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This subreddit is about the famous laptop company called MSI (Micro-Star International). It aims to give subscribers content on MSI, whether it is a selfpost or a linkpost aslong as it has something to do with MSI.
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2024.05.19 01:43 nicski924 Bellroy Venture 26L Advice

Hi everyone, I own a Topo Designs 40L Global Travel bag that I use for 1 week or more trips. But I’m in the market for a smaller bag for overnight to 3-5 day trips. I’ve fallen a little in love with the look of the Bellroy Venture Ready 26L and they have the 1st gen on sale in Navy for $155 (2nd gen is $259 and the only difference is a luggage pass through that I won’t use and an AirTag hidden pocket. I found no other discernible differences in structure size or function).
For context, I do tend to overpack a bit (but I’m working on it, lol) and mainly only travel to warm weather places.
A sample of what my current 3-5 day list looks like:
Wear on plane: Patagonia Capilene Cool Daily Tee, Public Rec Flex shorts, Bombas No Show merino socks, Adidas Climacool mesh boxers, Adidas tank undershirt, Ridge Merino Solstice sun hoodie, Kizik Athens, Mission baseball cap.
Need to pack:
2 Patagonia Capilene Cool Daily tees, 2 Public Rec Go To tee, 1 Public Rec Elevate tee, 1 Public Rec Go To polo shirt.
1 Public Rec Flex shorts, 1 Patagonia Stretch Wavefarer shorts, 1 Western Rise Evo shorts, 1 Western Rise Evo 2.0 pants, 1 Arctic Cool mesh shorts. The Flex and Wavefarer shorts double as swimsuits, and the mesh shorts would just be pajama/lounge shorts.
Fairly certain I can get the tops and bottoms in my 11x11 compression packing cube.
5 Adidas Climacool mesh boxer briefs, 3 Adidas tank undershirts, 3 Bombas No Show merino socks, 2 Mission baseball caps. I always wear a hat and these pack rather easily as they’re unstructured. Also, I wear mesh boxers as a liner while swimming in hybrid shorts so I take more than the number of days.
The underwear, socks and hats should all fit in my 11x7.5 compression packing cubes.
So those two cubes stacked on top of one another are 18.5” in height and 11” in width. The Bellroy is 19.6” tall and 13” wide, so should be good there.
Other things I need to fit in the main bucket compartment would be my Olukai Ohana’s (size 11th pack pretty thin), Matador Refraction Packable Sling (2.5x7x2” would probably go in the clamshell slash pocket), and my 10x7x3” hanging toiletry kit (which may fit in the larger mesh pocket on the clamshell).
My iPad Air 11” would go in the laptop pocket in its keyboard case and my Kindle would go in the tablet pocket.
I would use the top outside tech pocket for my 3-in-1 MagSafe charger, AirPod Pro 2’s, 2 USB-C cables, dual plug brick, and my Nitecore 10k battery pack.
The hidden side stash pocket is where my clear liquids bag would go. And then a 21oz Hydroflask in the water bottle pocket.
I would attach my Matador speed stash for my iPhone and sunglasses.
https://bellroy.com/products/venture-ready-pack?color=nightsky&material=baida_ripstop&size=26l
So two questions…do you think this is all possible to fit in the Bellroy and do any of you own one who can give me an actual unpaid for review?
Thanks for any help, advice, opinions or sarcastic comments!
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2024.05.19 01:17 Burgerpitbull Should I get a different laptop

I just got an Acer Nitro 17 from microcenter impulsively without doing too much research. Is there a better deal elsewhere?
https://www.microcenter.com/product/669547/acer-nitro-17-an17-41-r5y5-173-gaming-laptop-computer-obsidian-black
With discounts it came out to $1303
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2024.05.19 01:14 SpreadNegative8017 Camelbaks at under the K

Camelbaks at under the K
I see that camelbaks are prohibited for under the K Bridge for isoknock tonight. Do they just mean to empty it or am I not able to bring that bag at all? Seems a little weird given they have water stations. Thanks yall!
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2024.05.19 00:59 GoAheadMMDay UPDATE 3: Torment Techniques Used by Canadian and US Militaries

UPDATE 3: Torment Techniques Used by Canadian and US Militaries
Update #3 appears at the bottom.
Due to numerous disparaging comments by multiple individuals, I have reposted my article.
Heckling does not change what occurred. People need to know these truths, especially those who have experienced the same. They need to know they are sane, that such things are indeed being perpetrated, and the perpetrators use shame to silence them and protect their activities.
I write to encourage them not to listen to disparaging people who speak without knowledge.
February 10, 2024
I am Joseph Cafariello, a Canadian citizen and ex-member of the Canadian military. Of sound mind, not on medication, not a drug user, not a marijuana smoker, not an alcohol drinker, with no mental disorders.
I recently posted to this Liberty subreddit experiences of harassment by Vancouver's police and fire departments (Vancouver, BC, Canada). I’m the fellow who was repeatedly ordered by police to stay out of Vancouver’s Stanley Park, and was continually harassed whenever I visited the park (which I do every second day on my early morning walks).
Immediately following that post, they changed some of the techniques they use in my case. They were either informed of my post or found it themselves, seeing as my internet activity, and phone activity for that matter, are under continuous surveillance (plenty of proof which I will not include here to avoid running off-topic).
In this post, I would like to shed some light on other harassment which is still ongoing, since it occurs in private, away from potential observers. It involves the Canadian and US militaries.
Havana Syndrome
In 2016, numerous employees of the Canadian and US embassies in Havana, Cuba, started experiencing head injuries ranging from mild headaches to concussions. It happened in their sleep, and came to be called Havana Syndrome.
Wikipedia explains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana\_syndrome):
“Havana syndrome is a cluster of idiopathic symptoms experienced mostly abroad by U.S. government officials and military personnel. The symptoms range in severity from pain and ringing in the ears to cognitive dysfunction and were first reported in 2016 by U.S. and Canadian embassy staff in Havana, Cuba. Beginning in 2017, more people, including U.S. intelligence and military personnel and their families, reported having these symptoms in other places, such as China, India, Europe, and Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of State, Department of Defense, and other federal entities have called the events "Anomalous Health Incidents" (AHI). Of over a thousand purported cases, the majority of US investigative bodies found only a few dozen cases to be suspicious.”
Ladies and gentlemen, I can tell you exactly what happens, because I have been experiencing this since I first joined the Canadian military back in 2002, and am still experiencing these “torments” (as I call them) to this day, already 3 years after leaving the military.
I go to bed. In about 15 minutes, just as I am on the cusp of falling asleep, a hear and feel a heavy thud reverberate and ultimately strike my skull. My body releases a sharp burst of adrenalin, my heart starts racing, and my blood’s circulation speeds up significantly. Depending on the severity of the blow, it can take me anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to fall asleep again. Though there have been times I could not return to sleep for more than 2 hours.
A strong headache is felt immediately, and lasts for hours. There have been times when my heart felt like it was going to burst, having been startled as such.
The pulse to the head sometimes reverberates through the wall and my bed’s headboard. I distinctly feel as though I have been hit on the top of my skull. At other times, it feels as though the pulse has come through the air, striking the side of my skull.
This is not a sleep disorder, for it does not occur regularly. At times, my sleep is disturbed in this manner 3 or 4 days in a row. At other times, there is no disturbance for up to a week. But they never let me go more than a week without such interruptions to my sleep.
Neither is it sleep apnea, as I do not awaken gasping for breath. The pounding headaches, sudden release of adrenaline, and heart palpitations I experience are caused by external impacts of sound waves or air bursts.
Sonic Weapons
How these pulses are produced is not easy to identify. As Wikipedia explains:
“Once the story became public, various U.S. government representatives attributed the incidents to attacks by unidentified foreign actors, and various U.S. officials blamed the reported symptoms on a variety of unidentified and unknown technologies, including ultrasound and microwave weapons.”
Sonic weapons have been in use for many years by militaries, and by police in crowd control. As Wikipedia explains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic\_weapon):
“Some sonic weapons make a focused beam of sound or of ultrasound; others produce an area field of sound. As of 2023 military and police forces make some limited use of sonic weapons.”
(Do not believe the 2023 timeline. The Canadian military has been using these weapons since the early 2000’s at the latest.)
Wikipedia continues:
“Extremely high-power sound waves can disrupt or destroy the eardrums of a target and cause severe pain or disorientation. This is usually sufficient to incapacitate a person. Less powerful sound waves can cause humans to experience nausea or discomfort.”
The users of these technologies must also be using thermal detection equipment to monitor the target’s sleep. As I mentioned, I most often feel these blows the moment I am falling asleep. Body temperature drops when we sleep, and brain activity slows. Heat-detection equipment is likely being used to identify the point at which the target is falling asleep.
Why they prefer to strike at the start of someone’s sleep as opposed to the middle of their sleep, I do not know. Perhaps their intent is to deprive the body of early sleep, limiting the amount of deep sleep available to the person before their alarm rings in the morning.
Ordinary Hammers
Not all such “torments” (as I call them) are caused by high-tech equipment. I have heard and felt distinct hammer strikes running along the 2x4 beams inside my walls. These strikes can be a single hard strike, or several strikes in a row. It is definitely caused by a person with a hammer because the intervals between strikes are equidistant in time; that is, the time spacing between strikes is not random and does not change from strike to strike, but is constant between strikes, exactly as when someone is hammering. And no, it is not someone hanging pictures at 1:30 am, multiple times a week, for years.
On one occasion, when I was standing at my kitchen sink, I felt the floor-board directly under my feet pulse so sharply it felt like a brick had struck the soles of my feet. In this case, my military neighbour likely used a hammer to strike the floorboard on his side of the wall. It is the only plausible explanation.
Surveillance
This leads to surveillance of one’s activities at home. I have plenty of proofs of that. They seem insignificant on an individual basis. But when you put them all together, they present a clear picture of home surveillance.
My laptop computer’s lid cracked one night, at the bottom left corner of the screen. The next day at work, I heard my military supervisor relate to another co-worker that the night before, his laptop computer’s lid cracked at the bottom left corner. I swear to the Lord in Heaven, I am being truthful.
I tested my suspicion of being surveilled. At home one night, I blurted out-loud, “VW Passat. What an ugly sounding word, ‘Passat’”, I said. A few days later, my military colleagues at work started playing a card game at lunch, invented by one of them. The name he gave his game was “Passat”, and when he spoke it, he looked at me for a reaction. If you ever contact the Halifax military base, ask for the Claims Department and ask them if they are still playing Passat.
On another occasion, at a time when I frequented the gym every second day for a few years, I suspected my van had been fitted with a listening device. I suspected so because a number of things I had spoken with people about on my phone while in my van (nothing illegal) were repeated by people at the gym in conversations among themselves. Too many times, parts of other people's conversations matched parts of conversations I had had with others while I was in my van.
I already knew my phone was being tapped, but I also suspected my van was bugged. So one evening while driving in my van, I blurted out-loud a number of things I said I hated. "I hate (this or that)"; "I hate it when...". One of them was, "I hate when people chew gum with their mouths open." I then vocalized an exaggerated gnawing sound, "Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw."
The very next time I went to the gym, 2 days later, while I was at an exercise, a fellow sat at an exercise directly behind me. And sure enough, he started chewing with his mouth open, vocalizing that gnawing sound, "Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw." I didn't look behind at him, because I knew what was going on, and I wanted to avoid playing into his hand. So he repeated himself again and again until I was done and moved to a different station. Now, honestly, who chews gum at the gym? You can't. Or you run the risk of choking for the heavy breathing, not to mention when laying down on benches. And with precisely the same exaggerated vocalized gnawing sound I had made in my van just 2 days prior.
Their whole intent is to let you know you are being surveilled. They want you to know, as both a warning and a provocation. They want you to say something, to launch accusations, which they would readily deny, making you look paranoid. If you react too strongly, they could even have you diagnosed with some kind of disorder, and put you on medication, which further plays into their hand. (More regarding medications in the last section of this post.)
This is why, as I mentioned in my previous post, they would park their cars shining their high beams on me as I walked past them during my morning walk. And why on some occasions, a group of 3 or 4 would exit their cars and stand on my path just as I approached, forcing me to go around them. They would then remain standing on the path until my return trip through, and after I had passed by the second time, then would then return to their cars - making it absolutely clear I was their interest.
Their intent is not only to make me aware, but also to present themselves in close proximity to me, within easy reach, in the hope I would confront them, resulting in an altercation that could land me in a lot of hot water - 4 witnesses against me, all pleading innocence.
Again, it is all designed to make you look bad, and to warrant some kind of legal measure against you - preferably a medical diagnosis, discrediting you in everything you say about them. If they can't refute your claims, their only remaining option is to discredit you. That's what all of these tricks are designed to accomplish. Who would believe anything you say, once you have been diagnosed with a disorder?
There are plenty more examples. But who would really believe them? I’ll save them for the future.
Home Invasion
Both during and after my military service, I have had my apartments entered without any signs of break-ins. How? Lock-picking and duplicate keys. Indications? Missing objects; ie: money, phone adaptor, etc. Nothing major. Just something to make us understand we are being watched, and to make us understand what they can do.
But it is always something small, something for which you would be ridiculed for divulging.
Two more examples: I found my razor, which I always lay-down razor-end to the wall, turned around, razor-end toward me. Also, in one of my house slippers I found a small shoe sticker on the up-side of the heel. I had those slipper for years, and never had any shoe stickers on them. Yet there it was, clearly visible on the top surface of my slipper, not the bottom. Could I have stepped on a shoe sticker when barefoot in my apartment, only to have the sticker transfer itself to my slipper when I wore it? How many shoe stickers do you have laying around your apartment that you can accidentally step onto?
If I had stepped onto a sticker in my apartment and had it stick to my heel, that means the sticky side was up against my skin. This means the sticker would have had to flip upside down such that the sticky side would then be down, allowing the sticker to stick to the slipper. Do you really think that happened? That sticker was not there when I left my apartment, but it was there when I returned. And it was the wrong sticker, wrong brand, wrong size.
Again, what is their intent? To make someone look ridiculous so no one will believe them should they speak of other more sensitive things.
Staged Incidents
The above incidents clearly point to coordinated and staged events (at my work, my home, on my walks, etc). This is so frequently met with incredulity. "But that would require coordination on the part of so many people," the public dismisses. "They wouldn't do that."
Oh yes they would, and they have, as explained in https://fightgangstalking.com/. Note the documented cases involving the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, Canada's equivalent to the US' CIA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP, Canada's national police force) in the second quote, which were reported in national newspapers.
From https://fightgangstalking.com/:
“Disruption operations often involve tactics which are illegal, but difficult to prove. These tactics include – but are not limited to – overt surveillance (stalking), slander, blacklisting, “mobbing” (intense, organized harassment in the workplace), “black bag jobs” [home invasions], abusive phone calls, computer hacking, framing, threats, blackmail, vandalism, “street theater” (staged physical and verbal interactions with minions of the people who orchestrate the stalking), harassment by noises, and other forms of bullying. Many of these tactics were used by the FBI during its illegal COINTELPRO operations, as documented by stolen official documents and subsequent Congressional investigations.
"Although the general public is mostly unfamiliar with the practice, references to “disruption” operations – described as such – do occasionally appear in the news media, even though that fact would apparently be news to the editors of The New York Times. In May 2006, for example, an article in The Globe and Mail, a Canadian national newspaper, reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) used “Diffuse and Disrupt” tactics against suspects for whom they lacked sufficient evidence to prosecute. A criminal defense attorney stated that many of her clients complained of harassment by authorities, although they were never arrested."
She can add me to that list too.
For the Benefit of Others
The experiences I have recounted here seem so trivial, so insignificant, they make you look ridiculous if you talk about them. But if we don’t talk about such things, no one will ever know about them. Other people have experienced the same, and are forced to endure such torments in silence. They need encouragement to talk about their own experiences, and so I write about mine in the hope they will talk about theirs, even if I do look ridiculous. The perpetrators are more ridiculous for doing them.
I remember a military colleague being hauled away by military police one morning, as she was struggling and having a violent fit. A fellow on her floor told me she was throwing chairs at her walls screaming, “Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!”. When he mentioned that, I knew exactly what they had done to her. She was considered unruly, and was being watched intently. They wanted her out, and that is how they accomplished it. Through wall tapping and sleep deprivation, they push you to the breaking point. And when you finally lose control and do something rash, they pounce on you, and you’re out. Now she has a criminal record, considered a criminal when in reality she was a victim. Welcome to the Canadian military, and other militaries besides, I am sure.
There are dozens upon dozens of experiences I could present. But who will really read them? Worse still, who will really believe them? I overheard my military supervisor in Halifax whisper to another, “Do you think he knows?”, after I had mentioned one of the many “coincidences” I experienced, but with a tone of my being aware it was not a mere coincidence. As I turned my face to my computer screen, I whispered under my breath, but still loud enough for him to hear, “Yes, (rank) (name), I know.” A few minutes later, as he walked past my desk, he leaned in by my ear and whispered, “We’re just trying to help you.” I should have pressed him for answers right then and there, but you just don’t know how much trouble you can get into when making such accusations in the military. So I let it go. But I will never forget.
Should anyone reading this ever decide to launch some kind of inquiry, I can mention names of over 100 people to contact, including military personnel, family members, neighbours, building managers, and others who have been contacted by military personnel with false narratives about me. They flash their ID’s and other credentials, and people believe anything they say. They turn family, friends, co-workers and neighbours against you, even recruiting their participation. Your acquaintances not only participate, but actually feel justified and emboldened playing tricks on you. It isn't their fault, though; they have been misled. I would reference them solely for corroboration.
As a final thought, here are explanations of two military programs in which certain persons (sometimes military, sometimes civilian) are kept under constant surveillance, and are in some cases subjected to conditioning in an attempt to turn them into what is called a “sleeper agent”. Almost all of the tactics presented below have been experience by me, including constant surveillance (ie: my previous post here regarding being harassed on my morning walks) and sleep deprivation (as per the top portion of this post, which other military members in Cuba and elsewhere around the world have also experienced).
Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program
See Newsweek’s article: https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881
Some excerpts from that Newsweek article, plus more background information on the Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program, can be found here: https://fightgangstalking.com/
“The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called “signature reduction.” The force, more than ten times the size of the clandestine elements of the CIA, carries out domestic and foreign assignments, both in military uniforms and under civilian cover, in real life and online, sometimes hiding in private businesses and consultancies, some of them household name companies.
“…a little-known sector of the American military, but also a completely unregulated practice. No one knows the program’s total size, and the explosion of signature reduction has never been examined for its impact on military policies and culture. Congress has never held a hearing on the subject. And yet the military developing this gigantic clandestine force challenges U.S. laws, the Geneva Conventions, the code of military conduct and basic accountability.
“…The signature reduction effort engages some 130 private companies to administer the new clandestine world. Dozens of little known and secret government organizations support the program, doling out classified contracts and overseeing publicly unacknowledged operations.
"Federal spy agencies are using Americans to spy on their fellow citizens – the same approach to governance famously employed by communist East Germany."
How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent
By Dantalion Jones / Masters of Mind Control
The following “was” on the web, but has been removed. Surprise, surprise. But I saved its web files to my computer years ago, knowing that sooner or later it would be removed. I made a jpeg image of the web page as it once appeared, attached here.
Note that I have experienced almost all of the tactics described below, including the stalking I mentioned in my previous post here (regular walks in the park), the sleep deprivation noted at the top of this post, and the surveillance and intrusions described here as well.
Quoting the now-removed webpage: “How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent” (from here to end of post):
Amid all the conspiracy theories one of the most feared is that there exist "sleeper agents" in our society who are programmed to come into service when they are triggered by a phone call or key word.
These alleged sleeper agents don't even know they are programmed to become saboteurs, soldiers, suicide bomber, etc because of the thoroughness of their programming. They are the feared "Manchurian Candidate" that the movies portray.
The question is "Are they real?"
If they are true sleeper agents there is no way of telling until they are activated. One can however theorize exactly how they are made.
Indoctrination
Using indoctrination a person can be made to embrace a religious or philosophical belief that would make becoming a sleeper agent possible.
This would be a person so committed to an ideal they would be willing to wait patiently as a member of society until they are called into action. These people would know their mission and consciously hold it secret while interacting with the rest of society.
Conditioning
Conditioning is a repetitive process where the desired responses are enforced and rewarded and unwanted responses are punished. This can be done consciously as part of training drill and it can be done subconsciously using hypnosis or drugs to create amnesia.
Hypnosis
It has been demonstrated that hypnosis can create "amnesia walls" in which the subject has no conscious memory of what happened in the hypnosis session. It has further been demonstrated that hypnosis can give post hypnotic instruction to be carried out automatically in the waking state without the subject knowing it or questioning the behavior.
What follows is conjecture and theory based on testimonials of people who were alleged to be sleeper agents and soldiers.
Continuous Supervisions
Continuous supervision doesn't mean that the subject is cut off completely from society. It means that they are constantly overseen and every aspect of their lives are managed (without their knowledge or consent) to support their hypnotic programming.
This would include:
• Repeated reinforcement of all hypnotic conditioning.
• Handlers. Handlers are people who help maintain the subjects environment to maintain all the programming. They can play the role of family, friends, lovers, psychologists, coaches or any roll the subject perceives as supportive. The truth is the handlers are their to support the successful fulfillment of the programming and not the subject as a person.
• Minimal sleep so that the mind/brain does not process all the sleeper conditioning during sleep.
• Creating constant environmental challenges like unemployment or poverty. This gives the subject something other than their programming to focus on.
• Frequent hospitalization. This gives overt opportunity to sedate the subject for conditioning. If the subject has a history of hospitalizations for mental disturbances all the better. No one will take them seriously.
Joseph Cafariello
PS... Today is the second day after this post (February 12, 2024). A garbage truck just slammed into my parked car.
PPS... I finish writing this post because I am satisfied with its shape and content; not because of what happened to my car.
It is similar to when you are reaching for your coat, and someone tells you, "Take your coat." Since you have to take your coat, your brain tells you it's ok to obey them, and you comply. They just created an instance where they led you, and you followed them. And your brain accepted it.
It's a technique the military uses all the time. It trains you to accept instructions from that person or group. Done enough times, you become comfortable obeying them.
I just say, "I take my coat because I choose to, not because you tell me to." It's important to make that clear, to block the conditioning and affirm our self-governance; not just to them, but to ourselves as well. Now our brain realizes we took our coat by our own choice; we are still in command.
So too, I say regarding today's event. "Thanks for the warning, but I had already finished writing my post. I finished by my own choosing."
UPDATES 1 & 2: February 26 & March 07, 2024:
My apartment was once again entered while I was out. Either a key was used or the lock was picked. This may or may not have included assistance from building staff. Home invasions are included in the list of their techniques noted above, referred to as "black bag jobs".
All tenants on my floor received new fridges a couple of weeks ago. I removed the tape securing the bins inside my new fridge, and also removed all styrofoam pads from the corners of the glass shelves when I repositioned them.
The person(s) who have been invading my living space on a regular basis have struck again. As you can see in the photo below, the styrofoam pads on the corners of my fridge's shelves were restored when I was out of my apartment. I had removed all pads when I repositioned the shelves. Yet now they are back.
It is a tactic used to undermine our observational awareness in an attempt to make us second-guess and doubt ourselves. The aim is to cause people to feel less sure not only of the things we have done, but also feel less sure of the things others have done. They want us to question the accuracy of our observations and memory.
The idea is to train you to dismiss any anomalies you may observe as being your own misperception of things. Once they convince you not to trust your own judgement, they are free to do whatever they want to you, and you will simply accept it without questioning.
UPDATE 3: May 18, 2024:
Confrontations with individuals keep occurring, at times potentially violent. Following are just 3 such encounters as of late.
1 - Kick-boxer in the park:
As I parked my car in one of the parking lots in Vancouver's Stanley Park one night, another vehicle drove up behind me and parked several spots away. A tall man exited that vehicle, and walked hastily along the path I always walk, down some steps to the water's sea wall path. I took my time and followed my usual walk, also down the steps down to the sea wall. The man knew my routine, and was in a hurry to get ahead of me.
As I walked along the sea wall, I saw the same man sitting on a bench, playing a loud Persian-sounding religious sermon on some device I did not clearly see. As I walked past him, he called out to me to stop and chat. I ignored him and continued walking past him. He rose and started walking behind me.
I opened my umbrella, turned, and walked past him the other way, returning to the stairs back to the parking lot. He also turned and continued following me. I started running. He also started running. I ran up the steps, as did he.
Being taller than I am, his legs are longer than mine, and he quickly caught up to me on a grassy patch at the top of the steps. I turned to him and asked, "Why are you following me?" He did not reply, but stood profile to me, the same stance a kick-boxer uses when ready to kick someone. He was tall, thin, and in excellent physical shape as you would see in a kick-boxer.
He did not speak at all, but was just waiting for me to make a move. I turned, entered my vehicle and left. The encounter continued with a chase through the park in our cars. Yes, that is correct. He chased me out of the park in his car.
2 - Told to keep quiet:
The perpetrators need to operate with as little detection as possible, and they repeatedly warn their subjects to keep their mouths shut about their experiences.
On another of my recent nightly walks, a man stood on the sidewalk ahead of me about half a block away, looked at me, and shouted into the sky at nobody, giving the appearance of being a homeless person shouting for no reason. He then started walking in my direction. I continued walking straight. As he passed me, he leaned into my face and shouted into my ear, "Shut the f_ck up!" I continued walking in my direction, and he resumed walking in his.
The idea is to make it seem as though he is just a deranged man wandering the streets at night, shouting at nothing, so that when he shouts at me, any observer would simply dismiss his actions. But in reality, he was sent to send me a message to stop publishing posts like this, which I had done many times on many sites, and continue to. They don't like it when we reveal their methods. But the truth must be known.
3 - You'll be sorry:
On another occasion, while returning from grocery shopping one afternoon, I walked past a man sitting by a storefront. He was clean-cut, wearing clean clothes, without any carts or wagons or any belongings of any kind. As I passed him, he asked me for some spare change. I replied, "I'm sorry," and continued walking past. He replied, "You will be."
There are numerous other experiences, like two seemingly unassociated men standing on the sea wall about 100 meters away from each other, each of them spitting just as I walked past each one.
There are too many experiences to mention. Looking at each experience individually, one would easily dismiss them as being unrelated and simply coincidental. But put them all together and a picture starts to form, like putting together the pieces of a puzzle.
As I hand you each piece of the puzzle one by one, you dismiss each piece, saying, "This could be anything." And you discard it. You keep discarding each piece as I hand it to you. By the end of it, you look down at the table and say, "You have nothing." That's because you looked at each piece as a separate item and threw it away. But if you leave the pieces on the table as I hand them to you and do not hastily discard them, you will see they form a clear picture when put all together.
We must look at all these events as a whole. Individually, each one could be anything. But when all of these experiences are put together and considered as a whole, they form an undeniable picture. Do not be quick to dismiss each piece. Leave the pieces on the table and look at the whole. The picture I present is sound. Remember, I have all the pieces; you do not. I see the picture more clearly than you do.
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2024.05.19 00:39 Voltality [US-NJ] [H] Bubble75, MonsGeek M1 CNY 2022, Gerald65, GMK Polybius, NicePBT Noel, CannonCaps 407, NicePBT Beach Day, Lots of Switches, Freebies [W] PayPal

Timestamp
Timestamp is dated for yesterday, I was hoping to have this post made then but time got the better of me.
Good evening rMM! Did some spring cleaning a while back and found way too many things I'm not using, so here's a cleaning out sale!
CONUS Only. PM's only, please comment before doing so! Discounts provided for bundles, as always.
Keyboards Pricing Extras Description/Condition
Bubble75 (Black, Alu Weight) $170 Shipped OBO POM plate, all included foams, extra daughterboard cable. This board is in fair condition. There's a scuff and a bit of anodization chipping on the top of the board from a fall off a broken shelf. See timestamp album for picture of scuff. Ships unbuilt with a PC Plate and includes lubed Durock V2 stabilizers, with an epsi-modded spacebar.
MonsGeek M1 (Red, Lunar New Year) $65 Shipped OBO PC plate, all included foams and tape, stock silicone gaskets. This board is in very good condition, and has been modified to be stack mounted (similarly to how it's done on mode boards). Keyboard is built with stock strawberry bubble gum linear switches on an aluminum plate, with lubed/epsi-modded Durock V2 stabilizers. No keycaps are included.
Gerald65 (Frosted) $65 Shipped OBO Unbuilt wrist rest, acrylic plate, foams and extra gaskets. This board is in very good condition, and is currently gasket mounted with a POM plate. This board is currently built with stock YUNZII/Outemu crystal white linear switches, with lubed/epsi-modded Durock V2 stabilizers. No keycaps are included.
Keycap Sets Pricing Description/Condition
GMK Polybius (Base Kit) $70 Shipped OBO Shined, moderately used. Scuff on F8 key, scratches on backspace key. Discounted accordingly, see timestamp album for pictures of issues. Ships in bag. Set is complete.
NicePBT Noel (R1) $20 Shipped OBO Shined, heavily used. Ships in bag. Set is complete.
CannonCaps 407 $20 Shipped OBO Shined, heavily used. 6.25u spacebar has loose tolerances and noico installed. Ships in bag. Set is complete.
NicePBT Beach Day $35 Shipped OBO BNIB, only opened for pictures, although the caps are out of order from shipping and storage. Can ship in bag for discount.
Bundle for NicePBT/CannonCaps sets $55 Shipped OBO This is a bundle offer for NicePBT Noel, CannonCaps 407, and NicePBT Beach Day.
Switches Pricing Quantity Description/Condition
Gateron Yellows $15 Shipped OBO 62 58 Black Tops, 4 Clear Tops. 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing, 105 on Stock Springs, Unfilmed
Akko CS Lavender Purple $15 Shipped OBO 88 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing (stem legs lightly lubed), 105 on Stock Springs, Unfilmed
KTT HaluHalo $18 Shipped OBO 65 205g0 on Stem/Bottom Housing, 105 on Stock Springs, Unfilmed
FFFF Tactiles $20 Shipped OBO 71 Stock
KTT Kang White V3 $20 Shipped OBO PENDING 89 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing, 51004 on Stock Springs
JWICK Semi-Silent $25 Shipped OBO SOLD 64 205g0 on Stem/Bottom Housing, 51004 on Stock Springs, Unfilmed
Tecsee Purple Pandas (w/Gazzew LT Stems) $30 Shipped OBO 73 I spring swapped this switch to Gazzew LT stems, making these linear switches. Lubed with 205g0 on stem only, 51004 on aftermarket (unbranded) 67g short springs. Unfilmed. Total travel distance is 3.5mm.
Owlab Neon $30 Shipped OBO 64 205g0 on Stem/Bottom Housing, 105 on Stock Springs
NovelKeys Cream Clickies $40 Shipped OBO 70 Stock
C3 Kiwi (w/Tecsee Purple Panda Stems) $40 Shipped OBO 79 These are a tactile frankenswitch I made a long time ago. 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing (stem legs lightly lubed) on 63.5g double stage springs lubed with 105, filmed with Deskeys. Total travel distance is 2.8mm.
Holy T1s $45 Shipped OBO 84 3204 Stem Only (legs untouched), 51004 on aftermarket (unbranded) 60g Short Springs, filmed with Kelowna. Total travel distance is 4.0mm.
Gateron CJs (w/P3 Stems) $45 Shipped OBO SOLD 83 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing, 105 on Stock Springs, filmed with Deskeys. Total travel distance is 3.9mm.
Freebies (any of the following items are free if bundled, just ask!) Quantity Description
Drop Skylight Series Keycaps (Black) TKL Kit This set is mostly unused, but I replaced the spacebar for a closely matching dye-sub one I had lying around as the original was damaged.
Cherry MX Retooled Blacks 38 I've had these since 2020, and have never used them. They're completely stock.
Gateron CJ Stems 84 GONE These stems are factory polished and high quality.
Invyr UHMWPE Stems (Batch 2, Version 1) 100+ I tried giving these out a long time ago and they went unclaimed. These stems aren't good and are part of a defective batch.
MX Switch Opener 1 Just a random MX switch opener I got years ago that was painted white. It works okay.
Outemu Blues 120+ Two different kinds of outemu blues in this batch, ones with dustproof stems, ones with traditional stems. These are stock and I salvaged them a long time ago.
Miscellaneous Switch Parts 100+ PENDING This contains a bunch of random switch housings and lineatactile stems I've had over time, and I can't really make anything out of these leftover parts.
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2024.05.18 23:56 nucklewee Aer Travel Pack 3 vs Peak Design Travel Backpack 30L?

I‘m looking for a new personal item bag. Should fit in my camera, laptop and some other techs. It should fit the Peak Design Tech Pouch and the Peak Design Everyday Sling 3L. Was able to narrow it down to the two bags. What is your opinion? Con’s and pros?
Thank you in advance!
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2024.05.18 22:51 RisingBeforeTheSun Help needed in finding an affordable alternative to this bag

Help needed in finding an affordable alternative to this bag
I had been scouring the web for some time in order to find a good bag to carry my study/work materials (notebooks/laptop/etc) when it happened. I found perfection.
As per usual, perfection comes at a cost, namely the $469.00 price tag on the Croots British Twill Laptop Bag.
https://preview.redd.it/sdj2lgo6z81d1.png?width=713&format=png&auto=webp&s=d6399843bbe26da5acc037e606359874ad100c0b
Thus, as a broke university student, I came here in the hopes of finding an affordable alternative that possesses the same charm.
I understand that finding quality for cheap can be hard, but wanted to try (just in case!).
Greatly appreciate literally anyone who can provide any direction with this.
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2024.05.18 22:49 _CMYK_ Which of these leather bags?

Im trying to find a very nice leather laptop bag in the range of $1-2K
Von Baer - I notice quite literally 100% of these guys comments on reddit are astroturfing. It's painfully obvious, and extremely scammy looking. For this reason alone I'm likely not going to buy anything from them..... but im open to being proven wrong if someone has any experience.
https://vonbaer.com/products/city-large-leather-laptop-bag
Maxwell Scott Calvino - This one looks pretty amazing
https://us.maxwellscottbags.com/products/calvino-leather-business-case.html
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2024.05.18 21:56 ir1doll Longchamp help!!

I have no clue what size tote bag I should be getting for school (The Le Pliage one), the large or medium? I usually take my laptop (Macbook 13inch), makeup pouch, water bottle, zip up jacket, 1-2 notebooks and a wallet to school. Most people say the large is more practical as you can use it for a lot of things, however I’m 5’3 and petite so I feel like it would look a bit funny on me? I don’t wanna get the medium and struggle fitting everything in though so I’d kinda confused. I’d appreciate any help!
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2024.05.18 21:48 New_Bags19 LV, CC Re 🏡

LV, CC Re 🏡
Need to make room in my closet and wallet! Selling first purchases as two newbie to make way for new…3 successful sales in this sub All prices include US shipping
  1. LV Wallet-DE w/ light pink. Never used. $75
  2. LV Felicie DA w/ light pink. Only used a couple times, excellent condition, great little bag. Loved it so much I got a higher quality one. $75
  3. CC wallet, black cav, GHW. Never used. From Dicky. $75
  4. CC 19, black 30cm size. IG seller says master copy but not so sure this is real leather. Would be great as does not seem too delicate. Maybe goat skin, maybe PU? discounted $75
  5. LV Denim Coussin. Love this denim, but inside the LV label is upside down. Heavily discounted at $100. Excellent condition. Only used a few times.
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2024.05.18 21:21 Pooch76 Laptop sharp front edges— why? What are the design considerations?

Its not just dell and im far from the first to complain about this— but why? Seriously, why? Smart people — at least some — have had to be involved. My old 2010 xps 15 had a much more comfy front edge (and i know it was overall bulky, but still). Appearance is the obvious answer but what else would lead a laptop designer to create discomfort for palms (and yes i realize it depends on the angle of your arms, but still)? Would a slight curvy bevel make manufacturing more expensive bc = less straight lines? And maybe not enough people care enough to not buy? And maybe they think a more perfect wedge is easier to slip into bags? And maybe the head of Ergonomics isn’t as charming or attractive as the brand manageart director? What other laptop brands focus more on practical tactile ergonomic experience?? Design attractiveness is really important… for like five days… and then we’re living w thing. And yeah, I know by that point they have your money yada yada, but still. Its gotta be more than that. They want people to enjoy their product.
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2024.05.18 21:14 uncoolprotocol Can't read price tags

Short but rude. There was a lady in her boomer years at my local grocery mart who held up the line for probably 4 minutes. It's not a long time, I know, but it was what she held the line up for that made me immediately think of this sub. She was disputing the price of 3 6-packs of coke 12 fl oz bottles because (I'm assuming there was a 3 for a discount deal) and she grabbed the wrong size, threw a fit at checkout, and then proceeded to put the cokes on the conveyer behind her while another customer was checking out at that register. The manager was standing right there asking for her to hand the sodas to her instead of messing with another customers stuff (to clarify, at this grocery store, there are conveyors after you check out to move your stuff to a self bagging area.) Not a world ending story, but rude boomer being rude and messing up the checkout for not only one line, but two.
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2024.05.18 20:30 roseohseven Long first time trip report 5/13-5/18!

LOOOONG first time trip report! 5/13-5/18, stayed at Beach Club, visited all four parks, bought Genie+ every day, had the standard DDP. Family of 4, two girls 5 and 9. I learned so much from this group over the past year and especially loved trip reports, so hopefully this post will be helpful to someone!
💲BUDGET💲
-- I booked the trip a year out so I could break it up into 12 manageable payments. I opened the no fee Disney VISA, which gives you several months of no interest on charges made towards Disney travel packages, rewards dollars to use at Disney, and a couple other perks like character meet and greets and discounts.
-- I signed up for Disney Movie Insiders. This is what you're supposed to do with all those little codes that come in Disney DVDs/Blurays. You enter the codes in exchange for points, and at 1000 points, you can redeem for a $10 Disney gift card. You also get points for being subscribed to Disney+, seeing Disney movies in the theater, their social media accounts, and a whole bunch of other things. I got $50 in gift cards from this alone.
-- If you want Disney-themed luggage, try thinking outside the box to save money! I got plain luggage in Mickey colors--red and black--and Mickey luggage tags to make them Disney themed.
-- I tried to budget for souvenirs via gift cards... but I failed, lol. Everything is so expensive, $100 is gone in a second. Plushes are like $40, coffee cups are $20, etc. Whatever you're planning to spend, double it! I get what people say about most shops having the same stuff, but it's definitely not all of them, most of the ones post-ride have unique stuff. And honestly it's kind of nice most of them have the same stuff, if you want to get whatever your kid was asking for earlier, you don't have to walk all the way back to the one shop you saw it at.
-- We paid for Memory Maker and I'm on the fence about it. On the one hand, it's really nice to get all the ride photos and meet and greet photos and magic shots. It's also really nice for the whole family to be in a lot of pictures and not have to swap with the other adult or find someone willing to take your picture. On the other, we definitely didn't utilize it as much as I wanted to because a lot of the photographers had pretty long lines and I just didn't want to spend time waiting for a picture I could take myself. If we came across someone with a shortish or no line, we made sure to get it, but for anyone with a long line, we just stood around the same spot and took our own.
🗓️PLANNING🗓️
-- If you have kids and live within easy driving distance of another amusement park, highly recommend making a visit BEFORE going to Disney to get an idea of how they handle that kind of day/environment, especially if they have never been. I quickly discovered we would absolutely need a stroller and I would need to be militant with the kids about staying hydrated. Also to avoid face paint, as heat + tears + paint + eyes = bad day! I felt so much better making these discoveries beforehand and being able to prepare accordingly, rather than making them at Disney.
-- USE AN AGENT! An agent is free to you, so why not have the help? Ours was amazing, she gave us quotes, booked the package, rebooked as needed later when a better deal came out, made all the payments, dining and extra reservations, and was just all-around awesome to work with. It was such a load off to know I wasn't on my own with all this stuff.
-- Watch everything Ear Scouts. No one explains Genie+ better, and Rob and Erick's videos are just so positive and beautiful and well done.
-- I also enjoyed reading Disney Tourist Blog--lovingly snarky but super informative!--and Disney Food Blog for fun tips and news.
-- I didn't find any park to be a half day park, we filled our whole day in every one and still didn't see everything!
-- My kids did really well, whenever they were on the verge of cranky, we had one ride in the stroller for a while, bought a snack (usually ice cream or popcorn), and used the bubble wand, and/or gave them some ibuprofen, and everyone felt better pretty quick. We never tried to do fireworks, we were all done by 8 so always left after dinner. The only park we closed down was EPCOT because we didn't get out of dinner until after close, and that was a really cool experience, the park was so quiet and empty and beautiful!
-- You don't NEED a Magic Band... but man, was it convenient. We just had 1.0 Magic Bands though, we didn't bother with the 2.0s.
-- I guess moving through security fast is important to people rope dropping... but as someone who didn't, it added like maybe 30 seconds to a minute to the experience the couple times my bag got flagged, it's really not a big deal.
-- I'm not saying anyone's lying about bad experiences or exaggerating or anything, but try to remember that far more people go on the Internet to complain than they do to praise. I got so stressed about all the things that could go wrong, and we had a pretty much perfect trip. The only attraction that broke down on us was Muppetvision, of all things. The only "bad behavior" we witnessed was the morning we were leaving, we could hear a dad across the hall yelling at his family, I think they overslept and were going to miss their flight or something? We just turned the TV on so we didn't have to hear him. A couple times we forgot to take our stuff with us when we parked our stroller or forgot some food in it, and neither people nor animals bothered it. The only dicey thing that happened to us was me dropping my phone into the Dumbo moat, the cast members fished it out and it still worked, I sent them a cast compliment for all their help! All the cast members were great, I'm not really sure what people expect but IMO they all do amazing for having to be peppy and helpful all day in absolutely blazing heat, walking a ride conveyer belt nonstop, repeating the same spiels over and over, meeting person after person, etc. I wouldn't last a 2 hour shift let alone 8. Cast members, you rock!!!
✈️TRAVEL✈️
-- We flew Delta, flight there was flawless, flight home was delayed by an hour waiting for crew and was a little bumpy (which is not great for a nervous flyer like me) but otherwise fine.
-- Get TSA PreCheck! Good for a few years, if the adults have it the kids have it too. It made the whole experience so much easier. That said, even PreCheck still moves kind of slow at MCO, so definitely get there at least 2 hours early for your flight. Use curbside check-in for bags, way faster than the long line inside!
-- On our agent's recommendation, we used Away We Go for ground transport in Orlando. They communicate really well, both ways were flawless, no complaints!
-- We used Minnie Vans to get to Animal Kingdom + Sanaa and Magic Kingdom, what a wonderful service! Definitely pricey, but they had cartoons on in the car, booster seats they set up for you, and the drivers were so nice and friendly and had fun trivia to share. I never had any problem requesting one when I needed it.
⛱️BEACH CLUB⛱️
-- We knew we wanted an onsite hotel where you could walk to at least one park. This pretty much limits you to a handful of Deluxe hotels or the Swan and Dolphin. Beach Club won for us because it's "in the Disney bubble" and you can walk to 2/4 parks. Note that while you can technically walk to Hollywood Studios, it is a LOOOONG walk. The boat is a nice not crowded alternative! We did not make use of Early Entry or Extended Hours, we're just not built for either. Beach Club was lovely, we booked a resort view but I think we ended up with a water view, we were right by the quiet pool and could see the water beyond from our room. Stormalong Bay was a little crazy for us but we loved the quiet pool. Best thing about Beach Club though is the location, EPCOT is literally steps away!
🌳ANIMAL KINGDOM🌳
-- We had read that there's really no bad day to do AK, so we started there. We rode: Navi River Journey, Flight of Passage, Kali River Rapids, Everest, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Triceratops Spin, and Dinosaur--so pretty much everything! With Genie+ we walked onto all of them. We also met Moana, Pocahontas, and Russell! The only thing we didn't do here that we wanted to was the Gorilla Falls trail, but we just ran out of time before the park closed.
🌐EPCOT🌐
-- We had read to avoid EPCOT on Fridays and Saturdays, so we went on Wednesday. We rode: Grand Fiesta Tour, Living with the Land, Nemo, Spaceship Earth, Imagination with Figment, Frozen, Remy, Journey of Water, and Guardians--everything we wanted! Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! We also met Anna, Elsa, and Asha! Tried a couple of Flower and Garden snacks: chicken and waffles, fruit and cheese strudel, and potato pancakes, all were delicious! Everyone had a different favorite day, but EPCOT was personally my favorite day, it felt like we were firing on all cylinders and the day just went really smoothly!
🏰MAGIC KINGDOM🏰
-- We had read that Wednesdays were the quietest days at MK, so we were originally going to try to do it that day, but we could only get a reservation for Cinderella's Royal Table on Thursday, so we switched it up. Definitely the most crowded of all the parks we visited, but I think that's just the norm for MK, everyone wants to go to the castle park with the most rides. We rode: Regal Carousel, Tomorrowland Speedway, Barnstormer, Magic Carpets, Mad Tea Party, People Mover, Dumbo, Small World, Little Mermaid, Pirates, Space Ranger Spin, Jungle Cruise, TRON, and Peter Pan. Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! The only ride we missed at this park that we wanted to do was Pooh, I couldn't manage to get a return time that was earlier than we planned on leaving. Outside of our character meals (more on those in the dining section!) we also met Mirabel, Tiana, and Rapunzel! We had both the Rapunzel and Aurora ice creams, both so good and cute!
🎬HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS🎬
-- We had read that, like MK, it's better to do HS later in the week, so we went Friday. We rode: Slinky, Alien Saucers, Toy Story Mania, Rise, Smuggler's Run, Runaway Railway. Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! The only ride we missed was Tower of Terror, again I couldn't manage to get a return time that was earlier than we planned on leaving. We also met Olaf, be aware Olaf doesn't sign stuff, they just give you a signature card. This park needs more shade IMO, especially Toy Story Land, I know it's supposed to be Andy's backyard, but I don't see why that means we can't have some shade from trees or something. 🤪 Blue milk from Galaxy's Edge was really good, the family was all fighting over it!
🍽️DINING🍽️
-- We almost certainly lost some money on the DDP, but I'm still glad we got it because it allowed us to do more table service meals and have less stress overall about expenses. We easily used up everything but child quick service credits, we had a few of those left over near the end.
Here's where we ate!
BOARDWALK DELI/PIZZA WINDOW: Pizza for the kids, sandwiches for the adults. Tasty and satisfying after our day of travel!
BEACHES AND CREAM: Got the kitchen sink for the experience, but honestly it's not great, all the ice cream and toppings melt together quick and you just end up with weird ice cream soup.
SAT'ULI CANTEEN: LOVED this place, everything was so yummy! Best quick service we had!
SANAA: Since Animal Kingdom closes so early, we thought we'd try to extend the experience by eating at Sanaa. What a great idea, we got seated right by a window and saw so many animals! The food was great too.
AKERSHUS: Our favorite princess meal! We met Aurora, Tiana, Snow White, Ariel, and Belle. They were all lovely, and the breakfast was really good too. Only 1 credit on the DDP!
GARDEN GRILL: Our kids really enjoyed getting to look down over Living with the Land and the fact that the restaurant spins. We met Farmer Mickey, Pluto, and Chip and Dale. They were fun and even came to our table more than once. Food was good!
SPACE 220: Not on the DDP, but wow, what a cool restaurant! Almost like a ride with the theming and the elevator up. Food was really good.
CINDERELLA'S ROYAL TABLE: You gotta eat in the castle! We paid for it OOP because we didn't want to use up 2 DDP credits here. You're really going for the location and the princesses, the food is kinda meh, not bad but not as good as other places. The restaurant is small and they have to turn tables quick, so it's very understandable to me that the princesses have to move fast. It's not that they rush you, they'll take all the pictures you ask for and sign whatever and answer your questions, but if you don't have much you need, they try to keep moving. Akershus is much bigger so they are able to be more relaxed there. The only small bummer is that we didn't see Merida (maybe she was on vacation too!) We did meet Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine, and Aurora though!
CRYSTAL PALACE: We are not big on buffets but we enjoyed meeting Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger!
TOPOLINO'S: Maybe the best food of the trip, steak and eggs were so good! The character artist costumes are so cute too. It was fun to have an excuse to ride the Skyliner to get here from Beach Club too.
DOCKING BAY 7: The theming is great, but the food wasn't as good as Satuli Canteen IMO.
THE MARKET AT ALE & COMPASS: We had quick service credits we wanted to use up on the last day and we didn't want to leave the resort again, otherwise I would have gone somewhere else, food was meh.
✨EXTRAS✨
-- I originally wanted to book Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for my kids, but it's so expensive/competitive that I decided to didn't want the stress. Instead I booked Have Wand, Will Travel to come to our room and bought dresses from Presley Couture and Only Little Once. I chose Have Wand, Will Travel because they keep character throughout. Fairy Godmother Elyse was amazing and so much fun, my kids loved it and kept talking about it all day!
-- That same morning I ordered a Sammicakes breakfast box with beignets for us to eat. I also ordered a pretend letter from Tiana on Etsy to make it seem like the breakfast came from Tiana. My kids also loved this and had fun telling Tiana about it both times we met her. Sammicakes was good but a LOT of food, sadly we didn't end up eating half of it. It can last you at least 3 days!
-- Matching shirts and ear hats, all from Etsy! So many cool designs there, hardest part is choosing!
-- Got my kids a pin trading lanyard with some pins, they loooooved pin trading! It was like free souvenirs.
🧳PACKING🧳
-- Things the Internet Told Me to Pack That I Needed: Scissors, ziploc bags, ibuprofen (kids and adults), garbage bags.
-- Things the Internet Told Me to Pack that I Didn't Need: stainless steel straws (the paper straws are more like cardboard, they really don't break down unless your kid is gnawing on them or something), ponchos (it did rain some most days, but wearing a poncho was almost more miserable than not wearing one, it's so hot and humid to be walking around in a plastic bag! We did better taking shelter and using umbrellas.), wipes (obv you need them if your kid is younger, but mine were older and just never got messy enough to need them.), glow sticks (we never stayed anywhere long enough to use them.) Basically, the less you can get away carrying in the parks, the better. It's annoying to lug stuff around you don't end up needing or using!
🛞STROLLER🛞
-- I know it seems insane that your 5 year old and 9 year old will need a stroller, but mine definitely did. Once I accepted that I was going to have to get one, I tried to make the best of it, and actually got really into decorating it so we could always easily spot it in the sea (the decorations also later made nice wall decor for a gallery of our trip!) The Magic Spotter flag was the best investment, hardly anyone had them so it was easy to instantly spot our stroller anywhere we left it, even if it got moved. That said, I definitely didn't want to spend a lot on a stroller we were really only buying for this one trip, so I got a used Joovy Caboose on Facebook Marketplace for $50. It was very hard to handle with two older kids in it, and even with one it was hard to handle unless the kid was in the back seat. So we basically used it like a single stroller, glad I didn't spend a lot on it since it was so hard to drive!
☔WEATHER☔
-- We had mostly great weather, it rained some every day except Magic Kingdom day but it passed within an hour each time. We wore socks with Crocs so that if/when it rained, we could just take our wet socks off and walk in our Crocs, this worked great! Don't trust the weather reports though, two days it wasn't supposed to rain. One day it actually didn't, the other day it did and we had to walk in wet shoes because we didn't wear the Crocs that day. Just figure it might rain any day and be prepared! See above note RE: ponchos being not great and shelter + umbrellas being better. When it didn't rain, It. Was. Hot. 🥵 In the 90s but definitely felt hotter with the humidity making it so sticky. We felt there was plenty of shade at Animal Kingdom and EPCOT, but hardly any at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, which I would say slightly affected how much fun we had on those days comparatively.
Phew! That's about it, let me know if you have any questions!
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2024.05.18 20:03 Xavyex First day internship tips??

Hey everyone!! I just finished my freshman year and I have an internship starting on Monday. It’s R&D for a chemical company.
I already received an email about where to park, when to show up, if I’ll be getting a laptop, etc.
I plan on bringing a work bag with a notebook, pen, personal hygiene products, etc. No snacks as I’ll be going out for lunch.
I’ll be wearing a blouse, jeans, and flats. There was no specified dress-code, but my interviewers dressed casual/business casual.
It is unusual for a freshman to get an internship, and I can’t rely on a sibling or parent to give me tips on what to do during an internship. Any advice would be lovely as I want to put my best foot forward :)
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2024.05.18 19:58 SnooDogs1598 Which laptop would be the best for engineering classes at tech?

First of all, is there anybody in engineering specifically electrical engineering who can lemme know what laptops ya'lls using?
Second of all where can I get laptops at a cheap rate? student discounts aren't that beneficial, as because the $25 off a $2000 laptop ain't much help.
If ya'll have engineering laptops that you are planning to throw away please throw them my way. My brokeass will be eternally grateful to ya'll.
Thank you 🎀
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2024.05.18 19:48 Imaginary_Carry864 MDI G promotional offer

Can anyone confirm if any laptop brands run promotional discounts or campaigns in the MDI campus? I've heard that this happens in the nmims and other colleges as well.
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2024.05.18 19:41 Current-Mango9459 Looking for a new EDC. Details in the description. Suggestions appreciated.

For the next school year, I'm looking for a new EDC.
What I carry: Water Bottle, spare change of clothes, a thin a4 folder for documents, like a 14 inch laptop, few bars, pencil case, small tech pouch and headphones. I cycle to school but its only like 15 minutes so as long as the bag is *decently* comfortable its nbd. I would preferably like a dedicated laptop compartment or at least a sleeve thats quite easy to use such as the A19 Whitley where it has good access to it.
I've been looking everywhere and have found a few bags I like but there's always something wrong (at least for my purpose) with each one. Two main deciding factors is size and price. I don't want it to be too big, such as the A19 Whitley and I would prefer it to be £180 or less. I have looked at the:
Bellroy Transit Workpack - everything seems amazing except the straps which I've heard terrible things about.
A19 Whitley - also seems amazing but its just too big
CPL16 - everything is perfect EXCEPT there is no external or dedicated water bottle pocket (however its not the end of the world) - but its way too expensive
Modern Dayfarer V2 seems quite nice but it is probably a bit too stylish for school and apparently its even hard to lean against something it just falls over which is inconvenient.
Able Carry Daily Plus - apparently it can't fit much? also doesn't have a dedicated laptop compartment which these two combined didn't appeal to me.

Not sure if I'm looking for something that doesn't exist but suggestions are appreciated.
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2024.05.18 19:20 TAA180 I had to offload from a flight as I lost my laptop in security and Oman airlines said that I have to offload and cross immigration if i want to get it even though there was plenty of time to check in again etc....

I had to offload from a flight as I lost my laptop in security and Oman airlines said that I have to offload and cross immigration if i want to get it even though there was plenty of time to check in again etc....
I reached the gate about 1.50 hours before departure, entered the gate and showed my boarding pass. Sat down and opened my bag and realised that my laptop wasn't there. It was definitely at security. I told the gate staff and they loitered for 15 minutes not letting me leave and wasting time. Then they had someone accompany me and the airport is huge and she was walking so slow and I was ready to run. I expressed this and she said it was fine. We reach the entry to the terminal and then she says "Oh its back there, we cant go there". I said I told you guys it was at security. After talking to airport staff for 20+ minutes they said id have to offload and the laptop is definitely at lost and found... I offloaded because the laptop is worth £1500
I had to offload from a flight as I lost my laptop in security and Oman Airlines said that I have to offload and cross immigration if i wanted to get it even though there was plenty of time to check in again etc....
Can I get compensation??
SINGLE TICKET
Dates of travel:
12/04/2024 to 27/04/2024
OMAN AIRLINES
LHR TO BKK return trip with stop in MCT both ways
Flight numbers
WY 102 LHR TO MCT
WY 815 MCT TO BKK
WY 816 BKK TO MCT - OFF-LOADED
WY 101 MCT TO LHR OFF-LOADED
BRITISH PASSPORT and citizenship
£586 total trip cost booked through an agency called flightcatchers
https://preview.redd.it/wvl5slp8x71d1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=1a6b6411b82af72c288c993b682d99a9325ea35d
https://preview.redd.it/3utbrzq9x71d1.png?width=530&format=png&auto=webp&s=95a041c798f207c81ef877147f4d5fe4dc3b2a6a
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2024.05.18 19:00 RotterdamRules Sending flour from Netherlands to the US?

My relative moved from the Netherlands to the US and noted that the bread is different in certain ways.
I happen to live next to a mill, that produces flour and I suggested sending a bag of flour to my relative. My question is if it is worth the effort (and what might be difficulties) sending 5 kilos (or 11 lbs) of fresh wheatflour from Rotterdam to the US?
Edit 2: Gosh, shipping this weight costs more than I originally had anticipated (I now remember getting a discount the last time I shipped some pretty heavy parcels to far, far away). So for the time being there will be no bag of wheatflower on a plane from Rotterdam to California.
Original edit: several typos and I had the conversion the wrong way 'round from kg to lbs... My bad.
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2024.05.18 18:52 unboxparadigm DEAL: LOQ 2023 Ryzen 7 7840HS, RTX 4060 8GB 115W, 100% sRGB QHD under Rs 71,000 effectively!

DEAL: LOQ 2023 Ryzen 7 7840HS, RTX 4060 8GB 115W, 100% sRGB QHD under Rs 71,000 effectively!
Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized - Ryzen 7 7840HS 8 Cores, RTX 4060 8GB 115W, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, 165Hz QHD - 100% sRGB 15.6in IPS at Rs 70,614\*
Before writing a detailed post. Let me clear up some things quickly.
Summary of Price for All Buyers and for Buyers with student or corporate discount codes.
Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized For ALL Buyers (Use UNBOX35 and UNBOX3CTO) For Buyers with Student or corporate discount code and UNBOX35
Actual Purchase Price Rs 84,807 Rs 81,166
Effective Cost after 10% Credit Card Cashback* (applicable on ANY credit card but only on non-EMI transactions) Rs 76,326.3 (after 10% cashback of Rs 8,480.7) Rs 73,049.4 (after 10% cashback of Rs 8,116.6)
Effective Cost after Credit Card cashback and 3% Unbox Paradigm cashback** Rs 73,782.1 (after 3% cashback of Rs 2,545) Rs 70,614.42 (after 3% cashback of Rs 2,435)
\ The 10% Credit Card Cashback is offered by Lenovo. It is NOT a discount and will be credited to the credit card AFTER the delivery of the laptop within 30 days. Check official terms and conditions* here.
\* The 3% Cashback offered by Unbox Paradigm is NOT guaranteed. But it has a good chance of success if you follow all steps correctly. Consider it only as a bonus cashback and Do Not rely on this to fit a laptop that you cannot afford into your budget.*

Steps to get Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized at the above-mentioned prices.

  1. Login to Lenovo store, and visit this affiliate link - Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized. Login is optional but you will most likely have to login anyway to make it easier to follow up with your order once you place the order.
2. Configure your LOQ Specifications as required. For the above mentioned pricing, the configuration is - Ryzen 7 7840HS, RTX 4060 8GB, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD and QHD 165Hz Display. All of these except the Display is already selected by default. Note that currently there is a bug which increases the price significantly if you select the 1TB SSD options. So, if you want more storage, I would suggest upgrading it yourself separately after the purchase. I would also recommend adding the "3Y Premium Care + 3Y Accidental Damage Protection upgrade from 1Y onsite (Ecomm)" available on the 2nd page - Add Services. It costs only 3k and acts like an insurance and offers some peace of mind for the next 3 Years. Note that this cost is not included for the purpose of calculations in this post since not every user purchases this.
3. Apply all coupons - Up to 2 coupons can be applied at the same time. If you have a student or corporate discount code, then use it along with UNBOX35. If you don't have one then use UNBOX3CTO along with UNBOX35. UNBOX3CTO offers a flat 3% cashback while UNBOX35 offers an instant Rs 3,500 flat discount. When you are ready to click the final checkout button, follow the next step.
With UNBOX3CTO and UNBOX35
With UNBOX35 and Student discount
  1. IMPORTANT: Close other Lenovo Tabs (particularly if you have visited myunidays or other coupons and deals websites). Click on Unbox Paradigm affiliate link again - Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized. Now go straight to the cart. No need to add to cart again or reconfigure or apply any coupons. Your cart will have your product and the coupons, you just need to checkout. This step is only to ensure that Unbox Paradigm affiliate links were the last link that you have clicked before placing the order. Make sure not to visit any other affiliate/sponsored/deals and coupons websites/myunidays website after clicking this affiliate link until you finish placing the order.
  2. Once you have placed the order, DM me your final order value and date and time of purchase. I will confirm your eligibility for the 3% cashback within 1 working day. In most cases, it will be confirmed within a few hours. Once confirmed, your payment details and email ID for sending the cashback confirmation will be requested.
Disclaimer: Note that there is a chance that even after the user follows all the above mentioned steps, there could be cases that the affiliate order is not correctly tracked and does not show up on Unbox Paradigm's affiliate dashboard. If this happens, then the 3% cashback cannot be issued. Hence it is not a guaranteed cashback as mentioned above. This issue can be due to usage of ad blockers, visiting other sponsored/affiliate links accidentally after clicking the affiliate link or continuing with the purchase on a different device.
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2024.05.18 18:45 unboxparadigm DEAL: LOQ 2023 Ryzen 7 7840HS, RTX 4060 8GB 115W, 100% sRGB QHD under Rs 71,000 effectively!

DEAL: LOQ 2023 Ryzen 7 7840HS, RTX 4060 8GB 115W, 100% sRGB QHD under Rs 71,000 effectively!
Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized - Ryzen 7 7840HS 8 Cores, RTX 4060 8GB 115W, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, 165Hz QHD - 100% sRGB 15.6in IPS at Rs 70,614\*
Before writing a detailed post. Let me clear up some things quickly.
Summary of Price for All Buyers and for Buyers with student or corporate discount codes.
Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized For ALL Buyers (Use UNBOX35 and UNBOX3CTO) For Buyers with Student or corporate discount code and UNBOX35
Actual Purchase Price Rs 84,807 Rs 81,166
Effective Cost after 10% Credit Card Cashback* (applicable on ANY credit card but only on non-EMI transactions) Rs 76,326.3 (after 10% cashback of Rs 8,480.7) Rs 73,049.4 (after 10% cashback of Rs 8,116.6)
Effective Cost after Credit Card cashback and 3% Unbox Paradigm cashback** Rs 73,782.1 (after 3% cashback of Rs 2,545) Rs 70,614.42 (after 3% cashback of Rs 2,435)
\ The 10% Credit Card Cashback is offered by Lenovo. It is NOT a discount and will be credited to the credit card AFTER the delivery of the laptop within 30 days. Check official terms and conditions* here.
\* The 3% Cashback offered by Unbox Paradigm is NOT guaranteed. But it has a good chance of success if you follow all steps correctly. Consider it only as a bonus cashback and Do Not rely on this to fit a laptop that you cannot afford into your budget.*

Steps to get Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized at the above-mentioned prices.

  1. Login to Lenovo store, and visit this affiliate link - Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized. Login is optional but you will most likely have to login anyway to make it easier to follow up with your order once you place the order.
2. Configure your LOQ Specifications as required. For the above mentioned pricing, the configuration is - Ryzen 7 7840HS, RTX 4060 8GB, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD and QHD 165Hz Display. All of these except the Display is already selected by default. Note that currently there is a bug which increases the price significantly if you select the 1TB SSD options. So, if you want more storage, I would suggest upgrading it yourself separately after the purchase. I would also recommend adding the "3Y Premium Care + 3Y Accidental Damage Protection upgrade from 1Y onsite (Ecomm)" available on the 2nd page - Add Services. It costs only 3k and acts like an insurance and offers some peace of mind for the next 3 Years. Note that this cost is not included for the purpose of calculations in this post since not every user purchases this.
3. Apply all coupons - Up to 2 coupons can be applied at the same time. If you have a student or corporate discount code, then use it along with UNBOX35. If you don't have one then use UNBOX3CTO along with UNBOX35. UNBOX3CTO offers a flat 3% cashback while UNBOX35 offers an instant Rs 3,500 flat discount. When you are ready to click the final checkout button, follow the next step.
With UNBOX3CTO and UNBOX35
With UNBOX35 and Student discount
  1. IMPORTANT: Close other Lenovo Tabs (particularly if you have visited myunidays or other coupons and deals websites). Click on Unbox Paradigm affiliate link again - Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 (2023) 82XTCTO1WWIN1 - Customized. Now go straight to the cart. No need to add to cart again or reconfigure or apply any coupons. Your cart will have your product and the coupons, you just need to checkout. This step is only to ensure that Unbox Paradigm affiliate links were the last link that you have clicked before placing the order. Make sure not to visit any other affiliate/sponsored/deals and coupons websites/myunidays website after clicking this affiliate link until you finish placing the order.
  2. Once you have placed the order, DM me your final order value and date and time of purchase. I will confirm your eligibility for the 3% cashback within 1 working day. In most cases, it will be confirmed within a few hours. Once confirmed, your payment details and email ID for sending the cashback confirmation will be requested.
Disclaimer: Note that there is a chance that even after the user follows all the above mentioned steps, there could be cases that the affiliate order is not correctly tracked and does not show up on Unbox Paradigm's affiliate dashboard. If this happens, then the 3% cashback cannot be issued. Hence it is not a guaranteed cashback as mentioned above. This issue can be due to usage of ad blockers, visiting other sponsored/affiliate links accidentally after clicking the affiliate link or continuing with the purchase on a different device.
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2024.05.18 18:25 DuddeBLADER Is this worth guys ??

I wanted to try home credit for the first time since my laptop broke. The new Laptop was 79,999 the pricing is the same on the laptop manufacturer website and the shop has this promo where if you pay in cash or home credit you get a discount of 10,000 pesos off this includes free chair and bag. The Downpayment is 33,223 and monthly is around 3472 a month 12 months. Is this a good deal planning to do this monday
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