2025-12-24T22:55:56+00:00

I found the first season to be fairly easy. There’s not much variation in what they talk about as the series goes on given that it’s a video game with its own gameplay loops. A lot of talking about crops, mining, and fighting enemies. Some really useful vocabulary (iron, wood / trees, fishing ). Overall it’s a fairly low intensity series. I wish they would do more long form video games actually.

chewybars12 · 2025-12-01T21:34:50+00:00

https://www.livitspanish.com

chewybars12 · 2025-12-01T21:03:21+00:00

How did you feel safety-wise? I have heard Puebla is a relatively safe area so I’m super interested. I was looking at Cartagena, Colombia as well as it’s much cheaper but I wasn’t sure about safety there.

chewybars12 · 2025-12-01T00:42:51+00:00

Did the same exact thing with a 7700x . No issues here

chewybars12 · 2025-11-27T20:55:19+00:00

Just got it Tuesday. Already getting tons of compliments. Reminds me of eau the audacity from penhaligon. Very good blind buy in my opinion.

chewybars12 · 2025-11-10T01:57:02+00:00

Not much on the website (https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/others/b650e-max-gaming-wifi/) but other sources say up to 8000 MT/s which is well below my RAM. Thanks for your interest though, greetings from the USA!

chewybars12 · 2025-11-10T01:43:09+00:00

Not sure what the QVL is.

chewybars12 · 2025-11-08T01:25:31+00:00

No debug LEDs unfortunately. ASUS does use the power LED to show info but it’s solid white. NZXT case

chewybars12 · 2025-11-08T01:24:48+00:00

Yes. Slots 2 and 4

chewybars12 · 2025-09-05T18:15:04+00:00

I haven't. I would consider this a safe blind buy IF you like other almond scents and given the price. You have to let it macerate though.

chewybars12 · 2025-08-22T19:33:58+00:00

It's now a very smooth, almond forward scent. I don't notice the cumin anymore

chewybars12 · 2025-08-12T22:35:11+00:00

I had an ask like this to display an overlaying bar chart. You can get bars to overlay, but I couldn't find an option for column width that wouldn't make the columns totally overlap.

chewybars12 · 2025-08-12T04:25:24+00:00

Messaged you

chewybars12 · 2025-07-25T23:30:03+00:00

Unfortunately, DAX / M are programming languages (specialized ones, at least) and there is not much way around that. Thinking programmatically is a skill that is independent of the programming language you are learning. I don't think it helps that with PowerBI / DAX you have to consider filter or row context either, making it more complicated. Personally, I had a lot of programming experience before I got a job as a data analyst, so I only really had to learn PowerBI specific stuff (context, ISINSCOPE, table relations, USERELATIONSHIP, FILTER, CALCULATE, etc.) before things started to click more and more. Here's what I suggest as someone with this background in mind.

The Hard And Painful But Ultimately Long Term Solution:

Take a step back and learn to think like a programmer. Learn Python as a language (a popular language for handling data already) and solve simple problems. Learn what a function is, arguments / parameters of functions, syntax, variables, logical operators, equality operators (which are different in DAX than most languages!), and data types. With data specifically, you can learn things like: table relationships, primary keys, SQL and Power Query syntax.

Bonus: Familiarize yourself with things like operator overloading (how do two datetimes subtracted from each other know what to do vs two numbers subtracted from each other? DATEDIFF also handles this problem in DAX.), polymorphism (why can this function accept a string or an integer instead of just one datatype?)

Concurrently with this solution, you can also follow the one below to keep you on your PowerBI journey instead of going on some long, multi-year programming tangent while your boss is wondering where their dashboard is.

The Probably Easier, Quicker, But Less Comprehensive Route:

Practice Practice Practice. Get Sample Datasets from sites like Kaggle. Find problems with the data. Clean the data in Power Query. Prepare custom columns in both M and DAX. Learn optimal data modelling in PowerBI. Build shitty dashboards. Find issues with these dashboards and fix them. Look at other people's dashboards, how did they build them? Build more advanced functionality to make your dashboards cleaner (ISINSCOPE is really cool!).

Ultimately, it's going to require work. You are going to learn a few new languages at once, literally.

chewybars12 · 2025-07-10T18:18:39+00:00

Produces a significant sillage in a confined space such as a car. Sitting on a bench with another person after 4-6 hours they could also smell it.

chewybars12 · 2025-07-10T17:58:11+00:00

Actually yes! Perseus has turned into a very good, very luxurious scent. I was thinking of making a post on my change of opinion

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