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So, planned budget was atleast 100k, but shrunk down to 10+K, I AM WORRIED HOW TO TELL IT TO MY FAMILY NA WALA NA AKONG PERA AND THEY'RE EXPECTING ME TO TAKE THEM INTO BEACHES. Note that, 19 years old palang ako, I have gambling addiction (video games) and I've been trying to not spend kahit piso sa video games but before I am going home, Nai-spend ko naman sa food, shopping and impulsively spent on video games again. I am doomed I have no idea what to do right now in my situation. I wanna escape from this .

Figuring out what the best router for your needs can be complicated. We've tested the top Wi-Fi router brands so you can find the right one for your needs.
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Take a look at this list: https://quizience.com/best-wi-fi-routers-for-2022/
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TP-Link Archer AX21
Best budget router
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Wi-Fi Standard
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Wi-Fi 6
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Speed Rating
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AX1800
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Range
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Up to 2,500 sq. ft.
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Wireless Networking Security
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WPA3
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Bands
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Dual-Band (2.4 and 5GHz)
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Available for $100 (or less if you catch a sale), the TP-Link Archer AX21 is an entry-level, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router that supports top speeds of up to 1,201Mbps (1.2Gbps) on its 5GHz band. It's nothing fancy, but it offered near flawless performance for small- to medium-size homes in our tests, and it's a cinch to setup and use thanks to TP-Link's Tether app.
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Best of all, when tested against other, similar routers from names like Asus and Netgear, the AX21 held its own with faster download speeds, better range, and low latency, too. Add in a functional bandsteering mode that automatically steers you between the 2.4 and 5GHz bands within a single network, plus guest network controls and even a quality of service engine for prioritizing traffic to the most important devices on your network, and you're looking at a decent home networking upgrade that's as simple and affordable as it gets. It isn't powerful enough to max out speeds on a gigabit network, but it can still hit consistent close-range speeds near 700Mbps or so, which is more than enough for most households. Read our TP-Link Archer AX21 review.
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Linksys Hydra Pro 6 (MR5500)
Best midrange router
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Wi-Fi Standard
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Wi-Fi 6
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Speed Rating
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AX5400
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Range
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Up to 2,700 sq. ft.
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Wireless Networking Security
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WPA2, WPA3
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Bands
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Dual-Band (2.4 and 5GHz)
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If you've already got a budget router running your network and you're ready to upgrade to something more powerful, the Linksys Hydra Pro 6 belongs high on your list. With a dual-band, AX5400 build, full support for Wi-Fi 6, and 160MHz channel support for moving data more efficiently, it was an excellent performer in my speed tests, even managing to outperform flashier picks like the also great Asus RT-AX86U.
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The Hydra Pro 6 is a touch pricey as dual-band routers go, but the steady, consistent performance makes it a standout. Try and catch it on sale if you can, but if you just want a reliable, no-frills router that can keep up with gigabit speeds, look no further. Read our Linksys Hydra Pro 6 review.
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TP-Link Deco W7200
Best mesh router overall
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Wi-Fi Standard
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Wi-Fi 6
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Speed Rating
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AX3600
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Range
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Up to 5,500 sq. ft. (two devices)
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Wireless Networking Security
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WPA2, WPA3
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Bands
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Tri-Band (2.4 and two 5GHz)
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For the best performance from your mesh router, you'll want to prioritize getting one with support for Wi-Fi 6, plus a tri-band design that includes three separate bands of traffic: the usual 2.4 and 5GHz bands, plus an additional 5GHz band that the system can use as a dedicated wireless backhaul for transmissions between the router and its satellites. Most mesh routers like that cost at least $300 or even $400, but the TP-Link Deco W7200 gets you there for less than $250.
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That's the best deal I've seen for a tri-band mesh router with support for Wi-Fi 6 -- and sure enough, it's an excellent performer, as well. In fact, the only system that managed to outperform it outright in my at-home speed tests is the AX6000 version of Netgear Orbi, which costs more than three times as much (keep reading for more on that one). On top of that, TP-Link's setup process is about as easy as it gets, with satellite extenders that automatically join the mesh as soon as you plug them in. Read our TP-Link Deco W7200 review.
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Asus RT-AX86U
Best gaming router
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Wi-Fi standard
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Wi-Fi 6
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Speed Rating
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AX5700
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Range
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Up to 2,500 sq. ft.
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Wireless Networking Security
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WPA3
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Bands
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Dual-Band (2.4 and 5GHz)
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Gaming routers promise high performance and low latency for die-hard gamers, and it isn't uncommon to find them selling for $300 or even $400. At about $270 or less, the Asus RT-AX86U dual-band router isn't inexpensive either, but it's a strong value relative to routers like those -- and the performance it delivers as a gaming router is flat-out great.
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Most noteworthy is the router's latency management. In fact, it leads all of the routers I've ever tested, gaming or otherwise, with the lowest average latency across all of my tests, which online gamers will definitely appreciate. Something else you'll appreciate: An excellent mix of app-based controls and features, including a mobile boost mode, that lets you prioritize gaming traffic to your phone at the touch of a button.
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Gaming features aside, the RT-AX86U offers full support for Wi-Fi 6, with strong, stable speeds and good range. If you need additional range, you can add other Asus "AIMesh" devices to your home network to make it the centerpiece of a mesh.
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That checks off all of the boxes that most people want from a good gaming router, and it gets you there at a price that isn't too painful for us to recommend. Even if you aren't a gamer, this is still one of the best Wi-Fi 6 routers you can buy right now. Read our list of the best gaming routers.

Hello there fellow humans :)
I'm a nursing student living in a home for the elderly (makes working here to pay for my rent THAT much easier) that is being provided internet through ... one hell of a messy network. Sometimes the bridge is 192.168.1.1, at other times it's 192.168.0.1, speeds can vary from 60down to 600down - why is that? Because there are 80 people living here, and they all plug their routers to the wall socket thinking that it's "how it's meant to be" - so the fastest DHCP registers the device.
So far it's a particular brand that I had never heard of (a dutch manufacturer), that does not broadcast wifi and that as such cannot be found by going through the different floors and waving my phone around like an idiot. A router to which I of course do not have any access whatsoever (no, I'm not going to request access to the racks of switches downstairs, it's a mess of wires and I do not think that I have the prerequisites to not screw it all up - that and as we all know, as soon as you touch it it becomes YOUR problem when things go wrong)
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So as I, so far, do not know much about subnets (I want my own 192.168.X.X), but am willing to learn (after all that's how it's always been: issue -> tinkering -> headache -> SUCCESS). As such, could anyone tell me what brand is the most "user friendly" while being "cheap" (I invested into a very good wifi6AX AP for VR) and gigabit-capable.
All I ask is to be able to assign "static ips" to my devices for tinkering purposes without bothering anyone else. I have ample opportunities to bother other people (taking control of one of their router for instance), but I'd feel like a complete asshat aaand ... Nah, that's just not me.
As such I'm looking for a "cheap" router (doesn't even need to have WiFi) that would allow me to create my own subnet through trial and error.
Any recommendation is more than welcome :)
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Many thanks in advance fellow humans ^^, may your day be filled with non-boring things!
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~ A meatbag that just wants to tinker in peace.

I understand FeelFree is a kratom/kava mix, with about 3.5g kratom. I have avoided it because if I use kratom, I just take powder, since its cheaper, easier measured, and if I taper I don't have to buy 10$ shots and pray I can ration a shot.
So my question is, to people struggling with this devil drink, why not just go get kratom capsules in bulk and ween off those by removing X amount of caps every few days until 0? Seems counterproductive and extremely expensive to try anything but cold turkey otherwise?

Anyone from australia has bought from corteiz before, if so how long did it take for your order to arrive?

This comeback album from 2015 isn't my idea of a great album I keep going back to like some of FNM earlier albums. When they lost their original guitar player after Angeldust they lost a lot of their appeal. People go on about how lead singer Mike Patton is god but he isn't if the songs are as dull as a lot of their post Angeldust songs are. Even Patton is showing signs of fatigue on this album. It's not the worst album at all but it never really takes off fully. When only 2-3 of the songs are any good it doesn't make a great listen.

I was romantic with a girl for a month before I suspected that she was dating someone, so I asked if she was, and she revealed that she was in fact in a relationship. She told me it was a sometimes toxic and on/off and she even left him as early as October but she went back because he was the only person she ever connected too. We connected but she said it was bad timing for when we met. As soon as I found out, I confessed my feelings for her but she rejected me since she says she still has feelings for him, so I left. It’s been a week and my romantic feelings are still there but fading, though I don’t know if they will ever fade entirely. I valued our relationship because our personalities was so compatible that it felt rare. I wasn’t in a hurry to ask her to be mines since I just wanted to get to know her more, but hearing that she had a bf prompted me to let my feelings be known as an end-all-be-all, so I don’t wonder what might happen if I hadn’t told her at that moment. But I ended it, yet I’m seriously considering being her friend, but I want to avoid the friend zone in case they do break up. But I feel like that will greatly change the dynamic of our relationship, so it won’t be the same. Apparently, I’m not supposed to provide emotional support but that’s a hard topic to avoid since we both have depression and we have been giving each other that support that I benefited from as well. I worry that I will just resent her for being with someone else, yet I envision that we could be good friends and I will find someone else and move on, or that she will break up with her bf and choose me. I will still see other people. But I don’t want to end it all with her in case our timings do match up. She does still have my number and I haven’t blocked her even though I told her goodbye. Should I end it all and not look back? If no, how should I proceed to make her see me as a potential partner and avoid the friend zone?
tl;dr Girl waited a month to tell me she had a bf. I fell for her but I ended it. I don’t know how or if I should preserve the contact because I like her for who she is and in case it doesn’t work out between her and her bf.

Hello fellow low life’s!
I walked out of a “general manager” position this year. It was 70k a year, 3 months off, insurance and on a beautiful 200 acre orchard.
Unfortunately there was so many negatives to out weigh the positives.
The owner is a complete tyrant known well amongst people in town who have worked for him. I have a million stories of him doing dumb unethical shit but I’ll stick with the firing.
This employee had ASD and didn’t not disclose that when hiring. We also didn’t ask and don’t have any way on paper for him to alert us. He is highschool kid that wipes tables down and cleans up trash. He worked 8 hours a week and did his job to my standard. He barely made any money and it made me happy having there. I have an autistic son so it’s important to me to employ at least 1 special needs person.
Peter the owner insisted this employee was faking it. And he explained to me that he knew where my son could be cured of his autism. He spoke of a school his rich friend sent his daughter to. Just so you know how ignorant he is on the topic, this is no “cure” for autism.
After many meetings he changed his narrative to this employee is a danger to the customers…..
Having autism somehow makes you dangerous??
Anyways he told me it was my job or his. Unfortunately I decided to let this employee go. I told myself I didn’t care and it wasn’t my choice. That moment will be burned into my memory forever. We fired him and kept his neurotypical brother. A few months later the topic came back up and I insisted Peter realize how wrong it all was. He doubled down of course going into the speak about how dangerous it was to have him.
So I gave him my keys in that moment and left. I still haven’t replaced that salary.
This man did something wrong and I’m suffering for it. I wrote a review on there google pages detailing my experience. Please help me by leaving a negative review. Peter cares so much about his social media presence, so disrupting that will be a small win.
Brooklyn Cider House
Twin Star Orchards
He deserves it.

I did search both here and over on castiron but can't find the very specific answer I'm looking for.And I realize the answer to most seasoning questions is "just cook more", but my question is more on the cleaning. Well, I guess cooking too, especially in the context of something like a smashburger.
I'm a couple cooks into my new griddle, and I'd followed the directions to burn off 3 coats of oil before even doing anything. The burgers came out great both times, and the surface is slowly starting to turn blacker and blacker.
However, after cleaning I'm noticing the bright dots of bare metal all over the surface, assumedly where I've scraped the peaks off the texture of the surface.
So my question is.. what's the correct way moving forward to evenly season the entire surface as the griddle continues to get broken in?

1. Scrape lighter - no need to be so aggressive to the surface, you're just damaging it
2. Scrape harder - the sooner you get those peaks leveled off, the sooner it'll even out
3. Continue scraping the same way - if you're not taking seasoning off the rest of the griddle, it's fine and will fill in on its own.
4. Wait, you're not using a metal scraper, are you? You lunatic!
5. Other?

I'm assuming the answer is 3, but I figure I should find out if I'm wrong and why.

At least that's how I'm feeling right now with spring on my doorstep. It's been an eventful winter with lots of things happening, a new hobby and more which kept me so busy I wasn't really feeling like letting anyone into my life.
But things have calmed down a bit, I found my new routine, and the days are getting longer and sunnier, and I'm feeling like reaching out and getting to know some new people!
To shed a little light on myself as well, I'm Patrick, a 30 year old guy from the Netherlands. I've always been an active guy, and I picked up climbing/bouldering a couple of months ago and having an absolute blast with it every week! Besides that, I'm into gaming, hiking, photography, play bass guitar (love me some rock and metal especially), reading and more. Some special interests are history and science. I used to study History, and Forest & Nature Management, and now work as sort of a QA specialist in the geodata field.
It's a lot to take in maybe, but I hope someone will read through all of this and reach out to me. What kinda stuff are you into yourself? Anything special or odd that I might love hearing about? Please tell me! I don't mind sticking to reddit, but I do have other apps as well if you prefer that. All you gotta do is ask. Looking forward to getting to know some of you!

One idea I am seeing popping up more and more is using the Saver Day Pass combined with the Half-Fare card as a cheaper alternative to the classic Swiss Travel Pass. (because if there was one thing the train system in Switzerland needs it is even more options to confuse travellers with…)
I mentioned this in my main post on the various train passes, but this is a bit of a deeper dive.
--- What is the idea ---
The Saver Day Pass offered by the SBB essentially works as a one day Generalabonnement (ie a Swiss Travel Pass without the tourist extras). This gives you unlimited travel around the whole country for the whole day on the valid date.
These are released 60 days in advance and can be bought as full fare or reduced with the Half-Fare in both the first and second class. A limited number are available at different price levels for each of the 4 options, with the cheapest being the reduced second class which start at 29 CHF (or 52 CHF without Half-Fare). The further ahead you buy them (or the less popular the date of travel) then the cheaper the ticket will be.
So for this ‘hack’ you would buy a Half-Fare pass to cover the period of your trip, and combine that with a Saver Day Pass for each day you would want to travel.
Note: You don't need the Half-Fare pass already to buy the reduced Saver Day Pass tickets ahead of time, you just need a valid Half-Fare pass on the day of travel.
--- Does this work? ---
In some circumstances yes.

• If you can get the 29 CHF Saver Day Pass Tickets for every day of travel then it is 30-60 CHF cheaper compared to the 3-8 day Swiss Travel Pass offers (or up to 90 CHF cheaper compared to the Flex)
  
• It is actually substantially more expensive than the 15 day Swiss Travel Pass
  
• For 3 or 4 days the Saver Day Pass without Half-Fare is actually cheaper still (see the table below).
  

There are also downsides to this method:

• You don't get the full benefit of the Swiss Travel Pass. No museums, no free ride up Stoos or Stanserhorn (or whatever the bonus lifts are when you read this). This might not be of interest to everyone, but given how tight the difference in cost can be this could be a big negative for some people.
• You need to be sure of your travel days far in advance. If you don’t get the cheapest Day Saver Pass then the savings benefit over the Swiss Travel Pass is quickly gone. There is no refund, so you have to pick a date and stick with it.
• Getting the cheapest Day Saver Pass is not a certainty. I am currently looking up the offers 60 days ahead into what is the mid May off-season, and there is only one date with a 29 CHF reduced Saver Day Pass available - otherwise the next price level is 40-44 CHF. If you are saving 50 CHF then every 10-15 CHF lost from that is a big difference. Maybe if you sit around at 00:01 Swiss time every day to buy the tickets right away you might always get the cheapest tickets; but once you have started to buy a few you are committed and have to hope you always get the best prices.

--- Is it worth it? ---
It depends on your needs/plan and how lucky you get with the pricing.
I have listed the prices of the various versions of the Swiss Travel Pass against a few possible outcomes of buying Day Saver Passes in the table below. The prices of the Day Saver Pass do go much higher (69 CHF reduced, 119 CHF full fare), but the advantage is clearly lost already outside of the lowest price points.

Days	Swiss Travel Pass (Flex)	Swiss Travel Pass Youth (Flex)	Reduced Saver Day - Ideal Price (29 CHF)	Reduced Saver Day - Mixed Price (50:50 split of 29 and 44 CHF)	Reduced Saver Day - Higher Price (44 CHF)	Saver Day - Ideal Price (52 CHF)
3	232 (267)	164 (189)	207	222	252	156
4	281 (323)	199 (229)	236	266	296	208
6	359 (384)	254 (272)	294	339	384	312
8	389 (409)	274 (290)	352	412	472	416
15	429 (449)	307 (321)	555	667	780	780

There are various other factors like how far you plan to go, how long you plan to spend in a certain area, what you plan to do etc. My apologies but this is going to get convoluted…
There are also benefits that are more abstract and harder to directly compare:

• The Half-Fare adds a 120 CHF base cost, but is valid for a month. So it can help you save money if you are spending multiple days in one area and only making short local journeys that wouldn’t be worth using a proper pass on, and it can also be combined with some regional passes like the Berner Oberland Pass.
• The Half-Fare saves as much as the Swiss Travel Pass on most cable cars. There are some cases where the Saver Day Pass or Swiss Travel Pass would get you up for free (Mürren, Rigi, Bettmeralp, Braunwald etc), but in most cases if you are staying in a resort and taking a local cable car up then the Half-Fare will save you as much as the Swiss Travel Pass.
• Many cities and resorts offer Guest Cards which offer free local transport and reduced/free activities if you are staying there. So depending on your plans it might be enough to just use the Saver Day Pass to get to and from the airport.

A few things to consider:

• If you are under 25 then the Swiss Travel Pass Youth is almost always the cheapest option.
• The full price Day Saver Pass is less in demand. It is much easier to get the full fare Day Saver Pass at the lowest price (52 CHF) than the reduced fare passes which are snapped up quickly. So if you are looking at 44 CHF for the reduced Day Saver Pass then it is only 8 CHF cheaper than the non-reduced version - with the added base cost for the Half-Fare pass you would actually be paying far more for a short visit.
• Even at the highest price a Day Saver Pass can be better than nothing. The highest price for the Day Saver Pass is 119 CHF and is often still available for next day travel. This is expensive, but would still be worth it for a trip across the country (Geneva to St. Moritz is 240 full price) or a very long day trip (the 6 hour Zurich to Zermatt and back would be 250 CHF). It wouldn’t make sense to pick this over the Swiss Travel Pass when planning ahead, but for a last minute day trip it could be a big help.
• The Day Saver Pass also offers more flexibility than the Supersaver tickets with a whole day being open rather than just a fixed train.

--- Who is this for? ---
Given all the variables it is impossible to draw an absolute conclusion, but in general:

• If you only have a few big travel days and the dates are fixed in advance then the Saver Day Pass will likely be the cheapest option.
• If you are staying for a longer period with one or two bases (eg from the airport to Interlaken for 4 days, then to Zermatt for 4 days and back to the airport) then the Half-Fare combined with Saver Day Passes might be best.
• If you are uncertain about which is better between the Half-Fare and Swiss Travel Pass then combining the Half-Fare with Saver Day Passes is something of a compromise.
• If you want flexibility and plan to get plenty of travelling in then the Swiss Travel Pass is probably best.

Thirty to ninety days - that is how long it (supposedly) takes for an infatuation detox.
My heart would have forgotten by now if it were only chemicals.
I’m missing you more today. I’m not alone, and rarely feel lonely - at least until feeling your absence registers again. Is it wrong that I still want you? Is this ongoing flood of emotion even normal? Maybe it’s all of this rain. Luckily-
it can’t rain all the time

I started using 2.5mg Selegeline sublingual 2 days ago. I wanted to know how long do i need to continue this dose everyday untill it builds up and I can begin taking the dose twice a week or once a week. I am using it to reduce symptoms related to adhd. Is this dose okay or should i increase it as I am not feeling much of a time difference at the moment but I thought maybe it would work better after 2-4 weeks.

Hello so I'm brand new to starting my own LLC and branding myself. London's Bridge Factory doesn't have a usual point of interest rather, but I'm looking to invest into multiple markets and startup many different streams of income. One of which I already started was FBA with Amazon, I'm completely set up with online selling, I'm just not familiar with drop shipping so if someone could help me getting the ball rolling on that I'm willing to work with & pay them for their services. Also I'm just getting back articles of organization, and I have tons of questions about what I can do with my business ein . How do I acquire startup funds? How do I choose a bank to open my company bank account with? How can I qualify for a company credit card, a company car, and a company phone/service ?? What's the first thing I should do once I have all my LLC paperwork (Articles of Organization) ?? How do I start a cash value life insurance policy, so that I can build on that as well?? How do I put a Roth IRA in my nephews name from my company? What's the easiest way to put together a website for my new company? Do I need Vista Print for business cards? I'Il take any and all advice if you know the answer to each question it's easier to just pm me but i will read all comments anything helps

This happened last month. I(m20) am a music composer and I am working on the soundtrack of a movie. I live in Spain but because of the movie's production stuff i had to go to the UK to solve some things. That's fine so I prepare for the trip and buy my tickets. The website I was using displays the date of your departure on the top with arrows that you can click to go forwards or backwards one day.
So I select 17 of February as my departure, select the flight and everything. And I click next to do the same for my return. The website goes to the 18th, I click the arrows until the 27th and buy my ticket back. So far so good. The trip continues I go to the UK and everything goes well. I solved the legal stuff, checked some musicians visit some studios, a really nice trip. Only downside was that I wasn't able to sleep on the bus on my way back.
Until I am at the airport going back home. I arrive, with my self check-in paper and walk until the scanner. But when I put in the scanner it says that there are no flights with that information. I get confused, I try a few times and always the same result. I ask the staff for help and they try their best until we all noticed. And that's when the adventure starts.
When I clicked to check the return flights it didn't took me to the 18th of February because it was the next day of my departure. It took me to the next date with an available flight, the 18th of march. One month ahead and I ended up buying my flight for the 27th of march. So now I was stranded in London. The staff couldn't do anything because I bought it normally, it wasn't a mistake they made, just my ADHD and poor user interface.
After some time of despair and anxiety I had two options. Option one was to take the next flight available, five days ahead. Which was not on my budget to do so. Or option too. Get a flight next day to another city that is two hours away from where I live and get a train there. However the flight would arrive one hour before the last train and the airport was far away from the station.
I got option two. I waited 26 hours in Gatwick airport. My anxiety was through the roof and I couldn't sleep at all. I think I never felt so much boredom in my life. Watched a few movies, walked around, ate just a simple sausage sandwich. Eventually the time comes. I board the flight and for my despair. It gets delayed like 15 minutes, which is not much but I had a train to catch.
We arrive and I immediately start running, get yelled by security to stop running, and start to walk as fast as I could. They check my passport and I go get a taxi. I explained the situation and the taxi driver was awesome. I'm pretty sure he broke the speed limit a few times. I pay him with a tip, leave the taxi and go running to the station. In the way there it started to rain a lot so I left the taxi, ran through the rain, slipped and fell in a puddle of street water and got in the station. I was the last person to board that train. But I got it. 26 hours in an airport 34 hours without sleep, one sausage sandwich, a mildly sprained ankle and a lot less money in my bank account but I got there.
When I arrived home I took a shower and slept for like 16 hours.
TL;DR: I bought a plane ticket for the 27 of march thinking it was for the 27 of February. Had to stay 26 hours in an airport 34 hours without sleep, one sausage sandwich, go to fly to another city and get a train, felt in a puddle and got a mildly sprained ankle, almost lost the train and had lot less money in my bank account but I got there.

I’m in Bloomfield and I lost internet last night. It’s still down. Verizon apparently knows this. It won’t let us open a support ticket until 7pm tonight. I guess that’s how long they expect repairs to take.
How big is this outage? I know I’m asking about an internet outage on a website but I’m on my phone so maybe other people are.

“Reanimator in Gruul? It's More Likely Than You Think”
Welcome to another edition of a random card being turned into an EDH Deck! Every Friday I create a budget (<$100) EDH Deck based entirely around a random card that I pull from scryfall.com (or that is suggested by someone else, either way it’s still random to me). I would love it if anyone has any suggestions for future random cards/decks or just wants to share their own experiences with any cards or decks discussed, I think this is a ton of fun.
Random Card of the Week (Image Download Link)
Random Card of the Week (Scryfall Link)
Deck List
Deck Tech/Gameplay Video:
Game 1 - (Neyith of the Dire Hunt vs Niv-Mizzet, Reborn & Jegantha, the Wellspring vs Gallia of the Endless Dance vs Aurelia, the Warleader)
Game 2 - (Kardur, Doom Scourge vs Gisa and Geralf vs Dina, Soul Steeper vs Gallia of the Endless Dance)
This week’s deck uses [[Aether Rift]] as our random card (suggested by Doodle on Patreon/Discord) and [[Gallia of the Endless Dace]] as the commander. Normally when you think of a reanimtor deck you think about Orzhov or Mono-Black or maybe even Rakdos but today I'm here to change that perception and make you think of another color identity: Gruul. Is it possible to build a reanimator deck in Green/Red? Yes. Is it easy? No. Luckily, in our colors we have access to some of the best discard effects in the game with things like [[Bitter Reunion]], [[Cavalier of Flame]], and [[Greater Good]]. By focusing on discard over mill we can ensure that we stock our graveyard full of cards that either want to be there or that we can get back at some point. For the cards that want to be in the graveyard we have a ton of powerful creatures like [[Ox of Agonas]], [[Genesis]], and [[Vengevine]] to make the most of our reanimation strategy (plus we also get [[Flayer of the Hatebound]] who is an automatic all star in this deck). Once we have our graveyard stocked the question becomes: how do we reanimate the cards that can't reanimate themselves? That's where [[Reincarnation]], [[Search for Survivors]], and [[God-Pharaoh's Gift]] come into play.
Now, obviously, Gruul isn't great at returning creatures directly from the graveyard to the battlefield. That's why we're also running a bunch of ways to just put cards from our graveyard back into our hand. Considering we're able to ramp like crazy and probably have significantly more mana than the rest of the table, putting a card into our hand isn't too far off from putting it directly into play. [[Skullwinder]], [[Timeless Witness]], and [[Verdant Confluence]] are great examples of this strategy. Finally, we have one creature type that became invaluable during the building of this deck for how well they synergized with the reanimation strategies. Considering our commander is Gallia, you might expect that creature type to be Satyrs but, in reality, it's Phoenixes. We're playing a ton of Phoenix cards like [[Sunstreak Phoenix]], [[Rekindling Phoenix]], and [[Flamewake Phoenix]] to maximize the number of creatures cycling in and out of our graveyard at any given time. Ideally, all of these synergies put us in a situation where we're able to close out the game and, although this deck may not be as powerful as an Orzhov reanimator deck, it can still show unique strategies, be fun to play, and put up a stronger fight than most people may expect.
In the end, this deck came in at $77.69 with [[Portal to Phyrexia]] being the most expensive card at $20.01. I think it's a testament to how cheap this deck is when we can squeeze in a $20 card and still keep the total price of the deck under $80. Portal to Phyrexia is a phenomenal card for this deck because it functions as both a board wipe (kind of) and repeatable reanimation, which is hard to come by in our colors. It's definitely worth its $20 price tag but if you're looking to trim down the price of the deck then it's an easy card to cut as it will drop the total price of the deck to ~$57 which is pretty cheap for a relatively competitive deck.
Now, normally, this would be the section of the post where I hype up some cards that go great in the deck but that I couldn't use due to the budget restriction. For the first time, though, I don't actually have any. Sure, I could recommend you play the expensive staples of the colors or play more expensive beefy creatures to reanimate but, honestly, that feels like it's going against the "suggestions" part of this deck showcase. [[Dockside Extortionist]] will probably make any deck better but it doesn't feel like it's an integral part to our strategy so I don't want to recommend it. Since I was able to squeeze in a $20 card and still have $23 to spare in our budget, I don't have any out-of-budget recommendations this time. If you can think of anything, I'd love to hear about it so please let me know!
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While my wife has provided me with, on average, more than one sign per day since she died in April of 2017, the great bulk of our interaction occurs in what I call our mental world.
Briefly, my perspective is that of Idealism, or the view that everything that exists occurs in the mental world - even what we call physical reality, which would be akin to what we experience in dreams, like a shared, physical dream world, only much more consistent and predictable.
The perspective that Irene and I, and others, can interact in our mental world is evident from most afterlife evidence and credible information, which tells us we employ telepathy, that the dead can read or minds, put imagery and ideas in our thoughts, join us in our dreams, etc. Of course, mediums and others rely on these aspects of mental communication and interaction, using terms like clair or astral senses to label these abilities.
Long before Irene died we were able to read each other's minds in ways I'm sure many partnered couples can. At times it was quite remarkable.
So, when I felt like my wife was interacting with me mentally after she died, I asked her to validate that it was her. She did so three times in spectacular fashion. It still took me a while to fully accept it, but at least intellectually I operated on the belief that it was her and we were in fact, interacting.
Over the course of several years of practice in our mental-world efforts, the depth, clarity and sensation of this mental interaction has increased and expanded greatly, well beyond anything I could have imagined before. While I do have visual flashes of her and our mental world, and I can often feel her physically there, and I have had a couple of astral projection experiences with her, the most profound aspect of our interactions in our mental world is the dramatic psychological effect it has had and is having on me.
The range of my daily mental state has moved steadily upward from where it began when she died, which at that time was despairing grief, panic, and chaos. Of course it hasn't happened at a steady state; nearer the beginning it was more like a roller-coaster. But for the past 3-4 years, the enjoyment from our mental world interactions has steadily increased. My worst days for the past couple of years are, emotionally speaking, as good as our normal days before she died, which were wonderful.
My best days now are off the charts. I have psychological sensations and mental experiences with Irene that I didn't know could occur and for which I have no adequate words to describe. I have this ongoing psychological sensation, most of the time, on most days, that she is with me. I feel whole, fulfilled and complete again with her, and am giddy with a sense of excitement about what is in store for us in the future.
I also often have a sense of our home in the afterlife, and when it seeps in I feel things, like how it feels to have gone through all we went through here, including the pain and heartache, how deeply meaningful it all is to us, and how it provides an ongoing, thorough appreciation for what we have there in our astral/afterlife home. I can feel from her how much every expression of love I offer her means, from just a simple "I love you," a warm thought or memory, to my pouring her a cup of coffee every morning. It all matters so much.
So, I feel like I am living, to some degree, in our world there as much as I am here. When it bleeds into my world here, as it often does, it is like getting a preview, to the degree I can bear such joy and happiness, of our paradise together.

At least that's how I'm feeling right now with spring on my doorstep. It's been an eventful winter with lots of things happening, a new hobby and more which kept me so busy I wasn't really feeling like letting anyone into my life.
But things have calmed down a bit, I found my new routine, and the days are getting longer and sunnier, and I'm feeling like reaching out and getting to know some new people!
To shed a little light on myself as well, I'm Patrick, a 30 year old guy from the Netherlands. I've always been an active guy, and I picked up climbing/bouldering a couple of months ago and having an absolute blast with it every week! Besides that, I'm into gaming, hiking, photography, play bass guitar (love me some rock and metal especially), reading and more. Some special interests are history and science. I used to study History, and Forest & Nature Management, and now work as sort of a QA specialist in the geodata field.
It's a lot to take in maybe, but I hope someone will read through all of this and reach out to me. What kinda stuff are you into yourself? Anything special or odd that I might love hearing about? Please tell me! I don't mind sticking to reddit, but I do have other apps as well if you prefer that. All you gotta do is ask. Looking forward to getting to know some of you!

Not for anything perticular but I was wondering how to write a scene where something that never happened happens. For example, "our mc methodically taking on an army of monsters, every move is more badass than the one before. He kills them all without a single scratch. Then whoosh he hadn't even moved a single inch yet. It was all insight..." But you know actually saying that it was insight would ruin the mood I want. If you can help pls do!