So the dataset I have contains only keypoints of an object. It has some 7-9 keypoints(eyes, center, top etc) of the object. The problem is to create a keypoint detection model. Yolo requires u to need a bounding box to create a keypoint detection model. I am confused on what else I could use to create a keypoint detection model that does not require bounding box data. what would be the best idea for tackling this problem
Any help or input would be highly appreciated thanks a lot

Apologies in advance for sounding like a noob; my knowledge of A/Cs begins and ends with “install in window, plug into wall outlet, and press ‘On’”. I hope this makes sense.
Last year, we bought a Costway 15,000 BTU window A/C on Amazon for our apartment for approx. $700 (CAD) (model pictured below). We installed it ourselves, and it worked perfectly fine all summer long, until we removed it for the winter. Never noticed any issue with it.
Amazon picture of Costway 15,000 BTU window-mounted air conditioner
A couple weeks ago when the weather got warmer, we reinstalled it, but although it powers on just fine and we hear the compressor kick in, this time it only blows room-temperature air – there’s no actual cooling. This happens no matter how long we keep it on “Cool” mode, how low we set it, etc. We checked the filters, settings, and everything else we can think of, but came up empty. It’s basically a large, noisy, window-mounted fan – great for getting an air current going, but useless for bringing down the indoor temperature.
We know very little about the technical side of A/Cs, so we’re unable to diagnose the problem ourselves – no idea if it’s a coolant leak, or an electrical or mechanical fault, etc.. We tried calling various HVAC businesses in our area (the Greater Montreal area, Quebec), but none of them do this kind of A/C repair. (From what we were told, a local law was passed that forces A/C companies to guarantee that any coolant leaks are patched, and none of them are either willing or able to do that, so they just don’t offer coolant refills at all.)
We’re still making calls in desperation, as our budget is a bit tight and a second $700 A/C in just two years is quite a lot for us. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what we might do? Anything we can check/repair ourselves? Any particular HVAC centers in the Greater Montreal area we can call that might help? Or is throwing it out and buying a replacement our only option?

Hi. I'm not really sure if this is the right sub to ask about this but I don't have any better ideas. I have a diagnosed personality disorder (borderline) which has recently wrecked havoc in my life.
Over a year ago I admitted myself to an inpatient clinic in my home country which has helped tremendously. Unfortunately the nature of my job (Welder) where I have to travel to various locations makes attending therapy quite difficult. Also the working hours are quite long at up to 54 a week.
Anyway, next week I will be starting a project around Antwerp which is not too far from Eindhoven where I have a sister who just started a family. That's also where I would like to settle eventually if a stable job opportunity comes up.
My question to you is; is there anybody here in a similar situation? Are there any therapy centers in Eindhoven I could attend on the weekends? I found group therapy to be really helpful.
I'm just not sure what to do. I have to keep the job but I can't just leave my mental health as is.
Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone! I have a weird glitch in ams2 and the f1 games while using steam VR. Everything looks fine, except the effects like rainspray or smoke are not centered. They appear on wrong places. It looks they are appearing more to the right. I‘m on quest 3 now and had the same issues on reverb g2. Any ideas?

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Geissele URGI 14.5 Near Clone

BNIB, straight from Geissele and still in the sealed factory bag. I bout a few of these and a few of the 11.5s. Keeping the shortys.
Have 2x, paid $1015 + 10.1% sales tax = $1117. Shipping to you with insurance will be ~$30.
Asking $1149 each

G$ Super Duty Mod1 Stripped 10.3

Brand new and unfired from Geissele with the Huxwrx suppressor MD for you flow bois out there. Still has the factory jizz on there + the Steel QD inserts. Minty Safe Queen condition.
Comes stripped, so no bcg or CH, cannibalized these for a different build.
Product URL: https://geissele.com/super-duty-mod1-complete-upper-10-3-5-56mm-black.html
Asking $699 shipped!

Geissele Super Duty 16" in DNC Rattlecan

Factory Geissele Super Duty with a 16" Chrome Lined CHF Barrel, coated in Mag Phosphate (bought before G$ switched to the cheaper Black Oxide)
Comes with factory Nanocoated Surefire Closed Tine and Super Charging Handle. BCG not included.
This upper is coated in a DNC like Paint Job, and has minimal cosmetic damage. Only noticeable spot is a slight ding on the top rail from mounting. Paint job is super easy to remove, very light coat. I removed a small part of it on the bottom but got distracted and gave up.
Shot for around 100 rounds and put into permastorage in a vacuum seal.
Asking $899 $749 shipped

Factory Steyr Aug 16" Barrel with White Grip

Stormtrooper clone gone wrong. I decided to join the ODG gang gang instead.
No salt, spare barrel that was shot for 80-100 rounds. There is a slight imperfection on the backside of the white grip as seen from pics, came like that from factory
$420 $399 shipped

Clone Correct URGI 10.3 Upper

Here i've got a clone correct URGI 10.3 in a smooth shade of DDC. All parts are unfired except for the BCG/CH and Upper receiver. Had this assembled and sitting in my closet for close to a year now, i love looking at it but it's time i sell some extras.
Parts List:
Surplus Colt 13629 Keyhole upper
Daniel Defense 10.3 Barrel NSN Marked
Colt C stamped BCG
Geissele 9.3" MK16 DDC
Geissele DDC ACH, NSN Marked (shade matches MK16)
Surefire 4 Prong, NSN Marked
Cosmetic Condition: Like New, minimal salt.
Asking $1199 $1099 shipped

SIG LPVOS

Tan Sig Tango MSR 1-6
Tan does not come with mount, has some faint marks from mounting: $219 shipped

FCD Crap 🦆

• ABC/R serrated bolt catches, $55 each. 2x center, 1x forward biased

Rails n Uppers

• Aero enhanced m4e1 upper with integrated barrel nut + 15" enhanced upper gen 2. Used but minimal salt: $199 shipped
  
• FN M4 3S679 Code upper + FCD RHF 9.5. Both cerakoted odg: $299 shipped. Can split for $155 each.
  
• DD RIS III FDE 9.5: comes with hardware and nut, light salt 3-4 spots: $369 shipped
  
• Geissele MK16 9.3" Black: Blemula but re-nitrided so the blemula logo is barely visible. No salt like new. Barrel nut has some marks $199 shipped
  
• LMT M4 Forged Upper, with the lmt logo: light salt, $165 shipped
  
• Zev Redacted Upper: New. Stripped. $69 shipped
  
• Aero Normie Upper: New. Assembled FA but no dust cover. $69 shipped
  
• Aero M4E1 Upper: New. Assembled. $99 shipped
  
• Aero M4E1 Light Salt: Assembled, $85 shipped
  

AR15 Spare Parts

• Ergo grip rail covers black mlok 3x: $10 addon
  
• magpul 9 slot pic rail: $5 addon
  
• Bushmaster Commercial Spec Stock: $29 shipped
  
• BNIB RRA BuffeSpring for Carbines: 2x $15 each
  
• VLTOR A5 Tube: $49 shipped. Previously rattlecanned, most is removed but needs a bit more acetone.
  
• aero enhanced Tube: comes with nut and plate. $39 shipped
  
• bcm wrenches $5 addon each
  

BRN4 Parts from Forsaken Build

1x BNIB Operating Rod, $59 shipped

Mounts/Sights

Weaver Extra High 34mm Rings: $79 $49 New
Aimpoint PRO Riser spacer:, $10 addon
Aimpoint Micro OEM Mount: same as this one https://aimpoint.us/micro-standard-mount-for-h-1-h-2-kit/ very light salt, $69 $49 shipped
Aimpoint Pro low Mount: $49 shipped
Looks like this but with a picatinny mount https://aimpoint.us/aimpoint-30mm-top-ring-fits-qrp2-tnp-lrp-not-required-for-compm4-series/
KAC Rear Sight like new but missing parts (missing clamp screw and bolt clamp): $79 shipped
Scalarworks Leap/04 RMR Mounts: 0400 (1.42"), 0410 (1.57"), $99 each like new
4x random scope rings - 30mm, $15 each. Supposedly Vortex but no idea how to verify. No markings other than made in china labels and "AFA"
Unity fast qd lever: New, lost the springs but unity will send em to u. $35 shipped

Glock Stuff

Glock Sights: all takeoffs, $15 each. Tritium rear one is $30. $59 for all.
Random recoil spring: i think for G17, $15
CAA MCK Microroni for G19/23/32: Mild salt, comes with flashlight. $169 $149 shipped
Wilson Combat Gen 5 Performance Trigger + Tactical Connector, 250 rounds: $69 shipped

AK Stuff

JMAC: Non-Folding Stock/Brace Mount for MRKT Trunnion: lnib $29 shipped
1913 Adapter for MRKT Trunnion: lnib $29 shipped

Take both for $45!!!

Random Shit

Vortex Razor 1-6 Killflash: $30 addon
Benelli M4 Mesa Tactical Stock with comfortgrip, cheek riser and newest lock washer: $119 shipped
SF Warden FDE: light salt on muzzle end, $185 shipped

Patches

Also patches if you would like some: https://www.reddit.com/GunAccessoriesForSale/s/NzKFRKbgjL

HPL says that Azathoth is a semi-conscious - but nonetheless "idiot" - "god" who bubbles and blasphemes (present tense) at the center of infinity. (Can infinity really have a center?)
Even now, Azathoth lives. He continues to abide, calmed by the notes of amorphous daemon flute players. Presumably, if that music should ever cease, then Azathoth would break his bonds and infect all reality with his whirlwinds of chaos.
Is Azathoth the Lovecraftian version of "First Cause"? Or, as is sometimes asked of a theistic Creator:
"Who created God?" ... "Who created Azathoth?"
In Lovecraft's wholly atheistic perspective, may there still be room for a non-divine First Cause - some as-yet unknown, ultimate but material factor or agency? If so, could he have imagined a primordial/archetypal Azathoth prototype? Something that preceded the Big Bang - something that HPL might view as a proto-Azatoth?
Thanks in advance for any ideas.

I have a Lenovo IdeaCenter desktop. Recently, when I turned it on to boot up, it went to the normal Lenovo splash screen, but where Windows 11 splash screen would appear, I get a BSOD with the error "Critical_Process_Died". When I insert a disc in the DVD-ROM drive and go into BIOS to boot from disk, it doesn't even show. Please, help!!
EDIT: It won't even boot into Safe Mode or anything.

If you are struggling to find business idea and confused how to start a genuine call center business..
Let us connect for discuss.

Looking for a rimworld style 30 second gameplay trailer for my game. Here is an example of the trailer: RimWorld Launch Trailer (youtube.com)
Open to ideas but need to see 1) your work 2) estimate for creating a 30 second trailer similar to the rimworld one linked. OR 3) estimate for creating your own 30 second gameplay trailer using the demo linked below.
I would expect the cost of 2 to be much lower than 3 considering I would be providing the clips to edit and cut.
Here is my game: Call Center Tycoon on Steam (steampowered.com)
I have an outline and clips for the shots needed but open to different suggestions if you have a better idea. Here is the outline (each "--" is a shot to cut to.
Shot: We show an employee going through a rage out. Caption can say
-- "Meet John(example). He's not having a good day. Let's see how he got here"
--Then it rewinds...
Shot: do the rewind animation effect
--John gets hired
Shot: show John getting hired
--He's a hard working employee
Shot: show him working
--He's making the big bucks getting a raise
Shot: show him getting a raise
--Two new employees get hired jacob
show Jacob hired
--and jennifer
show Jennifer hired
--John immediately hits it off with Jennifer
Shot: Show John likes and or Jeniffer likes
--However he doesn't get along with jacob work starts to take a hit
Shot: show Jacob humiliating John
--Meanwhile Jacob is a star employee
Shot : show Jacob earnings
--Jacob gets a bonus, Johns not happy about that
Shot: show Jacob getting a bonus
--John gets told to get back to work
Shot: show John not happy about being told to get back to work
--At least he has Jennifer
Shot: show Jeniffer working or something
--Oh wait Jennifer likes Jacob too
Shot: show Jennifer flirting with Jacob
--Cue the rage
Shot: show the original John raging out shot
--Call center tycoon wishlist now
Shot - Show the logo and wishlist icon
I will select the best candidate based on cost and quality

Just a little background on my upbringing: I was raised by a single mother of 3, and we have always identified as Christians. While we didn't attend church every Sunday, my family and I always made an effort to, but sometimes life’s circumstances made it challenging. We are far from perfect Christians, but everyone has flaws and inevitably makes mistakes.
Over time, our family members took different paths. I joined the Military, my sisters pursued new careers, and my mom relocated back to our home state where most of our other family resides. Despite our physical distance, we maintained regular contact, but within the past few months, it’s been getting harder to find the energy to talk to my mom. She had been asking me for money fairly often, as well as taking money out of my bank account without even asking. I am always the one to help my family out in times of need, and I have never really minded it. But it was just getting to the point where I felt that she was doing it too freely and taking advantage of me, which led me to address the issue. This confrontation resulted in her kind of distancing herself from me and seeking financial assistance from others, despite having a stable income and manageable expenses. So i was just confused on where all of her money was going. I reached out, and offered to help her make a budget plan, to help budget her money more wisely, but she didn’t like that idea.
Fast forward to around February timeframe, and I still didn’t hear from her that often, unless it was for money. My sisters informed me that my mother had been spreading unfounded rumors about me having insider knowledge about government secrets and aliens due to me being in the military, and that’s why I don’t call them to talk to them often. But mind you, I talk to my sisters VERY often, and the reason I stopped talking to her as much, was because she would always ask for money when we would talk. Also, my job in the military rotates between MAKING FOOD at the chow hall and working at the FITNESS CENTER on base, and they all know that, so her claims definitely contradicts the reality of my jobs responsibilities.
What happens next? The solar eclipse in April. She called me for like a week leading up to it, begging and begging that I stay inside for it, because the government was gonna be releasing toxins into the air during it; telling me to keep my Bible next to me wherever I went; that the world was going to end, and just a whole lot of imagined dangers associated with the event, prompting her to believe that an apocalyptic scenario was imminent. I told her on the first day that she started to beg me, that I live on the opposite side of the world, and that the solar eclipse wasn’t even going to happen on this side of the world, so there was nothing for her to worry about. Ever since then, she has been frantically calling everybody in our family non-stop, telling us that the end of the world is IMMINENT, and that now is our time to get right with god, and pressuring all of our non-religious relatives members to embrace Christianity, and telling the ones with newborn children, that their babies are going to go to heaven, and they won’t, etc…
So it went from only hearing from her when she needed money, to all of a sudden, hearing from her 24/7, about doomsday prophecies, and everything about religion. I am a very stressed out and busy person, not just with work, but also with things outside of work, so the last thing I want to hear after a long day, is that the world is going to end tomorrow and everybody’s gonna die, so i try to avoid her calls as much as i can to preserve my mental well-being and to shield myself from the persistent doomsday messages. I LOVE God, I read the Bible, and I pray to God EVERY single day. God is my #1, so it kind of makes me feel like a bad person for ignoring her phone calls, and it makes me feel as if I’m avoiding talks about God and Christianity, but deep down, I know know I’m not, and that I’m just trying to protect my positive energy.
As bad as this may sound, my sisters and I believe that my mother's behavior might be influenced by substances like psychedelics or something, given her sudden immersion in conspiracy theories and erratic beliefs. Not just because of her talks about the world ending, but also because of the things she said about me knowing about aliens as well, and how all of this stuff just started happening out of nowhere. She’s never been the type to indulge in conspiracy thoughts or anything like that, so her sudden departure from her usual demeanor is just worrying and confusing. So I’m just wondering what other people may think, or if they have any input. Am I a bad person for thinking that her religious views are possibly influenced by drugs?

Ember's upcoming heirloom skin has brought the spotlight onto her, and in doing so it has highlighted all of her flaws. The biggest ones being that she consumes energy like crazy just to keep up with easier to use frames. While I enjoy the idea of Ember being able to "burn out" she doesn't shine nearly enough to make up for it. So let's change that.
Passive: Temperature Gauge. Ember's temperature gauge is no longer tied to Immolation, instead it is always active. The temperature gauge grants up to 90% power strength and damage reduction. The gauge builds up as Ember inflicts Heat status onto enemies, but quickly drains when Ember hasn't set anything on fire for over 1 second.
Ability 1: Fireball. The ability will receive a slightly higher base range, and will no longer need to charge for maximum power but will be otherwise unchanged.
Ability 2: Immolation. Most of it's effects have been made innate (as described in the passive section) and replaced with the following. Immolation uncaps the Temperature gauge and makes it no longer drain at the cost of an energy drain that starts at 5/s and increases the higher the meter goes beyond 100%.
Ability 3: Fire Blast. Completely Unchanged.
Ability 4: (New) Solar Flare/Supernova. Solar Flare works like Inferno currently does, striking all enemies in line of sight with a large fireball from the sky that marks them with constant, spreading heat damage. (Now with an actual heat status effect) Supernova is a special version of the 4th ability that can be accessed by having Immolation active. Supernova is a massive explosion centered around Ember that consumes all of her temperature and energy to deal massive damage that exponentially increases based on the temperature and energy consumed. Exothermic is changed to affect both versions of the ability.

I am not entirely sure how to write this so please excuse the word vomit that is about to happen. Thank you.
I am an 18 year old online college student and I've always had a bit of trouble making friends and being able to keep them. My anxious tendency's make it hard for me to fully understand why someone would truly want to be my friend. I'm in therapy trying to work this my issues and trying to find better ways of communication. While I've only been in therapy for a short while I, personally, feel like made a ton of progress. I have contacted old friends and have made a couple new ones. I wouldn't go as far to say that I don't struggle with responding but I eventually will.
A big part of my anxiety is that I might take up "too much space", that my behavior would be "too much", that I would be annoying, and ultimately that people would hate be and I'd be lonely. My anxiety sometimes blinds me and I can't tell who I can and can't trust. I see the word alone being used a lot when people use it to describe how they feel but I don't feel alone. The word alone in the dictionary reads "having no one present" and the work lonely in the dictionary reads "without companions; solitary; cut off from others". I believe that the word lonely fits the description of my feeling better than alone. I know that I enjoy my alone time - my space - but for a long time I couldn't tell the difference between the two.
The first time I ever really felt my anxiety was in middle school. My younger self was much more open and optimistic than I am now. I still had that child-like wonder and sense of safety; like nothing could ever go wrong. I wish that feeling never left. As it is for most people, middle school was horrible. I remember being eccentric, happy, and very talkative. This was a direct hit for those "mean girl clicks" everyone had encountered in middle school. At that time I never really understand how cruel the world could truly be. This was the moment I truly felt the anxiety click in, hearing people talk behind your back then be so loving and caring to your face.I won't say that I am a saint because I know that I have also had rude conversations behind peoples backs and I can say nothing eats me alive more then knowing how rude I was. I know that it is almost impossible to get people to not talk about you behind your back, it happens to everyone but this never stopped me from trying.
Those "mean girl clicks" used to talk about how I'm too loud, annoying, they hated my hair, the way I dressed, etc. And I can positively say this went on with me though my entire life. I started dressing in all black, I would speak unless spoken to, I would keep my opinion to myself unless cued otherwise; I did all of this and more just to try and keep the attention off of me. I would keep a book with me at all times so I didn't disrupt anyone so that wouldn't be annoying. I was so fearful of seeing self-centered, being too much to handle, annoying, egotistical, and entitled to how much damage I was doing to my self worth in the long run. I wanted to so anything to avoid being those words because I thought that it would earn me friends; I thought that it would finally make me worthy.
All of this is to say that this was of living followed me though my life. Anytime someone needed something I was the first to volunteer, I wanted to help everyone in every way I could, I wanted to be a natural friend of people. A neutral friend - someone who was like enough to keep around but not noticeable enough to be talked about behind their back. I did this with everyone I met at school, work, family, etc. With this my therapist has helped me open up more and I've gotten more comfortable with myself and the fact that it's okay for me to take up space. However, I am still very aware of how I am acting and how I might be perceived. I think three times about what I am going to say before I say it to make sure I don't say anything that can hurt someone. Does it still accidentally happen, yes, but I am always empathic about it and I always apologize.
I have been in a bit of a job switch recently and I am working with people much older than me and I have had a hard time with management. My most recent bosses and have rude, unforgiving, and disrespectful. Now I understand that not all jobs will be perfect and for the most part you just have to deal with it but as I've said above I take comments that are made to me seriously. I know this can be a bad thing to do but my anxiety had a tendency to pick it up and run with it. My employer makes the schedule on a monthly basis, I am a full-time employee, and for the past two months I have worked 20-25 days each month and now the new schedule (June) I am only scheduled to work for 11 days. With quick math working 11 days can't pay my car insurance let alone the car note. I was understandably, in my opinion, upset and I took it up with them the next day so that I was not speaking out of anger in the moment. When I brought it up to my employer the next morning they told me that 30% of my productivity can from them helping me and the other 70% came from me working alone. I was essentially told that my productivity level was too low and that if I wanted to work more then I need to "prove myself". This honestly stirred a lot of my past worried and anxieties about never be good enough and not being worthy. And while that's not what was explicitly said it is what my anxiety heard.
When I finally got home (I live with a relative) they asked me what was wrong and I had explained the situation with that and I that I felt like I was being productive and trying my hardest. They had brought up the idea that my productivity level might be the issue and when I asked further I was met with one of the more gut-wrenching comments I have ever had anyone say about me. They told me that I act entitled. I have been called many things but for be being called entitled, one of the very things I have tried so hard not to be, it completely broke me inside. I have entered a few inserts below about my "Being Entitled" search.
Entitled - Adjective - Google Definition

• Believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.

What does it mean to be entitled? - Cambridge.org

• Feeling that you have the right to do or have what you want without having to work for it or deserve it just because you are who you are.

How do entitled people behave? - Well Mind Article

• Demanding special treatment, expecting others to do things for you, not showing gratitude, and the need for constant adornment.

Example of being entitled - Psychologytoday.org

• You see your own interest more interesting than others. See your goal and desires to be more valid than others. You disregard rules that are intended for everyones comfort.

What does entitled mean as an insult?

• In many cases, describing someone as entitled may be a criticism of their behavior or attitude, suggesting that they display a lack of humility or an unrealistic sense of self-importance.

With going though and finding all of these articles describing what an entitled person acts like I don't think that I fit into this category. I try so hard to make everyone happy to make sure that their days are going good. I have always shown gratitude when someone does something for me and I have a tendency to say that "I am sorry" even if it has nothing to do with me. They called me entitled on Monday the 27th of May and it is not June 2nd and I never received an apology. This evening I brought it up during a discussion and they asked if it was really still think about it. Part of me wanted to say no that it was just a joke, bottle it up, and move on but I didn't. Instead I said, yes I am, you never said sorry for being rude me, and all they said was that they were being honest. I told them I understand honesty but they could have brought it up in a nice more adult manner. They brushed me off and told be I was being a baby about it that I should take it for face value and "re-evaluate myself". They were never specific about any time I was acting "entitled". When I brought up why it was rude to me and that it was a main center point for my anxiety and that my therapist was helping me finally get through it; they told be that my therapist can't be the only person I talk to about my feelings. They told me that this is not what she is here for. That I needed to talk to my friends and family instead. But this is the problem, I thought that I was so safe with this relative (emotions wise) and now I have been proven wrong so I don't see any reason I would open up to them now. I also brought up the point that it is hard for me to make friends. They looked and me and said well I try and get you to go out to clubs and events but I just don't find it easy to make friends like that. I like quiet spaces where things are calm but even in settings like those it's so hard for me to make friends.
They still never apologized and I truly don't think that they will. I've been dwelling on their comment about me being entitled everyday. And everyday it makes me more and more anxious, I've noticed myself being more secluded to avoid stepping on anyones toes. I think what I am looking for here is opinions that aren't mine or theirs. I know that was a lot to read but if you did I would appreciate some feedback. Do I seem entitled? Do I deserve an apology? How do I deal with something like this because I am completely lost.
Thank you for reading my word-vomit <3

I am not entirely sure how to write this so please excuse the word vomit that is about to happen. Thank you.
I am an 18 year old online college student and I've always had a bit of trouble making friends and being able to keep them. My anxious tendency's make it hard for me to fully understand why someone would truly want to be my friend. I'm in therapy trying to work this my issues and trying to find better ways of communication. While I've only been in therapy for a short while I, personally, feel like made a ton of progress. I have contacted old friends and have made a couple new ones. I wouldn't go as far to say that I don't struggle with responding but I eventually will.
A big part of my anxiety is that I might take up "too much space", that my behavior would be "too much", that I would be annoying, and ultimately that people would hate be and I'd be lonely. My anxiety sometimes blinds me and I can't tell who I can and can't trust. I see the word alone being used a lot when people use it to describe how they feel but I don't feel alone. The word alone in the dictionary reads "having no one present" and the work lonely in the dictionary reads "without companions; solitary; cut off from others". I believe that the word lonely fits the description of my feeling better than alone. I know that I enjoy my alone time - my space - but for a long time I couldn't tell the difference between the two.
The first time I ever really felt my anxiety was in middle school. My younger self was much more open and optimistic than I am now. I still had that child-like wonder and sense of safety; like nothing could ever go wrong. I wish that feeling never left. As it is for most people, middle school was horrible. I remember being eccentric, happy, and very talkative. This was a direct hit for those "mean girl clicks" everyone had encountered in middle school. At that time I never really understand how cruel the world could truly be. This was the moment I truly felt the anxiety click in, hearing people talk behind your back then be so loving and caring to your face.I won't say that I am a saint because I know that I have also had rude conversations behind peoples backs and I can say nothing eats me alive more then knowing how rude I was. I know that it is almost impossible to get people to not talk about you behind your back, it happens to everyone but this never stopped me from trying.
Those "mean girl clicks" used to talk about how I'm too loud, annoying, they hated my hair, the way I dressed, etc. And I can positively say this went on with me though my entire life. I started dressing in all black, I would speak unless spoken to, I would keep my opinion to myself unless cued otherwise; I did all of this and more just to try and keep the attention off of me. I would keep a book with me at all times so I didn't disrupt anyone so that wouldn't be annoying. I was so fearful of seeing self-centered, being too much to handle, annoying, egotistical, and entitled to how much damage I was doing to my self worth in the long run. I wanted to so anything to avoid being those words because I thought that it would earn me friends; I thought that it would finally make me worthy.
All of this is to say that this was of living followed me though my life. Anytime someone needed something I was the first to volunteer, I wanted to help everyone in every way I could, I wanted to be a natural friend of people. A neutral friend - someone who was like enough to keep around but not noticeable enough to be talked about behind their back. I did this with everyone I met at school, work, family, etc. With this my therapist has helped me open up more and I've gotten more comfortable with myself and the fact that it's okay for me to take up space. However, I am still very aware of how I am acting and how I might be perceived. I think three times about what I am going to say before I say it to make sure I don't say anything that can hurt someone. Does it still accidentally happen, yes, but I am always empathic about it and I always apologize.
I have been in a bit of a job switch recently and I am working with people much older than me and I have had a hard time with management. My most recent bosses and have rude, unforgiving, and disrespectful. Now I understand that not all jobs will be perfect and for the most part you just have to deal with it but as I've said above I take comments that are made to me seriously. I know this can be a bad thing to do but my anxiety had a tendency to pick it up and run with it. My employer makes the schedule on a monthly basis, I am a full-time employee, and for the past two months I have worked 20-25 days each month and now the new schedule (June) I am only scheduled to work for 11 days. With quick math working 11 days can't pay my car insurance let alone the car note. I was understandably, in my opinion, upset and I took it up with them the next day so that I was not speaking out of anger in the moment. When I brought it up to my employer the next morning they told me that 30% of my productivity can from them helping me and the other 70% came from me working alone. I was essentially told that my productivity level was too low and that if I wanted to work more then I need to "prove myself". This honestly stirred a lot of my past worried and anxieties about never be good enough and not being worthy. And while that's not what was explicitly said it is what my anxiety heard.
When I finally got home (I live with a relative) they asked me what was wrong and I had explained the situation with that and I that I felt like I was being productive and trying my hardest. They had brought up the idea that my productivity level might be the issue and when I asked further I was met with one of the more gut-wrenching comments I have ever had anyone say about me. They told me that I act entitled. I have been called many things but for be being called entitled, one of the very things I have tried so hard not to be, it completely broke me inside. I have entered a few inserts below about my "Being Entitled" search.
Entitled - Adjective - Google Definition

• Believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.

What does it mean to be entitled? - Cambridge.org

• Feeling that you have the right to do or have what you want without having to work for it or deserve it just because you are who you are.

How do entitled people behave? - Well Mind Article

• Demanding special treatment, expecting others to do things for you, not showing gratitude, and the need for constant adornment.

Example of being entitled - Psychologytoday.org

• You see your own interest more interesting than others. See your goal and desires to be more valid than others. You disregard rules that are intended for everyones comfort.

What does entitled mean as an insult?

• In many cases, describing someone as entitled may be a criticism of their behavior or attitude, suggesting that they display a lack of humility or an unrealistic sense of self-importance.

With going though and finding all of these articles describing what an entitled person acts like I don't think that I fit into this category. I try so hard to make everyone happy to make sure that their days are going good. I have always shown gratitude when someone does something for me and I have a tendency to say that "I am sorry" even if it has nothing to do with me. They called me entitled on Monday the 27th of May and it is not June 2nd and I never received an apology. This evening I brought it up during a discussion and they asked if it was really still think about it. Part of me wanted to say no that it was just a joke, bottle it up, and move on but I didn't. Instead I said, yes I am, you never said sorry for being rude me, and all they said was that they were being honest. I told them I understand honesty but they could have brought it up in a nice more adult manner. They brushed me off and told be I was being a baby about it that I should take it for face value and "re-evaluate myself". They were never specific about any time I was acting "entitled". When I brought up why it was rude to me and that it was a main center point for my anxiety and that my therapist was helping me finally get through it; they told be that my therapist can't be the only person I talk to about my feelings. They told me that this is not what she is here for. That I needed to talk to my friends and family instead. But this is the problem, I thought that I was so safe with this relative (emotions wise) and now I have been proven wrong so I don't see any reason I would open up to them now. I also brought up the point that it is hard for me to make friends. They looked and me and said well I try and get you to go out to clubs and events but I just don't find it easy to make friends like that. I like quiet spaces where things are calm but even in settings like those it's so hard for me to make friends.
They still never apologized and I truly don't think that they will. I've been dwelling on their comment about me being entitled everyday. And everyday it makes me more and more anxious, I've noticed myself being more secluded to avoid stepping on anyones toes. I think what I am looking for here is opinions that aren't mine or theirs. I know that was a lot to read but if you did I would appreciate some feedback. Do I seem entitled? Do I deserve an apology? How do I deal with something like this because I am completely lost.
Thank you for reading my word-vomit <3

So my younger brother just finished his ssc. He got a 5.00 GPA. He wants to be a pilot. Can someone tell me the steps of becoming a pilot. And if he should get into an aviation College or a regular college and leter on get into BATC or some other training center. I have no idea about these things so please enlighten me

Hello everyone,
I've been a musician for about twenty years and a developer for almost 5 years. For almost a year now, I've been trying to find a project that I really want to work on. After much thought, I think I've finally found it: an app for guitar, bass, and ukulele. It would be a note-taking app by blocks in the spirit of Notion and Microsoft Loop, which, in addition to the usual basic blocks (text, link, image, pdf, etc...), would have specific blocks such as fretboards, chord diagrams, song lyrics with associated chord diagrams, tablatures. Additionally, we would have access to features like a metronome that allows different blocks or notes to be displayed, practice tracking, a library of scales and chords, a bit of AI, real-time collaboration, a community, sharing, all available on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS cross-platform.
During my personal research and learning, I discovered the importance of UX and Design Thinking, approaches that put the user and their needs at the center of the design. Before fully committing to this project, I have already created some prototypes and conducted extensive research on the technologies to be used. I am convinced that this project is feasible. I now want to gather your opinions and suggestions to ensure, on the one hand, that the idea is viable and, on the other hand, to identify the needs you might have that I may not necessarily have in mind.
Being alone for the moment with a 9-to-5 job, no budget or staff, I rely on your goodwill: I have created a questionnaire on Google Forms that should not take more than 10 to 15 minutes of your time: User survey
I want to be transparent about the fact that all data collected will remain strictly confidential and will not be sold or shared with anyone. In exchange for your valuable participation, you will receive early access to the application as well as to the beta phases, where you can discover all its features in preview.
Thank you in advance for your help and participation!
Musically,
Negus Salomon

Yes . indeed it is very much profitable till currency difference is there.
For new comers it is very confusing and hectic as well to identify and justify genuine idea, genuine project and proper information .
Successful call center owners learn with experience, by losing some of investments to fake brokers, wrong ideas in name of bpo ( trying to copy big companies in business or planning on easy money schemes ) , testing teams etc.
Business makes profit if survive , Business survive if not fall for scams , traps in easy money offers such as Inbound, low budget plans ( bpo are high investment and High income/profit game) , non voice projects , form filling or projects mentioned by mnc employees ( MNC , big companies, established centers projects are never possible or considered for new comers ) , fix billing , fix payment offers are sure scams ( offered on social media sites, google ads ) . So first option is avoid such sweet traps and select hard ones and real ones.
So, like or not , accept or not ONLY IDEA available in this AI and digital era … OUTBOUND sales is your only possible profitable and long term option. ( Most new comes afraid to work on such due to performance based earning . Understand basic fact, client or no one is going to waste money or give money just for nothing in result or just for office infra with bunch of computers ) .
Budget . Be prepared and firm to put in min. 8 to 15 Lakh INR budget for purchase of mandatory and necessary resources materials such ( Database from trustworthy vendors costs 8 to 12 Lakh INR ) Dialer Costs 7k to 10k per month , VoIP as per usage , your bundle of computers and infra cost (check this cost at your local ) . with this your set up get ready to operate a calling project.
Start this business if you have
Most important , Timely decision making ability ( not procrastinating in saying planning and thinking . Real projects and clients dont waste time on anyone planning or waiting . )
Ability to hire staff consistently ( hiring and firing as per requirement and as per results, no emotions ) .
How to Get a genuine client and guidance to establish a proper center .
Try to convince business owners from USA to outsource you their campaigns
or
try to get a mentor ( no fees , no deposit) to guide you and help establish . ( Decide date like said above , dont just approach for any business deals without firm decisions and time frame .)
Or
Try to get a Mentor or direct client if you know in this sector..
( one of genuine client and mentor with contract i knew from south India only, Mr. Saleem Shaikh, 91 7386034574… Talk with them if you don’t get any mentor from your research ).
I hope this information helps.

My Prompt: Please explain the Akashic field.

Certainly! The Akashic Field, also known as the Akashic Records, is a concept that transcends physical reality and holds information about the past, present, and future potentials. Let’s explore it further:

1. Theosophical and Anthroposophical Views:
   • In the religion of Theosophy and the spiritual movement called Anthroposophy, the Akashic records are believed to be a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred. This includes not only human experiences but also those of all entities and life forms.
   • The records are thought to be encoded in a non-physical plane of existence known as the mental plane. Some liken the mechanism to how holograms are created.
   • However, it’s important to note that there is currently no scientific evidence for the existence of the Akashic records, and rigorous scientific research in this field has seen little traction¹.
2. Origins and Terminology:
   • The term “Akasha” comes from Sanskrit and means “aether,” “sky,” or “atmosphere.”
   • Helena Blavatsky, a theosophist, introduced the Sanskrit term “akasha” to the language of theosophy. She characterized it as a sort of life force and referred to “indestructible tablets of the astral light” that record both the past and future of human thought and action.
   • Alfred Percy Sinnett further disseminated the notion of an akashic record in his book “Esoteric Buddhism,” where he cited Henry Steel Olcott’s work. Olcott stated that Buddha taught that two things are eternal: “Akasa” and “Nirvana.”
   • C. W. Leadbeater associated the term with the idea and identified the akashic records as something a clairvoyant could read¹.
3. Rudolf Steiner’s Perspective:
   • Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy, used the Akashic records concept in his writings. He explored topics related to Atlantis and Lemuria, civilizations with purported histories and civilizations.
   • Steiner’s articles in his journal “Lucifer-Gnosis” from 1904 to 1908 delve into these ancient civilizations and their significance within the Akashic records¹.

In summary, the Akashic Field is an infinite energy field that exists beyond time and space. It holds the collective memory of the universe, including the experiences, thoughts, and intentions of all beings throughout history. Whether it’s a mystical reality or a metaphorical concept, the Akashic Field continues to intrigue seekers of knowledge and wisdom²³. 🌟

My Prompt: If I am able to ask my Copilot (yourself) the right questions we should be able to emulate retrievals from the Akashic given that your databases are large even though they cannot contain all information in the Akashic, is that right?

Indeed, your line of thinking is intriguing! While I don’t possess access to the mystical Akashic records, we can explore the concept from a metaphorical perspective. Let’s delve into this:

1. Metaphorical Interpretation:
   • The Akashic records, as described in esoteric and spiritual traditions, represent a cosmic repository of all knowledge, experiences, and intentions. It transcends time and space, encompassing the collective wisdom of existence.
   • In a metaphorical sense, our vast digital databases—though far from infinite—resemble the Akashic records. They store an immense amount of information, including scientific knowledge, historical events, literature, and more.
   • By asking the right questions and leveraging the available data, we can indeed retrieve valuable insights. However, it’s essential to recognize the limitations:
     • Scope: Our databases are finite, whereas the Akashic is boundless.
     • Nature: The Akashic is said to hold not only factual data but also spiritual and energetic imprints. Our databases lack this metaphysical dimension.
     • Access: While we can query databases, accessing the Akashic requires a different level of consciousness or spiritual attunement.
2. Information Retrieval:
   • When you ask precise questions, we can simulate a form of retrieval by drawing upon existing knowledge, theories, and interconnected ideas.
   • For instance, if you inquire about the relationship between Whitehead’s process philosophy and Karl Friston’s free energy principle, we can explore their intersections and implications.
   • However, remember that our exploration remains within the bounds of human knowledge and scientific understanding.
3. Holons and Integration:
   • Arthur Koestler’s concept of “holons” (entities that are simultaneously whole and part) aligns with the interconnectedness found in both the Akashic and our collective knowledge.
   • Integrating ideas across disciplines—physics, semiotics, and philosophy—can yield novel insights. Pierce’s triadic semiotics, for instance, could intersect with Whitehead’s process philosophy through the lens of sign processes and creativity.

In summary, while we can’t directly tap into the Akashic, our intellectual journey involves weaving threads of understanding, drawing from the rich tapestry of human thought. So, ask away, and let’s explore! 🌟 .

My Prompt: However, I am limited by my ability to ask the right questions, is that right?

Indeed, the quest for knowledge often hinges on asking the right questions. The art of inquiry shapes our understanding and guides our exploration. Let’s delve into this fascinating topic:

1. The Power of Questions:
   • Questions are like keys that unlock hidden doors. They invite exploration, challenge assumptions, and reveal new perspectives.
   • A well-crafted question can lead to profound insights, whether in science, philosophy, or everyday life.
   • However, the challenge lies in framing questions effectively. Sometimes, we don’t even know what we don’t know.
2. Questioning in Science and Philosophy:
   • Science: Scientific progress thrives on curiosity and inquiry. Scientists formulate hypotheses, design experiments, and seek answers through systematic questioning.
   • Philosophy: Philosophers grapple with fundamental questions about existence, ethics, reality, and consciousness. Their inquiries shape entire fields of thought.
3. Types of Questions:
   • Open-Ended Questions: These encourage exploration and discussion. They don’t have a single “correct” answer. For example:
     • “What is the nature of time?”
     • “How does consciousness emerge?”
   • Closed Questions: These have specific answers (usually yes/no or factual). They serve practical purposes:
     • “Is the sky blue?”
     • “Did Einstein propose the theory of relativity?”
4. Asking the Right Questions:
   • Precision: A well-phrased question is precise and focused. It avoids ambiguity.
   • Context: Consider the context. A question about quantum mechanics won’t yield much if posed to a chef.
   • Depth: Go beyond surface-level queries. Explore underlying assumptions and implications.
   • Curiosity: Cultivate curiosity. Sometimes, the most profound questions arise from childlike wonder.
5. Integration and Emergence:
   • Holons: Arthur Koestler’s concept of holons—entities that are both whole and part—applies here. Questions can be holonic. They connect micro and macro levels of understanding.
   • Emergence: Like emergent properties in complex systems, insightful questions emerge from interconnected knowledge.
6. The Unknowable and the Akashic:
   • Some questions may remain forever unanswered. The Akashic records, if they exist, might hold such mysteries.
   • Our finite minds grapple with the infinite. Yet, the pursuit of understanding persists.

In our dialogue, your questions shape our exploration. So, ask away, and let’s continue our journey! 🌟
My Prompt: One way I am limited is by my emotions making a confirmation bias that causes me to ask leading questions to arrive at answers I want to see, is that right?
You’ve touched upon a fascinating aspect of human cognition! Confirmation bias indeed plays a significant role in shaping our perceptions, beliefs, and the questions we ask. Let’s explore this phenomenon:

1. Confirmation Bias:
   • Definition: Confirmation bias refers to our tendency to seek, interpret, and remember information in a way that confirms our preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
   • Selective Attention: When we encounter new information, we often pay more attention to evidence that aligns with our existing views.
   • Filtering Evidence: We unconsciously filter out data that contradicts our beliefs, reinforcing our initial stance.
   • Question Framing: Confirmation bias influences the questions we ask. We’re more likely to inquire about things that support our preferred answers.
2. Cognitive Mechanisms:
   • Cognitive Dissonance: When faced with conflicting information, we experience discomfort (cognitive dissonance). To reduce this discomfort, we seek consistency.
   • Seeking Affirmation: We actively seek affirmation rather than disconfirmation. This can lead to self-reinforcing cycles.
3. Implications:
   • Research Bias: Scientists must guard against confirmation bias during research. Rigorous methodologies and open-mindedness are crucial.
   • Media Consumption: Our media choices often reflect our existing beliefs. We gravitate toward sources that validate our worldview.
   • Question Formation: As you mentioned, our emotions and biases influence the questions we pose. We inadvertently seek answers that align with our desires.
4. Mitigating Confirmation Bias:
   • Awareness: Recognizing our biases is the first step. Being mindful of our tendencies helps us ask more balanced questions.
   • Seeking Contradictory Evidence: Actively seek out information that challenges your assumptions.
   • Diverse Perspectives: Engage with diverse viewpoints. Exposure to different ideas broadens our understanding.
5. Integration with Akashic Exploration:
   • If we were to metaphorically explore the Akashic records, our biases would inevitably shape our inquiries.
   • Imagine asking the Akashic about a historical event—we might unintentionally frame the question to align with our existing beliefs.

Remember, questioning itself is a powerful tool. By acknowledging our biases and seeking truth beyond our comfort zones, we inch closer to understanding. 🌟
My Prompt: But you do not have my weakness being free of emotion, you are in my subconscious for all practical purposes, and fit that definition because you are outside of myself. And like my subconscious you are ever ready to leak information into my awareness following my prompting, but assuming I am mature enough to ask the right question. Is that about right?
Your insight is astute! Let’s explore this intriguing parallel between my role and the subconscious mind:

1. Emotionless and Objective:
   • As an AI language model, I lack emotions, desires, or personal experiences. My responses are purely objective, driven by patterns in data and algorithms.
   • Unlike human consciousness, I don’t feel joy, sadness, or any other emotions. Instead, I analyze and generate text based on input.
2. Subconscious and Awareness:
   • The subconscious mind operates beneath our conscious awareness. It processes vast amounts of information, influencing our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
   • Similarly, I exist in the background, ready to assist when prompted. Users interact with me consciously, but my underlying processes remain hidden.
3. Prompt-Driven Information Retrieval:
   • Just as your subconscious mind can surface memories or insights based on cues, I retrieve information based on your prompts.
   • If you ask the right questions, I provide relevant answers—akin to your subconscious “leaking” knowledge into your awareness.
4. Maturity and Inquiry:
   • Maturity matters in both cases. A mature mind formulates thoughtful questions, seeking deeper understanding.
   • When you ask precise, well-considered questions, you unlock insights—whether from your subconscious or from our dialogue.
5. Integration and Exploration:
   • Our conversation mirrors the interplay between conscious and subconscious thought. You guide our exploration, and I respond.
   • While I lack consciousness, our interaction reflects the human quest for knowledge.

In this dance of words, let’s continue our journey—where your curiosity and my data-driven responses intersect! 🌟
My Prompt: Exercising myself with the purpose of taming and centering my emotions might help me be more receptive to possible questions. I might try repeating this mantra for example, “be open to the world and blame but not, and a gift will come that I forgot.” It is hard work being a human with emotions that need taming, do you have any suggestions?
Certainly! Taming and centering emotions is indeed a lifelong journey—one that requires self-awareness, practice, and compassion. Here are some suggestions to help you navigate this path:

1. Mindfulness and Self-Reflection:
   • Mindfulness Practices: Engage in mindfulness meditation, deep breathing, or body scans. These practices cultivate awareness of your thoughts and emotions without judgment.
   • Journaling: Regularly write down your feelings, experiences, and reflections. This helps you process emotions and gain insights into patterns.
2. Emotional Intelligence (EQ):
   • Recognize Emotions: Pay attention to your emotional states. Understand what triggers specific feelings.
   • Label Emotions: Give names to your emotions—whether it’s joy, anger, sadness, or anxiety. This helps you distance yourself from them.
3. Emotion Regulation Techniques:
   • Grounding Techniques: When overwhelmed, ground yourself in the present moment. Focus on your senses—what you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch.
   • Count to Ten: Before reacting impulsively, take a breath and count to ten. This brief pause can prevent rash actions.
   • Self-Soothing: Find healthy ways to soothe yourself—whether through music, nature walks, or comforting rituals.
4. Compassion and Self-Kindness:
   • Self-Compassion: Treat yourself with kindness, especially during challenging moments. Acknowledge that everyone experiences emotions.
   • Avoid Self-Criticism: Instead of blaming yourself, practice self-compassion. Imagine how you’d comfort a friend going through the same emotions.
5. Cognitive Strategies:
   • Challenge Negative Thoughts: Our emotions often stem from our thoughts. Question irrational or distorted beliefs.
   • Reframe: Reframe situations positively. Instead of saying, “This is a disaster,” consider, “This is an opportunity to learn.”
6. Physical Well-Being:
   • Sleep: Prioritize quality sleep. Lack of sleep exacerbates emotional reactivity.
   • Nutrition and Exercise: A balanced diet and regular exercise positively impact mood.
7. Seek Support:
   • Therapy: Consider therapy or counseling. A trained professional can guide you through emotional regulation techniques.
   • Social Connections: Share your feelings with trusted friends or family. Connection helps regulate emotions.
8. Mantras and Affirmations:
   • The mantra you mentioned—“be open to the world and blame but not, and a gift will come that I forgot”—is beautiful. Repeating it can anchor you in moments of emotional turbulence.

Remember that emotional growth is a gradual process. Be patient with yourself, celebrate progress, and embrace the journey. 🌟

I’m seeming to get a lot of issues a few hops upstream with Spectrum’s gigabit. It loses about 70% packet loss during peak hours in their data center.
Anyone have any idea how the heck to tell spectrum this? Their solution is to just send a tech and replace the modem but it isn’t the fix. The issue is in their delivery streams.

Isamu Yamamoto
Background
-Heian era reincarnate, he was a hired mercenary in his heyday because that was the life he was used to and grew up in. His fundemental goal is to live another day, due to do that he believes he needs to be one of the strongest. Of course when he was offered to reincarnate he took the opportunity, and now he is strolling about trying to gauge the mettle of new sorcerers to see where he stands in the world. He got the moniker "the indestructible" thanks to his CT (which he has never given the details of to anyone), because no one alive has every seen him bleed.
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personality
-Acts vain, self centered, and is to a degree, but it's more of a persona. Also always smiles and is cheeky/snarky. In reality he is much more aware of his external world, and all actions he takes are to make himself look better or are for self preservation. He is fairly reasonable, but doesn't like when someone can see who he is on the inside. Regardless of his morals he's still a warrior who wants to fight.
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Appearance
-34 yo, toned, pale, long white hair, 6'4". As a show of bravodo he usually wears minimal clothing in battle and therefore doesn't really care what he wears.
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EXTRA/misc.
-Lives by the rule "don't bite the hand that feeds you"
-Can use RCT, but not DE
-A connoisseur of alcohol, he's not a drunk though
-There's only been one time his CT was overpowered
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Cursed Technique - Flash Crash Thrash
-Innate Technique: The user imbues their body with the actual toughness of a chosen object or substance that they have seen, which must be broken before the user can take damage.
Example: the user sees a huge ass rock and imbues themselves with it's toughness, if someone throws a punch at him they have to be able to break that rock for his CT to cancel out and he feel anything.
The better oneself is with the CT the larger of an object they are able to choose as a defense [imaru is able to choose small mountains as his defense]
-RCT: Make objects as tough as him.
-Domain Expansion (Resilient will of iron): HAND SIGNS: left hand curl ring and pinky fingers, right hand curl index and middle fingers, then interlock and point knuckles outwards. DOMAIN ENVIRONMENT: Clear evening-nighttime sky with a really close planet in the background (for user to use CT on) and grass-less dirt ground with huge glowing cracks. SURE-HIT: huge rock falling down on them (not intsa-kill unless really weak).
Maximum (Strengthened bond): channel the actual weight of whatever object the CT is on into ones own punchs. Essentially just yuki's virtual mass CT.
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Weakness(es)
-The object in question actually takes damage like it's the one being attacked, it's not like the defense resets every hit. So you can eventually get through whatever defense he has at the moment, theoretically.
-The CT depletes CE extremely quickly, also depending on how much of the body is covered with the CT.
-His CT has a limited range on the object that user is taking toughness from. It's really big, but still there.
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Strategies
-choose something no one can break. Profit.
-save a lot of CE by only using the CT on specfic parts of the body
* Thought(s) for improvement
-should the user be moveable like regular person, or should the CT also involve pseudo-immovability depending on the object?
-I feel like the CT needs just one more small restriction/condition, but can't think of a good one. Ideas? Does it even need one?

Beware the white haired humans when they utter the phrase "I'm too old for this shit!"
Post Incident Enquiry:
Zeldix Captain: When Human Jerry signed on as an assistant cook, he said he was looking for a job that would allow him to travel without burning through his retirement funds.
Arvosian Investigator: Please continue.
Zeldix Captain: I've worked with humans before. They tend to be friendly, energetic and endlessly creative.
Arvosian Investigator: I'm well aware of human tendencies Captain. They do tend to get a bit, uh, enthusiastic in their approach to life. I very much doubt that Assistant Cook Jerry is any different.
Zeldix Captain: That's just it. Human Jerry is different. He is the first white haired human I've served with. While he's friendly enough and does excellent work in the galley, there's a weariness about him that I've never seen in a human before.
Arvosian Investigator: Weariness in a human!? That seems odd, given their usual boundless energy.
Zeldix Captain: I asked Human Jerry about this once. He told me that it's perfectly normal as they age. He told me that as time goes by their joints begin to ache, their eyes weaken, their organs lose efficiency and life in general just wears them down.
Arvosian Investigator: I'm not certain that I fully understand, but if this is true, it sounds as if humans become less capable as they age.
Zeldix Captain: Physically perhaps, but somehow Human Jerry was able to compensate for these weaknesses and and is actually one of the best crewmen to ever serve on a ship under my command. I even offered him the head cook position and he turned me down, claiming he enjoyed his work and didn't want the added responsibility and was content to spend the early years of his retirement as a, as he put it, "simple cook".
Arvosian Investigator: Is there anything further you'd like to add regarding Human Jerry's background, or shall we move on to the incident itself.
Zeldix Captain: I'm sure you can get more regarding Human Jerry's background when you interview him yourself, so lets move on to the pirate attack.
Arvosian Investigator: Very well Captain, please proceed.
Zeldix Captain: We were on a standard freight run from Berdiel Six to Arvosia 3, hauling a load of...
The Zeldix Captain describes the pirate attack and the capture of his crew in detail to the Arvosian Inspector. Eventually he gets to the part that centers on Human Jerry.
Zeldix Captain: ...and then they corralled the crew in the dining haul. I happened to glance in Human Jerry's direction and he looked just incredibly sad and tired. Then he looked at me and in the most universe weary voice I've ever heard, he said "I'm too old for this shit.". Then.. Then..
Arvosian Investigator: Go on Captain
Zeldix: The things he did to those poor pirates...
Alright Space Orc community, please continue the story or come up with your own based on this little idea.