I went through a similar experience. I started transitioning “late” in life. I’ve never really had trouble getting interviews anywhere I’ve applied prior to starting my transition. Most of the time I could get hired, sometimes not, but getting an interview at the very least was pretty much guaranteed. I reached a point where hormones were making noticeable changes and I was updating my wardrobe to be more feminine so I updated my resume to include my new name/pronouns. I left my dead name on there because I’ve yet to really tackle anything to change my external, very male, appearance and I’ve made very little progress with my voice. I figured solely using my new name would leave whoever called feeling misled when they heard a deep, male voice on the other end.

Around May 2023 I was looking to make a move as I was unhappy with my work, which was a major disappointment because I was very accepted there for who I was. I just hated the work and felt isolated as I didn’t really feel like I connected with anyone. Plus my position was separated from the rest of the team due to building design so I mostly worked just out of view of everyone, but close enough that I could hear the constant chatter that I never got to be a part of. The most conversation I ever got with anyone was “good morning” and “have a nice day.”

I applied to literally hundreds of jobs. I applied to stuff that I had years of experience with and great references for, but my references have said they were never contacted… I applied to things that were mostly new and I’d write up a cover letter detailing how my previous experiences translated to this new field. I applied for positions that anyone with a GED should be able to get. Most of the time I just never had any sort of response. A few places emailed me months later to tell me that I hadn’t been selected. I got one in person interview and was turned down. They seemed nice for the most part but also seemed thrown off when they actually saw me walk in. The hesitation in their voices said “this isn’t what we were expecting…”

Life started to spiral pretty hard. I was stuck, alone, and unhappy at my job with no way out in a city I was barely getting by in. Every time I went to start a new application I felt defeated before I even started. Every time I submitted one and didn’t hear back I felt like a failure. I questioned if transitioning was a mistake and debated on detransitioning and continuing to live the lie I had most of my life. Eventually I broke and quit my job with nothing lined up and life got real shitty after that… In the end I decided staying the course was the best plan for me. Going back in the closet wasn’t even going to be a consideration and I’d hold out until I figured it out. I’m sure I will continue to miss out on opportunities due to this but as I continue to make progress with transitioning I also believe it will get better. I’m now rebuilding my life one day at a time, piece by piece, and will continue to do so until I’ve reached my goals or die trying. Life is tough but we are tougher. Stay strong out there ladies ❤️

Thankfully both boards support bios flashback so as long as OP prepares a USB drive ahead of time, they can update bios without a CPU.

Also agreed on the X*70s. Besides the OCing stuff you’ll see more pcie lanes but it doesn’t sound like that’s much of a concern for OP. Personally, with the small price difference and similar capabilities, I’d go with the one I thought looked better lol. The average user probably won’t notice any difference between the two.

Option 1 would be the better way to go first imo. The 9400 was an ok CPU but those 9th gens are really starting to show their age. You’re also holding it back by only using a single stick of ram. Your RX580 can hold out a bit longer with a better CPU and faster memory in dual channel, but if you upgrade the GPU first you’ll still be seeing the same performance issues. If you do go with option 1, make sure you have the proper mounting kit for your heatsink. AM5 is very different from 1151.

I live in a desert so extremely low humidity and the pantry area is often over 80. I’ve used potatoes over a month after buying them many times. I still use them for myself if they have small sprouts. I usually don’t see mold until closer to two months in. If I’m cooking for others I’ll buy fresh. Our local grocer has a very small selection of produce so I tend to buy a bunch of the nicer ones if I see they’ve restocked since the next grocery store is about an hour away. When I lived in the city though I’d only buy what I planned on using within the next couple days. More trips but always fresh.

Winter in Australia is June-August, so that December temp is their summer record.

Thanks, this worked for me as well. For those that don’t know how to change this (like me a little while ago) hit F12, go to the storage tab and select the site from the cookies list on the left then change the year in the “Expires / Max-Age” cell in the middle window. Hit enter and it should save.

Z-library was a massive pirate repository for ebooks.

I don’t have a specific recipe, but Caputo’s gluten free flour (fioreglut) is fantastic for gf recipes. We used it at an Italian restaurant I used to work at and it’s now my go to for any gf needs.

It is not compatible with Linux and IIRC the dev does not know how to port it.

I’ve seen a bunch of people recommend this and I’ve played around with it a bit since they initially added frame gen to Lossless Scaling. It never feels smooth. There’s always some stutter/jitter in the frames that makes it feel terrible, even when it’s “100+ fps”. Definitely feels worse than a native 60. Also worse than AMDs fluid motion frames option which does feel and look smoother. I leave it installed and come back from time to time to see if it’s improved but it’s just not something I’ve found to be enjoyable or an improvement to my gaming experience.

Maybe, maybe not… The dev could just be busy with life right now. The last build was released early September and the last commit was just over 3 months ago so IDK, I suppose we’ll see. I also love InnerTune and would love to see it continue to grow.

I’ve been using this on and off for a while, since v1.3 in September (and swapping with InnerTune which seems to now be abandoned…) but I have a few glaring issues with it as a daily driver.

Downloads are a mess. Tap download and it may or may not download. The download notification frequently becomes persistent for some reason, even if the downloads have finished and you kill/restart the app. Restarting my phone will get rid of it. Accessing auto cached songs is hit and miss if you don’t have internet which completely defeats the point of it. Also there’s no download management so whatever you download is now what you have saved unless you delete the library and start over…

The library page is ass. There’s no breakdowns by song or artist or album or any other category. You have favorites, followed, most played, and downloaded along with a bunch of playlists under that and finally a recently added list. If I want to shuffle my library I go to downloaded (because I download everything) and just tap a song which will start playing but take the UI ~10 seconds to catch up while, I’m assuming, it builds the playlist.

When I connect to a bluetooth device and my screen turns off I immediately lose the bluetooth connection. Turn the screen back on, reconnect, start playing the music again and it works fine after that. This only happens with SimpMusic. Occasionally have had issues connecting to bluetooth and the app says it’s playing via bluetooth but when you change the volume it says it’s playing via phone while no audio is coming out anywhere. This is usually paired with a “something unexpected happened” error message and app restart (have had this issue loop before for hours, phone restart fixed it).

The music player notification stops working regularly and just won’t come back until I restart the phone.

Intense lag after listening for a while.

No dislike button to help avoid songs.

And maybe my last complaint which is relatively minor to the other things, but under some categories, like new releases, it will show the art, the name of the album/single and then say “Album” instead of the artist which probably annoys me more than it should and may be a result of the other issues adding up.

No, my last complaint is the copying of Spotify’s horrible UI, but somehow it’s even worse.

On the upside, sponsorblock works well, my YTM playlists are all accessible, even ones I forgot existed from the GPM days, and the app does work for the most part. Long listening sessions work better than Innertune or Vimusic did. Hoping to see this continue to be worked on and improved, it still has a long way to go though.