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What to do next??? I’m lost
2023.05.31 18:13 reddit12jo What to do next??? I’m lost
I just turned 20 and feel like it’s so hard to find options and know if I’d want todo that job or even stick with it. I have always wanted to help people that WANT help. I love talking, meeting, and comforting/helping people. I would like a job/career that only requires two years of schooling/training. I’ve taken a TON of different classes. I’ve done business, plumbing, ASL, medical classes, a marketing job, etc. right now I’ve been in banking for 1.5 yrs and I know this isn’t what I want to do for the rest of my life. I want to be more hands on and actually helping people. Work is a huge part of life and I want to be happy/satisfied and making enough money to support myself. I have ADHD and am not very good at school unless I have a purpose/want to do it. A huge plus would be a job that I could work 3/4x a week. I’ve been looking into radiation therapist and am really interested but I don’t want to jump in without exploring options or even asking what are some tips to knowing you’ll like something? What are some jobs that might fit the description? Maybe some niche jobs or trades? I know this is all over the place but I have to make a decision relatively soon and I don’t know what to do.
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2023.05.31 18:13 Aggressive_Gap6487 [WTS] Puukko, X12MF 60 HRC, maple burl, white bronze.
1.Materials
For blade I took X12MF steel. I ordered it already heat treated by professionals to 60 hrc. Forming steel bar took a long time (13 hours) to avoid any burning. I know, this steel is not common in US so here some info [Taken from thermist company page]: The steel has good cutting edge stability and toughness. Has a great resistance to corrosion, ideal for hunting and outdoor knives. Chemical composition: C 1.45-1.65%; Cr 11-12.5%; Mo 0.4-0.6%; V 0.15-0.3%; Si 0.15-0.35%; Mn 0.15-0.4%.
For handle I took burl maple hybrid with epoxy. Bolster and rear Bolster casted from white bronze. Sheath made from vegetable tanned leather 3 mm / 0,11 inch thick. Sewed with waxed thread and embossed by hand.
2.Sizes Blade : 134 X 26 X 4.7 mm / 5.27 X 1.02 X 0.15 inch
Tang : 110 X 10 X 4.7 mm / 4,33071 X 0,393701 X 0,15748 inch
Handle : 130 X 30 X 26 mm / 5,11 X 1,18 X 1,02 inch
5.Photo gallery
Photo with my reddit name : https://imgur.com/a/CkczjuT
Knife showcase : https://imgur.com/gallery/L6RIWBt
Knife video : https://imgur.com/gallery/jm2mQDz
Creation process photos : https://imgur.com/gallery/50jLmH0
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For blade I took X12MF steel. I ordered it already heat treated by professionals to 60 hrc. Forming steel bar took a long time (13 hours) to avoid any burning. I know, this steel is not common in US so here some info [Taken from thermist company page]: The steel has good cutting edge stability and toughness. Has a great resistance to corrosion, ideal for hunting and outdoor knives. Chemical composition: C 1.45-1.65%; Cr 11-12.5%; Mo 0.4-0.6%; V 0.15-0.3%; Si 0.15-0.35%; Mn 0.15-0.4%.
For handle I took burl maple hybrid with epoxy. Bolster and rear Bolster casted from white bronze. Sheath made from vegetable tanned leather 3 mm / 0,11 inch thick. Sewed with waxed thread and embossed by hand.
2.Sizes Blade : 134 X 26 X 4.7 mm / 5.27 X 1.02 X 0.15 inch
Tang : 110 X 10 X 4.7 mm / 4,33071 X 0,393701 X 0,15748 inch
Handle : 130 X 30 X 26 mm / 5,11 X 1,18 X 1,02 inch
- Overall info Blade polished up 20000 grid pastes and has mirror edge with razor cutting capabilities. Tip is thick and very hard to break.
5.Photo gallery
Photo with my reddit name : https://imgur.com/a/CkczjuT
Knife showcase : https://imgur.com/gallery/L6RIWBt
Knife video : https://imgur.com/gallery/jm2mQDz
Creation process photos : https://imgur.com/gallery/50jLmH0
2023.05.31 18:10 UpbeatEvening1652 Articulation screening for student from Vietnam?
I work at a high school and they want me to screen an 11th grader who has a hard time with certain sounds. Specifically, they were saying the "r" is most difficult and makes her hard to understand. For example, even when trying to get her to say "was" with model and repetition, she was repeating "warse". She moved to the USA from Vietnam in 2016 so she's been here 7 years. They said she also has her words in sentences in writing and sometimes speaking in "weird " order. But the main concern is the speech sounds. With my little experience, this seems like it is just an accent but I'm not entirely sure of the nuances. What are some considerations for screening or any tips? She's an 11th grader and this school has a lot of oral presentations and reciting memorized pieces and I do want to be of help while also being culturally respectful and appropriate. Would RTI be an option for her senior year? I'm looking into and reading Vietnamese influenced error patterns - if she contains these patterns, can they not be worked on with me? Because they are Vietnamese influenced?
Any insight is so greatly appreciated!!
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Any insight is so greatly appreciated!!
2023.05.31 18:09 Neither_Werewolf_897 One tip for beginners like me
Hi HA sub I have one tip for beginners like me. please before you use HA please have a good server even 4gb of ram and a core duo are fine. I found out the hard way used a old pc from 2005 and broke on the 1st week. But also future proof more devices/add-ons/integrations beefier hardware. Spend more money on the server it's brains you don't need it just for HA you can install a media server, ad blocker, etc. I know this seems stupid but it is very important.
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2023.05.31 18:07 FixMyCondo Hyaluronic acid drying my skin out
I started using Cetaphil’s Deep Hydration Skin Restoring Water Gel with hyaluronic acid a couple of weeks ago and I think I hate it.
I know HA is a humectant and can dry your skin out so I’ve tried the tips I’ve come across: apply on damp skin and spritz with a little bit of water to rub it in afterwards.
It still doesn’t seem enough and sometimes I wonder if I’m just rubbing it off?
It also seems to be breaking out my skin more?
It’s hard. I want to love this so much but I’m not sure if this is as good as it gets or if there are more tips?
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I know HA is a humectant and can dry your skin out so I’ve tried the tips I’ve come across: apply on damp skin and spritz with a little bit of water to rub it in afterwards.
It still doesn’t seem enough and sometimes I wonder if I’m just rubbing it off?
It also seems to be breaking out my skin more?
It’s hard. I want to love this so much but I’m not sure if this is as good as it gets or if there are more tips?
2023.05.31 18:03 Blackoutmerewif Tips to give a great impression on a new job.
I'm starting a new corporate job in two weeks, I've always worked in education so I have no experience with being a corporate girle.
I wanna look my best here. Put together but not giving off a "trying to hard" vibes.
I'm feeling really confident and I want my looks to match my energy.
Send your best corporate beauty tips!
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I wanna look my best here. Put together but not giving off a "trying to hard" vibes.
I'm feeling really confident and I want my looks to match my energy.
Send your best corporate beauty tips!
2023.05.31 17:52 FrontpageWatch2020 [#104+1702907] Am I the only person who feels so so bullied by tip culture in restaurants that eating out is hardly enjoyable anymore? [r/NoStupidQuestions]
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2023.05.31 17:52 Marly823 Crusty faucet - any tips?
 | Moved into a new house and hired a service for a deep clean and am pretty disappointed with the state of the bathroom. Any tips? Have used a steam cleaner..applied dawn and vinegar. Hard to scrub every nook and cranny in the right space behind the faucet. submitted by Marly823 to CleaningTips [link] [comments] |
2023.05.31 17:49 Clean-Age-7596 Am I the only person who feels so so bullied by tip culture in restaurants that eating out is hardly enjoyable anymore?
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2023.05.31 17:46 WhiteSun001 Stormsurge painting tips?
I noticed in the instructions I have to paint parts before continuing building the stormsurge. Does anyone recommend doing this? I'm aware if I continue building there will be hard yo paint areas. Any tips?
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2023.05.31 17:43 OMG2EZ Beat Saber update is out - Angle of the controllers got "fixed", for good players the game is now unplayable with standard settings
Beat Saber just updated and exactly as I feared, the angles of the sabers got readjusted so they are now basically sticking out of the grip vertically as if you are holding a rapier.
What probably feels good to the people that play the game at low speed, low note density and stiff as chopping wood, made the game unplayable for good players without changing settings. The correct, high level techniques for being quick enough for high speed note patterns now can't be translated into the controllers anymore, as the angle is FAR to steep up- and backwards. What works with the Move Controllers which are basically light saber handles themselves, is absolutely not what the sense controllers are optimized for, which massively limit rotational movement with their design.
I'm in a few top tens for hard and expert songs, many with only one try so far. On the current version of the game I can't finish my best song without missing every 10th note and severe hand cramps.
There seem to be settings for the saber angles, but at a quick glance it seems like those will be an absolute pain to navigate. You have to input numbers on axises without any immediate visual confirmation whats happening.
I hope with trial and error I'll find a setting to get the sabers back to where they were because as it is right now, the game handles like an absolute piece of shit.
EDIT: I did a few test runs. Try putting Rotation X to +25 (aims the saber tips further downward) and Rotation Y to 6 or something (aims the tips a bit outward). That is close to what it was before, I can play the game again now.
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What probably feels good to the people that play the game at low speed, low note density and stiff as chopping wood, made the game unplayable for good players without changing settings. The correct, high level techniques for being quick enough for high speed note patterns now can't be translated into the controllers anymore, as the angle is FAR to steep up- and backwards. What works with the Move Controllers which are basically light saber handles themselves, is absolutely not what the sense controllers are optimized for, which massively limit rotational movement with their design.
I'm in a few top tens for hard and expert songs, many with only one try so far. On the current version of the game I can't finish my best song without missing every 10th note and severe hand cramps.
There seem to be settings for the saber angles, but at a quick glance it seems like those will be an absolute pain to navigate. You have to input numbers on axises without any immediate visual confirmation whats happening.
I hope with trial and error I'll find a setting to get the sabers back to where they were because as it is right now, the game handles like an absolute piece of shit.
EDIT: I did a few test runs. Try putting Rotation X to +25 (aims the saber tips further downward) and Rotation Y to 6 or something (aims the tips a bit outward). That is close to what it was before, I can play the game again now.
2023.05.31 17:43 Marrdukk Low DPS of Deva Evoker
Hey folks,
So, while I main a tank for this season, I decided that on off-raid days and when I get bored of M+ tanking I'd roll a DPS for this season and chose devastation evoker. I really enjoy the class and I like how much simpler it is from my Warrior tank but I'm running into some trouble.
Early on DPS seemed great. When I popped dragon rage, I would regularly top the dps in M+ and it felt good and fast and fun. Lately though, I lag behind other DPS specs pretty hard. I'm regularly quite low on the DPS list and I get the feeling of being carried. I'm wondering if any of you have any tips to increase my DPS. I have pretty high mastery--maybe too high--and I think I have a good sense of using the rotation for AoE or single target, procing essence burst, making use of iridescence but still, I'm pretty far behind similarly geared DPS.
Here's my raider.io if you wanted to take a more in-depth look. I highly appreciate any advice you can give! https://raider.io/characters/us/moonrunneTheorizael
submitted by Marrdukk to CompetitiveWoW [link] [comments]
So, while I main a tank for this season, I decided that on off-raid days and when I get bored of M+ tanking I'd roll a DPS for this season and chose devastation evoker. I really enjoy the class and I like how much simpler it is from my Warrior tank but I'm running into some trouble.
Early on DPS seemed great. When I popped dragon rage, I would regularly top the dps in M+ and it felt good and fast and fun. Lately though, I lag behind other DPS specs pretty hard. I'm regularly quite low on the DPS list and I get the feeling of being carried. I'm wondering if any of you have any tips to increase my DPS. I have pretty high mastery--maybe too high--and I think I have a good sense of using the rotation for AoE or single target, procing essence burst, making use of iridescence but still, I'm pretty far behind similarly geared DPS.
Here's my raider.io if you wanted to take a more in-depth look. I highly appreciate any advice you can give! https://raider.io/characters/us/moonrunneTheorizael
2023.05.31 17:42 _Triple_ [STORE] 900+ KNIVES/GLOVES/SKINS, 50.000$+ INVENTORY. M9 Fade, M4 Poseidon, BFK Freehand, Crimson Kimono, Nomad Fade, Skeleton, Kara Lore, Bayo Autotronic, AWP Fade, Kara Damas, BFK Ultra, Kara Freehand, Kara Bright, M9 Damas, Omega, Tiger Strike, Flip MF, Bayo Tiger, Deagle Blaze, Talon & More
Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory
Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.
All Buyouts are listed in cash value.
KNIVES
★ Butterfly Knife Freehand FN #1, B/O: $2500
★ Butterfly Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $822
★ Butterfly Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $616
⎯★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth MW #1, B/O: $1300
★ Bayonet Autotronic FN, B/O: $1050
★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth MW, B/O: $629
★ Bayonet Bright Water FT, B/O: $326
★ Bayonet Safari Mesh BS, B/O: $233
⎯★ Karambit Lore FT, B/O: $1110
★ Karambit Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $840
★ Karambit Freehand MW, B/O: $784
★ Karambit Bright Water MW, B/O: $759
⎯★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1801
★ M9 Bayonet Fade FN, B/O: $1801
★ M9 Bayonet Damascus Steel FN, B/O: $751
⎯★ Nomad Knife Fade FN, B/O: $1156
★ Nomad Knife Slaughter MW, B/O: $544
★ Nomad Knife Blue Steel WW, B/O: $318
⎯★ Flip Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $646
★ Flip Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $574
★ Flip Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) MW, B/O: $552
★ Flip Knife Case Hardened FT, B/O: $257
★ Flip Knife Freehand FT, B/O: $255
★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $287
⎯★ Huntsman Knife Lore FN, B/O: $461
★ Huntsman Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $436
★ Huntsman Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $353
★ Huntsman Knife Autotronic FT, B/O: $212
★ Huntsman Knife Bright Water FT, B/O: $129
★ Huntsman Knife Forest DDPAT MW, B/O: $129
★ Huntsman Knife Forest DDPAT BS, B/O: $123
★ StatTrak™ Huntsman Knife Rust Coat BS, B/O: $127
⎯★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $375
★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $363
★ Bowie Knife Tiger Tooth FN, B/O: $269
★ Bowie Knife Crimson Web WW, B/O: $192
★ Bowie Knife Bright Water FN, B/O: $159
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $126
⎯★ Stiletto Knife Slaughter FN, B/O: $616
★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web FT, B/O: $412
★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife Night Stripe FT, B/O: $227
⎯★ Falchion Knife Lore FT, B/O: $214
★ Falchion Knife Autotronic FT, B/O: $192
★ Falchion Knife Scorched WW, B/O: $105
⎯★ Survival Knife Crimson Web BS, B/O: $216
★ Survival Knife Case Hardened FT, B/O: $198
★ Survival Knife Scorched FT, B/O: $111
⎯★ Shadow Daggers Fade FN, B/O: $368
★ Shadow Daggers Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $228
★ Shadow Daggers, B/O: $201
★ Shadow Daggers Damascus Steel FT, B/O: $108
★ Shadow Daggers Ultraviolet FT, B/O: $105
★ Shadow Daggers Black Laminate FT, B/O: $99
★ Shadow Daggers Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $85
⎯★ Gut Knife Doppler (Sapphire) MW #1, B/O: $1700
★ Gut Knife Gamma Doppler (Phase 1) FN, B/O: $223
★ Gut Knife Marble Fade FN, B/O: $203
★ Gut Knife Doppler (Phase 2) FN, B/O: $191
★ Gut Knife Case Hardened BS, B/O: $127
⎯★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $199
★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $199
★ Navaja Knife, B/O: $138
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel FN, B/O: $111
⎯★ Classic Knife Urban Masked FT, B/O: $146
★ StatTrak™ Classic Knife Stained BS, B/O: $168
⎯★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $476
★ Ursus Knife, B/O: $375
⎯★ Skeleton Knife, B/O: $1137
★ Talon Knife, B/O: $608
★ Paracord Knife, B/O: $305
★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97
GLOVES
★ Moto Gloves Transport MW, B/O: $204
★ Moto Gloves Polygon BS, B/O: $142
★ Moto Gloves Blood Pressure BS, B/O: $84
★ Moto Gloves Blood Pressure BS, B/O: $84
★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $63
★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $63
⎯★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono WW, B/O: $1215
★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike FT, B/O: $672
★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander FT, B/O: $305
★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander BS, B/O: $140
★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web BS, B/O: $137
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot FT, B/O: $75
⎯★ Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT, B/O: $359
★ Driver Gloves Imperial Plaid BS, B/O: $229
★ Driver Gloves Overtake BS, B/O: $77
★ Driver Gloves Racing Green FT, B/O: $48
⎯★ Sport Gloves Omega FT, B/O: $739
★ Sport Gloves Amphibious BS #2, B/O: $733
★ Sport Gloves Arid BS, B/O: $292
⎯★ Hand Wraps Giraffe MW, B/O: $212
★ Hand Wraps Leather FT, B/O: $160
★ Hand Wraps Desert Shamagh MW, B/O: $101
⎯★ Broken Fang Gloves Yellow-banded MW, B/O: $185
★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point FT, B/O: $67
★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point WW, B/O: $59
⎯★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened BS, B/O: $65
★ Hydra Gloves Emerald FT, B/O: $65
★ Hydra Gloves Emerald BS, B/O: $62
WEAPONS
AK-47 Case Hardened BS, B/O: $130
AK-47 Bloodsport MW, B/O: $79
AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76
AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76
AK-47 Bloodsport FT, B/O: $70
AK-47 Neon Rider MW, B/O: $60
StatTrak™ AK-47 Aquamarine Revenge FT, B/O: $72
⎯AWP Fade FN, B/O: $1039
AWP Asiimov FT, B/O: $139
AWP Asiimov FT, B/O: $139
AWP Wildfire MW, B/O: $95
AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $93
AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $93
AWP Duality FN, B/O: $81
AWP Asiimov BS, B/O: $79
AWP Asiimov BS, B/O: $79
AWP Chromatic Aberration FN, B/O: $60
StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $68
StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $68
StatTrak™ AWP Electric Hive FT, B/O: $55
⎯Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $623
Desert Eagle Emerald Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $241
Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81
Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81
Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81
Desert Eagle Printstream FT, B/O: $54
⎯M4A1-S Blue Phosphor FN, B/O: $434
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Bright Water MW, B/O: $55
⎯M4A4 Poseidon FN, B/O: $1465
M4A4 Asiimov BS, B/O: $55
M4A4 Hellfire MW, B/O: $50
⎯USP-S Kill Confirmed MW, B/O: $72
USP-S Printstream FT, B/O: $69
StatTrak™ USP-S Kill Confirmed FT, B/O: $139
⎯AUG Flame Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $234
P90 Run and Hide FT, B/O: $147
Five-SeveN Candy Apple FN, B/O: $61
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2023.05.31 17:41 theodides 6th Domain Warfare - The Deep State Has Been Defeated
Long Read ⚠️
The 6th domain of warfare is defined by military literature as the "cognitive domain". This is different than the often misunderstood "generations of warfare" which often implies infusion of technological breakthroughs.
The 6th domain (After Land, Air, Sea, Space & Cyber) is the most decisive area of conflict. Popularly it is known in political science literature as "public opinion" or "vox populi". All other 5 domains are used to win the 6th domain in modern military strategy. That can be understood by NATOs infamous "hearts and minds doctrine" in Afghanistan. (Before you go any further, do some reading on these terms).
For the last 70 years, the cognitive space or collective intelligence has been defined in Pakistan by the unwarranted overreach and political intervention of the Pakistani military establishment/deep state into this nation's polity. Through coups, indoctrination, propaganda and the good old brute force tactics, the military establishment has maintained its dominance over Pakistani political system.
It has not only divided the polity of this country along ethnic and sectarian lines but also executed a hostile takeover of the Pakistani economy by establishing a system of monopolies. It sounds oddly like the exploitative East India company model, from which we thought, we had gained freedom, we were wrong.
In 1957, a process of "recolonization" started through military coups, which led to civil war in 1971 which led to the country losing its majority population, which led to the eventual hanging of Bhutto, which led to Jihad in Afghanistan, which led to another coup a decade downstream. The goal has always been to fragment the polity of Pakistan to maintain and hold hard power, its also known as divide and rule.
Although the contributions and sacrifices of our Army has been instrumental in keeping this country alive (as is their job) but at the same time, the excellence of our armed forces has time and again been used to justify the unconstitutional, unethical and unwarranted political influence in the country, thus denying this country the opportunity to evolve a functional democratic system. A great betrayal!
The military establishment for the last 70 years dominated the cognitive domain in Pakistan by investing billions in opinion shaping through ISPR. However their grip had been slipping since Gen Bajwa was appointed chief while bypassing several senior and highly capable officers. The Bajwa doctrine unleashed forces that created confusion, instability and chaos in the country. The establishment loves to unleash chaos as a control instrument, as long as they hold the temperature gauge and a kill switch.
The ouster of Khan which was clearly planned and executed by Gen Bajwa proved to be the tipping point in the cognitive domain of Pakistan. The public had 70 years of historic records to corroborate and develop a clearer picture of the role of the establishment in ouster of Khan. This was evident when more than 10 million people came out on the streets to protest Khan's removal, not all of them were Khan supporters. The nation felt betrayed again, its historic trauma triggered!
At that point, Gen Bajwa could've made corrective decisions, but their signature hubris and 70 years of "internal management experience" prevented informed decision making. The establishment resorted to what it knows best, oppression, propaganda, violence, killings, abductions, gagging media and fear campaigns. They did this for a very good reason -- they worked in the past.
With the killing of Arshad Sharif and the embarrassing press conference on the hour of his burial as his dead body restlessly awaited to be laid to rest, the public caught a glimpse of establishment's true essence, a force of occupation that cared little about the human rights of its own people. The lessons weren't learned again, which led to the attempted assassination of Imran Khan, and the dye was cast.
What happened on the 9th of May was inevitable, it was a matter of when not if, the public anger met with 70 years of historic parallels, it turned into rage and it boiled on the streets. What followed were just the consequences. Since then, the establishment has been in disarray. The Army institution is unable to lift the dead weight of its dovetailed ambitions. Fractures are emerging.
That day should have served as the day to reflect and course correct, but no. The establishment decided to double down on its already failed strategy. More than 500 Punjabi women were abducted, dozens were killed across the country, thousands of peaceful protesters were arrested, as if the establishment was meting collective punishment to a colonized people. The madness continued, all media channels were taken over, days long marathon information campaigns were launched, followed by defections of PTI leaders.
With every act of brute force, the thin veil of plausible deniability slipped further, to a level where the people of Pakistan have no doubt left in their minds about who their tormentor is. Establishment has completely lost the cognitive battlefield by uprooting the ethical, moral and Islamic conventions that held this country together. Their colonial tactics of military courts, collective punishment, mistreatment of women and journalists has ensured that the establishment no longer has its moral authority.
Yesterday, Rana Sannaullah who was handpicked by Gen Bajwa as the MOI stated that they will try Khan in military courts. Who would believe that he's speaking for himself and not for the establishment?
At this juncture of madness, the country suffers and suffers as its economy melts down, leaving millions of people in excruciating poverty. All because the establishment refuses to return political stability to the country by conducting free and transparent elections. The defeat in the cognitive domain is not only absolute but also permanent, as the ledger of their oppression will continue to guide and influence the opinions of hundreds of millions of young Pakistanis for at least a generation.
The establishment for the first time in 70 years finds itself at a crossroads. It has two very clear choices.
A: Continue to fight in the 6th domain with 1st generation tactics against their own people - or.
B: Take a cold hard look at just how unwanted their political overreach really is. Appreciate that they have lost this war, accept it and charter a path to return stability in the country. The successful completion of a free, fair and transparent election and smooth handover of power to the elected civilian authority might undo some of the damage. The people of Pakistan and the Army institution will see it as a CBM by the establishment.
What do you think the establishment will choose to do?
submitted by theodides to pakistan [link] [comments]
The 6th domain of warfare is defined by military literature as the "cognitive domain". This is different than the often misunderstood "generations of warfare" which often implies infusion of technological breakthroughs.
The 6th domain (After Land, Air, Sea, Space & Cyber) is the most decisive area of conflict. Popularly it is known in political science literature as "public opinion" or "vox populi". All other 5 domains are used to win the 6th domain in modern military strategy. That can be understood by NATOs infamous "hearts and minds doctrine" in Afghanistan. (Before you go any further, do some reading on these terms).
For the last 70 years, the cognitive space or collective intelligence has been defined in Pakistan by the unwarranted overreach and political intervention of the Pakistani military establishment/deep state into this nation's polity. Through coups, indoctrination, propaganda and the good old brute force tactics, the military establishment has maintained its dominance over Pakistani political system.
It has not only divided the polity of this country along ethnic and sectarian lines but also executed a hostile takeover of the Pakistani economy by establishing a system of monopolies. It sounds oddly like the exploitative East India company model, from which we thought, we had gained freedom, we were wrong.
In 1957, a process of "recolonization" started through military coups, which led to civil war in 1971 which led to the country losing its majority population, which led to the eventual hanging of Bhutto, which led to Jihad in Afghanistan, which led to another coup a decade downstream. The goal has always been to fragment the polity of Pakistan to maintain and hold hard power, its also known as divide and rule.
Although the contributions and sacrifices of our Army has been instrumental in keeping this country alive (as is their job) but at the same time, the excellence of our armed forces has time and again been used to justify the unconstitutional, unethical and unwarranted political influence in the country, thus denying this country the opportunity to evolve a functional democratic system. A great betrayal!
The military establishment for the last 70 years dominated the cognitive domain in Pakistan by investing billions in opinion shaping through ISPR. However their grip had been slipping since Gen Bajwa was appointed chief while bypassing several senior and highly capable officers. The Bajwa doctrine unleashed forces that created confusion, instability and chaos in the country. The establishment loves to unleash chaos as a control instrument, as long as they hold the temperature gauge and a kill switch.
The ouster of Khan which was clearly planned and executed by Gen Bajwa proved to be the tipping point in the cognitive domain of Pakistan. The public had 70 years of historic records to corroborate and develop a clearer picture of the role of the establishment in ouster of Khan. This was evident when more than 10 million people came out on the streets to protest Khan's removal, not all of them were Khan supporters. The nation felt betrayed again, its historic trauma triggered!
At that point, Gen Bajwa could've made corrective decisions, but their signature hubris and 70 years of "internal management experience" prevented informed decision making. The establishment resorted to what it knows best, oppression, propaganda, violence, killings, abductions, gagging media and fear campaigns. They did this for a very good reason -- they worked in the past.
With the killing of Arshad Sharif and the embarrassing press conference on the hour of his burial as his dead body restlessly awaited to be laid to rest, the public caught a glimpse of establishment's true essence, a force of occupation that cared little about the human rights of its own people. The lessons weren't learned again, which led to the attempted assassination of Imran Khan, and the dye was cast.
What happened on the 9th of May was inevitable, it was a matter of when not if, the public anger met with 70 years of historic parallels, it turned into rage and it boiled on the streets. What followed were just the consequences. Since then, the establishment has been in disarray. The Army institution is unable to lift the dead weight of its dovetailed ambitions. Fractures are emerging.
That day should have served as the day to reflect and course correct, but no. The establishment decided to double down on its already failed strategy. More than 500 Punjabi women were abducted, dozens were killed across the country, thousands of peaceful protesters were arrested, as if the establishment was meting collective punishment to a colonized people. The madness continued, all media channels were taken over, days long marathon information campaigns were launched, followed by defections of PTI leaders.
With every act of brute force, the thin veil of plausible deniability slipped further, to a level where the people of Pakistan have no doubt left in their minds about who their tormentor is. Establishment has completely lost the cognitive battlefield by uprooting the ethical, moral and Islamic conventions that held this country together. Their colonial tactics of military courts, collective punishment, mistreatment of women and journalists has ensured that the establishment no longer has its moral authority.
Yesterday, Rana Sannaullah who was handpicked by Gen Bajwa as the MOI stated that they will try Khan in military courts. Who would believe that he's speaking for himself and not for the establishment?
At this juncture of madness, the country suffers and suffers as its economy melts down, leaving millions of people in excruciating poverty. All because the establishment refuses to return political stability to the country by conducting free and transparent elections. The defeat in the cognitive domain is not only absolute but also permanent, as the ledger of their oppression will continue to guide and influence the opinions of hundreds of millions of young Pakistanis for at least a generation.
The establishment for the first time in 70 years finds itself at a crossroads. It has two very clear choices.
A: Continue to fight in the 6th domain with 1st generation tactics against their own people - or.
B: Take a cold hard look at just how unwanted their political overreach really is. Appreciate that they have lost this war, accept it and charter a path to return stability in the country. The successful completion of a free, fair and transparent election and smooth handover of power to the elected civilian authority might undo some of the damage. The people of Pakistan and the Army institution will see it as a CBM by the establishment.
What do you think the establishment will choose to do?
2023.05.31 17:38 feverucansweatout Question about cold knife technique
I’ve been studying auto body repair, and glass has interested me more than anything else. I love the general process of it and find the work satisfying. Problem is it seems I always seem to knick and scratch up paint in spots. The spatula of death is (the battery or cord powered saw thing) hard for me to use without hitting corners. Cold knifes are more to my liking. Problem is I always seems to Knick the flange. Especially when I have to pull extra hard and lose control of it. Basically some cold knife tips, how to not damage old glass, how to not damage paint. Any help would be appreciated
2023.05.31 17:37 eiramired Ignite the Ashes Chapter 2 - A New Arrival
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Chapter 2 - A New Arrival
Northern Facility, Vanstead Dukedom of Augustein, Year 985
The girl was a little taller than Amara and had short, silky dark hair that bounced whenever she moved her head. It gleamed in the torchlight with a blue-ish tint. Her dark eyes stood out against her pale skin, and when those eyes scanned across the cell, taking in its interior, Amara was struck by how lively they looked.
After the guards had left and the cell door swung shut again, the girl had stepped forward and spoken in a voice louder than Amara had heard in a long time.
Her name, she announced, was Edith.
—
“How old’re you?”
Amara slowly turned her head to face the girl. Edith stood right in front of her with her arms crossed, staring down at Amara. She blinked owlishly.
“I don’t know,” she said. Her voice came out raspy and hoarse, like she’d forgotten how to make words.
Edith frowned. “Well, I think I’m older than you,” she said with a huff. She jabbed a thumb at herself. “That means I’m in charge!”
Amara just stared at her. Edith stayed silent, perhaps waiting for a response. When none came, she sighed and plopped down right next to Amara, shivering slightly when she touched the cold stone floor. Amara flinched away on instinct, not liking this strange girl invading her space. Edith, however, didn’t seem to notice, because she just kept talking.
“Susie says you’ve been here the longest. That true?”
Amara thought briefly of James, his curled form that had once been a constant in the corner of the cell. Other faces flashed in her mind, faces that had quickly grown blurred with time. Their features blended together into a strange amalgamation that didn’t look quite human. She nodded slowly, and her own hair, limp and not at all like Edith’s, fell across her face.
“Yeah.”
“Which means you’ve had a lot of sessions.”
“I guess.”
“So you know the most about the experiments,” Edith persisted.
“Not that much.”
Edith rolled her eyes and huffed. “Susie was right, you’re hard to talk to,” she muttered.
The cold feeling rose sharply, and she shoved down. She swallowed. She knew she didn’t really speak to the other kids, but she never thought that they might talk about her. That Susie, with her pretty bright hair, would find her hard to approach. Amara scanned her mind, but she couldn’t recall Susie ever speaking with her before. Had she tried, and Amara just hadn’t noticed it?
Edith was quiet for a few moments, those expressive eyes silently studying Amara. Finally, she coughed.
“Uh, people used to say that about me, too, except they called me bossy,” she said with a scowl. She shifted, adjusting her position on the floor.
Amara vaguely realized that Edith, this strange girl who’d started talking to her out of the blue, was trying to comfort her. She didn’t know how to respond to that, so she just said, “Oh.”
Edith nodded vigorously. “Yeah, there’s this one boy, he thinks he’s all that just ‘cause his great uncle used to be a Raymoth guard, and he’s always acting like he’s so much better than us. But he kept saying it was my fault, acting like he wasn’t the real problem, and—”
Edith continued speaking, gesturing with increasingly wild movements. Throughout her story, which spiraled longer and longer and quickly jumped between various unrelated topics, Amara listened silently.
—
The other kids loved Edith. That didn’t really surprise Amara, but she was surprised at just how quickly they grew attached to the girl.
Susie had found a new “Ellie” in her. The younger kids all crowded around her, following Edith around like little ducklings. Ben, who’d gone nearly entirely silent after those first few months of crying, finally started speaking again.
It was as if the entire cell woke up from a long, deep slumber. Amara had never seen so many people moving around before, and never had it been so loud with chatter. She’d often glance outside the cell doors, but the guards never said anything about the noise. That didn’t stop her from watching them just in case.
Edith liked to talk about herself, and as a result Amara found herself learning more about the girl’s life than she knew about her own. She was from Vanstead, she said, and her mother was a “super cool watchman” who she emphasized would definitely come and save them all. She was planning on moving to Helisturn, the capital, one day, where she’d join the Academy and become an officer, join a duke’s personal guard, or maybe become a Rose. She hesitated a bit on the latter section and ended up backtracking, amending her earlier statement and saying she’d rather not serve the Raymoths. Not when the Sovereign was the reason they were there.
She claimed to know all about the world outside because she’d traveled a lot with her mother. She even made guesses about which dukedom all the kids had come from, which was an especially popular subject for the majority of the cell who didn’t remember their birthplaces. For Amara, she suggested Chaunton, a word that had no meaning to her.
It was easy to get swept up in Edith’s energy. Even though Amara was sure they all knew her stories were probably as much fantasy as truth, it was nice to hear someone talk so openly and with so much passion. It was even fun to play along, sometimes. For reasons unknown to Amara, Edith often spoke to her, even encouraging her to join in on her stories. Maybe it was because they were the closest in age, or maybe the girl had made it a personal challenge to get Amara to talk more. That seemed like something she would do. Amara found she didn’t mind it as much as she thought she would.
Still, even as Amara watched Edith talk, the sway of her hair that somehow still retained its shine, she couldn’t help but dread the day that energy inevitably fizzled out. She scanned the other kids, enraptured by a tale of Edith’s mother fighting a rank C Aberration all by herself, eyes shining in a way she hadn’t seen in years, and hoped that day was far away.
—
“Hey, Amara?”
Amara looked up at Edith from where she’d been inspecting her latest array of bandages. She quickly realized that the girl was staring at her arm as well, dark eyes fixed on the stark white bandages layered and wrapped so thoroughly that they hid almost all of her skin. Edith swallowed and shifted her weight.
“Um, what really…happens during sessions?”
Amara frowned, and she sat up fully. “You have one soon?”
Edith shrugged. “I mean, probably? I’ve already been here a week, so it’s bound to be coming, right?” She shuddered and scooted a little closer. Amara let her. “I just… I just want to be prepared, is all.”
“It’s gonna hurt a lot,” Amara said bluntly.
Edith scowled. “Not helpful.”
Amara stared at the ground again, tracing some of the cracks in the floor with her finger. The amount of them had grown slowly but surely, creating a chained network of lines along the ground that Amara had always thought was an improvement from the unbroken, unending grey.
“They’ll probably take blood samples and do some basic tests. I think they do different things with every kid though.”
Edith was quiet. A brief silence engulfed the two of them, and Amara shifted uncomfortably. After the liveliness of the past week, it felt especially wrong.
“How many people don’t come back from the first session?” Edith suddenly asked. Her voice was tight, and she didn’t look up as she spoke. Amara noted the way her hands tightened their grip around her arms, trembling barely perceptibly.
Amara closed her eyes, thinking back through the years. Earlier on, when she’d first been taken in, more kids were brought in at once, which made the disappearances stick out all the more. The number of new arrivals had trickled down with time, but the percentage who made it out of the first session hadn’t really changed that much.
“A lot of people don’t,” she said truthfully. It didn’t feel right to lie. She opened her eyes. “I think maybe half never come back, and then out of the ones who do, another half end up dying overnight.”
Dying. It felt odd to say it out loud. All of them knew that’s what happened, but it had become customary to call them “disappearances” instead. Maybe at first it was not to scare the youngest kids, but it had soon grown into a way to help them deal with the truth. Saying it again felt like she was breaking an unspoken agreement, shifting a delicate balance, and so Amara kept talking to avoid thinking about it.
She spoke about the people she’d seen, about the different types of scars and wounds and how she could tell when someone would make it and when someone wouldn’t. The longer she talked, the more surprised she was at how much she remembered, and the more she started to wish that she didn’t.
Throughout it all, Edith stayed silent, more quiet than Amara had ever seen her, and listened with eyes glued to Amara. By the time Amara was finished, her throat felt like it was on fire. She swallowed, attempting to fix the dryness, and her shoulders slumped back down.
“That’s all I know,” she said, barely above a whisper. Edith kept staring at her, and Amara wished she would say something, anything, to break the silence.
Finally, the girl leaned closer, and Amara couldn’t recognize the mix of emotions in the girl’s features as she spoke in a surprisingly steady voice.
“Do you think I’ll make it?”
And Amara stared at her, those gleaming eyes and the proud tilt of her head, and spoke truthfully.
“Yeah. I think you will.”
—
People reacted to pain in different ways. That was a fact Amara suspected was true everywhere, but it was different to see it so easily laid out within the confines of the facility.
Some sobbed uncontrollably. They became inconsolable, often shrinking in on themselves, gripping their skin tightly as if that pressure could ease the wounds. Those ones usually didn’t last long in the facility. The worst case Amara had seen was a young boy—she hadn’t even known his name—who kept hitting his head against the wall when he’d been thrown back into the cell. Some of the older kids had tried to pull him away, but he scratched and fought them off with a ferocity that their tired bodies couldn’t match. Eventually one of the guards had dragged him, kicking and screaming, away. He never returned.
Others shut in on themselves. Some did it completely, refusing to communicate or acknowledge their surroundings at all while they struggled to process. They became little more than limp dolls, trapped in a prison of their own mind until they either broke out of it or died there.
Others only shut down part way, still gaining that distant look in their eyes, but managing to respond and react to things. That was the category Edith fell into.
The moment she stumbled back into the cell, the girl retreated to the back. She hugged her knees and stared at the wall, lowering her head and refusing to talk to anyone even as her whole body shook. Amara could see fresh bandages covering her arms and lingering violet markings that were quickly fading. Susie got up and tried to talk to her, but Edith snapped for her to go away. No matter how many times someone approached her, she refused to move or look them in the eye, adamantly staying where she was even when night fell.
Amara stayed awake, watching Edith’s trembling form even as the other kids fell asleep. The constant cold feeling in her gut rose, barely pulled back from boiling. Finally, once the sounds of breathing had evened around her and only Edith’s sharp gasps and occasional whimpers punctuated the darkness, she quietly got up and moved to where Edith was.
The other girl froze slightly as she approached, muscles tensing, but Amara didn’t say anything. She simply sat down next to Edith, not saying a word, and stayed there.
At some point, the tension drained away and the shaking began to slow down as exhaustion overtook all other emotions. Amara understood the feeling well. Still, even when Edith began to tip forward slightly, head drooping with sleep, Amara stayed awake throughout the night.
When morning finally came, Edith slowly raised her head and finally looked over at Amara. Her eyes were puffy and red, making her large irises stand out even more. Her arms still shook slightly, and her hair had lost its shine. She smiled tiredly.
“I’m still here,” she said, voice raspy and hoarse.
Amara smiled back. “You’re still here.”
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Chapter 2 - A New Arrival
Northern Facility, Vanstead Dukedom of Augustein, Year 985
The girl was a little taller than Amara and had short, silky dark hair that bounced whenever she moved her head. It gleamed in the torchlight with a blue-ish tint. Her dark eyes stood out against her pale skin, and when those eyes scanned across the cell, taking in its interior, Amara was struck by how lively they looked.
After the guards had left and the cell door swung shut again, the girl had stepped forward and spoken in a voice louder than Amara had heard in a long time.
Her name, she announced, was Edith.
—
“How old’re you?”
Amara slowly turned her head to face the girl. Edith stood right in front of her with her arms crossed, staring down at Amara. She blinked owlishly.
“I don’t know,” she said. Her voice came out raspy and hoarse, like she’d forgotten how to make words.
Edith frowned. “Well, I think I’m older than you,” she said with a huff. She jabbed a thumb at herself. “That means I’m in charge!”
Amara just stared at her. Edith stayed silent, perhaps waiting for a response. When none came, she sighed and plopped down right next to Amara, shivering slightly when she touched the cold stone floor. Amara flinched away on instinct, not liking this strange girl invading her space. Edith, however, didn’t seem to notice, because she just kept talking.
“Susie says you’ve been here the longest. That true?”
Amara thought briefly of James, his curled form that had once been a constant in the corner of the cell. Other faces flashed in her mind, faces that had quickly grown blurred with time. Their features blended together into a strange amalgamation that didn’t look quite human. She nodded slowly, and her own hair, limp and not at all like Edith’s, fell across her face.
“Yeah.”
“Which means you’ve had a lot of sessions.”
“I guess.”
“So you know the most about the experiments,” Edith persisted.
“Not that much.”
Edith rolled her eyes and huffed. “Susie was right, you’re hard to talk to,” she muttered.
The cold feeling rose sharply, and she shoved down. She swallowed. She knew she didn’t really speak to the other kids, but she never thought that they might talk about her. That Susie, with her pretty bright hair, would find her hard to approach. Amara scanned her mind, but she couldn’t recall Susie ever speaking with her before. Had she tried, and Amara just hadn’t noticed it?
Edith was quiet for a few moments, those expressive eyes silently studying Amara. Finally, she coughed.
“Uh, people used to say that about me, too, except they called me bossy,” she said with a scowl. She shifted, adjusting her position on the floor.
Amara vaguely realized that Edith, this strange girl who’d started talking to her out of the blue, was trying to comfort her. She didn’t know how to respond to that, so she just said, “Oh.”
Edith nodded vigorously. “Yeah, there’s this one boy, he thinks he’s all that just ‘cause his great uncle used to be a Raymoth guard, and he’s always acting like he’s so much better than us. But he kept saying it was my fault, acting like he wasn’t the real problem, and—”
Edith continued speaking, gesturing with increasingly wild movements. Throughout her story, which spiraled longer and longer and quickly jumped between various unrelated topics, Amara listened silently.
—
The other kids loved Edith. That didn’t really surprise Amara, but she was surprised at just how quickly they grew attached to the girl.
Susie had found a new “Ellie” in her. The younger kids all crowded around her, following Edith around like little ducklings. Ben, who’d gone nearly entirely silent after those first few months of crying, finally started speaking again.
It was as if the entire cell woke up from a long, deep slumber. Amara had never seen so many people moving around before, and never had it been so loud with chatter. She’d often glance outside the cell doors, but the guards never said anything about the noise. That didn’t stop her from watching them just in case.
Edith liked to talk about herself, and as a result Amara found herself learning more about the girl’s life than she knew about her own. She was from Vanstead, she said, and her mother was a “super cool watchman” who she emphasized would definitely come and save them all. She was planning on moving to Helisturn, the capital, one day, where she’d join the Academy and become an officer, join a duke’s personal guard, or maybe become a Rose. She hesitated a bit on the latter section and ended up backtracking, amending her earlier statement and saying she’d rather not serve the Raymoths. Not when the Sovereign was the reason they were there.
She claimed to know all about the world outside because she’d traveled a lot with her mother. She even made guesses about which dukedom all the kids had come from, which was an especially popular subject for the majority of the cell who didn’t remember their birthplaces. For Amara, she suggested Chaunton, a word that had no meaning to her.
It was easy to get swept up in Edith’s energy. Even though Amara was sure they all knew her stories were probably as much fantasy as truth, it was nice to hear someone talk so openly and with so much passion. It was even fun to play along, sometimes. For reasons unknown to Amara, Edith often spoke to her, even encouraging her to join in on her stories. Maybe it was because they were the closest in age, or maybe the girl had made it a personal challenge to get Amara to talk more. That seemed like something she would do. Amara found she didn’t mind it as much as she thought she would.
Still, even as Amara watched Edith talk, the sway of her hair that somehow still retained its shine, she couldn’t help but dread the day that energy inevitably fizzled out. She scanned the other kids, enraptured by a tale of Edith’s mother fighting a rank C Aberration all by herself, eyes shining in a way she hadn’t seen in years, and hoped that day was far away.
—
“Hey, Amara?”
Amara looked up at Edith from where she’d been inspecting her latest array of bandages. She quickly realized that the girl was staring at her arm as well, dark eyes fixed on the stark white bandages layered and wrapped so thoroughly that they hid almost all of her skin. Edith swallowed and shifted her weight.
“Um, what really…happens during sessions?”
Amara frowned, and she sat up fully. “You have one soon?”
Edith shrugged. “I mean, probably? I’ve already been here a week, so it’s bound to be coming, right?” She shuddered and scooted a little closer. Amara let her. “I just… I just want to be prepared, is all.”
“It’s gonna hurt a lot,” Amara said bluntly.
Edith scowled. “Not helpful.”
Amara stared at the ground again, tracing some of the cracks in the floor with her finger. The amount of them had grown slowly but surely, creating a chained network of lines along the ground that Amara had always thought was an improvement from the unbroken, unending grey.
“They’ll probably take blood samples and do some basic tests. I think they do different things with every kid though.”
Edith was quiet. A brief silence engulfed the two of them, and Amara shifted uncomfortably. After the liveliness of the past week, it felt especially wrong.
“How many people don’t come back from the first session?” Edith suddenly asked. Her voice was tight, and she didn’t look up as she spoke. Amara noted the way her hands tightened their grip around her arms, trembling barely perceptibly.
Amara closed her eyes, thinking back through the years. Earlier on, when she’d first been taken in, more kids were brought in at once, which made the disappearances stick out all the more. The number of new arrivals had trickled down with time, but the percentage who made it out of the first session hadn’t really changed that much.
“A lot of people don’t,” she said truthfully. It didn’t feel right to lie. She opened her eyes. “I think maybe half never come back, and then out of the ones who do, another half end up dying overnight.”
Dying. It felt odd to say it out loud. All of them knew that’s what happened, but it had become customary to call them “disappearances” instead. Maybe at first it was not to scare the youngest kids, but it had soon grown into a way to help them deal with the truth. Saying it again felt like she was breaking an unspoken agreement, shifting a delicate balance, and so Amara kept talking to avoid thinking about it.
She spoke about the people she’d seen, about the different types of scars and wounds and how she could tell when someone would make it and when someone wouldn’t. The longer she talked, the more surprised she was at how much she remembered, and the more she started to wish that she didn’t.
Throughout it all, Edith stayed silent, more quiet than Amara had ever seen her, and listened with eyes glued to Amara. By the time Amara was finished, her throat felt like it was on fire. She swallowed, attempting to fix the dryness, and her shoulders slumped back down.
“That’s all I know,” she said, barely above a whisper. Edith kept staring at her, and Amara wished she would say something, anything, to break the silence.
Finally, the girl leaned closer, and Amara couldn’t recognize the mix of emotions in the girl’s features as she spoke in a surprisingly steady voice.
“Do you think I’ll make it?”
And Amara stared at her, those gleaming eyes and the proud tilt of her head, and spoke truthfully.
“Yeah. I think you will.”
—
People reacted to pain in different ways. That was a fact Amara suspected was true everywhere, but it was different to see it so easily laid out within the confines of the facility.
Some sobbed uncontrollably. They became inconsolable, often shrinking in on themselves, gripping their skin tightly as if that pressure could ease the wounds. Those ones usually didn’t last long in the facility. The worst case Amara had seen was a young boy—she hadn’t even known his name—who kept hitting his head against the wall when he’d been thrown back into the cell. Some of the older kids had tried to pull him away, but he scratched and fought them off with a ferocity that their tired bodies couldn’t match. Eventually one of the guards had dragged him, kicking and screaming, away. He never returned.
Others shut in on themselves. Some did it completely, refusing to communicate or acknowledge their surroundings at all while they struggled to process. They became little more than limp dolls, trapped in a prison of their own mind until they either broke out of it or died there.
Others only shut down part way, still gaining that distant look in their eyes, but managing to respond and react to things. That was the category Edith fell into.
The moment she stumbled back into the cell, the girl retreated to the back. She hugged her knees and stared at the wall, lowering her head and refusing to talk to anyone even as her whole body shook. Amara could see fresh bandages covering her arms and lingering violet markings that were quickly fading. Susie got up and tried to talk to her, but Edith snapped for her to go away. No matter how many times someone approached her, she refused to move or look them in the eye, adamantly staying where she was even when night fell.
Amara stayed awake, watching Edith’s trembling form even as the other kids fell asleep. The constant cold feeling in her gut rose, barely pulled back from boiling. Finally, once the sounds of breathing had evened around her and only Edith’s sharp gasps and occasional whimpers punctuated the darkness, she quietly got up and moved to where Edith was.
The other girl froze slightly as she approached, muscles tensing, but Amara didn’t say anything. She simply sat down next to Edith, not saying a word, and stayed there.
At some point, the tension drained away and the shaking began to slow down as exhaustion overtook all other emotions. Amara understood the feeling well. Still, even when Edith began to tip forward slightly, head drooping with sleep, Amara stayed awake throughout the night.
When morning finally came, Edith slowly raised her head and finally looked over at Amara. Her eyes were puffy and red, making her large irises stand out even more. Her arms still shook slightly, and her hair had lost its shine. She smiled tiredly.
“I’m still here,” she said, voice raspy and hoarse.
Amara smiled back. “You’re still here.”
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Hi everyone! I wanna start by saying that I have adhd, and I’m sure I also have autism, even tho I did not get get tested yet, but I’m planning to this summer. I’m currently on vacation and I struggle a lot to get used to the new surroundings and I have a hard time getting used to how my bed here feels like. I also have to mention that I’m traveling with people that don’t know that I have adhd, and i don’t really feel comfortable telling them. Can someone give me any tips? I am really struggling right now :”)
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I just bought Aeterna Noctis on sale. I'm not the biggest fan of combat in this kind of games but I absolutely love platforming and puzzles, which is what offers the hard mode but I don't really want harder fights, I just want to enjoy the puzzles and platforming. It says that I can change the difficulty throughout the game, so should I play in normal, in hard or put it on hard and change it to normal in combat sections? Also, if there are any tips for beginners I should know, I'd appreciate it if you let me know.
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2023.05.31 17:28 koensch57 complaining about GP's
I read so many threads about people hating the Dutch healthcare system and being send home by their GP with a recommendation to take paracetamol, i took it to a new level.....
I sprained my enkel today. I can hardly walk and are in a lot of pain. I did not bother to call the GP, just took some paracetamol by myself. And the pain is subsiding. It works!
tip: whever you go to the dentist or a doctor and expect some painful intervention, take 2x500mg paracetamol 1 hour before your appointment. Then the paracetamol already works when the pain is encountered.
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I sprained my enkel today. I can hardly walk and are in a lot of pain. I did not bother to call the GP, just took some paracetamol by myself. And the pain is subsiding. It works!
tip: whever you go to the dentist or a doctor and expect some painful intervention, take 2x500mg paracetamol 1 hour before your appointment. Then the paracetamol already works when the pain is encountered.
2023.05.31 17:20 Purple_Cheesecake491 Slow road to recovery
Hello everyone!
I am a 23 year old female, & have been suffering from emetophobia since I was about 5-6 years old. It did not start getting severe until maybe 4-5 years ago, but its been the worst in the last 2 years.
I am doing everything I can to make steps to recovering, & thinking about buying the emetophobia manual. However, I am 99% sure I have ARFID from this damn phobia. My doctor did bring it up to me. I only eat snacks, pasta, some fruit and cream of rice. I will have months where I eat as much as I can, then like right now I have been on only eating these foods for MONTHS. Even some of my comfort foods I have a hard time eating. It has gotten worse, but I don’t know what to do. Especially since with restricting for so long on nutritious foods that I need, its gonna trigger my stomach issues.
I also suffer from SIBO, IBS, hiatial hernia & gastritis. Now, for anyone who has emet and ALSO has stomach issues knows its a vicious cycle. once one thing is triggered, then the anxiety & emetophobia is triggered 😅
I’m also mostly terrified more of myself getting sick or catching something. If anyone has similar experiences as me, or is on the road to recovery, I really could use some helpful tips and healthy coping mechanisms. I wanna really start recovering fully, and I was doing amazing but the ARFID really messed things up.
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I am a 23 year old female, & have been suffering from emetophobia since I was about 5-6 years old. It did not start getting severe until maybe 4-5 years ago, but its been the worst in the last 2 years.
I am doing everything I can to make steps to recovering, & thinking about buying the emetophobia manual. However, I am 99% sure I have ARFID from this damn phobia. My doctor did bring it up to me. I only eat snacks, pasta, some fruit and cream of rice. I will have months where I eat as much as I can, then like right now I have been on only eating these foods for MONTHS. Even some of my comfort foods I have a hard time eating. It has gotten worse, but I don’t know what to do. Especially since with restricting for so long on nutritious foods that I need, its gonna trigger my stomach issues.
I also suffer from SIBO, IBS, hiatial hernia & gastritis. Now, for anyone who has emet and ALSO has stomach issues knows its a vicious cycle. once one thing is triggered, then the anxiety & emetophobia is triggered 😅
I’m also mostly terrified more of myself getting sick or catching something. If anyone has similar experiences as me, or is on the road to recovery, I really could use some helpful tips and healthy coping mechanisms. I wanna really start recovering fully, and I was doing amazing but the ARFID really messed things up.
2023.05.31 17:18 ososbek Full Write-up: Passed at 175Q in 3hrs 45 minutes
Background: 7 years of total IT experience - Including 5 years of Technical Support Roles (Network Security)
Challenges before I start:
- I was overwhelmed with the incredible amount of resources available, unable to decide what to choose.
- I thought it will be difficult as many topics/domains were brand new to me.
- Posts of people saying they finished +5 full notebooks/ wrote OSG word by word/ handwritten notes and mindmaps hanged on the walls .. etc got me nervous.
Reality:
- If you didn't start yet, unable to choose a resource, just pick one and start! Then you'll figure it out yourself on the way.
- The lack of experience in many domains was a privilege to me as I understood the concepts the way ISC2 wants, no the way it goes in real life.
- I accepted the fact that am not a person who use a pen and paper to study, I wrote all my notes in a OneNote file without writing a single paper. Do what feels right for you.
Preparation Journey:
- On mid December I decided to start slowly with reading OSG, finished in 2 months time.
- Watched Mike Chapple LinkedIn video in parallel while reading the book.
- Did the OPTs after each domain I finished.
- After I finished both, I couldn't remember 80% of what I have read.
- Then I discovered the discord server, which played the BIGGEST part in my journey. I consider it the real start of my prep.
- At that time I was lucky to win a free copy for Destination CISSP book, and it was way more fun to read than the dry OSG
- Adam announced the bootcamp in 2 weeks, meanwhile started reading the Destination CISSP book
- I followed Adam's plan, 1 domain per week, attend the session then finish the domain from the Dest CISSP book and watch the mindmaps.
- One month after the last session of Adam's, I booked my exam.
- Meanwhile I was always doing questions, participating in discussions in the Certification Station Discord Server.
Exam:
- It was a roller coaster, question got easy for a while then hit hard after, then gets easy and so on. There was no pattern.
- Some questions are direct can be answered in 5 seconds, others may need 5 minutes to read/understand the question and answers.
- No memorization needed, this is true. I didn't spend a minute in the exam trying to "remember" a fact, but I spent 5 minutes in some questions trying to understand it and pick up the BEST answer.
- Time management is IMPORTANT, if I didn't keep an eye on the clock I couldn't have make it.
- That was my plan and I only had 15 mins left > 1st Hr:35 , 2nd:40, 3rd:50, 4th:50
- Don't panic after the 125, as long as you still see questions you are in the game.
- I was hit hard by cloud and SW testing questions.
- Some domains were not touched before the 125 mark.
Resources:
- OSG: It was like foreplay, gave me an idea about what am going into but I couldn't ever read it again > 6/10
- Destination CISSP Book : To the point, full of eye candies/charts/illustrations > 10/10
- Adam's Bootcamp: Definety 10/10
- Adam's Notes: They are worth to read at least once even if you didn't attend the bootcamp > 9/10
- Destination CISSP Mindmaps: Helpful after finishing each domain to wrap it up, and in the last days 10/10
- Pete Zerger Exam Cram and Supplemental Videos: Helpful after finishing each domain to wrap it up, and in the last days 10/10
- Kelly's "Why you will pass CISSP": To get the right mindset 10/10
- Gwen Bettwy Exam Tips: 10/10
- Certification Station: When I first joined everyone said "if you actively particiapte here you'll pass" I didn't understand how and why? But it's TRUE. I work on 2 screens, one of them had the #cissp channel pinned. Each discussion/question here helped me digest the concepts better. I can't thank everyone enough specially
Practice Questions:
- Sybex Official Practice Tests
- Learnzapp (free version)
- IT Dojo Questions / Prabh Coffe Shots: When I didn't feel like I can study
Let me know if you have any questions that I can help with.
Good luck!
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Challenges before I start:
- I was overwhelmed with the incredible amount of resources available, unable to decide what to choose.
- I thought it will be difficult as many topics/domains were brand new to me.
- Posts of people saying they finished +5 full notebooks/ wrote OSG word by word/ handwritten notes and mindmaps hanged on the walls .. etc got me nervous.
Reality:
- If you didn't start yet, unable to choose a resource, just pick one and start! Then you'll figure it out yourself on the way.
- The lack of experience in many domains was a privilege to me as I understood the concepts the way ISC2 wants, no the way it goes in real life.
- I accepted the fact that am not a person who use a pen and paper to study, I wrote all my notes in a OneNote file without writing a single paper. Do what feels right for you.
Preparation Journey:
- On mid December I decided to start slowly with reading OSG, finished in 2 months time.
- Watched Mike Chapple LinkedIn video in parallel while reading the book.
- Did the OPTs after each domain I finished.
- After I finished both, I couldn't remember 80% of what I have read.
- Then I discovered the discord server, which played the BIGGEST part in my journey. I consider it the real start of my prep.
- At that time I was lucky to win a free copy for Destination CISSP book, and it was way more fun to read than the dry OSG
- Adam announced the bootcamp in 2 weeks, meanwhile started reading the Destination CISSP book
- I followed Adam's plan, 1 domain per week, attend the session then finish the domain from the Dest CISSP book and watch the mindmaps.
- One month after the last session of Adam's, I booked my exam.
- Meanwhile I was always doing questions, participating in discussions in the Certification Station Discord Server.
Exam:
- It was a roller coaster, question got easy for a while then hit hard after, then gets easy and so on. There was no pattern.
- Some questions are direct can be answered in 5 seconds, others may need 5 minutes to read/understand the question and answers.
- No memorization needed, this is true. I didn't spend a minute in the exam trying to "remember" a fact, but I spent 5 minutes in some questions trying to understand it and pick up the BEST answer.
- Time management is IMPORTANT, if I didn't keep an eye on the clock I couldn't have make it.
- That was my plan and I only had 15 mins left > 1st Hr:35 , 2nd:40, 3rd:50, 4th:50
- Don't panic after the 125, as long as you still see questions you are in the game.
- I was hit hard by cloud and SW testing questions.
- Some domains were not touched before the 125 mark.
Resources:
- OSG: It was like foreplay, gave me an idea about what am going into but I couldn't ever read it again > 6/10
- Destination CISSP Book : To the point, full of eye candies/charts/illustrations > 10/10
- Adam's Bootcamp: Definety 10/10
- Adam's Notes: They are worth to read at least once even if you didn't attend the bootcamp > 9/10
- Destination CISSP Mindmaps: Helpful after finishing each domain to wrap it up, and in the last days 10/10
- Pete Zerger Exam Cram and Supplemental Videos: Helpful after finishing each domain to wrap it up, and in the last days 10/10
- Kelly's "Why you will pass CISSP": To get the right mindset 10/10
- Gwen Bettwy Exam Tips: 10/10
- Certification Station: When I first joined everyone said "if you actively particiapte here you'll pass" I didn't understand how and why? But it's TRUE. I work on 2 screens, one of them had the #cissp channel pinned. Each discussion/question here helped me digest the concepts better. I can't thank everyone enough specially
Practice Questions:
- Sybex Official Practice Tests
- Learnzapp (free version)
- IT Dojo Questions / Prabh Coffe Shots: When I didn't feel like I can study
Let me know if you have any questions that I can help with.
Good luck!
2023.05.31 17:14 Imaginative_Shark How do you deal with smaller, faster dinosaurs attacking your hind legs?
Noob question here, I’m fairly new to the game and no matter how hard I try, when I’m playing as a larger carnivore, I keep getting killed by smaller carnivores who sit and attack at my tail and hind legs. No matter how hard I try to turn and meet them to attack, they out maneuver me. Is their a tip to combat this or am I just really bad at the game? Last night I got my sub adult Rex killed by a metri and I couldn’t even hit him once. My tail attack seems to do nothing.
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