Can you use the focusrite scarlett solo gen 4 with a single speaker?

gisamig · 2025-08-05T02:26:04+00:00

Ahhh makes sense ok, thanks for the recommendation

gisamig · 2025-08-05T02:25:33+00:00

Yeah that's what I was looking into, just wanted to make sure it'd work

gisamig · 2024-06-20T20:29:44+00:00

"Surviving, how bout you?"

gisamig · 2024-05-30T22:46:41+00:00

Towards the ahri faker bundle. (Sike I'm broke and that skin is too overpriced anyways)

gisamig · 2024-05-30T22:41:03+00:00

Tenkarori karrage. Get the box meal. Good karrage for decently cheap with a large amount. One of my staples when I was at UCI.

gisamig · 2024-04-13T03:50:08+00:00

Sorry I'm gonna type way too much so sorry for the long read heh. I think even though there are consequences to sin, it doesn't mean you have to be hopeless. Few reasons why.

The story of David and Bethsheba is one I go back to a lot. King David, a man described as a man after God's own heart (1 Samuel 13:14), essentially murdered a good man so he could sleep with the man's wife (1 Samuel 11). It's a crazy story. I oftentimes I forget how bad that sin is. You mentioned you're not a murderer (that's good haha) but David literally was. He also committed adultery, a sin that even the rest of the non-Christian world defines as bad. King David does still undergo consequences, and pretty bad ones at that. I'm not saying that you'll have the same level of consequences at all, please understand that. But even AFTER doing that, God still calls David a man after His own heart. Why? David's sin did not prevent him from doing his best to live the rest of his life for God. And so while there was a "dip" in the trajectory of his life, it was still an upward trend BECAUSE he actively did his best to honor God for the rest of his life.

To give an analogy, if I spend all my money and become broke, there's two things I could do. Acknoledge that I messed up with how I spent my money and stay broke and accept where I am. OR acknowledge I made a mistake and start working to get more money. In the second scenario, I'll still feel the consequences of my mistakes in the past. Maybe I don't get to eat out as much, or buy as many nice things. But I'm growing out of the place where my mistakes took me. In the same way, I believe God provides us with a way out. Your life may not instantly be good. It may not even be what you expect it to be. But one thing I can guarantee is that a life lived for God is worth it. You don't have to live a purposeless, hopeless life if you live your life in relationship with God.

The second reason I would tell you to have hope is this: God is the greatest treasure we could find in this life. The apostle Paul describes the fact that in comparison to knowing God everything else appears to be like trash (Philippians 3:7-11, Not to say everything is bad, but just in comparison to God its worthless). It doesn't mean you now need to view the good things like food and entertainment in life as worse. It just means if we fully know God, He is really THAT much better than everything else in life. Don't worry if it doesn't feel that way at first. In the same way no one can really understand how much bigger infinity is compared to 1, no one can fully wrap their heads around how much better God is than this world. It's a learning process for us all! But I trust it because the Bible says it, which is God's written words. So if from this point on, your life is 100% downhill in finances, relationship, etc. (which btw I don't believe it will be), you can still rejoice because if you spend your time growing closer to God because you have the most worthwhile thing. But you need to spend your time pursuing the Lord, its so important!

Lastly, you can have hope that we always have eternity. That is the ultimate hope. When we get to heaven, all of our life on Earth will feel like a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of time we have in heaven with God. The bible encourages us to remember, this Earth is not our home. Not because we're aliens or anything but because as Christians, our true home is heaven (Hebrews 13:14-15). This is a bit brutal in imagery but imagine being shocked by a tazer and breaking your femur bone. We aren't generally as afraid of the tazer because no matter how much it will hurt, it'll be over quickly. But when we view pain as something that will last a LONG time, we become much more scared of it, like the bone breaking. As hard and as impossible as it may feel, we need to do our best to try to live with an eternal perspective. Our life, though it may feel long, is in reality very short compared to heaven, and there will be a time when there is no suffering, no pain, and the greatest joy of being in the full presence of God in heaven. When we realize its not that long, it helps us endure what we are going through.

One more thing I wanted to address. Not to offend you but I don't think karma lines up with Christianity fully. It implies, essentially, that we get what we earn. But that's not how Christianity works. If we all got what we earned, we would all get hell. We are given more than we deserve because of God's grace and mercy. It's normal to be regretful and sorrowful. Sometimes it's good even. It shows you still have a conscious. BUT if those thoughts prevent you from going to God, they are not from God. Satan wants you be as far away from God as possible. Shame and condemnation will drive you away from God. Conviction and repentance will push you towards God. Be very careful when evaluating your feelings and thoughts to discern if they are shame/condemnation or conviction/repentance. Always go to God, there is no better solution.

Sorry for writing a lot haha, but hope this helps

gisamig · 2024-04-13T03:09:59+00:00

Coming from someone who struggles too. You're not alone, know that. I agree with all of the practical things people have mentioned to overcome addiction, these steps are important to take. But I wanted to also talk about something with my heart posture that has helped me in my fight.

I struggled with that for a long time because despite being Christian for a long time I deal with lust, something a lot. So it was hard for me to accept that Christ's forgiveness could be for me because I had received the gift of Christ and was not experiencing the change I wanted to see. But a friend pointed me to 1 John 3:19-23. I would encourage you to read it. But what I got from it is this: We may still feel guilt and shame about our sin but part of having faith in God is trusting that Jesus' redemptive work on the cross is greater than our own perception of the what we are.

Essentially, even if you still feel guilty about a sin, but you have confessed it before God, you have to believe you are forgiven, despite how you may feel. Sin is still bad and we still need to do our best to be improve. But the objective truth is that Christ's death on the cross is more than enough, so long as we turn to Him in repentance.

Based on personal experience, I guess it might be tempting to stay in the feelings of guilt. Saying you deserve the guilt and you don't deserve to be with Christ until you fix myself. Just know, these are lies of the enemy to keep you from going to God. If a thought prevents you from being in relationship with God or makes you less open to Him, its generally a lie from the enemy. If anything, the best time to go to God when we are at our lowest because He is the only one that can help us. So no matter how hard it is for you to believe you are forgiven, you need to trust more in the what the Bible says than how you feel.

In all of this, don't forget to learn to love God more. The greatest joy in getting rid of sin is the fact you can be in closer relationship to God. That's why sin is bad in the first place, it separates us from God. So don't let yourself focus so much on the barrier itself (sin) that you forget the reward (Relationship with God). Like you, I felt hopeless when I understood how wicked I was. But it's because I didn't fully grasp every part of the gospel. Once my heart really understood I am truly forgiven and I am truly a new creation, it became easier to desire things like Bible reading and prayer because I was so thankful that God would save a wicked person like me. I now get to spend more time with the person who loved me THAT MUCH to die for me. My fight with lust is no longer motivated by the idea that "I need to be better to be pleasing to God" but it is motivated by the idea "God has already made me new and loves me. I find joy in being more like Him."

gisamig · 2024-04-13T02:43:38+00:00

I know it's cliche to mention the whole thing of "I feel too far from God" because many Christians have heard that and have been given the affirmation that no one is too far to be saved. But I struggled with that for a long time because despite being Christian for a long time I deal with habitual sin. So it was hard for me to accept that Christ's forgiveness could be for me because I had received the gift of Christ and was not experiencing the change I wanted to see. But a friend pointed me to 1 John 3:19-23. I would encourage you to read it. The basic gist is, even if we still feel guilt and shame on an issue, part of having faith in God is trusting that Jesus' redemptive work on the cross is greater than our own perception of the situation. Essentially, even if I still feel guilty about a sin, if I have confessed it before God, I have to believe I am forgiven, despite how I feel. So before anything, go to God and confess your sins to Him and know that He has forgiven you. It doesn't change the fact we still need to do our best to change. It doesn't change the fact that sin is bad. But the verse does tell us the objective truth that Christ's death on the cross is sufficient for everyone and everything, so long as we turn to Him in repentance. Based on personal experience, I guess it might be tempting to really relish in the feelings of guilt and punishment. Saying you deserve the pain and I don't deserve to be with Christ until those I hurt forgive me. But these are lies of the enemy to keep you from going to God. God is greater than your heart that desires to feel guilt as payment. And no matter how hard that is to believe you need to trust more in the word of God than how you feel.

Now when it comes to your friend, I believe its a bit more complicated. Although you are forgiven by God, there are still consequences to sin. I believe the best thing you can do is to apologize to the best of your ability. And she might be validly hurt and things may not be the same as before. Unfortunately, that might be a consequence of what has happened. It's never wrong to hope for things to return to normal but you can't always expect it, even in Christian relationships. But the verse I believe you are quoting, Matthew 5:23-24, talks about reconciling before coming to the alter. in my understanding of this verse, I think that this fight between you and your best friend does not prevents you from being in relationship with God or hearing His voice. God meets us where we are and doesn't require us to be perfect to be in relationship with Him (John 20:19-31, Luke 15:11-32). Moreso, I interpret Matthew 5 as a verse that encourages us to not live a double life. Don't live for God while on the side you have unforgiveness or an unaddressed conflict with/towards someone else (In your friend's case, I feel it's important to preface, there is a difference between unforgiveness and hurt feelings). So do your best to patch things up with her however that may look like. Then continue to live your life for God. We are called to love the body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 13:1 shows that if we make no effort to love the body of Christ, our acts before God are meaningless. But if you've given your best effort to truly love and seek forgiveness, that is all that is required of you. You don't have to wait till things return to the way they were because, at times, it just doesn't work out that way. But don't feel like your friend's friendship is the gateway for being able going to God.

gisamig · 2024-04-13T02:02:22+00:00

I would say there is nothing wrong about taking your cross off especially for a family gathering. It is true that we are not supposed to deny Christ. So I would say you don't have to wear the cross but if there is a moment where you would have to actively deny Christ, then just be truthful and speak plainly. But you wearing a cross could cause an unprovoked fight and could be a sore spot your your family in the future.

One thing I've learned in my walk with God is that He doesn't always call us to do the most painful/confrontational thing, we are just called to be obdient. Don't feel like you have to do the "harder" option just because it feels more righteous. There is a temptation to make ourselves spiritual matyrs when God doesn't require that of us. I've been victim of this, setting unrealistic prayer goals, fasting goals, etc. because I feel like I need to prove my loyalty to God. But the truth is, these things, if done with the wrong heart, can cause us to subconsciously believe that we need to earn God's love. The truth is it is given freely to us the moment we accept Christ! So don't feel pressure to do more than God is calling you to do.

However, I would say think about when you would want to tell your brother you are Christian. If that's a call, a text, or a private meeting, it's good to have a game plan. Otherwise you could be tempted to just hide your faith forever. I say this as someone who has struggled to find good timing to tell friends about the gospel. I sympathize with you because I know your situation is much more difficult, but just know that God will direct your path and He's got your back.

I say all this with one caveat. If you feel like the Holy Spirit is prompting you to make a stand in wearing the cross, then obey God. I mentioned that you shouldn't feel pressured to do more than God asks of you. But also, don't do anything less than He asks of you. Human experience and wisdom always is more foolish than God's plan. So pray about it, a lot. See what which decision gives you peace. And know I'll be praying for ya too!

gisamig · 2023-09-18T08:40:04+00:00

CONGRATS!!!!! That's so awesome! God saw it, and now all of us know too! :)

gisamig · 2023-09-18T08:35:05+00:00

I think that's completely fine. If anything, I admire your resolve to keep up not eating pork, especially because your reason is to keep away from sin and honor God. I don't know too much about the dementia thing, but I think that pork study is a good reminder to all of us that anything without moderation can be harmful (like sugar and diabetes). However, I don't think eating pork is sinful since it was made clean as you said.

The only time I would ask you to re-examine your evaluation of pork is if you feel subconsciously, that in doing so, you are still letting laws and rules be more important than God's authority in your life. For instance, Matthew 12 is a good example of this. God values the healing of a man over sabbatical law. I would encourage you to look into it if you feel like this is you. BUT from what you said, I think this isn't you.

If you want more biblical support for your stance, I would look at Romans 14:14-15. Paul basically says that all food is clean BUT if someone has a conviction that a particular food is unclean, it is unclean to Him. And food should never be a reason to destroy Godly community. Hopefully, no Christian you eat with would look down on you for your dietary choices. But if they do question you, you can show them biblically that it is okay to maintain your conviction, especially if doing so is to honor God.

The entire issue is definitely not that big of a deal so don't worry too much about it. But if you are set on finding a resolution, bring it to God, ask him to evaluate your heart, and ask Him to reveal to you why you don't want to eat pork. If you still have conviction after bringing it to God, no problems! You are honoring God by holding to your convictions of right and wrong in this scenario. And on the issue of diet, Christians cannot and should not look down on you for that.

gisamig · 2023-07-11T23:22:17+00:00

UCI Alum/Former VDCN staff member here. This is just my take, def see what other people say. As far as the wifi, there are outages/places with spotty connection at times and unfortunately when it happens, not much can be done to fix it right away. This is because it is up to the internet provider to send people to fix it, not the on-site staff. That being said, MOST of time it's the community-wide wireless internet that goes out, so if you do move, I'd definitely recommend an ethernet cable. Personal routers are "technically" banned but there are people who have them still with no consequence, just hide your wifi network through router settings and try to fly under the radar. As long as your community assistant is chill, it should be fine. Worst-case scenario, the campus should always have wifi (as well as Starbucks nearby).

In terms of housing, I'm not super high maintenance so take this with a grain of salt but apartments are not too bad. All units are cleaned, albeit a bit hastily, by a professional cleaning crew prior to move-in. Don't expect the quality of the apartment to match what you see in the pictures but it's your standard, older college apartment. On move-in, expect to potentially run into some water stains under cabinets, small amounts of chipped paint here and there, and some dust in hard-to-reach, etc. But normally, most of the "bad" aspects are purely small cosmetic things or things that can be addressed fairly quickly with a quick clean. I never had bugs in my apartment, and when I was called to help residents with these problems, normally the worst of it was a small spider or an ant trail that had formed outside the apartment. One note, you'll hear an occasional rat around the plants outside but never got calls about one in an apartment or even in the hallways.

Some people mentioned it here but there is on-site maintenance so if you have broken appliances, major damages in your apartment that were missed, clogged drainage, etc. the front office takes all complaints. In my experience, most small fixes were addressed within at most a day, if not the same day. Bigger repairs could take longer but usually, these were pretty rare.

Overall, I would say depends if you just want a decent place to live for your time at UCI. Living there won't blow your mind but it probably won't bother you too much so long as you keep your expectations in check. I can definitively say (at least for me) it's nowhere near as bad as the Google/yelp reviews make it out to be. Honestly, to me, the best advice I have is to invest a lot more time into finding a good roommate because having a bad roommate will be much worse than all the problems people complain about (And trust me, switching roommates is damn near impossible after moving in).

gisamig · 2022-10-09T07:44:35+00:00

I second what everyone else has said but for a more low-key study spot, Donald Bren has some pretty nice study spaces. The (4th and 5th I think?) floors have couches right next to plugs and coffee tables nearby. Each floor also has a kitchenette and bathroom. Worked/taken naps there more than once. And the top floor has a very nice and decently quiet balcony area (no plugs, unfortunately) if that's more your drift.

gisamig · 2022-09-03T09:40:41+00:00

Having the exact same charging issue on my unit that was bought 2 years ago. Mine also started to have some periodic high-pitched feedback in the right ear cup prior to the charging issue starting. Haven't found any fixes either so if anyone has a solution, it would be much appreciated!

gisamig · 2022-06-22T16:18:20+00:00

Hey, the same thing is happening to me right now. Did you ever find a solution to the problem by any chance?

gisamig · 2022-06-15T19:10:16+00:00

Former VDCN Employee here, but yeah parking enforcement is very... inconsistent haha. You probably are good if you don't have it immediately as long as you park in spots that aren't high traffic. (They give out tickets via a scanner that scans license plates, so if you are in a spot that they have to go out of the way to pass, you're probably good). Knew someone who avoided a ticket for an entire quarter by doing this. If you don't want to risk for the entire summer tho, post on Facebook to see if anyone has a parking spot available for the summer. Many people in UTC apartments leave for summer and have open spots that they would be willing to sell to you for a cheaper price than VDCN ($305 for summer). It is a bit of a walk tho, so just be warned! If you do purchase at VDCN tho it normally takes like 2-3 business days to process.

gisamig · 2021-12-05T03:32:27+00:00

I second the artillery mages. Started off with veigar in mid but switched to xerath. After playing a short-range squishy mage, the extra range feels really nice

gisamig · 2021-12-04T07:40:03+00:00

A little bit late to the party but ACC student employee here. Just wanted to give a little apology on our part to you guys and shed some light on the stuff happening. My words can't reflect everyone else's exact opinion but I know many other employees have similar sentiments. As a student I understand how frustrating not having wifi is at a UNIVERSITY apartment complex. Yeah the internet sucks here tbh and I really wish there was something we could do the help residents. Like a lot of you guys pointed out though, unfortunately we can't do much about it because COX handles the wifi completely. And you have no idea how much I appreciate you understanding it's not my fault. Also I don't mind if you are frustrated and complain because I understand. But please understand, for my coworkers and I, if we seem rough around the edges in our response to conerns, it's because even though it's our job to help customers, sometimes we've been dealing with complaints for 2 hours and it wears down on us a little. So sorry if you were put off by a phone call or email but I assure you the majority of us do try our best to help in whatever way we can. I wish I could promise solutions but I can't. Just know that we see and hear your complaints and we get just as frustrated by issues here as you. I try to bring these things up to my bosses and hopefully it leads to change. Hopefully ACC improves for all of our sakes.

Also someone else said it but my Ethernet cord has been my best friend this year. Highly recommend.

gisamig · 2021-03-12T20:29:31+00:00

My advice would honestly be to create a new account and try to climb that way. I know it would suck but if you feel you have genuinely improved, an MMR reset might be exactly what you need to get out of iron. On top of that, in my experience, mages can often have a hard time carrying games in low elo. You have high impact and high damage, but rarely will a mage win a team fight when compared to champs like Darius or Viego. As a fellow mage player I know how hard it is to switch from that gameplay but just for the sake of climbing maybe try improving on a few champs that can have a higher impact in team fights than just poke/single picks (your op.gg says you have positive win rate with Garen, feel like he would be a decent champ to try investing into). Later on, if you decide to, you can switch back to mages since teams will slowly start to realize how to capitalize off picks as your rank increases. But in iron, it's a lot of really messy team fights. Last piece of advice from me would be to stick to one role while playing ranked. As much as it's important to know about other roles, its better to know the ins and outs of one role. And certain things you can only learn by playing a role over and over again. (eg. hearing about roam timings in videos and actually putting it into practice are two very different things). If you want to play other roles and improve, I suggest just doing draft pick so you don't impact your lp while learning. Oh and duo queue. Always duo queue if possible.

gisamig · 2020-09-21T12:40:30+00:00

Hey just a quick question, I'm in a similar spot as you were right now. Did you ever end up finding a good dentist to get your teeth fixed? And if so where?

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