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Content notes: refers to medical procedure, not in detail, related but not part I need advice on. Long due to context (Shortened, I have told manager leading up to surgery of necessary accommodations and feel they have been ignored. What to do?)
I am front desk at a business. I have had a cyst in my wrist for a month and just got it removed. The cyst made me unable to use my dominant hand. I have been communicating with my boss and several coworkers about this. My manager has a greed to let me be in "light duty" and I've communicated my stitches aren't out until End of month. this is in text. Regular duties include: using a keyboard and computer, labeling containers with stickers, Counting money, sweeping at end of night, Cleaning bathrooms, and taking out all trash Up until the day of the procedure I was able to still complete most duties As I could do some aid with dominant hand without much pain. However 1/2 my tasks were painful and difficult. Sweeping was not possible for me because I could not grab the broom, neither the large trash or any opening on containers. I could label Smaller containers with one hand but not the big ones. The day before surgery I made my manager aware that things would be harder when I am in stitches, as surgery would be in my wrist and effect my whole hand. The procedure has me in a sling for a few days And I will be basically unable to use my dominant hand until i am healed. While in surgery the new schedule posted. I had assumed since we discussed light duty that I would given opening shifts which would leave me only counting money, working on the computer, And turning on lights. However the problem is that I have been scheduled all closing shifts until after healing. Where my first opening won't shift will be until the beginning of june. I feel as if I will have to basically make my co-workers do all of my closing duties the entire time And that the schedule does not reflect the light duty that she promised me in writing. How would you go about handling this? I want to speak with boss about it but want to be sure to do it properly. Should I do what I can and approach it when Boss brings it up? In reality It's a very easy job and I would like to keep it tbh.

This is what I have so far for my assessment task so far. Don't mind the comments:
import sys
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
# Okay, I'm just going to hardcode the values. The assignment doesn't say that I can't, so why overcomplicate it?
# In essence, each function sets which radio button activates which burger; then makes the text box writable; then deletes the previous recipe; writes to it with the new recipe; and then makes it readonly again.
def byte_burger_recipe():
burger.set("Byte Burger")
recipe.config(state = 'normal')
recipe.delete(1.0, END)
recipe.insert(END, "Burger name: Byte Burger \n Bun type: Milk \n Sauce type: Tomato \n Number of patties: 1 \n Number of slices of cheese: 0 \n Tomato included: No \n Lettuce included: Yes \n Onion included: No \n price: $5")
recipe.config(state = 'disabled')
def ctrl_alt_delicious_recipe():
burger.set("Ctrl-Alt-Delicious")
recipe.config(state = 'normal')
recipe.delete(1.0, END)
recipe.insert(END, "Burger name: Ctrl-Alt-Delicious \n Bun type: Milk \n Sauce type: Barbecue \n Number of patties: 2 \n Number of slices of cheese: 2 \n Tomato included: Yes \n Lettuce included: Yes \n Onion included: Yes \n price: $11")
recipe.config(state = 'disabled')
def data_crunch_recipe():
burger.set("Data Crunch")
recipe.config(state = 'normal')
recipe.delete(1.0, END)
recipe.insert(END, "Burger name: Data Crunch \n Bun type: Gluten free \n Sauce type: Tomato \n Number of patties: 0 \n Number of slices of cheese: 0 \n Tomato included: Yes \n Lettuce included: Yes \n Onion included: Yes \n price: $8")
recipe.config(state = 'disabled')
def code_cruncher_recipe():
burger.set("Code Cruncher")
recipe.config(state = 'normal')
recipe.delete(1.0, END)
recipe.insert(END, "Burger name: Code Cruncher \n Bun type: Milk \n Sauce type: Tomato \n Number of patties: 3 \n Number of slices of cheese: 3 \n Tomato included: Yes \n Lettuce included: Yes \n Onion included: Yes \n price: $15")
recipe.config(state = 'disabled')
# This is what the example was called.
root = Tk()
root.title("Welcome to Codetown Burger Co")
# David Paul used this padding, and I liked it. I also kept the "content" variable because it works. If it's not broke, don't fix it.
content = ttk.Frame(root, padding = "3 3 12 12")
content.grid(column = 0, row = 0)
# I felt it nice to add a minimum size. This is the smallest possible size where nothing is overlapping or compressed.
root.minsize(600, 300)
recipe = Text(content, height = 10, width = 50, state = 'disabled')
recipe.grid(row = 0, column = 0, columnspan = 4)
# I made them strings. I tried booleans, but they can only be on or off, where as the strings can say different things.
# I also set the left-most burger to be first.
burger = StringVar()
burger.set("Byte Burger")
byte_burger_recipe()
# These are the different radio buttons. They have text on the button specifying the burger, then they run a command, which is to write the recipe, I made all of the variables the same so that they couldn't all be activate at the same time, but I gave them all different values so that you can't have two active at the same time.
# I also got bored and added a "Done" button.
bb_button = ttk.Radiobutton(content, text = "Byte Burger", command = byte_burger_recipe, variable = burger, value = "Byte Burger")
bb_button.grid(column = 0, row = 1)
cad_button = ttk.Radiobutton(content, text = "Control-Alt-Delicious", command = ctrl_alt_delicious_recipe, variable = burger, value = "Ctrl-Alt-Delicious")
cad_button.grid(column = 1, row = 1)
dc_button = ttk.Radiobutton(content, text = "Data Crunch", command = data_crunch_recipe, variable = burger, value = "Data Crunch")
dc_button.grid(column = 2, row = 1)
cc_button = ttk.Radiobutton(content, text = "Code Cruncher", command = code_cruncher_recipe, variable = burger, value = "Code Cruncher")
cc_button.grid(column = 3, row = 1)
done_button = ttk.Button(content, text = "Done", command = sys.exit)
done_button.grid(column = 5, row = 2)
root.columnconfigure(0, weight = 1)
root.rowconfigure(0, weight = 1)
content.columnconfigure(0, weight = 1)
content.columnconfigure(1, weight = 1)
content.columnconfigure(2, weight = 1)
content.columnconfigure(3, weight = 1)
content.columnconfigure(4, weight = 1)
content.rowconfigure(1, weight = 1)
root.mainloop()
How do I dynamically resize the widgets upon resizing the window?

I'd like to be able to connect modern computers to my CRT for emulators, ports, indie games and whatnot. I've got a Sony KP-41PX1 which according to chatgpt (take that with a pound of salt) has a resolution around 1024 x 768 (give or take the overscan).
Tried a cheap hdmi to rca adapter, can't read text even at 640*480.
Optimally, i'd like some way to get a clear image (or as clear as i can get with my TV's current settings, can't seem to access the service menu anymore, remote might be busted) that isn't blurry. from some searching, best idea would be to first go through a vga adapter, then to a scart RGB to get a clear picture ? saw some stuff about emudriver, but don't know if it would actually be relevant in this case. Right now i've planning to use my steam deck, so it might not even be a option unless i use a dedicated desktop pc.
TLDR : what kind of equipement should i get to send a clean video signal (and maybe audio if possible) from PC (hdmi ?) to a CRT's scart port.

Fairly sure he's an estp. Went on a date while I was on exchange. We ended up liking each other a lot, more than expected. He definitely seemed like he had mastered some of the same tricks and used them on countless other girls. But it felt like he knew I knew. Maybe I misread, but there was a different level of excitement. His eyes completely sparkled and I've never seen someone so eagerly try to hold hands. It escalated quickly but I was right there with him, just as eager, and we hooked up. I didn't tell him when I was going back to my country for break in a few days that I wasn't coming back. He messaged that he watched the movie I mentioned, I forgot I even said anything so I was surprised. But he didn't respond again. I had told him on our date that I'd send him my contact when I made a new account back home, but since 5+ days passed I didn't and just deleted the dating app. I guess I'm just curious if that could've turned into something special. His behavior and hating texting seems really typical for my estp friends. Getting an amazing amount of love in person but struggling to get ahold of them sometimes lol. Or is it good I deleted the app and cut off the possibility?

Alright, I'm confused!
I did have 2 x R310's and an R510, life was great, wireless was great. Wasn't the fastest speeds in the world, but latency was low and range was fantastic.
Then, I made the mistake of purchasing a single R550 to go in my shed when I build it, I had planned to replace an R310 with it, and use the R310 for the shed. Thats when I realized that the latest Unleashed firmware for the R310 doesn't support the R550. So, I'd have to replace both R310's. I got a good deal on another R550 and an R650, so I replaced all of my 10 series AP's
Right away, I noticed a significant reduction in range, especially outside. I posted on here, tweaked settings, got told my placement of AP's is bad (Yeahs not idea, but it worked, and its just how things worked out when I bought the house and added AP's) In the end I did add the R510 back into the mix, at the other end of my garage, which fixed my range issues since I had an extra AP.
Funny thing now, the R510 is the only stable AP... The latency spikes are through the roof on all of the R550's and R650's
Here is me pinging a device on the R510

Pinging 10.0.0.37 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 10.0.0.37: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 

I could go on forever like that, its rock solid over hours and hours
And here is a client, a Macbook Pro in this case, on an R650

Pinging 10.0.0.100 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=88ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=613ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=114ms TTL=64 Reply from 10.0.0.100: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=64 

It doesn't seem to matter if its my main WLAN or my IoT WLAN, and it doesn't matter which other AP, all the XX50 series AP's do this. 2 are powered from a Dell X1052P, and the R510 and another R550 are powered from a Cisco 2960-S which does PoE+
Networking otherwise is rock solid, of course pinging devices on the wired network, or the AP itself, yields consistant sub 1ms results
I've spent all day tweaking settings, and for the life of me I cannot get these latency spikes to go away at all. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I tried to disable wifi 6, no change, enable arp-proxy, no change, changed to 40mhz channel width, no change, changed from optimized for performance to compatibility, no change
Would love any ideas! The fact only the R510 is unaffected is baffling me

https://imgur.com/a/EWwawLH
Hi everyone - any help welcome. I'm a Steam Client user on Mac (I know, I know) and while I've been using the client for probably a decade with no issues, when I tried to open it a couple of days ago the system is so totally broken all I see is a weird window with a few selectable circles/buttons but no text. It won't function from the menu bar and I even have to force quit it. I have attempted to uninstall/redownload all it the same effect. Steam help have been far from useful. Any advice (apart from getting a PC haha) welcome.

Fuck.
I don't know if this is the right place to post this. I used to be a very caring child (I actually really, truly cared about others) but life taught me that no one will really care about me (being a weirdo didn't help at all and I'm ashamed that at one point I used to do others' homework, tests, etc. in high school so people would pay attention and have even paid people to hang out with me). The most caring I've experienced has been not caring about me as a person but as a role in their life (e.g. my parents had an idea of me as a son who would act a certain way and were angry any time I acted differently than that) and hated when I strained from that. Maybe some others cared somewhat but were disappointed when instead of getting better, my depression (running on 6 years of different levels of depressed (didn't even realize anything other than my "can't get out of bed, not taking a shower for days" periods was considered depression until my psychiatrist told me) at this point, shooting for 10) got worse and ended up leaving me.
Anyways, I developed a lot of coping mechanisms to avoid even starting to care about people so I wouldn't get hurt and I suppose they got deeply ingrained, depression definitely helped too in making me the uncaring asshole I've become. On more than one occasion, someone's been telling me about a problem they have, looking for sympathy, and I've told them "Do you have something else to complain about because this isn't interesting to me anymore?". People have learned that they cannot expect any sort of emotional relationship with me (I'll help them with something practical or advice if I happen to have any and they'll do the same for me but they know I'm not the person to go to for sympathy or anything of the kind). I guess I don't want to be that person anymore. There are three people in my life left, each of who I've only talked to/met once or twice this year and meet ups have been slowly getting rarer and rarer and we've been growing more and more distant and honestly I'd rather not see them but loneliness has been fucking with my mental health. When we do see each other, we can only talk about "deeper" topics which I'm fine with but they want something personal and that's not what I'm good at.
The problem is, I really don't care about these people at all and if I randomly met three people who are similarly intelligent/funny and could help further my career as much (networking is important in software development, I just got a job through one of them), I wouldn't care about the current ones at all. In fact, at the end of high school, when not caring had finally developed some deep roots, I used to change the people I spent time with every month since they were all the same to me. How do I start caring again?
I really have lost the ability to empathize. I can only feel sympathy when someone has a problem I could have and even then I only think "What would I do if I had that problem? I'm really glad I don't have this problem. How can I prevent this from happening to me?". I can at least show some emotion in this case since I'm an emotional person and if I imagine something happening to me, I feel really close to what I'd feel if it actually happened and just think about myself and replace some facts so I can say the right things and make the right faces. I guess at least this counts.
Maybe "fake it till you make it" is the way but the problem is, I'm not a good actor. I practically don't have a relationship with my grandmother, so if someone's grandma dies, I just say "That sucks. Anyways, ..." with a deadpan face with no attempt at faking emotion instead of doing the whole "my condolences" thing and the sympathy face because I cannot just do emotion on the go and it just ends up a weird grimace. I'm good at not showing emotion but not acting like I am experiencing one.
Also, how the fuck would I choose who to care about? Everyone is definitely not an option. I could do the aforementioned three but they aren't good at emotion too and wouldn't be able to help me emotionally (would be pretty one-sided if I was good at this), so why bother with them? Maybe I need to meet new people, start with a clean slate? How would I even do that with my schedule, idk.
Honestly, I have no interest in people and look at socializing like working out. It sucks ass but has a lot of positive effects on mental health (working out also on physical). At the same time, I long for someone to care about me and to care about someone, spending lots of time with them, etc. but in that vague way similar to how I like the vague idea of being rich (or a professional gymnast, or whatever) and dealing only with investing and that type of thing but wouldn't bother getting to that point and I would definitely enjoy it less than programming even if I could. Basically I like the vague idea but don't really want it in reality, idk if the example helped.
Maybe caring about people is just a kid thing and wanting it stuck since I'm definitely emotionally immature. Maybe we all just pretend to care about others because we want something from them and do half-assed attempts to lie to ourselves so we don't feel like bad people and since I don't particularly care about that, I just didn't learn it.
I really don't know what to do. My desires are contradictory and I lose whatever I choose and yet want to try something I don't think I can do. I think it's probably time to finally accept that my life ended years ago and I just need to be put out of my misery. When I try to look at myself from a third-person perspective, it makes the most sense.
I am not sure why I wrote all this. It felt dumb writing it and when I try to reread it, it feels fucking idiotic.

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Luna VI query: Set the source to the leaked files of the first reconnaissance operation of Irisa.
Done!
Luna VI query: What did Nathan do during the first hour of the war?
***
From the instant he opened his eyes, Nathan's morning was chaotic. It all began with the ground shaking beneath him, jolting him into a state of awareness. He then was greeted by the sight of Amara. She was leaning against a corner, covered in purple from head to toe as she screamed at someone through an earpiece that she was pressing with one of her claws.
His good morning was overhearing one piece of bad news after the other.
The rest of Amara's group had been ambushed early in the morning; many were dead, injured, or missing.
A war had erupted in the sky and her allies were trying to push back the enemy forces, but the battle persisted; the outcome was uncertain.
Zara was being brought to them, but Amara had lost contact with Igmila's group who was bringing her, only receiving confirmation from another group that a rescue pod was spotted at a distance.
And when he thought that things couldn't get any worse, he heard a bang followed by the AI reporting that Ryo had shot down a drone somewhere near their position.
"Open the tent!" Red had conquered Amara's body.
None of the scenarios Nathan had contemplated the previous night had prepared him for such a chaotic morning. "Give me a second."
He only wanted a chance to get his gun from his backpack and explain why he had it in the first place, even though he suspected Amara was already aware he had it. But she didn't let him. "Now!"
She had never felt so distant to him as the moment she said that single word, which led him to just comply as he stood up and followed her in silence. But this frail silence only masked his morning grumpiness, magnified by the dire circumstances and her cold demeanor toward him.
Nathan had barely caught a glimpse of Ryo and Elysira at a distance when he muttered. "It wouldn't have been so hard to say a few words to fill me in, you know."
Amara's eyes were transfixed on the smoking pieces of the drone when she whipped her head around, glaring at him with her orange eyes. "My people are fighting a war and dying. How can you demand my time when Yelara is hurt and barely escaped alive?"
"Oh, come on, I'm not demanding anything." He scoffed, shaking his head. "I just don't think it would have been so hard to tell me what you intend to do in the next five minutes."
The tip of her tail pressed against his chest, as red and purple coexisted on her skin.
"I am heading up the mountain to find Igmila." She spoke in a detached voice, pulling her tail back and turning around, and then she sprinted in the gap between himself and the tent.
He caught a glimpse of gray on her neck and all his grumpiness was gone, replaced by a cold shiver running down his spine. With his arms moving faster than his thoughts, he grabbed her by the tail, preventing her from going anywhere.
"You absolutely can't do this Amara." Nathan looked down at the tail he held with both hands and swallowed a lump of saliva in fear of her reaction. But that still didn't prevent him from finishing what he had to say, "It's too dangerous."
Amara's eyes sought his, causing him to suspect she would demand to be released or try to free herself by force, but she did something else. "All of this is because of you. Had I not come to your tent, I would be there to assist them."
Nathan caught a glimpse of green around her back spots, which let him know that there was a hint of guilt in her words. But did that justify blaming everything on him and running into danger without thinking?
If not for the awful night followed by an awful morning, Nathan might have just taken the blame and hugged her. But he too had his limits, "How is that fair? Blame me all you want, but nothing will change that you had all the chances in the world to go back and you didn't. I'm not saying that you could have done anything abo-"
"Indeed." Gray flashed for a moment before red flowed among her black spots. "This night was a waste of time." His grip faltered at her words and she pulled her tail back from among his fingers. "I should have stayed with Yelara to help her tend to her wounds."
Nathan bit his lips in frustration. How was it possible to agree with her words, yet still feel the sharp sting in his heart?
And if that was not enough, Ryo had to step in to rub salt in the wound.
Clap.
Clap.
Clap.
With Elysira’s tail wrapped around his wrist as she averted her eyes from Amara, Ryo spoke, "Please don't tell me you're mad because the plant lover couldn't get it up."
Nathan blinked fast not believing his eyes. Ryo was not only shirtless but there were a lot of scratches on his neck and below. Elysira’s long strands were also a mess, but even without that, their physical closeness alone would be enough of a hint of how much fun they had at night.
When Nathan glanced at Amara to gauge her reaction, she had already crossed her arms, looking at him angrily. Which immediately made him feel as if Ryo’s not-funny joke was true although he knew it wasn't.
It took Nathan a considerable amount of self-retainment to not walk up there and rearrange Ryo's handsome face with his fist, or at least attempt to do so.
A few seconds passed before he said, "Why are you here?"
Ryo didn't even bother to look at him, his eyes focusing solely on Amara. "Information. I want her to tell me what she knows about this war."
Amara didn't look pleased to help, but she still informed him about the ambush and even alerted him that even their current position would soon be unsafe.
As If things weren't already bad enough, Ryo frowned and hurried to instruct Elysira to get his things as soon as Amara had finished talking. Nathan felt like he was in a war movie where everything was happening too fast for his emotions and reason to follow.
It was only when he saw Ryo raising his gun skywards that Nathan’s anger subsided, contained by the prospect of how bad their situation was. Ryo movements were fluid and methodical, but he never pulled the trigger on the many drones that appeared high above and, instead, retreated to take cover behind a tree.
Only now the seriousness of the situation sank in for Nathan.
He didn't even care that he hadn't explained to Amara why he had a gun yet, rushing inside the tent after exchanging a glance with her.
After crossing the circular door, he found only a few items on the ground: a pair of boots, his sleeping bag, and his backpack with all his equipment inside.
Nathan was quick, wearing his boots first before retrieving his belt, knife, and holster from the backpack. With a sequence of swift movements, he strapped the sheathed knife and holster to the belt and cinched it around his waist, securing it in place before closing the backpack and dashing out the door with his gun in one hand and the backpack in the other.
Already outside, Nathan found it weirdly reassuring that Ryo was in the same spot as before, but that only lasted until he tried to find Amara, but found nothing no matter where he searched for her.
He dropped his backpack, feeling at a loss. How could he have allowed her to venture beyond his sight when he knew that guilt was clouding her judgment?
Only when he had already cupped his hands around his mouth to scream her name that he felt a touch right above his heel—her tail.
"Psst..."
Wiping his head, Nathan saw Amara's whole body mimicking the colors of his tent, making herself quite hard to spot.
"I thought you were gone." He joined her, stooping down beside the tent as relief washed over him.
"It might be too late to join my soldiers." She didn't allow her colors to change, but the translator conveyed a hint of sadness. "I lost contact with all the teams who were coming here."
"Amara I-"
Nathan was about to attempt to make things right with her when Ryo’s assertive voice reached him. "Listen up, those fuckers are jamming our comms and they will be here at any time. Take the MLBCS and find a clearing to use it, I doubt they can interfere with the laser. Just don't forget that your immediate safety comes first or else you might not be among the living when the pod arrives."
Ryo ran back to his tent as soon as he was done speaking, leaving Nathan questioning his own intelligence. How come he had never even considered leaving the planet? A single glance at Amara and he knew why. But did he have any other option?
Staying and fighting to hold his position was something he briefly considered. But did he have a chance when even Ryo decided to leave after seeing the drones?
Mission control might give him other options, so Nathan decided to try his luck despite Ryo’s warning.
Unable to establish a two-way connection.
He confirmed the interference with the communication with a single thought, kicking his backpack in frustration even though it was expected.
Why did it have to be so hard to accept that Ryo was right and leaving the planet was his best option?
But would Ryo truly leave the planet and leave Elysira behind?
Nathan forgot Amara who was beside him and screamed, not allowing this question to stay in his mind, "Wait, what are you gonna do?"
Ryo replied as he waited for Elysira, "I'm not leaving the planet unless mission control finds a way to save Ely too."
Nathan's eyes widened, feeling like an idiot as he brought up a pop-up window showing the schematics of the rescue pods. They were designed to be fast vehicles capable of transporting a single person to the space station, but Earth's government hadn’t skimped on the design, which included various components that could be discarded, such as medical supplies and search and rescue equipment.
He used the AI to run the calculations and found that Amara would likely be able to go with him, that is if they wedged themselves into the vehicle and discarded everything else.
Nathan was about to share his findings with Ryo when he caught a glimpse of him and Elysira disappearing into the woods, abandoning their tent behind as they ran away.
A sense of urgency struck him at that moment, but it was easily forgotten when Amara's voice struck even harder, "You should go."
"What do you mean?" He sought her eyes, but she avoided his gaze, facing to the ground.
"Do what Ryo suggested." She took a small pause before she went on. "Leave the planet."
"The hell I will!" He punched the tent. "Not without you." He could only assume she was saying this because she didn't know she could leave with him. "You'll come with me, and the pod will take us to the space station."
"Your species will refuse to take me." He saw a hint of purple on her neck. "Before the mission started your people told us you humans will not get involved in our wars." She finally made eye contact, and the purple on her skin intensified. "My best chance to survive this is to hide in the mountains and wait for reinforcements."
"You don’t understand, Amara." He didn't have time for a full explanation of what humans considered not getting involved. "No one in mission control will want to leave you here to die just because of some stupid rule." He then spoke his heart out without a care in the world. "And even if they do, they will take you anyway if say I won't go anywhere without you."
A hint of yellow could be seen among her camouflaged skin, but before she could say what she would do, her tail wrapped around his neck and he felt a strong pull to lower his head and bend his knees for cover.
"The rebels are here," she whispered as her ears twitched.
Nathan was tall enough to see the slope on the other side of the tent by just standing, but Amara struggled to see from above the structure, requiring her to stretch her full height and still take little jumps to take peeks.
And it was after doing so that she dropped her camouflage entirely, letting purple run free among her black spots.
Nathan took interest in what she had seen that had caused such a reaction, and he leaned cautiously against the tent and raised his head slowly, prepared to find a few armed Irisians hidden among the trees. But what he found instead was a never-ending line of Irisian advancing downhill at a fast pace towards them.
He understood Amara's reaction now, pulling back the harmer of the revolver as he stared at her. "I need to... do something."
He made up his mind, determined to shoot. But when activated the infrared view mode and took aim at Irisians descending the slope, Nathan froze for a second. This just lasted a moment, and when found the resolve to fire, he had already lifted the gun enough that it wouldn't hit anyone and it would just be a warning shot.
He fired once, twice, and went on until all six rounds were gone, then he noticed their organized marching had stopped, all of them having activated their camouflage. Some even broke the line and retreated uphill.
When he took cover again, Amara was protecting her ears with both hands, looking at him as if he were some sort of monster. Nathan ignored her and rifled through his backpack in search of more ammunition, finding the small box with shining metal bullets after he had searched for some long seconds.
It was only when he released the cylinder to reload the gun that Nathan noticed something.
His hands were shaking.
He ignored it and pressed the extraction rod the remove the cartridges from the cylinder to make room for the new ones, clumsily dropping a few of them as he reloaded.
Amara saw this and stopped him with her tail before he had filled all the chambers.
"I cannot go with you." Her body had been conquered by purple.
"You think I'll leave you behind?" He almost reached his breaking point when she replied.
"No." Her tail touched his cheek gently. "There are too many of them, Nathan." She pulled her tail back as a hint of gray appeared. "My brother will never let me go, he lost too many ships and soldiers to give up without his prize." The gray intensified, squeezing her black spots. "If you die with me on this planet, your species might abandon Irisa forever.
"My chances of hiding in the mountains are slim, but they exist... and even if I fail I will distract them long enough for you to flee."
Her body blended with the surroundings again and Nathan felt that she was about to do something stupid, but he moved faster and grabbed her shoulders, forcing her to bend her legs and join him on the ground as she stared at him with wide eyes.
"To hell with this self-sacrifice bullshit." Nathan finally decided what he would do. "Do you think I will die that easy? Guess what, you’re wrong." His hands moved from her shoulder to her back and he embraced her. "Let me tell you what we'll do, we take the MLBCS, we find a clearing, and we go to the space station." He released her and added, almost crazily. "You go with me even if I have to drag you by the tail as you scratch me, you hear me?"
He was not kidding; he grabbed her tail with his left hand, leaving her exterior filled with colors ranging from purple to yellow.
Amara was about to reply when the tent produced a thud noise, sounding as if someone had knocked on a cardboard box. When they turned to the side, there was a tiny hole in the tent dangerously close to Amara's head.
She touched the hole with her finger, and then her whole hand pressed against the side of her head, staring at him without saying a word.
Nathan's heart skipped a beat when he realized what had just happened, and consumed by a rage like he never felt before, he pressed the cylinder of his revolver back into place with just the four bullets inside, pulling back the harmer.
This time there was no hesitation, he quickly stood up and used the infrared view mode to survey the now organized groups of Irisians who had taken a defensive formation, choosing as target an Irisian who had climbed a tree and was pointing a long gun at them.
In just a moment Nathan aimed and pulled the trigger, firing one round after another. The first two missed completely, but the others hit the tree right above the target, making this Irisian panic and release his claws from the wood, only to welcome an ugly fall on the rocks below from several meters above the ground.
He took cover again immediately, but this time noise as if he was facing heavy rain under an umbrella struck his eardrums moments after he had taken cover, making him wince every time he heard the distinct noise of a projectile going through one wall of the tent and stopping the other.
With her tail still among his fingers, Nathan and Amara exchanged several anxious glances as the shooting persisted, only calming down when the rebels realized they were wasting ammunition and the barrage of fire slowly started to lose momentum.
Nathan's heart was racing and she was going through all tones of purple when she broke the silence.
"Fine!" She spoke fast. "If you are being so adamant about tying our fates together, we can do it your way." Her tail escaped his grip, but instead of pulling it back, she coiled it around his wrist. "But we are weaker together, Nathan. I will be a burden to you when you run, and you will be a burden to me when we hide."
"Oh, to hell with that too." Despite his harsh words, just knowing that they were on the same page now was enough to give him some hope. "Sorry. I do all the running and you do all the hiding, does that work for you?"
He didn't wait for her reply and loaded the gun again, this time doing it very fast even though his hands were still shaking.
"You do all the running? I fail to understand you." She said as she stood up to take a peek at the enemies, just to recoil in fear and add, "Explain yourself fast, they are losing the fear of your loud gun."
"Sure." He grasped his backpack bottom and overturned it, emptying its contents in a quick motion. With all the items on the ground, Nathan only took the MLBCS and the little box with his drones that he promptly stored in his pocket. "We won't need any of that, which means my back will be free."
"Are you crazy, I am too heavy f-"
"You're not." Nathan was 6′3″, and he had the nanites ensuring he was as healthy as a human could be. This meant that the short Amara—the top of her head only reaching a little below his shoulder—was not a challenging weight for him to carry given her slender body.
Noticing the doubt in her gaze, he lowered his body even more, turning his back towards her in a way it would be easy for her to climb, hoping this would be all the push she needed.
"You take pleasure in testing my trust, do you not?" The tone of her voice hinted at her reluctance, but she still draped her arms over his shoulder, securing her grip in a way her claws wouldn't hurt him.
Even though they had a plan now, Nathan still felt a chill down his spine at the thought of what he would have to do. And despite knowing that he had taken everything he needed, he anxiously patted down his pocket the make sure the box with the drones was there and remembered to take a handful of bullets, filling up his pockets as some of them fell to the ground.
"Ready?" He asked, trying to sound confident.
"See for yourself." Her tail wrapped around his belly, full of tiny black spots surrounded by purple as far as he could see.
Nathan took a few deep breaths and stood up, getting a glimpse of the many groups that were advancing from both sides, trying to surround them.
It didn't even take him a full second before he started firing his revolver indiscriminately at them while his legs moved on their own, not even waiting for his eyes to decide which path he would take.
Amara's weight escaped his thoughts completely, replaced by the fear evoked by the faint noise of metal breaking the sound barrier around them as soon they left the protection of the tent.
He didn't spare a single glance behind, running downhill at full throttle with bursts of adrenalin fueling his speed. He outran the reach of their guns quite fast, hurdling fallen brunches and putting not only distance but also several tree trunks between them and the hostile force behind.
With Amara's solid grip and occasional shifting of her weight to prove that she was fine, Nathan kept his pace as his muscles burned with exertion.
For a little over ten minutes he kept going, jumping over protruding roots and ducking beneath low-hanging branches. But this couldn't go on forever and eventually, he stopped to catch his breath, bending forward and letting go of items in his hand as Amara released her grip to stand on her own two feet.
His breath was coming in ragged bursts, but that didn't keep him from starting to laugh as he stared at her, whose eyes were gentle and her entire body was filled with hints of yellow.
In a split-second though, her whole demeanor changed, all the yellow giving way to purple and red.
She asked a single question, "Is that device of yours supposed to release smoke?"
The tip of her tail was pointing at the MLBCS, which now had a small hole in it from where a whisp of smoke curled upwards, just like a candle after its flame had been extinguished.
Nathan shook his head and touched his forehead; a single word left his mouth, "Fuck."
***
This was an account based on what Nathan did during the first hour of the war. The previous narrative is based on the events of the morning of the twentieth day of the exploratory mission of Irisa. According to your current settings, no queries will be suggested.
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I'll try to just include the important stuff, but I feel like at this point our issues are so compounded that I want to give a full scope of things.
Me (23M) and my bf (22M) have been together for almost a year and a half. It's been... a lot from the jump. I had just gotten out of two back to back abusive relationships, and this is his first relationship. We were best friends for a bit and I had always thought he was straight, but had a lowkey crush on him. He only told me his feelings after he accidentally came over earlier than he was supposed to and overheard me hooking up with a friend (who I'll call Sam). I want to preface by saying me and Sam agreed before and after that the hookup meant nothing, for him it was a rebound while he was home for college and getting over his Big Ex and for me it was an unhealthy way to deal with being raped by my ex a couple weeks prior. The hookup happened once. Me and Sam never so much as flirted with each other in all the years of knowing each other. My Bf knew about the assault (he grew up with my ex/abuser), and obviously knew about the hookup. He still wanted to get together so I said sure.
Off the bat he wanted me to block Sam. I've known Sam since 6th grade, much longer than I've known my bf, and I was sort of put off by the request but after getting out of two back to back abusive relationships and being assaulted, I didn't feel comfortable to really put my foot down and didn't want to cause issues. So I did. For the next year Sam was blocked, and me and bf had other issues. He was unemployed almost the entire time with no motivation to do applications, there was a point where I was either doing applications for him (where he would be reading over my shoulder the whole time making it take 3x as long) or bribing him by saying I'd only cover his beer if he put in at least one or two applications that day. He has diagnosed - but very obvious - OCD and he was putting me in the position of needing to offer him constant reassurance (if I didn't get up to check if the door was locked, he would pout and keep me up, I needed to stop everything and watch him feed the cats, do chores, lock the door, etc or else he wouldn't do it). He refused to get therapy despite me offering to do all the work of finding a therapist and setting up the appointment, or even explicitly telling him that I don't feel comfortable being in a relationship with someone who won't go to therapy. He also tends to be weirdly controlling? Like he won't be explicitly controlling, but he'll get really depressed or even angry if I so much as mention plans with other friends that don't include him - but when he is included he just complains about being left out and always wants to leave early. If I want to work on homework or do a hobby, he gets depressed that I don't want to spend time with him. If I ask him to go back to his house (he never officially moved in. I don't want him to move in. He just WON'T LEAVE) then he says I don't care about him or even that I'm abusive. He doesn't like the job I do, he doesn't want me to pursue the career I want, and he doesn't want me to travel as it's a waste of money but traveling alone isn't an option since that means I don't care for him.
There's also other things, like his insecurity or rumination on negativity ruling his life and affecting me. He wants me to spend ALL of my time with him. I'm a full time student and I work full time and support myself, while he pays no bills and does not go to school or have and desire to. I feel like he puts me in a position of being his sole support person, and guilt trips me if I don't want to spend literal hours a day reassuring or cuddling him. He will stay at my house and not leave, or throw a fit if I ask him to leave, or just wear me down so much that I feel like I have to say he can stay. I live in 140sq ft shed conversion that I worked really hard for after being homeless. It's a tiny space that I can't get any alone time in.
Lately one big issue has been coming up. He thinks I cheated. Basically, in January, I reached out to Sam to apologize for ghosting and the terms we left off on. My bf knew I was sending that message and he was okay with it. I didn't expect a reply from Sam. However a couple weeks later, he did reply. I did not tell my bf this. At this point I was really frustrated with my bf and considering breaking up due to his lack of motivation and controlling tendencies. I was working up the courage, and I confided this in Sam as he had no connection to the situation and I wanted to know if I was truly being as abusive and awful as my bf has been saying. Me and Sam kept in contact until March. The conversations were pretty surface level. We addressed the hookup and both agreed it meant nothing and there's nothing there. He talked to me about his crush and asked for advice, I asked for advice on my situation and he stayed pretty neutral. At that point I just appreciated having a normal friend. Someone I didn't have to hold their hand through their mental health issues, or bribe to get a job, or constantly reassure. There was no flirting, no sexting, no fucking. Nothing. But I knew it felt wrong to hide the friendship, and I know that was on me for fucking up. I was scared to tell my bf for fear of his reaction - both due to the way he tends to overreact about other things, and how my abusive exes isolated me from friends in the past.
So I told my bf, and I prepared to break up with him if his reaction was as bad as I anticipated. It was pretty bad, yelling and name calling etc. But he wanted to stay together. He cried and read a list of all the things he loves about me and promised to get a job and therapy and that he would give me alone time and everything. So I said I'd give it another shot.
He got into therapy after another 2-3 months of me begging him. He went to one session and never again. He got a job a month ago because I got him a job where I work (did the paperwork for him even). But he can't let it go about Sam. I ended up blocking him again a couple weeks after I told my bf because I couldn't handle him being super cold and moody every time I so much as checked the time on my phone. He was constantly asking where I was, why I didn't text him, I don't care about him as much as he cares about me, etc. He didn't get me the 2 months of space (not sleeping over for more than once or twice a week, not hanging out on nights I have homework). Last week he wanted me to recover the messages between me and Sam, so I did and he read them. There was nothing to see. I sent screenshots to my friends, hell even my mom, and everyone agrees that there's nothing there. But he's convinced that Sam was flirting with me heavy and I just let it happen, that I was planning on breaking up with him to be with Sam, all this shit. It's been a shitshow since. He keeps blowing up every couple of days saying I'm abusive and manipulative, that I don't deserve space because 'look what you did last time I gave you space'. He wanted to do couples therapy which I agreed to, and has been hounding me about it. When I asked when he's getting into individual therapy he says he will do it on his own time and that he refuses to be manipulated and coerced into it. When I say I'm too stressed to have another 4hr convo where we rehash everything and he berates me then I'm being cold and uncaring for forcing him to bottle it up and be alone. When I ask him repeatedly to go home he will ignore me and stay, or say its abuse that I'm kicking him to the curb, that I'm abandoning him in his darkest hour. He sniffs me when I come home from work and asks me why I smell like that (even though it's just the same deodorant and shampoo I've used for years). He made me give him my location and asks where I am.
Two days ago he wanted to text Sam from my phone to say "Should I tell him?" and try to like, catch me or something. He thinks I either fucked him or sexted him and deleted the texts. I told him at this point if I did cheat I would have just said that to get this over with. But I said fine, send the text BUT I don't want to touch the topic again until we get into therapy together and I want you to go home and that's that. He accused me of conspiring with Sam to get him to lie, told me 'fuck you, I'm done, we're breaking up'. I said 'okay let me go get your clothes out of the wash'. Then I come back and he yells about how fucked up I am, how much of a hoe and a cheater I am, that I'm a narcissist and a liar. Then he starts crying about me abandoning him and how unfair I am. He alludes to being suicidal and talks about how he wants to work on things. He begs me to hug him and says everything is better when we hug. I ended up letting him stay because I frankly I was scared about him being suicidal, and I was scared about what he said about me being abusive. I really don't want to be.
But the thing is I really want him out. I don't want him to live here. He says because he got a job, and he's working on his OCD himself, he cleans and helps buy groceries, he makes things nice for when I get off work, that he's doing enough. He said 'at least I don't assault you like your exes'. Yesterday he bought me a $200 bass I really wanted, and he was really nice all day. He was pretty nice today to and had a lot of self restraint when asking me if I'm at a place to talk about something and ended up dropping it since I seemed stressed. But my summer classes are starting in 3 days. I got low grades last semester because I had to choose between him and homework and he won since I would rather have peace than constant stress. I don't think I can focus on school around him. I wasted my short summer break on this stupid drama that shouldn't even be drama. He made me leave my moms really important graduation because he wanted to go home even though we were supposed to stay and hang out. I dread coming home from work. I dread him coming home from work. I'm happier when he's not around. When things are good, they're good! But at this point it feels fake because it's only calm for so many days until he breaks down about how he cant keep shoving his feelings down just for me. I feel suffocated. I feel like I have to support this person that doesn't even support me. I'm scared to break it off or tell him to go because he calls me awful things and says I'm abusive. I feel crazy. I really don't think I'm abusive. But maybe I am?? So Reddit: Am I the asshole if I kick him out? If not, HOW do I do it??

Tell me why when Shawn and Jules finally realise their complete and utter love for each other, it's when Jules is in a relationship?
Dude I like this show. It's not as captivating as Monk or as funny as Brooklyn Nine-Nine. But I love playing it in the background. The characters are strategically designed to all bounce off each other, like a good satire detective show should.
Shawn Spencer. Hiding his insecurities behind many rolls of movie references and his relentless sense of humour. Using his intellect to put himself and his best friend in adrenaline inducing, sometimes dangerous, situations. He's a junky for the epicly new and challenging, and an addict for, dare I say, hot blondes. Though let's face it, he's a dog that'll rub anything the wrong way. It should also be mentioned, he's a complete fraud, a compulsive liar and a trauma filled donut of chaotic proportions with a flair for the dramatic. Unconventional and slightly uncouth, but very charming and easy on the eyes.
IN COMPARISON
Juliet A.K.A Detective O'Hara, a beautiful, socially awkward mess of try hard insecurity and compassionate incompetence. She's your straight A student, a gorgeous athlete who couldn't melt butter in her mouth... until you meet her. Juliet has scotsman blood, which means a wild side where she releases all her crazies and built up aggression from being nice all the damn time, to everyone. How do you do it, detective? She is forgiving, head strong, slightly unstable and incredibly organized. I do believe in Jules life, there is a place for everything, and everyone. Transparent, empathetic, a risk taker and loyal when it counts.
Except when she finally has a boyfriend.
Charming, rich, awkward and a little weird. He really likes her. It's like if Shawn applied himself and wasn't a complete dick. But obviously Shawns badassery far outweighs this mans stability because her and Shawn JUST KISSED.
But this isn't just a kiss. This is Juliet realising she doesn't want to be with anyone else. This is Shawn realising just how stupid he is that he let her get away and how bad he really wants her. This is big. Juliet's a blonde, but she's not a cheater. If Shawn had just made his move before, she wouldn't have considered anyone else. But Jules doesn't wait around for just anyone.
I guess it wouldn't be satisfying to just hand over the clearly destined relationship. But I'm a little disappointed that they portrayed her as kinda floosy when the whole show, she has been nothing but loyal. She waited 7 hours for a man that never showed, a man she hadn't seen in 7 years. She told Shawn to save Abigail despite knowing she would probably die. She stood by Carltons side when all the odds were against him on an investigation for murder.
But Shawn and Jules realise their mistakes through an impulsive kiss, while she's in a new relationship?! I don't think so.
They did Jules dirty, Jules ain't a cheater. I call for a rewrite. It can be argued that Shawn emotionally cheated on Abigail. But that's pulling straws. He made boundaries, he prioritized Abigail, and he sure as heck didn't kiss Jules while in the relationship. He's unjustifiably perverted but he's not a cheat.
And yet,
Screw that rich guy, lets go O'Hara and Spencer💣❤️‍🔥

Need help with variables for use with my custom class objects
I defined as follows
Default myobject1 = ("test", 0,2) The object attributes are name,x,y Now when i do
Text myobject1.name
I get name test
Or
Text myobject1.y
I get 2
What I am trying to figure out is how i can cycle through a list of my objects and have it return the name for each
Like $ temp = myobject1
Text temp.name
I know how to pull from the list and set temp to each item in said list, but what i can do is get it to display that temp.name
Hope that made some kind of sense

I keep getting storage is nearly full warning. The "phone and messaging" app shows 14 gigs being used. There is no way to clear data from settings and deleting text threads and contacts does nothing. I really don't want to facory reset if I can help it. How do I clear this data or can someone at least tell my what it is. I can't add a screen shot unfortunately.

I 12 F had recently been having some problems with a girl who I haven’t been very close to, but still, we were sort of mutuals this all started a while ago when we were playing soccer at the field, she wouldn’t give the ball to me, even though I had asked several times kindly and a little bit mean I tapped on the shoulder to hopefully get her to turned around just for her to turn around and punch me after this, she went up to the office as I walked around, trying to act cool like I didn’t just get punched in the stomach after that, I had gotten called up to the office and we had had a big talk about how we can’t be doing that at school this continue to go on and we signed a contract to not talk to each other, after a while we sort of had gotten to be friends again and then only a few months after we just became friends. I found out my number got leaked to a bunch of strangers. I don’t even know a.k.a. the eighth graders. I do not know these girls or boys they don’t go to my school and this girl gave them my number randomly to hopefully do something bad to me a.k.a. prank me after a while I blocked their phone. Then only a couple months later I got a text from a random number. This is the same girl who was trying to prank me. She texted me on her friends phone saying that it was this girl who will call Sally ( aka the girl who punched me ) gave them money to prank me I figured out who this was in a matter of seconds it was this girl Ally, who sally always had been talking about her saying that was her girlfriend and I asked are you Sally’s girlfriend? She replied with no we are just friends, but I’m no longer friends with her. The next day school.. i came up to her and I said why did you give my phone number out to random people she ignored the question and my best friend started saying come on talk to her practically screaming at her mind you my best friend will take the world for me and do anything for me and so I’ve gotten used to that , she was so angry at Sally, and she was defending me in every single way possible, a couple days later we started to gain more problems, She was just acting strange practically taunting me. I try to tell her that I don’t feel comfortable being friends with her nor does my family. She understood this and she left after this we went to go play volleyball at the volleyball field we were playing and then she came up to me being her petty self. She told me that she’s did not feel comfortable with me being there and I have to go. I decided I’ll leave. I don’t wanna make a big scene, but after a few steps, I realized ,what was gonna happen, Nothing will happen even even if the principal gets mad at me I don’t care. I go back ready to play the game. She goes up and she runs and tells the principal I knew I was gonna get called up, but I didn’t care so I just walked up to the principal office filled out a note without even being asked to be up there. I was definitely the bigger person. after that I came down, I saw my best friend and Sally sitting together laughing and giggling my heart was absolutely broken. I couldn’t believe it. Why is my best friend choosing her over me, my best friend has talked bad about Sally so much she says that she hates her and that she just doesn’t like her in general and she’s a pick me if you know you know I was unbelievably sad and sick to my stomach I was just so sad and wondering why it’s so easy for her to cut off one of our closest friends, but it’s so hard for her to cut off a girl who has been bullying me since the day we first ever came to school the only reason why I’m so mad at this and hurt is because she would make me drop so many people in just one second and I know for a fact that it is not hard for her to so to anyone. She literally has dropped so many of our closest friends in one second even if they just kind of hit her on the shoulder just a tiny bit she will literally just yell at them and say that she doesn’t wanna be friends with them anymore for the smallest things leaking my number and punching me is not small?? I’m hurt .. but am i the ahole?

How Retailers Can Win with FFIE

Coordinated Strategy:

1. Buying and Holding Shares:
   • Buy in Large Quantities: Retail investors need to buy significant amounts of FFIE shares to increase demand and limit the supply available for short sellers. This creates upward pressure on the stock price.
   • HODL (Hold On for Dear Life): To create a sustained short squeeze, investors must hold their shares and avoid selling during initial price surges. Holding shares limits the availability of shares for short sellers to buy back, maintaining high demand and driving the price higher oai_citation:1,Is The New Meme Stock Rally Led By GME, AMC A Repeat Of 2021? Vanda Research Says No: 'Chances We Reach That Stage Are Low' - GameStop (NYSE:GME) - Benzinga oai_citation:2,Renaissance acquired GameStop and AMC shares ahead of meme stock rally - Hedgeweek.

Estimating Shares to Hold:

• Critical Mass: The exact number of shares needed to hold varies, but the key is to accumulate a substantial portion of the float. For example, during the GameStop squeeze, retail investors held a significant percentage of the available shares, leading to a massive price increase oai_citation:3,Is The New Meme Stock Rally Led By GME, AMC A Repeat Of 2021? Vanda Research Says No: 'Chances We Reach That Stage Are Low' - GameStop (NYSE:GME) - Benzinga.
• Sustained Holding Period: The duration for holding shares can vary, but it often spans several weeks to months. The longer the shares are held without selling, the more pressure it puts on short sellers, especially as margin calls force them to cover their positions.

How Long Can Hedge Funds Last?

• Short Position Covering: Hedge funds with short positions can sustain for a limited period, particularly if the stock price continues to rise. They are subject to margin calls, which require them to cover their positions by buying back shares at higher prices, leading to further price increases.
• Financial Resilience: Some hedge funds may have the financial resilience to hold their positions longer, but significant losses can force them to liquidate their positions to prevent further damage, as seen with Melvin Capital during the GameStop squeeze oai_citation:4,Is The New Meme Stock Rally Led By GME, AMC A Repeat Of 2021? Vanda Research Says No: 'Chances We Reach That Stage Are Low' - GameStop (NYSE:GME) - Benzinga.

Hedge Funds' Attack Plan with SEC Rule 201:

• Short Sale Restrictions: SEC Rule 201, the alternative uptick rule, is triggered when a stock’s price drops by 10% or more from the previous day’s closing price. This rule restricts short selling to prices above the national best bid, preventing short sellers from driving the price down further during high volatility oai_citation:5,Key Points About Regulation SHO oai_citation:6,A Traders Guide to the Short Sale Rule (SSR)/Uptick Rule.
• Trading Halts and Liquidity Management: Hedge funds may push for trading halts to manage liquidity and prevent further losses. They might also employ strategies to create temporary price dips to trigger Rule 201 and limit further short selling.
• Risk Management: Hedge funds will use advanced risk management techniques, including hedging with options and diversifying their positions, to manage exposure and mitigate losses during a short squeeze oai_citation:7,www.sec.gov oai_citation:8,Short Sale Circuit Breaker.

Conclusion:

Retail investors can win by buying and holding substantial amounts of FFIE shares, maintaining pressure on short sellers, and staying united in their strategy. The exact number of shares and duration of holding depend on the market dynamics and the level of coordination among investors. Hedge funds can last as long as their financial resilience allows, but significant upward pressure and sustained holding by retail investors can force them to cover their positions. Understanding SEC Rule 201 and its implications can also provide strategic advantages in managing short sale restrictions and market dynamics.
BASICALLY IN APE SPEAK…

1. BUY AND HODL: Buy as many FFIE shares as you can and HOLD them tight. The longer we hold, the more pressure on short sellers. 💎🙌
   
2. UNITED WE WIN: Our strength is in our unity. Together, we can create a massive short squeeze. 🦍💪
   
3. KNOW THE RULES: SEC Rule 201 stops short selling if the price drops 10%. Use this to our advantage! 📚
   
4. BE STRONG, NO FEAR: Don’t let fear or doubt shake you. We’ve seen what we can achieve when we stay strong. 🚀
   

APES TOGETHER STRONG! TO THE MOON! 🌕🚀 All ChatGPT

In uni, I took two years of Russian language courses and two years of Russian in context--such as text excerpts and discussions in Russian. I would say that my Russian is conversational on certain topics--like university life specifically, but I lack vocabulary. I also know that I have weak grammar points (still confused about participles, the use of по, and VERBS OF MOTION OH MY GOD VERBS OF MOTION and imperfective/perfective, боже мой) that need to be brushed up.
How can I continue to work on my Russian following graduation? I have no Russian-speaking family members so that's out of the picture. I want to contribute 1-2 hours per day to this so I have a lot of time in the summer. I'm looking for inspiration from those in my shoes! Thanks for your help. Спасибо за совет!

i was trying to put text on the sidebar using resource packs but none work can if you have a working sidebar titleraw pack can you link it
i have already tried smellys just dont like the logo part

Are there any speech-to-text APIs that can give word-level probabilities, match or beat Deepgram in accuracy, and have low latency for short audio?
About a month ago, I shared my experience with Deepgram on this subreddit, and the response was incredible. Recently, u/111ewe111 asked me what specific issues I was having with Deepgram. So, I thought I'd make this new post to answer those questions and the feedback I got since my needs have changed.
Here's what I need from a speech-to-text API, in order of importance:

1. Word-level probability: I need a probability for each word in the transcript.
   
2. Accuracy: The API must be accurate, especially for common words in clear audio, finalizing the transcription only after the user finishes a sentence to make sure full context is considered.
   
3. Latency: The API needs to be fast, ideally under 0.25 seconds per call for a single sentence.
   
4. Cost: It should be affordable, aiming for under $1.215 per hour.
   
5. Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): This isn't a must-have, but it would be nice if the API supports CORS for direct use from the browser.
   

Comparing speech-to-text API accuracy has been fruitful, like comparing apples to oranges, as many providers claim their solution is the best. This self-serving marketing makes it hard to determine the true accuracy of each API.
I checked out a bunch of APIs that Deepgram mentioned in their blog post "Best Speech-to-Text APIs in 2024." Only the Nova-2 model from Deepgram and the Whisper API from OpenAI were able to return the API call within one second. But the Whisper API that OpenAI provides doesn't give you word-level probabilities. That's a dealbreaker.
Deepgram claims to be the most accurate and fastest API, but I ran into two issues:

1. Latency: Deepgram usually takes about 0.5 seconds to return a transcript for a single sentence. Most of this time is spent on TCP slow start, making the network the bottleneck.
   
2. CORS: Deepgram doesn't support CORS, which is a bummer for browser-based apps.
   

Most speech-to-text providers give you options like a streaming API and a prerecorded API. Take Deepgram, for example.
With their streaming API, you get low latency because it processes the audio bit by bit as it comes in. But it might end up finalizing the transcription in the middle of a sentence. When that happens, the API loses the context for the rest of what's being said, which can sacrifice accuracy.
Now, if you go with their prerecorded API, you'll probably get better accuracy since it looks at the full context of the audio. However, you're sending the whole audio file over, which can run into TCP slow start issues.
There are a few potential solutions:

• A hybrid API that captures audio incrementally like streaming, but only finalizes transcriptions at the end of sentences.
  
• On-device transcription to eliminate network latency.
  

To give you a bit more context, I'm designing an app that checks pronunciation. The goal is for the whole process to take less than a second. This involves three API calls: two for speech-to-text and one for text-to-speech. The text-to-speech call takes about 0.5 seconds, so each speech-to-text call needs to be around 0.25 seconds. I'm still figuring out if this is even possible. If you want to give me some feedback on the design, here's the link!
All the latency numbers in this post were tested using Google Colab. It runs on Google's infrastructure, which helps minimize network latency. This way, I can be pretty sure that the network itself isn't the bottleneck during these tests.
Now, let’s talk about cost. I have a budget of $100 per month, assuming 30 hours of usage each month. That gives me:
$$\frac{\$100}{30 \text{ hours}} \approx \$3.33 \text{ per hour}$$
I have three API calls: two for speech-to-text and one for text-to-speech. Let's estimate the number of characters processed in an hour. Assuming a fast speaker at 200 words per minute and 5 characters per word, I get:
$$200 \text{ words/min} \times 60 \text{ min/hour} \times 5 \text{ characters/word} = 60,000 \text{ characters/hour}$$
I'll use OpenAI's text-to-speech API, which costs $15 per million characters. The cost per hour for text-to-speech is:
$$60,000 \text{ characters/hour} \times \frac{\$15}{1,000,000 \text{ characters}} = \$0.90 \text{ per hour}$$
Next, I subtract the text-to-speech cost from my total hourly budget:
$$\$3.33 - \$0.90 = \$2.43 \text{ per hour}$$
This $2.43 covers my two speech-to-text API calls:
$$\frac{\$2.43}{2} = \$1.215 \text{ per hour}$$
Given all these requirements and challenges, I'm looking for recommendations for speech-to-text APIs.

So, this is my first time writing on reddit.
I (m21) found out my ex (m24) cheated on me. We have known each other since June last year, we met just a couple weeks after he broke up with his long-time boyfriend of 6 years. We live 1 and a half hours away from each other. I live in Brisbane; he lives in the countryside. So, every weekend we were always together. We started officially dating in September. I was only out at the time to my friends, not to my family, so getting into this relationship was a bit scary because he was out and proud. It’s funny because in the beginning he would try to accuse me of cheating, tell me he’s scared of me cheating, but I would’ve never done that. I loved him. Turns out, he was the one cheating.
In December last year, he told me to respond to an Instagram message for him. After I sent it, I saw a message he had sent this guy, A, he commented on his story, something flirty and it caught my eye. I confronted him about it. He admitted to being “lonely” and wanted to talk to him. Then he tells me he thought the guy was attractive. He was a friend of one of his co-workers. My ex only saw this guy once! Anyways, he would block this guy, then unblock him, then block him again, etc.
There have been times where I’ve had to confront him on a lot of stuff. For example, his ex. He told me his ex was blocked; he would never talk to him but that was all a lie. I would see notifications from his ex, he would tell me, his ex would create all these accounts just to get in contact with him, which that part was true but my problem was that he would never tell me but he never understood why that was a problem. When we went away for our six month anniversary last month, we wanted to watch Netflix but the Netflix on the hotel TV wasn't working so he told me to get his laptop and we'd watch "Is It Cake?" on there. His iMessage dings. He doesn't use iMessage. I see a text from a number and it was like "how dare you use my trauma against me" and "I just want to talk." His ex was always asking for money and would say "I need to talk it's important" and it wouldn't be important. He was always asking for money. I asked him why he didn't tell me he was still talking to his ex, he just told me "he wanted to see the kittens. I said to him if he wanted to buy one, he could see them but if he wasn't buying one, I don't want him near me" and he told me it was no big deal and that he loved me. Told me he deleted and blocked the number but I went through his blocked list, the number wasn't there but I didn't bring it up. I just moved on and wanted to enjoy our holiday. Then, when I was getting my tyres done, he told me about some random number calling him twice and he sent me a screenshot. In the screenshot it showed his call log, like, his calling history. Turns out he was on the phone to his ex, through Instagram the night before after we said "goodnight" to each other. He then said "oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. My ex called me last night about the kittens, again." and I was pissed because how do you forget to tell someone that. We ended up having a huge fight about it, he said he feels bad for his ex because he has no family and all this stuff. All these excuses. Again, I ended up forgiving him and moving on.
Fast forward to Monday, I recieved a friend request on Insta from the guy I confronted my ex about back in December, A, and I knew what was happening but I just deleted his request but then he kept on requesting to follow me. I told my ex about it and he told me not to worry about it. Then, yesterday on Tuesday, all day, I had this sick feeling in my stomach because I had a feeling something was going to happen. Then that night, I received a message from his old co-worker she said "I think you need to see this" and I responded with a question mark because nothing had come through but then the screenshots and screen recordings came through. My heart sank. He has been messaging A since December and messaged him again when he got back from my house after celebrating his birthday with me (I spent over $300 on his presents) and my family (my mum bought me a couple presents too) early because his birthday is on a Monday and I can't be there. (He stayed at mine, Thursday, Friday, and went home on Saturday). That Saturday, was my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary lunch, where my nanna said to my ex "you're apart of the family now", which made me happy but I loved him and I loved that my family loved him but that same Saturday, he went home and texted A. When I was looking at the screenshots of the texts and screen recordings, the screen recordings showed he was on Tinder. I was fucking mad. I called him immediately and said "what the fuck!" and I started reading out the texts he would send this guy on Instagram and on Snapchat. The other guy, A, didn't entertain him. He would just ignore him or just have small talk but it was just my boyfriend doing the flirting but what broke me was when A asked my ex "who's the J in your bio" and my ex said "that's my boyfriend. We're in an open relationship." I felt my heart break into a million pieces. He basically confirmed everything, said he was on Tinder and said he was on Grindr, and he said he was last on Grindr "two days ago" and yesterday, two days ago, was Sunday. I was at his house, he would've been on it when I left his. I felt so many different feelings all at once, I felt like I was going to burst. I then, just went over to my best friend's house but both A and my ex, told me they haven't had sex and my ex told me, that even though he was on Grindr and Tinder, he didn't sleep with anyone just talked to a couple guys and that's it.
I obviously broke up with him yesterday but we're stilling messaging each other. I even called him last night after I got back from my friend's house and we spoke more about the situation. I know still having contact with him isn't good for me but I still love him. Even though we only dated for six-almost seven months, I still love him. I think because this is my first relationship, I want to cling on this but at the same time, I know I deserve better. I haven't cried yet. I don't think I will tbh. He keeps saying how he's sorry and how he feels guilty and all I can think is then why do any of this in the first place? I told him last night, if you were feeling this way, talk to me, hell even break up with me. I remember in the beginning our relationship, I told him that he'd have to break up with me because I don't like the idea of me breaking up with someone but hey, I broke up with him. He told me he had made some "big mistakes" and I said "you made choices. Not mistakes. Calling it a mistake is trying to avoid that the idea has a consequence" then he said "if you want me to suffer than just don't ever get back with me" and I said "I don't want you to suffer but no, I don't see us getting back together. I love you and I've forgiven you for the past shady shit you've done and I can forgive you for this but I will never forget it." I just can't be with him knowing he did this. I had this feeling for months that he was doing stuff behind my back and now that's it all confirmed, it makes me feel good now that I don't have to constantly worry about what my boyfriend is doing. I would worry so much it was making me sick. He would tell me he loved me, he wanted to marry me, he bought me a promise ring, he told me he wanted kids with me, told me he wanted to do everything with me. He told me how sorry he was, how guilty he felt because he said I'm the sweetest, kindest, caring, funniest and most loving person he's ever met and he's going to miss me heaps but all I can think about is like if he did love me, if he did think of me like that, why would he do what he did.
This morning, we were talking some more and I told him that even that I hated what happened, that I was still thankful for the memories because before him, I wasn't doing anything. I was just working and going to uni. My life was pretty boring but thanks to him, I found this confidence and I got all this self-esteem but even though it's only been a day, I can feel my confidence and self-esteem going away. I told my family this morning, well, I told my youngest sister (15) last night because she saw how upset I was and she said "you want me to beat him up" and my other sister (17), I told her this morning and she just called him a cunt and told me I'm better off. My mum, she loved my boyfriend so she was a bit disappointed in him but I was happy when she didn't react, she just sat there and listened to me and told me "maybe you two will work things out" and I told her "no, I don't think I can" and she said "and that's fine." I wish I could talk to my dad but I'm not out to him because he's like crazy homophobic even though my sisters have told me he's asked them if my ex and I were dating lol and said he's ok with it and will love me but I don't know, I'm just still scared to tell him. Maybe one day. My cousin (26) though, I'm very close with her, she's pan, I came out to her two years ago when we went to spread our aunties ashes (weird I know but we went for a walk and it felt right) and she basically told me "I knew it!" apparently everyone knew I was gay before I even came out. I honestly felt like I hid it well but nope. The only person who had no idea was my mum lol but my cousin told me, how she has never seen me happier and was so shocked when I told her that we broke up and the reason why. She thought he was a good guy. We all thought that.
On my grandparents anniversary card, they've been married for 50 years, which I mentioned above and I wrote "I hope I get to experience your type of love one day" in a sense that my ex and I, would end up celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary, even more in the future but unfortunately we won't but I know I will someday. One day. I'm only 21. I know not all guys are bad but for the mean time, I'll just be focusing on my assignments for uni, work, and getting back into the gym. It's been a while but I'm currently sitting in the library at uni writing this listening to a mix of fun songs and sad songs by Raye, Adele, Beyoncé, Lemonade hits different now that I can relate to the songs except Freedom because I'm not black. Love the song though. I'm white as paper. Milk even. I've been listening to Kim Petras, Ethel Cain, Miss Britney, Ariana Grande, again true story, bye and We Can't be friends hit different now. Who else? Rihanna, Megan thee Stallion, Glorilla, Bia, miss Olivia Rodrigo and some Taytay even though I'm not a big fan of miss swift, her pen game is strong. Respect. I've also been listening to Dua Lipa, Ayesha Erotica, Black Veil Brides, Queen Nicki, Billie Eilish, Chase Atlantic, The Neighbourhood, Charlie XCX, Kylie Minogue, Tate McRae, Villain of the Story, Loreen (Tattoo is amazing!), Doja Cat, also my guilty pleasure song, "Jam" by miss Kim K. I love her. I love a boss bitch. I've been told my music is very confusing. One minute I'm listening to "treat me like a slut" then Yungblud plays.
Anyways, I know I'll be alright.

I (16M) graduated last Friday. After the ceremony ended I couldn't find my parents anywhere. I was looking around for them and then I decided to check my phone. My mom sent me a text a while ago letting me know that my sister went into labor and her and my dad were at the hospital. This upset me because I thought my parents were there but realizing that they weren't just made me sad. I saw everyone else with their family taking pictures and stuff and I was just standing there awkwardly not knowing what to do. My mom told me that they would be back asap to come and get me.
They did not. I waited for a good 20 minutes watching everyone else leave. I decided to just walk home because I got tired of waiting. I walked 3 miles before my parents drove by and made a u turn to come and pick me up. They were mad when they saw me walking. They told me that It was disrespectful of me to for leave with out telling them and accusing me of putting myself in danger.
I told them that It wasn't alot of people left at the ceremony and I didn't want to wait anymore. I also told them that they knew it was important for them to be there and they completely bailed on me. They told me that they were sorry and kept trying to justify why they left. I told them that it doesn't make sense for them to leave when my sisters husband were there with her and if they really wanted to abandon me they could have at least had one of them stay with me but they left me with no one to watch me and ruined what was supposed to be a good day for me.
My sister didn't even give birth that day she gave birth like 18 hours later which pissed me off more. The problem is my parents are upset with me because they wanted to take another picture of me with my cap and gown on but I refused. The one they took of me in the car I wasn't smiling and my parents wanted a redo because of it.
I told them no. I said that if they already had a picture of me and that it's all they are gonna get. I told them that there are pictures of me on my school's facebook page and they can screen shot it from there or can leave it alone. If they choose to attend my college graduation they can maybe see me in another cap and gown. But until then, I don't see why I have to put it on just for them when they chose to miss it.
They feel as if I'm punishing them by not allowing them to take a picture of me. I just feel like if they wanted a picture they should've been there. Other than that they can use the ones on Facebook, the one in the car, or none at all.

I’m literally about to crash out because I’ve had to see my ex gf multiple times this week due to graduation. We’re seated next to each other and my closest friend is her coworker and they’re also seated closely and have been having friendly banter with eachotber. I’m just losing my marbles trying to restrain myself from texting her. Like I’m not sure if it’s me staring or if we keep on stealing glances at each other 😭. We had this senior prank where all the seniors pretended to sleep over in the common area of my school with sleeping bags and whatnot. As I stood up to go to rehearsal after it was over she was right in front of me…and we made eye contact for what felt like at least 5 seconds. She was talking to this girl at our school who also did the prank mind you, but I’ve noticed that her inner circle has shrunk. She used to be friends with this other hijabi at our school, but they don’t seem very close anymore. It seems as though she is grasping at straws for companionship or just doesn’t want it at all right now.
My former gov teacher, who I’m friends with and was closer friends with her, told me that she had been depressed and was no longer talking to him anymore either (for separate reasons). But it just makes me want to reach out…or at least feels like an excuse to, especially with us graduating so soon. First and foremost, I want an explanation for why she ghosted me after being the first one post-breakup to reach out after she told me she wished we never dated.
Realistically, I know reaching out would probably be bad for the both of us and I’m leaving to go to Atlanta pretty soon while she’s going to be in Baltimore for school. I just feel like we left off in such a hurtful and muddled state that I want at least one more conversation. I guess I want closure, but any semblance of closure has never satisfied me in the past. Additionally, I think I have looked at our relationship with rose colored glasses. Though it wasn’t bad, and was often enjoyable, I think a large part of our relationship was riddled with my intimacy/attachment problems/people-pleasing, her stubbornness, both of our occasionally rude tendencies, and this general sense of impending doom as graduation grew nearer.
But, our intellectual intimacy was amazing; and I miss her yet also wish I didn’t. I often think of the great things she will achieve without me and the laughs she will share with some other woman…I just need to remember that I will meet new people. There are more people in the world with my interests that have a more even temperament and a more understanding nature than she did (not to say she’s a bad person, just sometimes too abrasive for my taste). I also need time to continue to fix and mend my own issues.
As much as I want to talk to her again, it’s time to let go I suppose.