u/redPistolStar

I love playing chess and found a local club and started going there everyday. They have membership and monthly dues.

They have a recent college grad handling the day to day affairs. Things like connecting 2 people there to play a game, setting up clocks etc. This guy gets his circle of young friends to play with me. I noticed they throw games sometimes. Some of the members play for small bets (20 pesos). After a few days of this, the guy kept pushing me to buy him some food. It's almost like a service he is offering where he gets his friends to play with me and then i should take care of him with food. But the whole thing is implied, without direct communication about it.

Now I initially thought the guy wanted to be friends, then got confused about his constants push for food. I told him nicely to stop doing that, and not to keep pestering for food.

The owner is an older gentleman who is rarely there. There is another manager but I worry that if I go to the manager the guy will get scolded or get booted and will cause more problems for me in the club.

I am pretty new to the country and trying to understand the local culture regarding this. I think these kids are from low income families and think hustling tourists for money/food is ok, without being direct about it.

I used to buy food initially and then stopped as the guy started demanding more, every time I saw him. Then he used his friends to stop playing with me and so on. I can find other players who may stop by but didn't realize there is so much drama in a chess club.

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I took up this sport a few weeks back. Previously I played table tennis and tennis ( 20 yrs back).

I started having forearm/elbow pain to the point I can't use my hand. This is after a week's worth of play. The first time it got better after a week. I was told by the other players that it's normal and my body will get used to it. So I tried after a week's rest. It returned back.

I should probably go get it checked with a doc or a physio. The pain is gone and I should be fine in a few days. But it left me wondering if I should take up another sport.

So my 2022 - M1 pro 16 inch started having a hazy black screen where you only see like hazy cloud behing the black screen. I took it to the nearest approved mac store near by. -- Already fixed display issues twice in the past. -- a new mac m5 pro comes in at $3k. -- wondering if I can use the mac without the display - connecting it to an external display

This is the response from them after running through it.

Diagnosis from istore :

"Your unit has been diagnosed with blank black display. Fortunately, it is eligible for a part replacement specifically the display, LAS(Lid Angle Sensor) and top case with battery, costing ~$2450 usd .

The following work has been performed on your unit:

Checked unit. Unit has blank black display. Ran Mac Resource Inspector AST 2 - Issues Found. Battery - Combined Battery Test. The battery requires service. Lid Angle Sensor - Lid Angle Sensor Lock State Test. There is an issue with the Lid Angle Sensor.  Open unit, unit has no sign of liquid entry and unauthorized modification. Performed VMI and micro inspection, unit passed. Unit is eligible for display, LAS and top case with battery replacement. Recommended for display, LAS and top case with battery replacement under out of warranty paid service."