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Cake day: March 4th, 2024

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  • Honestly? It sounds like Ana is figuring herself out. I think maybe at this point you don’t need to 100% understand - keep in mind that she might not even know. I’d say don’t analyze it too hard, friendo.

    If she’s truly not into girls, eventually she’ll change her labels. But for now? I’d say be a bro and support whatever she decides to try. She’ll figure it out eventually.

    Sounds like you had a conversation with her about this already where you asked these questions? If I was in your shoes and I was friends with this person I’d consider apologizing to her for asking such pointed questions and share something about your journey with discovery of your own sexuality and share that those are the things that you worked through and that’s why you asked them. It’s very possible that the moment you asked those questions were the first time she considered them.

    I agree with the person who said they might be venturing out despite having most adults tell them that same sex attraction is bad. They might be feeling those feelings and denying them when asked directly. Be gentle.













  • Honestly it might still just be the SOC failing - when I worked in hardware repair most laptops had separate chips for each but now tech has progressed to have them both on one “system on a chip”. So back in my day if it was gpu the cpu might keep humming along while the gpu was fried, but that’s less relevant now-a-days.

    Sorry bro, I’d say back anything you give a shit about up because she’s probably on the way out. If my experience holds, even with the single chip boards - eventually it’ll artifact like this every boot and you’ll be digging out the hard drives to get at your files.

    In your shoes I’d recommend fucking with the drivers and your OS, it’s still possible that it’s the drivers are interacting with the hw wrong and causing the issues, but in reality that’s a long shot. Also run memtest86 overnight one night and see if maybe its the ram?

    If it does die and you’re feeling hack-y, the dude who suggested an oven reflow is not wrong. If you manage to figure out getting the motherboard out (make sure no plastic that could melt!!) and put it in the oven at reflow temp, you might revive it. If picking the laptop up and twisting the body slightly can cause the crash, it’s almost definitely soldier joint issues.

    Are the fans doing anything under normal load? If it’s not moving air at all that’s cause for concern too. Dead fans mean thermal issues, which can cook chips.

    Oh one last edit, check how long the warranty is - fucky soldier is a manufacturing defect.

    Best of luck brother, sorry for the shitty news.