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Can confirm. Some sets are so clear and "correct" they make recordings like that sound worse.

The OGs arguably sound better and they're like 30 bucks. Only last about 3-4 hours on a charge though.

Add FiiO to the list. They're currently eating everyone's lunch.

Vance just went on TV to blame Joe Biden.

The US can produce more than anyone else. But they can't produce enough of the correct type of crude. What they can produce is good for gasoline, but not other fuel types without investing heavily in refactoring infrastructure which would take years. It's cheaper to just buy it from others. That's why diesel is skyrocketing. This is what they quickly discovered after kidnapping Venezuela's. US imports most of their heavy oil from Canada, who he has spent months destroying relationships and agreements with because they refuse to bend the knee.

He just enacted an emergency order for California to re-open sites off the coast. It won't be enough. US would still need to import millions of barrels a day to keep inflation down.

And it continues...

• Israel now out of or very low on interceptors
• Israel taking so much damage from Iran they're now threatening nukes
• Draft dodger now begging for help from allies he spent months breaking deals and partnerships with and shitting on their previous war contributions
• Draft dodger also begging for help from adversaries such as China and lifts sanctions on Russian oil
• Didn't re-stock oil reserve, gets his muppet couch fucker on stage to blame Joe Biden for gas prices
• Realizes they can't take the Strait back, takes over their island that they use to distribute, now held at a stalemate
• UK leadership calling him out on war being a distraction from the Epstein files

Can't wait to see what other fuckups he makes today.

Very similar story for me. I’m at a new place after my last one abruptly laid off thousands. Here I can’t exactly disappear amongst the noise of a massive company. I’m watching the newly hired, younger neurodivergents burn out (one particularly violently) after barely a year. It is frustrating. I mean, what advice can you tell them? Mask less? 😑

Management has surprisingly recognized this for one that had a meltdown right in front of an higher-up, and offloaded their work into a more focused role so they’re less overwhelmed. But I’m seeing them start to spiral again after a personal issue happened… I have a dreadful feeling they will not have their contract renewed. It breaks my heart because they are very talented and I like them. It’s like watching a mirror of my younger self having done the same crap. I try to take the pressure off when they ask for help but it’s affecting my own stress. I can’t save the world. Too old. Too tired.

Part of problem I think is when you excel, they expect that level of performance all the time. I try not to show my whole hand in all things as a result as a sort of defense mechanism. Because I know they’ll just keep piling more work and expectations. It is hard to find a balance. I know I can’t always be full-on. Annnnd I still get bored and have to keep the slop in check.

If this doesn’t work out I’m probably going your route and starting my own thing.

The trick is to do something very hard to master and scratches that incessant need to create and/or fix. I think this is why ADHD and other neurodivergent people gravitate to IT - there is always, always something new. But don’t worry, management or shareholders or the company getting bought will fuck it up eventually. Maybe all three! So, try to have a backup plan and avoid getting attached. Have a hyper focus outside of it, something where you can unmask and relax.

Oh. And learn what burnout is and how to deal with it. We tend to get it extremely quickly. I burn out faster than a 4th of July sparkler. That’s the only sparkly shit I get. Or else you’ll find yourself in this endless cycle wondering why. Vacation isn’t the cure.

It has nothing to do with your issue.

The BBB is a bullshit company just like J. D. Power and Associates.

It felt like that was the intent. In the intro you even see a guy in power armor jump off a building and when you get your first suit there’s a little “I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum” sort of intro. Or at least that’s how I remember it.

The dumbing down of character interaction is what made me feel like it wasn’t quite “real Fallout” and trying to break into the mainstream. It worked. People I know that do NOT have the patience for New Vegas or 3 are super into the franchise now. Despite giving up after the “read all these terminals errybody ded lol” launch of 76. (They went back to 4).

Also the burning desire to answer rhetorical questions that I know are rhetorical. Or to point out their sarcasm isn’t as clever as they think and look like a jerk.