I have been looking around the internet for this and have found absolutely NOTHING.
I remember being young and having faint memories of this game in my mind, but I've completely forgotten. This may just be me gaslighting myself and being an idiot but I remember finding this game through a misspelling of little big planet, and I found it through the name of ''Big Little Planet'' or something like that.
You basically had an assortment of planets, there was a candyish kind of one? There was one that was a bit smaller and basically like a tag mini-game, there was also like a sort of city planet where you could drive some sort of cars around, the city planet had like a ring design to it.
You had your own little ship you can build on putting some furniture and stuff and it was 3D. they shut it down at some point I don't really remember. It had a very few amount of players and considering that, there is probably no one who even knows about this game at all.
Looking around online I've come up short on anything, but I swear that a game like that existed?? Maybe there is some old videos on Youtube but I can barely find anything since it just automatically assumes you mean LittleBigPlanet. or perhaps its literally just something completely lost and forgotten about. I've not got a single clue.
Edit: uh sorry, I probably should have searched through this reddit first, I found what I was looking for.

Windows 10 Build - 1905.2965
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Hi all!
I've encountered a really bizarre UI issue (which may be hardware related) with a Windows 10 PC I put together for my daughter's birthday, and have been tearing my hair out for the past 2 weeks trying to get to the bottom of what might be causing it.
It'll only be used for school work and light gaming, and so I decided to go for an AMD APU setup. The PC was put together using all-new parts, and is specced as follows:

• AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
• AsRock A520M HDV MicroATX Motherboard
• Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz DDR4
• Patriot P300 M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 256GB NVMe Drive
• Corsair CP-9020101-UK CX450M 450 W 80+ Bronze PSU
• Generic brand dual-band Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card
• DEEPCOOL MATREXX 40 3FS Mini Tower case

Everything went off without a hitch initially, and my daughter was happily playing games on it for a couple of days, but then started mentioning that games were closing themselves. I took a look for myself, and found that the Start button didn't always respond when clicked, and when it did actually open it tended to close itself again in 1-5 seconds. Browsers (Edge and Chrome) also started to either close themselves or hit an error page with a "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" message, and her games (Minecraft, Star Stable, and Roblox) all close themselves anywhere from straight away on launch up to 5 minutes of play. I've also noticed that system menus like the Windows Settings and Updates pages tend to vanish after a short while too.
The version of Win10 Home I installed was one I'd grabbed from the Windows Media Creation Tool years ago and was quite out of date, meaning it needed a number of updates once installed. I'm not sure if it's coincidence, but on the further two times I reinstalled this version it felt like the Start menu issue didn't occur until after updating the OS. I have also tried downloading a fresh version of Win10 Home through the Microsoft Media Creation Tool and installing that - same issue.
My troubleshooting steps so far:

• Reinstalled Win10 Home multiple times from two different installers (one old, one fresh as of a few days ago - currently on build 1905.2965),
• Uplugged the keyboard, then the mouse, then both and tried another set (in case of cheap keyboard weirdness), plus tried switching from the board USB ports to the case ports,
• Re-seated the RAM,
• Tried one RAM stick only in slot 2, then 1, then repeated with the other stick,
• Tried a stick of DDR4 3200 RAM from another PC in either slot,
• Ran a Windows Memory Diagnostic (clear),
• Removed the Wi-Fi card, then the HD Audio header, then the case USB 2.0 and 3.1 headers,
• Updated the board's BIOS from 2.10 to 2.73, then back to 1.60 as per ASRock's CPU compatability table,
• Updated all relevant chipset and APU graphics drivers,
• Double-checked all overclocking is off in BIOS, including XMP (found after a Google search that the "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" in Chrome and Edge might be OC related),
• Tried installing Windows to a different, older PC (didn't seem to exhibit the same issue, but the system as a whole is ancient so difficult to distinguish chug from outright failure!),
• Removed the motherboard from the case and reconnected the power, HDMI, and keyboard/mouse to check for case shorts.

One thing I had observed was that the initial troubles started around the time we installed Minecraft, as it seems that logging into her Microsoft account through the MC launcher woke up the long-thought-dead beast that is Microsoft Family Safety. This horrible piece of software near crippled her older sister's PC in the past and was a PITA to remove, and on this new PC it initially limited her access to Chrome. I relaxed the settings and thought that was that, but now these new issues seem to have emerged. Is it possible that Microsoft are still screwing with her system, even after multiple re-installs of Windows?
I also noticed that every time the Start menu does open, there's a brief flash of the blue Windows loading wheel next to the mouse pointer, and then the menu vanishes again! I've tried to catch what this might be in the Task Manager but no joy - however the StartMenuExperienceHost.exe does list in the system as having experienced a crash each time.
I can now only assume it's something to do with the motherboard or CPU, but have no clue how I could test for this. I'm absolutely lost for ideas, and really getting quite dispondant now as not only is this my daughter's birthday present that's been pretty much unusable for the past couple of weeks, but also because I've built probably a couple of dozen or so PCs in my time, and not once have I come across such an elusive issue as this.
Any help or ideas would be hugely appreciated!

Hi all!
I've encountered a really bizarre issue with a PC I put together for my daughter's birthday, and have been tearing my hair out for the past 2 weeks trying to get to the bottom of what might be causing it.
It'll only be used for school work and light gaming, and so I decided to go for an AMD APU setup. The PC was put together using all-new parts, and is specced as follows:
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
AsRock A520M HDV MicroATX Motherboard
Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz DDR4
Patriot P300 M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 256GB NVMe Drive
Corsair CP-9020101-UK CX450M 450 W 80+ Bronze PSU
Generic brand dual-band Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card
DEEPCOOL MATREXX 40 3FS Mini Tower case
Everything went off without a hitch initially, and my daughter was happily playing games on it for a couple of days, but then started mentioning that games were closing themselves. I took a look for myself, and found that the Start button didn't always respond when clicked, and when it did actually open it tended to close itself again in 1-5 seconds. Browsers (Edge and Chrome) also started to either close themselves or hit an error page with a "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" message, and her games (Minecraft, Star Stable, and Roblox) all close themselves anywhere from straight away on launch up to 5 minutes of play. I've also noticed that system menus like the Windows Settings and Updates pages tend to vanish after a short while too.
The version of Win10 Home I installed was one I'd grabbed from the Windows Media Creation Tool years ago and was quite out of date, meaning it needed a number of updates once installed. I'm not sure if it's coincidence, but on the further two times I reinstalled this version it felt like the Start menu issue didn't occur until after updating the OS. I have also tried downloading a fresh version of Win10 Home through the Microsoft Media Creation Tool and installing that - same issue.
My troubleshooting steps so far:
Reinstalled Win10 Home multiple times from two different installers (one old, one fresh as of yesterday),
Uplugged the keyboard, then the mouse, then both and tried another set (in case of cheap keyboard weirdness), plus tried switching from the board USB ports to the case ports,
Re-seated the RAM,
Tried one RAM stick only in slot 2, then 1, then repeated with the other stick,
Tried a stick of DDR4 3200 RAM from another PC in either slot,
Ran a Windows Memory Diagnostic (clear),
Removed the Wi-Fi card, then the HD Audio header, then the case USB 2.0 and 3.1 headers,
Updated the board's BIOS from 2.10 to 2.73, then back to 1.60 as per ASRock's CPU compatability table,
Updated all relevant chipset and APU graphics drivers,
Double-checked all overclocking is off in BIOS, including XMP (found after a Google search that the "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" in Chrome and Edge might be OC related),
Tried installing Windows to a different, older PC (didn't seem to exhibit the same issue, but the system as a whole is ancient so difficult to distinguish chug from outright failure!),
Removed the motherboard from the case and reconnected the power, HDMI, and keyboard/mouse to check for case shorts.
One thing I had observed was that the initial troubles started around the time we installed Minecraft, as it seems that logging into her Microsoft account through the MC launcher woke up the long-thought-dead beast that is Microsoft Family Safety. This horrible piece of software near crippled her older sister's PC in the past and was a PITA to remove, and on this new PC it initially limited her access to Chrome. I relaxed the settings and thought that was that, but now these new issues seem to have emerged. Is it possible that Microsoft are still screwing with her system, even after multiple re-installs of Windows?
I also noticed that every time the Start menu does open, there's a brief flash of the blue Windows loading wheel next to the mouse pointer, and then the menu vanishes again! I've tried to catch what this might be in the Task Manager but no joy - however the StartMenuExperienceHost.exe does list in the system as having experienced a crash each time.
I can now only assume it's something to do with the motherboard or CPU, but have no clue how I could test for this. I'm absolutely lost for ideas, and really getting quite dispondant now as not only is this my daughter's birthday present that's been pretty much unusable for the past couple of weeks, but also because I've built probably a couple of dozen or so PCs in my time, and not once have I come across such an elusive issue as this.
Any help or ideas would be hugely appreciated!

Hi all!
I've encountered a really bizarre issue with a PC I put together for my daughter's birthday, and have been tearing my hair out for the past 2 weeks trying to get to the bottom of what might be causing it.
It'll only be used for school work and light gaming, and so I decided to go for an AMD APU setup. The PC was put together using all-new parts, and is specced as follows:
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
AsRock A520M HDV MicroATX Motherboard
Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz DDR4
Patriot P300 M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 256GB NVMe Drive
Corsair CP-9020101-UK CX450M 450 W 80+ Bronze PSU
Generic brand dual-band Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card
DEEPCOOL MATREXX 40 3FS Mini Tower case
Everything went off without a hitch initially, and my daughter was happily playing games on it for a couple of days, but then started mentioning that games were closing themselves. I took a look for myself, and found that the Start button didn't always respond when clicked, and when it did actually open it tended to close itself again in 1-5 seconds. Browsers (Edge and Chrome) also started to either close themselves or hit an error page with a "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" message, and her games (Minecraft, Star Stable, and Roblox) all close themselves anywhere from straight away on launch up to 5 minutes of play. I've also noticed that system menus like the Windows Settings and Updates pages tend to vanish after a short while too.
The version of Win10 Home I installed was one I'd grabbed from the Windows Media Creation Tool years ago and was quite out of date, meaning it needed a number of updates once installed. I'm not sure if it's coincidence, but on the further two times I reinstalled this version it felt like the Start menu issue didn't occur until after updating the OS. I have also tried downloading a fresh version of Win10 Home through the Microsoft Media Creation Tool and installing that - same issue.
My troubleshooting steps so far:
Reinstalled Win10 Home multiple times from two different installers (one old, one fresh as of yesterday),
Uplugged the keyboard, then the mouse, then both and tried another set (in case of cheap keyboard weirdness), plus tried switching from the board USB ports to the case ports,
Re-seated the RAM,
Tried one RAM stick only in slot 2, then 1, then repeated with the other stick,
Tried a stick of DDR4 3200 RAM from another PC in either slot,
Ran a Windows Memory Diagnostic (clear),
Removed the Wi-Fi card, then the HD Audio header, then the case USB 2.0 and 3.1 headers,
Updated the board's BIOS from 2.10 to 2.73, then back to 1.60 as per ASRock's CPU compatability table,
Updated all relevant chipset and APU graphics drivers,
Double-checked all overclocking is off in BIOS, including XMP (found after a Google search that the "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" in Chrome and Edge might be OC related),
Tried installing Windows to a different, older PC (didn't seem to exhibit the same issue, but the system as a whole is ancient so difficult to distinguish chug from outright failure!),
Removed the motherboard from the case and reconnected the power, HDMI, and keyboard/mouse to check for case shorts.
One thing I had observed was that the initial troubles started around the time we installed Minecraft, as it seems that logging into her Microsoft account through the MC launcher woke up the long-thought-dead beast that is Microsoft Family Safety. This horrible piece of software near crippled her older sister's PC in the past and was a PITA to remove, and on this new PC it initially limited her access to Chrome. I relaxed the settings and thought that was that, but now these new issues seem to have emerged. Is it possible that Microsoft are still screwing with her system, even after multiple re-installs of Windows?
I also noticed that every time the Start menu does open, there's a brief flash of the blue Windows loading wheel next to the mouse pointer, and then the menu vanishes again! I've tried to catch what this might be in the Task Manager but no joy - however the StartMenuExperienceHost.exe does list in the system as having experienced a crash each time.
I can now only assume it's something to do with the motherboard or CPU, but have no clue how I could test for this. I'm absolutely lost for ideas, and really getting quite dispondant now as not only is this my daughter's birthday present that's been pretty much unusable for the past couple of weeks, but also because I've built probably a couple of dozen or so PCs in my time, and not once have I come across such an elusive issue as this.
Any help or ideas would be hugely appreciated!

Hi all!
I've encountered a really bizarre issue with a PC I put together for my daughter's birthday, and have been tearing my hair out for the past 2 weeks trying to get to the bottom of what might be causing it.
It'll only be used for school work and light gaming, and so I decided to go for an AMD APU setup. The PC was put together using all-new parts, and is specced as follows:

• AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
• AsRock A520M HDV MicroATX Motherboard
• Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz DDR4
• Patriot P300 M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 256GB NVMe Drive
• Corsair CP-9020101-UK CX450M 450 W 80+ Bronze PSU
• Generic brand dual-band Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card
• DEEPCOOL MATREXX 40 3FS Mini Tower case

Everything went off without a hitch initially, and my daughter was happily playing games on it for a couple of days, but then started mentioning that games were closing themselves. I took a look for myself, and found that the Start button didn't always respond when clicked, and when it did actually open it tended to close itself again in 1-5 seconds. Browsers (Edge and Chrome) also started to either close themselves or hit an error page with a "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" message, and her games (Minecraft, Star Stable, and Roblox) all close themselves anywhere from straight away on launch up to 5 minutes of play. I've also noticed that system menus like the Windows Settings and Updates pages tend to vanish after a short while too.
The version of Win10 Home I installed was one I'd grabbed from the Windows Media Creation Tool years ago and was quite out of date, meaning it needed a number of updates once installed. I'm not sure if it's coincidence, but on the further two times I reinstalled this version it felt like the Start menu issue didn't occur until after updating the OS. I have also tried downloading a fresh version of Win10 Home through the Microsoft Media Creation Tool and installing that - same issue.
My troubleshooting steps so far:

• Reinstalled Win10 Home multiple times from two different installers (one old, one fresh as of yesterday),
• Uplugged the keyboard, then the mouse, then both and tried another set (in case of cheap keyboard weirdness), plus tried switching from the board USB ports to the case ports,
• Re-seated the RAM,
• Tried one RAM stick only in slot 2, then 1, then repeated with the other stick,
• Tried a stick of DDR4 3200 RAM from another PC in either slot,
• Ran a Windows Memory Diagnostic (clear),
• Removed the Wi-Fi card, then the HD Audio header, then the case USB 2.0 and 3.1 headers,
• Updated the board's BIOS from 2.10 to 2.73, then back to 1.60 as per ASRock's CPU compatability table,
• Updated all relevant chipset and APU graphics drivers,
• Double-checked all overclocking is off in BIOS, including XMP (found after a Google search that the "STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION" in Chrome and Edge might be OC related),
• Tried installing Windows to a different, older PC (didn't seem to exhibit the same issue, but the system as a whole is ancient so difficult to distinguish chug from outright failure!),
• Removed the motherboard from the case and reconnected the power, HDMI, and keyboard/mouse to check for case shorts.

One thing I had observed was that the initial troubles started around the time we installed Minecraft, as it seems that logging into her Microsoft account through the MC launcher woke up the long-thought-dead beast that is Microsoft Family Safety. This horrible piece of software near crippled her older sister's PC in the past and was a PITA to remove, and on this new PC it initially limited her access to Chrome. I relaxed the settings and thought that was that, but now these new issues seem to have emerged. Is it possible that Microsoft are still screwing with her system, even after multiple re-installs of Windows?
I also noticed that every time the Start menu does open, there's a brief flash of the blue Windows loading wheel next to the mouse pointer, and then the menu vanishes again! I've tried to catch what this might be in the Task Manager but no joy - however the StartMenuExperienceHost.exe does list in the system as having experienced a crash each time.
I can now only assume it's something to do with the motherboard or CPU, but have no clue how I could test for this. I'm absolutely lost for ideas, and really getting quite dispondant now as not only is this my daughter's birthday present that's been pretty much unusable for the past couple of weeks, but also because I've built probably a couple of dozen or so PCs in my time, and not once have I come across such an elusive issue as this.
Any help or ideas would be hugely appreciated!

First off, I really like how Tesla implemented 2x standard wireless phone charger in the middle console which is a masterpiece in terms of fit and finish, materials and looks, especially the alcantara like fabric where the phone lays. Other companies can’t achieve that simplicity even if you pay extra. But some phones are to small some are to big for the wireless charger coils, I experienced that myself with the iPhone 12/13 Mini and Max version, thats was one buying decision for the normal sized Pro version. Now back to the topic:
With the coming Tesla Model 3 Facelift/Costreduction/Highland whatever. And also the newly released Qi2 standard which adopted the Magsafe Holding Style from Apple wouldn’t it be great to have this standard integrated so that the phones are almost glue like attached? I hope they consider the new wireless charging standard in all their wireless phone charging equipment maybe it will be a silent small upgrade like they also improve incrementally to all their models (:
Any ideas or clues if this will be a thing to come and be happy about in future for future customers? (:

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Been thinking about what I’d like for AC Infinite to have been, a sort of fantasy wish list.
Would love for it to have been a sort of modern world game set in the present. You play as a modern day assassin or Templar, searching for pieces of Eden. Essentially, it is a worldwide treasure hunt where we have to go into the Animus to detach for clues throughout history.
The game then downloads the past elements you need for obtaining those clues, be that a full assassin’s creed game (including previous games) or a mini game.
Ubisoft can keep the main game then as an evolving online game while still incorporating major game releases into the story. Gamers can jump between different eras in order to find clues.
Thoughts? What would you like to see.

Honestly I didn’t know how else to title this. Also this may be a longish post since I’m trying to remember all the important details. I know that I wasn’t perfect in the relationship either but Idk what I did to deserve this.
It’s been 5 or 6 years since my first relationship ended. I was 2 years older than him and we had already dated before for 6 months before we broke up the first time. It was very toxic and we were fighting a lot (mainly me getting mad and him crying bc he had parents that always fought so he never wanted to fight…made me feel like I was a monster for always being the one getting mad even thought he would make me mad…) also no I don’t have a history of anger issues before anyone tries to say anything
We ended up getting back together bc he went into boot camp and we missed each other and once he got back, we immediately got back together (we definitely should’ve stayed broken up). We dated for about 6 more months after that. This guy was my first of everything. I had made a promise to stay pure until marriage and he told me he wanted the same thing….until he convinced me that we would end up marrying each other anyway so it didn’t matter.
A couple months go by and that’s where fighting starts to continue (just like before our first breakup). We were still together and then me him and my (our) bestfriend went on a mini trip in the summer. I had a feeling before that trip that something was going on between them but couldn’t figure out what. I knew before we even had gotten together he told me that he had a crush on her first but she had a boyfriend at the time. The night before, I go through his phone and see text messages (I know bad idea but he was losing my trust). I see messages to her that he would rather be with her instead of me and she responded back that she did think he was cute but it would be wrong because he should be with me. He even told her he loved her in the messages.
Fast forward, we have an intimate moment in our room….and he keeps calling me her name. Not once, not twice but 3 times. At this point I’m just numb and don’t get mad because I always thought this is what love was. This was my first relationship early 20s. I always date to marry and I always thought it would be so special if I only had one boyfriend and then that would be it i’d just marry my first boyfriend. Later that night I confront my bestfriend about it and I can’t exactly remember what she says but she told me that i had nothing to worry about.
That morning I confront him and I tell him that he told another girl that he loved her “Well she’s my bestfriend too”. Like no…you told her you loved her in a romantic way….”Well she’s my bestfriend too” is all he kept saying. You would’ve thought i’d break up with him then and there right?? nope. I wanted to make it work. I was fighting for something that wasn’t even there anymore.
Now this is the part where I knew I absolutely messed up and wish I could take words back. One of his friends ended up passing away and he was supposed to come to my fam reunion. He told me he didn’t want to come to my fam reunion and he had been telling me lies already and honestly idk if he had just made a story up. He told me he was staying with the friends family said so I said okay. That night I got intoxicated from going out to dinner with fam (i was 22 don’t worry) and I was texting him and said a very worrying remake and said maybe if i did something he would care about me then too. I know that was a stupid thing to say and if i could take it back i would. The next morning i find out he’s out to bfast with said bestfriend.
Two nights roll by (we haven’t had any contact with each other) and I see he’s out to dinner with said bestfriend again. At this point it’s about 130am? so I go out and drive to see if he’s home. He’s not. I drive by his friends. Not there either. I go to my bestfriends….there’s his jeep in her yard. I try calling her and him no one answers. Finally my friend gets back to me. I ask her if she knows where my bf is….she said she has no clue and maybe he’s at his house….meanwhile i’m staring at his jeep at HER house. Later that morning he calls me and says i’m a crazy stalker and ends up breaking up with me. I did feel crazy honestly. I felt so crazy but it wasn’t because of me. It was them making me feel crazy.
This is when I started going to therapy. Then 2 years later I got into another relationship (go to my page to see how that one turned out).
It feels wrong to still be hurt by this because it’s been so long but then things make me think about and I get hurt all over again. Why didn’t you just break up with me if you didn’t love me anymore??? There’s still questions unanswered.
Oh and of course you get nosey and want to know how the other person is doing right?? He’s married now with 2 kids. Soooo I mean i’m happy for him but dang he did me so dirty. And don’t worry I immediately cut off ties with the friend too.
EDIT: No, I definitely don’t want him back. I don’t dwell on this all the time but if something pops up that makes me think of it then I question why all over again. What really got me thinking about it again was listening to the Two Hot Takes podcast and hearing some stories that sounded similar to mine hahah. I’m also the type of person that would rather get hurt than hurting someone else (don’t worry i’m working on it in therapy).

As I get ready to start my day on this wonderful Sunday. I’m heading to work because someone called out to cover a shift. My wife is getting ready for work as well, which is usual because when you run your own small business it’s just as hard finding people to work and she had someone call out too. I’m not going to sit here and complain and bitch because of the state of the economy it’s just fcked up. Everyone wants to restructure and make things easier and employ people to do things on their own or be simplified by a machine. That’s just the way the world is, just wishing I knew where the damn work ethic went. News flash people are lazy and now before anyone goes on their empowered bitch session calling out whatever they can or making justifications. Here is the reality you have great workers, good workers, ok workers, bad workers and people that just don’t give a shit. I’m not coming on here to bitch and complain but to tell a story and a true one at that. I will ramble on, and people will bitch about that too! Anyways on to my story and for the record I’m aware this is too long and only like 1% will read it fully and to you good old VZ maybe one day but this is even beyond you, but you played a big part. I wish whole heartedly this business would change, and customers would change, and the world would change, cause for fcks sake people need to freaking hug each other. Also, for the record I’m generally just an honest hard-working dude that gives a shit about everyone around me and my heart bleeds through my sleeves. I have done my best to just show people there are just good people out there!
So anyways here’s my damn story and my frustrations which overflowed yesterday and to start this story let’s start with some changes and effects. The easiest way is to start this script for a shitty movie because I can’t shut my trap. Anyways I was talking to an employee a few weeks ago that has been in this industry for a lot longer than me for the record. I would say they are from the bag phone age. I started 18 years ago selling flip phones with no color and every phone had a different charging port. I have always been a fixer and if you have been in this industry and have grown with it and you have a general understanding people will come to you for help. Now I encourage people to ask me questions and for help there is no better feeling than taking care of a customer or employee that is a little lost and being selfless about it. Just for example a customer came in recently that lost her son 3 years ago. She had a voicemail saved and didn’t want to lose it. I assured her that I got her covered. A long time ago before this wonderful age of tech. The solution here was to hook up a mini tape recorder, play the voicemail, and record it on the tape. For all you young pups it’s those square things with brown film running through it. So, I showed her how to email the voicemail and then helped her save it to the cloud. I completed both and played the message, I comforted her knowing as we go through this process, she’s going to get emotional. I didn’t try to sell her anything, my goal was simply for her to know that no matter what happens to her phone or her service that she can hear her son’s voice and she won’t lose it. Now for all you uneducated sales people sometimes it’s not all about making money, but it will result in money. Here is the fact and I guess the moral of the story. While I didn’t make a cent today, I made a feeling for someone. I showed that I cared and took care of them. Now when they go into a store or call customer service for something, and they don’t get treated right or someone somewhere bitches about there cell phone service to this nice lady she is going to mention the nice gentleman and what store he’s at. So, say what you want but that’s a strong lead in my book. Anyways off this exit and back on the road. This employee knows I will help figure out the issues and since we lost our account managers our direct connection to the good Old VZ was cut, that the days of fixing the issues are limited. I had to tell them that are days of going above beyond are ending and there are going to be situations where we just can’t do anything. Mind you this isn’t because it is not possible or that it’s the wrong thing to do. It’s because the person on the other end of the phone these days is comparable to having a toddler come up with a business plan for a fortune 500 company and it work flawlessly. This isn’t the CS reps that have been around and know the system and care about people. This is Jake that has you repeat yourself ten times over while he’s talking to bobby and frank trying to figure out what the hell they are doing. For the record, outsourced names have been withheld because they get to choose it on their first day of work in outsourcing. When I informed this employee of CS outsourcing more, well it was the same look my mom gave me when I came home one night with my ear pierced and bleach blond hair.
Now I started with the big old red many moons ago. I was supposed to transfer states with what used to be a fantastic company that was the epicenter of customer service (oddly no longer around) decided that money had a shit ton more value than people and my column in excel got lost. I was supposed to go to that home office in the new state and have a store all set to start at. Yeah lol no one had a clue of who I was, and something got lost along the way. No biggie just 6 years of blood, sweat and tears. So started my 18 yearish journeys indirectly with VZ. Back then you could do well for yourself to start a company and open a VZ store. There were small companies, medium companies and large ones. It was a different world where customer service was king and VZ was the shiznit! Now I’m biased here but sold the beep beep, the Nokia snake game, the sidekick! I had experience with it all. Man was I nervous from what I came from starting from the bottom as an employee coming from being the go-to manager. I could write a top selling book about these 6 years that formed me. Maybe if I get upvoted enough that could be a career path as the masses are typing TL/DDGAS/CRC. Lmao typing that just let me know how my dad felt when we were laughing as he was moving the Nintendo controller trying to move the person on the screen. Oh, that’s just fcking great damn I’m old lol. Anyways I learned that leaders and mind you leaders and managers are too different things folks. I saw selfless caring people that ran a great business and to this day even with all the bullshit treat every customer like family. Seriously don’t people fcking miss that when you walked into a store and got a smile instead of someone looking at you like your wasting their time. Yes, I know I said I wouldn’t bitch anyways back on track. I learned how to make money feel good about yourself and other people recommended you and it just went full circle. So that is how I have tried to run my business. That was the start of my journey which brought me here to make a long ass post that no one will read because I want people to give out more fcking hugs! Lmao!!
The paragraphs are for the one commented I have potential this was the next chapter I appreciate you!! I hope you’re enjoying this one! Anyways off I went and started the same cycle moved to another state and there was a lot more than just Big 5 back then and I had the experience of managing a store and enjoyed what I did. So, I started with another small VZ company and shaped the last 12 years of my career. I have had a blast and I love the company I work for which is one of the Big 5 cause that’s all that exists these days. I was fortunate to be able to continue with the same values and teach and show a bunch of people along the way. The crazy thing is you wouldn’t imagine the things you come across in this industry. I have had people threaten to kill me multiple times, had people throw things, knock over chairs, there have been multiple bathroom accidents on the sales floor, lots and lots of crying, some picketing here and there. I mean just why people. I had someone threaten to try to destroy one of my stores by bashing it online and to everyone he knew. The reason was for a phone he had over the warranty of a year, and he wanted it replaced. Now I kindly told this man what to do and how to handle his situation I also said if you want to bash my store because I am doing everything I can to help you please go ahead. I am confident in my ability to provide service. You know because well I haven’t done anything else, and I truly love what I do, and I wouldn’t leave the industry. I will put up with any bullsh!t and I will do it for that nice lady that just needed someone to care and save her voicemail. Now on to the last paragraph and if you made it this far thank you! I also realize at this point I am just bitching lol.
Anyways here is the thing we are in a service-based industry. If you slowly take the ability of providing service to the service-based industry it makes it super freaking difficult. So here are the realities people need phones, they need stores, they need customer service. It’s not a want or a luxury, there is a shit ton of need. We can’t change any of it, nothing you read or that I wrote will make a difference. So, I guess I’m asking myself was there a point of all of this and thinking of Eminem lyrics of Stan lmao. Did I just do the same thing that I am bitching about a lot of bitching. I guess I do not know what the hell I’m reaching for and joyfully doing it on a public forum lol. So, I guess the point is if you read this long as fucking post there are good people that generally care. Slow the fck down and ne nice try to understand that everyone has sh!t going on. So, if you read this or just scrolled to the bottom cause its to fcking long be a little nicer today cause this post will be seamlessly lost among a bunch of other posts. To you shady reps out there that give the industry the name it is be a little less shady today maybe care a little. As I’m getting judged now lmao for those companies that push your people to be shady… well you probably won’t see this. To big VZ you control it all you squeezed the juice out the lemon. You’re going to and will continue to drink the lemonade. I will continue my journey and ultimately this is how I support my family. I’m going to continue what I do and I’m going to enjoy it. It just sucks that it gets harder and it’s not that it gets harder because it’s harder work. It gets harder because people make harder work to make more money. Have a wonderful day folks! All you great, good, ok workers and the ones that show up thank you. I guess even you shitty people too cause in the end you don’t control that either as long as you show up as well. Peace out said the rambling man!

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I made a new crossword game! www.pyramini.com
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im a new music producer in learning and i got a new akai mpk mini today and i know midi keyboards usually work right out of the box but this one wont translate any sound, it lights up when plugged in so i know it works, someone pleasee helpp!! in willing to get on a video call

Hello Redditors I hope you are doing well. I've done the basics to fix this (battery in and out) and found only one unusual semi solution. My main cellphone which is a Samsung S5 has been a good tool for the past 8 years. A gift from my Dad. I did have a light drop from my waist height a few days before this problem started. It has in it's life time taken some drops since it's been with me. I'm surprised at it's durability. Screen has micro scratches no major damage that you can see. Before you read the rest I'm sorry for the long text I tried to keep it as concise as possible.
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The Problem -
In the start the phone would freeze and require just the simple battery out in fix, but the day after it wasn't so easy. Basically when I power on the phone the screen is like old TV Static with mini colored dots. It boots up full brightness in this Static Mode then goes dims and after which it goes black screen with the Blue Notification LED Light working. It stays in this black screen till I press home button or power button again which lights up the two bottom buttons and starts a boot loop. I watched quite a few videos on Youtube and found a few with the same problem that I can post here. I'm unsure of What the issue might be Hardware, Software, or Just Old. I hope it's something I can fix it long enough to back up the information on there. Would take me like two hours to strip it if the screen worked. I've got about 100 Memo notes, 500 Phone numbers, Lots of Texts, audio logs, 300 bookmarks on Firefox, and a few pictures not yet backed up or transferred off the device storage.
The One Weird Solution - Putting it in the FREEZER. That's right one video I saw said to put it in my freezer which totally worked. I put it in for between 15 to 30 mins before which I power it on so it does its static boot loop. After I pop the freezer and press either home button or power button my screen works. Unfortunately its hit or miss when I try to log in. Sometimes its laggy other times its like normal. Once I'm into my phone it has about 1 minute before the screen lags and freezes on whatever I'm doing which has only one way out of that. Pressing the power button starting the whole boot loop again. I'm not well versed in tech but I think maybe a LCD Screen Change could work. A hardware fix which is the only explanation I have for the Freezer trick working.
Things worth mentioning -
I've had to for a few months now turn on developer options and tick box for Turn Off Hardware Overlays to prevent this weird kind of Screen Roll. Had to do that pretty much anytime the device has a reboot.
About six months ago it did this unusual thing where I would set it down either lightly or hardly and then it vibrates and reboot. This would happen maybe like 5 or so times a month.
Start up noise does work, but I did manage to use my phone long enough to switch to vibrate because it was annoying
Carrier is At & t
I did buy a replacement same model it's on the way. Model begin SM - G900A
I did not download any new apps recently
I have Google play set on Don't Update Apps Without my permission
Not 100 percent sure But I think my current gen OS is KitKat
First time I got the lag, freeze, and then reboot It had a Mint Green Screen with Two white gears spinning and a loading bar saying 1 of 1 optimizing android (This is from memory sorry if I'm wrong)
I have seen that Optimizing Android screen a couple times before not sure if it has anything to do with Updates
The battery is aftermarket and I do have the original which I did try on the phone despite it being bloated.
I don't have Samsung Smart Switch Downloaded or An Antivirus App installed *Dumb me right*
My Device storage Memory last I checked was 15 Gb used out of 16 Gb
Not sure If I ever made a Samsung Account which could have helped me with backing up contacts texts and maybe memo notes
I'm aware of Data recovery options such as Flash fixers Who strip out the device memory card from the motherboard and copy it to a USB. Really a last resort for me since it costs like 500 dollars
My Hope -
Basically I'm reaching out to Reddit to see if anyone know what the problem is most likely and if I can fix it even long enough just to take all my info off it. The Freezer trick is like the biggest clue, but I'm not finding anything online as to what that might mean. Maybe some of you know what that points to. Hopefully we get this solved and it helps more people than just me.