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i currently have a dell inspiron 5590 (i5) and i have been using it since 2020 it is slow asf cant open more than 4 tabs and laptop hinge is broken (my mom broke it twice) i am always physically abused by my mother and she hits me for every small thing and just 10 minutes back she was going to hit my sister with a stick.

it has become so normalized for her to hit us that her friends and our relatives everytime they call us and talk to me they says "Last kab maar padi thi".

she recently hit me with a jhaadu 2-3 days ago because i told her to speak softly because my ears hurt when she speaks (she speaks very loudly and so does my dad)

my dad bought a laptop 5 months ago saying it was for his personal use for stocks etc, and now he wants me to use that laptop (i3,512 gb and 8gb ram). i said i cant use it because it wont run properly for my use case (docker, etc) and he said ki what if they dont allow laptop to college

genuinely what the fuck?? engineering college me no laptop (and keep in mind he is a software engineer)

i have met in a few days and i dont wanna give it because i know i wont get cse and my mom started swearing at me saying iska khoon kar do to my dad (m*rd*r him i dont wanna see him again in my life). and she called me worthless because i cant crack met (she thinks its like a board level exam and her friends are fucking idiots who say haan ye exam toh easy hai woh exam toh easy hai)

and my dad has been saying start learning for college so i started c++ because what else would u understand from that. and he meant start learning engineering math so u can be ahead of ur peers

because of which he didnt let me go to the gym cuz i couldnt read his fucking mind

im not getting anything new for college

phone ka battery is fucked up

laptop wont run shit

and they want me to makedo with the clothes i have jisme abhi color bhi chhut ne laga hai

have been thinking about this for quite some time and finally wanted to throw this out there.

the issue: fundraising is still primarily a game of who knows whom. founders from tier-3 cities in India have a much harder time compared to their Bangalore or US counterparts, even if the business idea is better. that’s messed up.

what I’m building: a platform where founders post details about their startups, which are automatically evaluated by AI (valuation, business model, market, competition, financials, team). investors browse through these startups in order of merit.

first iteration will be that simple. forget Web3, forget any advanced features. we’re just focusing on the evaluation/matching layer.

haven’t made any progress in terms of building something yet. I’ll be taking care of the backend and all the business/Product/Research aspects. I’ve done extensive analysis on the landscape, positioning, and product features that we require.

the missing piece is the actual algorithmic evaluation part, both AI and Frontend. remote working is absolutely fine, I’m currently in India. equity-only for now.

if you think this is interesting, send me a DM. just interested in serious conversations.

[Idea Stage] Looking for a technical co-founder — building an AI platform that evaluates startups and connects them with investors (Flipr)

Been mulling this over for some time and wanted to share my thoughts on this.

The issue at hand: getting venture-backed is all about networking and contacts right now. An entrepreneur in tier-3 cities in India will have a much harder time getting funded than one in Bangalore or the US, even if the former offers a superior business idea. This is flawed.

What I am envisioning to create: a platform where entrepreneurs can upload information about their startups and get an automatic AI-based evaluation of their business models, market size, competition, financials, team etc. Investors will be able to discover startups via rankings instead of relying on warm introductions.

This would be the MVP version, without any involvement of Web3 and other bells and whistles, just evaluation/matching functionality.

Have not developed anything yet. I'll take care of back end development and product/business research. Done quite a bit of research on positioning and competitive landscape – the niche is very real since nothing exists yet.

Need someone who will handle the AI and machine learning aspects as well as front-end development. Remote work okay, I am in India. Equity-only at this stage, split depending on contribution.

if this actually interests you, DM me. not looking for casual chats

Me and my ex are both 17 and were together for around 10 months. We recently broke up after months of recurring arguments and I genuinely want outside perspectives because I can’t tell anymore whether we were just fundamentally incompatible or if one of us was actually the problem.

The original argument started back in December over women’s sports/WNBA pay. I said WNBA players don’t deserve the same pay as NBA players because they don’t generate the same revenue. She argued that women don’t get the same opportunities or support, and I responded by saying that most women’s sports just aren’t as entertaining to most people, which is why they get less viewership.

I asked her whether she personally watched women’s sports and she said no, so I replied saying that if even women themselves usually don’t support it, then I don’t see how it’s unfair. The argument escalated badly and she basically “broke up” with me that same day because she thought I was misogynistic. We got back together a few days later because we both still cared about each other.

But after that, every conversation around topics like this became emotionally charged. She started feeling like I lacked empathy/respect towards women, while I started feeling constantly judged and attacked over my opinions. At one point she even said she’d trust a woman to protect her more than a man because “a woman wouldn’t turn on me,” which honestly hurt me a lot because it felt like she fundamentally didn’t trust me.

Fast forward a few months and the same type of arguments kept happening. Around 2 weeks ago, a similar topic came up again and I said that if I had to hire someone purely based on who would make me more profit, I’d choose whoever performs better regardless of gender. She took that badly too and the conversation became hostile again.

I’ll fully admit I handled things badly sometimes. Whenever I felt morally judged or attacked, I’d become defensive, sarcastic, cold, or emotionally shut down. I wasn’t trying to punish her or hurt her on purpose, I just genuinely felt exhausted and hopeless because it felt like we kept reliving the same fight over and over for months.

She’d say things like:

• “You make me feel like you don’t even like me.”
• “Caring also means being intentional when you’re angry.”

And honestly, she wasn’t wrong about that.

At the same time though, I felt like every disagreement slowly turned into a judgment of my character rather than just my opinion. Even when I tried explaining that I felt hurt too, I felt like my feelings didn’t really get acknowledged because the focus would immediately shift back to how much I had hurt her.

Eventually the relationship ended after another argument about similar topics, and she basically said her values and women were more important to her than staying in the relationship. I don’t even fully blame her for that, but at the same time I also feel like I got reduced to “misogynistic boyfriend” when the reality felt more complicated than that.

I’m not asking who was politically right or wrong. I’m asking:

• Does this just sound like incompatibility?
• Was the relationship already doomed once trust/respect started breaking down?
• Can relationships recover once both people start feeling attacked by each other’s worldview?

Me and my ex are both 17 and were together for around 10 months. We recently broke up after months of recurring arguments and I genuinely want outside perspectives because I can’t tell anymore whether we were just fundamentally incompatible or if one of us was actually the problem.

The original argument started back in December over women’s sports/WNBA pay. I said WNBA players don’t deserve the same pay as NBA players because they don’t generate the same revenue. She argued that women don’t get the same opportunities or support, and I responded by saying that most women’s sports just aren’t as entertaining to most people, which is why they get less viewership.

I asked her whether she personally watched women’s sports and she said no, so I replied saying that if even women themselves usually don’t support it, then I don’t see how it’s unfair. The argument escalated badly and she basically “broke up” with me that same day because she thought I was misogynistic. We got back together a few days later because we both still cared about each other.

But after that, every conversation around topics like this became emotionally charged. She started feeling like I lacked empathy/respect towards women, while I started feeling constantly judged and attacked over my opinions. At one point she even said she’d trust a woman to protect her more than a man because “a woman wouldn’t turn on me,” which honestly hurt me a lot because it felt like she fundamentally didn’t trust me.

Fast forward a few months and the same type of arguments kept happening. Around 2 weeks ago, a similar topic came up again and I said that if I had to hire someone purely based on who would make me more profit, I’d choose whoever performs better regardless of gender. She took that badly too and the conversation became hostile again.

I’ll fully admit I handled things badly sometimes. Whenever I felt morally judged or attacked, I’d become defensive, sarcastic, cold, or emotionally shut down. I wasn’t trying to punish her or hurt her on purpose, I just genuinely felt exhausted and hopeless because it felt like we kept reliving the same fight over and over for months.

She’d say things like:

• “You make me feel like you don’t even like me.”
• “Caring also means being intentional when you’re angry.”

And honestly, she wasn’t wrong about that.

At the same time though, I felt like every disagreement slowly turned into a judgment of my character rather than just my opinion. Even when I tried explaining that I felt hurt too, I felt like my feelings didn’t really get acknowledged because the focus would immediately shift back to how much I had hurt her.

Eventually the relationship ended after another argument about similar topics, and she basically said her values and women were more important to her than staying in the relationship. I don’t even fully blame her for that, but at the same time I also feel like I got reduced to “misogynistic boyfriend” when the reality felt more complicated than that.

I’m not asking who was politically right or wrong. I’m asking:

• Does this just sound like incompatibility?
• Was the relationship already doomed once trust/respect started breaking down?
• Can relationships recover once both people start feeling attacked by each other’s worldview?

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Private college and highest package this year was 20lpa (placement season still going on) and last year was 1cpa

I’m starting college this year (CSE core) and I’m really confused about what domain to focus on.

Right now I’m considering two approaches:

Option 1:
Spend my 1st year exploring multiple domains while doing DSA on the side:

• Web development (The Odin Project)
• Cybersecurity (Tryhackme)
• DevOps (Kodekloud)
• Some AI integration stuff (like using APIs, not going deep into ML)

Plan would be ~3–4 months per domain, then pick one by the start of 2nd semester and go deeper.

Option 2:
Focus mainly on Web Dev from the start, and learn Cybersecurity on the side (I’m genuinely interested in cybersec).

I’m also interested in hackathons and competitive programming, but I have no idea how to actually get started with either.

Would really appreciate advice from people who’ve been through this — especially:

• Is exploring multiple domains early a good idea, or should I just pick one and stick with it?
• How do I realistically balance DSA + dev + cybersec?
• How do beginners get into hackathons and CP?

Any guidance would help a lot.

BUDGET AROUND 1 LAKH IF ITS WORTH IT MIGHT GO HIGHER

Use case: 4-year CS degree. Daily coding (C++, JavaScript, Python), Web Dev, DevOps (Docker, AWS), terminal-heavy work.

Must haves:

• 16GB RAM minimum
• 512GB SSD minimum
• All-day battery (10+ hours real world)
• Should last 4 years comfortably
• Good build quality

Nice to have:

• Good display
• Lightweight (under 1.5kg)

i have an interest in full stack dev and please help me in any way possible

can someone please explain why everyone is complaining about cgpa i j want to maintain enough to retain scholarship how hard is it and can i please dm any senior (sm1 who genuinely studies)

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