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2023.06.01 10:21 WorriedAd9261 Teneergeslagen door inflatie en samenleving

Beste allen,
Ik ben een man, 33 jaar oud, werkzaam aan de universiteit als onderzoeker en verdien 4650 euro bruto per maand (exclusief vakantiegeld en dertiende maand). Vader van een 1 jarig zoontje en getrouwd met een vriendin die drie dagen per week werkt (2100 bruto).
Allereerst, ik vind mijn werk zelf, mijn werkomgeving en mijn collega's leuk. Echter, er begint langzaamaan iets aan me te knagen. Mijn werkgever, collega's en omgeving benadrukken allen dat ik een goed salaris heb (werkgever is natuurlijk niet geheel objectief en probeert vooral een loonsverhoging af te houden). Dit klopt ook als ik het vergelijk met collega's en omgeving. Natuurlijk is het geen Google-salaris, maar het staat opzich prima in verhouding tot mijn verantwoordelijkheid en werk-uren.
Echter, financieel zitten we gewoon behoorlijk krap. Helaas heb ik geen vermogende ouders en ons huis hebben wij zonder jubelton moeten kopen: maandlasten: 1200 euro. Geloof me, ik had graag een een goedkoper huis gekocht, maar die waren meteen vergeven voordat ze op Funda kwamen of gelegen in een buurt waarin ik mijn zoontje niet wil laten opgroeien. Blijven huren was ook geen optie want huren in de buurt van de Randstad (30 km verwijderd van elke grote stad, maar toch), wordt met een gezin en dus meer dan 1 slaapkamer ook al snel te duur.
Dan heb ik uiteraard een studieschuld van 28.000 euro: niet bizar hoog, maar kan beter. En mijn vrouw heeft 20.500 euro studieschuld.
We moeten noodgedwongen 2 dagen per week gebruik maken van de kinderopvang (omdat mijn ouders helaas door ziekte en werk niet doordeweeks op kunnen passen), waarvoor we (na toeslag) 595 euro per maand netto voor betalen.
Nu worden door inflatie de boodschappen en andere zaken forst duurder en dat merken we echt. Met als gevolg dat er weinig geld over blijft voor vakanties en andere leuke dingen. Momenteel komen we rond en that's it, soms sparen we 200 euro per maand, maar dat is vaak ook weer snel op aan onderhuid huis, kleding of baby-artikelen (pot melkpoeder = 18 euro). We zijn dit jaar op vakantie geweest in de Ardennen, hetgeen uiteindelijk ook niet bijzonder goedkoop was, we bespaarden op vliegtickets maar uiteindelijk moet er toch gegeten worden.
Alles bij elkaar merk ik dat ik steeds vaker gebrek aan motivatie voor werk en zin in het leven mis. Nogmaals, niet omdat ik mijn werk niet leuk vind, maar omdat ik steeds vaker het idee krijg dat we beide werken om het hoofd boven water te houden.
Telkens als ik soortgelijke posts lees op reddit of andere forums komt het advies langs om ander, beter betaald werk te zoeken, maar dat wil ik niet. Een baan in de commerciele sector betaald zeker beter, maar draagt vaker minder direct iets bij aan de maatschappij/wetenschap alsin mijn huidige baan. Ik heb vooral het idee dat ik gestraft wordt door de maatschappij omdat ik een normaal burgerlijk bestaan wil leiden waarin ik niet continu bezig wil zijn met zoveel mogelijk rendement uit mijn (beetje) spaargeld halen of steeds de best-betaalde baan wil vinden.
Disclaimer, ik ben niet depressief. Ik sport veel, geniet van het jonge vaderschap, gelukkig en dankbaar voor het hebben van een leuke vrouw en vrienden. Echter, ik zou graag in de supermarkt een kipfilet willen kopen zonder m'n banksaldo te checken en 1x per jaar in de zomervakantie naar de zon van het vakantiegeld (dat nu ingezet wordt om de hypotheek of studieschuld versneld af te lossen). Een normaal burgerlijk bestaan lijkt een privilege te zijn in de huidige maatschappij. Ik besef maar al te goed dat dit komt door inflatie, oorlog, vergrijzing, huizentekort etc. Maar, wat nu dan?
Ervaren meer mensen dit?
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2023.06.01 09:56 Disastrous-Berry1003 Hitting gym every day for 33y?

I’m a male, 33y, weight 78kg, 177cm, and with a slight disc bulge. I’m trying to get fit and hopefully get rid of my bulge.
I’ve been trying to go to the gym 6 days a week. I don’t follow a program, just warm up and then do some exercises as I used to go to the gym when I was 18, and again when 21 but I quit every time as I used to be a soccer player and loved team sports.
Now however I really enjoy the gym and occasionally I go for a swim. However, I would like to make some progress this year (bulk up) until April on my birthday of 34. I changed my diet as well. Is it okay to for example train triceps, shoulders and chest on a Monday (usually high rep low weight) and then again on a Wednesday or Thursday? And then on Tuesday legs or biceps or back/biceps. And only take 1 day off for rest? Due to my bulge I don’t do low reps with high weights so keep that in mind.
Many thanks also for everyone posting their results on this forum, you have no idea how motivating that is!
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2023.06.01 09:30 vchavan12 New To Data Science Career? - Here Is All You Need To Know

New To Data Science Career? - Here Is All You Need To Know
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Are you thinking about a career in data science but feeling overloaded with all the available information? You're not alone, so don't worry. It's simple to feel as though you're drowning in a sea of technical jargon and complex concepts due to the field's rapid growth. I'll break it down for you and provide you with all the details you need to know to begin your career as a data scientist in this blog. Let's get started with the basics first.

What is Data Science?

Data science is the practice of gaining knowledge and insights from data by combining computational, statistical, and mathematical techniques. It covers a wide range of tasks, from gathering and cleaning data to creating prediction models and communicating findings. To put it briefly, making meaning of data and using it to guide decision-making are the main goals of data science.
It's apparent that there has been a huge increase in demand for data scientists recently and for a good reason. Companies are generating more data than ever, and they require qualified experts to assist them in making sense of it all. Data science is being utilized to address a wide range of issues in a number of different sectors, including healthcare, finance, retail, and transportation.

Steps to get started as a complete beginner

Getting started as a beginner in data science can be intimidating, but there are several simple tips that can help you get started:
  1. Build a Strong Foundation in Math and Statistics:
Math and statistics serve as the cornerstones of data science. As a beginner, it's important to have a firm grasp of fundamental statistical principles like probability, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and mathematical concepts like algebra and calculus. You can enroll in college-level courses or take online classes to establish a solid foundation in math and statistics.
  1. Learn a Programming Language
Python is the most popular programming language in data science, while R and SQL are also used. It's critical to get acquainted with at least one programming language. You may learn programming for free online through various resources, including Codecademy, Udacity, and Coursera. You might want to read the top 10 programming languages for data science.
  1. Practice on Real Data Sets
One of the best ways to learn data science is to practice on real data sets. Many public data sets are readily available online, such as the Boston Housing dataset, that you can use to practice your modeling data analysis skills.
  1. Participate in online communities.
There are numerous online data science communities where you can interact with other data scientists, post questions, and gain knowledge from others' experiences. Popular online forums include Stack Overflow, DataCamp, and Kaggle.
If you're interested in pursuing a career in data science, there are many resources available to help you get started. Online courses, bootcamps, and certifications can provide you with the foundational skills you need to get started in the field.

What Skills are Required for Data Science?

Data science is a multidisciplinary field that calls for a broad range of abilities. You'll need the following essential skills to succeed in this career:
  1. Programming: First and foremost is coding. You'll need to know how to write code in languages like Python or R in order to manipulate and analyze data.
  2. Statistics: You must understand statistical concepts and techniques to build models and make predictions.
  3. Machine Learning: Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that involves building algorithms to learn from data and make predictions or decisions. You must be familiar with machine-learning techniques like regression, clustering, and classification.
  4. Data Visualization: You'll need to be able to create compelling visualizations that communicate complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
  5. Communication: You'll need to be able to explain your findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Soft Skills Required for Data Scientists

In addition to technical skills, important soft skills are essential for success in data science. These include:
  1. Communication Skills: Data scientists need to be able to communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner. Strong communication skills are essential for building effective collaborations and conveying the value of data-driven insights to decision-makers.
  2. Problem-Solving Skills: Data science is all about solving complex problems using data. Effective problem-solving skills involve breaking down complex problems into smaller, more manageable components and developing a systematic approach to solving them.
  3. Collaboration Skills: Data science is a team sport, and successful data scientists need to be able to work effectively with other team members, including data engineers, business analysts, and product managers. Collaboration skills involve listening to others, sharing ideas, and working together to solve problems.
  4. Creativity and curiosity: Data science is not just about crunching numbers; it also requires creativity and a willingness to think outside the box. Successful data scientists are able to generate new ideas, experiment with new approaches, and explore innovative solutions to complex problems.

Tips before enrolling in a Data Science Course

If you're interested in getting started with data science, many courses can help you build the skills you need to succeed. Here are a few steps to take to get started with a data science course:
  1. Identify Your Learning Goals: Before you start a data science course, it's important to identify your learning goals. What do you hope to accomplish by taking the course? Are you looking to build foundational skills in math and statistics, or are you looking to learn a specific programming language or tool? You can choose a course that meets your specific needs by identifying your goals upfront.
  2. Choose a comprehensive course: When you've found a course that meets your needs, it's time to enroll. Follow the instructions on the course website to sign up and pay for the course. Many online courses offer flexible schedules to learn at your own pace.
  3. Dedicate Time to Learning: Learning data science requires significant time and effort. Set aside time each week to work on the course and make a commitment to staying on track. You may also want to join online communities or participate in study groups to stay motivated and get support from others.
  4. Practice, Practice, Practice: Data science is a hands-on field, and the best way to learn is through practice. Make sure to complete all assignments and projects included in the course, and seek out additional practice opportunities whenever possible. There are many public datasets available online that you can use to Practice your skills.

What to Expect in Data Science Interviews?

Data science interviews might be difficult, but they usually focus on evaluating your problem-solving abilities and capacity to present your thought process. These are a few examples of common data science interview questions:
#1 Technical Questions: These questions will evaluate your technical proficiency and understanding of data science principles and methods. It's possible that you'll be asked to write code or explain statistical ideas.
#2 Case Studies: Case studies are made-up situations in which you must use data science methods to address actual real-world problems. You'll need to demonstrate your problem-solving capacity and communicate your ideas.
#3 Behavioral Questions: These queries are intended to evaluate your teamwork and soft skills. You can be asked about your prior work history or approach to challenging situations.
#4 Brain Teasers: Logic puzzles and riddles meant to challenge your capacity for creative thought and problem-solving are typically called brain teasers.
#5 Personal Assignments: Some companies may ask you to complete a take-home assignment to assess your technical skills. These assignments typically involve analyzing a dataset and building a model to make predictions or recommendations.
Some companies could ask you to finish a take-home project to evaluate your technical skills. These tasks often entail studying a dataset and creating a model to provide predictions or advice.
It's important to prepare thoroughly for data science interviews by practicing your technical skills, reviewing common interview questions, and preparing examples of your past work experience.

What are the Job Opportunities in Data Science?

Another thing data science is a popular choice for many people is because it offers a wide range of job opportunities after learning data skills. Data science is a versatile field that offers many opportunities for growth and advancement. With the right skills and experience, you can pursue various career paths and work on projects that have a real impact on the world. Some common job titles in data science include:
  1. Data Scientist: Data scientists use statistical and computational techniques to extract insights from data and make predictions or recommendations.
  2. Data Analyst: Data analysts collect and analyze data to identify trends and patterns that inform decision-making.
  3. ML Engineer: Machine learning engineers design and build models that can learn from data and make predictions or decisions.
  4. BI Analyst: Business intelligence analysts use data to inform business decisions and strategies.
  5. Data Engineer: Data engineers are responsible for designing and building the infrastructure that enables data scientists and analysts to work with large datasets.

Get Started Now!

As you can see, data science is an exciting and quickly expanding field that presents a wide range of options for professional development. You may take numerous paths to learn data science and develop the skills you need to succeed, regardless of whether you're just starting out or looking to change careers. By focusing on building a solid foundation in programming, statistics, machine learning, and data visualization, you can position yourself for success in this exciting field.
Enroll in an online data science certification course and start honing your skills by following these steps to get started in this fascinating field. Remember to stay committed and practice regularly to enhance your skills and reach your learning goals.
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2023.06.01 07:42 RemnantEvil [Video games journalism] When a writer's punished for having the wrong opinion and leads a tiny exodus of hobbyists

What is Rock, Paper, Shotgun?
Rock, Paper, Shotgun (RPS) is a PC-gaming focused site based in the UK that was started in 2007. It has the usual gaming site content – Top 5/10/50/100 lists, publisher or developer press releases dressed up as news, reviews, previews, press event reports, a podcast, and – important to this story – a comment section below articles where gamers and capital-G Gamers, left-wing and right-wing alike, can find unity in complaining that their favourite was inappropriately placed in the aforementioned Top 5/10/50/100 lists.
(Fun fact: one of the co-founders of RPS was Kieron Gillen, who has since worked on Uncanny X-Men, Young Avengers, Marvel’s Darth Vader, and co-created Doctor Aphra.)
Of note, RPS bucks the generally apolitical nature of gaming sites by being quite openly left-wing. Though it generally isn’t a feature of many articles, it does show up on occasion, and not always in the best light. For instance, this article that has an unusual bone to pick with Rainbow Six Siege having a female hostage in the E3 demo. Despite Tom Clancy himself having a reputation as a conservative, and that’s pretty evident in his fiction, the Rainbow Six series has been unusually progressive in having women fighting terrorists alongside the men since the inception, and Siege was no exception. It was actually quite rare in the ‘90s that a woman not named Lara Croft was involved in the action alongside the boys, so it does seem like an article about Rainbow Six’s treatment of women is more about having a bone to pick.
(Editorial note: I do not believe a person’s identity is political. Some people do. There’s a saying that applies to capital-G Gamers – “There are two genders: male and political.” Often when they decry keeping politics out of video games, it’s directed at any sort of inclusion. So, the political slant on this is just to point out that left-wing people are generally pro-trans and right-wing people are generally not. Spoiler alert, this is a discussion about trans people.)
What is wargaming?
Within gaming, there are genres. Wargaming is one of them, and quite niche. Within the genre, there’s a diverse spectrum of passion. Some would consider themselves wargaming fans if they played and liked the Total War series. More hardcore wargamers would vehemently disagree and look down their nose at a game that has giant men standing on a world map; in their minds, wargaming is the domain of the chit and NATO symbology – a whole other language where a rectangular with an X through it represents an infantry unit, and the number of Xs or Is above the rectangle represents its size from XXXXX being army group, XX being division, II as battalion or I as company. (Give me hexes or give me death!) But in general, it’s operational (think the Italian campaign of WWII), strategic (the invasion of Sicily the Allies), or tactical (taking a specific town in Sicily with a regiment), and generally turn-based but occasionally real-time. You won’t find Age Of Empires in this genre, for instance.
Wargaming is not exclusive to the digital space either, and it’s just as likely to be played around an enormous table with intricate landscapes, pushing 8mm, 15mm or bigger pieces, usually hand-painted, and rolling dice. They’ll have a hefty rulebook in hand to consult how many dice you roll and what sort of success you need in order for your British mortar team to successfully knock out the German machine gun nest on the rooftop. Warhammer 40K is the most famous example, but that’s a single guy per base; the deeper wargames have a single base representing a squad or platoon stuck together to move as a group.
(The more hardcore have taken on the moniker grognards, a reference to old soldiers and specifically the original Imperial Guard that fought under Napoleon at Waterloo.)
What’s The Flare Path?
Among the contributors to RPS was one named Tim Stone, who started writing for the site as soon as it was founded. (I cannot use anonymity, so the usual sub rules apply about leaving people alone; Tim’s still writing and in order to engage with this drama, we have to link articles that clearly have his name on them.) There’s a distinction between staff and contributors; staff were full-time employees of the business, whereas contributors are just freelancers who pop in and out. He was not a run-of-the-mill writer who would guzzy up press releases, Tim only had one ongoing feature called The Flare Path with a supplemental Friday Foxer. Though he started out doing little comics under the title Strafe Left, he moved on to reviews and features before creating the regular feature The Flare Path in 2011.
The title The Flare Path is a reference to the lights that outline runways, allowing aircraft to take off or land at night. And that is a pretty good summation of the feature, because Tim’s focus was exclusively on wargaming and simulations, which could mean directing squadrons of aircraft to take off for a mission, or yourself piloting a plane to a gentle landing guided by the flare path. Every Friday, you would just as likely find an article about a game where you drive a train in rural England as you would a wargame where you command Roman legions in that very same countryside. Among the regular features were A2Z articles, where Tim would have short snippets for each letter of the alphabet, with Q often necessarily “Quick tea break” due to the infrequency of that letter showing up. For instance, a new ARMA game might be A, then teasing a review of Battle Brothers is B, and so on, just a fun way to wrap up a lot of short bits of news that don’t have enough meat for a full article.
Another article type would see Tim break out of his usual Friday containment and run communal games, typically Combat Mission. Combat Mission is a WWII/Cold War turn-based tactics game where you’d queue up orders to your units that would then be executed for 60 seconds, during which the other side would be executing their own orders and you’d simply have to watch how your planning and preparation plays out. And it turns out, this is surprisingly adaptable to a group game – Tim would grid the map, lay out a scenario, identify the units and the objectives, and then people would comment below the article to give instructions. You could only move one unit in a turn and you had to be the first to claim that unit, but you’d say, for example, “I’d like to move 1st Squad to H3 and try to suppress the machine gun,” and Tim would take your comment and play it out. The next day, he’d do a little narrative report on who did what, where, and when, and what the enemy did in response, in a fun narrative way, even naming characters who pulled off particularly heroic or cowardly feats. Then he’d update the map, and the next turn begins.
Alongside his regular article, he’d also post a Friday Foxer. He’d have a variety of different games in the Foxer genre, and often rewarded correct answers with prizes – usually codes for games that developers gave him. One type was giving clues to a location and the readers would have to deduce where Tim was “standing” that fit all the criteria. Others were Catchphrase-like messages hidden in images that you’d need to decode, or a series of seemingly-unrelated images which had a theme that you’d need to identify.
I go on these tangents to emphasize that Tim had built himself a little community on RPS. While contributors did reply to reader comments in articles, Tim was often playing a game with readers, which endeared him to some people. Not only that, if you were interested in wargaming or simulations, any article on RPS about those genres was typically Tim’s domain. For a certain group, Tim was the only regular source of news on two niche genres, and the only reason to read RPS if the newest action game or looter-shooter didn’t appeal to you. There was and (spoilers) is nothing like The Flare Path and the Foxers on RPS, as far as actual engagement with the article itself through community wargames or puzzles.
Equally important, wargaming itself is niche enough that there are few others who do what Tim does. Wargaming.net is actually the name of the company who makes World Of Tanks, World Of Warships and others – ironically, none of which would qualify as wargames and would barely pass musters as simulations either. Wargamer has infrequent articles. The best podcast on the subject is Three Moves Ahead (which originally launched as the podcast for the now-defunct Flash Of Steel website), but the podcast is infrequent as well, is primarily focused on a single game per episode (though with comparisons made by the host or guests to other games), and has a bit too much focus on Total War or every single new Paradox DLC for Crusader Kings at the exclusion of more niche titles.
On a weekly schedule, Tim became a stable pair of hands, and was directing his community to support all sorts of up-and-comers who were otherwise ignored or neglected or just invisible to wider gaming press.
I also want to point out that there’s an often-unspoken ethical question at the core of wargaming as a hobby. To his credit, Tim often wrote about it, and would even avoid wargaming topics as a matter of sensitivity to significant dates. As players in this hobby, we are moving chits around that represent thousands of people and though nobody obviously dies, wargaming frequently deals with historical events and it’s something we need to be aware of. Tim would frequently muse in his articles or bring it up in interviews with developers – to paraphrase, what we’re doing for “fun” is essentially turning some very dark times in human history into entertainment, and to what extent should we be aware of that? Should we want to simulate “playing” as Germany to conquer Europe, which in the real world resulted in tens of millions of innocent and not-so-innocent people dying? It’s a tough conversation to have and Tim chose to engage with it, which probably put him offside with some of his readers, because it’s a topic that actually genuinely is bringing politics into gaming, unlike a lot of the gaming discourse.
A journalist is booted off a fictional radio for being a bit TERFy, resulting in a journalist being booted off a website for being a bit TERFy.
The inciting incident for this drama is an article posted in 2020 about a UK journalist who was one of several used by game developer Ubisoft to provide voiceovers for the video game Watch Dogs Legion. In the article, it is revealed that this journalist had in the past posted a 2017 The Times article titled “A man can’t just say he has turned into a woman.”
What is TERF? Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist, which probably spiked the Google charts more recently with The Author Who Shall Not Be Named. I will add this disclaimer, I am inferring things about Tim when I call him a TERF, and maybe I’m giving too much credit. I don’t know if Tim Stone is a feminist, so I’m giving the benefit of the doubt, and I wear that. The author of The Times article is a self-proclaimed feminist, and does claim to support trans right, but according to the RPS article, “(She) uses familiar hand-wringing about biological sex, transgender identification as a trend, and people with penises in women's changing rooms.” I’ll leave it up to your judgement whether you think either is an actual TERF or not.
In an unusual move, one Tim Stone showed up in the comments of the above article, and that’s the meat of this drama.
The Alamo but with TERFs.
The comments, as you can imagine, were completely chill since obviously “censoring” a “journalist” in a “video game” for “anti-trans views” outside of the game itself is just the perfect intersection of everything political on an internet forum possible. (The voiceover in the game was scripted by Ubisoft and was itself not an issue; they were choosing to remove the voiceover to remove association with the journalist based on their views.)
One user wrote:
there are diverse voices within RPS when it comes to games, genres, preferences etc but I would say (and i’d be prepared to be challenged on this) there is zero diversity in respect of political views and arguable groupthink and alignment particularly around trans issues.
To which Tim opined:
There's at least one regular RPS contributor who'd like to see the site show a little more respect for the gender critical position in the trans rights debate. Me.
He proceeded to link several articles, saying,
I agree with all those arguing for more constructive discussion and less name-calling in this debate.
And we’re off to the races.
One commenter wrote:
never mind 'gender critical' being an obvious dogwhistle, it boggles the mind that you think "trans rights debate" is an acceptable string of words in 2020
trans rights are human rights, this shit isn't a debate
And significantly, it wasn’t just site users who were chiming in. Another writer for RPS came in guns blazing:
The "gender critical position" is tired snivelling cowardice hiding behind Very Real Concerns while throwing shit at the people whose lives are routinely treated like an intellectual excercise. [sic]
I am frankly embarrassed [sic] to see you repeating such dogwhistling bullshit. The obviously lying "I am cancelling my subscription!!!" oafs in here are one thing, but this is just sad.
What the writer was alluding to was the typical capital-G Gamer response to anything political (and often something is only “political” if they don’t like it), namely “Get your politics out of my video games.” Often the corollary of that was “..or I’m getting out of your website.”
The inciting article is itself tame. Incredibly tame. As referenced earlier, it has the usual games journalism scent of just dressing up a press release. At the most judgemental, they referenced that the voiceover-providing journalist had “some pretty ugly opinions about transgender people” and “that’s decidedly not neat,” which is just the lovely understatement you get from British people. “This is a bit bothersome” was, I believe, repeatedly uttered during the Blitz.
I won’t bore with copying over more comments, but it gets quite heated – although Tim seems to remain quite collected in the comments, which does have an air that he isn’t aware of what kind of hornet’s nest he’s kicked. The most noteworthy exchange is between a user and Tim, where the user writes:
It is distressing that you think my rights as a trans person are subject to some sort of "trans rights debate," and that "gender critical" is anything but a dog whistle for the same transphobic rhetoric as I've always been subject to, but now behind a veneer of intellectualism and civil discourse.
This isn't a matter of left and right, it's a matter of respect for other human beings. Good to know at least one RPS writer has none for me.
And Tim’s response:
I have profound respect for you and your life choices.
I also believe that questions like "Should trans women be allowed to compete in female sports?" and "Should male-bodied trans women be housed in womens' prisons?" are worthy of debate.
To forbid all debate on "trans rights" and to seek to silence and cancel people who don't unquestioningly support one side of the argument seems horribly totalitarian to me.
If you were to take an unfriendly view of Tim, this might be it – calling a person’s transition a “life choice”, and then putting the question of trans rights up for debate, calling the desire not to debate someone’s human rights “totalitarian.”
In all, Tim would comment eight times, with his last being:
Some proposed trans rights clash with women's rights in certain areas. It is not bigoted to point this out or advocate debate so that compromises can be reached.
Overrunning the drop zone.
Five days later, the RPS Twitter account posts this tweet.
Trans rights are human rights. We strive to create an inclusive space for all people. Earlier this week, a freelancer used the RPS comments section to express views that failed in that goal. We will no longer be working with this freelancer or publishing their column.
And just like that, the flares are snuffed and Tim’s time at RPS comes to an abrupt end after 13 years of service.
The responses, I’m sure you can imagine, are the usual volleys from the usual battle lines. Left-wing and trans rights people are chuffed to bits, believing that an insidious TERF has been weeded out from RPS. They view his comments about bathrooms and sports as the usual dogwhistle, typical of the alt-right where the goal is to draw increasingly smaller circles to exclude trans people from one thing after another until they ultimately cannot exist in society. Gamers with a right-wing focus and wargamers (and those are not mutually exclusive) try to cancel culture RPS, many declaring that they’d never return to the site for this grave injustice. And for wargamers, that’s pretty easy; Tim was the only one catering to their genre appetite, and there literally was no reason to return without Tim. The most vanilla response was those who didn’t care about the comment section conflict at all and just wanted their dang wargaming news.
(The wargaming audience was not exclusively on the right-wing - the creator of one of the biggest wargaming podcasts showed up in the comments too, and took a distinctly anti-Tim and pro-trans stance.)
The last (spoilers, not really) article posted by Tim was a typical A2Z column, and became somewhat of a shrine to him. Of note, the very user to whom Tim gave his perhaps most damning response showed up:
Please don't assume Tim is a TERF. I was involved, and indeed in lots of was responsible for what happened on the other forum which i am devastated by.
I am trans and Tim replied in support of a view that i expressed! He shared some views and links to articles (including one from a trans blogger) that many people (including many trans people) would agree with. And even if they didn't, and Alison below articulates the position better than i could, its not like he went on an alt right tirade. This is a reasonable person making reasonable views very politely and and commenter whether they agreed with those or not has gained nothing from what happened subsequently, and we have all collectively lost something.
Flare Path fans were somewhat split. The most mild responses were critical of RPS for how they booted Tim out the door without a second chance; some were concerned that it’s not a great way to win allies and convince people. Throw in the usual snippets: “cancel culture” and references to “The Inquisition”, and a number of people saying their farewells to RPS. In an odd way – and I did it myself by calling this a shrine – the comment section really does feel like the man died, with some outright coming to, quote, “pay their respects”.
Of particular note, a user named hms_pepperpot shows up, and it looks like it’s Tim. I have no evidence to the contrary and the phrasing is close enough that I’m willing to believe it. But wait, Tim was posting as Tim Stone in the inflamed comment section, right? Yep, the divorce was so swift and decisive that they even blocked his access to his old username, or deleted it entirely – either way, he was in the comments to say goodbye under an alias.
Leaving RPS without being able to say a proper goodbye to you, the readers who have made my job such a joy this past thirteen years, has been one of the most depressing aspects of the last few days. Your enthusiasm was as important to The Flare Path's modest success as the complete creative freedom Graham afforded me. Thank you for making possible the happiest years of my working life.
While the Flare Path name is destined for the scrap heap, the concept and spirit of the column will hopefully live on. I'm planning to pick up pretty much where I left off early in the new year. An article devoted to the FP game jam entries will be amongst the first pieces I post. Of course, there will be foxers too.
To readers hurt by my words last weekend, all I can say is a heartfelt sorry - I didn't set out to wound and have no wish whatsoever to make the lives of trans people more difficult. To readers baffled by the comments that ended up costing me my job, I strongly recommend reading a thoughtful essay written by Sam Smethers, the CEO of respected British women's rights charity The Fawcett Society. Google 'Sex and Gender Indentity: Finding a Way Forward' and you should find it.
See you in 2021 I hope. Tim.
Of note, HMS Pepperpot is a reference to warship HMS Penelope. With Tim’s penchant for riddles and puzzles, it is not likely a coincidence that:
On wartime service with Force K, she was holed so many times by bomb fragments that she acquired the nickname "HMS Pepperpot".
Though Tim had some in agreement with his views in the inciting comment section, he was undoubtedly outnumbered and taking a lot of flak.
Napoleon’s exile on Elba.
Some time later, Tim would resurface on a new site of his own creation, Tally-Ho Corner. Very much The Flare Path with a new coat of paint, he would carry on with his regular columns on a weekly basis. The Foxers returned, as did A2Z and communal wargaming. RPS, for their part, did not seem to fight to keep the column to themselves. There was a small exodus as RPS had once been a PC gaming site with a wargaming/simulation column, to just a PC gaming site. Those with only an interest in those genres left; there was nothing for them anymore. An unknown number followed Tim to his new endeavour and made themselves known over there. Striking out on his own has costs, however, and Tim sells membership and banner space to those who wish to help out. He has made follow-up requests since Tally-Ho Corner started which would indicate that it isn’t a profitable venture; he says he only wants enough to support the site, and seems to be happy to continue for the love of the hobby. He has alluded to the site not breaking even, so you can infer from that what you want about the size of the Flare Path exodus. Like I said, it’s a very niche hobby, so even 100% of Flare Path readers might not constitute a large number. One of the posts with the most engagements is a community vote on the best PC wargames; two years old, it has 144 comments and a closed comment section, so you could probably extrapolate a rough guess on readers versus commenters to see how popular the site is.
Tim would make the occasional comment about his past misadventure, but generally seemed to just carry on. Others would fight for or against him in other corners of the internet, but publicly, Tim seemed done with the whole thing and happy to just get back to writing about games.
The most blatant reference was an A2Z at the start of this year. No longer than any other entry (remember, he’s filling out 26 entries in a week, they’re usually just snippets), the entry “P is for Pointless provocation” in its entirety:
If, after my bruising departure from RPS in 2020, I had decided to start work on a “cathartic” retro FPS about gunning down dogmatic ‘trans allies’, I hope someone – a friend, colleague, or family member – would have taken me to one side and said “Tim, WTF are you doing?”. Unfortunately, no-one seems to have urged Norwegian coder Sandra Moen to think again. If they had perhaps the nasty Terfenstein 3D wouldn’t have made it onto Steam.
Tim’s back, baby! But it’s not him! But it is!
In a strange, quite dickish move, an RPS writer recycled an old Flare Path to come up with “The 25 best simulation games on PC”, with the writer credited… even though it was copied from Tim’s 2015 article. Tim called it out in an A2Z, as “H is for Hire a new sim correspondent, you cheapskates”, and that really sums it up – they were not rewriting the list, rearranging it, or updating it, they were literally copying the original list over and slapping a new author’s name on it.
If you click the above link, you’ll see that the article now has Tim as the author, changed retroactively (again). That in itself added a new element of drama, as readers who showed up after the edit were surprised by a new article from Mr Flare Path himself. Though it says “updated” in 2022, the giveaway is that the comments are predominantly from 7 years ago, when it was originally posted. One commenter, who I’ll take at their word, seemed to be witnessing the Stalin-esque rewriting of history in real time:
Wow, I just saw that Tim Stone's name has been removed. He was there as author when I first saw it this morning, with a note about it being updated by someone else. Now his name has been fully removed as the original author. I don't know what to say, but it feels icky to rewrite history like that, very 1984.
Update - now it says article by Holly, Additional Contributions by Tim Stone. Still not accurate (seems to be the reverse or reality) but at least the original author's name is in there somewhere again.
(Not calling anyone over there a tyrant or communist or anything, merely referencing that infamous photo where people are removed one by one as they fall afoul of the Stalin regime. In this instance, taking Tim’s work and crediting to someone else, then crediting Tim in addition to the new writer, then finally just calling it a Tim article.)
People noticed that the “updated” tag was the last attempt to hide in plain sight, since there was nothing updated about the list. It was identical to the one posted by Tim in 2015. And the clue was that, according to RPS, no simulation game had managed to crack the list since 2015; the “youngest” game on the list was 7 years old (now 8), a title shared by Farming Simulator 15 and Train Simulator 15.
15, of course, being the year both games released and the year Tim wrote the list.
An odd move to dig up the bones of the past, both the article and Tim’s involvement with RPS, for a single cheap parlour trick. Needless to say, if you search for Tim Stone contributions on RPS now, his “shrine” – a pretty typical A2Z Flare Path – is not his most recent contribution to the site. Instead, it’s “The 25 best simulation games on PC” from 8 years ago.
Fittingly, in the comment section below, the most recent post is by someone seemingly oblivious to the drama surrounding Tim Stone, RPS and trans rights. They’re instead complaining that two other motor racing games were left off the list. And really, there’s probably no better tribute to the community.
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2023.06.01 05:50 sleepyjared Round-Up of New iOS Game Releases - Week of June 1st, 2023

Hi, I run a site called TouchArcade and every Wednesday I make a big list of all the new iOS games that came out over the past week. Below is just a basic list of the game titles with links to the App Store but if you'd like to see screens/descriptions or join in on forum discussions you can find the full list with all of that stuff over on TouchArcade.

TITLE PRICE GENRE
A Way To Smash (Free) Puzzle, Strategy
Addagrams (Free) Puzzle, Word
Beast League (Free) Action, Sports
Boom! (Free) Action, Strategy
Brainiversity (Free) +PU Puzzle, Word
Bumballon (Free) +RA Action, Arcade
Crossed Swords ACA NEOGEO ($3.99) Action, Arcade
Dig Odyssey: Cosmic Mining (Free) +RA Action, Arcade
Dungeon Boss: Respawned (Free) +NETFLIX Action, Role Playing
GALACDRIVE ($1.99) Action
Magic Stone Knights (Free) Puzzle, Strategy
Pixsteps ($1.99) Simulation, Sports
Squish Run (Free) +RA Action
Stepets (Free) Simulation, Trivia
Unwanted Gray (Free) Adventure, Arcade
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2023.06.01 05:45 MountainCall17 Spare Tire Hoist Cable reattach

Hey guys, semi-long time redditor but just found this forum for my '04 Sport V8. Got new tires today and discount tire found a way to get the cable off its track in the spare tire hoist. Anyone know how to reattach the cable correctly? Looks like all parts are there just apart.
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2023.06.01 05:25 moyofroyo The State of Bose

I have been a follower of this brand for a long time. As enthusiastic as I was for older Bose products, I cannot help but realize that most of their current offerings are not competitive with the market, and seemingly, not as cutting edge as they used to be.
It’s a challenge to look at Bose products as they stand today, and recommend them to family, friends, or even myself. Perhaps I’m being too nostalgic? Is the reality of Bose different than what I interpret?
All we have on the state of Bose is what we can infer from Bose itself. As a private company, there’s not much we can directly discern about the company’s health and vision for the future.
Let’s try to establish what we know and answer a simple question: Is Bose doing … okay?
The company’s focus is evident in what appears to make money - headphones (and possibly, car branded audio systems). Their QuietComfort line of noise cancelling earbuds and headphones has received the most company attention, with the products in this lineup receiving an update (or even two) within the past 3 years.
So to answer the question - Is Bose doing … okay? Well, we can kinda sorta see that they’re kinda sorta trying.
It would be great to see a simplification of the product line, a strong focus on software, and a unified ecosystem. Bose founded its legacy on their strength in audio hardware - it just needs to figure out the rest, and adapt to the modern customer. Hopefully there is indeed a clear direction ahead, with great products to come, and this is just a quiet current standstill for Bose.
What do you think?
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2023.06.01 01:52 Significant_Soft6276 2023 Honda CRV Sport Touring Black Color - Amazing SUV - A roadtrip report

Got a 2023 Honda CRV Sport Touring in Black about 10 days back at MSRP. We got this after selling a Toyota RAV4 2020 XLE Premium. (Only reason : Market was really good and I made profit on a car that ran 30K compared to the original price, something I have never got in a decade).
Took the CRV on a long drive from Bay Area to Bend, Oregon visiting Crater Lake and staying for a couple of days at Klamath Falls, OR.
  1. I was a bit skeptic about the Hybrid System in the mountains around Mt. Shasta as could hear the grilling sound of the gas engine working hard over I-5. But, it did not drop speed and maintained the car is a pretty stable manner.
  2. The Lane Assist + Adaptive Cruise Control works really well. The car is very stable on the lane and does not drift. Just requires a very light hold on the steering wheel. This feature alone is really worth the money. I have had this feature on my older 2020 RAV4 where the car literally used to wobble in the lane and never detected cars cutting into the lane.
  3. Mileage started off disappointing at 29.2 MPG but on the way back changed from ECON to NORMAL and the MPG went upto 33-34 average.
  4. The car is very roomy for a family of 4
  5. The only big issue I had was the wireless charger, but the Type-C charger for the phone is really good.
  6. Sat Nav is good but not as good as apple car play but it helped a lot near to Crater Lake where this is no cell reception
  7. The only addition I did before the trip was a dashcam(rear cam included)
  8. Bugs, Bugs, Bugs - poor bugs, the windshield and front part of the car was hammered with them. I am yet to fully clean them up, did not go with a wash at home, need to use Rain-X or something over the weekend
Before buying this car, I test drove - Subaru Forrester, Outback (top trims), Mazda CX-50 top trim, Hyundai Tucson Hybrid. Tesla Model Y. Subaru was not good from a sporty feel but certainly has more space, Mazda - lack of touch screen was disappointing and the mileage was disappointing on the sticker itself. Hyundai Tucson - every thing looks great but after reading the nightmares on the part availability on reddit, I gave up. Interestingly I cancelled a Model-Y one day before taking delivery and jumping to Honda CRV. Reason : I could not come to mental peace with myself driving an electric on unplanned long drives. Even on this long drive with the CRV, we decided to visit Bend Oregon in the last minute with no planning and started driving from Crater Lake. FYI : I do own another electric car - Polestar 2 (I have written about that on the other forum).
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2023.06.01 01:16 Dalai-Jama The Real grinders jerk on Craigslist.

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2023.06.01 00:06 schlamster MYP 275/295 setup on Uberturbines - worth it!

Just wanted to put this information out there for anyone scouring the internet for info if there are any rubbing or fitment issues with putting 295s rear and moving your 275s to the front. I just had this done an hour ago and it makes a HUGE difference in terms of wheel protection and IMO MYP's should have an option at least to come with stock. I bought Pilot Sport 4 AS 295/35r21's for my rears and had the tire place mount the stock 275s up front. Perfect fit, zero noise or rubbing issues. Changes the aggressive stance of the car too for the better, IMO. 10/10 will be keeping this tire sizing on my MYP for as long as I have it. (Edit: FYI only reason I made this post was because on various Tesla forums I'd previously seen people say that anything larger than 265s up front may cause rubbing)
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2023.05.31 22:54 MuchFinance1787 40 [M4M] Far North Dallas, Married Seeking Similar New Friend

Finding new adult friends is really hard. Sucks when you wake up and realize you don't even have someone to go get a beer with. I'll keep trying but not a lot of luck. I'm pretty laid back person who speaks his mine. My views are 75% conservative, sports fan, car guy, balh blah.
I'm 6'2, 310. Big guy, look like I used to be an offensive linemen. Hispanic
Just miss having good friends to shoot the shit. I consider myself pretty normal.
FYI, I get all the down low, bi, 'straight who loves to suck cock' stuff. This forum attracts a lot of that. Every guy loves to nut. But If you're just horny looking for a dick leave me alone. If you have 100 post of your dick that's not my thing. I'm not against dick, just not to that extreme. Maybe you call that curious, idk. Think what you want. I'm not into weird kink. To each their own but god damn some people have some weird kinks on here. Can people not just talk and hang. Let's talk career, wives, money sports, and shoot the shit. How about we just insult each other? I used to bust balls just for kicks. What happened to all of that?
I have a family, educated, working professional. I'm up for buying drinks. Just be cool.
Prefer +35 and similar situation. Would prefer to be discreet.
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2023.05.31 20:04 powerrangers92 where to invest 36k?

Hey there, fellow Redditors! I just wanted to share that over the past six months, I've been having a fantastic run with sports betting. Honestly, I feel pretty lucky, or perhaps I've gotten the hang of it. Now, I've made the decision to withdraw a portion of my winnings, around $36k, and I'm looking to invest it in dividend stocks. I would really appreciate your help in figuring things out. I've been reading through the forum and learning at my own pace, but I must admit, I'm a bit nervous about making any mistakes.
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2023.05.31 18:16 The_Astro_Guy-2048 Uhh... so how will you guys type me based on what I answer

• Describe your upbringing. Did it have any kind of religious or structured influence? How did you respond to it?
When I was young, I don’t play with others because I don’t see the need of it, when I grow up, I don’t have a lot of friends, because an academic person like me can’t communicate with them, I found what they’ve play not interested to me
• What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not?
I’m still a student and I don’t like going to school
  1. Going to school becomes very meaningless and I can learn things myself, why I have to waste time to go to school often? 2. I have some kind of trauma in the past some I don’t wanna to interact with my classmates
• If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed?
That’s one of the most enjoyable time I can have! I can do whatever I want without someone to restrict me
• What kinds of activities do you prefer? Do you like, and are you good at sports? Do you enjoy any other outdoor or indoor activities?
If I’m affordable I prefer travelling around the world and visit places that only a few people will visit, but in reality I can’t do that so sometimes I’ll use google Earth to visit these area, for example: an Island in Pacific Ocean, also, I prefer do sports that don’t require team work. Usually I’ll ran away if I was forced to play sports that requires team work like basketball and volleyball in a pe lesson. I also enjoy hiking because I can embrace the nature
• How curious are you? Do you have more ideas then you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate?
Yes, I’m curious, my curiosity mainly comes from the subjects that I’m interested it, for example, when I was young I’m a fan of astronomy and I wanna know how will the planet surface be like if I landed on them, because of that, I find pictures on books and webs. Also I remember wanting to know if I can see bacteria if I zoom large enough so I catch an insect and put it under a microscope to see if there is bacteria
• Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be?
Nah, please, don’t put me in a leadership position, I’m not the type who can lead others well, if I am to lead others I usually won’t care what others do
• Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
How to say… I can’t live without music and I like the type of music that is strong and beautiful like those from tsfh, also music can help me to let my emotions go
• What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
The past… I want forgot it, it’s a nightmare… I’m less mature than others and stupid, I’ll do things to prevent myself from being my past self
• How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
I’ll be like: Oh ok then, what is it about? If I want to help others because I care about them and treat them as friends, another reason is to let myself know I’m competent enough but usually I won’t think of helping people. If I can’t help, save yourself
• How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
If it’s something I’m not interested with, then no, but if it’s something that I’m interest with, then yes
• Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
Nah, I’m not interested in controlling others, I prefer to let them be, I know how the feeling of being controlled like so usually I won’t be controlling others. I respect other’s freedom so I usually won’t control others
• What are your hobbies? Why do you like them?
Studying Physics, because I like how bizarre Physics is and the area the Physics cover is “large”
• What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
I learn things by thinking through. I hate memorisation, it wasted a lot of energy and makes me feel drained. I struggled to learn things when there are people around, for example: I won’t study inside a library because there are other people around. I prefer classes that encourage independent thinking and don’t like the teachers who are teaching to the test
• How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?
Well I can’t say I’m not good at strategizing, but if you want be to strategize I can, the problem is, I’m lazy of strategizing
• What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
I hope I can live alone without someone getting into my room to disturb me so that I can do whatever I want
• What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
My fear is being thought of childish and being incompetent, because it makes me have a feeling that I can’t survive also, what I hate is someone who’s narrow minded, I just wanna nuke them, oh, I hate someone teach me that is supposed to teach a child, I’ll feel uncomfortable when someone suddenly get into my room, I strongly forbid someone that don’t live with me to get into my room without my permission, even if you are relative doesn’t mean you have the right to get into my room without my permission
• What do the "highs" in your life look like?
I think I’d make a breakthrough in scientific discovery and I can see things differently from others so that I can feel I see more things than others, I don’t wanna stick inside the box
• What do the "lows" in your life look like?
I’d hate how the world look like. I’ll isolate from others and the world too
• How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so?
I’m the one who’s living inside a room looking outside the world from the hole so I’m quite detached from reality, my Se blind is serious so it’ll be difficult to see what’s going on around me. I remember when I was about to cross the road and I was inside my inner world, suddenly someone called me, I was shocked
• Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
Deal with my questions I’ve been thinking on, for example: A Physics or a philosophy question, also, I may
think of how my future will be like
• How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
I need a very long time to make an important decision as there maybe a lot of uncertainty and my Ne is very high
• How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
I usually needs time for my emotions to run out, I like to listen to music because it helps me to process my emotions. I’m scared of emotions running through me so I‘ll hide from people that can potentially affect my emotions, I can’t control them
• Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
If the decision is not important and won’t make difference then yes, but I’ll feel like that’s not myself, but normally I don’t like pleasing others just because that’s someone who I have special relationship with
• Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why?
I don’t break rules often because I don’t see the need of it, but if the rules does not make sense I won’t hesitate to break them. I hate those people with the mindset of if you don’t follow my rules, leave. And yes, authority needs to be challenged if they keep restricting people and disturbing people
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2023.05.31 14:22 MZSC98 Mk3 Octavia lack of steering feel

Mk3 Octavia lack of steering feel
Hello all
Shared this to the Briskskoda forum but would be interested in a second opinion. I drive a 2016 Octavia 1.4 TSI DSG. It’s on 32000 miles and owned since October last year. It’s wearing 205/55/16 tyres, just for reference. It's a fantastic car but I have never been very satisfied with the steering/suspension setup.
Since owning the car, I’ve always found it to be very wallowy, vague and not very planted, especially on the motorway. It feels like it wants to float all over the road and doesn’t stay in lane very well. Strangely, it doesn’t seem to tramline or pull to one side, it just feels like I am floating on top of the road and it is getting blown all over the place. The Mk5/6 Golfs I have owned didn’t do this as much, nor my previous Astra J estate, dad’s B8 Passat etc. Admittedly the latter two are vastly heavier cars with wider tyres (both on 225/17’s.). It's essentially lacking that "planted" feel a lot of other cars have.
My other concern is the initial steering input about an inch either side of the centre feels incredibly light, vague and twitchy. My Astra was much like this but still felt very planted at speed. The Octavia’s steering seems to firm up and become very responsive after a few degrees of input, after which it handles pretty well. It’s not quite as bad in sport mode though still very spongy and vague. It's like the steering isn't quite sure what to do until it's been turned a few degrees which can make it feel pretty all over the place in a straight line. I feel I have to always keep two hands on the wheel or it will be too twitchy.
I recently changed my rear shocks to Sachs Mk7 Golf ones (I may make a post to discuss how I did this and the difference it made), and this has helped make the car a little more planted and ride vastly better, though it still is not amazing. I’m going to look into getting the fronts changed as well. Slightly higher tyre pressures have also helped a bit.
In December, I had 4 Michelin Primacy 4 tyres fitted as it was still on its original Michelins. I also had the alignment done. These tyres have now done about 3000 miles. The tyre fitter said to me something within the steering rack/suspension had a small knock to it, as if the car had hit a big pothole/been in a minor accident. He said he had adjusted the tracking to account for this but the car may pull slightly to the left (it thankfully doesn’t). He then said whatever the issue was would cost hundreds to fix but should not ever need doing. I annoyingly can’t remember the exact bit he said was slightly damaged.
Here is my alignment check. Does this look as it should? People seem to suggest that cars should have a slight toe-in for straight line stability. I’ve always thought the car didn’t feel quite as good after changing the tyres and having the alignment done.
I’m pretty used to how it drives and it generally doesn’t bother me – is the Octavia just a very wallowy car, or does mine need looking at? I definitely am going to get the damage looked at by an alignment specialist again. Thoughts?
https://preview.redd.it/n827fwabb73b1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe6d7c621acb5ec38e372ccdb81e125db2a3305f
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2023.05.31 14:19 MZSC98 Mk3 Octavia lack of steering feel

Mk3 Octavia lack of steering feel
Hello all
Shared this to the Briskskoda forum but would be interested to get an opinion on here. I drive a 2016 Octavia 1.4 TSI hatch.. It’s on 32000 miles and owned since October last year. It’s wearing 205/55/16 tyres, just for reference. It's a fantastic car but I have never been very satisfied with the steering/suspension setup.
Since owning the car, I’ve always found it to be very wallowy, vague and not very planted, especially on the motorway. It feels like it wants to float all over the road and doesn’t stay in lane very well. Strangely, it doesn’t seem to tramline or pull to one side, it just feels like I am floating on top of the road and it is getting blown all over the place. The Mk5/6 Golfs I have owned didn’t do this as much, nor my previous Astra J estate, dad’s B8 Passat etc. Admittedly the latter two are vastly heavier cars with wider tyres (both on 225/17’s.). It's essentially lacking that "planted" feel a lot of other cars have.
My other concern is the initial steering input about an inch either side of the centre feels incredibly light, vague and twitchy. My Astra was much like this but still felt very planted at speed. The Octavia’s steering seems to firm up and become very responsive after a few degrees of input, after which it handles pretty well. It’s not quite as bad in sport mode though still very spongy and vague. It's like the steering isn't quite sure what to do until it's been turned a few degrees which can make it feel pretty all over the place in a straight line. I feel I have to always keep two hands on the wheel or it will be too twitchy.
I recently changed my rear shocks to Sachs Mk7 Golf ones (I may make a post to discuss how I did this and the difference it made), and this has helped make the car a little more planted and ride vastly better, though it still is not amazing. I’m going to look into getting the fronts changed as well. Slightly higher tyre pressures have also helped a bit.
In December, I had 4 Michelin Primacy 4 tyres fitted as it was still on its original Michelins. I also had the alignment done. These tyres have now done about 3000 miles. The tyre fitter said to me something within the steering rack/suspension had a small knock to it, as if the car had hit a big pothole/been in a minor accident. He said he had adjusted the tracking to account for this but the car may pull slightly to the left (it thankfully doesn’t). He then said whatever the issue was would cost hundreds to fix but should not ever need doing. I annoyingly can’t remember the exact bit he said was slightly damaged.
Here is my alignment check. Does this look as it should? People seem to suggest that cars should have a slight toe-in for straight line stability. I’ve always thought the car didn’t feel quite as good after changing the tyres and having the alignment done.
I’m pretty used to how it drives and it generally doesn’t bother me – is the Octavia just a very wallowy car, or does mine need looking at? I definitely am going to get the damage looked at by an alignment specialist again. Thoughts?
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2023.05.31 12:47 OnlineBookClub Book of the Day, May 31st -- Two Minutes for Talking to Myself by Curt Keilback

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2023.05.31 10:16 UrGripperConditioner Please help

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I don't like to give my age out to random people on the internet.. I would like to not specify my gender, I consider myself a creative person who can't enjoy what's been put in front of them.
Cynical depression, anxiety, insomnia, and maybe narcissism. Maybe ODD as well.
My family was sort of buddhist, but they never tried to force religion onto me. Probably because I never really said anything about it. But I did go to temple for a while and was always questioning stuff about gods and superior beings. I grew up around a church in a fairly christian community where most kids believed in god and other stuff. I liked to research religions, even though I was sort of atheist.
It depends on how my week was before that. If I had a really shitty week then yes definitely need a break. If I had a great week than no, I'd love to have fun with friends and stuff. It just depends because I tend to be a very ambiverted person.
I have been told many times before, I. Am. Not. Able. To. Appreciate. Anything. For. How. It. Is. I can't sit in a place still without daydreaming or thinking about things. I can sit in the most beautiful garden and ignore pretty much everything about the pretty trees and flowers and just think about why butterflies and flowers aren't terrifying.
Very curious, a lot of the time I just ask questions over and over and over again until I get an answer or I come up with my own. Like I said above, most of the things I randomly ponder tend to be things that just float around in my brain. My brain is sort of a treasure box full of ideas and puzzles which I can unlock at any time. Or maybe my ideas are the sun and I am a person on the beach. Anyway I'll usually pester myself or other people about things that are conceptual.
I would, I would really enjoy that.. I would be good, or horrible, depends on who's perspective you are seeing it from. I'd probably lead with what i'd call; "A hypnotizing grace" or something. Is that a clever word to use? I'd probably be more focused on the success of what I'm leading or how everything is working or what is bound to happen to my party in the future. I am great at persuading people. And am a pretty good people charmer, so I have the appealing part down. I'd drive people toward a mountain of success and amount to a beautiful legacy, such a perfect thing it would be to be a leader.
Ehh... I guess? Does playing piano count? I find it a good way to escape from my worries and my fears of the world collapsing on me at all times. Piano requires you to press keys with your hands.
I am a very creative/artistic/musical person, I've been told that my whole life. Always thinking of interesting concepts and drawing, creating something. I have countless new ideas I can grab out of my claw machine of a brain. I like thinking, and wondering. I like drawing and creating. I like music and instruments. I like art but it's not the most important thing to me.
I think about my past from time to time but I just brush it off. I usually don't care unless it's a huge problem that I have to be involved in. The present is something I run by to get to my dear old enemy of insight, the future. I really don't care about anything else but my future. How will it end? How do I do this? When will this end? How will I end?
I don't.. Like to.. Help people... If it doesn't really benefit me I don't really see a point. I don't like helping unless it's something really bad.
Yea, sometimes I loose it and I risk a lot of stuff. If I let my emotions wash over me dear god I am going to loose a lot of relationships. Sometimes I have to watch my mouth even though I don't like to. I love logical consistency, it makes me feel safe and better about what is going to happen.
VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT, all I want in life is to be successful and lead a memorable, important, inspiring, and leave a legacy.
Maybe, sometimes I've been told I'm doing it even if I don't notice and I usually feel bad. Other times when I know I definitely feel bad. I don't like controlling people they're people. I'd get rid of them before that.
Drawing, thinking, and piano. They let me feel freer than I do in this suffocating glass box filled with fleshy embodiments of muscle and other tissues.
If anything I'd need to learn things about my physical senses, I have a horrible grasp on reality. My learning style is extremely independent and on my own. I hate doing things in groups.
I am really good at strategizing. I usually just slap a whole truck of work in front of me and do it all in one sitting which kinda sucks but it's fine. I usually do things half best.
Success, legacy, and maybe some wealth. I want to inspire people but I'm not to keep on personal relationships.
Being successful and leading an inspiring life. If I can change things I will. The only thing I seek in life is success. I'm sort of an attention junkie. I like to say that instead of seeker because junkie suits how I feel about it better. I just want to be successful, to feel big, to have power.
Sleep, hours of your life being wasted away by your eyes shutting. It's terrifying. So much I could be doing with eight hours and I go to sleep. The thought of failing though, that is the worst thing that I could ever imagine. I'd rather die than fail.
I daydream very often, but I like to call it thinking. I tend to know what's going on around me but I don't pay much attention to it.
Why I am there and what I could've done to be put here. Who put me there? How? After that I'd think about how long I'd be there.
It depends on how dire the situation is. If I'm fighting for my life a few seconds but if it's something less in the moment it could take an hour or a few minutes maybe.
Sometimes I say things without thinking properly and it takes a while for me to comprehend what I just said and after that I want to throw a nice ceramic piece of fresh pottery at my face. I think I'm pretty stupid when it comes to emotions.
Sometimes, just to gain their trust to be admirable. But sometimes I genuinely mean it so I get confused.
Success.
And maybe a little death or solitude after that might be nice.
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