Ok, I'm seeing this...A LOT...

Discord 2FA is a joke. 2FA is supposed to protect you from what is EXACTLY happening with people on Discord, which bypasses Discord's 2FA. Period. End of Story.

People are getting their accounts stolen because of a mix of social engineering and hackery.

If someone asks you to try out their game on Discord to test it out before they publish it in less than 4 days (may be 1-3 days, or 2-3 days), DO NOT CLICK THE LINK!

Hey all, been a while!

I know back in July I posted a question about streaming overlays. If that wasn't a preview of what's been happening over the past month...this is what's been happening.

I've been starting to stream regularly on my twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/salemadams) of Star Citizen. Because of the regular streaming AND because I've had at least 3 people watching, I've gotten affiliate. Now, I'm wanting to take it a bit more seriously.

I have commissioned an artist to do a full twitch package, and may also commission them to do a few emotes too for subscribing (one of my regulars/VIPs gave me an idea of my fursona holding a sign showing "No bulli").

Right now, I'm not expecting to get partner, but feel free to watch me regularly.

I stream Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:45 p.m. GMT-7/8 until about 10 p.m. (Schedule here: https://www.twitch.tv/salemadams/schedule and it converts it to your local timezone).

If you want to do a simultaneous, collaborative, or co-host a stream with me, please contact me, and we'll discuss it. I am open to those who don't want to stream on their end, but just host me on their twitch channel and play a game alongside me. Or Just want to play the game with me, and don't mind me streaming it and making money.

If you'd like to support me outside of twitch, I do have a donation box and a Ko-fi. Either one is linked to my Paypal to make processing easier for me. I'm still in the process of setting up my Ko-fi page. I have enabled monthly donations from Ko-fi, so if you want to subscribe that way, go for it!

The difference between supporting me on Twitch and supporting me outside of Twitch is I get more money outside of Twitch. However, if you support me within Twitch, when my new subscriber options become live, you'll see what I can do for you.

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/salemadams
Donation: https://own3d.pro/salemadams

Hey all,

I was wondering if there's anyone out there that specializes in stream overlays. I use OBS Studio (NOT Streamlabs OBS or OBS.live). I'm looking for a good streaming package for a decent price.

Well, I have quite a bit of depression now. Feeling lovesick and needing in-person human interaction.

Eh, I do have friends who are trying to help, but only online.

RL...is another story. While I do have friends in RL, only one would be able to give the kind of interaction that I would need. And even then, it would have to be over at their home.

At least I have a decent career going!

Hey all!

After posting my latest pictures, I saw people favoriting my stuff like mad, but in the end, only about half of all favorites stuck around. I would check those individual pages, and they are removed or have been removed.

My question is why? Why use favorites as a TEMPORARY bookmark measure and then remove it? Haven't you used the "bookmark" feature within your web browser? Even if you were using a mobile browser, if you're using the same web browser on your phone as your desktop, your bookmarks SYNC. So, why the hell are you using a metric that artists and character owners use to see how popular something is, skewing the numbers? If you're gonna favorite something, KEEP IT UP. Don't use favorites as your temporary bookmarks!

This is very irritating when someone does this. Some of us use Favorites as a METRIC. It's the equivalent of giving a like and subscribe on YouTube.

For those that follow me on FA, twitter, or Discord, know that I stopped streaming because of a data cap that is on my internet. I've since started paying more money for the data cap to be removed after getting the job I have right now.

Streaming will be making a comeback. I am considering streamig the following games:
* Final Fantasy XIV (from current positioning, which has no story at the moment)
* Sea of Thieves
* Jackbox Party Pack games with friends, either fully vaccinated & in person or online only.
* Armello

I will also consider any other games that pique my interest, and may be solo or together with other players. If you suggest it, do not expect to play it with me.

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God, why must Prenisone give you insomnia...

Anyways, incoming commissions that I have yet to post!

I have a new job, that pays decently, nearly double what I used to earn. I start towards the end of the month now! Deets will be posted privately if anyone wants to know!

So...now...I'm much less depressed, very much happier, and now, I'm working with a friend from High School, who knows I"m a furry. :D

Hey all! I'm using PostyBirb for this, and probably will be doing this in the future, so I can write one post and have it posted in multiple places.

So, if you haven't been following what's been going on my FA, I've been feeling down and depressed. The past couple of days I felt better, and this was after rebuilding my PC, simply to clean it and to make it better. Ended up putting it in my new case for now, so I can feel some sort of accomplishment.

However, these days have ended. I'm back to being depressed again. I'm going to try to work on feeling better.

I'll be on Discord if you want to talk.

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Hey all

I've been fighting some depression, even though I recently had my birthday (Feb. 5).

Lately, I've been applying for jobs, only to get rejected. I really want to get a competent job, one which will let me do research or let me use my criminology and criminal justice degree or my ability to use data to summarize and translate to laymans terms.

I...I don't know anymore....

Whelp, after years of use, I've decided to get rid of CCleaner. There's been a few controversies, and lately, they've been doing self-advertisements that if you decline, it's been trying to trigger FOMO (literally stating "I'll miss out"). I got sick and tired, so I looked for alternatives.

I was looking between Glary utilities and Bleachbit. I decided on Bleachbit for a few reasons, one of which is that it was FOSS with community support and no advertisements. Another reason was the customization and seemingly privacy-focused it was.

After my first cleaning with Bleachbit (Which was 8 GB total), I have this to say.

OMFG, my Firefox is running faster, my comptuer is running nicer, and after setup, it was easy to clean. Hell, if I screw up on the settings, instead of doing a clean install of the program, I can tell it to reset itself to defaults, which after two clicks, makes it easier.

I am loading web pages faster too. And this is beyond using 1.1.1.1. This is actually making an impact on my web browser. Using their vacuuming tool really helps with the program.

EDIT: Follow-up to the previous two journals here and here.

Hey all,

I'm feeling a bit better, since I've had some solutions happen since the last post, including having competent people delivering groceries and following notes (Still am waiting for USPS to get their butt in gear).

However, I'm still feeling slightly depressed, and that's due to lack of in-person contact and in-person touch. I know once I'm able to walk around and spend time with friends in person, I'll feel much better, because I can be held, touched, and feeling like someone cares that is with me in person. Not that I'm saying you all don't care (I know you do), it's the way my brain processes things, and with the relationship I had over a month ago since the writing in this journal (see the Sept. 6 journal "Life update [WARNING: DRAMA]" for more information), I do need to be held.

Right now...I'm in a dark area of my mind.

I've been dealing with delivery screw ups....lots and lots of screwups.

Lowes, never communicated to me there was a delay in shipping the order within 24 hours, per their site, never said it was being handled by a third-party. And even then, it was significantly delayed, arriving a week after it was supposed to, because they falsely advertised their arrival date.

Last week, an Amazon Fresh delivery arrived but the driver never followed delivery instructions. The instructions said to deliver to the side door, describing in detail where the side door is. Then also stated to ring doorbell upon arrival. The driver delivered it to the front door, against the instrctions, and I didn't find out about the delivery until 5 hours later, because I was busy doing other things at the time. Amazon refunded the money for the perishable stuff.

And tonight, I had a delivery through my grocery store, who normally delivers it. Instead, they handed it over to DoorDash. Again, same thing with that, but now, missing $20 worth of groceries, some of which I needed because of the medicine I'm taking. Safeway is going to be delivering tomorrow the missing product.

And...I"m just...wanting to be held...wanting closeness...wanting someone to give me some loving. However, COVID...so....

EDIT: To clarify and answer "Why don't you drive to pick up your groceries and/or go to the grocery store yourself?" I will say this. I am immuno-compromised. I have a disease where the immune system attacks itself, on top of the treatment for this disease, which blocks the production of one specific part of the immune system, so...yeah. I'm getting groceries delivered to lower my chances of getting COVID-19.

I have a wildfire nearby my location. I am currently safe. This wildfire started over the Labor day weekend. It's called the Riverside Fire, and as of the time of writing, is threatening part of the Portland Metro area, which includes Estecada, Canby, Oregon City, Damascus, and all the smaller communities in that area. I'll post any updates if necessary.

Wildfire evacuation map for Oregon: http://multco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/.....ea2091b9882125
Riverside Fire information: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7174/

Whelp, I've had the most wonderful past couple of weeks (note the dripping sarcasm).

For about the past month to month and a half, my RL mate and girlfriend got a boyfriend. I tried being courteous, but towards the end of August, she decided to abandon the relationship with me and I just cut ties with her, and she kept getting bitchier and bitchier. And she wasn't paying ANY rent. Here's the account of what's been happening, from my point of view, of the last couple of weeks.

Around August 22, I had a gout flare, and was put on prednisone. On August 24, the roommate and I wanted to talk to her about her weekly disappearing act. When she came home, she didn't want to talk with us and wanted to wait until the weekend. We were fine with that for the most part, but then things got worse...

Then on August 26, it got worse, so I had to be off of it, and on crutches, going back up to restarting prednisone at 40mg (I was at 30 at that time) and on Oxycodone. That's when my RL mate decided to be a bitch to me and not help me much. My roommate was disgusted with her about chores and helping around the house. I've asked my RL mate many times about helping around the house and she either doesn't do it or drags her feet to do it. And it was simple stuff like vacuuming a hallway once a week, or doing laundry. She would use her 5-year-old child as an excuse to get out of doing chores, loading me up with all the chores in the household. And when I was off of my feet, she still wouldn't help out.

So, my roommate, who is elderly and myself talked with her about dishes, and she said "I'm tired, I am going to be dealing with clothing tonight, and do dishes tomorrow." Also, on this day, I asked for an ice pack, because I had to be off of my ankle, and she wasn't willing to help initially. After stressing that I am in pain, she finally got up, grabbed an ice pack, and dropped it in the chair that had my foot, hitting my foot in the process and sending a sharp pain up my foot during this time.

The next day, she doesn't do dishes, complains of a migrane, and isn't willing to do the dishes despite having the TV on and the light on, and she was light-sensative. All this time, the roommate was helping me with food, going above and beyond what my RL mate at the time was doing. On Friday, I asked her if she could get me food. Mind you, I was still on crutches and was in severe pain. I wasn't asking for much, other than a yogurt and a glass of milk to take my meds, since her daughter wasn't up in time. She said "I don't have time, I got to take my daughter to school." The length of time for her to argue with me about that, was longer than it would take to do that simple request. It was at that point, after I got food and taking my meds, that I contacted my father, who owns the house.

I informed him of her disappearing, how both my roommate and I were feeling unsafe about her disappearing during this pandemic (mind you, I am immuno-compromised, I take Humira, which suppresses the immune system), and he basically told me to change the locks, she is no longer staying at that house as of that day. While my family and I knew there was a 5-year-old involved, and hated to do this, the now-ex-RL mate was putting myself and the roommate at risk for her weekly disappearing act, lying to both myself and the roommate, not following COVID-19 guidelines for high-risk households, and breaking quarantine. The primary reason for her getting kicked out was because of her not following COVID-19 guidelines. If she did follow the guidelines, then it would be a matter of grin and bear it until she finds a place. At that time, we set up movers and had the locks changed, and basically locked her out of the entire place. My father gave her the option of following guidelines from that point on until she's able to find a place within the timeframe, but she declined to take him up on that offer.

Fast forward to this past Tuesday. Movers already scheduled, moving boxes and supplies arrived. She was only allowed in the house to pack up stuff, with a mask on and following social distancing guidelines. She started to also be a rather royal, spoiled bitch about the whole thing. I asked her on Wednesday about my key, no key showed up. Same thing on Thursday. On Friday, I got fed up, told my mother about the key and the pantry, and how she hasn't bothered to finish packing her stuff. She then sent a message to her stating to pick up her food, clean out her stuff and give us the address for the movers. She did most of that. Didn't finish packing up her food.

When she handed back the key to my car, she said she sneezed on the key. Not a thing to joke about in the middle of a pandemic. At that point, I informed my parents about this, and they told me to go ahead and finish packing her stuff, which I did for the most part, saving a few things for the movers, because I'm that disgusted with her.

She's no longer allowed in the house, all she can do is watch them pack things up.

I...am so done...with her.

And I'm really going to do a thank-you dinner for my roommate, who's been dealing with this drama the entire time.

I was fired from my job a couple of weeks ago. I'm looking for a new one and trying to work on getting everything taken care of.

Honestly, I prefer this kind of protesting. While the cops ARE there, they are with the protesters WHILE ENSURING everyone's lives are safe. I will have to give Kudos to these protesters and cops who are protesting peacefully, together, and treating eachother with respect.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/lo.....0-f3df5f019f8c

Hey all, I was thinking, for my computer, I would love to commission an artist to do a BIOS boot logo. Anyone have any suggestions as to who to go to for this?

And for those who are going "What the f'ing hell is Salem talking about?" here's a short explanation.

I build my own computers for my own personal use, and sometimes even help others build comptuers. One option for these motherboards is to change the boot logo in the BIOS so you boot into your computer. Another thing is if Windows 10 is in UEFI Secure Boot mode, they will also use this logo to boot into Windows. So, this is a 2-for-1 special, that I'm wanting to have. Any artists that are interested, I will provide specs for the final product, but this may have quality changes you are not expecting.

Hey all! Long time no post.

So, my passenger tire is starting to get irritatingly low at least once or twice a month. I've been thinking about getting a new set of tires at some point, specifically STUDLESS snow tires. I already have a quote from Les Schwaub, of about $800 (rounded up). However, I know these tires are still good, save for one tire. I'm debating...

1.) Should I go save up money and get tires during the next fall sale?

2.) Should I get tires as soon as I can?

Please comment below.

O...my desktop right now, will not play games, even though it has a beefy video card (Radeon RX 580). After doing much troubleshooting and research, I found there's an issue with Windows 1903 and AMD graphics cards with the newer drivers.

The specific issue I'm having is literally the glitching that you see in hollywood for hacking, etc.

So, my options are as follows:

Option 1: Wait until things get fixed (which may take a while)
or
Option 2: Get an nVidia graphics card (Thinking RTX 2060).

I'm only doing 1080p 75hz gaming. My monitors, while freesync, are also G-Sync compatible (two ASUS VP247QG monitors). I"m not sure what else I can do on my end.

UPDATE: Decided to go with Option 2, RTX 2060 SUPER.

UPDATE 2: Whelp, the graphics card is completely bad. Just randomly shut down completely, causing issues for me. Good thing I have the RTX 2060 super on the way

Hey all, today's my birthday. Just turned 32.

And well...I woke up to snow this morning, so that's gonna mean I'm going to have to go to work extra early.

I'm severely disappointed in Gigabyte. I sent my RMA on the video card at the beginning of the month. They received it on December 10. I thought it would already be on its way back now. Instead, I just got an email (and a text from UPS), that it was JUST SHIPPED and my ETA to receive it is December 24. December 24...

I'm severely disappointed. That means that I will not be able to game with my desktop until Christmas...

Stay tuned to hear more disappointment at this point.

My Gout is flaring up. So, if I seem irritable for the next two weeks or so, it's because of my meds. >.<

Well, it's just a formality at this point, but I will have a Bachelor's degree in my hand in the next two weeks, and I'm done with college.

However...I'm still depressed, because I've lost a lot of people. Been accused of lying about going to see a doctor about it. I am, just that it's once every eight weeks at this point, which the last time, it got delayed by a couple of weeks. The last time I saw them was back in January. It's June...and I'm still depressed over losing some friends who decided that they'd dump me like yesterday's trash, instead of just coming up to me and just trying to comfort me, simply because they don't care that I'm someone who has Asperger's Syndrome, and while I'm still able to function, I don't always have a way to cope when I'm pushed into an emotional freeze loop. In fact, those friends just went with what this one person said, without realizing that said person pushed me into said loop, and they blame it all on me, EVEN when said person was told not to do things that would trigger the loop, SEVERAL times before.

It seems like my depression keeps coming back in waves...and lately I've been feeling underappreciated, ignored, and unloved.

Been struggling not to think about suicide either.