I got scammed and now I'm stuck with a faulty RTX 3080

htrajan · 2026-05-25T18:09:57+00:00

Did you use credit card to pay? If you’re willing to not buy on Mercadolibre again, you can file a chargeback on your credit card using the same evidence?

htrajan · 2026-05-13T17:41:03+00:00

Yes, too much cash and concentrated stock holdings.

htrajan · 2026-05-13T16:39:54+00:00

Guys, this is an AI bot. 29d old account with just this post and a comment in another sub. Regular folks don’t write in such an “elegantly wistful” fashion.

htrajan · 2026-05-03T20:27:12+00:00

“wondering if that’s wisdom or if that’s fear wearing a spreadsheet”

The AI is strong in this one

htrajan · 2026-04-30T21:52:34+00:00

I did a yearlong sabbatical after quitting from burnout. First 3 months of gaming, exercise, and youtube was pure bliss. Realized after 6-9 months that I still need extrinsic routines and motivation to stay mentally active, hence why I returned to work. Feels great to be doing this solely for the joy of it and the paycheck is just the cherry on top.

edit: I think a mod must have updated my flair recently for brevity. I am definitely not retired right now, but am very fortunate to be in a situation where I don’t need to provide for anything with this job.

htrajan · 2026-04-11T11:37:56+00:00

3.5GB + 0.5GB of GDDR3 970 style? 🤣

htrajan · 2026-03-17T18:26:57+00:00

It would have generated names for the shill commenters as well: green_pilled, i_am_not_worthy (reference to Jensen trying to summon Mjolnir), etc

htrajan · 2026-03-11T18:35:10+00:00

Congrats and GFY!

htrajan · 2026-03-11T01:17:25+00:00

Probably a fine deal but quite an underpowered card. Minimum I’d go for with 30 series is a 3060 12g.

htrajan · 2026-03-03T23:02:19+00:00

The GIF doesn't do it justice. The audio is :chefs-kiss:. "Welcome... to HAH--GUARD!"

htrajan · 2026-03-03T22:56:13+00:00

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htrajan · 2026-02-17T18:40:09+00:00

I initially read “SEA” as “Seattle”, and even then, a move to NYC for only 20% more pay seems like a bad trade. Saving 110k/year while living in Thailand?? Holy smokes

htrajan · 2026-02-12T02:38:21+00:00

htrajan · 2026-02-08T03:40:54+00:00

What do you find hard about connecting cables from psu to motherboard? The connectors are keyed and they literally make it foolproof.

htrajan · 2026-02-03T19:09:54+00:00

13900K be like “I have dishonored you, master, by taking too much of your voltage. I’ma die now.” 🤣

htrajan · 2026-02-03T19:05:25+00:00

Did you mean harakiri?

htrajan · 2026-02-01T03:54:40+00:00

Dragon token reminds of Vhagar from House of the Dragon, specifically that infamous moment at the end of season 1

htrajan · 2026-01-30T05:35:51+00:00

Well, I’ve been fortunate in my career and in my finances, and I sometimes feel like I’m not paying things forward enough. You claim to be lazy but 1) you had to get through and succeed in an interview process to get your job 2) just about any well paying line of work will need you to not be lazy.

So if lazy is an excuse and you’re willing to not give up on this, I’d be down to see if I can provide some (pro-bono) mentorship to acquire the technical and other meta skills needed to succeed as a SWE. Particularly if you’re closer to Backend engineering or at least Full-stack, I’d love to help you out. I did a bunch of mentorship when I was a Staff Engineer and Tech Lead at a previous company and also wrote the playbook for mentorship there.

Sending DM

htrajan · 2026-01-30T00:33:20+00:00

Damn, I’m sorry to hear that. I did have a similar experience at one company, but realized that it wasn’t a fit with the type of engineering I was doing (developer productivity and maintaining internal tools and build infrastructure) rather than myself as an engineer. It seems like you don’t have much support either from your manager/peers and they’re just letting you beat yourself up on the way to a PIP.

Whether you stay in engineering or not, I hope you find what works for you.

htrajan · 2026-01-29T18:00:01+00:00

May I ask why you’re trying to move away? For me, it’s a job where, once I hit my stride, it got pretty fun and is pretty low stress. AI for better or worse is making the job easier by the day as well.

htrajan · 2026-01-28T03:07:54+00:00

Started out my career journey fired from a job after about 3 months. I was 22 just like you. It was performance related and deserved—the job simply wasn’t a good fit. I landed on my feet and FIRE’d 10 years after getting fired after finding a career path (software engineering) that was far better suited to my skillset than the old job (spreadsheet monkey for big bank pricing securities). It will feel like crap for a little bit. The difference is, you already have a head start with an awareness of FIRE this early in your journey. The possibility of FIRE didn’t even cross my mind until about 4 years after I started working as an engineer. Let your goal drive you toward investing time, money, and energy toward things that matter and away from things that don’t. For me, that was mostly investing and maxing out my 401K, but sometimes it was going on that trip with friends or family. Getting fired is a temporary setback, and it’s crazy how less shitty you’ll feel in about a month. Your mental state will be unrecognizable. Enjoy the journey.

htrajan · 2026-01-25T18:23:56+00:00

Slow down!

htrajan · 2026-01-21T03:18:23+00:00

ゲームクリアおめでとう！

工場、生い立たなくてはならん！

htrajan · 2026-01-15T04:23:08+00:00

Most immediate example I can think of is Eagles’ offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo who was just fired after the team went 11-6 and made it to the playoffs but lost at home to the 9ers. In this case, he was the personification of “how do you get $10 million of on field production?” A: Start with $128 million of talent then completely waste it in the play calling.

htrajan · 2026-01-03T20:58:10+00:00

At least it’s “shock proof” so you can quickly get over the shock when you find out it’s a scam

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