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Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a good pair of binoculars for casual use, mainly observing wildlife and doing some stargazing. My budget is around $300, and I've narrowed it down to two Celestron models: the Nature DX ED 10x50 and the 12x50.
Performance is my top priority, followed by durability and, to a lesser extent, portability.
Here's my question: How do these two Celestron binoculars compare in terms of these factors?

• Performance: Which one offers better image quality, especially in low-light conditions?
• Longevity: Are there any durability differences between the two models?
• Portability: I understand the trade-off between size and light gathering, but how significant is the difference in weight and bulk?

I'm open to other recommendations as well, or any insights you can share about these models. Thanks in advance for your help!

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Hey!
So if one wanted a mentocourse on how to manage government contracts - where would they go? KPC & Wes Fisher both have me on a waiting list and after getting super invested in learning earlier this year and having the air taken out of my tires a bit - really want to get reinvested in learning all I can to make managing government contracts a viable business!
The ‘air taken out of the tires’ was some confusion over one of the regulations in the FARs, forget which one (in my reddit post history somewhere, once I find it I’ll edit this post), that stipulated some amount of work had to be done by the primary contractor holder - realized it’s different for every contract and I had a mix of answers! Getting into the product side, heard of those that had trouble getting set up with GPO and I let that dissuade me. Not going to let it happen again, I’m super passionate about making this work.
Also, my partner in doing this would be a woman, if we registered the business in her name could we get woman-owned business set-asides? The FARs regulation I mentioned earlier would apply there, would it not?
Know it’s a lot of questions, just wanna soak up all the information I can.
Primarily: What is the best teaching source on going from A - Z through the process if I wanted to ‘manage’ (middle-man) government contracts? I know they’re all cut from a different cloth and in my experience only some have that specific FARs regulation applied to them, as well as most (maybe all?) set-asides, if I’m not wrong?
Thank you!

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These days, finding a job in development is quite difficult given the current situation. Not to mention, the phenomenon of job ghosting by companies doesn't make the job search any easier.
I would like to create a non-commercial website that displays job listings from Indeed, but with advanced functionality such as Stack search and filtering by required years of experience.
Here's my question: I would like to know if it's illegal to perform web scraping on Indeed.com (where jobs are available without the need to log in) for non-commercial use, despite the website explicitly stating that web scraping is prohibited.

So on April 19th me and my gf were going through a really tough time and we had broke up for maybe a week (3-5 days) then started talking more and more again, our living situation at her dad's wasn't the best for either of us and affected us as a whole, it was more realized on May 8th when her dad kicked her and her brother out of his house. I provided alot of support, paid 200 to get her to her aunt's and during this time I left to a different part of the country May 1st so I offered for her to come here to where I am now as we were back on very good terms, talking to the point where we distracted eachother constantly. She then got to her aunt's on the 14th, that night we still talked like normal.
May 15th, she immediately said she had a headache so we didn't talk much for the first but which was fine but again slightly off as that never stopped a conversation before, but then the very next day she was drinking and having quote to much fun and isn't on her phone much so much so she can't even text, I tried to call when I was going to bed like we normally do and she got mad at me and sounded wasted, leaving me on read and just not the same anymore. Yesterday there was a 12hr power outage which is true but then I only heard from her when it turned back on, she was apparently feeling sick again and as soon as a girl that had a crush on her in the past came over she jumped to hangout but again barely has time for me now and she said today that everyone knows she's leaving the 1st of June and nothing's changed but she was again short and now it's back to she keeps looking at my messages and just going back offline or online but not looking period. She also said she had a headache today and it was calm at the house but I've barely heard from her yet again but it's just all off.
So basically it went from her messaging every 5 mins for weeks to nothing but short answers if I get one and not being able to call constantly cause there's to many people at her aunt's. To be frank she was obsessed and was her main support after I left, she got me to buy a plane ticket, pay for her weed and smokes and now I question what's actually happening. What would you be thinking in my shoes, I'll note I know 90% of the people at the house but there's more people against me there then actually like me so that's something I think about as well, plus her aunt is someone whoes very love hate and would support her not being upfront with me rn as she'd probably want her to stay there on the couch then come here to our own apartment just to fuck with me. Not to mention as I've said there are people there that would wanna sleep with her so again it's just off, she's distant and can I get some advice please lol?

Is that a plausible explanation? I looked at the sun for a total of 3-4 seconds I think, about 6 weeks ago, saw about 80 floaters half an hour afterwards, none of my doctors can find anything wrong with me and don’t see any signs of PVD or retina damage or solar retinopathy, but I’m just confused what happened then :( I’ve already posted about this a few times in other subreddits and I know this probably isn’t productive and part of me thinks this is all anxiety but I don’t know how I could be consistently imagining a physical symptom. I’m only 20 and had no floaters before so it just seems strange, and I have headaches and my eyes randomly hurt (which I do believe could be caused by anxiety) I know this is probably an annoying question for ophthalmologists to answer all the time and this was really stupid and I don’t know what answer I’m looking for but I’m just desperate for some kind of closure at this point or some sign that this could go away or confirmation that it’s forever :( I know that’s not something anyone can really answer but just the title subject is all I want to know, thank you

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Should be here May 20. Seems like big bang for the buck of $939 free shipping. Can't find reviews but their other bikes out did many others for quality and performance exceeding the price. Anybody know anything about it? Yet I will find out I. Less than 24 hours! Lol. Thanks in advance for any input.

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I’ve been studying for a few weeks now, all my NBMEs have been ~248 (sad at minimal progress but feel my knowledge is a lot greater) and UWSA 2 last week was 250. Did IM, surg, and peds forms avg 75-85. Made it through 75% UW 2nd pass with 73% avg. planning to do free 120, finish amboss 200 HY, review NBME 12, and do the amboss ethics questions, maybe listen to DI HY. Not planning to do much more UW. Any tips or should I push back and give myself more time? Was hoping for a 260 but will be happy w 255

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Hello redditors of antiMLM,
Just this week, I received an email from a relation advertising FOREVER—not to be confused with Forever Living. Searching through this sub, I found a few short references over the last years with little detail. In one, a commentor described FOREVER stating "as mlms go, it seems ethical." Every red light went off while I looked into these “FOREVER Ambassadors.” I then began a search, with much of the ultimate work done by my spouse. It took longer than seemed acceptable to identify this MLM for people who glanced over the internet. FOREVER is not listed on any of the MLM databases I could find from this sub or elsewhere. Based on the mandatory “FOREVER Ambassador Community” on Facebook, now 8 years old, at least 2,500 people have gotten into their clutches at some point (I haven’t linked because I think it might be against the sub rules).
Thus, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, here are references for the community to identify a yet-another-multi-level-marketing scheme. I am a sarcastic person, so be forewarned. All sources were publicly available and required no logins or access.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(1) Background of the FOREVER business model
(2) The FOREVER Ambassador program
(3) Costs of serving as an Ambassador
(4) Compensation advertised for Ambassadors
(4a) Income in cash from personal sales
(4b) The downline system used by FOREVER
(4c) Non-monetary-achievement compensation
(5) FOREVER Ambassador Business Training
(6) Conclusion down to brass tax on FOREVER
STUDY OF FOREVER
(1) Background of the FOREVER business model
FOREVER is an online service that advertises it can be a “permanent digital home that lasts for many generations.”[1] This is to be accomplished via a so-called “FOREVER Guarantee Fund” that invests to pay for digital storage for over 100 years.[1] Their website promises me that “permanent” is “not a buzzword”—I think that’s the Platonian ideal of a buzzword.[1] Regardless, this is not a quality review post.
(2) The FOREVER Ambassador program
The sellers used by FOREVER are called “FOREVER Ambassadors.”[2] As advertised, it looks like a classic MLM pitch. You can “earn up to 35%” commission” while having “the freedom to work from home, and the flexibility to make money on your own schedule.”[2] FOREVER lists various opportunities, such as “trainings” and the ability to “learn and grow with friends,” as well as “make life-long friends.”[2] As part of the “Meet our Team” webpage for corporate FOREVER, there are multiple “Executive Ambassadors” listed.[3] There is no barrier to entry on experience required to become an Ambassador.[4] I observed that, throughout the internet and on the FOREVER website, the vast majority of Ambassadors are women—as you know, many MLMs target women and moms.
(3) Costs of serving as an Ambassador
FOREVER has, at minimum, an “Annual Ambassador Fee” that is the primary cost to entry of the program.[2] For $179 a year, one would receive “back office tools,” various marketing materials, and “countless opportunities”—maybe money, but more on that soon.[2] There is a link to an Ambassador’s own selling website.[5, at 22] This Ambassador fee “is subject to change over time.”[5, at 25] There is also a FOREVER Merchandise store where Ambassadors can get their supplies.[6] These include a 40-pack set of catalogs for $44.99 and a $144.99 tablecloth for potential customers during in-person events.[6]
For Ambassadors, FOREVER advertises there are “free training events.”[5, at 25] Each year, for $399 in 2024, Ambassadors can attend the 3-day “FOREVER Live” event.[7] It is in the destination getaway of… next to their headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA (I’m sorry Pittsburgh, you’re a beautiful city).[5, at 24] It is also possible to pay for a “p2P Virtual Party” and “p2P Live Events,” but is unclear what those mean.[5, at 5] Various “ranks” of Ambassadors receive a “monthly stipend” starting at $25 a month after $15,000 total in personal plus team sales a year.[5, at 9]
(4) Compensation advertised for Ambassadors
(4a) Income in cash from personal sales
FOREVER pays its Ambassadors based on a “cash sales” versus “full sales” system.[5, at 5] The too-long-didn’t-read summary is that some products are paid less commission than others because of “margin” of different products.[5, at 5–6] Critically, the Personal Commission Rate is where our story kicks into gear. At the bottom, an Ambassador who sells less than $2,000 a year in sales receives the windfall of a 15% commission.[5, at 7] The number rises to 34% once sales are $90,000 or greater in one year (I don’t know where the 35% from earlier went).[5, at 7] However, to earn the 20% commission or more once one passes the $2,000 sales amount requires completion of the “FOREVER Ambassador Business (FAB) Training.”[5, at 7] I read it, more on that later.
You might ask, “Is there a sales quota for FOREVER® Ambassadors?” FOREVER says “no.”[8] However, the less one does the less FOREVER pays Ambassadors for what they do (this chart is older than the Compensation Guide cited).[8]
(4b) The downline system used by FOREVER
Of course, while it took forever to reach here, we come to the “downline” process—FOREVER’s words, not mine.[5, at 9] FOREVER immediately identified that new Ambassadors “choose another Ambassador to mentor you as you grow your business” (I do not know if this means an upline).[2] Nevertheless, “Team Sales” are compensated by FOREVER down to the 5th Line.[5, at 9] If an Ambassador does not build a team, then they do not earn Team Commissionable Cash Sales Commissions.[5, at 9] FOREVER states that getting new Ambassadors “to sign up under your name” is how you help “further your business.”[9]
However, even if an Ambassador builds a team, they receive a very restricted downline compensation if they do not make a minimum of personal sales.[5, at 9] For future reference, an “Associate Ambassador,” the bottom, makes less than $2,000 and earns no downline sales.[5, at 9] An “Ambassador,” second to last, is the first rank with a downline commission (4% for 1st Line), requiring $2,000/personal a year.[5, at 9] To reach “Senior Ambassador,” third to last, and above, a FOREVER Ambassador must start earning exponentially greater amounts of personal plus team sales to rise in the “ranks.”[5, at 9] A Senior Ambassador requires $8,000/personal but $15,000/gross, and is the first to get 2nd Line commission (4% for 1st Line and 2% for 2nd Line).[5, at 9] It is unclear to me if “new members” must be recruited “each month” to rankup—the website says so, but I see it nowhere in the Compensation Guide.[8]
At the top of hierarchy, there become two “Executive Ambassadors.”[5, at 9–10] These ranks start at $28,000/personal and $250,000/gross a year.[5, at 9] As well, one must have at least three “Team Leaders” in their 1st Line.[5, at 10] Team Leaders refers to Ambassadors who have themselves reached the rank of “Associate Lead Ambassador” ($12,000/personal and $30,000/gross).[5, at 9] FOREVER advertises that the Executive ranks are for—and I am not making this up—those Ambassadors who are “grooming FOREVER Leaders on your team below you.”[5, at 10] Irony is dead folks.
(4c) Non-monetary-achievement compensation
Because being paid to work is overrated, FOREVER will also provide “Additional Benefits” to its various ranks. As an Associate Ambassador, you can join the aforementioned Facebook Group and hear the CEO talk on a monthly phone call.[5, at 11] Regular Ambassadors also get a certificate to put on their wall.[5, at 11] Senior Ambassadors get a standing ovation at FOREVER Live!—you can even be ovated on stage as an Associate Lead Ambassador (I would pay $179 a year to not).[5, at 13–14] My observation is that a lot of ranks mostly provide additional types of standing ovations at FOREVER Live! and reserved seats for dinners there.
But then you can reach the pinnacle of Everest (that much like the real one, other people just carry you up there): the Million Dollar Club.[5, at 20] For making $1 million in personal and team sales in a year, one will earn a single $10,000 dollar bonus.[5, at 20] If you are then a “top-performing Ambassador,” one can be taken on the “Achievement Gathering,” to Jamaica in 2024, to mill around with other top-performing Ambassadors—and the corporate staff.[5, at 24] There is no mention how many people earn it or how much must be earned.[5, at 24]
(5) FOREVER Ambassador Business Training
I mentioned earlier that Ambassadors must complete a “FAB” training to receive more than 15% in commissions.[5, at 7] To hit this post home, I wanted to identify some highlights. The FAB training has 5 Steps to reach regular Ambassador status.[10, at 4] These Steps include such activities as “Meet with your Upline” (Step 1), “Connect with your Upline” (Step 2), “Meet with your Upline” (Step 3), “Meet with your Upline” (Step 4), and “Meet with your Upline” (Step 5).[10, at 7, 10, 12, 14, 16] You also have to join the FOREVER Facebook group and any created by your Team (just “ask your Upline” to find it).[10, at 6–7] There’s a task in Step 2 to create an introductory “Share List,” with five lines each for “Friends,” “Teachers,” and your own “Parents/Grandparents.”[10, at 7–9] For an unclear number of hours, you must attend multiple weekly and monthly “training opportunities” and “calls.”[10, at 6–7, 10] And one last item, to rank up in FOREVER, you must register for an upcoming event.[10, at 12] As of writing, the only one listed on the linked webpage is the $399 FOREVER Live! conference.[11]
(6) Conclusion down to brass tax on FOREVER
I was unable to find an Income Disclosure Statement for FOREVER. However, basic math tells us that an Associate Ambassador, the bottom, can only earn up to $300 a year.[5, at 11] To reach regular Ambassador, which includes signing up and beginning all the time sinks listed above, the maximum personal commission is $1,200, in addition to whatever downline (however big those are on average).[5, at 11] Without a downline, even the top-bracket personal sellers are the only ones to earn more than $30,000 a year.[5, at 7] The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis estimates that the Real Median Personal Income in the United States for 2022 was $40,480.[12]
There is one way to make it with FOREVER: to build a downline. It’s a multi-level-marketing scheme, and no one should join it. Unless of course, you want to join my downline—I promise you'll be rich just like me.
LIST OF REFERENCES
[1] “Our Story,” FOREVER.com (accessed May 18, 2024), https://www.forever.com/our-story
[2] “Become a FOREVER Ambassador,” FOREVER.com (accessed May 18, 2024), https://www.forever.com/opportunity
[3] “Meet Our Team,” FOREVER.com (accessed May 18, 2024), https://www.forever.com/our-story/team
[4] “What is required of me as a FOREVER Ambassador?,” FOREVER.com Support (accessed May 18, 2024 [updated “2 years ago”]), https://support.forever.com/hc/en-us/articles/215823437-What-is-required-of-me-as-a-FOREVER-Ambassador
[5] Ambassador Compensation Guide, FOREVER (Jan. 31, 2024), https://www.forever.com/app/users/forevealbums/ambassador-kit/f3ii4wzeewd0nfwg4nb40kyw1/files/1043b0c6-de01-4aff-a1e3-83db7e6b1b17
[6] “FOREVER Merchandise,” FOREVER.com Ambassador Training (accessed May 18, 2024), https://www.training.forever.com/store
[7] “FOREVER Live! 2024,” FOREVER.com (accessed May 18, 2024), https://www.forever.com/events/forever-live-2024
[8] “Is there a sales quota for FOREVER® Ambassadors?,” FOREVER.com Support (accessed May 18, 2024 [updated “2 years ago”]), https://support.forever.com/hc/en-us/articles/215142548-Is-there-a-sales-quota-for-FOREVER-Ambassadors
[9] “Downline,” FOREVER.com Support (accessed May 18, 2024 [updated “2 years ago”]), https://support.forever.com/hc/en-us/articles/221072448-Downline
[10] FOREVER Ambassador Business Training, FOREVER (May 14, 2024), https://www.forever.com/app/users/ambassador-training/albums/02-forever-ambassador-business-training-booklet/qcg622q43zy6835w9ojq3wkw/files/f0bd2387-bb14-43a2-a46d-344a91470147
[11] “Events,” FOREVER.com (accessed May 18, 2024), https://www.forever.com/events
[12] “Real Median Personal Income in the United States,” Federal Reserve of St. Louis (accessed May 18, 2024), https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N
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My name is Shanay and I am an intuitive reader. I have clair abilities that give me spontaneous insight on the situation.
I specialize on love and relationship advice but I can also do career, general or spiritual readings
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I have been struggling with sciatica on an off for over a year now, and super frustrated with my current doctor. I have a second opinion already scheduled, but wanted to vent a bit.
I came in a couple weeks ago for another MRI and to follow up and see where I am at. At the next appointment I was hoping to get some answers about whether it was getting better or worse. But no, he just comes in, looks at my file briefly, and starts asking me what I want to do. I ask him what do you recommend, I suggested time off work, the shot, surgery, and he just kind of stared blank at me and waited for me to answer my own questions? Like wtf this isn’t a therapy session, I want input. My mistake was saying my pain level was low that day, and activity seems to help the pain. He basically took it like oh it’s a “life style” problem.
Based on our conversation, I thought that it was about the same. I asked for a copy of the report, and lo and behold there is clearly a worsening of my condition that the doctor didn’t mention at all. Overall it’s still considered minor, but now an extra disc has a bulge, and the beginning of bone spurs are forming.
For context, I have a 3mm bulge on my L5/S1 and an annular tear, new is my L4 L5 has a bulge, both now narrowing. Still minor but I’m trying to prevent it from getting worse and idk what to do. PT hasn’t worked other than minimizing the pain.

So my main concern is with the quality of a regular espresso that comes out of a Philips superauto. We've been using a dolce gusto machine with refillable capsules and lavazza ground espresso. This has sometimes made great, sometimes decent coffee, and we said that we'll use it until it breaks as it can make strong enough espresso for our liking. However, it died on us today, and we're looking for a replacement. Now my question is, because we make really stong espresso ristretto should we get the philips superauto model like 3300, or should we find a decent semi-auto in the same price range of up to $500-$600. I've seen numerous reviews saying that the espresso is watery, making me unsure if it's a good buy for someone making almost exclusively espresso shots that are strong. Thanks in advance! Edit: fixed typos and price range.

Wow it’s a lot, I am currently working through the retrogamecorps setup video (taking a break as my rom files from Doneset2 transfer onto my sd card).
I’m confused, overwhelmed and have no idea what I’m doing.
I want to set it up to play GC, N64 and PS1&2 at least.
Anybody here able to answer some likely stupid questions for me as they come up?

Rejected for "Failed attention check questions AND Gave no study data"
I asked what attention checks I missed and how I gave no study data. I mentioned I reviewed my screenshots and did not see any of the attention checks as being answered incorrectly. They responded "You missed one attention check, so your data was unusable. Sorry!"
So I go and recheck, cannot see how any of them are answered incorrectly. Then I let them know that since the study was over 5 mins long, I'd have to have missed 2 attention checks to be rejected. I sent the link to the policy and asked them to reverse the rejection and approve my submission. They responded "I reversed the rejection to allow you to return it. I can't use your data, so that is the best I can do."
This aggravated me, since they refuse to tell me what attention check they are saying I missed. I go and look AGAIN, this time writing everything down. First attention check "I swim to work" I said strongly disagree. Second attention check "Please select disagree" and I selected disagree. Third one was odd it simply stated "I like the color yellow", no instructions on what I should pick so I said somewhat disagree. THAT WAS ALL.
So I write all this out to show I know I did not miss any attention checks and asked them what attention check they are claiming I missed. I also noticed they didn't actually reverse the rejection like they said and suggested they may be confusing my submission with someone else. They completely ignored my question, said "I did but Prolific didn't update it. Hopefully you should be able to return btw"
I asked them what reason is there for me to return the study, I did not miss any attention checks.
They approved my submission but only after sending me this "Your data is unusable. But I'll reverse it and get you paid even thought your data is not good. Best to you!"
I don't feel bad at all. I didn't miss any attention checks. I spent a long time writing about my recent restaurant experience as someone with lactose intolerance. I noticed there were a lot of "available" spots so I don't think I'm the only one who was being lied to about missing attention checks. So, beware of this researcher!

I’m trying to figure out how to turn the backlight on, not continuous just long enough to read it when the room is dark. I’ve been all over google and Honeywell sites but just can’t find it. Seems like it should be an easy question to answer. (I can find several articles on how to set it to continuous but … later. It was only installed five days ago.)