Someone bought a game pass from me today and sent proof of them buying it, but the robux haven't showed up in my pending robux tab. I looked online and it said that you should still be able to see the robux, but they wont leave pending for a few days. Does that mean you don't see them in pending for a few days or should they already be there? The gamepass purchase also isn't showing up in my sales of goods page

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I have been playing Pogo on and off since 2016. I genuinely don't know what to do about this situation I am in -- there is a local here that owns between 6-12 accounts that completely dominates the area and, somehow, knows exactly when I take over a gym with one person in an unrelated faction (like Instinct). I can't walk anywhere within 40 minutes that they do not dominate. I have sent in support messages to Niantic now 6x, but nothing has happened. It's impossible to participate in Pokemon Go's remote raids because I need to drive over to entirely different towns to, possibly, get into a gym for coins.
I play with my mom as to bond with her, but I don't know what to do anymore. They take over within 5-10 minutes, even when their own guys aren't in there. This happens every single time regardless of time of day and team/users we knocked out of gyms (we wait for somebody to be in a gym for 8hrs before knocking). They only do it to us, too, as we sat there feeding our pokemon berries when they just so happened to be attacking our gym until we realized that they use over 5 accounts and there's no point in trying when they're gonna relentlessly spam our local gyms then take up every slot. We don't knock them out anymore because they are farming pokecoins whenever we knock them out, but there's no point when we are going to have to do it repeatedly and have far fewer resources, given that we don't have 6-12 accounts. Every account is well over 40.
They used to only use 6, but another 6 with near identical characters all sprouted up in one day and occupy the exact same gyms. It seems like the user bought 6 accounts to force us out.
I am at a loss and looking for advice that doesn't end in me spending money to use a team medallion to join them when they'll just buy blue or yellow to repeat the process anyhow.

So there have been talks about the game suffering from a lack of new content to keep the gameplay fresh. I thought one thing Unite was lacking compared to other mobas was the ability to switch up your build depending on how the game is going, and that is one avenue they can try exploring for the next major patch. Other mobas do this using purchasable items or talent trees that you unlock by leveling up, etc. Whereas with Unite, your item build is locked at the start of the game, and the only adjustment you can make in-game is with your skill build. But then you run into problems where you might want to flex your skill build but your items do not synergize with it.
I don't think purchasable items makes sense in Unite lore-wise, but I suggest being able to buy vitamins with aeos energy (HP up, Calcium, Protein, etc) just like in the mainline games to passively boost stats. And they don't even have to be regular, boring stats like Attack, Sp Def, etc. They already implemented stat modifiers that affect cooldown, unite cooldown, crit rate, attack speed, etc via emblems (which are unavailable in tournament play anyways), they can repurpose vitamins in Unite to increase those stats instead.
Another thing I would like to see would be a purchasable move (again with aeos energy) from a move tutor. Basically like a second battle item you can purchase in-game. The move tutor can provide moves available to each and every pokemon like protect, rest, etc. And can have some type specific moves like Blast Burn, Draco Meteor, etc to make pokemon types relevant in Unite without destroying balance.
I think having these options to change up your build halfway during a game will make for more interesting and varied games. You also get risk-reward decision making, do you sacrifice getting a point lead in lieu of better stats/an additional move (similar to how EX mons consume aoes energy to fight better). And before any negative nancy says what I'm thinking about is broken, nothing is broken until you put numbers on it. To me it just seems like a good concept to freshen up the experience for players.

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1. MIT - Core CSE (merit list not yet out, but I am confident)
2. RVCE - Computer Science with DS
3. PESIT- Computer Science AI/ML - RR campus

the options in Bangalore are via kcet, so fees are low. How would people rank this? If you have friends in these courses, what have you heard. I am looking at input from academics point of view and overall coding culture

I’m playing the OG with as little foreknowledge as I have been able to limit myself to over the last 30 years. Which has been very intentional. As such, I truly just stumbled into Wutai. Got to the top of the pagoda to fight Yuffie’s dad and I keep getting wrecked. At some point in the fight I stop being able to do physical damage. Every hit does 1 point. So I lean heavy on MP and items but I end up getting got.
Thing is, I can’t find anything about this in any guides or articles on the pagoda that I’m finding online. Does anybody know wtf is going on?
Yuffie is level 40. Equipped razor ring/gold armlet/star pendant
Casting haste, barrier and regen right away, then hitting dad with demi, poison, and attacks and limit breaks.
Other materia include counter attack, mp absorb on Demi, and E skill.
What am I missing?

I’ve been looking for weeks for a website that doesn’t look like a scam that will allow me to buy a THC disposable vape delivered to the uk. If anyone has recommendations I would be highly grateful. It’s the only thing that seems to help with my anxiety and night terrors

For reference, I'm in Mumbai. I'm an enthusiastic home cook, and I'm looking out for some decent knives/knife set hat I can hopefully buy from Amazon/Flipkart/any online Indian store. Preferably it should be under 2k INR. I'm tired of using the thin flimsy knives I have from D-mart
All I know is that I definitely want a big knife that can slice through thick fruits and veggies without much effort. The others, I'm not too sure about, and I'm hoping someone in this sub can guide me? I mostly work with fruits, veggies, and chicken.
Any recommendations?

I'm a total baby here so be gentle --
That said, I had to start somewhere. I already own a H&K VP9 and wanted something classic and a little more intimate and maybe not so modern and cold... so I decided to go to a local gun show and see what caught my eye.
I saw a lot of guns ... and not many revolvers, new or old, compared to the striker-fired stuff. And some of the newer revolvers are actually quite interesting... the Chiappa Rhino both was and wasn't as cool in person as I heard it would be. The Taurus that fires 410 shells is ... sure a thing. No sign of the more modern Smith and Wessons like the R8, that would have been neat to see and handle.
Then I found this model 66-2 that caught my eye, on my way out the door in fact (it was a small show compared to some). Private seller, nice guy. The price seemed a bit high for a used revolver from 1982... but again, here's me being a total baby when it comes to this stuff (and upon looking at comps, his price was only a little high). What got me is ... it's just a damn good looking gun. Maybe there was something supernatural at work, too. I usually don't get a "feeling" about things but there I was having a feeling. I did have to run however... and ended up thinking about that gun for the next 3 hours. It was, "how much should I offer him?" and "how much will the ATM let me withdraw..." and finally, "the show's still on, I wonder if this guy is still there?" as I drove back.
Yeah, I bought it. Got his price down a bit (I hate haggling but he was a super dude). Took it home. Can't stop looking at it. Etc.
Cue my now going down the rabbit hole of K-frame revolvers versus L-frame and forcing cone cracks and all that somewhat fear-inspiring stuff while I sit here with a box of .357 ammo wondering... did I make a mistake in buying this gun? Should I run anything except 38 special through it? What the heck would happen to me if something catastrophic occurred? Would it even be repairable? etc.
Fortunately I didn't buy any high-power ammo, this is soft-point 158-grain stuff and it's only one box. I'm going to get some 38 special to do most of my practicing with. I'm reading that the really "hotter" ammo could have a lot to do with causing damage to these guns. Still... bit worried. Am I overreacting? First used gun. First revolver. First firearm with a possible "design shortcoming that could lead to failure" etc.
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Exploit solution - Apple Bug Bounty Program. It has been solved and I don’t know why gaming companies do not do this. This is a perfect solution to eliminating exploits and the after effect they cause. CIG is not a trillion dollar company that could lose billions off of one exploit so they do not have to pay 2 million per exploit but imagine this. CIG has a link that you can report exploits to and if they find it to be credible they will pay the reporter 1k - 25k. I lean more towards 25k because of how much money/time/bad press/loss of a player they will save from a program like this. It is invaluable and is the reason Apple will pay 100k - 2 mill to someone who finds and reports exploits in their systems. Think of all of the after effects of these exploits. Scroll through this Reddit and you will see them. Problem solved. Cheap and effective. Your welcome.
Buying and selling currency - I don’t understand the issue with this especially at this stage in the game. It literally has zero effect on other players. Zero. It’s not pay to win at all. Pay to win would be buying the new f7c mk2 and wiping the floor with everyone in arena commander with no ability to earn it in game. I’m not even complaining about it I’m just throwing that out there. The pay to win angle is one the only counters I could think of so I’m not sure how it is applicable here. Please counter if you have any ideas. No matter which way about it, the work required to earn the money will be done. There is no getting around it. Someone did the work and they got rewarded, very simple. Why can’t the person who did the work sell the currency they earned to another player who either doesn’t want to do the work / doesn’t have the ability to do the work. Not every gamer has the time to make it to the end game through grinding. With game developers making games with the sole focus of player retention, it could take days if not years (Ark survival Evolved) to make it to the end game and a lot of games start at the endgame. Why exclude and lose a potential buyer? Especially a potential buyer that on average will have way more money to spend than an average full time gamer. I would go as far as keeping the player trading in house similar to the way steam does when it comes to buying and selling skins. Also CIG can take a nice tax from every transaction. Now imagine all the players that come here to play and make real money. They open a box and find at $300 dollar sniper or skin that they can sell to a willing buyer. Or they grind salvaging or one of the other game loops and sell their excess capital to willing buyers. Now pirates have an even bigger reason to rob and regular civs doing the lords work have a reason to pay for protection. Adds an entire new layer to the game that is extremely exciting and brings the star citizen world closer to reality. Last thing I will say is CIG can also still make money on their ships. Sell the ship for whatever price you want for real money only and then after say a year let it be buyable in game. Could even attach it to a subscription service such as Elder scrolls online. You can either pay $60 dollars for the dlc now or wait a year and you can pay a $15 a month subscription to be able to play all the dlc of the past. Let me know what you think.
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Hi friends, I need help. I’m buying a home and not sure what advice to take related to recent inspection. Long story short I put a contract on a house that was completely renovated - as in new HVAC, electric, plumbing, etc. It even has new framing. However, it’s built on the foundation of a 1918 home and when they renovated they encapsulated the crawl space and then sealed it - as in there’s no way to get into the crawl. My inspector noted there was no point of entry: not inside and not outside. I looked too. The entire first floor was redone with EVP floor, so no secret hatches. And this house only had about at 12” crawl to begin with so siding runs almost to ground: no hatched outside. The inspection report came back and it says encapsulation has many advantages related to moisture control, insects, etc - however, encapsulated crawls still need to be maintained and inspected.
My question: how can it be maintained and inspected if I can’t get to it?
Is this a deal breaker?
Apologies, I’m buying this house on my own and don’t really know if I should trust my realtor or the inspector she recommended who say “it’s fine”

I'm in the middle of a really unpleasant situation at my job and wondering if anyone has any advice or words of encouragement.
The issues here started long before this but everything really kicked off last week when I was written up for being out for 2 shifts the week prior. I had strep throat and provided an excuse from my doctor, according to company policy. I have a very good attendance record. At first they claimed that no attendance policy existed and it was all up to discretion to which I printed and presented the company policy which is readily available via our Microsoft SharePoint. They had also cited me for 1 day which was approved PTO and another which I was able to prove that I worked. On-site HR refuses to speak to me about any of this and has been attempting to ignore it entirely, so last night I composed a lengthy email which contained all of my requests (that they ammend my attendance record to be accurate, provide me with a written ADA exemption for my disability, clarify attendance policy and expectations and explain to me why I'm being punished for the same actions others get away with on a constant basis) and sent it to our on-site HR, corporate HR and both supervisors present during my disciplinary meeting.
Today, when I arrived for my shift, I was demoted by my supervisor. When I asked why, I was told that it was due to my actions and that the only reason that exists to miss work without getting disciplinary action "is if you have a child". I do not have a child; I am in fact, infertile. I was under the impression that Family Status was a protected class in my state, but it seems it may only be in housing situations. My supervisor refused to elaborate in any way, stated to me that i "should've let this go", "just taken the write up and moved on". He stood up and left the room while I was speaking, effectively ending the meeting and refusing to engage any further.
I don't know how to handle this anymore. My supervisor was extremely hostile towards me during our meeting today. I work a night shift and do not see any upper management or office staff due to my start time. I've been documenting absolutely everything including recording the audio from all the meetings I have here (one party consent state) and I have 2 job interviews on Monday, but I don't know if there's more I can do or if i should even be as upset about this situation as I am. There are SO many details I've left out for sake of brevity. Any advice as to how to conduct myself beyond "document everything" and "follow policy to the letter" is welcomed.
Thanks for reading.

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I have a family member that is using AOL mail to send emails to clients. One of the clients is not receiving the emails. They are getting bounced back for some reason. However the client is able to send emails to the AOL email. I sent a test email to the AOL email using my Gmail. I was able to receive it with no issues. I'm not sure if it's a problem with the AOL account or the clients email. I'm not sure what email the client is using. I was reading there were some changes to DKIM with yahoo/AOL? I looked through the settings on the AOL account but didn't see anything related. This is a bit out of my realm so I am at a loss. Any help is appreciated!
This is the error the client receives when trying to receive an email from the AOL account:
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Contact the recipient by some other means (by phone, for example) and ask them to tell their email admin that it appears that their email system isn't accepting connection requests from your email system. Give them the error details shown below. It's likely that the recipient's email admin is the only one who can fix this problem.
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Swiatek vs Potapova :

Swiatek had to have been happy with her third round matchup after waking up from the nightmare that Naomi Osaka presented. She made quick work of Bouzkova, who was outmatched in every department. Bouzkova did manage to battle back in the first and make the set close, and she served surprisingly well, but she just doesn’t hit hard enough to beat Swiatek. It was one of those matches where Swiatek looks a bit impatient because she’s supplying all the offense, and it seems like when it takes 3-4 shots to get an opportunity to hit a winner, she tries to just infuse extra pace or spin instead and unforced errors appear. Trying to make the ball explode doesn’t really work, and extra force applied tends to fall short when compared to smooth technique. I watched Rune and Zverev have similar trouble today against their opponents. Players wind up pushing because they hit bigger than their opponent, but don’t want to make errors. It’s accuracy that’s missing, and it’s something for Swiatek to work on in the off-season. I would say that accuracy is the main problem with her serve as well. It has plenty of pace and spin, but the ball lands towards the center of the box way too often. Less pace, and more location will go a long way.
If it feels like I’m levying criticism today, yes. Your turn, Potapova and Wang. Potapova was down 5-0 in the first set, and won 7 games in a row. Wang has a tendency to just go big on her forehand, and she doesn’t stop when she misses. Potapova was an uphill battle, but Wang doesn’t actually need to hit clean winners to score. Her forehand is one of the biggest in the game, and once she locks into a cross-court rally she usually can win provided the ball lands inside the court. Landing the ball inside the court proved difficult, and it felt a bit like watching Struff. All the ability in the world but a sense of urgency that doesn’t really match the moment. Yes you want to stay aggressive, but the weight of shot buys you time in the rally, you don’t need to escape a rally you’re in control of.
Potapova wound up losing the second, and down a break in the third. She dug in admirably, but there were some really poor decisions late in the match. After getting to triple break point by rallying with Wang and keeping the ball deep until Wang missed, she got a simple backhand return off a serve. She went for a clean winner down the line for some reason, and then suddenly the next point mattered. She lost it, and suddenly the “oh F I had it and now it’s gone” fears rose. The game ended up at duece, and she went to tactic B : screaming on every shot. You can’t scream your opponent off the court, so this didn’t really work. In the end, Wang coughed up errors and Potapova won, but it was a match that was managed poorly by both. Potapova was very reactive to misses and makes, which is fine but wastes a bunch of energy and tends to affect your decisionmaking in a readable way. You want to maintain some mystery, and at a minimum not give your opponent any inspiration or hope to work off of while you’re out there.
Swiatek Potapova should be another safe match for Swiatek, but Potapova has good power off both wings and she hits her backhand down the line decent. Swiatek will need more than she brought against Bouzkova, and chances are this won’t be a blowout. Potapova won their last meeting 6-0 in the third on clay, but it was in 2016 at the juniors. Swiatek in 2.

Danilovic vs Vondrousova :

Olga Danilovic has made the 4th round of a major. This changes her career in a major way. Tons of points, at least $250k, and a chance to win more. It’s even sweeter I would imagine because she probably shouldn’t be there. Her match against Donna Vekic was filled with many fumbles. Both players have enough power to hit past the other. Vekic was able to hit inside out forehands to great effect. Danilovic’s pendulum swing on her backhand was able to force errors from Vekic quite often. Her forehand down the line was almost a clean winner anytime she made it. In between all that though, they missed constantly.
The first set was a 6-0 beatdown from Vekic. She played excellent, and likely should have won the second. In the third, she went up a quick break. She gave that back, but broke to serve for the match. Immediately, she threw in a handful of forced dropshots and errors. Luckily, she broke again to serve for the match at 6-5. This gave her the opportunity to come up with a few more bailout dropshots and errors. If you watch highlights, this was an incredible match. If you watched the match, you saw two players whose games were affected by the situation. Vekic forced the issue and missed anytime she got control of the scoreboard, and Danilovic went through bouts of not missing at all followed by sending every ball wide. The tiebreaker was vaguely like watching a junior match. Every miss brought a huge reaction from the player. There were constant gestures and faces made to their boxes, and it was a little difficult to watch two great players struggle to focus and execute. Vekic managed to go up again 6-2 in the tiebreaker, but froze at that point and began hitting most of her shots long. She had trouble serving first serves in for the second half of the entire third set, but she really was unable to respond defensively once Danilovic got a full swing in.
After watching Danilovic down Collins and sort of defeat Vekic, it’s hard to count her out against Vondrousova. Marketa is a clear favorite against most players on clay, but the scorelines of her matches can be hard to predict. Against Paquet she was up a set and cruising up a double break in the second, and wound up back on serve. She closed out, but Vondrousova doesn’t hit that big and mostly thrives by defending and earning errors, so Danilovic will be able to compete. They played in the BJK cup and Vondrousova won in 3, and I’m guessing slower clay will give Vondrousova more of an edge. Vekic’s lack of speed really hurt her, and I think Vondrousova being able to put extra ball consistently in play will make Danilovic’s rough patches more of an issue. The emotional and physical output of Danilovic over the last few rounds has to take a toll, and I think she’ll fall a game or two short here. Vondrousova in 3.

Gauff vs Cocciaretto :

This is an excellent draw for Gauff so far. She’s playing great players, but stylistically they’re not a lot of trouble for her. This round is another good spot. Elisabetta Cocciaretto is a good server and has nice power, but she’s not the fastest around the court and she can make some unforced errors if she’s rushed. This means Gauff’s defense and power give her a great shot to win without trouble. Cocciaretto beating Samsonova was a surprise to me, but Samsonova doesn’t have the speed that Gauff does nor the consistency. This is a criminally short analysis but Gauff in 2.

Tauson vs Jabeur :

Great champions are able to elevate their games. This round, Ons will need to elevate hers. Clara Tauson is playing some great tennis, and coming into this match hers is the higher level. Jabeur was projected to have trouble against Fernandez and she did. It was another match where I felt like a good coach could have gotten their player across the finish line. Fernandez didn’t have a great chance in the first, but Jabeur was very willing to give the second away. Fernandez was able to dig in on defense and rally with Jabeur until she made errors or gave Leylah opportunities. Rather than keep rallying and really punish Jabeur, Fernandez went for winners … and missed them all. I’m not exaggerating here, in the second set she missed almost every offensive shot she went for, and it didn’t feel like she had to go for them. Jabeur hits bigger than Fernandez, so on the court it may have felt like she needed to do a lot, but most of her points come from consistency, so Leylah’s team will want to focus on having her focus on the mental battle going on in her opponent’s head rather than trying to be a big hitter. Physically, it’s just not in the cards for her to be slinging offense. Maybe she landed those same shots in an earlier round, so going for them was fine, but awareness on court is important, and Jabeur was trying to give the set away. After winning, Jabeur celebrated a bit which left me puzzled. It’s natural to be happy when you win, but I feel a little odd about these matches sometimes. Fernandez didn’t land a first serve for the last 20 minutes, threw in a ton of errors, and tried to hit an overhand winner for some reason off a return at 5-5 in the tiebreaker. It was a nice win, but Jabeur made this match hard on herself. I might be in hater mode today and I apologize, but it feels like sometimes players tap their head or pump their fist after overcoming challenges that they themselves created.
Positives for Jabeur were the times she put one extra ball back. She has had a middling season, and seeing her dig in is great. Her racquet skill is some of the best on tour as well, so the gets aren’t just a boost, they’re downright effective. She has the ability to stretch to her forehand and put squash gets back extremely low, and to flick cross-court forehands that seem impossible from how extended her arm is. Jabeur’s depth of talent is why she is still slightly favored in this match, because again, Clara Tauson is coming in at a high level. Tauson beat Ostapenko, and followed it up by putting Kenin through the ringer. Kenin had no chance in the first, but in the second she was able to reel back a break of serve and apply some decent pressure. Frustratingly, she just wasn’t able to execute in the big moments. At 15-30 5-5, Tauson hit a lob that was going a few feet out (to the side). While running backwards, Kenin seemed unaware of where she was in the court. She tried to play it overhead and missed. It was a momentum killer, and she ended up missing the remainder of her offensive opportunities.
Throughout the match, the big difference in the two was Tauson’s ability to score quickly. When she lands first serves, or if you give her a moment to get a full swing anywhere inside the baseline, you are toast. She has the type of power that Anisimova/Collins generate on their backhand, and she has a heavy forehand. That is why I suspect Jabeur will have a tough time winning this quickly. Jabeur has the endurance and variety to frustrate Tauson, but this feels like a battle of two big offenses, and Jabeur’s is a bit less consistent at this point. I want to believe Jabeur wins in 3, but she will need to step up her game and avoid the type of letdown she had in the second against Fernandez. Tauson is several tiers above Leylah and Osorio in terms of offensive opportunities, and both those players were able to get in winning position in at least one set. I’m still going to go with Jabeur in 3. Tauson has beaten some offenses, and some defenses, but Ons is the most complete player she’s faced so it feels very much like “prove it” territory for me.

Arnaldi vs Tsitsipas :

The story in Arnaldi’s match seems to be Rublev’s temper, but don’t let that overshadow Arnaldi’s performance. For me, Rublev’s temper is partially his fault, and partially his team’s. I’m especially sensitive to this after watching the last round, but being reactive to the outcome of points is a bit of a leak. If you are easily moved by events, then you are always able to be moved. It compounds, because if you are really good at something, there is no reason to believe that minor failures will continue, or even matter. It gives your opponent motivation, it wastes your valuable reserves of adrenaline and dopamine (depending on good/bad outcomes), and it’s honestly fairly distracting for an opponent. Just generally speaking, if my opponent is smashing his head with a racquet, I don’t really want to beat him. I’m still going to, but I want to compete and win, I don’t really want to add suffering to someone else. It’s unprofessional, it’s a detriment to his game, and it puts his opponents and umpires in an uncomfortable spot. Of course, he knows this, but it should hit home in this moment that he lost this match because of his lack of composure, and lost it to a player who thrives because of his composure.
Matteo Arnaldi plays steady consistent tennis. He works hard, he constantly works on his game, and he isn’t reactive out there aside from hyping himself up. He beat Fils because of deviations in his level of play and because he made it clear he wouldn’t miss. Fils forced shots and missed because he was unwilling to do the work. He beat Rublev because despite Rublev opening the match hitting clean and crushing winners, he just stayed the course and kept competing. When Christmas disappeared, Rublev noticed, and he did not like it. The crux of the issue is, he did not accept it. If I am upset about the way things are, that is natural. If I grit against the way they are, I suffer. If I accept the way things are, I am (counterintuitively) instantly free to begin working on changing them. It doesn’t mean we celebrate errors or loss, but resetting to the present moment is a major key to winning in professional sports and tennis players in particular have a difficulty with this.
I’m not trying to dump on all these players or attack them here either. All of them are tremendous athletes and are mostly excellent ambassadors and competitors. All of these struggles are natural and we all experiences the highs and lows of competition, but Rublev wants to win and this is something he needs to work on to do that consistently. If his coaches aren’t working on this with him, they’re doing him a disservice. If they are and he isn’t buying into it, he’s doing them a disservice. Everything is fine with Rublev’s game but the holes are clear. He needs more reps at net, he needs to develop dropshots, and he needs to not smash racquets.
For now, it’s Arnaldi vs Tsitsipas. Stefanos has been excellent this event, and he opens as the favorite for a reason. Zhang played solid in round 3, but he was helpless against Tsitsipas. Stef is holding serving quickly, and the speed with which he’s finding a forehand to the open court off of players’ returns is the catalyst of this. His stamina is a major weapon in these conditions and in this format, and his serve/forehand is one of the best left in the event. If Arnaldi wants to win, the plot is simple. Isolate Tsitsipas’ backhand, and get deep in sets. In the late stages of a close set, Tsitsipas is still prone to some shanks. I really do think Arnaldi needs to win the first set to have a shot here, but had Rublev been playing Tsitsipas I think we’d be expecting a somewhat close match so there’s no real argument for Arnaldi to get blown out here. He has a complete game, and he has good discipline. He’s lanky so he might be able to return well, and he can send his backhand down the line so Tsitsipas can’t just camp in his backhand corner. Forehand to forehand though, I think Tsitsipas wins. Losses to Ruud, Jarry, Medvedev make me think that Arnaldi has a bit of a ceiling, but all those were close affairs so Tsitsipas should have his hands full here. Tsitsipas in 4-5.

Alcaraz vs Auger-Aliassume :

Shelton and FAA was fairly hyped, but only Felix delivered. Shelton wasn’t really that bad, but FAA just showed he’s more comfortable on the surface. He faced no break points, and won comfortably in straight sets. His next match will be a lot more difficult, as he plays a version of Carlos Alcaraz that is cruising through the draw without really playing his best tennis. Alcaraz vs Korda was a strange contest. It reminded me a bit of Zverev or Rune playing matches they know they’re going to win. They don’t want to play extra sets, so they play a bit more carefully and just make sure to outlast their opponent. What ends up happening is the score stays close, and the stronger players needs to win a tense tiebreaker or break late in the set. Sure, they still win, but I think that an all-out assault from an earlier moment would allow them to fatigue their opponent.
These guys are all in tremendous shape (even Kotov), but there are levels/paces that they can’t hang at for long. Someone like Alcaraz can push the pace and wear Korda down, and once he breaks from that level, the odds of him winning the next sets easily are more likely. We watched Nadal and Djokovic do this to opponents for a long time, and the late sets were almost always blowouts after frantic openers. We watched Federer do the same thing mentally to opponents with a constant onslaught of offensive shots and tricky slices. If you don’t push the pace to a level your lower-tier opponent can’t hang at, they end up playing at a pace they’re comfortable with and then you play the same level of Korda in set 1 as you do in set 3.
Hater mode continues, but in this case I think it’s all assuming that Alcaraz is totally healthy. If he’s saving his arm for later, he played Korda perfectly. Sebastian continues to battle even with the best players on tour, and in the big moments he doesn’t change his game. 4-4 in a tiebreaker isn’t the time to force anything, but if you’re the underdog and have nothing to lose, it might be a good choice to ratchet up the pace a little, or take some chances. Instead, he seems to throw in rally ball errors. The two forehand misses he had in the tiebreaker were rough, but worse was that they weren’t even shots that were going to score. He was just guiding the ball in straight over the net. I guess in the end, beating Alcaraz, or even playing him even for a time, is a huge ask. It was a great match.
FAA will have his best chance to beat Alcaraz here. Alcaraz’s arm is potentially not 100%, and Korda probably should have won a set. I think the pace alone that Felix brings will wake Carlitos up a bit, and he has beaten FAA the last few times they’ve played so he’ll know which shots to employ and when. Even with his arm a question mark, Alcaraz’s speed around the court and ability to extend rallies are the right assets to score on FAA. Auger-Aliassime’s main issue on tour is that he can overhit forehands and cough up unforced errors. It should be noted also that FAA Shelton was played under a closed roof, which helps Felix’s serve a bit. The weather in Paris looks pretty nice for the rest of the tournament, so it’ll be warm and ideal for Alcaraz to wear him down and isolate his backhand when he can. FAA is good enough to compete at this level, but hasn’t been doing it regularly enough for me to think he can do so here for 3 whole sets. Alcaraz in 4.

Hurkacz vs Dimitrov :

Dimitrov leads this h2h 5-0. All the matches have been close, but you don’t get to 5-0 against Hurkacz unless you can reliably return serve. If you can reliably return serve, you can beat Hurkacz, and on clay it should be even more beneficial. Hurkacz has played excellent in this clay swing considering his status as a servebot, and leading into Wimbledon and the North American swing I think his baseline improves have him primed for some titles. He had a hard test with Shapovalov in round 3, and the new and sort of decent Shapovalov put up a good fight. Dimitrov had an easier time with Zizou Bergs, despite dropping a set. Bergs broke Dimitrov a bunch in this match, but Dimitrov’s slice gave him a lot of trouble. Grigor was content to just keep hitting the court, and it was enough in the end. Bergs had trouble lifting his forehand inside in off of the slice, and it meant going mostly inside out which Dimitrov was only too comfortable with. The quick turnaround is a concern here, but I don’t think the Bergs match was as labor intensive as it could have been. There were numerous rain delays, and the scores were close but only because Dimitrov didn’t redline. He served with control, he hit to big targets, and he secured the bag.
I don’t think Hurkacz gets beaten quickly here, and I don’t think Dimitrov is automatic just because of the h2h. He should win, but Dimitrov lost to Rune/Mensik/Fritz recently and those are all players right around Hurkacz level. If this goes to a 5th, I’d be pretty worried for Dimitrov’s chances. Picking Dimitrov in 4 feels tough, because Bergs got to a 4th and he wasn’t really playing his best today. The h2h is hard to ignore, so I’ll go with Dimitrov in 5. The quick turnaround might leave him tired but he should be able to outduel Hurkacz in most volleys and the low slices will be tough for the big dude to get down on.

Sinner vs Moutet :

Nothing like a seemingly simple one to end a full day of criticizing professional athletes for not being perfect <3. Moutet has been the most entertaining player in this event. He has won and lost lopsided sets, he has gone for every shot possible, he is chatting with the crowd, and he is giving the home country something to believe in. Considering he couldn’t even hit a two-handed backhand for a good chunk of the past year due to wrist surgery, it’s pretty impressive for him to get his game back to a really high level. Ofner was beating him early in the third round, but he was also sweating profusely. The workload of defending against Moutet’s big forehand strokes and his clever dropshots is exhausting, and Ofner’s game dipped as the match went on. It’ll be fun to see Sinner trading with Moutet, and it’ll be another look at his physical ability to see how quickly he moves to the frontcourt and how he defends Moutet’s forehand inside out. Generally with a hip injury, it’s sprinting forward and leaning wide to that side that becomes an issue.
Sinner has sort of entered a big however many group in terms of his results. He is able to beat the lower tier players for the entire match, and is consistently able to do so. There are no holes in his game, and aside from his hip issue there is no reason to think he loses here. Moutet has the game to make this the match of the day, but it feels like he’s spent a lot more time and energy on court and that’ll cost him. Sinner in 3.

Made some posts before some might have seen i bought a used 2010 g37 coupe about 3 weeks ago. I bought this as my first car and heard it was a good start to get into cars so i apologize if idk what im talking about. The check engine light had come on with a p2a00 code and they had suggested i replace the o2 sensor so i did that. Couple days letter the cel was back on. After driving with it for about a week I think i have a bad cat converter. I had noticed a gassy type of smell and my friend pointed out thats what it could be. Theres also a lag when accelerating. From my understanding theres 2 so i was wondering if i need to replace both even if 1 is bad or how that works. Also was wondering if there is any other options i should look at rather than oem? Appreciate any feedback

Hi all, Ive got a bump on my labia majora that im kinda freaking out about lol. When feeling it, it feels oblong-ish under the skin but in pictures depending on the angle it looks like a barely noticeable bump or maybe even a pimple but I can’t see a head. I noticed it about a month or so ago, it was slightly tender at first but no real pain or itching. I ignored it bc i tend to get what i believe to be pimples from my pads but i have not worn pads in a minute. i cant tell if its an ingrown hair or boil but its taken longer to go away than i am used to. im nervous because everything online points to hpv/warts or a bartholin cyst but the location (mid labia closer to thigh) doesnt seem to point to a cyst. again, no real pain,itching or discharge and it doesnt seem cauliflower like but i get paranoid of what it could possibly be and from what i read genital warts tend to be asymptomatic. it isnt hard but its got some squish? to it? sort of firm. sorry im not sure how to describe it. i also recently noticed another small, harder ball/bump closer toward my inner lip of the same labia but i only noticed that after i got my vagina waxed about 2 days ago so im not sure if thats an ingrown/pimple or related so that adds to the nerves. of course i can go to my gyno but id rather not if im being a hypochondriac (which i tend to be) and it turns out to be a pimple or ingrown or smth lmao. pls let me know what you guys think it might be bc google is useless and making me more worried!

I'm not saying Negative things about the stock here. But , be careful when you see it headed for "The Moon".
The same ones that have been involved in these Volatile Fast Money Stocks, know there will be a lot of interest in GWAV when it resumes from the T1 Halt. They have over $100 Million between the group members, probably more like $250 Million OR More from March to Current Date. They'll likely Pump enough into GWAV to cause the momentum to get crazy, Go Up, but the end result will be, Everyone looking around, trying to figure out WTH just happened. If you invest more, make Some Money, Get Out. DO NOT think what you're going to see is going to be the New Long term Price. Once "The Group" Exit, GWAV Volume will continue for days, weeks, months, but that will be Unknowing Retail Investors, unsure of what's taking place, some selling, some buying, But "The Group" of about 8 Individuals will be long gone, after the first big Run Up. Be Careful. Don't Get "Done" Again. Make some good money and know your exit point. My Opinion. This will get many dislikes, because the ones I'm talking about are reading these Sub Reddit Groups. They don't want YOU to know about them. FACT ! #JTL

As a person who recently passed their PPL, I want to give potential pilots advice so that they could avoid the same mistakes I made during training and during the checkride. I hope you guys find this helpful:

1. Personally, I HIGHLY suggest part 141. I went from a part 141 to 61 because I had a terrible experience with a preivous flight school, which is another story for another day. A 141 program will give you structure and study skills whereas 61 you get to design your own curriculum in a way. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with making your own curriculum. Some people learn differently than others. But the problem is that you're entering into a skilled field that you have presumably never been a part of before, so you're gonna have to learn to walk before you run in both the air and on the ground. Now, I understand that people on this forum might have a different opinion than me on this topic, but as a new learner, I think the more structure the better goes a long way. Especially when it comes down to saving money and preventing gaps in your knowledge, in addition to having to spend hundreds of dollars of extra money like I did.
2. Buy a good ground school IMMEDIATELY. Trust, me, this is going to bite you if you wait off for too long like I did. Buy a ground school (and a good one) so you have checkride knowledge and will be able to get at least an 85% on the PPL written. DPEs care about those scores, so make sure you're prepared.
3. FFS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE use checklists on the checkride and read the ACS before your checkride dates. Write down what you're good and bad at and work around it with your instructor. I literally cannot even begin to describe how many people bust their checkrides over bad reasons like this.
4. After you learn how to do normal landings, practice short and soft field often. This is another common reason why people fail. They simply do not have their landings up to standard or maybe they just had a bad day on their checkride.
5. DO RESEARCH BEFORE SELECTING A DPE. Here's the thing: There are many great DPEs out there who want you to succeed. Of course, they are not going to pass you if you are not prepared, but there are DPEs out there that are genuinely terrible people who are only fat it for the money and will have no guilt in failing you for stupid reasons. Ask what kind of experiences other pilots had with their DPEs and see if they would recommend him or not.
6. Study. I don't have much to say about this. If you do not study and have a system in place that will keep you're knowledge on track as time passes, you WILL struggle BIG TIME and ultimately spend more money. Just read over the books for 45 minutes a day. AND START TO STUDY THE ORAL EXAM GUIDE COVER TO COVER EARLY IN YOUR TRAINING. If you do this you'll have that whole thing drilled in your head before you know it no matter how dreadfully long it is.
7. Do your research on the school you go to. Also, be VERY careful of programs like ATP who promise you a bunch of benefits but don't deliver. They will take your money, leave you in debt and not give a single damn. Choose your school wisely, read reviews, talk to instructors, and make sure that you will not be treated badly. I learned this the hard way before switching flight schools. Also look up ATP stories on Reddit and other internet sites and you will see the bad reviews and false promises that I am talking about.
8. If you're not doing well with your instructor (maybe he/she is not a good teacher). By all means, switch. A lot of people avoid switching because they're afraid that it may make the instructor feel bad. Trust me, it is ok. If you have a problem, maybe you're struggling on a topic, or you aren't absorbing info from your instructor, talk to your CFI to try to get it resolved. If not, switch.

A good CFI will know that some people click better with others in the long run. ALSO, occasionally take flights with other instructors. If you are struggling on a specific area with your current instructor, I guarantee you a few flights/grounds with another really good instructor will help you understand the material more easily. This is even if you simply couldn't get the knowledge through your head with your original CFI. If I had done this on topics I struggled on, I wouldn't have spent the time and money that I spent.
I hope you guys got something from this. Some of these are expensive lessons that I am giving to you guys for free. Hope this helps.
EDIT: Additional points added