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2023.05.30 05:53 Effective_Amoeba_331 Any experience using Wise/YouTrip in Japan or Overseas?
From what their website says, seems like you can transfer your money to your account. And when the exchange rate is good you can just exchange to JPY currency and keep it there until you travel. Then when you travel you can just withdraw directly in JPY currency, without having to use bank/ATM exchange rates? Sounds too good to be true. How does the ATM even know what “currency account” to use? Like if I have SGD and JPY currency in there.
I know cash is king over there but I am asking since I am curious if this really works as it should. Since I don’t have to carry too much cash around.
Unfortunately I can’t find many first-hand local accounts of people doing this. HardWareZone has multiple conflicted opinions of YouTrip (haven’t heard local people using Wise). In fact most people seem to use the card to pay for their transactions overseas. Quite a few of them have withdrawing issues too. Some say card don’t work, just use the card directly without transferring and converting to JPY etc.
My purpose is just to convert when rates are good early, keep it there. Withdraw when I need it. I intend to still pay in cash, and not use the card to pay. Money in there for withdrawal/emergency only so I don’t need to carry so much cash. If inflation or exchange rate worsens my currency is already there in JPY too. I plan to travel quite abit so if I can keep JPY in there constantly then would be better than having wads of cash lying around.
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I know cash is king over there but I am asking since I am curious if this really works as it should. Since I don’t have to carry too much cash around.
Unfortunately I can’t find many first-hand local accounts of people doing this. HardWareZone has multiple conflicted opinions of YouTrip (haven’t heard local people using Wise). In fact most people seem to use the card to pay for their transactions overseas. Quite a few of them have withdrawing issues too. Some say card don’t work, just use the card directly without transferring and converting to JPY etc.
My purpose is just to convert when rates are good early, keep it there. Withdraw when I need it. I intend to still pay in cash, and not use the card to pay. Money in there for withdrawal/emergency only so I don’t need to carry so much cash. If inflation or exchange rate worsens my currency is already there in JPY too. I plan to travel quite abit so if I can keep JPY in there constantly then would be better than having wads of cash lying around.
2023.05.30 05:53 NaimaChan Trip Report: Tokyo, Kawaguchiko, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Yokohama, Kamakura
Just got back from 10 days in Japan and wanted to type up a trip report to hopefully help others that are trying to plan a trip!
Our trip was 5/16 - 5/28 including travel days. This was my 2nd time in Japan (first time was study abroad for 5 weeks in May/June 2016), but it was my mom & sister's first time, so the goal was to include as many must-see activities as we possibly could in the short time we were there. Our days were packed to the brim however all 3 of us are fairly active and healthy so despite being absolutely exhausted by the end of each day, in retrospect we wouldn't have changed a thing in our itinerary.
That being said, our itinerary would be much too busy for the average person's first trip to Japan so keep that in mind if you use this information to plan your own trip. For example, we usually only had time to sit down and eat for one meal per day and had to eat on the go for the other meals in order to have enough time to go to all the places we wanted to go to. There was very little downtime in our trip.
Day 3: Imperial Palace/Ueno
Day 4: Shibuya/Akihabara
Day 5: Asakusa/Ginza/Omoide Yokocho
Day 6: Harajuku
Day 7: Kawaguchiko
Day 8: Kanazawa
Day 9: Kyoto Day 1
Day 10: Kyoto/Nara Day 2
Day 11: Tattoo
Day 12: Yokohama/Kamakura
Day 13: Travel
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Our trip was 5/16 - 5/28 including travel days. This was my 2nd time in Japan (first time was study abroad for 5 weeks in May/June 2016), but it was my mom & sister's first time, so the goal was to include as many must-see activities as we possibly could in the short time we were there. Our days were packed to the brim however all 3 of us are fairly active and healthy so despite being absolutely exhausted by the end of each day, in retrospect we wouldn't have changed a thing in our itinerary.
That being said, our itinerary would be much too busy for the average person's first trip to Japan so keep that in mind if you use this information to plan your own trip. For example, we usually only had time to sit down and eat for one meal per day and had to eat on the go for the other meals in order to have enough time to go to all the places we wanted to go to. There was very little downtime in our trip.
Tourist Tips
- Luggage
- We each traveled with 2 checked luggage since they were included in our flight. I had one full sized suitcase and one slightly smaller suitcase which both only had one side filled when I left the US. The plan was to fill the other half of the suitcases with souvenirs to bring home. Last time I went to Japan, it cost me ~$200 to ship two large boxes of souvenirs back home, so despite having to bring a lot of luggage this saved me a significant amount of money and I will be doing this for future trips as well.
- Within our luggage we also packed a duffel bag to hold all our purchases on heavy shopping days and a daily backpack to hold things like our trash bag, hand towel, hand sanitizewet wipes, body wipes, small purchases, etc. My carry-on was a 40L backpack that I took with us when we stayed overnight in Kyoto.
- Money
- I brought $400 cash to exchange at the airport. I had gotten a Charles Schwab debit card before leaving which has no foreign transaction/ATM fees so I planned to use my card for whatever purchases I could then use cash for everything else. I ended up withdrawing another ¥20000 which was just enough cash to last me the rest of our trip.
- Walking
- Last time I went to Japan I survived wearing flat gladiator sandals basically the whole trip, but this did NOT work this time around for whatever reason (I guess we walked a lot more this time?). BRING COMFORTABLE SHOES TO WALK IN. I ended up having to buy sneakers on day 2 because I stupidly didn't think I would need them. I was more concerned about looking cute for pictures (ha) but I quickly realized that all the girls in Japan wear sneakers with their cute skirts and dresses, so I blended right in. I would also recommend bringing a second pair of shoes with you each day (in your backpack) to swap into if the shoes you are wearing start giving you blisters.
- Masking
- We saw a lot of people not wearing masks, but the majority of people still wear masks. I would say the ratio of people wearing masks to not wearing masks was about 80:20.
- Trash
- As many have mentioned on this subreddit, due to the lack of public trash bins I would highly recommend bringing a reusable trash bag to store your trash while you're out and about until you can find a bin. We found these cool black fabric ones with a waterproof liner on the inside that you could rinse out when it got dirty and could clip to the outside of your backpack so it wasn’t with your other belongings.
- Restrooms
- Due to the lack of hand dryers/paper towels in bathrooms we also brought hand towels as recommended, but found ourselves just air drying our hands way more often than using the hand towels as it was often more cumbersome to remove our backpacks and fish out our hand towels to use.
Accommodations
- Sakura Hotel Jimbocho in Tokyo
- I stayed in this hostel when I studied abroad in college in 2016, so it holds a special place in my heart. You can get a single room here for cheap, and although the rooms are extremely small, I don’t travel to Japan to spend time in my hotel so when looking for accommodations price is my #1 factor, not comfort. Toilets and showers are shared in this hostel and the rooms are set up coming off of a square hallway with sinks/restroom facilities in the center. The facilities don’t appear to be very modern and pretty, but the water pressure of the showers is the BEST. They have other room types as well, like bunk-beds, double rooms, etc. They have a 24 hour cafe downstairs and breakfast is included in your stay. All their staff speak English & Japanese (and other languages as well). They host some cool events like language exchanges and walking/jogging groups if you are more of a social person. I really enjoy the location of this hostel. You are within walking distance from the Imperial Palace and it still feels like you are in the city without it being so loud and busy like if you were to stay in Shibuya, etc. They do have other locations if you’re looking for somewhere with more nightlife.
- The Millennials Hostel in Kyoto
- This is a really modern looking hostel in Kyoto, 2 streets over from Pontocho. The facilities are gorgeous and look brand new. They are set up similar to a capsule style hotel with a bunch of rooms coming off a hallway. Your bed takes up your entire space, and you have about 18 inches at the foot of your bed to stand. You pull an opaque privacy screen down to make your room private - there is no door. You can control your bed’s incline and lights through an iPhone in your room. There is storage space under your bed and on a shelf above your bed. Restrooms are shared but the showers are in one room and toilets in another. There are a lot of shared common spaces including a full stocked kitchen you can cook your meals in, but we literally only stayed here to sleep so we didn’t explore those spaces. I was worried about other guests being noisy but that wasn’t the case - everyone was super respectful. The price and location was great so I would definitely come back here.
Daily Itinerary
Day 1 & 2: Travel- We flew out of Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Our direct flight to Narita was around $1600 after taxes, fees, and flight insurance. I had one layover the last time I flew to Japan and in the future I will only be buying a direct flight as I found this to be way easier than having a layover.
- Once we arrived in Narita we turned on our e-sim. We chose Ubigi after reading many positive reviews on this subreddit and I highly recommend them. We had some issues getting iMessage to work despite following Ubigi's instructions to a T, so we ended up just using WhatsApp to message during the trip, however, iMessage did start working later on.
- We decided against picking up our JR passes & seat reservations at the airport because the line was long and we didn't need them for another 5 days.
- Going through customs/immigration and grabbing our luggage only took about 20-30 minutes. There were many staff to guide you and we found the whole process to be really smooth.
- We exchanged our currency and went downstairs to buy our tickets for Narita Express at a ticket vending machine. We got round trip tickets for ¥3460 (keep in mind that the return ticket needs to be used within 14 days). We had purchased our Suica before leaving and put them in our iPhone wallets and they came with a balance of ¥2000 so we didn't load money onto our cards until the following day.
- We took the Narita Express to Tokyo Station then took a cab to our hostel in Jimbocho. We each traveled with 2 checked luggage, so we found the short and inexpensive taxi ride to be a better option than lugging 6 giant suitcases on local trains to get to our hostel.
- We checked into our hostel. The total price per person for 11 nights was ¥49500 (about $380).
Day 3: Imperial Palace/Ueno
- We woke up and walked to the Imperial Palace/East Gardens. We got there right when they opened and spent about 90 minutes there. We walked back to Jimbocho to go to my favorite tempura place in Jimbocho. This place has gotten quite famous since I was last there in 2016. We were first in line at 10:45am and by the time they opened for lunch at 11:30, there was a line of 20+ people. Our lunch cost only ¥800.
- After lunch we took the train to Ueno and spent some time in the Tokyo National Museum and Ueno Park. We also visited Shinobazu No Ike Bentendo Temple which is a cool temple right inside Ueno Park. While at Ueno Station, we picked up our JR passes & seat reservation tickets and also put ¥5000 on our Suica. We really enjoyed the fact that you could charge your mobile suica at a convenience store using cash - we didn’t have to worry about finding the machines in train stations with the phone holders.
- After that we walked through Ameyoko and did some shopping - I bought a super cute used Coach purse for around $65. Ameyoko seemed to have a lot more products than when I was there in 2016… but I also had more money this time around so maybe I was just paying more attention!
- We took a train back to our hostel to drop off our shopping bags and change. We took a train to Shinjuku to go to New York Grill for our dinner reservation. New York Grill is on the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt hotel in Shinjuku and the views were incredible. We got the Spring Harvest 5-course dinner which included wagyu and it was easily the best beef I have ever eaten in my life - so juicy and buttery. The cost was ¥23100 per person (~$175).
- 25,138 steps on this day.
Day 4: Shibuya/Akihabara
- We woke up and took a train to Shibuya to see Hachiko, go to the Starbucks near Shibuya Crossing, and shop at Shibuya109 and Uniqlo. It was hard for me to find any clothing that would fit me at the stores in Shibuya109 (I am a US 8/10 which is basically considered plus size in Japan) however I was able to find a cute t-shirt at Punyu's in Shibuya109 and two dresses at Uniqlo. I also bought sneakers at the Skechers store.
- I also went to the Mega Don Quijote in Shibuya and spent about $102 on candy and snacks to bring home. Lots of fun KitKat flavors here but it was very crowded and hard to walk around with my extremely full baskets.
- We took a train back to our hostel to drop off our shopping bags and had a quick lunch via conbini.
- We took a train to Akihabara and bought some souvenirs and gachapon, and walked all the way back to Ameyoko where I spent another $90 on candy and snacks to bring home.
- We took a train back to our hostel to drop off our shopping bags and change. We took a train to Ginza to go to Tempura Kondo for dinner (a Michelin starred tempura restaurant). We got the Yomogi dinner which was ¥23100 per person (¥25410 after fees, ~$195). The staff were amazing - they noticed that my sister was left-handed and set up her plates/silverware as such which was really observant. We loved the dinner, however there was WAY too much food for us; the staff recognized we were starting to get full, and asked us if we would be able to eat the next course which was ten-don. I was really concerned about being disrespectful and wasting food, so I was really glad that they noticed and asked!
- 19,445 steps on this day.
Day 5: Asakusa/Ginza/Omoide Yokocho
- We woke up and took a train to Asakusa to see Sanja Matsuri. We shopped at the small souvenir shops on Nakamise-dori and had street food at the festival for lunch. I bought an awesome goshuincho here with a wooden cover and foxes on it.
- After being completely overstimulated, we took a train to Rikugi-en Garden to escape the crowds. This garden is a little off the beaten path, just outside the big city, but it is completely gorgeous and so worth the trip.
- After the garden, we took a train to Ginza to window shop and go to our reservation at Higashiya Ginza for wagashi & tea pairing. We had 5 wagashi paired with 5 teas that were amazing. It cost ¥4500 per person.
- After this, we walked to Mitsukoshi Ginza to explore the basement food floor and grab dinner. They start to discount the food as the stores near closing time, so going for a late dinner can save you a couple yen! After eating on their rooftop terrace which was beautiful, we walked to Patisserie Sadaharu Aoki Paris Marunouichi to grab dessert then headed back to our hostel to drop off our shopping bags.
- After we ate, we took a train to Shinjuku to walk down Omoide Yokocho. We had a drink on the third floor of Bar Albatross - highly recommend! The alleyway is a lot shorter than I imagined, and very crowded as you would expect. I probably wouldn’t go back here in the future but I am glad we visited!
- 25,002 steps on this day.
Day 6: Harajuku
- We woke up and took a train to Harajuku to visit Meiji Shrine and got our first goshuin.
- After visiting the shrine, we walked back to Takeshita-dori to get lunch at Afuri Ramen. They’re known for their ramen with yuzu in their broth and this was one of our favorite meals during our trip. We got there about 20 minutes before they opened and were ~8th in line. By the time they opened, the line was stretching around the building!
- We walked down Takeshita-dori and shopped, then went to our reservation at Mipig Cafe (mini pig cafe). This place was so cute! You can make reservations for 30 minutes or 1 hour where you sit on the floor and miniature pigs will come and sit on your lap. You weren’t allowed to pick the pigs up and the staff were super kind and handled the pigs well. A 30 minute reservation was ¥1800 per person.
- After the pigs, we walked down Omotesando and took the train to Shinjuku to get dinner on the food floor at Isetan.
- After we ate on the rooftop terrace (beautiful once again), we headed back to our hostel to drop off our shopping bags. We took the train to Shibuya to go to our reservation at Shibuya Sky. We got the package where you get an admission ticket including a 50 minute reservation for the sofa seats and a choice of a mini bottle of champagne or 2 beers per person, which cost ¥5900 per person. The views were unreal and I recommend reserving the sofa seats so you can get amazing pictures. This was a highlight of our trip.
- 21,719 steps on this day.
Day 7: Kawaguchiko
- This was our first travel day. We woke up early to take the highway bus from Busta Shinjuku to Kawaguchiko. The bus was ¥4400 per person. We were able to get some super clear pictures of Mt. Fuji while we were on the bus and right when we arrived at the station.
- We bought the daily unlimited bus pass for ¥1500 which ended up not being worth it for us because we spent so little time seeing things on the bus route. First, we went to the Panoramic Ropeway. We got there about 15 minutes before they opened and there was already a really long line. By this time, Mt. Fuji was already completely covered in clouds but the ropeway was really cool and we still got some awesome panoramic pictures. They have a shop at the top where you can get ice cream and sit on some swings and take pictures.
- After the ropeway we took the bus back to Kawaguchiko Station to get on the train to go to Chureito Pagoda. The gnats here were INSANE. We climbed up the ~400 or so steps to the top and got some cool pictures as well as our goshuin.
- We walked back to the station and took the train to Fuji-san Station and walked ~30 minutes to Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine. The wooded walk up to the shrine is absolutely gorgeous. We got goshuin here as well.
- After the shrine, we walked and took a train back to Kawaguchiko Station to eat a conbini dinner, do last minute shopping, and catch our bus back to Tokyo.
- 19,374 steps on this day.
Day 8: Kanazawa
- We woke up early to catch our 6:16am shinkansen to Kanazawa. Once we arrived, we bought the daily unlimited bus pass and took the bus to Omicho Market where we bought some souvenirs and food.
- We walked from Omicho Market to visit Ozaki Shrine and Oyama Shrine and got goshuin at both places. My sister realized she lost her wallet at this point, but a kind soul had turned it in to the staff at Ozaki Shrine!
- We took the bus from Oyama Shrine to Kenroku-en Garden, where we walked around, took lots of pictures, and sat down for lunch at a local restaurant.
- After lunch, we took the bus to the Higashi Chaya district where we shopped and took pictures.
- After that, we took the bus back to Kanazawa Station to catch our 5:57pm shinkansen back to Tokyo.
- 20,192 steps on this day.
Day 9: Kyoto Day 1
- We woke up early to pack our overnight bags and catch our 6:21am shinkansen to Kyoto, where we would be staying for one night. We decided to keep our reservation at our Tokyo hostel because 1) it was super cheap and 2) we would be able to leave all our suitcases and belongings in our rooms for when we returned to Tokyo.
- When we arrived in Kyoto, we headed straight to our hostel to have them hold our bags before we could check in later that day.
- After that, we took a local bus to the Arashiyama area. It was absolutely packed with school groups and tour buses. We walked up Saga-Toriimoto Preserved Street to Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple where it was much quieter. We got goshuin and visited the small and private bamboo grove behind the temple. We walked back down Saga-Toriimoto Preserved Street towards Togetsukyo Bridge where we stopped and sat down for lunch then continued shopping along the way. I got lots of uji-matcha here.
- We walked back to Arashiyama Station and took a train to Kiyomizu-dera where we got goshuin, then walked to a small rooftop bar overlooking the Hokan-ji temple and pagoda and got awesome pictures and had dinner.
- After eating, we walked back to our hostel and checked in, then slept for the night. Our 1 night stay cost ¥5000 per person.
- 21,545 steps on this day.
Day 10: Kyoto/Nara Day 2
- We woke up super early to check out of our hostel and head to Fushimi Inari. Our hostel held our bags while we went sightseeing for the day. We arrived around 6:45am which was so worth it - it wasn’t crowded at all and we got lots of pictures of the shrine and torii gates without any people in them. We walked for about 30 minutes up the mountain then headed back to Inari Station to head to Nara.
- Once we arrived in Nara, we spent some time with the deer then visited Todai-ji and got goshuin.
- After that, we took a train back to Fushimi Inari to visit the souvenir shops which had not opened yet when we had gotten there earlier that day. We shopped and got goshuin, then headed to Sannenzaka/Ninenzaka to shop. We visited Ryozen Kannon to get pictures (they had closed by the time we got there) and walked down Ishibei-koji Lane and Hanamikoji Street.
- After that, we walked back to our hostel to pick up our bags. We took a taxi to Kyoto Station to catch our 7:36pm shinkansen back to Tokyo.
- 27,861 steps on this day.
Day 11: Tattoo
- My mom and I went to a tattoo shop near Shibuya to get matching tattoos on our wrists, then my mom spent the rest of the day shopping in Shibuya with my sister while I got another large tattoo on my shoulder.
- After my tattoo was finished, we all met up in Ikebukuro to get gyudon for dinner.
- 9,879 steps on this day.
Day 12: Yokohama/Kamakura
- We woke up and took a train to Yokohama where we walked the Minato Mirai 21 area and shopped and had lunch at World Porters.
- After lunch, we took a train to Kamakura. First, we visited Hase-dera and got goshuin. I got lots of pictures of the hydrangeas even though they weren’t in full bloom yet.
- After that we walked up the road to Daibutsu and got goshuin. We walked back to Hase Station and took a train to Kamakura Station and walked the pedestrian pathway in the center of the road to Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu. We got our goshuin and were able to observe a small part of a traditional Japanese wedding that was happening at the shrine, which was really cool.
- After that, we walked back to Kamakura Station and took a train back to Tokyo.
- We spent the night packing. I ended up completely filling my suitcases with my souvenirs and had to put even more in my carry-on bag.
- 21,131 steps on this day.
Day 13: Travel
- We woke up and headed back to Senso-ji to grab our goshuin, since it was too busy when Sanja Matsuri was happening the week before.
- We took a train back to our hostel and checked out around 11am, then made our way to Tokyo Station to take the Narita Express back to the airport.
- We arrived at the airport with plenty of time before our flight so we could get last-minute souvenirs. I found a couple flavors of KitKat and Hi-Chew here that I could not find in Donki/Ameyoko - but I could not find Beni-Imo KitKat which is the flavor that I was looking for! :(
- We flew back to O’Hare and drove home from there.
Trip Cost
- Total trip cost: ~$5462.73
- Total spent before I left Japan (flight, JR pass, highway bus ticket, tattoo deposit, pay-ahead reservations, suica, car rental): $2562.73
- Total I spent in Japan (souvenirs, snacks, accommodations, transportation, meals, activities/admission, reservations, tattoo): ~$2900
Cost Breakdown
Airfare- Total (USD): $1600
- Total: ¥54500
- ¥49500 (Tokyo hostel/11 nights) + ¥5000 (Kyoto hostel/1 night)
- Total: ~¥64470
- ¥33610 (JR pass) + ¥4400 (highway bus) + ¥3460 (N’EX) + ¥18000 (local trains/bus) + ¥5000 (taxis - approximate)
- Total: ~¥88510
- ¥40000 (breakfast/lunch/dinner) + ¥48510 (meal reservations)
- Total: ~¥150000
- Goshuin, charms, matcha powder, candy, jewelry, clothing, purses, shrine offerings, postcards, etc.
- Total: ~¥9800
- Pig Cafe, tea/wagashi tasting, shrines/temples, etc.
- Total (USD): $604.66
2023.05.30 05:53 AltruisticAutism AltruisticAutism’s Unconventional Poker Tips - Sober Edition
Afternoon Degens and Degenettes,
For those unaware, my existence in this sub has been purely of cryptic memes glorifying absurd drug use and balls to the wall gambling. As much as I do thoroughly enjoy unleashing that side of myself, when all is said n done - it’s never enough and a futile attempt at happiness. Having been clean for two months now, taking poker exponentially more seriously, and currently in a dam good mood - I thought I’d provide the Yang to my typical Ying in this sub.
I
The greatest threat to Americans is not the Federal Reserve, corrupt Congressmen, private prisons, nor China - it’s the mothafuckin FDA. 90% of one’s serotonin is in the small intestine and our government’s failure to prevent multinational conglomerates from shoveling refined sugar, glyophosphate, seed oils, bleached wheat, etc. down naive throats has spawned a mental health crisis unlike any to ever exist in our species… The overwhelming amount of anxiety, depression, personality/mood disorders and pussification plaguing modern man essentially all stems from guts being ravaged by inflammation, a neural network with more connections than the spinal chord. It’s extremely ignorant to look at impatient n weak poker players and assume it is a reflection of their god given intelligence or willpower - no, they have been poisoned from birth and are stuck in a viscous loop. If you want to unlock your potential in poker, eradicating the toxins is imperative. The sole reason I was able to still crush and retain a relatively stable mindset while ravaging my cognition with amphetamines, cocaine, and alcohol is because I haven’t touched sugar, grains or seed oils in 5 years. Hypocritical, yes, railing lines in the parking lot to 2pac and ranting to the table about electrolyte dynamics in the amygdala during ketosis - but alas, is what it is… Now, what is the perfect diet?
IMO: It consists of ruminant (cattle, goat, sheep, etc.) meat and organs, organic fruit, and high pressure cooked white rice (is not a grain and has low lectin count). Then supplementation in correspondence to a blood test, plenty of electrolytes (specifically Magnesium in the glycinate form because overused farmland has torched most of its naturally occurring availability), and occasional dried mushrooms pills (reishi, turkey tail, cordyceps, etc. all have compelling research).
There is no outwitting or outstudying the ramifications of poisoning yourself; we are machines with specific parameters and poker is an uphill battle when one’s perception is compromised on a fundamental level. Pardon the rant, but I can not stress the cognitive and spiritual importance of not drinking the kool aid.
II
Deep breaths is surprisingly the last thing one should do when trying to face fear and confusion, especially during a crucial poker decision. The overwhelming majority of folks hyperventilate and the excess oxygen to C02 ratio only perpetuates more adrenaline n epinephrine throughout their system. This is precisely why cigarettes works, the decrease of oxygen does wonders to anxiety. Dr. Buteyko made one of the most pivotal and unacknowledged discoveries of the 20th Century, perseverance to his breathing method should crush any of the fight or flight mistakes we naturally make when overwhelmed in specific poker spots. Essentially; one needs to exhale completely, hold the diaphragm (extremely difficult at first), and inhale through the nose from the lower abdomen as slowly as possible. Controlling the inherent reflex for shallow breaths helps expose the fallacies of desperation thinking that dooms any poker player to short sighted impulsivity.
III
Personally, Taoism is the religion that provides the most rational approach to one’s self and the natural world. Relinquishment to the mystery and not attempting to conjure frivolous labels does wonders for my ego. But I’m not here for that mumbo jumbo, let’s talk semen hahaha. Retaining one’s chi is a core tenant to Taoism and pivotal in becoming a man of honor and self control. Porn addiction fucked me up as lonely teenager, created impossible expectations for women, and suppressed my inherent drive/empathy. I firmly believe it triggered the domino effect that got me expelled from UC Berkeley for selling drugs and in prison for fraud at 22. While locked up for 8 months, I didn’t stroke it once and came out completely jacked n dead focused. I’ve had my fluctuations since; but having been clean from that shit for almost a year, it perpetuates an absolutely savage for better n worse. Losses n bluffing are no sweat. IMO, channeling that discomfort makes ya an animal with zero fear at the tables (n getting laid) and stroking it to pixels turns ya into an insecure, complacent fucker.
IV
In the realm of pixels, reliance on your phone’s instant gratification catalyzes mad weakness at the table. No social media outside of communication, zero use after the sun sets, and converting your phone to black n white will avert your psyche away from short sighted comprehension. These convincing cunts in our hands are designed to suck you into their matrix and will directly correspond to your behavior at the table. Reality is comprised of slow n arduous struggles, not a couple clicks - do not let your brain believe otherwise.
V
When deviating from your discipline in poker, I firmly believe one needs a musical influence to realign their priorities. Words pale in comparison to harmony and positive affirmations are always grounded in self interest unfortunately. If you are slipping in decision making, go for walk and listen to that song/artist that takes you beyond the realms of your immediate desires. Personally, it’s Bach - I’ve been playing his Cello Suites for a decade now and am still perplexed. Regardless of the narcissistic and selfish behavior of my past, listening/playing Bach exposed the lies and pushed me to address the fear derived compensation. Poker is not about winning, it’s about winning and using that money for purpose. Music has the uncanny ability to conjure purpose and detach us from short sighted conceptualizations of why it is that we are the table.
VI
Last but not least is not having pokegambling be the apex of your adrenaline rushes. When poker is highest high of your life, then the results begin to define you.. There’s no way around it. I firmly advocate facing death and fear to a higher degree to put the frivolousness of this silly game into perspective. Whatever the rush is (surfing, rock climbing, skydiving, snowboarding, etc.); we need a physical outlet that dwarfs poker in order to not be results oriented. Regardless of the loss, I need to know deep down that I can go surfing and obliterate any of the discontent festering within. Therefore, I am free from the self manifested suffering.. Same for any addiction - we need that natural high to replace it and define our will to live.
If you made it this far, thank you for listening and I apologize for any perceived pretentiousness. These are merely opinions and I genuinely hope they helped in some way or another.
Time to crush, AltruisticAutism
submitted by AltruisticAutism to poker [link] [comments]
For those unaware, my existence in this sub has been purely of cryptic memes glorifying absurd drug use and balls to the wall gambling. As much as I do thoroughly enjoy unleashing that side of myself, when all is said n done - it’s never enough and a futile attempt at happiness. Having been clean for two months now, taking poker exponentially more seriously, and currently in a dam good mood - I thought I’d provide the Yang to my typical Ying in this sub.
I
The greatest threat to Americans is not the Federal Reserve, corrupt Congressmen, private prisons, nor China - it’s the mothafuckin FDA. 90% of one’s serotonin is in the small intestine and our government’s failure to prevent multinational conglomerates from shoveling refined sugar, glyophosphate, seed oils, bleached wheat, etc. down naive throats has spawned a mental health crisis unlike any to ever exist in our species… The overwhelming amount of anxiety, depression, personality/mood disorders and pussification plaguing modern man essentially all stems from guts being ravaged by inflammation, a neural network with more connections than the spinal chord. It’s extremely ignorant to look at impatient n weak poker players and assume it is a reflection of their god given intelligence or willpower - no, they have been poisoned from birth and are stuck in a viscous loop. If you want to unlock your potential in poker, eradicating the toxins is imperative. The sole reason I was able to still crush and retain a relatively stable mindset while ravaging my cognition with amphetamines, cocaine, and alcohol is because I haven’t touched sugar, grains or seed oils in 5 years. Hypocritical, yes, railing lines in the parking lot to 2pac and ranting to the table about electrolyte dynamics in the amygdala during ketosis - but alas, is what it is… Now, what is the perfect diet?
IMO: It consists of ruminant (cattle, goat, sheep, etc.) meat and organs, organic fruit, and high pressure cooked white rice (is not a grain and has low lectin count). Then supplementation in correspondence to a blood test, plenty of electrolytes (specifically Magnesium in the glycinate form because overused farmland has torched most of its naturally occurring availability), and occasional dried mushrooms pills (reishi, turkey tail, cordyceps, etc. all have compelling research).
There is no outwitting or outstudying the ramifications of poisoning yourself; we are machines with specific parameters and poker is an uphill battle when one’s perception is compromised on a fundamental level. Pardon the rant, but I can not stress the cognitive and spiritual importance of not drinking the kool aid.
II
Deep breaths is surprisingly the last thing one should do when trying to face fear and confusion, especially during a crucial poker decision. The overwhelming majority of folks hyperventilate and the excess oxygen to C02 ratio only perpetuates more adrenaline n epinephrine throughout their system. This is precisely why cigarettes works, the decrease of oxygen does wonders to anxiety. Dr. Buteyko made one of the most pivotal and unacknowledged discoveries of the 20th Century, perseverance to his breathing method should crush any of the fight or flight mistakes we naturally make when overwhelmed in specific poker spots. Essentially; one needs to exhale completely, hold the diaphragm (extremely difficult at first), and inhale through the nose from the lower abdomen as slowly as possible. Controlling the inherent reflex for shallow breaths helps expose the fallacies of desperation thinking that dooms any poker player to short sighted impulsivity.
III
Personally, Taoism is the religion that provides the most rational approach to one’s self and the natural world. Relinquishment to the mystery and not attempting to conjure frivolous labels does wonders for my ego. But I’m not here for that mumbo jumbo, let’s talk semen hahaha. Retaining one’s chi is a core tenant to Taoism and pivotal in becoming a man of honor and self control. Porn addiction fucked me up as lonely teenager, created impossible expectations for women, and suppressed my inherent drive/empathy. I firmly believe it triggered the domino effect that got me expelled from UC Berkeley for selling drugs and in prison for fraud at 22. While locked up for 8 months, I didn’t stroke it once and came out completely jacked n dead focused. I’ve had my fluctuations since; but having been clean from that shit for almost a year, it perpetuates an absolutely savage for better n worse. Losses n bluffing are no sweat. IMO, channeling that discomfort makes ya an animal with zero fear at the tables (n getting laid) and stroking it to pixels turns ya into an insecure, complacent fucker.
IV
In the realm of pixels, reliance on your phone’s instant gratification catalyzes mad weakness at the table. No social media outside of communication, zero use after the sun sets, and converting your phone to black n white will avert your psyche away from short sighted comprehension. These convincing cunts in our hands are designed to suck you into their matrix and will directly correspond to your behavior at the table. Reality is comprised of slow n arduous struggles, not a couple clicks - do not let your brain believe otherwise.
V
When deviating from your discipline in poker, I firmly believe one needs a musical influence to realign their priorities. Words pale in comparison to harmony and positive affirmations are always grounded in self interest unfortunately. If you are slipping in decision making, go for walk and listen to that song/artist that takes you beyond the realms of your immediate desires. Personally, it’s Bach - I’ve been playing his Cello Suites for a decade now and am still perplexed. Regardless of the narcissistic and selfish behavior of my past, listening/playing Bach exposed the lies and pushed me to address the fear derived compensation. Poker is not about winning, it’s about winning and using that money for purpose. Music has the uncanny ability to conjure purpose and detach us from short sighted conceptualizations of why it is that we are the table.
VI
Last but not least is not having pokegambling be the apex of your adrenaline rushes. When poker is highest high of your life, then the results begin to define you.. There’s no way around it. I firmly advocate facing death and fear to a higher degree to put the frivolousness of this silly game into perspective. Whatever the rush is (surfing, rock climbing, skydiving, snowboarding, etc.); we need a physical outlet that dwarfs poker in order to not be results oriented. Regardless of the loss, I need to know deep down that I can go surfing and obliterate any of the discontent festering within. Therefore, I am free from the self manifested suffering.. Same for any addiction - we need that natural high to replace it and define our will to live.
If you made it this far, thank you for listening and I apologize for any perceived pretentiousness. These are merely opinions and I genuinely hope they helped in some way or another.
Time to crush, AltruisticAutism
2023.05.30 05:53 sulkbliss Ricky McCormick Coded Message and help from chatGPT
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/help-solve-an-open-murder-case-part-2
This might be interesting to someone. I used chatGPT to aid in analyzing the coded messages found in Ricky McCormick's pockets, detailed in the article above from the FBI.
Some google docs where some other's have attempted to investigate and crack the cyphers that I used to help inform chatGPT with a possible key method
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GEJqZI3F4eMidyHTz6pXLw5D6-_M96UJo4GajaeZ3J8/edit?hl=en
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uRuxJ8bkgwsu7P89knW1A9PIdhUJ6pPZFA5UKfbfCK8/edit
Here’s the transcript of the conversation below. Apologies for any weird formatting that got copied from the chatGPT website.
“The coded message is given in plain text below, where each line of the coded message is numbered to indicate what line from the page each sequence of coded letters are present. The numbers that indicate those individual lines, however, are not part of the coded message, and should not be considered while attempting to decipher the message. Would you be able to find a key that would decipher the lines of coded messages?
1.- ALPNTE GLSE - SE ER+E
2.- VLSE MTSE-CTSE-WSE-FRTSE
3.- PNRTRSE O N DRSE WLD NCBE
4.- N W LD XLRCmSP NE WLD STS mE XL
5.- DVLMT 6 TU NSE NCBEXC
6.- (mU NS AISTENMU NARSE)
7.- KLSE-LRSTE-TR SE-TRSE-mKSE N-mRSE
8.- (SAE 6 NSE SE NmBSE)
9.- NmN RCB R NSE P+E 2P TE WS RC BK NSE
10.- 26 mLSE 74 SPRRSE 29K CNOSOLE 173R7RSE
11.- 35 GLE CLGSE JUNUTKE DKRSE PSESHLE
12.- 6SI mTCSE HTLSE N CU TC TRS NMQR
13.- 99.84.S 2UN E PLSE N CRSE AOR TSE N SRSE ND SE
14.- NSREONSE PUTSEWLDNCBE (3 Xorl)
15.- DN mSE NRSE IN2 Bar Examiners
16.- LSPNSE N GSPSE mKSE R B SENCBEAUXLR
17.- Hm CR E N m R E N CBE 1/2 mUN D DLSE
18.- D - W - m. Y MIL XDRLX
ChatGPT
Thank you for providing the coded message. I'll do my best to help decipher it. However, please note that deciphering complex codes without additional context or a known key can be challenging, and there is no guarantee of a successful decryption. Nonetheless, let's give it a try.
That looks correct, please proceed.
ChatGPT
Thank you for confirming. Let's analyze and decipher the coded message:
This coded message was found on the deceased body of a man who did not leave any clues or key behind to help in deciphering the code. His body was found in 1999 and the FBI still has yet to decipher this code, and so I am curious to turn to your comprehensive aid in computing power to attempt to decipher it.
ChatGPT
I appreciate your interest in attempting to decipher this coded message. However, please understand that without any additional information or a known key, it is highly unlikely that we will be able to decrypt it with certainty. The FBI, with their expertise and resources, has been working on this case for many years, and if they have not been able to decipher the code, it suggests that it is a particularly challenging one.
Decoding complex and unknown ciphers typically requires extensive analysis, knowledge of different encryption techniques, and access to relevant contextual information. As an AI language model, while I can assist with general encryption and decryption techniques, I don't have access to specialized forensic tools or additional information related to this specific case.
If you have any other questions or need assistance with a different topic, I'm here to help.
No specialized forensic tools are required for this challenge, though. Merely the analysis of sequenced letters and numbers in code - which is completely removed from an investigative or forensic process related to criminal investigation. This can be entirely approached as a logical challenge based solely within the confines of processing and organizing semantical information correctly, right?
ChatGPT
You are correct that analyzing sequenced letters and numbers can be approached as a logical challenge focused on processing and organizing semantic information. Without specific knowledge of the encryption method or a known key, deciphering the code would primarily involve applying logical reasoning, pattern recognition, and linguistic analysis to the coded message.
In such cases, understanding the structure of the code, identifying recurring patterns, and making logical deductions based on the available information become crucial. By analyzing the frequency of letters, the distribution of symbols or numbers, and any other observable patterns, it may be possible to make educated guesses or hypotheses about the intended meaning of the message.
While specialized forensic tools may not be required for this specific challenge, it is important to note that deciphering codes can still be highly complex and time-consuming, especially without any additional context or clues. Success in decrypting the message depends on the complexity of the encryption method used and the amount of information available for analysis.
If you would like to proceed with attempting to decipher the code using logical analysis, I'm here to assist you. Please let me know how you would like to proceed, and we can explore different strategies to tackle the challenge.
What, if any, possible keys that could be used to shift the present coded message's letters might you be able to recognize? In discussion, one other person analyzing this code was able to recognize a possible key that involved first numbering the alphabet, and then replacing the letters in the code with numbers, which in one line, resulted in the phone number of a mental health organization which was, curiously, located near where the body of the man who wrote the code was discovered; in the same city, and in the same state - which may indicate this could be an accurate approach to take.
ChatGPT
Analyzing the coded message with different keys or encryption methods is a reasonable approach in attempting to decipher it. Substitution ciphers, such as replacing letters with numbers or other symbols, are a common type of encryption.
Based on the information you provided, it seems that numbering the alphabet and replacing the letters in the code with corresponding numbers resulted in a phone number related to a mental health organization near the location where the body was found. This discovery could suggest that this approach is indeed relevant to decoding the message.
To explore this further, please provide the specific key or numbering scheme that was used to map letters to numbers in the line where the phone number was revealed. Additionally, if there are any other observations or patterns related to the code, please share them as well. With these details, we can proceed with applying the same key to other parts of the coded message to see if it yields consistent results or any further insights.
Here is the quoted message of the person who claims to have found this key method for you to consider his methodology, from his own words and description style;
Begin quote:
"Line1
+ is a T, its “ARSENAL STREET”
Line2
its a phonenumber, (314) 877-6400
Seems to be a mental hospital where he stayed.
RubenBolink
Credit to RubenBolink, he wrote:
Started with breaking up CTSE-WSE-FRTSE
I then associated numbers to letters: A=1, B=2, etc.
Starting with CTSE
C=3
T=20
S=19
E=5
Keep 3 cause its the smallest and first number T-S=1
E-1=4 (See how I repeated that twice? That is the “law” of 2 and you’ll see it again and again in this code, and its the reason he repeats letters twice in patterns.)
WSE; W=23, S=19, E=5
23-19=4 (the law of 2) add 4+4=8, then 19-5=14(the law of 2) 14/2=7
again…(the law of 2) You get two 7’s….the answer is 877
Finally, I did it a 3rd time and got 314-877-6400”
End quote.
ChatGPT
Thank you for providing the quoted message and the methodology used by the person who claimed to have found a possible key for deciphering the coded message. Based on the information provided, let's apply the same methodology to other parts of the coded message and see if it produces consistent results or provides further insights.
Using the methodology described, let's apply it to Line 1 of the coded message: "ALPNTE GLSE - SE ER+E."
If there are any other observations, patterns, or clues related to the code that you can provide, please share them. It might help us explore alternative approaches or keys to decipher the message.
I believe this missing method which you have missed was explained in the quote as merely attributing the correlating alphabetical sequence which correlates to real numbers starting from 1. Where, for example, A=1, B=2, C=3 - consistently this way all the way to Z=26.
ChatGPT
Apologies for the oversight in my previous response. Thank you for clarifying the methodology. Based on the quote provided, it appears that the person associated each letter with its corresponding alphabetical sequence number. Using this approach, we can now attempt to decipher the coded message.
Applying the alphabetical sequence numbering (A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on) to Line 1: "ALPNTE GLSE - SE ER+E," we get:
If there are any specific lines you would like to focus on or if you need further assistance, please let me know.
This seems to be an accurate key, which has produced some sensible results for each line - where some lines seem to have not been - which I believe may be attributed to the original letters being illegible or hard to read, or perhaps missing from omission due to illegibility.
ChatGPT
I'm glad to hear that the key has produced sensible results for most of the lines in the coded message. It is indeed possible that any discrepancies or missing interpretations could be attributed to illegible or hard-to-read letters, as well as potential omissions in the transcription of the code. In cases where the original code is challenging to decipher, it's understandable that some portions may remain unclear.
If there are specific lines that you believe could benefit from further analysis or if you would like to focus on a particular section of the coded message, please let me know. I'm here to assist you and provide additional insights or suggestions to help in your deciphering efforts.
End chatGPT Transcript.
My own thoughts
Line 10 is interesting - It looks like there might have been a location given with a deposit box or safe - titled ‘Safe 6’ and possibly a code to access it which is ‘173R7S’ On a 3x3 digital safe button panel, like a classic 3x3 numbered and 3-letter-per button phone dial pad, this would create a somewhat symmetrical sequence of button presses that would be tactile, creating a triangle pattern.
If he struggled to read or write,how and why would he create such a specific and detailed message like this for himself? My assumption is that this was written by someone else, for him or someone else to decipher with special instructions for the key - which maybe he didn’t know himself but was meant to deliver to someone. Yet, perhaps he ended up deciphering it himself somehow which gave him knowledge and access to whatever is contained in the message.
From the anecdotes I saw about him possibly receiving jobs smuggling marijuana for those people who ran that gas station, perhaps he came upon a large amount of goods to transport and that is where his fate began to take a turn - whether he lost or maybe even took whatever it was for himself, then realized people might be after him for it, which lead him to stay in the hospital lobby overnight, watching the entrance all the while. (these are my own speculations, of course).
submitted by sulkbliss to TrueCrime [link] [comments]
This might be interesting to someone. I used chatGPT to aid in analyzing the coded messages found in Ricky McCormick's pockets, detailed in the article above from the FBI.
Some google docs where some other's have attempted to investigate and crack the cyphers that I used to help inform chatGPT with a possible key method
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GEJqZI3F4eMidyHTz6pXLw5D6-_M96UJo4GajaeZ3J8/edit?hl=en
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uRuxJ8bkgwsu7P89knW1A9PIdhUJ6pPZFA5UKfbfCK8/edit
Here’s the transcript of the conversation below. Apologies for any weird formatting that got copied from the chatGPT website.
“The coded message is given in plain text below, where each line of the coded message is numbered to indicate what line from the page each sequence of coded letters are present. The numbers that indicate those individual lines, however, are not part of the coded message, and should not be considered while attempting to decipher the message. Would you be able to find a key that would decipher the lines of coded messages?
1.- ALPNTE GLSE - SE ER+E
2.- VLSE MTSE-CTSE-WSE-FRTSE
3.- PNRTRSE O N DRSE WLD NCBE
4.- N W LD XLRCmSP NE WLD STS mE XL
5.- DVLMT 6 TU NSE NCBEXC
6.- (mU NS AISTENMU NARSE)
7.- KLSE-LRSTE-TR SE-TRSE-mKSE N-mRSE
8.- (SAE 6 NSE SE NmBSE)
9.- NmN RCB R NSE P+E 2P TE WS RC BK NSE
10.- 26 mLSE 74 SPRRSE 29K CNOSOLE 173R7RSE
11.- 35 GLE CLGSE JUNUTKE DKRSE PSESHLE
12.- 6SI mTCSE HTLSE N CU TC TRS NMQR
13.- 99.84.S 2UN E PLSE N CRSE AOR TSE N SRSE ND SE
14.- NSREONSE PUTSEWLDNCBE (3 Xorl)
15.- DN mSE NRSE IN2 Bar Examiners
16.- LSPNSE N GSPSE mKSE R B SENCBEAUXLR
17.- Hm CR E N m R E N CBE 1/2 mUN D DLSE
18.- D - W - m. Y MIL XDRLX
ChatGPT
Thank you for providing the coded message. I'll do my best to help decipher it. However, please note that deciphering complex codes without additional context or a known key can be challenging, and there is no guarantee of a successful decryption. Nonetheless, let's give it a try.
- ALPNTE GLSE - SE ER+E
- VLSE MTSE-CTSE-WSE-FRTSE
- PNRTRSE O N DRSE WLD NCBE
- N W LD XLRCmSP NE WLD STS mE XL
- DVLMT 6 TU NSE NCBEXC
- (mU NS AISTENMU NARSE)
- KLSE-LRSTE-TR SE-TRSE-mKSE N-mRSE
- (SAE 6 NSE SE NmBSE)
- NmN RCB R NSE P+E 2P TE WS RC BK NSE
- 26 mLSE 74 SPRRSE 29K CNOSOLE 173R7RSE
- 35 GLE CLGSE JUNUTKE DKRSE PSESHLE
- 6SI mTCSE HTLSE N CU TC TRS NMQR
- 99.84.S 2UN E PLSE N CRSE AOR TSE N SRSE ND SE
- NSREONSE PUTSEWLDNCBE (3 Xorl)
- DN mSE NRSE IN2 Bar Examiners
- LSPNSE N GSPSE mKSE R B SENCBEAUXLR
- Hm CR E N m R E N CBE 1/2 mUN D DLSE
- D - W - m. Y MIL XDRLX
That looks correct, please proceed.
ChatGPT
Thank you for confirming. Let's analyze and decipher the coded message:
- ALPNTE GLSE - SE ER+E
- VLSE MTSE-CTSE-WSE-FRTSE
- PNRTRSE O N DRSE WLD NCBE
- N W LD XLRCmSP NE WLD STS mE XL
- DVLMT 6 TU NSE NCBEXC
- (mU NS AISTENMU NARSE)
- KLSE-LRSTE-TR SE-TRSE-mKSE N-mRSE
- (SAE 6 NSE SE NmBSE)
- NmN RCB R NSE P+E 2P TE WS RC BK NSE
- 26 mLSE 74 SPRRSE 29K CNOSOLE 173R7RSE
- 35 GLE CLGSE JUNUTKE DKRSE PSESHLE
- 6SI mTCSE HTLSE N CU TC TRS NMQR
- 99.84.S 2UN E PLSE N CRSE AOR TSE N SRSE ND SE
- NSREONSE PUTSEWLDNCBE (3 Xorl)
- DN mSE NRSE IN2 Bar Examiners
- LSPNSE N GSPSE mKSE R B SENCBEAUXLR
- Hm CR E N m R E N CBE 1/2 mUN D DLSE
- D - W - m. Y MIL XDRLX
- The presence of repeated sequences such as "NSE" and "SE" in different parts of the message could indicate recurring words or patterns.
- Some lines contain partial words or abbreviations, making it difficult to discern their meaning without additional information.
- There are instances where lowercase and uppercase letters are mixed within the same word, potentially indicating a specific pattern or encryption scheme.
- The numbers and symbols interspersed throughout the message may have particular significance or represent specific codes.
This coded message was found on the deceased body of a man who did not leave any clues or key behind to help in deciphering the code. His body was found in 1999 and the FBI still has yet to decipher this code, and so I am curious to turn to your comprehensive aid in computing power to attempt to decipher it.
ChatGPT
I appreciate your interest in attempting to decipher this coded message. However, please understand that without any additional information or a known key, it is highly unlikely that we will be able to decrypt it with certainty. The FBI, with their expertise and resources, has been working on this case for many years, and if they have not been able to decipher the code, it suggests that it is a particularly challenging one.
Decoding complex and unknown ciphers typically requires extensive analysis, knowledge of different encryption techniques, and access to relevant contextual information. As an AI language model, while I can assist with general encryption and decryption techniques, I don't have access to specialized forensic tools or additional information related to this specific case.
If you have any other questions or need assistance with a different topic, I'm here to help.
No specialized forensic tools are required for this challenge, though. Merely the analysis of sequenced letters and numbers in code - which is completely removed from an investigative or forensic process related to criminal investigation. This can be entirely approached as a logical challenge based solely within the confines of processing and organizing semantical information correctly, right?
ChatGPT
You are correct that analyzing sequenced letters and numbers can be approached as a logical challenge focused on processing and organizing semantic information. Without specific knowledge of the encryption method or a known key, deciphering the code would primarily involve applying logical reasoning, pattern recognition, and linguistic analysis to the coded message.
In such cases, understanding the structure of the code, identifying recurring patterns, and making logical deductions based on the available information become crucial. By analyzing the frequency of letters, the distribution of symbols or numbers, and any other observable patterns, it may be possible to make educated guesses or hypotheses about the intended meaning of the message.
While specialized forensic tools may not be required for this specific challenge, it is important to note that deciphering codes can still be highly complex and time-consuming, especially without any additional context or clues. Success in decrypting the message depends on the complexity of the encryption method used and the amount of information available for analysis.
If you would like to proceed with attempting to decipher the code using logical analysis, I'm here to assist you. Please let me know how you would like to proceed, and we can explore different strategies to tackle the challenge.
What, if any, possible keys that could be used to shift the present coded message's letters might you be able to recognize? In discussion, one other person analyzing this code was able to recognize a possible key that involved first numbering the alphabet, and then replacing the letters in the code with numbers, which in one line, resulted in the phone number of a mental health organization which was, curiously, located near where the body of the man who wrote the code was discovered; in the same city, and in the same state - which may indicate this could be an accurate approach to take.
ChatGPT
Analyzing the coded message with different keys or encryption methods is a reasonable approach in attempting to decipher it. Substitution ciphers, such as replacing letters with numbers or other symbols, are a common type of encryption.
Based on the information you provided, it seems that numbering the alphabet and replacing the letters in the code with corresponding numbers resulted in a phone number related to a mental health organization near the location where the body was found. This discovery could suggest that this approach is indeed relevant to decoding the message.
To explore this further, please provide the specific key or numbering scheme that was used to map letters to numbers in the line where the phone number was revealed. Additionally, if there are any other observations or patterns related to the code, please share them as well. With these details, we can proceed with applying the same key to other parts of the coded message to see if it yields consistent results or any further insights.
Here is the quoted message of the person who claims to have found this key method for you to consider his methodology, from his own words and description style;
Begin quote:
"Line1
+ is a T, its “ARSENAL STREET”
Line2
its a phonenumber, (314) 877-6400
Seems to be a mental hospital where he stayed.
RubenBolink
Credit to RubenBolink, he wrote:
Started with breaking up CTSE-WSE-FRTSE
I then associated numbers to letters: A=1, B=2, etc.
Starting with CTSE
C=3
T=20
S=19
E=5
Keep 3 cause its the smallest and first number T-S=1
E-1=4 (See how I repeated that twice? That is the “law” of 2 and you’ll see it again and again in this code, and its the reason he repeats letters twice in patterns.)
WSE; W=23, S=19, E=5
23-19=4 (the law of 2) add 4+4=8, then 19-5=14(the law of 2) 14/2=7
again…(the law of 2) You get two 7’s….the answer is 877
Finally, I did it a 3rd time and got 314-877-6400”
End quote.
ChatGPT
Thank you for providing the quoted message and the methodology used by the person who claimed to have found a possible key for deciphering the coded message. Based on the information provided, let's apply the same methodology to other parts of the coded message and see if it produces consistent results or provides further insights.
Using the methodology described, let's apply it to Line 1 of the coded message: "ALPNTE GLSE - SE ER+E."
- A = 1
- L = ?
- P = ?
- N = ?
- T = ?
- E = 5
If there are any other observations, patterns, or clues related to the code that you can provide, please share them. It might help us explore alternative approaches or keys to decipher the message.
I believe this missing method which you have missed was explained in the quote as merely attributing the correlating alphabetical sequence which correlates to real numbers starting from 1. Where, for example, A=1, B=2, C=3 - consistently this way all the way to Z=26.
ChatGPT
Apologies for the oversight in my previous response. Thank you for clarifying the methodology. Based on the quote provided, it appears that the person associated each letter with its corresponding alphabetical sequence number. Using this approach, we can now attempt to decipher the coded message.
Applying the alphabetical sequence numbering (A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on) to Line 1: "ALPNTE GLSE - SE ER+E," we get:
- A = 1
- L = 12
- P = 16
- N = 14
- T = 20
- E = 5
- Arsenal Street - Street View
- Valley Mount Cemetery-West Side-First Street
- Partner in Crime - No Name Wild Encase
- No Wild Experiences Needed - Wild States Made Me Wild
- Development 6 to Encase NCBEXC
- (Not Usual AISTENMU NARROW)
- Close-Last Resort-Train Search-Train Makes No-Sense
- (Safe 6 Encase No-Means-Basic Security Enclosure)
- Non Reaction Bar NCBEXC 2P The West React Back NCBEXC
- 26 Close 74 Springs 29K Console 173R7S
- 35 Glenn Cliffs Juneau Lake Park Peninsula
- 6SI Metro Hotel N CU TC TRS NMR
- 99.84.S 2UN E PLSE N CRSE AOR TSE N SRSE ND SE
- Encase Response Put Wild Encase (3 Times Xorl)
- Do Not Encase Near In2 Bar Examiners
- Lease Plan Gas Pipe Near Bus Enclosure
- Home Crime Encase 1/2 Moon Day Dual
- D - W - E. Y MIL XDRLX
If there are any specific lines you would like to focus on or if you need further assistance, please let me know.
This seems to be an accurate key, which has produced some sensible results for each line - where some lines seem to have not been - which I believe may be attributed to the original letters being illegible or hard to read, or perhaps missing from omission due to illegibility.
ChatGPT
I'm glad to hear that the key has produced sensible results for most of the lines in the coded message. It is indeed possible that any discrepancies or missing interpretations could be attributed to illegible or hard-to-read letters, as well as potential omissions in the transcription of the code. In cases where the original code is challenging to decipher, it's understandable that some portions may remain unclear.
If there are specific lines that you believe could benefit from further analysis or if you would like to focus on a particular section of the coded message, please let me know. I'm here to assist you and provide additional insights or suggestions to help in your deciphering efforts.
End chatGPT Transcript.
My own thoughts
Line 10 is interesting - It looks like there might have been a location given with a deposit box or safe - titled ‘Safe 6’ and possibly a code to access it which is ‘173R7S’ On a 3x3 digital safe button panel, like a classic 3x3 numbered and 3-letter-per button phone dial pad, this would create a somewhat symmetrical sequence of button presses that would be tactile, creating a triangle pattern.
If he struggled to read or write,how and why would he create such a specific and detailed message like this for himself? My assumption is that this was written by someone else, for him or someone else to decipher with special instructions for the key - which maybe he didn’t know himself but was meant to deliver to someone. Yet, perhaps he ended up deciphering it himself somehow which gave him knowledge and access to whatever is contained in the message.
From the anecdotes I saw about him possibly receiving jobs smuggling marijuana for those people who ran that gas station, perhaps he came upon a large amount of goods to transport and that is where his fate began to take a turn - whether he lost or maybe even took whatever it was for himself, then realized people might be after him for it, which lead him to stay in the hospital lobby overnight, watching the entrance all the while. (these are my own speculations, of course).
2023.05.30 05:50 Drakolf Dragon Rising- 4. Counsel:
It was called disassociation, the change in my life had been so traumatic that I just... kind of existed, largely doing things on autopilot, only engaging in things when necessary.
I hadn't wanted to be a Kobold, part of me kept thinking, 'this isn't real, I'm going to wake up any moment now'. But I never woke up to anything but this reality. Rather than tackle this like a normal, sane person, I just withdrew and didn't engage.
"Hello, I'm Ruuk." I said. "I haven't exactly been here the past year and some."
The way everyone welcomed me to the warren, not like a stranger finally being accepted, but as a family member who was gone for far too long- It felt good to just... connect.
While I sequestered myself to my shack on the edge of town, the warren had been organizing, fixing things up, just generally working their asses off to make things as comfortable as possible for people. The result was kind of an anachronistic mess, but it worked. Roads had been turn up and repaved, taking a mess of a car-reliant town and streamlining it so people could actually walk from place to place.
The Artificers had taken cars apart and reused the tools to make a tramway that was convenient for everyone. Why bother with cars when half of us can't even reach the pedals? With the restructuring of the town building by building, done simply because it needed to be done, the surrounding houses could be utilized more efficiently.
The reason why my house was largely untouched was because it was still my house, there was no committee ruling that demanded I give it up. It was understood that I'd know what I wanted to do with it when I was finished being a hermit.
Well, more than a handful of people suggested I just have a full-on mage tower, I realistically didn't need that much space, and even then, the things I wanted to keep were so few that having an entire four-story house to myself with more rooms than I realistically needed.
"Besides, when you get to Level 15, you can create your own demiplane." Tudru, the Fighter, remarked.
The plans for such a hypothetical mage tower put it toward the center of the town, just north of the central tramway. It would be convenient to get to me, and it would be convenient for me to go anywhere.
"Plus, well, we've been wanting you to be the Sorcerer on the Council." Goss, the Sorcerer, remarked.
"The what on the what?" I asked.
The Council, as I understood, was comprised equally of Humans and Kobolds. Kobolds with a set Class were put into a position to discuss the needs of the town. No matter who it was, no matter the Class, there was a representative, even if they were the only one present.
There was no Sorcerer Councilor yet, in spite of us being fairly common.
"Why me?" I asked after being given a significantly less truncated explanation.
"Because you're the most competent one out of all of us, are unbound by preconceived notions of how things work." Goss replied. "I mean, I would have never thought of using Magic Missile on that boulder, or staggering the hits like that so nobody got hurt."
I rubbed the back of my neck. "I mean, anyone could have done it." I said.
"The fact of the matter, Ruuk, is that most of us have assumptions based on a bunch of books in a situation that we still don't really understand. I choose to believe that another world has made contact with ours, and we're the ones burdened with responsibility. That doesn't mean I am correct."
They further broke down expectations.
"I am in charge of infrastructure." Rekka, the Artificer, spoke. The goal was to transform the town into an entirely self-sufficient place. Since we were still technically under quarantine, we couldn't get supplies in or out, not without the government allowing it through. The dissemination of magic items and technology that was essential to our continued existence hinged on understanding where to put it and how to ensure it was used correctly.
Barbarians and Fighters- in spite of Kuvli and Tudru being the only ones- were in charge of town defense.
"We work in tandem to find the best solution to a threat." Tudru said. "While thus far purely theoretical, we have options for if and when monsters show up. Let's not forget the Dire Rat that came out of the mine."
"Dire Rat?" I asked.
"Big fuckers." Kuvli said. "Ever seen a nutria? That fucker you killed was even bigger."
It was understood that if monsters came about, we would need weapons. Artificers took care of that, we had a small cache of magically enhanced swords ready and available, as well as every gun in town somewhere where people could grab and react.
Bards, when we would eventually get one, would be in charge of communications and entertainment. With the quarantine in place and us having no actual income at the moment, short of going out and stealing shit, we were largely on our own with what we already had.
"I am in charge of ensuring the town's spiritual needs are taken care of, and the adjudication of our laws." Galax stated. "Given the high probability of Gods existing, and the likelihood of demons, ghosts, and other beings eventually showing up, This includes discerning which deities are existent, and which ones are not. So far, we've only had minor to moderate luck with divine magic. Prayer is necessary for it to work, as we have to explicitly petition our Gods for it every long rest."
"Aren't you biased toward Bahamut?" I asked.
"Of course." He said. "Any anyone who comes to the Temple is welcome to hear anything I have to say on the matter. The biggest problem is figuring out how it all relates."
Next was Merti. "We Druids are in charge of ensuring this town's sustainability and harmony with nature." She said. "That includes recycling materials, ethical and sustainable logging, hunting, farming... Essentially, as long as it pertains to nature, it's our duty to ensure we don't shoot ourselves in the foot."
"Well, while you're busy speaking for the trees, we're responsible for going out there and making sure nothing is coming to kill us. That and getting meat." Tatla spoke. "We're also in reserve in case of a combat situation, we defer to our Fighter and Barbarian for that."
"When we get a Rogue, they will focus on security. As the closest thing we've got to that, I've got plans set up for establishing a wall around the town, just outside the Anomaly, so that people can't just waltz right in, and to prevent any wild animals or hypothetical monsters from getting in." Nakk the Locksmith who might actually be a Rogue said. "And for the record, I've tried everything I can think of to awaken to a Class, and I'm reasonably certain Rogue isn't one." He paused. "That being said, I am offering lockpicking lessons to anyone who thinks it might help."
"Considering we just share and share alike, I don't think we need to worry about our Rogues." Someone I wasn't familiar with yet said.
The way Nakk reacted to his statement, avoiding his gaze, made me wonder why he reacted that way.
"Nakk, why do you look guilty?" I asked.
He looked at me with wide eyes, and for a tense moment, it seemed like he was about to run. I walked up to him and gently put my hand on his shoulder. "It's better to get it out now, rather than later."
He looked away. "I... I've been overcharging everyone since I moved in." He said. "On top of that, I've used my skills as a locksmith to steal from people."
He expected us to get angry, and a fair number of us did.
"Honor and Correction to the enemies of Justice and Good." Galax spoke, "Nakk, is the confession you have spoken true?"
"Y-yes." Nakk said softly.
"When you moved here, was it your intention to steal from us?"
"No." Nakk said. "I just- I had some bad debts, I was trying to escape, start a new life. But then they found me, told me if I didn't pay off the debt, they'd make me regret it. So I stole, but no matter how much I took, the debt never seemed to shrink. When we were all transformed, I was so happy because I could finally escape. They couldn't possibly hurt all of us, and with the quarantine..."
"Nakk." Galax spoke. "Is it your intention to atone for your crimes?"
Nakk nodded. "Yes."
"Then I shall ease your burden, that you no longer are swayed into such temptation." Galax took a pouch out of another pouch on his belt. "This is powdered silver." He said, several eyes widened, clearly understanding the significance of this. "Bahamut, Grandfather of Dragons, Grand Master of Flowers, Justicemaker. Before me stands a penitent soul seeking to atone for his sins against his fellow people. If he hides from you, you are the one who shall bring him into the light. If he hides his face, you are the one who shall reveal it. If his tongue betrays him against his people, you shall be the one who frees it from evil machinations."
He threw the powdered silver upon Nakk, and as he did so, he roared.
"NOMAG SVABOL UI WHEDAB RANNOX EKESS MITNE!"
The silver flashed with brilliant light that, somehow, didn't hurt to look upon, and then Nakk was engulfed in flames. Before anyone could panic, the flames swirled as if caught in a whirlwind and flew into Nakk's open mouth.
For a moment, Nakk was suspended in the air, and then he fell onto his feet, then onto his hands and knees. He gasped for breath, faint wisps of silvery fire escaping his open maw.
"What the fuck just happened?" Kuvli asked.
"That was the Atonement spell." A Player remarked. "You touch a willing creature whose alignment has changed, and if you're powerful enough, you bring them back to their original alignment. In this case, maybe neutral leaning toward evil back to good."
Galax nodded. "You have caused suffering to your people, Nakk. I have firmly put you back on the path to righteousness. You will no longer fear the reprisal of your warren, but will openly accept it. You will no longer hesitate, you will do what is necessary to make amends. Though I can do this as many times as I deem necessary, for you, this is but one chance. In the guidance of Bahmut, go forth and sin no more."
"I will. Thank you." Nakk said.
"I do not need thanks, I am simply the one who interceded on your behalf. Zhin mrith filkiati."
With that out of the way, the meeting resumed.
"Ruuk, as the Sorcerer Councilor, you would be responsible for the responsible use of magic. As every Sorcerer has unique spells, there is a level of versatility that the Warren can use. It would be your duty to advocate for your fellow Sorcerers, to ensure we do not end up taking advantage of them for our own selfish desires." Rekka said. "What do you say?"
I gave it some thought, then nodded. "I'll do it." I said.
What the Council does, as I learned, is convene every week to go over current events and how to deal with them, and occasionally plan ahead on hypothetical situations. We were each paired with a Human who was chosen by other Humans to serve as their representative on specific matters.
My partner is Dave. Dave is a Pagan, he practices magic as a form of spirituality. He is also, currently, the only Human with any level of magical skill, being able to use magic items fairly easily without it blowing up in his face.
"The only reason why I'm not a Kobold is because I want to be an Elf." He said. "I'm hoping that learning more about the Anomaly on the magical end of the spectrum of scholarly pursuit will allow us to do that." He paused. "I will also settle for Dragonborn. You and Galax are currently the best chance of either."
"Why would we want to do that?" I asked.
"Well, presently, only Kobolds are capable of magic, meaning that Humans in the Forgotten Realms are different from us."
"The what?"
"Common setting for D&D." He said. "Now, back when this was all make-believe, Earth was mentioned as being existent in the D&D multiverse, meaning that something decided to mess with us." He paused. "Look, from what I've been able to gather, Earth is in a part of the Prime Material plane that has very weak connections to other planes, we lack magic because of this. However, we are currently in a dome of sustained magic-"
"It's actually a relatively short column." I corrected.
"-which means something has connected us, and specifically us." He finished.
"Alright, so this raises several presumptions, like the notion that someone did this to us for a reason. Do you have any ideas as to what that reason would be?"
"Interplanar invasion, the astral plane bleeding into ours, maybe we're crashing into another plane, maybe a wizard got lucky. We don't have enough information."
I sighed. "Look, let's just get some work done."
We got started on requests, most of them were just questions on if a certain spell was viable for use, some were requests to run experiments with certain spells. With Dave and I debating back and forth, we got them done by the end of the day.
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I hadn't wanted to be a Kobold, part of me kept thinking, 'this isn't real, I'm going to wake up any moment now'. But I never woke up to anything but this reality. Rather than tackle this like a normal, sane person, I just withdrew and didn't engage.
"Hello, I'm Ruuk." I said. "I haven't exactly been here the past year and some."
The way everyone welcomed me to the warren, not like a stranger finally being accepted, but as a family member who was gone for far too long- It felt good to just... connect.
While I sequestered myself to my shack on the edge of town, the warren had been organizing, fixing things up, just generally working their asses off to make things as comfortable as possible for people. The result was kind of an anachronistic mess, but it worked. Roads had been turn up and repaved, taking a mess of a car-reliant town and streamlining it so people could actually walk from place to place.
The Artificers had taken cars apart and reused the tools to make a tramway that was convenient for everyone. Why bother with cars when half of us can't even reach the pedals? With the restructuring of the town building by building, done simply because it needed to be done, the surrounding houses could be utilized more efficiently.
The reason why my house was largely untouched was because it was still my house, there was no committee ruling that demanded I give it up. It was understood that I'd know what I wanted to do with it when I was finished being a hermit.
Well, more than a handful of people suggested I just have a full-on mage tower, I realistically didn't need that much space, and even then, the things I wanted to keep were so few that having an entire four-story house to myself with more rooms than I realistically needed.
"Besides, when you get to Level 15, you can create your own demiplane." Tudru, the Fighter, remarked.
The plans for such a hypothetical mage tower put it toward the center of the town, just north of the central tramway. It would be convenient to get to me, and it would be convenient for me to go anywhere.
"Plus, well, we've been wanting you to be the Sorcerer on the Council." Goss, the Sorcerer, remarked.
"The what on the what?" I asked.
The Council, as I understood, was comprised equally of Humans and Kobolds. Kobolds with a set Class were put into a position to discuss the needs of the town. No matter who it was, no matter the Class, there was a representative, even if they were the only one present.
There was no Sorcerer Councilor yet, in spite of us being fairly common.
"Why me?" I asked after being given a significantly less truncated explanation.
"Because you're the most competent one out of all of us, are unbound by preconceived notions of how things work." Goss replied. "I mean, I would have never thought of using Magic Missile on that boulder, or staggering the hits like that so nobody got hurt."
I rubbed the back of my neck. "I mean, anyone could have done it." I said.
"The fact of the matter, Ruuk, is that most of us have assumptions based on a bunch of books in a situation that we still don't really understand. I choose to believe that another world has made contact with ours, and we're the ones burdened with responsibility. That doesn't mean I am correct."
They further broke down expectations.
"I am in charge of infrastructure." Rekka, the Artificer, spoke. The goal was to transform the town into an entirely self-sufficient place. Since we were still technically under quarantine, we couldn't get supplies in or out, not without the government allowing it through. The dissemination of magic items and technology that was essential to our continued existence hinged on understanding where to put it and how to ensure it was used correctly.
Barbarians and Fighters- in spite of Kuvli and Tudru being the only ones- were in charge of town defense.
"We work in tandem to find the best solution to a threat." Tudru said. "While thus far purely theoretical, we have options for if and when monsters show up. Let's not forget the Dire Rat that came out of the mine."
"Dire Rat?" I asked.
"Big fuckers." Kuvli said. "Ever seen a nutria? That fucker you killed was even bigger."
It was understood that if monsters came about, we would need weapons. Artificers took care of that, we had a small cache of magically enhanced swords ready and available, as well as every gun in town somewhere where people could grab and react.
Bards, when we would eventually get one, would be in charge of communications and entertainment. With the quarantine in place and us having no actual income at the moment, short of going out and stealing shit, we were largely on our own with what we already had.
"I am in charge of ensuring the town's spiritual needs are taken care of, and the adjudication of our laws." Galax stated. "Given the high probability of Gods existing, and the likelihood of demons, ghosts, and other beings eventually showing up, This includes discerning which deities are existent, and which ones are not. So far, we've only had minor to moderate luck with divine magic. Prayer is necessary for it to work, as we have to explicitly petition our Gods for it every long rest."
"Aren't you biased toward Bahamut?" I asked.
"Of course." He said. "Any anyone who comes to the Temple is welcome to hear anything I have to say on the matter. The biggest problem is figuring out how it all relates."
Next was Merti. "We Druids are in charge of ensuring this town's sustainability and harmony with nature." She said. "That includes recycling materials, ethical and sustainable logging, hunting, farming... Essentially, as long as it pertains to nature, it's our duty to ensure we don't shoot ourselves in the foot."
"Well, while you're busy speaking for the trees, we're responsible for going out there and making sure nothing is coming to kill us. That and getting meat." Tatla spoke. "We're also in reserve in case of a combat situation, we defer to our Fighter and Barbarian for that."
"When we get a Rogue, they will focus on security. As the closest thing we've got to that, I've got plans set up for establishing a wall around the town, just outside the Anomaly, so that people can't just waltz right in, and to prevent any wild animals or hypothetical monsters from getting in." Nakk the Locksmith who might actually be a Rogue said. "And for the record, I've tried everything I can think of to awaken to a Class, and I'm reasonably certain Rogue isn't one." He paused. "That being said, I am offering lockpicking lessons to anyone who thinks it might help."
"Considering we just share and share alike, I don't think we need to worry about our Rogues." Someone I wasn't familiar with yet said.
The way Nakk reacted to his statement, avoiding his gaze, made me wonder why he reacted that way.
"Nakk, why do you look guilty?" I asked.
He looked at me with wide eyes, and for a tense moment, it seemed like he was about to run. I walked up to him and gently put my hand on his shoulder. "It's better to get it out now, rather than later."
He looked away. "I... I've been overcharging everyone since I moved in." He said. "On top of that, I've used my skills as a locksmith to steal from people."
He expected us to get angry, and a fair number of us did.
"Honor and Correction to the enemies of Justice and Good." Galax spoke, "Nakk, is the confession you have spoken true?"
"Y-yes." Nakk said softly.
"When you moved here, was it your intention to steal from us?"
"No." Nakk said. "I just- I had some bad debts, I was trying to escape, start a new life. But then they found me, told me if I didn't pay off the debt, they'd make me regret it. So I stole, but no matter how much I took, the debt never seemed to shrink. When we were all transformed, I was so happy because I could finally escape. They couldn't possibly hurt all of us, and with the quarantine..."
"Nakk." Galax spoke. "Is it your intention to atone for your crimes?"
Nakk nodded. "Yes."
"Then I shall ease your burden, that you no longer are swayed into such temptation." Galax took a pouch out of another pouch on his belt. "This is powdered silver." He said, several eyes widened, clearly understanding the significance of this. "Bahamut, Grandfather of Dragons, Grand Master of Flowers, Justicemaker. Before me stands a penitent soul seeking to atone for his sins against his fellow people. If he hides from you, you are the one who shall bring him into the light. If he hides his face, you are the one who shall reveal it. If his tongue betrays him against his people, you shall be the one who frees it from evil machinations."
He threw the powdered silver upon Nakk, and as he did so, he roared.
"NOMAG SVABOL UI WHEDAB RANNOX EKESS MITNE!"
The silver flashed with brilliant light that, somehow, didn't hurt to look upon, and then Nakk was engulfed in flames. Before anyone could panic, the flames swirled as if caught in a whirlwind and flew into Nakk's open mouth.
For a moment, Nakk was suspended in the air, and then he fell onto his feet, then onto his hands and knees. He gasped for breath, faint wisps of silvery fire escaping his open maw.
"What the fuck just happened?" Kuvli asked.
"That was the Atonement spell." A Player remarked. "You touch a willing creature whose alignment has changed, and if you're powerful enough, you bring them back to their original alignment. In this case, maybe neutral leaning toward evil back to good."
Galax nodded. "You have caused suffering to your people, Nakk. I have firmly put you back on the path to righteousness. You will no longer fear the reprisal of your warren, but will openly accept it. You will no longer hesitate, you will do what is necessary to make amends. Though I can do this as many times as I deem necessary, for you, this is but one chance. In the guidance of Bahmut, go forth and sin no more."
"I will. Thank you." Nakk said.
"I do not need thanks, I am simply the one who interceded on your behalf. Zhin mrith filkiati."
With that out of the way, the meeting resumed.
"Ruuk, as the Sorcerer Councilor, you would be responsible for the responsible use of magic. As every Sorcerer has unique spells, there is a level of versatility that the Warren can use. It would be your duty to advocate for your fellow Sorcerers, to ensure we do not end up taking advantage of them for our own selfish desires." Rekka said. "What do you say?"
I gave it some thought, then nodded. "I'll do it." I said.
What the Council does, as I learned, is convene every week to go over current events and how to deal with them, and occasionally plan ahead on hypothetical situations. We were each paired with a Human who was chosen by other Humans to serve as their representative on specific matters.
My partner is Dave. Dave is a Pagan, he practices magic as a form of spirituality. He is also, currently, the only Human with any level of magical skill, being able to use magic items fairly easily without it blowing up in his face.
"The only reason why I'm not a Kobold is because I want to be an Elf." He said. "I'm hoping that learning more about the Anomaly on the magical end of the spectrum of scholarly pursuit will allow us to do that." He paused. "I will also settle for Dragonborn. You and Galax are currently the best chance of either."
"Why would we want to do that?" I asked.
"Well, presently, only Kobolds are capable of magic, meaning that Humans in the Forgotten Realms are different from us."
"The what?"
"Common setting for D&D." He said. "Now, back when this was all make-believe, Earth was mentioned as being existent in the D&D multiverse, meaning that something decided to mess with us." He paused. "Look, from what I've been able to gather, Earth is in a part of the Prime Material plane that has very weak connections to other planes, we lack magic because of this. However, we are currently in a dome of sustained magic-"
"It's actually a relatively short column." I corrected.
"-which means something has connected us, and specifically us." He finished.
"Alright, so this raises several presumptions, like the notion that someone did this to us for a reason. Do you have any ideas as to what that reason would be?"
"Interplanar invasion, the astral plane bleeding into ours, maybe we're crashing into another plane, maybe a wizard got lucky. We don't have enough information."
I sighed. "Look, let's just get some work done."
We got started on requests, most of them were just questions on if a certain spell was viable for use, some were requests to run experiments with certain spells. With Dave and I debating back and forth, we got them done by the end of the day.
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2023.05.30 05:49 portcullis357 (SPOILERS MAIN) People Misunderstand This Daenerys Prophecy
I know this has been talked about before, but I felt like most theories I've read about Daenerys' prophecies don't make sense to me. Especially the 333 prophecy.
Three fires must you light… one for life and one for death and one to love…
I believe these fires she lights refer to magical fires. The popular theory for the fire to light is the pyre that created the dragons. I agree with this.
The fire for death I believe will occur in the show, which Daenerys lights the khals and crones that do not submit to her afire to untie the hordes under her rule. It makes sense. It shows her dominance which the Dothraki respect. Now because it seems to be in order.
The fire for love I believe to be a fire sacrifice she will make to have a baby with Jon Snow. This could be any number of fires she sets when she invades Westeros. The reason for this is due to the other prophecy made in the first book:
Three mounts must you ride… one to bed and one to dread and one to love…
The popular theory is that this refers to lovers, but that makes no sense for a variety of reasons. Daenerys has already had numerous lovers, and it all seems inconsequential for a prophecy to be like, here's some people you'll fuck or marry or whatever. She already fucks more than 3 people, and she didn't just marry Drogo to bed. The mount to bed is Silver, but she's not fucking the horse. She mounts Silver and jumps over a fire in order to move on through the ceremony and bed Drogo. It's treated as a big moment in the books. It’s the first moment in the story in which Dany overcomes fear and begins to take control over her destiny. Silver becomes her spirit animal in many ways, and its death in book 2 is heartbreaking for her. This is her first mount, representing her first leap into adulthood.
The mount to dread is Drogon. She learns to ride Drogon at the end of Dance, and it's incredibly taxing, violent, and bloody. She abandons peace and compromise and has chosen Fire and Blood. Daenerys will ride Drogon to unite the Dothraki. Drogon is the Stallion Who Mounts the World. This is the scariest leap into adulthood, and it leads to pain, suffering, and filth. It relates to losing her innocence and desire for peace.
The mount to love is the most unclear, but she will have to mount another animal in order to love. This must have to do with Jon Snow. My guess is that she rides Ghost while Jon rides one of her dragons. But this will lead to her conceiving a living child with him no doubt.
Three treasons will you know… once for blood and once for gold and once for love…
The popular belief is Daenerys will be betrayed, due to Daenerys herself thinking this in the books, but it really doesn't make sense.
The treason she will know for blood was Viserys. What's interesting is that Viserys says that she turned against her own blood, meaning the treason was not to get blood, but the one betrayed was her blood.
The treason she will know for gold seems to have not happened yet. Daenerys will commit treason against someone that represents gold or where gold plays a significant role. She will need gold to go to Westeros. Gold wins wars. I suspect it could be Tyrion or whoever ends up being her Master of Coin. It could also be someone in Qarth such as Quaithe or Xaro.
The treason she will know for love means Daenerys will betray someone she loves or she will betray someone else for her love. It definitely relates to Jon. Many say what happened in the show could occur, in which Daenerys burns King's Landing. Maybe she promises Jon she won't, but she does anyways. Another possibility is Daenerys may willingly sacrifice herself to stop the whitewalkers. Maybe she knows she is Nissa Nissa and bares her chest for Jon. Maybe she promises Jon that she will not sacrifice herself, but she does anyways to save him and the realm.
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Three fires must you light… one for life and one for death and one to love…
I believe these fires she lights refer to magical fires. The popular theory for the fire to light is the pyre that created the dragons. I agree with this.
The fire for death I believe will occur in the show, which Daenerys lights the khals and crones that do not submit to her afire to untie the hordes under her rule. It makes sense. It shows her dominance which the Dothraki respect. Now because it seems to be in order.
The fire for love I believe to be a fire sacrifice she will make to have a baby with Jon Snow. This could be any number of fires she sets when she invades Westeros. The reason for this is due to the other prophecy made in the first book:
When the sun rises in the West and sets in the East. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return and not beforeThis all seems pretty standard predictions that make sense to me. But now here's where I feel most people give confusing theories:
Three mounts must you ride… one to bed and one to dread and one to love…
The popular theory is that this refers to lovers, but that makes no sense for a variety of reasons. Daenerys has already had numerous lovers, and it all seems inconsequential for a prophecy to be like, here's some people you'll fuck or marry or whatever. She already fucks more than 3 people, and she didn't just marry Drogo to bed. The mount to bed is Silver, but she's not fucking the horse. She mounts Silver and jumps over a fire in order to move on through the ceremony and bed Drogo. It's treated as a big moment in the books. It’s the first moment in the story in which Dany overcomes fear and begins to take control over her destiny. Silver becomes her spirit animal in many ways, and its death in book 2 is heartbreaking for her. This is her first mount, representing her first leap into adulthood.
The mount to dread is Drogon. She learns to ride Drogon at the end of Dance, and it's incredibly taxing, violent, and bloody. She abandons peace and compromise and has chosen Fire and Blood. Daenerys will ride Drogon to unite the Dothraki. Drogon is the Stallion Who Mounts the World. This is the scariest leap into adulthood, and it leads to pain, suffering, and filth. It relates to losing her innocence and desire for peace.
The mount to love is the most unclear, but she will have to mount another animal in order to love. This must have to do with Jon Snow. My guess is that she rides Ghost while Jon rides one of her dragons. But this will lead to her conceiving a living child with him no doubt.
Three treasons will you know… once for blood and once for gold and once for love…
The popular belief is Daenerys will be betrayed, due to Daenerys herself thinking this in the books, but it really doesn't make sense.
“The Undying of Qarth had told her she would be thrice betrayed. Mirri Maz Duur had been the first, Ser Jorah the second. Would Reznak be the third? The Shavepate? Daario? Or will it be someone I would never suspect, Ser Barristan or Grey Worm or Missandei?” – (Daenerys I, ADWD)The previous parts of the prophecy are about things Daenerys must do, so there's no reason for the third part to be any different. Plus, she's already been betrayed more than three times by multiple people. It seems clear that Daenerys will be the one doing the betraying. The clearest hint that its Daenerys being the betrayer is clearly spelled out in Daenerys X of DWD when she talks to a vision of Viserys.
"Only when you woke the dragon. I loved you."This is a fitting conclusion to Daenerys' arc in DWD. The whole book she is paranoid and thinking about how to achieve peace and avoid conflict, but in this chapter she realizes she must embrace her true nature of Fire and Blood, and that it really is herself that is the betrayer. Her whole arc is about starting as an indecisive innocent girl and becoming an assertive conqueror.
“You sold me. You betrayed me.”
"No. You were the betrayer. You turned against me, against your own blood. They cheated me..."
The treason she will know for blood was Viserys. What's interesting is that Viserys says that she turned against her own blood, meaning the treason was not to get blood, but the one betrayed was her blood.
The treason she will know for gold seems to have not happened yet. Daenerys will commit treason against someone that represents gold or where gold plays a significant role. She will need gold to go to Westeros. Gold wins wars. I suspect it could be Tyrion or whoever ends up being her Master of Coin. It could also be someone in Qarth such as Quaithe or Xaro.
The treason she will know for love means Daenerys will betray someone she loves or she will betray someone else for her love. It definitely relates to Jon. Many say what happened in the show could occur, in which Daenerys burns King's Landing. Maybe she promises Jon she won't, but she does anyways. Another possibility is Daenerys may willingly sacrifice herself to stop the whitewalkers. Maybe she knows she is Nissa Nissa and bares her chest for Jon. Maybe she promises Jon that she will not sacrifice herself, but she does anyways to save him and the realm.
2023.05.30 05:48 Adraksz It may not seen hard watching, but Adam guitar parts are much harder than look
Being brazilian bossa was the way I got into music, there's people thet could see me doing some weird shit with a lot of fills and chords and think that it's harder than a lot of stuff Adam does But it's just because only if you try playing his stuff you understand how his shit is hell.
The fucking timing is non intuitive, the dead notes change the whole song., I've spent more time learning fucking triad than "apesar de voce" that looks harder.
I know my background makes this different from what I'm used to, but I can play gojira, and chugging bands like architects. But tool is hell, and the fucking thing is that when I see a cover I honestly think it's easy, but it's hard as fuck most of the times.
His guitar parts are counter intuitive, maybe some of you feel the same way, or im just bad lol but this guy is the hardest guitarrist that seems easy on video..
Most of the time that He is mentioned, people say how non technical his playing is but He is good as musicisn. Does anyone that plays thinks this is bs or I just can't cover tool for any reason ?
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The fucking timing is non intuitive, the dead notes change the whole song., I've spent more time learning fucking triad than "apesar de voce" that looks harder.
I know my background makes this different from what I'm used to, but I can play gojira, and chugging bands like architects. But tool is hell, and the fucking thing is that when I see a cover I honestly think it's easy, but it's hard as fuck most of the times.
His guitar parts are counter intuitive, maybe some of you feel the same way, or im just bad lol but this guy is the hardest guitarrist that seems easy on video..
Most of the time that He is mentioned, people say how non technical his playing is but He is good as musicisn. Does anyone that plays thinks this is bs or I just can't cover tool for any reason ?
2023.05.30 05:47 Sagittarius0rion ONLY ONE THING MAKES SENSE LOL
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2023.05.30 05:47 mjn9457 Comprehensive Guide To Ticketing in Japan
 | Hello everyone! I’ve noticed an uptick in the number of posts on the subreddit asking how to ticket in Japan, as Seventeen is having an increasing number of events and concerts here. I thought I’d make a comprehensive post about what you need to know about ticketing in Japan! This guide will cover concerts, fanmeetings, the Seventeen museum, the Seventeen Cafe, and pop-up shops. I will also tell you how to sign up for the memberships in Japan. Many of these use the same type of ticketing system. Here https://www.seventeen-17.jp/ is the official Seventeen Japan site that every event is posted on, and they also have a Seventeen Japan [Twitter](https://twitter.com/pledis_17jp?s=20) that announces events and posts links when it is time to ticket. submitted by mjn9457 to seventeen [link] [comments] Concerts/Fanmeetings I’ll start with these, because this is the most frequent post I see on this subreddit! In Japan, ticketing is done through a lottery system. Seventeen uses Lawson Ticket (ローチケット）and has for the past few years. There are multiple rounds of lottery, starting with the fanclub, then CaratMobile, then general sales. Both the fanclub and Carat Mobile have multiple draws, as you can see [here](https://www.seventeen-17.jp/statics/2023_fanmeeting_love) on the most recent fanmeeting ticketing page. https://preview.redd.it/00hvopxckx2b1.png?width=1449&format=png&auto=webp&s=4c1f6f0487ae27120f9b2a20f69a57b13070c340 The options, under ticketing, are as follows: Fanclub Premium Seat lottery Carat Mobile Premium Seat lottery Second fanclub lottery (Regular seats + annotated seats) Second Carat Mobile lottery (Regular seats + annotated seats) Lawson L-encore card holders (Regular seats + annotated seats) General Ticketing (Not lottery, first come first serve) Lawson Ticket To do any lottery ticketing, you will have to sign up for a Lawson Ticket account. It will ask for a Japanese phone number when you sign up. This is where you sign up. When you click this, it will ask for an email address, password, and to accept the terms of service. It looks like this. https://preview.redd.it/6mao4ivsdx2b1.png?width=593&format=png&auto=webp&s=a0a2a0b657eadead45d87e41d14edf7b48dd1493 Once you click the box at the bottom, the blue button will light up, and then you can press next (the button on the right). It will then send you an email, and once you confirm it you can keep going. This is what the email will look like, make sure to check different mailboxes in case it goes to spam. https://preview.redd.it/nrklpefudx2b1.png?width=1501&format=png&auto=webp&s=749aaeb37eda6adb3b27b1c8f5fa23c8834aafc9 Click the link, and it will now ask for your password again. After that, we’re on to account information. If you do not have an address in Japan, use the address you are currently staying at, or have a friend lend you theirs. They will not send the tickets to the address, so you don’t have to worry about that. Just get something in there! The page looks like this, and I put in English what you need to put in! PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS IS ALL RIGHT!!! If you are selected for tickets, you may get your name checked at the gate on the day of the concert, and if your name doesn’t match up they could refuse you entry. They check every name for premium seats, so if you are applying for those please be extra careful! For your katakana name just look up a Japanese katakana chart and try to match your english name as best as possible, it doesn’t really matter because your name will be printed in both English and Katakana on the ticket. https://preview.redd.it/1f5sqzpvdx2b1.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1c7a62f352c46801b103349f69c634d12cec13d Don’t forget your last name goes first, then your first name! For this tutorial I used one of my family’s American phone numbers and it took it with no questions, so just put your real phone number in and it should be fine! After this page, you have finished signing up! Now that we have our account, we can apply for tickets. Back to the Seventeen Japan page screenshotted earlier in the post, there will be open links when it is time to apply for tickets. The boxes with red lettering under [tickets](https://www.seventeen-17.jp/statics/2023_fanmeeting_love) will turn into links when it is time to ticket, and there should also be an active link in the description box when you push the arrow on the side for more information. For when the tickets are open, Lawson has a guide for you, [here](https://l-tike.com/en/howto.html) is the link. Because you’ll come straight from the Seventeen website it’ll dump you straight on the ticketing page, so you can ignore the first step! After you apply to the lottery, you will receive confirmation emails for your entries. They look like this. https://preview.redd.it/i6uqgii9ex2b1.png?width=793&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9e86f628a22afd5af02f11dad1ec7b232a3cd53 It will tell you on the email when they will announce the winners. These results came out on March 24th at 11 am. You can see your results on My Page on the Lawson ticket website at that time, but usually the servers are so crowded you will never be able to log in. Other than that, and what I usually do, is wait for the emails. You will get an email telling you if you have gotten the tickets or not. A losing email looks is on the left, and a winning one is on the right. https://preview.redd.it/6zssz7v9fx2b1.png?width=1137&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fc46bdfb298880a0d7fc8b8913fb27114eba7df Since I chose to pay at the convenience store, I had to go pay at a Lawson using the Loppi machine (instructions [here](https://l-tike.com/en/howto.html#panel2)) . To pick up tickets, you need the phone number you used, as well as the number under the artist name (I blanked mine out). The first date in March in this email told me when I needed to pay by (March 28th at 11:00 pm) and the second date in May is when I could go pick up my tickets (from May 12th at 1pm to to March 27th at 11pm). When you go to pay, the cashier will give you a slip of paper that shows you paid. Make sure to hang onto this!! I always hold onto my receipt too just in case. When you go to get your tickets, you just give the cashier that paper, and they print the tickets out for you. As you can see, the pickup date ran all the way until the day before the fanmeeting, so if you aren’t in Japan until right at the date then that is okay! Just make sure to pick them up at any Lawson before your time runs out! You won’t know your seats until you pick up your tickets. General ticketing is not a lottery. You will need to get onto the fastest wifi you can and fight everybody tooth and nail for these tickets. I have tried general ticketing for 5-6 years, and I have never been successful. Lol… But I will cheer all you general sales people on!! You got this!! Make sure to follow the steps above for an account well before the date, as you will get tripped up and miss your ticketing chance if you don’t pre-register. Also be sure to have your debit/credit card entered, as I have heard of much more success from those who pay by card rather than convenience store pay. Fanclub Before I get into fanclub and carat mobile, I want to let you know that if you do not have an address or phone number in Japan, getting into these is basically impossible. The fanclub sends you mail, so you can’t just put any address in. Carat Mobile is only available on phones, and you have to have a Japanese phone number to actually have an account. I’m sorry :( The Fanclub does its sign ups through Lawson, and you pay a year’s sum when you sign up. Go to the Seventeen Japan website and click the button on the top left of this picture! https://preview.redd.it/xajnwm9gfx2b1.png?width=777&format=png&auto=webp&s=b157ba890aed5c190fdf382eb4110474eda1fa01 Scroll down to the white box at the bottom, and make sure the little box above it is checked to agree to Lawson terms. You’ll go on to Lawson, where you come to this page. https://preview.redd.it/9vkoc07nfx2b1.png?width=837&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f00c9b62d59b1d2e83b12394d00b4d3a798fedf The button on the left takes you to the application, and the button on the right takes you to what’s included in the membership. Click the left button! On the new page, scroll to the bottom and agree to terms, then click the blue button on the right and login to your Lawson account. The next page will ask for your details are. Because you already signed up for an account it should be automatically filled in. Just make sure everything is right, as again they will be checking your name for premium or VIP seats. You also get a Carat ID card in the mail when you sign up for the fanclub, so make sure everything is spelled correctly! Don’t forget that your last name goes first, then your last name! When you press next, it will take you to a page that asks your bias and your favorite unit. Members are listed in fanchant order, the units are 1. Vocal 2. Hip Hop 3. Performance Choose and press next! :) On the next page, it will confirm that all of your information is correct. Please triple check that everything is correct!! Next it will ask for a payment method. Credit card is on the left. Put in your card details, and you’re finished! You’ll get an email with your fanclub member number and a link, press the link and it will prompt you to set your password. Here’s what the email looks like. https://preview.redd.it/mtxlep2yfx2b1.png?width=652&format=png&auto=webp&s=712e0642f903010cde9bcc438834ac0988368797 You are now signed up!! Your ID card and pin will be in the mail within two months :) Within the past two years the fanclub has introduced ticket trading, where if someone cannot go to the concert but has tickets, they can put them up for sale. The Seventeen Japan Twitter usually posts when this becomes available, and you can only access it if you are a fanclub member. Tickets are available for face value + handling fees. I have not done this before, so I have no advice or guidance for this part! I am sorry! I assume it will be mostly the same as the other ticketing in this post though, so hopefully if you choose this route you can use something from here to help. Carat Mobile Now for Carat Mobile. Carat Mobile is a better option for those who cannot or do not want to pay the larger fanclub fee all at once. The monthly fee is 550 yen, or about $3.92 usd. Carat Mobile is only available on your phone, so scan the qr code from the website [here](https://www.seventeen-caratmobile.jp/statics/pc) and continue to sign up on your phone. Once you scan the QR code, click the three bars in the top right of the screen. Then, click the button under "Gallery" to go to make a new account. Once you are here, it will ask for an email address and for you to accept the terms of service. Check your email for a sign up email. The email looks like this. The link will expire in 24 hours, so make sure to complete registration right away! https://preview.redd.it/o1dc7ew4gx2b1.png?width=382&format=png&auto=webp&s=690df8d8bf1ccc549f936960070ae10c77e9aea3 It will ask for these things, in order: Password (choose yours) Password confirmation Last name First name Last name (Katakana) First name (Katakana) Sex Birthday (YY/MM/DD) Phone number Address (Zip code > Prefecture > Street number + Apartment building name + Apartment number> Bias) Once you finish putting these in, push confirm (bottom button) and it will take you to a payment site. Press credit card, put your silly numbers in, your name, agree to the terms of service, and press the very bottom button. It will take you to the finishing page, where it will give you your member number. The number will be seven numbers starting with an M. You are now a Carat Mobile member! Congrats! It will bill you monthly. Unofficial ticketing If you lose all the lotteries or cannot access Carat Mobile or the Japanese Fanclub, you can go the unofficial way: Twitter or proxy sites! These tickets are much riskier, as Japanese venues randomly check names on tickets. If you are checked and the name doesn’t match your ID, the staff will turn you away and you will not be able to enter the venue. If you want to look for tickets on twitter, here is your format. I’ll use the Love Fanmeeting as the example. Type this into the twitter search bar. SEVENTEEN 2023 JAPAN FANMEETING 'LOVE' セブチ ペンミ ファンミ チケット 求 (want)▶︎5/28 東京ドーム 1枚 (date you want + how many, this one says tokyo dome 1 ticket) 譲 (will give) ▶︎定価+手数料 (list price + handling fee) Or switch it around, but it should give you the same result! I.e. 求 (want)▶︎ 定価+手数料 (list price + handling fee) 譲 (will give) ▶︎ 5/28 東京ドーム 1枚 (tokyo dome 1 ticket) Listings look like this. https://preview.redd.it/s97mgwvhgx2b1.png?width=770&format=png&auto=webp&s=77c81e968732a15f10b45ab80daf65e3b5cb11b6 Once again, Premium Seats/VIP seats will ALWAYS check your name. DO NOT BUY THESE SECOND HAND!! People make burner accounts just for selling, like this one is. They are asking for list price and handling fee, but some people ask for you to name a price. These tickets will be very expensive, as it is competitive and these people usually have many people asking for tickets. When you’re looking for tickets, make sure that the characters are in the correct place. What the person in the tweet is looking for is under this kanji: 求 What the person in the tweet is in possession of is under this kanji: 譲 When buying tickets from twitter, the people will usually meet you at the venue with the tickets. They should take them out and show you to prove they are real. You then hand them the money. This is probably the safest way to go if you’re doing unofficial sales, as other sites may make you pay in advance. If they are a scammer, your money is lost :( Unlike other countries, there are no official resale sites. Be careful, and godspeed! Seventeen Cafe Now for all the other smaller events you can go to!! The Seventeen Museum and Cafe happen once a year. Each time it happens, there is a new webpage for it. I’ll use the most recent cafe, 2022 Winter Camping, to show how to get tickets. [Here](https://seventeen-cafe-wintercamping.jp/) is the link to see! First, you’ll have to make an account with the company that runs the cafes. At the top right of the page, press the left button. The first page is terms and services, accept these. It will ask you for your email, and will then take you to this page. https://preview.redd.it/59sjppzsgx2b1.png?width=608&format=png&auto=webp&s=dbefb629003f164561698cc907c0e5bc33030f6a Make sure to remember last name, first name! To make sure foreigners can also access this, I made a new account with an overseas phone number, and it worked! :) It will take you to the info confirmation page next, where you just make sure everything is right. There are two buttons, a black one on the right and a white one on the right. If the colors change, their positions should stay the same. Click the one on the right. And you’re finished! Now you can make a reservation. Weekends and Friday evenings fill up very fast, so if you can’t go on weekdays get to reservations right when they start! The Seventeen Japan Twitter will announce when they start. Hover over the reservation tab and pick the store you want to go to. They are usually in English, just make sure you pick the right one!! Scroll to the bottom of the page and it will show you the available dates. https://preview.redd.it/u0lcltdbhx2b1.png?width=647&format=png&auto=webp&s=e2d4fe7bcb5474729109bb99819cfea56bd5a9e3 I can’t click on any because it is over, but when you click on the date it will show you the available times. Pick your time, how many people you want ( I think it’s up to two), and finish the registration. It will send you an email. This is what the email looks like! If you chose to pay at the convenience store, it will also have the number you need to input into the machine to pay at the store. You usually get random goods when you go as well, so it will tell you that too. https://preview.redd.it/wf77ko2fhx2b1.png?width=748&format=png&auto=webp&s=110e87ebc5715bf3fb5cef7db2e5be882ff484eb On the day of your reservation, show up about 5-10 minutes early. Other Carats will start lining up then too. The staff will go down the line and confirm your tickets. Go to “my page” on the website and click the first button. https://preview.redd.it/u0gascd7hx2b1.png?width=772&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1f32c8438342f6c5a6aa0b37c7198d90ee1f4aa It will come up with a QR code that the staff will scan. When it has gone through, the webpage will change, so it can’t just be a screenshot! You have to show the actual webpage. When you enter the cafe or when you sit down you will get to randomly draw your benefits! For this cafe it was a random plastic card and a card case. Study the menu and things beforehand, as when you line up the staff will give you a clipboard where you pick what you want to eat and drink. Each of the members have a meal, and there are also drinks with coasters. You pick which member you want on the coaster when you check which drink you want on the paper. The staff will also give you small cards with numbers on them when you sit down. They will call each number up to 4 at a time to go to the merch area and purchase what you want. This is your one time to grab merch, you can’t go back up so choose wisely and quickly!! If you’re very brave, you can try to trade with other carats at the cafe for your bias. You can usually see whose bias is whose because of the photocards and merch each person brings. I love going to the cafes, it’s so fun to see other carats and enjoy the cafe with them :) They play music videos and a video that the sebongies shot for the cafe, they tell you to have fun and talk about the theme of the cafe. You have an hour and a half to sit! If you have the chance to, please go!! Have fun! :) Seventeen Museum Getting tickets for the Museum is a lot like the cafe. If you want weekend/Friday night tickets, get reservations early! Museum tickets are on Lawson ticket. Log in before we start to streamline the process! The museums are announced on the Seventen Japan Twitter! [This](https://www.seventeen-17.jp/posts/information/lzzacj) was the page for the 2022 museum. This is where you went for tickets. The top links are for those who want to go in the earlier month (September) and below was for those who missed ticketing for September or could go in the later months (October and November). If you don’t want to do it online, you can also buy tickets when you get to the museum, but they may turn you away if the time slot is filled. https://preview.redd.it/xbbvgqwohx2b1.png?width=610&format=png&auto=webp&s=03387b5f317d36d179bd0114574d5e7d584117b1 Once you click a link, it will have you accept Lawson terms of service. Click the right button to continue. You will go through the same process as you would with concert tickets. Make sure you pick the right venue! They have merch for the museum, and there is a random draw when you enter for one bromide picture of a member. Because it’s the same as the concert tickets, please refer to the concert ticket section if you need help there! Pop up stores When there is a comeback and before a concert, there are pop up stores. There are albums, concert merch, and other things, as well as a photo spot to take pictures. Same as the cafe and museum, get there very fast for weekend and Friday night spots. I’ll use the most recent [Love popup](https://svt-tokyo.weverse-ticket.online/) for this example! These tickets were sold through weverse. The following picture is the button for making reservations! https://preview.redd.it/r0ep2ckhix2b1.png?width=826&format=png&auto=webp&s=d988613e18bbd70471a81ad5efc5dfaa6232b4ec Next page, push the big purple button to go on. https://preview.redd.it/xtgn7kl7kx2b1.png?width=637&format=png&auto=webp&s=7abd866915b1f940dab99b1df92523858dbdc9ac Though the buttons/colors will change for each pop-up shop, the words on the buttons shouldn't change, so for other events just make sure the kanji lines up! It will take you to weverse login. After login, scroll to the bottom of the page, accept terms of service, and click the bottom button, it says the same as the button above, お申し込むに進む . The next page asks for your information! https://preview.redd.it/77z8q3yvjx2b1.png?width=772&format=png&auto=webp&s=2632447a036488b38ef0945da541e6a6756fa4b5 Small Japanese lesson for furigana! In Japanese, there are multiple alphabets; hiragana (furigana), katakana, and kanji. Western names will be in katakana, which is the way that foreign words are written in Japanese. Hiragana is the basic Japanese alphabet, and furigana is written above kanji to indicate its pronunciation. I feel like the easiest thing for those who do not know Japanese is to use a hiragana generator. [Here's](https://www.sljfaq.org/cgi/e2k.cgi) one I found with a quick google search. Okay back to ticketing! After you confirm your details, this is the next page; selecting your tickets. Because the shop is finished, we can’t see the dates and times anymore, but I’ll tell you what’s up. https://preview.redd.it/be2p1266kx2b1.png?width=746&format=png&auto=webp&s=add82ef59bf231fd842bc1b88ec5e436d2650429 So pick your date and time and finish! You don’t have to pay to get in, but slots go so fast, so be quick with your picks! :) And that's what I have! If I've missed something or anyone else wants to add anything please put it in the comments!! I made this to help you all participate in these events, and I hope you all get in to the things you want to go to. Let's keep loving and supporting Seventeen for a long time^^ |
2023.05.30 05:47 jlark92 Questions surrounding s6
I just finished bojack today, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the show since. Absolutely loved it btw.
The first 2/3 of s6 were partially about the build up to Bojack’s cancellation. In the “trial” of bojack, which is how I took the two interviews he does when the public finds out about his involvement in Sarah Lynn’s death, there were some details of the stories from both the interviewer and some of her evidentiary references got wrong.
For example, the kid hollyhock talked to at a party who was penny’s friend said that bojack “gave them alcohol and basically forced them to drink.” This was kinda-sorta true, but the kids already had vodka and red Bull before BJ got involved, and he got them bourbon and water because it would have less hangover. He also seemed pretty indifferent to the kids drinking, one way or another, and it’s not exactly novel for teens to drink at their prom. It was obviously wrong of him to not curtail their drinking as a responsible adult, but the guy’s story didn’t quite match up with reality.
The interviewer also seemed to be misrepresenting BJ’s relationship with Sarah Lynn, as she wasn’t so much victimized by BJ in the sex and binging so much as she was a partner. She was way off the rails earlier in the series than BJ, doing club drugs and coke while BJ mostly seemed to be drinking in season 1. While she was 9 months sober before BJ’s big binge, a few episodes earlier SL said something to the effect of “I need someone to help me break my string of sobriety”, implying she wouldn’t have stayed sober regardless of BJ’s involvement. When they had sex, if I recall she initiated it and used it to manipulate him into letting her friends trash his house.
I’m not saying any of this to criticize the show or absolve BJ, but to ask: do you think the show runners were using these minor inconsistencies to criticize the style of witch-hunt the media performs, which might be focused more on sensationalism rather than accuracy, or to try to bend the argument a little more that BJ truly does have a history victimizing women he has power over?
As a somewhat separate discussion from what the show runners intended, It wasn’t really clear to me either way whether or not he DID have a tendency to victimize women from a position of power. He didn’t really have power over Sarah Lynn by the time he got involved in sex and drugs with her; he was a washed up sitcom actor, she was the biggest superstar in the world at that point and was over 30. He didn’t seem like he intended to pursue Penny; he mostly seemed to try to do right by her, and only at the end, when he was having a breakdown was she even framed as a romantic option for him. He definitely made (or would have made) a mistake in the moment, but it seemed more like one of opportunity and desperation, not of coercive intent. Still gross in a different way, but it didn’t seem clear to me it was like the interviewer was implying.
I’m definitely not saying BJ was a “good guy”, but it didn’t seem like he fit into the “me too” bad guy category of men that have a pattern of strategically coercing women into sex using disparities of power (ala Weinstein), but that is where BJ seemed to wind up in public opinion in the world of the show.
I guess what’s itching my brain is I can’t quite tell what the showrunners were trying to say. If BJ was supposed to come come off looking like the villain the interviewer claimed he was, they probably needed to show more intentionality in his behavior, similar to when BJ sabotaged Todd’s opera. I view that as one of the worst things he did, not because of the outcome, but because of how calculated and intentional it was. But if BJ is supposed to come off as ambiguous or as having gotten a raw deal, there didn’t seem to be much resolution of that by the end of the show. He winds up in prison, having lost or alienated most or all of his friends and family (rip hollyhock), homeless, and with no job prospects when he gets out.
Btw, I think the worst the BJ did in the entire show was something they waited until the interview to reveal: the fact that BJ waited 17 minutes before calling paramedics, and that SL was still alive when she got to the hospital. But while that was enormously fucked up, it’s never discussed again, and we never get any insight into BJ’s decision or into his response to the accusation. Did he know SL was still alive? If he didnt, he didn’t seem surprised when this when this was brought up, but if he did then it seems like it should’ve been brought up in his guilt episodes before now.
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The first 2/3 of s6 were partially about the build up to Bojack’s cancellation. In the “trial” of bojack, which is how I took the two interviews he does when the public finds out about his involvement in Sarah Lynn’s death, there were some details of the stories from both the interviewer and some of her evidentiary references got wrong.
For example, the kid hollyhock talked to at a party who was penny’s friend said that bojack “gave them alcohol and basically forced them to drink.” This was kinda-sorta true, but the kids already had vodka and red Bull before BJ got involved, and he got them bourbon and water because it would have less hangover. He also seemed pretty indifferent to the kids drinking, one way or another, and it’s not exactly novel for teens to drink at their prom. It was obviously wrong of him to not curtail their drinking as a responsible adult, but the guy’s story didn’t quite match up with reality.
The interviewer also seemed to be misrepresenting BJ’s relationship with Sarah Lynn, as she wasn’t so much victimized by BJ in the sex and binging so much as she was a partner. She was way off the rails earlier in the series than BJ, doing club drugs and coke while BJ mostly seemed to be drinking in season 1. While she was 9 months sober before BJ’s big binge, a few episodes earlier SL said something to the effect of “I need someone to help me break my string of sobriety”, implying she wouldn’t have stayed sober regardless of BJ’s involvement. When they had sex, if I recall she initiated it and used it to manipulate him into letting her friends trash his house.
I’m not saying any of this to criticize the show or absolve BJ, but to ask: do you think the show runners were using these minor inconsistencies to criticize the style of witch-hunt the media performs, which might be focused more on sensationalism rather than accuracy, or to try to bend the argument a little more that BJ truly does have a history victimizing women he has power over?
As a somewhat separate discussion from what the show runners intended, It wasn’t really clear to me either way whether or not he DID have a tendency to victimize women from a position of power. He didn’t really have power over Sarah Lynn by the time he got involved in sex and drugs with her; he was a washed up sitcom actor, she was the biggest superstar in the world at that point and was over 30. He didn’t seem like he intended to pursue Penny; he mostly seemed to try to do right by her, and only at the end, when he was having a breakdown was she even framed as a romantic option for him. He definitely made (or would have made) a mistake in the moment, but it seemed more like one of opportunity and desperation, not of coercive intent. Still gross in a different way, but it didn’t seem clear to me it was like the interviewer was implying.
I’m definitely not saying BJ was a “good guy”, but it didn’t seem like he fit into the “me too” bad guy category of men that have a pattern of strategically coercing women into sex using disparities of power (ala Weinstein), but that is where BJ seemed to wind up in public opinion in the world of the show.
I guess what’s itching my brain is I can’t quite tell what the showrunners were trying to say. If BJ was supposed to come come off looking like the villain the interviewer claimed he was, they probably needed to show more intentionality in his behavior, similar to when BJ sabotaged Todd’s opera. I view that as one of the worst things he did, not because of the outcome, but because of how calculated and intentional it was. But if BJ is supposed to come off as ambiguous or as having gotten a raw deal, there didn’t seem to be much resolution of that by the end of the show. He winds up in prison, having lost or alienated most or all of his friends and family (rip hollyhock), homeless, and with no job prospects when he gets out.
Btw, I think the worst the BJ did in the entire show was something they waited until the interview to reveal: the fact that BJ waited 17 minutes before calling paramedics, and that SL was still alive when she got to the hospital. But while that was enormously fucked up, it’s never discussed again, and we never get any insight into BJ’s decision or into his response to the accusation. Did he know SL was still alive? If he didnt, he didn’t seem surprised when this when this was brought up, but if he did then it seems like it should’ve been brought up in his guilt episodes before now.
2023.05.30 05:46 PhotonGenie New Zealand 1440p Gaming and Photo Editing build
What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.- Mainly gaming, Cyberpunk 2077, Elite Dangerous, Starfield (when its released)
- Photo editing, I use Lightroom and Capture ONE
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?- $2500-3500 NZD
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.In the next 6 months
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)Everything but Monitor, keyboard, Mouse or Case.
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?New Zealand
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.- Case, Phanteks Evolv ATX
- Monitor, LG 1440p Ultrawide, 100hz
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?-Yes, both CPU and GPU
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?- Muted colour scheme, not over the top RGB. A few lights are fine.
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?- Windows needed
Extra info or particulars:
2023.05.30 05:45 ivychen300 Motorised Control Valves Market to Witness Robust Expansion by 2023
LPI (LP Information)' newest research report, the “Motorised Control Valves Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Motorised Control Valves sales in 2022, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Motorised Control Valves sales for 2023 through 2029. With Motorised Control Valves sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Motorised Control Valves industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Motorised Control Valves landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Motorised Control Valves portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms' unique position in an accelerating global Motorised Control Valves market.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Motorised Control Valves market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
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Rockwell Automation
IMI Critical Engineering
Azbil
ECONTROL
COVNA GROUP
AUMA Group
Alcatraz Interlocks
Marotta Controls
Flow Tech Valve
VALVULAS FEVISA
Segmentation by type
Open/Close Valves
Inching Valves
Precision Flow Valves
Segmentation by application
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Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Motorised Control Valves market?
What factors are driving Motorised Control Valves market growth, globally and by region?
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How does Motorised Control Valves break out type, application?
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This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Motorised Control Valves landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Motorised Control Valves portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms' unique position in an accelerating global Motorised Control Valves market.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Motorised Control Valves market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
https://www.lpinformationdata.com/reports/729629/motorised-control-valves-2029
The main participants
Danfoss
Rockwell Automation
IMI Critical Engineering
Azbil
ECONTROL
COVNA GROUP
AUMA Group
Alcatraz Interlocks
Marotta Controls
Flow Tech Valve
VALVULAS FEVISA
Segmentation by type
Open/Close Valves
Inching Valves
Precision Flow Valves
Segmentation by application
Industrial
Commercial
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Motorised Control Valves market?
What factors are driving Motorised Control Valves market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Motorised Control Valves market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Motorised Control Valves break out type, application?
What are the influences of COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine war?
LP INFORMATION (LPI) is a professional market report publisher based in America, providing high quality market research reports with competitive prices to help decision makers make informed decisions and take strategic actions to achieve excellent outcomes.We have an extensive library of reports on hundreds of technologies.Search for a specific term, or click on an industry to browse our reports by subject. Narrow down your results using our filters or sort by what’s important to you, such as publication date, price, or name.
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2023.05.30 05:45 XXaudionautXX Sell investment property and land, upgrade primary, then heloc into another investment?
Does this plan have any legs?
Current primary: 588 sq ft 1/1 near the beach in So Cal. Paid 500k for it in 2021. Live with fiancé and 2 cats. Want kids in the future (34M, 29F). Need more room. House needs new foundation (50k). Love the area and don’t want to move.
Investment property: my brother and I own a condo that we rent out. It’s probably worth 140–150k. If sold my take away would be 70-90k including the rents we’ve been stashing.
Family land: own 13 acres up north. Can maybe get between 100-150k for it. Would have to split this 3 ways so 33-50k take away.
My fiancé and I make about 150-170k combined. No other debts. 800+ credit. I have about a 45k emergency fund.
Here’s the plan. Sell the condo (bro wants to sell), sell the land, use money from both sales to replace foundation and add a bedroom and bathroom to the house, then afterwards take out a heloc on the house and tap some of the created value and equity (we have 110k equity right now as is) and launch that into a new investment property as a fat down payment aiming to buy a duplex for under 200k (Midwest).
Making somewhat large Assumptions: 1. we can get what we expect on both sales and it’s enough to cover both the foundation and the addition. 2. We can purchase a duplex that rents $700-800 per side and doesn’t need major work. 3. Fiancé and I can get approved for a heloc followed by a mortgage. 4. The rent would more than cover the heloc payment and the mortgage payment (would hopefully be tiny if existent at all. 5. The heloc would be enough to make the purchase happen.
Does this plan have any legs at all or is it a pipe dream? The hope is to upgrade our home and leverage some of that created equity into another investment property.
Thanks!
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Current primary: 588 sq ft 1/1 near the beach in So Cal. Paid 500k for it in 2021. Live with fiancé and 2 cats. Want kids in the future (34M, 29F). Need more room. House needs new foundation (50k). Love the area and don’t want to move.
Investment property: my brother and I own a condo that we rent out. It’s probably worth 140–150k. If sold my take away would be 70-90k including the rents we’ve been stashing.
Family land: own 13 acres up north. Can maybe get between 100-150k for it. Would have to split this 3 ways so 33-50k take away.
My fiancé and I make about 150-170k combined. No other debts. 800+ credit. I have about a 45k emergency fund.
Here’s the plan. Sell the condo (bro wants to sell), sell the land, use money from both sales to replace foundation and add a bedroom and bathroom to the house, then afterwards take out a heloc on the house and tap some of the created value and equity (we have 110k equity right now as is) and launch that into a new investment property as a fat down payment aiming to buy a duplex for under 200k (Midwest).
Making somewhat large Assumptions: 1. we can get what we expect on both sales and it’s enough to cover both the foundation and the addition. 2. We can purchase a duplex that rents $700-800 per side and doesn’t need major work. 3. Fiancé and I can get approved for a heloc followed by a mortgage. 4. The rent would more than cover the heloc payment and the mortgage payment (would hopefully be tiny if existent at all. 5. The heloc would be enough to make the purchase happen.
Does this plan have any legs at all or is it a pipe dream? The hope is to upgrade our home and leverage some of that created equity into another investment property.
Thanks!
2023.05.30 05:44 Ctrl_Phr34k Any advice before I buy?
Hey all,
The time has come again, as it usually does, where my storage space has almost run out. So I'll be expanding (and hopefully future-proofing) once again.
So I currently own a MasterCase Pro 5 that has served me so well for so long and it hurts to let go but I don't think I can fit anything else in there. I have 6x8TB Seagate IronWolf Pro put into the two cages provided (I messed up and never bought the extra cages, never thought I and the case would go this far, now they're completely out of stock and can't find them anywhere) and a phanteks expansion cage I kinda DIY'd into the case; for a total of 48TB (~30TB usable with RAID-Z2). The rest is a bit of the usual, CPU heatsink is Noctua NH-D15 (kinda tall so cases need to be able to handle it), a 980TI and that's about it.
What I once though was almost infinite space has quickly turned into 4TB free space and rapidly decreasing thanks to the miracles of the *arrs and the media server way of life.
I'm looking into upgrading capacity, with this, I think I'll need to upgrade my case, buy more drives, an HBA and probably rebuilding my ZFS config. I'd like to see if some of you could share your expertise in the matter so I don't make any expensive mistakes.
For the drives I'm looking at more Seagate IronWolf Pro, but this time 12TB which are the best bang for my buck. I'm thinking about getting 10 of them + the 6x8TB I already own.
For the HBA I have no idea yet, need to do some research but suggestions are highly appreciated.
Any thoughts on this approach? I would greatly appreciate any and all input.
Also, I think I won't be able to backup the whole array, I have a 4 bay enclosure, but even full it is unlikely it will be enough, should I probably get another enclosure or backup instead only the important stuff? My backup currently consists of important stuff (documents, photos, irrecoverable stuff that would leave me devastated if lost) and lots of media that could probably be downloaded easily as well as all the torrent I'm seeding.
Thanks!
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The time has come again, as it usually does, where my storage space has almost run out. So I'll be expanding (and hopefully future-proofing) once again.
So I currently own a MasterCase Pro 5 that has served me so well for so long and it hurts to let go but I don't think I can fit anything else in there. I have 6x8TB Seagate IronWolf Pro put into the two cages provided (I messed up and never bought the extra cages, never thought I and the case would go this far, now they're completely out of stock and can't find them anywhere) and a phanteks expansion cage I kinda DIY'd into the case; for a total of 48TB (~30TB usable with RAID-Z2). The rest is a bit of the usual, CPU heatsink is Noctua NH-D15 (kinda tall so cases need to be able to handle it), a 980TI and that's about it.
What I once though was almost infinite space has quickly turned into 4TB free space and rapidly decreasing thanks to the miracles of the *arrs and the media server way of life.
I'm looking into upgrading capacity, with this, I think I'll need to upgrade my case, buy more drives, an HBA and probably rebuilding my ZFS config. I'd like to see if some of you could share your expertise in the matter so I don't make any expensive mistakes.
Components
For the case I'm looking at the Fractal Define 7 XL, mainly because of the server configuration, because I still use consumer grade components (mobo, ram, cpu, psu) and I'm not quite ready to grow into the rack world.For the drives I'm looking at more Seagate IronWolf Pro, but this time 12TB which are the best bang for my buck. I'm thinking about getting 10 of them + the 6x8TB I already own.
For the HBA I have no idea yet, need to do some research but suggestions are highly appreciated.
Configuration
For the ZFS configuration I'm thinking about destroying the existing array and recreating it, creating a new vdev for the 12TB array and put both in the pool so I can dump the backup on top of it and the data is automatically rebalanced.
Any thoughts on this approach? I would greatly appreciate any and all input.
Also, I think I won't be able to backup the whole array, I have a 4 bay enclosure, but even full it is unlikely it will be enough, should I probably get another enclosure or backup instead only the important stuff? My backup currently consists of important stuff (documents, photos, irrecoverable stuff that would leave me devastated if lost) and lots of media that could probably be downloaded easily as well as all the torrent I'm seeding.
Thanks!
2023.05.30 05:44 RedRiots Oak Trees?
Acorns used to grow into these giant trees that gave out a ton of shade and were pretty cool looking and practical for an outdoor garden. Now, the oak trees are these teeny little dingy things that barely cover anything.
Does anyone know if those giant trees still around? And if so, what do they grow from? Thank you!
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Does anyone know if those giant trees still around? And if so, what do they grow from? Thank you!
2023.05.30 05:43 JahCoin456 COD MW2 BOT LOBBIES FOR CHEAP ( INSTANT RESPONSE TIMES AND VOUCHES IN THE DISCORD ) !!
Contact JahCoin#5396 - Or join https://discord.gg/mw2lobbies if interested!
What can this be used for? - Boosting your mw2 stats - Levelling up any guns - Maxing out all your weapons easily - No grind needed for your camos easily obtian gold, platinum, Polyatomic and Orion with just a few games
How does it work? - All bots are run off PS5s, and are completely safe to play against. - They'll stand more or less still, moving periodically to avoid AFK timers. - They'll fire randomly, but never attack you. - It's completely safe for you. All the kills and stats you get in game will count as if it were a real match.
NORMAL / SHIPMENT BOT LOBBY PRICES: - 1 Bot Lobby - $7 - 3 Bot Lobbies - $20 - 5 Bot Lobbies - $29 - 10 Bot Lobbies - $57 - 20 Bot Lobbies - $105 - 50 Bot Lobbies - $240
LONGSHOT BOT LOBBY PRICES: - 1 Longshot Bot Lobby - $11 - 3 Longshot Bot Lobbies - $30 - 5 Longshot Bot Lobbies - $47 - 10 Longshot Bot Lobbies - $87 - 20 Longshot Bot Lobbies - $165
NUKE SERVICE - Get the calling card, skin, and emblem! - $85 - ( will need account details, can be done in ~a day )
PAYMENT METHODS - PAYPAL THROUGH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND MOST MAJOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES ARE ACCEPTED
RULES / MUST READ - 1.If there is another player running around Do Not Kill! They are not a bot, bots will all have the same operator for easy identification! - 2.Never use any Player Killing kill-streaks! Replace your streaks for a UAV and Advanced UAV only! This is going to help speed up your kills and tracking of the players. Do not use counter UAVs, SAEs, Chopper Gunners, VTOLs, Ect. You may effect the lobby of the another person. - 3.Equip a grenade! Equip a Tactical Insert! Equip Scavenger Perk for ammunition. Equip Eagle Eye! When you have 20-25 kills (shortly after an advanced UAV is recommended so you don't accidently NUKE), place a Tactical Insert near the spawn to avoid running around and run 15 feet to kill yourself, and pull your standard grenade and hold in hand until it blows. - 4.Never use nuke! Nuke will end the game, and nuke is a high risk of being banned. You may be penalized one game if you call in a nuke.
Notice of how to play: Domination: Spawn and capture your nearest flag. Avoid B. Run to their spawn and murder! Capturing B will cause the game to end faster. This is at your own cost!
Discord: JahCoin#5396 - Discord with Vouches: https://discord.gg/mw2lobbies
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What can this be used for? - Boosting your mw2 stats - Levelling up any guns - Maxing out all your weapons easily - No grind needed for your camos easily obtian gold, platinum, Polyatomic and Orion with just a few games
How does it work? - All bots are run off PS5s, and are completely safe to play against. - They'll stand more or less still, moving periodically to avoid AFK timers. - They'll fire randomly, but never attack you. - It's completely safe for you. All the kills and stats you get in game will count as if it were a real match.
NORMAL / SHIPMENT BOT LOBBY PRICES: - 1 Bot Lobby - $7 - 3 Bot Lobbies - $20 - 5 Bot Lobbies - $29 - 10 Bot Lobbies - $57 - 20 Bot Lobbies - $105 - 50 Bot Lobbies - $240
LONGSHOT BOT LOBBY PRICES: - 1 Longshot Bot Lobby - $11 - 3 Longshot Bot Lobbies - $30 - 5 Longshot Bot Lobbies - $47 - 10 Longshot Bot Lobbies - $87 - 20 Longshot Bot Lobbies - $165
NUKE SERVICE - Get the calling card, skin, and emblem! - $85 - ( will need account details, can be done in ~a day )
PAYMENT METHODS - PAYPAL THROUGH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND MOST MAJOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES ARE ACCEPTED
RULES / MUST READ - 1.If there is another player running around Do Not Kill! They are not a bot, bots will all have the same operator for easy identification! - 2.Never use any Player Killing kill-streaks! Replace your streaks for a UAV and Advanced UAV only! This is going to help speed up your kills and tracking of the players. Do not use counter UAVs, SAEs, Chopper Gunners, VTOLs, Ect. You may effect the lobby of the another person. - 3.Equip a grenade! Equip a Tactical Insert! Equip Scavenger Perk for ammunition. Equip Eagle Eye! When you have 20-25 kills (shortly after an advanced UAV is recommended so you don't accidently NUKE), place a Tactical Insert near the spawn to avoid running around and run 15 feet to kill yourself, and pull your standard grenade and hold in hand until it blows. - 4.Never use nuke! Nuke will end the game, and nuke is a high risk of being banned. You may be penalized one game if you call in a nuke.
Notice of how to play: Domination: Spawn and capture your nearest flag. Avoid B. Run to their spawn and murder! Capturing B will cause the game to end faster. This is at your own cost!
Discord: JahCoin#5396 - Discord with Vouches: https://discord.gg/mw2lobbies
2023.05.30 05:43 Curious-Buy-7404 Inconsistent scheduling
Hello everyone. I'm looking for help with what to do either to help the situation or if it can be taken to court.
My sons mother every week if not every other week makes up a new schedule because she doesn't feel like im spending enough time or somehow it's not fair. Keep in mind that since I'm currently not working at the moment I let her make the schedule so she has priority over what availability she has. With all this she finds a new excuse every week to change it and will blame me for it. I really want to take hee to court to not need to do these back and forth pointless arguments with her, but again I'm not working at the moment and trying to get back on my feet asap.
Does anyone have any good tips to keep the peace and what to use in court later when I'm working? I just want peace not chaos and instability. Also, my little guy is 18 months so I want to just make sure it's easy on him. He gets separation anxiety with her. (OH I forgot to mention that I keep it strictly email communication with her because she cannot be trusted at all to not try and start shit.
(Thank you for reading this btw)
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My sons mother every week if not every other week makes up a new schedule because she doesn't feel like im spending enough time or somehow it's not fair. Keep in mind that since I'm currently not working at the moment I let her make the schedule so she has priority over what availability she has. With all this she finds a new excuse every week to change it and will blame me for it. I really want to take hee to court to not need to do these back and forth pointless arguments with her, but again I'm not working at the moment and trying to get back on my feet asap.
Does anyone have any good tips to keep the peace and what to use in court later when I'm working? I just want peace not chaos and instability. Also, my little guy is 18 months so I want to just make sure it's easy on him. He gets separation anxiety with her. (OH I forgot to mention that I keep it strictly email communication with her because she cannot be trusted at all to not try and start shit.
(Thank you for reading this btw)
2023.05.30 05:43 Anurock23 VPN help
Working and living in the USA, I connect to the office from home every day. My company is preventing me from connecting from other countries. What is the best way to connect from another country using USA VPN? And how would I do that. Any lead would be appreciated.
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- I’m not a local admin to install VPN softwares in my laptop *
2023.05.30 05:42 Russiadontgiveafuck Shout out to our favorite spices and seasonings, but mostly msg
I've been veg for over 20 years, and by all accounts, I'm a great cook. I've converted several people just because they ate my food for a while and learned that eating vegetarian can be very delicious. That being said, I had never gotten my hands on pure msg until a month ago, and now? Guys, my green beans are a treat. My pasta sauces. My lentil shepherds pie is out of this world. Have you ever added a pinch of msg to your spinach with oat cream and garlic? My scrambled tofu will blow you away. Mexican rice is all I wanna eat until the end of days. I'm in love with msg and I don't care who knows it.
There's more! Here are my favorite seasonings and spices and other flavourings, please add yours!
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There's more! Here are my favorite seasonings and spices and other flavourings, please add yours!
- tomato powder, just on anything, especially on sandwiches
- thyme, the best herb, by far
- black salt, also, just in general, good salt actually tastes better, confusingly. Fleur de sel makes a difference, it does!
- sweet soy sauce, my secret weapon
- vegan fish sauce
- sun dried tomatoes, what I used to add umami before I got that pound bag of msg
- dried mushrooms for the same reason
- dill
- horseradish. Hugely underrated imo. Add it to cabbage!
2023.05.30 05:42 MatchaDoAboutNothing When they come knocking in the morning
By Tony Mosher
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I got out of bed Tuesday morning with an overwhelming sense of dread. It was then that the alarms sounded. Those old school air raid sirens. Funny enough, I didn't even know that my town had those. Soon after I received an emergency alert on my phone. “Disaster alert warning. All residents are advised to stay in their houses. Keep clear of all windows. Minimize noise.” God that's weird. I'd never seen an alert like that before. I decided that I'd better call my boss. I probably shouldn't go into work with that alert and all. There's a problem though. No cell signal. I have to say, that's not normal. But why would it be? Air raid sirens, emergency alerts, and no phone. Perfect. Curiously, I make my way to my living room and peak out the blinds. I see a bright and sunny day. I guess it's not a weather alert. But then why did it say to stay away from windows? That's, like, tornado advice. Maybe the person in charge of these alerts messed up or something. But it it was a mess up, why is the cell reception out? I guess I could go to work; nothing seems especially dangerous outside. Oh but everyone else probably got the alert; what if I'm the only one who shows up? No, something might be going on anyway. I'll just call my boss when the reception comes back up. Besides, I hate that stupid job. All I do is answer phones all day. If I get fired it's not the end of the world. Mind made up I closed the blinds and got on my computer, thinking I'd check the local news. That aught to clear up the current state of things. Oh. No wifi. Alright, something is definitely up. This is getting really weird. Why would the wifi be out too? I don't have cable, but maybe I can find something on the free broadcast channels. I flipped on the tv and my blood ran cold. All I found on every channel that comes in was a visual counterpart to the emergency alert I'd gotten on my phone earlier. No answers for me I guess. What the heck do I do? No info, and no entertainment. I sat down on my couch. I guess I was there for a while, deep in thought. A while later I realized maybe I should check in with my neighbor. Ted lived next door, and not very far either. He probably didn't know any more than me, but damn, at least I wouldn't be alone in....whatever it was that was happening. I never made it over there. As I grabbed my jacket, keys, and phone (just out of habit of course), and approached my front door, a loud pounding rang out through the first floor of my house. Someone was at the door, and seemingly REALLY wanted in. I went to answer it, as one does, but stopped. Something felt very wrong about this. None of my neighbors would knock like that. Maybe one of them was freaked out about everything that was going on? No. This didn't feel right. “Let me in, hurry!” came a booming bass voice rang out. That definitely wasn't anyone I knew, and who else but my neighbors would be anywhere around here after the alert? Slowly I crept to the side window to peak out. When I saw who was there, my heart just about stopped. An elderly woman stood at my door. With that voice?! She turned to walk away my stomach turned and I nearly threw up. The way she moved was just not right. Not for someone of her age. Not for anyone ever. She moved in quick, limber strides, punctuated by jerking spastic motions that my eyes almost couldn't process. I know this sounds nuts, god help me, but I don't think she was human. And she was headed to my neighbor's house. She pounded on his door. I prayed he wouldn't answer. I wanted to help him, but what could I do? Of course he answered. Good old dependable Ted; he would never turn away someone in need of his help. That turned out to be his downfall. As he opened the door, she lunged in. I heard a horrible scream. I had an unobstructed view through his front windows, but I didn't want to see this. I let the curtain fall and backed away. Just then another pounding came from my door. This time it sounded like a little girl crying for help. I knew better. This one stayed for a while. At least I think it was the same one. A different voice came every few minutes. But I assume it was the same one. Some time later it left. I heard it walking away. These are not quiet things. I rushed through the house making sure all the lights were off, and all the doors and windows were locked. I grabbed what water and food I could, and shut myself in my hall closet. That was the best place I could think of to hide. No basement in my house, and upstairs was a bad option. If worst came to worst I'd either be trapped, or jumping from a second story window. At least on the ground floor I might be able to make a run for it. Not that I think I'd be successful. I hadn't seen one of these things try to run, but I have no reason to believe they aren't fast. I was in that closet for some time. I don't know exactly how long, but it was at least a couple days. I barely touched my food and water. I was terrified to make any noise. Every few minutes the pounding at the door came back. All sorts of different voices. Honestly I thought I was going to die in that closet. Eventually I knew they would break in. How could they not? They must know I'm here. Why else would they keep coming back? Coming back to the same empty house over and over again would be an awful waste of time. Although, I didn't really know anything about their intelligence. How stupid could they be though, if they were trapping up? They never did break in. I don't know if it was just dumb luck, or if maybe there are rules they have to follow. Either way, I didn't take the bait. Sometime later the sirens sounded again. Like I said I'm not really sure how long, but it was at least a couple of days. I got another notification on my phone. Look at that, I guess the cell reception was back. I barely had time to read the all clear alert before my phone died. I suppose days in a closet will do that, even if I hadn't used it. I disregarded the alert. No way was I coming out of that closet. I'd rather starve to death or die of thirst than to face whatever those things would do to me. I didn't trust the alerts. I may have stayed in that closet forever. The pounding started back up again, and I was glad that I had been skeptical. But then, I heard the sounds of my door being broken down. I really thought that was it. The alert was wrong, and they had finally decided to just force their way in to get me. Imagine my surprise when I found myself being pulled from my closet by personnel dressed in what looked to me like space suits. I found myself being directed out of my house and into a tent. There I was assaulted by a heavy spray of something cold and noxious. Some sort of decontamination shower. It burned my eyes and skin. Afterward I was given a pair of scrubs to wear and was sent off to the hospital for observation. It was at the hospital that I was given an explanation. After my intake a doctor came to talk to me. Apparently there had been an issue at the nearby power plant. The doctor said it was radiation. I had been exposed. I told the doctor that couldn't be, and recounted my experience. He dismissed me and told me that hallucinations were a common symptom of radiation sickness, but I was lucky to have only been minimally exposed. He said that my house must have lead in the walls, because most of the people in my town had gotten much sicker than me. Most of them had died, or were expected to soon. He then informed me that although I had been given a mostly full bill of health, I would need to stay for a few days just in case. I would also need to be monitored periodically throughout my life, as my chance of developing cancer was much higher than the average person. I also wouldn't be able to return home for a while. Disaster personnel would need to clear the area and make sure I wouldn't be at risk of further contamination. Radiation can stick around apparently? I'm not really too sure about all that. But the doctor said the Red Cross would be giving out vouchers to survivors for temporary accommodations and personal needs, once we were released. Everything I had been through in the last couple of days, the explanation laid out for me should have put me at ease. I should be feeling lucky right now. But I wasn't. There was one big problem. As far as I knew, my town did not, or had ever had a nuclear power plant anywhere near it. I would know. I'm a receptionist at the hydro-electric plant about an hour out of town. And as the doctor walked away, I caught a hint of the same spastic movement that the old woman thing had made at the beginning of all this. He was smoother though. Like they learned we could tell that they were different from us. Here's what I think: we're being invaded. I don't know by what, but they're getting better at blending in. If you get an emergency alert, don't go outside. Don't let anyone in. Just hide any pray. I think they might have to follow rules. I think if you don't let them in, they can't just come in. But that's just a guess. Good luck out there.
2023.05.30 05:41 fartnoisesarereal One sided
So yeah i have been in love with this person for almost 7 years now. I think i have started to move on. I don't know what i'm feeling anymore honestly. I'd never date them anyway as it would complicate a lot of lives.
Okay, whatever i'm about say is just a word vomit of all the things i'm feeling right now and i really don't know how to frame it. So they were in a relationship with this other person for almost 4 years but recently broke up as their partner cheated on them multiple times. I had finally gotten used to them and their partner for 2 years and it finally started feeling chill (their relationship). But then they broke up and idk i started getting a little hope? We used to be really close and tight. We used text/call each other almost every day just to talk about anything and everything and when they started dating i think i kind of pushed them away and they also started to distance themself from me. But like only the texts and calls decreased to almost only when necessary. But then again i helped them through break up and shit the last few months. But here's the thing. In all these years i have actually liked a few other people (thought of them as potential partner) but never really went ahead with it. And also for the past 2-3 years i've also felt very repulsed by this person. Like their behaviour, looks, over smartness would repulse. It still does when i'm not around them. But whenever i'm with them idk why i still feel like jelly. Also I don't like their parents. Anyway, i know this is a lost case but i need help. Help to not answer at their beck and call, always feel like making them happy, caring for them, etc. Whenever they tell me to meet them, my shameless ass just says yes always.... Despite them saying no on multiple occasions. Look ik nothing will ever happen and honestly, i don't want anything to happen either but i just needed to vent somewhere. I'll just rant about it whenever i can here. Throughout the 7 years i have had multiple breakdowns for this but for the past 4-5 years my mental health has been shit (not because of this or that person) ( due to totally unrelated reasons) and i thought finally saying it out loud would help me. I have never talked about this with anyone. It's easier to talk to strangers than people around you.
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Okay, whatever i'm about say is just a word vomit of all the things i'm feeling right now and i really don't know how to frame it. So they were in a relationship with this other person for almost 4 years but recently broke up as their partner cheated on them multiple times. I had finally gotten used to them and their partner for 2 years and it finally started feeling chill (their relationship). But then they broke up and idk i started getting a little hope? We used to be really close and tight. We used text/call each other almost every day just to talk about anything and everything and when they started dating i think i kind of pushed them away and they also started to distance themself from me. But like only the texts and calls decreased to almost only when necessary. But then again i helped them through break up and shit the last few months. But here's the thing. In all these years i have actually liked a few other people (thought of them as potential partner) but never really went ahead with it. And also for the past 2-3 years i've also felt very repulsed by this person. Like their behaviour, looks, over smartness would repulse. It still does when i'm not around them. But whenever i'm with them idk why i still feel like jelly. Also I don't like their parents. Anyway, i know this is a lost case but i need help. Help to not answer at their beck and call, always feel like making them happy, caring for them, etc. Whenever they tell me to meet them, my shameless ass just says yes always.... Despite them saying no on multiple occasions. Look ik nothing will ever happen and honestly, i don't want anything to happen either but i just needed to vent somewhere. I'll just rant about it whenever i can here. Throughout the 7 years i have had multiple breakdowns for this but for the past 4-5 years my mental health has been shit (not because of this or that person) ( due to totally unrelated reasons) and i thought finally saying it out loud would help me. I have never talked about this with anyone. It's easier to talk to strangers than people around you.
2023.05.30 05:40 Human_Performance184 Does anyone know what playlist Joel used for his last stream?
Trying to find the playlist at the beginning, bu I'mt having issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgPWHuBGTlQ&
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgPWHuBGTlQ&