u/Watch_Think

Hello, during the summer I went to fitness classes in three different community centers daily. Is it strange that regardless of the time and location, 99% of the time at least 99% of the participants are middle age housewives or senior citizens? Usually they just showed up, did their stuff and left without talking to anybody. I have never seen people asking each other's name. I talked with some people and some people approached me but those were meaningless talks like very hot, why there is no air conditioner?, you sweated a lot, you worked hard, you have lost a lot of weight, you danced very well. Never exchanged contacts nor talked about personal stuffs. I asked a Zumba teacher and she said that people in her classes at the community centers are like that. She said that they only do superficial talks.

Also, nobody ever asked the teachers how to do certain moves even most of them could not follow the teachers nor executed the moves well. The only things they asked the teachers were: Is this the last class? When the new class will start?

So the big senior guy who always changes pants in front of everybody in each class showed up again. As usual, he was standing right in front of the teacher blocking the view of many people because of his big body. In each choreography, all he did was just waving his arms and often in different tempo. When we moved our hands to the left, he moved to the right and vice versa. You get the idea. He can't dance, bend his knees nor jump. Even side stepping is a problem for him. When he did, he also side stepped in the opposite directions with respect to the rest of the class. This is very distracting. I changed locations a few times for the past few classes but unless I moved to the first row at the very corners, I got distracted by him. There are two problems standing in those two corners. 1. There is a big speaker right in front of each corner. Even my Apple Watch gave me a warning as some teachers like to increase the volumn to the point that even people at the other end of the building could hear the music. 2. I could not see the teacher clearly. I heard two other persons complaining about him blocking the view as well. In two classes, nobody was dancing behind him. Two blocks of many people on the sides while he was the only one in the middle. Completely emptied at his back. What can we do? I know some of you would say I am a bad person and this is a no judgement class as well as he has human rights to be in the class and stands anywhere he wants. What about the human rights of those blocked by him and forced to see him changing his pants all the time? The community centers have Zumba Gold and Zumba Chair classes but I have never seen him in those classes. He just got the schedules of the top two most popular teachers and follow them to different locations everyday. After class, I met him face to face in the toilet. Our of reflex, I said hi to him. He even ignored me. I know this guy likes to argue with people. One time the teacher next door complained about the noise from the Zumba class. Teachers were talking with each other. He stepped in and shout at the other teacher.

Hello, my class is full of housewives. Some of them looked like as if they were full of anger and training to kill their husband. Is this one of the reasons to join the class?

Hello, for the past few 3 weeks, I have observed that in three different classes in community centres, most regular students disappeared and newcomers joined. Almost all newcomers have no energy, cannot dance nor follow the steps. Two different teachers seem to chose easier dance and/or modified the choreography in classes. For example, in today's class, several dances were just made of very simple moves repeated 8 times frequently. Too easy and borning moves that didn't require a lot of energy to achieve. Is it because the teachers saw the number of newcomers and their ability and made the adjustments? I asked a teacher at the end of today's class but she did not answer to my question. She just told me to follow her fingers' hints.

Hello, I have been using an EVGA 2080Ti GPU. I would like to upgrade to a Nvidia RTX5080 16GB. However, it requires PCI Express 5.0 x16. In the past, I read that if I upgrade the BIOS of this motherboard, its PCIE slot can become PCI Express 5.0x16. Is it really true? If so, after upgrading, any disadvantage (such as performance lose) compared with a motherboard which has PCI Express 5.0x16 natively?

Hello, I visited the website of several schools in my city. They don't list the prices. Is this common? Why so secret when I can just talk with the students or parents to find out?

They encourage people to take a free trial lesson. Is it a trap? Is it some kind of marketing strategy to get personal information?

Hello, I had a look at a Taekwondo school when they were having a class. There were two teachers. A younger one and an older one. The younger teacher and all students were barefoot. The older teacher was wearing Taekwondo shoes I guess. I saw a student (about 10 years old) walked from the training area to inside the toilet and walked back in barefoot. Is this normal? I think at least the older teacher saw the enitre process but he did not say anything. Is this a good indication this school does not care much about hygiene and better to try other schools?

Hello, I built a PC ten yeras ago with a RTX2080Ti. What is the current mobile equivalent of it?

In classes that I attend, there are people who cannot follow the teachers and have no energy stand at the very front row. There is a super big and tall bald guy probably in the 70s. He has been around for more than a year. He always stands right in front of the teacher in each class. He has the schedule of all the teachers and he just drives to different centres each day to attend the best teachers' classes. He can't follow the movements and cannot bend his body. Because of his size, he is blocking the view of everybody. Recently, there is a new teacher. He approached her before the 2nd class started and also at the end. During the class, he and the teacher were holding hands dancing, shaking their ass next to each other, and seemingly flirting quite a lot as if they were a couple. Sometimes I thought they were a couple. He looked so sexually aroused and satisfied.

Hello, last year model is less expensive than the just released this year model. However, when we sell it few years later, we may lose more money selling last year model than this year model. So at the end, it will be almost the same? Usually I trade-in with the manufacturer to avoid potential troubles dealing with strangers and scammers.

Hello, the room where we have the fitness classes is very big. It can accomodate 20-30 people easily without us feeling too crowded to dance. Last week, there was a lady who arrived late (about 15-20 minutes late). Although there were only 6 students, she decided to stand very close to me (within an arm's distance) while there were lots of empty space in the room. I politely told her that it is dangerous to dance closely next to me as I often make fast and big movements which we could collide with each other and cause injuries. She said she does not mind such incident (which I do), paused for a few seconds and walked to the middle of the class.

Today, she showed up late in class again. I was at the opposite end of the room from the door. She walked through everybody across the room. Then, moved my stuff and started to dance next to me (again within arm's distance). Obviously, she was targeting me. After about 20-30 seconds, she tried to push me out of my personal space by making bigger movements and gradually moving closer and closer to me to squeeze me out of my spot. I politely said excuse me! She ignored me. I politely said excuse me again! She ignored me. Then, I told her that I came in first and she took my spot. She started to create a scene of harassment and said that I bothered her loudly. At that time, the instructor paid more attention to us, looked puzzled but continued to dance. Then, this person told me that she was going to the front desk to complain about me (a guy) bothering her. Few minutes later, she came back, packed her stuffs and left angrily.

After class, I approached the instructor. She asked what happened and I told her the story. I asked her what to do with this person if she shows up and bothers me again next week. She had no suggestion first but few seconds later, she suggested moving to another area. This person always come in late. If I move to another area in the middle of the class, I bother other students as well. Besides, why do I have accomodate her when she does not respect nor know dance class etiquette? I talked about the case with people at the front desk. They said that she was not supposed to enter the class once it had started.

What kind of people is that?

Hello, is it better to buy the warranty at the same time as the machine or wait until the end of the return period? I have not decided whether to buy the computer from Lenovo website or other major online retailer yet. In case of buying from Lenovo, I see there are some discounts on the warranty when ordering with the machine. Are we going to see more discounts after buying the machine?

It has been hot the past few days. I found that it is difficult to twist the feet. The teacher said it is because of the humidity. Why?

Hello, if I install Ubuntu on a SSD in one PC and later move the SSD to another PC, will it work? What are the potential problems if:

a) Hardware specs are almost the same. Just a change in CPU and/or GPU.

b) Very different hardware.

Thanks

Hello, if I install Pop OS on a SSD in one PC and later move the SSD to another PC, will it work? What are the potential problems if:

a) Hardware specs are almost the same. Just a change in CPU and/or GPU.

b) Very different hardware.

Thanks

I have seen several teachers doing that. Is it just a habit, check heart rate or something else?

Hello, an instructor told me that it is not worth to take the Instructor Training program to be an instructor. She also mentioned something like one still needs to pay some kind of monthly fee to maintain the standing and access the teaching materials. About how much per month does an instructor has to pay?

Hi, Sony has replaced the batteries of my XF-1000XM4. I took both devices to a noisy restaurant but in terms of blocking baby crying and people conversations, I did not sense noticable difference in noise cancellation. Am I correct that in this case, the result will be the same if I buy the XF-1000XM6? Do you think getting the Bose gen 2 earbuds would help?

Hi, Sony has replaced the batteries of my XF-1000XM4. I took both devices to a noisy restaurant but in terms of blocking baby crying and people conversations, I did not sense noticable difference in noise cancellation. Am I correct that in this case, the result will be the same if I buy the XF-1000XM6? Do you think getting the Bose gen 2 earbuds would help?