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so i’ve been getting into astrophotography lately (yeah yeah i know, yet another hobby...) and im realizing my poor little 1650 cant handle the stellarium plugins and image stacking software i want to run... it feels like im trying to launch a space shuttle with a tricycle engine!! anyway i was thinking about upgrading but idk where to start... do i need something beefy like a 4080 or would a 3060 do the trick for hobby stuff?? like, i dont need it for gaming or anything fancy just... planets and nebulae lol. i keep reading mixed stuff about cuda cores and opencl support and now my brain is scrambled also random but did yall know the james webb telescope can detect water vapor on exoplanets??!!! like what the heck!!! imagine being the first person to see that data pop up. im lowkey jealous of astronomers sometimes. any suggestions or just general space nerd chatter welcome...

you know that vibe when youre shuffling through racks of old sweaters and chipped mugs and everything smells faintly of wood polish and mothballs? theres something about that feeling — nostalgic but not too heavy, kinda comforting but also like youre in this weird limbo where time doesnt matter. i feel like theres a whole genre of songs like that but i cant quite pin it down. maybe something acoustic? or with light synth that doesnt overpower? idk man, it just feels like the kind of music youd hear faintly over speakers while you debate whether to buy a ceramic frog or not. examples welcome. lowkey also if youve got a thrift store story, drop it, my last find was a cookbook from 1973 with recipes for "space-age jello salads" so clearly im doing something right.

like seriously, it feels like half the genre is just 'driving down a long road' or 'left on the highway to nowhere' or whatever. think about it — life is a highway, born to be wild, take it easy even stuff like thunder road or free bird kinda fits if you squint. and dont get me started on springsteen. i get that its a good metaphor for freedom or escape but its so overdone at this point. like cant we get some variety? what about trains or boats or bikes even? idk man it just feels lazy after a while, like writers ran out of other ways to say 'im going somewhere.'

also side note: anyone else think the 'open road' trope is way more compelling in country music? at least there its tied to actual stories half the time instead of just abstract vibes anyway rant over, what do yall think?

like i get wanting to be creative or quirky but why is it always stuff like ‘golden hour vibes’ or ‘rainy day chill’ when half the songs are just midtempo synthwave or whatever cant we just call it what it is. also why are there so many sunset themed playlists that have zero sunset-appropriate songs. im pretty sure ‘bittersweet symphony’ was not written about watching the sun go down. rant over.

poll sparked by my buddy arguing thats its fine to leech off open networks. i say its sketchy but maybe not outright evil? like, curious what others think cause this feels like one of those gray area things where everyone has a different line.

like yeah its bloated and the plugins can be a mess but for non-devs or small businesses its a lifesaver i get that its not 'pure' or whatever but its accessible and thats valuable theres a reason its still around after all these years. also idk why people act like using it is some kind of failure when half the internet runs on it sure if youre building something custom from scratch its overkill but for most use cases its fine. hate the complexity all you want but its not like theres a perfect alternative that does everything wp can without similar tradeoffs. (also side note if youre modding your mechanical keyboard and need switch films recommendations holler idc if this is off topic)

spaceships rule! i cant decide if im more into star wars or trek tbh... or maybe dr who? lets argue about engines and aesthetics!!

rainy weekends feel like time slows down. what do you actually end up doing when youre stuck inside and cant go out?

it’s 11pm and you’re Hungry... what do you grab from the kitchen?? i always end up debating between salty or sweet anyway share your go-to!!

People can do all manner of stuff when they are really angry. It could be anything, but my advice is that no matter what anyone is doing, it is necessary that they don't make moves that they would regret later.

For you, how do you get to handle being really angry?