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bought my place 4 years ago. fixed stuff up. painted. made it nice. and now i dont even want to be here lol

nothing bad happened. just tired of the maintenance. every weekend theres something. last month it was the gutters. this month the fence is leaning. next month probably the water heater cause thats how it works right

i mentioned selling to my mom and she looked at me like i grew a second head. -but its yours she said. like yeah and its also draining my bank account and my free time

i was looking online at options cause i dont wanna deal with agents and showings.

like am i supposed to tough it out cause thats what adults do. or can i just admit i made a mistake and move on

curious if anyone else felt this way. did you sell and regret it or sell and feel relief

hey folks im running a 5th gen 4runner here in australia and want to add a bull bar for better protection on dirt roads and against roos without messing up the sensors or lights. looking for something sturdy that handles our conditions and maybe has room for a winch later.

road runner offroad has some options that seem to match up well with good build quality for local tracks. what bull bar setups have worked on your 4runners down under and any tips on fitment or wiring for aussie models? thanks for any input guys

just had a realization watching tech bros hype up every new language model as the next terence tao. Probabilistic text guessing is fundamentally useless for rigorous mathematics

There is no partial credit in a formal proof. if a model hallucinates a single implication in a 40-step chain, teh entire theorem is garbage. it's honestly a relief seeing the industry finally pivot toward strict verification environments. seeing newer theorem-proving agents like Aleph being evaluated purely on machine-readable logic rather than how convincing their text output sounds is a step in the right direction

until a system can actually compile its logic in something like Lean without handwaving, im just ignoring the hype tbh

used to be simple. bot runs around shooting at a wall. sweat builds a 5-story mansion in a second. now its different

im playing in noob lobbies after a break and running into people who build like pros but make the dumbest mistakes. or the opposite - they play sloppy but never miss a shotgun shot from 50 meters

i started recording my matches and rewatching them. you know what i noticed? some players have zero emotion. they dont celebrate kills, dont spam emotes, dont build stupid pyramids for fun. they just kill and move on. like machines

maybe im just burned out and seeing bots everywhere. or maybe there really are more of them now

in some discussion someone linked to Orb. some hardware for identity verification, eye scanner and all that. for fortnite it sounds completely ridiculous tbh

but you know what if it killed the bots and cheaters, maybe i would agree. scan once and only play with humans. no smurfs, no bots farming vbucks

but thats never gonna happen. epic benefits from bots in the game noobs dont quit and keep buying skins

ok so im trying to replace these old numbers the previous owner put up. and theyre like slightly crooked but just enough to drive me crazy every time i pull in the driveway.

i thought easy job right. measure twice drill once. yeah no.

first hole ended up like a quarter inch off and now im staring at this wall feeling defeated.

is there some trick to this i dont know about. i used a level. i marked the spots. still messed up. do people just give up and live with crooked numbers. cause im about there.

at this point i respect anyone whose house numbers are even slightly level.

k so here's where i'm at. bought a fixer-upper down in Brattleboro two years ago thinking it would be a fun project. fun is not the word i would use now lol. the roof needs help, the well water is questionable, and i just discovered some weird noise in the basement that i'm choosing to ignore.

I'm tired. like genuinely exhausted from sinking money and weekends into this place. my original plan was to stay 5+ years but i don't think i have another year of this in me.

I know vermont real estate is weird. some stuff sells instantly, other stuff sits forever. i'm not trying to get rich from this sale i just want to break even and move on with my life maybe into a van down by the river lol (mostly kidding. maybe.)

Has anyone here sold without doing repairs? like at all. not even painting. just handed over the keys and walked away. how bad was the hit to your price? i can handle losing some money but i don't wanna get completely screwed.

anyway thanks for reading. just needed to vent a little.

failed SHRM-CP in january, retook a few days ago in window 1, just got the pass result. wanted to write something honest because most of the ""how I passed"" posts I found while prepping the first time felt like ads.

quick context. HR generalist in FL, mid-size company, 4 years in. first attempt I used the official SHRM Learning System plus Pocket Prep on my phone. probably 8 weeks at 7 to 8 hours a week. failed by a small margin but still failed.

the next window didn't open until may so I had a long gap between attempts. I gave myself a few weeks off after the fail then settled into a real rhythm, maybe 10 hours a week pretty consistently for the back half of the gap. honestly I don't think it was the extra time that did it. it was the approach. first round I was re-reading the textbook hoping it would stick. second round I basically stopped reading and just hammered questions, then read every rationale even on questions I got right.

what changed for me practically. I exhausted the official question bank pretty fast (it is on the smaller side) so I tried a few different question sources. ended up sticking with PrepSolution mostly because their bank is somewhere around 1500 questions so I never ran into repeats, and the adaptive thing kept feeding me weak-area questions instead of stuff I had already nailed. that combo meant the last few weeks I was almost never sitting through questions on competencies I already had down. Pocket Prep is fine for short bursts on the commute, just a different use case.

things that surprised me on test day.

SJI felt heavier than the 40 percent number suggests because the scenarios are long and you read 2 to 4 questions off each scenario

employee relations had two questions where I had to actively talk myself out of the obvious empathic answer

section 2 felt tighter than section 1 even though they are the same length, fatigue is real

the strategic mindset framing matters more than I thought, the test rewards business-aligned answers over employee-aligned ones

for window 1 testers you have got time. don't panic-read the BASK, do questions, read every rationale even on the ones you got right.

Is it just me, or has driving at night become a total nightmare lately? I was out on some A-roads last night and felt like I was being interrogated by every second car passing me. Even with standard low beams, modern SUVs and those new LED setups are so bright they genuinely blind you for a second or two, especially if you’re in something lower to the ground. I’m starting to dread rain at night because the reflection off the road just doubles the glare.

Does anyone else feel like they’re constantly being flashed when they actually just have their normal lights on?

okay so heres my problem. I keep buying blush. not even expensive ones always. sometimes drugstore. sometimes sephora sale. but I swear no matter what color I pick - peach, pink, mauve, coral, whatever - it ends up looking identical on my cheeks. like a slightly pinkish situation. nothing more.

same thing with lipsticks honestly. I buy a berry shade thinking ooh this will be dramatic and then on my lips its just... pink again. or I buy a nude and it pulls orange. or I buy a cool toned pink and it looks almost purple. I cant predict anything.

Ive tried the whole vein test thing for undertones. blue veins, green- both I have no idea. I tried the white paper test. I tried the gold vs silver jewelry test. I asked my friends. one said Im warm, another said cool, a third said neutral. cool thanks super helpful.

online quizzes are a joke. every single one gives me a different answer. one said winter, another said autumn, a third said summer. like which one is it, I cant be three seasons.

has anyone here actually done color analysis? did it help you with makeup specifically? like did you finally figure out what blush or lipstick shades actually work? or am I just gonna get told I already know everything (which I clearly dont).

also if you havent done analysis but you figured out your undertone somehow please tell me your secret. I feel like Im losing my mind every time I stand in the sephora aisle holding two identical looking blushes trying to pick one.

I applied to 47 jobs in 3 months. I heard back from 6. not a rant, I just want to understand what is actually happening.

been job hunting since February. applied to 47 roles. not spray and pray either, I actually tailored most of them. read the job description, tweaked the resume, wrote a real cover letter for the ones I actually wanted.

here is the breakdown:

6 got bck to me at all. 4 of those were automated rejections within 48 hours which fine, at least I knew. 2 became actual phone screens. 1 of those went to a full loop, three rounds, a take home project that took me like four hours, references, the whole thing. then silence. two weeks of silence.

I followed up once, politely. nothing. found out through linkedin that they posted the same role again three weeks later.

the other 41 just vanished.

im not asking for a handwritten letter. not asking for feedback. just one line. an automated one is fine honestly. just something that closes the loop so im not sitting here two months later still wondering if the email got lost or whatever.

the thing that messes with your head is the not knowing. you start second guessing everything. was it the resume format? did I say something weird on the screen? did the role even exist? you have no data so you just spiral and its exhausting.

I did some digging because I wanted to understand the other side. found out that exists platforms that literally have automated candidate communication built in. the kind that keeps applicants updated at each stage without the recruiter lifting a finger. so when companies go silent its not because they cant do it. its because nobody bothered to set it up or made it a priority.

talked to a recruiter friend and she confirmed it. she said when her company actually turned on the automated status updates in their system, the angry follow up emails basically stopped. candidates werent happier because the news was better. they were happier because they just knew something. anything.

anyway. im not giving up. just tired and wanted to say it somewhere people would get it.

for anyone who made it through a search like this, how did you keep going? and for any recruiters lurking, is there anything a candidate can actually do to not disappear into the pile?

just spent a full day out of the city and it was honestly one of the best things ive done in a while. got to see kangaroos and wombats roaming around in the bush instead of stuck in enclosures and the scenery was really nice with a couple of stops at waterfalls too. ended with a classic aussie pub feed on the way home.

i went with Perfect Day Sydney and liked that it was a small group with a good guide who even took photos for us. made it easy and stress free.

anyone else been on one of their tours? would you recommend it for a quick escape?

cheers for any feedback mates really appreciate it.

looking for albums where the focus is really on the words and atmosphere, something that feels intentional and lyrical rather than just catchy

any language or genre is fine as long as it leans into that poetic side

what would you recommend?

So I'm trying to sell my place and honestly Im stuck. The house is fine structurally but it needs some work - old kitchen, couple windows are foggy, the deck has seen better days. Nothing major but definitely stuff a buyer would ask for.

My realtor says I should fix it all before listing or I'll get lowball offers. But Im looking at like 10-15k in repairs and I just dont have that cash sitting around. Plus even if I did, do I really want to deal with contractors and timelines and all that mess?

The other option is selling as-is. I see those -we buy houses signs everywhere and I always assumed they just rip you off. But Im starting to wonder if taking a little less money might be worth not having to spend months fixing things up and stressing about showings.

Has anyone actually sold as-is for cash? How much less did you get compared to what you thought the house was worth? Or did you go the fix-it-up route and regret all the time and money you put in?

Just trying to figure out what makes sense when you dont have thousands to drop on renovations before you even sell.

Appreciate any real experiences, good or bad.

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!!

Been using a mid-range German knife for years and thought I understood what sharp meant. First time I ran the Yoshikane through an onion I just stood there for a second. The fit and finish is better than anything I expected at this price point. Octagonal handle feels completely natural after about ten minutes. Already developing a nice patina after a few weeks of daily use on proteins. Only thing I wasn't ready for is how much more careful you have to be. Caught myself almost tossing it in the sink out of habit and nearly had a heart attack.

Worth every penny. What was the knife that made you realize German knives weren't the end of the road?