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Hi! I’m from the Midwest, but that doesn’t stop me from finding a connection with someone anywhere in the world. I am looking to take things slowly and see where they go, whether it’s as friends or a relationship. I’m just looking to meet new people and whatever happens, happens.
Things about me: - I have many interests, but my main ones are - cooking/baking, traveling, nature, animals, health & wellness, and even art. - My family and friends would describe me as kind, loving, caring and funny. - Physically (attraction does matter) - under 5’5, dark blonde, curvy/avg body. - INFJ personality type, so I’m pretty rare ;) - I’m a student in healthcare - I do hate voice calls and I don’t have the time for FT, but if we really connect, I’ll see what I can do lol - I do not share photos on Reddit, so please do not ask.
Things about you: - Ages: Women - 23-26. Men - 28+. - Please be respectful, kind, caring, and know how to have some fun. - If you’re interested in farming/animals - that’s definitely a plus.
Hope to hear from you soon! Send me a message with a little bit about yourself <3

As a young teenager my dad had this stereo. I’d get some time at home with his setup I’d put a record on, crank it up and love it. For years it didn’t matter, family, work, and obligations! Played with sound, surround sound, cd’s, whatever seemed popular. Time passes, the those simple times come to mind. So starts my pursuit of that sound, that feeling. Now the beginning of this soon to become chase predates today’s access to information… internet, or maybe my grasp of it. I make my way to a local audio shop… the creepy little salesman is in heaven! I walk out with a Yamaha receiver, Yamaha cd player, and a cool looking pro-ject turntable, and a set of paradigm speakers. Wire it up, add some cd’s, a little vinyl…. Unreal, I was crushed, horrible. The sound disappointed me so badly, I shut it off. Not a clue, it’s a stereo .. right. Back to the salesman. Solution? Speakers!!! Let’s get you these! Next thing you know, I’ve got a set of Klipsch RF-7’s in the living room. Better!!! But the sound??? It’s really exhausting, piercing, still not there. Just, no balls, no depth, no top end. Back to the salesman. Well the reciever only puts out a hundred watts. You need more power!!!! Ok? How do I do that? “Well you need this” an Anthem power amp! “Ok” Damn! Things have come to life now, I’m happy? It’s still “bright” pitchy. Still exhausting and just not making me happy. But 5 or 6 years go by and little changes are made, but interest drops and music is just OK. Things change, life moves on, and the opportunity for a music room comes up, interest peaks out again, and the rabbit hole comes into view. Times have changed and the internet comes into play. Thoughts drop back to my teenage years and dad’s stereo. Reading through reviews, forum sites here on Reddit etc. I realize, damn, the old man must have been pretty cool! Pioneer SA-7500 Pioneer tape deck (who knows what model) HPM100’s Technics Turntable Some crazy graphic equalizer. 1978, that was some pretty cool stuff! Not wanting to get involved with the complexity’s of vintage, but I’ve got to be able to capture that sound, right? During what I realize now was a journey, the RF-7’s are gone, to big, ugly, and took to much room away from my girl!!! Not to mention the brightness, god those tweeters beating my eardrums. Still got the Yamaha, the Anthem back in the box. Settled on a set of Wharfedale Dentons without the power amp for casual listening. Now during this time of non pursuit things have changed. Technics is back, old school speakers are available. Rock boxes are back in vogue. Scoured the internet, read reviews until my head hurt. Audio store and creepy salesman is long gone. Thank god! Speakers that is what I need! Ordered a set of KLH model 5’s. Back order. Frustration grows… now the good people at KLH want to help! I’m dealing with Dave, the CEO of this speaker company! He sends me a pair of Model 3’s, to get me by until the 5’s come available! Great people, by the way. Hook em up to the Yamaha and the Anthem… horrible, horrible, right back to the Klipsch thing. Vintage, that’s got to be it!!! Only solution. Marketplace here we go, bought a pair of 70’s vintage Kenwood rock boxes. Wow, now we’re getting there! Sounds great to these now 60 year old ears, but still bright, pitchy, tiring. Time to get serious. “I’m going to do this, how hard can it be?” More internet time, more research, more pain in the center of my skull. I’ve come to realize that there is a lot to this stuff. Enter Marantz… all this dissatisfaction… speakers. It was an obsession. Natural sound… warmth… analogue. I am not what I would call an audiophile? Just a guy wanting a sound!!! Pulled the trigger, ordered a Marantz model 30 integrated amp… warm? Gotta be better right? Marantz model 30 Technics SL-100c Nagaoka mp-200 cartridge Still got the Yamaha cd player REL classic-98 sub… to help the now gone Dentons! All hooked up to the vintage Kenwood speakers. Whoooo. Awesome, I’m feeling it…. But those speakers kind of muddy (my word btw)… hook up the KLH model 3’s. These model 3’s are amazing!!! Absolutely amazing. Maybe 100 hrs. on them, broke in now. The positioning there! Sub virtually defeated. Teamed up with this Marantz model 30, using the internal phono preamp. Records are beautiful. CD’s fantastic. My god, I’m there deep in the rabbit hole…. Completely satisfied, this setup has brought me back to those stolen days with dad’s system. The KLH model 3’s are beautiful, I could stop right now, but the model 5’s will be here in July! Who knows what kind of listening pleasure those bad boys will bring!!!! Lesson’s learned? I’m not a Yamaha natural sound guy. Not real a sub lover! Marantz model 30 perfect KLH great people, great stuff! Next moves, those model 5’s The Marantz SACD-30 next and start playing with streaming stuff!!! Stay tuned…

These principles have really helped me pass my exam on my first attempt:

1. Always discuss, investigate, analyze, ask before deciding on a solution
2. Never settle for delays or extra costs. However, extra costs precede delays
3. Be a servant leader! (encourage, care, nurture, listen and never create friction in the team)
4. Value is gold
5. Root cause analysis and MVP or demo are your weapons
6. Any change will go through a change request process (for predictive). There is no change request process (for agile)
7. Your team members are the experts, not you! Make every decision with them
8. The PM makes the decisions and handles the issues (no running to sponsors, management or HR). Note: The exam will mention project sponsor many times. ONLY go to the sponsor when there is a problem with the budget (example, money is running out) BUT going to the sponsor should be the last resort
9. Everyone directly or indirectly involved is a stakeholder and must be added to the register (stakeholder register) and how they impact the project
10. No matter if the project is completed or terminated, the closing phase must occur (predictive)
11. In a predictive project, your plan is your map. Constantly refer back to it
12. Predictive project keywords: change control board (CCB), change control process
13. Agile project keywords: sprint, iteration, scrum, daily standup, backlog, Kanban, product increment, product ownemanager
14. When you or your team have no clue on what’s going on, a subject matter expert (SME) is what you need. Or, you can refer to past projects in the lessons learned register
15. When transitioning from predictive to agile, introduce agile concepts slowly (pilot project, inception deck)
16. Agile projects are self organizing - meaning teams are in charge however the PM can still step in to manage and resolve conflicts
17. An agile project will always need consistent feedback from the customer
18. Never immediately reject a request or an opportunity - especially from a client

Here's a video link of me explaining the principles:
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Hopefully this helps!

I had watched tons of videos throughout videos, between video recordings from Hungary, to Austria, to China, to Japan and here where I live in America, on fishing for carp in general. Cyprinidae are such wonderful graceful fish with amazing genetic diversity and evolution, they are my favorites overall as being relegated to reading the research about their life history. Their use in aquaculture has such praise in Chinese history as well.
Honestly, I am a species specific critic and it's my toxic personality when correcting the relationships between (and here's for the peeps into science-words) cyprinus, ctenopharyngodon, carassius, and hypopthalmichthys, among others. I'm into fishing, as well as aquarium fish keeping, and much of these times I still do. I am close to mid 20s, galivanting by my couch potato self all day. I met great people within the goldfish and koi community and made great friends. But like a ten year old boy with a generic hat wanting to catch-em all, my compulsive desire seeks to enjoy the enlightenment, learning and gaining the knowledge and availability of carp fishing/breeding heritage as much as I can compile them for keeps. Specifically, I sometimes love most other cyprinids, and I more so indulge with the Cyprininae subfamily, i.e common carp, koi, goldfish, crucian, and prussian carp. In Japan, there seems to be a 'Herabuna' fishing sport. I learned it's because the fish is of a strain of 'Gengorobuna', the local name for Japanese Silver Carp. They have a higher hump, deeper body and larger muscle mass.
I bet, the best thing about carp is easily make friends and acquaintances along the way, and take an open breath and view the diverse culture of people internationally; culinarily they may like carp more than Americans, and some would rather keep em' and care for them as much as anyone having a dog and a cat as their family pet, because guaranteed, even carp keepers would rather wish to own a dream where they would farm off of raising such fish. I always take every time valuable to especially explain my hobbies full picture and share my relationship with others like-minded within the community.
So to wrap this dialogue up into a burrito...
Hello guys, and this is my first post of the group. Thank you for reading!

My LIfe Is Worth More Than 36 Apples I was am a sole from this point on. The moths of darkness just began a fetus in the woumb. Both mother and father have litle knolige of my existance my begening is heare hethy with nknone emosion untill I was sliced from my mother. My parents fell in love with me from the begening little did they know that tere was somthing wrong. It was not there falt I think that I loved them at that point to. I was dieing. My heart broken by imprefection that only flesh offers to the potentialy imortal relm of God placed soil named Earth. Spoler alert I servive otherwise you would not be reading this. One day out of my life I fely horible sick beyond what the doctors had already fixed I was dieing still alive but dieing why they “forgot” ( neglected) to tell my parents that I have a paralised vocla chord is beond even my ant’s comprehencion and she is a sergical nerce. What made them fear my parents? What made them fear so much that they could not tell my perents what hppened? I ask these questions so often that I wonder why I servived. That is when one day out of my life I felt amasing like God was truly there to witness me changing to somthing worth more than any dimond in the world. My parents kept me alive by questining the doctors did so little. My grandmother prayed so much I wonder how I survived. One day of my life I felt horible Thank the lord that I was not dieing my great gradfather was putt to sleap in his grave I now have a feading tube one year old no birthday cake for me. I gess that there is where my life chages yet again. I wonder how I survived. One day out of my life I felt Exuberant I am two years old ,Birthday cake ;-) Yay, my first ever the tube is gone. My parrents still wotty but they realy don’t have to any more until laiter. Gram is there. So is most of my family. I love my gram so much at this point I would taher be at her houce than at home there is so much I still have to live for. One day out of my life I feal loved I am at home having fun with my gram telling her stories that I make up as I go along. She loves me I know it in my heart. There are not enugh words, colors, and sounds to describe what I felt in this world at that moment for my little mind to wrap its gentle fingers around I am less than five years old so the only resion that I remember is a home movie. It is a wonder that I survived. One day out of my life it is near cristmass I could be five but I am not certan I thaught tis memory a dream until my mother told me the story. I was sick enugh that my parents thaught that I was dieing. I had an ear infection, pnumonya, and somthing elce my mother can not remenber. I wonder why I survived. One day out of my life I am still five and going to kindergaden I love to run around and hide out undeneath the slides if only I knew what the world was than I probabley whould not have kissed a boy on the lips so soon. I shold have knone that such an act as this was for the day of prom or highscool. I was definatly not ready for being in love, nor was I ready to kiss boys impishly under the that particular Emitsberg Elimentery slide. The boy’s confusion was so great that I belive he ither liked me or he did not know who I was to tell the teacher what had happened. Ither way I grew up way to quikly and at the same time to slowly for my mothers liking. I would barly clean my room thak the lord for her patince at this poit in my life, other wise I woder how I did survive. One day out of my life I was in first grade imaging what life would be like on the moon. I was listening to the teacher but I could not for the life of me was i being sent to lern how to read and wright when I already knew how to do both of those things. What where they thinking I neaded more help with math than with reading and spelling I could study those wordes and sentance structures. Why did they chose to give me exta practice in my faverite subject the only problem I had was telling lowecace B’s from lowercace D’s until a nice teacher taught me a trick invalving the word bed. Putt your fingers on your left hand so that it resembles a lowecace B than have your fongers on your right hand resemble a lowercace D place coth hannds together and make a bed B.E.D. that was somthing that realy helped it was so ingraind in my nogin that after just that one clarifacaition I had the difrence betwean D and D down pat. I read Juny B. Jones boks up the wasoo after that and most of my class was reading picture books that where to easy so I stoped reading them. I didn’t check out books from the scool library because I had books at home to read if I remember corectly. My parents sau that it was the comprehensin part I gess that I understood the book’s meaning but not the questin of “ How did the caractar change throughout the story?” silly me I putt ( this is acording to my mother) “The carictar did nit change throuout the story. There is no mension of her getting dresset,” I wonder how I survived. One day out of my life i am repeating first grade. I thaught that there where only two years of school I thaught that if i passed this year that i would not have to go to school any more nobosy told me otherwise because i kept the thaught to myself because i was so sure that I was corect that I did not tell a sole nor, angel, not even God, but I gess he knew that anyway even without me telling him. I gess that if God dose laph that he might have been lafing at me and I would laph with him once I came to realise my childish ignerance at the age of seven and a half. I realy do not know why I relised that particalar fanticy was falce but I gess that visiters from the fith grade shook that idea right past my young lips and took me from that faticy I was somhow living in at the time. As I wright this I am sitiosly remided of that anoying yet cachy toon of the Caillou theme song whn it said “ Growing up is not so tuff…” I would like to add to that paticular snippit by saying that being or fealing grown up is the hard part. Thank the lord I was still just growing up at this point otherwise I have no clue of how i would have survived. One day out of my life I learn that Gram is moving to West Bend I was so confused because I remember saying to her that “ we will live togther forever.” than she aked me with such a look upon her face that surly I had no anser to this “what if I move?” my anser to this of corce was “we will move to” I loved my grandmother so much at that point that I thaught that my parents not looking for a new houce was a betrayel of what was going on until... One day out of my life I find out that we are moving at first I thaught that this would remidy the we will live togerhher forever situaiton, but it just only remidied the if you move we move situaiton. This was just after I found out that we where moving from Airshire to Ankeny instad of to West Bend this is in ither late may or early june we are looking for a place to live we looked at some two story houces but we came upon this nice single story ranch it is a nice place to be but I wish that I did not tell the reliter that I “ felt at home here” honestly there where less pressing matters of where we would be going to school and how long it would take to move all of our stuff to the new place that I would have to call home but I never realy did in my heart Gram’s houce was my true home from that point on. It is a wonder that we suvived. One day out of my life it is june 16th my birthday I have just terned egiht years old and this is just the begening of when I have started to really pray and recognise what prayer is to me I don’t realy expect God to answer me at this point in my life becase I reay did not know that God could truly anser quite directly or even ask of you things. I just thaught that God knows everything so he realy should no have to ask but I gess that even God has set rules for himself in promisess and fofilment of priofficy. The idea is that we have free will and he wants to ask and not tell us to be with him in spirit and in mannor. Our actions not telling us yes or no but how we feal about those actins threw God tells us these things. Concince and temptaition those little caton figures angel and demon with that tridant ( not the chewing gum brand) and tail. Oh how I have survived. One day out of my life the start of second grade a new school and a new life I wish that there where more interesting things to take apart than a phone with an already broken circut bord smashed by a bou in my class if not for the surcut bord I probubly would have figured out how to putt it back together. How I wondered every day when I would get to take somthing apart and putt it back together, but everthing was altready taken apart and I neaded a more than a philups haid screwdriver to fix that phone what I neaded was somthing I had no ideah existed littlelone the fact that I was way to youn to even use a sodering iorn. The teachers still thaught that I was still to young to hold a pair of sisors even though I started using them in preschool. It is a wonder I survived. One day out of my life I am exited I get to learn how to use chopstickes in class wile eating popcorn we where not aloud to use our fingers. We where at the end of our china unit coloring the great wall with lopsided bricks that where supost to be a little lopsided. I was exalent at using the two sticks to pick up the popcorn the only problem was that I was holding them wrong but at least i did not nead a rubberband atached to the se sticklike utencels. Using my middle finger as a fulcrum and my pionter and ring to manipulate the top stick even until I saw the diagram and did so the proper way. How did I survive? One day out of my life it is nearing first comumyon this is my fist time tasting the wine so that Iwont makew a face if I did not like the way it tates. I thaught that it tasted horible even though I took a small sip as instructed. I did not make a face. How did I survive? Oneday out of my life it is first comunyon I take both the host and the wine this time I like it so much I take a big gulp and make a face. When my mother asked me why I took such a big gulp I told my mother that the whine “ tates better with Jesus in it.” my mother laphed so quietly only her ears and a few others herd her. I wonder how we survived. One day of my life I am now about 9 or 10 years old Great grandma took me fishing and taught me how to imbroider that night i could not sleap for some reason or another so I got out the cloth that I was working on and started stichin gI was so quiet that I thaught that I would sutly not wake her than again the light in the livingroom of her apartment could have given me away. She found me awake and unable to sleap soundly I was not homsich and usualy did not complain but the couch was a tad to cushey so I slept on the floor instad she thaught that I was crazy for sleaping on the floor instad of on the couch. It is a wonder that I survived. One summer out of my life I felt human I can not remember what summer this was but I taught my sister how to swim she wanted to jump into the pool and each time that se jumped I would take just a single step back evedently she lernd to jump quite far also because when she went to her first formal swimming lesson she kept taking off the floaty until she threw it so that the instructher could no longer reach it than when it was her turn to jum into the water she abot flatenes the instructer ling sory short she skiped a few levils. I wonder how the poor swim instructor is doing. It is a wonder that he survived my syster. One day of my life I rode my first rolercoster I was so exited that I could barly wate in line when we finaly got to the front of the lighn the rolercoster took us up and down I could barily understand why all the other peaple on bord where screaming eve mu unkle. When the ride was over I aslked him so tentitivly why where the other peaple skreaming? Than he told me “Because they where having fun” I still had no ideah

Okay so I'm the guy that made that ap jinx mid guide a few years ago lol. I don't really play as much as I used to, but been having some fun with AP Jinx in the midlane again this patch 14.10.
This pick isn't mostly about the damage, you'll deal some damage when it matters by chaining your low cd spells, but it's mostly setting up easy kills for your allies with your 80% slow spam and 4 second traps zoning/cc. Jinx is primarily an adc, so her ability cooldowns arent balanced around cdr. So when you do buy cdr, her abilities have 100% uptime. w gets to around 1.7 seconds, and e gets to around 4 seconds. You essentially become a long range control mage.
THE EARLY GAME IS TERRIBLE. HOWEVER, you can play surprisingly safe as Jinx mid in most lanes with your range on fishbones and your 40 mana cost w (You max e first for waveclear). Your traps well placed can deter enemies and your w slow helps too. Try to stay as healthy as possible and let it push under turret if you need to, between your fast Q autos and aoe Q autos + W, you can clear waves under turret really well. You can chuck your E when it's rank 5 on caster to one shot them, I like to place them in a vertical line with the minion to hit the melee and the casters at the same time. Your early skirmishes suck too, so yeah you're griefing your jungle a little bit, but is what it is. You don't really want to even try kill the enemy midlaner unless your jungler has some strong cc you can chain your spells with. But most of the time it's better to just farm as much cs as you can to start stacking cdr, and even more importantly, exp. You want to reach level 11/12 asap. DONT put a second put in your R until level 13. You want to max E>W>R>Q. The slow enables you to hit traps so much easier. The 10% bonus slow buff on rank 5 w is also huge for ap jinx.
Take flash/barrier.
Runes:

• Comet
  
• Manaflow band
  
• transcendence
  
• gathering storm
  
• presence of mind
  
• that new 15 ability haste rune in the precision tree
  
• cdr rune/movementspeed rune/scaling hp rune
  

I been playing with some builds and I think I found one I like best: Dorans ring start for mana>Ludens>Lucidity boots>Cosmic drive>Lich bane>Cryptobloom> into either Horizon focus/morello/liandry or fill. The movement speed from cosmic and lich bane make the playstyle feel a lot better being able to move around faster as you have 0 mobility outside of getting kills/assists (Liandrys burn procs passive too which is nice.)
Into tanks it's nice to go tear start>liandrys> lucidity boots> cosmic drive> lich bane> crypto bloom> horizon focus/morello/ludens or fill. The problem with this build though is that it delays your spike of having no cooldown on w and e. So hence why I prefer the first build order mentioned.
Your teammates will flame you for their mistakes so you need a strong mental lol. But it's genuinely the most fun champ/playstyle ive actually played in this game. And catching someone with a w can jsut lead to perma 80% slow and traps until they're dead.
ENJOY

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A Quiet Place. It hasn't been announced and I have no insider knowledge, but I was thinking, "how are they gonna make this work? Why did they choose this year after the 1st movie came out in 2018?" And then it hit me. They aren't doing A Silent Place 1 or 2. It's gonna be the new movie, Day 1.

1. Paramount takes a reduced amount (or even pays Universal) to propote their new movie. Yes the movie comes out in June, but HHN will be right around when it starts streaming. Have a HHN house and push people to get Paramount + subscriptions. Also pushes people in the theaters to see it before heading to HHN.
2. Instead of focusing on a family that mostly uses sign language, scare actors can act like scared, unknowing civilians.
3. Set pieces can be more elaborate than say a farm or the woods (Day 1 is in New York).
4. Day 1 is a prequel. People wouldn't have to have seen the 1st or 2nd movies.

I could be totally wrong and they somehow adapt the 1st movie or do both of them in one house (my least favorite option). I haven't seen any of the movies, but if it is a house, I'll def try to see the movies before heading to the house.

I’m just on the most recent episode of family reunion and it’s just dragging on.
I understand they’re trying to get as much content as possible, but how long has the cast been in Columbia?! Bringing in cast member after cast member….the constant partying (yawn)….useless drama in the house….
The most interesting plot line to me is the Cory/Taylor because it’s nice to see things from her perspective. Everything else is just so incredibly boring. I understand that bringing everyone together will always create some action in the grand scheme of things. I liked the previous seasons of FR, but this one is just lacking to me.
How are all you feeling about it?

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Since I decided to accept I'm bipolar recently* I've been thinking back on moments throughout my life. And sometimes it's just like a harmless and amusing "oooh, yeah, that makes sense now."
Like when I stayed up for days straight with only little naps here and there, binging DVDs of Gilmore girls & writing a 20 page handwritten essay on Queen Elizabeth I that I was sure my middle school teachers were going to love to read. Between bipolar and the Tudor family being my special interest (autistic) for quite a few years...yeah. 😂😂
I know we all have awful stories, but what kind of "oh yeah" looking back/mostly harmless stuff have other people had?
*accepted it and started back on meds a year and a half ago at 29. Originally diagnosed at 14, suspected in my records around 9.

A bit about me/some general interests:
I love to listen to music, my favorite band since I was 14 lol is Blink 182(have seen them live three times). I like to watch movies and tv shows(who doesn’t?) - my favorite genre is horror, but I like other things too. I love to shop and get my nails done. I love coffee. I’m very close with my family, we spend a lot of time together. I like to stay active, and exercise daily.
A bit about the type of person I’m looking for: I live in western Canada, so a similar time zone to that would be ideal. I am looking for someone between the ages of 28-45(yes, this is a hard preference, early 20s is not “close enough”). Does not expect constant/instant replies. I would like there to be daily communication, but I’m not constantly glued to my phone. I am looking for someone that is willing and able to put effort into conversation(I will do the same). Other than that, I’m very open to most other things and am not looking for a specific “type” of person! I’m looking for friendship first and foremost, but wouldn’t be opposed to it if the friendship evolved into something a bit more flirty/feelings develop. That being said, I’m not looking for something super serious, nor am I looking to relocate or anything like that. This is what I look like, if that matters much initially
If you think this sounds like something you’d be interested in, please contact me(chat preferred over DM). Tell me a bit about yourself and the best movie or tv show you’ve watched recently, so I know you’ve read the post and have actual interest. I will ignore any single word responses - “hey” does not start a conversation.

I went from a jobless art school dropout to banking $9.8 million (profit) in just four years.
Recently, I sat back to reflect on what advice I'd give myself if I could go back in time to chat with 21 year old me, when I was starting my first company.
Disclaimer: yes, the points below are high level. This isn't meant to be a recipe book where I say, I did exactly X, to produce Y. The reason for this is the specifics are different for every business, and my goal with this exercise is to give my younger self directional guidance, not a recipe book to recreate the exact same businesses.
I'm happy to unpack any of these in more detail, feel free to ask.
Lastly, the trolls usually come out when I mention profit numbers openly because they've been burnt too many times by fake "gurus" or ppl trying to sell them courses with bogus numbers. I've got nothing to sell anyone (my agencies sell to VC backed tech companies who don't hang out on here), so really just sharing this for the reasons I mentioned above (lessons for my younger self) since I know there are a ton of first time entrepreneurs on here who could benefit.
Alright, enough with the disclaimers, let's do this:

1. Time Commit Goals: First up, decide how many hours you're ready to grind each week. I capped mine at 25 hours to avoid burnout. It's amazing how much you can get done if you proactively block your calendar.
   
2. Financial Goals: Define how much you want to earn. My initial target was $40k/month within the first year (ended up blowing past that target).
   
3. Timeline: Set a clear timeline for your financial goals. As mentioned above, I aimed to hit $40k/month within the first year.
   
4. Role Definition: Decide early if you’re going to be hands-on or oversee the big picture. It makes a huge difference. There's a great book called Traction that talks about the difference between a Visionary and an Implementer. I found it necessary to be both in the early days, but have since transitioned out of "Implementer" mode.
   
5. Brand Legitimacy: Build the most legit brand you can — within a week. Overthinking it is your enemy. Too many people wax poetic about their brand, website, etc. Yes, it's super important an it can make you look more legit than you actually are in the early days, HOWEVER - many people spend too much time on this step, months even, and then never launch, or when they do, they have a false expectation that simply by launching their biz will do well. This couldn't be further from the truth. Building your brand and site is the fun part. Once you launch the real work starts ;)
   
6. Start Selling Immediately: Hit up your network, face regular rejections, and learn from each "no."
   
7. Your First Customers: These folks will help shape your business more than anyone else. Listen closely and adapt. The product idea you launch with - most likely is not the product that's right for the market. But you won't know what needs to change until you launch and start landing early customers.
   
8. Price Sensitivity Testing: Start low, then increase as demand builds. I go into a ton of detail about exactly how I do price sensitivity testing in this video.
   
9. Scaling Decisions: I used to think scaling was the only option. Go big or go home. If you're not growing like crazy you're a loser. But I was wrong. And dumb. That's a silly idea. There are many paths to success. Some want to go big, fast. Others want to go smoothly, slowly. Scaling isn't mandatory. I've done both and prefer somewhere in the middle of fast and slow.
   
10. Master Hiring: Good hiring isn't luck; it’s a skill and crucial for growth. My companies are both services businesses (a marketing agency and a design agency) and so the quality of our hires is the quality of our product offering. This also means getting good at firing. It's just part of the job.
    
11. Setting the Pace: Lead by example (duh). I’m all in when I work, ensuring I’m focused and driving progress. The team will draft off your pace, and the folks who can't keep up will make it clear they're not a good fit.
    
12. Team Management: I use the EOS (entrepreneur operating system) methodology to manage my teams—it’s a game-changer for accountability and clarity. It's free to learn, and easy to implement.
    
13. Proactive Marketing: Share every win. If you don’t champion your successes, no one else will.
    
14. Empower Customers: Turn clients into advocates. Strong relationships lead to referrals, which are (literal) gold.
    
15. Streamline Offerings: Keep your services tight and focused. Simplicity scales.
    

.... ok this post is getting too long. I was going to share 20 but this is turning into a novel. I shared all 20, along with a bunch of specific details in this video, feel free to check it out if the first 15 resonated with you. https://youtu.be/Gwqjljmr_pU
Curious - for those who have done a few startups before, do these resonate with you?
And for those who haven't yet - did you already have all of these on your radar? Anything you're interested in trying yourself?

My parents divorced when I was 8.
Prior to that we had lots of family around. Always together. Always laughing. Lots of love.
Then my dad had an affair and married his mistress. This man took us to meet her while still married to my mother. He played it off real slick acting like he bumped into his lady friend at the mall. I remember wanting nothing to do with her. I remember feeling it was wrong. I was just a kid and i knew this.
Mom eventually uncovers their affair and kicks him out.
Does he get his own place and take some time to adjust and help us his children adjust? No. He just up and joins a whole ass other family. His mistress had kids from a previous marriage, though luckily they never ended up having kids together. They move in together before the divorce papers are even filed. They marry not even 6 months after the divorce is final.
Everything changes after this. A whole entire side of the family we had moves out of state. Another close family member living with us and mom to help out passes away suddenly.
Mom has to work 2 jobs to keep us afloat. Lots of time spent with babysitters.
Dad takes us on his obligatory weekends but is zoned out to the tv mostly. His new wife finds the need to establish pecking order. We don’t get a room in their house, we sleep in sleeping bags in the den. When we depart from the weekend visit there’s no sign we were ever there. This goes on until we are teens and explain we rather be sleeping over friends houses. Dad doesn’t seem to mind either way.
As an adult…this man is like a ghost. He answers if I call, he opens the door and lets me in if I choose to visit. But there’s no initiation from his side.
His wife makes sure he spends lots of time with her adult children and their families. It’s tough to see. Not that I think he is initiating any of this by his own accord. He’d be absent to her kids too if she didn’t force him to be present. She coordinates it all. Stages all the family photos and cute trips out to the farms and parks. Sometimes we get invited. Most often we don’t.
As an adult rationally I know this. But that inner child yearns for her father. For the family I never had. Hurts seeing the ‘family’ he is part of by default. Pretending to be the family man he isn’t.
I tried telling him. Letters. Conversations. Some excuses and some denial but all status quo. Nothing changed.
I wonder if I’ll ever truly get over this….

I have a design in Vivado with some AXI peripherals that works perfectly well under PYNQ, but not without it.
The code is a user space C program that opens /dev/mem, uses mmap to map whatever address assigned in Vivado's address editor, and then reads and writes to the memory-mapped IO.
The docs say to use fpgautil the device, but that does not work properly. However, if I first program the FPGA using PYNQ, even if I use a completely different bitstream, fpgautil works afterwards until the next reboot.
By not working properly, I mean that writing to 16-byte aligned addresses work, but the rest don't. For example, the following program writes to the first 16 registes of some AXI peripheral.

volatile uint32_t* p = ... // address of some AXI peripheral for(uint32_t i=0; i<16; i++) { p[i] = 0xFFF00000U + i; } for(uint32_t i=0; i<16; i++) { printf("%d: %08X\n", i, p[i]); } 

When I program the device using fpgautil, I get the following output (only reads and writes to addresses 0, 16, 32, and 48 work):

0: FFF00000 1: 00000000 2: 00000000 3: 00000000 4: FFF00004 5: 00000000 6: 00000000 7: 00000000 8: FFF00008 9: 00000000 10: 00000000 11: 00000000 12: FFF0000C 13: 00000000 14: 00000000 15: 00000000 

However, if I use PYNQ to program the device, even for a completley different bitstream, for example:

import pynq overlay = pynq.Overlay("some_other_bitstream.bit") 

and then use fpgautil to program the device, I get the expected output:

0: FFF00000 1: FFF00001 2: FFF00002 3: FFF00003 4: FFF00004 5: FFF00005 6: FFF00006 7: FFF00007 8: FFF00008 9: FFF00009 10: FFF0000A 11: FFF0000B 12: FFF0000C 13: FFF0000D 14: FFF0000E 15: FFF0000F 

Any ideas on how to fix this?
Board: Ultra96 V2 Linux Image: PYNQ 3.0.1
Thanks!

I started having ulcer symptoms about 8 weeks ago (constant heartburn, bad nausea, burning pain that only improved after eating). I went in soon after the symptoms started and got put on omeprazole right away. GI issues run in my family, including Crohn’s and other serious stuff, so I got tested for Crohn’s and got a CT scan, and thankfully those tests showed no signs of inflammation or serious damage. After 6 weeks on omeprazole I was still having nausea and stomach sensitivity so my doctor ordered H Pylori tests. The lab told me to go off the PPI for at least three days; I went off for 4.
The test came back negative. I was relieved, but then I saw some things online about how you are supposed to go off meds for at least 14 days before the test or risk a false negative. I am also a little concerned as to what caused the ulcer if I don’t have H Pylori (and I never take NSAIDs). I’m torn between trusting my doctolab and getting retested. What do you think? Should I get retested?

Hi, I'm (20M),i have a good social life,a good friend circle, healthy relationship with friends and family and i know my best friend for 14 years.i spend my time working on myself and gaming.I like my life,but this one thing that bothers me, despite my good social life,i feel always lonely,i feel like i have no one to rely on,i don't have someone to talk to him in my lowest and get things of my chest.i tried it with many people but always they don't listen or they don't react as i expected,like i don't feel that there's someone who got my back,even before breaking up with my girl i was feeling the same way,i listen to her everyday and i try to help her but when i open up to her and express my feelings she just ignores it.i don't know if it's just me bitching and overreacting .i read that all men feel that way,but it sucks,is it supposed to feel that way as a man ?or I'm just sensitive?

Fuzzy expressions, articles that don’t make sense and obscure teachers 🥲 . In the IB there isnt a more elusive subject to score a 7 in than among English (maybe Physics!). As a student I never scored above 14 on my papers and tbh I just never really took English lessons seriously (if* I’ve spoken it all my life so I should be good right?)*. I’m sure you can also relate that the subject also just felt really fluffy and to me; unlike sciences or maths with a detailed syllabus and clear way to progress.
Until one perspective shift transformed my English grades, allowing me to eventually score 19/20 in my final exams:
In Biology, you don’t get marks for describing the lungs as the “breathing organ”, you need to use the actual terminology “lungs”. Along with that, you also need to understand its function, how it relates to the rest of the body, etc.
This is how you progress in IB English, through an effective mastering of the Literary Devices. These are the incremental building blocks, the ammunition you use to attack whatever random unseen text they throw at you in the exam. Similar to studying the lungs in biology, you must learn to Recognise, Explain, Link and Draw implications of using different literary devices in different contexts. How does it reveal authorial choices, and why it is effective for that specific issue being conveyed? This extends to both the IO and Paper 2 aspects as well!
I promise that if you focus more on HOW a text is written (authorial choices) more than WHAT it is about (only the messages), you will see your writing improve dramatically from poor retelling essays to analytical and insightful arguments.
TLDR;
If you feel stuck or unable to progress in IB English, change your approach from just understanding the text for what it is into actually explaining WHY and HOW it is written, using the literary techniques as your building blocks for arguments.
P.S. If you'd like to know more in how I achieved these results in IB, message me for more info or visit my website ibmentors.com!
Scoring 19/20 English Paper 1 and a 45

Thanks to u/spacepaladin15 for creating NoP
Memory Transcription
Subject: Yuelso, Maj. General, Yotul Technocracy Defense Forces
Date (Sol Standard Time): June 22nd, 2140
I stood outside a set of massive doors, preparing for a speech.
I needed to convince the SC that we needed to prepare for war with the Romulans. However, I was on the less than optimistic side. It’s been barely three years since the war with the Federation, and I seriously doubt many species will be willing to commit to yet another war.
I did know a few might, The Humans, Venlil, and Krakotl. The Humans knew the best of being pulled into an unwanted war, and are likely to support a mobilization. If so, their allies in the Venlil would most probably follow. As for the Krakotl, they are very aggressive towards potential threats, and I had little doubt they would support a war.
Us, the Yotul, knew the threat best. I was sent here to try to gain the support of the rest of the SC.
However, a lot of species were just as likely to lend no support. The Nevok and Fissans were still focused on their trade war, which would be hurt by an actual war. The Zurulians aren’t very aggressive. Hell, Eviras was a massive outlier. They were more likely to offer medical aid. There were about 40 other members that would likely only take limited The Gojid were the one uncertain factor. They were still rebuilding, even long after the raids in 2136, but were still quite adamant and were not opposed to putting up a fight.
At least a small defensive force is one I’d take.
The door opened loudly, scaring me a little.
“General, they’re ready for you. Good luck” said one of the staff.
I sighed, and walked into the large chamber. The dozens of species that made up the SC were all at desks encircling a podium in the center. I walked up, and began.
“Good evening, members of the SC. I know the last month has been hectic, but I needed to address this.”
I decided to drop the ball on them early.
“We need to prepare for war with the Romulans”
“Do we know if they plan to invade?” Spoke the Gojid representative.
“Unfortunately, nothing concrete. I don’t need to explain why information on the Romulans has been rare.”
“Then why prepare for war? These Romulans don’t seem to want anything to do with us.”
“Prime Minister Falris, the attack on the border has me more than convinced their intent is war.”
“I’m not convinced. We don’t even know their fleet size or capabilities. How do we know they could even challenge us?”
“That’s the problem, we don’t know. Any species that’s gone so far as to have themselves struck from history I cannot trust. Not to mention if the raid really is what I’m thinking, they will be back in even greater force.”
“Besides. Our information on the Romulans will not be limited for long. Remember that destroyer and stealth materials I requested?” I added.
“Yes. Based on your request, I assume the destroyer was given the stealth composites?”
“Correct. It’s been sent on a mission to spy on the Romulans. They are due back in a few days. Hopefully with information.”
The Prime Minister attempted to form a rebuttal, but ended up silently conceding.
“May I ask why you think they plan for war?” Zurulian representative Chausson questioned.
“You can see it not only in the border attack, but how the attack was carried out. They tested our capabilities.”
“How so?”
“If the attack was meant solely to destroy the sensor stations, then why did they allow station ten to alert us? Why did they wait for the fleet to arrive instead of continuing their assault? This suggests it was a probing move. They checked our border defenses, response times, detection, and combat capabilities. The way they fight war is the most textbook idea of ‘Information is power’. Why else would they hide themselves but to prepare for war? Why else poke and prod at enemies but to know their strengths?”
“I agree.” Secretary General Zhao responded.
“We do need to watch these Romulans. While we cannot say for certain that they’re preparing for war, we cannot just ignore the threat.”
“I’d like at least a small fleet. Nothing extraordinary, but enough to hold off the romulans, should they come knocking.”
Laulo, our ambassador, spoke up.
“Our government has already discussed it, we’ll be providing the core of this fleet, but we’ll need any assistance we can get.”
“Don’t you people already have the second strongest fleet? Why would you need our help? Go fight these Romulans on your own.” said someone off in the back.
“You expect us to fight an entire war for you? Maybe we’ll just give you to the Romulans!”
“Hey!”
The two of them sat silent
“We will not have that kind of talk here. The two of you should know this.” Zhao
The room sat silent.
Ambassador Tarva broke the silence.
“I can tell from the tension we may need time to deliberate. General, thank you for talking. We’ll inform you later of our decision”
“Thank you, Ambassador.”
I departed, quickly realizing I didn’t have anything scheduled for the rest of the day. I was expecting the meeting to take a lot longer.
What now?
I decided I’d head back to my room, and later I’d wander around Vienna.
Vienna was a strange city. Back on Leirn, the cities were still relatively small and local, as the Federation had been in the middle of “Modernizing” us. Not to mention, I had been born in a shack in the wilderness. Vienna left me with sensory overload, and I couldn’t decide if I hated or loved it.
Walking down the street I tried to settle on something to do. Vienna was largely based around the embassies, so the streets had sights from plenty of cultures across the SC. A Venlil strayu bakery, A Krakotl furniture store, A Nevok shipping company next to a Fissan shipping company (of course). Funnily enough, a Mazic had set up a car dealership for smaller species. It was funny imagining the massive dealer happily prancing about the tiny cars.
I felt a buzz in my right pocket, and pulled out a pad.
It was a sister of mine. Graiva.
I answered, and my sister’s brownish-red fur, and squeaky voice appeared.
“Yusu! I was told by Eviras you were off on business. Where are you?”
“Earth. Some city called ‘Vienna’ where the SC meets.”
“How is it? I heard Earth is nice.”
“Eh, this city is a bit crowded for my liking. Beautiful, and you might like it, but it’d drive me insane eventually.”
“Whole ton of stores, too.” I added.
“I imagine. Anything interesting?” she asked.
“I saw a Strayu bakery I might like.”
“Make sure to send some here if you do!”
“I’ll never understand why you like strayu so much.”
“It tastes so lovely! Perfectly light.”
“A bit too light for me.”
“Ah, you don’t know good food.”
We continued talking as I walked down the street.
“So, how’s mom and dad holding up?” I wondered.
“Good, but the doctors say it’s best for them to keep visiting for another few months. They were on that PD medication garbage for a long time. They want to make absolutely certain of no damage. At least no more than already.”
“Well that’s good. Have you been holding up?”
“It's been slow down at the spaceport. In my free time, I've been helping Wessa and Feltao with their farm.”
“They still have that beetle infestation?”
“No, but it’s been raining like hell down there, and they have a lot of crop damage. They estimated it would take around half a year for their crop yields to return to normal.”
“Damn. I did love their pastries.”
Something caught the corner of my eye, and I stood astonished for a second.
“Yusu? Is there something wrong?”
“Great Ralchi, there’s a Yotul theater here!”
“What? I thought those were rare outside of Leirn?”
“Well apparently there’s one here. Looks pretty busy too.”
“You should see what they’re performing.”
“You think I’d just miss an opportunity like this?”
“Knowing you? No. I’ll call tomorrow, Yusu.”
“See you, Grav.”
I beelined right for a small ticket counter at the front, and bought a ticket for “Lord of Grain”, an old classic about a farmer watching the world around him change, as he tries to keep up.
It was well acted, and I quickly became invested. I particularly loved the acting of this one young pup, who played Ralvan, the farmer’s son. I enjoyed watching the farmer react as his town slowly fades to obscurity, and his family leaves. For just a moment, the conflict with the Romulans felt so distant and trivial.
For now, I was happy.
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