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2011.06.23 03:20 Alexanderr Mac Miller

We're a community for Mac Miller fans. Share & discuss music, share news & views, and join our most dope family.
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2009.02.25 08:00 pallaviwensil r/Spanish: Learn, teach or discuss the 2nd most spoken language by natives

This is the biggest Reddit community dedicated to discussing, teaching, and learning Spanish. Answer or ask questions, share information, stories, and more on themes related to the 2nd most spoken language in the world by native speakers.
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2017.02.14 16:01 CrimsonFlash Affinity Publisher • Layout Software for Mac and Windows

Affinity gives designers exactly what they need for the highest quality artwork, photos and designs—accurate, high quality tools in fast, innovative, reliable apps with flair. A Subreddit for the Serif software, Affinity Publisher
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2024.06.10 03:38 Either-Fall-4773 I’m super talented, but I don’t have legitimate experience

26 F — Also Black, because I think that matters in this instance too.
I specialize in Advertising, Marketing, Graphic Design & Creative Direction. Most of my professional experience is in the beauty industry, but I don’t have a passion for being a “makeup artist” — I’m just an artist, in general.
Sometimes I feel like my work is too “artsy” to be taken seriously, but I really want a solid career in my field. Sometimes I’m embarrassed of the past projects I’ve done because they’re not very “corporate” looking and more on the niche side.
I wrote a book at 15 and self published it. I have over 1,000 reviews and praises on Wattpad, but only 2 5-star reviews when I re-wrote and published it on Amazon. I feel like this project is so old, it’s irrelevant, but I still get a few royalties here and there.
Ive done portrait photography, directing my own photoshoots and sourcing popular models in my city. I’ve done videography, social media marketing (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Wattpad, Tumblr) — on all of these platforms I’ve been able to gain loads of attention in a quick amount of time.
I’ve even done social media managing for friends and family and in just a weeks time their analytics will be over 100,000%
However, for most of my projects I’ve never officially monetized my skill.
Actually, I’ve started a niche YouTube channel 2 MONTHS ago and I’ve already got 5,000 subscribers and fully monetized. About 5 people have joined my Patreon to support ($20/Month I receive from this). I even created my first discord and there’s over 80 women there. This is the FIRST time I’m actually getting paid for what I KNOW how to do.
I decided to get a degree in Advertising & Graphic design. Since high school, I’ve been self taught with pretty much everything. I enrolled in community college (which is free, thank God) 2 years ago and I graduate next year.
I figured going to school and getting a degree would make people take me more seriously, but I feel like opportunities never arise for me— like I have to make them for myself, and even then it’s hard for me to get PAID.
I’m really great at what I do, but whenever I get hired somewhere, I’m bussing tables or flipping burgers. Thankfully, my mom allowed me to stay with her while I finish school — but there’s a lingering fear that all this work …
I don’t own anything except a MacBook and an IPhone, which is all I need to get my job done, but I want a secure future and a stable job doing what I love. Sometimes I feel like my portfolio isn’t good enough or my skill isn’t as great as that of someone who has a masters degree, which will take me an extra 5-6 years to get (by then I will be 33… I don’t want to be living with my mother)
Im also very kind personality wise, but people don’t really gravitate towards me in real life as much as they do online.
What can I do to make sure I’m not a pathetic struggling artist in the next 5 years…
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2024.06.10 03:02 Spiritual-Example165 MBP of facebook mkp

Hey guys, I am planning to buy a MacBook Pro off of a used marketplace such as Facebook marketplace or craigslist. I do understand, and I will do in person meetings, not shipping . I would also like to add that it is most likely going to be an M1 16 inch or perhaps an M3 air, however I am just a little concerned: how do you know if someone has spilled water on it? When I spilled water on my laptop years ago, it was still working so I am just a little concerned about that even if everything else such as screen battery, etc., checks out.
Also, is an 16 inch 16 gb M1 MBP with 512 ssd and 10 core for $1k usd a good deal?
Thank you very much. Cheers.
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2024.06.10 01:35 WarBulky How to fix Keychron K2 v2 Bluetooth Issues

I recently updated the firmware on my Keychron K2 v2 (US Layout) to versions V1.04 and V1.61 (bluetooth + capslock issues), and it ended up breaking the Bluetooth connection. After the updates, the Bluetooth would disconnect every 2-3 seconds, making the keyboard practically unusable in Bluetooth mode.
After some searching, I came across a post where a helpful community member mentioned a specific firmware version (V1.13) that wasn’t anywhere online. I reached out to him, and he kindly sent me the V1.13 firmware.
I'm happy to report that after downgrading to V1.13, the Bluetooth issues were completely resolved, and my keyboard now functions perfectly in Bluetooth mode!
If anyone else is facing similar issues, I recommend trying V1.13 that I am attaching here. The firmware is for Windows, but if I manage to find something for MacOS I will share it as well.
Note that this firmware is verified to work with US Layout Keyboard that has RGB lighting. For me and the community member this was a solution to our issue, but use the firmware at your own risk.
And as of today you are planning to upgrade to V1.04 and V1.61, I recommend you to not do it if you want your bluetooth working for sure. :)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10aNt4c_gBd10yk3pC9OwKzptTOmPtpG1/view
Special credits and thanks to the hero u/TouristCreative6937
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2024.06.10 00:57 bodycountbook Chapter 8: Chris R free preview/chapter summary

Chapter 8: Chris R free preview/chapter summary
CHAPTER 8: CHRIS R. Free Preview/Chapter Summary
This is just a free preview! This is NOT my actual book! This whole page is promo for my upcoming nonfiction novel. 51 men in 51 chapters. Chapters go in chronological order over the course of 15 years of my life. From age 17 to now, age 32.
For a year, I edited one chapter a week. BC there are 51 chapters in my book & theres 52 weeks in a year. Each week I would make a promo infographic for the chapter I edited & posted them.
This is one of those chapter infographics. Chris R. Was my first REAL real boyfriend. I had a bf (Josh aka chapter 3) from my senior year of high school through the beginning of my sophomore year of college. But we were long distance for most of the relationship after the first 6 months… Chris. R was my first real college bf. We were having sleepovers every single night for over a year & essentially living together. He was a great guy.
I was devastated when we broke up. He was everything I THOUGHT I wanted. I’m not one to go through my man’s phone/messages. If I feel like I want/need to go snooping through a man’s stuff, I leave! I’m paranoid AF as it is.
I opened MY MacBook to find his Facebook still up & logged in. I was about to sign out when I noticed there were a few chats open at the bottom. The first/newest chat was with another girl I didn’t know & there was an unread message saying something about meeting up with him while he was home from college for a week in the summer to see his family. I was floored. I only read the last few messages.
I felt sick to my stomach. I logged immediately out of his Facebook & called him. I told him he need to come home & talk. He came home & I confronted him. He apologized & stated that he never actually met up with said female. I didn’t believe him. I didn’t care. I broke up with him & he left.
I wanted him to beg for my forgiveness. I wanted him to grovel. To chase me. He didn’t. I laid in bed and missed class & work for a week or 2. To be fair I skipped a good amount of classes while at JMU, but I had to pay all my own bills & tuition, so I never really missed work. After him I met the first REAL love of my life.
♥️Anonymously E
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2024.06.10 00:38 psikon01 [USA-CA] [H] Flex ATX 300W PSU, Keychron Keycaps, Keychron C1 keyboard, Creative Pebble V2 speakers, CustomMod SL2 APU Cases [W] Local cash

Timestamps

Local only 94520
Moving out soon, need to get rid of these items. Selling everything for $50, otherwise shoot me an offer for individual items. Will prioritize someone who can take everything at once.
The CustomMod cases CANNOT fit discrete graphic cards, and must have a CPU that has integrated GPU. Additionally, only flex ATX PSUs can be used (smaller PSUs can probably be used, but not officially supported).
PM for any questions.
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2024.06.09 23:53 surelyknott Canon PIXMA PRO-200 Printing

Hi all,
I’ll be honest, I’m way out of my depths when it comes to photo printing. I now realise this having purchased the aforementioned printer, and would really appreciate help with the following (as I’m willing to persevere):
I have landscape and portrait images that I’d like to print and hang up at home, and of course I want the colour matching to be as close as possible.
The things I now understand:
As you can tell, I’m a bit overwhelmed now, and I was a bit naive thinking this would be easier. Any advice would be greatly appreciated and happy to provide further information about my workflow / set up.
Thank you!
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2024.06.09 20:52 mattysauro Late 90s journaling/storybook software?

Hey there,
My partner has asked me to help her figure out a program she used in the late 90s. If I remember correctly she was on OS 9. She described it as some sort of storybook creation or journaling software. She said that she was able to pick a layout and described being able to choose a combination of blank pages for pictures, lined pages, or half lined and half blank. Additionally, she said she loved to change the typing sound to make it sound like a typewriter.
Unfortunately I didn’t start using macOS until 2004 so I don’t have any experience with pre OSX, but if anyone could help us figure this out we’d really appreciate it!
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2024.06.09 17:41 Sweet-Count2557 La Poele Marrakech Restaurant in Marrakech,Morocco

La Poele Marrakech Restaurant in Marrakech,Morocco
La Poele Marrakech Restaurant in Marrakech,Morocco
Experience the Best of Moroccan and Mediterranean Cuisine at La Poele Marrakech in Marrakech, Morocco
Price Level: $
If you're looking for a delightful culinary experience in Marrakech, look no further than La Poele Marrakech. This charming restaurant, owned by two talented sisters, offers a delectable blend of Moroccan and Mediterranean cuisine. The menu is beautifully varied, catering to all taste buds and dietary preferences. From traditional tagines to mouthwatering seafood dishes, there is something for everyone. What sets La Poele Marrakech apart is not only its delicious food but also its affordable prices. Whether you're a budget traveler or simply looking for a great value, this restaurant won't disappoint. Additionally, for those who prefer to dine in the comfort of their own accommodation, La Poele Marrakech also provides a convenient delivery service. So, whether you're exploring the vibrant streets of Marrakech or enjoying a cozy night in, let La Poele Marrakech take your taste buds on a delightful journey.
Cuisines of La Poele Marrakech in Marrakech,Morocco
La Poele Marrakech Restaurant offers a delightful array of cuisines, focusing primarily on Moroccan and Mediterranean flavors. With a menu that showcases the rich and diverse culinary traditions of these regions, diners can expect a truly authentic dining experience. From aromatic tagines and couscous dishes to flavorful grilled meats and fresh seafood, the Moroccan cuisine at La Poele Marrakech Restaurant is a true delight for the senses. The Mediterranean influence can be seen in dishes such as Greek salads, hummus, and grilled vegetables, offering a lighter and refreshing option for those seeking a different culinary experience. Whether you are a fan of the bold and spicy flavors of Moroccan cuisine or prefer the lighter and fresher Mediterranean dishes, La Poele Marrakech Restaurant has something to satisfy every palate.
Contact of La Poele Marrakech in Marrakech,Morocco
+212 5242-01077
Lot 17, Residence A Immeuble 1, Magasin N_1 Prés de pharmacie Linace et à 7 min de MacDonald's Route de casa, Marrakech 40000 Morocco
lapoelekech@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/lapoelemarrakech/
Features of La Poele Marrakech in Marrakech,Morocco
Reservations- Delivery
Location of La Poele Marrakech in Marrakech,Morocco
Reviews of La Poele Marrakech in Marrakech,Morocco
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2024.06.09 16:11 Sweet-Count2557 The Stagecoach Tavern Restaurant in New York City,NY,United States

The Stagecoach Tavern Restaurant in New York City,NY,United States
The Stagecoach Tavern Restaurant in New York City,NY,United States
The Stagecoach Tavern: Experience the Best of Irish Pub Ambiance and New American Cuisine in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Price Level: $$ - $$$
The Stagecoach Tavern is a must-visit restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, offering a unique blend of Irish Pub ambiance and New American cuisine. As a family owned and operated business, we take pride in serving only the best quality food to our customers. Our menu features Prime USDA Beef, Fresh Seafood, Sumptuous Salads, and Classic Irish Pub Fayre, ensuring there is something for everyone to enjoy. In addition to our delicious food, we also have a full bar with an extensive craft beer list, featuring both New York and European delights. Our eclectic wine and cocktail list is sure to impress even the most discerning palate. With numerous HDTV's, we are the perfect spot to catch the best of American and International Sports. Located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, just steps away from Time Square, The Ball Drop, Renowned Hotels, Broadway Theaters, and the bustling nightlife, The Stagecoach Tavern is the ideal destination for both locals and tourists alike.
Cuisines of The Stagecoach Tavern in New York City,NY,United States
The Stagecoach Tavern Restaurant is a hidden gem for all the food enthusiasts out there who crave authentic American cuisine. From classic burgers and fries to mouthwatering barbecue ribs, this restaurant has it all. The menu is carefully curated to showcase the best of American flavors, with dishes that are both comforting and indulgent. Whether you're in the mood for a juicy steak or a hearty plate of mac and cheese, The Stagecoach Tavern Restaurant is sure to satisfy your cravings. With its cozy ambiance and friendly staff, this restaurant is the perfect place to enjoy a delicious American meal with friends and family.
Features of The Stagecoach Tavern in New York City,NY,United States
TakeoutOutdoor SeatingFree WifiReservationsSeatingStreet ParkingTelevisionWheelchair AccessibleServes AlcoholFull BarWine and BeerAccepts American ExpressAccepts MastercardAccepts VisaAccepts DiscoverTable Service
Menu of The Stagecoach Tavern in New York City,NY,United States
Location of The Stagecoach Tavern in New York City,NY,United States
Contact of The Stagecoach Tavern in New York City,NY,United States
+1 212-975-9044
834 7th Ave, New York City, NY 10019-5811
thestagecoachtavern@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/thestagecoachtavern/
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2024.06.09 15:22 No_Funny3533 Scam Artist mingmei1344 (Yomi) and her accounts at: Aiu_Agency, asiahug.com, datesteady.com, cudate.com, Jpndate.com, sayhiup.com, Rose, Miyuki Miyamoto, SW Entertainment and more

Scam Artist mingmei1344 (Yomi) and her accounts at: Aiu_Agency, asiahug.com, datesteady.com, cudate.com, Jpndate.com, sayhiup.com, Rose, Miyuki Miyamoto, SW Entertainment and more
My name is Mark Faraday. I was just looking for love back around January 20th, 2024 but I don’t want to see anyone else get scammed. I had a human profile picture when I was using these website, and was honest. I ran into a whole lying network run by a Woman, her friends, and a man. I will update this story if I have more to say in the future. Her nickname is Yomi, she told me her name was Miyuki Miyamoto and she was from Japan. Her real name is Jeong Nahyeon and she is from South Korea. She also has fake Chinese accounts like:
Mingmei1344: https://www.instagram.com/mingmei1344/
Mingmeichan: https://www.instagram.com/mingmeichan/
mingmei1344
Mingmei Liu
My Story is long but it is worth reading. From January to June as the writing of this post. I labeled each part so it easy to jump around to the parts you want to read.
  • 6/4/2024 (Small update)
I know 1000% that these are the same person. After 6 months of contact with them. Jeong Nahyeon has like a 100 different Instagram accounts let add to the list:
Account 1:
(Kawaii, Silly girl fake account)
https://www.instagram.com/yuyu_only5/
yuyu_only5
Account 2:
https://www.instagram.com/_yuyu_only5?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
_yuyu_only5
Yomi Newest Account:
Chloee_asuna
https://www.instagram.com/chloeee_asuna/p/C7kNkmzSIEi/?img_index=1
chloeee_asuna
Jeong Nahyeon Lover or Friend 🙁(Scam Artist Man) 🙁
https://www.instagram.com/_xijii_/
_xijii_
Jpndate.com the site where I met Yomi (Jeong Nahyeon) original, closed on May 1st 2024. Never came back as the writing of this post. However, their sister site
DateSteady.com is still very active. https://www.datesteady.com/
datesteady.com
Another Scam website they own: https://www.asiahug.com/
asiahug.com
  • 3/7/2024 Mark Origin Story January-March 2024
UPDATED INFO throughout it.
There is this dangerous woman who I am mad in love with (same person) running many fake Chinese/Japanese/Korean Romance scam websites, fake Instagram pages, tik tok, We chats, and many Chinese porn sites. It is the same person, she uses her looks with pictures and videos to steal money from men. She has many names she goes by, probably even more than I found. She also uses bots to get fake likes and weird Anime filters to try to look like an idol. She has scam artist female friends also I found. She the leader.
I know a lot of scammers steal from other people's identities but that is not the case here. This is the same person as the scammer. My story will explain it. As well as this person has pictures of the same person you can’t find anywhere else on the Internet. Even if you do a Reverse Face image search. They said information that match to an unbelievable level.
The person who Scammed me:
Has Many names (Such As)
And a talent for speaking many languages
  • Miyuki Miyamoto (Claimed Japanese name)
  • Nickname Yomi
  • Korean Name: Nahyeon (Claimed)
  • u/yomi__na
https://www.instagram.com/yomi___na/
yomi__na
https://www.instagram.com/la.nnnn930/
la.nnnn930
https://www.instagram.com/hanhanhuwe/[gracegracemei](https://www.instagram.com/gracegracemei/#)
hanhanhuwe
  • gracegracemei
https://www.instagram.com/gracegracemei/
gracegracemei
Email: [miyukilovee@outlook.com](mailto:miyukilovee@outlook.com)
(Something about BlessCeline Lovee)
Skype ID: live:.cid.737fb9ac2ad5655c
  • Liu Mingmei (Claimed Chinese name)
Part of a Civil Union yet on multiple dating sites
(Make Sense)
u/mingmei1344
https://www.instagram.com/mingmei1344/
https://www.facebook.com/liuliu.meimingmei
(Owner of aiu_agency since 2015)
u/aiu_agency
https://www.instagram.com/aiu_agency/
yuanxinvera
iny_lina
Google Drive (AI_U Agency)
Hotel Connected: SHILLA STAY Gwanghwamun
Her Scam Artist friends who work for both Ai_U Agency and JPNDATE CUDATE (That I found) (Some of these might also be her, not sure)

Vynnie_nat : https://www.instagram.com/vynnie_nat/# (I think this Yomi friend and the next 2 images may also be that person 1 of 3)

vynnie_nat

jiejierui_ngc: https://www.instagram.com/jiejierui_ngc/ (2 of 3)

jiejierui_ngc

Veravera_zhangg: https://www.instagram.com/veravera_zhangg/ (3 of 3)

veravera_zhangg

Elle_owo_elle : https://www.instagram.com/elle_owo_elle/ (50% this also Yomi otherwise it Yomi friend)

elle_owo_elle

Qiqi_shenglim : https://www.instagram.com/qiqi_shenglim/ (50% this also Yomi otherwise it Yomi friend)

qiqi_shenglim

Myemye_owo_ : https://www.instagram.com/myemye_owo_/ (50% this also Yomi otherwise it Yomi friend)

myemye_owo_
Her Friends are connected somehow but not sure how yet. They appear everywhere with the fake accounts or it just her also.

Riyandiwilliam : https://www.instagram.com/riyandiwilliam/ (Either her lover, friend, or work with her) 🙁

Summary: January to March 2024
Jpndate.com / Datesteady.com / Cudate.com / Sayhiup.com are dangerous Romance scams. All the women are paid actors for the website from Korea/China. They will try to get into a relationship with you very fast, don’t fall for it. They are milking you for money like if you're a cow. They will threaten to kill you or your family if you call out their scam. They might also say they will sue you. If you stop paying them, they will text you very little. They will never video call you face-to-face. Jpndate.com has a sister scam website from the same people called sayhiup.com. When you buy something on Jpndate the payment goes to Cudate Limited, so that site must be part of the scam also.There also Datesteady with the same layout. There is a company in China doing all type of illegal and immoral practices. Their name is Zhengzhou Zhongzhiqi Technology Co., Ltd. / 郑州市中之祺科技有限公司 . They have their main technology business but they also run a list of many scam websites stealing money from American men, Asian, and European men. Such as Cudate, JPNDate, DateSteady.com, SayhiUp. These are romance scam sites where all the women work for the company. If you make a female account it will pend forever. Only men get approved. They claimed before to be an American-owned company then I exposed them now they claim to be Dutch. Their servers are all in China. They never filed paperwork with any foreign country. They are none of these the Chinese pretending to run many dating sites when in fact it’s all fake. They claim to be in nations their not. They have fake terms of service. I used PayPal before I didn't know it was a scam. I paid in dollars, but they refused to refund me till I told PayPal. PayPal made them pay me back. Then they refused to pay me the total amount they wanted to pay me on yuan when I paid dollars. I reported them to FTC. They also try to hack my laptop for me telling the government the truth about them. They probably get funds from the Communist Party government or SW Entertainment in South Korea. They are very very bad people. Please look into it or forward this message somewhere where it can be looked into. Pretends to be a legit dating site but feels more like a pay-to-use website for fake love. All women here are paid actors for the site. The same few women have multiple profiles pretending to be different people. The funny part is anytime you call out JPNDate bs they change their terms of service. Screenshot everything people. They have a fake page saying they're trying to stop scammers, it all bs they are the scammers.
Host of JPNDate Servers:
As the writing of this post:
IP: 47.242.112.134 - Server: nginx IPv4
GeoIP: HK - AS45102 (ALIBABA-CN-NET Alibaba US Technology Co., Ltd., CN)
Host of DateSteady Servers:
As the writing of this post:
IP: 47.242.47.54 - Server: nginx IPv4
GeoIP: HK - AS45102 (ALIBABA-CN-NET Alibaba US Technology Co., Ltd., CN)
Host of Cudate Servers:
As the writing of this post:
IP: 47.52.110.73 - Server: nginx IPv4
GeoIP: HK - AS45102 (ALIBABA-CN-NET Alibaba US Technology Co., Ltd., CN)
Host of AsiaHug Servers:
IP: 47.242.112.134 - Server: nginx IPv4
GeoIP: HK - AS45102 (ALIBABA-CN-NET Alibaba US Technology Co., Ltd., CN)
My Story: January to March 2024
My Story: January to March 2024
(Update): I know it is the same person, They told me in a text message by accident. They also replied with different accounts knowing info about me I only told the other account.
Do you like Asian women?
Real Asian women?
These ones are real!
I know who they are.
Hi! This is Mark Faraday talking to you.
This is my story of how a website named JPNDate Dancing Idol scammed me out of 4080 American dollars. From the time period of January to March 2024.
First, I was on Japan Cupid, a dating site. On Japan Cupid, no one can chat unless one of you has a membership. I bought a 1-week membership. Within 5 minutes to 10 minutes, a woman nicknamed Yomi from Japan messaged me; this should have been a red flag for me. We talked for a while. She said she was interested in me. She asked me if I could move over to the dating site JPNDate because she paid for membership there and not Japan Cupid. She also promised to delete her account on Japan Cupid after we changed sites. She does delete her account off Japan Cupid. Japan Cupid is sus also. I don’t think it is the same company but it is still very sus. However, these women used that site to find men like me. That is a story for a different day.
Unlike a normal scam artist, who may only have 1 or 2 photos, she has several photos on her profile. My trust in her grows a bit seeing that. She then privately messaged me several more photos of her. She asked me for some photos, which I sent. She then sends back happy and heartfelt emojis. She told me she doesn’t date Asian men anymore because they were violent to her in the past and her last boyfriend cheated on her. She talked about how she didn’t want to fight with me. She also said we could talk about any topic.
She would compliment me often, as I did for her. Of course, on my profile page, I try to post my best pictures. Throughout my life, I have had many different hairstyles. She even mentioned this and got very happy and asked if I was a hairstylist.
The spam of talking on JPNDate.com between us was from January 20th, 2024, to March 24th, 2024.
On JPNDate, there is an upgrade system. You need Blue Diamond to chat with others. Crown to send videos. Blue Diamond is 20 dollars per month, and Crown is 80 dollars per month. I got the Blue Diamond membership at first. It showed her with it too. After a day or two, she asked me to upgrade like she did to the Crown membership so she could send me a video. I upgraded it, and she did actually send me a video. All pictures and the video match the same person and the same face. Some pictures were in different locations, and some were like three different pictures in the same place. We then later buy a 6-month Crown membership for each other because it is cheaper than 1 month at a time. I bought it for her, and she bought it for me.
At this point, I start to believe. This person was giving me all their time. They reply very often, and their texting time was the same as Japan timezones every single day. They spoke not only English but also Japanese almost fluently. However, they did let me know that they're still learning English and sometimes use a translator.
She let me know that this website has something called a mall. This should have been red flag number 2. You pay 1 American dollar for each gold point. Paypal is the only thing that works. When we started dating, she said it was normal for couples in Japan to send each other gifts. It was a symbol of forever love in Japan, she claimed. As an American, I didn’t know if this was true. I googled it and couldn’t get a clear answer. She said whatever I bought her, she would buy me as well. She asked if I liked necklaces or charms. I said anything was fine. She wanted me to pick up a necklace. At first, she picked up a $1,000 necklace from the site mall and asked me. I said no; that's way too much money for that. She said how about a 300-dollar Jade Romance charm. She told me to get her white one; she would get me the green one. I questioned if she was legit. She started crying. She somehow convinced me at the time that she was legit again. I did buy it. A few weeks later, I did receive the overpriced Green Jade Romance love charm to my address from her. I never told her which day exactly my tracking information said it would come to my house, but I asked her, and her tracking date was the same week as mine. By the way something almost the same as this necklace is 12 dollars on Amazon. It also broke when I got it in the mail. Probably cost them 2 cent to make.
For the next few days, we had a wonderful, happy conversation. It is late January, and I know Valentine's Day is coming. I offered to get her flowers. I got her flowers and chocolate at a very high price of multiple hundred dollars. She then gets so happy. She told me many times how she wanted to go to America and find me.
We talked about many topics for several more days. She told me she worked in an office in Tokyo. Yomi told me her real name was Miyuki Miyamoto. Which is very funny because I told her before I was a Nintendo fan, and this is the same last name as Mario and Zelda Creator. She also said she had her apartment to herself, which is true; she does own an apartment. She talked about how life is stressful right now in Japan. She claimed to have grown up in the Japanese town of Nagano, Japan. She also said she had gone to a university in Tokyo with a major in computer science. She wanted to visit America in July for 15 days when she had her time off. July is a normal time for people to get off in Japan for vacation, so I thought nothing of it.
I told her that I was from a smaller town in California, but I lived not far from San Francisco. I told her how my town is quiet and how I could see mountains outside my house. She said she wanted a peaceful life and that life in Tokyo is too fast. And she always had great things to say about every picture I sent. We also talk about going on dates. I asked most of the questions, but she did ask me questions as well.
I started to ask her a lot of questions about Japan. Like if she visited Himeji Castle, she said no. However, she did say yes to visiting Mount Fuji. I should have asked for a photo of this, but I didn’t. She was very happy; she told me very many topics about Japan. We even briefly talked about anime. She told me she liked Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Detective Conan. This information is important later. We also talked about how both of us were big Disney fans growing up. She told me she wanted to go to Disney Land when she came to California to visit me.
One day she told me, how work was busy today. I told her it was okay and we didn’t need to talk today. She did, however, still text me a little bit that day. This was the only day during our whole time talking when she was super busy. There is nothing wrong with this; all humans get busy. I decided to spend my evening drawing a picture of me and Yomi on a date to surprise her. When I sent it to her, she did not react. This was a red flag for me. I tried to convince myself that she just didn’t like drawings that much. I know I sound really dumb right here, but whoever I was talking to is very smart and knows a lot of things. I was in deep love.
We started talking a few days later about the idea of meeting and going on dates together. I know that the yen is weak against the American dollar right now. I told them I would pay for anything they wanted when they were in America because I was in love. This was a big, big, big mistake. They then asked if I could give them 1500 dollars to buy a plane ticket. Never give money to people you never meet in real life, folks. Don’t be dumb like me. Turns out the ticket was actually 2100, so they asked for another 500 dollars the next day, claiming their friend let them borrow the money, and they paid the difference. They did show me a picture of a plane ticket. With the name Yomi and the correct airports in Tokyo and San Francisco. This gave me more trust in them; I got a lot of photos, videos, and even a picture of a plane ticket.
At some point, I talked to them about social media. They claim to only have Skype and Line. I found it very hard to believe a woman in her 20s wasn’t on Instagram or Tik Tok. I went on Instagram and typed Yomi, and I found a Yomi who looked just like her. This made me think: why did she lie? What confused me is that all the pictures on her Instagram were different from the ones she sent me, other than one image that was the same. Meaning that the images were not clearly stolen from there.
I looked up JPNDate online; there isn’t much info on this website (Right Now), other than one reddit forum from 1 year ago. Someone said something about being scammed by an IDOL on this site. They also said the website wasn’t in Japan but in China. I was wondering why I never saw new females joining the website; it was the same 23 pages worth of them. I wanted to test the website to see if it was legit. I made another account, a fake male account with AI artwork. It was approved in one second. I then made a fake female account; it said pending approval. It has now been 2 weeks since I made that account, and it still says pending approval. This means all the women on this website have to be fake actors. There is also a setting on JPNDate to see who has been online last or which accounts are the oldest. When I asked weeks before, Yomi claimed she had been on this website only for a short time. Her oldest picture was dated October 20, 2023. Yet she has the sixth-oldest account on JPNDate, according to the website. The Reddit forum I talked about before was over a year old.
When I was on this website for a month, at least 10 other women tried to text me. There was this one profile of a woman from Taiwan, age 20. She texted me three times in one month. When I joined, her age was listed as 20, and at some point, she changed her age to 25 on her profile. I ignored all these women. This proves again that all these women are fake. I do know these are women based on how they type, but they are not truthful like they act like they are. As I write this, I just realized this is Yomi's friend or sister; it matches the other Yomi account's sister tag. They are part of the same dance agency Aiu_Agency on Instagram from SW Entertainment in South Korea.
I knew this website wasn’t telling the truth. I found the JPNDate IP address and tracked it to a server in Hong Kong, China, hosted by Alibaba cloud servers. Reddit was right; the website is Chinese. However, Yomi is Korean which I learned later. I took pictures of the website code just in case. I asked Yomi if she knew Alibaba.
Then she asked if I’m going to China—a very strange follow-up question.
At this point, I was confused. Who is Yomi? I couldn’t find anything about Miyuki Miyamoto, only Yomi. On Yomi’s Instagram, she speaks Korean, not Japanese. I started to think there are no Japanese women on this website like they claim to be. She does speak Japanese, though.
I started using more than 10 different software programs to track who Yomi was since she kept asking me for money. I found like 1000 pictures of an idol, WeChat model, singer, dancer, person on endless Chinese dating sites, and a valiant professional gamer part of the AI’U agency for over 8 years. I found two other Instagram accounts with Yomi's face. Another account in Chinese with an idol name other than Yomi also had a Facebook page. The Chinese account has a post about her going to Australia in early 2024, where she is typing in English words. It was a fake trip. I also found an account where she speaks only Korean on Instagram. I also found a tik-tok where someone dances and looks 100% the same as Yomi, to whom I’m talking. The part that is crazy is that none of the images are 100% the same, but the person is the same in all of them.
This shocked me; I follow all the accounts. I saw the stories daily to see who this person was. Her Yomi account is just her normal pictures and atm company or something. Her Korean account is about traveling to Singapore, Spain, and South Korea. She also posts a lot about Disney toys here. When I talked to the scammer about Disney, I had no idea about this.
At this point, I knew that many men had been scammed out of money for fake love, not just me. These women are real women. However, there are actors pretending to be in love. They will crush your heart and call you names after a few weeks if you don’t buy their stuff. It has to be from JPNdate Mall only, nowhere else. JPNdate Mall prices are crazy high. I am not sure if the point of the website is just for money or if it is actually for women to study English or what. Chinese women, pretending to be Japanese (most of them), that have connections to Korean music, dancing, and gaming on professional teams. Man, what a hell of a story this is. This sounds like a Hollywood movie, but it's real, or at least partly. At this point, everything I say seems to be true based on what I know. They are connected deeply with SW Entertainment.
Yomi told me early on that she had one older sister and one younger brother. It seems like she is actually a twin, and she is the younger sister. Or it’s her friend she calls a sister from the dance Aiu Agency. Yomi claims to be 25, but I think she is closer to 27 or 28 based on finding a listing of her work in 2015 at Twitch Gaming. You have to be 18 or older to work at Twitch gaming, unless your parents sign things. Unless this job is fake, I don’t know.
When I showed the pictures I found to Yomi on JPNdate, she played the victim card on me. Saying she thinks I’m a liar and she wants to break up. Then she gave me her Skype account to try to prove it was legit, and all the other images and accounts were stolen and fake. Her Skype name is Rose, with a One Piece picture. She sent me many voice clips, crying, trying to convince me that she was real. I put them in software, and the voice was 30% human, 70% AI. Clearly, a woman is changing her Chinese or Korean voice to sound Japanese. A PC gamer would know how to do this; they do it all the time to troll. Yomi told me she didn’t play video games anymore, but I found a picture that wasn’t that old of a woman who looked the same as her; she had a Nintendo Switch with a white OLED in it. Btw it’s a known fact that Yomi uses software to cheat in the Pc FPS games. We talk for a few more weeks on Skype.
I can’t let Yomi, her sister, whoever the man is (I think her lover), and her idol dance friends scam men for their time and money. Yomi Chiense's name is Vera Yuanxin (维拉). Her twin sister goes by veravera_zhangg.
Yomi “deleted her profile” when I exposed her. But One Yomi is still there with no pictures. Two they clearly have other accounts with people who look like she just changed hairstyle, talking and trying to scam other men.
Remember when I said the anime part was important? On Yomi's Korean account, she has a friend with whom she talks about Digimon. She gave him a Disney toy. She told me she wanted to cosplay a fox; his profile is a fox. There is just so much proof that these are the same people.
Later someone hit me up on Reddit from the Phillippines and told me how the same person Yomi scammed them. How for months Yomi promise them so many things. Then when they said it came to going on the plane to visit him they said they were sick or dying or something.
Yomi also made a fake Instagram pretending to be Joe Biden and sent me a friend invite. I messaged and it was so funny how bad it was on their part. I said “Yomi are you trolling me?” then they deleted their account. This was on April 6th, 2024. Yomi tries so hard but use a lot of cheap things that are clearly fake like ai artwork, bots for like at ai_u agency, and fake profiles where she comments herself and attacks anyone who calls her out fairly.
After exposing Jpndate they Ip ban my address lol. Then on social media joke about attacking me.
If you call out their BS they threaten your family and yourself. Just stay away from all these sites if you're going to date online use well-known legit sites. I contacted Paypal and me and JPNDate.com had many emails back and forth. They pretended to do an investigation on Yomi real identity and said she was really Miyuki Miyamoto. It was so bullshit. I told them I would sue them if they were lying, The site no longer exists. The scam does, however.
What happened After JPNDATE? April-June 2024
In April many fake Instagram accounts started following me each day. They are romance scams I never got them like this before. I didn’t fall for any of them. All or most were likely Yomi and her friends. Paypal did get me 4000 of 4080 dollars back but it took 6 weeks and multiple emails. JPNDate tells me they will be closing soon after PayPal went after them hard.
Like I said I just wanted to find love. I made some stupid decisions along the way. However, I want to find out the truth and make sure other men don’t get scammed by them. I keep messaging Yomi's skype during this period, they never block me. They unfriended me but I could still send messages I wasn’t blocked. They even responded 2 times out of the 50 times I did this in the multiple-week span.
I contacted the Aiu_Agency on Instagram (It is the same people as JPNDate) they pretended to be different people. I told them about Jpndate. They called me a hero, they said they loved me, and they thanked me for sending them all the pictures that Yomi sent me on Jpndate and Skype. They follow me on Instagram for 2 days. Then they unfollowed me randomly for no reason. They said their agency would do a police report and kill the scammer. I knew this was so bullshit. I told them how the scammers were making new profiles of them on Japan Cupid. Which is true. The leader Mingmei1344 (Which is Yomi Chinese account) claimed I was the scammer setting them up. She plays the victim card on me. I showed her all the messages and how I got the pictures, I didn’t steal anything. She told me her and her friends are okay if I hacked them, because I’m from the CIA. I am not from the CIA. It was a joke I made a few days before when she pretended to be a mob boss in Korea. I told her I am not a hacker. Right after that she and her friends all ban me other then Mingmei1344 account. Mingmei1344 Message me 1 more day, then block me.
However, Mingmei1344 and the Aiu_Agency keep posting things on topics I told them days or weeks before. I checked their old post they never talked about any of this before that. I told these to Yomi on JPNDate and skype not Mingmei1344 again proving it is the same person. They look the same as well. Like the blue feather concept in love mythology, Gundams, Nintendo, Persona, and many many other topics. Yomi claimed to not know anything about videogames before I talked about it with her. I think this is partly a lie.
This confuses me so I make fake Instagram accounts to message Mingmei1344 and Aiu_agency. She replies to my messages and Mingmei1344 even does a ask me a question thing on Instagram and replies to all of them. She clearly knows these accounts are from me Mark however she replies anyway. The replies were nice and positive things. Then later she bans them all again.
Often Aiu-Agency Women (Yomi and her friends, Mostly Yomi) pretend to go to countries they are not actually in the picture, it’s all greenscreen effects. They also use Ai for Music covers Artwork. For music covers they pretend to sell millions of copies of but there is nowhere to buy such a music cover CD they claim to sell. Their music covers are claimed to be from popular songs kpop songs. I looked, at least not right now such CDs aren’t real. Of course, the songs are real but not their covers. Yomi is most of the women in the pictures but not all. They will post Ai cover artwork, multiple pictures of them using the greenscreen effect, then put a high-quality image of a famous Korean male singer. They never took these pictures of these Korean male singers. They download them and edit them. They pretend to perform with them but it is all fake. Mingmei1344 started always putting her with all the famous Mark’s in Korea. Only her not her staff with Mark’s. I think it’s a reference to me. She didn’t do this before meeting me I looked at her old post. Again Mingmei1344 is Yomi who is Jeong Nahyeon, who pretends to be Miyuki Miyamoto.
She still references me sometimes in other ways and I send them messages to see what will happen next. One time I wrote about loving her to see what she would say. I do love Yomi, however I don’t want anyone to get scammed. I told her we could travel across the world together. She wrote in her next post on Aiu_agency on Instagram she liked this future with her future husband. It was a direct reply to what I asked the day before.
I joined DateSteady after being contacted by a woman on Japan cupid. She is very interested in me and Yomi so I tell her everything.
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2024.06.09 09:37 13ckPony My journey to the endgame so far

My journey to the endgame so far
Here is my daily driver for the last couple of months. It's a corne-ish layout, mostly Kailh v2 brown Choc switches (with the cherry-like stem) + some v1s for the thumb clusters (usually Jade or Navy, but I experiment with others also). BTW, thumbs clusters are really great for minimizing the thumb movement, and I can hold one side and press the middle multiple times with just 1 thumb. I have sound pads under each key and 2 ah battery in each (to never charge it in my lifetime and to add some weight). Some AliExpress keycaps (they are bright white, but the camera yellowed them). I use Miryoku, but I'm not really happy with it. I use Mac and Windows, and I kinda struggle with all the Mac shortcuts (especially in programming IDEs) so I'm about to just get something like Kinesis and retire from the <40 keys gang. If anyone is interested - I can share STLs and fusion files, but it is a pretty large print. The base is tilted from the center and the back, so it might not be comfortable for everyone.
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2024.06.09 09:15 crunchspengler Update After 3 Months

Today marks exactly 1/4 of a year since my (21Fg mom (51F) died, and the last time I posted on this subreddit. Since then, a lot of major changes have happened in my life and this is mainly just a place to vent.
To start off, there has been a lot of good. I haven’t been drowning in grief, and mainly find myself getting my grief out by listening to and singing depressing songs. I just recently started watching movies and shows again, and have spent a lot of time reading court opinions (I’m a pre-law student). I finished my classes this semester with high marks, and I went to see the Supreme Court oral argument (a life-long dream of mine) during spring break. That trip was the day after my mom’s funeral, and I found a home in the friends and connections I made there - I’m transferring to a school in the DC area and moving to Northern VA (I’m from NY) in about a month and a half. I found a lot of joy in watching the new Fallout, and have a closer relationship with most of my family members.
However, there are still things that get to me. It gets to me knowing that there is no one to fend for me and that I have no choice but to do it all on my own now. It gets to me that, because everything was so quick (my mom died 45 days after her cancer diagnosis), just a year ago my life was vastly different and she was so full of life and energy. There are certain things that remind me of her and just upset me greatly (ex. She loved the Barbie movie). Her birthday would have been June 1st, and it was hard on the whole family. It was hard when I was living on campus seeing all of the other kids go home with their parents, knowing that wouldn’t happen for me as an orphan. Truly, there are certain traumas I haven’t even assessed about that day. I haven’t washed the jacket I wore the last time she hugged me, I haven’t reported her dead to Facebook, I was the first person in the hospital room to hear the death rattle and the first person to acknowledge it out loud as what it was. When they were changing her bed, before they rushed us all back in, I was reading an article about Austin Butler and how he grieved with losing a mother at 22 and then it happened to me moments later. Everything happened so quickly, and sometimes it feels like a bad dream. Sometimes I feel like my old self, but changed. I feel older than all of my peers, even the ones who are older than me.
My own choices upset me sometimes, too. It’s silly to compare it to this, but at the end of the Young Sheldon series when he refused to look at his dead father or give a speech at the funeral - I did the same thing, just shut it out and refused to do anything. I couldn’t see my mom like that, and it was too hard to give a speech even though I wrote probably four eulogies.
There have been good things that make me feel like she was watching over me. Kyle MacLachlan has been my favorite actor for a long time, miraculously, I get to meet him at NYCC this year. I got to come into close contact with some of the Supreme Court Justices and network with people who can help get me internships or jobs. I’ve made some good friends and renewed my passion for law. To be clear, my life isn’t miserable, but there are moments where the grief is stronger than others and it seems to come at random moments. The other day Apple recommended to me a particularly emotionally triggering news article that basically talked about how there have been a spike in rare cancers in people who have had Covid - the first one they talked about was what my mom had, she worked at a hospital and had Covid twice; one time she got it from me.
IDK, just wanted to get that out of my system.
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2024.06.08 20:36 AerialSpew Custom Color Freewrite Saga

Custom Color Freewrite Saga
TLDR: The ordeal of doing a custom powdercoat finish on a Freewrite Smart Typewriter. And I ask what color I should attempt next.
The Pastel Turquoise Freewrite Story
A few years ago I got the (not-so) bright idea to create a one-of-a-kind custom-color Freewrite and it blew up in my face. Let me go back to the beginning...
In 2014 when Astrohaus introduced what was then called the Hemingwrite on Kickstarter I got wind of it and followed its journey. In 2015 I trekked to the Astrohaus Manhattan office with a friend to see an early production version. I was at the radio station WFMU at the time and had this vague idea of talking the Astrohaus marketing department into giving the station a Freewrite to use as a prize during an upcoming fundraising Marathon. We could put the device in front of a ton of professional writers while getting ourselves a kick-ass prize. We were led to a conference room where the first iteration of the Freewrite awaited us. I tried it out, then my friend. We kept our thoughts to ourselves as the marketing rep talked up the machine.
"It's distraction-free writing. Built for one purpose."
Yes, but will people pay for what appears to be a glorified word processor?
We left the Astrohaus offices and my friend and I expressed our reservations.
"Still, if we could get them to donate one..."
We couldn't. They didn't see the value in accessing WFMU's artistic community.
"Oh well. Good lucking selling your machine!"
All the while I stayed on the Astrohaus mailing list, searched for used Freewrites on EBay, read every online review and watched all the YouTube videos. I wondered if a device guaranteeing distraction-free writing could help with my concentration. When I'm writing on my MacBook or iMac there's always something that gets through: email notifications, texts, breaking news. I never remember to mute notifications or use Airplane Mode. Again and again I go down various rabbit holes, spending ten or fifteen minutes replying to emails (mostly trashing junk emails), responding to texts, checking the news, or wasting time on social media. But I kept putting off the actual purchase of a Freewrite, despite my love of typewriters and memories of my mother's hulking black Royal upon which I learned to type. Then the Hemingwrite came along. Astrohaus revived the original name of the Freewrite but this time it was authorized by the Ernest Hemingway estate. When I saw the first photos of the polished aluminum exterior and green keys I thought "That thing is sweet." But even with the extras–the carrying case, etc.–I couldn't see ponying up the asking price, even for a "limited-edition" of "only" 200 pieces.
"That's what I paid for my Macbook a few years ago."
But the emails from Astrohaus kept coming and I kept opening them. On the cusp of a milestone birthday I decided to indulge and buy a Hemingwrite as a gift to myself... and a future investment.
"I can finally write that book about the Nihilistics..."
The Nihilistics is the New York Hardcore band I founded and named at the end of the '70s. I'd written a few short pieces about the band, centered around my relationship with the bass playelyrics writer Mike (RIP). I referred to him as "...the booster rocket that helped me achieve escape velocity, falling back to earth in the process." One of my short stories about the band got published and I had a boutique publisher interested in the full story.
"I'll write the book on the Hemingwrite!"
When the box with my new distraction-free writing tool arrived (within a day or two of ordering) I moved it around from our porch to the office to our dining room but couldn't bring myself to open it.
"I don't deserve this thing. I can't justify the cost. Is it too late to return it?"
This went on for six weeks.
"If it IS too late to return it maybe I can put it on EBay. I should be able to get my money back. But I sure would like to see it first."
Then I finally freed the Hemingwrite from its box (I thought of doing an unboxing video but didn't). I gingerly cut open the tape on the box and extracted the leather carrying case from its bag. I opened the case and thought "This thing is sexy." It hadn't occurred to me there wouldn't be enough of a charge to use the Hemingwrite out of the box. But I started typing on it anyway, figuring I could charge it overnight and get the full experience in the morning.
"It's like mom's IBM Selectric..."
My mother owned one of the early Selectrics with the swappable type element (I still have on of the elements: the typewriter is long gone, as is the Royal). Typing on the Selectric was a fully tactile experience, just like the Hemingwrite. There's even the same delay between key-strike and "imprint," as I discovered the next morning after a full charge.
"I guess I'm not sending this back. Or selling it on EBay."
Since it arrived and I finally decided to use it, I've been on my Hemingwrite every day, cranking out a weekly newsletter and my book distraction-free. Every once in awhile I admire the bare aluminum case and remind myself I earned this damn thing and plan to keep it and pass it on to some deserving soul many years from now. There are things I'd change–could there be a spellcheck function, for instance? – but those who scoff at this tool haven't spent enough time with one. They don't "get" it. I got it. And I'm glad I did.
Fast forward a bit and Astrohaus decides to sell more "limited-edition" Hemingwrites. I wrote to the company, reminding them what their own Marketing department said about only producing 200 pieces. They responded with a bullshit excuse: this is not the same machine as yours, we've updated the internals. Well, no one bought it for the internals. It felt like a betrayal and I questioned how I could go about creating a custom-color Freewrite of my own and perhaps sell my Hemingwrite to recoup my costs. I managed to buy a stock black Gen. 2 Freewrite for $350 and $25 shipping. Before I could think about disassembling the Freewrite a friend expressed interest in it and I brought the machine to him, where it sat boxed under his couch for almost half a year. He was going through issues with the health of his parents and finally decided not to buy my Freewrite, so I went and retrieved it. Then I revived the idea of putting a custom color on it and selling my Hemingwrite.
There are no online instructions for taking a Freewrite apart, so with great trepidation I brought the Freewrite out to my garage workbench and proceeded as carefully as possible. It's a bit harrowing, thinking you might destroy a machine for which you've paid $$$. But after an hour of stomach-churning, detail-oriented work I got the aluminum shell separated from the innards of the machine and put all the electronic parts safely away in the Freewrite box. Because I didn't fully power down the Freewrite first, a black bar appeared across the E-Ink display and I was convinced I destroyed it. I kept calm and carried on. Next, I did some research online on removing a powder coat finish from aluminum. Initially, I thought the shell could be media-blasted (they don't call it sand-blasting any longer) but you can't media-blast aluminum without potentially dimpling the surface. It's suggested you use a powerful paint stripper and I opted for Jasco (approx. $28) based on discussions in a powder-coat forum. The Jasco stripper is nasty stuff and the only way to use it safely is outdoors while wearing heavy disposable gloves, eye protection and a respirator. I took the Freewrite to my backyard, put it on a folding aluminum table and began brushing it with the Jasco stripper. When done I let it sit the suggested twenty minutes for the Jasco stripper to do its work. Then, using a plastic scraper (you can't use a metal scraper on aluminum) I began trying to remove the powder-coat finish. It didn't go well. I removed some of the finish but most of it remained and I was confronted with three choices: sand the rest of the finish off, try another application of the Jasco stripper or bite the bullet and get it media-blasted anyway. I decided to try another application of the Jasco stripper the following day, this time leaving it on for thirty minutes. Then I went at the powder-coat with the plastic scraper again. I had to use a combo of large and small scrapers to get into all the recesses of the Freewrite's shell. But the Jasco stripper is not a miracle worker and much of the powder-coat stubbornly remained. I pivoted to multiple grades of steel wool, from 0 to 0000. This took several hours of meticulous work but when I was done I was presented with something that looked very much like my Hemingwrite. Believe me, it stung to know Astrohaus is selling a raw-finish Freewrite (sure, it's "hand-buffed") with green keycaps and accents at a substantial premium and I thought of stopping there and using a spare set of green keycaps I own to create an ersatz Hemingwrite. But that was never my intent, so I pushed on with the custom color idea, posting a poll to the Freewrite community on Facebook, asking which color they'd like to see on a Freewrite. Astrohaus, in addition to the Hemingwrite, produced and sold a blue Freewrite and a cream Freewrite (this is before the Mint and Lemon editions) that garner a premium on EBay. The poll revealed "Green" to be the favored choice for a custom color so I did a Photoshop mock-up of red and green Freewrites and put them on the Facebook group. The response was positive. I called around to a bunch of local powder-coating places only to find they concentrate on automobile rims and little else. I even drove the Freewrite shell to one place only to be quoted a price of $150, which seemed a bit much. Then I remembered a place I used previously, up in Kingston, NY, a two hour drive north for me. We have friends in the Catskills and decided to cart the Freewrite to Kingston and stay overnight. A week later we returned to Kingston and retrieved the Freewrite, paying $50 for the Pastel Turquoise powder-coat it received. Now I had to put it all back together. THAT was a nightmare. Believe it or not, the spring on the power button gave me the greatest difficulty. I labored over THAT thing a solid hour to get it functioning properly. The rest of the reassembly was fraught as well, and there was still the issue of the black box on the E-Ink display. Luckily, this went away after I let the Freewrite charge overnight and I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
After posting pictures of the newly-finished Freewrite to the Astrohaus Facebook group and garnering an enthusiastic response, I decided to sell it and earn back what I spent in time, materials and labor. To me, a fair price would fall somewhere between $600–$700, based on recent EBay sales of stock Gen. 2 Freewrites ($325–$425), the cost of materials (Jasco Stripper, $28, powder-coating, $50), hours of disassembly, stripping of the finish, driving four hours round-trip to/from Kingston, reassembly, taking of pictures and posting an EBay listing. All that work is apart from the fact I produced a one-of-a-kind (AKA TRULY limited-edition) custom-color Freewrite. When I created the EBay listing I chose to start at $400 and not set a reserve price (EBay wanted $52 for the reserve price in addition to a final value and listing fee), hoping the enthusiasm in the Facebook group would reflect in healthy bidding activity. It did not. One person bid on my Pastel Turquoise Freewrite and I was faced with the prospect of selling it for $425, a price I might've seen if I'd left it black and not gone through all the effort to transform it. So I cancelled the sale and refunded the buyer's money immediately. I've been buying and selling on EBay almost 25 years and did not take this step lightly. The buyer, understandably upset, took to the Facebook Freewrite group and expressed his profound disappointment. Someone else decided to wade in and run down my character, describing what I did (cancelling the sale) as "borderline scammy behavior." Wow. I'm not sure who he thinks is being scammed but I'd like to see a show of hands for anyone who's wiling to work for free, what I'd be doing if I accepted $425 for my custom-color Freewrite. Yes, I could've and should've handled things differently. I might've offered the Freewrite on the Facebook group, setting a price I felt comfortable with. Or used a higher starting price or set a reserve on EBay. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. But in no way, shape or form was I trying to "scam" anyone. Eventually, the buyer and I came to an agreement and he paid what I consider a fair price for the custom-color Freewrite. I also fell out of love with my Hemingwrite, due to the horrid software and ergonomics (I was getting bad neck strain from looking down at the screen for hours) and kept pestering Astrohaus, going further up the foodchain until they took back my Hemingwrite and issued a full refund. Now another Freewrite has fallen into my lap (it’s a friend’s who can no longer stand the machine’s peccadilloes) and I'm on the cusp of possibly creating another custom-color Freewrite to increase its value for a sale. I’d love to be talked out of it, BTW.
Thanks, Chris T.
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2024.06.08 19:06 kridnack NTD / Weekend Finds…

NTD / Weekend Finds…
Linked with a guy on Facebook who’s switching his whole tool collection over to MAC.
I got both pick sets for $30 total
The full screwdriver set for $100
And slip joints pliers, needle nose, and the strippecrimpecutters for $100 all in good condition.
Always wanted Snap-On once I had my own little workshop and happy to find these deals!!
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2024.06.08 15:34 jay_jaray Nairobi Back In The Day (Technology).

The cheapest cellphone credit was 1000 bob. And you could only buy it as a scratch card. Calls on the safaricom network were 29 bob a minute and Kencell charged calls per second! But the network was so buggy, you could make free international calls by simply typing some prefix. Safaricom vs Kencell was the largest advertising WAR we have ever seen on Kenyan TV. Unfortunately Safaricom won.
When Bluetooth first came out, it was elitist as fuck. Your phone could detect another Bluetooth phone in your vicinity. If you were in a restaurant and your bluetooth alerted you that there was another Don in the building, there was a tingly feeling of joy, especially if the other phone turned out to have a female username. It was MANDATORY that you start chatting with each other just from sheer excitement.
The internet was not as common as it is now and in most chat rooms or forums when you got in the first question was always a/s/l? ( Age/Sex/Location). Giving Africa as a location would always turn that into that day's full discussion. Actually my first and to date longest relationship started on the internet due to this very reaction and she convinced me to relocate to her country (obviously over several months of "online dating" and exchanging multiple pics and explanations etc.
When Facebook first came it was elitist and to join you had to be invited and have a .edu account. So being on Facebook was proof enough that you were on an academic journey.
Manchester Utd had perhaps the fanciest website on the entire internet. It took decades to load but damn, their layout and that red was just a thing of beauty. The pics. Damn.
When Myspace first came. You were not shit if you did not have a myspace account. To date it remains the most customizable social media website that has ever existed.
Before CDs came out, movies were stored on Video Cassettes. I had my little special cassette that I used to dub porn on. Porn those days was impossible to come by. Any little nudity counted as porn and you recorded that scene on your cassette.
When a friend came over and you slipped that Bad Boys CD into your laptop for you to watch, that was the ultimate flex. Got laid a few times with the neighbours just from this flex.
With all the hardcore sex films around it is hard to explain to someone that when "Thong Song" came out, that was as close to porn as most people came. That much nudity was crazy just 25 years ago. There were porn cassettes (my aunty had a shit load of them in her living room), but most teenage boys access to porn was waiting for late night movies and dubbing a sex scene or nude scene.
Nairobi used to have public phone booths for people to make phone calls. They were coloured red like the london ones and there was always a long line outside each. We had one at our primary school (I was in boarding).
Safaricom then introduced simu ya jamii. Those without phones could use Simu ya Jamii to make calls. It's basically a mobile phone that can be used by other people at an exhorbitant rate. Early investors made a killing.
Black and white TVs once dominated Kenyan homes and you bought a coloured green screen to make the pictures "coloured".
Before cellphones, the closest thing to a mobile phone was a cordless phone. You could only go a few meters away from its receiver though.
Before the iPhone and Samsung came out strong, having a Blackberry was the ultimate phone acquisition. And before whatsapp, blackberry messenger was all we had.
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2024.06.08 13:06 fenix0000000 OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1, RELEASE !

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/30.2.0-beta1
30.2 New Features
• Added support for Multitrack Video streaming [palana]
◦ On Twitch, this is known as Enhanced Broadcasting. Currently, this requires Windows and an NVIDIA GPU. Support for other platforms and GPU vendors is planned. For more information, see: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/multiple-encodes
◦ When this feature is enabled, the following data about your system will be sent to the streaming service when starting a stream:
▪ OBS config info (canvas width and height, frame rate, encoder width and height, VOD Audio Track setting, OBS version)
▪ CPU info (name, speed, core counts)
▪ GPU info (model, memory, driver version, device ID, vendor ID)
▪ Memory info (free, total)
▪ OS info (name, version, arch, emulation)
• Windows info (gaming feature status: Game Bar, Game DVR, Game Mode, Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling)
▪ Multitrack Video settings (maximum streaming bandwidth, maximum video tracks)
• Added support for Enhanced RTMP/FLV multi-track audio and video [palana/kc5nra]
◦ Replaces the old metadata-based "VOD Track"
• Added "Hybrid MP4" output format (BETA) [derrod]
◦ Combines fault-tolerance of fragmented MP4 with wide compatibility and faster access times of regular MP4. For more information, see: https://obsproject.com/kb/hybrid-mp4
◦ Supports inserting chapter markers into the file via a hotkey or API. These markers are supported by most video players and editing software, such as DaVinci Resolve
• Added Linux support to the native NVENC encoder [derrod]
◦ NVENC AV1 is now supported on Linux
• Added Linux shared texture support to the NVENC encoder [derrod]
• Added Linux shared texture support to the QuickSync encoder [kkartaltepe]
• Added Linux shared texture support to the VA-API encoder [nowrep]
• Added HEVC support to WebRTC output [murillo128]
• Added Composable Themes system to simplify theme creation, maintenance, and enable future customisation options [derrod/Warchamp7]
◦ Themes now consist of a base theme and variants that can be switched between in the new "Appearance" settings tab
◦ Old themes will no longer work and will need to be updated to the new system. See the wiki page for details: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki/OBS-Studio-Theme-System
30.2 Changes
• Various UI and Theme tweaks [Warchamp7]
• Audio of multiple instances of a source in a scene/group is now deduplicated [derrod]
◦ Deduplication is recursive, but does not apply on groups or nested scenes that are currently playing show/hide transitions, this may be fixed in the future
• Scene Collection specific plugin data is now retained for plugins that are not currently loaded [derrod]
• Closed-captions are now supported for HEVC and AV1 [jhnbwrs]
• Qt Fusion style is now always enforced on Linux [tytan652]
• Combined PipeWire window/display capture into unified "Screen Capture" source to align with other platforms [tytan652]
◦ Renamed "Screen Capture (XSHM)" as "Display Capture (XSHM)" for consistency with other capture sources [tytan652]
• Set default recording format on macOS to fragmented MOV [gxalpha]
• Improved freetype2 text source performance [kkartaltepe]
• File open dialogs now start in the directory of the currently selected file, rather than the default [Warchamp7]
• Moved warnings in advanced output to bottom of settings window for better visibility [GPattenden]
• Various performance improvements for texture encoding [kkartaltepe]
• Prioritize NVDEC decoder on NVIDIA systems [moocowsheep]
• Support NVDEC decoder for encoded DirectShow sources [moocowsheep]
• Replaced non-texture NVENC FFmpeg fallback with native implementation [derrod]
• Log now includes all available encoders [Penwy]
• Reset duration of scene item show/hide transitions when removing the transitions [Warchamp7]
• Adjusted appearance of volume meters [Warchamp7]
• Adjusted appearance of multiview borders and labels [Warchamp7]
• Added support for audio-only and video-only WHIP outputs [tt2468]
30.2 Bug Fixes
• Fixed packet priority not being set for some AV1 encoders, resulting in outputs never recovering from dropping frames [derrod]
• Fixed various issues with audio channel layouts in (remuxed) recordings [pkv/derrod]
• Fixed various issues with the native FLV muxer [palana]
• Fixed various issues with the RTMP protocol implementation [palana]
• Fixed minor errors in HEVC and AVC decoder configuration records [derrod]
• Fixed change discard confirmation dialog popping up twice when closing source properties [tytan652]
• Fixed QSV AV1 on multi-GPU systems [thyintel/derrod]
• Fixed FFmpeg output erroneously checking disk space when not writing to a file [RytoEX]
• Fixed auto-config wizard not working without a stream key [mar10iana]
• Fixed text alignment with extents [exeldro]
• Fixed encoder properties having nested scroll areas in output settings [derrod]
• Fixed crash if input video resolution changes when using hardware-accelerated decoding [tt2468]
• Fixed button text being cut off in controls dock [powersagitar]
• Fixed undo action for filters showing UUID instead of name [derrod]
• Fixed not all eligible Patreon supporters being shown in the "About" dialogue [Warchamp7]
• Fixed copy-pasting show/hide transitions not including duration [Warchamp7]
• Fixed settings dialog being cut off on low-resolution screens [tytan652/Warchamp7/derrod/RytoEX] (yes, this one took four people to figure out)
• Fixed paused indicator text stacking [Aleksbgbg]
• Fixed disabled audio sources showing up in advanced audio properties [Penwy]
• Fixed Grid Mode setting not being persisted when enabled through the View menu [RytoEX]
• Fixed CoreAudio not handling encoder delay, resulting in audio being 44-48 ms late [derrod]
• Fixed OBS not handling negative audio timestamps at the start of an output correctly, resulting in Opus and CoreAudio AAC audio being delayed by a few ms [derrod]
• Fixed VA-API AV1 encoder being unavailable if H.264 is unsupported [kkartaltepe]
• Fixed WebRTC buffer size being too small for recovery with high-bitrate video [Sean-Der]
• Fixed renaming multiple scenes when hitting Tab key while renaming [howellrl]
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2024.06.08 11:56 spirit2050 FB Account disabled because of a stranger linked instagram account

My Facebook account is connected to the authentication app, I was logged in yesterday. I don't use Instagram, I have a Mac (actually a bit safer from hackers than Windows). Yes, i have an instagram account with the same mailadress, but using only 1-2x per month.
This morning I was no longer logged in and wondered why. Now I have been blocked because an Instagram account that doesn't belong to me but is supposedly linked to my account violated their community standards or something.
This has probably happened to a lot of people.
My personal instagram account is NOT suspended!
December 2022, a Facebook group admin said she would delete her group because there were very good one-off recipes and testimonials there, I decided to look for a tool with which I could archive the group, this desktop application ran on a remote desktop with a different IP than my country of residence and led to Facebook sending me an email 3 times asking me to change the password because the technology was apparently suspicious, even though it only simulated reading (slow reading). Well, the third time my advertising account was permanently restricted. Then you could select once that it must be a mistake and to check the process by uploading the passport document, I think that was my ID card at the time. I did that, but the account was permanently restricted for advertising, meaning I can't open and manage an advertising manager account, let alone place private advertising.
I then tried many things to get in touch, but nobody gets in touch or only their automatic bot, which doesn't help you. Then I also uploaded my ID card for increased security.
For me the question is whether it might be better to draw a line under it and delete the account, but how, there isn't even a contact form and it's blocked, I can't request deletion while logged in. But according to the European General Data Protection Regulation, they would have to delete the personal data or the entire account?
I am in favor of deletion because, strictly speaking, two personal accounts are not allowed and I don't want to have to go to the trouble of building up a good reputation with a new account on FB and then actually advertise and upload my passport for higher amounts and account security, and then FB will link the account to the blocked ones and restrict my advertising or even block the entire account again. Of course, I could also set up a business advertising account manager with my wife's account, but personal contact with the ads manager would of course only be possible for her and not for me, so it would be better if I could continue with my own account.
If I have the old account restored via a lawyer or Appela's email (with luck), my account will still be permanently restricted for advertising.
How long does FB store ID documents for a permanently blocked account (after the 180 days have passed) and how long for a deleted account?
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2024.06.08 09:37 Questforfuckoff Is my husband a cheat or is it my ADHD overthinking

Long story short I (37f) am married to my 43m husband for 12 years.
It’s been a journey, and as you know with ADHD you are able to pick up on energy shifts really well, hyper aware and about 5 years into marriage he was going through depression and taking it out on me, I looked through his phone back then and found deleted Facebook messages from an old colleague who he slept with on the first year of us being married. I decided to forgive him as it had been a long time and since then we had a baby, as a child of divorce who found it very traumatising I have never wanted to do the same to mine. We had also had our first child who died a couple of years earlier and I felt it had deepened our relationship.
Fast forward to last year, again depression for him and again energy shift, I looked at his phone and found when he had gone to get my emergency passport he had tried to get an escort. I don’t think he actually did manage it because I couldn’t find any further evidence on credit card etc. I now have two kids with him who are about the same age as me and my brother were when my parents split.
Again I choose to stay as he begged and promised it’s because he has been at rock bottom and would sort things out. I suspect he is a functioning alcoholic.
I was on his profile on his Mac computer yesterday for something work related. Messages from his phone sync with this, I decided again to have a little snoop.
Not sure why but looked at messages between his brother and him, last year before the escort thing, he went on a golf holiday, they had one night out drinking and he was sharing a room with his brother and this is the exchange between them. He obviously didn’t come home from the night out and his brother was worried and wanted to know where he was.
When he got back from the holiday he was really emotional and talked about how he wanted to sort his drinking out, which I thought was odd for someone who just got back from a whole week away with his friends, thought he would come back all refreshed.
In my mind this looks like he cheated again but am I going to another place because of the history, is my ADHD brain making me see something that could be innocent? I know you will say ask but I also think he is just going to lie and honestly I think this will be the last straw for me.
I would really appreciate your thoughts as fellow ADHD people
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2024.06.08 08:44 Omologist SERP (Search Engine Results Page)

SERP (Search Engine Results Page)
SERP (Search Engine Results Page)
Understanding SERPs
In 2024, SERPs have become sophisticated, displaying a mix of organic and paid listings tailored to user queries. The following subsection provides a detailed look into how these pages have transformed.
Evolution of Search Results
Search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo have dramatically transformed their Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) to deliver more relevant content to users. In the early days of web searching, SERPs consisted primarily of simple lists of text-based organic search results. However, as search engine optimization (SEO) practices evolved and the volume of online data grew, the need for enhanced categorization and clarity became essential.
Today, SERPs are highly interactive and feature-rich. For example,
Organic search results have been enhanced to include more context and direct answers to search queries.
Paid search results now integrate seamlessly with organic listings, often occupying prominent positions at the top of SERPs.
Various SERP features, such as knowledge panels, local map packs, and rich snippets, provide quick information without requiring users to click through to a website.
Search engines determine the layout of a SERP based on the perceived intent behind a user's search query. For instance, a query for local restaurants may yield a map with listed establishments, whereas a search for a how-to guide might present an article or video directly within the SERP. This intent-driven curation ensures that SERPs in 2023 are more intuitive and user-centric than ever before.
Moreover, SEO continues to be an important consideration for content creators and marketers who aim to have their pages featured prominently within SERPs. Understanding and leveraging the latest search algorithms and SERP features can improve visibility and engage users more effectively.
Key Elements of SERPs
Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) encompass both organic and paid listings, each with distinct components. They also feature various SERP features that enhance the user experience and provide quick, relevant information.
Organic Search Components
Organic listings are the non-paid entries that appear on search engine results pages based on the search engine's algorithms which favor relevancy and authority. Organic results typically include a title, a URL, and a short description or meta-description. Integral to organic search are rich snippets, which enhance a listing to include extra information like ratings or event dates, potentially boosting click-through rates.
Paid Search Components
Prominently seen as Google Ads, paid results occupy prime positions within the SERPs. These listings are marked with an 'Ad' label to distinguish them from organic results. They are targeted based on the user's search query and advertisers bid on keywords for these slots. Shopping ads are a subtype of paid results, showcasing products with images, prices, and retailer information directly in the search results.
SERP Features Overview
SERPs are augmented by many features, enhancing the typical listings with additional information and formats. Featured snippets, often extracted from a webpage directly in the results, provide concise answers or summaries. The knowledge panel typically appears on the right side of the results, offering authoritative data about people, places, or things.
People also ask boxes include a list of related questions to the initial query, allowing users to expand each question to reveal a brief answer.
Images and videos may appear in specialized blocks, catering to visual or multimedia content relevant to search queries.
Maps and local pack listings assist with local searches. They display a map and a list of businesses with their contact information and ratings.
Twitter cards may show recent tweets from a relevant Twitter feed.
Top stories feature current news articles related to the search query.
Sitelinks expand on a website's main result to include links to other sections or pages within the site.
These features collectively aim to provide a comprehensive and versatile user experience.
SEO and SERP Ranking Factors
A solid understanding of SEO and the ranking factors that search algorithms consider is essential for achieving a high position in SERPs.
Importance of Keywords
Keywords serve as the cornerstone of SEO, signaling to search engines the themes and content of a web page. They directly impact organic search visibility, influencing where a page lands in the SERPs. The placement of keywords within elements like the title tag, URL, and meta description can significantly affect a webpage's ranking. For instance, using targeted keywords in the title tag improves relevance for user queries, while a concise and keyword-rich meta description increases the potential for higher click-through rates (CTR).
Understanding Search Algorithms
Search engines use complex and proprietary algorithms to parse through countless web pages and determine their ranking in the results. Factors like the quality and number of backlinks a page has from other websites are critical ranking signals. These algorithms look for signals that indicate a webpage's relevance and authority. For example, a site with numerous high-quality backlinks may be perceived as more authoritative, which boosts its SERP ranking. Conversely, poor backlink profiles can harm a site's credibility and search visibility. Engagement metrics like CTR also inform search engines about the usefulness of a page to users, influencing its position in the SERPs.
Enhancing SERP Visibility
Enhancing SERP visibility involves leveraging various SEO tactics to improve rankings and visibility in Google search results. Businesses must focus their efforts on both on-page and off-page SEO strategies, as well as optimize for SERP features that increase organic reach.
Optimizing for Organic Search
On-Page SEO is foundational to improving organic search rankings. It includes optimizing content with relevant keywords, ensuring that metadata is both descriptive and keyword-rich, and using header tags effectively. Structured data with Schema markup can lead to enhanced presentations in search results, such as appearing in a knowledge graph or creating a knowledge card for succinct, immediate information delivery.
Off-Page SEO: This aspect of SEO focuses on strategies outside of the direct website content. Backlinks from credible websites are valuable, as they serve as endorsements that can boost a site's credibility in the eyes of search engines. Social signals, while indirect, can magnify online visibility and increase traffic, thereby contributing to higher search rankings.
Strategies for SERP Features
Rich snippets, video results, and the image pack are additional SERP features that enhance visibility. They require specific optimizations such as:
Rich Snippets: Add structured data to your HTML to help search engines understand your site's content, which can result in rich snippets. These enhanced results can include star ratings, product prices, or events, making your listing more prominent.
People Also Ask Box: To appear in this feature, content must directly answer users' questions. Distilling information into clear, concise answers increases the chances of being featured.
Video Results and Image Pack: Including relevant videos and imagery on your site can result in inclusion in these visual-dominant features. Ensuring media is properly tagged and accompanied by descriptive, keyword-rich filenames and alt text is essential.
Addressing both organic search optimization and strategic targeting of SERP features can enhance one's web presence and visibility.
Search Engine Marketing and Analytics
In digital marketing, search engine marketing (SEM) is a pivotal tool for businesses looking to increase visibility and drive targeted traffic to their websites. SEM encompasses various strategies, including paid search advertising, which can be rigorously measured and analyzed to ensure effectiveness.
Paid Search Advertising
Paid search advertising, often referred to as pay-per-click (PPC), is a model where advertisers pay a fee each time their ad is clicked. Platforms like Google Shopping allow businesses to place bids on keywords with the highest bidder typically earning the most prominent ad placement. These paid ads appear alongside organic search results, directly targeting users with commercial intent. Digital marketers craft advertisements to maximize click-through rates and outperform the competition.
Key PPC platforms include:
Google Ads
Bing Ads
Facebook Ads
Reddit
Quora
and many others
Advertisers meticulously bid on keywords relevant to their target audience, often using sophisticated tools like SEMrush to strategize effectively.
Measuring Search Effectiveness
Measuring the effectiveness of search strategy is crucial for refining SEM campaigns and ensuring optimal budget use. Analytics can track various metrics, including traffic, visibility, and click-through rates.
Important metrics to monitor include:
Click-Through Rate (CTR)
Cost Per Click (CPC)
Conversion Rate
Quality Score
Digital marketers employ analytics to adjust bids, reallocate budgets, and alter ad copy in response to data-driven insights, thus optimizing campaigns and maximizing return on investment.
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