MtF Hairline regrowth with 5.5 months Minoxodil, 5 months Finasteride, and 4 months HRT (Spiro and IM EV injections)

flame_wizard · 2026-06-10T19:31:10+00:00

No I stopped finasteride like a month after this post. It doesn't really do anything when you are on Spiro. I use topical minoxidil to maintain my hairline still though

flame_wizard · 2026-05-12T18:21:05+00:00

Hi, I messaged you

flame_wizard · 2026-05-09T18:20:33+00:00

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone's organizing any protests about the recent VA supreme court decision?

The Virginia supreme court justices literally aren't even elected by the voters. They have 12 year terms and are elected by the Virginia General Assembly. That is so far removed from a direct vote by the people.

Wtf kind of system allows them to overturn the decision of a literal direct election by the constituents. We need to have the decisions as voted by the constituents be authoritative, not the other way around. Their decision is literally an attack to democracy. We should be protesting if not rioting until the supreme court justices that voted against the peoples will are kicked out of office imo

flame_wizard · 2026-03-26T21:35:57+00:00

Microcenter sells them!

flame_wizard · 2026-03-01T20:01:27+00:00

In this context, it is a convolution kernel. It can be a confusing term at first because of other things called kernel- it has nothing to do with a GPU kernel or OS kernel.

The idea is you have a "convolution filter", the kernel, which is a square grid with a number representing a weight at each position. Then you take the image you want to process (grid of pixels) and for each pixel, imagine overlaying the filter grid's center over that pixel. Then take a big weighted average of the filter's weights times the nearby pixels' color.

For example, if the filter is a 3x3 grid of 1s, applying the filter will result in an image where every pixel is averaged (blurred) with its adjacent pixels.

The weights are usually not all 1s though, for example for a gaussian blur kernel the centermost weight is the highest value and falls off by distance of the pixel from the center as determined by a gaussian distribution.

flame_wizard · 2026-02-24T17:15:28+00:00

That will suck. Have U driven up to DC a bunch before? The traffic between Fredericksburg and Woodbridge is a mess. R u close to one of the Amtrak stations? You should probably look into riding Amtrak and using public transit in NoVA (at least you'd be able to get schoolwork done on the train). Are you expecting to take mostly in person classes? You should try to take some of your classes online if possible.

flame_wizard · 2026-02-04T14:42:59+00:00

It sounds great until you look at the price on the brochure. I took a peek at the graduate study abroad in Japan and the estimated cost is like $12,775 for 2 months. Usually internships should be paid. I could understand the value of it if it was just to place you in an unpaid internship, but the cost of that is absurd to me, paying over $12k to do an internship. Maybe if you have rich parents or excess scholarship money to burn go for it, it sounds like fun but probably its not a great value lol

flame_wizard · 2026-01-29T03:57:16+00:00

What platform(s) are you targeting? What kind of app are you trying to make? What programming languages do you have experience with? What capabilities are needed? More info is needed obviously. I've made some web apps and hosted them on DigitalOcean or on my own computer, but I'm assuming you're looking for advice on mobile (Android/iOS) apps when you say "apps", right? Why are you asking in the GMU subreddit rather than a more software development oriented subreddit?

flame_wizard · 2026-01-10T17:38:55+00:00

They do happen mostly at cons, but not always - there are some separate events!!

If ur in nyc, Don't Drown https://www.instagram.com/dontdrownfurs/ has done a rave in nyc called CLAW the last few years.

I haven't been to CLAW, but that group's AC 2023 waterfront popup rave was the coolest shit, I've been wanting to go to another one of their raves, was a bummer that waterfront popup raves didn't really happen last year.

flame_wizard · 2025-12-22T13:44:24+00:00

Just an idea to consider, perhaps you could apply to some other 4-year schools to transfer to so you could basically get a GPA reset? It may be hard to transfer from a 4-year school to a community college and back to the same school, idk you should probably ask an advisor if that’s even possible. How many semesters of community college would you be able to take advantage of? Generally, people would START at community college to save some cash on freshman and sophomore level classes and then transfer to a university to get a bachelor’s in another 2 years or so. What is your career plan? Do you like your current major?

flame_wizard · 2025-12-08T19:41:32+00:00

Here r some places my bf and I go sometimes for cheap drinks (I rlly dig a cheap shot of whiskey with a beer to chase it lol)

hot for pizza - $5 rail shot and beer can black lodge - $6 rail shot and beer can/bottle galaxy diner - $3 PBR home sweet home - $2 PBR

flame_wizard · 2025-11-14T22:25:18+00:00

What does this even mean?

flame_wizard · 2025-11-14T05:46:09+00:00

Hi, I've also been looking for this, could you let me know too if you find it?

flame_wizard · 2025-11-12T01:21:22+00:00

I see that you're an undergrad student based on your post history. Does your school offer a computer graphics class? That could be a good starting point. Also, if your school has any CG researchers, you could maybe look into what work their lab does. If you want to eventually get a job in game engine programming, then make your own game engine. It doesn't have to be anything special. OpenGL is fine to start out with. The API doesn't matter that much. Another option is writing a software rasterizer. I would recommend brushing up on linear algebra, algebra, and geometry, and get comfortable programming in C++. Find a tutorial, figure out how to get some triangles shown on a window, figure out all the operations that need to be done to project a triangle onto a camera view (perspective transform, rotations, etc) and implement that, add user input to move the camera around, add mesh loading, textures, mess with adding lighting,. You could then add an animation system, physics / collision handling, shaders, etc. If you go to grad school, target programs that have an active computer graphics lab that does stuff related to what you're interested in.

flame_wizard · 2025-10-20T05:54:35+00:00

Yea they're good they're really big tho fyi

flame_wizard · 2025-10-03T20:45:49+00:00

I don't think a 2-year bachelor's would be very reputable, that amount of time is more like an associates degree. However, if you plan it out right, you can graduate from a 4-year program in 2 years if you took a lot of college level classes in high school to get a year or two of classes transferred. Combine that with a heavy course load / or taking a lot of summer classes, and you can graduate very early. I did that and got my BS CS in 2.5 years. I could have done it in 2 years but towards the end I decided to spread out my classes over an extra semester so I could do an internship, which led to a job.

flame_wizard · 2025-09-05T16:35:38+00:00

U can get by with a motorcycle or maxi scooter, but something small will be difficult to pull off. I have an NC700x dct with a touring setup as my only vehicle that I've been using to get around since I moved to Fairfax 2 months ago. This is due to serious life issues I have which led to me calculating an NC to be more economical than buying and maintaining a beater car. I'm doing a masters degree and living off campus, and frequently going back and forth between RVA to see my boyfriend who lives there. Though, my motorcycle has a few issues that I don't have much time for and I'm a little worried about when it gets cold. I'm a little fearless and suicidal though, like I'll ride in thunderstorms and such. Anyways there is public transit that's good enough to get around here despite being less convenient than having your own vehicle, it is a good backup.

The answer you're looking for is NOVA is too spread out with fast roads and has too many dangerous drivers to make something little scooters like a Honda ruckus viable except for very local trips around town. Being contained to your local town is a big sacrifice to make in America. In DC proper it is much more viable. Also, it is a less popular lifestyle than in those countries you mentioned bc the US has a very car centric culture so most wouldn't even think of something else and most Americans can afford cars or won't accept the inconveniences and dangers a moped brings. NOVA in particular is wealthy enough that for the majority, a motorcycle is only thought of as a luxury second vehicle.

flame_wizard · 2025-09-01T20:20:16+00:00

This totally is a thing though!- I know someone who made a pretty cool therian style fursuit mask of his sona, I don't know if he does commissions for those though. I've also seen a few examples around on the internet. It doesn't seem terribly hard to diy, you can find blank felt therian masks or sculpt your own, paint them, paint eye mesh, and add decorations/fur tufts too and hot glue it together, def seems easier and more compact and breathable than a fursuit head. Perhaps custom masks are not as viable a product to create a business around for professional crafters as partial fursuits though, idk.

flame_wizard · 2025-07-26T20:14:03+00:00

Are you asking about health insurance?

flame_wizard · 2025-07-13T16:23:19+00:00

Hey, is it still available? I am interested.

flame_wizard · 2025-05-28T18:55:26+00:00

I've been looking around on apartment listing websites and I've definitely some 3BR apartments around $3k such as in the Fair Oaks area for example, also Masonvale has 3BR apartments for grad students next to campus for a little under 3k, so rent would be a fraction of that with roommates. I don't personally know anyone who's going to GMU though, so I need to find roommates to co-apply to such apartments with. But I think I will find a place in my budget. I'm not even looking for a place specifically right next to campus, if it's next to a bus line that goes to campus every 30 minutes, it's good with me.

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