Okay this is not specifically Taylor AND Travis, but I feel this sub would get where I am coming from.
Now I am not one to ever compare one individual's mental health conditions that may be with another person. Everyone has their own struggles and challenges they go through, even if the severity differs. However, in this situation, I would like to put my two cents in on a subject many of us already have started to discuss: Taylor's usage of mental illness, mental institutions, and just overall angst she has been harbouring since TTPD's announcement to present times. As others have pointed out before me, it has never been confirmed if Taylor has any medical condition or has any mental disorder. She did confirm back in 2019 though I believe, she has never gone to therapy as she sees her mom as the only therapist she ever could need (if it has changed since then, please let me know). To be honest, yes, it's not our place to know if she doesn't want to share, about anything involving herself, especially like mental health, as it's a personal subject for many, whether famous or not. Also I truly think therapy while super helpful for some, may not be the right for others in contrast. It genuinely depends on each individual on what they need and what works best for them. Alas, whatever we want to call Taylor is doing for the TTPD era with the usage and imagery of mental illness, personally I'm not only over it but disgusted by it.
For starters, we are led to think all this imagery and wordplay and overall presentation of mental illness and mental institutions and lobonomies etc are solely due to her broken heart over a former love (popular suggestion says it's for Matty Healy but some think it's still Joe and some think it's for other people completely or even other situations). We're left with solely her songs and her choices in words both in songs and in real life, to theorize what they could be alluding to. I have seen many Gaylors suggest these are influenced by the LGBTQIA+ was and have been treated in mainstream society. How, homosexuality was even listed an actual illness not so long ago unfortunately.
But for the sake of calling a spade a spade and being simplistic, I am just going to follow the popular belief that this era is just her choice of showing her reaction and feelings towards some ex-lover and feeling scorned by them, most likely it's Matty. Or least the grand majority of the songs seem to lean in his not so favour. That being said (and as someone who has been there with Taylor since Debut), she could have honestly chose a better direction. Mental illness isn't a joke to make people laugh at parties. It isn't a trend or the latest accessory to buy at the mall. It's not something you can just shake off and pretend it's done by the next album. It's real and it's really affects your every day life. Just as mental institutions are no joke. They're not fun playgrounds to meet potential besties at. It's literally a place that originally people were sent to against their will. Even in present times, some people are still sent to them against their will. Yes, some go now voluntarily, but it isn't always the case. I understand being heartbroken and something like ghosting can make one feel emotionally vulnerable and hurt on a multitude of levels. I just wouldn't justify making chronic word usage of "asylums", "madhouses", phrases like "they sent me away" or referencing coming straight from the hospital if she just meant it "symbolically". I get she could have easily meant Hollywood and stardom especially like she has experienced, is a crazy experience to endure, but in that case, it seems like her previous analogies of a circus works better without offending potential parties or people with actual experiences with mental institutions and/or mental illness. It reminds me of how several people say something like "I always wash my hands, I'm OCD" or "War time flashbacks, I got PTSD from *names a very underwhelming situation that disturb a person slightly*", It's careless and callous wording all around. The fact we have even seen some of Taylor's so-called fans start to make their own medical bracelets to play up this theme is disturbing in my opinion. Again mental illness isn't some necklace to show off like a diamond studded piece.
I'm not saying Taylor couldn't have felt maddened in a way by her experiences that inspired TTPD thus how she chose to display this era and such. In my own personal experience without going too much into it, I had my own ghosting experience a few years back that wasn't fun in any way, and it was with someone, who reassured me for months on end that they were going to stay and we'd always be in each other's lives so obviously my trust and faith were both shaken when I noticed one night, I got blocked from all their social media and they didn't answer any call or text I left. However, I didn't go around not only acting like a tortured Victorian woman, who was imprisoned against her own will in a sanitarium but marketing myself as one and even trying to trademark a term I clearly didn't create. Granted say Taylor hypothetically went through a whole bunch of worst case scenarios: loved ones dying, friends leaving her when she needed them the most, people she care for getting sick, potential bankruptcy, etc then fuck, I get her reason behind using all this theme and the imagery as well. But I am going to take the benefit of the doubt and say she really chose a serious topic and things associated with it, just because something went awry again with her and some person she dated unfortunately. And what makes it even more vulgar in my opinion is it's not even like her first break up. It's much more than her first rodeo at this game yet she chose to display all of her feelings for it this time in perhaps, one of the worst ways. She is being insensitive to the ones who actually have been in mental institutions, whether by choice or not, and/or are suffering from mental illness. Again maybe she has something too, maybe not but regardless, she seems tone-deaf to the bigger picture here, similar to her using soldier terminology despite never been at war or even in service.
Many musicians have used this imagery before as we've established but it doesn't make it any more right. Several artists in comparison have been public with their mental health situations and don't even choose to use this type of imagery for themselves. They'll mention it time from time, but it's definitely not treated like a personality trait from them. It's just an aspect of them but not the whole picture. The fact she's even referring to herself as "The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department" sounds like the combination of one of the most pretentious and woe is me crock I have ever heard. We don't see Morrissey calling himself, "The Pope of Mope" (yes, the fans do but he doesn't) and I doubt we'd see Robert Smith call himself, "The King of Sad". Yet Taylor who has had what seemed like a well off childhood and many good things happen to her and never seemed to brand herself as anything less than cheery adjectives for more over a decade, it just sounds so off-putting now she's trying to play the tragic role like it's natural or genuine.
I find it important to note, one particular musician named Emilie Autumn, has been inspired by the Victorian era for her whole career and real life "tortured" writers , along with incorporating the whole asylum analogy long before Taylor, but in sheer contrast, it was documented she actually went to a psych ward in a book she published in 2009. In the book itself, she discusses what it was in both a fictional way and factual way of what she went through as well showcasing how women were treated there in present times compared with the 1800s hasn't changed that much. She wanted to write the book to empower women though and to rise above the turmoil and be stronger because of it. She was no victim here (nor trying to just use it "alt points"). She has since (and even before the book) been very open about her experiences with mental illness (she's openly bipolar and the abuse she's endured over the years, as well her songs show she's not afraid to tackle the harder subjects) and what's it really like to be in a psych ward. I feel Emilie Autumn accomplished making mental illness a subject we can understand and even relate to, without it feeling gimmicky or a cash grab until she comes up with another aesthetic. Again I'm not saying Taylor's life story has been nothing but peaches and cream though, I recognize it hasn't been. And again she isn't expected to tell us her entire medical history and every blemish she ever had, but I don't support nor think her going around at her concerts with her dancers dressed as nurses and doctors and her using mental institutions as settings when she has been so mum on the subject of mental health, whether hers or in general, is a good look especially if she's just doing it to songs about how a guy stopped pursuing her and they weren't even together for that long. It comes off disrespectful and even condescending to the ones, who really have mental conditions and we can't just shake it off with a dance number. I'm sorry she got hurt (whether she still is or was is debated), but it doesn't give her a free pass to use something as heavy as this as just an aesthetic and equally turning a blind eye when some of her fans think it's just a lighthearted thing too. I will never get over how so many are now using asylums so loosely, like "OMG this album makes me crazy, send me to an asylum next". That's fucked up to say the least. Ultimately, I just hope this phase changes fast, and hopefully, Taylor can heal from whatever she is or isn't singing about, and more people step in when an idea is just isn't a good one.

So I was writing about fucking selfies and I was talking about generational gaps in thinking. And I was trying to think of some issue in history that 2 generations disagreed on. My brain is wired to think about US History so I started talking about the civil rights movement and how it connected to the use of selfies. Was this a good comparison or am I gone?

You ever see a cat or rabbit give birth? Usually it's done with ease and less than 30 minutes. For them it's just like taking a large poop.
Now, human birth is horrific. Firstly, because we are bipedal, the hips are more narrow, making it harder for a baby to fit through and even then, most human babies are born * early * and helpless because if they came out any latet it would be 100% fatal.
Secondly, the human baby's head is massive, combine this with narrow hips of the mother and you get one of the most painful, difficult and risky births in the natural world.
But now we have assistance and medical care, but before this, death by childbirth was the 2nd most common way for a person to die in all of human history! Only behind malaria! That is just shocking and honestly makes me feel ill. Like we shouldn't even be here as a species with these rates of mortality.
Did you know that wealthy women in the Victorian age would write their will when they found out they were pregnant?

Exploring Backend Authentication Strategies

In the realm of web development, particularly within the ASP.NET Core framework, the need for secure and efficient user authentication mechanisms cannot be overstated. One of the more advanced techniques involves generating access tokens on the backend, solely based on a user's email address. This method offers a streamlined approach to authentication, reducing the need for traditional login forms and enhancing the overall user experience. By focusing on backend processes, developers can ensure a higher level of security, as sensitive user information, such as passwords, are not required to be transmitted or stored in the frontend, thus minimizing potential vulnerabilities.
The process of generating access tokens in the backend leverages the power of ASP.NET Core's robust security features and its flexible architecture. This approach not only simplifies the authentication flow but also provides a foundation for implementing more complex security models, such as role-based access control (RBAC) and multi-factor authentication (MFA). Understanding how to effectively generate and manage these tokens is crucial for developers looking to build secure and scalable web applications that prioritize user privacy and data protection.

Command / Function	Description
UserManager.FindByEmailAsync	Finds a user object based on the provided email.
SignInManager.CheckPasswordSignInAsync	Verifies a user's password and returns a SignInResult.
TokenHandler.CreateToken	Creates a new token based on the provided security token descriptor.

Understanding Backend Token Generation

In the landscape of modern web applications, security is paramount, and the method of generating access tokens in the backend is a testament to this focus. This approach, especially when implemented in ASP.NET Core, provides a seamless and secure way of authenticating users without the need to interact directly with their credentials on the client side. By relying on a user's email address to initiate the token generation process, the system minimizes exposure to phishing attacks and reduces the surface area for potential security breaches. This process involves validating the email against the database, and upon successful verification, issuing a token that grants the user access to the application. The token, typically a JWT (JSON Web Token), contains claims about the user and is signed by the server to prevent tampering.
The elegance of this method lies not only in its security but also in its adaptability and ease of integration with other services. For instance, the generated tokens can be used to interact with APIs, enabling a microservices architecture where services require authentication but do not need to manage or store user credentials. Furthermore, this token-based system facilitates the implementation of Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions, improving the user experience by allowing one set of credentials to access multiple applications. However, it's crucial for developers to ensure that the tokens are securely stored and transmitted over encrypted channels to maintain the integrity of the authentication process. Implementing token expiration and refresh mechanisms also helps in mitigating the risk of token theft and unauthorized access.

Generating Access Token for User Authentication

Using ASP.NET Core Identity and JWT

var user = await _userManager.FindByEmailAsync(email); if (user != null) { var result = await _signInManager.CheckPasswordSignInAsync(user, password, false); if (result.Succeeded) { var key = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_config["Jwt:Key"])); var creds = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256); var expiry = DateTime.Now.AddDays(2); var claims = new[] { new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub, user.Email), new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Jti, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()), new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, user.Id) }; var token = new JwtSecurityToken(_config["Jwt:Issuer"], _config["Jwt:Audience"], claims, expires: expiry, signingCredentials: creds); return new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(token); } } 

Advanced Authentication Techniques in ASP.NET Core

The backend-only access token generation strategy, particularly within ASP.NET Core applications, marks a significant shift towards more secure and efficient user authentication mechanisms. This method, which leverages the user's email to generate access tokens without direct interaction with passwords or other sensitive credentials, offers an enhanced layer of security. By abstracting the authentication process to the server side, developers can mitigate common vulnerabilities associated with client-side authentication, such as cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. The adoption of this strategy is indicative of the evolving landscape of web security, where minimizing the attack surface is paramount.
Moreover, the utilization of JWTs (JSON Web Tokens) in this context underscores the versatility of this authentication approach. JWTs facilitate not only the secure transmission of user information but also the seamless integration with Single Page Applications (SPAs) and microservices. This compatibility with modern web architectures makes backend-only token generation particularly appealing. However, it necessitates a thorough understanding of token management practices, such as secure storage, token expiration, and the handling of refresh tokens, to prevent unauthorized access and ensure the continued security of the application and its users.

Frequently Asked Questions on Token-Based Authentication

1. Question: What is a JWT and why is it used in authentication?
2. Answer: JWT, or JSON Web Token, is a compact, URL-safe means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties. It is used in authentication to securely transmit user information and verify the user's identity without needing to repeatedly access the database.
3. Question: How does ASP.NET Core manage token security?
4. Answer: ASP.NET Core uses token-based authentication, typically with JWTs, ensuring security by signing tokens with a secret key and optionally encrypting them. It also supports HTTPS to protect the transmission of tokens over the network.
5. Question: Can tokens be refreshed in ASP.NET Core?
6. Answer: Yes, ASP.NET Core supports token refresh mechanisms, allowing expired tokens to be replaced with new ones without requiring the user to re-authenticate, thus maintaining the security and user experience.
7. Question: What are the main advantages of using token-based authentication?
8. Answer: Token-based authentication offers several advantages, including scalability by being stateless, flexibility in accessing protected resources from multiple domains, and enhanced security through limited lifetime of tokens and HTTPS.
9. Question: How do you prevent token theft in ASP.NET Core?
10. Answer: To prevent token theft, it's crucial to use HTTPS for secure communication, store tokens securely in the client side, implement token expiration, and consider using refresh tokens to limit the lifespan of access tokens.

Securing Web Applications with Token-Based Authentication

In conclusion, the strategy of generating access tokens in the backend using a user's email in ASP.NET Core represents a significant advancement in web application security and efficiency. This approach not only simplifies the authentication process but also significantly enhances security by reducing the exposure of sensitive user information. The use of JWTs further adds to this method's appeal by offering a flexible, secure way to manage user sessions and access controls. For developers, understanding and implementing this strategy means building web applications that are not only secure against various threats but also provide a seamless user experience. As web technologies continue to evolve, adopting such advanced authentication methods will be crucial in maintaining the trust and safety of users online.
https://www.tempmail.us.com/en/aspnet-core/implementing-backend-only-access-token-generation-in-asp-net-core

Hi everyone, I'd like to talk about a rather serious subject when integrating KiCad with inventory management tools like Inventree.
First, let me present the parts of the system.
One of such inventory tools is Inventree, there are other tools as well (Part-DB, PartKeepr). If you think some other tool works better, please suggest it. I'm not invested in Inventree, it just seeed like the most complete solution.
The point of such tools is to keep an inventory of components you're stocking, allowing you to add components to your stock when you buy them from the suppliers, and remove them when you build and sell your boards.
One of the functionalities is obviously exporting you BOMs from KiCad and importing them into Inventree (https://github.com/clj/kinventree-bom) as parts (which can be organized into larger parts, like whole products), so you can track how many you can build with the current stock, order new stock to build x parts, etc.
The rest of the process is, of course, obtaining schematic symbols and footprints (drawing or generating them as last resort), putting them into your local lib along with all the pre-requisite data that allows Inventree to identify them on BOM import, and allows you to actually draw the schematics and lay out the PCBs. I'm guessing everybody likes building their little library of components and reusing them in their designs if possible, and it also makes sense from the inventory standpoint.
Ki-nTree (which I contributed to) handles a part of that process, but not in a very optimal way for non-trivial (non-C/L) components. To obtain symbols and footprints of non-trivial parts (non-C/L), you can use SnapEDA, UltraLibrarian, with impartGui doing the actual library import.
Now, the issues
Not all kinds of parts are treated the same: there are jellybean parts, semi-jellybean parts and proprietary parts, and I treat each group differently (as do many other users). When using Ki-nTree for import, it gives custom generated names for all of them, but that's not optimal:

• for proprietary parts (say STM32F405RG), you really want them to be named by name, in KiCAD and in Inventree
• for jellybean semiconductors (say TL072 in SO8), you want some sort of common name that's recognizable, in both KiCad and Inventree
• for trivial components like C/L and such, you really don't want to see anything proprietary in the naming, it should reflect the specs. I'm specifying a 100n 5% 10VDC X7R cap in 0603, I couldn't care less if it's Kyocera 0603ZC104JAT4A or Vishay VJ0603Y104JXQCW1BC or whatver. I'll buy the cheapest one every time.

Now, Inventree does support the distinction: Part (100n 5% 10VDC X7R cap in 0603) can have multiple Manufacturer parts (Kyocera 0603ZC104JAT4A, Vishay VJ0603Y104JXQCW1BC, ...), which can have multiple suppliers (LCSC, Mouser, ...). It then makes sense to call that part something like CAP-CER-100n-T5-10VDC-X7R-SMD0603, and use it like that in both KiCad, and in Inventree. The TL072 can be called IC-TL072-SO8, and can also have multiple manufacturer parts. STM32F405RG can be IC-STM32F405RG-LQFP64. I could create all of these things by myself in Inventree, then add them to KiCad in my own library, but it's so much work. Not to mention adding manufacturer parts from the suppliers, a nightmare. Something like Ki-nTree would work if it could support naming like this, but currently it really doesn't.
What's also important on the KiCad side is that the part needs some sort of Inventree-identification field (so that Inventree can import the BOM), and it needs its Datasheet field to be populated; a link to the Inventree part would be nice. It'd be awesome if Ki-nTree or Inventree could get the datasheet and save them into the parts as attachments, and then use that link instead of the online link for the KiCad part. Ki-nTree already gets images from the providers. I could start modifying Ki-nTree to do this all, or writing a from-scratch little CLI solution, but I'd love to know if someone else does this in some smarter and already existing way.
There's this inventree_kicad Inventree plugin which allows you to use the HTTP lib interface in KiCAD, but I'm not sure how that fits in w/ this whole model.
Questions
Are my assumptions here wrong? Is there a more sensible workflow?
If this workflow does make sense, are there tools facilitating it that I don't know of? How do you do it?
Another part that I didn't mention is updating the supplier pricing in Inventree: how do you update prices?

Hi everyone, I'd like to talk about a rather serious subject when integrating KiCad with inventory management tools like Inventree.
First, let me present the parts of the system.
One of such inventory tools is Inventree, there are other tools as well (Part-DB, PartKeepr). If you think some other tool works better, please suggest it. I'm not invested in Inventree, it just seeed like the most complete solution.
The point of such tools is to keep an inventory of components you're stocking, allowing you to add components to your stock when you buy them from the suppliers, and remove them when you build and sell your boards.
One of the functionalities is obviously exporting you BOMs from KiCad and importing them into Inventree (https://github.com/clj/kinventree-bom) as parts (which can be organized into larger parts, like whole products), so you can track how many you can build with the current stock, order new stock to build x parts, etc.
The rest of the process is, of course, obtaining schematic symbols and footprints (drawing or generating them as last resort), putting them into your local lib along with all the pre-requisite data that allows Inventree to identify them on BOM import, and allows you to actually draw the schematics and lay out the PCBs. I'm guessing everybody likes building their little library of components and reusing them in their designs if possible, and it also makes sense from the inventory standpoint.
Ki-nTree (which I contributed to) handles a part of that process, but not in a very optimal way for non-trivial (non-C/L) components. To obtain symbols and footprints of non-trivial parts (non-C/L), you can use SnapEDA, UltraLibrarian, with impartGui doing the actual library import.
Now, the issues
Not all kinds of parts are treated the same: there are jellybean parts, semi-jellybean parts and proprietary parts, and I treat each group differently (as do many other users). When using Ki-nTree for import, it gives custom generated names for all of them, but that's not optimal:

• for proprietary parts (say STM32F405RG), you really want them to be named by name, in KiCAD and in Inventree
• for jellybean semiconductors (say TL072 in SO8), you want some sort of common name that's recognizable, in both KiCad and Inventree
• for trivial components like C/L and such, you really don't want to see anything proprietary in the naming, it should reflect the specs. I'm specifying a 100n 5% 10VDC X7R cap in 0603, I couldn't care less if it's Kyocera 0603ZC104JAT4A or Vishay VJ0603Y104JXQCW1BC or whatver. I'll buy the cheapest one every time.

Now, Inventree does support the distinction: Part (100n 5% 10VDC X7R cap in 0603) can have multiple Manufacturer parts (Kyocera 0603ZC104JAT4A, Vishay VJ0603Y104JXQCW1BC, ...), which can have multiple suppliers (LCSC, Mouser, ...). It then makes sense to call that part something like CAP-CER-100n-T5-10VDC-X7R-SMD0603, and use it like that in both KiCad, and in Inventree. The TL072 can be called IC-TL072-SO8, and can also have multiple manufacturer parts. STM32F405RG can be IC-STM32F405RG-LQFP64. I could create all of these things by myself in Inventree, then add them to KiCad in my own library, but it's so much work. Not to mention adding manufacturer parts from the suppliers, a nightmare. Something like Ki-nTree would work if it could support naming like this, but currently it really doesn't.
What's also important on the KiCad side is that the part needs some sort of Inventree-identification field (so that Inventree can import the BOM), and it needs its Datasheet field to be populated; a link to the Inventree part would be nice. It'd be awesome if Ki-nTree or Inventree could get the datasheet and save them into the parts as attachments, and then use that link instead of the online link for the KiCad part. Ki-nTree already gets images from the providers. I could start modifying Ki-nTree to do this all, or writing a from-scratch little CLI solution, but I'd love to know if someone else does this in some smarter and already existing way.
There's this inventree_kicad Inventree plugin which allows you to use the HTTP lib interface in KiCAD, but I'm not sure how that fits in w/ this whole model.
Questions
Are my assumptions here wrong? Is there a more sensible workflow?
If this workflow does make sense, are there tools facilitating it that I don't know of? How do you do it?
Another part that I didn't mention is updating the supplier pricing in Inventree: how do you update prices?

I am a mechanical engineering student currently doing an internship as a controls intern. Whilst doing my internship I have realised that whilst I do enjoy control systems all of the cutting edge work I was interested in is overkill in most systems and most control problems get solved by slapping on a PID or often just a PI controller and altering the gains till it works. I also didn't enjoy that all of the logic was created in simulink and then C code was generated to be compiled and flashed onto controllers.
The jist of this post is that I am looking for a field of work that involves maths and programming. I do enjoy working with embedded systems and writing C and C++ code also. I would also be interested in some other recommendations that, even if they don't involve embedded systems, involve some fun math and complex programming.

Notice: Throwaway account
Message for GDKP simps: Since GDKP is the best system for keeping geared players in raids, for making players stick to the end, and for ensuring players watch mechanics since they can have their cut taken from them, most people would gravitate towards it. Now, I don't have numbers, but let's say half of the players spend 8 hours farming a day, or sit at the AH and just earn gold. It is perfectly reasonable for those players who don't enjoy raiding to still have the best gear in the game, and therefore go and buy it. The problem arises when players who play few hours and are not good at raiding want to join raids. Most people gravitate towards GDKP, and they feel they don't have the skill and gear to join, and they don't have legitimate gold to buy it. Then the most logical solution for them is to buy gold with real money. So the pressure is there, and GDKPs do put pressure on those kinds of players, driving them to engage in RMT, and I totally understand the Blizzard line of thinking (even though I think they just don't address the problem from the root cause but just give a pill to fix short-term solutions). But unless Blizzard can fix it (and I will explain later how they can), for now banning GDKPs is the best solution possible. The same goes for leveling; giving people dungeon spams and incursions forces everyone to level most efficiently, so if they just removed EXP, the world would feel more alive. And you can say you can still quest, but it is different when everyone on the server is on quests or you are alone in the big world and everyone is in X part of the world doing the same thing, while you try to kill an Elite for a quest just by yourself. People from OG Classic will remember how easy it was to come to the Elite and find 2-3 people already waiting there for more randoms to come and join to kill the Elite to finish a quest. So letting GDKP go through is killing normal guilds, and you can not deny that.
Message for GDKP haters: Reddit is full of players obsessed with their egos, and I reached out anonymously (same as with this account) and started asking them why they hate GDKP. When you start putting "if"s, you come to the conclusion that it is just an ego issue and it has nothing to do with prices in the game or with RMT. Eight out of ten conversations came to this conclusion, and paraphrasing here: "If Blizzard had the option to stop RMT, they would still be against it since noobs should not be allowed to get the best gear in the game." And "It would be fine to have GDKPs, but back in the game where the best loot would be for the guild and sell trash from the raid to noobs who want to pay gold." Again, I reached out to ten people who were against GDKPs, and only one of them didn't mention this reason. Only one mentioned inflation because of GDKP, and when you just showcase that gold is already in the game, so no RMT, there is no new gold generated by GDKPs; they just hit you with: "You don't understand." In reality, inflation is happening because of botting, and that botting generates new gold that is sold to people willing to buy. So if RMT is stopped, GDKP cannot possibly cause inflation; therefore, botting is the only problem for inflation. Without inflation, there is only supply and demand as any economy would function. The more an item is needed, the more it will cost, the more people farm it will start to cost less, and if someone has a monopoly, it would skyrocket. Economy 101.
Fix of the issue: Blizzard should implement an in-game option for loot GDKP, the same as Master loot. When that option is selected, create a UI for GDKP functionalities, bidding, splitting, etc. But in that functionality, Blizzard should conduct a full-on scan of that account and any gold incoming through the account that doesn't make sense. For example, just gained X gold from someone who never communicated with that person, sold Y item that is usually 2s for huge amounts of gold, and so on. Instantly flag that account for a person to go in and check it manually for less room for error, and if even suspicion by a real person, ban them for 7 days and put them into "semi-blacklist" accounts that are monitored as "possible RMT". If the offense is repeated and there is proof that they bought gold, permanent ban them. That way, everyone participating in those kinds of GDKPs would know their account will be checked, and you will make WoW less of an RMT/pay-to-win game that GDKP haters say it is.
Note for those people saying there will be loopholes, so review should be account-wide on all of your subscriptions so there is no room for "I will have a subscription to buy gold and pay for items on X sub, and play on Y sub". And again, I know there might be a workaround, but this will cut the RMT for GDKPs enormously. And again, the same for crime; you can never achieve 0% crime, but every decision should aim to enforce less crime in the real world. And from my view, botting is still happening, RMT is still happening, and GDKPs are happening. Just because some aren't aware of it, doesn't mean if they banned it no one is doing it; it's just less in the open. And punishing the population that likes GDKP since that can create an incentive to have alts, especially in SOD where you should try every class to see all runes and all possibilities, is killing the alt population.
Again, without Blizzard implementing something like this, I am still pro-"GDKP ban," but I think it is the wrong solution if they just ban it and leave it like that. They should have banned it and worked on something. This is just my idea; I believe people can come up with even better ideas. I'm just showing that this Reddit community is attacking each other without realizing both sides are partially right.
GDKP simps: "This is the best loot system, and I don't need to build my schedule around a guild and X other people. I can just log in and join GDKP and know everyone will perform since they will be punished if not performing."
GDKP haters: "It drives more RMT, it kills the guilds."
Both are correct, so we should try to fix the RMT issue and let people play how they wish to play their game.
Feel free to agree and disagree and write your own views. This is more for people to sit down and think about how the "other side" feels and thinks. And if by any chance, a Blizzard employee is reading this, a message to Blizzard:
"Hi there, Reddit should be just for you to bounce off ideas, not to listen to us. Someone will always complain. Create a vision for SOD and stick to it. Say, 'This is how we planned it. If you don't like it, you have Hardcore, Era, Cata, Retail.' We are building this as X vision and stick to your ideals. When you are game-oriented and not just focused on money to please customers and get more revenue, you understand that not everyone will love the game, but it's better to have 50% of the player base enjoying it and being subbed for 2 years because of SOD, than to change something for people who complained and will unsub after 2 months and never come back. And if you want to know if the community likes or hates something, for the love of God, don't ask on Twitter or Reddit. Put it in the game as a notice that is clickable so people who actually play the game can vote on it. Not what group has the most ragers on Reddit and Twitter. Have a poll in-game for people who are playing the game and never go on Twitter or Reddit."
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Also, I was able to cheat on tests because I would carefully carve answers into my pencils, write on my arm in tiny lettering (permanent marker), and would sometimes cheat by rolling up a tiny sheet of paper into a mechanical pencil and taking it out during the test. (The last one only worked until Sophomore year).

I have been working on a computational biology paper for over 3 years. In my first year of working on it with a postdoc, I found that the model is saturated and it is very difficult to improve the model, I have told my supervisor repeatedly regarding this. However, he still wanted to keep exploring things and because he did not believe in me, he added another PhD student to the project. In this field, independent validation (a test set not used to tune the model at all) is important, so my supervisor created a system where we don’t have labels when we test our models. Also, although we held the test dataset’s label, he tested it on his own repeatedly secretly without my supervisor’s knowledge and he claims that his model is better in a certain aspect compared to my proposed model (it is actually just because he could test himself and parameter tune the model).
In the end, he proposed that we “combine” his model with mine to have a better model in all aspects. When we finalized the model, I found out that his dataset was easier and our validation split was not correlated at all with the test set and he never told this to anyone. I thought there was no reason to combine the model because my model applied to a new dataset also yielded the same performance as his model. I could also parameter-tune my model and get it all done in 10 minutes. So, the ‘combine’ model was not done in good faith and diluted my contribution/credit. I was arguing vocally about combining the model and kept pointing out that the new dataset is easier and different than the old one, so we were not comparing Apple to Apple. To be fair, I was probably too critical, tactless and vocal about this. I was quite mad that he cheated and never told me the new dataset was easier and the validation was not correlated. My supervisor doesn’t know at this point that he cheated. The problem is the Ph.D. student and the postdoc kept saying that the dataset was the same. I tried to prove that the dataset was easier and got similar performance as the combined model on the new dataset easily; however, the postdoc was mad at me because I pretty much proved that the dataset that he generated was wrong and he rushed through finalizing the model with the Ph.D. without debugging the dataset. The PhD student also kept saying the dataset was the same (pretty much lying at this point). My supervisor didn’t believe me because these two people kept saying the dataset was the same and my supervisor kept cutting me off while I kept pointing out that the dataset was different. The postdoc also took my model without my consent and ran away with it with the Ph.D. to finalize the paper.
So, after the model was finalized, I tried to reproduce some of the Ph.D. student results and couldn't. When I said that I couldn’t reproduce some of the results, my supervisor was mad at me even though the Ph.D. student himself could not reproduce the result afterward. I guess he thought that I was the one making things up because the Ph.D. student is actually really hard-working. He pretty much tries everything that is possible (even though he and I know it is going to fail and doesn’t make sense). Then, on one-on-one meeting, I told my supervisor that the Ph.D. student cheated and tested the independent validation on himself multiple times. My supervisor didn’t seem to believe me and excluded me from the project afterward.
After I was excluded, I managed to prove that objectively the dataset is different. The exact same model applies to these datasets yielding two different results and on the new dataset, my old model performs just as well without combining the model. I also managed to propose a better model than the current “combined” model and he did not allow me to submit my model. I also gave a picture proof to my supervisor that the Ph.D. could test on the test set himself. However, the Ph.D. student still insists on submitting his “combined” model despite he added a lot of stuff that is not even working and may get us rejected.
Then when the paper was about to be submitted, I just knew that my second author authorship was turned into a third authorship and the Ph.D. became a cofirst despite I had worked one year earlier than him. I did not write the manuscript because I was excluded - honestly, I thought it was pretty silly to add things that are not working to the paper with the same performance. I don’t know why the manuscript is allowed to be submitted in the first place.
What would be the course of action here? I am not happy that my contribution becomes a third-author contribution especially since the model is pretty much the main contribution of the paper and not the biology. I am lacking in biology, preprocessing data, etc, but we use the same biological features as other papers so they are not novel. I found that I gave away the paper to the Ph.D. for free because he added nonsense to the paper. The papers ultimately get rejected because of his addition (which is not reproducible and does not improve the model in the first place). And he doesn’t allow me to submit my new model. Now, the paper pretty much reverts back to my old model and it was reverted back and submitted behind my back.
My solution is to allow me to submit my new model so that I can get a cofirst but my supervisor does not allow me to submit my model. I am pretty sure this is because the PhD wants it to be the "next version" so that he can be the first first author since it is his real project instead of helping the postdoc on this project. However, I am not keen on the next version since we cannot even improve the current version after 2.5 years of trying and my model was taken away without my consent. My supervisor asked the first first author for me to be the first author but he voted no because the Phd students had taken over and I got excluded so I could not take over. And I feel that the whole fiasco happened because he did not generate the dataset properly, now my authorship got relegated because of he did not do his responsibility well and ran away with my model without my consent. Can I actually vote no or withdraw my model from the paper? Since it is my intellectual property, I feel that I can be a first author using my model on another paper instead of sharing the model as a third author. I honestly want to use the paper & authorship for my Ph.D. application and my PI kept saying that we were going to submit it soon, but he never submits the paper. I feel that I cannot keep delaying my career because of this.
Now it seems that the PhD is the one who lost credibility.. when he presented his ideas, my advisor sort of reminded him that what he proposed did not work and he could even not reproduce his own result.. so I guess I gain back my credibility. What could I have done better? What should I have done better? I need some specific feedbacks. I feel that I need to be more tactful and diplomatic and become better and conflict resolution. On the other hand, the PhD is blattanly dishonest and lying even to my supervisor's face convincingly, so it also contributes to the problem as well. Should I work with the Phd again just to keep the professional relationship? or should I work in another project? I am sometimes afraid his work has too much shenanigans and he cannot even reproduce his own result.
I need some feedback to improve myself!

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Command/Function	Description
new Date()	Creates a new Date object representing the current date and time
getValues()	Retrieves values from a range of cells in a Google Sheet
forEach()	Executes a provided function once for each array element
MailApp.sendEmail()	Sends an email on behalf of the user running the script

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Automating Email Notifications Based on Dates

Google Apps Script

function checkDatesAndSendEmails() { const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet(); const range = sheet.getDataRange(); const values = range.getValues(); const today = new Date(); today.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); values.forEach(function(row, index) { const dateCell = new Date(row[0]); dateCell.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); if (dateCell.getTime() === today.getTime()) { const email = row[1]; // Assuming the email address is in the second column const subject = "Reminder for Today's Task"; const message = "This is a reminder that you have a task due today: " + row[2]; // Assuming the task description is in the third column MailApp.sendEmail(email, subject, message); } }); } 

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Frequently Asked Questions About Google Sheets Email Notifications

1. Question: Can Google Sheets send email notifications automatically?
2. Answer: Yes, Google Sheets can send email notifications automatically by using Google Apps Script to write custom functions that trigger emails based on specific conditions, such as dates matching today.
3. Question: Do I need to know how to code to set up these notifications?
4. Answer: Basic knowledge of JavaScript is helpful since Google Apps Script is based on JavaScript. However, there are many tutorials and templates available that can guide users through the setup process without extensive programming knowledge.
5. Question: Can these email notifications be customized?
6. Answer: Yes, the emails sent via Google Apps Script can be fully customized in terms of content, recipients, and even the timing of the email, allowing for a wide range of personalized notifications.
7. Question: Is it possible to send notifications to multiple recipients?
8. Answer: Absolutely, the script can be designed to send emails to multiple recipients, either by specifying each email address in the script or by pulling a list of addresses from the Google Sheet itself.
9. Question: How do I ensure that the script only sends emails for today's date?
10. Answer: The script can be written to compare each date in the specified range with the current date. If the dates match, the script triggers the email notification for that row's corresponding task or event.
11. Question: Will I be charged for using Google Apps Script to send emails?
12. Answer: Google Apps Script is free to use for creating and executing scripts. However, there are daily quotas for sending emails, which should be sufficient for most personal and small business uses.
13. Question: Can the email notifications include attachments?
14. Answer: Yes, the MailApp or GmailApp services within Google Apps Script support sending emails with attachments. You can attach files from Google Drive or other sources.
15. Question: How do I schedule the script to run automatically?
16. Answer: You can use the built-in Google Apps Script triggers to schedule your script to run at specific intervals, such as daily, to check for dates and send emails accordingly.
17. Question: What happens if my Google Sheet has incorrect email addresses?
18. Answer: The script will attempt to send an email to the address provided. If the email address is incorrect, the sending will fail, and you may receive a notification about the failure. It's important to ensure that the email addresses in your Google Sheet are accurate.

Empowering Efficiency with Automated Alerts

Embracing automation through Google Sheets for sending email notifications based on specific dates represents a significant leap towards enhancing personal and organizational productivity. This method not only simplifies task management but also ensures that critical deadlines and events are never overlooked. By leveraging the capabilities of Google Apps Script, users can customize their notification system to fit their unique requirements, making it an invaluable tool for both individuals and teams. The process, which involves scripting and spreadsheet manipulation, is accessible to those with even a basic understanding of programming, thanks to numerous resources and templates available online. Furthermore, this approach promotes a proactive work culture by minimizing the need for manual follow-ups, thus allowing users to focus on more strategic tasks. As we move towards a more connected and automated future, the integration of Google Sheets with email alerts stands out as a testament to the power of leveraging technology to streamline workflows, enhance communication, and ultimately drive success.
https://www.tempmail.us.com/en/google-sheet/automating-email-alerts-from-google-sheets-based-on-specific-dates

I'm writing a piece on problematic teen movies from the 1980s. I asked Chat GPT for examples of movies that use a certain plot device, at which point it gave me a content usage warning. So instead I asked it to list some problematic 1980s teen movies and explain what's considered problematic about them, so I could select which movies to research further. It generated an answer then gave me a red content warning, saying to give it a thumbs down if it's wrong; but there was no thumbs down button available.
I asked it what the problem was, and then it apologized and asked if it was wrong about the content warning. So I said it was. At which point it suddenly regenerated the answer, then gave me the same content warning. Again, no thumbs down.
I told it to stop generating the answer, I'm just telling it it's wrong.
At which point it apologized and then regenerated the answer again and gave me a content warning again. No thumbs down option.
I don't know if I'm being paranoid here but am I going to end up on some kind of list? This is super frustrating.

I created this chatGPT instance https://chatgpt.com/g/g-f52AjKkA4-poem-evaluator It's configured to generate poem evaluation. I use it to write my critics (and to be improve my work)
If you're interested in learning more about how I built it https://deviantabstraction.com/2024/05/02/analyzing-poems-with-llm/ (It's important to understand how it's built because it's very subjectiveà
I'm sharing it because I saw of lot of "non criticized poems" on the subreddit and I thought it could help all of us.
This is a critic it wrote based on one my (bad) poem:

Hello, I am hoping someone might be able to help me with an issue I’ve had for a long time now. Coming to Reddit is something of a last resort before I accept I’m never getting my documents back.
When I was a teenager, I was gifted an iPad Mini. I did a lot of creative writing on this thing, there’s 200 or so documents in the Pages app. I had iCloud switched on to keep my documents safe in case my iPad got lost, stolen, or broken (ironic, really, given the rest of this story). It’s important to note that I didn’t have a computer or a smartphone at the time, only the iPad. So there was no cross-device synchronisation going on, only communication between my iPad and iCloud.
We didn’t have consistent internet at home, so whenever I did get an internet connection it was pretty common for a bunch of my documents to update with iCloud at once. When this happened, the document tiles in the Pages app would go grey and show an orange loading bar at the bottom. They couldn't be opened for a couple of minutes until the sync was complete.
One day, I’d guess it was mid 2016, I went to open one of my projects and noticed that it was syncing. No problem, all I had to do is wait. I waited for a long time, but the document never finished updating. This issue affects 9 of my documents in total – they’re stuck “updating” indefinitely.
I was really upset when this happened. One of the affected documents was (at the time) my favourite thing I’d ever written, so losing it killed my urge to write for a while. I’m over that now, but I still try to get the documents to open every now and then.
Here’s a list of things I have tried already:

• Turning the iPad off and on again, turning my internet router off and on again, using a different internet network.
  
• Turning off the internet connection on the iPad (it still says "updating", presumably waiting for the connection to come back).
  
• Checking I had enough free space on my iPad (830MB) and on iCloud (4GB), both of which should be plenty of space for synchronising documents.
  
• Extensively searching for the problem online. Any instances I’ve found are either different to mine or unsolved/unanswered.
  
• Leaving the iPad connected to the internet for a full week to see if the documents eventually synchronise.
  
• Turning off iCloud sync then turning it on again. Doesn’t work. When iCloud sync is off, the documents disappear from Pages entirely. When turned back on, they’re still stuck synchronising.
  
• Uninstalling and reinstalling Pages. Doesn’t work.
  
• Opening documents through the Files application on iPad. Selecting one of the affected documents just takes me to the home screen of Pages (instead of directly into the file like with an unaffected document). When I tried this while Pages was de-installed from my iPad, it opened a “preview” of my document with a loading bar that never moves instead of opening the full document like it does with my other files.
  
• Logging into iCloud's web app on the computer to try and open or download the documents that way. Doesn't work. Trying to open the document displayed “loading document” for a good couple of minutes and then I get hit with an error message saying “this document can’t be opened right now, please try again later”. Same thing happens when trying to download (as Pages, Word, or pdf).
  
• Contacting Apple’s tech support team. I tried this twice. The first person (who I contacted when I first had the issue as a teenager) admitted they had no clue what was going on. They said they’d pass it on to someone and get back to me (I never heard back). The second person (who I contacted about two years ago, when bashing my head against the problem again) told me it was my own fault for not upgrading to newer hardware. As if I had the money to keep buy a new iPad when I was a teenager. Not helpful.
  

The most annoying thing is that I can view a document preview – the first page shows up as the tile on the Pages app and via the web browser – so I know they still exist in some form. It’s just that I can’t open them in order to view more than the first page. The documents are all around 50-100 pages long.
Technical information: the iPad is a first-generation iPad Mini running iOS 9.3.5. The Pages app is version is 2.6.2. The iPad itself is in great condition, I was very careful with it. Everything else runs just fine, so I doubt it's the hardware failing.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post. If anyone has any clue how to recover these documents, even if it’s just things I might not have thought to try, I would be forever grateful. I was really proud of the stories I wrote and I would love to have them back.

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