I’m at a stage in my life and my career in which I feel I could benefit from a little guidance from your side!
I used to work with MSFT for almost 5 years as cloud solution architect, MSFT, comes with many benefits in terms of schooling, medical insurance, and stocks. but every year it is happening, which might impact on my mental health at a moment. Accordingly, 4 months ago, I got a job offer from a local company, but they will give the same compensation from MSFT. The job role will be leading technical sales.
When I get back to my manager, they were trying to retain me through to lead another role, and enhance the compensation as well. These days MSFT laid off almost half of my team, and they changed my role, and they said this is part of my career development to land a new job, they told me this period is tough due to the layoff but at least you have a job.
On the other hand, my country is facing a sever devaluation these days, and moving to a local company might not be good in my resume, and the chances to reallocate might be minimal. at least MSFT is providing stocks - a saving plan if something happens.
The only reason I want to leave MSFT is to look for a stable and secure job to be motivated to continue my career life. but the financial is essential as well!
I know my post is not well structured! But these thoughts are in my mind for the time being. shall I feel secure and take a break with this local company and work on the gaps to land a bigger role later? Shall I stay with MSFT and do the same in terms of work on the gaps and move to the same company in terms of size, and branding - but it's not guaranteed whether I will continue this fiscal year or not?

So my story starts with having a shop replace my pads and rotors about 7000 miles ago.
Earlier this week I had my oil changed and the tech noticed that there was brake fluid leaking out of one of my front calipers through a loose bleeder.
Im not quite sure yet what the cause is - Ill be taking it to Honda today to have them check since they put a warranty on their work, but what consequences could this cause (leaking fluid, drawing in air) with the front caliper? The shop said they topped off my reservoir with fluid - I do know that if you let it get too low air will definitely be drawn into the system.
My expectation is that theyll re-bleed the brake system and check for leaks - possibly a bad bleeder but would this ruin the caliper and should I be pushing for them to replace it?
And before the wolves show up - I had Honda do the work because I dont know anyone with a garage (lived in an apartment at the time), and I dont have time to have my car down while I work on it. If I had a second car it wouldnt be an issue for me.

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Distance.
If you could count all coaches or any training personnel which you have ever seen in your life - what number it would be ?. I'm guessing, in some cases it could be few, could be dozens, in other cases many many. In this part of the book I have few words to say about driving lessons. Yes I love technology associated with vehicles, aircrafts, and everything else what is capable of moving from point A to point B (including quantum time travel ;)). Naturally most such devices require License, including bicycle (in some country's). Reason is simple, moving object may cause unnecessary damage if in wrong hands. Fun associated with whole aspect is undoubtedly super pleasurable, and often very useful. Story is little bit different if we talking about modern World, very fast cars and kids with purchased licenses. Naturally silly errors on the roads happens not only amongst young drivers. The main goal is always the same to avoid contact. Actually it relates to other shopper in the store, bicycle on the sidewalk, other cars, planes, satellites, international space station, or other space ship somewhere in the Galaxy far far away - the last example is little bit crazy, but without a question full of sense. So, many years ago, while flying one of the aircrafts I've had discussion with my friend in the cabin. We were talking about Human's eye possibility in describing distance. Not exactly the distance as - how far away is the house, sleeping cow, shop, or factory but, how far away is moving object. Training of own senses wasn't easy, and was based on observations of other aircrafts while we were in the sky. You may know it or not, but while the plane is in the sky, in far distance, and is flying in the straight line towards you, is really difficult to tell how fast such device is flying. The same problem is with describing direction. It is really difficult to say, the object is moving toward you or away from you. Obviously whole subject is complex, but what is important in this point in time, already back then I've had come up with the idea. The reason was simple. During travelling in one of my cars, some dude simply came out from the side street, looked my way, but the result was terrible. After the crash I've had spoke with him, and he admitted simple error. As often, from my point of view it was very interesting error. Basically, at the moment when he had seen me, he couldn't estimate the time in which my car will be at the intersection with the side road, where he was attempting to join the main traffic flow. Obviously this is not the time to discuss his reflex and ability to judge value of time when someone is stoned. So, just like that I've had come up with the idea for driving instructors, and in this chapter you will read about it. Straight to the point: On the beginning, whole training is happening while the vehicle with new driver behind the wheel isn't moving, the car is parked somewhere in the safe zone, but on the road where the traffic is alive. The method requires very complicated device (LOL) the stopwatch. New driver and the coach watching the traffic through the back window. The driving coach is pointing out one vehicle, somewhere in the distance. It is vehicle travelling toward their car. At that point learner must estimate the time (preferably in seconds), when that vehicle will be beside of their vehicle. Driving coach stopping the clock when the car is passing by, and both results are analyzed. Such training may look stupid for some ignorant individuals, but such approach surely waking up consciousness and foremost sharpening the senses. Especially, when new driver is doing next stage of the training, and instead of looking into back window, new driver must look into the mirrors, to make exactly the same time estimation. Whole thing is simple and easy fun, but things are little bit different if during such training new driver is required to estimate the time required to join the traffic from stop position. The goal is to correctly estimate the time required for the vehicle to join safely the traffic, without causing blocking or dangerous situations. Naturally taking under consideration ability of the car is often crucial. Not everybody likes theory, but often little adjustments in the approach to the theory, may lead into the area where first sharp lessons based on simple analysis of own ability makes practices easier and safer. So, if you are new driver, regardless of your age, and someday someone will ask you to train your own senses like that, please don't be angry. It is all done not only for your own safety, but also for the safety of other commuters on the roads. This relates to Special Vehicles, Busses, Heavy Trucks, Taxis, Motorcyclists, Cyclists, Family Vans, Regular Touring Cars, Fast Drivers, or me. Yes, imagine that, my first drives in Fiat 126p was so looooong time ago, I couldn't reach the clutch.
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Hi. I'm fairly new to AHLCG and own Core + The Dunwich Legacy + The Path to Carcosa. I have a regular group that's completed TDL and is going through TPTC on standard difficulty.
Between those sessions I wanted to play some solo campaigns. I also have Return To the Dunwich Legacy, so thought I'd play through that and for added spice turn it up to hard (probably in hindsight not the best idea since Return To already bumps the difficulty a bit.
Tl;dr at bottom.
I chose Mark Harrigan and Daisy Williams and specialised them into fighting and investigating. First scenario was The House Always Wins which went very poorly. Mark only got out a Machete before the criminals turned aggressive and then had the worst luck and was engaged with more than 1 enemy most of the time. We were mainly cornered in the stage area and Daisy couldn't help because I didn't give her any fighting capabilities.
Tip #1 - Investigator decks need some versatility because things are going to go south and they need to help each other out.
We ended up running out the doom clock and taking 1 physical trauma each.
Extracurricular Activity was much better, Daisy managed to get a hit on the abomination with the alchemical concoction and Mark finished it off. Whippoorwills were a huge pain in the ass though and we barely made the required tests.
Tip #2 - Always kill whippoorwills when they appear.
Miskatonic Museum also went well, especially considering we got an Infinite Doorway on the central location. Mark narrowly avoided death from Beyond The Veil by drawing as many cards as possible to cycle the discard pile before drawing Beyond the very next Mythos phase. Mark also had very little to do in this scenario and was twiddling him thumbs most of the time. See Tip #1.
Essex County Express was a write-off. Mark got overwhelmed by enemies with the new Overseer and couldn't get help from Daisy. The forced actions on entering carriages wore away at health and sanity (Mark having 5 sanity and effectively 5 health due to Sophie really didn't help). Daisy made a good effort healing with the medical tome but had to keep spending resources, and when we got to the carriage that required 3 resources per clue it was basically game over. The horror from a passenger finished us off, each taking 1 mental trauma.
Tip #3 - Investigators with 5 in health and/or sanity leave very little margin for failure, especially with trauma.
Blood on the Altar went alright though Mark was quite overwhelmed by the amount of enemies in the encounter deck, even with his upgraded .45s. At this point I'd realised the .32 Colt just wasn't a good card for harder difficulties, despite what people say about it being good for Mark with his 5 fight. 1 extra fight can make all the difference when regularly pulling -3 and -4 from the chaos bag.
Tip #4 - .32 Colt is not good above standard difficulty.
We managed to find the hidden chamber and Daisy made light work of clue gathering with Pathfinder (to move into the chamber) and Archaic Glyphs to grab multiple clues while inside, and then making a swift retreat.
I wasn't looking forward to Undimensioned and Unseen, because it's a very willpower focused scenario and Mark and Daisy weren't specialised in it. However, it was going much better than I expected and we killed a couple of Broods without much difficulty. Mark was able to take damage with Sophie to boost his evade to exhaust the Broods, and Daisy with Encyclopedia and Higher Education could boost her willpower to get tests with 4-5 skill advantage (with the clues, of course). We were feeling pretty good, recouping and healing up a bit, when the agenda flipped and a Brood spawned on top of us making an immediate attack with a (4) agility test. Mark failed the test but was able to eat it, flipping Sophie in the process, but Daisy would be put to 1 remaining health if it connected. We threw everything at it, Daisy with committed 5 agility and Mark helped with 1, making the test 8 vs 4. Of course we drew the -5.
So it was bad, but we were still alive, and we could use the location ability to place our clues and hopefully defeat it the following turn. Then we drew Ruin and Destruction from the mythos deck. Another (3) agility test. Having used everything for the previous test, there was nothing we could do, not even the elder sign could save Daisy. Mark lived with 1 health and actually managed to deal two damage to the brood on his turn with some clutch willpower tests, but the third and final attack failed. With no way to escape he also succumbed.
This is where I'll be abandoning the campaign. Progressing with so much trauma seems pointless, I'd rather evaluate my errors and improve for next time.
I want to create better decks and try again, hence this thread.
Tl;dr - What tips do you have for playing harder difficulties with two investigators, with a small-ish card pool (Core + TDL + TPTC). Cheers!

I’m absolutely gutted. We completed and got the keys to our home yesterday. The former owner was outside when we arrived, and we exchanged polite convo before making our way into our new home. He knew we have a 4 week overlap with our tenancy at our flat so had some time to decorate etc. he made a comment “I’m sure you’ll wanna clean and decorate before moving in”
Honestly, inside was awful cat poo and urine all over the floor, where furniture has been removed can see where cats have been spraying up the wall saturating wall, raw meat (mince meat?) left in front garden for im guessing.. cats & cat food (meat) all up the walls and window in downstairs bathroom.
Removal company arrived same time as us and explained they almost refused job as how filthy it all was and they couldn’t believe they would leave property in this state. They also let us know they watched the owners dump cat poo into the garden then dig it over into the soil.
I never expected the place to be spotless but poo on the floor.
What really gets to me is he wished us luck, and mentioned cleaning up etc, while I had my 9 month baby in my arms. Who I have not been able to put down due to health hazard. We planned to clean the house ourselves but have paid for a deep clean company to come in today as it’s just too much.
I know owners are not needed to leave tidy, but I am gobsmacked at how people live and would leave the house. Not looking for advice, just a moan as I am heartbroken. The excitement of owning our first ever property for us and our children has been dampened by cat shit.

Dear Redditors,
thanks to whomever takes the time to read this long text! Throwaway for privacy reasons. Please be kind with my english. I am sitting here typing this with my heart being ripped apart and not knowing what to do. I should start with some background informations:
Me (30M from central Europe) went on a business trip to south east asia early 2022. A few weeks before that I switched my Tinder location to where I was heading. I wanted to match some girls to maybe spent some time on the evenings/weekends and get some locals recommendations. I matched with a girl (30F) and we started chatting. A lot. We even had some phone calls and I was feeling very comfortable with her. We were also talking about relationship by that time, but not specifically us getting into a relationship. When I went there and we met I instantly fell in love (had feelings before already) and she was also very much into me. I asked her to be my girlfriend and she happily agrees.
I left after a few weeks and we needed a few month to adjust to a long distance relationship. She put more effort in the beginning, no doubt. I was a bit hesitant at first and had worries it won't work out. We adjusted and it was going well.
Fast forward. Around new years we had an almost break up. I was in a very bad mood (I was at my hometown and friends/family there is a very toxic environment) and made her feel bad about something that she happy about. She was thinking about breaking up, but accepted my apology and things went on. It was a bit rough after that, but we managed to get a bit more comfortable again. Not fully as it was before though. But everything was still fine and we were planning on her coming to my place for 2 weeks.
(I should add at this point, because I did many mistakes in my earlier life I am in a very bad financial situation and simply couldn't afford to be there even though I wish I could - though it will get much better from late summer of this year and I promised her to travel there for 2 months and work from her place; kind of like a test if living together works out)
Last week she turned 30 and we spent time on the phone the night before until she fell asleep. I sent a sweet birthday text at midnight and got a sweet response in the morning. Her schedule for that day (+ the following 2) was super packed with work. I knew it and we exchanged some messages in between. Everything as it used to be. On sunday she didn't reply to my messages and when I called her she was in a very bad mood. Said something like 'we should talk later' and 'I´m 30 now, no husband, no kids, no house, no dogs' (I guess here comes the south eastern culture into play) as well as 'I don't want to be in a relationship' as well as 'I dont want to be in a long distance relationship' and 'I don't know if I love you'. She asked for time and space for herself. I agreed to that and for 2 days I sent her a message about what happened in my day, not expecting an answer. First thing she responded was 'I need more time for myself'. I didn't send any answer to that until she texted me again the next day. Asking me about my day. I told her and she left me on read. I thought she had enough time and space for herself because she started texting me again, so I called her that night. Got declined 3 times. She texted 'I'm trying to sleep' after the 3rd time. This is very unusual, because normally she even picks up when she is sleeping and just mumbles a cute 'let me sleep'. Didn't hear anything again for 24h on my messages, when she started replying again today. She said she doesn't want to do anything, neither talk nor text to anyone or anything. (I think she sometimes has depressive phases). Also said it has nothing to do with me. When I asked if she felt better having no contact with me she said 'I can live with that. I miss you sometimes.' so I asked whether she wants to live without me and she said 'I dont mind. You shouldnt waste your time on me. Its me not you.' Conversation went on a little and I'm just gonna throw some of her statements here:
'I put myself first'
'I dont think about us or care about your feeling much, when I care about mine'
'I dont think I want the same thing' (replied to me say I want to spend the rest of my life with her)
'I dont feel like being in a relationship fulfills my life'
'I dont know what I want to do with my life'
'I dont know what I like, it´s just boring'
'I dont think you´ll ever understand me' (I pretty much do, because I was going through pretty much the same issues - gambling addiction + depression, thats another story)
And the following two hurt the most:
'when it comes to the time I have to choose you over something else i.e. work, my own feeling. I won’t choose you.'
'I don’t think I love you as much as you love me.'
I offered her that I will go there instead of her coming here (big financial burden for both of us, but I can cope easier with it longterm) and she didn't seem happy about it. It was another 'I dont know' from her.
I really dont know how to deal with the situation. It´s ripping my heart apart and I truly love this woman, but I feel like I´m not good enough and she wants something or someone else.
I should also add two more facts that play a role in my opinion: She is working tons and tons of unpaid overhours in her job (for 3yrs) and even though she is fine with her boss, he promised to raise her pay at least 3 times and didnt do that. She was in a 7 yrs long distance and toxic relationship before (about which she lied to me. When we were already pretty serious texting, before i came there, she was still hoping to get back together with him even though she broke up. I never truly figured out the whole story). I feel like being in a toxic relationship (job + ex) is kind of her 'thing' at this point. I even thought she maybe got a message from her ex on her birthday which caused this whole situation, but according to what she said months ago she blocked him everywhere.
I really dont want to give up on her. Any random redditor advices out there?
tl;dr: My GF (30F) tells me (30M) she doesnt love me as much as I do and being in a relationship doesnt fulfil her life. What to do?

Hey all hope you’re doing well.
My 2015 Ford Fusion was working fine yesterday, I had actually used it quite a bit, but now this morning I wake up and it’s not reactive to anything.
I have had this car for about 2 years. It had been used before when I got it. Around 35k miles.
Only issues I can remember is that a couple days ago I was in park while the engine was on and the car started shaking in 3 short bursts within a few minutes of each other.
No issues starting the car (until now) or with acceleration while driving. Generally has worked fine.
I have two key fobs. Both won’t lock, unlock, remote start, or open the trunk.
When I try to remote start the key fob flashes red three times. No flashing when I just try to use the lock and unlock buttons or the trunk.
I can open the door using the manual key.
Inside the car, the car won’t lock or unlock using the buttons attached to door.
Windows won’t roll down, and no lights are on whatsoever. This includes the overhead light that won’t turn on.
When I press the break to be able to turn the engine on, the little green light on the Start/Stop engine button doesn’t turn on. And of course, the car doesn’t start.
Also the brake lights were on when I first went outside this morning. They turned off by now but I don’t know when.
Is it just that my car battery is dead? I don’t recall anything popping up on the dashboard yesterday, but I could have just been not paying attention.
I do have another car I could use to drive around in the mean time but unfortunately this has happened on the only time I decided to park in the middle of my driveway instead of the garage so I’m a bit stuck.
I should probably just call a mechanic, but if anyone has any ideas I’d love it hear it.

Planning on starting an outdoor compost bin and was wondering if anyone had any advice based on my plan.
The plan is!
Get a large plastic box with a lid, and drill holes in bottom and sides.
Put it next to the other rubbish bins with bricks under each corner to lift it off the ground for drainage.
Fill with grass cutting, shredded bushes etc and veg peeling and paper from house.
Mix box weekly.
Questions:
Does this sound okay? I don't really want to deal with worms at all ( family member is literally terrified of them...! I don't mind them, they're just doing their jobs!)
Does the size of the box matter, want to start smallish just for it fitting in the garden.
Thanks for any advice!

I'm a novice pistol shooter; I've had a G17 for a while now but hardly put any rounds through it until the 12 months or so. A couple thousand or so. Slow and steady improvement, less of a low-left tendency, but could stand to tighten up groups.
Just for grins yesterday I decided to test drive a few things at the local range, including a G43. I have fairly large hands and thought there's no way I was going to shoot it worth a damn, but wound up having a surprising amount of bullseyes. Noticeably more than I'm used to shooting full size.
With the G17 and large backstrap I can get a really good grip on the thing, with a lot of both my support and shooting hand. With the G43 it felt like just the joint area of my thumb with my support hand, and almost nothing of my shooting hand.
Is it possible / likely I'm just over-gripping when shooting the full size and need to relax or change where I'm putting pressure on the frame?

So I was getting some improvement with the powers formula (through Ageless) but it was just too hard to keep seeing myself in the mirror with my hairline and I’m getting transplants. Is the formula safe to use after transplants? I’d like to use up what I have left. I read that minox use after transplants can help reduce the shock loss so I was thinking about using topical 5% OTC minox until a month after then switching to the powers formula and using it up. I have about 2.5 months of it and another 2.5 months of OTC left (5 months if used once daily instead of twice). Once it’s all used up I don’t plan on continuing.

Precision Gear Marketis forecast to reach $684million by 2025, growing at a CAGR 6.4% from 2020 to 2025. Precision gearboxes are designed specifically for applications where extreme accuracy and precision are essential. They are also machined to high tolerances and offer high efficiencies up to or above 90%. Moreover, they are more compact and feature low noise operation compared to conventional gearboxes. Consequently, they are commonly used in machine tools, robotics, material handling, packaging, and food processing equipment. Growing demand from several application industries, particularly packaging, robotics, and military, is expected to drive market growth. Rising demand for automation at manufacturing facilities is expected to help expand the market for precision gears. Advancement in technology has increased the demand for industrial robots & machine tools as a result of which the market for gearboxes is growing at high rate.
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By Type: Flat Gears, Ring Gears, Sector Gears, Precision rack and pinion gears, OthersBy Product Type: Parallel Gearbox, Right Angle Gearbox, Planetary GearboxBy Application: Military & Aerospace, Machine tools, Packaging, Food & beverage, Material Handling, Medical, Robotics, OthersBy Geography: North America (U.S, Canada, Mexico), South America(Brazil, Argentina and others), Europe(Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia and Others), APAC(China, Japan India, SK, Aus and Others), and RoW (Middle east and Africa)
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• Planetary precision gearboxes account for about three quarters of the market share of precision gearboxes, as they provide high precision and reliability for different applications.
• The robotics sector is the largest consumer of precision gearboxes, and is expected to expand at a significant rate in the near term. This is due to the growing use of humanoid artificial joints and limbs.
• Owing to the growing manufacturing industry, APAC accounts for the dominant share of the global market, shifting its emphasis to higher accuracy and low operating costs, creating demand for precision gears in the region.

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During the forecast period, the planetary gearbox segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.1%.Planetary precision gearboxes account for approximately three quarters of the market share of precision gearboxes, as they give high accuracy and reliability for various applications. Such gearboxes also have very low backlash ratings, i.e. 1-9 arc-min with service life of more than 20,000 hours with the minimum maintenance.Planetary gearboxes consist of a planet carrier, a sun gear, multiple planet gears and a ring gear. The sun gear drives the planetary gears surrounding it which, in effect, travel inside the ring gear. Planetary precision gearboxes have a compact nature and the rolling power makes them highly powerful. In addition, the load can be distributed among the gears on the planet. These planetary gearboxes also have a high torque-to-weight ratio, and produce low backlash as well. Planetary precision gearboxes are most widely used in applications where accurate positioning is extremely necessary, for example pick and place robot.Low backlash, high efficiency, high power density and the quiet operation of planetary precision gearboxes are likely to drive precision gear market growth over the forecast period.
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I think I mostly just need to vent here, so thanks in advance for reading. My wife (38F) and I (37M) have been having issues. Our marriage has been hanging by a thread but it’s gotten slightly better over the last month or so. I have been seeing multiple therapists to address my issues and she is in the midst of setting herself up with one for her issues. Eventually we will see a marriage counselor but we both need to work on ourselves first. I could go on and on but it would take about 30 paragraphs to explain our situation.
I have been driving for Lyft to make some extra $ for us. Last night I was picking someone up in a real bad neighborhood and soon after he got in my car a random guy approached. My first instinct was that he was a friend of my passenger trying to tell him something so I started to slow down. Luckily my passenger warned me to just keep going. As I drove away he told me that the guy is known for trying to scam people for money and flashes his gun when they refuse. Basically, I was moments away from being mugged at gunpoint. After that ride, I texted my wife, “Remind me I need to get a pistol permit/concealed carry license.” I immediately got another ride request so I didn’t have time to elaborate…but I think it was pretty clear what that meant. Her response was, “😱”.
I got home around midnight. Mind you, I get up around 4:30am for my normal job, so I was already pretty miserable on top of almost being fucking mugged. I walk in the door and she’s on the couch. Nothing. She’s just laying there watching TV and doesn’t break her concentration from her stupid cop drama show to ask what happened or if I’m ok. I gave it a little time and still nothing. In the meantime I grew angrier and angrier. I kept thinking, “How the fuck is she not asking me what happened or if I’m ok?” I didn’t bring it up because through therapy I have learned to control my anger and not start any fights until I’ve really allowed some time to think/cool down and reevaluate if something worth fighting over.
I ultimately decided to sleep on it. I gave her a kiss on the forehead and went to bed. I was visibly angry and her eyes showed some concern, but that was it. This morning I am still really pissed off, so here we are. My question is do I tell her I’m upset or not?
One part of me is saying to myself: Dude, that’s so fucked up. Regardless of the mistakes you’ve made and your shortcomings as a husband, your own wife showed zero concern for your well being after being almost mugged (and possibly even shot). If you bottle this up it will eat away at you. You have every right to be upset and she needs to know how you feel. If she was almost mugged you would immediately have asked her about it given her the biggest hug when she came through the door.
The other part of me is saying: Dude, get over it. You know deep down that she cares about you and would be devastated if something happened to you. If you bring this up it will only make her feel like a piece of shit and you will take a huge step back with all the progress you’ve made. You’re alive, unharmed, and nothing was stolen from you. That’s all that matters. Learn from this situation, be more aware of your surroundings while driving and stay frosty. Let go of this negativity and move on.
tl;dr I was almost mugged last night and my wife didn’t ask what happened or if I was ok. Should I tell her I’m angry about it?

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great day! I had posted the same post on Statistics and now want your take on it to get a balanced view.
I am an international student in my late 20s from engineering background. I have an above-average mathematics background but lack programming skills, though I expect to become proficient before joining my masters. I am a quick learner and reasonably good at self-learning. Though I have some work experience, it is not in pure statistics or data analytics, so I consider myself a fresher to both fields.
Though I feel that MS in Statistics is a better program than MSBA/MSDS because I feel having in-depth technical knowledge should be preferred over generalist programs, I am not too sure if MS Stats offers equally good opportunities after graduation. I applied to and got rejected from Statistics programs at Penn State, UIUC, Virginia Tech, Columbia, and Purdue, probably because of my poor grades in undergrad, where I was not matured enough and focused on extracurriculars and ignored studies. Since I started applying very late in this cycle, was initially overwhelmed by the process and wasn't even sure if I'll get an admit to MS Stats, I missed lots of other good statistics programs and applied to MSDS/MSBA programs as well.
I have various offers but these are my top 3 at the moment -
IUB Statistics - Though not highly ranked at T54 (Statistics, USNews) or T170 (University rank), I am looking forward to the IUB Statistics program as I feel that I will be more comfortable with a math-heavy curriculum. The 2-year course duration, small batch size, and relatively reasonable tuition were a few other factors. Also, this program offers an option of a tuition waiver in the case of TA/GA, so I was expecting to save significant money and graduate almost debt-free. There is an IU Statistical Research Centre as well, where most students get the opportunity to pursue an internship and gain some sense of statistics in real-world applications, which is a plus. Also, this comment and a friend who is a postdoctoral researcher in Stats at the T10 Stats program has told me to join IUB and skip the MSBA programs.
UCLA MSBA - UCLA on the other hand is a T20 Uni and Anderson is a T15 (MBA) college. Their faculty also seems well qualified with good industry experience, and I think the quality of education should be world-class. One of their professors contributes to the R library and has one of the highest downloads as well; another one has really good papers published and has experience working with Uber on the Price-surge model. Primarily, I think my goal of pursuing quality education from the US will be fulfilled by the experience here. But this is all in my mind; kindly correct me if I am wrong. Also, this program is pretty expensive and won't make sense if I can't snag a $150k+ placement.
Goizueta/Emory MSBA - Goizueta is T20 (MBA) and Emory is T82 ranked Uni but doesn't seem anywhere close to UCLA Anderson from my experience till now and the MSBA program is pretty short at just 10 months. But their placement stats are pretty attractive, and they have offered a reasonable scholarship to me and promised a bit more in the next few weeks. So, this seems like a reasonable option just based on the placement/fee paid ratio.
Curriculum - IUB Stats vs UCLA MSBA vs Goizueta MSBA
Placement - Though not exactly apples-to-apples, I am bound to compare the average starting salaries of these programs. Both MSBA are under business schools and they seem to have a solid and dedicated career services and they take placement of their students seriously. There are various opportunities like Internship, Co-op programs or Monthly employer meets to ease the placement process. Also, the employer panel at UCLA is very impressive and covers a diverse range of sectors - Career Impact UCLA Anderson School of Management . The UCLA MSBA program mentions a $115,000 Avg Starting Salary, whereas the Goizueta MSBA program mentions a $100,000 Median Starting Salary. Both quote above 95% placements within 3 months of graduation on their webpage.
Whereas for IUB Stats, placements are not the priority and there is not much support from the dept and you have to undertake the whole process by yourself. I went through the alumni details on the IUB Statistics webpage, and it shows placement data of around 6 people for 2020, 6 for 2021 and 4 for 2022 batches for both the Master's programs. Also, there is no mention of remuneration anywhere.
According to the COL Calculator, a starting salary of $115k in LA is equivalent to $77K in Atlanta and $75k in Bloomington. This puts the $100k at Goizueta way higher than UCLA's $115k weirdly.
Fees and COL - I am expecting to spend less than $70k ($42K tuition) over 2 years at IUB Stats. If I become the TA/GA, I expect some further tuition waiver and graduate debt-free. The UCLA MSBA program should cost me around $110k ($70k tuition) for 15 months. I am yet to receive/expecting a scholarship award from them. The Goizueta MSBA program should cost $92k ($60k tuition after a $20k scholarship) for 10 months. The Goizueta team has promised more scholarships in the next few weeks.
I come from a lower-middle-class family and will be taking out huge loans to pay for all the programs. Though I am debt-averse, I don't mind going for a moderately expensive program, if the future career prospects outshine the cheaper one.
Opportunity and VISA - Since I am an international student and plan to stay in the US for the foreseeable future, work opportunities and my VISA matter a lot to me. Will there be any quantifiable difference in the opportunities I will get if I have one university on my resume over the other? How much will this affect my chances of getting an H1B visa sponsorship in the future?
Before anyone mentions that university/college doesn't matter at all, it did in my case. If I had not completed my undergrad at a Tier-1 institution, I would not be getting any offers, considering my 2.6 CGPA and a sizeable gap period.
Other offers - I don't expect you to know about every other program out there, but I'm sharing just for information.
MSBA - UC Irvine ($52k tuition after scholarship, 1 year); Data Science - Notre Dame ($60k, 16 months); Data Analytics - Boston University MET ($62k, 1 year). I am still waiting for decision from ASU Statistics, NEU Analytics, UMCP MSBA, UCSD MSBA, UIUC Predictive Analytics.
I may seem confused to some people, because I am. Which one will be a better choice in case of opportunities - an expensive but top-ranked generalist program from a top ranked college or a lower ranked specialized program from a good college with almost no fee?
Thank you for your time. Any advice is appreciated.

Greetings BEFIRE,
I want to start by stating that racermode has approved this post beforehand through DM's.
I am currently facing a difficult situation with my father. He is turning 55 in June and has had three back surgeries, with the most recent one on January 3rd, where balloons were inserted between his spine and filled with medical cement after he broke his spine. He is still recovering from the procedure and has been on sickness benefit (ziekenkas in de volksmond) for almost three months now. However, it is becoming increasingly challenging to make ends meet with the sickness benefit, especially since he still has a mortgage on the house that won't be paid off for around three more years.
As his only son, who he claims as "ten laste," and without a wife, he is in a difficult situation. He has no degree and has always worked as a construction worker. He started working at 14 on a "leercontract" and has remained in the construction industry until now. He has been with the same employer for a long time.
I have two main questions:
1) What are the benefits that he can apply for to receive the most assistance possible? He is a single parent with a mortgage, and I have searched for various benefits, but I am having difficulty differentiating between the various procedures and conditions. It seems that even qualifying for the "sociaal tarief" for electricity is impossible. Any advice on benefits that he could look into would be greatly appreciated.
2) Long term, even if he recovers from this, it will be impossible for him to work until the age of 67. His right leg already feels "dead," and sometimes goes completely numb as a result of all the back issues. I have looked into the SWT procedure, which is a sickness benefit with additional compensation from the employer, but he does not seem to qualify for this since he is too young, and the conditions are more strict for "arbeiders" compared to "(overheids)bedienden." Is there anything else that he can and should do?
He surprisingly has not been declared "invalide" despite years of pain and suffering. Although the doctor has renewed his sickness leave until the end of June, which is another three months, I am struggling to see a clear path forward.
If anyone has any recommendations for what he can and should do in the short term to obtain as many benefits as possible to make ends meet and in the long term to avoid becoming completely disabled, please let me know. His job has destroyed his body, and I am worried about the long-term impact on his health and well-being. It is not right for someone to work for so many years only to end up disabled before reaching retirement age.
It seems that there is no real solution or aid from the government for people who have worked in an incredibly demanding job that has damaged their body beyond repair. The retirement age is the same for everyone, with the exception of "arbeiders" and "ambtenaren," but in my opinion, legislators should consider the intensity of the job and the strain on the body it causes to determine retirement age.
I hope that someone can guide us in the right direction as to what is possible for my father both in the short and long term. I am scared, upset, and frustrated about this situation, and I worry that my father's health will only continue to deteriorate.
If you require any further information regarding his situation, please let me know.
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Inb4Redditban

Greetings BEFIRE,
I want to start by stating that racermode has approved this post beforehand through DM's.
I am currently facing a difficult situation with my father. He is turning 55 in June and has had three back surgeries, with the most recent one on January 3rd, where balloons were inserted between his spine and filled with medical cement after he broke his spine. He is still recovering from the procedure and has been on sickness benefit (ziekenkas in de volksmond) for almost three months now. However, it is becoming increasingly challenging to make ends meet with the sickness benefit, especially since he still has a mortgage on the house that won't be paid off for around three more years.
As his only son, who he claims as "ten laste," and without a wife, he is in a difficult situation. He has no degree and has always worked as a construction worker. He started working at 14 on a "leercontract" and has remained in the construction industry until now. He has been with the same employer for a long time.
I have two main questions:
1) What are the benefits that he can apply for to receive the most assistance possible? He is a single parent with a mortgage, and I have searched for various benefits, but I am having difficulty differentiating between the various procedures and conditions. It seems that even qualifying for the "sociaal tarief" for electricity is impossible. Any advice on benefits that he could look into would be greatly appreciated.
2)Long term, even if he recovers from this, it will be impossible for him to work until the age of 67. His right leg already feels "dead," and sometimes goes completely numb as a result of all the back issues. I have looked into the SWT procedure, which is a sickness benefit with additional compensation from the employer, but he does not seem to qualify for this since he is too young, and the conditions are more strict for "arbeiders" compared to "(overheids)bedienden." Is there anything else that he can and should do?
He surprisingly has not been declared "invalide" despite years of pain and suffering. Although the doctor has renewed his sickness leave until the end of June, which is another three months, I am struggling to see a clear path forward.
If anyone has any recommendations for what he can and should do in the short term to obtain as many benefits as possible to make ends meet and in the long term to avoid becoming completely disabled, please let me know. His job has destroyed his body, and I am worried about the long-term impact on his health and well-being. It is not right for someone to work for so many years only to end up disabled before reaching retirement age.
It seems that there is no real solution or aid from the government for people who have worked in an incredibly demanding job that has damaged their body beyond repair. The retirement age is the same for everyone, with the exception of "arbeiders" and "ambtenaren," but in my opinion, legislators should consider the intensity of the job and the strain on the body it causes to determine retirement age.
I hope that someone can guide us in the right direction as to what is possible for my father both in the short and long term. I am scared, upset, and frustrated about this situation, and I worry that my father's health will only continue to deteriorate.
If you require any further information regarding his situation, please let me know.
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards, Inb4Redditban

The SKIP route runs down its entire length through the city limits, and it is the highest-ridership local bus route in Boulder by far (source). North of Canyon, the 208 and Lyons Flyer buses also share Broadway.
Once you cross Canyon going south, Broadway is additionally shared by numerous other high-ridership bus lines. These include the Flatiron Flyer, which has even higher ridership than SKIP and was sold as "bus rapid transit", which it emphatically is not, but adding bus lanes on Broadway would bring it one step closer.
Most of Broadway within the city limits is at least 4-5 lanes wide, and once you get far enough south it becomes 6+ lanes wide. The lanes to use for this already exist. Cars also have not one but two other parallel, wide, car-oriented routes to use for north-south travel: 28th Street and Foothills Parkway.
Painting some bus lanes would improve bus service along this key transit corridor immediately. It would also make Broadway more comfortable and safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Broadway also has quite a bit of housing right alongside it, with designated walking routes to schools on both sides, but is currently a high-speed, dangerous stroad.
Putting bus lanes on Broadway would be in line with the city's stated goals to improve safety, equity, and reliability on its Core Arterial Network. It could be physically implemented almost overnight and would be a major step toward those goals.
In the long-term, Broadway would also be a great location to consider implementing true BRT with physically-separated bus lanes, offboard ticketing, and signal priority for buses at intersections. Putting bus lanes along it now would be a great first step in that direction.

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We have been together nearly 2 months.
So she walks through the door to his house with a guy assume her bf and he goes oh that’s my ex sorry I should have told you about this earlier. He is a psychologist so I thought he would be more emotionally intelligent.
I just felt a chill down my spine I felt so awkward and uncomfortable and blindsided and on the spot. I just wanted to leave
It was also the first time I was meeting any of his friends so it was kind of overwhelming since there was like 15 people there
He asked me just during the week to discuss histories and he asked me about my ex and why it didn’t work out considering the party was in a few days I thought he would have mentioned this. I didn’t ask him too much about his ex because he said it was ages ago!
How would you react to that scenario? What would you do?
I had an amicable split with my ex but we aren’t friends
TL;DR BLINDSIDED BY BOYFRIENDS EX

Okay first some context: my fiance/partner Melissa and I were in a car accident Feb 25 that killed pretty much instantly. I broke both my legs in the accident so I moved back in with my parents because my injuries make taking care of myself difficult. My old room is being used for storage, though, so I'm staying in the guest bedroom. I was looking for work before the accident but because of my injuries and grief, it doesn't make sense to keep going with that for awhile since I don't know when I'll be able to function well enough to work. We were together for 3.25 years and were hoping to get married in the next year or two. She was only 23. I am on antidepressants and I am seeing a therapist twice a week. I have a history of depression so this isn't my first rodeo. I've already told my parents I feel like this as well as a few friends.
Anyways, it's been a month without my girl and I don't want to do this anymore. I'm exhausted. Mentally, emotionally, physically. I never feel rested when I wake up, no matter how much I sleep and I rarely sleep through the night. I dread going to bed because whenever I try to fall asleep, her absence becomes excruciating. I'm not at home, I'm not in our bed, and she's not there. The feeling that something's wrong is unavoidable. I can't hide from the horrible truth that she's gone, that she's dead. That I'll never see her again, that I'll never feel her embrace or hear her voice or hold her hand again. Never be able to bury my face in her thick, sweet-scented golden-brown hair or look into her gorgeous brown eyes or caress her beautiful face again. Never be able to nestle my head against her warm chest with her arms around me and listen to her heartbeat. That I'm here in this unfamiliar bed in this unfamiliar room alone because she's dead and I'll never be able to lie beside her again. It kills me every time it hits me. I want to scream and howl, tear at my skin and rip myself apart. The pain is overwhelming. I can't endure this nightly torture much longer. I know she'd want me to keep living but I don't think I can. I don't know how to live the rest of my life without her and I don't want to.
There's no escape or distraction from my pain because everything reminds me of her. I also can't concentrate for more than 15 minutes and my injuries mean I can only do activities sitting down so I can't even try to do anything fun or interesting or productive. I can't go outside for walks, concentrate on books or do any of my old hobbies and I can't enjoy movies or TV because they all remind me of her. My brain feels like mush and emotionally, I just feel broken. I feel like the part of me that can feel joy or anything good like love or happiness is broken and I don't think it's fixable. I wish I could convince myself that she still exists somewhere and that she's still with me, but I just can't. If she doesn't exist, it's much harder to care about what she would have wanted. She's dead which, in my opinion, means her consciousness no longer exists. She is just dust. At the same time, the reality of her not existing anymore is agony. I don't know how I could ever get used to this wretched reality and I certainly don't think I can last the 2-5 years grief psychologists say it takes to get back to normal functioning after something like this. It hurts too much. I don't think I have that kind of endurance. The pain and numbness is so intense. I just want out. I want it to end. I want the pain to stop. I can't do this anymore. If she can't feel anything anymore, why should I care? She won't know if I die and what she doesn't know can't hurt her.
I know my friends and family would suffer like this if I give up, but I resent that. I resent them for making me suffer so they don't have to. I love and care about them, but it's hard to care enough to subject myself to this much suffering, especially when I can't feel my love for them. My love for Melissa was the only thing that could push through this kind of apathy. During past depressive episodes, I had a reason to hold on because I had her cheering me on and I wanted to live for her. I wanted to keep going because she needed me and because I wanted to be there for our life together. I had faith in us and I believed in her. I made us my purpose. Our happiness, our success, our future. Her death sent a wrecking ball through all of it, all of our plans and dreams. I don't have anything like that to believe in or depend on anymore. My life will be objectively more painful and lonely without her and there's no way for me to know that a life on my own will be worth enduring all this pain for. She was there at my lowest moments to help me feel less alone and to remind me why life was worthwhile and why I mattered. I don't feel like I'm any good to anyone anymore.
Why do anything if I can't share it with her? What's the point of continuing to pursue my career if I can't share it with her and make her proud? She made it all worthwhile. We did everything, everything together. We are/were both autistic so we helped motivate each other to do everything we needed to do to be independent adults by doing it all -- showering/hygiene, cooking, hobbies, exercise -- together and it was all so much better together. She encouraged me so much in everything, helped me want to do and to enjoy everything I need to do to live. Why do any of it alone when it's so much lonelier and less rewarding? How could I find anyone willing to support me like that, who would love me that much again?? She understood me so completely and accepted and loved it all. I could be my full, unfiltered self with her, which means a lot and is pretty rare for an autist. It made me feel so free. I don't want to live the rest of my adult life (I'm 24 so that's potentially a long time) alone, lonely, and without that kind of love, freedom and support. I know what it's like to have it and I don't want to live without it. I don't know how to be happy with my life without it. I don't know how to be the woman I want to be without that or without her. I want happiness, joy, love and fulfillment in my life. I don't know how I could possibly have those things without her and while carrying this pain and I don't feel that life is worth living without those things. Even if I could, I don't think I'll make it through however long it's going to take to get there. I just want out.
Ik this was quite long so thank you to anyone who got to the end. I'm posting this because my self preservation instincts aren't completely gone and I guess the teeny tiny part of me that hasn't given up yet hopes that I'm wrong. So thanks for listening to a desperate woman's ramblings. I'm so sorry we're all here.

I’m a Halloween lover, and an Autumn lover in general. To me, it truly is the greatest season of all time and I think it’s the perfect season for a romantic and dramatic story. That’s what I’m hoping to find here!
This story would be set in the late 90s, where films like the craft and scream are part of the common consciousness, and Halloween still held magic. Halloween town is airing for its first time and hocus pocus is essential. Neighborhood kids ride bikes to each other’s houses while teenagers meet at misty Autumn lakes for impromptu campfires filled with urban legends of hook-handed psychos. Halloween held a power over that era, and I want to recapture it in this roleplay!
Here’s an overview of my idea for the actual plot:
Our characters are young adults, possibly from the same town and possibly familiar with each-other (or you could be new to town, up to you). It’s early October and the summer heat has retreated, leaving chilly mornings and the first hints of dying leaves. My character’s best friend is planning a massive Halloween party, and the time is ticking for him to find a date.
Here is where I have two separate but equally ideas, this could simply be a boy meets girl slice of life story, or we could take it in a supernatural direction!
If we keep it just a romantic story, then obviously our characters would get to know eachother, go in cute fall dates to the pumpkin patch, haunted houses, costume shops, etc..
If we take it into a supernatural direction, I’d like to add a whimsical horror element to the mix! Maybe the spirit of Halloween is angry and begins to bring Halloween entities to life and our characters are the unlikely heroes? Could be fun!
The main thing is, I want to capture that comfy nostalgic feeling of the era, and inject it with a healthy amount of romance and character growth! I think using settings such as pumpkin patches and costume stores would be a ton of fun, whether it gets supernatural or not!
Now for the technical stuff! I’m in EST time zone, and I only RP on discord for simplicity sake! I am semi-literate and will never one line you, as I always strive for multiple paragraphs! I am usually working during the day but I will try and get responses out on my town time which is pretty often!
If you’re interested in this, please be willing to discuss with me! If you’re expecting me to have everything meticulously planned out and ready, I will disappoint you! But if your down to brainstorm and make this something we both care about, I can’t wait to chat!

I’ve got a guy whose main trade is a window fitter. He put a solid roof on our conservatory, and did a pretty good job I thought. Although he advised me wrong on the velux and we fitted them on a 10 degree roof.. which is 5 below minimum. Could have been an honest mistake but… also seems quite an obvious one.
We’re widening an existing doorway. There’s a window above it. So not the greatest load in the world. Going to 1.8m wide from around 80cm. The house is stone built, and the walls are some 70cm thick. Granite I think.
He explained what he’d do:
Put a frame up for dust. Pull carpet back around area to minimise dust. Drill holes through to pass poles through. Acro those up to support ceiling. Kango through the wall (no idea what that is) Put in 3 x 6 or 8 inch steels
I asked to see existing work, and he said he’d not done for a wall this thick.. but then did pull out a photo of a stone cottage where he’d done it so.. 🤷‍♂️
He will be a good price as not VAT registered. And is £25 an hour. He reckons a weeks worth with another pair of hands.
I’ve no significant reason not to trust he’s so a good job.. but I don’t really know all the things that could go wrong / how complex it is..
I’ve another builder who will do it for around 3.5k plus vat. He’s a boss and can achieve the wildest stuff, but nailing him down is tough. He reckons he could start in 2/3 weeks but whether or not I can actually get him here is a different story.
I don’t wanna mess the window fitter around and would rather tell him asap if I’ll use him..
any advice on how complicated this is / if you think I’d be mad to use a window fitter for this who might not have much experience.