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same as above, have heard of basic tips like to never use water and stuff, but still don't know of the parts and stuff in detail like some people mention. any tips / suggestions / resources like youtube videos and stuff? much appreciated, thank you :)

so i use a home espresso machine (which is barely that) and pre-ground coffee. when i ask roasters to grind it for home espresso it usually turns out well as they understand it needs to be a little bit coarser than commercial espresso.

yesterday i got new grounds which are extra fine - suited for commercial espresso machines, and they're too fine for my equipment to handle, the machine choked and i had to release pressure through the steam wand.

i also use a south indian filter but it also wouldn't work with such a fine grind. don't wanna let this bag go to waste (it was pretty expensive) - any suggestions / jugaad?

reported comments violating the sub rules, followed up on modmail, no response on either the report or modmail.

meanwhile mods are active on a personal basis, which is fine except the work is supposed to be done, right?

just saw an ad being rightfully taken down by the mods. then why so much delay and unresponsiveness over reports? especially ones where vulgar, uncivilized language and behaviour in response to a civil discussion (as a part of sub rules) is literally being awarded and clapped at.

there will always be people who are engaging in unacceptable language and behavior, that's a risk that comes with any open spaces especially online, and thats why there are moderators. if mods do not respond then what does it mean to have a city-wide safe space?

Looking for a keyboard + trackpad case for iPad Pro M4 11". Don't want to go for a separate keyboard + mouse setup due to portability issues. What I've found so far and why it does / doesn't work.

1. Magic Keyboard: Built well, Apple reliability, no need to charge it separately, but also unnecessarily expensive. A 30K keyboard (accessory) just doesn't make sense when there are entire tablets and phones as primary devices available for the price. Also one other thing that I found out after looking at one in a store is that the backlighting is entirely relying on iPad's ambient light sensor and cannot be manually adjusted which is a huge drawback for me.

2. ESR 360 Rebound Case: Not available in India.

3. Logitech Keyboard Case: Not available in India.

4. Typecase Edge Case: Bluetooth case but offers a Magic Keyboard like look for almost 1/4th price. Still pretty expensive at 8K especially for a brand otherwise unheard of, but wouldn't mind trying if anyone here has firsthand positive reviews about it. Has backlit keyboard which is manually adjustable which is a plus over the MK for me. The model I'm looking at is out of stock though.

Does anyone have any good experiences with any other options? Please share.

basically i have a file in .apkg format from which i want to use for flashcards except i don't use Anki.

i use goodnotes which accepts .csv files for flashcards and want the deck there.

anyone who uses Anki can convert the file, i will share detailed instructions on how to do that; please help me out 😓

so the results are out. very disheartened, have a beautifully planned out trip starting tomorrow but i know my heart won't be fully there.

as a fresh graduate for me this was just a mock and i was actually looking for a reality check because i've not been studying properly, there are external circumstances and internal shortcomings but yeah. i found what i was looking for, and this is my cue to get it together and give it my all.

i think perhaps the worst part was seeing people from my batch, one of them did very well. this person also happened to be my cointern and was also the kind of person who was extremely entitled and shameless, always used to get away from everything and everyone else was burdened with his share of work while he used to comfortably study in library. he used to proudly exclaim he has nothing to learn in internship and will see to everything once he is in residency. towards the tail end of our internship he was asked by JR to *remove* IV cannula. he did not know how to do even that, much less insert one, and thought it was perfectly okay.

meanwhile i was always the sincere, studious kid and went through the entire pipeline of being exploited in internship till my health deteriorated but also got to do some good procedures and was always appreciated by professors. i could not study because internship was too demanding.

i don't mind the fact that i didn't qualify in isolation. what is actually getting to me is that the system is rigged and it benefits people who are objectively unskilled and don't have basic skills required to be a doctor, but they have had enough MCQ practice that too by being a burden on others, and that surpasses everything. i dont hold any resentment towards the person himself, at the end he followed what worked, my disappointment lies in the system that works like this.

through this despair i am trying to anchor my senses and just trying to accept that even though it may take some time for me to navigate the system, the way i have done justice to the degree of MBBS i will do justice to the rest of my career too, and i hope my result next time speaks for the sincerity in work i deeply cherish.

for others like me, we got this. now we have clarity, take a couple days off and we will give it our all and make it. ❤️‍🩹

(posting from r/INICET since it resonated with a lot of people there)

so the results are out. very disheartened, have a beautifully planned out trip starting tomorrow but i know my heart won't be fully there.

as a fresh graduate for me this was just a mock and i was actually looking for a reality check because i've not been studying properly, there are external circumstances and internal shortcomings but yeah. i found what i was looking for, and this is my cue to get it together and give it my all.

i think perhaps the worst part was seeing people from my batch, one of them did very well. this person also happened to be my cointern and was also the kind of person who was extremely entitled and shameless, always used to get away from everything and everyone else was burdened with his share of work while he used to comfortably study in library. he used to proudly exclaim he has nothing to learn in internship and will see to everything once he is in residency. towards the tail end of our internship he was asked by JR to *remove* IV cannula. he did not know how to do even that, much less insert one, and thought it was perfectly okay.

meanwhile i was always the sincere, studious kid and went through the entire pipeline of being exploited in internship till my health deteriorated but also got to do some good procedures and was always appreciated by professors. i could not study because internship was too demanding.

i don't mind the fact that i didn't qualify in isolation. what is actually getting to me is that the system is rigged and it benefits people who are objectively unskilled and don't have basic skills required to be a doctor, but they have had enough MCQ practice that too by being a burden on others, and that surpasses everything. i dont hold any resentment towards the person himself, at the end he followed what worked, my disappointment lies in the system that works like this.

through this despair i am trying to anchor my senses and just trying to accept that even though it may take some time for me to navigate the system, the way i have done justice to the degree of MBBS i will do justice to the rest of my career too, and i hope my result next time speaks for the sincerity in work i deeply cherish.

for others like me, we got this. now we have clarity, take a couple days off and we will give it our all and make it. ❤️‍🩹

i have my favorites playlist with about 2000 songs downloaded on my watch (to offset storage occupancy on my phone) and unlike usual apple music algo which repeats the same music that you've played recently, it played some really nice songs on shuffle that i had forgotten about.

i was hoping it would show up on my phone's listening history, as some music was genuinely too old for me to recollect and i was working so couldn't properly pay attention to it and would like to revisit it properly, but it doesn't show up. there also isn't any way to access the listening history from the music app on watch. is there any workaround to this?

hi so. i'm typing this minutes after i abruptly ended my online therapy session in a very disturbed state of mind.

about my therapist, they are really nice and very ethical and supportive (rare in my surroundings) but it's moment like these when i doubt our compatibility and capacity to genuinely be able to support me.

for further context, i'm a 24 year old person, recently graduated and moved back home for a few months to prepare for further studies. home is extremely difficult to be at with many conflicts, a lot of chaos till the point it's extremely traumatising every day. i see my therapist once a month now since i moved two months ago. i've tried joining a reading library to have some distance away from home but most days especially in the past two weeks i haven't been able to go because of something or the other.

previously when i was studying / interning one of my coping mechanisms was to go out for a walk / drive with music on, which is also not feasible at home and i joined a gym as well but that is also an extremely difficult experience owing to my chronic illnesses as well as judgement and my own insecurities. it doesn't feel like anything cathartic but rather one of the many things i'm struggling and failing at, i haven't been there either especially in the last couple weeks and i feel immensely guilty mostly because i got an annual membership thats going to waste.

coming to what happened in our session today - i joined with the intention of wanting to feel better and indulging in some easier conversations that could make me comfortable and sort of escape from the awful every day reality of home which is suffocating at this point. it is my fault that i did not make it clear and i take responsibility for it. i instead allowed the therapist to take charge of the conversation and they brought up questions about home and we had a long conversation about that, after which i did mention i'd like to talk about something else because this is anyway what i'm surrounded with all the time and i have accepted that it's just going to be like this for a while and there isn't a lot i can do.

we talked about other stuff but it kept circling back to what was going on at home. and then eventually we started talking about the gym and something about it made me feel so awful i started sobbing. i think i feel very helpless and hopeless over my overall general condition in life, because nothing seems to be helping, but i'm not sure. i'm still crying as i type here and i still feel indescribably awful. all i know is the questions about the gym knowing that this was a sensitive and upsetting situation for me set it off, but what's exactly going on even i don't know.

the one situation i wanted to talk about which is quite nostalgic and bittersweet we did not talk about at all. now the session has ended and i am just stuck here with this overwhelming feeling.

the therapist did mention to get back about this and let them know what happened but i have no idea how. please be kind and give inputs gently if you have any.

this question is directed to the actual wallflowers in the class - the ones that just decided to not get involved with the rest of the batch / be a part of any friends group / refused to get involved in college events like fest and such, chose to spend time after college hours outside.

was it an intentional, conscious decision for you? or did you just never make it to the "inner circle" and circumstances made it happen for you? if it is the former, what set you off?

thinking about it bcs i was one such person too, intentionally stayed away from everyone and now it's all gone and in the past, i don't really regret my decision but i see people having the time of their lives with their friends / batchmates and that loneliness due to missing out on what is universally considered a "core" memory does get to you sometimes.