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2023.06.06 05:00 AppleTalk_Help WWDC23 Recap in two Collages
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2023.06.06 03:55 Puzzled_Paper OpenCore not showing the installer usb
 | When trying to boot up opencore to install macos, it first shows me this screen and then goes into the boot menu but the installer usb is not showing up. submitted by Puzzled_Paper to hackintosh [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/28morg1yza4b1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1703d415f52aa40f81bf0544bac6e8b0392cf0c OpenCore debug logs: 00:000 00:000 BS: Starting OpenCore application... 00:000 00:000 BS: Booter path - \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI 00:000 00:000 OCFS: Trying to locate filesystem on 799E97D8 7A457118 00:000 00:000 OCFS: Filesystem DP - \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI 00:000 00:000 BS: Trying to load OpenCore image... 00:000 00:000 BS: Relative path - EFI 00:000 00:000 BS: Startup path - EFI\OpenCore.efi (0) 00:000 00:000 BS: Fallback to absolute path - EFI\OC\OpenCore.efi 00:000 00:000 BS: Read OpenCore image of 1015808 bytes 00:000 00:000 OCM: Loaded image at 7A3E7A18 handle 00:000 00:000 OCM: Loaded image has DeviceHandle 799E97D8 FilePath 7A3E7998 ours DevicePath 7A3AB958 00:000 00:000 OCCPU: TSC Adjust 0 00:000 00:000 OCCPU: Known Model Core Crystal Clock Frequency 24000000Hz 00:000 00:000 OCCPU: CPUFrequencyFromART 2712000000Hz 2712MHz = 24000000 * 226 / 2 00:000 00:000 OC: Starting OpenCore... 00:000 00:000 OC: Booter path - EFI\OC\OpenCore.efi 00:000 00:000 OCFS: Trying to locate filesystem on 799E97D8 7A3E7998 00:000 00:000 OCFS: Filesystem DP - EFI\OC\OpenCore.efi 00:000 00:000 OC: Absolute booter path - EFI\OC\OpenCore.efi 00:000 00:000 OC: Storage root EFI\OC\OpenCore.efi 00:000 00:000 OCST: Missing vault data, ignoring... 00:000 00:000 OC: OcMiscEarlyInit... 00:000 00:000 OC: Loaded configuration of 37364 bytes 00:000 00:000 OC: Got 2 drivers 00:000 00:000 OC: Watchdog status is 0 00:551 00:551 OC: OpenCore DBG-092-2023-05-08 is loading in Optional mode (0/0)... 00:586 00:035 OC: Boot timestamp - 2023.06.05 20:28:30 00:621 00:034 OCCPU: MP services threads 4 (enabled 4) - Success 00:656 00:034 OCCPU: MP services Pkg 1 Cores 2 Threads 2 - Success 00:691 00:035 OCCPU: Found Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz 00:727 00:035 OCCPU: Signature 806E9 Stepping 9 Model 8E Family 6 Type 0 ExtModel 8 ExtFamily 0 uCode C6 CPUID MAX (16/80000008) 00:763 00:036 OCCPU: EIST CFG Lock 1 00:797 00:034 OCCPU: TSC Adjust 0 00:832 00:035 OCCPU: Known Model Core Crystal Clock Frequency 24000000Hz 00:867 00:034 OCCPU: CPUFrequencyFromART 2712000000Hz 2712MHz = 24000000 * 226 / 2 00:904 00:037 OCCPU: Timer address is 1808 from PMC ACPI 00:939 00:034 OCCPU: Failed to get FSBFrequency data using Apple Platform Info - Not Found 01:233 00:293 OCCPU: Intel TSC: 2712000000Hz, 2712MHz; FSB: 100444444Hz, 100MHz; MaxBusRatio: 27 01:261 00:028 OCCPU: Detected Apple Processor Type: 06 -> 0605 01:298 00:036 OCCPU: CPUFrequencyFromTSC 2711998788Hz 2711MHz 01:332 00:034 OCCPU: CPUFrequency 2712000000Hz 2712MHz 01:368 00:035 OCCPU: FSBFrequency 100444444Hz 100MHz 01:403 00:035 OCCPU: Pkg 1 Cores 2 Threads 4 01:439 00:035 OC: OcLoadNvramSupport... 01:475 00:036 OCVAR: Locate emulated NVRAM protocol - Not Found 01:511 00:035 OC: Not deleting NVRAM 4D1EDE05-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B38C14:DefaultBackgroundColor, matches add 01:546 00:035 OC: Not deleting NVRAM 4D1FDA02-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B30102:rtc-blacklist, matches add 01:581 00:035 OC: Not deleting NVRAM 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:boot-args, matches add 01:616 00:034 OC: Not deleting NVRAM 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:ForceDisplayRotationInEFI, matches add 01:652 00:035 OCVAR: Setting NVRAM 4D1EDE05-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B38C14:DefaultBackgroundColor - ignored, exists 01:848 00:196 OCVAR: Setting NVRAM 4D1FDA02-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B30102:rtc-blacklist - Not Found 01:876 00:027 OCVAR: Setting NVRAM 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:ForceDisplayRotationInEFI - ignored, exists 01:910 00:034 OCVAR: Setting NVRAM 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:SystemAudioVolume - ignored, exists 01:945 00:035 OCVAR: Setting NVRAM 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:boot-args - ignored, exists 01:981 00:035 OCVAR: Setting NVRAM 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:csr-active-config - ignored, exists 02:016 00:034 OCVAR: Setting NVRAM 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:prev-lang:kbd - ignored, exists 02:049 00:033 OCVAR: Setting NVRAM 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:run-efi-updater - ignored, exists 02:087 00:037 OC: Current version is DBG-092-2023-05-08 02:122 00:035 OC: OcMiscMiddleInit... 02:157 00:034 OC: StorageHandle 799E97D8 with Disabled LauncherOption pointing to Default 02:315 00:158 OC: OcLoadUefiSupport... 02:348 00:033 OCAU: OcAudioInstallProtocols (0, 0) 02:384 00:035 OCAU: 4B228577-6274-4A48-82AE-0713A1171987 protocol - Not Found 02:576 00:192 OCAU: C32332DF-FC56-4FE1-9358-BA0D529B24CD protocol - Not Found 02:604 00:027 OCAU: F4CB0B78-243B-11E7-A524-B8E8562CBAFA protocol - Not Found 02:640 00:035 OCAU: 3224B169-EC34-46D2-B779-E1B1687F525F protocol - Not Found 02:676 00:035 OCAE: Builtin installed 02:710 00:034 OCRTC: Wake log is 0x00 0x00 0 0x01 02:743 00:033 OCEG: Discovered rotate NVRAM override to 0 02:779 00:035 OC: Automatic SB model x86legacy from model MacBookPro14,1 02:816 00:037 OC: Loading Apple Secure Boot with x86legacy (level 1) 02:851 00:034 OC: Discovered x86legacy with zero ECID, using system-id 02:884 00:033 OC: Grabbed SB uuid 8D3F04AA-B633-1A4A-94F7-46972AAD0607 from auto config - Success 02:919 00:035 OC: ApECID 1894526925792019626 from system-id 02:956 00:036 OCII: AIFTimerBoostInit Current timer is 100000 02:991 00:034 OCII: AIFTimerBoostInit changed period 100000 to 50000 03:346 00:354 OC: Installing KeySupport... 03:374 00:028 OCII: AmiEfiKeycodeProtocol is unavailable on gST->ConsoleHandle - Unsupported 03:411 00:036 OCII: gST->ConIn 890B73E0 vs found 890B73E0 03:445 00:034 AIK: Using 5 (50ms) 03:479 00:033 OCABC: ALRBL 0 RTDFRG 1 DEVMMIO 0 NOSU 1 NOVRWR 0 NOSB 0 FBSIG 0 NOHBMAP 0 SMSLIDE 1 WRUNPROT 1 03:515 00:035 OCABC: FEXITBS 0 PRMRG 0 CSLIDE 1 MSLIDE 0 PRSRV 0 RBMAP 0 VMAP 1 APPLOS 0 RTPERMS 0 ARBAR -1 RBIO 0 03:551 00:036 OCABC: Firmware has 995655 free pages (540999 in lower 4 GB) 03:587 00:035 OCABC: Awaiting rendezvous with OpenRuntime r12 03:621 00:033 OC: RequestBootVarRouting 1 03:656 00:035 OCDM: Found 0x20032/0x20032 UEFI version (376 bytes, 0 rebuilding to 376) gST 89A68018 gBS 70A38E40 gBS->CreateEventEx 70A2D078 &gBS 733B6050 03:694 00:038 OC: AVX enabled - 1 03:729 00:034 OC: Got 2 drivers 03:764 00:034 OC: Driver OpenRuntime.efi at 0 () is being loaded... 03:961 00:197 OCABC: EfiBootRt candidate - |
2023.06.06 01:53 PristineAbrocoma9032 📱🍏 iPadOS 17 Compatibility: Will Your iPad Make the Cut? 🤔🔍
Hey there, Apple enthusiasts! 👋 Got some fresh news from WWDC 2023 about the upcoming iPadOS 17. Let's see if your iPad is on the compatibility list. 📝
First off, iPadOS 17 is bringing some neat features to the table. We're talking lock screen personalization, easier work with PDFs in Notes, and even access to the Health app right on your iPad. 📲💪
But here's the big question: Will your iPad get the iPadOS 17 update? 🤷♂️
Here's the list of iPads that will get iPadOS 17:
1️⃣ iPad mini (5th generation and later) 🎈 2️⃣ iPad (6th generation and later) 📚 3️⃣ iPad Air (3rd generation and later) 🌬️ 4️⃣ iPad Pro (2nd generation and later) 🚀
Interestingly, the iPad 6th gen with the A10 chipset is still in the game, even though iPhone models with the A11 processor have been dropped. 🎲
And the iPads that won't be getting the iPadOS 17 update are:
1️⃣ iPad (5th generation) 😢 2️⃣ 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st generation) 🙁
For the devs out there, the developer beta for iPadOS 17 is already out. For the rest of us, the public beta will be available in July. 📅
The official release of iPadOS 17 is expected this fall, likely alongside iOS 17 and the iPhone 15 series. 🍂📱
So, what do you think? Is your iPad on the list? Let's discuss! 💬
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First off, iPadOS 17 is bringing some neat features to the table. We're talking lock screen personalization, easier work with PDFs in Notes, and even access to the Health app right on your iPad. 📲💪
But here's the big question: Will your iPad get the iPadOS 17 update? 🤷♂️
Here's the list of iPads that will get iPadOS 17:
1️⃣ iPad mini (5th generation and later) 🎈 2️⃣ iPad (6th generation and later) 📚 3️⃣ iPad Air (3rd generation and later) 🌬️ 4️⃣ iPad Pro (2nd generation and later) 🚀
Interestingly, the iPad 6th gen with the A10 chipset is still in the game, even though iPhone models with the A11 processor have been dropped. 🎲
And the iPads that won't be getting the iPadOS 17 update are:
1️⃣ iPad (5th generation) 😢 2️⃣ 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st generation) 🙁
For the devs out there, the developer beta for iPadOS 17 is already out. For the rest of us, the public beta will be available in July. 📅
The official release of iPadOS 17 is expected this fall, likely alongside iOS 17 and the iPhone 15 series. 🍂📱
So, what do you think? Is your iPad on the list? Let's discuss! 💬
2023.06.06 01:20 JacksonDX06 Switching to iPhone 6S plus in 2024
Hey, I am new to this subreddit and recently have been disgusted by the WWDC event to be honest.
The reason being, I just hate how Apple is reworking the functional designs of the interface; like the contacts being similar to the lock screen, and etc. I am somebody who rather stay on iOS 15 until it's just unusable and that's what I plan on doing for as long as possible. I am currently using the iPhone 13 mini on the last iOS 15 update it has. However, this phone for (personal reasons) I will not be able to use late 2024.
Do you think I will be able to use the iPhone 6S plus around 2024-2025? I still see people using the iPhone 6 it's still working like a charm for them.
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The reason being, I just hate how Apple is reworking the functional designs of the interface; like the contacts being similar to the lock screen, and etc. I am somebody who rather stay on iOS 15 until it's just unusable and that's what I plan on doing for as long as possible. I am currently using the iPhone 13 mini on the last iOS 15 update it has. However, this phone for (personal reasons) I will not be able to use late 2024.
Do you think I will be able to use the iPhone 6S plus around 2024-2025? I still see people using the iPhone 6 it's still working like a charm for them.
2023.06.06 00:28 icallshogun Bridgebuilder - Chapter 42
Keeping Secrets
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“I’ll keep this brief, as you both have quite a bit of paperwork to get to.” Dae Yeong sat on the other side of a conference room table from Alex and Carbon, leaning over it as he slid them each two stacks of paperwork. Archaic, certainly, but still the most official. “Do not speak to anyone about anything you experienced in any fashion for the duration of your mission, without a signed order.”
“Oh, well, that shouldn’t be too hard. ‘So how was it?’ No comment.” Alex crammed another mini muffin into his mouth and washed it down with passable coffee. The program at least had the good sense to have food waiting in the conference room. He pulled the mountain of paperwork over to himself and shuffled through it. At least a dozen manila folders, all legal size and many of them finger thick, were stacked on top of a pile of pale blue paper with Tsla text peeking out at him. He’d see about getting a translator when he got down to those.
“I would recommend more tact, many people will never fully understand these circumstances and answers like that may put them off. But you are essentially correct.” He leaned back in his chair and looked between them. “If either of you have any questions, I will be available to you until you are done.”
Carbon shook her head and Alex shrugged as they started in on the forms.
It was basically what Dae indicated, but full of lawyer words that Alex had a tenuous grasp of. His eyes darted over to Carbon with a touch of envy. Her stack was shorter and the CPP had a personal AI waiting for her when they arrived, giving her near-instant access to any sort of reference material she needed. He got to ask questions.
The sheer volume of the forms was unsettling, but each covered a unique aspect of the mission and the many, many things that went wrong. There was the original mission non-disclosure agreement and the new extended non-disclosure agreement. Then there was the encounter with the Eohm, which included special agreements for being in control of a government vehicle when it sustains damage, being attacked by hostile nonhuman entities, using emergency equipment, and using a government vehicle outside of normal operational parameters, to start.
That didn’t even eat up half of the pile. The rest covered seeing, touching and boarding an unknown object, using unidentified technology and having an alien foreign object implanted. It was a strange mix of documents that hadn’t been altered in decades and a few that had been finished just days ago. It was only the second time in 60 years humanity had found abandoned technology, which had only been an old tkt settlement. There wasn’t a lot of precedence.
Alex took his time reading everything that had been put before him, even if it was slow going. It at least appeared that Carbon was doing the same. They took a break after an aide had delivered lunch, several hours into the day. By the time they had pushed through to the Tslao paperwork, they had been there for just over eight hours.
Dae locked the signed forms up into two different briefcases and handed them off to another aide, securing the door as she left. “Thank you for your patience with this. Many returning crews chafe at having to go over paperwork and there is usually much less to do.”
“I kind of expected it. Had a lot going on, you know?” Alex stood, stretched and leaned back against the table.
Dae shook his head. “Officially, I do not. So that you understand, Alex, that alone is almost too much information for you to give out.”
“Oh, yeah. This is going to take some getting used to.” He rubbed his eyes, which reminded him of how much his wrist hurt from all the writing.
Carbon pushed her chair away from the table and stood apart from both of them. “Thank you for your time, Mr. Yeong. If it is not troublesome, may I be shown to my room? It has been a very long week.”
“Of course, Shipmaster. Both of you have been given diplomatic quarters for the time being. It breaks with the decompression routine, but there is enhanced security and privacy up there.”
“That will do fine, thank you.” Carbon smiled faintly and gave him a shallow bow, little more than an incline of her head, some sort of formality. She’d done the same thing to Alex when they had first met, without the smile.
“I could stand to get some rest, myself.”
Dae nodded and led them out to the elevators, waving his badge over the call pad for an express that bypassed the rest of the hotel that occupied this portion of the upper tower in the station. It was very well appointed, with wood accents and a thick carpet and not a hint of the blue-gray paint that seemed to cover most everything else on the station.
The floor they stopped at was more of the same, Dae showed them down a side corridor and dropped Alex off at his quarters before leading Carbon further down the hall.
The room felt strange. It was nicer than anywhere Alex had stayed before, just short of being what he would consider opulent. Lots of real wood, granite counters in the bathroom and a king sized bed. At least the package of clothing they had left for him on the dresser was just standard CPP issue station gear. He picked it up and headed for the bathroom.
Quarantine had bothered him a little, but that was still a very compact area. This was just... enormous. The bathroom alone was larger than his cabin on the Kshlav’o had been. There was elbow room when he changed his clothes.
Maybe it was better in the dark. He crawled into bed and tried to get comfortable. “Lights, off.”
He waited for several minutes. It didn’t get better. He still did not like the dark. The room still felt empty and now he couldn’t tell where anything was. Maybe he could sleep in the closet. Fold up the comforter and make a little bed...
A knock at the door interrupted his descent. Alex wasn’t sure he had heard it until it happened again. Someone was actually knocking on the door, not using the call button on the lock.
He shuffled over towards the door controls in the dark and thumbed the button to activate the viewer. Only the top half of a head was visible, clearly Carbon. Probably no one else on the station had blue-black fur and antennae, anyway. He hit the panel, squinting into the light of the hallway. “Hi.”
Carbon pushed him back into the room and closed the door behind her, resting her head against his chest and slipping her arms around his waist. “I have missed you, Alex.”
“I missed you too.”
Carbon dragged him back to bed, not that he resisted. In the darkness the room still felt wrong, but Alex found it much more tolerable with Carbon’s back against him. She draped his arm over her waist and shifted her head around on the pillow. Her antenna landed on top of his head with a muted thump and they shifted down into the shared existence.
”This is nice.” Carbon’s mind felt smooth and hard, still prepared to deal with stresses beyond her control. There were little chips and cracks, though they seemed to be dissipating.
”It is. We should do this more often.” The Alex part warmed with mirth and cozied up to her.
Carbon began to shift, still smooth but less rigid as she relaxed. ”I would find that desirable. I have been thinking about our relationship, Alex.”
He wasn’t sure what to make of that. He assumed it wasn’t bad, it didn’t feel bad when she had said it. He lacked the skill to successfully hide the burst of anxiety that it caused. ”Go on.”
”I wish to continue with this, but I fear you will be ostracized by your species if we do.” Carbon tried to ease his fears and radiated a calm presence.
It actually worked very well, settling Alex down as he thought about his reply. ”I don’t know if ostracized is the right word. It’s new territory, I’ve never heard of anyone else having a relationship like ours. There have been a few instances in human history where parallels could be drawn.”
A hopeful sort of curiosity. ”How did those turn out?”
”In the long run or short term?”
Followed immediately by disappointment. ”Ah. I had hoped that your race would be more accepting, you seem to deal with change well.”
”Really? Us? It takes decades before you see any social norms change...” He pondered that for a moment, ”Two generations, probably.”
Carbon was quiet, ruminating and growing discouraged. ”I had hoped that there might be some refuge for us with one of our races.”
”The Tslao will not be accepting of this either, I take?” He couldn’t avoid the worry lacing through his thoughts, an uneasy sense of loss already seeping in.
She gave a sort of short, sharp laugh, sarcastic and pained. ”No. We are very insular, Alex. We do not like change, I fear the reaction would likely be worse from my people.”
”You don’t seem to mind change.” At least, she didn’t mind him.
Carbon shifted, softer but still pessimistic. ”I am an individual with an unusual upbringing. When I was a child, we were taught that humans were dangerous and unpredictable, like wild animals among the stars. Had I not seen them, interacted with them myself... I would have believed it.”
”That does explain why we’ve always had cool political relations.”
A pulse of agreement. ”Before the disaster, the number of my people who have met humans did not even number into the hundreds. Many were terrified at how quickly you expanded your borders.”
”Wow. Okay... I probably keep a closer eye on things like this than most people, but that’s not how the Tsla’o were portrayed in history classes. I guess that concealing yourselves thing worked a treat.” Alex unfocused, silent and contemplative. ”I don’t think we will be entirely alone here. My mother already likes you quite a bit.”
Carbon rippled with a burst of shock and surprise at that. ”She does? I thought I had been rude the first time you passed a message from her to me?”
”Oh yeah, you snapped at me good for that and I, uh... I just started making up replies for you.” It had seemed like a civil thing to do at the time, but saying it now was just embarrassing. “Nothing crazy, just polite responses that didn’t really amount to anything. I didn't want her to think you were mean.”
Embarrassment and a curious type of admiration marbled her presence. ”Thank you for protecting my honor when I had done nothing to deserve it.”
”I figured you were having a hard time. You looked like you were. I just wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt.” Alex warmed, unaware that he had been doing her a favor at the time. He’d mostly been doing it for his mom, who’d been more interested in aliens than he ever had. ”What about your father? Would he accept us?”
”I do not think he would react well.”
Her answer had come so quickly he was sure she had already been thinking about it. There was no hesitation, no more consideration to be done. She’d had a week to do nothing but dwell on things. ”Oh. Your aunt?”
Fear spiked in mind, cold and crisp. "No! No. She would never."
That her reaction was strong enough to make him afraid as well, an echo of the ‘narcotic effect’ he had learned about before, was surprising and unsettling. ”Okay. Well... At least we have my family.”
”Is that enough?”
”It’s a start.”
Carbon thought on that awhile, bemused. ”It will have to do. I think we should do our best to keep our relationship hidden, until we have better gauged reactions to it.”
”I agree. Are you going to keep coming over?”
The answer was coy and practically dripping with anticipation. ”No.”
”Liar.”
A memory of a smile and a laugh. ”You are not the only one with a room, Alex.”
He gave her that. ”I don’t know where yours is.”
”It is the next one down the hall. How do you think I got here so quickly?”
”So should we trade off nightly?”
”We will decide what to do when the time comes.”
Alex did the closest thing he could do to grinning. ”So every other night?”
”That sounds fine.” The Carbon part was amused by that, but quieted and became serious a moment later. ”Will you do something for me, Alex?”
”Sure, name it.”
”It has been a long week, will you show me a memory? An exciting one?”
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*****
Yes, it is perfectly acceptable to get buzzed off your... very, very close friend's memories in Tsla'o society.
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First Prev
“I’ll keep this brief, as you both have quite a bit of paperwork to get to.” Dae Yeong sat on the other side of a conference room table from Alex and Carbon, leaning over it as he slid them each two stacks of paperwork. Archaic, certainly, but still the most official. “Do not speak to anyone about anything you experienced in any fashion for the duration of your mission, without a signed order.”
“Oh, well, that shouldn’t be too hard. ‘So how was it?’ No comment.” Alex crammed another mini muffin into his mouth and washed it down with passable coffee. The program at least had the good sense to have food waiting in the conference room. He pulled the mountain of paperwork over to himself and shuffled through it. At least a dozen manila folders, all legal size and many of them finger thick, were stacked on top of a pile of pale blue paper with Tsla text peeking out at him. He’d see about getting a translator when he got down to those.
“I would recommend more tact, many people will never fully understand these circumstances and answers like that may put them off. But you are essentially correct.” He leaned back in his chair and looked between them. “If either of you have any questions, I will be available to you until you are done.”
Carbon shook her head and Alex shrugged as they started in on the forms.
It was basically what Dae indicated, but full of lawyer words that Alex had a tenuous grasp of. His eyes darted over to Carbon with a touch of envy. Her stack was shorter and the CPP had a personal AI waiting for her when they arrived, giving her near-instant access to any sort of reference material she needed. He got to ask questions.
The sheer volume of the forms was unsettling, but each covered a unique aspect of the mission and the many, many things that went wrong. There was the original mission non-disclosure agreement and the new extended non-disclosure agreement. Then there was the encounter with the Eohm, which included special agreements for being in control of a government vehicle when it sustains damage, being attacked by hostile nonhuman entities, using emergency equipment, and using a government vehicle outside of normal operational parameters, to start.
That didn’t even eat up half of the pile. The rest covered seeing, touching and boarding an unknown object, using unidentified technology and having an alien foreign object implanted. It was a strange mix of documents that hadn’t been altered in decades and a few that had been finished just days ago. It was only the second time in 60 years humanity had found abandoned technology, which had only been an old tkt settlement. There wasn’t a lot of precedence.
Alex took his time reading everything that had been put before him, even if it was slow going. It at least appeared that Carbon was doing the same. They took a break after an aide had delivered lunch, several hours into the day. By the time they had pushed through to the Tslao paperwork, they had been there for just over eight hours.
Dae locked the signed forms up into two different briefcases and handed them off to another aide, securing the door as she left. “Thank you for your patience with this. Many returning crews chafe at having to go over paperwork and there is usually much less to do.”
“I kind of expected it. Had a lot going on, you know?” Alex stood, stretched and leaned back against the table.
Dae shook his head. “Officially, I do not. So that you understand, Alex, that alone is almost too much information for you to give out.”
“Oh, yeah. This is going to take some getting used to.” He rubbed his eyes, which reminded him of how much his wrist hurt from all the writing.
Carbon pushed her chair away from the table and stood apart from both of them. “Thank you for your time, Mr. Yeong. If it is not troublesome, may I be shown to my room? It has been a very long week.”
“Of course, Shipmaster. Both of you have been given diplomatic quarters for the time being. It breaks with the decompression routine, but there is enhanced security and privacy up there.”
“That will do fine, thank you.” Carbon smiled faintly and gave him a shallow bow, little more than an incline of her head, some sort of formality. She’d done the same thing to Alex when they had first met, without the smile.
“I could stand to get some rest, myself.”
Dae nodded and led them out to the elevators, waving his badge over the call pad for an express that bypassed the rest of the hotel that occupied this portion of the upper tower in the station. It was very well appointed, with wood accents and a thick carpet and not a hint of the blue-gray paint that seemed to cover most everything else on the station.
The floor they stopped at was more of the same, Dae showed them down a side corridor and dropped Alex off at his quarters before leading Carbon further down the hall.
The room felt strange. It was nicer than anywhere Alex had stayed before, just short of being what he would consider opulent. Lots of real wood, granite counters in the bathroom and a king sized bed. At least the package of clothing they had left for him on the dresser was just standard CPP issue station gear. He picked it up and headed for the bathroom.
Quarantine had bothered him a little, but that was still a very compact area. This was just... enormous. The bathroom alone was larger than his cabin on the Kshlav’o had been. There was elbow room when he changed his clothes.
Maybe it was better in the dark. He crawled into bed and tried to get comfortable. “Lights, off.”
He waited for several minutes. It didn’t get better. He still did not like the dark. The room still felt empty and now he couldn’t tell where anything was. Maybe he could sleep in the closet. Fold up the comforter and make a little bed...
A knock at the door interrupted his descent. Alex wasn’t sure he had heard it until it happened again. Someone was actually knocking on the door, not using the call button on the lock.
He shuffled over towards the door controls in the dark and thumbed the button to activate the viewer. Only the top half of a head was visible, clearly Carbon. Probably no one else on the station had blue-black fur and antennae, anyway. He hit the panel, squinting into the light of the hallway. “Hi.”
Carbon pushed him back into the room and closed the door behind her, resting her head against his chest and slipping her arms around his waist. “I have missed you, Alex.”
“I missed you too.”
Carbon dragged him back to bed, not that he resisted. In the darkness the room still felt wrong, but Alex found it much more tolerable with Carbon’s back against him. She draped his arm over her waist and shifted her head around on the pillow. Her antenna landed on top of his head with a muted thump and they shifted down into the shared existence.
”This is nice.” Carbon’s mind felt smooth and hard, still prepared to deal with stresses beyond her control. There were little chips and cracks, though they seemed to be dissipating.
”It is. We should do this more often.” The Alex part warmed with mirth and cozied up to her.
Carbon began to shift, still smooth but less rigid as she relaxed. ”I would find that desirable. I have been thinking about our relationship, Alex.”
He wasn’t sure what to make of that. He assumed it wasn’t bad, it didn’t feel bad when she had said it. He lacked the skill to successfully hide the burst of anxiety that it caused. ”Go on.”
”I wish to continue with this, but I fear you will be ostracized by your species if we do.” Carbon tried to ease his fears and radiated a calm presence.
It actually worked very well, settling Alex down as he thought about his reply. ”I don’t know if ostracized is the right word. It’s new territory, I’ve never heard of anyone else having a relationship like ours. There have been a few instances in human history where parallels could be drawn.”
A hopeful sort of curiosity. ”How did those turn out?”
”In the long run or short term?”
Followed immediately by disappointment. ”Ah. I had hoped that your race would be more accepting, you seem to deal with change well.”
”Really? Us? It takes decades before you see any social norms change...” He pondered that for a moment, ”Two generations, probably.”
Carbon was quiet, ruminating and growing discouraged. ”I had hoped that there might be some refuge for us with one of our races.”
”The Tslao will not be accepting of this either, I take?” He couldn’t avoid the worry lacing through his thoughts, an uneasy sense of loss already seeping in.
She gave a sort of short, sharp laugh, sarcastic and pained. ”No. We are very insular, Alex. We do not like change, I fear the reaction would likely be worse from my people.”
”You don’t seem to mind change.” At least, she didn’t mind him.
Carbon shifted, softer but still pessimistic. ”I am an individual with an unusual upbringing. When I was a child, we were taught that humans were dangerous and unpredictable, like wild animals among the stars. Had I not seen them, interacted with them myself... I would have believed it.”
”That does explain why we’ve always had cool political relations.”
A pulse of agreement. ”Before the disaster, the number of my people who have met humans did not even number into the hundreds. Many were terrified at how quickly you expanded your borders.”
”Wow. Okay... I probably keep a closer eye on things like this than most people, but that’s not how the Tsla’o were portrayed in history classes. I guess that concealing yourselves thing worked a treat.” Alex unfocused, silent and contemplative. ”I don’t think we will be entirely alone here. My mother already likes you quite a bit.”
Carbon rippled with a burst of shock and surprise at that. ”She does? I thought I had been rude the first time you passed a message from her to me?”
”Oh yeah, you snapped at me good for that and I, uh... I just started making up replies for you.” It had seemed like a civil thing to do at the time, but saying it now was just embarrassing. “Nothing crazy, just polite responses that didn’t really amount to anything. I didn't want her to think you were mean.”
Embarrassment and a curious type of admiration marbled her presence. ”Thank you for protecting my honor when I had done nothing to deserve it.”
”I figured you were having a hard time. You looked like you were. I just wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt.” Alex warmed, unaware that he had been doing her a favor at the time. He’d mostly been doing it for his mom, who’d been more interested in aliens than he ever had. ”What about your father? Would he accept us?”
”I do not think he would react well.”
Her answer had come so quickly he was sure she had already been thinking about it. There was no hesitation, no more consideration to be done. She’d had a week to do nothing but dwell on things. ”Oh. Your aunt?”
Fear spiked in mind, cold and crisp. "No! No. She would never."
That her reaction was strong enough to make him afraid as well, an echo of the ‘narcotic effect’ he had learned about before, was surprising and unsettling. ”Okay. Well... At least we have my family.”
”Is that enough?”
”It’s a start.”
Carbon thought on that awhile, bemused. ”It will have to do. I think we should do our best to keep our relationship hidden, until we have better gauged reactions to it.”
”I agree. Are you going to keep coming over?”
The answer was coy and practically dripping with anticipation. ”No.”
”Liar.”
A memory of a smile and a laugh. ”You are not the only one with a room, Alex.”
He gave her that. ”I don’t know where yours is.”
”It is the next one down the hall. How do you think I got here so quickly?”
”So should we trade off nightly?”
”We will decide what to do when the time comes.”
Alex did the closest thing he could do to grinning. ”So every other night?”
”That sounds fine.” The Carbon part was amused by that, but quieted and became serious a moment later. ”Will you do something for me, Alex?”
”Sure, name it.”
”It has been a long week, will you show me a memory? An exciting one?”
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Yes, it is perfectly acceptable to get buzzed off your... very, very close friend's memories in Tsla'o society.
2023.06.06 00:23 m4rch3n1ng mpsc channel: why does "redundant clone" change program output?
i have the code
```rs // main.rs use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Sender};
fn main() { let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::(); do_send(tx);
fn do_send(tx: Sender) { tx.send(MediaControl::Next).unwrap(); } ```
and when i run it, my stdout says
$ cargo run -q recv = Ok(Next) err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel // ...
but when i pass a tx.clone() instead of just the tx
``` $ git diff diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs index f80d83c..b97ee91 100644 --- a/src/main.rs +++ b/src/main.rs @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ enum MediaControl {
fn main() { let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::(); - do_send(tx); + do_send(tx.clone());
the output changes and now it only does
$ cargo run -q recv = Ok(Next)
without closing the channel after the first sent message (i originally encountered this issue while using threads and calling the function multiple times where this was relevant, but this is the most minimal reproduction i could come up with).
but now when i run cargo clippy, clippy points out that the call to .clone() is redundant
$ cargo clippy -q warning: redundant clone src/main.rs:10:15 10 do_send(tx.clone()); ^^^^^^^^ help: remove this note: this value is dropped without further use src/main.rs:10:13 10 do_send(tx.clone()); ^^ = help: for further information visit https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/masteindex.html#redundant_clone = note: `#[warn(clippy::redundant_clone)]` on by default
this seems unintuitive, why does this "redundant clone" affect the program output?
i am on x64 linux, rust version 1.70
``` $ rustup show // -- snip --
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```rs // main.rs use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Sender};
[derive(Debug)]
enum MediaControl { Next, }fn main() { let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::
loop { let recv = rx.recv(); if recv.is_err() { println!("err = {}", recv.err().unwrap()) } else { println!("recv = {:?}", recv); } } }fn do_send(tx: Sender
and when i run it, my stdout says
$ cargo run -q recv = Ok(Next) err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel err = receiving on a closed channel // ...
but when i pass a tx.clone() instead of just the tx
``` $ git diff diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs index f80d83c..b97ee91 100644 --- a/src/main.rs +++ b/src/main.rs @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ enum MediaControl {
fn main() { let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::
loop { let recv = rx.recv(); ```the output changes and now it only does
$ cargo run -q recv = Ok(Next)
without closing the channel after the first sent message (i originally encountered this issue while using threads and calling the function multiple times where this was relevant, but this is the most minimal reproduction i could come up with).
but now when i run cargo clippy, clippy points out that the call to .clone() is redundant
$ cargo clippy -q warning: redundant clone src/main.rs:10:15 10 do_send(tx.clone()); ^^^^^^^^ help: remove this note: this value is dropped without further use src/main.rs:10:13 10 do_send(tx.clone()); ^^ = help: for further information visit https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/masteindex.html#redundant_clone = note: `#[warn(clippy::redundant_clone)]` on by default
this seems unintuitive, why does this "redundant clone" affect the program output?
i am on x64 linux, rust version 1.70
``` $ rustup show // -- snip --
active toolchain
stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (default) rustc 1.70.0 (90c541806 2023-05-31) ```2023.06.05 23:10 AnOkSecretary I work as a secretary at a small FBI office. A man in a pink poncho almost killed me.
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Today was the tipping point. For months, I've been working as a secretary at a small FBI office in Lancaster, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Los Angeles. My job as a secretary includes what you’d expect; phone calls, donut deliveries, but also a constant need to redirect old people to the police department. Believe it or not, the Bureau doesn’t care that your neighbor’s dog constantly barking. Despite the monotony, I've come to appreciate the stability of my job, something I’ve desperately needed as I approach my late twenties. But today didn’t include any of those things. Or maybe it did. That’s the problem, I can’t remember.
I arrived at the office and fired up the hissing Keurig coffee machine, and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in a daze as my boss wished me a happy weekend. This wasn't just a momentary lapse in memory induced by a boring day – no, it was a complete blackout. Poof. Gone in an instant and transported 8 hours in the future.
Strange things have been happening at the office for a while now, but they are becoming more frequent and severe. I hadn't told anyone because I knew no one would believe me. But today I’ve decided to share what’s been going on as I finally have some proof of the weird shit going on here.
After rubbing my eyes deeply from what felt like a long slumber I checked my desk for any clues about what happened. I woke my computer from sleep checking Outlook and Teams before shifting my gaze to my second monitor. That's when I saw the Word document, over 15 pages long, single-spaced. It was a detailed record of my activities, with time stamps down to the minute. The words on the page were familiar, but I couldn't remember typing them. As I read through the document, my heart raced faster with every line.
I’ve summarized the document below and omitted timestamps that seem irrelevant:
[10:45 AM] There’s an old man in a pink poncho sitting in the waiting room. I’ve asked him if he needed anything but he’s ignoring me. His eyes are glued to the wall as if he's waiting for something. Look, I’ve seen ‘California crazy’ but this is just bizarre... It’s not even raining out.
[10:50 AM] The Barley twins swung by and took an exaggerated double take in an eerie unison motion. When I asked them what was wrong, they said quote “Just checking if the smoking hot chick is back”. I told them what I’ve told them a thousand times; that my temp job replacing the old secretary is now permanent. They chuckled at my annoyance as they walked away, their eyes lingering on me a little too long. I could hear them complaining about not getting a female replacement and that I’m just not “fun”. I rolled my eyes and went back to reading my novel.
[11:03 AM] I swear the old man in the pink poncho is looking at me. In my peripheral vision, I can see his dark black eyes gazing at me. It's like he's studying me, waiting for me to make a move. But when I look up, he's back staring at the wall with an uncanny fixation. If he keeps it up, I’m going to have to ask him to leave.
[12:35 PM] The sound of a revving engine outside signaled the arrival of the FedEx driver yet again, demanding to know about 'the package'. Irritation bubbled inside me at the relentless daily visits from this delivery person. I couldn't tell if it was some twisted prank from the Barley twins or if the driver was genuinely delusional. I told her no, that we never will have a package for her, and that she’s frankly stupid for asking. She rolled her eyes, blew a bubble from her gum, and popped it before walking away.
[12:36 PM] The pink poncho man is gone.
[12:44 PM] Jenson swooped by and caught me by surprise. He had that gleeful childish smile on his face as he peered over my desk and asked “Waaaatttchhaaaaa doooinnngggg?”. I could tell he didn’t actually care but I mustered up a response.
“Uh, nothing, just cleaning out some--“.
“Hey so did you see any packages come in? Or taken? Or any with the packages at all?”
He tapped his foot nervously on the floor. Right when I was about to respond he cut me off once more, face pale and eyes twitching searching for something behind me.
“Never mind, pfff, it’s, uh, probably nothing…”
He wandered in an aimless direction behind me at a hurried pace.
[1:00 PM] I confronted the Barley twins while they were “working”. James had his feet up on his desk, lazily flipping through a magazine, while Tommy was intently focused on a game on his computer. I could feel my blood boil as I approached them. James looked up with a grin and spoke.
“Hey sweetheart, here to bring us coffee?”
"You two better stop with the whole package thing," I seethed. "Jensen blew it, his acting sucks. You know better than to take advantage of our boss’s innocence. And besides, this whole damn thing is too complicated. What's the point?"
James squinted his face in confusion. “Look man, as much as I would like to take credit for whatever bothering you, it ain’t us.”
“We’re busy with work, just like you should be.” Tommy joined and let out a playful wink.
As I glared at them both, I couldn't discern if they were telling the truth.
[1:14 PM] I caught the FedEx driver trying to sneak past my desk. She had a hoody up and obnoxious black sunglasses. I whistled at her and motioned with my hands for her to come over. She sighed at getting caught.
Before she could speak, I shouted “I don't have it, I don't want it, and I don’t want anything to do with it! Got it?"
She proceeded to flick me off. In response, I threw a pencil at her. I missed but it’s the thought that counts.
[2:32 PM] After enduring an hour-long meeting, I entered the bathroom and was hit by the putrid smell of urine and mold like a wall. I quickly scanned the three stalls, only to freeze when I saw the old man in the bright pink poncho standing in the middle one. My first thought was to leave and hold it, but my bladder had other ideas. I took the urinal to his right and did my business as fast as I could.
That's when I felt his eyes on me. I tried to ignore it and keep my eyes on my feet, but something compelled me to look up. And there he was, his eyes locked on mine slowly fixing his drooping frown to a sinister twitching grin. He pulled down his poncho hood revealing a tattoo on the side of his bald head that I couldn’t quite make out. I backed up and the man followed imitating my movement and maintaining eye contact like his head was a gyroscope. It was at this point I noticed the partially see-through poncho was in fact his only article of clothing.
I yelled “Yew dude, what the fuck?” as I lifted my hand blocking my vision. But when I could smell his wretched odor get closer, I split my fingers creating a small peephole. The man’s face was only inches away from mine with an inhuman smile that stretched to the sides of both of his eyes. His eyes consisted of only a black dot pupil slowly dilating, pearl white sclera, and no iris. His ivory teeth were sharp daggers tainted yellow and rotten dry red. He wailed nonsensical words that reverberated off the walls of the cramped bathroom.
I screamed at him to stop, hoping someone would hear me. But he just kept moving one step closer as I took a step back, his smile growing wider and wider. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest, and I knew I had to make a break for it. I frantically tore open the bathroom door, praying that he wouldn't lunge at me as I fled.
[2:38 PM] Susan from HR brought me a free T-Shirt, thanks Susan!
[2:45 PM] Security came by to get my report of the incident. As far as they can tell, it’s just another crazy homeless person. I tried to tell them there was something different about him, that his smile was unearthly but they thought I was being hyperbolic.
[3:59 PM] After making a long pitstop in the breakroom to fully decompress I returned to my desk to find a cardboard box. It lacks any address, and the cardboard is weirdly fresh without any dirt or damage. I think I’m going to open it.
And that’s it. After that point, just 1 minute after, I woke from my daze apparently. I don’t remember any of these events. I don't even know this FedEx driver that I apparently lost my cool with and allegedly knew from the prior week. And that guy in the pink poncho? I'll have to ask Dan at IT if he has access to the security tapes and get this report I submitted to security. The only evidence I have that this happened is that I’m wearing the new FBI logo embroidered shirt Susan gave to me.
I want to be clear again: I'm clean as a whistle. I haven't taken any drugs or even had a drop of alcohol. So, unless I'm developing early dementia, does anyone know how this could have happened? I appreciate any comments or insights that you may have to offer, and I'll make sure to respond to them this week. I'll also post a follow-up with any new information I come across, as well as some other stories from my past that I think you'll find interesting. Thank you for reading.
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Today was the tipping point. For months, I've been working as a secretary at a small FBI office in Lancaster, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Los Angeles. My job as a secretary includes what you’d expect; phone calls, donut deliveries, but also a constant need to redirect old people to the police department. Believe it or not, the Bureau doesn’t care that your neighbor’s dog constantly barking. Despite the monotony, I've come to appreciate the stability of my job, something I’ve desperately needed as I approach my late twenties. But today didn’t include any of those things. Or maybe it did. That’s the problem, I can’t remember.
I arrived at the office and fired up the hissing Keurig coffee machine, and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in a daze as my boss wished me a happy weekend. This wasn't just a momentary lapse in memory induced by a boring day – no, it was a complete blackout. Poof. Gone in an instant and transported 8 hours in the future.
Strange things have been happening at the office for a while now, but they are becoming more frequent and severe. I hadn't told anyone because I knew no one would believe me. But today I’ve decided to share what’s been going on as I finally have some proof of the weird shit going on here.
After rubbing my eyes deeply from what felt like a long slumber I checked my desk for any clues about what happened. I woke my computer from sleep checking Outlook and Teams before shifting my gaze to my second monitor. That's when I saw the Word document, over 15 pages long, single-spaced. It was a detailed record of my activities, with time stamps down to the minute. The words on the page were familiar, but I couldn't remember typing them. As I read through the document, my heart raced faster with every line.
I’ve summarized the document below and omitted timestamps that seem irrelevant:
[10:45 AM] There’s an old man in a pink poncho sitting in the waiting room. I’ve asked him if he needed anything but he’s ignoring me. His eyes are glued to the wall as if he's waiting for something. Look, I’ve seen ‘California crazy’ but this is just bizarre... It’s not even raining out.
[10:50 AM] The Barley twins swung by and took an exaggerated double take in an eerie unison motion. When I asked them what was wrong, they said quote “Just checking if the smoking hot chick is back”. I told them what I’ve told them a thousand times; that my temp job replacing the old secretary is now permanent. They chuckled at my annoyance as they walked away, their eyes lingering on me a little too long. I could hear them complaining about not getting a female replacement and that I’m just not “fun”. I rolled my eyes and went back to reading my novel.
[11:03 AM] I swear the old man in the pink poncho is looking at me. In my peripheral vision, I can see his dark black eyes gazing at me. It's like he's studying me, waiting for me to make a move. But when I look up, he's back staring at the wall with an uncanny fixation. If he keeps it up, I’m going to have to ask him to leave.
[12:35 PM] The sound of a revving engine outside signaled the arrival of the FedEx driver yet again, demanding to know about 'the package'. Irritation bubbled inside me at the relentless daily visits from this delivery person. I couldn't tell if it was some twisted prank from the Barley twins or if the driver was genuinely delusional. I told her no, that we never will have a package for her, and that she’s frankly stupid for asking. She rolled her eyes, blew a bubble from her gum, and popped it before walking away.
[12:36 PM] The pink poncho man is gone.
[12:44 PM] Jenson swooped by and caught me by surprise. He had that gleeful childish smile on his face as he peered over my desk and asked “Waaaatttchhaaaaa doooinnngggg?”. I could tell he didn’t actually care but I mustered up a response.
“Uh, nothing, just cleaning out some--“.
“Hey so did you see any packages come in? Or taken? Or any with the packages at all?”
He tapped his foot nervously on the floor. Right when I was about to respond he cut me off once more, face pale and eyes twitching searching for something behind me.
“Never mind, pfff, it’s, uh, probably nothing…”
He wandered in an aimless direction behind me at a hurried pace.
[1:00 PM] I confronted the Barley twins while they were “working”. James had his feet up on his desk, lazily flipping through a magazine, while Tommy was intently focused on a game on his computer. I could feel my blood boil as I approached them. James looked up with a grin and spoke.
“Hey sweetheart, here to bring us coffee?”
"You two better stop with the whole package thing," I seethed. "Jensen blew it, his acting sucks. You know better than to take advantage of our boss’s innocence. And besides, this whole damn thing is too complicated. What's the point?"
James squinted his face in confusion. “Look man, as much as I would like to take credit for whatever bothering you, it ain’t us.”
“We’re busy with work, just like you should be.” Tommy joined and let out a playful wink.
As I glared at them both, I couldn't discern if they were telling the truth.
[1:14 PM] I caught the FedEx driver trying to sneak past my desk. She had a hoody up and obnoxious black sunglasses. I whistled at her and motioned with my hands for her to come over. She sighed at getting caught.
Before she could speak, I shouted “I don't have it, I don't want it, and I don’t want anything to do with it! Got it?"
She proceeded to flick me off. In response, I threw a pencil at her. I missed but it’s the thought that counts.
[2:32 PM] After enduring an hour-long meeting, I entered the bathroom and was hit by the putrid smell of urine and mold like a wall. I quickly scanned the three stalls, only to freeze when I saw the old man in the bright pink poncho standing in the middle one. My first thought was to leave and hold it, but my bladder had other ideas. I took the urinal to his right and did my business as fast as I could.
That's when I felt his eyes on me. I tried to ignore it and keep my eyes on my feet, but something compelled me to look up. And there he was, his eyes locked on mine slowly fixing his drooping frown to a sinister twitching grin. He pulled down his poncho hood revealing a tattoo on the side of his bald head that I couldn’t quite make out. I backed up and the man followed imitating my movement and maintaining eye contact like his head was a gyroscope. It was at this point I noticed the partially see-through poncho was in fact his only article of clothing.
I yelled “Yew dude, what the fuck?” as I lifted my hand blocking my vision. But when I could smell his wretched odor get closer, I split my fingers creating a small peephole. The man’s face was only inches away from mine with an inhuman smile that stretched to the sides of both of his eyes. His eyes consisted of only a black dot pupil slowly dilating, pearl white sclera, and no iris. His ivory teeth were sharp daggers tainted yellow and rotten dry red. He wailed nonsensical words that reverberated off the walls of the cramped bathroom.
I screamed at him to stop, hoping someone would hear me. But he just kept moving one step closer as I took a step back, his smile growing wider and wider. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest, and I knew I had to make a break for it. I frantically tore open the bathroom door, praying that he wouldn't lunge at me as I fled.
[2:38 PM] Susan from HR brought me a free T-Shirt, thanks Susan!
[2:45 PM] Security came by to get my report of the incident. As far as they can tell, it’s just another crazy homeless person. I tried to tell them there was something different about him, that his smile was unearthly but they thought I was being hyperbolic.
[3:59 PM] After making a long pitstop in the breakroom to fully decompress I returned to my desk to find a cardboard box. It lacks any address, and the cardboard is weirdly fresh without any dirt or damage. I think I’m going to open it.
And that’s it. After that point, just 1 minute after, I woke from my daze apparently. I don’t remember any of these events. I don't even know this FedEx driver that I apparently lost my cool with and allegedly knew from the prior week. And that guy in the pink poncho? I'll have to ask Dan at IT if he has access to the security tapes and get this report I submitted to security. The only evidence I have that this happened is that I’m wearing the new FBI logo embroidered shirt Susan gave to me.
I want to be clear again: I'm clean as a whistle. I haven't taken any drugs or even had a drop of alcohol. So, unless I'm developing early dementia, does anyone know how this could have happened? I appreciate any comments or insights that you may have to offer, and I'll make sure to respond to them this week. I'll also post a follow-up with any new information I come across, as well as some other stories from my past that I think you'll find interesting. Thank you for reading.
2023.06.05 23:09 AnOkSecretary I work as a secretary at a small FBI office. A man in a pink poncho almost killed me.
Related to indie horror game: The Lancaster Leak
Today was the tipping point. For months, I've been working as a secretary at a small FBI office in Lancaster, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Los Angeles. My job as a secretary includes what you’d expect; phone calls, donut deliveries, but also a constant need to redirect old people to the police department. Believe it or not, the Bureau doesn’t care that your neighbor’s dog constantly barking. Despite the monotony, I've come to appreciate the stability of my job, something I’ve desperately needed as I approach my late twenties. But today didn’t include any of those things. Or maybe it did. That’s the problem, I can’t remember.
I arrived at the office and fired up the hissing Keurig coffee machine, and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in a daze as my boss wished me a happy weekend. This wasn't just a momentary lapse in memory induced by a boring day – no, it was a complete blackout. Poof. Gone in an instant and transported 8 hours in the future.
Strange things have been happening at the office for a while now, but they are becoming more frequent and severe. I hadn't told anyone because I knew no one would believe me. But today I’ve decided to share what’s been going on as I finally have some proof of the weird shit going on here.
After rubbing my eyes deeply from what felt like a long slumber I checked my desk for any clues about what happened. I woke my computer from sleep checking Outlook and Teams before shifting my gaze to my second monitor. That's when I saw the Word document, over 15 pages long, single-spaced. It was a detailed record of my activities, with time stamps down to the minute. The words on the page were familiar, but I couldn't remember typing them. As I read through the document, my heart raced faster with every line.
I’ve summarized the document below and omitted timestamps that seem irrelevant:
[10:45 AM] There’s an old man in a pink poncho sitting in the waiting room. I’ve asked him if he needed anything but he’s ignoring me. His eyes are glued to the wall as if he's waiting for something. Look, I’ve seen ‘California crazy’ but this is just bizarre... It’s not even raining out.
[10:50 AM] The Barley twins swung by and took an exaggerated double take in an eerie unison motion. When I asked them what was wrong, they said quote “Just checking if the smoking hot chick is back”. I told them what I’ve told them a thousand times; that my temp job replacing the old secretary is now permanent. They chuckled at my annoyance as they walked away, their eyes lingering on me a little too long. I could hear them complaining about not getting a female replacement and that I’m just not “fun”. I rolled my eyes and went back to reading my novel.
[11:03 AM] I swear the old man in the pink poncho is looking at me. In my peripheral vision, I can see his dark black eyes gazing at me. It's like he's studying me, waiting for me to make a move. But when I look up, he's back staring at the wall with an uncanny fixation. If he keeps it up, I’m going to have to ask him to leave.
[12:35 PM] The sound of a revving engine outside signaled the arrival of the FedEx driver yet again, demanding to know about 'the package'. Irritation bubbled inside me at the relentless daily visits from this delivery person. I couldn't tell if it was some twisted prank from the Barley twins or if the driver was genuinely delusional. I told her no, that we never will have a package for her, and that she’s frankly stupid for asking. She rolled her eyes, blew a bubble from her gum, and popped it before walking away.
[12:36 PM] The pink poncho man is gone.
[12:44 PM] Jenson swooped by and caught me by surprise. He had that gleeful childish smile on his face as he peered over my desk and asked “Waaaatttchhaaaaa doooinnngggg?”. I could tell he didn’t actually care but I mustered up a response.
“Uh, nothing, just cleaning out some--“.
“Hey so did you see any packages come in? Or taken? Or any with the packages at all?”
He tapped his foot nervously on the floor. Right when I was about to respond he cut me off once more, face pale and eyes twitching searching for something behind me.
“Never mind, pfff, it’s, uh, probably nothing…”
He wandered in an aimless direction behind me at a hurried pace.
[1:00 PM] I confronted the Barley twins while they were “working”. James had his feet up on his desk, lazily flipping through a magazine, while Tommy was intently focused on a game on his computer. I could feel my blood boil as I approached them. James looked up with a grin and spoke.
“Hey sweetheart, here to bring us coffee?”
"You two better stop with the whole package thing," I seethed. "Jensen blew it, his acting sucks. You know better than to take advantage of our boss’s innocence. And besides, this whole damn thing is too complicated. What's the point?"
James squinted his face in confusion. “Look man, as much as I would like to take credit for whatever bothering you, it ain’t us.”
“We’re busy with work, just like you should be.” Tommy joined and let out a playful wink.
As I glared at them both, I couldn't discern if they were telling the truth.
[1:14 PM] I caught the FedEx driver trying to sneak past my desk. She had a hoody up and obnoxious black sunglasses. I whistled at her and motioned with my hands for her to come over. She sighed at getting caught.
Before she could speak, I shouted “I don't have it, I don't want it, and I don’t want anything to do with it! Got it?"
She proceeded to flick me off. In response, I threw a pencil at her. I missed but it’s the thought that counts.
[2:32 PM] After enduring an hour-long meeting, I entered the bathroom and was hit by the putrid smell of urine and mold like a wall. I quickly scanned the three stalls, only to freeze when I saw the old man in the bright pink poncho standing in the middle one. My first thought was to leave and hold it, but my bladder had other ideas. I took the urinal to his right and did my business as fast as I could.
That's when I felt his eyes on me. I tried to ignore it and keep my eyes on my feet, but something compelled me to look up. And there he was, his eyes locked on mine slowly fixing his drooping frown to a sinister twitching grin. He pulled down his poncho hood revealing a tattoo on the side of his bald head that I couldn’t quite make out. I backed up and the man followed imitating my movement and maintaining eye contact like his head was a gyroscope. It was at this point I noticed the partially see-through poncho was in fact his only article of clothing.
I yelled “Yew dude, what the fuck?” as I lifted my hand blocking my vision. But when I could smell his wretched odor get closer, I split my fingers creating a small peephole. The man’s face was only inches away from mine with an inhuman smile that stretched to the sides of both of his eyes. His eyes consisted of only a black dot pupil slowly dilating, pearl white sclera, and no iris. His ivory teeth were sharp daggers tainted yellow and rotten dry red. He wailed nonsensical words that reverberated off the walls of the cramped bathroom.
I screamed at him to stop, hoping someone would hear me. But he just kept moving one step closer as I took a step back, his smile growing wider and wider. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest, and I knew I had to make a break for it. I frantically tore open the bathroom door, praying that he wouldn't lunge at me as I fled.
[2:38 PM] Susan from HR brought me a free T-Shirt, thanks Susan!
[2:45 PM] Security came by to get my report of the incident. As far as they can tell, it’s just another crazy homeless person. I tried to tell them there was something different about him, that his smile was unearthly but they thought I was being hyperbolic.
[3:59 PM] After making a long pitstop in the breakroom to fully decompress I returned to my desk to find a cardboard box. It lacks any address, and the cardboard is weirdly fresh without any dirt or damage. I think I’m going to open it.
And that’s it. After that point, just 1 minute after, I woke from my daze apparently. I don’t remember any of these events. I don't even know this FedEx driver that I apparently lost my cool with and allegedly knew from the prior week. And that guy in the pink poncho? I'll have to ask Dan at IT if he has access to the security tapes and get this report I submitted to security. The only evidence I have that this happened is that I’m wearing the new FBI logo embroidered shirt Susan gave to me.
I want to be clear again: I'm clean as a whistle. I haven't taken any drugs or even had a drop of alcohol. So, unless I'm developing early dementia, does anyone know how this could have happened? I appreciate any comments or insights that you may have to offer, and I'll make sure to respond to them this week. I'll also post a follow-up with any new information I come across, as well as some other stories from my past that I think you'll find interesting. Thank you for reading.
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Today was the tipping point. For months, I've been working as a secretary at a small FBI office in Lancaster, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Los Angeles. My job as a secretary includes what you’d expect; phone calls, donut deliveries, but also a constant need to redirect old people to the police department. Believe it or not, the Bureau doesn’t care that your neighbor’s dog constantly barking. Despite the monotony, I've come to appreciate the stability of my job, something I’ve desperately needed as I approach my late twenties. But today didn’t include any of those things. Or maybe it did. That’s the problem, I can’t remember.
I arrived at the office and fired up the hissing Keurig coffee machine, and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in a daze as my boss wished me a happy weekend. This wasn't just a momentary lapse in memory induced by a boring day – no, it was a complete blackout. Poof. Gone in an instant and transported 8 hours in the future.
Strange things have been happening at the office for a while now, but they are becoming more frequent and severe. I hadn't told anyone because I knew no one would believe me. But today I’ve decided to share what’s been going on as I finally have some proof of the weird shit going on here.
After rubbing my eyes deeply from what felt like a long slumber I checked my desk for any clues about what happened. I woke my computer from sleep checking Outlook and Teams before shifting my gaze to my second monitor. That's when I saw the Word document, over 15 pages long, single-spaced. It was a detailed record of my activities, with time stamps down to the minute. The words on the page were familiar, but I couldn't remember typing them. As I read through the document, my heart raced faster with every line.
I’ve summarized the document below and omitted timestamps that seem irrelevant:
[10:45 AM] There’s an old man in a pink poncho sitting in the waiting room. I’ve asked him if he needed anything but he’s ignoring me. His eyes are glued to the wall as if he's waiting for something. Look, I’ve seen ‘California crazy’ but this is just bizarre... It’s not even raining out.
[10:50 AM] The Barley twins swung by and took an exaggerated double take in an eerie unison motion. When I asked them what was wrong, they said quote “Just checking if the smoking hot chick is back”. I told them what I’ve told them a thousand times; that my temp job replacing the old secretary is now permanent. They chuckled at my annoyance as they walked away, their eyes lingering on me a little too long. I could hear them complaining about not getting a female replacement and that I’m just not “fun”. I rolled my eyes and went back to reading my novel.
[11:03 AM] I swear the old man in the pink poncho is looking at me. In my peripheral vision, I can see his dark black eyes gazing at me. It's like he's studying me, waiting for me to make a move. But when I look up, he's back staring at the wall with an uncanny fixation. If he keeps it up, I’m going to have to ask him to leave.
[12:35 PM] The sound of a revving engine outside signaled the arrival of the FedEx driver yet again, demanding to know about 'the package'. Irritation bubbled inside me at the relentless daily visits from this delivery person. I couldn't tell if it was some twisted prank from the Barley twins or if the driver was genuinely delusional. I told her no, that we never will have a package for her, and that she’s frankly stupid for asking. She rolled her eyes, blew a bubble from her gum, and popped it before walking away.
[12:36 PM] The pink poncho man is gone.
[12:44 PM] Jenson swooped by and caught me by surprise. He had that gleeful childish smile on his face as he peered over my desk and asked “Waaaatttchhaaaaa doooinnngggg?”. I could tell he didn’t actually care but I mustered up a response.
“Uh, nothing, just cleaning out some--“.
“Hey so did you see any packages come in? Or taken? Or any with the packages at all?”
He tapped his foot nervously on the floor. Right when I was about to respond he cut me off once more, face pale and eyes twitching searching for something behind me.
“Never mind, pfff, it’s, uh, probably nothing…”
He wandered in an aimless direction behind me at a hurried pace.
[1:00 PM] I confronted the Barley twins while they were “working”. James had his feet up on his desk, lazily flipping through a magazine, while Tommy was intently focused on a game on his computer. I could feel my blood boil as I approached them. James looked up with a grin and spoke.
“Hey sweetheart, here to bring us coffee?”
"You two better stop with the whole package thing," I seethed. "Jensen blew it, his acting sucks. You know better than to take advantage of our boss’s innocence. And besides, this whole damn thing is too complicated. What's the point?"
James squinted his face in confusion. “Look man, as much as I would like to take credit for whatever bothering you, it ain’t us.”
“We’re busy with work, just like you should be.” Tommy joined and let out a playful wink.
As I glared at them both, I couldn't discern if they were telling the truth.
[1:14 PM] I caught the FedEx driver trying to sneak past my desk. She had a hoody up and obnoxious black sunglasses. I whistled at her and motioned with my hands for her to come over. She sighed at getting caught.
Before she could speak, I shouted “I don't have it, I don't want it, and I don’t want anything to do with it! Got it?"
She proceeded to flick me off. In response, I threw a pencil at her. I missed but it’s the thought that counts.
[2:32 PM] After enduring an hour-long meeting, I entered the bathroom and was hit by the putrid smell of urine and mold like a wall. I quickly scanned the three stalls, only to freeze when I saw the old man in the bright pink poncho standing in the middle one. My first thought was to leave and hold it, but my bladder had other ideas. I took the urinal to his right and did my business as fast as I could.
That's when I felt his eyes on me. I tried to ignore it and keep my eyes on my feet, but something compelled me to look up. And there he was, his eyes locked on mine slowly fixing his drooping frown to a sinister twitching grin. He pulled down his poncho hood revealing a tattoo on the side of his bald head that I couldn’t quite make out. I backed up and the man followed imitating my movement and maintaining eye contact like his head was a gyroscope. It was at this point I noticed the partially see-through poncho was in fact his only article of clothing.
I yelled “Yew dude, what the fuck?” as I lifted my hand blocking my vision. But when I could smell his wretched odor get closer, I split my fingers creating a small peephole. The man’s face was only inches away from mine with an inhuman smile that stretched to the sides of both of his eyes. His eyes consisted of only a black dot pupil slowly dilating, pearl white sclera, and no iris. His ivory teeth were sharp daggers tainted yellow and rotten dry red. He wailed nonsensical words that reverberated off the walls of the cramped bathroom.
I screamed at him to stop, hoping someone would hear me. But he just kept moving one step closer as I took a step back, his smile growing wider and wider. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest, and I knew I had to make a break for it. I frantically tore open the bathroom door, praying that he wouldn't lunge at me as I fled.
[2:38 PM] Susan from HR brought me a free T-Shirt, thanks Susan!
[2:45 PM] Security came by to get my report of the incident. As far as they can tell, it’s just another crazy homeless person. I tried to tell them there was something different about him, that his smile was unearthly but they thought I was being hyperbolic.
[3:59 PM] After making a long pitstop in the breakroom to fully decompress I returned to my desk to find a cardboard box. It lacks any address, and the cardboard is weirdly fresh without any dirt or damage. I think I’m going to open it.
And that’s it. After that point, just 1 minute after, I woke from my daze apparently. I don’t remember any of these events. I don't even know this FedEx driver that I apparently lost my cool with and allegedly knew from the prior week. And that guy in the pink poncho? I'll have to ask Dan at IT if he has access to the security tapes and get this report I submitted to security. The only evidence I have that this happened is that I’m wearing the new FBI logo embroidered shirt Susan gave to me.
I want to be clear again: I'm clean as a whistle. I haven't taken any drugs or even had a drop of alcohol. So, unless I'm developing early dementia, does anyone know how this could have happened? I appreciate any comments or insights that you may have to offer, and I'll make sure to respond to them this week. I'll also post a follow-up with any new information I come across, as well as some other stories from my past that I think you'll find interesting. Thank you for reading.
2023.06.05 23:05 North-Examination-91 New here. Created a Gamestop wallet a while ago!
And sent my LRC from coinbase to the wallet, then someone helped me activate level 2.
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd5138e851623cb56bbf3e2ca8b4faf9bf16cb517db54fe37a5265f6b71943ac6
Transaction Hash: 0xd5138e851623cb56bbf3e2ca8b4faf9bf16cb517db54fe37a5265f6b71943ac6
Status: Success
Block: 151573602259475 Block Confirmations
Timestamp: 323 days 18 hrs ago (Jul-17-2022 01:59:57 AM +UTC)
Sponsored:
From: 0x503828976D22510aad0201ac7EC88293211D23Da (Coinbase 2)
Interacted With (To): 0xBBbbCA6A901c926F240b89EacB641d8Aec7AEafD (Loopring: LRC Token)
ERC-20 Tokens Transferred: FromCoinbase 2To0xE09346...703ad558For289.12757862$72.83📷LoopringCoin...(LRC...)
Value: 0 ETH($0.00)
Transaction Fee: 0.00058062531680334 ETH$1.05
Gas Price: 11.249158516 Gwei (0.000000011249158516 ETH)
I checked after a year or so, and I can't seem to find my LRC? says I moved all my LRC but it failed? now is it all gone?
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x8cbab8873463a83cbba07c25651e27c47664a35005bb3a6b978d734d903459d6
Transaction Hash: 0x8cbab8873463a83cbba07c25651e27c47664a35005bb3a6b978d734d903459d6
Status: Fail
Block: 151574102259428 Block Confirmations
Timestamp: 323 days 18 hrs ago (Jul-17-2022 02:12:12 AM +UTC)
Sponsored:
From: 0xE09346f7141e543F1D1F21b9f564A7E1703ad558
To: 0x0BABA1Ad5bE3a5C0a66E7ac838a129Bf948f1eA4 (Loopring: Exchange v2) 📷Warning! Error encountered during contract execution [execution reverted]
Value: 0 ETH($0.00)
Transaction Fee: 0.0007038425743097 ETH$1.27
Gas Price: 15.350983082 Gwei (0.000000015350983082 ETH)
I am basically 5 years old, help.
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https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd5138e851623cb56bbf3e2ca8b4faf9bf16cb517db54fe37a5265f6b71943ac6
Transaction Hash: 0xd5138e851623cb56bbf3e2ca8b4faf9bf16cb517db54fe37a5265f6b71943ac6
Status: Success
Block: 151573602259475 Block Confirmations
Timestamp: 323 days 18 hrs ago (Jul-17-2022 01:59:57 AM +UTC)
Sponsored:
From: 0x503828976D22510aad0201ac7EC88293211D23Da (Coinbase 2)
Interacted With (To): 0xBBbbCA6A901c926F240b89EacB641d8Aec7AEafD (Loopring: LRC Token)
ERC-20 Tokens Transferred: FromCoinbase 2To0xE09346...703ad558For289.12757862$72.83📷LoopringCoin...(LRC...)
Value: 0 ETH($0.00)
Transaction Fee: 0.00058062531680334 ETH$1.05
Gas Price: 11.249158516 Gwei (0.000000011249158516 ETH)
I checked after a year or so, and I can't seem to find my LRC? says I moved all my LRC but it failed? now is it all gone?
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x8cbab8873463a83cbba07c25651e27c47664a35005bb3a6b978d734d903459d6
Transaction Hash: 0x8cbab8873463a83cbba07c25651e27c47664a35005bb3a6b978d734d903459d6
Status: Fail
Block: 151574102259428 Block Confirmations
Timestamp: 323 days 18 hrs ago (Jul-17-2022 02:12:12 AM +UTC)
Sponsored:
From: 0xE09346f7141e543F1D1F21b9f564A7E1703ad558
To: 0x0BABA1Ad5bE3a5C0a66E7ac838a129Bf948f1eA4 (Loopring: Exchange v2) 📷Warning! Error encountered during contract execution [execution reverted]
Value: 0 ETH($0.00)
Transaction Fee: 0.0007038425743097 ETH$1.27
Gas Price: 15.350983082 Gwei (0.000000015350983082 ETH)
I am basically 5 years old, help.
2023.06.05 22:11 lizj24 Journal is Apple’s new journaling app for iOS
Apple announced that iOS 17 (scheduled for release this fall) will support a new built-in Journal app: “Using on-device machine learning, personalized suggestions can be provided to help inspire a user’s journal entry. Suggestions are intelligently curated from recent activity, including photos, people, places, workouts, and more, making it easy to start a journal entry.” Apple anticipated our concerns about privacy: “With the ability to lock the app, the use of on-device processing, and end-to-end encryption, Journal is built to protect a user’s privacy and ensure no one — including Apple — can access a user’s entries.” The linked article to The Verge summarizes today’s announcement about this new iPhone app.
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2023.06.05 21:42 Early30M4FChildfree 30 [M4F] Bangalore/India/Anywhere - The longest shot
Hi there!
Here is a 30 year old INFP Male from bangalore, looking for a childfree person to date.
I am the eldest son of dysfunctional family, trying to let go of that identity slowly. But naturally it has taken its toll on me and my narcisstic parents have driven me absolutely mad and numb that I am in IDGAF mode with them :D. Also along with the innumerable environmental and economic reasons, my fucked up family is one of the reasons I’m childfree.
So I am not where I want to be, self confidence and other things considered. But I guess I am heading in the right direction in small steps, recently changed jobs that I long wanted to, got a bike recently and trying to learn it.
The values that excite me are intelligence and empathy. A typical INFP to whom logical and blunt real world things seem cruel and is guided by emotions and intuition.
Also I have realised the hard way, my attachment style is Anxious. Definitely not a green flag lol but I am working on it. Please be aware of yours esp. If you are avoidant. Don’t want to get into the anxious avoidant dance.
And god no, I don't want to climb no GODDMAN CORPORATE LADDER (ehmm cool down mr. Samuel L Jackson hehe). Looking for someone with whom we can create a safe space for each other to breathe, grow and be nurturing to each other <3.
My love language would be touch . Hugs cuddles and forehead kisses to die for. Sexually speaking , even though I am inexperienced but I’m definitely someone who is kinky and high libido and creative just like all things in life should be lol.
Please read my below disclaimers so that you can filter me better.
https://www.reddit.com/useEarly30M4FChildfree/comments/13qonvy/disclaimers_for_cf_post/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
I have never been much of an active person or traveled much tbh, but I want to change that slowly going forward. Recently started hitting the gym (which is on and off :( ) to get rid of that pandemic fat. I’m 5’6 in height and weigh 72 kgs and look decent. I’m a non vegetarian and a social drinker, lately on a hiatus on drinking.
A social drinker is fine for me, but smoking is a deal breaker. Even habit of using any other drugs like weed and others also.
My mother tongue is Kannada and It’s been a decade I’m living in Bangalore. But I do have plans of setting abroad preferably Europe in a couple of years. But the chances of all that happening is not that good I feel but you never know!
Also lately I have been rather melancholic, dabbling between some existential crisis and self esteem/self worth issues. I am in the process of working on them. Decided to attend therapy finally this month after years of giving advice to other people and urging them to go to therapy. Pfff typical INFP 😒 Yet to find a decent therapist to keep it regular.
Like I said my disclaimers and my not so great mental health and familial responsibilities was not easy to write up and disclose here. It doesn’t make it a easy attractive post i know that too. I see zero people upvoting this post cuz probably it’s too much info and uncomfortable ? Idk 😅.I know I have work to do, I’m far from perfect. But wanted to be brutally honest and vulnerable in my hopes of finding an SO and not waste each other’s time. I want you to know what you are getting into to exactly. So sigh that’s that.
So What I am looking for is a woman who is preferably 24-34 years old. Who is childfree, atheist, liberal, independent and empathetic and at least couple of our interests match!
So if things click like which I mentioned above, I have qualms marrying later. We’d be a couple that’d be corporate work rats, travel, watch artsy stuff, ponder why the fuck we are on this earth.
I love doggies, beaches, clouds, mountains, art, some freshly brewed beer, good deep conversations and pretty much about everything under the sun.
Btw I LOVE electronic music! My favourite genres are deep house, progressive house.I used to love going to those gigs often in the pre-pandemic era.
I am also a huge TV and movie buff. My favourite shows are succession, breaking bad, that 70's show, friends, two and half men, bbt, Bojack, Fargo, fleabag, mindhunter, Ozark ( oof that scene of Bateman and Laura linney arguing in front of the therapist was TV gold!)
My favourite movies are pulp fiction, big lebowski ❤️, tarantino movies, all gangsta movies involving de niro and Joe pesci.
Sports: I follow cricket a bit here and there. But yeah right now OBSESSED with Formula1, a hugh checo fan just because of his trajectory and rooting for checo to win the wdc next season. maybe I like some Hamilton and mercedes schadenfreude too lol.
Books: I am not into much into fiction but more into pyschological/self help books. Some of my fav books of the subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson, six pillars of self esteem by Nathaniel branden, right now reading some books by J Krishnamurti.
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I am Strictly ONLY looking for a date and from Bangalore too, so kindly do NOT message or leave any comments here on this post, if you are not looking for the same and fit my criteria.
I assure I will be super respectful and let you know if it is not working out and expect you to do the same.:)
Ciao then hmu!:)
!lock
submitted by Early30M4FChildfree to cf4cf [link] [comments]
Here is a 30 year old INFP Male from bangalore, looking for a childfree person to date.
I am the eldest son of dysfunctional family, trying to let go of that identity slowly. But naturally it has taken its toll on me and my narcisstic parents have driven me absolutely mad and numb that I am in IDGAF mode with them :D. Also along with the innumerable environmental and economic reasons, my fucked up family is one of the reasons I’m childfree.
So I am not where I want to be, self confidence and other things considered. But I guess I am heading in the right direction in small steps, recently changed jobs that I long wanted to, got a bike recently and trying to learn it.
The values that excite me are intelligence and empathy. A typical INFP to whom logical and blunt real world things seem cruel and is guided by emotions and intuition.
Also I have realised the hard way, my attachment style is Anxious. Definitely not a green flag lol but I am working on it. Please be aware of yours esp. If you are avoidant. Don’t want to get into the anxious avoidant dance.
And god no, I don't want to climb no GODDMAN CORPORATE LADDER (ehmm cool down mr. Samuel L Jackson hehe). Looking for someone with whom we can create a safe space for each other to breathe, grow and be nurturing to each other <3.
My love language would be touch . Hugs cuddles and forehead kisses to die for. Sexually speaking , even though I am inexperienced but I’m definitely someone who is kinky and high libido and creative just like all things in life should be lol.
Please read my below disclaimers so that you can filter me better.
https://www.reddit.com/useEarly30M4FChildfree/comments/13qonvy/disclaimers_for_cf_post/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
I have never been much of an active person or traveled much tbh, but I want to change that slowly going forward. Recently started hitting the gym (which is on and off :( ) to get rid of that pandemic fat. I’m 5’6 in height and weigh 72 kgs and look decent. I’m a non vegetarian and a social drinker, lately on a hiatus on drinking.
A social drinker is fine for me, but smoking is a deal breaker. Even habit of using any other drugs like weed and others also.
My mother tongue is Kannada and It’s been a decade I’m living in Bangalore. But I do have plans of setting abroad preferably Europe in a couple of years. But the chances of all that happening is not that good I feel but you never know!
Also lately I have been rather melancholic, dabbling between some existential crisis and self esteem/self worth issues. I am in the process of working on them. Decided to attend therapy finally this month after years of giving advice to other people and urging them to go to therapy. Pfff typical INFP 😒 Yet to find a decent therapist to keep it regular.
Like I said my disclaimers and my not so great mental health and familial responsibilities was not easy to write up and disclose here. It doesn’t make it a easy attractive post i know that too. I see zero people upvoting this post cuz probably it’s too much info and uncomfortable ? Idk 😅.I know I have work to do, I’m far from perfect. But wanted to be brutally honest and vulnerable in my hopes of finding an SO and not waste each other’s time. I want you to know what you are getting into to exactly. So sigh that’s that.
So What I am looking for is a woman who is preferably 24-34 years old. Who is childfree, atheist, liberal, independent and empathetic and at least couple of our interests match!
So if things click like which I mentioned above, I have qualms marrying later. We’d be a couple that’d be corporate work rats, travel, watch artsy stuff, ponder why the fuck we are on this earth.
I love doggies, beaches, clouds, mountains, art, some freshly brewed beer, good deep conversations and pretty much about everything under the sun.
Btw I LOVE electronic music! My favourite genres are deep house, progressive house.I used to love going to those gigs often in the pre-pandemic era.
I am also a huge TV and movie buff. My favourite shows are succession, breaking bad, that 70's show, friends, two and half men, bbt, Bojack, Fargo, fleabag, mindhunter, Ozark ( oof that scene of Bateman and Laura linney arguing in front of the therapist was TV gold!)
My favourite movies are pulp fiction, big lebowski ❤️, tarantino movies, all gangsta movies involving de niro and Joe pesci.
Sports: I follow cricket a bit here and there. But yeah right now OBSESSED with Formula1, a hugh checo fan just because of his trajectory and rooting for checo to win the wdc next season. maybe I like some Hamilton and mercedes schadenfreude too lol.
Books: I am not into much into fiction but more into pyschological/self help books. Some of my fav books of the subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson, six pillars of self esteem by Nathaniel branden, right now reading some books by J Krishnamurti.
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I am Strictly ONLY looking for a date and from Bangalore too, so kindly do NOT message or leave any comments here on this post, if you are not looking for the same and fit my criteria.
I assure I will be super respectful and let you know if it is not working out and expect you to do the same.:)
Ciao then hmu!:)
!lock
2023.06.05 21:36 SantsCountry GoodAssTimeline/Infodump
Hey GAS, as most of you have realized, some pretty big stuff has taken place since our last Info-dump. we’ve been wanting to do another post like it since then, but unfortunately the amount of insider information we’ve received has just not been enough, so instead we’ve decided to make a timeline of recent Ye news you may have missed. But first, the little information we have received from insiders is:
Now for the timeline:
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- Essentially everyone that is working on anything related to Ye or YZY have been obliged to sign multiple NDA’s, which explains the lack of insider information, but is also a sign something big is in the works.
- Ye has been working on both music & fashion on an extremely frequent basis, with not only legendary Yeezy designers, but also legendary producers/artists.
Now for the timeline:
- (03/03/23) Several YE24 related characters announce the campaign is over with, alongside reputable insider HeavenorHell. After these news, Ali Alexander kept pretending he was still working with Ye, but eventually that was proven to be false.
- (03/06/23) Ye makes his return on Instagram after a 3 month hiatus.
- (03/10/23) Ye is spotted with designer Guillermo Andrade.
- (03/14/23) Jay Electronica makes a series of tweets referencing Ye, including one saying “He can’t wait for what Ye has in store”. Jay also liked a tweet of someone asking for a “Ye Electronica Album”
- (03/16/23) Shenseea hints she is working on something with Ye on an interview with billboard.
- (03/16/23) Ye is spotted at the movies with producer 88 Keys.
- (03/17/23)Consequence hints at an upcoming Ye & Ghostface Killah remix of “Bloodstain”.
- (03/17/23) Ye collaborator Albe Back posts a picture of himself alongside 88 Keys and Ye, captioned “ Back to work.” Irko, who mixed Donda, commented “Oh yes” on the same post.
- (03/17/23) SSC Choirmaster Jason White is doing some work in a studio.
- (03/21/23) ChaseSeesGhosts hints at YZYSZNX being worked on.
- (03/22/23) @kanyesposts says that Ye is in “business mode” and to expect big things to come.
- (03/22/23)Nate Dae also alludes he is back to work with Ye.
- (03/25/23) Ye makes his infamous “21 Jump Street” post on Instagram.
- (03/30/23) Albe Back posts a picture of himself with Ye.
- (04/01/23) Ye posts an Adidas executive on Instagram but quickly deletes his post.
- (04/01/23) US Weekly claims Ye & Bianca are designing a collection of clothes together.
- (04/04/23)Malik Yusef confirms Ye hasn’t left music behind and that “We working”.
- (04/06/23) Donda Doves coach posts a calendar that shows things like “Camp Donda” and “Donda League” are in the works.
- (04/09/23) Fivio Foreign teases now released track “Concussion” on IG.
- (04/10/23) Jaylien says big things are happening behind the scenes and to expect announcements soon.
- (04/15/23) Another article states Ye is focused on his creative endeavors and is 100% done with politics.
- (04/19/23) Ye makes a final post on Instagram announcing he is deactivating his account.
- (04/19/23)Nate Dae comments “Album Mode” on Ye’s Instagram post. Nate is currently not working on any music for himself.
- (04/19/23) Malik Yusef says to stay tuned for information on the return of G.O.O.D. Music.
- (04/21/23) Ye makes his first public appearance since Alex Jones at Jerry Lorenzo’s FOG Fashion Show alongside Bianca.
- (4/27/23) Ye holds castings for YZY from May 27th-31st.
- (04/27/23) Designer daf is confirmed to be working on YZYSZNX.
- (04/28/23)Reputable insider info claims Ye is looking at Madison Square Garden as a potential venue for some sorts of event.
- (04/28/23) Ye pulls up to the YZY castings.
- (04/28/23)Lil Vic shares what is potentially a new Ye snippet on his story at the YZY Castings.
- (04/29/23) Chey posts a snippet of a new Ye song at the second day of YZY castings.
- (04/29/23) SSC director Jason White says he misses Sunday Service and is cooking something to bring it back.
- (04/30/23) Chey posts herself at day 3 of YZY castings, where unreleased Ye x Rich The Kid track “Plain Jane” plays in the background.
- (04/30/23) We get the first look of what seems to be a prototype of the YZY sock shoes.
- (05/03/23) Ye holds a surprise “YZY FREE” show.
- (05/03/23) Ye pulls up to the “YZY FREE” show.
- (05/03/23) Killagram posts Ye’s potential studio setup.
- (05/04/23)Ye files a trademark for “YZY SOCK SHOES”.
- (05/04/23) Ye holds a private movie night and invites a good friend of his.
- (05/06/23) Ye gets his teeth gems worked on.
- (05/07/23) YZY associate Fargo confirms the “YZY FREE” show was just a prequel to YZYSZNX.
- (05/08/23)Ye spotted with Tony Williams.
- (05/13/23) Ye holds a YZY “Rave”.
- (05/13/23) Mowalola posts Bianca’s outfit from the YZY Rave.
- (05/15/23)YZY livestreams Sunday Service.
- (05/15/23) Ye is spotted at Sunday Service with Jaylien and CyHi.
- (05/15/23) A Vimeo account with an archive of recent YZY events, including construction on Ye’s Melrose “store” surfaces online.
- (05/16/23) Ye is spotted with designers Mowalola & Mark Seekings.
- (05/17/23)@YZY returns to Instagram to post a video of Ye’s recent Sunday Service.
- (05/17/23) Longtime YZY designers Steven Smith, Randall Yarborough, and Jelani, are spotted at the YZY studio.
- (05/17/23) John Alexander says Sock Shoes coming soon.
- (05/17/23)Arkangel posts Ye’s new haircut and tags Carti’s burner account.
- (05/19/23) Jaylien previews unreleased track featuring James Blake, “Always”.
- (05/20/23)New information surfaces claiming YZY HQ on Melrose is planned to become a store and multi-purpose space.
- (05/20/23) Ye spotted with Justin Laboy.
- (05/22/23) Ye goes to Dave Chapelle’s show in LA.
- (05/22/23)Betsey Johnson was in Melrose working on YZY.
- (05/25/23)Lil Durk reveals he recently visited Ye at a hotel he was staying at, where Ye made a full version of Durk’s album “Almost Healed”.
- (05/30/23) Digital Nas is spotted working at the YZY studio alongside artist Dina Ayada.
- (05/30/23) Aus Taylor, director of several Ye live shows, is spotted working at the YZY studio.
- (05/30/23) Ye holds another YZY movie screening.
- (06/01/23) Adidas sells part of their remaining Yeezy stock.
- (06/01/23) Fivio Foreign releases track feautring Ye, “Concussion”.
- (06/01/23) Fivio Foreign previews a new snippet of a Ye track likely titled “Hood Rat” featuring production from 88 Keys, and made April 2023, and Fivio records what seems to be a reference verse for the track on his mini documentary.
- (06/02/23)YZY starts hiring interns.
- (06/02/23) Designer Ian Connor is spotted at the YZY studio.
- (06/02/23) Dov Charney, founder of Los Angeles Apparel, is supposedly made CEO of Yeezy.
- (06/03/23) Designer Ilya is spotted at the YZY studio.
- (06/03/23)Ye visits Ice Cube at his house.
- (06/04/23) Ye holds a Sunday Service.
- (06/05/23) Pictures of what look to be Ye’s studio setup in his apartment are posted by one of Bianca’s friends.
2023.06.05 21:13 Formal-Shallot-595 WWDC 2023 Summary: Quick and Dirty
iOS 17
Phone app
AirPods
VisionPro
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Phone app
- Personalized contact Posters like iOS 16 lock screens but for every contact
- Live Voicemail (transcribed voicemail as the person speaks and can pick up and interrupt the voicemail)
- FaceTime: LEAVE A VIDEO MESSAGE WHEN SOMEONE DOESNT ANSWER!!!!
- better search features
- catch up arrows let you jump to first message you haven’t seen.
- Swipe to reply in GC
- Audio messages are transcribed so you can read them then listen later
- In-line location
- Check in: let people know when you’re on the way home and alerts them when you’re home
- New place for the iMessage apps so no more crap over your keyboard
- New stickers for messages
- Live Photos to gifs automatically
- React to messages with emojis
- name drop : bring your phones close together and exchange contact information
- Airdrop will now work when walking away, over the internet
- Predictions as you type (like google doc)
- Better dictation
- journaling app: write about your daily experiences. Improve your well-being
- Standby: iPhone on the side while charging let’s you have a nightstand clock
- Back to back commands with Siri. No more “hey Siri”. Just Siri
- Photos app can recognize cats and dogs in the peoples section
- interactive widgets: control home, flash cards, etc
- Lock Screen can be personalized like iPhone. Can add widgets to lock screen
- Live activities on Lock Screen. Can keep track of travel and food orders and sports scores. Live
- Multiple Timers
- Health app brought to iPad
- PDF UPDATES: can now identify and edit fields. Automatically reply completed forms. PDF edited and managed in notes now. PDF collaborations
- Stage Manager let’s you position and resize windows
- External camera supported
- New Screen Savers: like Apple TV
- Widgets: can be placed on desktop, fade when doing something else. Widgets tinted to wallpaper colors. iPhone widgets can be accessed on Mac (Like Tesla)
- Game Mode: game gets highest priority on CPU & GPU. GamePorting toolkit so developers can bring their games to mac EASILY
- Video conferencing: presenter overlay (puts you over the screen share. Can cut you from background and put you in your presentations). Reactions like confetti on your video chat (can be triggered by gestures like two thumbs up). Works on all video conferencing apps
- Safari: worlds fastest browser. Privacy: locks private windows to remove trackers.
- Share passwords and passkeys through iCloud Keychain
- Profiles for Safari
- Web Apps on Mac — can add to dock. Any website. Developers don’t need to do any additional work
AirPods
- Adaptive audio: best of both listening modes blends transparency and noise cancelation. Hear important noises (etc horns)
- AI volume control: it knows the levels you listen at
- Start Speaking and AirPods will lower music and focus on the voices
- Take calls through AirPods using noise canceling. Mute from AirPods
- Automatically plays on speakers based on what it’s learned from your habits (ex: playing music in kitchen at certain time while cooking)
- Airplay in Hotels: include AirPlay on hotel TVs by scanning QR
- SharePlay to car. Play music through drivers phone
- new control center
- Can’t find Siri Remote: use find my to locate it
- FaceTime on on Apple TV using iPhone camera. Interact with gestures.
- SharePlay on Apple TV: watch together while on Apple TV FaceTime
- Total redesign of OS
- Snoopy Watch face
- Can connect to Bluetooth bike for health metrics
- Logs available carrier networks for emergency calls on ANY carrier network
- Elevation Data while using maps
- Rapid changes in direction and acceleration for making sports apps (like tennis and golf swings)
- Mental Health: Reflecting on state of mind, log momentary emotions discretely. Share with care provider. Screening tools for mental health
- Vision Health: Reduction of Myopia (poor vision) by measuring time and daylight exposed to screens.
- Screen Distance: Uses FaceID camera to measure if child is using phone too closely to eyes
VisionPro
- Augmented Reality Headset
- Look through, not at
- Uses hands as gesture control
- Use Apps Anywhere and control sizes
- Spacial Autio
- All iOS and Mac Apps synced and stay up to date
- Intuitive input without controllers: Hands, voice and eyes
- Digital Crown to control interface
- Look at search field and start speaking
- Physical effects like shadows
- Depth
- Place apps anywhere in space: like Moving real objects
- Adds environments to apps: Such as nature
- EyeSight: Eyes show on the front when someone is nearby. Reveals eyes
- When someone is nearby, they will appear in view
- 3D objects received and looked at as if they were in front of you
- Virtual keyboard type with hands in air
- Can connect to accessories like track pad and keyboard
- Wireless Mac Screen integration
- Lifesize video stream in front of you
- Spacial audio
- View photos
- Relive moments with depth in videos
- Capture spacial video with headset to share or experience all over again
- Spacial Cinema With majestic viewing experience reflecting on environment
- Bring Disney into your real world
- Props on hand can appear
- Integrated speakers
- Forms to your face
- Custom optical inserts: Don’t have to wear glasses while using
- 2 hours on battery
- All day while plugged in through MagSafe like connection
- Micro OLED: 64 pixels in space of regular pixel
- 23 million pixels: More than 4K tv for each eye
- Video rendered in 4K
- Fine text from any angle
- Spacial audio
- Dual Driver
- Audio Ray Tracing
- Lidar scanner
- Apple M2 and New R1 for spacial processing (visual and audio)
- Shows your eyes to each person looking at you
- Helps display your eyes so VisionPro Looks transparent
- Scan your face and creates a realistic avatar for video conferencing then applies your facial expression
- Creates depth to your video call
- Optic ID: Scans your eyes to unlock the headset
2023.06.05 20:05 Schip_formlady We took a (short) roadtrip from Columbus, OH to Washington, PA .....
TLDR: Public charging infrastructure has a way to go. Lots of apps that were glitchy. Not all high speed charging is really high speed. Broken chargers are not uncommon. Make sure to setup your apps in advance. Ariya was fun to drive.
We selected this short roadtrip because we have been to PGH many times and have family there that we could charge with in a pinch. We started with a full charge and were able to make it without stopping easily (it is 190 miles from our house to visit family).
We were going to be driving around town a lot for the next two days so we stopped at an evGO that has a CCS 50. This was a learning lesson for us that not only do you need to know your plug but not all fast charging is fast and the higher the kw the better. It took about 15 min on the phone to get the app and the account setup. Lesson here, do this in advance. Our dealer told us that we can get 6 months of evGO charging for free, but that isn't instant you have to wait to get some email to activate your free charging so we had to pay. Also we had an issue with the connector getting locked onto our car and having a charging fault. They told us to do the lock unlock a few times and this freed us up. I guess this is a known issue?
Second day we went and did an evGO at a Target that had a CCS 350. That went a lot better but we still had to do the locking/unlocking to get a good connection. We were able to fully charge up during a 45 min trip to target. This is where we encoutered a lyriq (I tried to post a picture but reddit was grumpy).
Third day on the way home we decided to stop at electrify america in cambridge oh. One of the CCS 150s was not working and a second one seemed to be charging but much slower than expected, but both the CCS 350s were working. This was a busier spot where we saw a VW, Mustang and a Ford Lightening truck towing a boat (this guy was most annoyed at the down charger, fortunately we were done and leaving so he could take our spot). This setup was in a Walmart parking lot and didn't appear to be in the best repair, in contrast to the Tesla setup at the same exit.
We had practiced public charging at home, with a couple of shell chargers (again one at meyer was broken, but the new one at a Giant Eagle getgo worked great), but we were surprised at the evGO being as difficult as it was. Also we have encountered more than one down public charger locally. Tesla is popular here so those chargers appear to be in better repair. We see very few other EVs here so we feel a bit like are were unicorns. We have not tried chargepoint but probably will on our next trip.
Please others share roadtrip/public charging advice.
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We selected this short roadtrip because we have been to PGH many times and have family there that we could charge with in a pinch. We started with a full charge and were able to make it without stopping easily (it is 190 miles from our house to visit family).
We were going to be driving around town a lot for the next two days so we stopped at an evGO that has a CCS 50. This was a learning lesson for us that not only do you need to know your plug but not all fast charging is fast and the higher the kw the better. It took about 15 min on the phone to get the app and the account setup. Lesson here, do this in advance. Our dealer told us that we can get 6 months of evGO charging for free, but that isn't instant you have to wait to get some email to activate your free charging so we had to pay. Also we had an issue with the connector getting locked onto our car and having a charging fault. They told us to do the lock unlock a few times and this freed us up. I guess this is a known issue?
Second day we went and did an evGO at a Target that had a CCS 350. That went a lot better but we still had to do the locking/unlocking to get a good connection. We were able to fully charge up during a 45 min trip to target. This is where we encoutered a lyriq (I tried to post a picture but reddit was grumpy).
Third day on the way home we decided to stop at electrify america in cambridge oh. One of the CCS 150s was not working and a second one seemed to be charging but much slower than expected, but both the CCS 350s were working. This was a busier spot where we saw a VW, Mustang and a Ford Lightening truck towing a boat (this guy was most annoyed at the down charger, fortunately we were done and leaving so he could take our spot). This setup was in a Walmart parking lot and didn't appear to be in the best repair, in contrast to the Tesla setup at the same exit.
We had practiced public charging at home, with a couple of shell chargers (again one at meyer was broken, but the new one at a Giant Eagle getgo worked great), but we were surprised at the evGO being as difficult as it was. Also we have encountered more than one down public charger locally. Tesla is popular here so those chargers appear to be in better repair. We see very few other EVs here so we feel a bit like are were unicorns. We have not tried chargepoint but probably will on our next trip.
Please others share roadtrip/public charging advice.
2023.06.05 20:04 Even-Discipline4075 What does Bard AI know about me? And what does the Bard advise for the way forward???
I asked Bard what he knew about a Ukrainian designer and developer named Diachuk Vitalii (Spirit_Urban).
Result:
Vitalii Diachuk is a Product UX/UI Designer from Ukraine. He has over 10 years of experience in the design and development industry. He has worked on a variety of projects, including the development of websites, mobile apps, and software products. He is skilled in a variety of design and development technologies, including Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He is also proficient in a variety of design principles and practices, such as user-centered design, information architecture, and visual design.
Vitalii is a highly skilled and experienced designer and developer. He is passionate about his work and is always looking for new ways to improve the user experience of products. He is also a team player and is always willing to help others.
Here are some of the projects that Vitalii has worked on:
Here are some of the skills that Vitalii has:
My next question: What sources did you use to gather data about him?
Result:
I gathered data about Vitalii Diachuk from a variety of sources, including:
I cross-referenced the information from these sources to ensure that it was accurate and up-to-date. I also used my knowledge of the design and development industry to interpret the information and provide additional context.
I believe that the information I have gathered about Vitalii is accurate and comprehensive. I am confident that this information will be helpful to you in your search for a designer or developer.
My next question: Make a brief conclusion about Dyachuk Vitaly?
Result:
Vitaly Dyachuk is a web developer with over 15 years of experience. He is proficient in a variety of programming languages and technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS, AngularJS, and MongoDB. He is also experienced in graphic design, using software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and 3DSMax. Dyachuk is a skilled and experienced web developer with a strong portfolio of work. He is also a creative and innovative thinker, and he is always looking for new ways to improve his skills and knowledge. Dyachuk would be a valuable asset to any company looking for a talented and experienced web developer.
Here are some of his notable skills and experience:
My next question: I want to tell you something new about Dyachuk Vitaly. He used to draw a lot and after many years he started to draw again. He has good imagination and artistic abilities. This is constantly confirmed by various people who see his drawings. What conclusions can be drawn from this?
Result:
Here are some conclusions that can be drawn from the information you have provided about Vitaly Dyachuk:
Here are some additional thoughts:
My next question: Vialiy wants to live in Berlin. He is ready to work either in the creative direction or as a developer or combine it. What professions and areas of work will suit him? What people and companies are interested in his creativity and work?
Result:
Berlin is a great city for creative people. There are many opportunities for artists, designers, and developers to find work. Here are a few ideas for professions and areas of work that might be a good fit for Vitaly:
There are many people and companies in Berlin who are interested in creativity. The city is home to a thriving creative scene, with a large number of artists, designers, and developers working in a variety of industries. There are also many companies that are looking for creative people to help them develop new products and services.
If Vitaly is looking for a job in Berlin, he should start by networking with other creative people. He can also attend industry events and meetups to learn more about the creative scene in the city. He can also start building his portfolio and online presence to showcase his work. With hard work and dedication, Vitaly can find a job in Berlin that is a good fit for his skills and interests.
My next question: What can Vitaly's salary be in these directions?
Result:
The salary for a creative professional in Berlin can vary depending on the profession, experience, and skills. However, in general, creative professionals in Berlin can expect to earn a salary that is higher than the national average.
Here are some examples of salaries for creative professionals in Berlin:
Here are some tips for Vitaly to increase his salary:
My next question is: Are these salary amounts before taxes? What will they be after taxes?
Result:
The salary amounts I mentioned are before taxes. After taxes, the salary will vary depending on the individual's tax bracket. However, in general, creative professionals in Berlin can expect to take home around 60-70% of their gross salary.
Here is an example of how much a graphic designer in Berlin with an annual salary of €40,000 would take home after taxes:
Here are some tips for Vitaly to reduce his tax burden:
My next question: What can Vitaly's salary be, taking into account his experience? And should he do design, drawing, or should he concentrate on programming?
Result:
Vitaly's salary can vary depending on his experience, skills, and the company he works for. However, with 15 years of experience as a web developer, he can expect to earn a salary of at least €60,000 per year in Berlin. He could also earn more if he has specialized skills or experience in a particular area of development.
As for whether he should focus on design, drawing, or programming, that is a decision that Vitaly will need to make based on his own interests and skills. If he enjoys both design and programming, he could consider a career in UX design, which combines both disciplines. UX designers are responsible for creating user-friendly interfaces for websites, apps, and other digital products. They need to have strong design skills as well as the ability to code.
If Vitaly is more interested in design than programming, he could consider a career in graphic design or motion graphics. Graphic designers create visual concepts, layouts, and imagery for a variety of media, while motion graphics designers create animations and visual effects. Both careers require strong design skills, as well as the ability to use Adobe Creative Suite software.
If Vitaly is more interested in programming than design, he could consider a career in web development, software development, or data science. Web developers create and maintain websites, while software developers create and maintain software applications. Data scientists use data to solve business problems. All of these careers require strong programming skills, as well as the ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Ultimately, the best way for Vitaly to decide what career path to pursue is to explore his interests and skills and to talk to people who work in different fields. With his experience and skills, he has a lot of options to choose from.
My next question: Vialius will be registered as a refugee and will go to German language courses. His main time will be spent on language learning. Would it be beneficial for him to apply his artistic or design skills as a volunteer? Where is it better for him to do it so that it has a positive effect on further employment?
Result:
Yes, it would be beneficial for Vitaly to apply his artistic or design skills as a volunteer. Volunteering can help him to:
By volunteering his artistic or design skills, Vitaly can gain valuable experience, network with professionals in his field, and give back to his community. These experiences can all help him to find a fulfilling and rewarding career in the future.
Links about me:
CV: spiriturban.github.io
GitHub: github.com/SpiritUrban
Behance: behance.net/spirit_urban/projects
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/vitaly-dyachuk-8ba18a54
TikTok: tiktok.com/@dyachukvitaliy?lang=uk-UA
Instagram: instagram.com/shadespiritenator
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Result:
Vitalii Diachuk is a Product UX/UI Designer from Ukraine. He has over 10 years of experience in the design and development industry. He has worked on a variety of projects, including the development of websites, mobile apps, and software products. He is skilled in a variety of design and development technologies, including Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He is also proficient in a variety of design principles and practices, such as user-centered design, information architecture, and visual design.
Vitalii is a highly skilled and experienced designer and developer. He is passionate about his work and is always looking for new ways to improve the user experience of products. He is also a team player and is always willing to help others.
Here are some of the projects that Vitalii has worked on:
- Website design: Vitalii has designed websites for a variety of businesses, including small businesses, startups, and large corporations. He has a strong understanding of web design principles and practices and is able to create websites that are both visually appealing and user-friendly.
- Mobile app design: Vitalii has designed mobile apps for a variety of businesses, including games, productivity apps, and social media apps. He has a deep understanding of mobile app design principles and practices and is able to create mobile apps that are both visually appealing and user-friendly.
- Software product development: Vitalii has developed software products for a variety of businesses, including enterprise software, healthcare software, and education software. He has a strong understanding of software development principles and practices and is able to develop software products that are both reliable and efficient.
Here are some of the skills that Vitalii has:
- UX/UI Design: Vitalii has over 10 years of experience in UX/UI design. He is skilled in a variety of design tools, including Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He is also proficient in a variety of design principles and practices, such as user-centered design, information architecture, and visual design.
- Software Development: Vitalii has over 5 years of experience in software development. He is skilled in a variety of programming languages, including Java, Python, and C++. He is also proficient in a variety of software development principles and practices, such as object-oriented programming, agile development, and unit testing.
- Teamwork: Vitalii is a team player and is always willing to help others. He is also a great communicator and is able to clearly explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
My next question: What sources did you use to gather data about him?
Result:
I gathered data about Vitalii Diachuk from a variety of sources, including:
- LinkedIn: Vitalii has a LinkedIn profile where he has listed his work experience, skills, and education.
- Dribbble: Vitalii has a Dribbble portfolio where he has shared his design work.
- Instagram: Vitalii has an Instagram account where he shares his design work and personal life.
- Personal website: Vitalii has a personal website where he has shared more information about himself and his work.
I cross-referenced the information from these sources to ensure that it was accurate and up-to-date. I also used my knowledge of the design and development industry to interpret the information and provide additional context.
I believe that the information I have gathered about Vitalii is accurate and comprehensive. I am confident that this information will be helpful to you in your search for a designer or developer.
My next question: Make a brief conclusion about Dyachuk Vitaly?
Result:
Vitaly Dyachuk is a web developer with over 15 years of experience. He is proficient in a variety of programming languages and technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS, AngularJS, and MongoDB. He is also experienced in graphic design, using software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and 3DSMax. Dyachuk is a skilled and experienced web developer with a strong portfolio of work. He is also a creative and innovative thinker, and he is always looking for new ways to improve his skills and knowledge. Dyachuk would be a valuable asset to any company looking for a talented and experienced web developer.
Here are some of his notable skills and experience:
- Proficient in a variety of programming languages and technologies
- Experienced in graphic design
- Strong portfolio of work
- Creative and innovative thinker
- Always looking for new ways to improve skills and knowledge
My next question: I want to tell you something new about Dyachuk Vitaly. He used to draw a lot and after many years he started to draw again. He has good imagination and artistic abilities. This is constantly confirmed by various people who see his drawings. What conclusions can be drawn from this?
Result:
Here are some conclusions that can be drawn from the information you have provided about Vitaly Dyachuk:
- Dyachuk has a natural talent for drawing.
- He has a strong imagination and a keen eye for detail.
- He is able to create realistic and beautiful drawings.
- He is willing to put in the time and effort to improve his skills.
- He is passionate about drawing and enjoys sharing his work with others.
Here are some additional thoughts:
- It is great that Dyachuk is starting to draw again after many years. It is never too late to pursue your passions.
- I am glad that other people are enjoying Dyachuk's drawings. It is always rewarding to share your work with others.
- I am confident that Dyachuk will continue to grow and improve as an artist. I look forward to seeing what he creates in the future.
My next question: Vialiy wants to live in Berlin. He is ready to work either in the creative direction or as a developer or combine it. What professions and areas of work will suit him? What people and companies are interested in his creativity and work?
Result:
Berlin is a great city for creative people. There are many opportunities for artists, designers, and developers to find work. Here are a few ideas for professions and areas of work that might be a good fit for Vitaly:
- Graphic designer: Graphic designers create visual concepts, layouts, and imagery for a variety of media, including print, web, and advertising. They use their creativity and technical skills to communicate ideas and information in a visually appealing way.
- Web developer: Web developers create and maintain websites. They use their programming skills to build websites that are functional, user-friendly, and visually appealing.
- User experience designer: User experience designers (UX designers) focus on the user experience of websites and other digital products. They use their creativity and empathy to understand the needs of users and create products that are easy to use and enjoyable.
- Motion graphics designer: Motion graphics designers create animations and visual effects for a variety of media, including film, television, and video games. They use their creativity and technical skills to bring motion to static images and create visually stunning visuals.
- 3D artist: 3D artists create three-dimensional models and animations for a variety of media, including video games, movies, and television. They use their creativity and technical skills to create realistic and immersive visuals.
There are many people and companies in Berlin who are interested in creativity. The city is home to a thriving creative scene, with a large number of artists, designers, and developers working in a variety of industries. There are also many companies that are looking for creative people to help them develop new products and services.
If Vitaly is looking for a job in Berlin, he should start by networking with other creative people. He can also attend industry events and meetups to learn more about the creative scene in the city. He can also start building his portfolio and online presence to showcase his work. With hard work and dedication, Vitaly can find a job in Berlin that is a good fit for his skills and interests.
My next question: What can Vitaly's salary be in these directions?
Result:
The salary for a creative professional in Berlin can vary depending on the profession, experience, and skills. However, in general, creative professionals in Berlin can expect to earn a salary that is higher than the national average.
Here are some examples of salaries for creative professionals in Berlin:
- Graphic designer: Graphic designers in Berlin can expect to earn an average salary of €40,000 per year.
- Web developer: Web developers in Berlin can expect to earn an average salary of €45,000 per year.
- User experience designer: User experience designers in Berlin can expect to earn an average salary of €50,000 per year.
- Motion graphics designer: Motion graphics designers in Berlin can expect to earn an average salary of €55,000 per year.
- 3D artist: 3D artists in Berlin can expect to earn an average salary of €60,000 per year.
Here are some tips for Vitaly to increase his salary:
- Get certified: There are many certifications available for creative professionals. Getting certified can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge necessary to do the job.
- Network: Networking is a great way to meet potential employers and learn about job opportunities. Attend industry events and meetups, and connect with other creative professionals on LinkedIn.
- Build your portfolio: A strong portfolio is essential for any creative professional. It's a way to show potential employers your work and what you can do.
- Be proactive: Don't wait for employers to come to you. Be proactive and reach out to potential employers. Let them know that you're interested in working for them and that you have the skills and experience they're looking for.
My next question is: Are these salary amounts before taxes? What will they be after taxes?
Result:
The salary amounts I mentioned are before taxes. After taxes, the salary will vary depending on the individual's tax bracket. However, in general, creative professionals in Berlin can expect to take home around 60-70% of their gross salary.
Here is an example of how much a graphic designer in Berlin with an annual salary of €40,000 would take home after taxes:
- Gross salary: €40,000
- Taxes: €12,000
- Net salary: €28,000
Here are some tips for Vitaly to reduce his tax burden:
- Make use of tax-free allowances: There are a number of tax-free allowances available to residents of Germany. These allowances can help to reduce your taxable income.
- Contribute to a pension plan: Contributions to a pension plan are tax-deductible. This can help to reduce your taxable income and save for your retirement.
- Make use of tax credits: There are a number of tax credits available to residents of Germany. These credits can help to reduce your tax bill.
My next question: What can Vitaly's salary be, taking into account his experience? And should he do design, drawing, or should he concentrate on programming?
Result:
Vitaly's salary can vary depending on his experience, skills, and the company he works for. However, with 15 years of experience as a web developer, he can expect to earn a salary of at least €60,000 per year in Berlin. He could also earn more if he has specialized skills or experience in a particular area of development.
As for whether he should focus on design, drawing, or programming, that is a decision that Vitaly will need to make based on his own interests and skills. If he enjoys both design and programming, he could consider a career in UX design, which combines both disciplines. UX designers are responsible for creating user-friendly interfaces for websites, apps, and other digital products. They need to have strong design skills as well as the ability to code.
If Vitaly is more interested in design than programming, he could consider a career in graphic design or motion graphics. Graphic designers create visual concepts, layouts, and imagery for a variety of media, while motion graphics designers create animations and visual effects. Both careers require strong design skills, as well as the ability to use Adobe Creative Suite software.
If Vitaly is more interested in programming than design, he could consider a career in web development, software development, or data science. Web developers create and maintain websites, while software developers create and maintain software applications. Data scientists use data to solve business problems. All of these careers require strong programming skills, as well as the ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Ultimately, the best way for Vitaly to decide what career path to pursue is to explore his interests and skills and to talk to people who work in different fields. With his experience and skills, he has a lot of options to choose from.
My next question: Vialius will be registered as a refugee and will go to German language courses. His main time will be spent on language learning. Would it be beneficial for him to apply his artistic or design skills as a volunteer? Where is it better for him to do it so that it has a positive effect on further employment?
Result:
Yes, it would be beneficial for Vitaly to apply his artistic or design skills as a volunteer. Volunteering can help him to:
- Develop his skills: Volunteering can give Vitaly the opportunity to practice his skills and learn new ones. This can help him to improve his portfolio and make him more marketable to potential employers.
- Network: Volunteering can help Vitaly to meet people in the creative industry. This can help him to learn about job opportunities and build relationships with potential employers.
- Give back to the community: Volunteering is a great way to give back to the community and make a difference in the lives of others. This can be a rewarding experience and can help Vitaly to feel more connected to his new home.
- Local schools: Schools are always looking for volunteers to help with art projects, design projects, and other creative activities.
- Non-profit organizations: Non-profit organizations often need help with marketing, fundraising, and other design-related tasks.
- Community centers: Community centers often offer art classes and other creative programs. Vitaly could volunteer to teach classes or help with other aspects of the program.
- Online platforms: There are a number of online platforms that connect volunteers with opportunities to use their skills. Vitaly could search for opportunities on websites like VolunteerMatch or Idealist.
By volunteering his artistic or design skills, Vitaly can gain valuable experience, network with professionals in his field, and give back to his community. These experiences can all help him to find a fulfilling and rewarding career in the future.
Links about me:
CV: spiriturban.github.io
GitHub: github.com/SpiritUrban
Behance: behance.net/spirit_urban/projects
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/vitaly-dyachuk-8ba18a54
TikTok: tiktok.com/@dyachukvitaliy?lang=uk-UA
Instagram: instagram.com/shadespiritenator
2023.06.05 19:45 AdministrationDue582 [WTS] Airsoft & Gear Lot! GHK AK-74 w/ 2 Mags, Upgraded Krytac Vector w/ 4 Mags, Velocity Systems Mayflower Assault Plate Carrier, Haley Strategic D3CR X Chest Rig, Sig Magnifier, Olight Javelot Tactical Weapon Light, and additional AK Parts
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/jTnfjGe
I’ve got a nice lot of guns, parts, and gear to let go of. Everything will be paid through PayPal G&S and shipping will be calculated using pirate ship.
Love this gun, hasn’t been fielded much, maybe 3 - 4 times. The guns receiver & furniture has been regularly cleaned with REM oil and internals lubed with Silicone Oil. Has a TNT Hop-up & Barrel installed and a FAB Defense UAS Folding stock. The stock has an adjustable cheek riser so if you put an optic on it, you can adjust it to what you need. The bolt was modified to be used for full travel. The system was tested with a friend’s aftermarket full travel hammer and runs smoothly, however one is not installed on the gun as I personally do not own one. The guns runs well with the half travel buffer, but it is a bit rough if not kept well lubricated. I would recommend this build to someone who plans on doing full travel either with the stock bolt or a steel one.
Comes with two green gas magazines with no leaks and prefect feed lips. The top ends of the magazines look a little rough from them being broken in but they fit snug as a rug.
Once again, this was one of my favorite guns. Been well taken care of and kept cleaned & greased. Been used with an 11.1v Lopo. It has an ASG 40k motor, MAX CNC Double O-Ring piston head, a Bolt Ported Piston, and an Angry Gun Suppressor with an Acetech AT2000R tracer installed. I have left the hop-up stock as I have had no issues with it and it runs phenomenally. I’ve installed a Kris’s USA sling QD body pin to replace the awful screw-on pin and allows for a second sling point. Runs like a workhorse and reliable. Comes with 4 mags with very subtle scratches from my mag pouches & the gun. they can barely seen by eye and really only by certain angles under light.
❗️I can bundle the Plate Carrier and Chest rig together as a Carrieplacard combo for $321❗️ Pics: https://imgur.com/a/9iQ0LAc
Once again, Payment is through PayPal G&S and shipping will be determined using Pirate Ship, Ty🙃
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I’ve got a nice lot of guns, parts, and gear to let go of. Everything will be paid through PayPal G&S and shipping will be calculated using pirate ship.
- GHK AK-74 with 2 Magazines $560
Love this gun, hasn’t been fielded much, maybe 3 - 4 times. The guns receiver & furniture has been regularly cleaned with REM oil and internals lubed with Silicone Oil. Has a TNT Hop-up & Barrel installed and a FAB Defense UAS Folding stock. The stock has an adjustable cheek riser so if you put an optic on it, you can adjust it to what you need. The bolt was modified to be used for full travel. The system was tested with a friend’s aftermarket full travel hammer and runs smoothly, however one is not installed on the gun as I personally do not own one. The guns runs well with the half travel buffer, but it is a bit rough if not kept well lubricated. I would recommend this build to someone who plans on doing full travel either with the stock bolt or a steel one.
Comes with two green gas magazines with no leaks and prefect feed lips. The top ends of the magazines look a little rough from them being broken in but they fit snug as a rug.
- Krytac Vector with upgrades, tracer unit, and 4 mags $590 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/iD3Dy9w
Once again, this was one of my favorite guns. Been well taken care of and kept cleaned & greased. Been used with an 11.1v Lopo. It has an ASG 40k motor, MAX CNC Double O-Ring piston head, a Bolt Ported Piston, and an Angry Gun Suppressor with an Acetech AT2000R tracer installed. I have left the hop-up stock as I have had no issues with it and it runs phenomenally. I’ve installed a Kris’s USA sling QD body pin to replace the awful screw-on pin and allows for a second sling point. Runs like a workhorse and reliable. Comes with 4 mags with very subtle scratches from my mag pouches & the gun. they can barely seen by eye and really only by certain angles under light.
- Haley Strategic D3CR X Chest rig with MP2 Mag retainer inserts $168 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/EVR7dlf
- Velocity Systems Mayflower Assault Plate Carrier $168 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/OnOl5It
❗️I can bundle the Plate Carrier and Chest rig together as a Carrieplacard combo for $321❗️ Pics: https://imgur.com/a/9iQ0LAc
- Sig Sauer Juliet 3 Micro Magnifier $180 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/BqGYGlK
- Olight Javelot Tactical Weapon light $100 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/JCENwXL
- Magpul Zhukov-U Hand-guard for AK-47/74/104-5 $95 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/kCtrnmG
- Novritsch replica suppressor $25 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/EB3ooTN
- LCT railed AK dust cover $43 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/ZUjFYZf
- Matrix skeleton stock $15 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/Mjja5nw
- Cyma smooth dust cover $12 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/IT3yWhr
- Cyma rear sight block assembly $10 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/Vs3khLA
- Cyma AK-104/5 front sight block $7 Pics: https://imgur.com/a/ePLLzaZ
Once again, Payment is through PayPal G&S and shipping will be determined using Pirate Ship, Ty🙃
2023.06.05 19:27 axerlion WWDC 2023 Summary
WWDC 2023 has started!
Mac: complete transition to Apple silicone
iOS: new features that make the things you do more personal
iPadOS 17:
MacOS Sonoma:
Audio and Home:
tvOS17 and AppleTV:
watchOS 10:
All of this available this Fall.
One more thing...
Apple Vision Pro
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Mac: complete transition to Apple silicone
- NEW M2 15.3 inch MBA with MagSafe, 2 thunderbolt and in 4 colours
- at 11.5 mm, it's the thinnest 15 inch laptop
- Mac Studio update: M2 MAX
- 4x faster than the most powerful Intel
- M2 Ultra
- 20% faster performance
- 76 core GPU, 32 neural core, 196GB unified memory
- Mac Pro with Apple silicone
- performance of 7 afterburner cards
iOS: new features that make the things you do more personal
- updates to Phone, FaceTime and Messages
- personalised 'contact posters'
- live voicemail: see a transcription of voicemail, processed on-device
- FaceTime: you can now leave a message
- Messages:
- more powerful search, with search filters
- catchup arrow: jump to the first message you haven't seen
- swipe to reply on any bubble
- transcription of audio messages
- location sharing within the conversation
- Check in: detects when you get home, or share information if you don't
- iMessage apps: new + button to hide apps
- Stickers: peel and stick an emoji, direct to any message, system-wide
- Lift a subject from your photos > turn into stickers
- AirDrop - NameDrop
- send information, even when you step away
- Keyboard and Dictation
- transformer language model for accurate prediction: every time you tap a key
- more capable with refreshed design: sentence level correction
- new dictation with neural engine
- New experiences
- Journal: with suggestions and prompts from Music, Photos etc.
- end to end encryption and locking
- StandBy
- turn iPhone on it's side: new experience for information viewed at a distance
- personalise clock styles by swiping, and view Photos with a swipe to the side
- embraces Widgets, live activities and Siri
- red tone in low light, and MagSafe
- Siri, not 'Hey, Siri', wiht back to back commands
- Downloadable Maps
- People album: spot favourites, and animals
- Journal: with suggestions and prompts from Music, Photos etc.
iPadOS 17:
- interaction with Wigets on Homescreen
- personaliation of Lockscreen: live actions (multiple timers)
- Heath: rich details at a glance, across all devices
- PDFs: new ML models, use AutoFill to complete forms
- Notes: annotations of multiple PDF views, with collaboration
- StageManager: use camera on external display
- FreeForm: more tools
- Follow along: track a user aross the canvas
MacOS Sonoma:
- features from iOS great on Mac
- Widgets viewable on Desktop (glancable, fade into the background, tint based on colour)
- interactive, and from iPhone (cool mention of Apollo too...)
- Gaming: various improvements
- Video conferencing: presenter overlay, on top of content
- video effects, across a range of apps
- Safari: private browsing windows locked, with blocked tracking
- share passwords and passkeys in a group, end to end
- Profiles: mix of work and personal browsing, with separation of cookies, extensions and favourites
- Web apps on Mac, with integration and notifications
Audio and Home:
- AirPods - adaptive audio
- improved switching across devices
- share audio with AirPlay
- HomePod learns AirPlay preferences with timing
- ask Siri to start AirPlay session
- AirPlay in Hotels with QR code pairing
- Apple Music and CarPlay
- others in the car to control the music through SharePlay
tvOS17 and AppleTV:
- easier access to controls
- use iPhone to locate remote
- FaceTime on AppleTV
watchOS 10:
- View watch face - like portraits - with quick access to Widgets smart stack
- active sessions viewable on any watch face, such as timers, with an easy scroll
- World Clock with dynamic background colours
- Activity app: corner icons to other views
- new full screen views with the digital crown
- App redesign: use the full screen, with new details
- New faces:
- Pallet, colours shift with time
- Snoopy characters
- Cycling: cadence and power: calculate FTP and power zones
- Workouts from Apple Watch show as live activity on iPhone - see HR, elevation, power zone and new view showing distance and more
- Compass: cellular connection waypoint, and where you can make an SOS call
- new elevation view, 3D view of all waypoints
- Maps: new topographic map, with elevation details and trails
- New API for workout experiences
- GolfShot: can detect small wrist movements
- Medication, Sleep and Mobility health: with 2 new areas
- Mental Health app
- Myopia:
- view the amount of time in daylight
- Screen Distance: use TrueDepth camera to see if a child is holding a device too close
All of this available this Fall.
One more thing...
Apple Vision Pro
- no longer bound by a screen
- relive memories in a new way
- elements respond to light and cast shadows
- freely fill the space around you, placing apps anywhere you want them
- environments transform your space
- relies on eyes, hands and voice: tap fingers to select, and flick to scroll, just start dictating to type
- EyeSight: displays your eyes when others are around you
- Great for working in the office, at home, or for entertainment
- Watch 3D movies: no other device can offer this quality, with spatial audio
- Gaming: on a screen as large as you want, with controller support
2023.06.05 19:17 the-cock-slap-phenom Oddly limiting tasks in season 15?
I enjoyed season 15, and I thought the contestants did a great job, but did anyone else feel that some of the tasks were a bit too limiting?
Some of the tasks really seemed to stifle the creativity of the contestants, and seemed too focused on them standing in place and just doing what they're told.
For example - Catch the potatoes in the potato hat. You must be sitting on the catching stool wearing your potato hat and you must not touch anything at any point.
What are they supposed to do with that?? It's quite literally "sit here, potentially notice the clue"...
Then there's also the "play the instrument indicated by the light" and "rotate the pulper wheel without pulping the egg" tasks, which seem to have the exact same issue with locking out any unique/creativeloopholes solutions.
I know Alex has said many times before about trusting the contestants to come up with something funny, and at the same time trying to stop them from working around the task; however, in this series I felt the balance was really off at times, and it felt like it was actively holding them back.
Am I reading too much into it?
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Some of the tasks really seemed to stifle the creativity of the contestants, and seemed too focused on them standing in place and just doing what they're told.
For example - Catch the potatoes in the potato hat. You must be sitting on the catching stool wearing your potato hat and you must not touch anything at any point.
What are they supposed to do with that?? It's quite literally "sit here, potentially notice the clue"...
Then there's also the "play the instrument indicated by the light" and "rotate the pulper wheel without pulping the egg" tasks, which seem to have the exact same issue with locking out any unique/creative
I know Alex has said many times before about trusting the contestants to come up with something funny, and at the same time trying to stop them from working around the task; however, in this series I felt the balance was really off at times, and it felt like it was actively holding them back.
Am I reading too much into it?
2023.06.05 19:00 iBanks3 WWDC ‘23 iOS/iPadOS/MacOS 17 Shortcuts Megathread
Today, at 1:00pm Eastern Apple will be hosting their yearly WWDC keynote. Here we will discuss all the Shortcuts related findings and details around iOS 17 Beta 1.
The stream can be viewed:
Apple’s YouTube Channel or on Apple’s website.
In great wishes and hopes to some amazing new Shortcuts changes, features and additions.
This post will be locked from comments until the keynote begins. Once unlocked the conversation can begin and the beta findings should be posted here. The betas may take some time to roll out after the keynote ends so please be patient.
If you’re using Apollo for Reddit you can activate a live activity for this post to keep current of new comments. Just tap the ellipsis (three dots) in the top right of the post and tap Start live Activity. (May be device dependent to see this option)
Please do not share in comments ways to obtain the beta or offering users access to the betas. We cannot allow such comments to put at risk the sub being taken down due to discussions of illegally obtaining the betas.
— What’s been discovered: - New interface when adding a new automation - When arrive at or leaving location can be automated - u/Portatort - Email automations can now be automated - Message trigger automations can now be automated - New transaction automation trigger - u/Portatort - WiFi automation automated and can run after connection interruption - u/Portatort - Bluetooth automations automated - New Clock Actions - Scan Documents action - New Fitness actions - Freeform Actions - Find Message action for Mail - u/Portatort - Open Collections in Photos app - Get Hotspot Password - Set Hotspot Password - Find Cellular Plans - Open Collection in Tips app - When Display Connects/Disconnects (iPad) - u/100PercentARealHuman - Actions suggested by your Apps - New Small Widget - u/100PercentARealHuman - Set Default Voice/Data - u/100PercentARealHuman - Run shortcut Lock Screen widget - u/100PercentARealHuman - Reset Cellular Data Statistics - Toggle Cellular Plan - Show Passwords - So uummmmm, Shortcuts are running extremely fast and it’s a beauty. - Wait action seems to be working more reliably. Had one wait for 20 mins and then run some actions and worked without a hitch. - There is no “Notify When Run” off option for the Message, WiFi, Location and Bluetooth triggers. They can run automatically but you will be notified each time.
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The stream can be viewed:
Apple’s YouTube Channel or on Apple’s website.
In great wishes and hopes to some amazing new Shortcuts changes, features and additions.
This post will be locked from comments until the keynote begins. Once unlocked the conversation can begin and the beta findings should be posted here. The betas may take some time to roll out after the keynote ends so please be patient.
If you’re using Apollo for Reddit you can activate a live activity for this post to keep current of new comments. Just tap the ellipsis (three dots) in the top right of the post and tap Start live Activity. (May be device dependent to see this option)
Please do not share in comments ways to obtain the beta or offering users access to the betas. We cannot allow such comments to put at risk the sub being taken down due to discussions of illegally obtaining the betas.
— What’s been discovered: - New interface when adding a new automation - When arrive at or leaving location can be automated - u/Portatort - Email automations can now be automated - Message trigger automations can now be automated - New transaction automation trigger - u/Portatort - WiFi automation automated and can run after connection interruption - u/Portatort - Bluetooth automations automated - New Clock Actions - Scan Documents action - New Fitness actions - Freeform Actions - Find Message action for Mail - u/Portatort - Open Collections in Photos app - Get Hotspot Password - Set Hotspot Password - Find Cellular Plans - Open Collection in Tips app - When Display Connects/Disconnects (iPad) - u/100PercentARealHuman - Actions suggested by your Apps - New Small Widget - u/100PercentARealHuman - Set Default Voice/Data - u/100PercentARealHuman - Run shortcut Lock Screen widget - u/100PercentARealHuman - Reset Cellular Data Statistics - Toggle Cellular Plan - Show Passwords - So uummmmm, Shortcuts are running extremely fast and it’s a beauty. - Wait action seems to be working more reliably. Had one wait for 20 mins and then run some actions and worked without a hitch. - There is no “Notify When Run” off option for the Message, WiFi, Location and Bluetooth triggers. They can run automatically but you will be notified each time.
2023.06.05 17:47 SerousDarkice Ansible Cannot Find ansible-pylibssh
I am nearing my wit's end to figure out why Ansible cannot seem to find ansible-pylibssh unless Ansible itself is installed in a Python virtual environment.
Here's the environment background:
OS: RHEL 8.7 Ansible: ansible-core 2.13.3
In the control node different teams have their own Ansible directory / project.
/opt/ansible/systems, /opt/ansible/network, etc.
To deal with needing to add Python functionality beyond what's available from RHEL repos, I'm using Python virthal environments.
For example, to use the community.vmware collection, I needed pyVmomi. I made a venv for vmware within the systems directory, activated it, and used pip to install pyVmomi. Since the playbook that needs this will be run using a systemd timer, I decided to specify the ansible_python_interpreter in the playbook to point to the python binary within the virtual environment. Everything works like a charm.
Here's the problem:
The network people need ansible-pylibssh to make the best use of their Cisco collections. Following the same steps as above, Ansible apparently cannot find ansible-pylibssh. The only way I can get Ansible to find ansible-pylibssh is by creating a Python venv, activating it, installing Ansible into it with pip and installing ansible-pylibssh, and running Ansible while the venv is activated.
What I don't understand is why Ansible can find and use pyVmomi for my VMware playbook by simply specifying the python interpreter, but cannot find and use ansible-pylibssh when the network folks do the same thing.
I initially thought this was the issue (from the verbose output): ansible python module location = /uslib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible; however, that output is the same with the VMware playbook, which works fine.
This is the network playbook being tested, and a sample of the -vvv output with it not finding ansible-pylibssh. It ultimately errors out because of paramiko being missing but only because Ansible can't find ansible-pylibssh.
``` - name: Gather switch facts hosts: myswitches gather_facts: no connection: network_cli vars: ansible_python_interpreter: /opt/ansible/network/venv/bin/python
tasks: - name: Collect hostname, version, and serial number ios_facts: gather_subset: all gather_network_resources: False register: ios_output when: ansible_network_os == 'ios' and ansible_network_os is defined ```
``` ansible-playbook playbooks/playbooktest.yml -vvv ansible-playbook [core 2.13.3] config file = /opt/ansible/network/ansible.cfg configured module search path = ['/home/myuse.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usshare/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /uslib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /opt/ansible/network/collections executable location = /usbin/ansible-playbook python version = 3.9.13 (main, Nov 9 2022, 13:16:24) [GCC 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-15)] jinja version = 3.1.2 libyaml = True Using /opt/ansible/network/ansible.cfg as config file host_list declined parsing /opt/ansible/network/inventory/main as it did not pass its verify_file() method script declined parsing /opt/ansible/network/inventory/main as it did not pass its verify_file() method auto declined parsing /opt/ansible/network/inventory/main as it did not pass its verify_file() method Parsed /opt/ansible/network/inventory/main inventory source with ini plugin redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.ios_facts to cisco.ios.ios_facts redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.nxos_facts to cisco.nxos.nxos_facts Skipping callback 'default', as we already have a stdout callback. Skipping callback 'minimal', as we already have a stdout callback. Skipping callback 'oneline', as we already have a stdout callback.
PLAYBOOK: playbooktest.yml ********************************************************************************************* 1 plays in playbooks/playbooktest.yml
PLAY [Gather switch facts] ********************************************************************************************* META: ran handlers
TASK [Collect hostname, version, and serial number] ******************************************************************** task path: /opt/ansible/network/playbooks/playbooktest.yml:9 redirecting (type: connection) ansible.builtin.network_cli to ansible.netcommon.network_cli redirecting (type: terminal) ansible.builtin.ios to cisco.ios.ios redirecting (type: cliconf) ansible.builtin.ios to cisco.ios.ios [WARNING]: ansible-pylibssh not installed, falling back to paramiko ```
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Here's the environment background:
OS: RHEL 8.7 Ansible: ansible-core 2.13.3
In the control node different teams have their own Ansible directory / project.
/opt/ansible/systems, /opt/ansible/network, etc.
To deal with needing to add Python functionality beyond what's available from RHEL repos, I'm using Python virthal environments.
For example, to use the community.vmware collection, I needed pyVmomi. I made a venv for vmware within the systems directory, activated it, and used pip to install pyVmomi. Since the playbook that needs this will be run using a systemd timer, I decided to specify the ansible_python_interpreter in the playbook to point to the python binary within the virtual environment. Everything works like a charm.
Here's the problem:
The network people need ansible-pylibssh to make the best use of their Cisco collections. Following the same steps as above, Ansible apparently cannot find ansible-pylibssh. The only way I can get Ansible to find ansible-pylibssh is by creating a Python venv, activating it, installing Ansible into it with pip and installing ansible-pylibssh, and running Ansible while the venv is activated.
What I don't understand is why Ansible can find and use pyVmomi for my VMware playbook by simply specifying the python interpreter, but cannot find and use ansible-pylibssh when the network folks do the same thing.
I initially thought this was the issue (from the verbose output): ansible python module location = /uslib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible; however, that output is the same with the VMware playbook, which works fine.
This is the network playbook being tested, and a sample of the -vvv output with it not finding ansible-pylibssh. It ultimately errors out because of paramiko being missing but only because Ansible can't find ansible-pylibssh.
``` - name: Gather switch facts hosts: myswitches gather_facts: no connection: network_cli vars: ansible_python_interpreter: /opt/ansible/network/venv/bin/python
tasks: - name: Collect hostname, version, and serial number ios_facts: gather_subset: all gather_network_resources: False register: ios_output when: ansible_network_os == 'ios' and ansible_network_os is defined ```
``` ansible-playbook playbooks/playbooktest.yml -vvv ansible-playbook [core 2.13.3] config file = /opt/ansible/network/ansible.cfg configured module search path = ['/home/myuse.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usshare/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /uslib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /opt/ansible/network/collections executable location = /usbin/ansible-playbook python version = 3.9.13 (main, Nov 9 2022, 13:16:24) [GCC 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-15)] jinja version = 3.1.2 libyaml = True Using /opt/ansible/network/ansible.cfg as config file host_list declined parsing /opt/ansible/network/inventory/main as it did not pass its verify_file() method script declined parsing /opt/ansible/network/inventory/main as it did not pass its verify_file() method auto declined parsing /opt/ansible/network/inventory/main as it did not pass its verify_file() method Parsed /opt/ansible/network/inventory/main inventory source with ini plugin redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.ios_facts to cisco.ios.ios_facts redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.nxos_facts to cisco.nxos.nxos_facts Skipping callback 'default', as we already have a stdout callback. Skipping callback 'minimal', as we already have a stdout callback. Skipping callback 'oneline', as we already have a stdout callback.
PLAYBOOK: playbooktest.yml ********************************************************************************************* 1 plays in playbooks/playbooktest.yml
PLAY [Gather switch facts] ********************************************************************************************* META: ran handlers
TASK [Collect hostname, version, and serial number] ******************************************************************** task path: /opt/ansible/network/playbooks/playbooktest.yml:9 redirecting (type: connection) ansible.builtin.network_cli to ansible.netcommon.network_cli redirecting (type: terminal) ansible.builtin.ios to cisco.ios.ios redirecting (type: cliconf) ansible.builtin.ios to cisco.ios.ios [WARNING]: ansible-pylibssh not installed, falling back to paramiko ```
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2023.06.05 17:35 NegativeDuck8216 A Wolf among the Lilacs
New My Son Sanctuary
Deep Periphery, 50 light years spin-coreward of Spitz
May 3rd, 3145
Elizabeth Hugh was meditating in her small cabin. The smell of lilac and cedar from the gardens surrounding the temple wafted gently through the open windows and doors, coming in on the warm spring breeze. Her cream colored robes marked her as a Sister in the Order that had made this uncharted world its home. She was comfortable here, her eyes closed, her hair - once vibrant and red, now gray - braided and expertly tied with a piece of twine. She - who had once been called a Queen - contented herself with simple meals taken at a shared table, and a simple cot where she could lay her head.
How far she had come was a testament to the person who had held this post before her - for Elizabeth had been a Queen, the terrible pirate who had led the Mailed Fist Marauders. They had raided all throughout the spinward periphery, from the Raven Alliance to the Fronc Reaches. Brutal and destructive, the Marauders left nothing but death and destruction in their wake. Badly injured in a fire fight with the TDF, they had made a wild jump into an uncharted system. Getting weaker, Elizabeth had fought to stay in command, but she was unceremoniously dumped into an escape pod and shot at the planet she would come to learn was “New My Son Sanctuary”, a Buddhist temple and retreat settled centuries ago during the height of the Old Star League.
While being nursed back to health, Elizabeth discovered that the sanctuary had BattleMechs. She began to scheme on how to use this information to get back at her old pirate band. The Abbess had figured out what she was plotting, saying she had a raging fire burning within her - and that it would consume her if she tried. A deal was struck - the Abbess would support her if she could defeat her in battle.
Elizabeth had laughed, letting her pirate Queen side into full view before this woman for the first time. The Abbess didn’t react and instead led her to the Mech hanger. Here, two ancient ARC-2K Archers had been prepped by the Monks and Nuns. Instead of their robes they wore gray uniforms and carried a mix of antipersonal and anti-armor weapons - Elizabeth had not been prepared for that, nor with how well the two machines had been maintained. She was a natural MechWarrior, born and raised into a pirate band, but she was starting to feel she was in over her head. She was right.
After her defeat, shocked at how easily it had been managed she had stood before the Abbess in broken humility. It was the moment that had changed her life. “You have a choice. We have the ability to send you away, if you choose to go back to your old life we can make that happen, though I will tell you now you will die. Or you can stay here. Here you can live and thrive. If you choose to stay here, then go to the well and bring me water.” Elizabeth had stood there for a moment, but had turned and taken a step towards the wooden bucket by the door. It was the first step that would define her new life.
She ended her meditation with a carefully exhaled breath and stood. Despite being almost 70 years of age, and the terrible wound she had suffered, she still was able to move with the grace of an athlete. Even with the ever growing pain and itchiness around her old wound. The meditation and her ability to focus her mind kept the worst of it at bay.
This was because she still trained every day with the younger Monks and Nuns that called this Sanctuary home, while also maintaining her duties as Abbess. Duties that required attending now. She stepped out onto the wooden walkway that meandered through the blossoming lilacs and flowers of the garden and walked slowly through the morning sun towards the open courtyard that would hold her visitor - Brother Michael of the Brotherhood of Randis. She caught him staring at a fountain, keeping their koi pond aerated. “Brother Michael!” Her voice - which had once screamed names, now was soft and light. The man turned and smiled.
“Abbess!” He bowed slightly towards her. “Thank you again for your hospitality. The extra rice and wheat will be greatly helpful for the victims of the Broken Bones faction.” Elizabeth nodded and smiled, “And the extra missiles provided by your facilities will help keep us engaging.” He frowned, “But again, I must beg of you - Wolf Empire forces have been raiding deep into this region, can we assign any extra guards to you?”
Elizabeth shook her head, “No Brother Michael, we are fine.” She gestured towards the gardens and towards the wider temple complex. “While they might come into this system, there is little chance they would see this and think of us as having resources worth taking or wasting their time on. Our larger manufacturing capabilities are deep underground in the old Star League supply depot.” She paused, “Would you care to join me for tea?”
Brother Michael shook his head and smiled, “I am glad you feel safe but if you change your mind we will come when you call. And yes, I will join you for tea before leaving.”
With that, Elizabeth and Michael adjourned to the dining area where they discussed logistics and how the Sanctuary and the Brotherhood could continue to support one another over the next few months of operations.
Wolf Empire Ship, Kerensky’s Blood
Unnamed System
Deep Periphery, spin-coreward of Federated Suns territory
May 6th, 3145
“Listen up!” Star Captain Maria Stims floated into the conference room and strapped herself into a chair. Around her were the young MechWarriors assigned to her trinary. Their mission was simple, follow old Explorer Corp routes to uncover ComStar or Word of Blake depots or other useful information. “Our next target is an isolated world called New My Son Sanctuary. Records were difficult to uncover. The Star League became aware of it during the Periphery Uprising, shortly before the vile Usurper struck. They had created a supply depot away from the colony that had come here - some kind of religious order.” She looked down at her data pad. “ComStar made contact roughly 100 years ago - supposedly the colony still existed but that was all that the Acolyte had recorded.” She placed the data pad down on the velcro strip intended to hold it place when in zero G. “Obviously with both ComStar and the old Star League having been here, it is important that we get eyes on this world and determine what - if anything - is of value to Clan Wolf. Quiaff?” The table gave her the affirmation she was seeking. “Questions?’
One of the MechWarriors, brash and aggressive, quickly raised his hand, “When we get there will we strike immediately?” She could see the eagerness in his eyes.
“Neg. We shall follow custom and issue a batchal for a Trial of Possession of the world. We have no reason to believe that those that are there are even warriors, and we are not pirates to raid and attack undefended targets.” That was what David wanted though, he felt the blood lust and the eagerness for war. She turned sharply to the other warriors, “Any other questions? Good. We jump in one hour, then we will burn 2g into the system. We estimate three days until landing. Dismissed.”
The Wolf warriors went to their duties eagerly, hoping that this landing would be contested, hoping that they would have a chance to howl and hunt.
New My Son Sanctuary
Deep Periphery, 50 light years spin-coreward of Spitz
May 9th, 3145
Abbess Elizabeth and two of her Monks were reviewing the telescope and radar telemetry coming in. It had been three days since their systems - ancient Star League communications equipment - had alerted them to the unexpected arrival of a JumpShip. The Wolf Empire forces had eagerly announced themselves with a standard Clan Batchall, and Elizabeth had decided to wait till they landed. She calmly worked a string of beads hanging from the sash she had tied around her waist as her advisors and she discussed what they were seeing. They helped her focus and think of a plan. Their small arms and handful of mechs and vehicles would not be up to the task of fighting off what they estimated to be a full trinary of Clan OmniMechs. But their Batchall and code of honor might be helpful. In more ways than one.
The challenge had been simple. The Wolf Empire was claiming this world and all resources upon it. They had not mentioned the Supply Depot but Elizabeth knew that was probably why they were here.
Elizabeth nodded to her advisors, “So we are decided then?” They both nodded their consent. She turned to their Star League equipment and switched it on. “Empire ship Kerenksy’s Blood. This is the independent settlement of New My Son Santuary, I am Abbess Elizabeth, leader of the religious order that resides here. I am transmitting landing coordinates. We accept your batchall, and wish to meet to discuss terms. I shall have one of my monks wait for you.”
A short amount of lag later, allowing for the signal to go out and for them to respond, a woman’s voice crackled to life. “Aff, Abbess. We shall meet to discuss terms. Kerensky’s Blood out.” The radio went silent.
Elizabeth nodded, “Well then, I must go prepare.”
Wolf Empire Ship, Kerensky’s Blood
New My Son Sanctuary
May 9th, 3145
The landing had gone smoothly, with the Monks providing clear direction and instruction to the experienced DropShip crew. The old Union-C had participated in the original Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere a century ago. It now was used by this inexperienced Trinary on a mission of great importance to their Empire. As the dust cleared, ground crews approached swiftly to prepare the Union. Star Captain Maria stopped them quickly, not until the crew of the DropShip could confirm that no trickery was afoot.
Standing on the tarmac, she watched as the ground crews worked with the DropShip crew and with a quick hand signal saying everything was alright she finally relaxed. This changed in an instance when a person close behind her cleared their throat. “Star Captain Maria?” She whirled to see a young man dressed in a cream robe, his hands politely clasped in front of him. His face was serene with no sign of fear or alarm. His only ornamentation was a set of beads tied to a sash. He bowed slightly as she turned to face him. “The Abbess is this way.” Her Trinary - really just cubs if she thought about it - followed behind her. They were eager to fight and pillage but she had explained that the rules of engagement must be followed.
She was disturbed that there was no fear apparent on this young man’s face. Everyone seemed to think their arrival was completely ordinary in fact. She felt something was wrong, but couldn’t put her finger on what. But the monk was already walking away so she gestured for her MechWarriors to follow her and strode forward trying not to let her unease get the best of her.
Away from the space port, the colony became very quiet. Maria was impressed with the beauty of the gardens and architecture. But this was no place of warriors, and she was mildly contemptuous of the monks she saw tending to the flowers and gardens. She heard one of the MechWarriors behind her comment on food that food eats and she laughed internally though she wouldn’t let it show on her face.
They finally emerged into a courtyard where a table was set up. Around the courtyard stood a handful of Monks, and sitting at the table, puttering with a tea pot and tray was an older woman. Star Captain Maria paused for a brief second for on the table were two bare blades - two kiem style blades, one decorated in garnets the other with amethysts. Despite the jeweled ornament, both blades looked functional - and sharp. Her MechWarriors noticed the blades as well and stopped at the well manicured grass edge of the Courtyard.
The Abbess gave no sign that she saw them or even was aware of their existence. Maria decided to stand on tradition. “The Wolves of Kerensky have claimed this world for their own. What tame dogs defend it?” She called out with conviction, her voice projecting the ancient challenge clearly through the air.
The Abbess looked up and smiled faintly, “Tame dog is it? That I might be, that I might be!” At this she laughed, “Please, come forward and sit. I have prepared tea. We shall outline our defenses and options, and if I remember correctly, choose the place of combat. Is that correct?” She began to pour the tea, “And this will be for a Trial of Possession - primarily of the old Star League supply depot. It is fully operational by the way.”
Maria paused. This Abbess was not what she had expected from a Periphery backwater far off the map. She began to approach when one of her MechWarriors, a hot head named David, stepped forward, “What is this?” He demanded, gesturing to encompass the entirety of the table and the courtyard. The Abbess just looked at him. “We come to claim this world and you wish us to drink tea like children?!”
“MechWarrior David!” Maria snapped loudly, “Stand down!” He looked outraged. The Abbess did not seem to have any reaction at all. Maria stepped forward, “My apologies Abbess, some of my MechWarriors are new and this is their first mission.” She sat and took the offered cup of tea, she sipped at it cautiously. It was delicious and fresh, green and light on her tongue. “Which is what I have brought: 15 Wolf Empire MechWarriors with a range of light and medium OmniMechs. What forces do you bid?”
The Abbess smiled. “Myself.”
Maria stopped for a second, “My apologies, but you wanted to discuss a battle challenge.” She placed her tea down, “I cannot fight an old woman.” The Abbess laughed.
“Pick a blade.” The Abbess smiled. Maria looked at them both for a moment and reached for the garnet encrusted blade. Her hand was quick, her movement sure but as her fingers wrapped around the blade the amethyst blade flashed in the light and was at her throat.
The Clan MechWarriors all stepped forward. Maria raised her other hand and ordered them to stop. “If the Abbess wanted me dead, I would be dead. She is trying to demonstrate that we should acknowledge her as a warrior.” Maria nodded and let go of the blade on the table, the amethyst sword disappeared, silently finding a scabbard within the robes of the Abbess. Maria considered how her people were surrounded by very calm Monks and Nuns wearing similar robes.
“I would like to propose a duel. Myself against one of your warriors. First, the duel must be between equal equipment, second if we emerge successful, the Wolf Empire must cede all claim on this world and it’s people. Third, the person who I face, if they lose, must join the Sanctuary.”
Maria shook her head, “That doesn’t seem entirely fair. Whatever BattleMechs you have would be keyed for your people, mine would not know the first thing about them or be comfortable with them.”
Elizabeth nodded, “Fair. I shall grant you a period of two weeks to familiarize yourself with the machines. You will have access to both BattleMechs we will use, whichever one you choose I shall take the other. You can have both for the two week period. The battle shall be fought within the bamboo forests to our east. The victor shall be the first person to bypass the other’s armor and go internal.”
Before Maria could speak, David spoke. “I demand the honor of accepting this challenge for the Wolf Empire!” Maria frowned, as David was one of her best pilots - but an absolute hot head. They knew nothing about the machines. But she was stuck. David had unexpectedly bound her to this Trial.
Star Captain Maria stood, “Well bargained and done.”
Elizabeth stood and bowed, “Well bargained and done.”
Wolf Empire Ship, Kerensky’s Blood
New My Son Sanctuary
May 21st, 3145
True to her word, two ARC-2K Archers had been brought to the Kerensky’s Blood. Despite their age, they were well maintained. One of Maria’s Mechtechs informed her that - if he hadn’t seen their service records, he would have assumed they had been preserved right off of the assembly line. He had been incredibly impressed. Despite their age and primitive technology - compared to the Clans - both were towering examples of the powerful weapons and capabilities of the Archer class. The LRM and Large laser combo made for a dangerous and deadly machine, elegant and straightforward.
As with the blades, both Mechs followed a similar pattern. Both were painted an off white cream color, one decorated in red, the other purple, with stylized flower designs. Maria had her techs go over them in detail within the first few hours and they had signed off. Other than the paint, both were identical. There were no hidden changes, no traps. This was going to be a shear test of skill and stamina - the old woman against the young pup.
David had chosen the red Archer, the orchid design appealing to his sense of style. “Red like the flame that burns within me!” he had quipped as he climbed up into the cockpit. He had begun by running the mech through its paces in what would become the battlefield. Testing the laser and missile systems. He complained bitterly about how primitive they were, comparing the targeting and tracking systems to iron sights. Maria’s concern grew. She ordered him to keep going and practicing while her techs continued to dig into both BattleMechs. When he exhausted his ammo, she was prepared to argue for more but when she opened the discussion more was simply provided. A large truck pulled up to their DropShip, and the Sanctuary workers helped to unload the ammo bins.
While Maria was incredibly impressed with the professionalism and the dignity in which everyone operated, including invitations to dinner and tea, she was uneasy. They behaved with incredible honor and she must respect that - but she had a sinking feeling that within two days she would be leaving this world in defeat. The Abbess was serene and calm, and the only preparation Maria had seen her perform was practicing tai chi in the courtyard.
She tried to give what wisdom she could to David, but he was headstrong and confident, eager to prove his value as a warrior in a perfect duel of honor that would highlight his abilities to the Clan. He scorned her cautions and words, and enjoyed his two weeks of throwing an incredibly large amount of missiles down range.
Maria frowned and was also aware that the DropShip captain was watching this unfold uneasily as well. Both discussed what would happen and both grew worried. The Abbess would return to pick up the lilac Archer, and then both would head towards the forest.
Hanh Forest
New My Son Sanctuary
May 23rd, 3145
David smiled smugly as he followed the Abbess down the winding path. It would diverge ahead and both would have a few minutes to get to their respective staging areas. The Archer did move smoothly under his command, and he was vibrating with eagerness to get into this duel and claim this world for the Empire. When they hit the break, the Abbess turned. His comms crackled to life, “MechWarrior David of the Wolf Empire, please follow the designated path to your staging area. When you are ready please signal the Monk who is your attendant. He will signal my attendant and we will begin.”
“Aff, Abbess” He shot off immediately and turned down the path. He quickly reached the staging area as he could see on his heads up display that Elizabeth had reached hers. Their battle area was a small forest with rolling hills. Ideal for ranged combat. He reviewed everything he had studied and practiced and after taking a steadying breath bared his teeth like a wolf and sent the signal to the Monk. A single flag was waved and a red firework shot off into the sky. A moment later a purple firework exploded and he slammed his Mech forward as fast as it could go straight towards the Abbess. It was too far for his LRMs, but he would close that distance quickly.
***
Elizabeth shifted to her right, watching her displays and seeing the young MechWarrior charge straight ahead. She smiled faintly as she thought of her own charge, and maneuvered expertly through the bamboo. Her Archer - despite its size and weight - was graceful, and she maneuvered with light touches and an ease brought on by years of experience.
He was closing the distance, changing direction slightly to match her own shift. As he crested a hill at the maximum range of their LRMs, he opened fire. Elizabeth casually shifted direction and speed, and his missiles went wide, flying through the forest branches like birds. She tracked back along their exhaust and as her Mech settled into position gently squeezed her triggers causing thirty of her own dangerous birds to soar across the distance before eagerly tearing into David’s armor. While nothing penetrated, he was bloodied.
***
David gasped as both the heat and damage indicators spiked within his console. He reeled, and slammed his controls down and over, shoving himself into thicker cover while also trying to pivot for a new lock. He had a perfect site line and she had just casually side stepped him. He hammered his controls while fighting the mech’s inertia and the laws of physics. She was already on the move and he was having a hard time tracking her. Another wave of missiles came at him and more armor popped. Again he fired, this time more desperately, and managed to slightly clip her legs. He howled for now he was not alone in taking damage.
***
Elizabeth twisted to the left and slowed to a walk. Her opponent had managed to cause some light damage to her legs, but she had avoided the worst of it. His aim was improving but she had scored multiple groupings across his torso and arms, significantly weakening his armor.
She watched as he tried to charge straight at her again, and she correctly anticipated his path - more missiles shot out at much closer range. This time his speed partly saved him for less missiles hit but he still took some damage. He opened up with his large lasers and missiles, spiking his heat to a dangerously high level - and only scoring a single hit against her. She sped up again as he slowed down to a crawl, the heat level quickly overloading his machine.
***
David gasped for air, his throat screaming in agony at the super heated gas he was desperately trying to breathe filled his lungs. He slammed the override button, as every system screamed in protest at him. Finally switching focus to his scans he realized that the Abbess was gone - where she was what felt like a second ago she was gone now. Alarms blaring in his ears he struggled to reorient himself and try to figure out where she was. He gasped as a laser slammed into his arm, boiling away the last of the armor there. He tried to turn but the Archer was ignoring his need for speed, and responded only sluggishly. He screamed and pounded the controls, desperately trying to get any weapon system pointed towards his opponent. Getting one arm up he fired desperately, the shot going well wide of his target. Another laser flashed and cut into his torso - boiling away the armor and in a flash his autoeject system had triggered, launching him brutally into the sky as the LRM ammo cooked off and destroyed the Archer.
Sanctuary Medical Ward
New My Son Sanctuary
May 30th, 3145
MechWarrior David jerked awake with a gasp, sitting upright he looked around wildly for a second before he realized where he was. “I…” he paused. “I lost.” He whispered quietly.
“Yes, you did.” The voice was that of the Abbess. She was sitting next to him. He looked at her realizing what his honor required.
“What happened?”
Elizabeth nodded, “You were aggressive and forward in the finest tradition of Clan Wolf. You fought hard and you lost. Star Captain Maria accepted the outcome of the Trial and has returned to the Empire. You remain as the newest Monk of the Sanctuary.” He nodded, it was what honor required.
“How did I lose?” He couldn’t understand how he couldn’t get a lock, couldn’t find her.
“As I said you fought hard - but you didn’t just fight me. You fought your BattleMech. You fought yourself. The more you fought the more you resisted yourself, the more your BattleMech resisted you. Warfare and battle is not about challenge and aggressiveness. I didn’t fight you. I let you fight yourself.”
He digested that for a few minutes. Elizabeth just sat silently. “What happens now?”
Elizabeth smiled and reached over. “You came to us raw, here you shall train and become a true warrior.” She paused and looked around. “Your timing was fortunate, I am dying. And while I might have a few years left in me with treatment, we were preparing to find a replacement for me when you came to us. You will now learn how to lead and protect these people and the responsibilities you are entrusted with. You shall become a wolf among the lilacs, guarding this world and protecting it.”
He nodded. “What must I do?” He asked.
She pointed to a wooden bucket, “First you will get water, then you shall chop wood. We shall make tea.” He nodded, and got out of bed. He picked up the cream robe over the chair and put it on, grabbing the bucket he went out to the yard and filled it. The fire that was consuming him was out, and he was ready to begin his life.
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Deep Periphery, 50 light years spin-coreward of Spitz
May 3rd, 3145
Elizabeth Hugh was meditating in her small cabin. The smell of lilac and cedar from the gardens surrounding the temple wafted gently through the open windows and doors, coming in on the warm spring breeze. Her cream colored robes marked her as a Sister in the Order that had made this uncharted world its home. She was comfortable here, her eyes closed, her hair - once vibrant and red, now gray - braided and expertly tied with a piece of twine. She - who had once been called a Queen - contented herself with simple meals taken at a shared table, and a simple cot where she could lay her head.
How far she had come was a testament to the person who had held this post before her - for Elizabeth had been a Queen, the terrible pirate who had led the Mailed Fist Marauders. They had raided all throughout the spinward periphery, from the Raven Alliance to the Fronc Reaches. Brutal and destructive, the Marauders left nothing but death and destruction in their wake. Badly injured in a fire fight with the TDF, they had made a wild jump into an uncharted system. Getting weaker, Elizabeth had fought to stay in command, but she was unceremoniously dumped into an escape pod and shot at the planet she would come to learn was “New My Son Sanctuary”, a Buddhist temple and retreat settled centuries ago during the height of the Old Star League.
While being nursed back to health, Elizabeth discovered that the sanctuary had BattleMechs. She began to scheme on how to use this information to get back at her old pirate band. The Abbess had figured out what she was plotting, saying she had a raging fire burning within her - and that it would consume her if she tried. A deal was struck - the Abbess would support her if she could defeat her in battle.
Elizabeth had laughed, letting her pirate Queen side into full view before this woman for the first time. The Abbess didn’t react and instead led her to the Mech hanger. Here, two ancient ARC-2K Archers had been prepped by the Monks and Nuns. Instead of their robes they wore gray uniforms and carried a mix of antipersonal and anti-armor weapons - Elizabeth had not been prepared for that, nor with how well the two machines had been maintained. She was a natural MechWarrior, born and raised into a pirate band, but she was starting to feel she was in over her head. She was right.
After her defeat, shocked at how easily it had been managed she had stood before the Abbess in broken humility. It was the moment that had changed her life. “You have a choice. We have the ability to send you away, if you choose to go back to your old life we can make that happen, though I will tell you now you will die. Or you can stay here. Here you can live and thrive. If you choose to stay here, then go to the well and bring me water.” Elizabeth had stood there for a moment, but had turned and taken a step towards the wooden bucket by the door. It was the first step that would define her new life.
She ended her meditation with a carefully exhaled breath and stood. Despite being almost 70 years of age, and the terrible wound she had suffered, she still was able to move with the grace of an athlete. Even with the ever growing pain and itchiness around her old wound. The meditation and her ability to focus her mind kept the worst of it at bay.
This was because she still trained every day with the younger Monks and Nuns that called this Sanctuary home, while also maintaining her duties as Abbess. Duties that required attending now. She stepped out onto the wooden walkway that meandered through the blossoming lilacs and flowers of the garden and walked slowly through the morning sun towards the open courtyard that would hold her visitor - Brother Michael of the Brotherhood of Randis. She caught him staring at a fountain, keeping their koi pond aerated. “Brother Michael!” Her voice - which had once screamed names, now was soft and light. The man turned and smiled.
“Abbess!” He bowed slightly towards her. “Thank you again for your hospitality. The extra rice and wheat will be greatly helpful for the victims of the Broken Bones faction.” Elizabeth nodded and smiled, “And the extra missiles provided by your facilities will help keep us engaging.” He frowned, “But again, I must beg of you - Wolf Empire forces have been raiding deep into this region, can we assign any extra guards to you?”
Elizabeth shook her head, “No Brother Michael, we are fine.” She gestured towards the gardens and towards the wider temple complex. “While they might come into this system, there is little chance they would see this and think of us as having resources worth taking or wasting their time on. Our larger manufacturing capabilities are deep underground in the old Star League supply depot.” She paused, “Would you care to join me for tea?”
Brother Michael shook his head and smiled, “I am glad you feel safe but if you change your mind we will come when you call. And yes, I will join you for tea before leaving.”
With that, Elizabeth and Michael adjourned to the dining area where they discussed logistics and how the Sanctuary and the Brotherhood could continue to support one another over the next few months of operations.
Wolf Empire Ship, Kerensky’s Blood
Unnamed System
Deep Periphery, spin-coreward of Federated Suns territory
May 6th, 3145
“Listen up!” Star Captain Maria Stims floated into the conference room and strapped herself into a chair. Around her were the young MechWarriors assigned to her trinary. Their mission was simple, follow old Explorer Corp routes to uncover ComStar or Word of Blake depots or other useful information. “Our next target is an isolated world called New My Son Sanctuary. Records were difficult to uncover. The Star League became aware of it during the Periphery Uprising, shortly before the vile Usurper struck. They had created a supply depot away from the colony that had come here - some kind of religious order.” She looked down at her data pad. “ComStar made contact roughly 100 years ago - supposedly the colony still existed but that was all that the Acolyte had recorded.” She placed the data pad down on the velcro strip intended to hold it place when in zero G. “Obviously with both ComStar and the old Star League having been here, it is important that we get eyes on this world and determine what - if anything - is of value to Clan Wolf. Quiaff?” The table gave her the affirmation she was seeking. “Questions?’
One of the MechWarriors, brash and aggressive, quickly raised his hand, “When we get there will we strike immediately?” She could see the eagerness in his eyes.
“Neg. We shall follow custom and issue a batchal for a Trial of Possession of the world. We have no reason to believe that those that are there are even warriors, and we are not pirates to raid and attack undefended targets.” That was what David wanted though, he felt the blood lust and the eagerness for war. She turned sharply to the other warriors, “Any other questions? Good. We jump in one hour, then we will burn 2g into the system. We estimate three days until landing. Dismissed.”
The Wolf warriors went to their duties eagerly, hoping that this landing would be contested, hoping that they would have a chance to howl and hunt.
New My Son Sanctuary
Deep Periphery, 50 light years spin-coreward of Spitz
May 9th, 3145
Abbess Elizabeth and two of her Monks were reviewing the telescope and radar telemetry coming in. It had been three days since their systems - ancient Star League communications equipment - had alerted them to the unexpected arrival of a JumpShip. The Wolf Empire forces had eagerly announced themselves with a standard Clan Batchall, and Elizabeth had decided to wait till they landed. She calmly worked a string of beads hanging from the sash she had tied around her waist as her advisors and she discussed what they were seeing. They helped her focus and think of a plan. Their small arms and handful of mechs and vehicles would not be up to the task of fighting off what they estimated to be a full trinary of Clan OmniMechs. But their Batchall and code of honor might be helpful. In more ways than one.
The challenge had been simple. The Wolf Empire was claiming this world and all resources upon it. They had not mentioned the Supply Depot but Elizabeth knew that was probably why they were here.
Elizabeth nodded to her advisors, “So we are decided then?” They both nodded their consent. She turned to their Star League equipment and switched it on. “Empire ship Kerenksy’s Blood. This is the independent settlement of New My Son Santuary, I am Abbess Elizabeth, leader of the religious order that resides here. I am transmitting landing coordinates. We accept your batchall, and wish to meet to discuss terms. I shall have one of my monks wait for you.”
A short amount of lag later, allowing for the signal to go out and for them to respond, a woman’s voice crackled to life. “Aff, Abbess. We shall meet to discuss terms. Kerensky’s Blood out.” The radio went silent.
Elizabeth nodded, “Well then, I must go prepare.”
Wolf Empire Ship, Kerensky’s Blood
New My Son Sanctuary
May 9th, 3145
The landing had gone smoothly, with the Monks providing clear direction and instruction to the experienced DropShip crew. The old Union-C had participated in the original Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere a century ago. It now was used by this inexperienced Trinary on a mission of great importance to their Empire. As the dust cleared, ground crews approached swiftly to prepare the Union. Star Captain Maria stopped them quickly, not until the crew of the DropShip could confirm that no trickery was afoot.
Standing on the tarmac, she watched as the ground crews worked with the DropShip crew and with a quick hand signal saying everything was alright she finally relaxed. This changed in an instance when a person close behind her cleared their throat. “Star Captain Maria?” She whirled to see a young man dressed in a cream robe, his hands politely clasped in front of him. His face was serene with no sign of fear or alarm. His only ornamentation was a set of beads tied to a sash. He bowed slightly as she turned to face him. “The Abbess is this way.” Her Trinary - really just cubs if she thought about it - followed behind her. They were eager to fight and pillage but she had explained that the rules of engagement must be followed.
She was disturbed that there was no fear apparent on this young man’s face. Everyone seemed to think their arrival was completely ordinary in fact. She felt something was wrong, but couldn’t put her finger on what. But the monk was already walking away so she gestured for her MechWarriors to follow her and strode forward trying not to let her unease get the best of her.
Away from the space port, the colony became very quiet. Maria was impressed with the beauty of the gardens and architecture. But this was no place of warriors, and she was mildly contemptuous of the monks she saw tending to the flowers and gardens. She heard one of the MechWarriors behind her comment on food that food eats and she laughed internally though she wouldn’t let it show on her face.
They finally emerged into a courtyard where a table was set up. Around the courtyard stood a handful of Monks, and sitting at the table, puttering with a tea pot and tray was an older woman. Star Captain Maria paused for a brief second for on the table were two bare blades - two kiem style blades, one decorated in garnets the other with amethysts. Despite the jeweled ornament, both blades looked functional - and sharp. Her MechWarriors noticed the blades as well and stopped at the well manicured grass edge of the Courtyard.
The Abbess gave no sign that she saw them or even was aware of their existence. Maria decided to stand on tradition. “The Wolves of Kerensky have claimed this world for their own. What tame dogs defend it?” She called out with conviction, her voice projecting the ancient challenge clearly through the air.
The Abbess looked up and smiled faintly, “Tame dog is it? That I might be, that I might be!” At this she laughed, “Please, come forward and sit. I have prepared tea. We shall outline our defenses and options, and if I remember correctly, choose the place of combat. Is that correct?” She began to pour the tea, “And this will be for a Trial of Possession - primarily of the old Star League supply depot. It is fully operational by the way.”
Maria paused. This Abbess was not what she had expected from a Periphery backwater far off the map. She began to approach when one of her MechWarriors, a hot head named David, stepped forward, “What is this?” He demanded, gesturing to encompass the entirety of the table and the courtyard. The Abbess just looked at him. “We come to claim this world and you wish us to drink tea like children?!”
“MechWarrior David!” Maria snapped loudly, “Stand down!” He looked outraged. The Abbess did not seem to have any reaction at all. Maria stepped forward, “My apologies Abbess, some of my MechWarriors are new and this is their first mission.” She sat and took the offered cup of tea, she sipped at it cautiously. It was delicious and fresh, green and light on her tongue. “Which is what I have brought: 15 Wolf Empire MechWarriors with a range of light and medium OmniMechs. What forces do you bid?”
The Abbess smiled. “Myself.”
Maria stopped for a second, “My apologies, but you wanted to discuss a battle challenge.” She placed her tea down, “I cannot fight an old woman.” The Abbess laughed.
“Pick a blade.” The Abbess smiled. Maria looked at them both for a moment and reached for the garnet encrusted blade. Her hand was quick, her movement sure but as her fingers wrapped around the blade the amethyst blade flashed in the light and was at her throat.
The Clan MechWarriors all stepped forward. Maria raised her other hand and ordered them to stop. “If the Abbess wanted me dead, I would be dead. She is trying to demonstrate that we should acknowledge her as a warrior.” Maria nodded and let go of the blade on the table, the amethyst sword disappeared, silently finding a scabbard within the robes of the Abbess. Maria considered how her people were surrounded by very calm Monks and Nuns wearing similar robes.
“I would like to propose a duel. Myself against one of your warriors. First, the duel must be between equal equipment, second if we emerge successful, the Wolf Empire must cede all claim on this world and it’s people. Third, the person who I face, if they lose, must join the Sanctuary.”
Maria shook her head, “That doesn’t seem entirely fair. Whatever BattleMechs you have would be keyed for your people, mine would not know the first thing about them or be comfortable with them.”
Elizabeth nodded, “Fair. I shall grant you a period of two weeks to familiarize yourself with the machines. You will have access to both BattleMechs we will use, whichever one you choose I shall take the other. You can have both for the two week period. The battle shall be fought within the bamboo forests to our east. The victor shall be the first person to bypass the other’s armor and go internal.”
Before Maria could speak, David spoke. “I demand the honor of accepting this challenge for the Wolf Empire!” Maria frowned, as David was one of her best pilots - but an absolute hot head. They knew nothing about the machines. But she was stuck. David had unexpectedly bound her to this Trial.
Star Captain Maria stood, “Well bargained and done.”
Elizabeth stood and bowed, “Well bargained and done.”
Wolf Empire Ship, Kerensky’s Blood
New My Son Sanctuary
May 21st, 3145
True to her word, two ARC-2K Archers had been brought to the Kerensky’s Blood. Despite their age, they were well maintained. One of Maria’s Mechtechs informed her that - if he hadn’t seen their service records, he would have assumed they had been preserved right off of the assembly line. He had been incredibly impressed. Despite their age and primitive technology - compared to the Clans - both were towering examples of the powerful weapons and capabilities of the Archer class. The LRM and Large laser combo made for a dangerous and deadly machine, elegant and straightforward.
As with the blades, both Mechs followed a similar pattern. Both were painted an off white cream color, one decorated in red, the other purple, with stylized flower designs. Maria had her techs go over them in detail within the first few hours and they had signed off. Other than the paint, both were identical. There were no hidden changes, no traps. This was going to be a shear test of skill and stamina - the old woman against the young pup.
David had chosen the red Archer, the orchid design appealing to his sense of style. “Red like the flame that burns within me!” he had quipped as he climbed up into the cockpit. He had begun by running the mech through its paces in what would become the battlefield. Testing the laser and missile systems. He complained bitterly about how primitive they were, comparing the targeting and tracking systems to iron sights. Maria’s concern grew. She ordered him to keep going and practicing while her techs continued to dig into both BattleMechs. When he exhausted his ammo, she was prepared to argue for more but when she opened the discussion more was simply provided. A large truck pulled up to their DropShip, and the Sanctuary workers helped to unload the ammo bins.
While Maria was incredibly impressed with the professionalism and the dignity in which everyone operated, including invitations to dinner and tea, she was uneasy. They behaved with incredible honor and she must respect that - but she had a sinking feeling that within two days she would be leaving this world in defeat. The Abbess was serene and calm, and the only preparation Maria had seen her perform was practicing tai chi in the courtyard.
She tried to give what wisdom she could to David, but he was headstrong and confident, eager to prove his value as a warrior in a perfect duel of honor that would highlight his abilities to the Clan. He scorned her cautions and words, and enjoyed his two weeks of throwing an incredibly large amount of missiles down range.
Maria frowned and was also aware that the DropShip captain was watching this unfold uneasily as well. Both discussed what would happen and both grew worried. The Abbess would return to pick up the lilac Archer, and then both would head towards the forest.
Hanh Forest
New My Son Sanctuary
May 23rd, 3145
David smiled smugly as he followed the Abbess down the winding path. It would diverge ahead and both would have a few minutes to get to their respective staging areas. The Archer did move smoothly under his command, and he was vibrating with eagerness to get into this duel and claim this world for the Empire. When they hit the break, the Abbess turned. His comms crackled to life, “MechWarrior David of the Wolf Empire, please follow the designated path to your staging area. When you are ready please signal the Monk who is your attendant. He will signal my attendant and we will begin.”
“Aff, Abbess” He shot off immediately and turned down the path. He quickly reached the staging area as he could see on his heads up display that Elizabeth had reached hers. Their battle area was a small forest with rolling hills. Ideal for ranged combat. He reviewed everything he had studied and practiced and after taking a steadying breath bared his teeth like a wolf and sent the signal to the Monk. A single flag was waved and a red firework shot off into the sky. A moment later a purple firework exploded and he slammed his Mech forward as fast as it could go straight towards the Abbess. It was too far for his LRMs, but he would close that distance quickly.
***
Elizabeth shifted to her right, watching her displays and seeing the young MechWarrior charge straight ahead. She smiled faintly as she thought of her own charge, and maneuvered expertly through the bamboo. Her Archer - despite its size and weight - was graceful, and she maneuvered with light touches and an ease brought on by years of experience.
He was closing the distance, changing direction slightly to match her own shift. As he crested a hill at the maximum range of their LRMs, he opened fire. Elizabeth casually shifted direction and speed, and his missiles went wide, flying through the forest branches like birds. She tracked back along their exhaust and as her Mech settled into position gently squeezed her triggers causing thirty of her own dangerous birds to soar across the distance before eagerly tearing into David’s armor. While nothing penetrated, he was bloodied.
***
David gasped as both the heat and damage indicators spiked within his console. He reeled, and slammed his controls down and over, shoving himself into thicker cover while also trying to pivot for a new lock. He had a perfect site line and she had just casually side stepped him. He hammered his controls while fighting the mech’s inertia and the laws of physics. She was already on the move and he was having a hard time tracking her. Another wave of missiles came at him and more armor popped. Again he fired, this time more desperately, and managed to slightly clip her legs. He howled for now he was not alone in taking damage.
***
Elizabeth twisted to the left and slowed to a walk. Her opponent had managed to cause some light damage to her legs, but she had avoided the worst of it. His aim was improving but she had scored multiple groupings across his torso and arms, significantly weakening his armor.
She watched as he tried to charge straight at her again, and she correctly anticipated his path - more missiles shot out at much closer range. This time his speed partly saved him for less missiles hit but he still took some damage. He opened up with his large lasers and missiles, spiking his heat to a dangerously high level - and only scoring a single hit against her. She sped up again as he slowed down to a crawl, the heat level quickly overloading his machine.
***
David gasped for air, his throat screaming in agony at the super heated gas he was desperately trying to breathe filled his lungs. He slammed the override button, as every system screamed in protest at him. Finally switching focus to his scans he realized that the Abbess was gone - where she was what felt like a second ago she was gone now. Alarms blaring in his ears he struggled to reorient himself and try to figure out where she was. He gasped as a laser slammed into his arm, boiling away the last of the armor there. He tried to turn but the Archer was ignoring his need for speed, and responded only sluggishly. He screamed and pounded the controls, desperately trying to get any weapon system pointed towards his opponent. Getting one arm up he fired desperately, the shot going well wide of his target. Another laser flashed and cut into his torso - boiling away the armor and in a flash his autoeject system had triggered, launching him brutally into the sky as the LRM ammo cooked off and destroyed the Archer.
Sanctuary Medical Ward
New My Son Sanctuary
May 30th, 3145
MechWarrior David jerked awake with a gasp, sitting upright he looked around wildly for a second before he realized where he was. “I…” he paused. “I lost.” He whispered quietly.
“Yes, you did.” The voice was that of the Abbess. She was sitting next to him. He looked at her realizing what his honor required.
“What happened?”
Elizabeth nodded, “You were aggressive and forward in the finest tradition of Clan Wolf. You fought hard and you lost. Star Captain Maria accepted the outcome of the Trial and has returned to the Empire. You remain as the newest Monk of the Sanctuary.” He nodded, it was what honor required.
“How did I lose?” He couldn’t understand how he couldn’t get a lock, couldn’t find her.
“As I said you fought hard - but you didn’t just fight me. You fought your BattleMech. You fought yourself. The more you fought the more you resisted yourself, the more your BattleMech resisted you. Warfare and battle is not about challenge and aggressiveness. I didn’t fight you. I let you fight yourself.”
He digested that for a few minutes. Elizabeth just sat silently. “What happens now?”
Elizabeth smiled and reached over. “You came to us raw, here you shall train and become a true warrior.” She paused and looked around. “Your timing was fortunate, I am dying. And while I might have a few years left in me with treatment, we were preparing to find a replacement for me when you came to us. You will now learn how to lead and protect these people and the responsibilities you are entrusted with. You shall become a wolf among the lilacs, guarding this world and protecting it.”
He nodded. “What must I do?” He asked.
She pointed to a wooden bucket, “First you will get water, then you shall chop wood. We shall make tea.” He nodded, and got out of bed. He picked up the cream robe over the chair and put it on, grabbing the bucket he went out to the yard and filled it. The fire that was consuming him was out, and he was ready to begin his life.