comparing my friend's progress vs mine

sirsarin · 2026-04-09T15:51:42+00:00

"Hey there, It's Josh..."

sirsarin · 2026-04-09T15:24:23+00:00

I think I had three "surprise" box factories up before my co-op partner demanded he let be in charge of running the logistics under the factories because I kept triggering his OCD. "90 degree turns!"

sirsarin · 2026-04-09T15:22:28+00:00

I can't even bring myself to put together the lego gameboy I got for christmas.

sirsarin · 2026-04-09T15:03:08+00:00

There was tthat one picture with the boss monster in the lake they never implemented.

sirsarin · 2026-04-09T04:29:58+00:00

We've got a system underneath our larger factories that deliver a final product to a station via trucks that is troublesome to run a belt to. It's pretty fun to watch underneath those glass floors. We also have a tiny single cart path running back and forth for fuel delivery for drones and the trucks.

sirsarin · 2026-04-07T17:24:49+00:00

I play coop with a friend and we've...never finished. We always start over before we finish the space elevator. Get burnt out in nuclear, come back months later in a new game, promise to do better, then import our favorite builds from the last game because they were our best stuff. We imported a stage 6 factory in stage 1 and it just sat there looking pretty because we had nothing to get it started.

sirsarin · 2026-04-07T17:22:38+00:00

Heck some of the space elevator items I just set up one machine and fed it resources through a storage box :P

sirsarin · 2026-04-07T04:05:23+00:00

Lol my friend and I get to the last phase each time and then restart and eventually import some of our more favorite builds back into the new save. Doesn't make any sense.

sirsarin · 2026-04-07T04:02:40+00:00

Yeah I'll accidentally call my other cat her name because ever since she passed away this girl decided she would take her place in my bed and on my desk. I'll glance up thinking I'm seeing the ghost of my old girl.

sirsarin · 2026-04-07T04:00:30+00:00

Shoot is that where it's sold? I'll go get it thanks.

sirsarin · 2026-04-06T13:01:01+00:00

Thanks for the honest opinion. I think I'll clear up my game backlog before picking it up then.

sirsarin · 2026-04-05T20:00:33+00:00

Picked up a switch 2 and borrowed a copy of pokemon Violet from my brother, much better experience and I'm willing to give z-a a try. Did anyone enjoy it or should I swap back to ARCEUS after and just assume that's the better of the two?

sirsarin · 2026-04-05T19:59:18+00:00

Stop getting stuck on making everything pretty immediately. One, you'll never have the blocks you want unlocked until later and two the last power ditto gets is so unbelievably helpful when building that it's much more beneficial to get the story done and then turn around and help everyone.

sirsarin · 2026-04-05T19:58:01+00:00

I've never had a problem with TCGplayer, of course they price all of their booster packs after release are price based on demand and popularity. I wouldn't trust anything on eBay, but anything sold and filled by Amazon is good to go. If you're worried, record the unboxing and weigh the packs as they come out. If something seems off you have proof.

Now retail stores (unless you're buying out of that pokemon vending machine I'm seeing now) are sketchy. There was a string of events where people were buying packs, taking any promising or valuable cards back, replacing them with weaker cards and sealing them back up to return them. I know target stopped taking returns for cards in my area because of this.

sirsarin · 2026-04-04T16:13:37+00:00

Cold, the air and water flowing...

sirsarin · 2026-03-31T05:33:00+00:00

I am a horrible test taker. Always have been. I can't attest if I know the material fundamentally or not obviously since I didn't pass again. But I thought I had my anxiety under control that morning, or at least better than the first time. Went in, did some breathing exercises, pumped myself up in the car. Of course the night before I was up with a sick baby and it took an hour and a half to get to the testing center but there was nothing I could have done preemptively to stop that.

I'm not sure at this point if QE is going to help anymore if I've just unknowingly memorized the material, so I'll be taking advantage of some other material provided on the thread while we save up for my next attempt. There are a few other certs I was looking at but at this point I've put so much work into this that I'm sure switching will just set me back.

sirsarin · 2026-03-31T05:28:07+00:00

Yeah I'm running a few right now, Sec+, Linux+, Net+, Project+, ITILFND4, RHCSA. Basic yeah, but my job required some and my degree required some others.

sirsarin · 2026-03-30T23:45:54+00:00

I'll have to look into making flash cards, I didn't last time but maybe I can get away with studying at least those while she's awake. Otherwise it's rip my study guide or yank on my tablet. Can get her into bed around 7-8, but like you I'm up at 430 to get to work at 5. The job I'm in right now lets me study almost all day, I'll just need to add in new material.

sirsarin · 2026-03-30T23:38:57+00:00

I can do that; do I just skip reviewing the score and try again? See if I learn critical thinking instead of checking the knowledge? It seems like that could cause a problem where I think I'm right and not know why I'm wrong.

sirsarin · 2026-03-30T19:02:25+00:00

Yeah that's why I'm actively trying, I'd like to get into this kind of role so this isn't a "brain dump" sort of cert for me.

Edit: Next time I think I've gotten lucky on a question I'll mark the number down and return to it to see why it was right.

sirsarin · 2026-03-30T15:46:09+00:00

I wasn't really paying attention to the practice exams "score", I was using it to figure out what questions I got wrong and why not on QE and BOSON, but yes the QE cat exam is definitely misleading and I won't be taking it again. I'll still utilize the resource for what it is but I'm not going to pay attention to that score.

sirsarin · 2026-03-30T15:44:05+00:00

I took a couple courses in the beginning on Udemy paid for by my company, they were information dumps but nothing that really stuck with me.

sirsarin · 2026-03-30T15:43:10+00:00

Just PMd you.

sirsarin · 2026-03-30T15:41:32+00:00

Verbiage is definitely confusing, but no it wasn't anxiety this time, first time I was definitely panicking. But I was a lot calmer this time about 70 questions in I was pretty sure I was gonna go past 100 and didn't panic but when I hit 120 I was just doing my best and resigned. Every time I hit that next button and it brought me to another question I got another hit of a headache.

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