Collagen or keratin for hair, is one of them actually the right one?

Collagen is the one everybody takes and keratin is what hair is actually made of, which makes the popularity of collagen a little confusing to me. I have been on collagen about five months for skin and joints and my hair has not changed at all. Before I add a second powder I would like to know whether keratin is the more direct route or whether neither survives digestion. Has anyone compared the two?

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 1 day ago

What do you regret about the smart bulbs you bought?

About to commit to one system for the whole house and I would rather learn from you than find out myself in six months. Less interested in recommendations than in the things that annoyed you once the novelty wore off. Setup, brightness, the app, colors being off. What would you not buy again?

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 3 days ago

Taking a break from intense shooting games so suggest some low pressure, slow paced games

I hope it is obvious but if it still isn’t let me explain. I’m tired of games that make me feel like im behind on something lol, daily quests, battle passes, time limited events. I just want to exist in a game without a freakin countdown. Looking for something genuinely slow paced where i can just wander around, do a lil task if i feel like it and log off without missing anything important. I haven’t played any so please help your guy out!

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 5 days ago

Best brand for 14 or 18k gold jewelry gifts!

I’m looking for recommendations as I don’t much about jewelry but I’d like to gift something nice to my mother, sister, aunt and grandmother as they were incredibly helpful with all things involving my wedding and furnishing my new house for the past 6 months. Me and my husband don’t have a budget in mind but that’s no issue. Also we (and they) don’t care about big brand names and all, I’d like to hear about quality and style. We’re probably looking at a set (necklace+bracelet or necklace+earrings??) for each. Something elegant, long lasting and beautiful. Thank you all!

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 8 days ago

Should I take semax, selank, or both?

Would taking a stack of these peptides be a good idea? I struggle with focus and motivation, and I’ve read about these peptides helping with both of those issues on their own. Can semax and selank be combined to provide both benefits at once, or are the two compounds too different in effect to be effectively used together?

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 14 days ago

Is anyone else completely lost trying to find a decent rfp proposal writer tool

New to RFP coordination and completely overwhelmed by the tool landscape. Every platform sounds identical in demos but nobody answers direct questions. Small team, 15-20 RFPs/quarter, no dedicated coordinator. Whattoo ls actually worked for you, and what do you wish you'd asked before committing?

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 21 days ago

Found mold remover recommendations online but no idea if any of them actually work for beginners

ok so i bought a house like eight months ago and i genuinely have zero experience with home maintenance. i noticed this dark patchy stuff growing along the bottom of my bathroom wall near the floor, and my neighbor said it was mold. great.

i went down a rabbit hole trying to figure out what to buy and honestly got completely lost. theres like thirty different products and people on forums are throwing around words like spores and porous surfaces and i have no idea what any of that means for choosing the right thing. im not a contractor, im not handy, i just want the mold gone without making the problem worse or accidentally hurting myself ,has anyone with basically no background in this stuff figured out a good mold remover that actually does the work without needing to know what youre doing? like something that doesnt require a whole process or special equipment just to use it?

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 27 days ago

Are people getting tired of AI generated content already?

Noticed that videos with small imperfections or obvious personality often outperform polished AI looking posts,maybe authenticity is becoming more valuable because AI content is everywhere, guess that’s the trend nowadays.

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 29 days ago
▲ 235 r/declutter

Purging before getting moving quotes saved me hundreds of dollars.

Just a reminder that most long-distance moving companies charge by either weight or exact volume. I spent three weeks aggressive decluttering our basement and closets before having anyone out for an estimate. I dropped a third of our stuff off at Goodwill and it massively changed our moving budget.

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 1 month ago
▲ 13 r/NewParents+1 crossposts

Big development in the Mead Johnson enfamil formula lawsuit trial

Sharing a NEC formula update for anyone keeping up with these. Something happened last week I hadn't seen come up here. A Missouri jury sided with Mead Johnson in the latest trial. The family argued the Enfamil cow's milk formula was linked to their baby developing NEC, a serious intestinal condition, and that it left the child with lasting problems. Jury didn't agree. Another win for the company..,And it's not the first one lately. The month before, an Illinois appeals court tossed out a $60 million verdict that had gone against Mead Johnson. But then you look at the Abbott Similac side, where a jury told Abbott to pay $70 million back in April. So depending on which case you land on, the whole thing flips…The federal side is the bigger one to me. There are over 800 of these sitting under one judge. A handful of test cases go first, and how those turn out can push the rest toward settling or keep everyone fighting. There's a rundown of the latest trial if anyone wants the details I'm working off. The first federal Mead Johnson test case goes in front of a jury next month. It already got past the stage that sank the Abbott ones, so it's actually going to trial. That's the one I'd watch.

u/Thunder_ZEK — 23 days ago

What I wish I’d known before doing payment orchestration

Did this migration earlier this year, not as plug-and-play as it’s pitched. Biggest surprises: the real value is the routing logic, not the single API. Failover doesn’t work until you’ve actually tested a messy failure, not just a clean outage. Reconciliation gets harder once volume splits across processors, get finance looped in early. And lock-in doesn’t disappear, it just moves to the orchestration layer, so read that contract closely. Anyone else been through this? Curious what broke for you.

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 1 month ago

What is Budapest like as a river cruise port?

Planning a Danube river cruise for 2027 and Budapest keeps coming up as the highlight of every itinerary we look at. Which makes sense from the photos but I am trying to figure out what it is actually like as a port stop versus just visiting independently.Is one day in Budapest enough or does every river cruise feel rushed there? Celebrity’s river cruise itinerary we are looking at offers an option for extra days in Budapest after the cruise wraps up and we are seriously considering it for the ease of it all. Has anyone done a post cruise extension in Budapest and was it worth it? We are also the type of travelers who want to disappear into a neighborhood rather than follow a tour group to the parliament building so wondering how easy it is to explore independently once the ship docks.

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 1 month ago

Laid off last year, finally just signed a L5 Google offer.

After getting caught in Amazon layoffs late last year, but had enough money saved to just take a break from tech for a while. Came back to a pretty tough market.

It took me 4 months of structured, 6-hour daily study blocks to finally get here.

Prepped for Coding & Communication with Claude.

Used gothamloop & 1Point3Acres to keep track of every question trend for my target companies.

Upped my System Design Depth with ByteByteGo paired with DDIA.

I recognize that prepping while being unemployed gave me all the time I need and most people in full-time jobs just won't have that, but I'm not the smartest person I know, and if I can land an offer, then anyone still struggling can too, it's just a matter of time.

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 1 month ago

Anyone used voice AI to fully replace IVR?

We tried a voice AI vendor last year that promised full automation. Worked fine in the demo, then in production it started confirming account changes it had no business confirming, and legal shut the whole pilot down within a month. Burned a lot of trust internally.

Now I’m back evaluating and my requirements list looks different this time:

* Needs to actually replace IVR menu logic, not just sit on top of it

* Full audit trail per call, our compliance team wants to see exactly why the AI said what it said

* Multilingual, we operate in 4 languages and can’t have this be an English-only pilot

* Escalation to a human that doesn’t make the customer repeat themselves

Nice to have: on-prem or EU-hosted option since data residency keeps coming up in procurement calls.

Has anyone actually gone through a real deployment for this vs just a sales demo? What broke for you?

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 1 month ago

What are you using for online birthday invitations? something affordable?

My son is turning 18 this year and it’s his last birthday before he leaves for college. The last few years have been hard financially so we always kept his birthday small with just family at home. I would only bake a cake and he never complained. This year I want to invite his friends, cousins and everyone close to him. We’re having a simple party at home in the backyard. I don’t want to send text messages but paper invites are out of my budget for about 40 guests so I’m looking at digital invites instead. I want something easy to use that looks nice and doesn’t feel cheap. Any recommendations?

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 1 month ago

Looks for gigs and tasks

I'm in need of money, I can develop websites, research, analyze, and I also have good communication skills. Looking for methods to make money, if there's any gig/task that'll payout, please dm/comment. If you're looking for anyone for tasks/gigs you may dm and we can talk through details.

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u/Thunder_ZEK — 1 month ago

Royal Enfield spotted testing the Classic e85 variant.

I just bought my bike last year, thought I was safe. Now they're gonna bring e85? Wtf is wrong with this government? This is really bad. Even if they're gonna bring e85 in the next two years that's bad too. I'm I fu*ked by Nithin gadkarri ji?

cc: @powerdrift instagram

u/Thunder_ZEK — 4 months ago
▲ 395 r/hyderabad

The system considers social media opinion.

Though the halt was not 1 hour, even then stopping people on a daily basis for these vips is still not justified.

u/Thunder_ZEK — 4 months ago