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The PSE gained 70 points to 6628 ▲1.1%

Shout-out to Shehana Jean for the positive feedback on the AREIT div card, to Miguel Camus for fighting the good fight with his new startup (InsiderPH), to financial freedom for even more great design advice for the div cards, to daddyew for getting out (of APL) at the right time, to Dividend Pinoy for (like me) growing impatient for a warehouse REIT, to echAir for the positive feedback on my weird "building of buyers" analogy that I used to try and explain how inflows/outflows work with index rebals, to Satorun in for the tl;dr (too long; didn't read) of the DDMPR saga, to Jing for the sad boat meme appreciation, to Rod Leaf for mentioning APL's stinky FOO as the last time he saw the MB Siphon 1 ("siphoning off people's money"), to Jr Martin for warmly congratulating Ely and Gladys on their 1-year anniversary, to VodkaMartini_007 for spilling the beans on the location of the MB Siphon 1 ("the Port of Irene in Cagayan"), and to arkitrader for the pathetic boat vibes haha.
US April inflation came out and surprised to the downside, meaning that (at least in the US) domestic demand has cooled and consumer inflation has resumed its downward trend. US markets immediately pumped, with the Dow Jones average crossing the 40,000 mark for the first time. Will the PSE get any of that shine?

▌In today's MB:

• BSP holds rates steady
• DDMPR declares falling Q1 div
• Jollibee Q1 profit: P2.6-B (up 27%)
• PSE puts ANI, INFRA, C, and PNX on suspension notice

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• [NEWS] BSP keeps interest rates steady... The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) [link] said yesterday that its Monetary Board decided to keep rates steady. In doing so, the BSP said that inflationary risks “continue to lean toward the upside”, but that its latest forecasts showed that “inflation would settle close tot he upper-end of the target range.” As for inflation expectations, the BSP said that those “remain well-anchored”. The Monetary Board said that it “deems it appropriate to ensure tight monetary policy settings until inflation settles firmly within the target range”, and indicated that such a stance would also “help keep inflation expectations anchored”.
  
  • MB: At least the BSP stopped talking about wage increases as a potential inflationary risk. That said, does anyone else detect an air of contradiction in what the BSP is saying? Perhaps contradiction is too strong of a term, but I get the growing sense that the BSP’s reasons for keeping rates high are somewhat diverging from its own analysis. The BSP says that it’s primary objective is price stability, so we can infer that it’s keeping rates high as a means of trying to suppress price increases, and yet the BSP has again and again told us that the driver for price increases is a problem on the supply side of the equation, not the demand side. Interest rate adjustments don’t impact supply-side problems, because interest rate increases are meant to suppress demand. We don’t have a demand problem. Adding to this is the BSP’s concern about maintaining a tight policy to keep inflation expectations anchored, despite noting just a paragraph earlier that inflation expectations were already “well-anchored”. This implies that there is psychological space for the BSP to lower rates within the framework of current expectations. This is picky stuff, I know, there are simply too many people and companies struggling under high rates to ignore the rapidly decreasing marginal utility of yet another cycle of the BSP’s conservative observation of the situation. Just my personal opinion.
• [DIVS] DDMPR declares falling Q1 div at 116% payout ratio... DDMP [DDMPR 1.17 ▲0.9%; 37% avgVol] [link] declared a Q1/24 dividend of ₱0.023476, payable on July 15 to shareholders of record as of June 19. The dividend has an annualized yield of 8.03% based on the previous closing price. The total amount of the dividend is ₱419 million, which is 116% of the ₱362 million in distributable income that DDMPR reported for the quarter. Relative to DDMPR’s IPO price, the dividend increased DDMPR’s total stock and dividend return to -32.29%, up from its pre-dividend total return of -32.33%. DDMP REIT Fund Managers reported that DDMPR’s occupancy as of March 31 was just 76%, with occupancy at its main building (DoubleDragon Plaza) listed at just 70.8%.
  
  • MB: The dividend amount is up 1.4% from DDMPR’s disastrous Q4/23 dividend, but it’s down 7.5% y/y and down 15.8% from Q1/22. DDMPR is the second-oldest REIT on the PSE. It issued its first dividend to shareholders in Q4/20. Its sponsor,DoubleDragon* [DD 10.48 ▲10.0%; 581% avgVol], is bursting at the seams with potential assets that could be downloaded to DDMPR to diversify the REIT’s portfolio and breathe some much-needed life into this stagnating afterthought. DDMPR’s assets are fine, but their strategy in how to monetize those assets is outdated. Gone are the days when high commercial rents from POGOs could excuse the growing issue of collections from those POGOs. Now we have DDMPR suffering from high (and going higher) rates of delinquency. Gone are the days when investors were lapping up the chance to get in on the commercial office space game. Now we have the threat of a POGO ban and the existential threat of AI putting all of the “easy” BPO leasing opportunities at risk. Gone are the days when DDMPR’s inactivity could be explained away by its newness. Now we’re left picking through the rubble of yet another disappointing Quarterly Report, yet another y/y dividend reduction, and bagholders have heard no plan from management on what they’ll do to right the ship.*
• [EARNINGS] Jollibee Q1 profit: ₱2.6-B (up 27%)... Jollibee [JFC 224.00 ▲0.9%; 300% avgVol] [link] posted a Q1 net income attributable of ₱2.6 billion, up 27% from its Q1/23 net income attributable of ₱2.1 billion. JFC said it was able to grow profit margins and exceed its Q1 performance outlook thanks to “healthy top line growth combined with further operational efficiencies and effective management of expenses”. JFC’s system-wide sales were up 10.4% to ₱86.8 billion due to new store additions and same-store sales growth was up 5.5%, which JFC said was due to increased volume. Across all of JFC’s segmented business units, “Europe, Middle East, Asia” had the largest same-store sales growth (+14.7%) and system-wide sales growth (+25.5%). The “People’s Republic of China” and “Highlands Coffee” were negative in terms of same-store sales growth (-3.7% and -9.0%, respectively), and only the People’s Republic of China business unit was negative in terms of system-wide sales growth (-3.7%). JFC said that its difficulties in China are partly due to a high bar effect from last year’s success, and a slowdown in the quick service restaurant industry in that country more generally. JFC said that while Highlands Coffee saw its same-store sales growth fall 9.0%, it did “better than industry” and managed to gain 4% market share during that period.
  
  • MB: The bee perseveres. It has made massive bets in “coffee” and “China” that could pay off handsomely in the future, and all of this activity has likely bought the management team some more time with its shareholder base to deliver on the delicious fruits of these bets. JFC’s stock price is up almost 150% from its COVID low, but it’s somewhat rangebound between about ₱200/share and ₱270/share. The stock hit ₱273/share in late February, only to rapidly retreat back to the ₱215/share level over the next six weeks in a pattern that the share price has repeated two or three times already this year. Generally speaking, the highs are higher and the lows are higher, but maybe with all the segments firing this busy season the stock will finally be able to push out of that range.
• [NEWS] Several notable firms placed on suspension notice for failure to report... The PSE [link] notified four high-profile companies that their shares would be suspended at 9 AM today if 2023 Annual Reports were not posted. The companies that were put on notice are Tony Tiu’s AgriNurture [ANI 0.57 ▼1.7%; 102% avgVol], Philippine Infradev [INFRA 0.53 ▲1.9%; 262% avgVol] and two from pseudo-tycoon Dennis Uy, Chelsea Logistics [C 1.30 ▲4.0%; 526% avgVol] and Phoenix Petroleum [PNX 4.17 ▼0.2%; 78% avgVol]. Should any of these companies fail to submit their Annual Reports before 9 AM, they will remain suspended for up to three months until such report is submitted. If nothing has changed after three months, the PSE must begin involuntary delisting proceedings.
  
  • MB: These companies are not a random sample, and they’re not representative of the PSE as a whole. Will ANI, INFRA, C, and PNX push their luck right up to the deadline, or will any of these companies slip into a suspended state for failure to complete one of the most basic components of public corporate life? As usual, retail bagholders will just have to wait and see what the owners decide to do.

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AZCOM vs DMU
Hi everyone! I just got accepted from DMU recently, when I was initially set on going to Midwestern-AZ (az resident). Super grateful for getting acceptances from both AZCOM and DMU. I'm interested in definitely specializing rather than doing primary care. Here are some pros and cons
DMU Pros

• -Very low COL
• -Higher pass rates for board exams
• -Block schedule
• -everyone, including admin, is so supportive
• - great match list (1derm, 5ortho, 1ent, 16anesthesia, 12 gen-surg)

DMU Cons

• -Very far from home + not used to cold weather
• -Uncertainty with rotation sites

AZCOM Pros

• -competitive match list (3derm, 1plastics, 2 ortho, 7gas, 2 gen-surg)
• -closer to home (30 min drive)

AZCOM Cons

• -Tuition is absolutely insane
• -would prob have to commute from home to save $$
• -Fast past curriculum, schedule I've heard is the absolute worst, 1-3 exams/week
• -have heard bad things about admin

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I'm in the process of consolidating a multi-server SCCM infrastructure to one main server. Closing in on being done, but the DP role on the main server absolutely refuses to function even with extensive troubleshooting by myself and Microsoft support. Wondering if anyone can provide any insight. I've been working on this for roughly 2 months and it's still currently busted.
Main issue:
We are not able to install any apps from the new DP. Software Center shows 0% downloaded. The installer MSI file is not present in the client’s ccmcache folder.
A recap:
Original main site physical server had disk issues, which prompted a conversion to VM.
Original config had 2 site servers set up in high availability config.
We removed the HA setup and decommed the secondary site server.
We did a site backup and restore to a new VM with the same name for the main site server.
When trying to enable the DP role on the main server, Distribution Point was not an available role to be added in the GUI.
Content Library had been located on an external server. We used the UI tool to move it to a local disk and originally set the path to: \\SCCM01\d$\SCCMContentLib.
It was determined this was incorrect so we used the UI tool again to relocate to D:\SCCMContentLib instead of \\SCCM01\d$\SCCMContentLib.
The share SCCMContentLib$ was not present. I manually created the share.
After these changes, the DP role was now an available role to be added. Installed DP role.
At this point we found the DP role does not work.
Related contents of client C:\Windows\ccm\logs\DataTransferService.log:
[CCMHTTP] ERROR: URL=http://SCCM01.companydomain.com:80/SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1, Port=80, Options=1248, Code=0, Text=CCM_E_BAD_HTTP_STATUS_CODE
[CCMHTTP] ERROR INFO: StatusCode=404 StatusText=Not Found
Raising event: instance of CCM_CcmHttp_Status
{

ClientID = "GUID:X-X-X-X-X"; DateTime = "20240516212750.464000+000"; HostName = "SCCM01.companydomain.com"; HRESULT = "0x87d0027e"; ProcessID = 1240; StatusCode = 404; ThreadID = 18092; 

};
Successfully queued event on HTTP/HTTPS failure for server 'SCCM01.companydomain.com'.
GetDirectoryList_HTTP Error sending DAV request. HTTP code 404, status 'Not Found'
Download timeout has met. DTS job {09AE46CC-A5F2-4A6E-B722-E4B99B06A980} will quit.
GetDirectoryList_HTTP GetDirectoryList_HTTP('http://SCCM01.companydomain.com:80/SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1') failed with code 0x800705b4.
DTSJob({09AE46CC-A5F2-4A6E-B722-E4B99B06A980}):CDTSJob::ProcessManifestCallback - Error retrieving manifest (0x800705b4).
UpdateURLWithTransportSettings(): OLD URL - https://SCCM01.companydomain.com/CCMTOKENAUTH\_SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1
UpdateURLWithTransportSettings(): NEW URL - https://SCCM01.companydomain.com:443/CCMTOKENAUTH\_SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1
DTSJob({09AE46CC-A5F2-4A6E-B722-E4B99B06A980}):CDTSJob::ModifySource - switched to location 'https://SCCM01.companydomain.com:443/CCMTOKENAUTH\_SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1'.
[CCMHTTP] ERROR: URL=https://SCCM01.companydomain.com:443/CCMTOKENAUTH\_SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1, Port=443, Options=1248, Code=0, Text=CCM_E_BAD_HTTP_STATUS_CODE
[CCMHTTP] ERROR INFO: StatusCode=404 StatusText=
Raising event:
instance of CCM_CcmHttp_Status
{

ClientID = "GUID:X-X-X-X-X"; DateTime = "20240516212750.869000+000"; HostName = "SCCM01.companydomain.com"; HRESULT = "0x87d0027e"; ProcessID = 1240; StatusCode = 404; ThreadID = 18092; 

};
Successfully queued event on HTTP/HTTPS failure for server 'SCCM01.companydomain.com'.
GetDirectoryList_HTTP Error sending DAV request. HTTP code 404, status ''
Download timeout has met. DTS job {09AE46CC-A5F2-4A6E-B722-E4B99B06A980} will quit.
GetDirectoryList_HTTP GetDirectoryList_HTTP('https://SCCM01.companydomain.com:443/CCMTOKENAUTH\_SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1') failed with code 0x800705b4.
DTSJob({09AE46CC-A5F2-4A6E-B722-E4B99B06A980}):CDTSJob::ProcessManifestCallback - Error retrieving manifest (0x800705b4).
DTSJob({09AE46CC-A5F2-4A6E-B722-E4B99B06A980}): state changing from 'DownloadingManifest' to state 'Suspended'.
[CCMHTTP] ERROR: URL=http://SCCM01.companydomain.com:80/SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1, Port=80, Options=1248, Code=0, Text=CCM_E_BAD_HTTP_STATUS_CODE
[CCMHTTP] ERROR INFO: StatusCode=404 StatusText=Not Found
Raising event: instance of CCM_CcmHttp_Status
{

ClientID = "GUID:X-X-X-X-X"; DateTime = "20240516214246.989000+000"; HostName = "SCCM01.companydomain.com"; HRESULT = "0x87d0027e"; ProcessID = 1240; StatusCode = 404; ThreadID = 4164; 

};
Successfully queued event on HTTP/HTTPS failure for server 'SCCM01.companydomain.com'.
GetDirectoryList_HTTP Error sending DAV request. HTTP code 404, status 'Not Found'
Download timeout has met. DTS job {09AE46CC-A5F2-4A6E-B722-E4B99B06A980} will quit.
GetDirectoryList_HTTP GetDirectoryList_HTTP('http://SCCM01.companydomain.com:80/SMS\_DP\_SMSPKG$/Content\_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1') failed with code 0x800705b4.
DTSJob({09AE46CC-A5F2-4A6E-B722-E4B99B06A980}):CDTSJob::ProcessManifestCallback - Error retrieving manifest (0x800705b4).
Corresponding IIS log entries:
2024-05-16 22:15:48 192.168.1.5 PROPFIND /SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/Content_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1 - 80 - 192.168.1.15 SMS+CCM+5.0 - 401 2 5 8
2024-05-16 22:15:48 192.168.1.5 PROPFIND /SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/Content_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1 - 80 COMPANYDOMAIN\CLIENTCOMPUTER5$ 192.168.1.15 SMS+CCM+5.0 - 404 0 0 22
2024-05-16 22:15:48 192.168.1.5 CCM_POST /ccm_system/request - 80 - 192.168.1.15 ccmhttp - 200 0 0 46
2024-05-16 22:15:48 192.168.1.5 POST /SMS_FSP/.sms_fsp - 80 - 192.168.1.15 ccmhttp - 200 0 0 12
2024-05-16 22:15:48 192.168.1.5 PROPFIND /CCMTOKENAUTH_SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/Content_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1 - 443 - 192.168.1.15 SMS+CCM+5.0 - 404 0 0 23
2024-05-16 22:15:48 192.168.1.5 PROPFIND /SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/Content_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1 - 80 - 192.168.1.15 SMS+CCM+5.0 - 401 2 5 4
2024-05-16 22:15:48 192.168.1.5 PROPFIND /SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/Content_39008f74-1bb4-4a6f-92c3-3d0a6e3c358b.1 - 80 COMPANYDOMAIN\CLIENTCOMPUTER5$ 192.168.1.15 SMS+CCM+5.0 - 404 0 0 23
2024-05-16 22:15:48 192.168.1.5 POST /SMS_FSP/.sms_fsp - 80 - 192.168.1.15 ccmhttp - 200 0 0 13

We signed a contract with an interior designer for a design fee to include site visits to the home to take measurements, design concepts and virtual presentations, sourcing and procuring items listed in the scope of work, and time for purchasing and delivery/set up of items in home. She has picked out all of the furniture and we were just about to purchase it when she told us that she is moving across the country in a month, just before we close on our home that she is decorating. She said she will fly down in a few months to finalize items, but she hasn’t picked out anything beyond the major furniture items. Her scope of work in the contract included space layout, furniture selection, window treatments, wall decor, accessories (lamps, decor, etc), rugs, ceiling lighting, accent furniture, and feature walls. She isn’t cheap and we have already paid half her contract. What options do we have here as she is not going to be able to complete her contract but we are kind of screwed as we’ve already paid a large chunk for nothing.

There is a nursery in my state(VA) that has it listed on their site. I can't find anything about it online and the nursery isn't answering the phone. I am wondering if it would be suitable for my native garden.

She has a lot of sexed slings and juveniles listed on her site, so I just wanted to be sure I can buy with confidence.

I've got an offer accepted and have engaged solicitors, just had a level 3 site survey done and it says "no serious defects" immediately followed by a massive list of "essential repairs". 47 pages in total, all in builderspeak.
I'm guessing that surveyors will always cover themselves as much as possible, but it does make me a bit nervous. The "essential repairs" ballpark estimate is £40k, and then "other repair" totals another 60k. I won't have anything like that kind of cash after completing.
There are no serious/structural issues but the main areas of concern are:

• needs a new roof
• chimney stacks need work (damp ingress)
• new rainwater fittings
• re-render the main walls
• replace all lead pipework

I'm thinking though that the roof can probably be fixed in place rather than fully replaced. It's not leaking so there's no urgency. Everything else can be patched up cheaply until I've got money to sort it out properly.
Given it's location I'm very happy with the price, don't really see a need to renegotiate as we knew it was going to need work. I just want to make sure I'm not going to end up with a huge unpayable bill in the first couple of years.
Any advice welcome

I'll try to put as much information with as much detail as I remember:
I went to a website to download a specific game mod manager. That was the official site for the mod (which is very known by the game community itself),
I clicked on what I believe that was the correct download button. That instantly downloaded a .zip called x64__x32_installer.zip with a .msi installer on it. Extracted the .msi, executed it, it did install something on my machine, but no results for the manager I was expecting.
Then I went to the website again, I just clicked the RIGHT download button, and the right installer was downloaded. Then, I realized the file I downloaded and executed in the first place was something strange. Felt like sh*t, even more because i'm an IT professional and always took care with that.
Much probably I had either one of those two things going on, both as misleading ads:

• a download link placed right next to the correct download button
• a full page invisible div that trolled me

2-5 minutes later, my Google Chrome closed unexpectedly. Tried opening it a couple times, it kept closing, then I was able to open it again.
After that, I remembered a friend that has this exact same behavior (downloading something -> executing -> browser closing) and reported that a lot of his accounts on online services were compromised.
Immediately, I took two actions: full AV scan with both Windows Defender and AdwCleaner and specific AV scan on the .msi installer itself, nothing found on both, then changed all my passwords that were stored on Chrome, remove all credit cards and sensitive information.
Everything done. Hours later, somebody did post on my Facebook on my behalf (an Osam4 B!n L4d3n photo, which immediately took my account down. Was able to recover it and changed the password). But the strange thing is: I have 2FA on EVERYTHING and Facebook DID NOT notify me of anybody trying to get in, what makes me think somebody got my active session on websites.
After that, I ran a MSI analyzer on the .msi and saw some references to a password-related software (can't remember the name). But nothing caught as malicious by the antivirus.
Things that happened after:

• Somebody tried to access my iCloud account from China 7 days after the incident. Got the notification, dismissed the access request. Realized that I hadn't changed my password on it since the incident, so I did and everything fine so far
• 2 russian fake profiles were added as account admins for my Facebook Ads Manager. Cannot remove them since I got a strike from Facebook, so my account has a lot of restrictions. They tried to create an ad for a fake page with a stolen credit card, but that wasn't published also due to the strike
• Somebody also did post a bible verse (??????) on my Reddit account, which also took my account down by suspicious activity. Changed the password and everything fine since then.

Malicious files that I remember from the list inside the MSI

• /Roaming/Vuis Queue/AppQue/libpcre1.dll

My main questions are:

1. What sort of malware did I get?
2. Why wasn't it detected by Windows Defender?
3. What was the logic behind posting a terror!st photo to take my account down? Just trolling? Didn't it makes more sense to just create an ad/changing my password/email without raising attention?
4. Were those malicious actions automated by scripts, or manually executed by attackers?
5. How did they got the ability to steal passwords stored on Chrome browser without asking for any other passwords? (Because if I try seeing it on the browser, I need to provide my Windows password)
6. Is that a browser vulnerability?
7. I've been using my browser normally. Just trusting my AV and doing regular scans and not saving passwords anymore on it. Do I still need to take any action to make sure i won't be compromised again?

That's a little bit different of the common attacks we see on social media. Usually people do hijack accounts and post stuff to lead people to send money, etc. I'd love some technical information on that to read about! Thanks!

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: $1000 USD (United States)
• Are you open to refurbs/used? Very unlikely
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? I would like to find a 2-in-1 with good battery life and great performance. I am looking for something that would also work well for taking handwritten notes, but if there's a crazy good deal on something without a touchscreen/stylus I will consider it.
• How important is weight and thinness to you? This is somewhat important (shouldn't be a 50lb dumbell) but not really a deciding factor. Anything will be lighter than my current laptop...
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. I would probably prefer a slightly larger screen, but it's not horribly important.
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. I don't play video games excessively, but I would like to be able to run at least mid-level games. JetBrains is probably my most used software. I would likely use CAD software, though what I know right now is OnShape (browser-based). I don't plan on doing video editing often, maybe like once or twice a year.
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? I don't have one in particular, but 60fps+ on mid-level games (slightly higher performance than minecraft).
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? I will be running Linux - preferably Linux Mint but it doesn't really matter as long as it's Debian based. The components of the laptop should all work with Linux (minor things like specialty keys and such I don't care too much). I would also like to be able to upgrade the components, especially since this laptop needs to last me 4 years.
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. This is a new laptop I am getting for college. My current laptop can barely handle Firefox with 10 tabs, and it takes (not kidding here) 35 minutes to get everything loaded for basic web browsing on Linux Mint.

I have been doing a lot of research myself - here are the 2 models I am currently considering:

• ASUS ROG Flow X13
• HP Envy x360 2-in-1 Laptop 16t-ac000

Thank you for your help!

Hello we are 2TMC a 21+ community server much like Hermitcraft. We are a SMP with emphasis on being friendly (with a little bit of chaos) with other players, and trying to be a welcoming community to everyone. We are running a Semi-Vanilla server with a few terrain generation mods and additional mods that enhance the vanilla experience (see list below).
We are looking for players who will be active in game on chat and on our Discord voice channels. The server is in NA but we accept players from all around the world. Discord and a mic are required! We love to chat on voice in game but it's definitely not required! We are also youtubestreamer friendly. So if you love to play minecraft and are looking for a friendly environment where you can prank others and do community projects then send us a message! We'd love to chat with you.
Data packs on the server

• afkdisplay
• anti enderman grief
• armored elytra
• better item frames
• blackstone cobblestone
• blaze and cave's advancements pack
• coal to black dye
• charcoal to black dye
• confetti creepers
• coordinates hud
• craftable notch apples
• craftable coral blocks 3x3
• craftable gravel
• craftable bundles rabbit hide
• custom nether portals
• double shulker shells
• dragon drops
• durability ping
• fast leaf decay
• graves
• larger phantoms
• more mob heads
• mountain angels
• name formatting station
• player head drops
• real time clock
• silence mobs
• straight to shapeless
• unlock all recipes
• universal dyeing
• unpackable nether wart
• villager workstation highlights
• wandering trades hermit edition

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Fabric mods on the server

• armor poser
• audioplayer
• cloth config api
• clumps
• enhanced groups
• fabric per player spawns
• geophilic
• head index
• just an end anchor
• keep head names
• more mob variants
• no chat reports
• player pronouns
• radio
• regrowth
• shulker+
• shulkerboxtooltip
• simple voicechat
• slimyfloor
• status
• stitched snow
• terralith
• towns and towers
• william wythers' overhauled overworld

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Fabric mods required to join the server

• armor poser
• cloth config api
• just an end anchor
• more mob variants
• no chat reports
• shulker+
• simple voicechat
• status
• xareos minimap
• xareos worldmap

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Server Rules

1. Be Respectful
2. No griefing, stealing, or cheating
3. Chat is English only
4. Non-Destructive Pranks are allowed (so Hermitcraft style pranks)
5. Spawn area is for a spawn town
6. Bases must be built 250 blocks away from Spawn.
7. No duping except for carpet, rail and tnt.
8. No combat logging, this means mobs as well.
9. Taking items/griefing from active and maintained ruin sites is prohibited.
10. No hacking or hacked clients
11. No using others builds, items, villagers, etc without their permission.

If you are interested in joining please fill out this application

Hello we are 2TMC a 21+ community server much like Hermitcraft. We are a SMP with emphasis on being friendly (with a little bit of chaos) with other players, and trying to be a welcoming community to everyone. We are running a Semi-Vanilla server with a few terrain generation mods and additional mods that enhance the vanilla experience (see list below).
We are looking for players who will be active in game on chat and on our Discord voice channels. The server is in NA but we accept players from all around the world. Discord and a mic are required! We love to chat on voice in game but it's definitely not required! We are also youtubestreamer friendly. So if you love to play minecraft and are looking for a friendly environment where you can prank others and do community projects then send us a message! We'd love to chat with you.
Data packs on the server

• afkdisplay
• anti enderman grief
• armored elytra
• better item frames
• blackstone cobblestone
• blaze and cave's advancements pack
• coal to black dye
• charcoal to black dye
• confetti creepers
• coordinates hud
• craftable notch apples
• craftable coral blocks 3x3
• craftable gravel
• craftable bundles rabbit hide
• custom nether portals
• double shulker shells
• dragon drops
• durability ping
• fast leaf decay
• graves
• larger phantoms
• more mob heads
• mountain angels
• name formatting station
• player head drops
• real time clock
• silence mobs
• straight to shapeless
• unlock all recipes
• universal dyeing
• unpackable nether wart
• villager workstation highlights
• wandering trades hermit edition

​
Fabric mods on the server

• armor poser
• audioplayer
• cloth config api
• clumps
• enhanced groups
• fabric per player spawns
• geophilic
• head index
• just an end anchor
• keep head names
• more mob variants
• no chat reports
• player pronouns
• radio
• regrowth
• shulker+
• shulkerboxtooltip
• simple voicechat
• slimyfloor
• status
• stitched snow
• terralith
• towns and towers
• william wythers' overhauled overworld

​
Fabric mods required to join the server

• armor poser
• cloth config api
• just an end anchor
• more mob variants
• no chat reports
• shulker+
• simple voicechat
• status
• xareos minimap
• xareos worldmap

​
Server Rules

1. Be Respectful
2. No griefing, stealing, or cheating
3. Chat is English only
4. Non-Destructive Pranks are allowed (so Hermitcraft style pranks)
5. Spawn area is for a spawn town
6. Bases must be built 250 blocks away from Spawn.
7. No duping except for carpet, rail and tnt.
8. No combat logging, this means mobs as well.
9. Taking items/griefing from active and maintained ruin sites is prohibited.
10. No hacking or hacked clients
11. No using others builds, items, villagers, etc without their permission.

If you are interested in joining please fill out this application

Posting here cause so little people check up on DFV!
Between war, genocide, today’s housing market, the social security you’ve paid your entire career that you may never see, political corruption at its finest. How about everything happening with Baby Reindeer, Met Gala, the list goes on.. Even McKamey Manor is still operating despite mountains of evidence law enforcement ignores (do you remember? they ‘legally’ torture people with the promise of an extreme haunted house experience and winning $20k that you have no chance of winning? allegedly.)
Reckless Ben - I shut down McKamey Manor https://youtu.be/ckX-RuoEles?si=YzatLiL8Ylrz0tqO
It took a few reckless YouTubers who banned together with a just a pure passion for a situation where they really saw potential in their odds to level what many people have been silenced about in their aspirations to bring justice to an obviously broken system.
And for $GME ?
Sony Pictures - Dumb Money available on ad free Netflix https://youtu.be/bmr8YmwnZ3w?si=IKemq9bTnEZc92Ix
Netflix - Eat The Rich: The GameStop Saga https://youtu.be/P8jtdao1zkE?si=WR-ELXnT2Yd71nSt
The banks seem to be bailed every. single. crisis.
The housing crisis https://youtu.be/IjZ-ke1kJrA?si=i6JbUkmWenOYvJQ5
https://youtu.be/vgqG3ITMv1Q?si=S7NLjBcjOhUP3MCE
The March 2023 bank failures https://youtu.be/YDwDMF_f5rM?si=rS0ShhpoyKFN3QH5
https://youtu.be/z8B9K145uTg?si=eC8uKhfun5g7cR96
The ongoing issue with social security https://youtu.be/j1Bfxxhdn6g?si=cCMFq2zgJ6_7ESY1
The controversy around voting rights https://youtu.be/yn36tY7rNUM?si=3V1f2xrBXlm5d8-F
Citizens United https://youtu.be/k5kHACjrdEY?si=QUn9yhl7UfOMHWqL
Where are you left in this?
CNBC - How much do Americans need to be comfortable? https://youtu.be/TgVtXT5Mqj0?si=Oq96lGY4LHxm8H-_
Don’t mistake this post for financial advice. Personally I just… https://youtu.be/Hp_bGdp_yhc?si=wl2IVCqZ65-eFtE3
I believe the people should make informed decisions if they so choose to participate in this market as you can so quickly be in financial ruin. If you so choose to research the recent uproar, please don’t let the following links be your only source of information. Do your own due diligence.
$GME has a seemingly healthy debt to equity ratio lowering their long term debt obligations by 11 million last quarter. Despite their decrease in revenue, they’ve lowered their operating lossed from 311.6 million to just 34.5 mil! Please understand this is unaudited as mentioned in the quarterly report. Take a look for yourself.
GameStop - GameStop Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results https://investor.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-reports-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-year-2023-results
Financial Visualizations - $GME https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=GME&ty=c&ta=1&p=d
Talk about GameStop’s future is a hot topic and has a new investment plan embracing video game giants future plans.
Bernard Zambonin - GameStop will likely report a profitable year for the first time since 2018 https://www.thestreet.com/memestocks/gme/gamestop-will-likely-report-a-profitable-year-for-the-first-time-since-2018#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20tide%20turned%20when,ahead%20of%20the%20previous%20projections.
Bernard Zambonin - Is Ryan Cohen steering GameStop toward a Berkshire Hathaway or Icahn Enterprises Transformation https://www.thestreet.com/memestocks/gme/is-ryan-cohen-steering-gamestop-toward-a-berkshire-hathaway-or-icahn-enterprises-transformation-
Forbes - Yes, a digital-only gaming future is coming, and we can’t stop it https://www.forbes.com/sites/mitchwallace/2023/10/13/yes-a-digital-only-gaming-future-is-coming-and-we-cant-stop-it/?sh=7b82b7673bd7
Rebekah Valentine - Phil Spencer says Xbox is ‘supportive’ of physical media amid rumors of shift to digital business https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer-says-xbox-is-supportive-of-physical-media-amid-rumors-of-shift-to-digital-business
I wish you all the best of luck. https://youtu.be/Hp_bGdp_yhc?si=JVr6CQcddjDfWm_6