u/corvid1692

I'm a 40 something disabled veteran who has 150 hours of school available in Texas. I've been interested in computer science in the past, but want to know what all would make sense to get a degree in in my forties. Where I don't have to get an advanced degree but could if it worked out that way. I imagine something involving a practical skill.

Aside from the interest in computer science, I'm a decent artist and okay writer. Not sure what else.

I really want to become a historian in academics, and I don't care how little I make. I'm starting my history bachelors soon, I hope. How can I make sure I get to do academics and that I'm as successful as possible within the field.

If it matters, I'm most interested in classics and ancient Chinese history. I love the idea of studying history far back enough that every scrap of paper is a treasure.

To the extend possibly disregarding balance and tuning, I'm interested in the more "hard to master" subclasses that might be good, but getting them there is harder than, say, with the Champion. Rewards skilled play, basically.

Which MMOs do you feel do the best job of making healing fun and engaging while also being challenging in instanced, group content?

I'm learning to be an artist, and I have aphantasia. My father is a professional artist with vivid visualization. He has told me several times since learning about my aphantasia that I should channel my unique (aphantasic) perspective into my art. I'm... not sure what that means.

Do you have any thoughts as to what that would entail, and how I could try that out? To a real extent, I just want to make neat art, but maybe it'd be interesting to follow his suggestion as an exercise.

The closest I've gotten to this was, after learning I had aphantasia and that others could see pictures of my memory, draw a picture of my grandmother's front porch entirely from memory. I hadn't (at the time) seen the porch in the fifteen years since her passing. A few weeks ago I saw a photo of it and could compare and I got pretty close.

So any ideas on what I could do?

I'm looking at hitboxes, curious about trying them. The left and right hand buttons look very close together. I have larger hands and would prefer one with more space, but they don't seem to exist. Does anyone know of one, and is there a good reason why they're always so close?

I built a fight stick using an AFS enclosure a few years ago but haven't had much chance to use it. I'm playing more now and the hard edges are hurting my arms. I was considering building a second one when I could, and wanting to start researching my options. I like the sega2p layout, but want something rounder and maybe lighter than the metal afs. I have long arms and big hands, so maybe a wider deck would be better.

Picture of my current deck enclosed, art is mine. I want something softer than this.

https://preview.redd.it/h5j9aiov5v0h1.jpg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58a503441a3eaaf7e400e5cae56ed32512189980

I know Tekken does with EWGF, do any of the other major games have any?

Edit: I should have said "Just frames" not frame perfect. My apologies.

What social class or status were 17th century, around 1660-11680 or so, French opera singers likely to come from? And were there exceptions, or was this a hard and fast rule?