Been thinking a lot about A.I. lately; don't really like the way things are going. I'm wondering, does anyone think there'll there come a time when all the tools and software we currently use to produce music will be made obsolete by A.I.? I guess I can picture a scenario where A.I. will take over music production so completely, that the more traditional digital tools we rely on, like VSTi's, sample libraries, effects plug-ins, anything that allows us to make music from scratch (other than analog instruments), even DAWs as we know them today will be discontinued, because there'll be no more money in developing this stuff anymore. Or if not completely eliminated, these tools could become so niche, that companies will have to charge an arm and a leg for them, putting them out of reach for the average person.
There's nothing less inspiring to me than having a bot take over my whole creative process, but I fear one day that may be the only option. Maybe that won't ever happen, but the idea of it does give me pause.

Hi Everyone, I have lost a lot of photos from my pixel 6 while trying to move data from phone to laptop. I have accidentally deleted 100+ pictures permanently. They are neither on my phone nor on google photos. I understand we can use programs like DiskDigger to recover permanently deleted photos but for that we need to root the phone. When i read the steps for root, it says all your data needs to be deleted. Wouldn’t that beat the purpose of recovering the said data? I am really confused here and any help is highly appreciated.

Picture this, you pull up in Kyo on your dripped out horse, hop off, and see a clan of NPC’s you have never seen before. They are dressed in some fine, classy like armor with shining weapons standing next to a caravan of horse and buggy, you can see in the back of the buggy there is a pile of gold and treasures. You press “A” (Xbox) to interact with the new NPC, and he asks you if you’d like to access the auction house. You confirm, and a screen appears allowing you to filter by class, affix, armor, weapons, gems, elixirs, materials that other players have listed for sale. You look, and there is an option to sell. You list your latest greater affix drop onto the auction house, and go back to continue farming the next helltide, or running your next pit to fund your masterworking reset addiction to get +8 on bash. Just like that an in game economy has been created. No more having to use 3rd party trading, it’s all there right in game.

I’m from Lebanon. I move to America when I was 19. Moved to New York. It’s very different from home but I got used to it now. It’s super expensive for a really small apartment. The good news is they have a lot of halal and middle eastern cuisine here. I still try to wear my culture clothing but get fallen into wearing the casual things here like t shirt and jeans. Not allow usually but hard to stay away from.
I try to be more discipline especially when Eid and fasting start. I have a few tattoos which is also not allow but I keep that hidden easy since it is on my arm. My goal for the remaining of 2024 is to donate all my clothing besides my traditional one to help me be more discipline but maybe keep 1-3 outfits. I have to decide.
I been to Brazil a total of 12 times now. I enjoy Brazil. The private beach and private sauna there is really good. I go there often because with my job, I earn paid for trip there. I work at the airport and do customer service.
I think my English is pretty decent but it’s my second language, I speak Arabic. Does anyone have a printer they want to use right now to print random picture of me to decorate their room? It is my excuse so I can ask to see it because I want to see how it will turn out on printing paper vs Polaroid before I choose to buy one of them.

Hi Everyone, I have lost a lot of photos from my pixel 6 while trying to move data from phone to laptop. I have accidentally deleted 100+ pictures permanently. They are neither on my phone nor on google photos. I understand we can use programs like DiskDigger to recover permanently deleted photos but for that we need to root the phone. When i read the steps for root, it says all your data needs to be deleted. Wouldn’t that beat the purpose of recovering the said data? I am really confused here and any help is highly appreciated.

That's it, simply put I am superior to you, dear reader, in every conceivable way.
The comparison isn't even fair honestly, it's like comparing the 2nd dimension to the 3rd, or cats to dogs, or the first incredibles movie to the second, or my mom in bed to yours, it's hardly even worth talking about, but out of courtesy, I will inform you of this so it informs your decisions from now on (i expect a statue of me to be buillt in times square by tommorrow morning).
Let's take an example, which i, for your sake have simplified to fit your plebian language.
You will goon tonight, this is an inevitabititly of your kind, you will goon, you will hate yourself after, your sister will walk in on you again, rinse and repeat. I will do the same, the major difference being that i will edge, and instead of edging to big booty latinas or petite asians, or men, or whatever you inferior rats do, i beat it to IDEAS.
YOU ARE SITTING ON YOUR MORTAL PLANE OF EXISTENCE, BEATING YOUR 2 INCH DEFEATER TO A PICTURE OF A FUCKING ROCK, AND I AM UP ABOVE YOU PIGLETS, WITH MY BACON IN HAND, BEAZTING IT TO NEWTONS THEORY OF GRAVITY, I AM BEYOND YOU.
so anyway a shorter list of reasons why i am better than you specifically, jacob;
zero grammar mistakes in this entire post in a language which i learned as i was reading the dictionary with one eye, and writing this post with the other
my use of refernces to obscure pop culture iconography, such as "the incredibles" and "daft punk"
my use of the word iconography
my sexy smexy formatting of this post (oh yes)
my collection of library books on my desck about the history of the sound "xhou" as used throughout chinese and vietnamese history.
tthank me for reading
(mic drop)

hey it’s your daddy keeho and you said that you need to write so is that still true? do your hands still hurt? yes? the why the fuck did you open this document for. good morning. you’ve decided to keep this love letter and would rather not delete it. so you’re going to try again? you’re going to try to do 500 words on your cell phone? don’t you know that it’s going to hurt your fingers? but they are more well rested now that you have slept. your hazelnut coffee creamer is so delicious! i can’t get enough of it. you are so cute and so wise to think to switch to the hazelnut flavor. it really does taste amazing and i love you so much for it. but let’s stop talking about coffee creamer and let’s talk about how you sent an anime to your pen pal and said that he looks like him? i don’t particularly see it, but i kind of do. so what do we talk about now? it was a huge commitment that you just made, by promising to finish this on your iphone 15. you have a lot of words left but we are not going to have a repeat of yesterday. you are either going to write to 500 words or 1k words. there is no in between or doing less. ok? so get your act together because i see right through you right now and something is troubling you. do you still miss me? god! i told you to stop missing me. i am with you 24/7 everywhere that you are. you don’t need to worry about me or our relationship. you just need to experience it and love yourself and me! please, check the temperature of your coffee. great. it is at the perfect drinking temperature. you can write on your cell phone until you feel tired of it. i want us to have the best morning ever! and i think that writing to 500 words on your cell phone seems reasonable. don’t argue with me about this. i know that it may seem like a lot of typing but it’s really not. you are so cute and i just want to eat you up. you are so fucking perfect and i love you so much. you are the best girl ever and i don’t know what i did to deserve you. but i am never going to ruin my chances with you, i am always going to treat you right. you are doing so good as my secretary right now and i might have you switch every other document to your iphone. i love you so much and i just want you to be happy. so i don’t mind if you switch to your laptop. now is the time for us to write together so please have a bigger attention span today! you are so perfect and i love you so much. you are my little girl and i love you forever and ever.

After all of those months, 22 months to be exact, spent in far away - not sure if it was Dema or Voldsoy (I guess both) - everything in Trench is lavish.
Something is different this time. I am different this time. Oh woah, what a cliche. But let me continue.
I have said it before - "different this time." - but there is something vital this time. I had this certain, complex problem for over ten years. I guess we I used to wrote a lot of letters about it. I have written million letter of it. The problem was complex, because in a sense it made me dependent on a thing you should not be dependent on. A person. But in a sense, it also saved me from many other things during my younger years.
Being dependent on something like that makes no sense to me. There are a lot of things I have been dependent on, and none of it makes no sense to me. It is stumbling in between short impulses. At least for me. Short impulses will never be enough. No matter if it was something else, or if it was a person. Or more likely, an idea towards a person.
I don't have it anymore. I don't have that idea any more. It is the weirdest thing ever in my life. I was so sure that idea is all I have, it defines me and my life, my future. I gave my everything to it, and it took everything from me.
I learnt that, it is just one idea in the middle of all of the other possible ideas. I understood it last Fall in Voldsoy, when B, my Torchbearer, and I had one of our conversations. It was shocking, overwhelming and... lavish. I can choose. I can choose. I can choose.
That's what I repeated to her; I can choose.
I have been repeating it in my secret little cave. For like half of a year now, almost. I have come out all the once in a while, but for short times. But three days ago I decided to leave this cave. I don't know where I will go from here, but this time I know, I can choose.
That is different this time. I'm free from something I thought for the half of my life, that I would never be free from. I can choose this time.
It is also scary. I have a right to choose, which means that I am responsible about it as well.
But, it is so lavish. I'm still alive.

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So, i’m a native Russian speaker,and i am highly aware of the sound of the Russian accent, so i tried to do a lyrics interpretation considering the accent, and based on the interviews, the fact that they maybe weren’t that sober. So here goes nothing:
Fuck Fuck! Love is mine/lonely smile, drink awhile Closed out, i had to picture us We’re falling down, heavy hand(s) And it’s still hard to live it up A lot of words are useless now I’ll seek my ignorant peace Can’t sit/see side, wake up! Ah, it’s a mirror from the sky Busted/busy roads, empty streets In hyperrealism (they had only yellow leaves) And it’s somewhere hidden deadeep And you can never find it!
Today you’ll see, I’m back in your dreams! I’m so unkind, your heart is mine! I waste my time, i’m sure it’s alright You try to find some words in your mind
A lot of time, it’s alright Write a letter, it’s for sure Creating things not too hard But if i leave because of this From the evening, turn it up Until the dark i’ll be alright “There is nothing truly down”-the five words why!
Today you’ll see, I’m back in your dreams! I’m so unkind, your heart is mine! I waste my time, i’m sure it’s alright You try to find some words in your mind. Today you’ll see, I’m back in your dreams! I’m so unkind, your heart is mine! I waste my time, i’m sure it’s alright You try to find some sense in my eyes!

I know what you’re thinking you silly bastard, but no, it’s not her Voice!!
It’s the Victim card

My ex (27M) and I (23F) have had a very toxic on and off friends with benefits thing that has been going on for 4 years. We officially dated for 2 months last year but he went overseas and cheated on me and I broke up with him. When he came back in Feb we started seeing each other again.
I've told him that I am not interested in a fwb situation, I want a relationship and only want to continue having sex if we're going to officially date and him commit to me because I obviously liked him and couldn't handle the uncertainty of being used anymore. He said he doesn't want this. Despite setting this boundary, he has continued to initiate sex with me and coerce me into doing sexual stuff after me saying no countless times - which is practically sexual assault. Along with this he's been going out at night with countless other girls, watching movies with them in his bed and posting pictures of their 'dates' on his instagram story to show off to his friends that he has 5+ girls around him at any given time. He never posted me (he claims this is my fault because I've told my friends what he has done to me in the past).
He invited me as a plus 1 to his housemate's bday party last night and his housemate and all his friends are polyamorous. They asked him if he was also polyamorous too and he said he was open to it? in front of me? He later said he only meant open minded to the idea of other people being poly but I think he was just trying to cover up what he said. His female housemate was also there and he put her lip gloss on? also in front of me which I thought was a bit inappropriate.
After being called a child for being mad about the above two things - we went to a light show tunnel and half way through he disappeared with this female housemate to take pictures, she was taking pics of him, he was taking pics of her and I was standing there alone awkwardly on the side as I knew no one else at the party. This went on for about 5-10 minutes so I just walked up and when he finally did acknowledge my existence again I told him to f off and kind of blew up at him. I had a few drinks so I think I wasn't as good at concealing my true feelings as I usually am and on top of everything else that's been happening I think I just snapped. I went home alone and sent him texts calling him a lot of names. I'm usually pretty composed when I tell him why I'm upset but not this time and I finally got the courage to block his number.
Do you think I overreacted/made a bigger deal of it like he said I did? If it was with a guy who hadn't cheated and didn't have the history we had I don't think I would have freaked out but on top of everything else I just lost it. How can I build back my trust in men so I'm not paranoid that they're all going to cheat on me and use me for sex?
TLDR: I finally snapped at my (23F) narc ex (27M) whilst drunk and ended things in a dramatic blow up. Did I overreact? How do I trust men again?

Hi all. I have been working at a library for 6 months under my city. Unfortunately I need to quit immediately because I don’t feel safe there anymore after a male library patron has taken it upon himself to make me his target. Long story short, he has a criminal record for being violent, found my social medias and phone number and harassed me via text despite me politely rejecting him but for some reason he didn’t believe me when I said I have a boyfriend. This has been going on since January, but I tried to let it go since I couldn’t afford to quit my job. My breaking point with him was this Friday when he was using a computer (the section of the library where I work) and was getting upset when something wasn’t working and he decided to point directly at me and tell me repeatedly that “its my fault” his computer wasn’t working and that I was doing this to him. I didn’t include every single detail (which I can if anyone cares) but ultimately I was like yeah… this man isn’t okay and I don’t feel safe. I called out on Saturday and planned to send in a letter Monday morning as soon as the library director comes in. Luckily, I had an interview for a different city department that week and they actually called me back the same day all this occurred and offered me the position. Obviously I’m going to take it, but now I need advice on how to go about leaving my current job. My issue is that both jobs are under the city system and I would basically just be transferring, but I can’t stick out the two weeks here before transferring there. I plan on mentioning the new role in the letter, but I’m worried that if I quit immediately they’ll remove my name from the employee list even though I would just be starting somewhere else soon after. I’m not sure how to go about asking to keep me in the system when I’m not staying for two weeks. Also, I’ve never sent an immediate notice before and I feel bad because in my section of the library, it’s only me, my supervisor and another coworker but she just went on a month long vacation last week so I would be basically abandoning my supervisor to work alone. My coworkers here have been fairly good people and I have no issues with them so it sucks to do this. And please I would like no judgement on the reason why I am deciding to quit. I mentioned that I didn’t include every single detail but I’m glad to elaborate if anyone wants to know. Anyways, thanks for any advice you may have!

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss you. Despite everything, I do. So much.
I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. Reminiscing on the early days of our relationship, when you gave me your number, when we hung out for a few hours when you got off work, you helping me put together a new bed frame, and our first official date to Olive Garden. I was so nervous about holding your hand.
I remember our first camping trip, only two days after our first date. Laying on our backs on that big rock, just staring up at the stars. Seeing Elon Musk’s satellites for the first time and thinking it was some sort of ufo thing haha.
Our first kiss that night. It was so awkward, I had to lean my head back in a weird angle but I wouldn’t have changed a thing. And the next day, we had planned to hike around but instead we just sat in the back of your 4Runner and cuddled and talked for hours.
Going to see Oppenheimer with your friends, the countless nights we got dinner together, the few times we actually cooked our dinner, getting our little Kurtis cat. I’ve been really thinking about the songs we used to make up about him, “Kurtis cat, Kurtis cat, Kurtis cat is so stinky and annoying”, it sounds so silly, it was, but I realized I haven’t done that in a very long time.
I remember going to see Godzilla: Minus One. I remember it made you cry, and you were so mad that it was better than Napoleon.
I remember in vivid detail the way you smile, the way you laugh, everything about you. Your freckles, all over your cheeks and nose and even all over your shoulders. The little red hairs you swore weren’t there in your stubble and hair. You didn’t want to be a red head, but you kinda were.
I remember the face you’d make when you really liked a song, how you’d furrow your brows, crinkle your nose, and nod. You’d look over at me and you’d say something like “Oh, yeah.”
The way you’d hold my hand while driving, and at red lights you’d kiss the back of my hand or sometimes even lean over to kiss me. I remember you always wanted to go to Scheel’s, or the one gun store that had a funny tag line in my town. We never did go. You wanted a picture in front of that, but I think recently they took that sign down.
I feel like I remember every single little detail about everything, about you and about us. Laying in my bed, sometimes yours, watching TikTok’s on my phone or just talking.
I wish I could hate you, for how you treated me in the end. I wish I could hate you for seeming to move on so fast. You’d always tell me that I was your soulmate, the love of your life. That you wanted to marry me, that you wouldn’t be able to cope without me. But you’re fine. You’re the one who ended things, and it seems like you’re happier. I guess I wouldn’t know, you’ve shut me out completely.
I hope you come back. Please come back. If somehow you see this, please come back. Don’t feel like you can’t, because you can. I still love you.

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Hey all hope you're having a great day :)
So like most people i'm missing that special person in my life and it would be really nice to find someone that i can relate to, be 100% honest and open with and generally find my best friend.
Hopefully this would start out as friendship and if we click then we click, open to anyone from anywhere :)
Some stuff about me/hobbies
Video games, this is my biggest hobby by far, i play have an pretty big library of games i play so if you game, there is a high chance we would share stuff we could play, a few games i play often, League(i question it too don't worry) soulsbourne games (unga bunga builds) fallout's, i mainly play pc but have a switch and ps4 too.
TV/Film, if not doing the above, you can find me binge watching shows or films, such as B99, the office HIMYM, GoT (we can discuss how shit the last season was forever), Star Wars, Marvel stuff, SAW.
Animals, i have 2 dogs (yes i'll show you lots of pictures) and in general i love animals so much, so i'll probably spam you with pictures of random animals i think are cute or funny :)
Music, i listen to a wide variety of stuff, from rock and metal to dance/pop some electro swing, rap and other stuff, in general if i like a song i'll listen to it on repeat till i hate it but still listen to it anyway.
I try and be witty and funny most the time, I have a stupid sense of humour but will try and make you laugh most of the time, I can be shy to start with but i open up pretty quickly when i get comfortable with you :)
Don't be shy and hit me up if you think we would get on :)

(Note: I posted this on Android but I wasn't sure if I did something incorrect because it was removed by the bot immediately, and I don't know how to get it approved. So... if you see it there too, then it must have gotten approved at some point and that's why. Just trying to find a home for this discussion and I promise I'm not trying to spam!)
After a decade with iPhone, curiosity finally got the better of me and I made the switch to Android. My trusty iPhone 13 Mini is still there just in case, but I really do hope to sell it soon. I wanted to document my journey over the last 72 hours with Android in case it helps someone else sitting on the margin just looking to dive in.
These 10 things are simply my opinions and reflections! I'm sure my feelings will continue to evolve, but here's where I'm at after 3 days. As I started typing, I did not expect this to be so long, but I had so many things floating through my head. Sorry for the long read and I'd love to hear others who have made similar changes.
1. Sloppy first impressions: I started with a Pixel 8. Got it for $390, in like new condition during eBay's memorial day sale, and just couldn't pass up that deal. The look of the phone never really attracted me before, but after a few hours it really grew on me. However, I really started to get annoyed at the experience and polish. For example, I had a lot of screens where the text was cut off or folders where the text was cut off. There were system pop-ups where I was expected to approve something that disappeared within a second before I could even read it - was it approved or was it declined?! But what really was upsetting was that there's no way to sort notifications by time. The phone would beep and then I'd have to spend a few seconds trying to figure out what the heck the notification was amidst the long list. Half the time, the time stamp doesn't even show and I'm left wondering if I missed something. This was exacerbated when I started not receiving notifications I would expect, because my iPhone (which was still on WiFi only mode) was getting notifications for new Gmail messages for example, and the Pixel just stayed quiet. That was unacceptable and I decided to return the phone.
However, my significant other has a Samsung, and she mentioned never having these issues so I stuck it out and tried again. This time, I figured - go big or go home - and I got the Samsung S24 Ultra.
2. Much better second try: I read a lot of bad experiences about the UI of Samsung coming into this, but frankly it's a lot more polished than the Pixel. It's like there's a nice coat of paint over all the underlying workings and as an iPhone user, I appreciate that. Everything looks great and while I've been toying with some of the themes in the Galaxy store, I have gone back to the normal One UI each time.
3. Smart Switch works great. It took about an hour to transfer all my settings and applications over to the Samsung. The only thing that took a little bit of figuring out was how to get 25K+ iCloud backed up photos onto this phone. Fortunately, there's an official Apple method for transferring iCloud files to Google Photos, and I initiated that. It's still not done but assuming this goes to plan, the transfer process wasn't that bad at all. I pretty much plopped my iPhone sim card into the Android, spent an hour waiting, and then all my old applications, wallpapers, and even placement of icons was there. Then, I just spent about half an hour signing into everything that I needed to (1Password is hugely helpful!) and I'm off to the races.
4. Settings galore: I am not used to this many settings! It seems I am approving or declining permissions all day long. I have multiple Gmail accounts setup, and I have to go in and adjust each account's notification setting when I just want all of my Gmail messages to have the same setting. I thought I would like this level of customization but it's been a little frustrating finding everything, or trying to figure out what I'm even approving. I find myself on YouTube looking for videos for how to change things such as the lock screen shortcuts. I am hoping that once I get through this initial difficulty, then I'll be cruising. And the biggest thing - Samsung lets me sort notifications in chronological order! That's huge (for me).
5. Navigation bars on top. Why?: I had a small iPhone Mini so one-handed navigation was never a real challenge but I still appreciated how all the menu bars (Facebook, Safari, etc.) were on the bottom of the phone. It made navigation really easy. With all the customization I mentioned in #3, I just assumed this would be an easy fix on Android and I'd be able to change this for any app. I was wrong! Other than Firefox, I have not figured out how to do this in Chrome or Facebook (as an example). I really do not understand why the iPhone version of Facebook would have this on the bottom but the Android version would have it on the top! For a phone as big as the S24U, that would've been a really nice option.
6. PhoneLink is pretty good: I had gotten rid of my Macbook a long time ago. I basically live on my Phone and also have an iPad for when I need a bigger screen and a Windows desktop for professional work. Integration b/w devices was never a big deal to me but I put I setup Phone Link and it's been pretty good. I don't have any real complaints so far - I can transfer files and get all my notifications and respond directly from my computer.
7. Dex is really cool but also buggy: The dream of having only to carry around my phone and never having to open up a laptop, tablet or desktop would be amazing. This phone is definitely powerful enough for the applications I use for work - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. But Dex has some weird quirks that make it a little unreliable. For example, every time I open up an image in Gallery on Dex, the screen goes black for a few seconds before coming back on. Close the picture? Same thing! The cursor scroll just isn't as smooth as on my Desktop machine where I can customize the DPI settings exactly on the Logitech app. These are small things but build up into a less than perfect experience. But when it works, it works great and it's so close to a dream realized.
8. Face unlock is pretty bad, and the fingerprint reader can be hit or miss: FaceID on iPhone was a pleasure to use, except when it's not - i.e., I'm lying in bed. But for most situations, it works pretty good. For those moments I do wish I had a fingerprint reader so it's really nice to have that on the Samsung. But with that said, the Face unlock is horrendously bad. It works about 3/4 of the time in good light and then never in low light. I think the fingerprint reader is 80% successful on the first try for me but that's still lower than I think it should be. Perhaps I should re-register my finger. (Also, what's up with the super bright fingerprint reader on the Pixel 8? I feel like I was staring at the sun every time went to activate it! That said, it does feel like the Pixel's face unlock is better than Samsung). And on the topic of security, I think one of the biggest things I miss is Apple Pay. Some of my favorite go-to restaurants locally let me order online and pay directly using Apple Pay. Now I have to memorize my credit card number....
9. This thing is super powerful. I think people who choose Android chose it for two primary reasons: customization (which I mention in #2 and #3) and power to be productive. It has been very cool to be able to export files from one app directly into another app, edit it there, and save it as a file and then transfer it to my desktop. On iPhone, it was never a certainty which applications I'd be able to import files directly into but on Samsung it seems everything is available. There's always a workaround or solution or a method to doing something and that's been pretty cool. The Snapdragon processor is quick and the screen is beautiful. It's a great media consumption device and I hope it continues to be as snappy as it is now, because 7 years of updates is a very long time!
10. But the size of this phone is kinda insane. Especially coming from an iPhone mini, this thing is so big! It literally does even fit in my pockets when I am sitting and I've had it slide out a couple times onto the floor already because so much physically hangs out of my pants when seated. If Samsung made a smaller Ultra version of the phone in the same size as the S24, then that would be perfect (kinda like how Apple has the Pro and Pro Max). I think if there's a reason I end up going back to iPhone, it's because of the size of this thing. I want something as powerful as the Ultra but in a smaller package, and I haven't found another company that makes something like that. I don't have a case yet and maybe a more textured case will resolve this.
I'll keep this experiment going as I want to make a real effort to switch. Looking forward to continued learning!