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I have a pair of Soundcore v20i but am looking for a louder over the ear open ear bud. I picked up the Soundcores to test out open-ear buds, and I love the design, but they aren't loud.

I'm not prioritizing sound quality; I mostly want them for listening to spoken word stuff. But I need them to be loud enough to hear on a busy street or on a subway.

Every discussion here and elsewhere focuses on sound quality, fit, battery life, etc. Thank you.

There's a sub $500K ancillary business that fits within my current operation, but the seller is the standard small biz operator (i.e., under reports earnings on taxes never thinking how he'll get out from under his "business"). I've seen his books and bank statements, but because the tax returns seriously don't come close, conventional lending is off the table.

He's willing to do an earn-out but is seeking $200K at close. I'm willing to put in money but not the full $200K, so what creative financing can I do? I can only think of a personal loan. Would it change anything if I was purchasing a book of business rather than the business?

I'm hoping someone familiar with Inkscape's Windows releases can clarify something.

I downloaded inkscape-1.4.4_2026-05-05_dcaf3e7-x64.signed.exe from the official Inkscape website.

Things I've verified:

• SHA-256 matches the hash published by Inkscape.
• VirusTotal reports 0/58 antivirus detections.
• The installer contains a digital signature.

Windows UAC shows "Unknown Publisher" though. Looking at the signature, Windows reports:

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The certificate is:

• Issued to: inkscape.org
• Issued by: inkscape.org
• Certification path contains only inkscape.org (appears self-signed).

Is this expected for the official Windows installer? Are other users seeing the same certificate, or should the installer normally chain to a publicly trusted code-signing CA?

What triggered my concern was VirusTotal community score of -10.

Is ChatGPT's image creation, or any other, just not able to really follow directions? Do they only operate with huge amounts of "creative" freedom?

I've been trying to create an image with 2 photo realistic objects in it, and the results are frustratingly off by a lot. (ChatGPT is better at direction than Gemini, which is incredibly bad).

I upload reference images of each object and write long descriptions (I've tried short ones too) but it nothing works. And when I try to reiterate from the first image it gets even worse!

I see what others are posting, and I'm in awe. What am I missing?

Vivaldi, and only Vivaldi, launches in the background, every single time. Upon first launch, after starting Windows 11, when I launch the app it minimizes down to the taskbar icon. I can click its icon and it appears full screen.

This happens regardless of it's state when closed, although, for the record the browser is always maximized.

I have gone to the shortcut's properties and changed "Run" to Maximized. There's no change.

Version: 8.0.4033.57

I'm trying to finance a small acquisition that is within the SBA Express's sub $500K threshold. Personally, I'm a qualified borrower (e.g., 800+ credit rating, 10% down payment, extra cash in bank, relevant experience), but the lenders I've spoken to are treating a small acquisition the same way they would a large one, meaning the same document requests, same review process, same underwriting approval, same timeline, etc.

I expect the financials to have the same requirements and DSCR floor to still be met (i.e., it still has to be a functionally sound business), but I was expecting the process to be less painful than a normal 7(a) loan for a multi-million dollar business. Are my expectations wrong?

Specifics: a $330K loan (after my equity requirement), and I'd like to have some working capital, but I'm happy to have that as a line of credit.

Thank you!

Today, I was listening to a podcast that mentioned an Australian film with the premise that the U.S. essentially attacks Australia. The podcaster implied the movie is a recent blockbuster there.

I've searched Googled for the premise, but every result is irrelevant, so I'm bringing my search here. Thank you!