Hello,
I have a customer who's R630 is not successfully booting.
We were getting Error UEFI0116.
With Error UEFI0116 we were not able to boot to System Setup through F2. It was giving us only access to the Integrated RAID Controller Configuration Utility which showed;
Virtual Disk 0: VDisk1, RAID10, 2.181TB, Failed.
I was also able to check the Associated Physical Disks and it was only showing bays 2,5,6,7.
I had to make some changes in order to clear that error and be able to boot and access any other menus. I tried troubleshooting with the information the customer provided and seeing if any possible bios changes through a potential firmware update were giving us errors that were not allowing boot to fully complete.
Unfortunately we kept hitting that wall:"Virtual Disk 0: VDisk1, RAID10, 2.181TB, Failed."
I saw a number of logs like this:
//
Disk 0 in Backplane 1 of Integrated RAID Controller 1 is not functioning correctly.
Virtual Disk 0 on Integrated RAID Controller 1 has failed.
Disk 0 in Backplane 1 of Integrated RAID Controller 1 was reset.
//
...
I have continued troubleshooting and moved some disks around to test the bays and my results are weird. For example, some disks work on some slots but not others. ie; Disk 0 will not work in Bay 0, but will work in Bay 6. Then it stops working completely.
Other times the menu "Physical Disk Management" will show
"Physical Disk 00:01:02: HDD..."
Sometimes it will show:
"Physical Disk --:--:02: HDD..."

My issue are...
I don't have a working configuration to compare this to.
I don't have any information on this system from the customer.
His brother set it up long ago and he is now retired and does not know much about the system or how it was configured.
I know the RAID was in RAID10, but that is all.
I don't know if there were any hot spares. I don't know what is the minimum amount of drives we need to rebuild the RAID. (IF we were to get Data Recovery on some possibly failed drives.)
I am drawing at straws trying to fix this.
The customer suggested I re-seat the PERC controller and cabling with the power off. (Probably suggested by his brother). Now no previous virtual disks show.

(TL:DR;) Some questions:
1) Back when there was a Virtual Disk in the PERC Menu; I went to View Associated Physical Disks and it only showed 2,5,6,7. Does this mean this was the ONLY disk Associated? Or was it only showing the Associate disks that were available?
2) How screwed is this system? I read once a RAID reaches Failed State it is difficult to recover. Customer did absolutely no maintenance on this system and left it very neglected. His main goal is to get one data file for his "Dispatching Software".
Worst comes to worst we can't fix this RAID, but would we be able to at least use Data Recovery to try to find this specific file?
Help much appreciated.

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Hi everyone,
I'm reaching out for assistance with troubleshooting an Acer Aspire EasyStore H340 network-attached storage server, which I'm repairing for a friend.
The server is running Windows Home Server, and the laptop used for accessing it is running Windows 7. We want to figure out a way to use the home server despite it being so old.
Here's a summary of the issues I'm encountering and the steps I've taken so far:

1. Accessing the Console: Unfortunately, we've forgotten the password to access the Windows Home Server console. Attempts to reinstall the client resulted in a network connectivity error.
2. Connection: Despite being on the same network, the tray icon on the Windows 7 laptop indicates that the home server and laptop are not connected. We're unsure why they aren't connecting.
3. Resetting the Server: Following the instructions in the online manual, we attempted to reset the server using a paperclip on the reset button, but it didn't yield any changes or improvements in connectivity.
4. Assessing Indicators: After booting, the System Status indicator turns solid red. The HDD Access indicators for slots 2 and 3 turn red regardless of whether disks are present. The HDD Status indicator doesn't react despite the access indicators turning red.
5. Running Diagnostic Test: We tried to run a diagnostic test using an "annie.gho" file on a USB drive, but it didn't work as expected. The HDD Access indicators didn't flash, and no log file was generated. We’re not exactly sure how to use that file to run the test though, so it could be an error on our part.

Current issues include:

• Lack of access to the home server console due to a forgotten password.
• Inability to establish a connection between the server and the Windows 7 laptop.
• Absence of recovery disks for resetting the server.
• Indicators not responding correctly, particularly the HDD Access indicators.
• The diagnostic test not returning results.

There is currently no data saved on the disks so we’re open to any factory reset type of methods.
If anyone has experience troubleshooting Acer Aspire EasyStore H340 servers or similar NAS devices, I would greatly appreciate any advice or guidance on resolving these issues.

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Xander carefully opened the door, finding Gabrelle already asleep, and sat down on a chair. Maybe he could get that adaptive camouflage to work right on bright colors. Surely he had some colorful things in his inventory.
He did in fact have a few colorful things in his inventory, and he whiled the rest of the night away making small adjustments to the runic array that was embroidered into the cloth. He was satisfied before dawn, the cloth now performing as well with light colors as it had with darker colors. Now he just needed to make a cloak out of it. He briefly considered coating his armor with the array, but discarded it. There might be times where he’d want to be seen. Besides, a hooded cloak would better break up the outline of his figure, the ripples of fabric, especially if he were to crouch or lay prone, obscuring his outline even more. In little time at all, he had a long, deep hooded cloak of the color shifting, runed cloth in his hands. He stashed it in his inventory for now, as he had no particular need to sneak up on something right now. The rest of the time before dawn he spent silently sitting in the chair he’d chosen, trying to keep his thoughts to a minimum, just daydreaming. Night dreaming? He couldn’t sleep anymore, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t try to let his mind wander.
As the dawn came and the sun began to shine through the window of the room, Gabrelle slowly awoke, once more finding Xander sitting in a chair rather than in bed.
“Mmf,” She grunted as she stretched. “Morning, Xander. You got back late.”
“Morning, yourself,” Xander said, turning his head to look at Gabrelle. “Yeah... Yeah, I guess I did.”
“What were you doing, anyway?” She asked, curious. “You didn’t mention that you’d be out late, just that you were going to go to see Valteria at her shop.”
“I uh... went on a date.”
“I knew it! ‘Comparing notes’ was a date!” Gabrelle exclaimed triumphantly.
“It was not!” Xander complained. “But we went to a tavern in the evening and it sort of... turned into a date on the way there.”
“Awhh, that’s so cute,” Gabrelle said. “Did it go well? Is she nice? Did you kiss?”
“I think it went well. We talked a lot about different projects and ideas we had. I also got to meet another [Godsmarked] - he owns the tavern we went to. I think she’s nice. Maybe a little shy. I think she’s gotten used to being treated differently by people. I don’t think she really believed that I wanted to go on a date with her, at first. ...And yes. We kissed.”
“Ooooh, look at you! You’re growing up so fast!” Gabrelle teased.
“Oh hush. I’m older than you!” Xander huffed, then returned to seriousness. “But ah, if I’m going to be dating someone... we need to have a conversation, Gabrelle.”
“We need to stop sleeping together?” Gabrelle quickly deduced before Xander could say it himself.
“Yeah... It doesn’t feel right, even though it’s just platonic between us. I don’t think I would appreciate being in Valteria’s situation and knowing that the person I was seeing was sleeping with someone else at night.”
“Well, I figured this would happen eventually,” Gabrelle said. “Either you or I were bound to find someone eventually. Don’t worry, I’m not upset. Don’t get me wrong, the snuggles were nice, but like I told you a while ago, I don’t have nearly as much trouble sleeping when I’m with the team.”
“Thanks for not being upset, Gabrelle.”
“You know this means you have to start paying for your own room, though, right?”
“Ah, shit, you’re right. I forgot.”
Xander left the room to allow Gabrelle some privacy to get dressed and meandered back down the stairs to see if any other members of the team were already up. Looking around, he spied Graffus eating breakfast at at table and moved to sit with the dwarf.
“Mornin’” Graffus greeted Xander through a mouthful of bread.
“Morning,” Xander greeted back.
“Glad to see you made it back, we were wondering if you’d be out all night,” Graffus told him, after swallowing his bread.
“I was out a bit late, I suppose. I let the time get away from me.” Xander said, not really wanted to be teased again about going out on a date. “So what are you planning to do today?”
“Bah, Frazay has roped me into helping her do research for the drakeling. So reading is what’s in store for me.” Graffus tore himself off another piece of bread from his plate and slathered it with jam. “You going to be going back to that [Tinker] you’ve been spending time with lately?”
“Yeah, that’s the plan. I’m supposed to learn more about converting mana types today, and also help her fix the suit of armor that I wrecked.”
“Welp,” Graffus said, now on his last piece of bread, “I hope ya learn something new. Never had much to do with [Tinker]s – not saying I dislike them, just that I haven’t had much experience with them – so it don’t make much sense to me. Using a hammer is about the only overlap in our professions.”
“I think your hammer is significantly larger than the one most [Tinker]s would use,” Xander chuckled. Thinking about what he should be doing before he headed to Valteria’s, he asked Graffus, “Hey, I might need to buy some monster parts or elemental cores, something like that, for practice. You know where I would go to find stuff like that?”
Graffus shrugged. “Dunno. My guess would be an alchemy and reagents shop. That’s generally what we’ve sold monster parts to that didn’t go to a smith or leatherworker.”
“Thanks, Graffus.”
The two of them chatted for a while longer, catching up on what each other had been doing. Graffus excused himself to finish getting ready for the day, saying he needed to tend to his beard, leaving Xander downstairs. Deciding to be productive and proactive, Xander stood as well and headed out of the inn to find an alchemy shop.
It wasn’t long before he found one, a familiar scene of an eclectic collection of powders, liquids, crystals, and strange organic things floating in jars inside the building. The proprietor was a dwarf, seated at a workbench. They were grinding something into a powder as Xander entered. He received a distracted greeting before the dwarf returned to his work.
Xander wandered about the shop for a few minutes, looking at the various materials throughout the shop. He identified what he thought might be an elemental core, a jagged piece of crystal looking material that seemed to have an inner flame. As for the monster parts in jars, Xander had no idea what was what. He finally felt he’d waited long enough and moved closer to the worktable that the dwarf was still sitting at, working away at the mortar and pestle.
“Excuse me,” Xander said, grabbing the shopkeep’s attention.
“Mm?” The dwarf said questioningly. “Can I help you find something?”
“I was wondering if you had any elemental cores. Something small, I just need one to practice with.”
“Aye, I’ve a few of them around the shop. You want something to practice with? So a relatively weak core, then – not all the small ones are weak. Do you need any particular type?” The dwarf stood up and stretched, moving to one of the shelves.
“Uhm no, just whatever is cost effective, I suppose.”
The alchemist rifled through the various bits and bobs on one of the shelves nearby before producing a small chip of what looked to be a semi-translucent stone. It was tinged slightly yellow with streaks of white. “This here is a chip off a lightning attuned core. Pretty weak, but it does still produce mana.”
Xander could see the dwarf’s arm hair standing up as if from static electicity as he held up the stone. “How much?” He asked.
“Twenty gold.”
Xander shrugged. Twenty gold wasn’t an issue for him anymore, and he didn’t feel like haggling. He always hated haggling. “Sure.” He fished out the coin and handed it over to the dwarf.
The dwarf handed over the stone to Xander and the pop of a static electric shock could be heard as a tiny arc passed between the two of them. The dwarf grunted and shook his hand. “Thanks for the business,” he told Xander. “Anything else you find yourself in need of?”
“Not at the moment, but thanks for asking.” Xander waved goodbye to the dwarf and pocketed the tiny elemental core. He continued down the street in the direction of Valteria’s shop, thinking about how he was going to undo the welding job he’d done on Valteria’s armor. He’d need her to guide his repair efforts.
Xander returned to the inn momentarily to grab one of his golems. He settled on Atlas for now, as it was the most basic of the humanoid forms he’d created. No extra arms or weird feet on him, no sir.
Arriving at the building that contained Valteria’s home and shop, Xander knocked before opening the door. “Morning,” he called out.
“Xander! Hello!” Valteria called out. She was at the same work bench she’d been at yesterday. Jarrett didn’t seem to be in the shop at the moment, as Xander wasn’t able to spot the man.
Commanding Atlas to follow him in and closing the door behind him, Xander started walking towards Valteria. “How’s it going?” He asked.
“Good, it’s going good,” Valteria responded as Xander brought a stool over to her workbench. “How about yourself?”
“Not bad. The upside of not sleeping is that I never struggle in the mornings now. I used to hate waking up.” Xander laughed. “I even ran an errand before I came here! Picked up this.” Xander fished around in his pocket until he found the small chip of elemental core and held it up for Valteria to see.
“Core?” She asked distractedly, staring at Atlas. She tore her eyes away and looked closely at the small crystalline stone. “Lightning attuned?”
“That’s what the [Alchemist] at the shop said,” Xander affirmed. “Said it was a very weak one, but that it did still produce mana.”
“Mmm, a good practice piece, then.”
“I thought it would be, too. Not that I know what to do with it, yet.”
“Well, how about this: I teach you to set the stone and make some conduit, and then you can help me fix my armor. All the glue has turned to dust by now, thank the gods.”
“Sounds fair enough. So, how do mana conduits work?”
“Well, the concept is simple enough. It’s a tube which conducts mana,” Valteria began to explain.
“Mmhm.” Xander nodded along.
“What you need is a setting – usually of silver, as it has good mana conductivity – which will be the first step of conduction, taking the mana from the stone. Simply wrapping the core in silver wire can work well enough, drawing in the mana that the core puts out through its surface, but for a more effecient setting, small holes are usually drilled into the core to set the wire into as well, giving more surface area to draw from.”
“So we care about the mana conductivity of the material, then? That makes sense, I just hadn’t thought about it. I actually did a little experiment with my rune work to test which fillings were the most conductive.”
“Oh really?” Valteria said, interested. “What were your results?”
“Well, gold and silver were high up there in conductivity, and probably make the most sense for someone who has to physically manipulate material without use of a skill – both for a core setting and for inlaying a rune – but I did find that sapphires and rubies were even more efficient at transferring mana than gold and silver.”
“Mmm... interesting. I’ve heard of gemstones being used in very high-grade settings, as well as various other exotic materials. I read an account of one [Mechanist] who used tubes of mercury to conduct mana, though the relative effectiveness compared to silver wasn’t mentioned.” Valteria cleared her throat. “Uhm, now, where was I? Right, basic settings. Once you have your core – or monster organ, if you’re going that route – you connect it to the conduit. Usually, this is also silver wiring. I like to braid several smaller wires together, personally. I find it to be sturdier and hold up to flexing better. From there, it needs to be tied into a device. Which is a topic for tomorrow.” Looking around the shop, Valteria seemed to identify something on one of the shelves nearby. “I have a core that you could watch me set, and then you could try setting your own, if you’d like.”
“That sounds good to me,” Xander said. “I always love to see a master as work,” he added, opting for a little flattery.
“Follow me, then.” Valteria said, standing up from her stool and waving for Xander to follow.
Xander followed Valteria as she walked over to the shelf she’d been looking at earlier and took a palm sized, bright green stone from it. “Nature attuned core,” She explained, holding it for Xander to see. “I’m told it was taken from some kind of moving tree.” Valteria then moved to another worktable, on which were several of what looked to be drill bits to Xander. There was also an apparatus that look like it was designed to hold the bits, which was confirmed for him when Valteria slotted one of the small drill heads into the device. “This thing,” Valteria said, waving the drill a little bit, “is a life saver. I used to have to drill holes with a hand cranked one. Worth every single coin I paid for it to get an enchanted one.” She turned a dial on one side of the handheld device, which Xander was coming to think of as a magic dremel tool, and it began to come to life, the drill bit beginning to spin with a quiet whirring sound.
“Neat.” Xander commented. He watched patiently as Valteria drilled a series of shallow holes in the stone, the distinct screeching of metal on stone echoing through the shop floor. “So where’s Jarrett today?” He asked.
“Oh, he has the day off today. He asked for it about a week ago, not sure what for, though,” Valteria said distractedly. Soon she was finished with the holes she was drilling into the core, and moved to another workbench. “Now we create a setting for the core. This is a fairly simple way of doing it, mind you, but it is effective.”
Xander watched as she took sections of pre-braided silver wire and fitted the ends into the holes she had drilled. Once each hole was filled with a section of wire, Valteria began to pull wire from a spool, wrapping the stone until it was completely covered with silver wire and binding the braided sections to the stone in the process. “There,” she said, setting the stone down on the workbench. “A perfectly serviceable setting."
“So, if I understand correctly, you coat the core in a mana conductive material – the more surface area, the better, hence the holes – to create a setting?”
“Mmhmm,” Valteria said, nodding.
“Seems fairly straighforward. And then you connect the silver wiring that’s wrapped around it to more wiring, and attach that to your device? Why the distance? Why not just connect the setting directly to the device?”
“You absolutely can, if space isn’t an issue. Technically, the connection between the mana battery and the device, even if it’s just a single point with no distance, is still referred to as a conduit, though, so it’s considered a three part creation.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Do you want to try making your own, now? I don’t mind lending you a little wire.”
“Sure, but I should be good on material, I can produce it with my skills. Doesn’t last without a source of mana, but I guess the core itself might provide enough. Think this little chip is a bit small to put holes in, though.”
Xander looked at the small piece of crystal in his hand. If he just need as much contact as possible with a mana conductive material, his best bet would be to embed it into a sapphire or ruby. He decided on ruby, for no particular reason. Still holding the chip of core in his hand, he concentrated on his [Creation] ability. Valteria watched, amazed, as a ruby began to take form and grow around the piece of core until it was completely coated in a thin layer of gemstone.
“So, you can just... make things?” Valteria asked, sounding jealous.
“Well, it costs mana, and anything I make that isn’t provided a source of mana that leaves my person disintegrates in a day, but, yes. I can just make things with my skills. But,” he added, cutting off Valteria’s complaint of unfairness, “I have never received a skill that actually lets me improve a material. Sure, I have runes, which generally makes up the difference, but I don’t have any skills that improve the things I make. So, if you made a mana battery, and I made a mana battery the same way with identical materials, yours is going to be better, I assume, because you have skills that passively improve the things that you make, am I right?”
“Okayyy,” Valteria huffed. “I guess that does make it a little less unfair. But ugh! It would be so nice not having to source materials.” She looked at the ruby with a piece of core set inside it that Xander had made. “Well, I guess that about does it for making a setting... I thought it might have taken you longer to make one. I guess we can move on to fixing my armor even sooner! It’ll be nice to have it up and moving again.”
“Sure, sure, we can do that. Where is it, anyway?” Xander asked, looking around the shop again like he somehow would have missed the eight foot tall suit of armor.
“It’s in a shed behind the house,” Valteria explained. “I have it on a hoist so I can work on it.”
“Ah, that would explain why I haven’t seen it around.”
Exiting the shop, stopping for Valteria to put a small ‘closed’ sign on the door, the two of them made their way around the building, where Xander saw the small shed that presumably held Valteria’s armor. It looked like it could just barely hold the armor and one person – two, if they were comfortable with each other – inside it.
“So this is where the magic happens?” Xander asked.
“If by ‘magic’ you mean maintenance and upgrades, then yes,” Valteria agreed. She opened the door of the shed, which comprised most of the front of the tiny little building, revealing her suit of armor, which was currently hanging from several chains attached to pulleys on the ceiling. Plates of armor were laying strewn about the suite, leaving the joints and inner workings more exposed.
Xander whistled, looking at the inner workings of the suit. He could see gears, cogs, and joints, and throughout the entirety of the armor were running filaments of silver wire, which he assumed were mana conduits running to and from elemental cores and the various mana powered aspects of the suit. “This thing really is impressive. Almost as impressive as the woman who made it,” he said.
Valteria giggled, “Stop it! You’re supposed to be fixing this mess, not flirting with me!”
“Awh, can’t I do both?” Xander asked, trying to sound as saccharine as possible.
“Mmm, I suppose that if you are sufficiently skilled at multitasking, I might allow it,” Valteria said in a mockingly thoughtful tone.
“Well, I just so happen to be an expert, so flirt away I shall,” Xander replied. “Now, how about the beauty in front of me shows me exactly where the other beauty in front of me needs some repairs?”
Valteria sighed at Xander’s antics, but he could see the slight flush in her face. “Well, you welded the wrist joints, elbows, and knees. They aren’t welded all the way round, it’s more like you smoothed over a portion of it like it was wet clay. So if you could just... put it back? Shape it back to how it was, that’s should be all that’s needed.”
“Pretty straightforward,” Xander said, standing behind Valteria as she pointed out each joint. He could see the misshapen parts where he’d slapped a weld onto the metal. He leaned over her and put his hands on the elbow joint that they were closest to and began to shape the metal back to its original form.
“You’re... very close,” Valteria murmured to him as he formed the metal.
“Would you like me not to be?” He asked, carefully.
Valteria was silent for a moment before answering, “No...” quietly.
Xander carefully shifted to be a little closer, but still not quite touching, as he moved on to the wrist joint of the same arm. The process itself was simple, but he was enjoying taking his time. As he finished the wrist, he turned to look at Valteria. He found himself looking right into her eyes, as she was staring back at him. Unable to resist the temptation he leaned in a little closer, gauging Valteria’s reaction. When she, too, leaned towards him, he closed the small gap between them, drawing her into another kiss. Valteria pressed herself against him, the shed hiding them from any prying eyes on the street, and let out a small noise as Xander squeezed her tight. She was breathing a little bit harder than before the kiss as they separated again.
Valteria let out a breath. “You’re… a really good kisser.”
“Yeah?” Xander said, pleased with himself. “You’re not so bad yourself.”
“And you’re a tease, looming over me like that in this tiny little shed,” Valteria continued. “Now you’ve got me all flustered, how am I supposed to work now?” She mock complained.
Xander was glad to see that Valteria was comfortable enough with him to joke like that. “Forgive me,” he said formally, making a deep bow, “How ever can I make it up to the lady?”
“Oh stop it, I will tolerate no bowing and scraping, even in jest,” Valteria said, slapping him lightly on the shoulder, as he was still holding the bow. “You can make it up to me by fixing the rest of these joints! And by taking me out to dinner?” She added, hopefully.
“I think that can be arranged,” Xander said. “Is there anywhere you have in mind? I will admit, I haven’t become very familiar with the local restaurant scene, what with my… dietary restrictions.”
“It doesn’t… make you feel bad to go out to a restaurant, does it?” Valteria asked softly, watching his face for a reaction.
“Nah, don’t worry,” Xander said, waving off the question with one hand. “It doesn’t bother me too much. Sure, I miss the taste of a good cut of steak, but I was never that into food. Eating was more of a thing I did because I had to, so I’m not completely devastated by the loss. And I can still get some vicarious enjoyment out of watching someone else enjoy their food. Really the worst part is awkwardly having to refuse ordering anything,” he said with a laugh.
“Alright, if you say so,” Valteria said, letting out a slight breath of relief. “I was just worried that it might be upsetting to you, is all. I know I would miss eating.” She paused for a moment, something clearly on her mind. “What do you miss? If you don’t mind my asking. I just… well, I’m curious what it’s like for you.”
“Mmm, in a lot of ways, life is still the same, and in other ways, I’m technically doing better than I was before. I’m incredibly resistant to damage now, even without my armor. I do miss sleeping, though. I try to give my mind a rest and just sort of daydream and let my thoughts wander or do some meditation during the nights, but it’s just not the same. Also means I’m the one that pulls guard duty through the night,” he grumbled. “Let’s see, what else, what else. Ah, right. I can’t smell anything. Or taste. I haven’t worked out how to recreate those senses, yet. Though no sense of smell can be handy sometimes, I suppose. I don’t know if you’ve done much merc work – you mentioned being surprised that I’m not just moonlighting – but uh… the smells that you encounter on a battlefield are… unpleasant. To say the least. It was weird not having a sense of touch either, but I’ve resolved that. It’s a little bit different than my previous, natural sense of touch, but I’ve become accustomed to it to the point that I don’t much think about the difference anymore. I think I’ve even got the density of receptors down in certain areas compared to others, so I'm more sensitive in some areas than others now, just like I used to be. I’m still immune to being tickled though, so don’t even think about it – that’s a fight you’ll lose.” Growing a bit more somber, Xander continued on. “I think… the biggest thing I miss is just the feeling that I fit in more. Now I always worry about being different, there’s that nagging fear that anyone I get to know well is going to reject me once they find out what I am. Like I’m secretly lying to everyone around me with this façade I have going on.”
Valteria nodded sadly. “I get that. I’ve been… rejected before, too. At least it happens or not right from the beginning for me. I get to know if they look down on me for being different immediately instead of fearing they might later down the road.”
“Yeah,” Xander said. “People can really suck sometimes. But at least I can just, like, not tell people what I am if I so chose. You, my teammates, and the guild, since it’s on my status sheet, are really the only people who know. I keep it pretty private. You can’t do that, so I think you probably have to deal with a lot worse than I do. Not that I’d want you to hide what or who you are,” he added. “I happen to be quite enamored with who you are,” he said, teasing a smile from Valteria’s sad face.
“Sorry to bring up such a dour topic,” Valteria apologized. “I didn’t think much on it before I asked.”
“No worries,” Xander told her. “Honestly, I think it’s good to be able to talk about it with someone. It’s healthy to be able to get you feelings out there. And it helps that I feel like you understand where I’m coming from with it, though from a slightly different perspective.”
“You’re surprisingly thoughtful sometimes,” Valteria said, only half teasing.
“Only sometimes?” Xander asked with a faux expression of hurt on his face. “By the way, you didn’t react much to my comment about moonlighting as a merc. Do you ever go on contracts?”
Valteria shrugged. “I certainly wouldn’t describe myself as a professional mercenary. Moonlighter is an apt descriptor, for me, I think. I have gone on a couple, here and there, mostly on kill contracts that would net me a core or organ that would be useful for my work.”
“Mm, that makes sense. I suppose it could be handy having access to the ability to take contracts that would give you access to specialty materials,” Xander said.
“It’s also good for business,” Valteria explained. “Mercs tend to like to buy from someone who has at least been out on a contract or two before.”
“Ah, that makes sense. What kind of things do you sell to mercenaries, anyways? I saw Jarrett with a crossbow yesterday, but I imagine you make other things, too.”
“Oh all kinds of little things. Portable, flameless heaters for cooking. Water purification sieves. Mm, let’s see… I’ve made a few custom order devices, too. One customer wanted to be able to shoot a jet of flame from their gauntlet, that was a fun one.”
“Ooh, that does sound fun… reminds me of my flamethrower.”
“Your flamethrower?”
“Yeah, it’s basically a big tank with a hose attached to it. At the end of the hose is a pump that causes the flammable liquid – I use dragon’s tar – to shoot out. Add a flame that the tar passes over and bam! You’ve got a giant stream of flame that will coat anything it hits with sticky, flammable tar,” Xander said, excitedly describing the device.
“That’s… impressive. And kind of horrifying,” Valteria responded.
“Mm… I guess you’re right. I mostly use it on giant spiders. Blugh,” Xander shuddered. “But yeah, I suppose it’s not the nicest of ways to go. Very effective for area denial, though. Ah, actually I have an idea for crossbow bolt head that would ignite when it shatters! We should make that sometime and see if it sells.”
“Hmm, I think that would draw some buyers. A flaming bolt head you didn’t have to light first could be desirable to certain buyers.”
“Put that on the list and we’ll get around to it sometime.”
“We have a list?” Valteria said confusedly.
“We should!” Xander said with a laugh. “Now let’s get the rest of these joints done.”
The repair of the other arm and the leg joints that Xander had locked into position during the tournament was a short affair. Looking over the bare metal frame of the armor still hanging from the ceiling, Xander clapped his hands together, mimicking dusting them off. “Good as new!” He exclaimed. Looking over to Valteria he asked concernedly, “It is good as new, right?”
Valteria had been staring at the armor as well, lost in thought about how she was going to improve it next. “Hmm? Oh, yes. It’s right as rain again, ready for use. Thank you, by the way. For fixing it,” She said awkwardly.
“Well I’m the one who broke it, so it’s only fair that I fix it. So what do you want to work on next?” Xander asked. “I could do some rune work for you. Orrr… we could kiss some more?”
Valteria flushed at the question, but didn’t immediately say no.
A few minutes later, she found herself on her tip toes and lightly pressed against the interior wall of the shed, her lips pressed against Xanders.
Once the two of them were done acting like teenagers parked in a secluded parking lot, they made their way back into the shop. Stepping inside and closing the door behind them, Valteria let out a breath. “I think… you are going to have to do a lot of rune work to make up for how much you just kissed me, Xander.”
“What, you didn’t like it?” He said with a raised eyebrow.
“I didn’t say that,” Valteria said with a smirk.

So, a couple friends wanted to start a 5E game with mostly beginners at DnD, DM included (all of them very experienced at other games, though). As a forever GM, this was a godsend, so I pushed to get in and we start setting up, nothing fancy, fighter, rogue, cleric (me) and wizard.
I tell the DM I can set my character on my own, and I'll just ask him to double check when I'm done and let him focus on the others, meaning I don't follow what they are doing.
We get started and something feels off about the wizard. Like he's throwing a lot of spells around. A lot a lot. DM doesn't seem to flinch, and nobody else seems unfazed. Hell, everyone's having quite a bit of fun, so I decide against asking questions. Things gets weirder when he starts casting Guiding Bolt. Raised eyebrow, but again, not worth making a scene.
A fair few sessions later, the wizard asks me to check over his sheet because he feels like his skill ratings are weird. Nothing too big, a couple mistakes here and there. Then we start talking spells and the story begins to unfold as we compare our classes.
So, what they understood from the book is that the Wizard gets a number of spells [slots] at each level, and there is no limit to the number of spells casts per day. I realize how hilariously busted that is, but tell him that "if everyone's fine with your kinda-sorta-homebrew, you have your fun" and suggest he picks Fireball as soon as he reaches lvl 5 (which he did, to the DM's deep dismay).
A few weeks later, we start talking Counterspell and it becoming very important later (also even more hilariously busted with no cast limit), and I start talking about upcasting, since it's so important there. He does mention that Guiding Bolt has upcasting rules, and he didn't understand how it worked.
So we bring up the upcasting problem to the DM, whose answer had me struggling to not explode in laughter. "Oh. Okay then, you can always use the max level you can use."
That man has no idea what he just started, and I'm going to be giggling on the sidelines watching the fireworks. The best part is that the Fighter and Rogue don't mind being overshadowed in combat, so everyone's actually having a hella lot of fun! And if something doesn't melt instantly, I'll be right there using very normal Cleric rules to create the opening for Mr Wizard to throw another overpowered spell in :)

Hey all, I'm back. Been pretty busy over the last couple of weeks but I'll be back for now. Still working on Grand World Tour, and the release date will be announced shortly.
Ripper, Ripper, Ripper. The alfalfa male. Two sides of the same coin of RealRipper and FakeRipper. He was made so hateable in season one with the fart jokes, with the climax in episode 5, and mellowed out whilst still keeping his charm for the remaining episodes he was in. He had excellent dynamics with Chase and Zee. He contributed in challenges in an unique way, such as when he picked up Priya to go coast to coast for the skull and him and Chase teaming up in the very first challenge. Even during merge, his prowess shows where he was able to be one of the first to bring an egg back to Chris and almost won immunity the very next episode. In season 2, his character mellowed out a lot, and while he still had some of his charm, it was almost like he became a completely different person this season. He had a good first four episodes, with his peak being in the glass tile game where he got two right, but the last three he became Gidgette 2.0 with Axel, to distract Prileb (Notice how they were fixed in the finale.) All in all, still very humoring to watch this season.
Characterization:
Boy oh boy where do I even begin. Back in the Reboot, this man was very mean-spirited and gross to the point he would shamelessly pick on people. He will also use underhanded tactics to achieve victory, such as using Priya as a human shield and having Zee distract a cassowary only to leave him behind.
He shows off a more vulnerable and softer side when he forms a crush on Axel, whom he goes to great lengths to impress yet fails. He eventually succeeds and cares about her immensely, going against his mentality that caring about other people makes you look weak, to the point he chooses to leave with Axel when she's eliminated.
Plot/Story Ideas:
Some ideas that say it better than I could with Ripper, starting with u/Slayquil (Shout out to that one fanfic with Ripper and Axel's pregnancy). "I'd like to see his character arc finish. He already changed a lot from 1 to 2, so maybe 3 could close it out? I'd also want to see more of his friendships with Chase and Zee, and also more of the cute type of relationship he has with Axel later (not whatever the hell s2e7 was...that was uncomfy to watch). I've said it before but with the right writing, I feel like they have the potential to be really fun and certainly less toxic than Prileb." I'd love to see him close out his character for the first three episodes of the new season. It would be nice to see more of his interactions.
One big issue arises, which is how he outlasted Axel, and I really doubt that it'll happen for a third time. It's why, and due to his personality, that I do not see him going far.
Character Rankings:
I'm a really big fan of Ripper's character, and I find him rather underrated as far as the reboot goes. Aside from his fart jokes, his interactions are some of the best of this reboot, namely coming from the Trout Trio and Axel. He was enjoyable to watch with his demeanor showing off a change of pace from what we usually see from the show, and hes portrayed as such. Season 2 has a lot of issues, starting from his interactions being less interesting (which is a Rematch problem), and was flanderized in his final few episodes. His relationship with Axel, while the build-up being interesting, came off rather rushed in the sense that Rippers character kinda became a different person.
Personal Ranking: 10/16; Season 3 placement: Early boot (14th-16th?)
Let me know your thoughts on Ripper as a character and potential plots he can have. Also let me know if I missed anything and leave a comment!

Or is every website wrong because they all say for my turn signal it’s 1157(type s) but I ordered and the connector is completely different. So I ordered 7443(base) and this one actually fit and worked well until it fell out into the housing where I can’t retrieve it. Now my turn signal is out and I can’t even get to it I have to order another one. But I don’t want to go through the same thing again so please could someone clarify what type s headlights use for their turn signal, the female connector is like a coin slot that only a connection like 7443(base) would fit because a 1157(type s) is round and would not fit into the thin rectangle connection point. But the headlights are type s so I’m just confused and lost because I don’t want to keep ordering shit and hoping it fits. If anyone knowledgeable about headlights please dm I have a few pictures but acurazine is not helping my problem. Thank you

I just want to know why they save these “blueprints” when you move your camp that you almost 98% of the time can’t actually place, or modify, say your house is perfect accept for a staircase that’s not needed in your new location and it’s in the way. It’s like 🖕 you buddy build it again! What’s the point in spending days on your house with the idea you can save it and move it just to get royally burned. Might I add I’m trying to place it exactly where I built it originally last week. It’s been 5 years of the same exact glitches and I’m tired of not complaining about it if I’m honest. I love everything about the game until it comes time to build a house because I put so much work into my camps. I originally bought another camp slot and forgot to activate it and moved my main camp 😡 I can’t begin to tell you how stupid I feel.

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I've never had this problem before, usually either all my validators are working or none of them are. But over the last couple days, only about half have been working (it fluctuates).
Any help on how to fix this would be much appreciated. I keep getting these error messages in the beacon chain command prompt:
[2024-05-14 08:10:28] ERROR p2p: Failed to find peers error=unable to find requisite number of peers for topic /eth2/6a95a1a9/beacon_attestation_48/ssz_snappy - only 0 out of 1 peers were able to be found [2024-05-14 08:10:28] ERROR p2p: Failed to broadcast attestation error=could not publish message: unable to find requisite number of peers for topic /eth2/6a95a1a9/beacon_attestation_48/ssz_snappy, 0 peers found to publish to: context deadline exceeded [2024-05-14 08:10:39] INFO blockchain: Synced new block block=0x61d4fa5d... epoch=283529 finalizedEpoch=283527 finalizedRoot=0x8989ea00... slot=9072951

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I’ve been working on a D&D 5e mini campaign in the Grim Hollow setting of Etharis, I call it Whispers of the Weary. It’s designed for level 10 characters, and I’m planning for it to run weekly for about 5 weeks, give or take. I have some players from previous games interested in playing, but they are split across two possible times, so I was hoping to find some cool people here to fill out those tables!

• Wednesday May 15^th, 7:00 pm Eastern Time. Up to 4 slots available
• Friday May 17^th, 11:00 am Eastern Time. Up to 3 slots available

Both of those days will be session zeros, with the campaign running weekly at the same time until complete, about 5 sessions. DM me if you are interested in joining! I’ll discuss more details about the campaign during the session zero, and we can get into character creation and roll stats then. Until then, here’s a brief overview of how it all starts:

Monsters stalk the forests of the Bürach Empire, and the people of the region always are watching for what lurks in the shadows. Monster hunters are always in high demand when the imperial guard can’t root out the threat, monster hunters like you.
The town of Elmbrück is the next to call for your aid. A month ago a nearby village was wiped out by an unknown creature. Whatever did it seems to have its sights on Elmbrück next. The townsfolk are gripped by fear, the terror keeping anyone from resting for long in case the monster returns.
Will you be the heroes the town needs? Or are you only a ‘hero’ until the gold runs out? Welcome to Etharis.

Do you really trust your colleagues? Let’s discuss why its critically important for success of your business. Recent years have been abundant with misery and anguish. From the pandemic to political conflicts and war, economic struggles and ecological crises. It gave birth to a generation of anxiety and uncertainty. As observed, global progress is pushing us in divergent directions, emphasizing the significance of selecting the right voices to shape discussions about the future.
Our efforts to establish digital HR-services pave the way for a corporate enhanced cooperation. We can find there is still ample room for improvement in fostering trust, r and strengthening people's sense of security.
According to the Edelman “Trust Barometer”¹ (a survey of 33,000 people in 28 countries), one in three people doesn’t trust their employer. The lack of trust leads to poor communication. Poor communication leads to difficulties with problem-solving. An unfavorable work atmosphere breeds immense stress and an unappealing environment for all individuals involved. In such organizations, employees suppress their talents, creativity, energy, and passion, leading to a decline in productivity, innovation potential, competitive advantage, and numerous other drawbacks.
The level of trust within a workplace significantly influences the collaboration and synergy among employees working on a shared project. Nowadays, with a majority of employees working remotely or in hybrid setups, employers have recognized the crucial significance of establishing trust. In many instances, inadequate employee communication stands out as the primary cause for subpar collaboration. The initial stride towards fostering trustworthy and collaborative work environments involves promoting transparent and sincere communication within the workplace.

So, how can we build trust in a workplace?

It might be worth a while to start with an atmosphere in the company.
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I (26m) have been engaged to my fiancée (26f) for almost 5 years. I told my family about the engagement at the time and they were ecstatic and very supportive, genuinely happy for the both of us. But recently my fiancée told me that when she told her family of the engagement back then, they were much less enthusiastic about it in comparison to my family.
A little bit of context I feel is necessary: I come from a line of work horses, all of my family members value hard work and earning your keep, since we don’t have much wealth in the family to go around. My parents both died before I turned 15, and my grandmother took care of me and my siblings until we turned 18. Despite the lack of familial support, I’ve secured my own home and a solid $60k salary job over these last 8 years. My bills are paid, food in the cabinets, never behind on any payments, living within my means if not below.
Now according to my fiancée, her side of the family is the complete opposite side of the coin: they’re rather successful and have a good amount of money they’re sitting on. Her mother is disabled and is unable to work or do much of anything on her own, so my fiancée’s aunt (the breadwinner of the family, de facto leader at this point) helps financially while my fiancée cleans up after her mother. This has been the case ever since my fiancée and I started dating, but it’s starting to weigh on her and it’s becoming a detriment to both her physical and mental health. Her mother is manipulative and condescending, always believing herself to be correct and never could she be wrong. Her aunt is no better, constantly putting down my fiancée over the smallest of things. But that’s a story for another time, it was necessary for context though, but back to the actual matter at hand.
When my fiancée announced our engagement to her family, she was met with mixed responses. One response has been rubbing me the wrong way; her aunt asked her, “how can he take care of my niece when he has no money?” I may not be the wealthiest man but like I said before, I have my own place with water and power, food in the cabinets, internet, making a $400 a month car payment: I think its safe to say I have my ducks in a row so to speak. But I feel like her family didn’t even give me a chance to prove myself, so I feel that I come up short consistently in their eyes. As a result, I get the feeling they don’t respect me or value me. To solidify this assumption even further, recently my fiancée admitted that during the last 5 years, her family has flat out refused to refer to me as their niece’s fiancé, just as the “boyfriend.” Their defense was “Well what’s really the difference? I don’t see one.” Now i feel blatantly disrespected, I knew that I was walking on egg shells this whole time but turns out they never respected me from the beginning. My fiancée is in tears because she’s at her breaking point with her family, they don’t respect either one of us: my fiancée even asked her therapist if them not referring to me as the fiancé is disrespectful, and the therapist agreed it was! She tells her mother, and her mother claims “the therapist is wrong because everyone that knows me knows I’m NEVER disrespectful, your therapist is wrong.” Is this not manipulation? It’s making us both sick to our stomachs, she wants to move out of her moms but shes worried her mom won’t be able to take care of herself, so she feels stuck. Should we cut them out of our lives entirely? This can’t be healthy or normal.

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ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero, i7 14700K, Corsair iCUE H115i RGB Elite Capellix XT, 64 GB Corsair RAM
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Current build: MoBo: X570 Aorus Elite CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X ROG STRIX RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 Dual Channel Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100x High Performance Case: Fractal Design Pop XL Air PSU: Seasonic PRIME GX-1000, 80+ Gold, 1000W
Hey there! I apologise in advance for the rather long post. I just wanna supercharge my PC some. GPUs are expensive and I've been looking at the ASUS RTX 4090, but I'm honestly thinking to prep everything else and improve it and wait for the 5000 series, potentially. The usual issues, some framerate drops, dips, stutters here and there. Also tired of how hot the AMD seems to run. I just want to future-proof my PC and give myself a little treat for my upcoming birthday. I want a very strong CPU and from what I've read, the i7 should more than handle that. I assume an i9 is overkill.
I don't know much about MoBos, but I wanted a new, high quality one for the future Intel CPU, that can accommodate the usual RGB stuff and that would have enough ports in the back to match the current MoBo (yes, even the surround sound ports...). Speaking of the CPU, that's one of the main things I want. Supercharge the performance, lower the temps. Checking the stats on the currently selected MoBo, I see it has more NVMe slots. I have two of those. An Intel 660p Series 1TB PCI Express 3.0 x4 M.2 that runs Windows and a Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB. Checking the MoBo, I really like the look, design and features. I see there's an extreme version with a nicer RGB screen, but I assume it's not worth the pricey premium for more eye-candy.
RAM-wise, I am drawing a bit of a blank, as all I know is I want 32, or even 64 gigs, fast speeds, the new stuff that's made for these MoBos. I've gotten hooked on the RGB stuff, but I don't know much about the speeds and qualities of these new ones. Corsair seems like a safe bet, although I've seen at least two that appear rather similar in performance, but varying in price.
Cooler-wise, I posted my case here to figure things out. My current AIO is sitting on the top bit, it's 240mm, I'm pretty sure. So the question there is if my choice is okay. Do I need 280mm? Would 240mm suffice? Alternatively, would it be better to get a front-facing one that's three fans? My issue then would be that all the intake for the entire PC would be through that AIO radiator. Case has the original fans in, pretty much, just with the added cooler on top. Should I go for some new thermal paste? I have this 4 gram Arctic MX-4 that I've used a bunch, bought in 2019. I am honestly starting to feel as if it dries out quickly, or doesn't conduct as well? Nothing visually wrong with it when applying it before, as far as I can tell. It just feels that my CPU has started running hotter for no good reason, recently. I am not ruling out just the dust build-up, since this case feels a bit more "open" and is due some internal cleaning.
Sort of a TL;DR here!
I posted the PSU, to make sure it could handle all this stuff, on top of a potential, future GPU. I would hope so, since I specifically chose the Seasonic to futureproof that angle a bit. So... lots of questions, I suppose! Are my options good? Quality-wise, ports, etc. Are there better alternatives? I wouldn't mind cheaper stuff, of course, but my focus right now is in treating myself, providing performance, quality and stability. So, trying to figure out if the current parts list is good. Would that MoBo work with my port requirements? Would it play nice with my two NVMe SSDs? Cooler. Is it good enough? Should I go for a front 3-fan, or just keep it as a fat 2-fan? Should I grab some new thermal paste of some kind? Good quality and RGB options? CPU good enough to handle anything at current and future levels? RAM, what should I go for? 32 gigs, 64? Requirements are speed, RGB and potentially futureproofing the build some.
I want to thank all you potential readers kindly for checking out the posts! Basically, advice on parts, quality, money, placement in PC! And thank you in advance for anyone that chooses to engage and offer advice!

Hello,
I‘d appreciate your help since the last Mario platform game I’ve played was on a black and white screen Gameboy many years ago.
I began playing Super Mario Odyssey for the first time and had saved and exited the game at the section near meeting Bowser. Shortly afterwards, I had opened Super Mario Odyssey again and loaded the save only to find I was returned to the beginning of the Cap Kingdom precisely where the tutorial began. All the coins and crates had reappeared as if I had never collected them in the first place but the save remembered to leave the lever pulled down as I had pulled it down earlier to enter the next scene of the game.
Could you please explain how saving works in Super Mario Odyssey? I don’t understand why Mario wasn’t left in the location of the last save. Does this mean I have to repeat myself to return to the same section of the game?
Thanks!

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• 0xJonnyDee

Biden blocks Chinese crypto miner's land purchase near US base in Wyoming
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• coinmonks

$71 Million WBTC Hacker Returns the Entirety of Funds Back to Victim
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• Salonicryptotimes

Hong Kong's Bitcoin & Ethereum ETFs facing rough waters.
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CryptoCurrencies

• AutoModerator

Weekly General Discussion - May 13, 2024
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CoinBase

• LatinumGirlOnRisa

Planned Coinbase Maintenance Suddenly? Everything Worked UNTIL I Tried To Sell To CASH OUT
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• AggravatingLaw5523

After 2 months of trying to unblock my account i get this. WTF
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• Monstercock_roach

Withdrawals not available at this time?!?
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binance

• AutoModerator

Binance Support Thread
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FantomFoundation

• Defiant-Horse-7368

Fantom - Multichain bridge
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• Afrandnia

BTC (Fantom) to USDT
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solana

• red5600

What's your tactic to make money with meme coins on Solana?
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• don911

Do you earn staking interest on the interest too, or only on the principal?
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• 0euy

how’s ur strat for pump.fun?
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cosmosnetwork

• Bupefiend

Saga entries?
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• zapppelphilippp

I just clicked a scam link and connected my metamask and keplr. please help.
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• ZoltanAtom

"XRPL goes interchain" Powered by evmOS
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algorand

• GhostOfMcAfee

Babe. Wake up. New Algorand BetaNet just dropped.
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• GhostOfMcAfee

TDR and NFTR proposals are up on the Forum for review/comment ahead of voting
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• AdministrativeChef47

Algo Hour today at 1pm EST!!
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cardano

• BCHTOMOON

Cardano Foundation CEO Hints at CNT Listing on Gemini
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• cardano_content_bot

Cardano's Biggest News and Updates Live with Paul, Farid and Josh
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• cardano_content_bot

Combining Cardano & Ethereum! APEX Fusion Tokenomics & Airdrop Reveal!
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Monero

• Dopenxans

Haveno situation
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• Dopenxans

*HardenedSteel Haveno published, binaries available *
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• sunchakr

Privacy is Pro-National Security w/ J.W. Verret (MT 310)
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NFT

• jay_pu

I finally completed a collection of JennifeKoyangi mint condition Reddit Collectible NFTs!
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• Noonesees_

Minting soon. Check this out!
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• Melodic-Raspberry-80

*Pollinated *
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