This is unsettling to hear, because I haven’t had an issue in several months on my end. When it used to get bad, the one thing that always seemed to work for me was watching things in private tabs.

I’ve also used the Albanian VPN workaround, and it definitely worked in the past. Good luck, let us know if you find a solution!

I need to make a trek to the giant blue box. Lingonberry Master Race!

Don’t @ me cranberry peasants.

Swap the red LEDs for blue, should tie the whole room together.

The wall plate is a great idea if you don’t mind cutting holes in the wall.

Honestly, I’d grab a couple of acoustic tiles to put on either side of the TV and chuck all that shit behind them. Maybe cinch up and ziptie anything I know doesn’t need to move for a while.

Take your dog for a walk if you’re able. Go for 2 or 3 a day if you can stand it.

Assuming you weren’t on the lowest dose of whatever med it was and you didn’t step down for fear of heart related issues, you might need a week or 3 to readjust to raw emoting.

Find a group you can join and talk to/listen to. Look for a CBT group, a local men’s group, a singles group maybe. Volunteer at a community/senior center if you can stand to.

Barring all those options being feasible, go find a 12-step group and bring donuts. Tell them you aren’t comfortable sharing just yet and sit and listen.

It’s unfortunately very natural to feel hopeless and helpless in these trying times, just don’t give up hope and be willing to accept help if it comes your way.

The scarousal is powerful with this one.

It says Continue without disabling on the bottom of that banner, which if you do, it gives you access to the whole site without hassling you again. At least it does on my end with Firefox.

Obviously it’s bullshit to constantly badger you, but it doesn’t currently restrict access to anything.

Add a smaller boot drive to run the OS and programs from, for sure. Maybe 2 if he wants to dual boot Windows and Linux(Steam OS full release is on the horizon).

If you can snag a 5090 in 2-3 days when they release, you’ll definitely be future-proofing yourself a bit more. There’s a liquid cooled version of the 5090 by Gigabyte that’s sure to be one of the best performing aftermarket variants.

I’d also swap the motherboard with the Asrock Taichi X870E, which is the best featured X870E board IMO. I’ve also had loads of issues with Asus products. Otherwise, it looks pretty maxed out. You win all the brownie points!