I have the smallest little hope . . .
2025.01.23 15:22 Greyachilles6363 I have the smallest little hope . . .
Given all this christian theocracy and nationalism and blending of religion and state power, I find myself holding onto the TINIEST little bit of hope . . .
Christianity has always thrived most when it was being oppressed. But when it grabs for power, it alienates believers. Maybe, just maybe, these people will grab for so much power, than in a generation, we will see a decline of believers unlike anything to date. Christianity was already predicted to stop being the majority religion by 2050. As boomers die, and younger generations see the oppression done by Christians, I hope we see Christianity all but vanish in the US in the next 30 years or so.
A slim hope given how humans have developed . . . but it is my small hope.
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2025.01.23 15:22 Explorer-Necessary I seek a GPU for gaming AND rendering (Daz3d, Blender) ā is the RTX 3060 the right choice for my 400 euros budget
For context I learned the hard way that my RX 550 (polaris architecture) simply doesn't work for DAZ3d and Blender, even with ZLUDA. I am now wary of getting anything AMD.
I have been recommended the 6650XT and hear that it's very powerful for its price but I worry that I won't be able to use it for anything more than video games and Photoshop.
I have a budget of 400 euros for a GPU. Do you know good a GPU for rendering and gaming ?
Look at the 6650XT for reference, a close equivalent I have set my eyes to is the RTX 3060 (the Ti version is nowhere to be found on Amazon).
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2025.01.23 15:22 Individual_Ranger727 Skincare advice needed please. What is everyone using for oily and blackhead prone skin?
Hey everyone.
I need some help please. What is everyone using for oily and blackhead prone skin? Also, something within budget and not too expensive. I can spend about 400 bux a months if need be.
Anything I put on my face makes it oily and sticky. It's getting to the point where I wash my face around 3 times a day and I'm worried that's doing damage too. I've tried the Kalhari Oil Corrector Gell and moisteriser, but within two or three hours I'm all oily again. I've tried the African Extra ta for oily skin face wash and cream and nada. I've tried Himalaya too.
Standing in the skin care isle is so overwhelming with all the different brands. I'm not sure where to go from here. Tell me what to do please.
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2025.01.23 15:22 lisa-bee Does this tempeh look right?
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2025.01.23 15:22 Present_Aspect5016 Advice for $1M Divorce Settlement
I am getting divorced and will receive $1.4M in the settlement. I would love some advice on whether I should purchase a home with a $1M down payment, or rent and invest the money instead.
Of the $1.4M, $200k will be set aside to cover my portion of private middle and high school tuition for our child. I plan to put this into a five year CD earning 4% (if I can still find this rate). Of the remaining $200k, Iād like to keep $150k as an emergency fund, and the remaining $50k for furniture and moving expenses.
My childās 529 is covered through other funds, we will jointly put in $18,000 every year for the next 12 years or so, as we have since birth. Tuition, room and board will be fully covered through the 529 - this assumes going to a school with annual costs of about $70k, and a 5% increase per year.
My salary is between $200-$250k a year (variable, commission based) and I invest the maximum in my 401k ($23,500), and the maximum in my companyās ESPP ($21,250). I also have the maximum going into a family HSA ($6,850 for employee contribution), and the maximum for a DCFSA ($3,800 for employee contribution).
I have the following assets: * $40k in cash * $133k in a brokerage account invested in individual stocks (not the Bogle way, I know!) * $325k in a traditional IRA invested the Bogle way * $165k in my 401k (target fund) * $48k in company stock, $32k in RSUs to be paid over the next three years * $23,400 in my HSA (this was split 50/50 in the divorce) * TOTAL: * $40k CASH * $181k STOCK (brokerage + ESPP) * $513k RETIREMENT (IRA, 401K, HSA) * DEBT = $0
I would ideally like to spend a maximum of $5k per month on mortgage, property tax, HOA, and home insurance combined. In my area (city in the northeast), this means I would need to put $1M down on an apartment, still leaving me with a $300-$400k mortgage.
Rents in my area for similar apartments are $5-6k a month, which would obviously increase more rapidly over time, versus the mortgage.
Iām 43 and plan to work through college graduation, so until about 60, which is also when I would plan to sell the apartment as I donāt intend to live in the city after retirement.
Home values have tended to go up about 7-10% each year for the past decade in my area, but Iām concerned about putting so much down up front, and wonder whether it would make more sense to rent and invest the $1M?
I know this is a lot of info - any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated!
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2025.01.23 15:22 ArKayBee15 [Fem V] I make my own luck!
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2025.01.23 15:22 boopy_butts HELP with grade 9 novel unit
I am so lost. Second year teaching this curriculum - last year I taught Catcher I t be Rye. It went really well, but obviously, some kids were bored and not engaged. However, many of them loved our discussions on symbolism in the text and Holdenās meditations on life and growing up. The novel unit follows my unit on Romeo and Juliet, and part of me wants to mix it up this year, but not sure if I should fix what isnāt broken? Should I pair it with a pop fiction text? Should I not do Catcher at all? My requirement from my admin is that it is a work of literature that is ādeeperā than something theyād read for summer reading or for fun. Maybe I should do book clubs? Please let me know whatās worked for you. Thank you!!!
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2025.01.23 15:22 Fan_of-tech 23s2, my DETAILED EXPERIENCE
 | Paper was moderate... 50+ questions seemed doable. Maths 6-7 questions were from coordinate geometry, 2-3 from Algebra, and 1 each from Indefinite integration, definite integration, DE, AUC, matrix,2 from Complex and 2 from probability too, I don't remember much but overall in maths there were more questions from 11th than 12th The level of maths paper was moderate and lenthy, but they were doable. Physics 2 questions from ray optics, 2 from electrostatics, 2 from current electricity, ig 2-3 from modern physics too, 1-2 from gravitation, 2 from capacitance, 1 from NLM, 1 from calorimetry, 1-2 from KTG&thermo, 1 from fluid, 1 from Emi&ac too, overall in physics more questions were from 12th than 11th The level of physics was easy to moderate and not lengthy, again very doable questions. Chemistry 9-10 from IOC, 7-8 from OC, 8-9 from PC Chemistry was almost balanced, still, IOC and PC had similar weightage and OC was slightly less only. Also the level was easy to moderate and doable questions! What I did? I attempted 8 questions in total(1 from maths, 5 physics, 2 chemistry). Now you may ask why did I say 50+ questions are doable... Well because they were doable. Had I studied properly or anyone else studied properly in 11-12 and did all the HW daily gave all the tests honestly and improved, then yes the paper wass very doable. I felt regret knowing that I could have solved all those questions had I studied sincerely but I hadn't. Thus my decision of taking drop, utilising my used potential and next year I will aim to score 250/300. Will make sure that I study super sincerely in my drop year, do everything the teachers say and do the hw daily and form no backlogs! I am very confident about it. Centre Experience Centre was on the outskirt of town, after going there everything was normal. Not as suspenseful or exciting or anxious. Just had to go through some checks like everyone then went to my Lab and sat at my designated seat. To my left was a girl and to my right was another girl. The one of left was a little too talkative for an exam centre but it was niceš, she was a dropper, had 97%ile last year. She asked me if I am from allen, I said yes from allen kota and then she said she is from Allen patna. The invigilator was calling us out due to talking although she was the one who was always initiating the chatšš. I tried not to talk as I am a boy and the invigilator would have likely punished me but she was fearless lmao. She said she came in the same centre last year. Hey didi if you are reading this then All the best I hope you get the college you want! Anyways, I did maths in 45 mins then Physics in 35 mins and Chem in 18 mins. After going through all questions, I marked for review all the questions which I could have done had I studied and can do after my drop. On the rough sheet, in the end, I just wrote this: "God, I promise to you, my parents, and myself that I will study veryyy sincerely in my drop year like I never had, will utilise my untouched potential!, will score 200-250+ next year!" "32/300(maybe)------>250/300(Aim)" submitted by Fan_of-tech to JEE [link] [comments] |
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2025.01.23 15:22 Away_Rub_9909 will it affect my cognitive abilities?
I was just wondering because I will go on them soon and a little scared that it will affect my ability to think...not that I'm thinking clearly at the moment either but just afraid it will deteriorate.
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2025.01.23 15:22 Casat765 Another 56yo, 3rd Kyu-"just do it!"-post.
Got some inspiration from this forum before I started my Wado-journey, so here's my short story. Hopefully it can help someone to get from just thinking about it, to actually signing up for a dojo.
With some very limited short experience (20 yrs ago, different style) which was basically obsolete, I decided to start training Wado. Great club, great ppl, training is to the point and varying from self-defence, takedowns to katas, sparring and kumite-gatas. Typical Wado stuff, I guess.
I go three days/ week, one hour each time, and I think that's been enough so far. I, like so many others, "suffer" from light imposter syndrome, meaning that I had a "picture" in my mind about how long it would take to become a brown belt, and also what a 3rd Kyu was going to be able to do and perform in the dojo - nice high kicks, tight katas and snappy sound from my gi in every move.
Well, that's not really how it works, not for me at least. Looking at some of the youngsters in the club, that's been training for many years now, they are of course really flexible and sharp, and even though I know I'm not 25 any more, I still expected that I would perform "better", in that respect. But here I am, with a brown belt I kind of both do and don't think I "deserve", if that makes sense? It feels like it's gone a tad fast to get here (we do 3 gradings per year up to 3rd Kyu, and I skipped a few belts on the 1st grading due to "previous experience") and I thought it would make me feel more worthy of a belt if it took longer to get it.
So - what to do? Well, Sensei clearly thinks I qualified for 3rd Kyu, so that's one thing.
And I guess that's actually the ONLY thing that matters. I mean, I can think whatever I want about how kicks and stuff should be, but I'm not the one assessing me on the gradings. All I can do, and plan to do, is just to show up, do my best to hang on, and let things run the way things probably been running for decades in the club. I will never be 25 again, but I am calmer, more patient and attentive, and maybe looking at the whole karate-thingy in a different way now than when I was younger.
So, thinking about it - I like that I'm able to do this now at my age, compared to in my mid-20s or whatever, when it would have been "easier".
So, my advice is to just do it. It's a personal journey. It's about being better tomorrow than yesterday. And if you're not - rinse and repeat, and get on it again.
It's worth it.
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2025.01.23 15:22 Cute-feetforyou How to Tribute to a Domme
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2025.01.23 15:22 HalfOk247 Honestly batana , kitne q attempt kiye aaj 23rd walo ???
maine 4 kiye , hah
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2025.01.23 15:22 CrazyPrettyAss Sunflowers Bloom in The National Gallery; Record Visitors Attend Vincent's Exhibition
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2025.01.23 15:22 SleepyGeyser33 I grabbed 5 packs at 5 Below from the front and...
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2025.01.23 15:22 PruneMental6723 -+1 week internship (16/17 year olds)
Iām from the Netherlands and next year, Iāll have to do an internship at a international company for my school. I can do this in my own country, but Iād really like it to take this opportunity to go to a US state like NYC and do it there. So my question is: is something like a 4-5 day internship possible at some companies or will it be a hard thing to find anything? Not really looking for āhighā functions or something, just a nice thing to do for a few days.
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2025.01.23 15:22 HydrolicKrane European Parliament just condemned Russiaās systematic falsification of history to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
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2025.01.23 15:22 Hour_Action_6079 Uh Petah?
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2025.01.23 15:22 Wyckedd My Union is conspiring to pay my facility less money. Do I have any legal recourse to prevent this?
I work for the federal government, I'm a member of a large Union that has members in all 50 states. My pay is structured such that people who work at busy facilities make more money. People who work at slower facilities make less money. The problem is these numbers haven't been counted in a decade so no pay fluctuations are occurring. I'm at a facility that is comically busy and the union refuses to get a recount done because nationally it would result in a majority of facilities making less money and they don't want the general membership to get a pay cut even though it's at my facilities expense. I'm paying membership dues for them to literally prevent me from making more money, I feel like this should be illegal. Is there anything I can do about it? It's worth noting that another one of the amazing ideas the union came up with was to actively prevent people from leaving whatever facility they're at in search of better pay at a different facilty and there's no non-federal version of my job that I could just apply to so my options are suck it up or forfeit a pension.
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2025.01.23 15:22 Mediocre_String_1997 DOING RAIDS FOR LEGENDARY FRUIT
Ill pay for the microchip, cant be dough raid tho, and however legendarys u give me ill do that many raids for ya,
I USE BUDHA , ELECTRIC CLAW, SG AND SHIZU
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2025.01.23 15:22 EndRevolutionary5211 Blake Lively admits to doing BLACK FACE!!!! She just laughs!!!!
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