u/rogeelein

i go into strat for farming, theres already 5 druids running the same route. walking one after another, random letter names, dont even react when youre next to them. 100% bots

i reported them, a day later they're still there. reported again, a week later still there. then i check the news - devs are proud they banned 10k accounts last week. wheres my 5

and the funniest part, these bots are destroying the economy. black lotus prices? insane. arcanite bars? you kidding. a normal player cant even afford basic enchanting mats

i got to the point where i was googling how to stop bots in classic. and i stumbled on some hardware thing for human verification. not for wow obviously but the idea that you can prove youre a unique person sounds like sci-fi

but then i remembered blizzard cant make a working anticheat for 20 years now. what verification are we even talking about. maybe im just yelling into the void but i genuinely miss the game i used to love

Hey everyone! I’m finally starting my guitar journey and I'm planning on getting a teacher to help me stay on track. I’m starting completely from scratch, literally haven't even figured out how to hold a pick properly yet. My goal is to reach a "medium" or intermediate level in about 2 or 3 months. I’m talking about being able to play most barre chords comfortably, understand some basic theory, and maybe jam along to a few complete songs without sounding like a total mess.

Is this actually a realistic timeline if I’m practicing every day? I don't want to burn myself out with crazy expectations, but I also want to push myself. For those of you who have been playing for a while, how long did it take you to get past that "beginner wall," and do you think a teacher makes that 3-month goal doable? Any advice on what I should focus on first would be awesome!

I bought my first rental two years ago, a 3-bed, 2-bath house in a working-class suburb in Ohio for $172,000. I put 25% down ($43k) and got a conventional 30-year mortgage at 5.875%.

Right now it rents for $1,675 a month. After property taxes ($2,800/year), insurance ($1,450/year), maintenance (I budget 10% of rent), and a 6% vacancy factor my net cash flow is about $285 a month. It’s positive but not amazing, and the equity build is the real win so far.

I’m eyeing a second property right now (same area, asking $195k) and the numbers look tighter. Current 30-year rates are pushing 6.8-7.1% for investment properties and most banks want 25-30% down plus 6 months of reserves on every rental.

My DTI is already at 38% with the first one so I’m getting declined or offered terrible terms. I started digging into long term rental financing because I don’t want to keep tying up my personal credit and savings on every deal.

Has anyone found lenders or programs that actually work better for buy-and-hold investors right now? What cash-on-cash returns are you guys targeting to make a second or third property worth it? Any tips on keeping cash flow healthy when rates are this high?

Would really appreciate real numbers and experiences from people who have scaled past 1-2 properties.

procurement folks -need some advice.Ive been in procurement for about 4 years mostly handling IT and office supplies. Now my HR business partner came to me asking for help sourcing an employee recognition platform. цere a manufacturing company with about 300 employees, half office half shop floor.I have no idea how to evaluate this category. гsually I look at price, SLA, security compliance, implementation timeline. иut with rewards platforms theres so much squishy stuff.

HR keeps talking about -employee experience and engagement metrics and I dont know how to verify any of that in a vendor assessment. I can compare features and pricing but how do I tell if one platform's gift card catalog is better than anothers? or if employees will use it?

were looking at maybe 3 platforms. One is a big name (everyone knows them). Another is a smaller player that seems more flexible but Ive never heard of them. Third is some AI thing .my vendor scorecard right now looks like - cost per employee per month - Number of brand options - API availability (for our HRIS) - Implementation timeline - Customer support hours

what am I missing guys? How do you compare -soft things like catalog quality or redemption experience? not looking for sales pitches just practical evaluation frameworks.Thanks guys!!

so Ive been dealing with suspected MCAS for about two years now. long COVID kicked it off. I have POTS, chronic fatigue, the whole package. my safe foods list is down to like 10 things. It sucks. anyway I kept reading online that probiotics are supposed to help -restore the gut and fix dysbiosis. everyone says gut health is everything right? So I figured let me try something gentle. Picked up a lactobacillus strain (rhamnosus GG) because someone in a forum said it was -low histamine. huge mistake.

within a few hours I got this insane adrenaline rush feeling. not anxiety exactly but like my body was bracing for something terrible. Heart racing, palms sweaty, felt like I couldn't sit still. then the dizziness hit. thought I was going to pass out. my partner almost took me to the ER. that was three weeks ago. Since then I've been reacting to stuff that used to be safe for me. rice, butter. even water feels weird sometimes. I stopped taking everything - my antihistamines, my supplements, everything - because now I'm terrified of another reaction. i've been reading that certain probiotic strains actually produce histamine as part of their metabolism. lactobacillus is one of them. Wish I knew that before.

Someone in another sub mentioned trying postbiotics instead of probiotics. apparently they contain no live bacteria, just the metabolic compounds that probiotics are supposed to produce.

also - for those who've tried postbiotics - how did you know it was safe to try? did you test a tiny amount first? i'm desperate but also terrified.