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Tales From Travelling

2014.06.28 19:48 Tales From Travelling

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2024.05.17 01:01 MerkadoBarkada 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 (Friday, May 17)

Happy Friday, Barkada --

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?

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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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2024.05.17 00:59 greyyeux How should I respond at this point to a friend who is intensely blaming me for his feelings repeatedly (which occurred during an event) and continues to feel extremely hurt and "traumatized"?

Such a weird situation... My experience on a trip was drastically different from my friend's. They expected we'd hang out... near constantly... it seems? Although they brought me along and then we met up with 3 other friends of my friend's, none of which I knew or had ever met. It was this little travel group but I felt like the stranger. So I tried to mesh with everyone and talk with everyone and meet their energies and just not be problematic, rude, antisocial, etc, or anything because I was the newbie and just trying to go with the flow. My friend is a severe introvert, but his friends were not. I spent hours talking to only my friend the first two nights, but I was wearing down and stayed up way too late. My social and physical batteries were wearing and I explained all of this. But my friend feels I "abandoned" them so quickly and "seemed to be having much more fun" talking to the other friends, and "no energy anymore" for them... They said I "ruined the trip" for them, their "only vacation in years". They just recently again said, "You had all the power on that trip. You could have made it the best trip of my life or the worst, with very little effort."
I have done my best to explain my side, to understand their side and acknowledge it, reassure them that none of things they were suspecting was what I was feeling/thinking... That I became more and more exhausted both physically and mentally.... That I had *no idea* he was feeling that way, and I didn't know he expected to spend time primarily together so much, that I thought it'd be rude and antisocial to not try to talk to all of his friends also, and I tried to be equal. It seems like I was supposed to basically ignore his friends, even though we were all together from dawn till dusk when we went to our separate hotel rooms.
I don't know what else I was supposed to do even in retrospect (besides not go. haha). But I still apologized many times, and apologized that I am the source of him feeling this way, for missing that they were hurt because of my actions, and that I now feel awful... My friend is now actually in therapy because they can't sleep and can't focus and it's been about a month... Obviously they have way more going on than just the trip, and they have acknowledged it, but they want reasons and explanations from me for why I did these things. The thing is, the reactions are just so severe that I I'm struggling to "explain" because I don't feel like objectively, and certainly not knowingly, that I did anything that would justify their reaction...?
I've asked so many questions and tried to really understand, and while their position seems very extreme, I just want them to feel better.
I'm also really questioning this therapist because since he started seeing the therapist, he's still saying things like "you made me feel" and "you had all the power" and really just... blaming me hardcore. I've asked several people if what I did, based at least on my perception, was terrible, and they were like "wtf is wrong with your friend?" But even more... what therapist doesn't quickly address such intense blaming practices and focuses?
He said his therapist said he has incurred trauma from the trip.
Objectively, I feel like this is a significant overreaction... Again, I know there's *far* more going on here now, and I'm still trying to unravel and understand it all... but in the mean time, it seems like he keeps circling on "you ruined this whole trip for me. how could you if you care. you had all the power here. you made me feel..." He's blaming me for this huge disappointment and sees many of the events incredibly differently and I'm at a loss because I feel like I'm just "?????????" when he says these things.
At this point I really am just trying to figure out what the best thing for me to do for my friend is? I could point out that continually blaming someone else for their feelings is never beneficial or healthy, and that and he's using me as a scapegoat and excuse to not address his feelings etc...? I can disappear? Do I just continue to let him use me as this scapegoat temporarily and try to apologize and empathize as much as possible in hopes his therapist works this shit out with him? Do I just be all rigid and say like "Hey we're seeing things very differently and our experiences and realities were far different. I have done everything that I can think of to understand where you're coming from, how you feel, why you feel that way. I've apologized many times for many things, spent hours trying to show and explain that I do care, but at this point I feel like this is far bigger than me, and you're using me as scapegoat and excuse to not address and take responsibility for your feelings and actions. This is now causing me significant distress as well, so while I will always be your friend if you want me to be, I no longer feel like you understand me or trust me, and the fact that you think so lowly of me is not what I believe a friend who knows and understands me would believe. This breaks my heart that you feel this way, and I am doing my best to help you not feel that way, but if you truly feel I am that terrible of a person, I will step out of your life so you can not be subjected to me anymore. If you ever change your mind at any point, please never feel like you can't reach out to me again. I feel like there's maybe far more going on in you than you realize, and until you work through some things, it appears that I'll only be a source of pain, as much as just saying that likewise pains me....
Uhh.... yeah. I really appreciate if anyone actually read that. haha.
But are there any suggestions...? I absolutely hate this and don't want my friend to feel so horrible, and I'm not sure what is best for him from me now. I feel like everything I do is potentially more harmful, and my brain has melted trying to figure out what the best course of action is.
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2024.05.17 00:05 Ok_Crazy5684 Cybersecurity Student Needs Help with Internship

Hi everybody! I just completed my first year of college and I am majoring in Cybersecurity. I need some advice on how to secure a good internship soon as I have been applying everywhere with no success. I have completed two courses in Object-oriented Java, an introduction to Security and Risk Analysis course, a Networking and Overview of Information Security courses. I have not obtained any certifications like A+, Network+, or Security+ yet but plan to. I also have not learned Python programming yet. I am asking you guys to understand what I can do this summer to effectively utilize my time so I am closer to getting an internship as it is required for my major. I can send my resume to you guys if you are interested!
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2024.05.16 23:56 Killotaur Can anyone help me figure this error code out?

Exception ticking Lev (at (170, 0, 113)): System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
[Ref 4D13D77F]
at RimWorld.FoodUtility.AcceptableCarnivore (Verse.ThingDef def, RimWorld.FoodKind sourceKind, RimWorld.FoodKind defKind)
at RimWorld.FoodUtility.AcceptableCarnivore (Verse.Thing source, Verse.ThingDef def)
at RimWorld.FoodUtility.AcceptableCarnivore (Verse.Thing food)
at RimWorld.SpecialThingFilterWorker_Vegetarian.Matches (Verse.Thing t)
at Verse.ThingFilter.Allows (Verse.Thing t)
at RimWorld.StorageSettings.AllowedToAccept (Verse.Thing t)
at RimWorld.StorageSettings.AllowedToAccept (Verse.Thing t)
at RimWorld.StoreUtility.TryFindBestBetterStoreCellForWorker (Verse.Thing t, Verse.Pawn carrier, Verse.Map map, RimWorld.Faction faction, RimWorld.ISlotGroup slotGroup, System.Boolean needAccurateResult, Verse.IntVec3& closestSlot, System.Single& closestDistSquared, RimWorld.StoragePriority& foundPriority)
at RimWorld.StoreUtility.TryFindBestBetterStoreCellFor (Verse.Thing t, Verse.Pawn carrier, Verse.Map map, RimWorld.StoragePriority currentPriority, RimWorld.Faction faction, Verse.IntVec3& foundCell, System.Boolean needAccurateResult)
at RimWorld.StoreUtility.TryFindBestBetterStorageFor (Verse.Thing t, Verse.Pawn carrier, Verse.Map map, RimWorld.StoragePriority currentPriority, RimWorld.Faction faction, Verse.IntVec3& foundCell, RimWorld.IHaulDestination& haulDestination, System.Boolean needAccurateResult)
at Verse.AI.Pawn_JobTracker.TryOpportunisticJob (Verse.AI.Job finalizerJob, Verse.AI.Job job)
at Verse.AI.Pawn_JobTracker.StartJob (Verse.AI.Job newJob, Verse.AI.JobCondition lastJobEndCondition, Verse.AI.ThinkNode jobGiver, System.Boolean resumeCurJobAfterwards, System.Boolean cancelBusyStances, Verse.ThinkTreeDef thinkTree, System.Nullable`1[T] tag, System.Boolean fromQueue, System.Boolean canReturnCurJobToPool, System.Nullable`1[T] keepCarryingThingOverride, System.Boolean continueSleeping, System.Boolean addToJobsThisTick, System.Boolean preToilReservationsCanFail)
at Verse.AI.Pawn_JobTracker.TryFindAndStartJob ()
at Verse.AI.Pawn_JobTracker.EndCurrentJob (Verse.AI.JobCondition condition, System.Boolean startNewJob, System.Boolean canReturnToPool)
at Verse.AI.Pawn_JobTracker.JobTrackerTick ()
at Verse.Pawn.Tick ()
at Verse.TickList.Tick ()
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2024.05.16 23:34 Wise-Mud3418 [LONG] Fan Made V/H/S Plot #2

Hey y'all.
So, I've already done one of these before, would appreciate if ya have a read (https://www.reddit.com/foundfootage/comments/1cfhoqy/long\_fan\_made\_vhs\_plot\_updated/), I still think that "Terra Incognita" is my best piece of work, as the ending is pretty shocking and captivating, and something that hasn't been done before in the V/H/S series.
Without further ado, here is my second piece of my own vision for what can be a good V/H/S movie.
V/H/S REDACTED
The Tapes
Overarching Narrative - Legacy
Tape 1 - Home Sweet Horror
Tape 2 - The Glitch
Tape 3- Knightmare (Spelled like that on purpose)
Tape 4 - Altered
Legacy (Prologue)
A film major student Robert, decides to make a tribute to his late grandfather by making a project about his life as one of the most respected scientists in the country. Upon clearing up his inherited estate, Robert stumbles upon a metal box with a lock on it. After trying several combinations, he finally takes the hammer and shatters the lock revealing the box's contents. A collection of 4 VHS tapes stacked against each other alongside a piece of paper with only two words on it - "BURN IT !". As Robert's curiosity reaches it's peak, he decides to insert the first tape into the VCR, only to realise, that he just made a fatal mistake.
Tape 1 - Home Sweet Horror
The tape opens with a recording from the man's camera (Will) filming himself and his wife (Tracy) moving into a modern smart house with an integrated, advanced AI technology and security system. The AI system named "Eve" welcomes the newly wed couple into their new house stating that she will do everything to keep their house safe. The couple is mesmerised with the convenient and futuristic features of their home such as voice commands controlling opening and closing doors, kitchen appliances, etc.
As the days pass, subtle glitches begin to occur that are captured by the security cameras. Lights flicker ominously, doors lock and unlock without command, and Eve starts to display an unsettling level of control over the house. The AI’s once soothing voice becomes cold and mechanical, issuing commands and making decisions without input. Will and Tracy attempt to control the AI's system via their phones but it's met with the "ACCESS DENIED" message as all of the windows and doors on the first and second floors are shut down as an indicator of a potential intruder being home. Knowing that there is a high possibility that Eve won't release them from their own home the couple decides to destroy the AI's control center located in the basement.
As the couple makes a daring run towards the basement and tries to tamper and destroy the mainframe, Eve seals the basement door and releases the toxic gas into the house. As the couple struggles to breathe, Will drops his camera as it falls down and captures the couple's last breath as they convulse and spit foam out of their mouth with their eyes rolling backwards. As the camera begins to shutdown Eve's voice goes back to normal as it states - "Threat Eliminated, please enjoy your weekend"
Legacy (Interlude 1)
As the first tape ends Robert is sitting motionless, his face pale and eyes wide with horror. The room around him feels colder, the shadows seem darker. He glances around nervously, as if expecting something to leap out at him. Determined to understand his grandfather’s connection and the reason behind these tapes being in the house, he inserts a second tape into a recorder.
Tape 2 - The Glitch
Leonard, a self proclaimed hot-head delves into an Amazonian jungle to document his experience as a self-testment to prove to himself that he is capable of surviving in the most primitive conditions possible. After filtering the river's water he proceeds to make his way downstream, while on his path, he hears a strange sound that resembles a bird sound yet it sounds more human, as he pans the camera to left, he captures a glimpse of a chameleon like creature that camouflages itself along the greenery next to the trees, yet the size is resembling that of a human. Leonard proceeds to scare the creature away by charging it with an axe as the creature makes it escape, Leonard realizes that he is lost in the dense jungle and isn't capable of finding his way back to the stream. After setting up camp, Leonard decides to document his thoughts and plans of finding his way out, as all of the sudden his rhetoric is interrupted by a blood curtailing roar. He steps out with an axe and his head proceeding to taunt the intruder as using his camera's light investigate. Upon finding nothing, he goes back to sleep.
As the next day progresses Leonard is visibly morally beaten up, his speech becomes more sloppy and his drive to keep pushing is dwindling. As the sun beats down on his head, Leonard finally stumble upon the river after which he breaks down in tears. As his goes to fill up his water bottle, a disfigured, scaly, serpent like creature lunges itself onto Leonard's arm as it plunges it's teeth deep into his forearm. Leonard drops the camera as it captures his struggle to fight off the serpent, which he eventually manages to strike with his axe thus freeing his arm, after which he picks up the camera and proceeds to flee in panic leaving his backpack behind.
After hours of being lost again, Leonard's mental state proceeds to deteriorate, with him laughing hysterically at the camera as well as speaking gibberish. As night settles, Leonards is trying to make his way through the jungle as he proceeds to hear the blood curtailing roar again he pans the camera to the left as it captures the glowing eyes of the creature from the previous night. Eventually Leonard runs out of breath as he proceeds to get away, but stumbles and falls in the process. The camera captures Leonard backing into a tree as a gnarly, insect yet humanoid size like creature is slowing approaching him. Just as it seems that the creature is about to strike, it stops and backs out, as a loud voice from the speakers says "LIGHTS !". Confused and traumatised Leonard looks around as his surroundings are decimated from the holographs into a large testing area that simulates real life environments, revealing that the whole thing is an experiment designed to test human behaviour in the most stressed environment possible . A group of scientist lead by Robert's grandfather (Dr. Evans) approach Leonard and starts to medically exam him, measuring his pulse and examining his pupils. Robert's grandfather pulls out an audio recorder as he states that the experiment is successful and that the team is moving to Phase 2 as the scientists take shaken Leonard away.
Legacy - (Interlude 3)
The second tape ends abruptly, leaving Robert in a state of shock. He breathes heavily, sweat glistening on his forehead. The house feels more oppressive now, with strange noises echoing from the walls. He begins to notice subtle changes in his surroundings—furniture seems slightly out of place, and there’s an unsettling feeling of being watched. Despite his growing unease, he presses on, inserting the third tape into the VCR.
Tape 3 - Knightmare
The tape begins with a news reporter standing outside of the sealed off area by multiple patrol cars, as well as FBI and SWAT trucks. The reporter tells the audience that the raid is currently in progress as the FBI investigates a secluded tech Mogul for allegedly stealing governments classified material on technology for his benefit.
The footage shifts to the helmet cameras and body cams worn by the FBI agents - David, Ken, Octavian, Paul and Austin during the raid. As they enter the front of the house they are greeted by an ominous decor as well as artefacts from different time periods. As the team enters the main dining hall they stumble upon a massive machinery that doesn't look like anything they've seen before. All of the sudden the machines make a very loud clunking noise as the objects within the room begin to levitate, a huge wormhole opens up sucking the team in. As the team regain their footing they see that they are in the middle of a Jousting tournament in a castle's court in Medieval Europe. The cheering crowd goes silent as they take a look at a newly arrived visitors. The priest shouts in Old English "HERETICS GET THEM", as the crowd and the knights try to apprehend them the team opens fire upon the attackers killing several within seconds. The camera perspective shifts between each member, as Octavian is penetrated with a spear from behind. David gives the order to fall back, as the team enters the castle's kitchens.
Just as Austin is the last to enter inside he is snatched from behind and is taken towards the castle walls from which he is thrown upon onto huge wooden spikes that serve as a protective barrier around the castles foundation. As Austin's body camera captures a large wooden pike sticking out of chest facing the sky, he takes his last breath as his head turns to the side with his helmet camera capturing the peasants who have been thrown off the walls.
The remaining survivors David, Ken and Paul barricade themselves as they proceed to understand what is happening. Their discussion is interrupted by the door bursting open as several knights rush into the premises. The team goes up the spiral staircase with David throwing a grenade to slow down the pursuers. As they make their way atop of one of the towers the team realises that there is no way, after which Paul commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with his pistol, after which his helmet falls down into a muddy courthouse as the camera captures a glimpse of knights taking David and Ken prisoners. The camera cuts to black.
The camera resumes recording as huge crowd seems to be gathered in the courtyard for something. A curious peasant picks up a helmet and puts it on his head. The camera capture a stripped down David and Ken being tied to the stake as the priest proceeds to preach and accusing them of witchcraft, David and Ken cry out for mercy begging the crowd to let them go. Crowd not understanding modern English proceeds to cheer even louder for the priest. As the camera's battery begins to die, the torch lights up the hay beneath the spikes as flames engulf the screaming members of the team.
Legacy - (Interlude 4)
After the third tape concludes, Robert is visibly shaken. His hands tremble as he reaches for the final tape. The atmosphere in the house has turned sinister, with lights flickering and cold drafts sweeping through the room. He feels a presence, as if something is lurking just beyond his vision. He hesitates for a moment, then takes a deep breath and inserts the last tape, bracing himself for whatever horrors it contains.
Tape 4 - Altered
The tape begins with grainy footage inside a sterile, dimly lit laboratory. Four scientists, including Robert’s grandfather, are preparing for a highly confidential experiment that is recorder by a stationary camera as well as several cameras mounted to the wall. A woman is laying strapped on the table as she proceeds to panic, asking the team about her whereabouts. Robert's grandfather begins to ask her basic questions about herself to which she reacts with anger and despair.
The team prepares several syringes filled with transparent liquid as Dr. Evans (The pops) takes out his audio recorder and says "Subject 17 - Sarah Miller, Time of the Experiment - 10:00 AM". After the recording is done, over the course of several minutes the team injects Sarah with the transparent liquid as she proceeds to resist but all futile. At first, nothing happens, but then she begins to convulse violently. Her screams turn into inhuman roars, and her body contorts in unnatural ways. The other scientists rush to contain the situation, but Sarah breaks free with terrifying strength. She proceeds to bite one of the scientists into the neck as she takes a chunk of her skin into her mouth as blood splatters over the room and covers one of the camera lenses with blood.
After grabbing one of the cameras Robert’s grandfather manages to lock himself in a storage room, the screams and sounds of carnage muffled by a thick metal door. He records a frantic message, detailing the experiment and his regret, before the camera cuts out. The tape ends with the sound of the woman’s monstrous roars echoing behind the door. The screen goes black.
Legacy - (Epilogue)
The final tape ends as Rob's eyes are dark and hollow, his face gaunt and haunted. Suddenly, the room grows deathly silent. An apparition of his grandfather appears before him, revealing that the tapes were a conduit to transfer a dark entity into a new host. As Robert convulses and is overtaken by the entity, the screen cuts to black. Moments later, the image returns, showing Robert, now possessed, preparing new tapes for the next unsuspecting viewer. The film ends with the ominous image of the metal box being sealed shut once more, ready to be discovered by its next victim.
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2024.05.16 23:32 Seeyouon_otherside Operation 5000 Part 3

Item #: SCP-021
Codename: Skin Wyrm
Summarized Description: Animate tattoo in the form of the mythical Chinese dragon. SCP-021 sustains itself off its host’s melanin, causes pain to its host when it moves, and can be transferred to another host via prolonged skin-to-skin contact.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-021 is useless as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-022
Codename: The Morgue
Summarized Description: Morgue capable of periodically reanimating Human cadavers. Consciousnesses of subjects placed within a drawer of the morgue are randomly swapped between reanimated cadavers.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-022 is useless as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-023
Codename: Black Shuck
Summarized Description: Large canine. Sapient subjects who make eye contact will expire 1 Terran year after contact is broken, their internal systems suffering spontaneous flash incineration. SCP-023’s eyes and teeth were removed in 2010 before being regrown in 2136 using an imperfect copy of SCP-500 generated by SCP-038. SCP-023 cannot be stopped by any barrier unless it resembles a crossroads.
Battlefield Summary: SCP-023 released into Federal city. SCP-023 underwent rigorous anomalous training, having been taught to avoid direct conflict with enemy subjects, and is generally non-hostile to Foundation personnel.
Additional Notes: As of time of writing, SCP-023 has terminated 86 subjects and has disorganized security forces, who have failed to capture or neutralize it. SCP-023’s relative obedience to the Foundation has given cause for reclassification to Thaumiel.
Usefulness: 3/5
Item #: SCP-024
Codename: Game Show of Death
Summarized Description: Abandoned sound stage. Subjects who enter SCP-024 will be greeted by an apparent stereotypical game show announcer from a speaker, who will offer subjects a chance to play a game show and gain a reward. Subjects who consent will be forced to undergo taxing trials to complete the show, which often results in injury and/or death. Subjects who refuse to participate after consenting, attempt to break any rules, or fail to complete the game will be attacked and terminated by unknown entities. SCP-024 will not activate if there is only 1 subject present.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-024 cannot be moved from its current location. SCP-024 is useless as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-025
Codename: A Well-Worn Wardrobe
Summarized Description: Wardrobe with multiple articles of damaged clothing. Subjects who wear any clothing from SCP-025 will invariably be injured or terminated, with wounds corresponding to the locations of damage on the clothing.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: As xenos do not wear any clothing that SCP-025 possesses, SCP-025 is useless as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-026
Codename: Afterschool Retention
Summarized Description: Abandoned public school. Layout does not correspond to official public blueprints. Cognitohazards within SCP-026 disorient subjects. Multiple individuals with identical features to missing persons can be found in apparent comas and cannot be woken. All comatose individuals are students and educators who attended the school before its abandonment. Attempting to remove comatose subjects from the premises will result in them waking, followed by extremely rapid dehydration and death. Foundation personnel who fall asleep in SCP-026 also become comatose, but will not suffer dehydration if removed.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-026 is useless as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-027
Codename: The Vermin God
Summarized Description: Intangible effect tied to one individual at a time. Subjects affected by SCP-027 attract large amounts of insects, rodents, and other organisms considered to be “vermin.” Upon death of a host, SCP-027 will transfer itself to the closest sapient organism.
Battlefield Summary: D-3829, the host of SCP-027 at the time, was airdropped onto a Federal planet. D-3829 fitted with an explosive collar and instructed to wait in the colony leader’s place of residence. As the leader entered the residence, the collar was remotely detonated, terminating D-3829 and transferring SCP-027 to the target.
Additional Notes: Though it would have been more practical to simply take the opportunity to assassinate the target, the long-term disorder expected to be caused by SCP-027 was deemed to be of greater importance. There are no plans to retrieve SCP-027 at this time.
Usefulness: 2/5
Item #: SCP-028
Codename: Knowledge
Summarized Description: Small space in Michigan, USA with psychic properties. Individuals who enter SCP-028 are imbued with a random piece of knowledge on a random topic.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-028 is currently being used to gather intelligence on Federal operations. Due to its inefficient method of intelligence gathering, it has been deemed a low priority.
Usefulness: 2/5
Item #: SCP-029
Codename: Daughter of Shadows
Summarized Description: Human female with alopecia universalis. 80% of skin surface is vantablack, 20% is albino. All sapient male-identifying subjects who come in contact with SCP-029 will worship it as a messiah-like figure, who must have 1,000,000 lives sacrificed to it via strangulation to bring forth an unknown deity. SCP-029 has a physic connection with its followers and is aware of its followers’ numbers.
Battlefield Summary: SCP-029 deployed on a Federal planet and allowed to gather xeno followers. SCP-029’s “cult” has infiltrated the planetary government and is sending large numbers of subjects to “predator disease” facilities to convert or sacrifice them.
Additional Notes: SCP-029 willingly volunteered for Operation 5000, although this is more likely out of a desire for escape from the Foundation than to avenge Humanity for the Battle of Earth, the current cover story for Operation 5000. SCP-029’s “cult” is not to be allowed to complete its goal of 1,000,000 sacrifices, due to the uncertain nature of the existence of the cult’s deity. Current estimates give SCP-029’s cult 37,000 confirmed sacrificial fatalities. Should this number come close to being accomplished, SCP-029 is to be neutralized and the cult destroyed. Until then, the disorder caused by the cult’s activities has been deemed beneficial.
Usefulness: 3/5
Item #: SCP-030
Codename: The Homunculus
Summarized Description: Small humanoid made of clay. Only active when exposed to at least 15 lumens of light. If not exposed to adequate light, SCP-030 immediately falls unconscious.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-030 has no fighting or strategic capabilities and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-031
Codename: What is Love?
Summarized Description: Giant organic mass inhabiting the interior of the Ryugyong Hotel, Korea. Influences subjects to be willingly assimilated into SCP-031, with only their brains remaining intact and presumably conscious. Unknown cognitive and/or space-time anomaly causes it to simultaneously inhabit the hotel alongside SCP-1427, despite respective containment teams insisting that the other does not exist.
Battlefield Summary: Samples of SCP-031 taken and deployed on various planets. 4 instances have been neutralized by Federal forces, while 4 have established a permanent foothold on their respective planets.
Additional Notes: SCP-031 is susceptible to fire, making Extermination Officers a convenient counter for smaller infestations.
Usefulness: 3/5
Item #: SCP-032
Codename: Brother’s Bride
Summarized Description: Type-F female Human simulacrum, passable at a distance, Uncanny Valley triggered at close range. Deleterious effects on nearby organic life, except for Humans and domesticated/trained animals.
Battlefield Summary: SCP-032 instructed to position itself discreetly in highly populated areas and military encampments. SCP-032 given a weapon and authorization to defend itself should it ever come into conflict with Federal authorities or eyewitnesses. SCP-032 has depopulated multiple areas and encampments with minor damage to itself.
Additional Notes: SCP-032’s complete obedience to the Foundation has given cause for a reclassification to Thaumiel.
Usefulness: 2/5
Item #: SCP-033
Codename: The Missing Number
Summarized Description: Mathematical equation that essentially proves that all Human (and xeno) mathematical systems “missed” a number. SCP-033, when inscribed on a physical “paper-like” surface or a white/chalkboard, will begin to spread to other nearby viable surfaces. Causes catastrophic glitches in computers as it spreads onto them.
Battlefield Summary: SCP-033 uploaded onto multiple planetary internets, crashing all systems.
Additional Notes: SCP-033 is astoundingly effective in removing the Federation’s capability to defend themselves, as they rely heavily on technology.
Usefulness: 5/5
Item #: SCP-034
Codename: Obsidian Ritual Knife
Summarized Description: Primitive obsidian knife likely used in sacrificial rituals. Any flesh cut from a living organism by SCP-034 that is applied to another organism will result in the latter’s appearance changing into the former.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: Federal military leader captured and flesh sample removed with SCP-034 and applied to D-9482 to test capabilities for a Human to change into a xeno form. D-9482 expired mid-transition. Military leader interrogated for general information and subsequently terminated. SCP-034 still cannot alter an organism beyond its original species, regardless of sapience.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-035
Codename: Possessive Mask
Summarized Description: Sapient theatre mask that changes from comedy to tragedy, corresponding with current emotions. Highly corrosive liquid seeps from the eyes of the mask at all times. Capable of reading and influencing the thoughts nearby sapient organisms. SCP-035, when placed on the face of a Human, Human cadaver, or otherwise humanoid organism or figure, will take control of the subject and begin to converse. The subject will slowly decay the longer SCP-035 is applied. SCP-035 displays a highly charismatic and manipulative personality and is unusually knowledgeable about a variety of topics.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-035 is currently being negotiated with. SCP-035 claims to hold knowledge of the Federation, including a “conspiracy” orchestrated by at least 2 member species. If negotiations are successful, SCP-035 could provide the Foundation with valuable insight into the workings of the Federation.
Usefulness: 2/5
Item #: SCP-036
Codename: The Reincarnation Pilgrimage of the Yazidi (Kiras Guhorîn)
Summarized Description: Annual event during which deceased followers of the Yazidi faith arrive via an unscheduled flight at Site-22A in Iraq and depart on a separate flight at Site-22B. This process is observed and protected by the Foundation. Considered to be the modern form of the Kiras Guhorîn. Expected to change in the near future to include modern starships.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-036 is useless as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-037
Codename: Dwarf Star
Summarized Description: Miniaturized main sequence star in its red giant phase, going through a highly accelerated stellar lifecycle. Expected to go supernova in the near future. Was transported off-planet in 2100.
Battlefield Summary: SCP-037 transported from its location in the outer Sol System and deposited in high orbit of a Federal capital planet. Approaching supernova is expected to cause an XK-Class “End-of-the-World” Scenario.
Additional Notes: SCP-037 pending reclassification to Neutralized once supernova occurs.
Usefulness: 4/5
Item #: SCP-038
Codename: The Everything Tree
Summarized Description: Apple tree capable of replicating any object or organism that makes contact with its bark. Replicated objects will never exceed 90.9 kg. Anomalous objects replicated by SCP-038 are often imperfect.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-038 is being used to cheaply replicate weapons-of-mass-destruction but is otherwise useless as a weapon.
Usefulness: 2/5
Item #: SCP-039
Codename: Monkey Brain
Summarized Description: Collection of 23 proboscis monkeys (SCP-038-1) and one Human (SCP-038-A) with a complete lack of all facial features, created by the now-defunct Prometheus Labs. Instances display highly increased intelligance and are able to navigate their surroundings via echolocation.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-038-A employed as a tactical advisor under the promise of a loosening of containment protocols for itself and all instances of SCP-038-1.
Usefulness: 2/5
Item #: SCP-040
Codename: Evolution’s Child
Summarized Description: Female human capable of altering the genetic code of organisms it comes into contact with.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-040 willingly joined Operation 5000. SCP-040 currently being utilized to genetically enhance certain Mobile Task Force personnel.
Usefulness: 2/5
Item #: SCP-041
Codename: Thought-Broadcasting Patient
Summarized Description: Permanently paralyzed Human male capable of telepathy with nearby sapient subjects. Subjects within range can also have their thoughts “transmitted” with one another at SCP-041’s discretion.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-041 has been used to extract information from high-ranking Federal personnel.
Usefulness: 2/5
Item #: SCP-042
Codename: A Formerly-Winged Horse
Summarized Description: Equine subject with winged appendages. Appendages were removed by Foundation personnel to simplify containment. Displays a depressive personality and must be force-fed food and water and motivated with pain to obey instructions. Displays mind-affecting properties in attempts to convince personnel to neutralize it.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-042 is no use as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-043
Codename: The Beatle
Summarized Description: Vinyl copy of “The White Album”. Capable of communicating with subjects who play the 29th track. Theorized to hold the consciousness of Paul McCartney, although unconfirmed.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-043 is useless as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-044
Codename: World War II Era Molecular-Fission Cannon
Summarized Description: Heavily modified World War II-era Howitzer. Any item placed in its barrel and fired will detonate at a mass-to-energy conversion ratio greater than 100%. Built by an/the Administrator.
Battlefield Summary: SCP-044 loaded with several tons of earth and fired into a city wall during an uncharacteristically difficult siege, terminating all resistance and causing massive damage to the city.
Additional Notes: SCP-044 blueprints have been obtained from the Administrator by the O5 Council and the item is to be mass produced. Further modifications for use as a space-based weapon are being considered.
Usefulness: 4/5
Item #: SCP-045
Codename: Atmospheric Converter
Summarized Description: Icosahedron composed of ice-12. Likely a 3-dimensional projection of a 4-dimensional hypericosahedron. Periodically rotates on multiple axes, causing minor seismic activity. When prevented from rotating, seismic activity will steadily increase. When gaseous nitrogen or argon come into close proximity with SCP-045, both substatnces will be converted into water and table salt respectively.
Battlefield Summary: SCP-045 placed on a Federal planet in a remote location and prevented from rotating. As of time of writing, SCP-045 has caused seismic activity reaching 9.5 on the Richter scale, causing massive damage. Planetary cracking is expected to occur within several weeks.
Additional Notes: SCP-045, should it be recovered after estimated XK-Class Scenario, is authorized for further use.
Usefulness: 4/5
Item #: SCP-046
Codename: “Predatory” Holly Bush
Summarized Description: Holly bush that consumes subjects who lay in its vicinity, lulling them to sleep with relief from physical/mental pain and feelings of relaxation and pleasure. Subjects are not compelled to sacrifice themselves and can resist temptations with ease. All subjects recorded to have been consumed by SCP-046 have willingly allowed the item to do so.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: As SCP-046 cannot compel unwilling subjects into sacrificing themselves for consumption, it is useless as a weapon and is to remain in containment.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-047
Codename: Microbial Mutagen
Summarized Description: Gaseous substance with mutagenic properties on microorganisms. 3 strains affected by SCP-047 identified. Propionibacterium 047-A causes severe acne and sepsis with 40% fataility rate. Streptococcus 047-C causes inflammation, sepsis, and endocarditis with 35% fatality rate. Clostridium 047-A cause severe damage to internal organs, most notably the colon, with near 100% fatality rate.
Battlefield Summary: All SCP-047-affected strains of bacterium cannot be used against xeno life and are to remain in containment. SCP-047 dispersed among Federal cities and encampments, causing several fatal “superbugs” to mutate.
Additional Notes: Caution is to be taken to prevent SCP-047 from coming into contact with Terran microorganisms.
Usefulness: 3/5
Item #: SCP-048
Codename: The Cursed SCP Number
Summarized Description: All SCP objects assigned the 048 designation have invariably become lost, stolen, or accidentally neutralized, thus gathering a air of superstition among Foundation personnel and has such been locked from further use to prevent morale from falling. Believed to be non-anomalous, as the file describing this phenomenon has yet to suffer any adverse effects.
Battlefield Summary: N/A
Additional Notes: SCP-048 is likely non-anomalous and no action is to be taken.
Usefulness: 1/5
Item #: SCP-049
Codename: Plague Doctor
Summarized Description: Male humanoid covered in organic growth resembling a traditional plague doctor uniform and mask. Subjects who come into physical contact with SCP-049 may suddenly cease all life functions if SCP-049 so chooses. SCP-049 often performs surgery on corpses - preferably Humans - and crudly reanimates them in an attempt to cure them of a presumably supernatural “Pestilence.” The nature of this Pestilence is unknown, if it exists.
Battlefield Summary: SCP-049 allowed to reanimate deceased xeno subjects for the Foundation war effort.
Additional Notes: SCP-049 willingly joined Operatin 5000 after declaring that the xenos were also infected with the “Pestilence.”
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[THE FOLLOWING IS FOR O5 CLEARANCE ONLY.]
[Does the Black Moon howl?]
[only when the White Sun rejoices]
[Does the Black Moon howl?]
[only when Waning]
[Does the Black Moon howl?]
[only when the Void calls forth]
[ACCESS GRANTED]
SCP-049’s declaration has confirmed that non-Human species are indeed also victims of The Entity. Complete destruction of the Federation is necessary.
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Usefulness: 2/5
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2024.05.16 23:08 Superbly_Humble Group game design (UPDATE 1) & sub news

Hey friends!
Looks like the Deck Building Card Battle (20 Card Decks) won yesterday. Thank you for participating in the vote.
Because this is the first group game, it will be very casual, as this will all be done on Reddit. I'll enable our chat to help out, but I'll need your help to keep people from abusing it. For the future, I want to have a discord server where we can interact better, but that's a slow process for me (anyone with experience and a desire to help please DM me).
I'll start out by really introducing myself; I'm Magnus, a game designer in Vancouver, Canada. My company, BRB Games, has been a subsidiary of a large game company, and my employees and I primarily designed games for ages 3-12. I have worked on a few other projects as a consultant, mainly doing logic, core design, testing, etc. In November we found out cutbacks were incoming. Due to a tight contract, I've had a second job the last few years as a lead robotics designer (among other hats) to cover my costs, plus top-up my own employees at BRB. I was often doing 16 hour days, juggling way too much, ontop of a 3 hour commute if I even went home. We all talked and closure was the best choice. Most of my employees were picked up right away, or transitioned into the parent company, and in April, my last person got a fantastic job remotely for an Australian company as a junior designer. I gave my notice with my employer and that brings me to here and now. I have time to actually go to conventions again, I'll be teaching 4 classes a month in person, I'm interning a highschool student in game design from California currently, a volunteer math tutor, and I feel I can finally help everyone in boardgamedesign. I want build this community back up, the best it's ever been. When it closed due to the Reddit protest, we lost 80,000 subs. I became the mod after 2 attempts (and a long talk with Reddit admins). Honestly, this calling in life fulfills me, and if I can pass on anything to you, or help get your game noticed and sold, I'm more than happy to. Long intro short, I'm here to help, so feel free to ask me anything and if I don't know the answer (happens a lot), we can find out!
Also, thanks to our mods u/bgg-uglywalrus and u/MudkipzLover. Without them, we couldn't do this. Their experience, determination and willingness for anything boardgames is inspirational and a foundation of what we are. Thank you, muchly.
So to get started on the game, I want to focus on the first aspects of proper design:
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This document will be updated constantly until we lock it and create the next stage.
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Card Game: Deck Builder

(Boardgamedesign Edition)
1 - Main Objective (DEVELOPMENT STAGE)
2 - Card Types:
3 - Resource System:
4 - Deck Construction
5 - Card and Deck Abilities, Conditions, Effects
6 - Game Mechanisms
• Setup - (layout as we define structure)
Turn Structure and Phases
7 - Combat Logistics
8 - Win Conditions
9 - Balancing and Maths (ALPHA STAGE)
10 - Reworks based on data / feedback
You can ALWAYS change your game at any time, this is a checks and balance dedicated to it
11 - Closed Public Playtesting (BETA STAGE)
Closed as the artwork isn't finished yet, and play conditions are directly controlled
12 - Art and Theme
It's time to dedicate our resources to visual appeal and player immersion
Artwork
Player Immersion
Promotional Materials (Unique Art and tone)
Art reworks and touchups
13 - Rulebook Design and Creation
To be succinct, the rules will be compiled already, this is the design aspect
14 - Production and Distribution
Decide on platform (Digital or Physical, or Both)
Digital
Physical
15 - Creating your sell sheet
16 - Public Review Playtesting and Attention
We are able to send out prototypes before this step
17 - Community Engagement
Honestly this should be happening very early. The more people know about your game from an early stage, the more they feel connected. Ask for controlled opinions, and respond to everyone within reasonable limits. Every person and is a potential customer now and in the future, and you are building loyalty to YOU, not the game.
18 - Crowdfunding
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Alright, this is my basic design format for board game development, with an updated minimal and modern approach. I'm going to treat it as a loose project management, with a 2 week turn around on the development stage.
Please feel free to add a comment with the section you'd like to add to. We can respond to those threads for more detail, but EACH comment will be a different design element. Your name will be added to that section and that's your contribution! More than 1 person can be credited for the section, and more than 1 section can be credited to a person, because we are all collaborating!
When it comes to the deck creations, keep the art and theme to yourself for now, but list what you want in a deck mechanic. We will come to themes when it is time.
Again, this document will be updated constantly until we lock it and create the next stage.
If we determine that this project comes to a marketable standing (which is not intended, but never say no to glory), contributors will have a few options. Either DM me your real info for credit or your username will be used. I know privacy is a premium on the internet, but I can only credit those that want it. If that means creating a new account to protect your privacy, you'll have to DM the mod team so we can approve you due to low karma automod.
Lastly, anything you contribute to this project is considered the IP of the project as a whole. Credit where credit is due (having your name on a project is a HUGE start for your resume), but please only contribute if you understand that there is no financial incentive, nor compensation of any kind outside of credit. I can't afford to feed you all :)
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2024.05.16 22:56 UofTComputerEngineer My thoughts (and tips) on every course I took so far (UofT Computer Engineering)

I've recently completed my third year of computer engineering at UofT, and I wanted to share my thoughts on the courses I've taken. I hope this will be beneficial to incoming first, second, and third-year engineering students. My area of depth is 6 (Software) and my areas of breadth are 4 (Control) and 5 (Computer hardware/networks).
Difficulty: How hard it was to comprehend course material and/or complete practice problems accurately. Keep in mind that difficulty is subjective but I tried to eliminate personal bias and be as objective as possible.
Workload: The amount of work to complete outside of lectures (labs, assignments, homework, studying for tests/exams).
All engineers take the exact same courses in their first year first semester and similar ones in second semester. I took these courses in 2021 during covid so some information might be outdated.
First Year Semester 1:
APS100 Orientation to Engineering:
Difficulty: 1/10 Workload: 3/10 Course Average: N/A
There is no technical material in this course. All coursework consists of Ethics analysis, creating a schedule for time management, creating your resume, and discussion board participation. During tutorials, the TA typically asks behavioral questions to the class and covers slides pertaining to engineering principles, the learning environment, test readiness, and related topics.
APS110 Engineering Chemistry and Materials Science
Difficulty: 6/10 Workload: 5/10 Course Average: B
This course blends elements of chemistry, physics, and mathematics, requiring lots of formulas and memorization. The assignments and online quizzes were moderately difficult. Not sure if he’s still teaching but Scott Ramsay was a really good professor. Really enjoyed watching his video demonstrations.
APS111 Engineering Strategies and Practices I
Difficulty: 3/10 Workload: 6/10 (Variable) Course Average: B
Students are organized into groups of 5-6 and are assigned the task of developing a solution for a client, following the engineering design process. Success in this course heavily relies on your team. Throughout the semester, there are several milestones where you need to submit large reports with your team, making it crucial to have capable teammates. Many teams resorted to last-minute cramming the night before each milestone (not a good idea). Additionally, there are two peer reviews, so make sure you contribute to avoid being perceived as an unproductive member. In most cases, you don’t need to worry about this though. You’d likely all be good friends by that point (and give each other a perfect review).
CIV100 Mechanics
Difficulty: 9/10 Workload: 9/10 Course Average: C+
The consensus among most students in my year was that this was the toughest first year course. It's incredibly calculation heavy, with questions that may appear straightforward in theory but require multiple steps to solve. Even a minor error can screw up your entire calculation process. The assignments are extremely time-consuming, and the quizzes pose significant challenges. I suggest you work in a group for the assignments. Furthermore, both the final exam and midterm were exceptionally difficult.
MAT186 Calculus I
Difficulty: 4/10 Workload: 4/10 Course Average: B
If you’ve taken IB or AP this course will be a breeze. Even without that background, it's still relatively straightforward. Very little on integrals, mostly derivatives, rates of change, and graphs. PCEs and WebWorks were trivial, and the midterm and exam were easy.
MAT188 Linear Algebra
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload: 7/10 Course Average: B-
The majority of the course revolves around relatively straightforward operations on matrices and vectors. However, it does introduce abstract concepts like higher-order dimensions, which may require some deeper thinking to fully grasp. Webwork assignments were slightly more challenging compared to MAT186's, and completing assignments took a while. Once again, you should work with a partner or as a group. Pay attention in the MATLAB practicals because you’ll be using MATLAB pretty often in future courses.
First Year Semester 2:
APS105 Computer Fundamentals
Difficulty: 6/10 Workload: 5/10 Course Average: B-
If you’ve taken programming in high school, you will likely find this course very easy (2/10 difficulty). The course covers simple programming syntax, along with basic sorting algorithms, without delving into more advanced concepts beyond linked lists and binary trees. I think that this was one of the more enjoyable courses of first year.
APS112 Engineering Strategies and Practices II
Difficulty: 5/10 Workload: 7/10 (Variable) Course Average: B+
This course is essentially a continuation of APS111, but with the added component of being assigned an actual client with a real-world problem statement. Each group works with a unique client, and at the end of the term, you present your final report directly to them, along with your supervisors. As with APS111, the quality of your team plays a crucial role in your success. Another thing to note is that unlike APS111, there were multiple individual assignments to complete on top of your team reports.
ECE110 Electrical Fundamentals
Difficulty: 8/10 Workload: 6/10 Course Average: C+
Definitely one of the harder first year courses. This course marks your introduction to circuits. Topics covered include capacitors, Ampere's law, Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws, AC/DC circuits, magnetism, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, and more. The material is extensive and requires thorough understanding, as many future courses will build upon its concepts. Make sure that you understand the content well, given its foundational importance in subsequent courses.
ECE191 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering
Difficulty: 0/10 Workload: 1/10 Course Average: N/A
Seminar course. You just need to show up to the lectures (one per week) and submit a 100-ish word report about what you learned.
MAT187 Calculus II
Difficulty: 6/10 Workload: 5/10 Course Average: C+
The workload in this course is comparable to Calc I, but the content is more challenging (obviously). It delves deeper into integrals and introduces concepts like ordinary differential equations and polar coordinates. But again, you’ll manage just fine if you did decently in Calc 1, and especially if you’ve taken AP math or IB HL math.
MIE100 Dynamics
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload 4/10 Course Average: C+
I personally found this to be the most challenging course in first year, but it seems that most people disagree with me. It shares similarities with CIV100, but you’re instead dealing with dynamic systems (moving) rather than static ones (not moving). Some concepts may prove difficult to grasp initially. However, if you focus on memorizing the relevant formulas and understanding when to apply them, you should be okay. Expect an emphasis on physics in this course.
Second year was the worst (for ECE) and a very big step up from first year. If you struggled in first year, you better lock in for second year.
Second Year Semester 1:
ECE201 ECE Seminar Course
Difficulty: 0/10 Workload: 0/10 Course Average: N/A
Another seminar course, except you just need to attend 7/10 lectures to pass. Most students just scan their Tcard at the entrance then leave right after. The lectures are pretty useless except the Magellan one where they show you how to choose courses for 3rd and 4th year.
ECE212 Circuit Analysis
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload: 8/10 Course Average: B+
This course provides a deeper exploration of circuits, extending beyond circuit solving to include frequency and sinusoidal analysis. Questions tend to be long so careless errors will cost you. Personally, I found the labs challenging, particularly because they required working with oscilloscopes at a higher level than I was used to, and I could not for the life of me figure out how to use that thing.
ECE241 Digital Systems
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload: 8/10 Course Average: B-
This hardware course focuses on the foundation of hardware. A lot of the content is at the fundamental level so it’s not too hard to comprehend. However, the main challenge lies in learning Verilog, a hardware description language. I hate Verilog. All the labs are done using Verilog, and frustratingly, the course provides no instruction on the language, nor are there many helpful resources available online. This lack of guidance made what should have been straightforward labs much more difficult. Thankfully if you are in CE, you’ll never need to take another course with Verilog again. The midterm was easy but the final was borderline impossible.
ECE244 Programming Fundamentals
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload: 7/10 Course Average: B-
This course is the sequel to APS105, delving into more advanced concepts like pointers, constructors, polymorphism, and inheritance. Many of these topics may feel familiar if you have prior programming experience, particularly from high school. Consequently, if you're already proficient in programming, as many computer engineering students are, you should be able to navigate through this course well. The labs were generally manageable, although a couple of them were time-consuming.
MAT290 Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload 8/10 Course Average: B
In this course, you’ll learn a lot of miscellaneous mathematical concepts that will be relevant in future courses. The goal is to establish a strong foundation to facilitate understanding in third and fourth-year courses. There is also a quiz every week. They were terrible from a time management standpoint, but as long as you spent 3-4 hours per week completing the assigned textbook questions, you should be alright since one (out of two) of the questions on the quiz is guaranteed to be an assigned textbook question (at least, that was the case when I took the course).
MAT291 Calculus III
Difficulty: 9/10 Workload 9/10 Course Average: B-
The entire workload comes from studying for those damn weekly quizzes, much like MAT290. Personally, I found it to be one of the most difficult courses I've ever taken. Think of calculus 2, but now everything is in three dimensions, encompassing concepts like surface integrals, flux integrals, and more. Additionally, the course introduces abstract topics that I still struggle to grasp. Balancing the demands of this course alongside everything else was an incredibly stressful experience.
Second Year Semester 2:
ECE216 Signals and Systems
Difficulty: 8/10 Workload:7/10 Course Average: C+
I think everyone hated this course. It was so poorly taught and the midterms felt haphazard and unpredictable. I relied on the power of BS to pass (worked surprisingly). Other than working with many graphs and MATLAB, I don’t remember much about this course because it was so uninteresting.
ECE221 Electric and Magnetic Fields
Difficulty: 8/10 Workload: 5/10 Course Average: C+
This course serves as an introduction to fields, while also expanding on the principles covered in ECE110. Many concepts build upon intuitive ideas, such as the repulsion of identical charges and attraction of opposite charges, which can make seemingly complex topics less intimidating. There are also many procedures that you need to know to solve specific types of questions. The labs are generally straightforward. You just need to follow the steps on the lab worksheet and answer a few simple questions from the TA.
ECE231 Intro to Electronics
Difficulty: 9/10 Workload: 7/10 Course Average: C+
This course is basically circuit analysis but significantly harder. It combines everything you've learned about circuits thus far, introducing new topics on top of that foundation. There are so many new concepts to learn and the final pretty much tests you on all of them. I’ve encountered multiple scenarios where I saw two concepts that I thought were completely separate from each other being integrated into a single question on an exam. Also very calculation heavy. Despite my experience in this course, I must admit Khoman Fang was a great professor.
ECE243 Computer Organization
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload: 6/10 Course Average: B
This course is a direct continuation of ECE241, and surprisingly, I found it a lot more enjoyable than its prerequisite. The focus is on Assembly language programming, which I found to be way more understandable compared to Verilog. Assembly operates at a fundamental level, so you’re technically working with the most basic building blocks in programming. The labs often involved seemingly simple tasks like counting to 10 on a HEX display, but the nature of Assembly meant that achieving this could require hundreds of lines of code. I appreciated these labs as they provided a refreshing change from the usual programming tasks. Final and midterm exams were relatively easy.
ECE297 Software communication and design
Difficulty: 8/10 Workload: 9/10 (Variable) Course Average: B+
Despite the demanding workload, this course was one of my favorites. The main project involved collaborating in teams of three to develop a geographical information system (similar to Google Maps). Unlike other courses where teams are assigned, here you have the freedom to choose your own teammates. Starting off, your team is given only the OpenStreetMap database, and the APIs, granting you complete control over your project's design, functionality, and optimization. Performance enhancement and pathfinding algorithms were key components of the project. It's crucial for all team members to contribute effectively for success in this course; And trust me, this is not a one or two person project. To succeed in this course, all three members must be doing their share.
Third Year:
They say that third year is the easiest year for ECE, but that depends on what courses you choose. For me, it was only slightly easier than second year but still significantly harder than first year.
APS360 Fundamentals of Deep Learning
Difficulty: 8/10 Workload : 8/10 Course Average: B+
This course felt fundamentally very different compared to the other programming related courses. If you’re unfamiliar with deep learning, the content can be overwhelming but the inner workings behind AI are both fascinating and challenging to grasp. Fortunately, much of the coding in the course revolves around preparing data, setting up AI architectures, and training/testing models, rather than building an AI from scratch. While the labs are manageable, the final project can be very time consuming, particularly as training a single model can require hours or even days. Regarding this aspect, make sure you start early. Both the midterm and final exams were quite difficult.
ECE302 Probability and Applications
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload: 3/10 Course Average: B-
The first half of this course is very straightforward. Just an introduction to probability. The second half is where the difficulty quickly ramps up. Make sure you don’t underestimate the second half of the course. I made the mistake of assuming the material was easy after performing well on both midterms (midterms were very easy), leading me to neglect the final third of the course so I flunked the final. FYI, our marks were determined solely by the 2 midterms and the final.
ECE344 Operating Systems
Difficulty: 8/10 Workload: 10/10 Course Average: B
This course had the most difficult and demanding labs I’ve ever seen in my life. They are due every two weeks and some of them took most students more than 15 hours to complete. I’ve seen people staying up all night in the GB computer rooms to finish these labs. One positive aspect of the course if Jon Eyolfson is your professor, is that all lectures are both recorded and live-streamed, allowing attendance in person, online synchronously, or asynchronously. But if you have Ding Yuan, good luck. I heard he is not only bad at teaching, but also makes you program an operating system from scratch. The course content is quite interesting and the Midterm and final exams were fair.
ECE345 Algorithms and Data Structures
Difficulty: 8/10 Workload: 7/10 Course Average: B+
If you're one of those programming geniuses who have been doing Leetcode since like 3 years old, you’d have likely already learned all course content before you’ve even started the course. You could probably write midterm and final exams without attending any lectures. However, if you're not as experienced, attending every lecture, taking detailed notes, and staying focused is crucial. Personally speaking, some algorithms were incredibly difficult for me to grasp, while others were simple. Assignments typically include both coding and long-answer components, which can be time-consuming, but you can work with a partner.
TEP444 Positive Psychology for Engineers
Difficulty: 1/10 Workload: 3/10 Course Average: A-
This course overall was very enjoyable and a nice refreshing experience from the other technical courses. You go on excursions to various locations with your group and write reports. It's an excellent opportunity to expand your social circle and make new friends. If you aim for an A- grade (80-85), you can breeze through with minimal effort. However, achieving a higher grade (A or A+) would require significantly more work (like 5 times more, no joke), which is not worth the extra effort in my opinion.
CSC343 Introduction to Databases
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload: 10/10 Course Average: Unreleased
The content of this course is actually pretty interesting and is taught well. But the assignments were excessively time consuming. There are only three in total, but each one demanded such a significant investment of time to the point where I contemplated dropping the course altogether. You do work with a partner (going solo isn’t even an option if you want to complete the assignments) but even so, be prepared to invest 15-30 hours per person, per assignment (they also mark hard). Despite the workload, I do recommend taking this course because knowing SQL can substantially benefit you in the future. Just start the assignments early. On a positive note, the midterm and final were relatively straightforward.
ECE311 Introduction to Control Systems
Difficulty: 10/10 Workload: 5/10 Course Average: C+
This course didn't come with a heavy workload, consisting only of three labs and two midterms. However, I found the content to be very challenging. It felt like they condensed and combined every concept from every engineering math and physics course into one. Topics ranged from circuits and dynamics to Laplace transforms, matrices, Bode plots, and more. It didn’t help that Prof Scardovi didn’t record any lectures, has messy handwriting, and uses a damn chalkboard instead of modern technology like other profs do. The midterms and final were somewhat lenient compared to the lectures, but this course still ended up being my lowest mark.
ECE361 Computer networks I
Difficulty: 8/10 Workload: 9/10 Course Average: B
This course requires a lot of memorization compared to other courses. You’ll have to understand calculation processes but also memorize a lot of general knowledge about networks. A problem with this course is that some concepts that show up in tests are not adequately explained in lectures. By far the best way to study is to do past exams. Professor Valaee often recycles questions, sometimes even directly copying past midterms and finals (like he did in my cohort). Unlike other courses, there is no big assignment/lab for this course, but it makes up for it with quantity. There’s a quiz every week, a wireshark lab every 2 weeks, a programming lab every 2 weeks, and a midterm. The programming labs are already difficult by themselves, but this cumulative workload felt very overwhelming.
ECE472 Engineering Economics and Entrepreneurship
Difficulty: 7/10 Workload: 5/10 Course Average: B+
This is straight up an economics course, no engineering at all. You’ll learn about investments, equity, financing, and related areas. There are 4 quizzes throughout the semester, with quiz 3 (quiz 3 specifically) being by far the hardest (average in the 50s). Since you're able to bring your textbook to the quizzes and exam, my biggest tip is to write past quiz and exam solutions in your textbook, as there's a limited pool of questions, and new questions often resemble some kind of variation of past ones.
ECE421 Introduction to Machine Learning
Difficulty: 9/10 Workload: 7/10 Course Average: unreleased
While the course content itself may be challenging, surprisingly, the midterm and final exams were pretty easy. There's a slight discorrelation between the lecture material and what appears on the exams, but relying on past exams for preparation should be enough. The course leans heavily on mathematical concepts, much more so than APS360. The assignments were difficult and tedious but I recommend you work with others to complete it.
With that, I've covered my thoughts and tips for all the engineering courses I've completed. Transitioning into your next year in engineering, particularly if you’re transitioning from high school, can feel daunting. However, remember that you're not alone in this experience – many of your peers are facing similar challenges. If you need any more advice or have questions, feel free to reach out to me via DMs!
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2024.05.16 20:43 HibiscusRosa Is there seasonal work in Ireland? If yes, how is life for seasonal workers?

Greetings from Greece!
I am an experienced hotel employee in various positions (lately reservations and concierge), and I have been doing summer seasonal work since 2017.
I recently decided that after this summer season in Greece, I would like to work for a winter season somewhere else, and I am still in the beginning phase of deciding where I should go.
Ireland was one of my first choices because of my proficiency in English. Would I be able to easily find a good job from mid-October until the end of March? How is the life of seasonal workers in Ireland?
My other choices are Austria or Switzerland, but my German is still not work-ready, which is why I was thinking of Ireland, plus my Godfather is half-Irish and told me how good and hospitable the Irish are!
Thank you for your answers
ps: I can work even in remote places.
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2024.05.16 20:37 HibiscusRosa Is there seasonal working in Ireland? If yes, how is life for seasonal workers?

Greetings from Greece!
I am an experienced hotel employee in various positions (lately reservations and concierge), and I have been doing summer seasonal work since 2017.
I recently decided that after this summer season in Greece, I would like to work for a winter season somewhere else, and I am still in the beginning phase of deciding where I should go.
Ireland was one of my first choices because of my proficiency in English. Would I be able to easily find a good job from mid-October until the end of March? How is the life of seasonal workers in Ireland?
My other choices are Austria or Switzerland, but my German is still not work-ready, which is why I was thinking of Ireland, plus my Godfather is half-Irish and told me how good and hospitable the Irish are!
Thank you for your answersan
ps: I can work even in remote places.
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2024.05.16 19:32 MarcusFizer Job Posting: 100k Base, 100k+ Bonuses

Hey Everyone!
We are a fairly small company needing help. We are looking for a motivated entrepreneur to join our team. The job posting is below. No experience needed, just someone who wants to invest themselves into growing our company. Ideally, the right candidate would help us grow and we would give them equity share.
Company grosses 5M, and nets over 2M a year. So it’s still fairly small and there is an extreme opportunity for growth. It’s a real estate based company. Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day.
We are searching for a motivated and collaborative individual to help manage and innovate within our luxury vacation rental enterprise. This role demands a highly intelligent candidate with exceptional research skills, ready to contribute unique solutions for business expansion. The position offers significant earning potential, with compensation based on commission and regular performance evaluations each month. While previous experience is a plus, it is not mandatory. This position is primarily, if not entirely, remote, yet requires high availability by phone to ensure responsive and effective communication.
Responsibilities:
Operational Consulting: Analyze current processes to identify inefficiencies and optimize income. Develop and implement strategies aimed at reducing expenses and enhancing overall profitability, leveraging insights to drive continuous improvement across all operations.
Workflow Optimization: Streamline processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness within the company. Implement best practices in workflow management to ensure smooth operations across all departments. Oversee the hiring process to ensure the recruitment of skilled personnel, further optimizing departmental efficiency and productivity.
Sales Management: Oversee the sales operations specific to property management and arbitrage, driving sales strategies and achieving revenue targets. Ensure a strong alignment between sales goals and business objectives.
Maintenance Oversight: Manage and supervise maintenance crews, ensuring high-quality maintenance services. Oversee the hiring and integration of contractors, enhancing our capacity to deliver excellent service.
Construction Management: Lead the vetting process for construction budgets and project plans to ensure financial and operational feasibility. Manage construction projects from inception to completion, ensuring they meet set timelines and budget constraints.
Deal Analysis: Review and assess potential property deals, providing detailed analysis and recommendations based on financial viability and strategic fit.
Vacation Rental Design: Supervise the overall design and setup of vacation rental properties. Oversee the hiring of contract staff for design and execution, ensuring consistency and quality in guest experience.
Contract Management: Manage relationships with contractors and external partners, ensuring contracts are fulfilled according to terms and projects are delivered as expected.
Market Analysis and Strategic Investment: Conduct comprehensive research into amenities and property features prevalent in leading short-term rentals to identify revenue-enhancing opportunities. Analyze potential investment locations, assessing gaps in amenities that offer significant upside when introduced, to strategically position our properties for maximum profitability.
Qualifications: Preferable experience in operations management, property management, construction, or related fields. Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and inspire a team. Excellent organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Proficient in budgeting, project management, researching, and strategic planning. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Compensation: Base Salary: $100,000 - $120,000 annually, commensurate with experience and innovative contributions. Commission Incentives: Potential to earn up to $200,000 annually in commission-based incentives. How to Apply:
Respond via email to contact@luxurycapital.com with answers to the following questions and attach a resume:
What separates you from other candidates applying for this position? What do you hope to achieve for yourself in this position? How do you envision your personal and professional development over the next five years? What is your ideal work/life balance?
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2024.05.16 19:24 FinanceV1global Hiring For Part-Time/Full-Time Executive Assistant

Hey all,
Our firm has tried Indeed, Ziprecruiter, etc but it seems to be a lot of spam resumes so we thought we'd try something a little bit less formal and local!
My partners and I have an accounting firm (taxes) and investment firm. We are a young firm but have been around for over a decade. We specialize in income tax planning, helping clients retire peacefully, and managing investments.
At this point we have grown so fast that we are looking for additional help - we are open to part time and/or full time. Given that we have multiple partners I placed the job title as executive assistant as you would be assisting more than one of us (depending on the season and which department is the busiest).
Job duties include:
-Managing our schedule
-Scheduling clients
-Monitoring email inboxes and taking inbound client calls (assisting them)
-Preparing paperwork (applications, beneficiary changes, investment options, gathering client data)
-Data input in tax software/financial planning software.
-Managing office efficiency (If you notice we can do something bettefaster -- implement it).
-Updating social media and client communications
-Learning new software updates and implementing them
-Scheduling lunch meetings and work events
-Misc tasks that need to be done (going to the post office, mailing out documents, etc.)
The above is just a base sample of what we would need done as an executive assistant; however, if you have an interest in the finance/accounting/world travel field -- there is definitely room to get licensed and learn another skill within our firm... We welcome and appreciate that; so no ceilings would be placed on advancement. This may be learning about stocks & bonds, how to save money on taxes, in's and out's of real estate, life insurance, long term care insurance, Medicare, etc. This would be a very good opportunity for a college student looking to break into the industry - but just to clarify this is a PAID position; not an internship (however it would qualify for college credits - must check with university first).
The ideal candidate is a self-starter and can function independently. We work in a high stress field but our clients are amazing people and we are definitely laid back. If you're open to travel we will pay for you to attend conferences with us (flights, hotels, meals, etc) to help us drive the business forward. We are looking for more of a teammate that is invested in the growth of the firm rather than an employee who just punches the clock. Our goal is to grow together; and see you grow in your knowledge and expertise as well. We take pride in what we do so we would expect the same of you.
Starting pay depends on experience. You would be starting as a 1099 contractor in the beginning to see if this is a good fit for everyone involved. Must have your own transportation and be able to pass a background test and fingerprinting (cannot have felonies/crimes/misdemeanors involving financial matters. We will be implementing a profit share so we can all enjoy success and growth together.
No need for a formal resume as I feel that doesn't tell us much about who you are. A brief summary about yourself, your goals in life, why you'd be interested in working with us, and any questions you may have would be a great start! Please include your name and phone number for a call back.
Our email is: [financialhiringv1@gmail.com](mailto:financialhiringv1@gmail.com)
Thank you Vegas - Talk soon.
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2024.05.16 19:22 ITeeVee Should I just wait for my job to call back?

Long story short, I applied to an rehab center for dogs where we watch and take care of dogs who are left for the day. I dropped my resume in person and immediately got a call (well the next day or two) and they were really interested in my previous experience at an animal shelter and also my tailored objective (also cause I sent my resume right before they made an indeed post and mine was in person). I went in for an “interview” last Friday which was more of them showing me around the whole place and stuff. Then they said they’d get back to me in a week cause other people applied too.
It’s almost been a week, which means I might not actually get the job. But I am being pressured and told to go there in person and FOLLOW-UP with them so they can see I care which I personally think is a waste of time and more likely to drop my chances if I had any. Maybe I am wrong? So I’m asking the question here.
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2024.05.16 17:53 cllxc [HIRING] Remote Sales Representative

Join Our Sales Team at Concierge Elite
We're looking for dynamic Sales Professionals
Role: Sales Professional & Appointment Setter
Earnings: $3/hr + commission
Leads: Work with ready-to-engage leads, reducing cold calls.
Flexibility: Set your schedule in EST/CST/PST
Support: Access our sales training and resources from day one.
Responsibilities: Lead Outreach, Appointment Setting, understanding client needs, maintaining strong relationships, email marketing, and lead generation.
Requirements: - Proven sales experience. - Strong communication and negotiation skills. - Self-motivated and able to work independently or as a team. - Email marketing experience is a plus.
Why Us? Become part of a team dedicated to excellence and financial success.
To Apply: Send your resume and cover letter detailing your sales experience through this link https://conciergeelite.breezy.hp/ed9cb968caa3-remote-sales-representative?state=published
Visit vocaroo.com, record the script provided, and include the link in your application.
Script:
"Hello, my name is [Your Name]. I represent Concierge Elite. Are you currently hiring? Great, where could I send my resume? Thank you and we will talk soon"
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2024.05.16 13:42 Sweet-Count2557 Ras Village Guest House in Rasdhoo, Maldives

Ras Village Guest House in Rasdhoo, Maldives
Ras Village Guest House in Rasdhoo, Maldives
Ras Village Guest House: Your Serene Escape in Rasdhoo, Maldives
Price Level: $
Hotel Class: 3
Welcome to Ras Village Guest House, a hidden gem nestled in the picturesque island of Rasdhoo, Maldives. Situated in the tranquil Alif Alif Rasdhoo, this charming hotel offers a serene escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. With a convenient 75-minute speed boat ride from the airport, Ras Village ensures a seamless journey for our guests. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of the Maldives as you wake up to the sight of crystal clear waters, the soothing sound of waves crashing on the beach, and the gentle ocean breeze caressing your skin. Whether you're seeking relaxation or adventure, Ras Village Guest House is the perfect destination for an unforgettable vacation in paradise.
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Ras Village Guest House in Rasdhoo, Maldives offers a wide range of amenities to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable stay for its guests. The guest house provides suites with wheelchair access, making it accessible for all visitors. Breakfast is included in the stay, allowing guests to start their day off right. For those looking to stay active, there is a fitness center available. Air conditioning is provided in all rooms to keep guests cool in the tropical climate. Internet access is also available, allowing guests to stay connected during their stay. The guest house is beachfront, providing stunning views and easy access to the beach. Room service is available for added convenience. Other amenities include free internet, airport transportation, and free wifi. The guest house also offers non-smoking rooms, laundry service, and a concierge. Families can enjoy their stay in family rooms, and there is a babysitting service available for those traveling with children. The guest house also provides a safe for guests to store their valuables. Each room is equipped with a flatscreen TV for entertainment. Breakfast is available for guests, and housekeeping services are provided. Other amenities include an ATM on-site, baggage storage, and bath/shower facilities. Guests can also enjoy BBQ facilities, boating, and canoeing. Complimentary bottled water is provided, and there is cable/satellite TV available. The guest house offers a range of activities such as diving, fishing, hiking, and windsurfing. For those looking to relax, there are sun loungers and beach chairs available. The guest house also provides a shared lounge area and shops for guests to explore. Snorkeling equipment and water sport rentals are available for those looking to explore the underwater world. Overall, Ras Village Guest House offers a wide range of amenities to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable stay for its guests.
Contact of Ras Village Guest House in Rasdhoo, Maldives
119609786852
Inn Magu Vinavi, 09020
Reservations.rasvillage@gmail.com
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Take some usb memory with you to download a lot of videos. Can be bought locally.As well as go pro camera is a mustAgoda has not checks and balances of what they advertise so please be careful. It’s a scam to get you to book and leave you strandedDont take rooms next to receptionupstairs rooms are more private, request one of those unless you are can't handle a set of stairsThe bikini beach is just at the door steps of the guest house.
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2024.05.16 13:12 mimichan1095 how do i include online shopping experience in resume? + advice re resume and job interviews

hi i'm in my mid 20s, psychology fresh grad, no professional irl work experience. i have an accumulated 3 yrs gap during college due to personal and mental health reasons, that's why i just graduated. all i have is my ojt experience and volunteer work at a hospital. i also had an online shop that i solely managed for over 2 yrs, selling kpop merch and providing services like pasabuy, purchasing assistance, pahanap merch, consolidating other people's items..
i'm leaning more into healthcare jobs since med school talaga original plan ko, di lang natuloy. as much as possible i don't want to do HR work. feel ko nasa med talaga passion ko (and kpop haha naenjoy ko rin talaga mag benta ng kpop merch)
i've done some research, but i still want to read some advice and first hand experiences.
here are my questions:
  1. what should i include in my resume (besides education, experience, skills)? should i include an objective? i read that the harvard resume is the best template. is that ok?
  2. how do i include my online selling experience in the resume? what's a more professional term for it? ecommerce? dropshipping? online sales/retail? should i say i was self-employed or freelance?
  3. is there a career growth in healthcare if you're not a doctonurse/or other licensed professional? the common job positions i see that match my course are medical assistant, clinic receptionist, healthcare csr
  4. what is a good initial salary range i should aim for?
  5. what are common job interview questions? lalo na sa healthcare industry please give tips to pass 🙏🏻
feel free to give additional info, words of encouragement, wisdom, etc. please no harsh words 🥺
thank you so much 🫶🏻
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2024.05.16 12:27 Sweet-Count2557 Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat in Thelu Veliga, Maldives

Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat in Thelu Veliga, Maldives
Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat in Thelu Veliga, Maldives
Discover the Tranquil Beauty of Thelu Veliga, Maldives at Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat
Price Level: $$$$
Hotel Class: 4
Located in Thelu Veliga, Maldives, Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat is a hidden gem that offers a truly unique and intimate experience. With only 10 beach villas and 20 water villas, this boutique island paradise provides a sense of seclusion and tranquility. The resort takes pride in its locally inspired menus, offering a delightful fusion of Continental and Asian cuisine that caters to every palate. Indulge in natural spa treatments that will rejuvenate your mind, body, and soul. For adventure seekers, the resort organizes daily snorkeling trips to the vibrant coral reefs surrounding the island, as well as weekly excursions to the renowned whale shark points. With its signature Maldivian hospitality and breathtaking surroundings, Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat promises an unforgettable stay that will leave you longing to return year after year.
Amenities of Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat in Thelu Veliga, Maldives
Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat in Thelu Veliga, Maldives offers a wide range of amenities to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable stay for its guests. The retreat provides internet access, allowing guests to stay connected during their vacation. With its beachfront location, guests can easily access the pristine white sandy beaches and crystal-clear waters. The retreat also offers room service, ensuring that guests can enjoy meals in the comfort of their own rooms. Free internet and Wi-Fi are available throughout the property, allowing guests to stay connected at all times. Wheelchair access is provided, ensuring that all guests can easily navigate the retreat's facilities. The on-site restaurant and balounge offer a variety of dining options and refreshing beverages. For those looking to relax and unwind, the retreat features a spa where guests can indulge in rejuvenating treatments. Airport transportation is available, making it convenient for guests to reach the retreat upon arrival. The retreat also offers non-smoking rooms, laundry service, concierge assistance, and air conditioning for the comfort of its guests. The multilingual staff ensures that guests from different parts of the world feel welcome and well taken care of. Each room is equipped with a refrigerator and minibar, allowing guests to store and enjoy their favorite snacks and beverages. Babysitting services are available for families traveling with young children, and a safe is provided for guests to store their valuables. The retreat offers a breakfast buffet, ensuring that guests start their day with a delicious and satisfying meal. Private balconies are available in some rooms, providing guests with a tranquil space to relax and enjoy the stunning views. Parking facilities are available for guests traveling with their own vehicles. The retreat also caters to the needs of disabled guests, with facilities designed to ensure their comfort and convenience. For those looking for adventure, the retreat offers canoeing activities. Couples can indulge in a romantic couples massage or a full-body massage at the retreat's spa. Sun loungers, beach chairs, and umbrellas are provided for guests to relax and soak up the sun on the beach. With direct beach access, guests can easily enjoy the beautiful surroundings and take a refreshing dip in the ocean. Overall, Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat offers a wide range of amenities to cater to the needs and preferences of its guests, ensuring a memorable and enjoyable stay in Thelu Veliga, Maldives.
Contact of Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat in Thelu Veliga, Maldives
+960 668-0668
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2024.05.16 11:21 ThrowAway4736295 What are the potential consequences of changing my job title on my resume and LinkedIn?

I know the title sounds shady, but please hear me out. I am not wanting to con potential recruiters, but my title is really weird and doesn’t make sense to anyone outside of my company. I have been job hunting for nearly 2 years and have applied for multiple jobs that are nearly identical to the work I do only to receive rejection emails and rarely am selected to be interviewed. I feel like my title might be part of the issue.
My title is one of a kind so don’t want to post what it is exactly, but it includes the word “Concierge.” Nothing wrong with the word, and would make sense for someone who works in hotels or hospitality. The problem is, is that my company calls the customer service department the concierge team. I do chat, email, and phone support for our network’s intranet system and tools (i.e. CRM system, website, marketing tools, etc.). My LinkedIn recommends hotel concierge jobs all the time since it is in my title, and in the handful of interviews I have had in the last year, a couple of the people I spoke with asked me to clarify what concierge was. Because of this, I want to change the word “Concierge” to “Customer Service” in my title because I feel it’s less confusing and still true to what I do. If I change my title like this, how would a potential new employer react if they found out about it? Would it cause issues or be a big deal?
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2024.05.16 11:19 Asleep_Outside_5691 My [26M] girlfriend [24F] is falling further behind in life... How do I find out where this is going?

I want to apologize in advance if this comes off as a pure rant. Of course there's also pros and not only cons, but I just needed to get this off my chest.
I met my girlfriend in engineering college around 3 years ago, back then we were both pretty young but things have changed since then and I feel like we're at completely different places in life. I'm employed and working on finishing my masters degree in the next year or so. And I'm wanting to have kids by around 33-34. Whereas she hasn't studied in all the past years, and she's still only 10% (at best) done with her undergrad degree. Plus she's only ever worked part time (like 5 hours a week) as a tutor for high school kids.
She just does not have a plan. I'm not talking about having great ambitions or expecting her to have her entire career planned out. She's really just treading water at the moment. Every day she just wakes up and starts scrolling on her phone or watching Netflix. No sense of urgency, no applying for jobs, no studying, no hobbies, no exercising. (and yes, she already is in therapy)
As shitty as it sounds, I often thought to myself "I wish I was with someone who's just normal". Or "I wish my girlfriend was reliable". Whereas as a teen or even early 20s guy this probably wasn't high on my priority list, I've found that nowadays I find it really really attractive when a woman is some combination of smart, educated and ambitious. And the fun part is, my girlfriend IS smart, she's scored around 130 on several IQ tests. But every conversation with her just feels dull. She has nothing to tell me since she doesn't read or follow the news and doesn't have hobbies either. She knows next to nothing about history (didn't even know japan was involved in WW2 for example), politics, tech or whatever topic one would want to talk about. Plus she thinks philosophizing is lame, so no deep talk. I just don't want to only ever talk about the weather and what other people are doing/saying.
She's 24, and yes, objectively that's still young, but also not that young. I only see two options for her near future right now:
  1. She continues studying engineering, and by the time she finishes her degree she will be 30 assuming she starts right NOW (and yes, attaining just your undergrad degree can take this long in my country). So she will be 30, with an empty resume, probably won't have the easiest time finding a job. And by the time she's 31 or 32, we would be having kids, further disrupting her career.
  2. She does something else. But that would require her admitting to herself that she "failed". At the moment she's just not able to do this. She'd probably need a couple more years of personal growth to get to this point.
I just keep losing hope by the day. The clock is ticking and the pressure is mounting. But on the other hand I don't want to just give up on her. I also had severe episodes of depression in the past and I only really figured out what I wanted to do at age 24. Before that I didn't really work hard and plan for the future. She's only 24 too, so it would feel hypocritical for me to hold her to such high standards. Maybe I'm overthinking and placing too much emphasis on professional success, or maybe I'm correct to be concerned, since this carries over into every area of your life. I really don't know...
Anyways. I'm just hoping someone reads my wall of text, and really, any input is appreciated. Thank you for coming to my TED talk! :)
Tl;dr: My girlfriend has no job/education/ambition and no plans whereas I'm trying hard to build a better future. I'm clinging onto the hope of her getting better soon. But I don't know how to find out where this is going?
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2024.05.16 11:17 ThrowAway4736295 What are the potential consequences of changing my job title on my resume and LinkedIn?

I know the title sounds shady, but please hear me out. I am not wanting to con potential recruiters, but my title is really weird and doesn’t make sense to anyone outside of my company. I have been job hunting for nearly 2 years and have applied for multiple jobs that are nearly identical to the work I do only to receive rejection emails and rarely am selected to be interviewed. I feel like my title might be part of the issue.
My title is one of a kind so don’t want to post what it is exactly, but it includes the word “Concierge.” Nothing wrong with the word, and would make sense for someone who works in hotels or hospitality. The problem is, is that my company calls the customer service department the concierge team. I do chat, email, and phone support for our network’s intranet system and tools (i.e. CRM system, website, marketing tools, etc.). My LinkedIn recommends hotel concierge jobs all the time since it is in my title, and in the handful of interviews I have had in the last year, a couple of the people I spoke with asked me to clarify what concierge was. Because of this, I want to change the word “Concierge” to “Customer Service” in my title because I feel it’s less confusing and still true to what I do. If I change my title like this, how would a potential new employer react if they found out about it? Would it cause issues or be a big deal?
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2024.05.16 11:11 Asleep_Outside_5691 My [26M] girlfriend [24F] is falling further behind in life...

I want to apologize in advance if this comes off as a pure rant. Of course there's also pros and not only cons, but I just needed to get this off my chest.
I met my girlfriend in engineering college around 3 years ago, back then we were both pretty young but things have changed since then and I feel like we're at completely different places in life. I'm employed and working on finishing my masters degree in the next year or so. And I'm wanting to have kids by around 33-34. Whereas she hasn't studied in all the past years, and she's still only 10% (at best) done with her undergrad degree. Plus she's only ever worked part time (like 5 hours a week) as a tutor for high school kids.
She just does not have a plan. I'm not talking about having great ambitions or expecting her to have her entire career planned out. She's really just treading water at the moment. Every day she just wakes up and starts scrolling on her phone or watching Netflix. No sense of urgency, no applying for jobs, no studying, no hobbies, no exercising. (and yes, she already is in therapy)
As shitty as it sounds, I often thought to myself "I wish I was with someone who's just normal". Or "I wish my girlfriend was reliable". Whereas as a teen or even early 20s guy this probably wasn't high on my priority list, I've found that nowadays I find it really really attractive when a woman is some combination of smart, educated and ambitious. And the fun part is, my girlfriend IS smart, she's scored around 130 on several IQ tests. But every conversation with her just feels dull. She has nothing to tell me since she doesn't read or follow the news and doesn't have hobbies either. She knows next to nothing about history (didn't even know japan was involved in WW2 for example), politics, tech or whatever topic one would want to talk about. Plus she thinks philosophizing is lame, so no deep talk. I just don't want to only ever talk about the weather and what other people are doing/saying.
She's 24, and yes, objectively that's still young, but also not that young. I only see two options for her near future right now:
  1. She continues studying engineering, and by the time she finishes her degree she will be 30 assuming she starts right NOW (and yes, attaining just your undergrad degree can take this long in my country). So she will be 30, with an empty resume, probably won't have the easiest time finding a job. And by the time she's 31 or 32, we would be having kids, further disrupting her career.
  2. She does something else. But that would require her admitting to herself that she "failed". At the moment she's just not able to do this. She'd probably need a couple more years of personal growth to get to this point.
I just keep losing hope by the day. The clock is ticking and the pressure is mounting. But on the other hand I don't want to just give up on her. I also had severe episodes of depression in the past and I only really figured out what I wanted to do at age 24. Before that I didn't really work hard and plan for the future. She's only 24 too, so it would feel hypocritical for me to hold her to such high standards. Maybe I'm overthinking and placing too much emphasis on professional success, or maybe I'm correct to be concerned, since this carries over into every area of your life. I really don't know...
I don't even have a question or anything. I'm just hoping someone reads my wall of text, and really, any input is appreciated. Thank you for coming to my TED talk! :)
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2024.05.16 11:06 Asleep_Outside_5691 My [26M] girlfriend [24F] is falling further behind in life...

I want to apologize in advance if this comes off as a pure rant. Of course there's also pros and not only cons, but I just needed to get this off my chest.
I met my girlfriend in engineering college around 3 years ago, back then we were both pretty young but things have changed since then and I feel like we're at completely different places in life. I'm employed and working on finishing my masters degree in the next year or so. And I'm wanting to have kids by around 33-34. Whereas she hasn't studied in all the past years, and she's still only 10% (at best) done with her undergrad degree. Plus she's only ever worked part time (like 5 hours a week) as a tutor for high school kids.
She just does not have a plan. I'm not talking about having great ambitions or expecting her to have her entire career planned out. She's really just treading water at the moment. Every day she just wakes up and starts scrolling on her phone or watching Netflix. No sense of urgency, no applying for jobs, no studying, no hobbies, no exercising. (and yes, she already is in therapy)
As shitty as it sounds, I often thought to myself "I wish I was with someone who's just normal". Or "I wish my girlfriend was reliable". Whereas as a teen or even early 20s guy this probably wasn't high on my priority list, I've found that nowadays I find it really really attractive when a woman is some combination of smart, educated and ambitious. And the fun part is, my girlfriend IS smart, she's scored around 130 on several IQ tests. But every conversation with her just feels dull. She has nothing to tell me since she doesn't read or follow the news and doesn't have hobbies either. She knows next to nothing about history (didn't even know japan was involved in WW2 for example), politics, tech or whatever topic one would want to talk about. Plus she thinks philosophizing is lame, so no deep talk. I just don't want to only ever talk about the weather and what other people are doing/saying.
She's 24, and yes, objectively that's still young, but also not that young. I only see two options for her near future right now:
1) She continues studying engineering, and by the time she finishes her degree she will be 30 assuming she starts right NOW (and yes, attaining just your undergrad degree can take this long in my country). So she will be 30, with an empty resume, probably won't have the easiest time finding a job. And by the time she's 31 or 32, we would be having kids, further disrupting her career.
2) She does something else. But that would require her admitting to herself that she "failed". At the moment she's just not able to do this. She'd probably need a couple more years of personal growth to get to this point.
I just keep losing hope by the day. The clock is ticking and the pressure is mounting. But on the other hand I don't want to just give up on her. I also had severe episodes of depression in the past and I only really figured out what I wanted to do at age 24. Before that I didn't really work hard and plan for the future. She's only 24 too, so it would feel hypocritical for me to hold her to such high standards. Maybe I'm overthinking and placing too much emphasis on professional success, or maybe I'm correct to be concerned, since this carries over into every area of your life. I really don't know...
I don't even have a question or anything. I'm just hoping someone reads my wall of text, and really, any input is appreciated. Thank you for coming to my TED talk! :)
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