Last night I crunched the numbers: when my grandfather bought his first property in the late 60s it equated to just over 2 times his annual disposable income as a doctor… flash forward 55 years and that same property (in Dalkeith no less) is equivalent to almost 25 times the annual disposable income of a doctor of comparable position.
It wasn’t a watershed moment as such but it concretised something I already knew to be the case… and I suddenly no longer feel qualms about relying on familial financing to help me not only stay afloat but live the life I want to live.
I could try to carve my own path independently but the reality is that I’ll be working myself to the bone whilst still never managing to lead the comfortable lifestyle in a suburb I’d like to live in plus travelling and engaging with hobbies and interests… at least not until I’ve been wage slaving away for a decade or two - and even then I’ll need some stars to align to achieve that.
It seems to me that it’s a vastly different world that the one my parents inherited and unrecognisable to that of my grandparents, and so holding the younger generations to the same standards of financial independence is naive and unjust… even a bit sadistic when you consider that their generations self-serving and short sighted policies and attitudes lead to this predicament.
In addition to the housing and rental scarcity and soaring interest rates and inflation, the cost of tertiary education is now higher than it’s ever been in Australia (Unbelievable to think that it was effectively free for a decade), and bulk billing doctors are a dying breed, plus welfare payments have stagnated to the point that they’re almost unsustainably meagre.
Several friends have moved back in with parents or are in sharehousing and will be for the foreseeable future - the notion of overseas travel is a pipe dream and the notion of having a child is farcical ( although you’ll notice that those who pump out kids like a people production line are usually those least able to even provide for themselves but that’s another topic)
Whilst I can cough up enough to feed the wolf at the door, I’ve realised that if I am to travel anywhere besides Bali within the next few years I’ll need to rely on mummy and daddies spade coin. I never wanted to have to put my hand out but you know what, fuck it. If they’re able and willing to finance my travel, hobbies, to set me up in my own house, all the better.
There could be another pandemic or world war within the decade for all I know, I could get run down by a tow truck mobster on meth and wind up quadriplegic, AI proliferation could lead to mass layoffs, I don’t want to run the risk of never getting to experience the things I’d like to experience because I tried to pave my own way in a game that’s rigged against me. I don’t see the pride or virtue in that.
Also the philosophy that kids should have to earn their stripes as their parents did is a fatuous one for the above reasons and I believe there’s often some simmering resentment in the equation as well: a parents duty above all should be to ensure that their children’s lives are as comfortable as possible, otherwise they should bloody reproduce - as long as their children are making the effort to study and work and aren’t blowing it all on booze and bullshit they should be willing to help them out if they have the means.. in fact they should embrace their ability to do so.
Of course I feel greatly for anyone who doesn’t have a wallet to lean on or property to inherit.. I personally am more than happy to pay a hefty inheritance tax and much of my income if I knew it were being used wisely to ameliorate the pain points a la the Scandinavian system… I truly hope we see some nationwide changes that balance the scales somewhat but I can’t see it happening anytime soon… at least not whilst the legislators and politicians on both sides of the house are personally benefiting from the current state of affairs and are more concerned with securing another term in office to feather their own nest than the quality of life of the average person and long term prosperity.
Anyone who’s read this far… I raise my half empty glass to you but also I ask: does this sound reasonable or am I just rationalising my way out of working hard?

I want to give more to my kids than free pancakes from ihop. I want to feel that what I can rely on is my god. I want to stop feeling like such a fucking mess.
I want to progress in my promised success but I can’t seem to express the way I feel, so every time I get highly stressed and smoke it all away.
Am I out of time? All the repression has lead to depression and I don’t know where to go from here. Seeing tears come down my face like an endless tap of beer.
Has it really been fours years since you both were inside me? Seen you grow and that you are already 3 brings me to tears, changed mama for good because before you I wanted to disappear. Still haven’t rewritten my fears, hid behind them for years but they never leave.
Dragging my kids along like valuable baggage, I feel so guilty. The love that I have for them is so immense. In a sense, I’m the expense that is meant to show my children defense in a world full of crazy’s.
The stress to progress into something more for you guys is too overwhelming but I still do it because if not me then who else? Shouldn’t mama always be the best? Not like the rest, blessed with a purpose, not nervous but certain.

Hello, I'm a 27 year old f who has a 2 f child and a 34 m husband. I met my husband when I was 19 and he was 26. At the time I still had my as I call child body and was pretty petite. At 5 foot 6 I weighed a little over 130 pounds. My husband has always struggled with his weight and at 5 foot 11 weight between 250 and 280 for most of our relationship.
Through out the relation ship I gained weight. I have been In school, including a medical program for litterly 10 years now with plans to finally be done next spring. We had a baby about 2 years ago and due to terrible pre eclampsia and helps syndrome I had high BP until about a year ago.
Anyways a year ago my husband began losing weight and is now down to 180pounds. Who h is the same amount I weight now. Honestly taking care of the tot, going to school FULL time, working an internship for school and then working 2 part time jobs my schedule is packed. I still make time to go to the gym 2 to 3 times a week for cycling and yoga. I did notice with cycling, my appitete has gone up.
I have been fine with my weight. Do I wish I could be smaller, sure. But, I just don't have time. My husband tells me I don't have to work, that he could support us but then will jokingly ask when I will be done with school to help out with the bills. We are also remodeling the house and guess whose been installing the sink, pulling up the floors, putting in new floors, me. He helps by spending time with the tot and watching her which is a huggggee help because I can't get anything done with her.
Abyways.earlier this week we were cleaning the basement when I brought up to him that recently he's been giving hints that he's not happy about my weight. Recently I was talking about my fitness goals, and I was telling myself in the bathroom my goals would be to do the splits and not have as much stiffness in my back when he pops in and says "don't be so hard on yourself you had a baby and your body changed." I let him know losing weight was not apart of my goal and he looked very perplexed.
Then recently he went to the Chocolate shop down the street and bought some. Chocolate covered oreos. Yes, I live in the USA. Anyways the next morning I went to have one and discovered they were all eaten. When I called him at lun h I mentioned I saw the empty carton and he said, "yeah I ate them all chocolate is my weakness and I feel terrible now." I told him, "oh, well I'm not watching my weight, so I could have eaten them guilt free haha." without missing a beat he goes, "I can tell." like damn it was funny but fucked up., right.
And he's always offering to help me lose weight but I'm honestly so busy, and I hate eeeeeee having to put every little thing I eat and every step I take and every exercise I do into a app. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I'm not even on my phone that much. I re gently found an old diary of mine and ever page logged my food, my water my exercise. And you know what guess what years later I weight even more. I'm not going to make excuses I have a terrible diet. My doctor told me my cortisol levels have been sky high since I was 15 and that the weight is just all the years of constant stress catching up to me.
Anyways, today my husband and I had a conversation where he told me he found me more attractive when I was skinny. I know he still loves me. But I honestly think at this point if I were to lose weight it would be more for him and not for me. I'm a good wife and a good mom. But I plugged my weight into that weight visualizer website and I guess it's worse then I thought.
Honestly I'm to busy to exercise and I hate hate hate hate hate having to keep track of everything. I'm not an organized person. And with school starting back up in the fall I know it will all be for naught. Has abyone else gone though this. I guess my plan is, once I get back into school to restart Adderall (I have been in it since my daughter was born) to lose the weight and to boost my produtivity, yes I do have a diagnoses and a prescription. But I'm just so frustrated.

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I’ve had eczema my whole life, and here in the past 6-8 weeks, I’ve been getting a rash like this all over my body. I have been using the cetaphil body lotion, and an aveeno intense moisturizer for sensitive skin. I don’t use any products with fragrance anywhere in the house. We don’t even light our candles anymore. I have a humidifier and an air purifier next to my bed. It only seems to be getting worse. I also started using beef tallow on my body and it has basically cured all my usual spots of eczema (inner elbows, backs of knees, neck, face) but my arms and hands will not relent. I’m seriously at a loss.
I had an appointment with my allergist last week but couldn’t be seen because my old primary insurance expired but my secondary stayed. The secondary was active during all the referrals, but I’m required to get a whole new referral and my regular physician will not send it. I’m in a wait and see game right now.
I have an appointment set for December 21st with a rheumatologist because that’s the soonest appointment they had open. I have had Idiopathic Arthritis since I was a year old, and have had Celiac’s since I was 16. I’m currently being sent by my GP for suspicions of lupus or Adult Still’s disease. I can’t find anything online and all my GP can do is give me more steroid cream and I don’t want that.
I have a pretty healthy diet. I don’t do gluten, eggs, and most dairy. I’ll occasionally have cheese, but I stick to lactose free milks. I don’t do much sugar either. If I want sweets, I eat fruit. I take my vitamins every day, I take bleach baths occasionally (no more than once a week), and take colloidal oatmeal baths regularly, but it just will not go away. It’s up on my chest as well. I have a free and clear detergent.
Sorry this was all over the place, I just want some help. It’s unbearable.
TL;DR: I have had this rash for 6-8 weeks all over my body even though I have a fairly healthy lifestyle.

Side note: I've added a password, so read carefully. If you message me WITHOUT the password, your messages are automatically IGNORED. tired of getting hit up with people who don't read 😒. It's ridiculous cause I've ignored 5+ chats cause none of them contained the password. Things are written for a reason.
Facts about me:

• I have been roleplaying since 2012. Yes, I got experience under my belt, and yes, my ideas usually have really long reads, but don't let that scare you off! After the starter is off, I may lower myself down to a decent paragraph or two, sometimes three! It all depends on what I've got to work with.
  
• My timezone is EST. I'm awake from 9am - 2am and I'm usually free unless I'm busy doing house chores, out of the house, asleep, or playing video games on my switch. I'm usually become REALLY active at or around 8pm.
  

Rules:
1: if you don't like 50/50 mixture of sex scenes and story, don't bother hopping into my inbox. I'm fine with sex scenes, but when it's constantly back to back, the roleplay itself gets boring.
2: Be literate. No one liners. I like to write..it's annoying when I send a 2-3 paragraph response and I get 3 lines...just...no. I am not accepting people who are just starting out! If you aren't experienced in writing or roleplaying, kindly stay out of my inbox.
3: Be okay with playing canon characters. I'm mainly doing fandom roleplays right now and it's going to be Canon x my oc. No, I'm not doing double ups. Do not even ask, because the answer will be no every time. I do not give a shit if you think that makes me 'lazy' or 'selfish', if you've got a problem, you can simply ignore or block me. Commenting on my post to bitch and whine about me not doubling up will only result in me blocking you. The ONLY time I'll double up, and if I'm confident enough, I'll only do female characters. I suck at males. Got a problem? Not my issue. Block and move on.
4: Roleplay in third person. I can't and won't adapt to first. Don't even bring up the idea of you playing first person and me playing third. Believe it or not, I've been asked this twice and that is just a hell no for me. The only time I do first, is when I'm writing into my book.
5: if you don't know how to share ideas, then don't bother messaging me. I'm tired of carrying the story when the other person doesn't help. If you've got ideas, then PLEASE speak up! Your opinion on the roleplay matters too! I'm an easy going person, and easy to get along with (dispite my rules).
6: DO NOT control my character. I control what she says, does, hears, sees, ect. I don't control yours, so don't control mine. HOWEVER, if it's highly necessary and needed, then run it by me first and ask me. Just leave me some wiggle room so I can make a decent response. Failure to comply by this rule, results in immediate drop of the rp.
End Note:
Yes, I've updated my rules just a tad. I do not care if it makes me sound mean or rude, because I'm neither of these things. I'm just tired of putting these rules down for a specific reason and they go ignored because I can tell when someone hasn't read them, and lied about it. I'm just trying to get my point across and roleplay. I'm a very easy going person who loves to make friends on the side (which I've somewhat given up on making friends...only a selective few have actually gained my friendship).
Do not hop into my inbox with a simple 'hey' 'hi' 'sup', etc and for God's sake, don't message me with a 'rp?'and proceed me to flash me with your talliwhacker. I promise you, you'll get your feelings hurt and I'll be here laughing at ya 😂. Nobody wants a peen on their screen. Do not send me an image of your one eyed noodle. Thank you. The password is pineapple.
Fandoms & Pairings
Deadpool (Wade x my oc)
The Adam's family
Pokemon ((MAYBE. Don't be nasty about it either!))
Bridgerton (or something like it. Can be Oc x Oc)
Disney Decedent's (or anything Disney) (oc x oc)
Orange is the new black (this can be oc x oc).
Criminal Minds (REALLY wanna do)
Marvel:
Loki x my oc
Spiderman (Tom Holland) x my oc
Dog The Bounty Hunter (REALLY wanna do):
Dog Chapman x my oc
The walking dead (REALLY wanna do!!):
Daryl X my oc
Batman x my oc
Lucifer (Netflix show series) x my oc (really wanna do)
The Originals: Klaus x my oc (PLEASE !! I REALLY wanna do this one!)
American Horror Story: Tate x my oc (REALLY wanna do)
Dragon Ball Z - Super (vegeta x my oc) (really wanna do)
Naruto: Minato x my oc
Harry Potter (thanks to the wonderful world of rp, the characters will be 18 or older. For me, I'd like it if it was Draco x my oc. REALLY wanna do)
Game Of Thrones (I'm still very early in the show, but I think we could think of something!)
Once Upon A Time:
killian x my oc, REALLY wanna do 🥺.
Avatar the last Airbender:
Zuko x my oc
Twilight:
Jacob x my oc
(Course, our version will be alot better than the movies).
If any of these interests you, message me!
End note part 2:
Congratulations! You've made it to the end. Still interested? You've got the password. Message me and let's get started 😁.

This is kinda a rant because I don’t really talk about this.
Today makes 5 years that my brother passed from cancer. And it still hurts like it was yesterday. 2018 was such a strange year for me. I lost my great grandmother in May 2018 and then my brother passed the next month.
I don’t know if I ever grieved properly because I was trying to be strong for everyone and to this day I still can’t think of him to long because then I start crying and it’s just still so hard to think of him being gone.
I knew it was coming with both of them since they both got diagnosed in the same year as well. And sometimes I wanna talk to someone but everyone loved my brother and honestly it seems like most have accepted his passing and the ones that haven’t I don’t want to add to their grief. I want my kids to know about their uncle but how can I teach them about him if I can’t talk about him. I wanna tell my niece and nephews about their dad but once again I’m scared they’ll see how much I still hurt and it will make them hurt.
And I don’t visit them as much as I could and it makes me feel like a horrible sister because I know he would want me to be more involved in their lives. I feel like I didn’t do enough for him when he was alive. Even though I’m sure my family would disagree and I’m not really sure what more I could have done. Most of the time I’ll let myself break down twice a year the day we lost him and his birthday but my kids are still up and I don’t want them to see me crying cause they are still too young to understand and I guess I’m hoping by typing this it will help take some of this pain away.

I'm a data engineer who graduated with bachelors in 2021. I have been working as a data engineer since I graduated and now have ~3 years experience (including internships). I've been working on cloud technologies (Azure, AWS), Various ETL tools and also write scripting queries with python.Ever since my 2nd year at my college I've enjoyed learning data science courses and I've worked on many projects and research journal related to deep learning. Somehow during my internship days I landed into data analytics team and I am really enjoying this journey ever since. But now, after almost 3 years working with data engineering technologies, I feel like I need to explore something in data science as well. I've seen many folks talk about how easily they can switch between data engineering, data science and data analytics in the job, but now that I looks back.. I think I don't have enough exposure to latest data science concepts to land myself in data science role. I feel like I still lack in projects or experience related to data science roles.I've started preparing myself again for the past 2 months by brushing up my knowledge in keras and pytorch framework. I'm trying do as many certifications as possible to get my knowledge refreshed on these concepts.I have absolutely no complains about my current role or my job. But my main goal is to give myself a broader domain knowledge across different form of data roles in my early 20s so that I can choose to do what I love as I get more experienced.This job market looks so terrifying that I can hardly come across any junior data science roles. Can anyone guide my on how I could improve myself so that my resume can standout from other applications who are competing in this job market?I am also interested in collaborating with folks experienced in this field and are trying out various projects or have a small scale startup which aims at delivering AI based solutions. I want to share this across multiple subreddit channels so that anyone reading this could give share their experience/advice on how they landed at their first junior data scientist role!Anyone who is currently at the job market looking for junior data roles, feel free to PM me. We can have a peer to peer interaction on job preparation and companies to look out for?

So, dashing tonight, get a Dash for Little Caesars. Pickup goes smoothly, I go to deliver. 110 E Arizona St (changed obviously.)
I look to my left, there's a chain link fence, and to my right, a wall. Look around nothing like the notes the client describes. I pull around the corner, there's a small 5 studio apartment building, but not the secure facility the notes tell me.
So, time to call the customer. Called 3 times, no answer. Sent a text and waited, no answer.
Call Dasher support and ask them to reach out to the client. They can't, so she Completes the order for me and tells me bring the food back to Little Caesar's. Cool, so I go to do so but I immediately get an order for McDonalds while I'm still on the phone. She tells me to do the McDonald's order and then pause and bring the food back to Little Caesars.
As I'm picking up the McDonald's order, the customer calls me, angry. I explain what happened and that she should be getting a refund and to contact DoorDash if she has other issues. She says fine, and we hang up.
Look at my delivery, and behold, that Little Caesar's is on the way, so I can stop and drop it off. Not the biggest fan of it anyway, and I know they're going to throw it away, but I feel like dotting my i's and crossing my t's on this one.
So I stop and talk to the guy and he just says keep it. OK, sure, free food is better than bad food. Get in my car to head towards my McDonald's order, but fish out a breadstick on my way. Drop of McDonald's and then get a call from a different Dasher Support agent, asking to explain.
Apparently my city has a 110 E Arizona St and a 110 Arizona St. She or the Little Caesar's app defaulted it to the wrong address. He asks if I can still deliver it, and I tell him no, I already ate part of it and don't feel comfortable confronting the customer, as it's in a shadier part of town. Besides, she already got a refund.
I dunno, I'm pretty proud of my Dashing record, high acceptance rate, 99% completely, 4.93. I take the job seriously as one should.
So I don't feel like I did anything wrong, but the customer is definitely going to think I stole her food.
Thoughts?

Hello, 21M. About a week or week and a half ago I had a sore throat and some cold sores in the mouth, no other symptoms. Resolved on its own in a few days. For the following week, I was very fatigued even with a lot of sleep. I worked an overnight but got back into the swing quickly. I think the day or two after it I probably slept 16 hours and was still tired. Yesterday, I noticed a hard lump on the back of my head I thought was a bone growth at first. I still can’t really tell what it is or if it’s able to move at all but it feels pretty in place. Yesterday I also had some very mild muscle aches more in my legs. Today, I had a tension headache when straining to pass stool as well as noticed a soft, mobile, deep mass in my neck that I think is a palpable lymph node. Should I be concerned for cancer? I’m getting it checked out in 2 days but I’m an anxious person and am lowkey freaking out

Hello everyone, introduction first: Eldar is my favorite faction of 40k and Harlequins - favorite sub-faction, for a long time already. They are not the most popular guys in this universe, but they recently attracted everyone's attention, in a bad way, by being the most broken codex/sub-faction for 2 editions straight. And when they became a target for discussions, I could not help noticing that people don't really know or understand "what" Harlequins are, which is okay, as they are really not the most interesting faction to many. But I still decided to do them justice, by making this post and introduce you to these fun dudes in diamonds, answering common questions, misconceptions and telling why they are so cool, without getting into lore much.
And first of all...
...Harlequins are not space clowns.
I'm sorry, but I guess I should point this out. Harlies being called space clowns is a common community meme, but this is not who they really are. While there are clear similarities, they are not yours weird, evil-funny, chaotic-neutral killer-elves with Joker laughter (but they certainly can do all of it, don't get me wrong!). So, who are they then?
Harlequins are priests.
You know the drill, eldar empire go boom, gods are dead, with only one (fully) left alive. Yea, Cegorach is a god of fools, but he still a "God". So, he got his acolytes and priests. And if we would've got Isha or Asuryan left, we would've got our normal standard "priests". Instead, we've got Cegorach.
Harlequins are preachers (sort of).
So, being part of fool's god church, harlequins main job is preaching among all the remnants of the eldar empire. And they do it with a theater tour across webway, preaching about how you should or shouldn't act but with (Megamind voice) PRESENTATION!
Harlequins are eldar Grey Knights.
The other part of a job, is keeping an eye on daemons. While their true goal is to defeat Slaanesh (duh), harlies also fight any kinds of daemons. While, yes, there was no special harlequin to defeat chaos Primarch and carve a tattoo on his heart (yet), they are quite good at it. Stopping planets from cosplaying doom is quite easy for them, when they can freely travel across the galaxy with a webway, and a farseers, working for them as a funny weather forecast presenter. Speaking of which...
Harlequins are the most influential eldar faction
You know, eldar are not pleasant folks. Even a "good guys" from a neighboring craftworld have a rough relationship. And then you got harlies, who always come without an invitation and get away with it. They could just emerge before (or during) battle or raid and say they're joining (you are not allowed to refuse. If you feel some "Inquisition" vibes, it's because that's what it is). There is a general rule about harlequins: when they come - you let them in and listen, because...
Harlequins are scary.
You don't want to mess with these weirdos. Like, really. No dark eldar archon, regardless of how cruel and devious he is, would willingly act against harlequins. They behave funny, speak politely, without ever getting out of their theatrical roles, but any "blasphemy" would be your last mistake (Yep, they really are eldar inquisition in fancy dresses).
Moving to tabletop: did they really have 60%+ winrate? Why?
Two words. Glass cannon. And also they are fast as hell. Yes, they are thin as paper, but enemy can't hurt you if he is dead. Just hide behind walls and then jump out and start blasting. This is fine on your regular, casual tables without a lot of walls, but did you see how terrain looks on tournaments tables? It's damn mazes of ruins!
Also, most rules are, how should I say it, well, bullshit. You know how you normally use your boltguns for infantry and meltaguns for vehicles? Well, this is not true for harlies. Melta just don't work, but boltguns, actually, very effective against all targets. Shooting with plasma? Not effective at all. Hitting clown with a boot? This is the way! Don't forget, that these funny dudes can jump into melee, then jump out, shoot you and charge you. Also, they are flying. Also, they all have invul. Also, this is melta-pistols, so say goodbye to your tank.
But this was never the point of why I like to play them.
So, what's fun to play them?
Outside of lore, and obvious "glasscannonness" I think I find several reasons for myself:
Really unique playstyle.
I mean it. You are king of the movement phase. And it's not only about that you "gotta go fast". Wall on your path? Ignore it. Penalties for leaving ongoing close combat? Ignore it. Enemy frontline? You guessed it.
Band of "mercenaries".
There are not many factions in 40k who could freely join other armies, without stealing a spotlight. Harlequins are the one. They could work as a single army, but now I prefer to use a small detachment of them in different eldar armies. It's very entertaining to see them adapt different playstyle, when your troupe fights alongside seer council from craftworld in one game, to then join incubi charge in the next.
Specialist team
Harlequins always have a good variety of options to compensate for their humble model range. My favorite time was at the end of 8th edition, when depending on your choice of special rules, your Death Jester (shooting character) could be either a Vindicare cosplayer, a heavy machine gunner, a vehicle hunter, or just a really cheap model for objective holding. And I'm not even talking about absolutely legal 9th edition 500pts detachment consisting with only one unit in your deployment zone: a floating boat full of characters.
About painting...
Yea, painting diamonds is a gimmick as much as you would've expected. I paint my theater in midnight sorrow scheme (posterboys, black, with blue/red diamonds). Fun fact: this is my first painted 40k army (this is why there are no photos, don't want to hurt your eyes), also used glossy paints for them, gives an interesting look and a good contrast with my dull black Ulthwe and Black Heart parties.
In some sort of conclusion
There is a lot of lore I don't cover here, because the point of this post was to quickly introduce people to harlequins on a surface level, if they don't really want to go deep into it. But if this post makes you curious to know more about them, you really should check wiki or their codex, there is a lot of cool stuff there.
Also, for my fellow troupe masters, if you want to add something to this post, feel free to do so.
p.s. text can be filled with language errors, me sorry, me speak bad.

I'm a data engineer who graduated with bachelors in 2021. I have been working as a data engineer since I graduated and now have ~3 years experience (including internships). I've been working on cloud technologies (Azure, AWS), Various ETL tools and also write scripting queries with python.Ever since my 2nd year at my college I've enjoyed learning data science courses and I've worked on many projects and research journal related to deep learning. Somehow during my internship days I landed into data analytics team and I am really enjoying this journey ever since. But now, after almost 3 years working with data engineering technologies, I feel like I need to explore something in data science as well. I've seen many folks talk about how easily they can switch between data engineering, data science and data analytics in the job, but now that I looks back.. I think I don't have enough exposure to latest data science concepts to land myself in data science role. I feel like I still lack in projects or experience related to data science roles.I've started preparing myself again for the past 2 months by brushing up my knowledge in keras and pytorch framework. I'm trying do as many certifications as possible to get my knowledge refreshed on these concepts.I have absolutely no complains about my current role or my job. But my main goal is to give myself a broader domain knowledge across different form of data roles in my early 20s so that I can choose to do what I love as I get more experienced.This job market looks so terrifying that I can hardly come across any junior data science roles. Can anyone guide my on how I could improve myself so that my resume can standout from other applications who are competing in this job market?I am also interested in collaborating with folks experienced in this field and are trying out various projects or have a small scale startup which aims at delivering AI based solutions. I want to share this across multiple subreddit channels so that anyone reading this could give share their experience/advice on how they landed at their first junior data scientist role!Anyone who is currently at the job market looking for junior data roles, feel free to PM me. We can have a peer to peer interaction on job preparation and companies to look out for?

Lyrics in songs I've noticed.
Red Velvet

• Queendom

Oh hey! In the same dream
It kept calling us
Wonderland beyond distant memories
...........
Cntd
We we we strong, nothing missing
Wake up, the answer is Simple
Be Boss, blow the Whistle
The bigger world is noticing you.
Shall we have a festival? I hold your hand.
We've been waiting for this moment. Spread your wings and be yourself.
Come play at My carnival.
Climax? It starts now.
Watch out! We are making the rules.
......
It’s now or never, we got forever.
Sappy
;
You're sobbing and being pessimistic
You're hesitating again, you can't choose
Writing poems in your note, your hobby is sentimental
Look, now it's time to open the door
........
Tell me, which do you love?
It's not bad thing to dream
It's not a fairytale, it's the real world
What are you gonna do? Which one are you
gonna pick?
Reality or fantasy, adolescent boy?
I'm still clearing dating simulation games
using the manual
I'm still a long way from real love
.......
It's not that I don't like it
Escape from being just two-dimensional
Which one do you love?
Tonight let me know your true feelings
You'll really grow up then
Tell me, which one do you love?
(In the video the lyrics are "Logging out from delusion" for a part of it.)
That's not even getting into the imagery in the video.
Feel My Rhythm
Blowing up this fancy ball
We're back, cute chaotic delight
This is gonna be a crazy night
Epic appearance to stunning greetings
Let's have a little fun
Don't be shy, Bae bae
Let the play start
(Birds and wings everywhere in the video. Irene is shown offering strawberries to a gigantic statue of some sort which then falls towards her. Joy is seen standing in front of some type of being with wings, I can't tell what it would be though. Maybe one of us? Cant tell, she's, yeah she's blocking the shot)
Imagine anything
Now cruising into a weird, new dimension
A place I've never imagined appears unexpectedly
Don't miss this moment, baby.
Don't confine yourself to yesterday or tomorrow.
I'm truly free right now.
Come ride with me (Sway)
Let's go anywhere (Way)
I want to mess all the boundaries
In this world (Oh yeah)
When the world stops What a what a feeling Come take my hand (All right) A brand new Film We falling deep, You and I Next time, spin the clock Where should we go? Come on, let's start again You and I
Everglow
You used to be afraid of the dark night (ah yeah yeah) Hiding without anyone else knowing (ah yeah yeah) No one say happy ending You stayed silent and ran away (Here we go Here we go like)...
Knock Knock There’s a monster It’s growing larger, the black hole inside of you When you back uh? The howler has swallowed you, that’s the killer Don’t be afraid, hold my hand Your past is making you scared But know your power For the final time, be first You know that I come first I’m the winner winner winner Yes, it’s the last melody To save save save you (so don’t keep) Don’t be deceived by the lie That there is no light in this world Together we will Dream a dream that’s never been seen before Dream a dream that’s never been seen before (Ya) It’s ok if you fall (stand up) It’s you (hands up) Faster Stronger Better Gotta be the best Between night and day, around 5:30AM A war without loyalty will suffocate you, this is a foul Lies, darkness, truth, ecstasy, fantasy My candle makes you explode like a fireworks of melodies in the dawn Don’t be afraid, hold my hand Your past is making you scared But know your power For the final time, be first You know that I come first I’m the winner winner winner Yes, it’s the last melody To save save save you (so don’t keep) Don’t be deceived by the lie That there is no light in this world Together we will Dream a dream that’s never been seen before I’m breaking down the walls, crossing the lines I won’t shrivel up, I’ll jump over one step You got me now got me now two step Don’t slow it down slow it down Shout towards the sky that comes to you Hold onto the key of hope...
Bon bon chocolate

go up to the sky

.
Avenged Sevenfold
Hate to twist your mind, but God ain't on your side
Flesh is burning, you can smell it in the air 'Cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal (steal) So stand in line while they ink numbers in your head You're now a slave until the end of time here Nothing stops the madness turning Haunting, yearning, pull the trigger You should've known the price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah Ooh, it's your fuckin' nightmare While your nightmare comes to life
You've been lied to just to rape you of your sight And now they have the nerve to tell you how to feel (feel) So sedated as they medicate your brain And while you slowly go insane they tell you Given with the best intentions Help you with your complications
You should've known the price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah No one to call, everybody to fear Your tragic fate is lookin' so clear, yeah Ooh, it's your fuckin' nightmare Ha, ha, ha, ha
And I know you hear their voices (calling from above) And I know they may seem real (these signals of love) But our life's made up of choices (some without appeal) They took for granted your soul And it's ours now to steal As your nightmare comes to life
Afterlife
Like walking into a dream, so unlike what you've seen So unsure but it seems, 'cause we've been waiting for you Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway
A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain Can leave this place but refrain, 'cause we've been waiting for you Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway This piece on Earth's not right (with my back against the wall) No pain or sign of time (I'm much too young to fall) So out of place, don't wanna stay, I feel wrong and that's my sign I've made up my mind Give me your hand but realize I just wanna say goodbye Please, understand I have to leave and carry on my own life
Creating God
Standing in the shade of altruism, answering the call Came a modern messiah to save us all Something far beyond the work of fiction, Positronic brain A world that's void of all the anguish and suffering, pain
We're creating god, master of our designs We're creating god, unsure of what we'll find
Never held a high regard for Darwin, selection takes too long A little kick in the pool shouldn't do us wrong Devouring the very last invention man would ever need But exponential growth is a frightening thing, indeed
Sometimes when I look up to the sky I have to wonder are we "summoning the demon" you and I?
Have you noticed that I'm needin' it more now, more than it needs me Got a couple of billion that seem to agree Surfing in an artificial dimension, but we're not alone Now the master has become just a stepping stone, oh
We're Creating, God.
Beast and the Harlot
This shining city built of gold A far cry from innocence There's more than meets the eye around here Look to the waters of the deep A city of evil There sat a seven headed beast Ten horns raised from his head Symbolic woman sits on his throne But hatred strips her and leaves her naked The beast and the harlot
The city dressed in jewels and gold Fine linen, myrrh and pearls Her plagues will come all at once As her mourners watch her burn Destroyed in an hour Merchants and captains of the world Sailors navigators too Will weep and mourn this loss With her sins piled to the sky The beast and the harlot
The day has come for all our sinners If you're not a servant, you'll be struck to the ground Flee the burning, greedy city Looking back on her to see there's nothing around
The day has come for all our sinners If you're not a servant, you'll be struck to the ground Flee the burning, greedy city Looking back on her to see there's nothing around I don't believe in fairy tales and no one wants to go to hell You've made the wrong decision and it's easy to see Now if you wanna serve above or be a king below with us You're welcome to the city where your future is set forever
Welcome to the family
Hey kid (hey kid) Do I have your attention? I know the way you've been living Life's so reckless, tragedy endless Welcome to the family Hey There's something missing Only time will alter your vision Never in question, lethal injection Welcome to the family Not long ago you find the answers were so crystal clear Within a day you find yourself living in constant fear Can you look at yourself now, can you look at yourself? You can't win this fight
I try and help you with the things that can't be justified I need to warn you that there is no way to rationalize So have you figured it out now, so have you figured it out? You can't win this fight
And in a way it seems there's no one to call When our thoughts are so numb And our feelings unsure We all have emptiness inside, we all have answers to find But you can't win this fight!
I see you're a king who's been dethroned Cast out in a world you've never know Stand down, place your weapon by your side It's our war in the end, we'll surely lose but that's alright So have you figured it out now, so have you figured it out?
Bat Country
So sorry you're not here I've been sane too long, my vision's so unclear Now take a trip with me But don't be surprised when things aren't what they seem
You've been breakin' down for far too long Far too many moons since you felt well and strong You see, you could say goodbye but you don't have to die Not ever
Engineer the wires to your brain Architect a code so you won't feel the pain With your family by your side and vigor in your eyes forever Live Forever I'm way up, a god in size, beyond the reach of mortals I shed my human side Father, oh father I stare at my reflection, have I lost that boy inside? Final paradigm What's it really mean to be a man? Think about your answer but please understand While it's natural to fear, I'll make it disappear forever I forever I'm way up, a god in size, beyond the reach of mortals I shed my human side Father, oh father I stare at my reflection, have I lost that boy inside? Final paradigm Singular I am I have the question if these thoughts are mine To live forever but did something in me die? I'm clawing my skin but I can't feel it inside I know the agony of pain would hurt so much better I'm way up, so far up Have I lost myself tonight? Mother, oh father Have you lost that boy you used to know?
Simulation
It seems I should have walked away Reverse the wager I've no means to pay Toto has pulled back the green tonight, in sight And blue pills coat with such disdain I wore the shades for so long That I've forgotten how to see The curtain rises but who dares to pull the strings
I know this might be hard for you to believe and all, But you only exist because we allow it I question all the voices in my head Are they mine or have I been misled? Total understanding doesn't seem to mean a thing When you can't see behind the silver screen, a figurine Can't you hear me scream? By the way of cosmic rays A subtle breakdown jarred the code display A simulation as I can tell, our cell Playing out a hopeless scene We stand to lose all our charm And faith just seems to wane A billion years can seem a stunningly short time You've been beaten down time and time again But still you find yourself at the center of it all I question all the voices in my head Are they mine or have I been misled? Total understanding doesn't seem to mean a thing When you can't see behind the silver screen, a figurine Can't you hear me scream? You hear me, you had one thing to do, one thing And you fucked it up, piece of shit Nurse, patient 666158 needs to be sedated We need 500 CCs of M Oh hello there, dearie I've been expecting you Posturing the way I feel Is truth only what we believe is real? Marvel the sketches that paint the night, starlight And take a breath before it's all erased away
Their song Angels; Waking the Fallen, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet.
Everglow:
Pirate
Yeah EVERGLOW Gonna be mad lunatic, girl When the mysteriously changed moon comes A show that will start suddenly In secret, yeah, dance I want it Ddi-dam-bam-bam, bba-rira-bam-bam A paradise found in a whole new world that is out of sync ‘Cause I’m a pirate, yeah, yeah A pirate, yeah, yeah A pirate, yeah, yeah Now let me introduce myself I am a fleet I Start this voyage Towards the moon mist Yeah, let me introduce myself...
Twenty four hours, the light disappears Overnight, night, overnight During the night when the dazzling starlight shines Ayy, lift the anchor Girls all over the world Dance tonight And we could be anything, anything now Go crazy, no doubt Rowin’ for the Crown Waving the flag, yeah...
All the way, all the way, all the way The riot we made All the way, all the way, all the way Can’t ever stay quiet Girls all over the world Run tonight Just get on board ‘Cause I’m a pirate, yeah, yeah A pirate, yeah, yeah A pirate, yeah, yeah Now let me introduce myself I am a fleet Start this voyage Towards the moon mist Yeah, let me introduce myself Ahoy! Sing a song now The hidden moon festival Well, shiver me timbers (Aye-aye) Watch this night together Last chance, get on board Approaching tsunami, disappearing afternoon Everyone falls asleep under these waves Yeah, I’m making the moves During the night when the dazzling starlight shines Ayy, lift the anchor Girls all over the world Dance tonight And we could be anything, anything now Go crazy, no doubt Rowin’ for the crown Waving the flag, yeah (Oh woah) All the way, all the way, all the way The riot that we made (Oh yeah) All the way, all the way, all the way Can’t ever stay quiet Girls all over the world Run tonight Just get on board...
A letter from that future Together with that blinding light Trust me and follow me up to my ark...
Katy Perry and Nikki Manage
Michael Jackson's Best Tracks
"Swish Swish" lyrics Katy Perry Lyrics Play "Swish Swish" on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) "Swish Swish" (feat. Nicki Minaj)
They know what is what But they don't know what is what They just strut What the fuck?
[Katy Perry:] A tiger Don't lose no sleep Don't need opinions From a shellfish or a sheep Don't you come for me No, not today You're calculated I got your number 'Cause you're a joker And I'm a courtside killer queen And you will kiss the ring You best believe
So keep calm, honey, I'mma stick around For more than a minute, get used to it Funny my name keeps comin' out your mouth 'Cause I stay winning Lay 'em up like
Swish, swish, bish Another one in the basket Can't touch this Another one in the casket
Your game is tired You should retire You're 'bout as cute as An old coupon expired And karma's not a liar She keeps receipts
So keep calm, honey, I'mma stick around For more than a minute, get used to it Funny my name keeps comin' out your mouth 'Cause I stay winning Lay 'em up like
Swish, swish, bish Another one in the basket Can't touch this Another one in the casket (Let's go) Swish, swish, bish Another one in the basket Can't touch this Another one in the casket
They know what is what But they don't know what is what Katy Perry They just know what is what Young Money But they don't know what is what They just know what is what But they don't know what is what They just strut Hahaha, yo What the fuck?
[Nicki Minaj:] Pink Ferragamo sliders on deck Silly rap beefs just get me more checks My life is a movie, I'm never off set Me and my a-Migos (no, not Offset) Swish swish, aww I got them upset But my shooters'll make 'em dance like dubstep Swish, swish, aww, my haters is obsessed 'Cause I make M's, they get much less Don't be tryna double back I already despise you All that fake love you showin' Couldn't even disguise you (Yo, yo) Ran? When? Nicki gettin' tan Mirror mirror who's the fairest bitch in all the land? Damn, man, this bitch is a Stan Muah, muah, the generous queen will kiss a fan Ass goodbye, I'mma be riding by I'mma tell my ...Biggz, yeah that's the guy A star's a star, da ha da ha They never thought the swish god would take it this far Get my pimp cup, this is pimp shit, baby I only rock with Queens, so I'm makin' hits with Katy
[Katy Perry:] Swish, swish, bish Another one in the basket And another one and another one Can't touch this Another one in the casket And another one and another one
They know what is what Do they know? But they don't know what is what They just know what is what But they don't know what is what They just know what is what But they don't know what is what They just strut What the...
Red Velvet: Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb –31
You need to “Beat It” That boy Michael Jackson ”Bad” I’m not your “Billie Jean” Don’t you “Leave Me Alone” But you’re so ambiguous, I want “Black Or White” I can’t give up on you, my “Man In The Mirror” “Why You Wanna Trip On Me” You’re too harsh Boy, you make me “Scream” Why am I like this? Well, your “Love really Never Felt So Good” It’s so electrifying that it’s like
Aespa
Next Level
aespa
I’m on the Next Level, yeah I follow the absolute rules Don't let go of my hand unity is my weapon I walk to KWANGYA I know your home ground Confront the threat Beat it, beat it, beat it
An unexpected black out The temptation is deep and strong (Too hot too hot) Letting go of the hands held together But I'll never give up
I'm on the Next Level I open the door over there Next Level I'll destroy you in thе end Until I reach the Nеxt Level KOSMO Next Level Beat it, beat it, beat it
La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la
I see the NU EVO The hostile suffering and sorrow Make you popping and evolve further That's my naevis, it's my naevis You lead, we follow After learning the feelings Watch me while I make it out
Watch me while I work it out Watch me while I make it out Watch me while I work it out Work it, work it, work it out
Even the unbearable despair Can't break my faith Watch me while I work it Even if a more painful trial comes I won't let go of your hand, oh
Never look back Don’t covet things of KWANGYA If the promises are broken, everything will be out of control The signal is becoming unstable since a certain point in time I'll destroy you in the end (We want it) Come on! Show me the way to KOSMO, yeah
A hallucination quest created by the Black Mamba Aespa, they want to separate out ae, that's right I lose my balance and my voice too In the illusion of being criticized and alienated Nævis we (Call ae, ae) Aespa's Next Level Open "P.O.S" This is the REAL WORLD, I'm awake We against the villain, what's the name? Black Mamba
I open the door in the end (Too hot, too hot) That light is like Fire to you I'm dying to know The next story that will unfold Huh!
I'm on the Next Level I open the door over there Next Level I'll destroy you in the end Until I reach the Next Level KOSMO Next Level Beat it, beat it, beat it
I'm on the Next Level I become stronger and free Next Level I'm no longer who I was at KWANGYA Next Level Feel me I'm like a beast Next Level Beat it, beat it, beat it Huh! https://lyricstranslate.com/en/next-level-next-level.html-0
Savage
[Intro: Karina] Oh my gosh Don't you know I'm a savage?
[Verse 1: Karina, Giselle] I'm a Killa who will break you, ae You're still hiding and hallucinating Beat you up, we holler I'm not afraid of you, you, hit you harder Push me in, deep fake on me To the unprepared stage Corner me in, fake on me Got everybody, mock up to me You shake me up so that I feel ashamed Cold spectators are collapsed, ae I can't stand you anymore, say, "No!"
[Refrain: Winter, Ningning] Wait and see, I'm a little savage Your dirty play I can't stand it any longer You want to break me Your hallucinations are becoming The reasons to construct you
[Pre-Chorus: Winter, Ningning] I'm a savage I'll break you into pieces yeah, oh I'm a savage I'll crush you, oh
[Chorus: Karina, Giselle, Karina & Ningning] Get me, get me now Get me, get me now (Zu-zu-zu-zu) Or I'll become more Savage (Zu-zu-zu-zu) Get me, get me now Get me, get me now (Zu-zu-zu-zu) Now I'm going to get you Now, I'm a savage Gimme, gimme now Gimme, gimme now (Zu-zu-zu-zu) I can see your words Your weakness Algorithm (Zu-zu-zu-zu) Steaming, it's steaming Steaming, it's steaming (Zu-zu-zu-zu) MA ae SYNK Don't bother me and bog off, savage (Zu-zu-zu-zu)
[Verse 2: Giselle, Winter, Karina] Mhm, everybody looks at me I'm used to it, I should take a step back I have to endure it like an adult I'm locked up in the glass I want to play such a horrible expectation I'm locked up in that hallucination frame I'm going to KWANGYA, game in Defeating a subtle alienation And making me drift apart from my ae Your satisfying trick We gone KWANGYA, game in Cut it down, my sword of light To you who is damaged It's a merciless punch
[Refrain: Ningning, Winter] See? I'm a little Savage I block your regenerative power I distract you, I leave you out Don't forget, this is KWANGYA I control your time and space Make it, break it
You are the one who protected me when I was in trouble My naevis, we love you My victory, one SYNK DIVE All the opportunities you've created I know your sacrifices, oh My naevis, we love you I know, we'll make sure to find your memories Let's meet surely after the resurrection
[Breakdown: Karina, Ningning] Savage Savage Yeah
Girls
Wake up! In a deadlier war Hold on with your feet(our feet are like hands back home) Hook! Black Mamba I am not afraid of you Hoot! I’ll break you It has changed when we entered KWANGYA Distorted æ more like me, like one A crazy presence that shows The ember that was left behind...
grew into a great evil When I helplessly isolate you Reunite we’re together again Whoo Whoo Attack Beat it Yah You’re not alone...
Shined sacrifice If you found the memory Can you show us? Can you show up? Right now, right here Follow me (Bow down) Watch me (My skill) You will get surprised (Say wow) We coming Scream (Get loud) Listen (My sound) Call it (Upgrade) We coming Blooming in chaos (We Them Girls) And confronting fear, That courage (Ah Yeah) Whenever we are together We Them Girls We Them Girls We Them Girls Meta universe exists now Parallel world All beings have meaning Part of my heart We use sympathetic words and share the body temperatures In the end, we only pursue the value of goodwill I finally became stronger I don’t get swindled or hurt It’s distorted It has started again Make sides Isolate you and me so that we can’t see ahead The algorithms that have been distorted by bad desires Use existence as the weapon and swallow with destruction Ah Evil was started at that moment Whoo Whoo Move out flip Yah I’m not alone I want to protect first encountering REKALL I will hug you so that you can feel Without SYNK DIVE Follow me (Bow down) Watch me (My skill) You will get surprised (Say wow) We coming Scream (Get loud) Listen (My sound) Call it (Upgrade) We coming Blooming in chaos (We Them Girls) And confronting fear, That courage (Ah Yeah) Whenever we are Together We Them Girls We Them Girls To face a peaceful day Inside the FLAT We laugh and love together With my friends Now I’m more curious about the future together with nævis Eventually we will probably meet nævis on the REAL MY WORLD Hold up! REAL MY WORLD Your existence is brighter than my reflection in the mirror Can you tell me? Until when, will we be together? Follow me (Bow down) Watch me (My skill) You will get surprised (Say wow) We coming Scream (Get loud) Listen (My sound) Call it (Upgrade) We coming Blooming in chaos (We Them Girls) And confronting fear, That courage (Ah Yeah) Whenever we are together We Them Girls We Them Girls We Them Girls Girls! Official translation. Play "Girls" on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) Other Songs from Girls Album Girls Girls
Far away, far away Higher and higher To the place unseen
No one can stop me anymore Get set, go! Good-bye I’m not my old self Take a look at my WILDSIDE
By instinct, do it Come along with me Let us go down, down, down, down, da street
I didn’t go anywhere Now I could go everywhere Scared of change Just looking from the side
When you protect me and I’m breathing I’m forced into misery like a puppet, muppet I thought I was no good But behind weakness there was strength Words from loveless people, I don’t care about it anymore I will show you the truth
Never tell lies to myself any more Fly now to the place I want to be I’m never scared of going to the sky
Inside O-O-Out My wild side, my wild side The unseen me who has Overcome weakness (WILDSIDE) Far away, far away Higher and higher To the place unseen
No one can stop me anymore Get set, go! Good-bye I’m not my old self Which this WILDSIDE
Accepting myself that I don’t even know of I want to love more, believe myself more So I don’t get lost, Yeah
Starlight, slash the dark night already So bright, sparkle La-la-la-la-la
Inside O-O-Out My wild side, my wild side The unseen me who has Overcome weakness (WILDSIDE) Far away, far away Higher and higher To the place unseen
No one can stop me anymore Get set, go! Good-bye I’m not my old self Which this WILDSIDE
By instinct, do it Come along with me Let us go down down I will show you my wild side
https://youtu.be/Qpf26PtBXgo 😬 cya ❤️‍🩹😾🙀🙈
I don't know why I still try.

Before reading this is going to be a rant, if you don’t want to read an annoying depressing rant please don’t go further lol I genuinely apologize for posting something depressing on here, god I need to rant though.
22f, These last few weeks (technically years) for me have been HELL, like I haven’t slept in 3 nights (I’m not exaggerating) when I try to sleep I think about everything going on and my heart starts pounding and I’m wide awake, I have a long drive to work so this is horrible. My mom passed from breast cancer a few years ago, my dad got a new girlfriend who goes out of her way to torture me and try to ruin my relationship with my dad, my brother is doing drugs/drinking 24/7, my boyfriend cheated on me (while I was literally in the hospital) I finally got my dream job I worked for for 10 years so I’m on the road but I can’t enjoy a single second of it or even focus because I’m just being constantly bombarded with peoples problems for me to solve, which is difficult when I’m 4 hours away!? Everything is falling apart and some how everyone expects the 22 year old who has never gotten to live her life to deal with all of it; when my dads girlfriend is treating me like shit and swearing at me I have to be the bigger person because my dad will take her side.
My mom was also sick my entire life, I was the kid that slept at the hospital, packed her bags, sat in the hospital from age 7-17 having panic attacks, still having panic attacks. You know who ever cared about me?? Nobody!!! Even right after my mom died everyone only cared about my dad and my brother, always did things for them and then basically got mad at me for “isolating” myself. My brother crashed his car drinking after and my grandpa bought him a brand new jeep, and wait for it.. a whole house to “get back on his feet”, my dad bought his girlfriend a 60k car and takes her on vacations all over the world almost monthly- my family has money but you know helped me when I was in the hospital and needed a little help with rent?? Nobody!! I’m in credit debt now for the first time and because of how tight everything is it’s just getting worse.
I was in a terrible relationship for a reason, because no matter how badly my boyfriend treated me it didn’t compare to my life at home.
I’m at my breaking point, and there’s only 3 options. Leave and let everything fall apart and deal with the crazy guilt of it, stay here and waste the last of my young years dealing with it or 3. And this one is the only one on my mind, I kill myself and let everything fall apart with no guilt. Also I thought being on the road would help, it’s worse. I can’t take them blaming me for following my dreams. They literally act like I’m a bad person for not coming back and helping with dumb situations. Like my brother getting drunk and locking himself out, somehow was my fault? I got more than one angry text about not helping, I was 5 hours away!!!! And trying to have fun for once in my life and going on a date. Rant over, again I’m sorry but I had to get it out lol

I'm a data engineer who graduated with bachelors in 2021. I have been working as a data engineer since I graduated and now have ~3 years experience (including internships). I've been working on cloud technologies (Azure, AWS), Various ETL tools and also write scripting queries with python.
Ever since my 2nd year at my college I've enjoyed learning data science courses and I've worked on many projects and research journal related to deep learning. Somehow during my internship days I landed into data analytics team and I am really enjoying this journey ever since. But now, after almost 3 years working with data engineering technologies, I feel like I need to explore something in data science as well. I've seen many folks talk about how easily they can switch between data engineering, data science and data analytics in the job, but now that I looks back.. I think I don't have enough exposure to latest data science concepts to land myself in data science role. I feel like I still lack in projects or experience related to data science roles.
I've started preparing myself again for the past 2 months by brushing up my knowledge in keras and pytorch framework. I'm trying do as many certifications as possible to get my knowledge refreshed on these concepts.
I have absolutely no complains about my current role or my job. But my main goal is to give myself a broader domain knowledge across different form of data roles in my early 20s so that I can choose to do what I love as I get more experienced.
This job market looks so terrifying that I can hardly come across any junior data science roles. Can anyone guide my on how I could improve myself so that my resume can standout from other applications who are competing in this job market?
I am also interested in collaborating with folks experienced in this field and are trying out various projects or have a small scale startup which aims at delivering AI based solutions. I want to share this across multiple subreddit channels so that anyone reading this could give share their experience/advice on how they landed at their first junior data scientist role!
Anyone who is currently at the job market looking for junior data roles, feel free to PM me. We can have a peer to peer interaction on job preparation and companies to look out for

So I recently purchased a ‘grail’ print of mine - it released in 2020, and has been long sold out; managed to grab it for $200. The thing is, I only have experience with framing posters with a thin material, so I wasn’t ready for how freaking thick and stubborn a print like this, that has been rolled for 3 years (it’s never been removed from the original package) could be.
Basically, I know it’s not the best way, but it’s the way I’m satisfied with, but I decided to simply throw it in a frame with an acid free mat myself; the problem is, I really had no preparation for how hard it would be to “flatten” it enough to get it into the frame. Usually I just give it a little nudge and it’s enough for me to get all 4 corners flat enough for me to throw on a mat, throw on the backing and call it a day. This time it was a nightmare; I tried to do the same and it simply just kept curling back, and as I didn’t want to let it roll again since I didn’t want the print to touch itself, I was kind of stuck there; and since it wanted to roll back so much, each side kept folding itself into a V shape since my hand in the middle of each side was the pressure point, and I didn’t have a means for even distribution of force across each side… ended up eventually getting it to work, and threw on the mat, then threw on the back.
All in all, I’m fine with the result (again I know it’s not the ideal framing set up, but Im satisfied for now - plexiglass - print - acid free mat - back) except I ended up with maybe 2 or 3 inch long CREASES (genuine creases). For some reason I literally can’t even find them after being framed, and I don’t plan on selling it so it’s not like it matters if it can’t be seen. But man… it still feels bad. Just wanted to vent lol. I guess next time I’ll try to do it with a partner? I think that’d be significantly easier

I am getting married, and I have started wedding planning. A family friend that is within a year or two of my age has terminal cancer. She is really struggling with the milestones that she will miss. We have discussed it several times. I have listened to her feelings. I also told her as gently as possible that I wanted to include her but only as much as she felt comfortable. (I know how awkward that sounded, but there isn't really a great way to word that.) She said that she didn't want to miss anything and that even though she struggled with watching other people have these milestones, she still wanted to be included. She said that she appreciated me acknowledging everything, and that she would feel comfortable talking to me if things changed.
Anyway my mother is close friends with her mother. Yesterday night, we are at my parents' house for dinner (my parents, me, my fiancé, my brothers, one brother's wife). My mother tells us that family friend's mother was telling her about how sad family friend was that she would likely never have her own wedding. Apparently, one thing that she said was how sad she was that she would never get to watch her daughter's first dance and fathedaughter dance. She was just venting not asking for anything (important later).
My mother turns to me and said that after she got home she had a "really special idea." She said that I should share my first dance or let family friend have her own private dance after my private dance (my first dance and my fathedaughter dance).
I freaked out a little (based on my mom's well documented history of volunteering me without asking first. I raised my voice a little (over normal speaking volume but definitely not screaming). My fiancé said that I sounded panicked.
Me: "Mom! Tell me that you haven't already said something to anyone about this?!"
Mom: "I only mentioned it to Aunt ---- when we were talking on the phone earlier. Why are you freaking out?"
Me: "Because you just MASSIVELY overstepped --- AGAIN. Mother, I love family friend. I do. I am so so sorry about her situation. It's awful. But this is my wedding. I am not sharing my wedding. I'm only going to have one."
(At this point, I realize that I am getting really mad, so I take a short pause to calm down before continuing. I also decided what I wanted to say so what follows was a conscious choice not loosing my temper.)
Me: "You always do this, Mom. We're all adults, but you still try to coordinate things for us and get involved in things that are no longer your business. You can't offer people things that belong to other people. That isn't being generous. It's stealing."
Mom: "I have never and would never steal from anyone especially my children. I wanted to give you an idea that you might not have thought of. That's why I asked you before asking her or her mother."
Me: Mom, that's exactly it though. You talked to Aunt ------- before talking to me. You asked me in front of the entire table. Now if I say no, I'm the person who denied a girl with cancer their last chance for a first dance. Besides --- did it even occur to you that she might not want to confront her own morality in front of everyone? I know that I wouldn't."
Mom: "I just thought that you might want to talk about it. That's part of being a grown-up: not running away from conversations."
Me: "Mother, I am 27 years old. I am getting married. I have an adult job, and I completely support myself. I am an adult. That is a fact not something that you get to gate-keep and determine yourself. Additionally, being an adult means that you don't have to discuss your decisions with anyone other than yourself. It also means setting boundaries including not discussing or justifying your decisions to other people. And don't tell me that I'm not grown up enough. You can't say anything that you want to me."
Mom: "I'm your mother. I gave birth to you. I can say anything that I want to you."
Me: "You're half right. Anyone can say anything that they want to other people, but they don't have freedom from consequences. The simple fact is that no one has the right to tell other people what they should do with something that belongs to them. No one on this Earth has the right to tell someone else how much they should give away to other people. People should help each other, but it has to be voluntary --- from the heart --- not coerced. That's just another form of stealing. It's about wanting to look good but not have to earn whatever you are volunteering to someone yourself."
Mom: "You're attacking me and blowing this out of proportion. I'm your mother. I should be included in wedding planning. My mother helped me and her mother helped her."
(She starts crying.)
Me: "And it was your choice to permit that. It isn't my choice. Now, you need to go call Aunt -------, tell her that you overstepped and beg her not to mention your little idea to anyone, because if this gets out, you aren't coming to the wedding."
My fiancé: I agree with everything (me) said. You need to apologize to your daughter."
My mother runs out of the room crying. My brothers don't say anything other than general complaining about the dinner being ruined. My dad says that I am right but asks me not to disinvite her to the wedding. He also says not to be "hard on my mom." I said that I wasn't mean; I was setting boundaries and explaining my position. I said that I wasn't going after her because if I go pat her on the back and say sorry then that invalidates everything I said and teaches her that controlling behavior will be forgiven if she cries. I said that when she calms down I am happy to discuss but reasoning but I wasn't changing my mind or saying sorry. I also added that she wasn't disinvited nor would she be if she keep her mouth shut and didn't overstep in mine and my fiancé's business. Dad left it at that. He is big on not discussing things until everyone is calm. He did call me this afternoon to tell me that she was really upset and ask me to talk to her.
My sister-in-law reached out to me today too. She said that she was really impressed with how I handled that and asked if she could just hand her phone to me when my mom oversteps with her on pregnancy/baby stuff. (She's pregnant with her and my brother's first child.) We talked for a while.
My fiancé was literally a rock. We left as soon as we were done eating. We talked about it in the car. His position was basically "my mom, my call." He let me handle the confrontation and then immediately said he was 100% on my side. When my mom texted him this morning to ask about me being mad, he just replied that she should talk to her daughter. He also showed me the message and his reply immediately. He did not let her pull him in. He was perfect; I would marry him twice if I could.
So basically am I a jerk for not allowing this second first dance? I have a bad feeling that I might be because it is really likely that she will never have her own wedding. I just honestly don't want to share my wedding.
Also, am I wrong for everything that I said to my mom? I do not regret the message itself, but am I the asshole for the way that I said everything and then refusing to comfort her afterwards?

Alright here we go, so I (M20) have this friend (F21) who I am quite fond of. We met on a more or less study abroad program but not outside the USA if you can follow me on that. I came home early from my time because of unknown health issues. Needless to say I was devastated to leave and to leave behind my friends. When I got home I didn't want to reach out to anybody because I was to down in the dumps. But this friend of mine reached out to me the next day to see how I was doing. Long story short over the next 11 months we texted every week pretty consistently. When the time came for her to come home I was super excited because I was gonna be able to see her again.(we live like 5 hours away). It takes about a month for schedules to align so we can see each other. The day finally comes and I head down to hang out for the evening. Pretty routine night, dinner, museum and a movie. But when we got back to her place we stayed in my car for almost 3 hours just catching up. And through the whole time we were holding hands and cuddling and you know the awkward teenager stuff😂. So we concluded and I walked her to the front step and gave her a hug goodbye which lasted about 10 minutes. She was holding me so tight I was taking shallow breaths. It was as if she didn't want to let me go. And me being in the moment decided to ask if I could get a goodnight kiss to which she said yes and you can figure out the rest from there. So goodnight kiss secured and im on my way. Fast forward to 3 days later were texting and she sends me a message saying "im not looking to seriously date right now cause I'm trying to figure myself out". And Im not igonna lie that devastated me pretty bad. but what gets me is at the end she says "I would still love to talk and hang out though when we are both free :)" and that's where I need the advice. Shes also coming to see family thats about two hours from me and informed me that this would be happening if i wanted to come visit. So I guess here's where I need the advice, how do I take this. There's a million ways to go about this and yes i know I'm overreacting probably more than I should but shes really important to me and I'd hate to see her go especially if I never got the chance.

Good day, Aemon Games LLC is working to create a monster tamer game to improve and expand upon the genre. Our game aims to increase a players options in regards to team composition by including mechanics to hack creatures type alignments and by rebalancing types used in other games. We want to increase replayability by providing variable endings and a NG+ system too.
For the last year we have been working on world building, lore, quests, creating a dex, and we are in the process of creating the draft game design document. The lore centers around AI enhanced creatures called Aemon and how humans almost wiped themselves out in a war where the Aemon where used as weapons during the war. The game is set in a post-reconstruction era where the player returns to the islands where the war occurs. They will seek out clues regarding the history of the war, meet new creatures never seen before, and fight against an unknown enemy seeking to kill all Aemon to prevent another war.
Creating a monster tamer means we have lots of artwork to complete. Maps, environments in the overworld and battle scenes, monster and character sprites at several zoom levels, character dialogue sprites, and attack animations to name a few.
For an art style, we are aiming for a HD2D look similar to Octopath Traveler or Triangle Strategy. Because the game is in early development, this can still be modified as we try to find an art style that stands out in the genre.
We presently have three artists and one animator whor are on the project and are looking to add several more animators and/or artists. If you are interested and want to learn more, feel free to DM me or check out our discord where you can read the game dev blogs.
Thanks for reading :)

Hello!
Being completely honest I'm already in the acceptance stage but decided to post my issue here in hoping for some fix that I haven't tried yet.
My problem is the following, one day I was using my computer normally with no particular issue or any irregular occurances besides the fact that it was using less memory than usual(Which I list here just for transparency's sake but do not believe to have anything to do with the problem.), I get a bit sleepy so I shut down normally and go to bed. The next morning I try to turn on the PC and notice that It is unusually loud and taking a bit to turn on. "Okay" I thought, "Must be some sort of update that is making it think harder today. Might take a second to turn on." But then it just didn't so there is my grief. The GPU fan goes super fast and loud for some reason, I can't tell if running at full speed is the case for the other fans because the noise from the gpu one doesn't let me have an accurate idea of if the others are unusually loud or fast. There is no display at all, not even the bios or motherboard logo. In fact, the monitor doesn't even get signal, and another very odd thing is that normally I would have to hold the power button for about 3 seconds for it to turn on but now as soon as i press the button it turns on at fulls speed and, get this, just won't turn off no matter for how long I hold the power button. I have to turn it off by switching off the power supply.
Here Is some stuff I have tried In the attempt to troubleshoot this beast:
- tried the ram sticks individually and in both ram slots to see if it was a ram problem;
- Cleaned the Ram sticks and the ram slots;
- Disconected the gpu and tried turning it on using the integrated graphics of the cpu;
- Disconected and reconected every cable to make sure they were connected properly;
- Tried reseting the CMOS.
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RAM and PSU are new with less than a month of use and were working perfectly the day before.
monitor is known to be working properly because I still use it and, in fact, am using it right now on my laptop.
Every fan and rgb (for the parts that have it) turns on normally.
I have removed the RAM sticks and turned it on because, supposedly, the amount of beeps would help me on troubleshooting but there were no beeps and I don't know what that means.
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These are my parts:
- Motherboard: ASRock A-320M-HD
- GPU: GTX 960 2GB
-CPU: AMD athlon 3000G
-RAM sticks: T-force ddr4 xtreem 16gb(2x8gb) 3200mhz Or something like that
-PSU: forgot details but it's a 750w from corsair.
-I don't think it relates to the problem but in case it does, my OS was endeavourOS.
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From a lack of knowledge, experience and identifiable signs from the other parts, my suspicion is that this motherboard is the source of the issue but I don't have access to an extra one I can use to confirm it and buying stuff for later returning it isn't as easy here as it is in some places so I'm reluctant towards buying any new parts before being super sure of the source of the problem.
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Any help Is apreciated and in case anyone wants any more data, feel free to ask for it in the comments. Thanks in advance.