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stocks_train

Elon Musk tells Twitter staff he sold Tesla stock to save the social network Twitter's new owner Elon Musk, who is also CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla and U.S. defense contractor SpaceX, told employees of the social media business on Thursday that he recently sold shares of Tesla to "save Twitter." He made the remarks during an all-hands meeting that he hosted in part to motivate Twitter employees who remain after sweeping layoffs to work hard. Musk let go of about half of Twitter employees following his acquisition of the company for $44 billion, or $54.20 per share. As CNBC previously reported, to finance his portion of that take-private deal, last week Musk sold at least another $3.95 billion worth of Tesla stock. According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission published Tuesday, the batch of shares he just sold amounted to 19.5 million more shares of Tesla. Earlier this year, he also sold over $8 billion worth of Tesla stock in April and roughly $7 billion worth in August. Musk has brought in employees from Tesla, including dozens of Autopilot engineers, to help with code review and other work at Twitter along with friends, financial backers and deputies from other companies that he has co-founded. Among other things, Musk wants Twitter to generate half of its revenue from Twitter Blue subscribers, and to become less reliant on advertising revenue. Musk’s Twitter distraction has shaken some of Tesla’s most stalwart bulls. For example, CNBC Pro reported, Wedbush Securities has removed Tesla from its top stock list. The firm has called Musk’s Twitter deal a “train wreck disaster,” saying the celebrity CEO has “tarnished” the Tesla story and created an “agonizing cycle” for shareholders to navigate.

When do shareholders of TSLA sue Elon for use Tesla employees to work for a private company?

Needs to re-coup all that money he’s losing in china.

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moviesuggestions_train

feel-good comedies while feeling down? going through a little tough time right now, looking for movie recommendations to lift me up. preferably comedy.

I've been rewatching a sort of chronology of what I think the peak comedy films were since the 1990s. So it basically goes in this order: **Coming Off of Airplane/Young Frankenstein era:** Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker - The Naked Gun series (1988-1994) - Hot Shots! 1 and 2 (1991-1993) Mel Brooks * Robin Hood Men in Tights (1993) * Dracula Dead and Loving It (1995) **We're definitely in the 90s now era:** Jim Carrey - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) - The Mask (1994) - Dumb and Dumber (1994) - Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) - Liar Liar (1997) Mike Myers: - Wayne's World 1 & 2 (1992-1993) - Austin Powers series (1997-2002) Mike Judge: - Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) - Office Space (1999) - Idiocracy (2006) The Farrelly Brothers: - Kingpin (1996) - There's Something About Mary (1998) - Me, Myself & Irene (2000) - Shallow Hal (2001) **Turn of the Milennium era:** American Pie series (1999 - 2012) *exclude the spinoffs ZAZ: Don't call it a comeback: - BASEketball (1998) - Rat Race (2001) - Scary Movie 3 (2004) - Scary Movie 4 (2006) The Wayans Bros: - Scary Movie (2000) - Scary Movie 2 (2001) - White Chicks (2004) **Frat Pack era:** Ben Stiller: - Heavy Weights (1995) - The Cable Guy (1996) - Mystery Men (1999) - Meet the Parents (2000) - Zoolander (2001) - Along Came Polly (2004) - Meet the Fockers (2004) Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughan: - DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) - Wedding Crashers (2005) Will Ferrell: - Anchorman (2004) - Talladega Nights (2006) - Step Brothers (2008) - The Other Guys (2010) (Expansion Pack) Jack Black: - High Fidelity (2000) - Orange County (2001) - School of Rock (2003) - Nacho Libre or Tenacious D (2006) **Rogen & Friends era:** Seth Rogen - The 40-Year Old Virgin (2005) - Superbad (2007) - Knocked Up (2007) - Pineapple Express (2008) - This Is the End (2013) Jason Segel/Paul Rudd: - Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) - Role Models (2008) - I Love You, Man (2009) - This Is 40 (2012) Jonah Hill dlc: - Get Him to the Greek (2010) - 21 Jump Street (2012) - 22 Jump Street (2014) **Scatter these through-out if you get burned out of someone:** Adam Sandler: - Billy Madison (1995) - Happy Gilmore (1996) - The Wedding Singer (1998) - The Waterboy (1998) - Big Daddy (1999) - Little Nicky (2000) - Mr. Deeds (2002) - Anger Management (2003) - 50 First Dates (2004) - The Longest Yard (2005) - Click (2006) - Chuck and Larry (2007) - You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) - Grown Ups (2010)

Maltilda Home Alone About Time (more sweet than funny, but definitely a feel good) Hope you feel better soon and find something good to watch!!

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changemyview_train

Change my view that The paparazzi/tabloid industry should be a federal crime Ya heard me right. There are already many laws to limit it. But it does not really stop anyone from rappelling down Danny DeVito's house and catch him petting a cat (horrible analogy but still). It is time we make paparazzi illegal. First of all, it is really disruptive to one's life. Yeah I get it celebrities should be used to cameras but they deserve quiet time. This ties in to my second point which is the mental cost of celebrities. They are unable to fully enjoy some quiet time with no cameras and unwind. This also means they have to look as neutral as possible and not do anything the tabloids will jump on. This ties into my third point which is fake news. You can be petting cat but from a certain angle it looks like you are hitting the cat. The most innocent stuff can look evil and dirty from certain angles. That is the angle all paparazzi try to get to stir up drama. It just instills fake news and lowers the rep for that certain celeb for no reason. And for the people saying 'free expression' or something, its not free expression, ur just tryna get some money and drama. Also last thing. Imagine yourself right now, then look at the corner of a window, now imagine there is a camera pointing at you. You suddenly feel uncomfortable, that is what celebs have to live with

We pay celebrities millions of dollars for the work they do. Part of that work is putting up with the paparazzi. Why should famous people be protected from part of their job? A protection which specifically isn't being afforded to random people? If you don't want to deal with paparazzi, you shouldn't have gotten famous. Being famous is trading your privacy for insane amounts of money. That's the trade you're making. If you want to act and don't want to be famous, there are plenty of small productions. If you want to sing and not be famous, there are thousands of small venues. If you want to play sports and not be famous, there are college and semi-professional teams. Being famous is a choice. And when a celeb made that choice, they knew paparazzi existed. It's an unpleasant part of the job, but everyone's job has shitty parts. There's no reason we should treat celebrities special by caring about something as small as this. They made the choice to be famous and famous means you have to deal with paparazzi. that's the deal. I have no sympathy for those who only want the good parts (again, MILLIONS of dollars and a job most people would kill for) and can't handle the bad.

If you make paparazzi images illegal you have to make all photojournalism illegal. Both are protected by the first amendment. Also if you think it's not a symbiotic relationship then you don't understand how celebrity works. There is a reason why paparazzi just happen to be in the right place at the right time. They are tipped off. That tip more often than not comes from the celeb themselves. Lastly. If you make paparazzi images illegal that would apply to literally everyone with a cell phone as well.

y8yb0x

moviesuggestions_train

Any psychological thriller recommendations? I’m home in bed, sick and I absolutely love horror movies and try to watch 1 each night. I’m trying to find a psychological thriller that takes place in a world where everything is absolutely perfect and so wrong and the characters don’t notice the evil in there seemingly perfect world. Any suggestions?

I watched Don't Worry Darling last week and that kinda fits the description.

The empty man was a good one

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outoftheloop_train

What is up with virtual FIFA World Cup games pretending to be real games or highlights? I went looking for highlights to some of the matches, and found some which turned out to look like someone was playing Xbox or PlayStation? There were even live feeds where over a thousand people were watching? Here’s an example https://youtu.be/k4cJVLLmJPk

Answer: given how much traffic large sporting events generate, people will run streams and post videos claiming to be highlights or live game streams before the actual highlights are posted. People have been doing this for years, which suggests the traffic they get generates enough advertising cash or engagement that they continue to do it. That or everyone thinks to do it, it doesn’t work but given the prevalence of the scam, enough people see it who are willing to try it out

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solotravel_train

Can I consider 45th day staying at home as solo travel into the deepest parts of my soul?

Friend, you get one life you can consider it what ever you like!

I had a dream I was on an aircraft yesterday. !!!

lv9e6o

catadvice_train

Are laser pointers cruel? We received a cat hamper recently and one of the toys in there is a Kong 'cat pointer'. Our cat is quite chilled normally, she's 8 years old but enjoys playing with her toys, usually the chasing/hunting aspect. I tried this toy with her though and she's behaving quite oddly around it, she does that 'chirrup' thing a lot, as in she seems to be constantly talking to it?! She does the same when birds are nearby, like a very fast chatty thing. I just assumed as it was from Kong, they're a pet provider that knows their stuff - is my cat ok with it? Is that just a normal reaction that cats have?

Can't talk about all the cats but many are frustrated by lasers. Mine is happy to hunt it but the level of disappointment when it disappears levels to desperation. It breaks my heart to see it so I quit. Also, I believe that inability to feel the pray under the claws is also a big no-no. As of the chirping sounds, that's excitement. Mine makes them when she spots a (soon to be dead) fly or when I grab her favourite treats.

Its called chittering, my cat does this ALL the time with feather toys nd asers. Completely normal, its a form of trying to "communicate" with the bird so the cat can hunt better

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moviesuggestions_train

one location horror/thriller movies Hey all. Just trying to find movies like the title suggests. Non English films welcomed. Examples of movies I've seen: Snowpiercer The Platform The Circle Escape Room No Escape Room Cube Burried Saw franchise I know I'm forgetting a bunch, but you get the gist. TIA!!

Barbarian (2022))

Let's see if the bot works... Bottle movies!

fzvoh3

sewing_train

Weekly r/sewing Simple Questions thread! - April 12, 2020 This thread is here for any and all simple questions related to sewing! If you want to introduce yourself, ask about what tools to buy, or ask any other basic question, this is the place to do it! Our more experienced users will hang around and answer any questions they can. This thread will be set as Suggested Sort - New, so that the most recent questions get attention, too.

I didn’t know where to post this, but I just wanted to make a PSA to Australian sewists that Spotlight patterns are $6. Stock up!

Hi All! I’m super new to sewing - sewed from a pattern twice before but with a HUGE amount of help (she pretty much did it really). I bought a pattern and how do I work out how much material to buy? Also it has a list of fabrics the pattern would work for it including chambray,charmeuse, cotton lawn, crepe etc. but could I use a cotton/polyester blend? I don’t want to spend too much on fabric for my first piece - as I assume there will be a learning curve and some mess ups.

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changemyview_train

Change my view that There should be more regulations to owning a secondary home in addition to your primary residence. We live in a world with limited resources that has been exacerbated with the new life that COVID has brought. People are now able to work and live remotely. As a result, housing is in more demand than ever. Homelessness is at an all time high in America which is sad for being one of the richest countries to live in. Part of the reason why homes are so unaffordable has been because of investors partaking in bidding wars with each other for limited supply. This inflates the price higher than if it was a market of only individuals actually looking to live in the homes that they are purchasing. Because of high home prices, this actually increases rent around the surrounding area which increases the cost of living and will result in less money for non-home owners overall. If this goes on longer, most people will be priced out of housing forever and the ruling class will be people who either bought land 20-30 years ago when it was cheaper or corporations that own all the housing to rent. Suggested solutions: Make it more attractive to invest money in the stock market by reducing capital gains tax, Increase property taxes for individuals/corporations owning a second property that is not a primary residence. Properties outside of a primary residence can only be purchased in full cash, no mortgage. Prohibit corporations from purchasing residential real state, They may only invest in apartment communities or office buildings.

I really disagree, I think the solution is to change the way we build cities, change zoning laws, etc. Let me give you my own example. When my wife and I bought our first house about 16 years ago, the market was high. When we went to sell it 8 years ago, the market had dropped. We needed to move, there was no question, but we couldn't sell our house of residence, even at a 20% ($30,000) loss! So I couldn't take lowering the price any further--I said screw it, we'll rent it out. We did that, were still fortunately able to get a mortgage for our second house, and now here we sit 8 years later owning 2 homes--one we rent, and it's done fine for us, the other we live in. I do believe in being an ethical landlord--we've had the same tenant those 8 years, the market for rent has gone way up, but we've done only very miniscule changes in rent because it wouldn't be fair to jack up the price on a good tenant. Similarly, during pandemic, our tenant couldn't pay for a couple months, and we just were patient. No moves to evict, we knew they were trying to get back on their feet. My point is this: I know I'm very fortunate. But there are different reasons people have more than 1 property. And there are different reasons people want to rent instead of own (our tenant would likely have lost their house if they owned, instead, they took on much less risk and benefited from our patience). If you're concerned about lack of housing availability or pricing, work on that directly. No reason to punish people that have a second property.

Can you please expand on which programs the government has control over that don’t create most waste than their usefulness?

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askphilosophy_train

Are there any solid arguments against moral relativism? Seeing as how morality varies wildly across cultures, individuals, and even species, I believe it to be purely subjective. It is something we feel in the soul, rationalize with the mind, and then project onto the world. Are there any solid arguments against this?

A popular one is known as “companions in guilt”. A super rough sketch of this argument basically notices that there are normative implications for rationality that we seem to think of as objective, and that if there is no relevant difference between belief justification and moral prescriptions, then you cannot think one is objective while the other is not. Here is another reddit thread on this argument. https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/cyvo3y/the_companions_in_guilt_argument/ There are also a few books on this argument if you do a quick google search of it . The SEP might have an article discussing it too, but I couldn’t find one

I would recommend thinking about this question in terms of cultural relativism too by reading David Graeber’s articles in Hau: a Journal of Ethnographic Theory, as he makes intelligent counterarguments to the “ontological turn” of Vivieros de Castro as parallel to an argument against cultural relativism. The gist is that moral relativism puts people in boxes not of their own choosing—namely, their so called “cultures”—while ignoring the idea that there is conflict in those cultures about what is “moral” or valuable. Articles are called “Fetishism as Social Creativity” and “it is value that brings universes into being”

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writing_train

How do you write in a male character's pov? I'm a female, got only female siblings, come from an all girls school, and got no male close friends, so you can guess how hard it is for me to write in a male’s pov. I haven't read much in their povs either (other than the Maze Runner series, and The Prisoner of Zenda), but while reading more of that will help me in the long run, I'm currently short on time with an update schedule. Any tips on how to write in their povs? I always end up writing them too emotional, especially when I try to describe their loving or sad emotions. How do I write their emotions in a way that's not too "soft", so that it's a bit more accurate? Also, should I write less metaphors and descriptive paragraphs when in my male character's pov?

>I'm a female, got only female siblings, come from an all girls school, and got no male close friends, so you can guess how hard it is for me to write in a male’s pov. I actually can't guess that. >I haven't read much in their povs either (other than the Maze Runner series, and The Prisoner of Zenda), but while reading more of that will help me in the long run, I'm currently short on time with an update schedule. If you get time, The Great Gatsby, as many of the Sherlock Holmes short stories as you want, and Steinbeck's Travels With Charley are my go-to spread for male first-person perspective narrators written by men. They're all pretty short too, as fiction goes. >Any tips on how to write in their povs? Men are people. They are highly varied, have insecurities, complexes, and hangups. They daydream, fantasize, and want to be with people who understand them - but don't understand them too much. (And they're generally really bad about understanding hints or giving recognizable ones.) This is all variable individually and culturally, of course, and I'm giving a highly biased and very broad view from a modern American man's perspective. Men are often culturally schooled into suppressing or hiding their emotions. This can be a good thing in situations where, logically, having, say (oh, let's just pick an example name out of a hat), Bernie as an active, integrated, and functioning member of the team is entirely worth the fact that I fucking hate Bernie for unrelated personal reasons (or our personalities don't mesh well), and I just need to put a lid on it for the greater good and/or to keep my job or to complete the project. This can be a bad thing in situations where displaying an emotional response would actually work better to build bonds with somebody than a more 'bloodless' reaction'. Hierarchy is generally pretty important to guys. Not merely in terms of being at the top (or even trying to get there), but in knowing where *your* place is. Particularly in situations where there's no formal hierarchy, guys will often try to establish an informal (even an unspoken) one as fast as possible, and then everything's good until somebody attempts to disrupt it. The crazy part is that the hierarchy can be completely different, in the same group, for different contexts. The guy who mixes the best drinks is the guy who mixes the best drinks. The guy who presides over the party is the guy who presides over parties the best, and gets to shut down the mixologist's efforts if people are getting too slammed. The guy who has basic medical knowledge, bandages, and isopropyl alcohol can shout orders at them both when someone at the party cuts themselves on a shattered shot glass - although he can't mix drinks or run a party to save his life. It's not a challenge if it's been accepted that in that particular sphere, one of them is top dog. Competition and one-upmanship comes into play somewhere within that mix too, but that usually gets ironed out pretty fast. Between themselves, guys generally only talk about sex in at least a half-jocular manner. Maybe that's an odd American cultural thing, or just the dudes I've hung out with, but it's often a topic that's implicitly agreed upon as being too serious to discuss seriously, in my experience. It generally takes a lot of time, trust, and alcohol to get a guy to be honest about anything emotional. (Or it just takes the magical anonymity of the internet!) There's more truth in the old wives' saying of "women take trouble for others, men try to not give trouble to others" than you might think. When guys do take trouble for others, it's often as a 'project', with a defined goal where they can say (at least internally) "it is now complete" when it's over and done with. (This is a legendary cause of friction among couples where "could you clean the toilet?" results in the toilet *and nothing else* being cleaned. It's not malicious compliance, it's just the way ~~dogs~~ men think about stuff. If the whole bathroom needs to be cleaned, specify that the whole bathroom needs to be cleaned. And if you've got a ~~dog~~ guy who includes the ceiling of the bathroom in cleaning the whole bathroom, keep him.) >I always end up writing them too emotional, especially when I try to describe their loving or sad emotions. This is highly anecdotal, as is everything else I've said, but my father is the only person in my entire family I've ever seen shed tears of joy at weddings. Wasn't just a one-time thing, either - the man has cried at every wedding I've seen him at, and it's because he's happy for the couple. Most guys do not feel that they have the leeway to express emotions like that, but that doesn't mean they don't think or feel them. Guys can get (and often do get) as "she loves me, she loves me not" with the flower petals as the most ridiculously stereotypical female romance protagonist. It's just not something they show to anybody else unless they have to or really trust the person they're showing that side of themselves to. >should I write less metaphors and descriptive paragraphs when in my male character's pov? The most famous writers of absolutely purple prose in history have been men. So, no. Go for it.

Men can be very emotional. It's just that we're conditioned to suppress expressing it as much as women do. It's why the "tough guy" stereotype exists. Men are also expected to be logical, straightforward, dependable providers. Imagine having the same emotions you do now, but having society ostracise you if you ever express them openly. Right or wrong, it leads to men in general internalizing pretty much most emotions they feel. It isn't that men don't have insecurities (we most certainly do), it's just that we are socialized to maintain a facade of strength and stability at all times. Testosterone is also a big influence as well. Men tend to be more aggressive and competitive. They also tend to be more stubborn and unwilling to cooperate with others. And any red-blooded male will lose his mind at the sight of a beautiful woman. It's just the way we're wired. But, like anyone, men can display both masculine and feminine traits. We are all individuals, after all. Unless you're writing something that specifically deals with "male-ness", I wouldn't worry too much about it.

wx6qam

suggestmeabook_train

A book that's actually funny I want to read something very funny, a book that makes me laugh. It doesn't have to be 'heartwarming' or anything, just something funny.

I laughed out loud at Red white and royal blue and one last stop by casey mcquiston

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

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moviesuggestions_train

Movies where fight scenes are set to the beats of music Think the original suicide squad trailer. The way the fight sequences/explosions/hits are in sync with the beats of the music is something I find super satisfying, so I’m looking for movies/tv shows/trailers that have fight scenes like that. Thanks!

Kick-ass. The fight scene with hit-girl is always matched to music and very well done.

The sword fight in the blacksmith’s in the first Pirates of the Caribbean.

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explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: why do some people sweat substantially quicker/more often than others? I know someone whe sweats almost every time they sit on leather (like their legs/rear end) even when they are not necessarily hot. It might be normal room temp, but they might still be sweating... Why?

Your training level also plays a part in sweating. A highly trained athlete will sweat much more and much faster than an average person. This is an adaptation their body went through because they are much active more and need more sweat to cool down. You can see this when NBA players warm up and they are already starting to sweat even before the game starts.

Most of our sweat is released by the eccrine sweat glands, which are stimulated when the body is hot. When stimulated, these glands release a watery substance onto the skin. When this moisture evaporates, the body cools down. If we're sweating due to an emotional response, like anxiety, sweat is released from the apocrine glands. These glands are stimulated when we're nervous or overly excited. Excessive sweating happens for many reasons. Usually the reasons are pretty benign, like heavy exertion or hot weather. And some people just sweat more than others. (link : http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/men/sweating-odor/why-do-i-sweat-so-much.htm)

exmws9

booksuggestions_train

The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy I've just finished the 5th part of the trilogy and searched wether there was a continuation. I found the next book of which the name was "and another thing" but discovered that it was written by another author so I was wondering if you would recommend it or not and wether it can really follow up Douglas Adams' style and story.

Discworld! It's a fantasy series, written by Terry Prachett, that has a lot of the same sorts of physics jokes, and a very similar tone. It's like twenty something books long, with characters you will fall in love with. It takes a minute to get going. I really liked the first two books, but they're really not entirely fitting with the rest of the series. He hadn't quite figured out the tone, or the rules of magic, and really you should just skip "Pyramids" as it is not so good, and takes place in a country I'm not sure he even REFERENCES again, let alone revisits but the rest is amazing. Look out for the Luggage and Death, who are two of my favorite characters.

I really disliked it to be honest, not funny or interesting and the characters really don't ring true

ru0tck

entrepreneur_train

What successful business do you own? I just like to go on this subreddit to read about different business that have been running successfully in today’s time. I was wondering what business you own and how did you do in 2021? What will you integrate in 2022 to become even more successful? If you had a business that you sold what was it?

I have a few multi-functional pain management clinics. We won’t prescribe opioids and treat people with both functional and physical medicine. It’s been quite good. I own 2 storage facilities. Steady income but nothing that is quite lucrative. I own a pet daycare that is continuing to grow very quickly. Almost too quickly. Finding people that truly love animals has been hard, but we are keeping up. This year I’m going to start looking in to expansion of my medical clinics and possibly some commercial real estate.

Armed security

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explainlikeimfive_train

Eli5: when does short term memory becomes long term memory? If that makes sense.

There is a short window between a short-term memory to become a long-term memory. It’s so short it’s in milliseconds, but for it to become long-term you yourself have to make the conscious effort to remember it. Even then there is a 3 minute margin (if I remember correctly) for it to become a long-term memory that you will remember for months or years, otherwise you just forget. An example would be how you spent all night studying but after you wake up you forget. That’s because it didn’t pass through the point for it to become a long-term memory. If it were a long-term memory at anytime you could just take that memory and replay it in your head. Think of the movie inside out with that large aisle of memory orbs that they bring inside the console room and play on their projector. That’s how long-term memory works.

So actually short term memory is written to long term storage by a process called dna methylation while you sleep. If you inhibit mythylation you prevent new long term memories from forming (and if you amp it up you get vivid dreams, which are a byproduct of memory formation). I think there is a connection to instinct.

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musictheory_train

Do you ever hear a melody and chord progression in your head but can't seem to figure out how to translate it into music when you play? Do you think learning more music theory helps you to be able to translate more of your musical thoughts into actual music?

Even the best improvisers I know say they are still always working on getting the sounds from their head out into the world through their instrument(s). It’s a life-long pursuit, and a process. It’s the same for any artist.. being an experienced poet, singer, sculptor or painter doesn’t mean you can just immediately realize your ideas, nor does it mean the final results match what you had in mind.

Yes the more I played and learned the more easier it was to learn the songs my brain made.

yluowo

solotravel_train

How to avoid other solo travelers who tag along? Hi. I had a weird experience recently. I met a solo traveler in the airplane and we had a good chat, found out we're from the same city etc. He asked me which hostel I was staying & what price I got it for etc. I gave him the details, he said he'll stay at the same hostel and he said let's split a cab. Which was great too. We hanged out together the first day, saw the local market etc and went back to our bunks. Had a really good time although I could tell his vibe does not match with mine. However the problem started the next day onwards where he sort of wanted to tag along for everything that I was doing as if we are some sort of team or unit or a couple that have come to the trip together. The first day, as he was sleeping, I ventured out by myself and returned by evening and he seemed a bit upset that I had gone out without him and took a jibe "Hey brother you left without me and went all by yourself". I told him he was sleeping & avoided being rude or any confrontation. The second day, had to split cab for a three day circuit around Leh Ladakh between 6 people due to the exorbitant prices and he tagged along for that as well. I'm really fed up of him and his shitty personality and vibe by this time and the horrible music that he blasted instead of putting on earphones despite me telling him to do so. I am having the time of my life in Ladakh so I'm in a good mood too but he's being an annoyance at the same time as well. I wanted to avoid a fight and didnt create a scene and got along well with him and everyone Cue after we come back from the three day circuit back to Leh, he wants to tag along for the Srinagar trip as well and is practically designing his trip around my schedule. At this point I'm in a fix because despite all annoyances, everyone is in a great mood, really enjoying the landscapes and we've bonded well over the 6 days despite the annoyances here and there, we're covering each other's meals, we're saying stuff like we'll meet after the trip etc as well. I find it very difficult to tell him to fuck off. So he joins for Srinagar/Kashmir as well and we literally spend every day together. We had some amazing bike rides etc too and it wasn't the worst of situation but nonetheless in future I would like to avoid such an situation an be completely solo by myself and I usually am. I wish I told him on day 1 itself that "..hey that's all cool by I'm all solo by myself so fend for yourself". But found it extremely difficult/rude to say that and felt that no matter which moment I say this, it might just cause a very sour atmosphere after it. The lack of public transport in Leh caused bit of issue as well with me having to rely on a group and didn't know at which point after breaking ties, we'd be together in a group situation/common room of hostel etc. Also usually people in the mountains and the people of Leh for that matter are extremely accomodating and kind and I felt more of an asshole to tell him to buzz off and couldn't get myself to be rude in any way. How should I have handled this situation?

I mean...you were always in a group, not solo. Unless you are in charge of putting together the group you can't really say who is in it. You joined the group for economy, I get it but part of the cost was this guy being along for the ride. Follow the tips given about solo travel, for sure, when that arises again but all of these scenarios were you adding yourself to an ad hoc group that he also included himself in. He wasn't barging into your solo adventure.

Learn what being assertive means then practice.

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ultralight_train

How do you carry your PLB? Doesn’t matter if PLB or other emergency device. I own a ACR ResQLink PLB and it has no good attachment possibilities. I had put it in my shoulder strap pocket but it’s just too big and takes away space for more frequently used stuff. It’s probably wise not to bury it deep inside your pack so I wonder where you all store it.

Waistbelt pocket in a Ziploc bag. I use the ACR ResQLink too. But /u/Astramael has a point-- if I ever had to dump my pack in a river in remote country, I'd sure want it to be in my pants pocket.

Fits in my shoulder strap pocket (ACR PLB owner). But I've taken to just storing it in my pack now, towards the top

p30zyt

stocks_train

TSM? Is now a good entry point to buy? Thinking about buying TSM instead of other semi-conductor companies like Nvidia/AMD/Intel. Have some political concerns between Taiwan/China, but I am wondering if now is the right time to buy. Open 115.55 52-wk high 142.20 52-wk low 75.98

Following 5-yr average it has to come down to a P/E of 21.92. P/E is currently 30 and forward P/E is currently 24.88. Around 105 might be a good entry point, but might be wishful thinking hoping for it to come down there. Technicals seem slightly weak though.

Check out TWST. Revolutionizing multiple markets. Much better investment. Smaller cap, but much larger potential.

rrbvbl

moviesuggestions_train

Films with funny sociopaths or narcissists! Ahoy! I'm looking for films with mean, self-centered characters that are funny. All the better if they have an unquenchable thirst for violence! Or charming psychopaths that just love killing. Perhaps like: Seven Psychopaths, Man Bites Dog, Jaime Lannister from GoT also comes to mind. Happy holiday and happy new year! (First time post, hope I did alright)

Very Bad Things is a classic dark comedy from way back.

Not a movie but House M.D. is perfect for what you asked for. Hugh laurie completely carries the series as a mean, sexist, sarcastic, painkiller-addict, that is slightly mentally ill.

tsqojo

entrepreneur_train

Does this new business name suck?(Luxuriant Clean - Update) Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/trx9m2/does_my_business_name_suck/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Okay. So I took your brutally honest advice and decided to explore other name ideas. Top Idea: Mama’s House Cleaning I feel this fits well with the locations SEO. It’s also easy to remember and easy to say. Also, for those that are saying my mom should pick the name: she’s an older Italian lady that doesn’t care what the business is called. She just wanted to clean homes lol.. MY CONCERN: There’s a local pizzeria called “Mama’s Pizza”. Most of the locals call it “Mama’s”. Will this be a problem, and is this gonna cost me business? I already snatched the domain name for Mama’s House Cleaning, and did a business entity search for my state and it’s available. I appreciate all the feedback. Thanks.

If you overthink every step in the business like this, good luck. Business is all about taking decisions and taking action.

Mandatory maid house cleaning Jurassic janitorial home cleaning Manic maids house cleaners Quiet mouse home cleaning Never let down cleaning service and the logo is a zoom in on a shoe. Room service house cleaning Roomba be gone home cleaning Around the base boards crib cleaners Ain't nothin but a clean floor baby, clean house industries Wax on, wax off floor cleaning and home care Crouching tiger hidden dust bunny maid service Bobs burgers neighbors business names.

lwjh7g

changemyview_train

Change my view that You can be racist to white people Recently, my elementary school going brothers were learning about racism and anti-racism in their schools. I asked the question - can you be racist towards white people? My youngest brother (age 11), thought about it and said no. My other younger brother (age 15) said yes. Naturally, this led to a good discussion and we all agreed that on principle you can be racist towards white people. We spoke about how marginalization exists beyond skin color - such as class and socioeconomic status. We talked about how imitating “rednecks”, “hillbillies”, “white trash” is similar to imitating Chinese people or Indian people. Or saying - “no whites allowed” in your restaurant is at the same level as saying “no Blacks” allowed. Which is why in my view - you can be racist towards white people. I’m open to all perspectives, and want to see my viewpoint can be changed. I understand from grad school that people in power can always go back to their comfort of power and privilege and that allows any racist attitude to simply rub off their backs - but this is a viewpoint that I believe to be contrary to human experience. For context - I am brown, South Asian.

It depends on what you mean by "racist". If you mean, "prejudiced against a group because of their race," then yes, people in the US can be racist toward white people. If you mean, "Systematic oppression by a racial majority against a racial minority based on race," then no, in the US you can't be racist toward white people. That latter definition is often employed when talking about national or governmental racism (racist policies, red lining, and so on) ... it's not really intended to apply at an individual level. TBH, I prefer to call the former "racism" and the latter "institutional racism" but whatever boats your float.

What is the problem with " racism?" Why do we spend so much time talking about it? Do you want to live in a world where a person's opportunities are limited based on his race? Do you want to live in a world where a person's ability to interact with other people is defined by the race of the participants? The question is "do you want the social construct of race to mediate social interaction?" If the answer to that question is "no", then you can be racist against white people.

otouik

catadvice_train

Should I give my cat a bath? I know people usually aren’t supposed to, but my cat Stinky used to be an outside cat for many years until he met my boyfriend and I. He’s living with us permanently now, so I felt like giving him a bath was an option.

I own two long haired cats, they get a bath maybe two or three times a year? Mostly in summer because I don't like them getting wet in the winter when it's cold. They are indoor cats but they have access to a catproof garden. The youngest one especially likes to get dirty. He's my little dirt boi. The first thing he does every day when I open the backdoor is roll around in the dirt. He's a white haired cat so after a month or so of this he gets pretty grimy. So he gets a bath. Though I don't put them in the bath, I've found it's MUCH easier to let them visit the shower monster :P I just strip down and get in the shower cubicle with them. Sure they don't like the water, but it's just like getting rained on so they aren't struggling to get out of a bath and they can't run anywhere because the cubicle closes. I'm not fighting to keep them in a tub, they're not fighting to get out, no one gets mauled. It's very easy this way to rinse them, put a little cat safe sensitive skin shampoo on them, massage it in and then rinse them off again. They tend to just sit there in feline misery until I open the door again. They get vigorously toweled off and then put in a little towel pile to dry further and sulk. I also find it helps when they are heavily shedding in the summer. A nice shower gets rid of a lot of hair and they always visibly perk up after one. You know, after they've finished cursing the day I was born from their fluffy towel pile ;)

Some of the online pet supply companies carry cat wipes. You might want to have some on hand. Baby wipes may contain chemicals unhealthy for cats to digest so those are out of the question. As for bathing a cat you are smart not to. Cats are relentless self cleaners.

qq0636

architecture_train

Why is architecture "stuck" on modernism when urban planning and other fields have moved on? I started to study urban planning this year and was quite surprised at how negative my professors were towards modernism. One of our first assignments was to design a garden city. Looking into it I found that this seems to be quite common in the field of urban planning. The impression I have gotten is that Architecture schools are the opposite, favoring modernist architecture over classical or older styles. Why do you think there is such a difference?

Urban planning hasn’t moved on from modernism. Urban planning education though focuses on what is actually proven to work to make good urban spaces for people, and principally among these as far as it applies to architecture are enclosure, texture, and diversity. It’s just easier for urban planners to approve of classical and revivalist styles because they achieve enclosure (avoiding the object in a field) and texture and diversity (by just slapping on different types of ornamentation) more often than bad modernist or post-modernist projects do. The good challenge is to make good urban spaces while not being limited to arbitrary classical forms

Where I'm learning, we don't favour one style over another. Just the concept and how well the design suits the context. We did learn a lot of styles in our theory classes. But in practice idk if modernism is still around. I learnt about modernist and I don't like it. The base idea of modernism is to minimalise every form like asking the question "is this needed for the space to function?" and thus, a lot of aesthetics are lost that way. Too much bland and nothing that stimulates the eyes. Especially the ones that are high rise buildings.

td5m3n

suggestmeabook_train

Books about Pirates I would like to read books about/with pirates, wether it is a fiction or a historical book I'm good with both, my goal is just to read books revolving around pirates (I have already read treasure island)

Under the black flag by David Cordingly is a really good non fiction read on the subject. It goes both into the reality of what pirates were, and into the myths or pop-culture representations we have now, where they come from originally, whether they hold any truth at all etc. It reads a little bit like a collage of facts, so be ready for a somewhat disjointed book. This didn't phase me at all but it's worth knowing!

To kill a kingdom

hdwun5

ifyoulikeblank_train

crumb, julia jacklin, alexandria savior, phoebe bridgers, japanese house friends call it depressing white girl pop. i can’t get enough. help me find more albums to get stoned and cry to

Lorde in general, although specifically some of the songs from Melodrama - I think Writer in the Dark and Hard Feelings probably fit this vibe best, as well as her cover of 'Swingin' Party' by the Replacements, and her cover of 'Ladder Song' by Bright Eyes which she did for Mockingjay Pt 1 Lana del Rey, in particular her album Ultraviolence (and also possibly NFR) St Vincent, especially her song Slow Disco Aldous Harding The Jezabels, especially their song Mace Spray Angie McMahon Sharon Van Etten, although she has more of a sad rock vibe girl in red Mr Little Jeans, especially her cover of Arcade Fire's 'The Suburbs' I'd also second Mitski, Weye's Blood, Fazerdaze, and Alvvays!

Sasha Sloan

vr5z1e

suggestmeabook_train

Good "classic" sci-fi book that still holds up Consider "classic" to be a broad definition... say from golden age stuff (Asimov and Heinlein) up to early 90's or so. Consider "still holds up" to mean it's still a good read, and isn't something people just say they have read because it's "important".

Any scifi by Ursula K Le Guin. *The Lathe of Heaven* has certainly attained "classic" status. The Hainish Cycle is also worth looking into; it's a series of, functionally, solo novels all set in a connected world setting, so reading order doesn't matter terribly, although there are suggested options available. *The Left Hand of Darkness* and *The Dispossessed* are considered particularly notable, and I'm also partial to *The Word For World is Forest*.

Brave New World

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outoftheloop_train

Why are black Americans voting for Hillary Clinton instead of Bernie Sanders? I'm from Germany. Please excuse my ignorance. Isn't Hillary Clinton the candidate for the rich and Bernie Sanders for the poor? Wasn't Sanders marching together with Martin Luther King? Have I missed something?

I will respond as a black voter (and registered independent) who admires Bernie Sanders and would vote for him in a general election, but would've supported HRC yesterday. I will obviously be generalizing heavily below in order to provide a some more context re: racial politics you may not be familiar with. (1) Fundamentally, Bernie's campaign does not seem to understand how **the liberalism of black democrats differs from that of their white counterparts.** Specifically, culture-war issues play a much smaller role, because that is one place where black and white Democrats do not align perfectly. Religion is just one facet of this difference, but I'll highlight it here because it's the easiest one. In 2008, many of my liberal friends were surprised to hear Barack Obama profess devout Christian faith and an opposition to gay marriage. Some assumed both were simply political calculations designed to improve his electability. I would say this is a misread of Obama as a person and a politician. (His "Amazing Grace" speech in the aftermath of the Charleston shootings last year should have erased all doubts regarding his genuine religiosity.) His religious belief, and his opposition (and later evolution) on marriage equality, are pretty standard among America's black professional/political class. The reality is that "black liberalism" has historically existed hand-in-hand with religious belief, whereas "white liberalism" often exists in opposition to it. In black America, the church is widely perceived as a liberating force - the seed from which the Civil Rights Movement grew. White democrats tend to see it as a source of oppression, particularly during the past decade's fight for LGBT rights. The "alliance" between socially liberal whites and culturally conservative minorities continues to exist, because minorities are not as politically invested in the social issues that have defined the culture war over the last three decades. So while black Americans as a group are actually fairly religious and socially conservative, we differ from white liberals *and* white conservatives in that these culture-war issues are less likely to influence how we vote. So in this case at least, it's helpful to think about the *other* question: not "why don't black democrats find Bernie appealing?" but rather, "why do white democrats like him so much?" My impression has been that for many of Bernie's (mostly young, largely white) voters, Bernie's social liberalism (including his irreligiosity) is a big part of his appeal. He has reaped the benefits of staking out positions on the liberal side of the culture war. But culture war issues don't pay as many dividends in a heavily Protestant black electorate (or a heavily Catholic brown electorate). Please understand: I'm not saying that that social issues have *helped* Hillary and *harmed* Bernie's standing among black voters. I'm saying that they have *helped* Bernie among *white* voters but have done him no good among black voters. It just doesn't factor that heavily in the political calculus. (2) So then, what is motivating black voters, if not culture-war issues? I will suggest the following (seemingly contradictory) statement: within the Democratic Party, **black voters feel political insecurity and economic optimism that white voters do not.** Politically: black Americans have historically been excluded from the basic egalitarian social contract which (in theory) defines this country. Free speech, the right to worship in peace, due process, equal protection under the law - for most of American history these were empty promises. The Civil Rights Movement was less than a lifetime ago, and in a world after Charleston, a world after Tamir Rice, a world where Donald Trump finds his biggest fans among white nationalists, a world where "voter ID" laws are being employed to disenfranchise poor blacks, those political victories seem very fragile. Bernie Sanders has admirable political responses to all those issues -- but he has been unable to demonstrate that he could prevail in a general election against a GOP candidate who might be openly hostile to black Americans. (Even Barack Obama had trouble earning black voters' support until he showed that he could win in a place like Iowa.) When a voter feels deeply threatened he/she is most likely to seek security in a candidate, and black voters see that security in the political juggernaut that is Hillary Clinton. I concur with /u/chefcgarcia's post below: electability is the most important characteristic that black voters seek, because the GOP candidates are unacceptable. Economically the history of black America has not been characterized by the 1:1 relationship between hard work and success which has motivated both the native born and immigrants alike. Americans tend to think of the "American dream" as a kind of birthright which is in danger of slipping away. Meanwhile many black Americans have historically perceived the American dream as a goal to strive for, a pleasant fiction, or an absolute lie. Bernie's entire argument is that things were once better, and are getting worse. He is not calling for a return to the past (as many Republicans are) but a rewrite of America's economic contract. Superficially, this argument should appeal to black Americans who have disproportionately been harmed by the economic inequalities he has highlighted. But here's the thing: black Americans perceive - with justification - that their (our) economic standing is getting *better*, and therefore are more willing to stay-the-course. (edit: see link for an article that explains this optimism better than I can.) Bernie's pitch misses the mark because he wants to overthrow a system that is finally starting to work, in order to help us reclaim something we never had. (edit: To put it another way, black voters *are* frustrated by the economy too, but we are less nostalgic for the past and are more optimistic about the future. We do not feel the same sense of loss/dispossession/pessimism that is driving white voters toward Sanders and Trump.) In contrast, Hillary Clinton has wisely lashed herself tightly to Barack Obama, who remains the most popular black politician of my lifetime. Further, her campaign is about social and economic *inclusion* rather than *revolution*. Black voters (like other minorities) are deeply unsettled by the the GOP's constant purity fights and increasingly narrow definitions of what it means to be a real Republican or a real American. Clinton's basic message - which is implicitly, *'we the people' means every single one of us* - resonates with black voters and other minorities in a way that Bernie's majoritarian populism does not. It's a rallying cry for those at the margins. (3) Last point. Bernie's **minority outreach has unfortunately been woefully inadequate**. For example: Cornel West - who described Obama as the "first n***erized black president" - is not an effective face for minority outreach! (Remember, Obama is still extremely popular among black voters). In 2008, Barack Obama relied on his wife to "make the sale" (so to speak). Bernie Sanders has yet to find an equivalently convincing surrogate. As I said: I admire Bernie Sanders a great deal. And I think, with time, he could become a formidable GE candidate. But he's basically run out of time to become that candidate. tl;dr: read the bold! edit: Just want to say thank you for all of your comments. I read all of them (though it isn't feasible to reply to each one), and I'm glad to have started a lively discussion.

I just wanted to add that black voters tend to strategically vote for more moderate candidates. Their "voters wield less influence than whites over their legislators" (great paper to read, but the quote, and relevant read starts at page 37). They, then, tend to favor a candidate who can work with congress. That is: a moderate, centrist, experienced diplomat. Clinton easily fits that description, whereas Sanders has very little experience, is too liberal, and has yet to prove how well would he be able to deal with opposition from congress.

q8mfxb

ifyoulikeblank_train

[If I like] TV shows with super-human protagonists that focus on the day-day life rather then saving the world? So im looking for TV shows that feature a protagonist with a superpower, but rather then the show having a lot of fight scenes (like the flash) i want it to focus more on the struggles of having powers. FYI im fine with some fighting, as long as the main focus is day to day life with powers. Things I've seen already that sort of fit this: The Umbrella Academy, Smallville, Lucifer, BeingHuman, etc.

Pushing Daisies

No Heroics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No\_Heroics And if you like books, you should check out the Super Powereds series by Drew Hays https://www.goodreads.com/series/115317-super-powereds

xi4yf

askscience_train

Trapped in an airtight room, how long would a plant extend your breathable air? If you were trapped in an airtight room, roughly how long would it take for the oxygen content to drop so low that you suffocate? What kind of an effect would plant life in the room have on this time? Would a fern give you a few extra minutes? Would a tree grant you a few hours? Assume you won't starve or anything, and that the plant has access to sunlight and anything else it needs. I'm not going to put numbers to the size of the room or the plant, or even say what kind of plant, I'm just curious about a rough scale of the effects.

What most people don't realize is that the primary drive to breathe is actually levels of CO2, not O2. CO2 drives breathing, if it gets too high in your body (PCO2, the pressure of CO2 in your blood) is above 40 ish, you start to hyperventilate, or breathe more. The good news? The percent of CO2 in room air is far less than 1%, and we don't really need to worry about it. The bad news is if you're in an airtight room, the level of CO2 in it is going to rise significantly in a short amount of time, it is what you breathe out after all! If you don't have a way to get rid of the CO2 in the air (I'm not sure how well plants do this), that is going to drive your breathing. If it gets greater than 2% in the air, you're going to start to feel the effects, and greater than 5%... you're going to start to get in to a little bit of trouble. Source-I work in pulmonary phys, not botany, so anyone feel free to correct me on the plants abilities to reduce CO2 in the air.

Potentially indefinitely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2#Oxygen

zzyza3

techsupport_train

Whats the best alternative for Airdrop if you wanna transfer files between non Apple devices? I've got 2 PC ( windows) and 2 phone(Samsung), 1 tablet(Samsung). One for work and one for personal use. I've got some other smart devices. I need to transfer files between devices very often. There are multiple apps and software for that. Quick share, kde connect, Samsung flow, Send anywhere. Dropbox. I want transfer files seamlessly like Apple's airdrop. The apps I described often don't want to work with each other, or needs to be reopened often, or has slow download speed, or can't find a particular device,...... Kde connect seems to be the best. But it also has it's own set of issues. If my phone is using Mobile data and PC is using WiFi it doesn't work. Or if one of the device is using VPN, it's can't be discovered. You guys have any solution that doesn't involve getting Apple products?

Not sure why everyone is giving these convoluted answers. Android is super powerful and more than capable of doing direct file transfers between devices, without any cloud involvment. And there are tons of apps which allow this. Personally I've used ES file explorer for this, but you can also just create an FTP server on your phone and share the files that way. The speed you will be able to transfer will be determined by your phone's wifi speed.

I used to use the app Airdroid when I had an Android device.

jw423i

linuxquestions_train

What are the available ways to share files locally between Windows and Linux? Hello people! I'm looking for something as easy as possible, preferably with GUI. I'm using Windows 10 and Fedora 33. Here is what I found: 1. Sharik (I haven't tried it yet but looks very straightforward. Not sure how good it works tho) 2. Librevault (same as above) 3. LANShare (same as above) 4. NitroShare (same as above) 5. FTP (Even though is relatively easy to setup an ftp server, I haven't found a GUI app for linux. Unfortunately filezilla server is windows only app but maybe works with wine. I'd like to know if there are any native apps just in case filezilla doesn't work.) 6. WebDAV (This is interesting because while I knew it, I had never used it and it's dead simple to setup on gnome but unfortunately I couldn't make password authentication work.) 7. SMB/CIFS/Samba (It's super easy on windows but PITA on Fedora. There is no nautilus-share and system-config-samba, is there anything else similar I missed, maybe in a 3rd party repo?) 8. Teleport, Transporter, Warpinator (Linux-only but worth mentioning) Have you tried any of them? What's your opinions? Do you know anything else?

Sftp and scp are in windows now. From the command line. Try mobaxterm it has ask the console tools, and it can start quick http or ftp services on windows. On Linux it's pretty easy to start as simple http service to share out a directory.

5. I think gnome has built-in support for FTP (I guess add in Settings>Accounts or something similar). IIRC you can access it from the default filebrowser then

imqft1

changemyview_train

Change my view that Digital games publishers should allow downloads of ONLY the Low/Medium/High/Ultra textures and models on their games. Downloading a PC game onto a relatively small hard drive is getting more and more difficult as time goes on, and one of the big reasons for that is every game requires you to download all of the textures and models for all of the different detail options available in the settings menu. In my opinion, players should have the option to choose only a single video quality setting and only have to download the textures and models for that setting. I assume this practice isn't standard so players can dynamically change the video quality settings of the game. However, this trade-off is not worth it for gamers or publishers. Gamers: When starting a computer game, most people choose a setting that offers their preferred performance to quality ratio (if their computer is not powerful enough to have the best of both) and stick to it for the entirety of their playtime. Many PC gamers will even know what setting to choose before they even boot the game up; those with beefy gaming computers will likely choose Ultra, and those with weaker computers will likely choose Medium or Low. Should they want to download all the different quality packages so they can change the quality dynamically, that would theoretically be an option too without any change from how games are already packaged. If a player who normally plays on Low or Medium upgrades their computer, they would likely need to download the game again anyway, except this time they could just download the High or Ultra settings and STILL cut down on hard drive space. The current system of needing to download 4 versions of every texture and model, three-quarters of which will almost certainly never be used, is unnecessary and overindulgent on hard drive space and download times. Publishers: This one is a little simpler, as adding the option for players to download smaller filesizes from their servers without any major trade-off feels like a win for publishers. Less bandwidth is needed for launch day, for updates, and for the rest of the game's digital shelf life. The only downside I can see is developers will need to properly separate the files into different packages before they're sent off to publishers, which will theoretically take a small amount of time. If their game changes the quality of a model dynamically off a single base model this can also become a little more difficult, but it can still be done ahead of time in development and delivered to publishers in different packages to save space and bandwidth for everyone. As it stands, I do not understand for what reasons this practice hasn't been implemented yet except I suppose laziness and apathy.

I think that the root of the problem is slightly different. Game devs no longer have any memory limitations. They no longer have to try and fit their game onto a set amount of space, so they can just let it bloat with very limited consequences. That is the reason some games are so massive, not because they make you download all the textures 5 times. If you want games to be smaller in size, then tell the devs that you don't need games looking super fancy, and that you are ok with re-using textures/models, and that you'd rather they delete a whole bunch of unused assets from the final product. That is the sort of feedback they need if you want to actually change their behaviour.

> Gamers: When starting a computer game, most people choose a setting that offers their preferred performance to quality ratio (if their computer is not powerful enough to have the best of both) and stick to it for the entirety of their playtime. Many PC gamers will even know what setting to choose before they even boot the game up; those with beefy gaming computers will likely choose Ultra, and those with weaker computers will likely choose Medium or Low. This part disregards that you don't know how well optimized the title is, and how well it plays with your specific hardware. You simply don't know what settings you can run the game at to get your desired performance ahead of time. So you may have to end up experiementing with different settings to find the one that runs smooth while looking good - or, worse, just to troubleshoot which quality settings may cause crashes.

718362

running_train

What are your favorite mental games to play while running? What are some ways that I can make my long runs more stimulating and make the time go by faster?

If I'm on a long run (more than 7 miles) I drill into my mind that I only need to run half the distance. After I've run half, I can just turn around and head back to my car.

Quite often if I'm not hooked up to music, audiobooks or podcasts I do math in my head, mainly distance, pacing, time, etc... Sometimes I set segment targets ie: "I'm going flat out to the top of that next hill", then "I'm going to concentrate on form till I get to the park gate", then "I'm going to concentrate on breathing till I get to the 7-11." Trail running. I just listen, the areas I run are heavily wooded and I like to know what's out there... BTW.. its deer... it's always deer... and some woodpeckers.

k57jly

linuxquestions_train

Why scrolling is not smoother in linux? I have been using linux mint for some time now. One thing that I have noticed is scrolling through web pages is not as smooth as in windows. What is reason? or is it happening to me only?

The reason is you aren't using Wayland and Firefox on Wayland mode

This is a loaded question: I do not find scrolling in Linux to be less smooth than in Windows, so I don't find your question compelling or even answerable. I use GNOME on Xorg with proprietary Nvidia drivers, and Firefox as my main browser. Could you provide more information so as to better troubleshoot your issue?

jsfg1n

eatcheapandhealthy_train

Looking in your spice cabinet, what are your “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” that people could use for most meals?

I would say my 4 essentials (If I'm understanding this question correctly?) are garlic powder, onion powder, crushed red pepper flakes, and curry powder.

If I could expand the definitions a little bit, I’d say salt, butter, Kashmiri chile and lime juice.

qs8qom

espresso_train

How much coffee do you use in a month? Hi, i recently bought my first semiprofessional machine (lelit pl82t), and found out that i use a lot of beans, or at least a lot more than what i thought i would. We are 2 people that drink coffee at home, and we go trough about 2-2,4 kg of beans each month. I admit that even when we make coffee for 1 person we usually do a double shot, wich takes about 17-18 grams , but still... it feels like a lot of coffee xD How much coffee do you use?

Roughly 1kg a month. I typically do a 50g pour over during the work week with the occasional 18g double shot on the weekends.

I order 6 x 1kg bags and they last about 3 months so yeah, 2kg per month for 2 of us who WFH fulltime. At 18g a shot, you get \~55 shots per kg so that's just shy of a month at only 2 drinks per day to use 1kg.

y8t8qa

linuxquestions_train

"Best Performing" Virtualization for Desktop Use So, let's assume i have a laptop that, for work reasons, has to run windows. Let's also say i still want to run Linux for my day-to-day Desktop use. What is the best performing option to virtualize a Debian VM on Windows 11 and connect to that, to use as a desktop? Hyper-V plus XRDP is decent, but still feels a bit laggy and low fps. I haven't tried using VirtualBox as a Desktop Solution. The Laptop Is running a Ryzen 5 5650U with integrated Graphics. I know getting native performance is out of the question. I just want to see, how good it CAN be. Alternatives not yet tested include using VNC on the Windows side, testing VMWare Workstation and stuff i haven't thought about yet. Also interesting might be, what i should try in the VM to optimize for Performance. The Plan is currently Debian 11 with Plasma.

VMWare workstation.

Hyper-v gpu perf is generally terrible. Enhanced session may help some but i would use vbox or VMware for this usecase

v5mn79

travel_train

Those who "drank the water" and got sick, what are your stories? Where did you drink the water? I drank the water in Mexico. Don't fucking drink the water in Juarez. I had internal bleeding and was on medication for a solid fucking two months. It's a miracle I'm still alive.

Morocco, worst shits of my life. I went through all the stages of grief on that toilet. Finally ending at the acceptance of if death on the toilet is good enough for The King, it's good enough for me. Still had diarrhea for a week after, even when taking Imodium.

I got dysentery in Annecy, France! Was at a relatively nice hotel in a very posh area so there was no reason to doubt the water. I drank some tap water at the hotel the night before I left and as soon as I got back home I was having such sever diarrhea I literally thought I was going to shit myself to death. And then because of that I was so dehydrated I had the worst headache in my life, where it felt like my head was going to explode. I was vomiting too and couldn’t eat or drink anything. I was too bedridden to even get in a taxi and go to the doctor so my flatmate finally called an ambulance for me and I spent two weeks in the hospital getting medicine and fluids. Think now the water pipes must have gotten contaminated with the sewage. Never trusting anything but bottled water ever again.

u198vd

suggestmeabook_train

What Are Your Favorite War Books? I think my first war book, while it was a fantasy, was The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. I fell in love. The book can either be fiction or non fiction as long as it’s compelling. I’m talking Vietnam War, WW2, WW1, the Holocaust, etc. I want it to be raw and unfiltered. No sugarcoating.

The killer angels

My War Gone By, I Miss It So is a really good one.

qiz8fc

puppy101_train

Anyone else's puppy like to lick your ear hole? Is this normal?

Yes, face, ears and feet are for licking. Rest is for biting.

yup every time i bend down they try it!

xcvc91

cooking_train

Any recipe reccomendations using lots of celery?? Whenever I buy celery for a dish I always wish it was sold in individual stalks and not the big bunches because I always have loads spare that usually goes to waste. I know the classic answer is cutting logs and slathering them in peanut butter (real primary school nostalgia there) but I honestly hate celery served raw, which sucks cause I think it’s absolutely gorgeous cooked up. Any reccs for my spare stalks?

I love it in potato and celery soup, roasted vegetable soup and carrot & tomato soup. Make mirepoix (onion, carrot, celery) and freeze in ziploc bags. Bacon, leek, celery and Cheddar quiche. Instead of peanut butter, make a blue cheese dip, or fill each celery stick with blue cheese and chopped walnuts.

add it to most things you cook with a sauce or broth. keep it in the crisper, it will last longer than most veggies, maybe not as long as carrots but better than broccoli or any salad green. I know many recipes say two carrots, two leeks and only two stalks of celery, but no reason I can taste that you can't add more.

t7pq0d

ifyoulikeblank_train

If I like girl-centric horror movies like Carrie, Ginger Snaps, and Jennifer’s Body, what else would I like?

You might like the Fear Street trilogy!

The final girls.

e6y03s

running_train

Is it better for running shoes to fit comfortably or be a little big? I bought 2 pairs of shoes on Black Friday. 7.5 and size 8. In normal shoes I wear size 7. The 7.5 fit and there is a tiny bit of room. My right foot feels a bit more snug but nothing uncomfortable. The size 8 is huge on both feet but feels more comfortable on the right. There is major heel slippage with every step though. The space at the front is like my whole thumb. When I land while running it feels like the force is going in the wrong place so my foot will break. But should I take the larger size anyway? I’m a 16F and don’t think I will grow anymore. Have been 7.5 for about two years. Btw my shoes are Nike Pegasus 36. Thanks!

The important part is how it fits in the heel and midfoot. Lots of room in the toebox is generally ok (if not desired) so long as the shoe is tight otherwise. I know tying laces extra tight is a big thing here, but I'm really a fan of finding shoes that fit well enough that I can usually leave them permanently tied and then slip them on and off. I only tie them tighter when running indoor track on a short 200m track. For any other distance including ultras, I want to be able to slip them on and off.

For myself I am normally an 8 when I get fitted for running shoes 8.5 is snug but not uncomfortable but most shoe store employees will try to put me in a 9. Now to be fair I do find a 9 more comfortable in the long run but the problem is I trip over everything with them way too easily so I went back to the 8.5. Next time I get shoes though I think I will see about trying a wide or the men’s version.

qa6uhz

homebrewing_train

Did my brew get infected? here’s an image of the bottled product sorry if it’s a bit of a newbie question but I’ve been brewing for a few years now and never had an infection or seen anything quite like this on my beer. All the bottles have this strange film with fat bubbles on top. Gravity change indicates about 5.6% abv if I remember right. Been bottled for about two weeks now doing natural carbonation. Recipe was the black ipa recipe from northern brewer.

Yep, but that doesn't NECESSARILY mean it's a total dumper. As other have mentioned, you want to make sure you've got the bottles somewhere they can't do any damage if they explode. But otherwise, I would leave it to age a while, then see if it tastes any good. There's a fairly limited list of potential contaminants in finished beer, and none of them are harmful to humans. Unfortunately not all of them taste good. My best guess is you're dealing with Pediococcus damnosus - it's the most common contaminant in beer due to its resistance to alpha acids. And infection typically occurs during packaging. If it smells like diacetyl, you've probably got pedio damn. If it smells like rotten apples, you've probably got Zymomonas mobilis.

try it, maybe its now a sour, black IPA.

z33kzp

moviesuggestions_train

movies where both the bad guys and good guys are smart? i’m in the mood for a movie, preferably thriller, but where both sides are smart. it’s fun seeing people continually outsmart each other. kinda in the realm of green room, and death note (show). thanks!

Inside man

Cape Fear Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?

n1lg9k

homeautomation_train

Chamberlain MyQ Garage Door Opener - Worth the purchase Hi, I am looking for feedback in regards to purchasing the MyQ and to see if there is an overwhelming consensus to go one way or another. Thank you.

In short, don't buy one. Instead buy a Tailwind iq3 (Review below). It has features that MyQ doesn't and all the ones MyQ does have. It's still affordable. There's no monthly fee. See the review and you'll love the idea. I certainly love mine and the service doesn't have as many outages as MyQ. You'll thank me later. You're welcome. https://youtu.be/wqBTpdZGdUw

Mine died after 3 months. Much prefer opengarage - integrated into ha easily.

xd5zzw

iwanttolearn_train

I want to learn Math. I'm not very bright and I want to learn math properly as an adult from the beginning because that's the subject i struggled with the most in school. I used to enjoy math but got lost somewhere around geometry and algebra. Any tips are welcome :)

/r/learnmath and the math stack exchange are fantastic resources for self teaching math. The subreddit has a mega thread there for a lot of different resources and textbooks you could do. I'd recommend checking it out asap

Get a math textbook, start from the first page and go through the whole thing.

u50hd6

suggestmeabook_train

Best books on female friendships? Just wanna cut through all the girls vs girls programming and want to read about women supporting and loving other women platonically, or even like family. Open to both heavy/dark and light/humorous reads. Thanks!

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton was a wonderful portrayal of female friendships. I read it recently and found myself wishing I had such a supportive group of friends like the author has. Highly recommend.

Fidelity by thich nath hanh

25cgo0

askscience_train

Why is camera flash not allowed in museums and art galleries? What harm can that tiny little flash do to paintings/artifacts? It's always been a question to me since I was small. Been warned by museum guards a few time when I just started photography and didn't know/remember to turn off the flash on my DSLR. When I asked why they always said the flash "would damage the paintings/artifacts", but I never really receive a more in-depth answer as to what the damage is and how it works. I speculated that it might be chemical reaction between the paint and the light, but if that's the case wouldn't other light sources such as the lights in the display hall or something cause damage to them as well?

So long as the light from the flash is of roughly the same range of wavelengths as the museum lights there shouldn't be any major difference in the impact of the two types of light. I don't have any details but my feeling is that flashes tend to be significantly "bluer" than museum lights. Since "bluer" light carries more energy per photon this would make flashes slightly more damaging to pigments. Ultimately the museum is probably just being cautious and trying to minimise the light that falls on the paintings. While the museum lights will gradually damage the pigments there has to be some light so that people can actually enjoy the paintings. For a famous painting like the Mona Lisa the accumulated flash damage from the many thousands of tourists who would be taking photos could exceed the damage from the museum lights. For less famous paintings probably it wouldn't actually make a huge difference but museums are trying to preserve things for hundreds of years so every little bit counts. For some counterarguments have a look here. http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/07/19/does-flash-photography-really-damage-art-the-persistence-of-a-myth

I cant give you an in-depth explanation either on what reactions are happening but I could try to explain why the other light sources aren't that damaging. Light consists out of a broad spectrum of wave-lengths and there is just a small portion visible to our eyes. The shorter the wave-lengths the higher the energy of the photons and the more energy available to possible reactions. So my guess is, that the lights in exhibitions are limited to just certain wave-lengths that aren't as damaging in contrary to a flash, that is on one hand pretty bright and a pretty huge spectrum of wavelengths which both result in a huge amount of emitted energy. Please ask if something isn't clear and other people feel free to correct me :)

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askhistorians_train

Why are Chinatowns so prominent everywhere, essentially becoming legit landmarks, but there are no Germanytowns, Japantowns, Turkeytowns, or Koreatowns? Chinatowns are like landmarks now. Almost every country outside of China has one, but there are no towns for other countries with large amounts of migrants. Why is this?

Because most of us can agree that this question rests on an incorrect assumption, I think the better question might be why it APPEARS as if there are more Chinatowns, and why they seem so much more obvious and distinct than other neighborhoods. To that end, I'd start with literature and popular depictions, where the orientalism and exoticism of Chinatown carried more dramatic possibilities to an English-speaking, white audience than more European alternatives. The trope of the Chinese toy shop, medicine shop, or other shop sets a lot of plots in motion, particularly when mystical themes are involved. In more modern works, Chinatowns have remained popular (if less common), often serving as setting for plots involving organ trading in addition to the older magical talisman topics. Meanwhile, the North American Chinatowns can be said to have been "branded" very well. The architecture, types of stores, and goods available remain largely consistent from Chinatown to Chinatown. There's even a familiar entrance to Chinatowns, an arc that appears in Los Angeles, London, Boston, Philadelphia, and others. They also tend to be very tourism-friendly, with an abundance of restaurants and shops with toys, gadgets, baubles, and artwork. Other ethnic neighborhoods, such as Hasidic, Caribbean, or Greek ones, tend not to be as tourism-friendly. You can go down Steinway Street in Queens right now and see several blocks of middle-eastern shops, but most of them just sell groceries and hookah. Most of these Chinatowns are also around a century old (or older). They've had longer to build their brand (so to speak) and there has been a steady stream of immigrants to keep the neighborhood demographics more constant than their German or Italian counterparts. If somebody else can provide more details along these lines, I think we will be closer to an answer that is more useful to the OP than "you're wrong" (though OP is still wrong).

There's a Koreatown in LA

u24tu7

moviesuggestions_train

movie where the setting is mostly in one location Is there a movie that purposely just follows the character at their work or one location most of the time that isn't a thriller/horror or a prison movie, more light-hearted. I guess office space is a close example, Reservoir dogs is too serious but pretty much ideal in terms of literally all at one location.

Coherence. It's a low budget made for tv sci fi. The first fifteen is a little big of a drag but it gets better. These are a little bit more serious Bug: mostly a hotel room Buried: mostly a coffin Triangle: mostly a cruise ship

Moon They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 12 Angry Men Clerks Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Titanic Das Boot A Night to Remember Adrift All is Lost Sleuth Rope Rear Window

cv8cr2

asksciencefiction_train

[Star Wars] When Anakin had the dream of Padmé dying, was this "just a dream", actual foresight, or something Palpatine put in his head (like how Snoke was able to manipulate Rey and Kylo Ren's minds)?

Anakin has legit foresight into future events, but Sheev manipulated his fear.

He saw Padme dying in childbirth, he just didn't realize he would be the cause of it.

w0ljx6

screenwriting_train

any good stories where the protagonist lies or breaks a moral, and everything spirals into a mess? looking for inspiration mostly. i'm so lost at this, i want to write about a man who tells a small lie, and then tries to cover it up and fix fix fix, but everything just goes horribly wrong instead, and not a mainly comedy, more drama. I really want to see some examples, to inspire me to write something.

TV Tropes has a page called Snowball Lie for this scenario and you may be able to find other good works with this plot concept there.

The Card Counter. New Paul Schrader film.

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eatcheapandhealthy_train

What are 3 cheap fruits/vegetables that have a high nutritional value? If I could only pick 3 cheap fruits/vegetables with high nutrition, what should I pick? My current fruit/vegetable selection is fairly limited. I eat apples, bananas, and a 50/50 salad mix from the store that is composed of spinach and "spring greens" or something. Is there anything else I could add to ensure that I meet all my nutritional needs?

Potatoes, potatoes, and potatoes. Doesn't get cheaper or more nutrient dense.

Bananas are available everywhere, year round, cheap, versatile, and easy to eat. They'd get my vote for one!

tbwp9j

suggestmeabook_train

Favorite book of all time you can re-read forever? Any genre, any topic.

My favorite book is A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr. I have read it dozens of times all the way through, and sometimes only parts of it.

Anathem.

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changemyview_train

I believe that if you support legalizing same sex marriage, you should also support legalizing polygamous unions. CMV. It's pretty simple from my point of view. If you wish to define legal marriage as being between any 2 consenting adults (which I do by the way) then what reason is there for not supporting 3 or more consenting adults?

It can become a major issue relating to legal status and taxes. Now all rights granted to married couples have to be extended to three, four, five people?

Theres a higher risk for unreported abuse in multi-party relationships. Also, increasing the number of marriage mixes greatly enhances the chances of inadvertent incest, especially in relatively remote, inward-looking villages and small towns where generations of people live in the same area and are unlikely to move - exactly the kind of places most likely to take up polygamy if allowed to.

ml82ns

ifyoulikeblank_train

What are some really good noir jazz albums? Like Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud, by miles davis (if you have any other noir type albums by him please let me know i love him)

L.A. Noire soundtrack is really good.

this is my personal dark jazz playlist. not everything will fit your request but I am sure you will find a lot of noir jazz in there

t0aq69

entrepreneur_train

Alternate CRMs to the giants that worked for SMB? Hi fellow Ents! It’s now one year since I started my small gift shop and I finally have two employees working with me. So yeah business isn’t so bad. Can I hear a whoop! Whoop! :-) Ok. So I have been using Hubspot which is a big name in the world of CRM software, to run my day to day but I feel that even though it works just fine it’s way too expensive for me. I am looking for a switch to something equally as good but fairly priced. I have heard people talk about how Overloop and Thryv are good for SMBs like mine. I would like to try Overloop to be specific because of the products it offers but I am still on the fence. Does anyone here have any experience using Overloop? Or what CRMs would you recommend for SMBs like mine? FYI, something budget friendly is a key for me. I will appreciate your opinions!

Pipedrive

I think it really depends on the level of complexity you want your CRM to posses. Tools like Hubspot and SalesForce are going to be great if you're focused on actively engaging with prospective customers and reaching out to existing ones. If you're not dedicating time to them every day, you're going to feel like you're not getting your ROI. For my business, we use a Wordpress plugin called **FluentCRM**. It integrates really nicely with the **FluentForms** that we also use and it carries a nominal yearly fee of $129, regardless of how many contacts you have or how many staff you have using it. There are some marketing automation tools in there, too, which allows you to basically ditch platforms like MailChimp or ConstantContact - so for our business, it seems to make sense. Having said that, the platform is relatively basic. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles as the big guys, but our instance doesn't need that. We're also already using a Wordpress website and appreciate the fact our team doesn't have to juggle a dozen logins. If you're not using WP - then my post is entirely pointless, lol.

f0nd1q

keto_train

Is Counting Calories a Must on Keto? This is my 5th day on Keto. Everything is going great, I lost 5 pounds of water weight and I am proud of that and happy how smooth everything is going. I am a little tired and dizzy at times, but I understand that is just apart of the side effects. My main question is, however, is counting calories necessary on keto? I never counted them and I still lost that water weight. If I know something is low in carbs could I just keep eating it without worry?

The weight loss is a result of lower insulin and glucose levels. It is natural result of that. Some people are totally fine eating to the point they feel satiated. And they lose weight early on keto because they have so much body fat stored that when combined with eating to satiation puts them at a steep caloric deficit without counting. Knowing your calories are at a deficit and being at that deficit results in more or less the same result of weight loss. So while counting is not totally necessary, it is reassuring to some and helpful for consistency for others. Personally, I did counting calories. But I think not counting early on is a good way to just focus on metabolic health, which will likely lead to weight loss anyway. On the other hand, if you want the highest chances of weight loss, counting calories or macronutrients is the surest way.

It is not necessary to *strictly* count them, but I recommend at least passively being mindful of how much you have eaten to make sure you're getting enough. Keto is high in fat and fiber, which satiates longer and can lead to people passing a whole day without eating more than 800 calories. If you are getting enough calories, as others have said, it's probably an electrolyte deficiency.

p7i8gv

ifyoulikeblank_train

If I like songs that give me existential dread like I Know The End by Phoebe Bridgers, Holocene by Bon Iver and Ribs by Lorde, what else will I like?

The Bo Burnham Netflix special "Inside."

Hollow Talk - Choir of Young Believers

wzv24r

catadvice_train

Cat traumatized from being thrown off bed I think my cat’s whole personality has changed after I accidentally threw him off the bed… in my sleep. We’ve had our kitten, Pierogi, for just over a year now, he was found outside under a friend’s yard shed, with no other kittens and no mama in sight (for days). He was only around 5 weeks old when we brought him home, confirmed by our vet. He bonded with me immediately, as well as my husband, but I felt like he had a special attachment to me. (I was the main care giver for him, feedings, vet visits, constant playing, and after he was neutered I spent his anesthesia recovery time on the bathroom floor with him lol) He used to follow me around, sit on my shoulders, and sleep next to my head at night. He used to love to be held and carried around. If I was on the couch or in bed he was always, always there with me, and usually very close to my face/head. Well, everything changed one night when I was asleep. He was around 6/7 months old at the time, sleeping in bed with me. I remember stirring in the middle of the night from being really hot, still groggy and mostly asleep I tried to change positions and move my arm from under my pillow… Turns out Pierogi was in that space under my arm (on the outside of the bed) and I knocked him off the bed by moving. It woke me up immediately because he hit the night stand and the bed frame on the way down, then the floor And he took off running. He was small still so I guess there was no resistance when I tried to move. I found him hiding in my closet too scared to come out. I tried talking to him and petting him and offering him some treats, but he was not really interested. I let him rest there and went back to bed, I didn’t want to force him out of a comfortable space after what just happened. He wasn’t hurt that I could see, and was acting mostly fine the next day, except being apprehensive to come near me. Since then he no longer cuddles with me or my husband, he does not like to be picked up, or carried anywhere (not an abnormal cat behavior but this boy used to try and climb up my legs to be held), and for a while did not sleep in bed with us. Every day (still) I try to heal the relationship. He is not scared of me and doesn’t run away when I approach him but he is kind of standoffish now. He will allow us to pet him but not for very long and not often. I play with him as often as I can which he really does enjoy. I talk to him, and give him treats. He lets me clip his nails, and brush him, and wipe him down when it’s needed. I noticed recently (last couple of months) that he has been sleeping in bed with us again, but only at my feet. He will also be in proximity to me, like one couch cushion away, or on the floor in the same room if I am doing something. He has also started following me around again. Just this morning he was cuddling in bed with me close to my face, purring and enjoying pets, and I moved my other arm and he immediately jumped up and moved away from me. So this interaction really solidified that I traumatized him. Ever since that night I feel like he had changed completely and I feel sad about what I did almost every day. Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to heal the relationship?

I don't want to be this person, and I'm sure you probably already thought about this but could he be injured?

Treats treats treats. Cats are bribable with food over emotion in ways humans simply are not.

gva07m

ifyoulikeblank_train

Slow psychedelic songs like black sabbath - planet caravan/solitude

Since I’ve been Loving You - Led Zeppelin Tea for One - Led Zep (someone on the thread already said this one, and quite a few other Zep songs, No Quarter, I Cant Quit You Babe is another, ) Maggot Brain - Funkadelic She - Harry Styles (I listened to this the first time I did DMT) Fear Innoculum - Tool (the whole album is really cool but my issue with tool is they tend to feel repetitive in music) Evil in Your Eye- Church of the Cosmic Skull Keep Floatin’ - Mac Miller I realize these may not exactly be within the genre you’re looking for but they’re some of my favorite psychedelic type songs.

Stoned Jesus - I'm The Mountain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW1jxJ6ISks

at6v0n

booksuggestions_train

Book recommendation from your Country Let's recommend one book from the country we live in. Let me start with "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri from India.

The God of Small Things (India)

*American Gods* by Neil Gaiman

j82kyf

moviesuggestions_train

My favourite movies are Whiplash, Hot Fuzz, White Chicks, Tangled and Back to the future, what would you recommend? Other films I find amazing are Peter pan, civil war, sorry to bother you and beetlejuice

When I think of back to the Future I am reminded of most of the 80's Staples from breakfast club and pretty in Pink to adventures in babysitting and the mannequin. Johnn Hughes movies as well in there

Definitely watch Amadeus (1984) \[about Mozart\]. also Bridge to Terabithia (2007) Enchanted (2007) Midnight in Paris (2011) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Big Fish (2003)

gh28nb

booksuggestions_train

Intense sexual relationship Can someone recommend a book about an intense sexual relationship, like Normal People by Sally Rooney? Not a romance paper back, but an actual well-written novel THAT IS NOT THE OUTLANDER. Thanks fellow horny readers.

I feel personally attacked by the "THAT IS NOT OUTLANDER" 😂

Perhaps you'd enjoy Tampa by Alissa Nutting, or Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Hope these help.

z33kb3

askacademia_train

I want to pursue a Ph.D. in astrophysics, but... I graduated last year with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Minor in Applied Mathematics. I am a 32-year-old male with a massive passion for astronomy, and want to pursue a Ph.D. in astrophysics. I am currently debating whether it is worth pursuing since I have an intense urge of wanting to get married and start a family before pursuing or during grad school. I had too many failed short-term relationships throughout my college life, and I am tired of it since I want a long-term healthy relationship leading up to marriage. My parents kept telling me to be practical about my goals, and I still struggled with making difficult decisions. However, I have read stories by Ph.D. people who got married during their Ph.D. program and graduated with flying colors, which is something I am willing to go through in that scenario. Some people have recommended pursuing a Master's degree before going for a Ph.D., which I am also willing to go through. However, I am concerned about losing my opportunity to pursue a Ph.D. when I start a family. I want to avoid ending up like my parents, who regretfully lost their chance to pursue a Ph.D. Any actual astrophysicist who had that experience as I am currently going through, please suggest what steps have worked for you and, hopefully, could help me make the right decision for all the things I want in life to meet my goals.

I’m a current astro PhD student and, while I can’t say anything about marriage during a PhD, I can say that if you plan to pursue an astro PhD in the US, it is uncommon to get a master’s before your PhD. My understanding is that this is a bit different in Europe though.

I have lived in an astronomy hub and as a nerd lots of my friends during my years there have PhDs in various astronomy fields. I also was in a domestic partnership for years with someone who received their PhD in astronomy from a top school and worked doing a 70/30 position in the field. I know a smattering of Dr.s in other disciplines, but, apart from two Literature people, Astronomy peeps seemed to have the hardest time for employment. Jobs in the field are way less in number than the number of students being pumped out with doctoral astro degrees. Some even struggle finding Post Docs. This means that when a job comes up you AND your partner have to be will to move there. Baltimore, Hawaii, Tucson, Chile, tiny college town teaching gen ed astro courses, wherever for whatever. Might be easier after you are already established or might be possible while a student. Almost all my friends in the field in successful relationships found their partner after graduating. (And like 80%+ of those were during their post docs now that I think about it.)

ykcent

suggestmeabook_train

Books like Game of Thrones, but with a slightly brighter tone. I want the drama, the politics, and the worldbuilding. But maybe not *as* grim, and maybe (if you can swing it!) less non-consentual relationships? The relationships don’t have to be perfect, but less. y’know. Thank you!

* Dandelion Dynasty * Dagger and Coin * Assassin's Apprentice

Maybe Lois McMaster Bujold's Curse of Chalion?

9orxyg

askphilosophy_train

Could you remember other books which are based on lecture transcripts, like Kripke's "Naming and Necessity?" Since this kind of texts were basically meant for wide audience it's relatively easy to follow and understand (there still might be exceptions, tho). Generally, authors are willing to provide examples and vivid descriptions of what they are saying in this format.

William James's *Pragmatism.* It's literally a transcript of his lecture series and it's just like you describe—a phenomenally entertaining read, because the whole thing is delivered in a pretty casual, conversational style. But it's still substantively rich and well worth the read. James was also just a fantastic writer in general.

The Enchiridion.

xe4isv

excel_train

How to prevent data outside of my table moving around when I sort data within the table? I have a table in columns A-K that is generated via some logic from another sheet. In columns M&N, I have a separate set of information, that is to be manually entered. A-K have the buttons to sort and M&N do not, but when sorting A-K, data from M&N moves up and down in their respective columns. How do I prevent this from happening?

Keep data on separate sheets and then have a master sheet that compiles both?

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s0oo5y

cooking_train

Recently fell in love with peas Maybe I should have posted this at r/unpopularopinion but I fell in love with peas this summer. Never really ate them growing up, unless they came in tuna casserole or fried rice. My favorite restaurant had a breakfast of varietal peas with poached eggs with sourdough toast and lemon ricotta. The peas (green, snap, snow, and what I believe are soybeans/edamame) were sautéed with caramelized shallots are a tiny bit of truffle oil. Do any of you have some good ideas or recipes involving peas?

Make mutter -paneer( peas -cottage cheese curry) a popular Indian curry. Boil peas with a half spoonful sugar in the water till soft. Cube cottage cheese . You can deep fry cubes or use them as such , as you prefer. Fry 2-3onions5-6,garlic cloves,apiece ginger. Till light brown.grind and put in a skillet with a tablespoon oil. Keep stirring on low flame. Add 4tbsp tomato puree. Add 1tsp salt, half tsp red chilli powder, one tsp coriander powder, one fourth tsp turmeric, one fourth tsp garam masala . Keep stirring till paste leaves oil. Adda cup ofwater , bring to boil .add peas and paneer. Simmer for five minutes . Serve with roti, naan, rice or even buns. You can alter salt and chilli as per need. .

Fresh peas with butter and mint.

cr83zt

moviesuggestions_train

Movies with <7 rating IMDB movies but are in your best movies list of all time ? I have seen many movies with below 7 rating but are way better then some of 8 plus movies.Kindly suggest such movies which are in your top movies list.

Talladega Nights Step Brothers Pineapple Express Frank Creep Swiss Army Man I don't feel at home in this world anymore. A ghost story Sorry to bother you Us Hush Green Room Don't think twice Ingrid goes west The Vault You were never really here Enemy

A couple that more people should see, or maybe revisit, rated too low imo. Maybe not the top of my list, but they are way underrated, and most i've seen several times. Bug (Michael shannon in an amazing role) Happy death day Bandits Contagion The beach Signs The island Annihilation Primer Not that great, but still underrated: Youth in revolt Imperial dreams The shallows

xipree

eatcheapandhealthy_train

Where do I go about finding some premade meal plans? Basically just want something that gives easy meals on a weekly or month basis. "Go eat oatmeal on a banana with it for breakfast on monday, for lunch have an avocado and a chicken breast, for dinner eat 3 eggs with one piece of cheese" or something. Easy meals planned out for me since I don't know how to balance nutrition.

Check out eatthismuch.com!!

Pinterest

rk397x

running_train

Should I increase pace of my easy runs? Heey guys. First post, hope I'm doing everything correctly, otherwise be kind please :) I have been running since I was in my teens but not consistently until the pandemic hit, and in September I completed the fastest Garmin training plan (thank you coach Greg) for a half marathon time sub 1:30. Since my race pace was about 4:20 min/km the training plan told me to run my easy runs in pace 5:20. Now I have started a 10k training plan with the intention to go sub 39min in march. The problem is that this is faster than the Garmin coach can help me with, so I have chosen 42min which is the fastest. I'm following the plan but doing all intervals faster than it recommends and it is going just fine. But since I have been running my easy runs in pace 5:20 the last 6 months this is now my default pace, and I have to try to push a bit to go to 4:50-5:00 which is that I think would be ideal for me. So my question is: Should I push my easy pace a bit, with the downside that it doesn't feel that easy? And what pace should I aim for? Or should I keep on cruising at 5:20 and the easy pace will automatically gradually increase? Here is some additional info: 28 year old male. Weight = 65 kg Height = 180 cm 5 k PR = 18:52 HM pr = 1:28:50 Weekly mileage 30-40 km with 4 days running. Edit: formatting

You don't choose your easy pace - your easy pace chooses you. I think it's unlikely consciously running your easy runs faster will help you, but as you get fitter they might naturally get faster. If you think you have more to give then either slowly increase mileage or increase *structured* intensity - if for example you run one interval session a week then try adding a tempo run every other week.

Easy pace is supposed to be easy. It builds endurance and not speed. You almost can't go too easy, but you can easily go too fast. I'd err on the side of keeping it as easy as you can stand.

mh21th

techsupport_train

It happened. I watched files on a flash drive disappear right before my eyes. Files just don’t delete themselves, right? My boyfriend says “that’s the problem with flash memory.” But says he doesn’t know how to explain the science behind it. Flash Drive: ~150GB Use: for temporary storage before I hook up my mechanical hard drive. Project: Scan old photos for archive project at 1200 dpi. What I was doing: Scanning 3 photos on my Epson V600 flatbed scanner. I had the V600 software open up the folder it is saving the .tifs to. Each scan of batch photos is about 400MB. It opens up the folder for my first scan. It’s not there. I go and check what the file destination is. It is saving to default: Desktop. Ok uh.. weird. I guess I must have clicked default by accident. I go to my desktop, see the file, cut, and paste it to my flash drive to the designated folder I need it in. I go back to my scanning software and change the file destination to the flash drive. This is when I mention to my boyfriend that I felt weird about what was going on. So I opened up the folder on the flash drive where I put the scan file and it’s there! I click on it ... AND IT DISAPPEARS! GONE FROM EXISTENCE! I tried to scan to the flash drive two more times after that and every time it opened the file location after it scanned, they weren’t there, and NOWHERE on my computer. Then.. I go microwave a corn dog in anger. I come back, open the flash file... AND ONE OF THE FILES IS THERE! Able to be viewed and previewed! Can someone explain to me what the hell is going on? This flash drive is possessed! If you explain the science behind it, I’m all ears.

everyone seems to be saying it is a suspicious flash drive, and i would agree. to get actual proof, download this software, https://h2testw.en.lo4d.com/windows which will attempt to write data to the entire reported size of the drive. (make sure to remove any data first) Afterwards it will attempt to read the data back and once it finds errors, it will show you the actual true capacity of the drive. (because it is probably a smaller USB drive in disguise, with less true storage) if it does come back with errors, don't use the drive anymore, even for less than the real capacity, as there is no way to tell windows/ Mac OS? that there really isn't that much storage available. reprogramming the firmware of the drive really isn't worth it or the risk, when a real 128GB flash drive is like $20

Please tell me you didn’t buy that flash drive from Wish or similar

yv7232

ifyoulikeblank_train

If I like YouTube channels with hour+ long deep dives (The Right Opinion, Wendigoon, Explore With Us, Fredrik Knudsen) what channels might I like? Not all their content needs to be hour+ but I really like deep dives that are several hours or parts long. Subjects I've really enjoyed are disasters, accidents, true crime, scandals, history, hobby/fandom drama, weird mysteries, those "iceberg of.." videos, scams, frauds, looks into strange corners of the world/internet etc etc... You get the idea 😅 Any recommendations are appreciated!

Here area few I would recommend (and the main topics they cover): blameitonjorge (media/weird mysteries) Shaun (history/politics) Matt Orchard (crime/psychology/sociology) Philosophy Tube (philosophy/politics/history) We're In Hell (politics/media) Reignbot (crime/mysteries) MamaMax (criminal hunter/dangerous websites) Cadaber (mysteries/crime) Dave's Lemonade (crime) NightDocs (mysteries/crime/politics) I'd also suggest others like Nexpo, Night Mind, Hbomberguy, AttrocityGuide, BarelySociable/SlightlySociable, and Nick Crowly, but they've already been named.

try jan misali! he’s well-known for a very long video on the history of caramelldansen. also, you might like sarah z. mostly does weird internet history/fandom drama

8wsq5b

puppy101_train

I thought potty training would be the worst thing about puppies but it’s actually the biting. Our now 14 weeks old corgi has been super smart so far. He has picked up on tricks easily, goes in his crate on command, sleeps through the night, and uses potty bells to signal wanting to go outside to potty. When he’s not being an angel, he’s a velociraptor with razor sharp teeth. Nothing deters him. Even when I redirect him to a toy, it’ll only take a few seconds till he’s back to biting whatever he wasn’t supposed to be biting to begin with. I’m just venting. I read that it’ll get better but I still need some reassurances that it *will* get better with time and training.

My Corgi puppy was a little land shark at first. He dramatically got better when he started going to puppy kindergarten and then daycare. Other dogs helped teach him bite inhibition. I always have tons of stuff to chew on for him... His favorite stuffed animals (he carries them everywhere haha) a men's sock soaked in water and frozen, ice cubes, rib bones, bully sticks, etc etc... He hasn't bitten me in a really long time and he's almost 5 months now. He's teething badly but still doing good. If he gets especially bitey it's probably nap time haha.

Omg my puppy was a literal PIRANHA for months and months. My arms and hands were ripped to shreds. Redirecting him to his toys didn’t work. Yelping and walking away from him didn’t work. Putting him in his crate for a time out didn’t work. Nothing. Worked. But it did get better. Over time. And with me continuing to try all of the above methods. Once his baby teeth all fell out he got much much better. Just keep at it. Take breaks when you need to. Make your puppy take naps, especially when he seems especially bitey.

fl5t80

askculinary_train

What's the difference between measuring your ingredients by volume vs by weight?

pet peeves, Recipes should list ingredients per weight, even liquid. da fuk is 1/4 table spoon or 1 cup of flour or a bunch of spinach or a 4 cups of potatoes

one gives you a measure of volume. the other gives you a measure of weight. for substances whos effective density changes with processing, volumetric measurements may be unfavorable, i.e. brown sugar and how tightly it is packed. in the same vein, even measuring weight on brown sugar isnt that great between recipes because changes in its level of hydration will affect the amount of sugar/mass, but typically this varies less unpredictably, especially for well stored brown sugar, than volume does. other things where density is very consistent, i.e. a liquid, it is far more convenient to measure it by volume than by mass, so volume is often preferred.

o23bbg

asksciencefiction_train

[Skyrim] What exactly is required for a normal person to learn Magic and Shouts? * I know that they are two entirely different things, but I thought I would just ask for answers for both in one question rather than ask to separate questions. * By normal, I mean someone other than the Dragonborn * **Magic** * How long does it usually take someone to learn a spell? * How common is the use of spells from people other than Mages? * **Shouts** * It is said that mortals are only able to learn and use the Thu'um through a long process of meditation and the practice of the words, but what exactly does that mean? * Why isn't learning the words of the Thu'um enough to use it?

Magic itself seems to be like any other course of study you can pursue in Tamriel. Perhaps more difficult and less reliable than smithing or alchemy, for example, but far from impossible to get into and excel in if you have the potential and the drive to achieve it. For example, the Dragonborn has taken down scores of common bandit camps, and at least one will have access to a basic Restoration spell, or up to mid-grade Destruction spells like Fireball or Ice Storm. As a modern day analogy, taking a few computer classes won't make you a programmer, but the skills will still come in handy when Grandma's computer goes buggy for the tenth time this year. Shouts are a wholly different, more primal form of magic. Using the Voice is not merely a matter of knowing the incantation or gesture and firing off an Ice Spike in Nazeem's direction, but truly *understanding* the Word of Power and taking its meaning fully unto your very being. For dragons, as expressions of Akatosh, this comes naturally. But for a mere mortal, it takes time and focus to even begin such a process. By the time a mortal can use a full Shout - Unrelenting Force for example - they know not just every possible meaning of the word, but how each word impacts and affects the world around them. To provide another real-world analogy here, consider some speeches by world leaders; very rarely are these done on the fly, and most have been prepared after weeks or even months of constant revision and recitation, with the speaker knowing *exactly* what they say and *exactly* how to get their point across, with everyone knowing *exactly* what they mean.

It seems that magical powers are not that rare - if we're to take character creating process as an example, some people just naturally have knacks and know-hows that use magical power. Magical guilds seem to be pretty cavalier about selling low-level spells, and I'm not sure anyone actually comments on protagonist rapid progress, so I would imagine it's just the matter of your own personal magical reserves and lots and lots of practice. For shouts I don't really know. I can only surmise that draconic is just a magical language like that, so it just ain't working unless you get enlightened enough, or swallow enough dragon souls.

mb2nq7

suggestmeabook_train

Looking for books similar to those of Celeste Ng I really love the way she writes about families, and her ability to show both sides of a story. She’s really good at making you think about different world views and opinions. I also just love the way she writes. Thank you!

Lovely Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - a really great story about motherhood that has you absolutely rooting for both sides in an opposing narrative. It's done really well.

I’d recommend Liane Moriarty. Author of Big Little Lies (already mentioned). As well as the Husband’s Secret, both are fantastic. Someone also mentioned Jodi Picoult, and I second this! Try Handle With Care, Nineteen Minutes, The Tenth Circle, A Spark of Light, House Rules, or Small Great Things. I love all of her books, those are just a place to start.

qw9xrs

askacademia_train

TA dealing with a condescending student Hi all, Have any of you had to deal with a condescending student? How did you deal with it (or did you?)? I (30F) have a student (19M) this semester who emails me frequently with questions that have always seemed to insinuate that I didn't know what I was talking about. But I assumed I was being oversensitive or paranoid, so I have always answered him promptly and cheerfully. However, today, the student got in a long back and forth with me (over email) about a basic statistical analysis in which he is FULLY incorrect, but has continued doubling down no matter what I say (or how many resources I send him). Finally he wrote back something along the lines of "fine I still think it means xyz but I guess I just won't include how we got our results." To be clear, he literally added a new statistical test that is not part of the assignment, and makes no sense with the data. The last email especially was honestly very rude, and I'm not sure how to proceed. I'm leaning towards just leaving it alone, since he apparently cares so much about having the last word, but I'm worried about grading his final paper if he continues to double down on this. Has anyone else encountered something like this, and what did you do?

Just grade him appropriately if he gets the wrong answer he fails and that's it. Bak in my undergrad I remember a student trying to correct the proffessor constantly despite the guy being fully and utterly wrong. The proffessor one day walked out for 5 minutes, walked back in and kept the lecture pretty much ignoring the guy for the rest of it. I thought that was a fairly decent way to prevent ripping the idiot in front of the class.

I think the work as teacher is guide your students to the knoweldge, you can help them with someproblems, but if your students don't try to learn something and don't listen you, you must not keeping help them. I think you should give up whit him and use his emaik as evidence.

osa5zv

askengineers_train

How do you reconsile the fact that you're learning, but the amount you screw up has real life ramifications?

What kind of ramifications? Have you injured or killed anyone? There's a reason engineering processes have reviews, checks and redundancies built in.

So long as I get paid I don’t care I work to the best of my abilities; if I’m given something beyond my scope that’s my boss’s fault

otlctj

eatcheapandhealthy_train

What would you suggest making for a house party (15-25 people)? I have access to free vegetables and cherry tomatoes. I am planning to throw a housewarming in September, and I wanted to know if people had ideas on foods that can feed a crowd. I can get a bunch of free vegetables such as Poblanos and heirloom cherry tomatoes from work. The caveat is that I end up with a bunch of stuff so if you know of recipes that use a lot of one thing that would also be cool! This steamed Shishito recipe looked cool and it can be made beforehand. I was also thinking that I could do a pork shoulder since those are cheap and feed a lot of people. Pork is a bit polarizing for folks, so I'd rather pick something like a chicken dish to satiate my omnivorous friends :). I have access to Sous Vide, Instant Pot, etc so what I lack in creativity, I make up for in tools.

Was at a restaurant in France - their only appetiser was a huge central basket of washed veges, hard boiled eggs, rustic bread and a cream cheese/sour cream and fresh herbs dip. They'd pass it around and people made their own plates.

BLT Sliders

6cucfk

changemyview_train

Change my view that Evidence is the only thing that should be allowed steer policy. It should be regarded as absolutely holy and should supercede any other forces dictating the architecture of our society. I have always wondered how it is that anything apart from reason, logic and evidence has survived political debate. If one has reproducable, transparent evidence of some policy innovation leading to a decrease in suffering or an increase of human welbeing, how can one lose any debate that scores reason and scientific substantiation? When presenting evidence and demanding evidence of the claims of the opposing party, one has instantly won when the opposing group lacks substantiation or am I missing something. How do we still allow disproven nonsense, guessing, unprovable supernatural beliefs and other things for which there simply cannot be any evidence provided, affect our society? In a free society, I would think it vital to allow everyone their personal freedom as long as it doesn't affect others. But with something like the anti-vaxxing movement, society can't just accept their unsubstantiated claims affecting innoscent people. After presenting all the evidence and completing the debate of reason, these people have got to be, in the most friendly and civil ways possible, stripped of their capacity to hurt society, right? Same story with religious or ideological extremism, including materialism. Reason should prevail always, and the reasonable should claim/ have the right to suppress everything unreasonable when it comes to public policy. Please change my maybe naive view. Thaanks

> In a free society, I would think it vital to allow everyone their personal freedom as long as it doesn't affect others. Do statements like this require evidence?

>In a free society What "evidence" do you have that we should have free a society? Society is created to server human needs, not the other way around. And humans often have irrational demands. There is no rational reason why people need "freedom" - it just something we like. So what's wrong with basing policy on what pleases people?

akebsz

changemyview_train

Change my view thatIn Game of Thrones, basic military strategy should be able to easily defeat the White Walkers As the title says, I think that by implementing common military strategies that were used in medieval periods on Earth, the people of Westeros should have nothing to fear from White Walkers. Please don't read further if you don't want to be spoiled for the 7th season. There are a couple of assumptions that I will make with this post. However please correct them if they are wildly off-base with the show. 1. I assume that Dany's 2 dragons will be able to handle the Night King's one dragon. Other than that, I don't think Dany's dragon's even need to play a part in the battle. 2. The war strategy and technology that was around pre-1400 or so Europe is available on Westeros. I believe this is generally true, given the fortifications we see in castles, and the use of crossbows, but obviously not rudimentary guns. 3. There are roughly 200k wights, along with a dozen or so White Walkers. Indeed, the show has shown us far less than this, so I'm being generous here in saying that this is how many wights and White Walkers will be fighting, not including any new wights that are made through deaths. 4. Once a wight or White Walker has been killed, there is no process to bring them back. 5. Once a white walker is killed, a portion of Wights immediately die along with it. Once the night king is killed, all wights die. Given these assumptions, it seems clear to me that a few pieces of military strategy would easily defeat the dead army. First, the dead army has shown no capability to fight in formation, or with any sort of strategy. The wights fight without fear, but they are generally scattered. Second, they also generally have no other weapons that what their dead bodies had on them. This means generally, they have short spears, swords, and axes. But all of them are very old and low-quality for the most part. Third, only White Walkers have been shown to ride horses. Wights generally have not been seen to have any sort of cavalry. Nor do they have any sort of siege weaponry, save for Giants which practically count as siege weapons themselves. Yet they also don't have any sort of ladders, or mechanisms to scale or penetrate a castle. That being said, any army that meets the dead army in the field is only hindered by pure numbers alone. A wall of pikes can easily dispatch far more wights, even given the fact that a dead soldier means another wight. And any army that is able to hole up in a castle has things even easier. Without a dragon, the only thing the dead army has as far as strategy is bashing through the walls of a castle with a giant. While we haven't seen how effective this strategy is, I doubt it can penetrate the walls of most castles. Even if it could, the giants are few and far between. Lots of archers with lots of arrows (either flaming, or made of dragonglass) can easily take down Giants, as well as countless wights. Then, the only strategy for the dead army is to lie in wait as people starve themselves inside the castle. Yet as we have seen in the show, no wights seem to have any archery skills whatsoever. Whereas a living army has archers with flaming or dragonglass arrows that could slowly but steadily whittle down the wight's numbers until it is a much, much easier fight in the field. And lastly, the most skilled of archers can try and shoot directly for the white walkers themselves. They haven't been shown to have any sort of superhuman reflexes or strength, given that Jon has been able to defeat two of them in single combat. They are simply "pretty strong" in single combat against a human with dragonglasss or valyrian steel. Things that will successfully change my view: * mentioning something I forgot as far as a strategy that the white walkers could employ to counteract what I've mentioned. * showing how dany's two dragons, would in fact lose to the Night King's one dragon * showing how these strategies would not actually help defeat the white walkers. _____ > *This is a footnote from the CMV moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please* ***read through our rules***. *If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which,* ***downvotes don't change views****! Any questions or concerns? Feel free to* ***message us***. *Happy CMVing!*

Why do the dead have to capture castles? A castle is onky as good as the stock of food it holds. The dead can literally ravage the entire continent with all of the strongest armies in castles, and in one season's time, the castles are severely weakened, if not empty of any living. Moreover, a phalanx is only as good as it's formation. You throw dozens of undead into a phalanx, disrupt even one area of the phalanx, and the entire unit falls. They don't even need to penetrate a phalanx from the front. If they can overwhelm it enough to flank the phalanx, again, the unit falls. Imagine being in a line of pikemen and your pal next to you turns into an undead and attacks you. Phalanx over. Now, it's true that the living can take defensive positions and use the terrian, even to effectively utilize artillery or that green fire whatever. But the undead army is so large that any strategic advantage used by terrain is likely nullified by the sheer vastness of the army. It's no good to funnel enemy forces into a narrow valley or forest when their army stretches outside of that feature anyways. Lastly, as many people have said, their army is constantly replenishing, there are loads of undefended farming villages, etc. which would supply the armies and castles of the living, plenty of bears and wolves, and, of course, the Dragon. Those are not small advantages to have, even if we assume it's a minimally effective fighting force. I will point out that there is likely some use to being safe at sea. The living can certainly take advantage of the relative safety of the water to attempt to outmaneuver the dead. But again, these are creatures that don't sleep, don't eat, and don't tire. They have literally zero upkeep cost, and there is very little downside strategically in making hard pushes to maneuver, whereas the living tire out, require supply lines and other forms of battlefield infrastructure, and require preparation for battle. Oh, that reminds me, people tire. The dead don't. Imagine fighting for more than an hour on the front line. Or worse yet, attempting to switch out of the front line with literal constant offensive pushes by the dead. All the dead have to do is keep swarming and lactic acid does the rest.

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bz37hb

keto_train

I don't recognize myself anymore. Will this weird feeling that I'm in someone else's body go away eventually? Sorry for the long post. Got going and just kept typing. TL;DR - I lost a lot of weight now life is weird. I've been fat since grade school. In 2015 (at my heaviest) I decided to lose weight. For about a year I exercised 5 days a week. At one point I was up to running/walking 8 miles five times a week. Although some weight came off (maybe 50 pounds), I stayed fat and still looked pretty much like myself. I don't know exact pounds because I haven't weighed myself since a few months into that 2015 diet. It was so disheartening doing all that effort to only see 15 pounds come off (knowing I had 150 to go). Since then I measured success in inches. Over the next couple years I stayed about that same size (2-3XL shirts and 44-46 inch pants). Some months I would exercise but it was hard to find the kinda time and motivation required to see any real progress. I had more or less accepted that I was always going to be fat (not as fat as I use to be, but never as thin as I wished I was). Last October I met someone. She was (since this isn't a dating forum I'll just say) motivation. I began to research how to really lose weight beyond the typical diet/exercise everyone always suggest. This is how I discovered Keto. And it worked. I'm down to a large shirt and 36 inch pants. Still don't know how many pounds but if I had to guess probably 150 from my heaviest. There might be 10 to 15 pounds in my mid section but my face, arms, and legs are all thin. The past couple months (since winter ended) the changes have been very noticeable, especially in my face. So now I look in the mirror and don't recognize myself. It is like I switched characters. Yesterday, someone posted a recent picture of me and I thought to myself "who is that guy, I don't remember him being there". Also, I don't know how to act now. I use to be a jolly fat guy who made self deprecating jokes (imagine Chris Farley's Chippendales audition or his fat man in a little coat routine). My personality fit my look. Now my normal size man in a coat that fits routine isn't nearly as funny. People treat me differently too. They touch me a lot more now. I catch them staring at me as well. I use to be able to sit unnoticed in a room until I wanted to say or do something (normally a joke). Now, it is different. Not bad per se, just weird.

Of course you don’t recognize yourself: you don’t look like your former self anymore. I’ll share something with you, and whomever else might read this note, that I’ve never told anyone before, but it’s a bit of a story, so, here goes: I’ve been obese almost my entire life. I was always the fattest person in my family, the fattest kid in school (not just my class, the whole school)...being a fat chick was a big part of my identity. When I was 29 years old I broke up with my abusive ex-fiancé. I bought the original South Beach Diet book, followed the plan for three months and 40 pounds melted off of me. I was thrilled to drop 3 pant sizes and see myself leaning out. Until one day - the day that I achieved 40 pounds gone - I woke up in the morning, casually glanced at myself in the mirror, did a double-take and was shocked: I didn’t recognize myself. I didn’t look like ME: my face looked angular and drawn to me, my head looked huge, I thought that I looked strange with a smaller body. I’ve never experienced that kind of disconnect. I wore baggy clothes that were two sizes too big for me, and a belt, because I felt so completely and utterly uncomfortable with my trimmer self. I was still overweight, but at 170 pounds I had achieved the lowest weight of my adult life. I weighed 10 pounds less than I did in high school. So I ate until I was back to being morbidly obese again. Because that’s who I always was, from birth to present: fat and fluffy, pudgy and flabby, with a deep love for blatant and unabashed gluttony. This time around I’m bracing myself to potentially experience the same scare once I get to 170 pounds or less. I don’t know exactly what I’ll do to handle my anxiety in healthy ways, but I’m inclined to think that if I’m really freaked out I’ll sign up for some counseling. I can’t think of any other way to get my mind right, ya know? You’ll find yourself again. The core of who you are is still there. Keep your sense of humor! People love to laugh regardless of what size you are. Regarding the new attention that you’re noticing: perhaps you’re feeling self-conscious because you feel so disconnected from your trimmer body? If that’s the case, feeling self-conscious is surely magnifying every bit of attention that you might get? Also, your transformation isn’t just a mind fuck for you; everyone who has known you before you lost 150 pounds is going to be shocked by your transformation. Touching and staring is, unfortunately, a natural human reaction to something that seems foreign or surprising. You look different. You look great! People wanna check you out! Which leads me to my final thought: I’ll bet you’re attractive! Even if you’re feeling weird, the extra attention from others speaks for itself, don’t you think? You probably have a gorgeous face, and your face gains are making your eyes look bigger and more noticeable. Welcome to your true image, good lookin’. I hope that you go easy on yourself during this adjustment period- keep on taking supremely good care of yourself.

I know exactly what you’re talking about. I have been fat all my life and every time I’ve lost any significant weight I don’t recognize myself either by sight or feel. Currently going through this now. My skull doesn’t feel like mine, and my arms, hands, thighs ,face don’t look familiar. I liken it to driving a car and the chassis keeps changing! So it’s bothersome that people treat me differently as I am still the same driver...but you are right people definitely treat you different. Another thing that makes it harder is I don’t have a point of reference. Most people who I run into who are trying to lose weight are former thin people. They have gotten older and put on weight. They are trying to get back to the thin person they were. I’ve never been thin, I have no idea what that looks like on me. In any case I heartily agree with the recommended therapy to help you through this part. It’s very disorienting, it can help you so you can maintain.

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suggestmeabook_train

Good dystopian novels for me? I've read 1984, Animal Farm, and recently, Brave New World. What good dystopian novels should I read next?

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Ready Player One!

6zy974

homebrewing_train

Strangest adjunct you've ever brewed with? Some commercial breweries have brewed up some weird shit like bacon, fried chicken, muffins in their beers. What is the most out there addition that you have made to a brew throughout the process? Any tips for incorporating ingredients that are high in fats? Or is accepting loss of head retention and other effects just something to deal with?

Pickle gose. Turned out decent but people either liked it or hated it. Tasted like pickle brine mostly.

Beer Rabbit molasses for a stout. Came out a little strong but was really good after six months

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asknetsec_train

A book that covers networking with a whiff of security/hacking Hey guys, I know there are a lot of requests being made about help, but I can't seem to find a book that covers networking. At least, I can't find a popular book on networking with maybe some part of security. Does anyone of you know what book is good to read for learning the whole concept of networking and maybe some security/h4xorz stuff?

I suggest you check out Hacking, 2nd edition (ISBN 978-1-59327-144-2). The networking chapter is really interesting and I learned plenty from it. Chapter content: * 0x400 NETWORKING * 0x420 Sockets * 0x430 Peeling back the lower layer * 0x440 Network Sniffing * 0x450 Denial of Service * 0x460 TCP/IP Hijacking * 0x470 Port Scanning * 0x480 Reach Out and Hack Someone

If you're interested in video lectures as well, I'd recommend Steve Gordon's various lecture series which are up on Youtube. I've been working through a couple of them, and have found them to be very informative, providing both overviews and detailed analysis on everything from basic data communications to internet technologies and security/cryptography.

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iwanttolearn_train

I want to learn how to stop smoking I've smoked for almost 20 years. I've tried cutting down, cold turkey, nicotine patches, nicotine gum. I fail everytime. Are my reasons not good enough? Is my will power just that shitty that I can't fight the cravings? Is there something I'm missing? What is required to successfully quit? I've started trying to quit again today and have already spent the morning crying in the bathroom.

I've read Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking and managed to stop smoking immediately after finishing the book. It's scary to start it and it's even scarier to finish it, but if you push through, at the end of it you'll be able to become a non-smoker. I smoked for about 17 years and now I'm 1.5 years smoking free. One of the main things to keep in mind is that it would be better to not replace cigarettes with anything else, just let the withdrawal and healing take it's course since the physical symptoms of nicotine addiction withdrawal are minimal and the worst battle is happening in your brain. The most awesome part is that after a few months of not smoking, I realized my anxiety went away and now I deal with normal levels of stress, which is still unbelievable for me - Allen Carr explains in his book that one of the things this addiction does to you is increasing the stress until you get your dose and the more you smoke, the more doses you will need to calm you down and that's why the belief that cigarettes are calming. In reality, is the other way around. Nowadays, when I start feeling like I need "my fix", it just helps me realize that my stress levels are increased. I wish you good luck! You can do it!

Never stop quitting. Just cause you bought a pack and smoked a few don't have them all, throw them out. Make a conscious choice to still be quitting. Stop drinking for 6 months, drunk me loves smoking, so I had to hang around with him less. Also, don't hang around any smokers in the first few weeks. Choose something cool that you wouldn't just buy yourself, then keep putting your smokes money in a jar each week and use it for that. I also think some shroom or ket trips can help too.

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ultralight_train

Ladies, what are your backpacking underwear of choice? So I've been looking for some underwear for long day hikes and backpacking that meets this criteria: - Dries fast - Moisture wicking - Antimicrobial / doesn't retain odors - No visible pantyline - Durable (doesn't get holes after multiple washes) As dumb as it sounds, the no panty line thing is important to me. Yes, I know no one on the trail really cares, but I like to wear legging-type hiking pants and would prefer my underwear not to show.

My wife really liked her Patagonia underwear and sports bra on our thru-hike. The sports bra looked "sportish" enough that she sometimes wore it without a shirt over it (but never hanging out or in front of that many people).

Definitely check out Duluth Trading's line of Buck Naked underwear.

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travel_train

Planned to go to Morocco but now thinking about Albania+BIH after hearing all the horror stories I was excited to go to Morocco. It would be my first time stepping on the African continent, and I have had good experiences in other Arab/Muslim countries. I was also excited to visit so many Unesco world heritage sites and feel like Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. I also speak French so it would be perfect to practice it there.. But after a recent post on this subreddit, I'm skeptical of the country. It seems like the locals are rude and just want to scam you. It also seems overly touristy. I'm now thinking of switching to Albania because of the good things I've heard about that country as well as its compact size. I feel like its similar to Georgia or Armenia, both countries I've had pleasant experiences in. The only con is the language barrier, and the fact that there aren't many unesco world heritage sites.

I just came back from Morrocco 3 weeks ago and it was absolutely amazing. Really nice people, great foods and spice markets. Spending the night Sahara was life changing.

The country of Morocco is fantastic. But the people not so much, had multiple scary altercations on the street including some near fights and being cornered for money

t4b4nk

askengineers_train

Career progression: getting a PhD vs going into industry at entry level What's the career progression like for working at large established companies when you're starting at entry level? I've heard a few people say that they are going to get their PhD because you can either do that or work for company for \~10ish years to get to the same place (or sometimes there's just glass ceilings put in place). I'm interested in wearables which is maybe sort of niche (I only really know that the big tech companies hire for it, and most require at least a Masters). I have a job offer for an entry level position in wearable instrumentation (it looks like mainly just debugging hardware): when I think about what I want to do long term it's more than just debugging hardware (I'd be more interested in the design/conception more so than just troubleshooting what already exists). I know usually you can either advance up management or try and stay on the technical side, but how does that actually work, and if you did take a entry level role somewhat adjacent to what you actually wanted to do, how did that end up for you and where are you now? If I'm interested in staying more so on the technical side, more so on the design specifically (or making my own stuff), does a PhD make more sense than just entering entry level and working my way through? I'm just not sure what the endpoints are for either career path (PhD vs nonPhD) if I know I want to work in industry, maybe my own company. People who didn't get a PhD, what stuff are you working on now compared to what you originally intended and do you wish you had gotten a PhD, and for people who did get a PhD and go into industry, same question but flipped. My friends will frequently bring up "oh while you're getting your PhD I'll have earned XYZ amount while you're that far behind" which is true, but I'm not looking to get a PhD for the money, but rather so I can work on the problems that I want (at my school almost all the engineers just go into consulting, which is fine, but not really what I'm looking to do). My own background: I'm a senior mechanical engineer looking at going to graduate school for electrical engineering. I have a few interviews I'm in the process for right now, but I've already been accepted to a few graduate schools (tuition paid, with a small but livable stipend). I'm most interested in VR/AR/wearables/haptics, more so towards the hardware side than just the CS side, so I'm trying to figure out if an advanced degree is really worth it / required. Big caveat being I don't know that much about any of those topics at this moment, as I haven't had any classes or projects specifically in those areas. Coming from mechanical I frequently hear that at places like Lockheed/Raytheon, the PhDs design everything and everyone else does the fabrication / failure analysis / GD&T / etc. which I don't know how true that is or if it generalizes to other fields.

You should really only do a PhD if you are interested in research in a particular topic (like, something you want to do for a significant portion of your life). I worked in semiconductor R&D with a *ton* of PhDs (literally hundreds, if not thousands), and I would say in general that a PhD opens a completely different set of doors than a BS and even MS. A simple comparison would be that at the BS level, you use equations to solve discrete problems, occasionally making an assumption along the way. At the graduate level, you would learn the physics and math behind why the equation is the way it is (and in fields like electronic materials, when that equation starts to fall apart); you have a deeper fundamental scientific and mathematical understanding of engineering concepts, which does not often translate to the majority of the real working world. To give you an idea of how our group was structured by degree type: - Fresh BS grads would enter as engineering technicians. In general they would be following a lot of procedures drawn up by engineers, over time gaining more autonomy and responsibilities but the work would largely stay relatively routine. - Fresh MS grads and experienced BS grads (very rare) would enter as engineers that would own processes and as well as technical projects. A large part of the job was meeting with internal stakeholders to solve mostly-defined R&D projects. Over time this would extend into broader projects, but this was very rare and dependent on the individual. - PhDs would be tasked with open-ended R&D projects, often very undefined problems that required a lot of experimental design and deep understanding of theory (physics, chemistry, materials science) to understand the literal physics of an interaction in device operation or manufacturing processes. PhDs in our team would often be involved with publishing manuscripts (either internally as trade secrets or externally in journals and conferences). They would also enter at the management salary level, so it was common to see them gain direct reports and become engineering managers. I would say I worked in an organization that hired far more PhDs than is normal because semiconductor R&D is so advanced, so there was the occasional blending of MS and PhD responsibilities; in most small-to-medium sized organizations, however, there are very few PhDs and they are truly research-oriented in nature.

Sounds like you have pretty good reasons to pursue a PhD. It can open up doors to do legitimately fun stuff you enjoy for solid compensation. Sure maybe your undergrad friends will have earned XYZ amount while you're in grad school, but they're probably doing mindless dull work. If you do a PhD right and keep a focus on the practical while deep-diving in research in a field with high real-world applicability, you can get yourself a really fun career in it.

zajwgb

musictheory_train

Why do we use flats and sharps, why not just one? Why don't we use just flat or sharp. They both can be used to symbolise the same note, so why not just use one ? Why do both exist ?

Many users have explained the "rules" of sharps and flats (ex. All keys using only sharps or flats, 7 note scales only having one of each letter name, etc.) This is true for today's music but isn't the historical reason sharps and flats exist. The reason we have both sharps and flats actually goes back to before key signatures and scale degrees. The origin of accidentals ultimately dates back to European musicians of the Middle Ages wanting to avoid augmented intervals. For example, the interval between F and B is an augmented fourth, which was undesirable. To avoid this, musicians would alter the B note and lower its pitch, changing the augmented fourth to a perfect fourth. Transcribers of this music would indicate alterations of the B note by stylizing the letter. A rounded B (♭) was used to indicate a lowered B, a square B with a downward stem (♮) indicated a natural B, and a letter B with four stems (♯) was used to indicate a raised B. This notational system was eventually expanded for use on notes other than B, such as raising the C to C# to create a leading-tone in D Dorian (the precursor to D minor).

I'll go one step further and say accidentals shouldn't exist at all. There should just be a note name for every semitone. For example, the C major chromatic scale would be: C - CD - D - DE - E - F - FG - G - AG - A - AB - B - C

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asknetsec_train

Some sites to get started with Ubuntu Linux and command line?

Here's my recommended way. Use Ubuntu only. Use the terminal for everything. You'll learn quick enough. And yeah supplement this with reading and stuff

Check out https://cmdchallenge.com

yzvpvg

eatcheapandhealthy_train

Not necessarily looking for "healthy" but just need some suggestions on what to add to chick peas, peas, and lentils besides butter. Right now I have been taking a can of chickpeas and lentils with a stick of butter and just heating it up in the microwave. I love the texture of chickpeas and lentils but any suggestions on how to make it taste better? Thanks!

I like to put chickpeas and rice together in a crock pot and let it cook overnight on low. I basically cook it until the rice disintegrates. Idk why but to me it's great. I add salt and pepper. It turns into a kinda soup thing. I enjoy it. I use one of those small crock pots. I use like a cup of chickpeas to half a cup of rice. The Rice expands of course so I've made too much a couple of times and it spills over and makes a mess but one cup of chickpeas to a half cup of rice is safe. You may have to add a little water after it's been cooking a while. Not too much water though bc it still needs to I be kinda hearty. I like to use chili powder with the lentils. Again with the crock pot. I like them mushy. I've never cooked peas. I've heard they are delicious.

Toss them in light oil, then experiment with spice mixes and broil them until they get crispy. My personal favorite is cayenne, salt, and paprika.

kfoctm

suggestmeabook_train

My father passed away a couple of days ago and I‘m having huge troubles coping with that. Please recommend me a book

I am so sorry Refuge by Tempest Williams Mary Oliver’s Poetry

Sorry for your loss my friend. As an escape, try the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Book one is the Way of Kings. Just as a fair warning it’s a bit of a slog to get through the first like 10 chapters, especially if this is your first Sanderson book but once you make it through those it gets absolutely incredible super fast. Compelling and very human characters, an incredible magic system and very interesting flora and fauna