Good morning my witches and wizards.
I'd like to inject some very niche nuance into the discussion surrounding Supergiant's presentation of the Greek Gods in Hades 1 and 2. This will post will be a little long, but I believe context will be helpful when explaining my argument. If you need to get back to kicking [REDACTED]'s ass ASAP, there's a TLDR at the bottom.
I will preface this by saying Hades 2 may be my favorite game of all time, beating out the first by a wide margin (despite me logging over a hundred hours in the original). I've followed Supergiant since the original release of Bastion, played each of their games extensively, and I think I have a passable understanding of the studio's vision. As a result, I view their design choices in good faith.
That being said, I have a few very minor concerns. While they are nowhere near enough to sour the experience for me, I would like to express the thoughts that have been banging around in my head. Spoilers below.
Table of Contents

1. Why do you care?
2. What's your problem?
3. What does your smelly uncle have to do with this?
4. Giving props for the small details.

1 - Why do you care?

For context, I am a Greek man who was the first generation born and raised in the United States. Greek was my first language, I was raised by a Greek community, and I've been heavily involved in our customs since birth. While many people think ancient culture is completely disconnected from modern Greek beliefs, this is inaccurate. No, I don't pray to a shrine of Poseidon when I go fishing. However, many of the stories, beliefs, and morals that were described by the ancient Greek pantheon remained key parts of our culture throughout the transition into modernity.
For example, a common theme in ancient Greek mythology is that of a god secretly traveling on earth, being offered hospitality by unsuspecting mortals, and then rewarding them for their generosity. This is represented in modern culture by the term "philoxenia" which represents our value of being friendly towards strangers. Relationships like these represent the fact that we still value our ancient culture, albeit through modern representation of its ideas. I see many moral, theological, and literary threads that connect the time of the pantheon with the time of modern christianity. As a result, I am passionate about how our ancient culture is represented. In many small ways, it is still a part of me.

2 - Whats your problem?

I started thinking deeply after a recent post on the subreddit (rightfully) condemning racist remarks towards the characterization of Hermes. I think the general consensus of correct - the design of the gods are amazing, and they do a great job representing how many different cultures were involved in worshiping the Pantheon in ancient times. Ancient Greeks traded with others, spread their beliefs far and wide, and often praised the virtues of other cultures (such as Ethiopia) through art and literature. This is represented well by diverse design in-game.
However, despite the fact that the characters in Hades visually represent the variety of people who engaged with the pantheon, I sometimes feel that their traits and voices don't represent Greekness. To put it in other words, the gods are fantastic at giving off the aura of Greek mythology, but less so at giving off the aura of Greek culture.

3 - What does you smelly uncle have to do with this?

My primary complaint is Supergiant's approach when choosing character voices. To preface - THE VOICE ACTING IS AMAZING! There's not a single character whose voice doesn't fit their design and personality. I'm still amazed that Darren Korb managed to nail both Skelly and Zag. However, what interferes with my immersion the most is the choice not to use Greek accents at all.
Hephaestus in the sequel looks exactly like my immigrant uncle in real life. However, every time he speaks, I'm left wondering why he sounds Scottish. Judy Alice Lee did an amazing job voicing Melinoe, but when she speaks Greek (ie. Kataskion Aski) during her incantations, it sounds more like a British classics student practicing her Greek lines. Greek-speakers are a vast minority of the player base, and I get that this is something only someone in my position can notice and complain about. However, it feels like voices were chosen based on what Americans think sounds "regal and godly" as opposed to what characters would sound like in the context of the culture.
I don't think this was done intentionally, and there are definitely limitations when casting voices that don't come in common accents. However, I do think it is a missed opportunity to create a work of art that represents our culture far more deeply than other media has in the past.
Another small example is the use of Roman numerals when marking the doors in Tartatus and Chronos' clock attacks. In the context of the story, these symbols are being used a few centuries too early. Why not use Greek letters as the numerical system, counting down doors through ε, δ, γ, β ,α until the end? It may be confusing on the first run, but people learn quickly - they may even walk away understanding more about the Greek alphabet. I'm sure the creative minds at Supergiant could come up with other ways to represent "time" in a way that fits the cultural context.

4 - Props for the small details

I'd like to give props to some of the amazing tiny details that did make me feel represented in-game.

• Frinos and Toula are incredible names for familiars - if I don't get a dog named Osto next, I'll riot.
• The music, as usual, is magically done. Darren's use of culturally relevant instruments alongside his own flair proves that he is among the most thoughtful and skilled in the entire industry.
• Polyphemus' design is so Greek. The chest hair, the evil eye, his desire to eat and sleep, all of it.
• While pronunciation and accents can be bizzare, including Greek phrases when Melinoe is doing her incantations is an incredible touch. I would love to see more spoken Greek included in future updates.

Thank you for reading my rant. I understand that much of what I would have preferred is out of the scope of the team's vision, but I wanted to get my thoughts out so I can finally put them to rest. I hope my argument about cultural representation can be separated from the more negative and insensitive discourse about racial traits in character design.
Ν'αστε καλά. Θάνατοσ στο Χρόνοσ.
TLDR: The discourse around Supergiant's presentation of Hades characters has been bipolar - either "It's Perfect" or "It's Horrible". I think it is much closer to perfect than not, but as a Greek myself, I find myself begrudgingly accepting some very minor details (such as dubbing and pronunciation) that could have been executed a tad more thoughtfully. That being said, I think Supergiant did their best considering the resources available to them.

Creation of the Realms
In the beginning there where two beings one of Light and one of Dark Aether one represented Creation and the other Destruction, both of these entities created the Realms of Draakana and Avalar which would become the homes of various species but especially Dragons which where created by the beings to bring forth magic into the realms. However they also created one specific Dragon a purple one that would be able to control all elements including Aether itself, this purple Dragon and all the ones that would follow would protect the Realms and bring an era of change either whether good or bad was up for the Dragon themselves to decide.
The Banishment of the Dragons
Formerly the Dragons lived in what is now known as the Forgotten Realms it was here where their species truly flourished, they build much of realms infrastructure and brought an era of peace across all species in these lands. It was during these times when the connection with Avalar was first founded and both realms entered an age of progress, however eventually a certain Sorceress grew to resent the Dragons believing them to hoard all the magic for themselves and banished them to the other side of the world, and with this the magic across the Forgotten Realms would slowly fade away over time with the portal that led to Avalar being the first to close.
The Founding of the Dragon Realms
When the Dragons awoke in the land they found themselves in they slowly but surely recreated their new home on the Island which would eventually become Dreamweavers. However this Island would eventually become to small for their civilization, and one brave Sea Dragon would set out to find a new home for her and her children. And after a long and exhausting swim she found land but after dragging herself to shore she collapsed and passed away her children would become the first inhabitans of what is now known as Dragon Shores, with the other Dragons following soon after.
The events of the OG trilogy happen
A thousand years after the Dragons have made their home in the new Realms a new purple Dragon was born who became known as Spyro, and whilst Spyro was mostly a thrill seeking young Dragon who didn't care about things such as destiny he would through his adventures bring the Realms into a new age of peace and prosperity. His story began when a creature known as Gnasty Gnorc who after causing much mischief across the Realms because he felt that he didn't fit in with the other creatures, with him having a particular interest in learing magic this caused the Dragons to eventually banish him to the Junkyard which Gnasty build his own kingdom in with him creating othe Gnorcs out of the stolen treasures of the Dragons.
Now Gnasty Always had plans to one day return to the Dragon Realms and take it for himself but after being insulted on live television he decided to put that plan into action now, and with one devasting hit of magic all the Dragons where turned into statues except for Spyro who didn't know it at the time but his ties to Aether had protected him from Gnasty's magic. After this Spyro would go about his first adventure freeing all the Dragons and collecting their stolen gems and eggs all ending with him torching Gnasty, of course Spyro didn't cause any permanent harm to him just enough to hopefully teach him a lesson
Sortly after Spyro's first adventure he found himself into a new mess, having brought to the Realms of Avalar which has been taking over by a small creature called Ripto nobody fully knows where Ripto has come from, perhaps a realm far away from both Draakana and Avalar but seeing how he has a hatred for Dragons it shows that he lives in a place near them. It is during this adventure that Spyro starts to take his role as a purple Dragon more serious whether unintional or not, with him bringing the various warring races of Avalar together and bringing peace across the lands and eventually leading to both Avalar and Draakana re-establishing contact. This adventure eventually ending in him defeating Ripto (or so it seems) and getting the vacation he wanted in the first place.
And now Spyro's last adventure of the og trilogy atleast, after a Thousand years of the magic slowly disapearing in the Forgotten Realms the Sorceress also notices that the magic she uses to keep herself alive is fading as well, with the signs of aging apearing across her body. Not just this but the portals across the Realms are shutting off one by one which would cause trouble for her dominion over the lands, she eventually caught wind of a young dragons adventures and learns where the Dragons have choosen to live after she banished them, and send her apprentice Bianca to steal their eggs, with Bianca believing that she wanted to bring the Dragons back to the Forgotten Realms to bring the magic back. Of course it was Spyro's job to get the Eggs back together with Hunter who choose to travel with Spyro to the Dragon Realms after his adventure in Avalar, and much like before Spyro would help the inhabitans of the Forgotten Realms and thanks to his Aether magic the longer he stays in the Realms the more the magic came back.
A short while into their adventure Hunter and Bianca would start to interact and would begin to catch feelings for eachother, much to the chagrin of Spyro which to be fair if your best friend felt in love with somebody who kidnapped the babies of your species you would not be happy either. But luckily for Spyro after Bianca learned that what the Sorceress plan is for the baby Dragons she would start to help Spyro and Hunter, and eventually Spyro would defeat the Sorceress once in her castle and later for good in the super bonus round.
After this the Forgotten Realms restablished contact with the Dragon Realms and became known as the United Realms under Bianca's leadership, it was also after this that the portal to Avalar was permantly openend only in the United Realms instead of the Dragon Realms thanks to the Professor having to go of old tomes, of course this was easily remedied when the Dragons gave the proper coordinates. This resulted in the cultural exchange between all Realms and a large group of Avalarians to move to Draakana, who created the Valley of New Avalar or just the Valley of Avalar as most called it.
What came after
Most of the events that happenend after the Forgotten Realms are of minor note, such as Spyro freeing the Fairylands from Grendor and saving the Dragonflies twice with the second time being caused by Ripto. The one thing of note with this even is that Spyro started to experiment with a different element mainly bubble breath, which he got access to thanks to Bianca who uncovered runes from the old dragon civilization it is even believed that these runes where created by the first Purple Dragon.
And now we get to the interesting bits, an elder by the name of Red got corrupted by the Sorcerer to plant Dark Gems (which another Dark Master would use later), in order to drain the land of Magic. And whilst Spyro would of course defeat Red the Sorcerer was in the meantime looking into the origins of Aether and the Purple Dragon, this let him to the Shadow Realm a place beyond creation. And after the defeat of Red he set his plan into motion to tap into these Shadow Realms by releasing the Calamity, which trapped everyone from Draakana and Avalar in the Shadow Realm whilst also draining them of their magic, it is also thanks to his meddling with Dark Aether that resulted in his Purple scales. And whilst Spyro would defeat him just like any other villain before hand the Calamity would have had irreparable damage to the world such as the formation of the Ancient Grove a poisonous forest that corrupts all that enter it. And it even changed the nature of the Purple Dragon.
The Age of Malefor
After an unknown amount of time Spyro would grow older and more powerfull having returned to his home of Artisans but some noticed that he would start to behave oddly, he would start to become more and more obsessed with Aether and other elements and eventually fell to the temptations of Dark Aether. This let him to be exiled and he eventually found himself in a place where Dark Aether was most abundant a place that would eventually become the well of souls. If only the Elders had paid attention to Spyro they would have noticed the weird glow in his eyes, and the fact that it looked as if there was something missing. This now soulless husk that was once the Hero of the Realms completely taken over by Dark Aether now dubbed himself Malefor the Dark Master, and he let a campaign of terror against his own kind, destroying the Artisans homeworld leaving it as a useless ruins that got covered up by the ground only to be rediscovered in the future and be renamed as the Ruins of Warfang. The same happenend to the Dream Weavers which Malefor let fall to the ground destroying the landscape and distorting it with runaway magic. Together with his Ape army he waged war agains all other Realms, using the improved Dark Gems now known as Dark Crystals to drain magic of both Dragons and other creatures to fuel his army and ambitions. Luckily for the rest of the world the Dragon Elders and Spyro's old friends managed to corner Malefor and trap him in the Shadow Realms or atleast his Essence, whilst the evil force that has taken his souls place was trapped in the well of Souls.
The Legend begins
Despite Malefor being trapped the damage was still done, much of the world was without magic and the portals became useless, not just that but many started to mistrust Dragons thanks to the ongoing war and many dragons have been killed during the war. But all would change when a new Purple Dragon would be born, who would for some reason insist on being called Spyro not even he knows why. After an attack from the apes on his home with the Dragonflies Spyro learns he isn't one of them and sets out to find where he belongs. It was at this moment that the found Ignitus the Dragon that was task with gaurding the eggs all those years ago, and after learning his name he was of course suprised but the decided to keep it to himself. After their meeting Spyro and Ignitus would retake the Temple and set out to save the othe Gaurdians from Cynder, with him traveling to the Elemental islands which cumulated in him ending up saving Ignitus in the ruins of Dreamweavers now known as the Concurrent Skies, it was here where Spyro learned about Cynders past and followed her to Convexity the place where the Dragon Realms and the Shadow Realms meet. And where Spyro and Cynder fought and whilst Spyro did defeat and save Cynder from her corruption but Malefor's essence is freed from the Shadow Realm, since then Cynder lived with Spyro and the Gaurdians at the Temple but what she has done under Malefors control still haunts her.
A couple of weeks later the Eternal Night approaches an event where the two celestial moons would eclipse and allow spirits to wander the Well of Souls, Spyro would be sent out to stop the Ape king Gaul and to find Cynder who fled the Dragon Temple thanks to her guilt, with spyro also having been tasked with finding the chronicler who has been contacting Spyro in his dreams. Spyros first stop would be the Ancient Grove a large forest that was corrupted by Dark Aether during the Calamity that at this point happenend centuries ago, and is gaurded by Arborik a large tree golem that was created by Malefor as an artificial soldier. But after Spyro defeated him he was kidnapped by a group of pirates and forced into an arena, it was during this time he got a letter addressed by Hunter of Avalar and had a short reunion with Cynder before Gauls forces attacked the pirates and kidnapped her, Spyro used the distraction to escape the pirates but during is flight away from the ship he fell unconscious thanks to the Chronicler, only to be saved by a leviathan who brought him to the shores of the White Isle.
The White Isle is an ancient Island that houses all of Dragon knowledge and is believed to have been created since the beginning of time, with the first Chronicler being also the first Purple Dragon. After Spyro met the Chronicler he told him that he led Spyro here to wait out Malefors return, but after Spyro learned that this would cause Cynder to return to Malefors control he choose to go to the Well of Souls to stop him there and then. And after a long battle on his way to the top and a fight against Gaul who incapacitated Cynder Spyro would fall in the energy beam that sat at the center of the arena, which caused Dark Aether to start corrupting the young Dragon much like it had done before with his previous life. And after this newly formed "Dark Spyro" gave Gaul the finishing blow he flew up to Cynder and Sparx who where horrified to see what had become of Spyro, with Cynder tackling Spyro out of the Energy beam which luckily turned him back to normal. But the Well of Souls started to collapse around them thanks to Malefors return, so Spyro would use his Dragon time ability to freeze them into a large crystal and protect them from the collapsing mountain.
During this three years would pass and during those years Malefor would cause even more damage to the world, first he corrupted the apes into shadowy monsters because he felt that they only followed him for power instead of loyalty, and then he destroyed the magic Crafters homeworld turning it into the Burned Lands whilst raising the ancient temples high up into the skies. After this he sent out his new artificial soldiers out to attack the Realms and used Dark Crystals to once again drain the lands of magic. At the end of those three years Hunter would finally find Spyro and Cynder only to be beaten by Malefors forces who took them to the catacombs which at some point where known as the Celestial Plains, both Spyro and Cynder would wake up at this place and fight their way out of it and finally meet up with Hunter who explained that he was sent out by Ignitus after Spyro didn't return to the temple, as well as the three years that they where absent.
After this they join him and travel to Warfang after a quick disagreement in the Valley of Avalar, a name that for some reason sound familiar to Spyro they found themselves in Warfang, right in the middle of a seige by Malefors army. And after Spyro and Cynder fight themselves through he city and defeat the giant lava golem they reunite with Ignitus, with Cynder asking if they could do something about the magic chains that keep Spyro and Cynder trapped together only to learn much to her annoyance that there is nothing they could do about it. After a short celebration of their victory malefor would announce the return of the Destroyer who would created the belt of fire that will destroy all life on the planet, so Spyro and Cynder would go through the Ruins of Warfang which housed the leftovers of Artisans and open the gate for the Gaurdians and other Dragons to ambush the destroyer in the valley.
After making their way to the valley they noticed that the Destroyer moved to quickly to catch up to them, only for Cynder to suggest to blow the Dam so that the water would slow it down. And so they did after which they destroyed the Dark Crystals that controlled the beast including the ones on the inside, but before they could celebrate Malefor reanimated it with his dark powers this let Ignitus with no choice but to take Spyro and Cynder through the now weaker belt of fire to confront Malefor head on, whilst sending the other Gaurdians to help the other inhabitants to hide underground far away from the surface. However even with Ignitus being an fire Gaurdian the flames eventually overtake him and with his last powers sents Spyro and Cynder through the belt killing him in the progress, this leaves Spyro distraught and he lets the darkness overtake him luckily for him Cynder is there to remind him that he's not alone. And both race through the Burned Lands and the Floating Isle's to confront Malefor before it is to late.
After finally making their way to Malefor the two Purple Dragons finally meet, with Malefor starting to create doubts in both Spyro and Cynder which allows him to sortly retake control of Cynder. During this Malefor would start to taunt Spyro leaving some hints about how they're the same, something Spyro would mistake as meaning something else and he almost gave up completely believing he had failed to protect Cynder, Ignitus and the others. This allowed Cynder to break free, and Malefor to fly in a fit of rage with the battle for the fate of the world finally beginning.
At first they battled high above the volcano but after the Destroyer finally entered it the planet started to break apart, and the fight went on in the same Volcano and the falling Temple that Malefor called home. With them eventually making their way to the core of the Planet, which was made from solid Aether, and with both sides giving one last Aether attack with Spyro and Cynder finally overtaking Malefor he falls on the Crystal and the Light Aether spirits take Malefor away, and hopefully destroying the Dark Spirit that had taken over the old Spyro's body all those centuries ago. But this wasn't the end yet because even with Malefor gone the world was still falling apart, and Spyro saw one last option telling Cynder to leave to life another day for he might not make it out this time, but Cynder choose to stay by Spyro's side and with one last use of Dragon time now amplified by Light Aether, and Cynders declaration of love Spyro stopped the world from falling apart creating a new era for the survivors.
And that's where our story ends the world now exists as a group of floating islands hold together by magic which finally started to really return, and Ignitus became the new Chronicler who started to look where Spyro and Cynder ended up, seeing how they're not in the book of dead dragons. What happens after this is anyones guess, maybe a new Purple Dragon would be born who would protect these newly formed Skylands.

All names were changed for the sake of anonymity.
Context: When I moved to Canada 4 years ago, I got a local phone number. Soon after, I have received at least 1 call a month asking for John Doe, and asking if he wanted to talk about Crpyto or banking stuff, or possible loans. I normally tell them they have the wrong number and hang up.
On Sunday, 9pm (London UK time), I recieved a phone call from the UK. I was running late for work so I just assumed it was another John Doe call. A british man (which surprised me because normally i get strange accents) on the line asks me if i've been recieving calls regarding John Doe! I say yes? and he asks me to answer some clarifying questions. I ask what this is regards to, and he tells me that there has been a lawsuit started against John Doe, and that they're trying to collect evidence. To be completely honest, it sounded cool, and I wanted to put an end to the random phone calls I receive, so I agreed. He asked for my name, I gave only my first. Answered a bunch of questions, and then requested he send a legal document for consent via email if he wants any further information.
Here is where I feel I messed up: I gave my personal email, which, while running late for work, I didn't realise could possibly be used against me as it contained my first name, middle initial, and last name. When he asked me to confirm the email, he even used the NATO alphabet to confirm, which seemed professional to me, and then when i said "yep" to the last letter, he asked to put me on hold, but the line disconnected. I assumed he would call back but never did. And I've called the number and it's been switched off.
The last 4 days I've checked for emails or missed calls, worrying that I had given away more than I had realised. Maybe a sign-in attempt will be made. Not sure. So far, nothing. Also realised I never asked for the law firm's name or number. Tried to check if the number was associated with anyone, its just a private number from the uk.
What can a scammer do with my first name last name email and phone number?
Is this even a scam? Or just a bad lawfirm?

So help needed -read 3 Trilogies (9 books in total!) it’s an urban / super natural series - first Trilogy set in school, second the main characters growing up -third based around their child, who had amazing powers as a result of the parents, and the ‘baddies’ who came after them and their child Am sure each book started with the same letter of the alphabet - either A or C
Any suggestions please!? Thanks 🤩

let me lay the scene out for you
i am currently doing a 25 year old software course for my last year of highschool, my teacher insists on teaching us outdated concepts and i have only 3 days to finish this assessment we got last week (health issues and shit have stopped me from starting it and i cant get an extension) basically im asking this as a last ditch effort so i dont have the weight of this courses assessment on my shoulders when i have my art major work and legal studies assessment to worry about.
i have completed 2 aspects of the assessment (there are 3) and i do not have the mental capacity to even begin to think about this part of the assessment that is left. please, i am begging anyone who has read this far if you have nothing better to do, please for the love of all that be, write me the code for this part, i know this is a big ask since im sure most of you have lives to attend to, but to those who would like to help me in this trying time of need, please help a brother out.
i will be offering a hand written thank you letter and 1 tf2 key for anyone who completes this for me.
thank you to anyone considering, have a great day/night/solar cycle
anyway here is the requirments: design a menu interface to allow the user to choose from these options using HTML, CSS and JavaScript in one program: ● Enter at least 10 names and scores (preferably from an external text file). ● Sort the data by name using bubble sort. ● Display sorted names with scores. ● Sort the data by score using the sorting technique above and display sorted scores with names. ● Demonstrate the sort process to the user. ● Search the data using linear search and binary search. ● Demonstrate this Search to the user.

I had this idea this morning that in the same way as “the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog” contains all the letters in the English alphabet, it should be possible to write be a story or a book that contains 90% of the vocabulary and grammar you would need to express yourself basically in a language.
Like what if you just read this over and over again until you had internalized all of this vocabulary and grammar. Would you be able to to recombine infinitives to express yourself decently in the language?
Curious if any thoughts on this.

Monday is the first day of the work week that many people dread. Not all people dread it, but some. Let's take a look into the Numerology of Monday to decode the energy and what it can be used for to work with it and not against it.
M - this is the 13th letter of the alphabet vibrating at the energy of 4. The energy of 1 is action and the energy of 3 is connecting with others through collaboration. This puts a focus on responsibilities and for most people, it's a work or school day which connects with this. Although it is about being responsible, it's still the energy of 4 which is mellow and controlled energy. O - this is the 15th letter of the alphabet vibrating at the energy of 6 which is about using your creativity constructively to take care of the tasks or duties you need to take care of. 6 is the number of beauty, duty, and routine. N - 14th letter of the alphabet vibrating at the energy of 5. This is about using your energy to be responsible and making space for enjoyment while doing so. 14 is a karmic number, but not when used correctly. As a karmic number, 14 is about someone who ditched their responsibilities and now have to deal with some challeneges(5). Proper use of this energy is using it for creative purposes. D - 4th letter vibrating at the purest energy of 4 which is about calmness, caution, and security. A - vibrating at 1 as the first letter of the alphabet, this is about action and energy. Y - The 25th letter of the alphabet vibrating at the energy of 7, but through cooperation with others(2) and compassion for others(2) and with the use of creativity (5) or even humor(5). Big lover energy as 5 can point to romance and 2 can point to soulmates.
Monday full numerology comes down to 8 and 8 can represent long and drawn out processes, wait times, and pressure. The dreadful energy can be moreso due to this 8 energy. People can work with this energy by being patient as 8 points to tedious tasks. With this insight, you can now simply start expected a little time in between things and pacing yourself. It can seem like a long day or your duties may be plentiful.
This is a day best utilized in a constructive (8) way with the use of wisdom and calculation(7). The 7 is the soul urge influence of Monday based on the vowels. 2 vowels A and O which equals 7. Being calculating and seeking depth will allow you to master the energy of Monday. Use this day to get the most done with your projects or workloads.
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Why not use the Devanagari script instead of Romanized English while communicating Nepali words/sentences over the Internet?
I realize what I am suggesting is difficult to do. It is much simpler to type the familiar 26 English alphabets on a very user-friendly keyboard than to type 36 consonant letters, 12 vowels, plus 12 independent vowels (आकार / उकार ) on a not-so-familiar keyboard. Additionally, many of us find it difficult to accurately write Nepali words (ह्रस्व दीर्घ र हिज्जे मिलाएर ).
The concern is what will happen to our language in the near future if none of us can accurately write our own language. Even today, we see inaccurately written documents from officials, inaccurately written signboards above shops, and more. Soon, a day might come when only academics studying the Nepali language are able to write proper Nepali.
Now, everyone is free to choose and use the script that is most convenient for them. It may not be practical to switch the keyboard to Nepali/Devanagari every time while chatting or catching up with friends (if we wanted to, we may be able to).
This may not be "the solution" to my concern, but it can be "a solution." With this post, I just want to open a discourse on what you think of this problem. Does it even exist? If yes, is it worth discussing? Is there a way to resolve or mitigate it?

Along with boardgames, i enjoy collecting dice. Came across this interesting d12 at a thrift store and still haven't figured out where it's from. (Only found one result on google but no leads what game it's from...)
It's a red 12 sided die. The sides say VERB - FENX - MARZ - YODS - GOAL - PURC - LINQ - JENT - HUSA - WILT - SKID - MADE IN TAIWAN. I'm assuming it's from a boardgame involving spelling since all 26 letters of the alphabet are present on here.
Has anyone seen dice like this before?

We talk about passwords a lot (common passwords and password strategies) but we don't talk about pins as much.
This week on his podcast Steve Gibson talked a little about pins. Here are the show notes. He cited a summary of 3.4 million real-world 4-digit pins (from data breaches) plotted in graphic form with first 2 pin digits on vertical axis (scaled 0 to 99) and 2nd 2 digits on the horizontall axis (also scaled 0 to 99) as shown in this graphic
The bright colors are more frequent. You can see a bright diagonal line, which means people are prone to making the 3rd and 4th digits a repeat of the first and 2nd (for example 4747). And the brightest points on that diagonal line are where all 4 digits are the same like 0000, 2222, 7777, 8888. And also 6969 was a popular pin.
There is also a bright horizontal line with vertical values 19 or 20 representing years (probably birth years) with the highest concentration being around 1965 to 1990.
And there's a bright horizontal rectangle between 1-12 on the vertical axis and 1-31 on the horizontal axis probably representing mostly birthdays in form MMDD. And a ligher vertical rectangle between 1-12 on horizontal axis and 1-31 on vertical axis representing birthdays in the form DDMM
But the real kicker, out of those 10,000 possible 4 digit pins, the top 20 most-common pins (0.2%) make up 27% of pins in the set. Those top 20 are: 1234 0000 7777 2000 2222 9999 5555 1122 8888 2001 1111 1212 1004 4444 6969 3333 6666 1313 4321 1010.

• EDIT - There is a more detailed analysis closer to the original source of the information. As u/cryoprof pointed out:
  • The graph is taken from this Reddit post, and was made by infobeautiful, who redrew it (with permission) from the original created by Nick Berry of Data Genetics. Nick's analysis (which is more thorough and insightful than Steve's) can be read here:
  • http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/index.html

There are a variety of pin applications with different requirements and considerations. But using something like a birth year or birth day probably isn't a good idea. You could generate a random numeric pin using the bitwarden password generator and unchecking everything except for digits. You may want it to be memorable though. People may have a variety of ways to extract obscure memorable numbers from real life or invent memorable numbers...
=== warning non-scientific approach ahead, feel free to ignore ===
I'll share one way I came up with to generate memorable pin numbers (or at least re-creatable, as long as you remember the seed word):

1. Come up with a seed word that has the same number of letters as your desired pin.
2. Convert every letter to a number by its position in the alphabet (A=1, B=2... Z=26)
   • For example if your letter is L that corresponds to 12
3. Multiply each number by 3 ^(*)Note1
   • same example, 3*12 = 36
4. Take the last digit of each number, that is the corresponding pin digit.
   • same example, last digit of 36 is 6
5. Put all the pin digits together

That procedure maps the letters to numbers as follows:

• A=3
• B=6
• C=9
• D=2
• E=5
• F=8
• G=1
• H=4
• I=7
• J=0
• K=3
• L=6
• M=9
• N=2
• O=5
• P=8
• Q=1
• R=4
• S=7
• T=0
• U=3
• V=6
• W=9
• X=2
• Y=5
• Z=8

As you can see it spreads the 26 letters out over the 10 digits pretty well (there are 4 digits assigned 2 characters each and 6 digits assigned 3 characters each).
As an example if my word is WARDEN, then my pin would be 934252
It's not great from an entropy perspective. A 6 digit random pin represents one of a million possible 6 digit pins, but my 6 digit example could be derived from one word "warden" which is probably among the 8000 most common words. But personally I take a tiny bit of credit for obscurity of the method (at least until I posted it on reddit, whoops) and it's not like this is a master password (typically a pin is backed up by physical security).... and more importantly this can give a pin which is memorable /recreatable and sometimes that factors into the decision.
(*)Note1 - You could use the same procedure multiplying by 7 (instead of 3), and the 26 letters would again spread out pretty well over the 10 digits... but the multiplication is a bit harder. Or you could multiply by 1 (instead of 3) and the multiplication is trivial and the letters would again spread out over the digits... but in that case the procedure is less obscure.
Take it or leave it, it's just a thought.

I have an unhealthy obsession with organizing storage. I've built a big Silo structure at our home base, and everything there is sorted into chests by name, alphabetically. Some things get multiple chests (wood is a good example). In all, its been a huge hit for everyone in the server because everything people need is easy to find, and when they want to drop something off for storage they just put it in the donation chests for me to organize.
I'm caught between my desire to avoid all spoilers, and my desire to not have to re-build my silo more than once. Expanding the structure is quite difficult, so is reorganizing things because of new items.
Is there a way that I can find a list of all new items, but perhaps only the first letter of the item name? If any of the new items are things that you want or could have multiple chests of (for example, a new common wood type), that would also be useful information. I'm going to have to expand the silo's diameter, and I'm hoping that I won't have to re-build or re-organize it more than I have to.
I thought about looking at the wiki for an item list, but I don't think it's complete and I also am afraid of spoilers.

It's considered somewhat common knowledge to those familiar with To Kill a Mockingbird that Atticus taught Jean Louise to read by allowing her to sit with him every night when he went over his evening newspaper. But it turns out that isn't the entire story. As modern a father as Atticus was, it was someone else who actually got into the nitty gritty of teaching Scout how to read.
Credit actually goes to Calpurnia.
From Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird:

Miss Caroline caught me writing and told me to tell my father to stop teaching me. “Besides,” she said. “We don’t write in the first grade, we print. You won’t learn to write until you’re in the third grade.”
Calpurnia was to blame for this. It kept me from driving her crazy on rainy days, I guess. She would set me a writing task by scrawling the alphabet firmly across the top of a tablet, then copying out a chapter of the Bible beneath. If I reproduced her penmanship satisfactorily, she rewarded me with an open-faced sandwich of bread and butter and sugar. In Calpurnia’s teaching, there was no sentimentality: I seldom pleased her and she seldom rewarded me.

Good old Calpurnia, who was as much a mother to Scout and Jem as she was a housekeeper.
Atticus certainly contributed greatly to the cause, since Scout did read with Atticus at night, and he even mentions that she can continue to do so, even after Miss Caroline discouraged it, but Calpurnia put the early effort into teaching Jean Louise her letters.

So I have a three year old, he just turned three days ago. He’s in SLT and I’ve been told his expressive language is good. It’s the receptive language that’s lagging. She’s referred him for ASD/ADHD testing but after an initial meeting with a paediatrician they don’t think he has either. However the in depth review is still to happen so he could be Autistic, but being his mother I do highly doubt the ADHD.
This review could be 6-12m down the line and I want to help him now. Anyone else in/been in the same boat? There’s a few things I’m concerned about that I’ll list. If anyone has any pointers I’d love to hear them.
He doesn’t seem to understand what we mean when we ask “What’s your name” “How old are you?” He answers how old are you with “I 3!!” but I know he has no idea what it means. He doesn’t ask any wh questions either (Who, What, Why)…it’s almost as if he doesn’t understand the concept that he is a being. Every woman is mummy except for grandma and every man is daddy.
He answers other simple questions. Like if I ask him what the toy he’s playing with is doing eg “what’s shark doing” he’ll usually respond in simple terms like “Shark eating dinosaur” etc if that’s what he’s role playing at the time
The major,major, thing that concerns me is the head banging when upset. He will straight up bang his head into whatever surface is around and it really really stresses me out. I don’t know how to get him to stop. If it is ASD I am completely out of my depth without any help
Beyond this he’s social, makes eye contact, plays with other children. Knows his alphabet, letters, numbers, shapes, animals, planets, colours. I couldn’t be more proud but just want to help him more
Thank you in advance

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Hello everybody! I spent 2 weeks stuck on a decrypt function (I'm a beginner). I managed to fix it with the help of chatgpt, but can you all help explain to me what made this new code work?
Here's my new code:
function decrypt(encryptedMessage, shiftValue) { let decryptedMessage = ""; let charCount = 0; for (let i = 0; i < encryptedMessage.length; i++) { let char = encryptedMessage[i];

 // Skip random letters added during encryption if ((charCount + 1) % 3 === 0) { charCount++; continue; // Skip this character } if (alphabet.includes(char.toLowerCase())) { let index = alphabet.indexOf(char.toLowerCase()); let shiftedIndex = (index - shiftValue) % alphabet.length; if (shiftedIndex < 0) { shiftedIndex += alphabet.length; } decryptedMessage += alphabet[shiftedIndex]; } else { // If not an alphabetic character, just append it to the decrypted message decryptedMessage += char; } charCount++; // Increment character count } return decryptedMessage; 

}
Here's my old code:
function decrypt (encryptedMessage, shiftValue) { let decryptedMessage = ""; let charCount = 0; for (let i = 0; i < encryptedMessage.length; i++) { // Skip random letters added during encryption// if ((charCount + 1) % 3 === 0) { continue; //Skip this character }

 let char = encryptedMessage[i] if (alphabet.includes(char.toLowerCase())) { let index = alphabet.indexOf(char.toLowerCase()); let shiftedIndex = (index - shiftValue) % alphabet.length; //Ensure shiftedIndex is positive// if (shiftedIndex < 0) { shiftedIndex += alphabet.length; } decryptedMessage += alphabet[shiftedIndex]; //Skip if not an alphabetic characte/ } else { } charCount++; //Increment character count } 

// Your decryption code here return decryptedMessage; }
The project was a Caesar's cipher. My original code didn't handle the decryption like it should've, and the problem was that the "random letter after every two characters" wasn't executed the same from my encrypt and decrypt. My encrypt was correct, my decrypt wasn't.
What about this new code allowed my decryption to work? Thank you all in advance

I don't remember a lot of the game but the principal thing i have is that it have an isometric view and the most thing i remember do was place different blocks or something, maybe portals too. There were characters, when i materialize the image of them, i remember a man and a woman, both with some star trek like suit, the man had black hair and the suit maybe was grey. Behind the "isometric" playable map, the background i remember sometimes was black or space and now im remembering that it changes sometimes, for some reason the image of something like a sky with ¿bubbles? in there appears in my mind.
I used to play this in pc in a period when i was a kid (like 2005-2010) and used to play games on an cd emulator so maybe it was between there? i don't know, sry. If it was between those games in the emulator, the emulator had green pxelated letters and black background or something like that but i don't think this is relevant for the game finding.

Platform(s): Windows PC - I believe I played it on XP - specifically accessible through Windows Media Center. At least, that's where I always played it.
Genre: Isometric Action Puzzle Game
Estimated year of release: I believe 2000-2010 Almost certainly wasn't after 2010
Graphics/art style: The whole art direction was very pastel, "cutesy", and cartoony. Every level was made up of a grid of tiles, typically pastel yellow or pink. The camera always centered on your character hopping up and down around the level, with the tiles changing color as your little character hopped on it. I think the score and title was written with big bubble letters. Everything was clearly drawn with pixels but it wasn't 8 or 16-bit. The SFX were also very light cartoony - getting hit by an enemy would make a high pitched "oh" noise
Notable characters: There were many different enemies, but the only character I remember is the main character. You would play a purple little blob with purple ball feet, big black cartoon eyes and a sort of head stalk that ended in a bright yellow star that would swing back and forth.
Notable gameplay mechanics: The game was kind of like Q*bert but flat. Your main character would hop/bounce around on a grid of square tiles that make a sort of level floor - not a pyramid like in Q*bert - and as they hopped on each one it would change color. The goal of each level was to change all the tiles of one color to the other, like from yellow to pink, and avoid whatever enemies there were moving around the stage at the same time. You could play the game with the arrow keys, just pick a direction and your character would hop that way on each tile until you hit an enemy, changed direction, or fell off the stage.
Other details: I always played it through the Windows Media Center application - I would click on that and be able to navigate to a game section to play it. I don't believe it was bundled with it, I can find no information about any WMC bundled games online.