PSA:

Eat clowns, have funny shits.

15C today, perfect t-shirt weather

Sold some old junk, now I'm off to the bitcoin ATM for some no KYC

Because I no longer have a bank account to deposit into lol

math checks out

i am hurt.

Torrents are outdated, just kind1 all the things! 😂

Torrenting in 2024?

New Coracle design has it.

What do you like about it?

My husband is driving to the bank to try to sort out ongoing issues with wire transfers to our own account in Egypt.

We used to transfer with no issues but lately they have been blocked. And they don’t make it clear where it was blocked, so we have to talk to banks on both sides and triangulate where the issue is. It could be related to Egypt’s ongoing currency crisis since they’ve been doing some capital controls, but we don’t know yet.

And in the meantime we’ve been sending money via a remittance service instead, which is about 5x more expensive in terms of fees.

Fiat system is going great. Keep it up guys. Absolutely nothing to disrupt here.

i am at 80% probability on dropping my PhD. reason is financial;

apart from the fact that i have failed to secure a student loan previously, have to pay the first semester fee using Employwe Provident Fund money, have significant pay cut and financially unstable (honestly speaking).

what is next? if I drop my PhD, I have to resign from my university post. unfortunately, that is the rule. worse, i also have to pay back a sum of MYR100k to the university, probably RM1k as installment.

way forward, I am seeking employment elsewhere. I got a job offer with a decent pay rise of 14.5%, but i have to relocate to a different state. i will be distant from my wife until probably later november this year.

however, as of now, i dont observe any predatory clause in the employment contract ( i hope so), plus no abusive work hours ( again, I hope so). i mean, i got a job offer that pays me 54% more, but so many predatory clauses. as a government officer, my job is "kinda secure". but if i venture into the private industry world, my job will be on a rocking rock. but i guess everyone have to take some risk.

plus, i got the opportunity to do overtime. lots of it. so that is where i hope i can rebuild my personal economy.

wish me luck in health and luck in life.