Looking for advice on good learning courses or resources that can get me the basics of Civil 3D for surveying purposes. Preferably resources that include a trial or access to autocad cause that shit is expensive.

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
I will be using this PC for engineering (rhino3d, autocad/inventor, visi, solidworks), computational (matlab), gaming (minecraft, subnautica)
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?
My budget is gonna be between $2000-2500
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.
I would like build this within the PC this weekend
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)
I need everything included. This is my first PC build and I am starting from scratch.
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?
I will be purchasing everything in Ohio and I am close to a microcenter. If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.
I am starting from scratch so I am not reusing any parts.
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?
I don’t plan on overclocking it
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
I would like a pretty big storage(4Tb+), and the PC to be water cooled
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?
Any size works, I would like it to be darker colored, preferably with a window to see the water cooling setup
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?
Yes, and which ever is the most compatible with all the programs I am trying to run on it.
The PC will be used as a work/college/gaming PC. I am considering using a 3 monitor setup with 2 tvs mounted on a wall and a monitor on a desk

Basically the title. I'm a junior manufacturing engineering student about to start their first internship and I'm excited and also really nervous. The engineering consultant I'll start with in a few days uses a suite of programs (Revit, Plant 3D, AutoCAD, Inventor) and I'm not very experienced with these. I have a year's worth of Fusion360 experience and I've been trying to learn AutoCAD these past two weeks, but otherwise don't know what I'm doing (yet). I'm also moving to one of the largest metro areas in America so that's cool too I guess. Any engineering or just life tips for a first-time internship? Thx!

Part 3/7
As Kae touches one of the stones she feels aura flow into it and a mechanical voice states “Initiating Trial Five”
All of you fall dead silent listening to see if there are any more context clues to go on. Kae and Paradox begin to move again and before they can react Python sweeps their legs and they hear the crackling of electricity pass over them.
“Run” Python whispers before it is pulled away from you. For a moment you hear a python struggle hissing, its body striking the floor, but as soon as Python left your side, the silence returns.
“Next” a soft voice echoes from behind you.
Kae and Paradox attempt to get into position each covering the others back but they are quickly pushed apart by the unknown hostile.
“Are you a part of this Trial Five” Ares asks.
“Perceptive, I like that, but are you as strong as you are insightful? I hope that will make this much more thrilling. The last trial was … lacking in terms of being a challenge.” The voice says.
“Next question then what is this trial” Ares inquires.
“The gathering of data to aid in developing a focus that is permanent. In the new world that the twins are trying to build, Aura will be a commodity and the inventor does not intend for them to hold a monopoly on such a valuable resource” It answers.
“Anything else you would like to ask before I break you” It asks, emanating a massive blizzard of aura that envelops all of you.
“Why side with the inventor” Ares asks.
“Because unlike the Twins the inventor does not care about sides, status, or morals, only overwhelming power, enough power that he cannot be crushed by the will of the masses. Like myself the inventor did not inherit his strength but earned it, and like me Spite and Vengeance drives him. Under him I can achieve true strength” It explains.
“The inventor will cast you aside as soon as you no longer serve his purpose” Icarus warns the voice.
“I know, he told me and I told him I would do the same.” It responds.
“Enough talk it's time to begin the trial '' It commands before striking Icarus, his heavy mechanical body clattering to the ground, the sound of electricity crackling before fizzling out.
How do you proceed?

Hey all, so i just had a question that i was curious about. A few months back i began taking a CADD course at a vocational school & so far i have mainly been using Autocad and inventor. To be clear, i started as a complete novice with only a few hours of tinkering around in Blender under my belt. I know that later on in the course we really focus more on Blender, Unity & Unreal, and at some point solidworks, but i was just curious if solidworks and inventor, and maybe even autocad, have any practical use in the game industry. Eventually id like to transition from my current work industry to games, but clearly i have quite a ways to go. Im just asking because so far the things i have been modeling have been mechanical parts, building layouts and things like that. i just wasnt sure if these softwares are more geared towards engineering or if they have applicable uses for gaming as well. Either way, im enjoying learning about all of them and am excited to get further into it.

Hi, I need to make a 3D model of magnifying glass with a logo on it, but inventor wont let me extrude it. I always get error message "Create extrude feature failed". The logo was created by transforming jpeg image to vector and transfering vector to autocad. Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Day 16: Dawning upon me

Ok, time for some final preparations. I decided the easiest one was to get ochette’s beasts. The first and most important one is the dark manta. This one is on the sea. It deals AOE dark damage and increases elemental attack. That’s very useful to help buff my party.
Anyways, I equipped more rare monster, along with evil ward on Osvald, and searched for it at night. After around 10 encounters, I got into an encounter with one.
I used Empoison with hikari and used provoke beasts with ochette to break with mahina. I used donate BP with Partitio on ochette and analyze with Osvald to check its HP (which was 5030).
Next turn, Partitio used darkest night without boosts to deal 1000 damage, Ochette used provoke beasts with mahina but it didn’t break because one of them didn’t hit a weakness, so hikari had to come in with elemental bomb to break it. It’s now at yellow HP, so I should be able to get it next turn.
I defend with everyone except ochette and then fully boost with capture and it was a 100% chance so I got it, replacing it with my old assassin bug. That thing was the first monster I caught but I literally never used it because I remembered beastly howl.
Anyways, now it’s time to go cait hunting. First I travelled back to tropuhapu to break into someone’s house with hikari and obtain some cait powder.
I then got the other cait powder by fast travelling to clockbank and doing the “my beloved Catherine” side quest, which was quite easy as all I needed to do was befriend the quest giver with ochette and go to the next screen.
I equipped both cait powders on Osvald, gave him evil ward and gave ochette more rare monsters. I then fast travelled over to crackridge and began looking for caits at night.
I did also get negotiate schedule on Partitio while looking for caits as it was taking awhile. It’s his first ex skill and I don’t know why I put it off for so long. It effectively gives him an extra turn and deletes the enemy’s turn for leaves, which we have plenty of.
Ok, uh, literally right after I got negotiate schedule I found the cait. I used darkest night with Partitio for 20 damage… and the kill. Come on! Ok, lesson learned, don’t damage it with Partitio.
Ok, it’s been about 30 encounters now with no caits. I decided to head back to the shrine to see if that somehow helps with my cait encounter rate.
Ok, after about 5 more encounters, I got one. Partitio fully boosts with his latent power to use negotiate schedule on the cait. Hikari uses lightning falls on the cait for 24 damage and the kill. Crap! Ok, I’m unequipping their elemental equipment.
Ok, it didn’t take too long to encounter another cait. Hikari uses lightning falls for 7 damage, knocking it to red health. Partitio then uses donate BP on ochette with 1 boost and Ochette fully boosts with capture at a 100% chance to get the cultured cait. I replace it with the treant and beat the rest of the monsters up.
That was a lot harder than I expected. I probably should have unequipped the elemental equipment earlier. Anyways, next up on my list is for hikari to get the learned skill vacant stare. It’s from an elderly lady in crackridge funnily enough, and it was very easy with compound formulae due to her low level. Vacant stare lowers elemental defence, so in a way it’s a more reliable beastly howl.
Anyways, I decided it was finally time for the conjurerer. The conjurerer has very useful skills and is a good job for Ochette as it gives the highest HP boost, in addition to a staff. It’s in Ku and I have to beat 5 bosses to get it. Luckily it isn’t consecutive, so I can actually fast travel and rest to restore my latent power.
I’m going into the tower with cleric throné, arcanist Osvald, armsmassti, and inventor hikari. Let’s do this.
The first trial was against Gken (that’s not a typo, that’s his really name). Castti was up first and used icicle for 3337 damage, hikari was next and used compound formulae for 3300 damage. Throné then used veil of darkness for 1845 damage and Osvald used elemental barrage for around 3000 damage.
Throné used veil of darkness again as Gken used fluid stance… which set up 5 reflects. Uh oh. Hikari used Empoison and Castti concocted a forget me do and a weed, removing the reflects and lowering his elemental attack. Osvald used analyze, revealing he has 16667 HP but no elemental weaknesses.
Hikari then fully boosted with vacant stare to lower his elemental defence for 4 turns. Gken used purple lightning which dealt 1000 damage and caused everyone except Castti to be knocked unconscious. What the heck? I thought this guy was easy. Castti then fully boosted with her latent power using a grape leaf, a cleansing leaf, a pomegranate leaf, a diffusing serum and a strengthen serum to heal and remove ailments.
Next turn, hikari used compound formulae at 2 boost for around 9200 damage. Gken then used cleave in 2 which hit and dealt some damage to hikari. Gken is now at red health, so throné fully boosted with darkest night for win with 14000 damage.
Onto trial 2 with the snake charmer, ichchadhari. Hikari was up first and used compound formulae for around 2800 damage but no shields. Throné used veil of darkness for 1651 damage and Castti uses icicle for 3106 damage. Osvald then used elemental barrage for around 3400 damage and knocked off 2 shields. It seems like it’s only weak to lightning.
The snake charmer then summoned her snake and locked her weaknesses, While missing a paralyzing fang on throné. Hikari used compound formulae for around 3000 damage, knocking a shield off the snake. Throné then used luminescence for around 1500 damage, knocking off a shield from the snake. Castti defended for later and Osvald used the one true magic 2 for 4600 damage and broke the snake.
Next turn, Castti fully boosted, using a plum leaf, a whimsical leaf, a pomegranate leaf, a diffusing serum and a strengthen serum to bring everyone up. Hikari then fully boosted with compound formulae for 10400 and killing the snake. Throné then used her latent power, using a fully boosted veil of darkness on the first for 6705 damage and the second with a 2 boost veil of darkness for 4900 damage. Osvald then fully boosted with his latent power, using the one true magic 2 for around 42000 damage and the win.
Ok, trial 3 with Tyran the seeker. Throné is up first and uses veil of darkness for 2177 damage and knocks off a shield. Hikari uses compound formulae for around 3400 damage and knocks off 2 shields. Osvald uses fire storm for 4000 damage and knocks off 2 shields, as Castti uses 2 darkdelions to knock off 2 shields for around 2500 damage.
Castti then uses another 2 darkdelions to break Tyran for around 3000 damage this time. Throné uses a plum basket to get everyone’s SP up, hikari uses critical scope for extra damage, and Osvald uses advanced magic on throné.
Next turn, Osvald fully boosts with his latent power using the one true magic 2 for 105000 damage and the win. To put that into perspective, that’s half of Vide’s phase one health. So yeah, that’s a lot.
Anyways, trial 4 is with Auðnvarg (I’ll call him Aardvark because that’s easier to spell). Anyways, throné is up first and uses veil of darkness for 1699 damage and his skull roller is killed. Osvald uses elemental barrage for around 3000 damage and knocks off 2 shields. Castti the concocts 2 lilies of light dealing around 2500 damage and knocking off 2 shields. Hikari then 1 boosts with elemental bomb, as I know I won’t break it before it acts if I don’t do it, to knock off 4 shields for around 2000 damage.
Throné then uses holy light for 2355 damage and the break on aardvark. Osvald then uses advanced magic on throné, just in case. Castti then uses icicle for 6153 damage and hikari uses critical scope.
Next turn, throné fully boosts with radiance for around 19000 damage. Hikari then uses vacent stare on aardvark to lower elemental defence, just so that I can see how much damage Osvald can do. Castti then uses icicle at full boost for 46600 damage, knocking it to red health. Osvald then fully boosts with his latent power, but unfortunately he’s too low on SP for the one true magic so he instead uses benediction for around 94000 damage and the kill on aardvark. Just imagine that with the one true magic. I get the feeling it’d do max damage.
Ok, final trial with priestess Hinoekargura. Osvald uses resentment to knock off 2 shields and deal 3600 damage. Throné uses veil of darkness for 2130 damage and another shield off. Hikari uses compound formulae for around 3000 damage and a shield off. Castti then uses 2 dark delions for 2400 damage and knocks off 2 shields.
Throné then uses darkest night for 2762 damage and the break. Osvald uses a medium plum on himself for some SP, hikari uses critical scope, and Castti uses icicle for 7405 damage.
Next turn, Osvald fully boosts with his latent power, using the one true magic for around 105000 damage, knocking her to yellow health. Throné then uses her latent power, fully boosting a darkest night for 21300 damage and using a veil of darkness for 4025 damage. Hikari then fully boosts with compound formulae for around 29000 damage. Castti then uses her latent power, using 4 bluster blooms and a strengthening serum for… 4 damage? What?
Hinoekargura uses conjure flames then attacks hikari for around 1300 fire damage. She then changes to her demon form. Osvald then uses elemental barrage for around 2500 damage, throné uses holy light for 2892 and a shield. Castti then uses 2 lilies of light for… 2 damage? What the heck is happening?! She has insane elemental attack. Hikari then uses empoison in hopes it somehow kills her.
Hinoekargura ends up killing everyone with a fiery dance. What the heck happened to castti’s concocts? She was dealing good damage in the previous fights and it’s not like the priestess has high elemental defence. Ok, let’s go in again for round 2.
First up for round 2 is throné, who uses darkest night for 2762 damage and a shield off. Osvald uses blizzard for 4000 damage and 2 shields off. Hikari then uses critical scope and Castti uses 2 darkdelions for 2 damage.
Throné uses her latent power, using darkest night twice for the break and around 7000 damage. Osvald then uses a medium plum on himself, castti uses icicle for 7400 damage and hikari uses vacant stare at 1 boost to lower her elemental defence for 2 turns.
Next turn, hikari one boosts with Empoison to set up poison for 4 turns, Osvald fully boosts with the one true magic 2 and his latent power for 15600 damage. Not max, but still a lot and it knocks her to red. Throné then fully boosts with darkest night for the win with 32000 damage.
Ok, that was an interesting fight. I’m still curious why the concocts dealt such low damage to her. I hope that doesn’t cause any problems. Anyways, I equip ochette with the conjurerer job and give her the bellowing baton. This will make her thunderbird a bit more potent (if she ever uses it).
I also get all of the conjurerer skills. This allows her to get SP saver (which is very useful for provoke beasts) and BP regeneration. This allows her to effectively spam provoke beasts. Throné unfortunately doesn’t have enough JP to get BP regeneration, so that’s a bit sad.
Anyways, I think it’s time for some of hikari’s other learned skills. Turns out, Plukk is actually weaker than the shield thief guy at only 5 challenge. I was able to beat them easily. Not in one turn like the elderly lady but it was still very easy with compound formulae, lightning falls, and elemental bottle.
This got me the learned skill “let’s end this” which I replaced with Hachimonjigiri, as it’s a sword skill and I can’t use it. Now all I have left in my preparations is shield thief and another monster. Shield thief is obviously very hard so I need a lot of jams.
I fast travelled back to cropdale and fought a villager with ochette. The specific villager I fought can drop refreshing jams 20% of the time. Someone told me about her last playthrough and she was very useful. She’s also quite weak at only a challenge of 1.
I fought her until I got 10 then went back to winterbloom to fight the shield thief guy. The first time I forgot the apothecary job. On the second attempt, I gave hikari the apothecary job along with alpione’s amulet and deal more damage in hopes of it turning the tides if things go south.
With the second attempt, I was able to win with Empoison and weak to poison, along with 5 refreshing jams. The extra damage from alpione’s didn’t help but the extra HP definitely did help a lot. I ended up replacing vacant stare with shield thief, as critical scope did effectively the same thing but better.
I also got SP saver on hikari, which will be extremely useful with shield thief and even compound formulae. With Melia’s amulet, hikari can effectively use his skills all day.
Anyways, the final thing I need is the light sentinel Mk.2, which is in the shrine of ulsterra. This will help break Vide’s final phase, where I can use multishine to break vide almost immediately.
The guard at the entrance was very easy and after several encounters I found it. Hikari used compound formulae which broke both the sentinels in the encounter. Agnea used elemental barrage killing one sentinel but lowering another’s HP to red. Perfect.
Next turn ochette was able to capture it with ease. I replaced the snow drake, as I feel like it not having a secondary effect is holding it back and I need multishine more.
I forgot one item, and it’s in merry hills near the entrance to the shrine of ulsterra funnily enough. It’s called the empowering necklace, and I give it to hikari to help him be a better supportive tank.
Anyways, so that’s all the errands I need to do for the dawn. I think now I’ll share my team’s set up as it probably won’t change much during the dawn. So here they are:
Throné- LV.50 Cleric

• Weapon(s): Heretic’s greatsword, Sunshadow staff
• Shield: crested great shield
• Head: Ancient circlet
• Body: blessed vestments
• Accessories: shadowsage necklace, eye of calamity
• Support skills: Upgraded accessories, Deal more damage, peak performance, a step ahead

Osvald- LV.50 arcanist

• Weapon(s): Battle tested staff
• Shield: Kite shield
• Head: Mermaid circlet
• Body: Mage’s robe
• Accessories: Stone of truth, fang of ferocity
• Support skills: Price of power, Deal more damage, peak performance, a step ahead

Temenos- LV.50 Merchant

• Weapon(s): Hallowed rod
• Shield: Tattered sacred shield
• Head: Art of Disguise
• Body: mage’s robe
• Accessories: Laila’s amulet, librarian’s amulet
• Support skills: Upgraded accessories, Deal more damage, peak performance, a step ahead

Agnea- LV.50 Scholar

• Weapon(s): Mooneater, lost tribe’s staff
• Shield: Silver shield
• Head: Ancient circlet
• Body: mage’s robe
• Accessories: Mental belt, Blessing in disguise
• Support skills: Upgraded accessories, Deal more damage, peak performance, a step ahead

Agnea- LV.49 Scholar

• Weapon(s): Mooneater, lost tribe’s staff
• Shield: Silver shield
• Head: Ancient circlet
• Body: mage’s robe
• Accessories: Mental belt, Blessing in disguise
• Support skills: Elemental augmentation, Deal more damage, peak performance, a step ahead

Partitio- LV.48 Thief

• Weapon(s): Fire starter, fire dragon’s glaive, moonfang, evening mist
• Shield: Spiked shield
• Head: Ancient circlet
• Body: mage’s robe
• Accessories: Mental belt, elemental augmentor
• Support skills: Upgraded accessories, Deal more damage, peak performance, a step ahead

Hikari- LV.50 Inventor

• Weapon(s): Eclipse edge, Well-worn pole, battle tested axe
• Shield: Silver shield
• Head: Ancient circlet
• Body: mage’s robe
• Accessories: Melia’s amulet, empowering necklace
• Support skills: Upgraded accessories, Deal more damage, SP saver, a step ahead

Castti- LV.49 Armsmaster

• Weapon(s): Guardian’s ice blade, tornado glaive, wind whisperer, frost axe, tornado bow, staff of carnage
• Shield: iron shield
• Head: Ancient circlet
• Body: mage’s robe
• Accessories: Elemental augmentor, mental belt
• Support skills: Upgraded accessories, Deal more damage, Peak performance, a step ahead

Ochette- LV.50 Conjurerer

• Weapon(s): Double Tomahawk, shadow bow, bellowing baton
• Shield: Platinum shield
• Head: Ancient circlet
• Body: Sublime ornamental armour
• Accessories: Alpione’s amulet, protective necklace
• Support skills: Upgraded accessories, BP regeneration, SP saver, a step ahead

Now that that’s over with, it’s time to do the cross paths. All of them have no bosses, except for ochette’s and Castti’s. There are some fights in 2 of the second ones (Osvald and hikari’s) if something interesting happens, I’ll tell you about it. Otherwise, assume it went without much issue.
So something interesting happened during Temenos’ and throne’s chapter. In the cavern of the sun and moon, I encountered a chubby cait. Partitio was able to dispatch it with a staggering 198 damage. This still doesn’t get throné enough JP for BP regeneration. I need 12000 and I only have ~8000. Still though, it should be soon.
I forgot about the skill that Yomi gives you called Forlorn requiem. It’s an AOE ice attack that has a chance to sleep. I replace it with lightning falls, as it’s kinda not as good anymore. Plus forlorn requiem is also powered by the battle tested axe, so I shouldn’t be losing much power.
Anyways, next up is ochette and castti’s crosspath. This one is the only one with a true boss fight. I decided that I’m going in with armsmassti, conjurerer ochette, arcanist Osvald, and thief Partitio. Let’s do this.
First up against the creeping shadow is Castti who uses icicle for 2600 damage. Ochette then uses provoke beasts to summon 2 light sentinels and 1 cait, knocking off 4 shields and giving an additional 1 BP to all (perfect). Osvald uses elemental barrage, breaking it for 3400 damage. Partitio then 2 boosts with ember for 14500 damage. Next turn, Osvald fully boosts and uses his latent power with the one true magic 2 for the win with around 59000 damage. Nice.
Now all that’s left is the dawn. I restock up on materials for concoctions like grape leafs, plum leafs, pomegranate leafs, lilies of light, etc. Aswell as medium grapes and plums.
I think this is where I’ll end the session today. I save right in front of where the start of the Dawn will happen. I’m not entering right now because I might have missed a few things, Though I think it won’t really matter as Osvald and temenos are already pretty insane and I’ve prepared pretty darn well. Anyways have a great day/evening and stay safe.
Levels and subjobs at the end of the session:

• Cleric Throné: 52
• Arcanist Osvald: 50
• Merchant Temenos: 51
• Scholar Agnea: 51
• Thief Partitio: 50
• Inventor Hikari: 51
• Armsmaster Castti: 50
• Conjurerer Ochette: 50

I've been wanting to get some courses on udemy since I'm gonna finish my 2nd grade this semester and I also want to get a grasp on the industry (automotive) I want to proceed on as an mechanical engineering student. there are two courses I consider getting (I'm not sure if we're allowed to post links here), one is about automotive sketching and one is about car repairing overall. but, i want to improve my cad skills as well, the only program i know is inventor (we had courses at the school) and i know learning other cad programs like autocad or solidworks would get me a serious advantage over others.
My plan would be getting an edge of some cad programs first, and then get some automotive courses. but I wanted to get the thoughts of more experienced people on this sub.
Also, would getting automotive engineering courses help me as an mechanical eng? just wanted to know.

Just seeing what feedback I get as I stand right now
Gpa: 3.57 Weighted Gpa: 5.2
AP classes: 5 (Psychology, Human Geo, World History, APUSH, Calc AB)
AICE Classes: 2 (Gen paper, environmental management)
All other classes were Honors classes
Extracurriculars: TSA - Technology Student Association: Engineering Design, team lead- placed 1st in state 2022, 3rd in state 2023 - 9th nationally, 2nd in state 2024 (nationals hasn't happened yet
Industry Certifications: AutoCAD User 2022, Inventor user 2022, Fusion 360 User 2022, PMI Project Management , RECF full Robotics (Programming, Mechanical, Electrical)
PLTW Engineering courses: Drafting 1, Intro Engineering Design, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Digital Electronics, Principles of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Looking to get into Engineering of some kind, so far I like electronics engineering. I really want to get into one of the top 10 colleges here in the US.

This is something I've noticed. If you're a member of pages like this one, or groups like artisthate etc, it looks like this is a raging debate and the entire world is split along a line between people who would die to defend ai, and people who want it scoured from history and it's inventors flogged. But I've been observing all of this from outside the redditsphere and there just isn't any such vitriol outside of the internet.
I've read a number of journal articles on the subject, ones where people were asked their opinions on generative ai, and in all cases the large majority range from simply not caring either way, to being positive.
Outiside of academia, I've made numerous personal observations.
I've shown my own ai to groups of people I know, including my friends and classmates in the course I'm taking. All of them have responded positively. On top of this I've even seen ai art displayed by a local artist alongside her own paintings in her gallery. Prints of them sell quite well.
I also noticed when I was buying art supplies a few weeks back that Greenstuff World are now using Ai art on almost all of their starter paint kits. This is a large, very well known company that makes and distributes art supplies.
Another minor observation was when I was in the liquor store a couple days ago buying some IPA. I noticed a number of the IPAs on sale had Ai art on their cans. I bought a couple cans of one (Battle Swans IPA). It was pretty good.
Finally, I recently travelled to Kalmar in Sweden and I went to the Slott where they currently have an exhibition on the Swedish witch trials. They tell the history of the witch trials with detailed accounts of actual women accused of witchcraft, and most of the exhibit is illustrated with Ai, including "paintings" that are made to look like period appropriate depictions of satanic scenes, as well as lifelike recreations of what many of the historical figures may have looked like. They aren't shy about it, they clearly proclaim on the posters and signs outside that the exhibit features ai art. It's been hugely popular and everyone was enjoying it. They were selling postcards and prints of the ai art and people were buying them. I was watching people looking at the ai paintings and post cards, to guage their reactions, and no one looked disgusted or angry. Everyone looked happy and entertained and were fascinated by the art.
So yeah, beyond social media, where rage junkies are chasing their next high and people are trying to create engagement by posting currently topical things, to me it doesn't look like the "ai panic" exists at all in the real world. Journal articles on the subject show positive attitudes and actual art exhibitions and art products etc all featuring ai are becoming increasingly common and the majority of people are just like "that's cool, I wonder if I can buy a print?".
If you're flipping out over ai and you think it's the end of the world and the destruction of all human creativity, or if you think there's even really a "debate" about all of this, then there's a really good chance you've gone down a rabbit hole and just need to take a breath and go outside for a while.
Take a look around, ai is already everywhere. Imagine if it was 2009 and you were trying to talk everyone out of this horrible new "smart tech", that's where we are right now. It's a new technological revolution and it's already been adopted and accepted.

How old are you? What's your gender? Give us a general description of yourself.
I don't feel comfortable sharing that information.
• Is there a medical diagnosis that may impact your mental stability somehow?
Not that I know of.
• Describe your upbringing. Did it have any kind of religious or structured influence? How did you respond to it?
• What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not?
I work at a fast food place. The jobs fine until I have to pretend to like and be respectful to those who don't respect me. I constantly come soooooooo close to losing my shit. I like most of my coworkers. One of them I'm not a big fan of because she doesn't pull her weight. One time I was restocking when the cook called "order up, eat in!" She wasn't doing anything at the time so I just continued stocking and assumed she would take care of it....she didn't. She stood there and stared at me. I didn't say anything because someone else called her out in it first.
• If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed?
I'm honestly not sure. I'm usually forced to stay home a lot. I spend a lot of time researching on different theories. Like personality theory for example. I know a decent amount about the cognitive functions but I'm so stuck in overanalysis that I can't pin myself to any type. Anytime I come close to a conclusion or think I've settled on something another view point or angle to look at it pops up. My heads constantly going "well what about this? Did you consider it this way yet? Well you didn't look into this perspective enough try this. What if...?" And blah blah blah 24/7. I love it because I'm constantly coming up with new ideas and theories but it also gets really annoying because it makes it near impossible to come to any sort of conclusion!! Lol. I'm a huge nerd if you couldn't tell. I love things like cryptids and the supernatural. I love anime and cartoons. Gravity falls and my hero academia are my favorites.
• What kinds of activities do you prefer? Do you like, and are you good at sports? Do you enjoy any other outdoor or indoor activities?
I love researching and theorizing. I love writing, playing various instruments and singing. I love art (acrylic, watercolor, sketch, sculpting, carving, making prints etc.). Knitting, crocheting, I love daydreaming. I create a bunch of highly developed worlds and storylines in my head. I also love creating things. Ive always been a sort of experimenter and inventor. I make things like zip lines, (currently working on a new model that's safer and more portable. I'm making it out of pieces from my old remote cars. I need super glue. Gosh, didn't realize how many interests I had! I'm pretty cool! Lol, anyways. Ive been inventing and experimenting for as long as I can remember. Once when I was younger I found a huge box and decided to turn my bike into a mobile home...it didn't turn out to well but it was still really fun!! My mom had to put a lock on our pantry when I was little because I would still random ingredients to make my "potions" and "bake cakes." I did not have a natural respect for authority as a child. I just kinda did whatever I wanted without giving it much thought. I wouldn't actively go out of my way to defy authority thought...most of the time anyways. Ok, lost track again sorry. I love reading, making my own costumes for fictional characters that either I made up myself, or a from some movie comic book or tv show I like. I also remember I would try and make a parachute a lot when I was younger. I would test them by jumping off of roofs...they were sadly never successful. I'm surprised I've never broken any bones (knock on wood). The worst injury I've gotten is spraining my ankle while WALKING ON A FLAT SIDEWALK. WTF. Not when running through the woods, or climbing mountains and rock climbing without any gear. Oh no. Definitely not when I'm actually doing dumb shit.
• How curious are you? Do you have more ideas then you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate?
Yes, yes, yes, and more yes. I think the above paragraph that wrote explains this one pretty well too....but anyways. I have soooo many unfinished projects!!! It's insane!!! It's like my mind works SOOO much faster than my body (and money) can keep up!!!! So many unfinished ideas and projects, costumes, books, paintings, sweaters, scarfs, you name it I've done it I swear.
• Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be?
I always take up the leadership position in social situations, if there are no other ones willing to step up. In my friend groups though I tend to make all the decisions. I love volunteering at summer camps and leading groups of kids all summer. It's awesome!! Kids are awesome!! SUMMER CAMP IS AWSOME!!!
• Are you coordinated? Why do you feel as if you are or are not? Do you enjoy working with your hands in some form? Describe your activity?
I am very well coordinated. I have AWSOME reflexes. Super quick and super reactive( in a good way obviously). Thats why I haven't died yet my dudes. I've had so many close calls though not gonna lie. • Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
Yes, I am artistic. My art is very colorful and stylistic. I'm not really sure what else to put here so moving on.
• What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
I think the past is something we can learn from, but it's not good to dwell on it. Im not always super focused on the present moment. Even when engaging in activities my mind is always focused on something else unless I really try and focus. If I'm really into something though I hyperfocus and forget about everything else. Literally. I will not eat, sleep, drink, or bathe. I won't even notice if a have to use the bathroom. I love dreaming about the future. It's not like I have any detailed plans or anything, just vague ideas and possibilities. Ex: my goal is to be a hero, accomplish great things while helping others. I have almost no idea how to get there though. Or even really what that "great accomplishment" will be. It's kinda like I'll just know when it happens. I have plans to travel around the country with my best friend and live in a camper van.
• How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
If people request my help, I will help them. It's the right thing to do. Although I'm not sure I can really explain why. It just is.
• Do you need logical consistency in your life?
Heh??? I think I need some examples I'm feeling kinda dumb
• How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
Hmmmmmmm.......I procrastinate quiet a lot so I guess that speaks for itself. Unless I'm at work or If said thing is reeeeaaalllyyyyy important to me or someone else.
• Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
Nope! Not that I'm aware of! ( I totally secretly mind control people to get what I want. Totally.)
• What are your hobbies? Why do you like them?
I'm not gonna list alllllllll of them again. There's to many. I didn't even list all of them before! I dabble in a bit of everything. And I mean everything. I enjoy my many very different hobbies because it provides spontaneity and possibilities and allows me to explore and try new things!
• What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
I guess I learn best by doing or having some way to interact with the things I'm learning about. Lectures work fine to for things like science. But if I'm learning a new game, im only able to figure it out if I'm allowed to learn while playing so I can experiment and learn through trial and error.
• How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?
I have learned how to brake up projects into manageable steps. I honestly don't know how good I am at strategizing. I'm naturally a more "let's just jump right in and see what happens" kinda gal. I don't like planning. I think on my feet real quick. I'm great at multitasking and responding appropriately to situations quickly. It surprises others how good I am at this. I even surprise myself!
• What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
Again, my aspirations are pretty vague. I wanna be a hero and achieve great things while helping others. It just feels right. I fell intensely passionate about these desires. I outlet these desires by volunteering for things like retreat centers and camps. I love helping people. I hate leaving others behind. I can NEVER leave another person In need. I will do everything I can to help them. Ive been left before, I know how it feels. I NEVER want anyone to have to feel what I felt. I've regrettably left people before out of fear for my own well being...I beat myself up about it constantly. I dont think I could live with myself if I made that mistake again.
• What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
Biggest fear: Being incapable or being seen as incapable.
Examples of this in action: When in groups, if I feel like I can be a capable leader, then I will boldly and confidently lead. If I don't feel that I can, if there is any doubt in my mind, then I will sit quietly in the back. I hate it when people underestimate me. I hate it with everything in my body. If someone tells me that I can't do something, you bet your ass I'ma prove them wrong. I once got in a fight with a guy because he told me that girls were weaker than guys "and there's no way someone like you could beat your older brothers in a fight." I won.
• What do the "highs" in your life look like? My highs look like I'm full of energy. Like an unstoppable force. Extremely passionate and determined. Full of ideas and childlike wonder.
• What do the "lows" in your life look like? Lots of emotional outbursts. Depressed. Rumination. Loads of self criticism. May cling to past traditions for comfort.
• How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so?
I daydream alllllll the time. I'm very in my head. However, I'm still somehow subconsciously aware of what's going on around me and am able to respond accordingly. It always surprises me lol.
• Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
I would retreat into my own little worlds that I have created in my head. I actually use these worlds and storylines to help me fall asleep at night because of I don't, my brain won't stop thinking about all the fun things, and theories and ideas. Once I get bored of disconnecting from reality, I would start singing and making music with my hands.
• How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
It may take me a bit to make a. Important decision. I will always rely on my gut feelings when it comes to those. They have never lead me astray. Once I have decided, I rarely have any doubt.
• How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
It depends. Sometimes I process my emotions quickly, sometimes it takes me a while do decide what I feel about something.
• Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
Sometimes I do this, but only when I'm first getting to know people. I do this because I'm afraid of losing the chance to connect with them.
• Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why?
I usually only brake rules when I see no point to them. I don't go out of my way to brake them. I don't immediately think authority knows better. I think the should be challenged. But I'm not gonna go out of my way to do that unless they're causing harm.

Stats:
hardstuck 1300 SAT
4.3 GPA weighted
AP World, AP Calc BC, AP CSA, AP Physics 1, DE USH, DE Comp 1 and 2, DE Microeconomics, DE Communications.
EC (pasted from resume):
*200+ community service hours*
*went to Vietnam both summers. planning on working a desk job this summer and grinding coursera certifications and grind SAT*
*Several honor societies not mentioned*
*track freshmen year*
Technology Youth Empowerment (TYE)
Volunteer (3hweek) 2024-Present
● Partnered with Technology Youth Empowerment (NPO) to start 3 robotics after school programs for elementary
schoolers, teaching basic engineering concepts.
● Designed easy-to-assemble robots for students to learn and immerse themselves into robotics.
● Designed game-based engineering challenges, teaching block-code
● Monthly workshops that included lesson plans teaching different engineering concepts.
Robotics Club (FIRST Robotics Competitions)
Lead Mechanical Engineer (2hrs/week) 2021-Present
● Collaborated with a team of 3 members to design/build (Onshape) a robot resulting in 1st place in Regionals
victory (first time since creation of club in 2017).
● Documented team design process, strategy, and club outreach into a comprehensive engineering portfolio.
● Planned and created weekly club meeting agendas.
Go2Green
Lead Engineer (2hrs/week) November 2023-January 2024
● Partnered with Go2Green (NPO) to engineer a specialized robot tasked with autonomously monitoring
temperature and humidity levels while also providing automated plant watering using AutoCAD and Arduino.
● Partnered with several local businesses to repurpose their unused buckets to make simple grow buckets, raising
over $1.5k.
Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting System in Water Pipelines
Lead Engineer (2hweek) September 2023-January 2024
● Designed and built a hydropower generation prototype system to harness electricity from water pipelines with
capabilities of powering for LED lighting, network routers, and mobile phone charging.
● Modeled water flow and turbine dynamics to optimize energy generation efficiency in Matlab Simulink
● Presented a Preliminary Design Review in front of University of Maryland undergraduates.
Master Kick Martial Arts
Instructor 2020-2021
● Taught Taekwondo for an average of 8 classes per week to students of all ages and abilities, adapting my teaching
method to suit each individual’s needs taught self defense techniques, form & sparring drills.
● Compiled course materials consisting of lesson plans, quizzes, and drills for each level from beginner to
experienced; utilized these materials to deliver engaging Taekwondo classes that consistently met student needs.
Programming: Java
Software: Inventor, AutoCAD, Onshape, Arduino, jGRASP, MatLab, Simulink, GitHub, Microsoft Office, Google Suite
Several more personal technical projects from ADV Capstone Engineering course.
*applying in state*

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