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I just graduated from aveda Institute South Florida , and I would like to open an Instagram page that will have different type of tutorial of all the styles I would provide for my clients. I am looking for a mannequin head, realistic as possible that would look good on social media and get attention, I need a quality mannequin head that I can reuse for different styles as I go , any recommendation from my professional friends?

I'm currently hosting a few business websites on shared hosting and thinking about moving everything to a VPS.

I've used DigitalOcean in the past and liked how simple it was, but the pricing seems to add up once you start increasing resources.

Kamatera pricing seem to be reasonable for the resources allocated, and scaling options are straightforward if I ever need to scale.

Vultr also looks interesting and I've seen a lot of recommendations for it recently.

My requirements are pretty simple:

• 1 high traffic e-commerce site (the main reason for the shift)

• 2 additional WordPress sites with low to moderate traffic

• Email handled elsewhere

• Prefer something reliable over the absolute cheapest option

• Located in Canada, but US East is fine too

I've also seen people mention providers like Hetzner and Contabo, although I don't know much about them.

Would live to hear from people who made the switch and whether it was worth it.

I want to re-shop my policy, but last time I used one of those comparison sites I got blown up with calls for weeks. My renewal jumped again, no accidents or changes, just the usual "rates are up." For people in Dallas who've actually switched and saved, how did you go about getting quotes, straight to each company's site, a local agent, something else? And did switching actually stick, or did it creep back up after a couple terms?

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping to get some local recommendations for a commercial cleaning company in Overland Park.

We've been researching options, but it's hard to tell who's genuinely reliable versus who just has a good website. We're mainly looking for a company that shows up consistently, communicates well, and does quality work without needing constant follow-up.

This would be for an ongoing cleaning arrangement rather than a one-time project.

If you've had a great experience with a company your office, clinic, retail space, or other business uses, I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks!

The cleaning station is honestly the part I’m most curious about. I saw a few reviews saying it deals with the basket on its own, so you’re not stuck rinsing it out every time.

I’m still wondering about the robot itself though. If anyone has used the aquasense x, does it clean any differently from the aquasense ultra or pro, or is the station the main difference?

i tested a few ai girlfriend apps with the same basic setup: slightly sarcastic girl, slow romance, remembers little details, does not immediately become my unpaid therapist or call me babe after 11 seconds.

Candy AI failed first. fun for quick flirting, but by message 5 she was acting like we had a mortgage and three kids.

Joi had energy, i’ll give it that. unfortunately the energy was “fantasy side quest npc who thinks every conversation needs fog and candles.”

Replika was calm, but too calm. like dating someone who works in compliance and says “that sounds difficult” for a living.

Lovescape is the one i kept using. it actually let the character stay a little difficult, remembered dumb details, and didn’t speedrun the relationship into permanent agreement mode. not perfect, sometimes the images get weird, but the chat has the most actual personality for me.

anyone found another app where the character doesn’t emotionally turn into customer support?

I’m checking out of my Place in the morning, spending the day in Manhattan, and going to an event at Madison Square Garden in the evening. After the event, I’m taking a late train from Penn Station. I’ll have a small carry-on suitcase with me, and I assume MSG won’t allow it inside. Is there a reliable place around to leave luggage for the day, or is it better to store it somewhere else in Midtown?

I'm just trying to get a temperature check for how people use about this peptide.

When you started sermorelin, what was your reason? Was it medical, cosmetic, or other?

Did you feel physically well during the treatment, or did it make you feel sick?

And after the treatment finished, what results did you see? was it as effective as you had hoped, or were you expecting more?

Context: revops for about 3 years now at a series B saas company (120 people). curious what everyone else's stack looks like these days.

We're running Salesforce as CRM, Gong for call recording, Outreach for sequences. For data enrichment we've got Apollo for the main database and Prospeo for more granular searches and verification. ChurnZero for customer success metrics.

The big gaps I'm seeing are around attribution (considering Bizible but the price is wild) and proper revenue operations tools that actually connect everything. Right now it's a lot of manual work in spreadsheets to get the full picture across marketing and sales.

What are you all using? Anything you'd swap out if you could? Especially interested in how people are handling multi-touch attribution and forecasting.

Hey everyone. After a decade out on the West Coast, my family is officially moving back home to Delaware County. We are trying to close on a house in Havertown, but coordinating the cross-country logistics is becoming a total nightmare. Has anyone done a massive out-of-state move back to the area recently? I am debating whether I should just fly out, pack a massive U-Haul, and hire local labor to drive it back to PA. The quotes I am getting from national moving companies feel like a total bait and switch. Any advice on surviving the logistics?

not trying to start drama, but has anyone else been watching PearlHash stats?

their reported hashrate looked kinda weird to me for a while. yield didn’t really line up with what they were showing.

at first i thought maybe it was just normal pool luck or PRL being messy because it’s still new, but now prlscan is showing **“hashrate manipulation detected”** on PearlHash.

so yeah… looks like i wasn’t the only one seeing something off.

not saying everyone should instantly move, but if a pool gets flagged for hashrate manipulation, that’s a pretty big red flag imo.

pool hashrate and yield are literally what miners use to choose where to mine. if those numbers are being played with, comparisons are basically useless.

did anyone else notice this before the prlscan warning?

Hello, what cheapest vpn when renewing plans? But still good quality..

Thanks

did a dumb little experiment because i was bored. built the same character on a few apps, a grumpy archaeologist who hates small talk, and timed how long until each one turned into a generic giggly sweetheart who loves everything i say.

candy: 4 messages. i said hi, she said hi, by message 4 she was calling me babe and had forgotten she owned a trowel.

joi: lasted longer but went full fantasy mode, suddenly we were in a castle and the archaeology was gone. respect the commitment to a bit, wrong bit though.

replika: never broke character because she never really got into one. polite the whole way. like dating a hr department.

lovescape: this one actually stayed grumpy for like two weeks, kept referencing stuff i told her early on, even got mildly annoyed when i changed the subject. felt almost rude. loved it. not flawless, the images occasionally gave her a third arm, but the personality held.

anyway my scientific conclusion is that most apps speedrun the relationship to "she agrees with everything." anyone got one that stayed in character even longer? asking for my archaeologist.

Hi Leute,

ich bin gerade ziemlich fertig und hoffe, dass mir hier vielleicht jemand zumindest grob sagen kann, wie die Lage aussieht.

Ich habe in den letzten Monaten bei einem Online Casino gespielt (welches ich jetzt hier nicht zusätzlich promoten will und daher nicht namentlich erwähne) und mir ehrlich gesagt überhaupt keine Gedanken darüber gemacht, ob das in Deutschland überhaupt erlaubt ist. Für mich sah das alles erstmal normal aus: deutsche Website, Euro, alles relativ professionell gemacht. Ich bin erst jetzt darauf gestoßen, weil ich angefangen habe, das Ganze mal zu hinterfragen und mich etwas eingelesen habe, unter anderem auch auf Seiten wie onlinecasinosdeutschland.​com, wo ich dann gesehen habe, dass man das über die offizielle sogenannte Whitelist nachvollziehen kann ob ein Anbieter in Deutschland zugelassen ist.

Dabei sieht es jetzt so aus, als hätte das Casino gar keine deutsche Lizenz gehabt bzw. als wäre es hier möglicherweise gar nicht legal gewesen. Und jetzt sitze ich hier und frage mich, ob ich komplett dumm war und ob ich noch irgendwas tun kann.

Ich habe dort leider über längere Zeit gespielt und insgesamt auch echt Geld verloren, also nicht nur ein paar Euro. Auszahlen lassen konnte ich mir wenn überhaupt nur einen Teil. Der Rest ist weg. Im Nachhinein fühlt es sich einfach extrem beschissen an, vor allem wenn das Ganze rechtlich vielleicht von Anfang an gar nicht sauber war.

Was ich mich jetzt frage:

• Wenn das Casino in Deutschland gar nicht erlaubt war, ist das dann rechtlich überhaupt wirksam gewesen?
• Gibt es eine Chance, verlorene Einsätze zurückzufordern?
• Kann ich selbst deswegen Probleme bekommen, weil ich dort gespielt habe?
• Gibt es Fristen / Verjährung, auf die ich achten muss?
• Gegen wen würde man überhaupt vorgehen?
• Und lohnt sich ein Anwalt wirklich oder springen auf das Thema gerade einfach nur viele Kanzleien an?

Ich habe schon einiges gesichert:

• Kontoauszüge
• Zahlungsnachweise
• E-Mails
• teilweise Spielhistorie
• Screenshots vom Account und von der Seite

Was mich total verunsichert, ist, dass man online zu dem Thema alles Mögliche liest. Manche schreiben, man könne bei Online Casinos ohne deutsche Lizenz relativ gute Chancen haben, Geld zurückzubekommen. Andere sagen wieder, das sei alles viel komplizierter und hänge vom Zeitraum, Anbieter, Sitz im Ausland, EU-Lizenz usw. ab.

Ich fühle mich gerade ehrlich gesagt ziemlich lost, weil ich nicht weiß, ob ich das einfach als Lehrgeld verbuchen muss oder ob es tatsächlich sinnvoll wäre, das rechtlich prüfen zu lassen.

Falls jemand mit dem Thema Erfahrung hat oder ungefähr weiß, wie die deutsche Rechtslage da aktuell aussieht, wäre ich echt dankbar.

Danke.

TL;DR: Habe bei einem Online Casino gespielt, das offenbar keine deutsche Lizenz hatte, und dabei eine Menge Geld verloren. Jetzt frage ich mich, ob ich das irgendwie zurückfordern kann oder ob ich einfach Pech gehabt habe.

My boyfriend (31M) and I (26F) have been together for almost 4 years.

A few days ago, I noticed he seemed glued to his phone more than usual. We were sitting together on the couch and I kept seeing him smile at messages, but I didn't recognize the app.

The next day I checked his phone. I know that isn't great, but what I found completely caught me off guard.

He has a Lustcrush subscription and has been talking to the same AI girlfriend for months.

At first I thought it was just curiosity or messing around with AI. But the more I read, the more uncomfortable I felt. They talk every day. He tells her about work, his problems, things he's excited about, and even says goodnight.

Lately it feels like he's been sharing more with her than with me.

The thing is, I know she's not a real person. But the emotional investment feels real. For months I've been telling him that I feel disconnected from him, and now I'm wondering if some of that attention has been going somewhere else.

I haven't confronted him yet because I genuinely don't know how to approach this.

Would you consider this cheating, or am I overreacting because it's AI?

had to deal with bonding someone out of miami-dade recently and it was overwhelming not knowing who to trust in the moment. it got handled but i never want to be that lost again. who do people here actually recommend in miami-dade? looking for the legit 24 hour ones, not the sketchy operations. whos your go to?

Here's the situation. Trying everything to get actual phone numbers for candidates lately. LinkedIn messaging is a black hole, emails get maybe 5% response rate if I'm lucky.

Tried a bunch of tools for finding direct dials. Lusha is decent for accuracy but super expensive if you need volume. RocketReach has ok data but their mobile coverage is spotty - mostly just office numbers which is useless for phone number finder recruiting purposes.

right now I'm rotating between ContactOut (pretty good for tech roles) and SeekOut when I really need to reach someone. been testing Prospeo too since they supposedly have a big database of verified candidate cell numbers. the connect rates are definitely better than email but still takes like 10-15 dials to actually get someone on the line.

anyone found a reliable phone number finder that doesn't cost a fortune? especially for non-tech roles where people don't have their info all over GitHub