18 months after the last time he surfaced, do-nothing Intellivision CEO Phil Adam posted this feckless update.

May 24, 2023
Intellivision Update May 2023
The last 18 months, since becoming the CEO, has been an extremely difficult time for the Intellivision business. A long list of disappointments from both inside and outside of the company had to be taken head on. During this time we laid off a large portion of our staff, restructured our management team, and began the process of reevaluating every aspect of the business, which included the path that lay ahead for Intellivision.

That phrase, "a long list of disappointments," really sums up the project, doesn't it?

What we have distilled down from countless hours of self assessment is that we are, or more accurately, wish to be, in the business of creating a living room experience that brings people of various ages together in group play. It is the experience between people, sitting in the same room, that will be our primary measure of success. This, first and foremost, comes from offering great content.

If that's your "primary measure of success," I guess you realize by now that you have utterly failed, right?

As an entertainment business, we realize that creating great content requires world class partners and a focus on strategies where we can effectively achieve the necessary level of excellence to succeed. To this end, we will be announcing a string of new partnerships that will not only help bring fun and innovative content that captures the Amico experience, but also bolsters and celebrates our content's appeal by (1) licensing our IP to development partners who have product pedigrees that are creatively aligned and best poised to bring something great to market, (2) leveraging our IP in ways that ensures delivery on Amico but additionally expands our content to entirely new audiences Intellivision would otherwise be unable to reach and (3) acquiring new IP that embodies Amico and fits our strategic focus. This will include licensing IP for other platforms where it makes sense to do so.

That's how we got Astrosmash (music "compiled" by Tommy Tallarico) and Shark! Shark! for Steam, Switch, and Xbox, as well as Google Play. Very few reviews and not many more sales. Good job, Phil!

Our commitment to delivering a unique and innovative platform that brings people together has not wavered. What has changed is our philosophy on how to deliver that experience. The business environment is quite different from what it was in 2018 when the original Intellivision business plan was put together. We cannot solely be dependent on a traditional hardware console business model. The cost and time to scale such a business is too great. We must be more creative in how we deploy our intended entertainment experience - not only delivering a better experience for our customers, but also reducing the time and cost to scale the business.

Oh, it's wavered. No amount of empty words can hide that.

We want to assure our fans that shipping a console remains a part of our product strategy. The development and hands-on testing of our pilot units have been a successful step forward. As a testament of this progress, we are pleased to share with you this video of a father and son playing Shark! Shark! on one of the pilot units in their home!

No comment.

As part of our expanded strategy, we also plan to bring the Amico experience to other hardware platforms, starting with mobile devices, under the name Amico Home. Amico Home will dramatically reduce the hardware footprint needed to enjoy Amico games and provide more developers the opportunity to explore the creative potential of in-room multiplayer games with our innovative physical and smartphone controllers. This broadening of the talent pool will bring new ideas and gaming that will shape the future of Intellivision and our place in the market.

Amico Home = $15 ports of existing mobile games except you need to use a phone to control your phone. The most popular of them has "100+ downloads" and the modest roadmap milestones are already slipping.

We are excited for this future and what it means for bringing the Amico experience to the public. Those who supported Intellivision early on helped set the foundation for all that we have been able to achieve, and we are truly thankful to you all. In the coming weeks, those that have maintained a deposit will be able to sign in and verify their spot on the priority list (Amico Club List). The Amico Club List will be used as the primary mechanism to prioritize access to special products, early access to new games and other unique offers. More details to follow.

Again, it's been 51 weeks since this feeble declaration.

Again, we thank you for your patience and support as we chart a new course for Intellivision and establish our own unique position in the vast and vibrant video game industry.

Phil Adam, CEO
Truly unique indeed.

I can't seem to find much information around Photo Picker.
From what I gather, it has its own "albums" which are screenshot, download, camera, and video. It gets these from "somewhere" that don't even match what they say. For example, I have images coming up under download that are not even in my download folder and it still sees them when I move this folder. I can't reliably add images to this album either - I can't see at all how it's getting these photos.
Because of the album flaws, I'll call them flaws, you use the "big" list which you have to scroll forever to find what you want. There is no search and no quick scroll option. If you have say 10,000 images - this is not practical to use.
I'd like to think I'm using it wrong it just seems in the little information I can find and user posted information, it seems it's just lacking in features and details.
In all my searching, I can't find information of how these albums are created and information stored. How an image shows in the download album, when it's not in my gallery under download, makes no sense.
Does anyone have any information on Photo Picker and best practices? How to actually use it in a meaningful way?
I love the idea of giving apps access to certain files/folders instead of wide open access. I just can't seem to get Photo Picker to work well.
Note: apparently the addition of cloud allows you to do albums by folder in a way, but it needs to be stored in the cloud. I can't use cloud storage for this and only using local images - which is where they are all stored. It also seems backwards to have to upload images to cloud just to download them when Photo Picker uses them. This is not practical either for larger files or a large number of them.
Any tips would be great because this seems like a great feature, I just can't grasp it's proper usage and it seems lacking a lot of usability options.
This also seems like a huge plus and way to get around the slow loading gallery bug in apps (that is say you are in Instagram, you choose upload, and not all images show. Going back and forth a few times more images will load/shoe). By only selecting what you want to upload, it should load instantly and in my testing and usage this seems to be the case.
Photo picker also seems to have access to more than what you pick. For example I have 1 photo allowed for Instagram but 100 show and I can upload them. My thoughts these are cached to Instagram or in a folder Instagram has access to that Photo Picker doesn't show. Which seems weird and makes it feel broken.
Any help, insight, suggestions are welcomed.

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We took our exam last Friday may 10th, don't think I did well a 2 at max, now we are in AP relax we are planning a project, and this project has to have a topic, otherwise, its free game I can do a ceiling tile, a video, paint a mural, etc but this has to capable to within a period of fewer than 3 weeks. Open to any ideas please list the topic and your idea doesn't need to be in detail but what like some input.

My dogs have been with a vetinary behaviourist for coming up to 2 years in Sept. They've been on fluox for that length of time too.
I wouldn't say there has been a massive change in them. We've been doing all the training asked of us, I'll be honest we did it consistently for the first 1.5 years and we've really slacked on it this year due to how we are feeling about it.
They both had surgery a couple months ago, Spaying and castration(also removal of testicle in abdomen) so they were restricted after that to resting, when they started going out again it was just ball play, as we wanted their hormones to settle before continuing with training walks. The main thing that keeps them happy is ball, we get up at 5am every morning to take them to the park because nobody is there, they have a good 30 minutes of intense ball play (they're collies so you can imagine how energetic they are) we also book secure fields for them for an hour to take and play with them there. These 2 things are honestly all they want to do in their life. Whilst restricting them to just those outings we have had such a more happy household for everyone especially between me and my partner.
We both struggle with our anxiety so neither of us enjoy their training walks but we've done it for them. So we both get lower in mood and more stressed especially after a bad walk, that we can sometimes take out on one another.
We also had to postpone walking them as we were threatened with our lives by someone in our area when we told them we were taking court action (long story short but we were sold a kitten who died days later from an infection he had before coming to us) So again just been the morning ball & paddock.
Am I bad for just wanting this for them? I don't know if I'll be able to keep them on medication which is my main concern as I have no idea what they'll be like without it. I'm unsure if the vet can administer long term fluox. They are absolutely fine with us, my family and my family dogs. It's just everything else (dogs, strangers etc) that they go mad at, but we never put them in situations for that part from the vets.
Also as a side note- we are both trying really hard to save up for a mortage as we don't like the uncertainty of renting especially with 2 reactive dogs. The park & paddock are also a lot easier for us around work, so we are able to pick up extra shifts a lot to save the money.
Sorry this is so long! Any advice would be appreciated or anyone that's been in a similar situation.

Sorry this is so long 😢 I am a university student. At the beginning of the term, I experienced a pattern of deliberate harassment targeting my disabilities, culminating in physical aggression. The primary aggressor, a fellow student and a member of my cohort, engaged in an escalating series of actions that included derogatory comments specifically about my disabilities as well as physical intimidation. This harassment peaked when student accosted me in a threatening manner. The specificity and nature of student's actions, directed at my disabilities, suggest that this harassment could be considered a hate crime under federal law, as it was motivated by bias against my disability.
Despite multiple attempts to report these incidents and express my concerns about my safety, I faced significant obstacles within the university’s administration. My faculty member for the class not only refused to allow me to report the incidents, ignored my repeated expressions of concern for my personal safety, yelled at me for trying to report, and ultimately disciplined me without cause. Furthermore, the associate dean during a recorded discussion, explicitly stated her prioritization of the university’s reputation over addressing student safety. She expressed a preference for handling such complaints internally rather than involving outside police, and stated that campus security would defer to the school rather than take necessary actions to investigate or address the matter properly. In fact, in the recording this dean alluded to this happening many times, stating "a lot of things have happened that haven't made the news."
I also contacted the school's office of civil rights and set up a phone interview for a later consultation. After they contacted them on the phone they told me they would not create a report, just some intake notes. The intake person expressly told me that this was only an intake, no report or complaint would be filed. They would take notes, discuss with director of this office as to whether they would take action at which time I would need to file a formal complaint and they would write a report. After not hearing back within their specified time frame I contacted the university’s Office of Civil Rights and learned the employees there dismissed my case without adequate justification. I asked for more info and was told they forwarded my "report" to the sr. associate dean and stated to me no civil rights violations occurred. I was totally shocked because this was against what they said their procedure was. I asked for a copy of the "report" and was very shocked to see it absolutely full of deliberate lies, serious omission and designed like a targeted attack against me. My concerns were minimized, the seriousness of the events were omitted and all the relevant information excluded. I did file a complaint with local law enforcement when the incident peaked, and this detail was left in the "report" by the school's civil rights report but as if I made a false criminal complaint. I was also hearing different reports from the sr assoc dean that the official report was that a student tapped me on the shoulder and I went off. This never happened. So far everything I have heard, read or been told has contained falsifications and misrepresentations of my statements, deliberately altering the severity and nature of the incidents reported. This office failed to accurately record my experiences and intentionally downplayed the seriousness of my situation, and later forwarded the report to the Dean without my knowledge or consent, intentionally compromising the integrity of any future investigative process.
My efforts to seek justice and safety have been documented through various means. I have maintained written correspondence, including emails and text messages with university personnel, that chronicles my attempts to report the harassment and the inadequate responses received. Additionally, I possess recordings that were made by request and approval, that further substantiate my claims regarding the university’s handling of my complaints. I also believe there is security footage capturing the incident that escalated the situation which could corroborate the physical confrontation initiated by the other student.
The school did not help or support my concerns for safety. However, after repeated writing and advocating I was placed in a new clinical team and site with new faculty supervision. The student in question was my close associate and the faculty that refused to acknowledge my complaint is the one replaced.
However we are a cohort. So I see the student at other times and also had to do small group work with them. I repeatedly reached out to all of my faculty about this. Because in addition to the increased potential for physical violence from this student they had also made up false allegations against me. Obviously, it's a mess. Our term is almost over and I just got switched to a new small group, where the new faculty literally took my grade from an A to an F in less than a couple of days. The new faculty graded my work from previous/original small group and failed me on everything. They gave me two failing marks for missing group despite numerous emails regarding safety concerns. The new faculty also doesn't accept my health-related academic accommodations. They also required I do the work of the previous small group as well as this new group. The new faculty knew of my concerns for safety as well as health issues. They offered to walk me to seminar and then proceeded to leave before I noticed and never told me where their small group met. I sent her an email right away and she didn't respond for over 10 hours. So I was late because I had to wait for someone from the group I was joining to respond. So she marked me down for lateness. She also accused me of taking a photo of her (I'm still talking about the faculty) which is very weird. I had my phone propped up on my laptop and was using like a second screen and she was trying to lean over to see what I was doing. There was no test or any cause to suspect I was cheating, etc. Weirdly, the camera part of my phone was against my computer and so obscured.
I am absolutely not sure what to do. The sr assoc dean is very pushy and made numerous phone calls to me. I had hoped that she was on the up and up but after reading what they sent from the school's civil rights office to her, I told her that all correspondence must be written due to discovering multiple false reports and misinformation. I also asked for all notes, reports, info on my case -no response to that but she did say ok to emails.
I did file a complaint with the U.S. Dept of Justice office of civil rights since the student was targeting my disabilities and I reported the problems with trying to go through the school. I will also file a complaint with the US Dept of Ed office of civil rights shortly.
What the hell can I do here? This is a healthcare degree and I have one term left ---but I won't because this new faculty dropped my grade to an F. I was suspicious of this fac to begin with and was sickened when told I was being transferred to her. Today was the first day I was officially in her class. She works fast.
Any legitimate suggestions? I need a lawyer but don't know where to begin. Also, I want this fixed now before it goes any further. I have sent an email to my academic advisor. But I really don't trust anyone at my school.

Now this might be a hot take but hear me out.
Disclaimer: This is NOT an “every game build”. This is not the main build. This is just a build that I’m still working on that I thought might be viable for some games.
Runes: Conq, POM/Absord Life, Alacrity, Coup de Grace Celerity, Gathering Storm
Items: Zerkers, IE, Ruunans, Yun - Tal, LDR, BT/Situational
Zeri by nature is a teamfight machine, so this a build centered around that. This is a situational build and depends on: 1. If enemy team has 2-3+ Tanks or is very teamfight oriented. 2. If you have a peeling or buffing support that pairs well with Zeri (Lulu, Yuumi, Janna) 3. If your team has front line.
With LT gone most of us will probably default to Fleet (I don’t recommend PTA as the champs that will start using will surely proc it better than you and will do so first). While fleet is reliable and can get use through the laning phase I wanted to try a more aggressive build option so we’re not stuck with just fleet.
Conqueror will buff our teamfight damage and give us healing at max stacks.
Ruunans Will act the same as usual from before and help us with skirmishes and teamfights BUT now costs 200 less and has its crit chance from 20% to 25%
Yun- Tal: The main item for this build. 65 AD, 25% Crit chance, and a D.O.T effect that procs with crit. Get this either 3rd or 4th item (if you need LDR 3rd). By this point you’ll have 75% or 100% crit and will proc this items effect all or nearly all the time. Ruunans will help hit champs that are behind enemy front line and will shred them (with the increase of IE buffs and this items Dot effect)
LDR: Needed Item Pen. In this build you have to get LDR. Some are testing Black cleaver in other builds but you won’t get the 100% crit without it and that lessens up time of Yun-Tal.
BT/Situational: BT/Bork for lifesteal, Shieldbow for survivabilty, or Maw for heavy AP teams, It’s really up to you and what you need.
Additional Notes: Again I’m still testing this and trying to improve it so we’ll see. There is a lack of movespeed in this build compared to main build but that’s why we have celerity (and Zepyhers later). Also I’m not a high elo player (Peak Plat 4), I just enjoy testing builds, so for those of you who are and want to try this build I’d love any feedback you have.
Lemme know your thoughts, always open to constructive criticism.

Goading is a frankly underrated mechanic in commander. The couple precons we have seen so far have leaned too much into goading to the detriment of the deck's ability to actually win the game.
I believe that for Goad to be used effectively it has to be sprinkled in a deck, not as a central theme but as a way to mitigate aggression and force your opponents to make uncomfortable choices.
To give some concrete examples I am going to talk about two decks I have built and the different ways they utilize Goading

1. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/OGcV3Q7STUC-XYaAh2pGlg

This is a Karazikar deck, and Karazikar has all the goading you will ever need on him. Now this particular list is vaguely built around treasures and some theft, but the main idea is to put pressure on your opponents slowly, going from encouraging them to attack each other by offering the incentive of card draw, to goading their bigger creatures and finally either overwhelming them with value or just taking away their ability to fight back with cards like Painful Quandary. While the plan itself is rather mean-spirited the gameplay is a hoot! Everyone is drawing cards, casting spells and trying to get their ducks in a row before they get punched in the face by their friends

1. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/a20CqiHOA0-oMgmPZeFZDg

This is a Firkraag deck! Goading here is a deliberate effort, you need to keep your opponent's creatures off your back while you are building up your dragons. Card draw becomes more of a challenge as you need to balance ramping, keeping your hand full and your board threatening. You take a much more active role in the game, nettling your own creatures with cards like Goblin Diplomats to trigger the card draw trigger on Firkraag, while forcing your opponents to either attack each other or send their creatures into your dragons' jaws with cards like Bident of Thassa, Public Enemy and Bothersome Quasit. If all goes according to plan, you are finish the game with a massive dragon wearing The Sound of Drums or by giving your board doublestrike with Spectacular Showdown and soaring over your opponents' blockers, and hey if you can't finish the job on that turn, their own goaded doublestriking creatures will probably do it for you
So yeah! Go out there and splash a Disrupt Decorum or a Coronation of Chaos in your decks, don't be afraid to utilize the board instead of wiping it

Platform(s): Console; Strongly believe it was a Nintendo 64, remember it having a game pak as a part of it.
Genre: 2D Side-Scroller; Adventure
Graphics/Art Style: Pixelated, but with good detail and shading. Had a rather realistic style considering the fantastic subject. Would slip into surreal seizure-like strobing lights at the end.
Notable Characters: Reject Toy (Main Character), Tall Robotic Toy Collector, Anthropomorphic Cat
Notable game play Mechanics: Very intense bullet hell-like mechanics, but combined with a classic Super Mario Bros. Style. Had a bonus level between normal levels.
Other Details:
I remember playing this on my Uncle's Nintendo 64 back around either 2005 or 2008, the exact date is a bit fuzzy.
It was very brief, leading me to think that it might have been a demo. The fact I can't remotely find anything relating to this game has led me to further believe that it probably never became an actual game. At least, not in the form that I played and witnessed.
It began with the main character, a goofy looking Toy, on a conveyor belt in a Toy factory. There were other toys on that belt with him, but the only one I could remember is a crying doll that was in front of him. Anyways, this goofy toy, was apart of a line of toys being inspected a by a factory work. If they made the cut, they proceeded. Of not, they were sent down a chute. Our main character, setting off alarms, is sent down the chute.
Then, literally in the next scene, he is fleeing a flaming factory in ruins (it looked more like a flaming cityscape, tbh) with other toys. We think he's making good progress when suddenly a huge towering robot starts chasing and collecting the other toys. Yours is the only one that escapes.
After that, the game is a blur. There's a Circus-themed level with a big dog and bouncing basketballs. Then there's a boss level with an anthropomorphic cat that devolves into psychedelic seizure-level trippy visuals.
This game has haunted me for the better part of a decade-and-a-half. I'm almost convinced that I hallucinated the whole thing, but I have such strong memories of trying to beat it and never succeeding.
Can anyone help?

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Hi there,
could really need some professional insight with a problem driving me nuts. There might not even be a way but let's try it :)
I need to come up with some advanced trickery for the following:
I need to somehow create some kind of virtual interface. This should somehow aggregrate (or bridge) both the LAN as also the WiFi NIC on our employees laptops. Sounds ugly? Yeah. Alternatives are also welcome :)
The use case:

• Employees are running local Hyper-V VMs on Win11
• Currently we are setting up an additional external (bridged) vSwitch
  • because VM revisioning uses PXE boot - which the "default (NAT) switch" does not seem to support

The problem:

• New DELL notebooks are using USB-C docking stations
• we have roaming users working from home, in the office, from customers - be it WiFi oder LAN
• When they undock their notebook Hyper-V completely dismisses the vSwitch (as the NIC has "physically" been removed)

Solution tried (new problems arising):

• We went back to the default switch (NAT) which decouples this from underlying hardware changes
• But now PXE is not working anymore as it does not seem possible to define DHCP options

The idea (and road blocks encountered);

• The goal would be to setup some form of link aggregation of WiFi + LAN and bind an external bridged Hyper-V switch to that virtual NIC
• BUT: Intel ProSet is not working anymore on Win11. Nor does New-NetLBFOTeam (at least with legal means)
• MAYBE there are some advanced TAP adapter tricks out there or something else?

Any idea is really appreciated. :)
Thanks!

Hello, I'm Salesforce Administrator (certified) with 1,5years of experience. In the first few months I learnt a lot. I did a lot of formulas, flows, validation rules, I once created a code using Apex (with a little help), but that's it about coding. I love doing automations and flows in general, it really makes me happy and fulfill, that's why I'm thinking about going step further and maybe become developer in the future. I know that in my company it won't be possible, it's a small company who needs only an Admin to do a small automations inside sales team so I started to look for another job.
I received recently a job offer, unfortunately not for an Admin, Developer, but as a Salesforce Support Agent. As I understand, it's a Support Tier 1, escalating urgent requests, document them, in general - lots of work. The company said to me that they know that I'm interested in development in that area (developer), so they think in the next 1-2 years I could become a Developer there.
I honestly don't know if this is a good move for me to go to a Support, I feel like I will go down instead of going up in a Salesforce path. The best (worst) thing is that this company is a partner of Salesforce, it's a hybrid work and also they offer me 40% more money than in my current work(base salary, in my current company I have also bonuses based on sales performance, which almost evens it out), but I know I will learn there more. Right now I don't learn much, it's a remote work, flexible hours, so that's a plus, but I don't think I can develop there.
I know it's my decision, but I think you can have much more experience than me - is going to Support would be a great idea to develop there and is it possible to be a Developer after that? Or how could I become Developer? What is the best path to be one? What Junior Salesforce Developer should know to becom one? Are there any other positions when I could be fulfilled in creating automations, do declarative code, apex etc.? (In Salesforce of course)
I would be grateful for any recommendations!!

From Bloomberg:
Dating apps are, increasingly, for the olds. And that means the companies behind them are working harder than ever to reinvent themselves, to the extent that some don’t even really want to be dating apps anymore – or, at least, not just dating apps.
“We will not be a dating app in a few years,” Bumble Inc. founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said at the Bloomberg Tech conference last week. “Dating will be a component, but we will be a true human connection platform. This is where you will meet anyone that you want to meet. A hiking buddy, a mahjong buddy.”
In her telling, this is a response to what she deems a loneliness epidemic. But there are cold, hard business reasons too. Sales growth at Bumble is expected to slow to 9% this year, down from a peak of 31% in 2021. Explaining to investors that you’re going to be more than just a dating app – neatly expanding your total addressable market – isn’t a bad idea. Actually making that happen is, however, a different proposition entirely. Bumble is also making the well-publicized change of not forcing women to make the first move, which was long its unique selling point. A cynical interpretation of that is that it’s a simple way to boost user engagement.
It’s a similar story at Match Group Inc., the owner of Tinder and Hinge. It predicted sales in the three months through June of as much as $860 million – less than the $882 million that analysts were expecting. Tinder was the main underperformer. The challenge with dating apps is that, if they work effectively, you lose your customers. So you have to spend money on marketing to attract new users. And Gen Z seems to be somewhat less enamored with dating apps than millennials, so Tinder’s increased spending on sales and marketing didn’t deliver the results that many expected. The number of people paying to use Tinder (for the premium services such as Super Likes) and the rest of the company’s apps has fallen to 14.9 million, down from a 2022 peak of 16.5 million.
You might expect 20-somethings to be the prime market for dating apps. But a survey published by Statista last year found that 61% of dating app users in the US were ages 30 to 49. Just 26% were 18- to 29-year-olds.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-05-09/bumble-s-herd-on-the-next-chapter-of-growth

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Market Trends:
Sustainability and Eco-Friendliness: The push for sustainability is significantly impacting consumer choices and industrial practices. Microfiber stands out due to its durability, which allows for repeated use, and its potential recyclability, reducing environmental impact. As consumers and companies become more environmentally conscious, the demand for microfiber products that minimize waste and offer longer lifespans is increasing. This trend is especially evident in markets where environmental regulations are becoming stricter, pushing manufacturers to develop and market eco-friendly microfiber solutions.
Technological Advancements: The microfiber industry is benefiting from continuous advancements in technology. Innovations in manufacturing processes, such as enhanced fiber splitting techniques, are leading to finer and more effective microfiber strands. These improvements result in products that offer superior performance, such as better absorption, greater softness, and higher durability. Additionally, advancements in blending microfiber with other materials are creating new products that meet specific consumer needs, such as increased strength or enhanced antibacterial properties, while also reducing production costs.
Healthcare Sector Growth: The healthcare industry’s stringent cleanliness standards are driving increased use of microfiber products. Microfiber’s ability to trap and remove bacteria and other pathogens more effectively than traditional cleaning materials makes it ideal for medical environments. Hospitals, clinics, and laboratories are adopting microfiber for cleaning and sanitation purposes to ensure a higher level of hygiene, which is crucial for preventing infections and maintaining patient safety.
Increased Disposable Income in Emerging Markets: As economies in regions such as Asia, Latin America, and Africa continue to grow, disposable incomes are rising. This economic growth is fostering a burgeoning middle class with greater purchasing power. Consumers in these markets are increasingly able to afford high-performance, convenient products like microfiber, which offer superior cleaning capabilities and durability. This trend is contributing to significant market expansion opportunities for microfiber products in these regions.
Expanding Applications: The versatility of microfiber is leading to its adoption in a wide array of applications beyond traditional cleaning uses. In the automotive industry, microfiber is used for detailing and cleaning, providing a scratch-free finish. In the fashion and sportswear industries, microfiber’s lightweight, breathable, and moisture-wicking properties make it ideal for performance apparel. Additionally, microfiber is used in home textiles, such as upholstery and bedding, due to its softness and durability. Industrial applications, including filtration and polishing, also benefit from microfiber’s unique characteristics.
Market Opportunities:
The microfiber market presents significant opportunities driven by its expanding applications across various industries and growing consumer awareness of its benefits. The increasing demand for sustainable and eco-friendly products opens doors for innovative, environmentally conscious microfiber solutions. Advancements in manufacturing technology enable the production of higher-quality and cost-effective microfiber products, appealing to a broader consumer base. Emerging markets, with their rising disposable incomes, offer a fertile ground for expanding microfiber's presence, particularly in household cleaning, automotive detailing, and healthcare. Additionally, the heightened focus on hygiene and cleanliness post-pandemic enhances the appeal of microfiber products for their superior cleaning efficiency.
According to the recent report published by RC Market Analytics, the Global Microfiber Market is expected to provide sustainable growth opportunities during the forecast period from 2024 to 2030. This latest industry research study analyzes the microfiber market by various product segments, applications, regions and countries while assessing regional performances of numerous leading market participants. The report offers a holistic view of the microfiber industry encompassing numerous stakeholders including raw material suppliers, providers, distributors, consumers and government agencies, among others. Furthermore, the report includes detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of the global market considering market history, product development, regional dynamics, competitive landscape, and key success factors (KSFs) in the industry.
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Geographically, the microfiber market report comprises dedicated sections centering on the regional market revenue and trends. The microfiber market has been segmented on the basis of geographic regions into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa. Microfiber market estimates have also been provided for the historical years 2020 to 2023 along with forecast for the period from 2024 - 2030.The report includes a deep-dive analysis of key countries including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, China, Japan, India, Australia, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa, among others. Thereby, the report identifies unique growth opportunities across the world based on trends occurring in various developed and developing economies.
The Microfiber Market Segmentation:

By Material:

• Polyester
• Polyamide
• Others

By Application:

• Cleaning Cloths
• Synthetic Leather
• Others

By End-User:

• Household
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Shoes
• Automotive
• Clothing
• Furniture
• Others

By Region:

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Latin America
• Middle East & Africa

Prominent players in the global microfiber market include Wanhua, Sanfang, Ningbo Green Textile, Hexin, and Acelon Chemical. These companies are strategically navigating market dynamics through expansion, new investments, service diversification, and collaborative ventures. Furthermore, they are pursuing geographic expansion and strategic acquisitions to leverage joint synergies and gain a competitive edge in new markets.
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Key Questions Answered by Microfiber Market Report:

• Product popularity and adoption based on various country-level dynamics
• Regional presence and product development for leading market participants
• Market forecasts and trend analysis based on ongoing investments and economic growth in key countries
• Competitive landscape based on revenue, product offerings, years of presence, number of employees and market concentration, among others
• Various industry models such as SWOT analysis, Pestle Analysis, Porter’s Five Force model, Value Chain Analysis pertaining to Microfiber market
• Analysis of the key factors driving and restraining the growth of the global, regional and country-level markets from 2020-2030

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My idea is promote my main 10 min video on yt shorts and tiktok highlighting the theme of the main video. My first set of videos on tt and yt short didn't go viral yet. Is it a good idea to just reupload the same videos with slightly different titles over and over again until they become viral. Then when they get viral i can just delete ones that did really bad or just private them. Do you have any advice at what times to reupload them for higher chances?

Does anyone else here have strong positive associations with memories of being immersed in breathable liquids? I'm talking here specifically about memories of being in fluids aboard a craft or, at any rate, in some NHI-affiliated location.
I don't have that many recollections of details from the times I've been (apparently) physically borrowed by my NHI contacts, but a detail that often does filter through for me is this sense of feeling my weight supported by liquid, not needing to breathe, and feeling euphorically connected to everything in the craft: existing as part of its system while my body is cleaned and taken care of.
It's a supremely at-home, safe feeling to me. The place where I live in my human life - even as fond as I am of my current home here - pales in comparison for familiarity and comfort.
This is such a strong positive association that I can sometimes dispel my anxieties by thinking about memories of those experiences. It's also something I find myself yearning for on difficult days - literally thinking like, "Man, I could really go for sinking into some of that stuff for several hours right now and becoming part of the craft for a while."
(In case it matters, I regard this as distinct from memories of being in the womb / attached to another creature via an umbilical - which I also get more rarely, but which have a different quality to them, notably the whole "heartbeat" thing.)

My (26F) and my person (26M) have been dating since October 2021. We broke up in July 2022, but remained in an intense situationship until December 2023. During the time we weren’t together, we both grew and actually had the relationship we should have been in I’m the beginning. In December, we both agreed that it was time to move on. We’d had plenty of conversations about getting back together, but we always came back to, “That’s not a good idea, we should let each other go.” And we finally did.
In January we went no contact which was difficult. In late February, he reached out to have a conversation. I met up with him and we talked about the feelings that we still had for each other. Eventually, that ended due to needing space for actual growth—not just leaning on each other because it’s comfortable. That process essentially happened again in March. Now, it has happened again in May. I’ll note that he has always been the one to break no contact and start us back up again. Telling me the sweetest things and saying that he is fully committed to me and wholeheartedly believes in us.
This most recent time, things actually worked. We’re starting to get closer and I feel safe. on Friday, we were having a conversation about our relationship, and separately, our upcoming plans. He had been talking about a friend staying with him, but never provided any details. When I asked, he let me know that woman friend was going to be staying the night with him after going to a concert. after I asked for more details, he revealed that this person was someone that he was romantically involved with a couple of years ago. Separately ,he had been telling me about a cabin trip that he has coming up. He so conveniently revealed that he was going on this trip with the same friend that is staying with him. Now that caused me to spiral and I started asking so many questions about other women friends that he has. (Mind you, he’s done this before. Going on a trip with another woman without telling me or asking me when we were in a relationship, I started asking him questions about what he was doing in the months that we were not talking or we’re not together. I asked him, he had sex with anyone else. He told me no. I continue to ask other questions and her things that I did not like, but I dealt with it. We did not talk Saturday and we had a date day on Sunday, ending with me spending the night at his house. The next day he calls me in the morning and says that he hast to talk to me about something And he looks very nervous, I asked if we can meet up after work to discuss it and invite him to my home. He sits down and opens with how much he loves me and then proceeds to tell me that he lied about not sleeping with someone in February. He is adamant and tried to make it clear that this was the first time he lied in our relationship. He says that he was panicking in that moment and did not know what to do. I’m hurt because of the lie, and I’m hurt because he broke no contact, knowing that this is something that he did. I am very upset about it, I am hurt by it, and I am so disappointed. It hurts to even look at him because it feels like he cheated on me. Our relationship is so intense and I never thought he would do this.
I have issues knowing that he was with another person and I don’t know if I can get past that. I don’t know if I want to continue our relationship, but it was going so well. We also have a very complicated sexual relationship and this set us back in my opinion. It’s just a lot. He says that he feels bad about the lying, but he was not wrong for doing what he did because we were single. I’m just very confused about it all and I feel like my pain isn’t understood or justified.
TLDR I (26F) have been in an on-and-off relationship with my partner (26M) since October 2021. After a recent reconciliation, I discovered he lied about sleeping with someone else during a period of separation. Feeling hurt and confused about where to go from here. Any advice appreciated.

Hi this is definitely more of an opinion based question so I’m happy with any feedback you are willing to give. So far, I’ve been mainly focused on completing the story line and then doing the appropriate amount of side quests and dex research. My plan is to then go back and really explore the different areas because I know it’s a total deep dive. I also have been working on building a good team for battling and such just to help with the storyline. Is this generally a good plan or should I not being trying to go so fast through it? Im definitely not speed running it im just saving the exploration side for later on when I have all of the “perks” (if that’s even a good way of putting it) unlocked. This is my first time playing a pokemon game besides pogo and im just so impressed by how many details and awesome things there are to do.

With all the crafting stuff, I'm honestly sick of rares. i'm sick of essence spam. I'm sick of locked prefix/suffix, synthesis, sick of spending 20+ minutes in hideout crafting the items, trading for bulk, etc.
it's time to put power back into uniques, so I got this idea of a league where it's sorta like metamorphosis, the goal is to "hunt" a powerful boss like enemy in maps.
but, instead of just being generic loot as the reward, this enemy would drop a part(s) on death. 1x1 tile. These add a stat line. you're guaranteed this stat line. and you basically can construct your own unique, line by line, using said parts at a unique blacksmith. the more powerful effects would be the chase drops and be hard to get (tradeable), and once added, the effects are unmodifable.
several bosses/monsters all have different base types (they drop empty unique bases, a "relic"), like armour, swords/wands/daggers/rings,etc, with their own unique implicit. maybe these could also have limits, like some only having 4-5 stats max. to use monster hunter world as a example, to find these monsters you first need to gather "tracks" in maps, that'll eventually trigger a spawn when you collected enough (cause appearing every map would probably be too op).
This would be a crafting league that is easier to do and less tedious, at the cost of maybe not being as powerful as graveyard/other stuff, since you can't add things like synth effects or eateexarch mods, or even use the crafting bench. but the main point is you're not sitting there spamming a currency on an item in HO and constantly dealing with bulk trading. You're actively playing the game, and slowly building up your badass gear, by playing the game. and ggg can go more crazy with the effects instead of simple junk like t1 ele or resistance/etc. think of crucible like mod effects, but not added onto rares, but you don't have to deal with the rng of tree slamming.
otherwise, please no more crafting leagues for at least another year. thanks.

My cousin (23, I’ll refer to as S) has this straight friend that recently turned 21(I’ll refer to him as H). S and H are super close and if you hadn’t known any better you’d think they were a thing. S definitely had a thing for H, and though H is “off limits now” that he has a girlfriend, S has admitted to wanting to fuck him more than once in the past. He even dropped his ex weeks after he and H became close after months of me trying get him to break up with the douche.
S is okay with me hanging out with him and other friends except H, he doesn’t tell me when they’re gonna see each other. His time with H is sacred and he doesn’t even bring his headphones, the ones he takes everywhere, with him whenever they hang out. H is a super sweet, handsome guy. If it weren’t for the GF I’d think he was crushing on my cousin with how much he lights up when H is around. He’s done a lot for H as well.
Since H turned 21 a few weeks ago S has been hounding him to go to a local gay bar. Just them two, no one else. Not even the GF is invited. S suggested they pretend to be a couple so no one hits on them and they get really drunk together. H confided with me that he’s uncomfortable with the idea but didn’t give details on why. When I offered to tag along H stated that S doesn’t want anyone else there at all. This set off red flags.
S has said he’s gotten over H but I can tell there’s still something. S just gets irritable and vehemently denies anything when I point out the oddities. Getting mad is something he does when he’s cornered and wants the subject to be dropped. I grew up around it, I know, and there was plenty of that before he broke up with his ex after sneaking out to see H. With that, part of me thinks there’s malintent. The other part of me is saying that I’m overthinking and should mind my business since they’re just friends. But for the record, other friends have been willing to go with S to the bars but S hasn’t shown any interest in them at all. Just H. I’m now sure of what to say or do.