It’s big reminder of the dark times we live in. We’ve become insensitive to the school shootings, they have been weighing less and less on “societies collective mind” since Sandy Hook. They’re covered for a day, and vanish from the mind.

This time it was a person most of us knew of and have formed an opinion about. Weather you liked him or not, there is an emotional connection there.

The stark difference in how people are reacting is chilling. Honestly, its difficult to accept a group cheering on his death to an extreme degree. Making a meme is whatever, but the videos and comments are filled such hate that it is unsettling to witness.

At the end of the day, he was a dude exercising his free speech. His words may be misguided, but he had his opinions and was willing to debate them with people.

“Dad I want to grow my hair out long”

“No, men must have short hair. Long hair is the sign of the devil”

“But all these pictures of Jesus have long hair”

“go to your room!!!”

“You’re still flat? I told you if you can’t get 3D, we’re done!”

Keep it positive and about your goals, and explain why the company you’re applying to can fulfill your goals. Focus on the future while sprinkling in something positive about what you did at the past job.

"While there I accomplished X, however the position did not meet my career goal of Y. I’m looking to join your team as an Z here continue developing my skills in Y.

Here’s an example; you’re goal is to be park ranger. Last park only had you doing trash pick up. The park your applying for does all kinds of community engagement/event type stuff.

“While there I had a fulfilling job keeping the parks clean, however the position was not leading me towards my goal to become a park ranger. I’m looking to join your team as a junior ranger to continue developing my skills for community events and continuing my work of preserving the environment.”

Fluff it up a bit to not sound scripted and you’ll be fine.

Do you like smoked salmon? The precooked stuff, you can eat it cold, is good with eggs. Can’t go wrong with some fresh vegetables (on side or on sandwich) too, tomatos, cucumbers, peppers, carrots or anything.

Perhaps not a course, but a lot of trades require similar types of “improvised” problem solving using only the resources available to you.

It seems like, from the very limited info you have provided, you’re looking to be a problem solver with no problem. Go make or fix something, even it just out cardboard, tape and chewing gums.

A lot of inventiveness and resourcefulness comes from repeatedly solving problems and applying the cumulative experience gained each time.

Also remember characters like Violet or MacGyver are in fictional worlds. Their surrounding, problems, and “quick” thinking has all been carefully thought out over time by the author. If the character needs some duct tape, guess what’s going to be conveniently on a shelf nearby.

I wouldn’t call it a get out of jail, but it is evidence for a jury to look at it.

I would much rather read news stories about police stopping these things, but here we are.

I agree, in principle vigilantism isn’t good for society. It opens the door for, let’s say heavily misguided, people to carry out whatever justice they want. Yes, it is also dangerous for the individuals with good intentions.

However, if the “proper” system does nothing, who will?

In the case of Roblox, I’m going to compare this to a public park;

In this park some adults set up a free candy van for kids. The park rangers/owners (moderators) see this, and choose to ignore it. Some other people at the park report their concerns to the rangers, yet a week later they find 3 more vans have shown up.

Finally, one person steps up and calls the police directly. The police can do nothing with the information, as there’s “no evidence”. Desperate to stop them, the person disguises them self as a child (don’t ask) to get the evidence. Police show up and apprehend the perpetrators.

The rangers are now angry that the person called the cops to their park, and bans that person from the park for “pretending to be a kid”.

If Roblox is unwilling to participate in the justice system set by society, they have no place in it.

As for schelps making YT videos, I say keep doing it. Not only does is help spread awareness to issues like this, it documents the “vigilante” actions. Society can decide from there what to do with that information.

They wanted to silence him because he was slowly brining attention to the problems. Luckily, that backfired on them, and the message got to everyone.

I hope whatever executive in charge of the “moderation department” and everyone else up the chain is arrested for this shit either. Nothing will ever change if people can hide behind a business name and face zero consequences.

That’s why I recommend a 12x12x1 block of stainless steel.

It has a proper dark mode now. Also there’s different icon themes, I like the Breezy theme. Makes it look early 2010s

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I suppose, but reading the article, it seems this was related to a windows defender update. In other words the anti-virus became malware, again.

Yeah, everywhere that has kind of policy, but privacy isn’t exactly part of the school deal.

For the room, yes they can and will enter to check for illegal things and that your room isn’t a complete mess/heath hazard. They’re not supposed to search through your things, i.e opening drawers, closets etc.
It’s not a invasive search, its a quick check to make sure fire alarms haven’t been blocked, the drugs are put away and your not living in 3 years of trash somehow built up in 2 months.

On the internet side of things, unless you’re torrenting, cheating on tests, accessing dark web or taking photos of people in the bathroom, no one will bother your laptop or phone.

Mobile data is better for privacy, but to maintain a hotspot may become impractical due to phone battery or costly long term. I guess try it out to see how it goes.

• WiFi router may not work anyway, most schools shut off the lan ports, have captive portals and make you Mac register each device. VPNs may also not work, your mileage may vary. It is a public network, treat it as such.
• For 99% people, one laptop is fine. You may consider a laptop dock if you plan on using a secondary monitor/peripherals.
• For redundancy, I’d be more worried about data; have a backup drive and make it sync regularly to your school work folder. Don’t rely on solely on internet to store/access assignments, but the school’s provided cloud will be good as your 3rd “off site” backup.
• Rechargeable batteries will save you lots of money.
• there will be printers on campus. Most classes have digital turn in for assignments anyways. A laser printer should travel fine with some padding, maybe take out the toner drum and put that in a plastic bag just to be safe?
• everything else is personal preference, if you like the radio and other electronics, go for it. If you’re not really going to use them, leave them behind.

Few extra tips

• get a surge protector with a long cord, most schools don’t allow extension cords or power splitters.

• if your budget allows, an iPad/tablet can pay for it self with savings from digital book rentals; its nicer to read on than a laptop and renting a book for $20-70 for a few months (or otherwise digitally acquiring it) is a lot better than dealing with renting hard copies or being forced to buy them outright. (Though some require the codes, which complicates things). It’s also a more portable device than the laptop, which makes it great for simple note taking and accessing books in class.

• wire cube shelfs make great extra storage and a makeshift night stand. They breakdown and assemple really easy, making it easy to transport.

• bring some comfort items to make the space your own. Shouldn’t be any with high sentimental value, but a poster, favorite toy, a photo, a plant, or whatever else you like.

• finally. I encourage you to socialize a bit. If your first roommates don’t really vibe with you, you can select new ones for the following years. Unfortunately some people are just terrible. If your roommates suck, talk to the housing staff, they will first try to resolve issues and failing that can relocate you.

Huh, guess I’ve been doing that for no reason. I added the silent file a long time ago, and because it adds your custom ringtones to the list I figured it was because I added the file, so I kept doing that for each new phone…

I’m on a pixel with Graphene In my settings there is a “none” option I’ve never noticed until now.

LPT for android notifications;

Android doesn’t give you the separate option for banner + nosound. It’s all or nothing.

However, if you have a 15sec audio file with silence, you can set the sound to that and still get a banner.

That is fair, They vary their style a lot, which I think is pretty cool, but when you like one thing and they change it…

After a while, I’ve come to learn why a lot of the popular artists have hundreds of songs but only 1-5 of them get played on repeat.

What’s your favorite color? I’m torn between green and orange.