How much dreamlight to unlock biomes

...and it's going well! I have a supportive boss and my pumping room set up is good. I miss my baby but I feel happier having more of a routine. I didn't realize how much the lack of structure was impacting me. I grew up with a working mom and love that she modeled that for me, and had lots of quality time with her. I hope to do the same for my daughter.

I thought I could. I was wrong. I’m stupid. I’m so fucking stupid. I’m weak. I’m scared. I don’t have it in me to last much longer. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how much longer I can do this. I want this pain to go away but it’s not.

I’m genuinely curios about why you prefer the older games in-term of combat? Don’t get me wrong i love the old souls games, my top 7 games of all time are the souls games. But for the old ones i think they will 100% be better with the newer combat system (bloodborne and after). They would have to change the level design a bit but i don’t think it will ruin it (very narrow level design).
So my question is why do you hate/don’t like the newer faster combat? Do you just prefer the slower pace? Do you think it’s too much? And that’s a weird one, what does get gud mean to you?
Also notice how i said slower not methodical because i think both are equally methodical
Thank you for the discussion

Ok so im level 29 already, and I am not seeing an indicator or a way to compare how READY my character is for a certain encounters, or if i should bother upgrading my gear vs needing to upgrade in preparation for them. The leveling scaling thing is kind throwing it all off for me. I get to astaroth and im like, ok...how much more powerful do i need to get to take him down since im dying over and over. I know we have level scaling but any help here with this question would be great. We get all this gear, and its like...ok thats great, but how does it compare to the enemy im fighting, is it going to kick its ass or is it not beneficial against.....hope you all know what im getting at here

I play a fair amount of draft, and with the draft objective i figured i'd share some tips for the draft from somebody who pretty much wins 80% of his drafts.

• The formation you choose does matter and you should think about this before picking
  • You will get players which are close to your formation. If you pick a formation with CFs you will get more CF picks. Any formation with a CF has an advantage as you then get players like Gullit, Cruyff, Nkunku.
  • You should also be careful of formations with too many players in the same position, 3 CBs or 3 CAMs etc ( you will never get 3 good CBs so you will end up having a weakness
  • Pick something you like, and make sure you add instructions otherwise your LB and RB will get forward which is exploitable.
• Pick your initial team, then pick your CBs/RBs (2nd card in from the left of the bench) etc.. why?
  • You will pack good strikers/ attackers (at least 2) however you may need help in your defence so sort out your defense first, then think about attackers/midfield
  • The picks on your bench to reserves go from GK, defenders to midfielders/attackers. If you get bad defenders you may be able to sacrifice an attacker later to improve your defenders. Try to get 90 pace on both CBs.
• Pick your two keepers last. - Keepers are pretty much only good for chem. Don't commit to picking your keepers before you have all your players as you can then give your team the best chem from a keeper choice.
• Don't just pick the best attackers. Once you have 4 attackers actually think about your bench, reserve wing backs or additional CMs.
• Try to setup your team so you don't have to use subs straight away. You only really want to use 2 subs straight away because otherwise you might be shooting yourself in the foot. I'd suggest getting a core league of players or two leagues and then if they have decent chem just add in the other players you need even if you were going to sub them in.
• You should only try for 2 league hybrids. Anything else and you will not get the players you need.
• Have fun? :)

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ps. if you think i'm doing it wrong i'm happy to hear other schools of thought on how you approach draft :)

Me and my best friend were actual best friends before we dated. We both dated different people and after both of us went through different relationships I started to grow feelings for her. I thought because we are best friends it would be easy dating.
Long story short we gave it a shot and after a few months of dating she didnt think we were compatible romantically and wanted to go back to being best friends. I was devastated because I wanted us to work out and in return my energy came off desperate, anxious, and unattractive. Typical dumpee reactions. I felt like I was mourning 2 relationships. The friendship and the romantic relationship. This has been the hardest break up for me. Strange bc it was my shortest relationship but the person meant so much more to me because of our friendship before. We talked literally almost everyday for 3 years as best friends and to go from that to radio silence hurts.
We got into an argument about how to navigate this now and in return the solution is to go no contact for a few months to heal.
I will say this isnt a one way heart break. Shes cried to me about the break up and not wanting to lose me. Its a weird situation. Shes expressed how much she loves me and how she doesnt want to lose me but I personally find it hard to go back to how it was but I also dont want to lose her. It wasnt a bad break up or toxic relationship so to erase each other doesnt seem logical, It is just a werid situation that we both have never been in before because we had such a great relationship before as friends.
I did set a boundary clear from the moment of the break up that I do not think it was possible to have the exact same relationship before we got romantic because I do not want to hear about her dating life like how I did before.
Just want to hear some stories of anyone ever going through this. If you can go back to being friends or did you end up getting back together? I think going no contact right now was the best thing because we need this space apart so we dont resent each other.

posting anonymously to avoid the very small chance someone i know might see it.
i’ve been doing professional photography and video production for my career for about 8 years now. i’m still relatively young (28) and now have my own wife and child.
for my entire career i’ve always worked full time for someone else. most of my jobs have been photo/video centric or some type of marketing that includes photo/video. i have also been doing freelance work on the side the whole time as well. never had a conflict of interest, i never go for clients that could fall under my current employer. a lot of my freelance work has been weddings.
for the past year and a half, i’ve worked full time for two different local marketing agencies (first one i was at got bought out and i jumped ship to another one). both of these jobs have been 100% commercial video production. it’s fun and i’m good at it, but i’m starting to feel less of a connection to video and a much stronger connection to photography. i’ve been working on growing my freelance wedding photography business a lot and i seem to be making just a little bit of headway after basically resetting my freelance career by moving to a new state in 2020.
without going into details, i don’t feel super valued or understood at my current agency job and have made it my goal to go full time freelance by the end of this year. scary, especially considering i have a wife and baby to support. but working for myself full time has been a career goal of mine for about 7 years and i feel like i have nothing to show for it—i’ve never even tried.
for freelance, i would like most of my work to be weddings, some contract video work if it’s the right client, and commercial photography. however, with anything commercial, it would be a huge conflict of interest and shady of me to try to take potential clients from the company i work for and just do it myself.
this is a long post, thanks for sticking with me. my question is finally this: at what point am i holding my career back by working for someone else and not having control and agency over all the work that i do? how do i know when to get on myself and go all in on my own business? we have a considerable amount of savings and my wife works full time in the medical field and does well. she would still be (rightfully) nervous and skeptical about me quitting my gainful employment and giving full time freelance the shot that i’ve always wanted to give it. i want to be a responsible husband and father and not just try to chase my dreams without prioritizing my family first. however, i’m starting to feel like i’ll never be fully satisfied while working for someone else.
what should i do?

How much bleeding was there at the beginning?
I'm still waiting for test results to confirm the miscarriage, but I've been bleeding since Friday evening. It started brown but now it's red and some clots too... but the flow really isn't heavy, less than my periods.. is that normal? What's going to happen next, do they just wait until it all goes away?

Hello everyone,
I(22f) am trying to secure a lease with a rental in order to escape an abusive situation.
My family is incredibly abusive and has actively taken savings/finances from me, prevented me from getting a job, and at times hurt my credit.
I have the funds to pay for rent as I recently managed to secretly get an internship and am taking out a personal loan to get away, but the rental has a 3x income requirement.
Every other part of my application has already been approved. I just need a letter of employment from someone verifying that I make around 3x the rent monthly in order to get away from the abusive situation.
I want to ask the internship to confirm my employment but am concerned about how it will look if I ask them to not disclose how much I make as I just started working for them.
If anyone is willing to help me, I would be so incredibly grateful and you would quite literally change my life.
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a great day!
TL;DR: Trying to leave abusive situation and need someone to verify employment/salary requirement in order to get away

To give a bit of context, my (M29) older brother (M32) and I have had a rocky relationship in the last ten years or so. Growing up, we were close, but as we got older and became more ourselves, we had very different looks on life. When my dad had an affair and we found out, my brother was angry. Meanwhile, I developed the very healthy coping mechanism of shutting down, which has since grown into anxiety about being good enough, imposter syndrome, and getting so frustrated that I don't finish a task. I have a habit of starting a project and not seeing it through because I feel like no one helps me so I just think fuck it.
As we got older, I turned a bit more left leaning while he maintained a hardline conservative view. I became a creature of leisure while working full time at a bank, starting a vinyl collection, getting into DND and fantasy sports. He, meanwhile, started working in the oil patch, planned out hunting sessions, going "mudding", that type of thing.
Inevitably, we grew apart, and both of us being blessed with dad's gift of stubbornness, have a hard time finding common ground, let alone agree on a singular topic, and neither of us know when to shut up and back off, and when we do, there's fireworks.
It all came to a head when he kept hounding me to get off my phone when I was talking to my LDR. He deemed it to be rude and I felt like it was rude to impede on my relationship. Eventually, I went to school in a city while he stayed in a town. We didn't talk much, but the 3-hour drive didn't help. I eventually started to learn how to put up barriers, and only grant access to those closest to me. I had been burnt in the past.
At some point, he crossed those lines related to my relationship, and I felt like it was worthy of cutting off contact with him. We didn't talk for a year and a half. He focused on his relationship and work, while I focused on my relationship and my studies. It was ugly, we wouldn't talk to each other, and my parents tried to intervene, with them saying it wasn't worth it (even though that statement is hypocritical - they don't talk to some of their siblings) and that we should just squash the beef, with me being the one to extend the olive branch.
Talking to my oldest sister, who I trust dearly, she was able to talk me off that ledge and I reached out to him. We talked a lot that evening, catching up a bit, but more importantly burying the hatchet, recognizing the barriers we put up, and for the first time in a very long time, finding some common ground. That night, he asked if I would be his best man because he was preparing to propose to his girlfriend. I was very flattered, accepted, and it seemed to be like a reinforcement of the new found relationship.
Our relationship was still a bit strained, but we were able to disengage whenever things got too tense - this is progress. I would visit him at his farm, he would help me fix my truck, we'd make time to try and see each other. We were able to bond over my grandma's death. We were both really upset by it, but we were able to get through it together. Neither of us really grieved though.
Fast forward to mid-April, and him and his now wife ask to get together with my parents, my younger sister and myself to get together at a restaurant. This is a tad inconvenient as I'm right in the midst of exams, but it's a Friday, so we meet up to which, after some laughs and supper, he breaks the news - they're very newly pregnant. Somewhere between 3 and 5 weeks. He asks us to not make any posts about it on Facebook and to keep the knowledge limited for now. We go about our business, I finish my exams and at the beginning of May, move south for my placement. I am currently 6 or so hours away from the farm, and a further hour or so from my parents.
I tell my girlfriend, which is fine, but make the mistake of telling my best friend and now roommate. When we travel back north to get my mom's car (my truck broke down), we have to do minor repairs at the farm, and my best friend didn't keep his damn mouth shut and blabbed about it. My brother went with it a bit, to which my friend kept talking. Nothing seemed out of the norm, and I felt as though like my brother wasn't upset I told him. I'm on the fence about this, but keep it to myself.
Last week, or the week before, I get a phone call from my brother. I figure "sure, it's been a little bit since we chatted I suppose" and picked up the call. They miscarried. His wife went for an ultra-sound, and they couldn't find the heartbeat, so now they are forcing a miscarriage. He tells me not to contact her as it's very fresh wound, and that he was very pissed off that I told my friend and that I should've just kept my mouth shut. We sheepishly caught up about work, but obviously it was very uncomfortable and very tense.
I do a bit of reading and find out that miscarriages are fairly common, 1 out of 5 pregnancies are miscarried in the first trimester. I also read a bit, and find out that it's bad luck to talk about it at all while they're in their first trimester, which was just an awesome thing to read. I'm not very superstitious, but I am enough to believe in luck and karma. Why test waters?
I feel horrible about the whole thing. I believe in science enough to know that there was a chance for it to happen anyways, but finding out that it's bad luck and that me spilling the beans could've maybe, probably not, but possibly have affected the trajectory just makes me feel horrible.
I was talking to my older sister, who is one of my best friends, someone I go to to confide in, relate with and use as a logic check and emotional soundboard (her answers are usually ones that are the best course of action and the right thing to do), and she didn't want to comment on me spilling the beans. To me, if she doesn't have anything to say about it leads me to believe that she agrees with my brother on this and that I severely fucked up.
Again, I legitimately feel horrible. No one wants to go through this, especially so early in their marriage. And I do love my sister-in-law; she's really good at tempering my brother.
When I think of my friend blabbing, or more importantly, his cavalier and cold attitude about life and death (paraphrasing: well that sucks, and I wish them well, but it's science can explain it away) pisses me off. It really sucked when my grandma died and all he could really muster was "that sucks...I'll give you some space, but at least she's not suffering" didn't help with my grieving.
Whenever I think about the day I told him, I get mad and sad at myself, knowing what I know now about the luck. Knowing that my brother probably believes in that and won't trust me with information like that again, and perhaps warranted, I blabbed, it just upsets me.
I haven't had a lot of good going for me in my life the last couple years. I did well in school. My girlfriend loves me, my parents love me, and I have friends....but I just can't seem to get happy, and when I do, it doesn't stay long. I try to keep busy, because of my other unhealthy coping mechanism of "I can't be sad if I'm too focused on 'x' task". I know I have undiagnosed issues of depression, anxiety and probably a healthy dose of ADHD (both sisters have been diagnosed and are treating it). I was really excited for this.
And now it's gone.
Everything sucks. I'm doing my best, it just never seems to be good enough.
ETA TL;DR: Rocky relationship with brother, and buried the hatchet. Recently had a miscarriage and probably resents me for sharing the news to my girlfriend and my close friend.

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Summer break starts on Friday - Yay!
2 weeks ago, I think I finally found my miracle cure for the exhaustion I have been experiencing for the past 10 months (possibly long covid exhaustion, possibly menopause related, possibly just teacher exhaustion) - acetyl L-carnitine. I found a recommendation for some supplements being studied for long covid and tried them.
Because of not feeling so exhausted, I can finally exercise a little and spend time stretching each night, as well as have enough energy to do other things at night, like my Japanese homework.
My depression (that was horrible last year) is pretty much gone. I stopped taking Lexapro and have switched to Sam-e as needed. For some reason, it works for me on an as needed basis. If I’m feeling sad one day, I take one and feel much better.
DHEA has bumped my libido and has completely gotten rid of the awful vaginal dryness. I am so thankful for it because sex was excruciatingly painful for a while and getting worse.
I started a hormone patch (Japanese) after being on oral HRT (from US). It seems to be working fine, and even before insurance, it was cheaper than the HRT I was on with insurance in the US. I have found a good doctor here in Japan and have a translator for all appointments.
My kids are teens and it’s my favorite phase so far. We are close but they are independent and flourishing her.
I love my job. In 20 years as a teacher, this is my favorite school and job. I am respected and recognized for my experience and the knowledge I bring, and I am really enjoying teaching again. I am a teacher on a US military base in Japan.
Last year was rough. It was the lowest depression I ever had - a mix of menopause and my job, I think. I prayed every night that I wouldn’t wake up. My job was awful, stressful, bad boss, unhelpful team (same government agency I currently work for but different location and position). My menopause symptoms kept popping up (hot flashes, night sweats, dryness, no libido, mood swings, tears all the time). I have worked hard the past year to change things and to figure out how to feel better.
The one thing that has gotten worse is my plantar fasciitis (quite possibly menopause related, as it started a couple years back when lots of other symptoms were popping up). But I have about 2 months to work on it before going back to work.
Life is not perfect, but I feel hopeful and encouraged. At only 47, I’ve got a lot of life ahead of me to enjoy!
Edit: spelling

Hey I've posted before but I'm back for more advice, my party has been having fun with the story I'm running but, I'm running a "kill the lich" homebrew campaign and it involves lots of undead yada yada, the problem is I want have the party fight hordes of zombies here and there but Im not sure on how to make it fun. Like if you have 5 PCs and 30 zombies then you pretty much have 4 people sitting there bored while 30 zombies take turns trying to kill them. It's not very fun, is there a different way I could run combat to keep large encounters like this fun and interesting?

I used to consider myself pretty dumb. In fact, it sort of became this self-fulfilling prophecy, and I wouldn’t even bother with intellectual pursuits I deemed out of reach for me. I got poor marks no matter how hard I tried. I don’t exactly know how it happened, but at a certain point I realized that I just wasn’t thinking hard about, well, anything. When presented with a problem, if I didn’t immediately get it, I would just guess or quit. I had to train myself to actually think hard about things — and once I did, I didn’t feel “dumb” anymore. This isn’t a flex or anything, I don’t think I’m exceptional either… just not dumb. And now when I encounter others who I might consider “dumb”, I observe the same traits. Barring the extreme ends of the spectrum (e.g. rain man, Mike Pence), I don’t think intelligence varies as much as intellectual laziness.

How do I bubble 1 square items without the board being full? I have so many eggs that I don’t want to merge as of now but they’re taking too much space on my board and I’ve seen some players who have them bubbled up when their board wasn’t full.

I’ve been very low and depressed lately because of how alone I feel in everything. I’ve been all online for college for years now and I have nearly no social interaction.
And as my birthday approaches this Thursday, that loneliness is hitting even harder, so I opted to just treat it as a regular day. I have college to do that day anyway.
But it’s very depressing. I’ve been behind a screen for college for years now and I don’t get to know people that way at all, and between school and work I don’t have much.
Yeah I workout often but I go so early that it’s just not ideal to overly socialize.
I hate this feeling. I wonder what’s wrong with me or if there’s something off-putting about me. I do have Autism and ADD… but I’m fairly normal I’d say
Anyway, anyone is welcome to message me. I’d appreciate making friends here :)

I am generally not familiar with monks at all, but wanted to give it a go. But i literally dont have much knowledge of the class, and dont want to end up changing a subclass down the road just cause mechanically things werent working out!
The character would be "el tigre" ofc tabaxi, thinking of the tiger from Madagascar 3 with jack black personality. In combat, im looking to mold combat to my advantage, and control it, rather than raw damage output.
What subclass would be better mechanically for this, and how well would it hold up as it progresses?

When I released Shift for the Playdate nearly a year ago, it was mostly an excuse to learn Lua, experiment with the the Playdate SDK and write a little game for this new, goofy device I'd just gotten in the mail a month prior. I figured I'd write it, put it up on Itch (which I'd never even heard of prior) maybe sell a copy or two and move on to other things.
Fast forward a year, and that little game was nominated for Best Puzzle Game by all of you, was in the first Playdate Community Bundle and has made hundreds and hundreds of folks with a Playdate shake their device hoping for one more go. It also roped me into writing a lot more games for this device than I'd thought I would, introduced me to a lot of really fantastic people, and got me involved in what is easily the best gaming community around.
I've learned a lot since Shift's original release, and decided that its launch on Catalog should reflect that.

What’s New

• Completely redesigned the UI with a sci-fi theme.
• Replaced the triangle row/column indicator with a little droid pal named SAM-Y
  • Additional sound effects just for SAM-Y
  • SAM-Y has numerous facial expressions to react to whats happening in the game
    • Happy, Sad, Confused, Annoyed, Anxious, Surprised, etc
• Global leader boards with the Catalog version.
• Added four player profiles, each with their own high scores and saves.
• Top 10 best local scores across player profiles are displayed in the pause view.
• Adds music+sounds, just sounds, and no sounds at all to the system menu.
• In-game “how to play”
• Removes “restart game” from system menu since you can now return to main and restart from there.
• Added ambient background music.
• Vibration effect for the grid when you color shift
• Energy wind-up sound for a color shift
• Sound effect for a color shift cancel.
• You can now return to the main menu, which you could not do in 1.x since there was no reason to.
• New logo
• Updated transitions between game scenes.
• Adds a welcome banner when switching profiles
• New “indicator moved” sound effect
• New home card.
• New launch animation.
• New wrapping paper.
• Removed “crank to color shift” as it never worked that well to begin with.
• Static and animated icons for list view in Playdate OS 2.0

As an added bonus, I've also just released Personal SAM-Y, a silly, free toy for the Playdate featuring the droid, available now on Itch.
Thank you all so much for playing my games! I hope you enjoy this new version, which will also be available on Itch (less the online leader boards) later today.
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Shift on Catalog: https://play.date/games/shift
Personal SAM-Y on Itch: https://scenicroutesoftware.itch.io/personal-sam-y

Im going to the Phoenix show tonight because I was able to get a balcony seat ticket on friday! I’m so excited but I’m going by myself and I haven’t been to a concert since before Covid so I’ve kind of forgotten how it works with the doors and opener
I saw another post with a comment saying the doors open at 6:30 and I know the show starts at 7:30. I haven’t been able to find much info through Ticketmaster so is anyone able to confirm that info? Also, I’m assuming 7:30 is when the opener starts right?
Thank you so much for the guidance :)