Eastern to central time

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

BIG focus on gaming. Mainly competitive world of Warcraft and Diablo 4.

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

$2500 USD

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

First week of July

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

I’ll need a tower, wireless keyboard and wireless mouse.

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

Long Island, New York, there is a micro center nearby.

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

Not reusing anything.

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

I don’t think I’ll be over clocking.

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

I would like an SSD for windows and faster load time in game. I also use wireless peripherals so I’ll need Bluetooth capabilities.
I also use the same desk setup to work from home, so I would want a mouse and keyboard that with a flip of a switch would change connectivity to my laptop.

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

No preference in case, but if it fits in the budget I’d like it to look good! Performance is the top priority though.

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

I do not need a copy of windows.

Some context, I am one of 8. My (25F) oldest sister (41F) has been an addict for a while. Probably 10+ years on heroin and meth. She also has a now 18 year old son who my siblings and I have basically taken care of his whole life. My mom got full custody of him about 7 years ago because my sister brought him to a known crack house which ended up getting busted by the feds while they were there. My sister has been on and off the streets for a while now. She tried rehab once and it didn’t workout. My mom is a huge enabler and because of that my sister knows she can come and go to my moms house whenever she wants.
It’s pretty exhausting because my sister will get sober and we will start getting close with her again, then she leaves, relapses, and comes back which means we have to start from square one. When she comes back she’s totally out of it and really mean. She makes everyone feel uncomfortable with her actions and words. She is very territorial over my nephew (her son) even though she has been in and out of his life since he started existing. She constantly is in his space and in his ear. If she asks him to hangout and he says “no mom I can’t I have plans” she will get all weird and say stuff like “I am your mother and I deserve time with you” in a super serious tone when in reality it’s just not that deep. I’m so sick of her coming in and out of our lives especially because when she comes back she is a psycho jerk. My parents have never really been involved so her situation has always fallen on my siblings and I. My dads birthday party is next weekend and she’s invited which is so annoying. I don’t want to exclude her because I know that’ll make her feel shitty but it’s just really ridiculous that we are just supposed to welcome her with open arms when she treats us like shit and makes us all uncomfortable. I don’t know what to do. Im just exhausted. I can’t help her and I don’t know who can.

I'm an older guy, a dad, interested in a younger girl who is not on the pill and feels like now is the time. Your friends are having babies and you want that too. I'm a sensual guy who just wants a girl I can have natural sex with. If you feel the need to breed and haven't found a guy who feels that way, get with me and let's go for it. I won't resist you. I'm a dad and it's been awhile since I've done and I feel like now is the time. I hope you're turned on by the idea of not using condoms and want to get pregnant this summer.

Good morning/evening secret Thaumaturgists.
I am proud to announce, after a year in development, the creation of the Thaumcraft Neverhood Community and its associated modpack/server. Not a day has gone by in the panoply of subreddits and many modding communities without sorrow over the passing of Thaumcraft's time. Gone are the days of public and permanent dedicated Thaumcraft servers, spent are those hidden communities, drowned are the decrepit servers and ruins are all that remain of such a golden age of Minecraft modding.
Until now.
It has been *quite* some time since a dedicated public Thaumcraft server has lifted its flag, and it is with incredible pride that I announce its resurgence. Enter: The Thaumcraft Neverhood.
You see, Thaumcraft's creator, Azanor, spent years recreating over and over Thaumcraft's wonderful system and engine, and while the particulars changed with each version, the essentials remained the same; Essentia, Marvels, Madness. Being the ultimate magic mod with no easy competition and with a depth to chew on for years alone, Thaumcraft nurtured an addon scene of quality content and magnificently crafted environments that inspired people for decades. But Minecraft changed, over and over, and with each version, Azanor had to work harder and harder, rebuilding from the ground up ad nauseum until finally it was too much, leaving his latest version, Thaumcraft 6, unfinished and lacking in his previous creations. It would then sit there, forever untouched as Azanor retreated to his own personal demiplane. Other teams have attempted to pick up the reigns with his permission, but developer hell, small crafting budgets, and other issues have kept those groups and completion of the translation in limbo for years. Even then, it would be merely recreating an unfinished version, devoid of the fullness of the experience (though I have nothing but respect for those brave communities and modders that try).
Therefore, being a general consensus of multiple communities of the fullness and total content/inclusion/addon-scene, this modpack aims to be the **perfect** Thaumcraft experience, within the 1.7.10 version ruleset of Thaumcraft 4. Accompanying Thaumcraft and a number of the highest quality works-together addon mods, are additional dimensions, each selected for excellence and thoroughness of development, a perfect time machine to that era. For such a magnificent magical system deserves an equally magnificent set of places to explore and things to do, no?
What I have here is the alpha for such a magnificent endeavor, painfully coded and blood spilt to ensure compatibility with everything. Well, most everything. I need a team of alpha testers to break this mod over its knees. Crash it, break it, boil it. Fill the Aether with seas of flux, create a calculator using only golems, see how many ender pearls a rift wand can store before it explodes. In short, I need tests, experimentation, and feedback, SO much delightful feedback. I've gone as far as I can with 1 person, and before I go public with a stable launch of a forever server, I need to anneal it to the public's inspection as I'm aiming for perfection here, not "merely good enough to load."
For those that are interested, I would greatly welcome any willing to join in to get the ball rolling, but with or without you, I am making this happen. For those that want to help influence its early shaping, come and join us!
*edit - invite link fixed. Moderators still pending Curseforge page invite.*
Please send dm for invite links/location. FAQ is within the discord community.
Tl;DR
Thaumcraft's back baybee!....In 1.7.10
Thaumcraft modpack with its greatest Thaumic addons
11 total dimensions carefully chosen in a realm of planar chaos.
Need alpha stress testers before server goes live:
Server is planned to be a whitelisted RP experience, though the modpack is ofc open for those others to use.
Free.

Broke everything down into several sections. It's a bummer I couldn't watch/discuss while it was airing, so I'd love to hear people's thoughts!
Overall Thoughts/S1 Ending
I thought this show was a great ride. It wasn't perfect and of course was a bit unrealistic, but I found it was less soapy and sensationalist than many shows in the genre. For me, Kate was the star. I felt like they did a good job of explaining why she took the actions she took without villifying her or making her less of a victim. I could see why she lied in many cases, and how it was a larger part of her struggle to reconcile for herself why things happened.
I really liked Jeannette from the start and didn't read into the creepiness as quickly as everyone else did, I was rooting for her the whole time (although I was also rooting for Kate). However, at the end, HOLY **** that last scene messed me up, and in a good way. It definitely changed my retrospective view of things. I also want to add that I don't think it took away from the idea that Martin was the main villain. I thought it was a good and deliberate choice to focus on Kate and Martin's episode in E9 and not show too much of Jeannette, because it allowed us to really see the shitty things Martin was doing in their own light. And his final scene with the gun, I definitely saw as more manipulative than anything. I look forward to a rewatch down the road where I focus more on Jeannette's shitty ways.
In, the finale Jeannette accused Kate of never wanting her life anyway. It sort of got me thinking about how in the end, Kate sort of ended up with parts of Jeannette's life and seemed happier for it. She was bffs with Mallory, and didn't have as wide a network or was as popular, but was fine just smoking pot with her bestie. Jeannette's and Kate's journeys were an interesting trope on "finding oneself" (I put this in quotes bc obviously it was not a good thing that any of this ever happened to Kate). Also the ways in which this happened are super juxtaposed.
A few nitpicks
I was disappointed that the show often flirted with the theme of how women are believed/portrayed in media/are in their dynamics with men, but then it just petered out. It was kind of a backslide to have Jeannette and Jamie be endgame imo, not just because their emotional connection was not at all developed, but also because it was nice to see Jamie realize what an awful person he'd been, and see him own up to it without any hope of redemption. Jeannette is a pyscho imo, but I still felt like it undid some of that to see him get the girl, especially because I thought the earlier plot point of Jamie being awful to both of them and both of them seeing that was quite powerful. There were also signs of this in other dynamics as well (Cindy, for example). It disappointed me that the show introduced it but never fully capitalized on it outside of Kate's (very valid) fears of how her actions would be viewed.
While I loved the final episode, I also wished we'd seen a little bit more of the other characters, maybe a 2 hour episode would be nice. It felt like the dynamics that had happened got thrown out a bit, which was a bummer. I wanted to see a Derek/Ashley fight, maybe see Kate confront Ashley. I wanted to see how Cindy reacted to things with the trial (before the final Jeanette reveal, ofc). I also felt like the Vince/Ben thing, while cute, was super underdeveloped and either should have been given more time or cut. I make these criticisms mostly because they populated the world really well and had a lot of nice, fleshed-out dynamics. I thought it was a bummer they abandoned most of them at the end.
Hot Takes
Maybe public opinion has changed since the initial airing of S1, but I have to say I was kind of shocked at the Mallory (and Cindy) vitriol, and kind of shocked not to see more vitriol for Greg, who, imo, was an awful parent.
Mallory was an annoying, immature teenager, but I fail to see anything truly awful that she did to Jeanette. She was bossy and pushy, but was hardly a criminal - Vince didn't seem to have a problem with her. Jeannette wanted to transcend her dorkiness and be cooler, and she felt like Mallory was dragging her down. Jeannette's constant harping on Mallory for doing things that could get them into trouble while always breaking into the house was super gaslight-y imo and just as pushy as Mallory. I felt like Jeannette's aversions to Mallory's mischief was partly because she didn't want to be associated with what she saw as Mallory's cringe. Not to say Mallory wasn't pushy or ignoring Jeannette's feelings, she was, but I think she was also picking up on Jeannette pulling away, and doubling down out of insecurity. It felt like a super normal teenage rift to me and I think they were both being kinda shitty and shallow, but ultimately not in a super evil way.
I also don't think Mallory not telling Kate about seeing her was that wrong. Imo, Mallory's friendship with Kate did not seem to start out of guilt, in fact, I don't think Mallory intended it to happen (Kate was the one who invited Mal over for her birthday in '94). It was a sharp contrast to Ashely, who eventually genuinely cared about Kate, but also clearly felt guilty for pushing her away and adding to Kate's sense of isolation. Mallory not telling Kate about seeing her seemed in part due to her not wanting to drag up Kate's story inconsistencies, out of a place of protectiveness. As a teenager, I don't know that I would have known how to tell Kate that, either. Even Jeannette pointed out that Mallory hung on to the snowglobe to protect Kate. And Mallory didn't know that this situation was the one Kate was pinning on Jeannette, so I also don't think she was super responsible for that, either. Mallory was the only teen who seemed to want to be supporting Kate because she liked Kate and didn't want anything from her besides friendship. Did I like Mallory that much? No, not for a long time. But she grew on me, I really do not get the outcry, other than I guess people are thinking she's annoying.
My final hot take is that Cindy >> Greg. Was she perfect? No. But Greg was an awful, enabling parent. He let Jeannette get away with everything, and wouldn't listen to his own wife on how she wanted to parent, always insisting Cindy was wrong. When he finally realized Jeannette broke into the house, he dealt with it reasonably well, but failed to learn from the incident that his precious little girl was capable of keeping things for him. The way he (and everyone) treated Cindy was awful, too. I'll admit, I have a soft spot for the actress from Grey's Anatomy, but it was *really* hard to watch everyone in the family hang her out to dry. Jeannette gaslit her mom just bc Cindy was onto her, then continued to pound Cindy for "leaving me" even while we know that Cindy was still trying to be in contact with Jeannette. Greg refuses to listen to her and continually dismisses her basically until Cindy puts her foot down. On their anniversary, Greg gets flowers from a cute girl and is all dopey. Then, when Cindy leaves later that night, Greg goes, "On our anniversary?" as if he actually cared. As soon as he admits Cindy was right about Jeannette (over one thing), he expects Cindy to come back, without taking any responsibility for the deeper issues she'd communicated to him. Meanwhile, he just continues to enable Jeannette then get wasted and complain about how his life sucks for sticking by her, without even trying to actually question her or hold her accountable. He has a right to be upset, but he really seems to just like to blame all the women in his life for his problems then mope around and sleep with someone who gives him free alcohol. I also really don't think Cindy "abandoned" Jeanette, she left for valid reasons and tried to find ways to still be there for her daughter. I know it was the 90's, but people split, and it's not like Jeannette wasn't lying to her continuously. I honestly just felt so bad for Cindy, and again, it was a case of just, "Why do people dislike this character for the crime of being annoying?".
Anyways, thanks for reading!

If you single press the dimmer switch “On” the lights flash as they slowly turn on, hit 100% and then off.
If you single press the dimmer remote “On” they flash less and don’t turn on.
If you double press the dimmer switch “On” they flip on, no issues.
If you double press the dimmer remote “On”, they don’t work.
Once they are on, you can turn them off by press “Off” and they dim until off on both the switch and the remote.
If you immediately turn them back on; the lights slowly turn on just as expected and remain on. Works with remote and switch.
It seems like they just have a hard time turning on the ”first” time.
I can’t remember if it ever worked with these bulbs specifically but it’s worked for years, across different bulbs… been installed for 6 years and had to use 2-3 different bulbs because yea sure LEDs last 25 years… sigh
Thoughts?

My husband and I are going to Japan for our honeymoon/birthdays/one-year wedding anniversary/everything-in-one trip! We're so excited, but also feeling a bit overwhelmed like everyone else.
We adore Japanese food and our main priorities are good food and sightseeing. We love wandering museums/temples/gardens, so we figured we'd spend a bit more time in Kyoto than the other places we have on our itinerary. We're late 20s/early 30s, so we're prepared to walk lots and tend to go faster than most others! We're not fans of amusement parks, so opted not to spend some days at Disneysea/Universal.
We haven't booked any hotels or ryokans yet because we wanted to nail down a rough itinerary first. We're also keen to book a decent amount of restaurants (fingers crossed for some Michelin starred restaurants). Any recommendations/suggestions would be appreciated!
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• Day 1 – Saturday, Oct 28: Arrive in Tokyo
  • Arrive at Narita Intl Airport at 3:00pm
  • Pick up IC Card/other items
  • Spend day relaxing/adjusting to local time
• Day 2 – Sunday, Oct 29: Tokyo
  • Meiji Shrine
  • Yoyogi Park
  • Harajuku
  • Shimokitazawa
  • Shibuya
• Day 3 – Monday, Oct 30: Tokyo
  • Tsukiji Fish Market
  • Namiyoke Inari Shrine
  • Hamarikyu Gardens
  • Ginza
• Day 4 – Tuesday, Oct 31: Tokyo
  • Asakusa
  • Senso-ji Temple
  • Tokyo National Museum
  • Ueno Park
• Day 5 – Wednesday, Nov 1: Tokyo
  • Tokyo Imperial Palace
  • Royal gardens
  • Studio Ghibli Museum (if we can get tickets)
  • Shinjuku
• Day 6 – Thursday, Nov 2: Hakone
  • Travel to Hakone and stay at ryokan
• Day 7 – Friday, Nov 3: Kyoto
  • Travel to Kyoto
  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple
  • Explore Gion and Higashiyama
  • Nishiki Market
  • Yasaka Shrine
• Day 8 – Saturday, Nov 4: Kyoto
  • Philosopher’s Path
  • Nanzen-ji Temple
  • Kinkaku-ji Temple
  • Kyoto Botanical Gardens
  • Fushimi Shrine – torii gates – go at night time for good vibes
• Day 9 – Sunday, Nov 5: Kyoto
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
  • Tenryu-ji Temple
  • Iwatayama Monkey Park
• Day 10 – Monday, Nov 6: Kyoto Free Day?
• Day 11 – Tuesday, Nov 7: Kyoto Free Day?
• Day 12 – Wednesday, Nov 8: Osaka
  • Travel to Osaka
• Day 13 – Thursday, Nov 9: Osaka
  • Osaka Aquarium
  • TeamLab Botanical Garden
• Day 14 – Friday, Nov 10: Osaka
  • Kuromon Market
  • Dotonbor
  • Hozenji temple
• Day 15 – Saturday, Nov 11: Osaka
  • Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
  • Osaka Castle
  • Shitennoji Temple
• Day 16 – Sunday, Nov 12: Day trip to Nara
  • Todai-ji temple
• Day 17 – Monday, Nov 13: Osaka Free Day?
• Day 18 – Tuesday, Nov 14: Koyasan
  • Travel to Koyasan and stay at Fukuchiin if we can book it
• Day 19 – Wednesday, Nov 15: Tokyo
  • Travel to Tokyo
• Day 20 – Thursday, Nov 16: Tokyo
  • Depart from Narita airport at 6:30pm

IM BOTH INVITING AND JOINING!!’
Hey! I’m eggy and I’m 16! I was hoping to find someone or some people stardew valley with!
With stardew valley I just wanna have some wholesome fun and build a nice and chill game! I play switch!
I have a huge interest in writing and wwe if you enjoy any of them! Dm me on here to think about playing!
PLEASE BE AROUND MY AGE, if you’re and old man then go away! Thank you! Also I’m a switch player!
Please don’t flake out on me after 2 days, i want someone who I can actyally bond with and become mates with and make a really nice farm for a long time! (Bonus if you play ocerwatch) so please try and be interested/enthusiastic and not just flake out!

Hello,
I have a 2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS. Currently it has around 163,000 miles on it. I have never gotten the timing belt changed and bought it years ago when it only had 44,000 miles so its safe to say that the OEM timing belt is still in there.
My car is not giving me any issues but for peace of mind I'm looking into getting the belt changed. I don't know much about the process but I do that's its important given the age of my car and is very labor intensive.
So I was wondering, what else should be changed/ fixed while I have the mechanic working in there? I heard that the water pump is one item but are there any others?
Make: Mitsubishi Model: Eclipse GS Mileage: 163,000 Transmission: Automatic Engine: 4 cyclinder

Hi All,
I'm experiencing a problem with my MX 3 Mouse. When I use the thumb wheel, normally it switches to a different tab in Chrome. However, at other times, it unexpectedly jumps around on the current web page as if it's acting like a tab button.
https://reddit.com/link/146adgi/video/6a07gk6c395b1/player

I used to get beaten up all the time as a kid and i’ve just found out that it’s illegal last week
i’m not seeing my parents as people who love me anymore

Let me just define what a “situationship” is first. Situationship is romantic or sexual relationship that doesn’t have an official title. Now that y’all kinda know what that is I’ll give a run down if what’s going on. I am a 22 year old male who is in his last year of college and I have a simple humble job just to pay what I need and get by. I am very involved in a gym which is where I spend most of my time outside of school and work. One day for our afternoon workout we had a new lady show up to try out her first day at the gym. When I saw (25F) her she is absolutely gorgeous , but I tried to mind my business since we are there to workout and go our separate ways. Well…. My coach called me over and asked me to help her out with the workout as it was kinda new stuff for her. After that day we would see each-other from time to time and kinda just say hi and go on. Honestly I thought there was no way she is single and she’s way out of my league as it is. Eventually we ended up connecting by text and social media, from there we would hangout on occasion…. She later told me that she had gotten out of a serious relationship but currently had a thing with another guy from a different city ( I wanna say this guy is in his early to mid 30s). After I heard that I decided not to step on anybody’s toes and chose to back off from (25F). But we stayed in contact. We went to a bar one day to hangout and only had 2 beers and on the way back she started getting touchy. This had become the norm. We will hangout and act like a couple but nothing ever happens. All I’m wondering is should I just cut my losses. There have been talks of her break things off with this other dude but also mentions of them getting more serious. Where does this put me? Am I just being used? After all whats some college kid gonna provide compared to an established dude in his 30’s

To break an ancient curse that plagues the royal bloodline, young Prince Tasara is destined to be sacrificed in death. Nara is enlisted as a palace servant to carry out the prince’s execution when the time comes. But he develops a soft spot for the cursed prince, and after committing an atrocious and unforgivable act against Tasara, Nara is desperate to right his wrongs. Soon, their lascivious rel ... Read Where the Wind Stays - Chapter 80 - MangaPuma. Read more at https://mangapuma.com/the-place-where-the-wind-blows/chapter-80

I'm a clean older man, a dad, and I'm looking for a younger girl who wants a baby from me. This could be long term or short term, but we'll be meeting up as often as we can for babymaking sex. I'll be that older man whose touches and kisses you can't resist and you let me cum in you every time. After all of our sweet lovemaking, and getting filled with more and more of my seed, you get pregnant. I want a girl who is hoping for that to happen with us. I'm in San Jose but can meet in Fremont.

31 [F4M] Pennsylvania - Searching for a real connection
Hey there, pic of me here
I’m looking for someone to talk to every day, someone who craves connection just as much as I do.
Right now, I’m unemployed after a recent health issue but I am searching for employment again. I used to work retail and I was also a teacher before so I’m thinking of returning to either one of those things.
In my free time, I like to livestream and talk to friends. My biggest hobby is makeup and skincare. I used to have a huge collection of it but I recently went through a purge and got rid of most of it.
I recently made the switch to sobriety for my own health. I still enjoy going out but I choose not to drink. I don’t mind if you drink, however.
One thing about me… I am always looking for something to post for content, whether it be a limited edition flavor of a drink or the newest moon phase (I’m super into astrology). So if social media isn’t really your thing, that’s okay but please don’t judge me for something I enjoy doing on an daily basis.