Okayy, a schoolmate of mine, lets name him Boy. For context: May jowa si Boy na kaklase ng valedictorian namin. Last first quarter, before the periodical exam, nahuli yung section ng valedictorian namin na nagsesend-an ng sagot for a quiz after every reporting. Ang malala sa GC pa nila! So itong si girl (jowa ni boy) ini-ss at sinabi kay boy. Ang ginawa naman nitong si Boy bilang isang rival ni valedictorian, sinend sa subject teacher namin. Ito namang subject teacher namin sinabi sa adviser ng section ng valedictorian. Tapos bilang mahal na mahal nung adviser nila, sila, pinakausapan na lang yung subject teacher na baka may iba pang way para masolve yung issue kasi sayang daw yung matatanggal na mga honors (nasa 10 silang honor including valedictorian). Since bago pa lang yung subject teacher namin, pumayag naman at ginawa na lang zero lahat ng quiz nila. Akala namin tapos na don. Which honestly we find it unfair since it is a major offense and later on we found out na mas matataas pa grades nila sa section namin na halos perfect lagi ang quizzes. Fast Forward, before finals for our first semester, nag send ng letter (im not sure if thru fb or email ba) anonymously ang mag jowa sa lahat ng heads sa school tapos na resolve ulit ng adviser ng valedictorian. Akala namin tapos na dun. Now, weeks before our graduation naungkat uli yung issue after ilang months. The couple formally sent an email regarding this matter sa mismong principal namin. Kaya lahat ng magulang ng involve pinatawag pati magulang ng valedictorian. May sabi-sabi na yung magulang ng valedictorian will file a complaint to him. What's your thoughs about it? Kasi gets ko yung dahilan ni Boy eh.

Today i got this e-mail.
Greetings!
I have to share bad news with you. Approximately a few months ago, I gained access to your devices, which you use for internet browsing. After that, I have started tracking your internet activities.
Here is the sequence of events:
Some time ago, I purchased access to email accounts from hackers (nowadays, it is quite simple to buy it online). I have easily managed to log in to your email account One week later, I have already installed the Cobalt Strike "Beacon" on the Operating Systems of all the devices you use to access your email. It was not hard at all (since you were following the links from your inbox emails). All ingenious is simple. :).
This software provides me with access to all your devices controllers (e.g., your microphone, video camera, and keyboard). I have downloaded all your information, data, photos, videos, documents, files, web browsing history to my servers. I have access to all your messengers, social networks, emails, chat history, and contacts list.
My virus continuously refreshes the signatures (it is driver-based) and hence remains invisible for antivirus software. Likewise, I guess by now you understand why I have stayed undetected until this letter.
While gathering information about you, i have discovered that you are a big fan of adult websites. You love visiting porn websites and watching exciting videos while enduring an enormous amount of pleasure. Well, i have managed to record a number of your dirty scenes and montaged a few videos, which show how you **** and reach orgasms.
If you have doubts, I can make a few clicks of my mouse, and all your videos will be shared with your friends, colleagues, and relatives. Considering the specificity of the videos you like to watch (you perfectly know what I mean), it will cause a real catastrophe for you.
I also have no issue at all with making them available for public access (leaked and exposed all data). General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Under the rules of the law, you face a heavy fine or arrest. I guess you don't want that to happen.
Let's settle it this way:
You transfer 2.4 Bitcoin to me and once the transfer is received, I will delete all this dirty stuff right away. After that, we will forget about each other. I also promise to deactivate and delete all the harmful software from your devices. Trust me. I keep my word.
That is a fair deal, and the price is relatively low, considering that I have been checking out your profile and traffic for some time by now. If you don't know how to purchase and transfer Bitcoin - you can use any modern search engine.
You need to send that amount here Bitcoin wallet: bc1qh5aex028jj339vdjkj5u3k37a72rkr33kqkars
(The price is not negotiable). You have 5 days in order to make the payment from the moment you opened this email.
Do not try to find and destroy my virus! (All your data is already uploaded to a remote server). Do not try to contact me. Various security services will not help you; formatting a disk or destroying a device will not help either, since your data is already on a remote server.
This is an APT Hacking Group. Don't be mad at me, everyone has their own work. I will monitor your every move until I get paid. If you keep your end of the agreement, you won't hear from me ever again.
Everything will be done fairly! One more thing. Don't get caught in similar kinds of situations anymore in the future! My advice: keep changing all your passwords frequently.

I knew it was a scam, but I wanted to make sure and check it on the Internet. so I copied the entire e-mail and pasted it into the browser, thinking that I would learn something, but only after a while I realized that this was how I could have left my data and been hacked. and now the question is whether I should go to the police or leave it because I'm exaggerating too much.

I just picked up the game again after about a year while on post-surgery rest, so I've played a looot this past week.
After dying I think I must've accidentally clicked return to title screen instead of continue, and it seems after all those hours of playing, the newest save file is my one from last year. Is this normal, I thought the game autosaved constantly? Is there anything I can do to get back all those hours from the past week?

Below you'll find information and links to help advocate for Reproductive Freedoms and Abortion care in Canada and emerging policy issues with the Reddit platform. This is a recurring post and will be periodically updated as needed. Feel free to post additional information and discussions in the comments.
Advocating for Abortion Care in Canada:

• There is a serious lack of Abortion Care options in Canada, particularly in the rural areas, and for those living on reserves, they have almost no access to Abortion care. People may have to travel more than 100km and across provincial lines to access abortion. Some have to travel by plane from their rural community to one with an abortion clinic or hospital. This puts an unfair financial and logistical burden on those that need to access abortion care. Provincial Health Insurance Plans do not cover travel costs related to receiving medical care.
• Because many provinces have few facilities that provide Abortion care, this places an unreasonable load on the clinics that do exist, forcing clients to look elsewhere for facilities with capacity to help them. In Alberta, there is one clinic for every 209,077 people who can become pregnant (number of assigned-at-birth females between the ages of 15-29). PEI, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory each only have 1 Abortion care provider. Nunavut only has 2 abortion providers, and of those, only one offers medical abortion covered by the provincial health insurance plan. In fact, 9 (out of a total of 13) Canadian provinces and territories have five or fewer facililities offering abortion care in their entire province. And 10 Canadian provinces and territories have one or fewer (0) rural facililities offering abortion care.
• Some provinces, have more restrictive guidelines regarding abortion, limiting access to abortion care to those with a gestational period of less than 12 weeks (meaning, 12 weeks since the first day of your last period, not 12 weeks since you discovered you were pregnant or when you had sex). Many people who menstruate have irregular periods. Some people might only menstruate every 2 or 3 months, and might only discover that they are pregnant near the gestation limit of 12 weeks.
• Insurance coverage also limits access to abortions. Some provinces, like Nunavut, do not offer coverage for medical abortions unless they are prescribed and performed in a hospital. And being a rural province, there also happens to be only 1 hospital in Nunavut - Qikiqtani General Hospital in Iqualuit. New Brunswick will only cover abortion services in a hospital setting, which means that abortion medical care provided in clinics are not covered by their Provincial Health Insurance Plan.
• Sexual and reproductive health services are among the services that physicians, pharmacists and nurse practitioners are most frequently unwilling to provide on moral or religious grounds. People who have been harassed and/or attacked while visiting an Abortion clinic may experience stigma and/or discrimination from their peers, especially in smaller, rural communities where everyone knows one another. People refused care by health care professionals because of personal beliefs may experience stigma and/or discrimination, forcing them to travel outside of their community to receive the care they need. This can all be particularly daunting for young people or those with limited resources.
• Everyone in Canada is supposed to have equal rights to access health care, regardless of race, age, class, immigration status, gender expression, sexuality and ability. Nevertheless, anyone's right to seek abortion care can be be impacted by discrimination and bigotry, both systemic and as a result of individual prejudice on the part of service providers. Racism, xenophobia, classism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and ageism in Canada are all direct and intersecting barriers to accessing abortion. It is much more difficult for a person who doesn\u2019t speak English to access abortion services, despite the presence of a translator. Transpeople also experience discrimination at higher rates in reproductive health care settings. Providers may also lack the knowledge or training to provide trans-affirming abortion care and abortion services are typically housed within *women\u2019s* health care departments.
• Further compounding the issue of inequitable abortion access are unregulated crisis pregnancy centres (CPCs), which are anti-choice pregnancy centres that advertise in hospitals, doctor's offices, churches, schools and community centre. They deceive people coming to them for options and advice by giving misinformation about abortion or by insisting on options that may delay or interfere with the clients ability to access the care they need. CPCs far outnumber abortion care providers in Canada. In Ontario alone, there are 77 active CPCs but only 38 abortion care providers. Overall, in Canada, there are 165 known CPCs compared to 147 abortion care providers (as of August 2022).

Reference: Policy Options, via the Institute for Research on Public Policy and Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights
What can you do to improve access to abortion care in Canada?

1. Listen, research and learn. This is always the first step to understand any problem.
2. Send a letter to your MP and MPP. Tell them that access to abortion care is important and how difficult it can be to access it in your province. Urge them to prevent anti-choice groups and CPCs from receiving charitable status, and to revoke the charitable status from CPCs that already have it. Encourage them to include reasonable reimbursement for travel costs related to receiving medical care when it is not available in your community. And push them to pass Safe Access Zone Legislation to protect patients, practitioners and their staff from anti-choice harassment and intimidation.
3. Give a donation to a pro-choice charitable organization of your choice. Remember, if you give a total of $201 CDN or more to Canadian charitable organizations, you'll get a credit of 29% of your total annual donations on your income taxes (for those that file Canadian Income Taxes, only).
4. Sign up for the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada Newsletter. https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/
5. Participate in local marches and rallys in support of access to abortion care.
6. Spread the Word. Tell your friends and family. Encourage them to research, listen and learn. Encourage them to contact their MPP and MPs.
7. If you work in a Doctor's office or as a family physician, consider incorporating Mifegymiso into your practice to ensure patients have timely access to this essential service. If you are a Doctor, or studying to be one, consider opening an Abortion Care practice when you are licensed and qualified to do so, especially in rural areas where there are a lack of options.
8. If you work in politics, consider proposing legislation that will ensure safe access zones for abortion care providers and their clients and covering reasonable travel costs for constituents when medical care is not available in their community.
9. If you are a journalist or work in media, consider preparing pieces sharing the difficulty Canadians can have accessing medical care such as abortions.
10. If you work in the area of Not For Profit/Advocacy, consider partnering with a Pro-choice organization and helping them spread information and lobby for improving access to abortion care for Canadians.
11. If you know someone who needs abortion care, consider giving them a ride to a clinic, helping them access the advice and care they need, and provide non-judgemental support.
12. Ensure persons of First Nations, Metis and Inuit heritage know about Jordan's Principle, which ensures that First Nations children (which includes people who can become pregnant under the age of 18) can access the products, services and supports they need, when they need them. https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1568396042341/1568396159824

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Emerging Policy Issues with Reddit
On July 1, 2023, Reddit raised the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that killed every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader. This policy change meant that mobile users would have a lesser experience browsing Reddit, users with visual difficulties could not browse reddit as screenreaders are not compatible with the official Reddit app, and mods lost tools that they depend on to keep communities on-topic and spam-free. Many subreddits protested this change in June 2023, and the Reddit admins enforced draconian measures such as removing and replacing mods who privatized their subreddits in protest of this policy change.
On September 12, 2023, Reddit will eliminate reddit coins, including removing all accumulated coins, a perk that Reddit Premium users pay for every month. Coins are used to reward comments and posts by showing your appreciation for the effort. Some reddit coins offer the ability to use reddit without ads.
In March 2024, Reddit had an IPO (Initial Public Offering), and the founder and current CEO, as well as the COO have sold $500,000 of their shares. How does this effect you? Reddit may face pressure to increase revenues to attract investors. This could lead to more ads or new monetization features. There could also be changes to the platform to attract a wider user base, such as bans and censorship on certain topics or words and control over content to appease more conservative shareholders or users.
What can you do to protest policy changes at Reddit?

1. Listen, research and learn. Check /modcoord for updates
2. Cancel your Reddit Premium membership
3. Participate in subreddit led protests
4. Look for other forums to patronize. We have a forum on Discord called Auntie Network Canada. Message the mods here for an invite link to the Discord group.
5. Complain. Message the mods of reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on reddit. Leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app.

25M (6’2 and 200lbs or 90kg) and 30F(me - 5’7 and 60kg 132lbs) met and started chatting every day. Lots of drama happened over the course of several months resulting in an interesting platonic relationship that entailed multiple instances of conversations lasting until 2-5am, still talking extensively every day, and gift exchanges on the premise of losing or winning a bet.
Then texting habits from 25M changed and I suspected he had likely found someone new, so I turned off read receipts and started to pull back. 25M immediately noticed and brought up multiple times the receipts being off, him not liking the receipts being off, and saying he wanted them back on so he could “tell if you’re (myself) ignoring me (him) or not”. I shot back about the texting changing and I felt ignored. A Mexican standoff ensued, that I ended up breaking by turning my receipts back on. He didn’t say anything though
After six weeks from our last date he asked me to drinks as friends. I owed him a drink and he owed me a gift. During drinks he teased me on multiple occasions for seeing a rando making a pass at me, and me supposedly flirting with multiple people. He then told me that would be the last time we’d see each other and there was a new girl he was seeing that asked he and I not be friends. When I called her his gf he immediately said “she’s not my gf” but I pointed out if he was cutting a friendship - that’s gf stuff. He conferred my point
I was sad about our friendship? ending, but kept a straight face to the point he asked me about it. He wanted to know if I was at all sad, and remarked he knew in the moment of difficult things I had an excellent poker face but hours later it things tend to settle and hit me. I maintained it was a bummer but 🤷‍♀️ what was I supposed to do about it, and he shared he was saddened by my lack of reaction. He also shared he had to “fight tooth and nail” to see me that evening because his new gf was Hard against. They apparently had fought about me multiple times
As the evening progressed and several beers in a couple hugs and a small tickle fight happened from my initiation. We chatted about a lot of different things, and at the end I ended up asking him how he was feeling about everything. We were sitting on the same side of the table on a long bench - we’d been angled towards each other all night but not fully facing each other. When I asked how he was feeling he turned to fully face me so I turned to fully face him. He said “can I tell you some real shit” and I said of course then he leaned over 100% of the way and started kissing me
We kissed for what felt like a minute or two. During our kiss I’d reached out and placed my hand on the back of his neck and touched his hair. I thought it slightly strange he didn’t reach out to me but had leaned in more to extend the kiss. He then pulled back and I was in shock. He said he had to leave and I asked what just happened and he repeated he had to go. I said sure and tried to stand and go out of the bar but I’m a mega lightweight and after 4-4.5 beers I couldn’t stand or walk on my own anymore. Him being a much more experienced drinker was not much bothered by the 4 beers. He ended up having to carry me home
He refused to tell me why he kissed me, and I haven’t heard from him since (last week). I did finally open his gift two days ago, and inside he wrote an inscription detailing the positive impact I had on him and all these positive traits he saw in me and envied, and shared I shouldn’t let self-doubt get in the way of myself. He signed off the inscription by saying farewell in Latin, and used the name of a LOTR character found in the silmarillion vs his own name
When I googled the name and consulted with some Major LOTR fan friends they all gave me the story of a human man who was a big hero who came across an elf princess in a field, and fell madly in love with her. She returned the feelings, and tldr after they die and get resurrected they marry and have kids (eventually their line culminates in Aragorn and Arwyn)
Anyone have any insight as to why he kissed me, why he kissed me in the way he did, and why use That LOTR character’s name when there are like less than 5 romantic relationships mentioned but a ton of friends? It’s got me messed up, and I hope this discussion brings some peace
TLDR: someone I dated for 3 months and was friends with for a month (4months total relationship) broke up our friendship at his new girlfriend’s request after fighting over me multiple times. During our last drinks he gave me a gift he owed me, and initiated a lengthy kiss at the end of the night. He then had wanted to run off, but had to carry me home since I was hammered. After a couple days I checked out the gift, and he’d written a letter inside it signing off with a romantic LOTR reference. I don’t understand his motivations and hope to find some peace here

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I will continue to update this post as reviews come in.
Rotten Tomatoes: Certified Fresh
Critics Consensus: A deceptively dark thriller that's also loaded with laughs, Hit Man is an outstanding showcase for leading man Glen Powell -- and one of the most purely entertaining films of Richard Linklater's career.

	Score	Number of Reviews	Average Rating
All Critics	96%	81	8.30/10
Top Critics	93%	27	8.00/10

Metacritic: 82 (21 Reviews)
Sample Reviews:
“Hit Man” is studded with delicious moments, but as amusing as the movie is it has a plot that sprawls forward in a rather ungainly fashion, and it goes on for too long. - Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Smart and steamy screwball fun. - Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
The comedy is a deliriously entertaining star vehicle for actor Glen Powell. - Ben Croll, TheWrap
“Hit Man,” Linklater’s latest film, falls into the fun-with-a-heart (and brain) category. It’s got a lot going for it. For one thing, there’s Linklater’s deft touch, particularly when juggling comedy and romance (with a little crime drama thrown in). 4/5 - Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
A smartly written, sublimely comedic, and sexy human-scale relationship story with a touch of just enough suspense and hints of criminality to prove that its title is not a complete misnomer. 4/5 - Cary Darling, Houston Chronicle
In the hands of a lesser director, Hit Man would surely have felt rather thin and disposable. But Linklater is a pro, and he manages to make the film’s fripperies feel borderline profound. 4/5 - Xan Brooks, Guardian
An intelligent comedy that contains plenty of laugh-out-loud moments and references Kant and Nietzsche, it is also a thriller that is darker than it first appears. - Jo-Ann Titmarsh, London Evening Standard
Hit Man trips along on great writing, Linklater’s witty, light-touch direction and a rich sense of place, but what makes it especially pleasurable is Powell and Arjona’s naturally steamy rapport. 4/5 - Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph (UK)
... An effervescent comedy from Richard Linklater that simultaneously snubs its nose at the entire genre while easily nabbing the honour of most purely entertaining film to grace the Lido so far. 4/5 - Kevin Maher, Times (UK)
Another, crueller writer-director would have pivoted to scenes of bloody violence, but Linklater prefers to ponder the question of whether you can will yourself into becoming a different person. 4/5 - Nicholas Barber, BBC.com
A sorta-true story about an average guy who finds himself caught in a web of crime and deception, Hit Man is a cute and clever (sometimes overbearingly so) showcase for Powell’s magnetic charm. - Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
The police scenes are just light enough to be funny, the screwball sequences are just dark enough to keep you on the edge of your seat, and Powell... is obviously elated to be handling such twisty material. - Shirley Li, The Atlantic
This genial comedy/noir is a genuine crowdpleaser – funny, sexy, clever and confident in building a low-key humour which hits the target over and over again. - Fionnuala Halligan, Screen International
It’s a genuinely riotous time at the cinema and concrete proof Powell is perhaps our brightest hope when it comes to keeping the notion of the movie star alive. - Hannah Strong, Little White Lies
Hit Man is hot and hilarious, a winning combination amplified by a story that gets knottier at every turn. - Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
Powell’s ability to power through some dull material on charm alone only reaffirms the credibility of his stardom, and the film’s general lack of ambition keeps things from going awry whenever a joke doesn’t land. Aim small, miss small. B- - David Ehrlich, indieWire
I’s just fun to watch good old-fashioned comedy in which love, danger, and happy endings are all part of a damn fine evening at the movies. - Alissa Wilkinson, Vox
With Richard Linklater’s Hitman, the charismatic Glen Powell has been offered a plum opportunity to shape his image into something more complicated and often poignant. 3/4 - Zach Lewis, Slant Magazine
[A] light-and-lively comedy. - Jordan Hoffman, The Messenger
Comfortably Linklater’s best movie since Boyhood, Hit Man stands alongside School of Rock for big laughs and good vibes – albeit with a darker streak that slowly kicks in. 4/5 - Philip De Semlyen, Time Out
Powell and Linklater would have done better to take Johnson’s story as a launching point and then spun off into their far more complicated version of his life without literally tethering the movie to a real person. - Alonso Duralde, The Film Verdict
Linklater has long had a gift with playful humor, and he nails the tone here without turning “Hit Man” into the slapstick it could have become. - Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
A comedy/thriller that’s in equal parts charming, nerve-wracking, and ethically challenging. - Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com
Every interesting aspect of the true story and the imagined story are smoothed out. - Drew Gregory, Autostraddle
The smoldering, wily, wild-but-true Hit Man returns Linklater to his loquacious take on romance, with a man using his gift of gab to shrug off himself. - Charles Bramesco, Inside Hook
A witty, relaxed, and cheerfully fictionalized comedy-caper-romance; in the bargain there’s some light philosophical meditations on the impermanence of personality. 4/4 - Ty Burr, Ty Burr's Watch List
It’s as if Linklater is playing posthumous wingman for his subject, giving him the rom-com-slick Hollywood ending he never got in life. - Keith Uhlich, (All (Parentheses))
SYNOPSIS:
Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater’s sunlit neo-noir stars Glen Powell as strait-laced professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as a fake hit man for the New Orleans Police Department. Preternaturally gifted at inhabiting different guises and personalities to catch hapless people hoping to bump off their enemies, Gary descends into morally dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to one of those potential criminals, a beautiful young woman named Madison (Adria Arjona). As Madison falls for one of Gary’s hit man personas — the mysteriously sexy Ron — their steamy affair sets off a chain reaction of play acting, deception, and escalating stakes. Co-written by Linklater and Powell and inspired by an unbelievable true story, Hit Man is a cleverly existential comedy about identity.
CAST:

• Glen Powell as Gary Johnson
• Adria Arjona as Maddy Masters
• Austin Amelio as Jasper
• Retta as Claudette

DIRECTED BY: Richard Linklater
SCREENPLAY BY: Richard Linklater, Glen Powell
BASED ON THE TEXAS MONTHLY ARTICLE BY: Skip Hollandsworth
PRODUCED BY: Mike Blizzard, Richard Linklater, Glen Powell, Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Stuart Ford, Zach Garrett, Miguel A. Palos Jr., Shivani Rawat, Julie Goldstein, Vicky Patel, Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, John Sloss, Scott Brown, Megan Creydt
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Shane F. Kelly
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Bruce Curtis
EDITED BY: Sandra Adair
COSTUME DESIGNER: Juliana Hoffpauir
MUSIC BY: Graham Reynolds
MUSIC SUPERVISORS: Randall Poster, Meghan Currier
CASTING BY: Vicky Boone
RUNTIME: 115 Minutes
RELEASE DATE: May 24, 2024 (Limited Theatrical in US; Wide Theatrical in Canada) / June 7 (Netflix)

#include  #include  #include  #include  #include  #include  #include  #include  #include  #include  namespace qml { struct property { std::string name; std::string value; }; struct element { std::string type; std::vector properties; std::vector children; }; } BOOST_FUSION_ADAPT_STRUCT(qml::property, name, value) BOOST_FUSION_ADAPT_STRUCT(qml::element, type, properties, children) namespace qi = boost::spirit::qi; namespace phoenix = boost::phoenix; template  struct QmlParser : qi::grammar { QmlParser() : QmlParser::base_type(start) { using namespace qi; quoted_string %= lexeme['"' >> +(char_ - '"') >> '"']; unquoted_string %= lexeme[+(char_ - (char_("{") char_("}") char_(":") char_(";") qi::space))]; property_rule %= unquoted_string >> ':' >> (quoted_string unquoted_string); properties_rule %= *property_rule; element_rule %= unquoted_string >> '{' >> properties_rule >> *element_rule >> '}'; start = element_rule; } qi::rule quoted_string; qi::rule unquoted_string; qi::rule property_rule; qi::rule(), qi::space_type> properties_rule; qi::rule element_rule; qi::rule start; }; void print_element(const qml::element& el, int indent = 0) { std::string indentation(indent, ' '); std::cout << indentation << "Element type: " << el.type << "\n"; for (const auto& prop : el.properties) { std::cout << indentation << " Property: " << prop.name << " = " << prop.value << "\n"; } for (const auto& child : el.children) { print_element(child, indent + 2); } } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { if (argc != 2) { std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " " << std::endl; return 1; } std::ifstream file(argv[1]); if (!file) { std::cerr << "Error: Could not open file " << argv[1] << std::endl; return 1; } std::stringstream buffer; buffer << file.rdbuf(); std::string input = buffer.str(); auto it = input.begin(); auto end = input.end(); qml::element root; QmlParser parser; bool r = qi::phrase_parse(it, end, parser, qi::space, root); if (r && it == end) { std::cout << "Parse success\n"; print_element(root); } else { std::cout << "Parse failed\n"; std::cout << "Remaining unparsed: '" << std::string(it, end) << "'\n"; } return 0; } 

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Married, filing jointly. Typical AGI is about $30K, but we'll eventually sell our house, and make a relatively large capital gain: say $800K. I understand that we'll only pay tax on $300K of that gain (because the first $500K are untaxed).
However, I also need to know what our AGI will be in the year of the sale, because it's used to calculate student loan repayments, independent of tax. Will our AGI be $830K, $530K, or $30K?

Hi All,
just wondering if i could get some opinions on my plan to retire overseas.
I would be renting out my old ppor in aus for a net loss of 20k per year.
Im thinking of putting 500k in vgs with drp every quarter. From inception vgs has returned 12% per year. Ill also have 100k cash (2-3 years expenses) in my houses offset. Shares seem to be a better option due to no tax as i would be a non resident.
once the three years is up i may draw some equity from my house or sell some shares as they are forcast to have grown considerably by then. Rents would probably move upwards too thus reducing my expense on the loan.
thoughts please.
thanks

I'm writing from a throwaway because this is personal. Sorry if this is under the wrong flair. I didn't know which one this belonged to.
I haven't been receiving any mail for the past few months. I received things I ordered, but I never received anything like letters. Which I figured, no news is good news.
That is, until I had a Levy taken out of my bank account for hundreds of dollars. When I called the state to ask why, they explained that they had been sending me letters and the post office kept returning it, stating this wasn't a good address for me. So they stopped and as a result, they issued a Levy and took all of my money from that account.
I've lived at my home for over a decade and didn't have this issue until recently. When I think about it, doctors were also saying they sent letters I never received. I almost lost a lawsuit because I wasn't receiving mail last year, thankfully I check my court record ever so often. And the judge after writing a letter sided with me that this company was a scammer. (One and only thing on my record.) Other household members weren't receiving mail either.
Is this something that can be rectified? Is it legal for the post office to interfere with my mail and cause me to lose hundreds of dollars?
Or is this a, “sucks to be you, what's done is done” kind of thing? The post office can't be held responsible and I can't request the state to give the money back and do a payment arrangement?

I'm in my new house 10 months i have gotten several letters for the previous tenants of the house and just put them back into the post box "return to sender no longer at this address", but last week the previous tenants polling cards arrived should i just bin them or bring them to the polling station to hand or what??

Hey team! I’m a Canadian, living in NZ and I’ll be working in France. I’m in Paris at the moment waiting for contracts to be sent and things finalised. They’re having some trouble as the company I’m (hopefully) working for hasn’t employed a non EU player ever. They’re saying I may need to fill out an A1, get a French tax number, and possibly get insurance. All of which are incredibly easy to acquire in NZ. They’ve not really told me how to sort those things. The tax number seems to be given to you once it’s time to file. Also I’ve got full comp travel insurance but I’m not sure that will cover me for work. I’ll have to investigate. I’m feeling a bit lost as the company hasn’t sent me links or had any advice. The answers may be staring me in the face but I’m a bit overwhelmed and culture shocked. Any help, suggestions or words of encouragement would be seriously appreciated.

Hi everyone, I need advice on a tricky situation with our landlord. Here are the key details: Situation: Our landlord is ignoring our request for early contract termination, which is within our legal rights. The contract includes unlawful clauses, such as keeping the deposit as a penalty. The Rotterdam permit department confirmed the property lacks the necessary permit to house 3+ students. We are also overpaying for rent which we are planning to pursue with the huurteam after moving out to prevent any unwanted situations. Contract Details: Type: Temporary (2 years) Location: Rotterdam Tenants: 4 students sharing 3 rooms Duration: 1st August 2023 - 31st July 2025 (Signed June 2023) Deposit: 3 Months Steps Taken: Consulted a lawyer that is an acquaintance of a friend for advice, but can't fully use her services. Contacted the Huurteam Rotterdam, but they only advised on rent reduction. Sent the landlord a text, email, and registered letter about our decision and his unlawful claims. What We Plan on Doing: Formally invite the landlord for an apartment check before moving out. If he ignores us, we will take videos and photos before leaving. (He did not provide us with video, photos, or a list of items when we moved in, but we did take a video ourselves at that time.)
Our lawyer friend also advised us to threaten to withhold the last month’s rent to get a response from him. However, I am wary of this because I don't want it to be used against us. Question: The landlord has a history of withholding deposits, as confirmed by previous tenants. He is also in a court case with previous tenants for not returning the deposit. If he ignores our requests and later uses false excuses to keep our deposit, what can we do? Any advice on minimizing the chances of losing our deposit or steps to take would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hello,
I received a letter from Finanzamt München requesting additional documents for my tax returns. It instructed to reply to the case handler quoting a case reference number and send it to Finanzamt München 94453 Deggendorf by 23 May.
Since I saw the letter late, I tried to create express shipment but DHL website says the post code is invalid. I went to DHL point and they said the same and they can't create a label.
How do I proceed? I don't speak German. Any help would be truly appreciated.

Hi everyone, I need advice on a tricky situation with our landlord. Here are the key details:
Situation:

• Our landlord is ignoring our request for early contract termination, which is within our legal rights.
• The contract includes unlawful clauses, such as keeping the deposit as a penalty.
• The Rotterdam permit department confirmed the property lacks the necessary permit to house 3+ students.
• We are also overpaying for rent which we are planning to pursue with the huurteam after moving out to prevent any unwanted situations.

Contract Details:

• Type: Temporary (2 years)
• Location: Rotterdam
• Tenants: 4 students sharing 3 rooms
• Duration: 1st August 2023 - 31st July 2025 (Signed June 2023)
• Deposit: 3 Months

Steps Taken:

1. Consulted a lawyer that is an acquaintance of a friend for advice, but can't fully use her services.
2. Contacted the Huurteam Rotterdam, but they only advised on rent reduction.
3. Sent the landlord a text, email, and registered letter about our decision and his unlawful claims.

What We Plan on Doing:

• Formally invite the landlord for an apartment check before moving out. If he ignores us, we will take videos and photos before leaving. (He did not provide us with video, photos, or a list of items when we moved in, but we did take a video ourselves at that time.)
• Our lawyer friend also advised us to threaten to withhold the last month’s rent to get a response from him. However, I am wary of this because I don't want it to be used against us.

Question: The landlord has a history of withholding deposits, as confirmed by previous tenants. He is also in a court case with previous tenants for not returning the deposit. If he ignores our requests and later uses false excuses to keep our deposit, what can we do? We prefer to avoid legal action if possible due to the time and cost involved.
Any advice on minimizing the chances of losing our deposit or steps to take would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! (I can provide the link to the redacted contract if needed)

I have been reading a lot about leveraged ETFs in the last few months. However it is a complex topic and I wanted to see what thoughts were about it on this sub.
LETFs use various financial instruments to magnify changes in the underlying ETF. They have significant disadvantages including volatility decay, higher fees and overall much greater volatility and with the potential for some eye watering drawdowns. However, they also have the potential to greatly increase your returns. If this is the first time you have come across them then this post is probably not for you. Rather than trying to explain them I will post a few links that may be helpful for those that have not come across them before:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/leveraged-etf.asp
https://www.afrugaldoctor.com/home/leveraged-etfs-and-volatility-decay-part-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzjApwk6VjY
https://www.reddit.com/FinancialAnalysis/comments/196rmda/what_is_the_optimal_amount_of_leverage/
https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=272007
There is a lot of analysis online that discusses the optimum amount of leverage for a portfolio. You can use this calculator for example which currently suggests a leverage of about 1.5. I have checked on some of the ISA platforms and you can indeed purchase LETFs on them.
Let's say somebody has the following investment goals:
1) A >10 year investment horizon
2) A high risk tolerance
3) The ability to invest more than the ISA limit a year
My proposed investment strategy would be:
1) Invest 20% of your ISA into SPXL or similar (SPXL is SPY with 3x leverage)
2) De-risk yourself by investing in bonds in your general investment account (eg VGLS60A)
3) Aim for leverage of around 1.3 (more conservative than the "optimal" amount of leverage
This would have the advantage of focusing most of your gains into the tax free account and limiting your tax bill in the general investment account which seems like a big benefit to this strategy in the UK. The expected return would theoretically be more than 30% higher than an a leverage of 1.0 although I don't quite have the maths to figure this out.
In addition to the usual risks of investing in say the FTSE global all cap there are some additional risks with this strategy:
1) Increasing interest rates and borrowing costs although hopefully these are coming down in the short term
2) LETFs being banned from ISAs in the future
3) Being invested in a less diversified fund. As far as I know there is no FTSE global all cap LETF. To get more diversified one could hold LETFs for multiple different ETFs (eg SPXL, TQQQ, 3UKL, FNGU). However this would require periodic re-balancing.
4) Being able to stay committed to your investing strategy despite massive drawdowns (eg an 80% decrease in the LETF).
5) The higher fees (~1%)
6) Most of these LETFs are held in the US and I am unclear if there are any currency issues with this strategy
I am very cautious about this given to an extent it seems "too good to be true". I thought I would post this so that somebody more knowledgeable than me can point out what I have missed.

My wife and I live abroad in a low tax jurisdiction. We have saved about 250,000 and are looking at houses back home in the 750,000 range.
We intend to stay here another 2 years and in that time we can save another 250,000.
We will also have another 100,000 accrued in end of service benefit which we intend to use as an emergency fund back home. We can’t access this until we leave.
I cannot work out if we would be better off (from a purely financial perspective obviously it would be nice to have a house to come home to) (i) buying a house now. In this scenario we would need to put down 250,000 and we could start paying off the mortgage immediately. We could also rent the house out for some time before we return or (ii) waiting to buy a house when we return meaning we would only need to put down 75,000 and we could invest the rest.
This is all the money we have. We have no pensions or other assets but we are both only 31 so have time to accrue.
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated!