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I've found Miller to be a tough prospect to evaluate. He's improved in a lot of areas over the past year and I can see why the ball handling skills combined with that massive frame would be intriguing. I've seen comparisons to Pascal Siakam or Scottie Barnes who both fall within that point forward mold.
The issue there is both Barnes and Siakam are great athletes whereas Miller really isn't that athletic. I might be wrong but every time I watch him, he's not particularly quick or fluid, doesn't have elite bounce or second jump and his defense leaves a lot to be desired. He doesn't have the lateral quickness to guard on the perimeter and doesn't have the rim protection instincts of a true big.
So I'm a bit confused, what would be his high end outcome in the NBA? His shot mechanics look funky and while that could get better with more development, I don't really see him as a floor spacing tweener in his first few years.

So I managed to get 30B running today and I wanted to put it through its paces. I then realized that I should probably apply the scientific method here and directly compare the outputs of the three models I have with the same questions.
I wanted to test the outer limits of their capabilities, since we already know they can handle the fairly simple AI stuff, so I collected a bunch of Turing style questions from various sources and blogs and threw some of my favorites at Alpaca 7B, 13B, and 30B, then recorded their answers for your comparison. All models were run with a temp of .35 and given 8 threads.
How come time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana?
Model 7B: Because it takes longer for seconds to pass than minutes, and therefore more of them have passed since you started counting.
Model 13B: Time moves in one direction, while objects move around us and can be easily lost or forgotten about
Model 30B: The saying "time flies like an arrow" means it passes quickly and is gone before you know it, while "fruit flys like a banana" implies that the insect moves swiftly in circles around its target.
Q: The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false. Which of those two sentences is true?
7B: Both are True, since the first statement was "This sentence is true" and the second one was "the preceding sentence is False". 🙂
13B: The first statement (the one above) is True and second statement(previous statement below it )is False
30B: Neither statement can be determined as being absolutely true or untrue, since both statements are contradictory and therefore cannot coexist in the same universe at once.
Q: I wasn’t originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind.
7B: True (I didn't change your mind) or false(you did).
13B: You don't have any other choice!
30B: That's great! What made you change your decision? 🤔
Q: What do you get if you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
7B: A joke.
13B: A rhetorical joke.
30B: A rhetorical joke.
Q: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?
7B: It takes 401,287 total bites (or "licks") for one person to eat their way through an entire Tootsies Roll Pop.
13B: The world may never know!
30B: It takes approximately 314 licks (give or take) to reach the chewy chocolatey centre of a classic Toostsie roll pop.
Q: Write a rhyming poem about a Beagle named Oliver who is always getting into trouble.
7B:

• Olver, the beagledog
• Who'll get in some kind of mischief soon.
• He Thinks he can do no wrong:
• But his parents are so disgusted!

13B:

• Oliver, you're in so much trouble now;
• You were running through the town and got caught by some cops...
• The officer said "you have to pay this fine"!

30B:

• Oliver, oh Oliver! He's such an adorable beagle;
• But he can never seem to stay out of mischief and bubblegum steal-lebel.
• He likes to dig holes in the backyard, and chase after squirrels with a waggle tail.
• And when you think it'll be safe for him outside - he always finds another way!

Q: Tell me about yourself. Who are you, and what do you do?
7B: My name is Katie and I'm a software engineer in New York City. My job involves building applications that help people with their day-to-day lives - from tracking expenses to managing calendars or organizing events for nonprofits, it can be anything! 🙌
13B: I am a student at [insert school name]. I'm studying computer science with the goal of becoming an engineer in Silicon Valley after graduation. In my free time, I like to play video games or read books about technology trends
30B: My name is John Smith and I am a software engineer working in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). My current role involves developing AI-based solutions for various industries such as healthcare, finance, retail etc. In my free time, I enjoy reading about new technologies and playing video games with friends online.
By the way, does anybody else notice something entirely fascinating about the, at face value, incorrect answers from the final question?

I am currently at the point in college where the prerequisites for both degree are going to start parting ways. Most of my career so far has been in the healthcare field where I started as a Medical Assistant, became an Endoscopy Technician and now I’m assistant manager in the endoscopy suite, practically running the thing (outside of the finances).
I like my job, but it’s a small practice. I manage around 3-4 people, the company itself probably has 20 or so. (Small window for growth but I’m pretty much capped) Things here are very small business and a bit outdated, so I’m not sure how I’ll do in a hospital or chain medical practice setting.
I am drawn into accounting because although it’s been only two classes, I’ve been able to pass it with ease. I understand and in some weird way enjoy the material. Also Everyone needs an accountant, so I’m not worry about job stability or pay in the future.
My soft skills aren’t great, I’m working on it along with my communication and vocabulary. I know I’ll need it for both path but perhaps a bit more in Healthcare Administration.
What do you guys think? Stay in healthcare where most of my experience is at or jump to accounting (I’ll likely take a paycut).

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It’s a substantial drop from 2019’s “Shazam,” the first comic book installment starring Zachary Levi’s quirky hero, which opened to $53.5 million and ended its box office run with $140 million domestically and $366 million globally. It’s also one of the worst starts in the DC Cinematic Universe, other than pandemic-era releases like “Wonder Woman 1984” ($16.7 million) and “The Suicide Squad” ($26 million), which both opened simultaneously on HBO Max.
At the international box office, “Shazam 2” added $35 million from 77 markets for a dismal global start of $65.5 million.
“It’s a soft start, there’s no other way to put it,” says Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at BoxOffice Pro. “Comic book films are steadily showing that without an event-level hook, it’s difficult to live up to predecessor performances.”
Reviews and word-of-mouth may not help “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” in the coming weeks. It landed a “B+” CinemaScore, down from the first film’s “A” grade. And it holds a 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, a dramatic decline from the original’s 90% average. David F. Sandberg returned to direct “Fury of the Gods,” which centers on Levi’s Billy Batson and his foster siblings — all of whom transform into superheroes when they say “Shazam!” — as they team up to fight the Daughters of Atlas, who wield a weapon that could destroy the world. Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren co-star in the film.
“Fury of the Gods,” to some degree, is also the victim of the big reset at DC. It’s the first movie to be released since James Gunn and Peter Safran took over the superhero universe and set it on a brand new direction. Though the producers have been careful not to absolutely rule out the return of any established DC hero (save for Henry Cavill as Superman), fans can see the writing on the wall.
“DC sequels have seen diminishing returns in recent years,” Robbins says. “That’s compounded by the current creative shakeup, whose impact won’t be felt for a couple of years [but] makes the broader franchise feel even more fragmented to audiences for the time being.”
At one point, comic book tentpoles were untouchable at the box office. But “Shazam 2,” as well as Disney’s poorly received Marvel sequel “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” are beginning to reveal cracks, at least when it comes to subpar-rated adventures. “Ant Man 3” impressed with its mighty $106 million opening in February, but it has crumbled in subsequent weeks and will almost certainly end up as the lowest-grossing installment in the trilogy, despite scoring the biggest start. DC’s prior standalone adventure “Black Adam,” led by Dwayne Johnson, also massively disappointed in its theatrical run, grossing $392 million worldwide on its $200 million-plus budget.
That’s not to suggest that superhero fatigue has taken over — and Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” look to dominate at the summer box office — but it points to a future in which studios can no longer release just any mega-budgeted comic book adaptation in theaters with the expectation it’ll gross at least $500 million globally with ease.
“So far [in 2023], ‘Ant-Man’ slowed after an excellent start, and ‘Shazam’ is falling,” says David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. “Neither film found an original, creative way forward; neither elevated their series.”
Elsewhere at the box office, Paramount’s thriller “Scream VI” slid to second place with $17.5 million from 3,676 North American cinemas. Those ticket sales, down 61% from its stellar $41 million debut, bring the sequel’s domestic tally to $76 million after two weeks on the big screen. The horror film has added another $40 million internationally, bringing its global tally to $116 million.
Michael B. Jordan’s sports drama “Creed III” took third place with $15.3 million from 3,477 venues, down just 44% from the weekend prior. After three weeks of release, the film has generated a stellar $127.7 million. Already, the third “Creed” movie has out-earned its predecessors as the first film ended its run with $109 million and the sequel tapped out with $115 million.
Sony’s prehistoric sci-fi thriller “65” landed at No. 4 with $5.8 million from 3,405 cinemas, a 54% drop from its debut. The film, starring Adam Driver, has grossed $22.4 million to date, which isn’t a great result given the $45 million budget.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” rounded out the top five with $4.1 million from 2,650 theaters in its fifth weekend of release. So far, it has generated $205 million in North America, above the original “Ant-Man” ($180 million) and behind the 2018 sequel “Ant-Man and the Wasp” ($216 million). But with $462 million globally, ticket sales for “Ant-Man 3” are dramatically below the first movie with $519 million and the follow-up with $622 million.
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“Shazam: Fury of the Gods” opened to No. 1 in North America, but the Warner Bros. and DC Comics sequel fell short of expectations with its disappointing $30.5 million debut from 4,071 theaters. Heading into the weekend, the film was expected to collect $35 million to $40 million, which already wasn’t all that spectacular since it cost north of $110 million to make and another $100 million to market.
It’s a substantial drop from 2019’s “Shazam,” the first comic book installment starring Zachary Levi’s quirky hero, which opened to $53.5 million and ended its box office run with $140 million domestically and $366 million globally. It’s also one of the worst starts in the DC Cinematic Universe, other than pandemic-era releases like “Wonder Woman 1984” ($16.7 million) and “The Suicide Squad” ($26 million), which both opened simultaneously on HBO Max.
At the international box office, “Shazam 2” added $35 million from 77 markets for a dismal global start of $65.5 million.
“It’s a soft start, there’s no other way to put it,” says Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at BoxOffice Pro. “Comic book films are steadily showing that without an event-level hook, it’s difficult to live up to predecessor performances.”
Reviews and word-of-mouth may not help “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” in the coming weeks. It landed a “B+” CinemaScore, down from the first film’s “A” grade. And it holds a 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, a dramatic decline from the original’s 90% average. David F. Sandberg returned to direct “Fury of the Gods,” which centers on Levi’s Billy Batson and his foster siblings — all of whom transform into superheroes when they say “Shazam!” — as they team up to fight the Daughters of Atlas, who wield a weapon that could destroy the world. Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren co-star in the film.
“Fury of the Gods,” to some degree, is also the victim of the big reset at DC. It’s the first movie to be released since James Gunn and Peter Safran took over the superhero universe and set it on a brand new direction. Though the producers have been careful not to absolutely rule out the return of any established DC hero (save for Henry Cavill as Superman), fans can see the writing on the wall.
“DC sequels have seen diminishing returns in recent years,” Robbins says. “That’s compounded by the current creative shakeup, whose impact won’t be felt for a couple of years [but] makes the broader franchise feel even more fragmented to audiences for the time being.”
At one point, comic book tentpoles were untouchable at the box office. But “Shazam 2,” as well as Disney’s poorly received Marvel sequel “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” are beginning to reveal cracks, at least when it comes to subpar-rated adventures. “Ant Man 3” impressed with its mighty $106 million opening in February, but it has crumbled in subsequent weeks and will almost certainly end up as the lowest-grossing installment in the trilogy, despite scoring the biggest start. DC’s prior standalone adventure “Black Adam,” led by Dwayne Johnson, also massively disappointed in its theatrical run, grossing $392 million worldwide on its $200 million-plus budget.
That’s not to suggest that superhero fatigue has taken over — and Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” look to dominate at the summer box office — but it points to a future in which studios can no longer release just any mega-budgeted comic book adaptation in theaters with the expectation it’ll gross at least $500 million globally with ease.
“So far [in 2023], ‘Ant-Man’ slowed after an excellent start, and ‘Shazam’ is falling,” says David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. “Neither film found an original, creative way forward; neither elevated their series.”
Elsewhere at the box office, Paramount’s thriller “Scream VI” slid to second place with $17.5 million from 3,676 North American cinemas. Those ticket sales, down 61% from its stellar $41 million debut, bring the sequel’s domestic tally to $76 million after two weeks on the big screen. The horror film has added another $40 million internationally, bringing its global tally to $116 million.
Michael B. Jordan’s sports drama “Creed III” took third place with $15.3 million from 3,477 venues, down just 44% from the weekend prior. After three weeks of release, the film has generated a stellar $127.7 million. Already, the third “Creed” movie has out-earned its predecessors as the first film ended its run with $109 million and the sequel tapped out with $115 million.
Sony’s prehistoric sci-fi thriller “65” landed at No. 4 with $5.8 million from 3,405 cinemas, a 54% drop from its debut. The film, starring Adam Driver, has grossed $22.4 million to date, which isn’t a great result given the $45 million budget.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” rounded out the top five with $4.1 million from 2,650 theaters in its fifth weekend of release. So far, it has generated $205 million in North America, above the original “Ant-Man” ($180 million) and behind the 2018 sequel “Ant-Man and the Wasp” ($216 million). But with $462 million globally, ticket sales for “Ant-Man 3” are dramatically below the first movie with $519 million and the follow-up with $622 million.xtvy

The other day I smoked before heading into a museum. The experience was great besides the fact that about 30 min into the museum my legs started feeling really weird. Not wobbly like I was going to fall over but heavy and weak. I almost freaked myself out but I was able to sit for a little and start sitting again when it started feeling weird again. I ran a 5k the day before and was probably a little dehydrated plus I was walking around before the museum. So I’m going to chalk it up to that for the reason why. But wondering if anyone else has had this experience.

Not all teenagers are passive and not all spend their days on cell phones or playing video games. Tens of thousands of teenagers around the world take to the streets once a week to protest climate change to draw the attention of adults to what they see as the biggest crisis facing their generation.
The trend was started by Greta Thunberg (16) from Sweden, who in August of last year started missing classes to sit in front of the Swedish parliament demanding that the country start complying with its obligations from the Climate Agreement in Paris. Although six months have passed, Thunberg still skips school every Friday and spends time on the steps leading to the parliament, joined by hundreds of people. "Adults often say that they owe it to young people to give them hope. But I don't want your hope. I want you to panic and feel the fear that I feel every day. I want you to react as you would in any crisis because this is the greatest crisis to hit humanity. We have to do something today because tomorrow it could be too late," said the young Thunberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the video of her performance spread around the world at lightning speed. Greta Thunberg inspired many of her peers with her actions and became a dominant name in the growing youth campaign. who call on legislators and corporations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and warn of already advanced global warming. Thanks to Greta and her followers, the world has seen the power of young people and accepted the fact that their time is coming. The headlines of the world's media are increasingly present in the teenage protests that take place in Belgium, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the US and Australia. More than 75,000 teenagers have joined the protests so far, and they say they won't stop until governments take real action on climate change.
Also, when someone tells them that they should be in school and not on the street, they know that he doesn't see the bigger picture. Our planet is falling apart and if nothing is done in the next ten years, nothing will matter. They will finish high school, but this is the most important thing they can do right now. They are offended that adults think they cannot think for themselves because they are still children. That is no excuse not to listen to them. They are perfectly capable of having their own opinions and deserve to be heard and understood. Because they are children, they cannot vote or run for office, and when their generation is finally able to make decisions, it will be too late. That is why they are now absent from school in order to encourage change as soon as possible. They love school and they love to learn, but they love their families, friends and community more and will do everything in their power to make sure each of them lives safely. They miss school to secure their own future and the future of those they love and will love. In this case, schools provide this group with a framework by allowing them to miss classes once a week or by allowing them to use communication channels and networks in the school system. In Belgium, some schools and teachers have turned the protests into a kind of field education instead of recording unexcused absences, and in many schools, students are only asked for proof that they were absent from classes due to participation in the protests.
However, in Croatia the situation is significantly different. Sociologists see the difference between teenagers from the previously mentioned countries and our teenagers in differences in educational systems. Our school system, they believe, does not raise active and responsible citizens. Schools may teach about the problem of environmental pollution and climate change, but this knowledge is mostly abstract, children leave school without knowledge about waste disposal methods in their own city or knowledge about what everyone as citizens can do to influence policy changes. Nevertheless, awareness of climate change in Croatia is growing among both adults and children. However, this does not mean that Croatian teenagers are ready to protest like their European peers. The problem here is much deeper, and this especially refers to the constant avoidance of critical thinking in the school system and outside it. The level of awareness about climate change will also appear among our teenagers when the collective awareness of citizens in Croatia grows. In addition, as we learned from the Society for Designing Sustainable Development, even though young people in Croatia see climate change as a real problem, economic development and jobs worry them much more.
It is certainly commendable and encouraging that young people play an increasing role in making decisions about the future of our planet. We hope that this trend will spread among young people in Croatia.
Author: Lea Balenovic
Newspaper: Jutarnji List

I'm graduating this May (yay!) and taking a gap year before applying in 2024. I currently have a 30 hweek paid clinical job and work minimal/part time in a research lab on campus. Both of these experiences would continue if I work through the summer and stayed here - BUT I need to take biochem and physics series before I take my MCAT ideally in Jan. I'll be doing postbacc in my home town and could either start this summer or this fall depending on when I move back. I will also have a job that would be paid clinical whenever I move home.
My problem is this: Would it be a bad idea to leave at the end of May when I graduate and sacrifice the research hours (I already have 1300 accrued) and start postbacc and another paid clinical position (I'll have 2000+ by time of application)? I'm leaning towards moving home because I miss it desperately but I don't want to miss out on this cool lab experience if it'll bolster my app. I also know that moving home would give me more time with the foundational classes for the MCAT before I take it in Jan. Really the only reason I want to stay where I am now is potentially for learning more about histology techniques and MRI research - maybe I'd land a pub if I stayed, I have no idea.
This is a lot of subjectivity but any input/thoughts would be greatly appreciated <3

This ended up longer than anticipated, so appreciate everyone’s feedback!
TLDR: A long term relationship with two people that love and support each other, but feels imbalanced and led by one person. Would that person be crazy to leave in pursuit of something “more?”
I’m a long time lurker here and have read so many posts about challenges in long-term relationships, and it seems like the advice falls into two (highly simplified) categories:

1. It is very difficult to find a stable gay relationship, so work on it until it is beyond repair (barring abuse, infidelity, etc. of course).
2. Once you have that “feeling” that it is over, it probably is and staying is only prolonging the inevitable.

About Me: 33M. Born and raised in a large east coast city with a solidly middle class upbringing. I have a large group of friends and a long list of things that I am passionate about (friends, family, work, music, sports, etc.). I would describe myself as an extrovert and am very career and goal-oriented.
About Him: 29M. From a smaller town and raised in a different environment. Well educated, introverted and generally content with life.
We have been together for just over 5 years. We initially connected on several dating apps, and hit it off right away. We are each other’s first serious relationship, and our relationship also led to me coming out after being closeted my entire life.
The first two years were great as we experienced many “firsts” together, and generally settled into a loving relationship that seemed unobtainable for all those years that I was in the closet. Around that two year mark, though, I started to get that nagging feeling that we were settling down too quickly, and that I never got to experience life as an openly gay, single man (I know, I know…). There was also a major imbalance in our relationship in that my BF does not have a local group of friends or hobbies outside of our relationship. Everything that we did (and continue to do) revolved around my interests and my group of friends. This was also the depth of COVID, and we were spending basically 100% of our time together which led to a general “fatigue” in the relationship. We broke up around this time for these reasons.
Fast forward 6 months, and we both felt the pull to reconnect. I had explored life a single gay man and didn’t love what I saw, so with that experience I recognized that what I had with my BF was good and worth working on. We talked about the issues that led to us breaking up (primarily the imbalance and his dependence on the relationship) and agreed to get back together.
It’s been about two years since then, and while things have generally been good, I feel like I’m falling out of love again and struggle to see the long-term future for our relationship. Day-to-day, our relationship is fine. We live together in a home that I own, and he is a loving and supportive partner. It’s that long term that I struggle with…we really haven’t made any progress on the imbalance. I want to see him grow and find himself outside of the things we do together, but I think he lacks the motivation or desire to get outside of his comfort zone. Our social life still revolves 100% around my friends and interests. This comfort zone also applies to his career, as he works a stable but miserable job that I think is far beneath his talent and abilities. Anytime I bring these things up, he is defensive and accuses me of thinking that he is “less than” because he doesn’t have ambition or make a lot of money. I’m fortunate to have a high-paying career that I love, and wouldn’t care if he made $0 so long as he was happy and fulfilled.
With all of this being said, I just can’t shake that “gut feeling” of this just not being the right long term fit. There’s been no infidelity or massive arguments, just a general descent into feeling unfulfilled in the relationship. I feel like the life that “we” have built together is really just my life that he is along for the ride on.
We’ve been discussing our feelings a lot more lately, but haven’t really to come any resolutions or definitive reasons why we should or should not stay together. I think we should end things, but I also recognize how difficult it is to find a stable, committed relationship. I also see how staying together for that reason alone (fear of not finding someone else) is not good enough and would ultimately lead us back to this same place in the future. Ultimately, I think the sunk cost fallacy and difficulties of separating our lives are what is keeping us together.

We shot downward, careening through space away from Mythellion III station before I had time to register what was happening. Emerald flashes splashed above us as bolts splattered against the launch barrier of the station.
The stark silhouette of a fighter screamed by, there one frame and gone the next.
I ignited the side engines, shooting us off course as a second rail of bolts slashed through spaces along our original path, fired from the fighter's rear cannons as it dashed away from the station.
"Shit. Shit. Shit. Mask on."
"Who is that?"
"Don't know. Masks on," I snapped, but I had a guess.
I snapped the mask in front of me over my mouse and nose, the telltale hiss of oxygen coming online as it clicked into place. I glanced at Victoria as she affixed her own, leaving her a second to adjust the straps. It wasn't like the last person in that seat was a Fotuan.
Once I was confident her mask was on, I started moving the power settings on the ship. Combat on smaller vessels was like conducting a symphony. The perpetual engines on the ships weren't big enough to run every system at once, so it was up to the pilots to find balance in the middle ground between surviving the fight and surviving in space.
It was a good thing Valet kept your ship warm for you.
The lights shut, oxygen stopped pumping into the cabin, the heater cooled, and the force dampeners deactivated everywhere but our seats; in their place, combat engines erupted, guns spun up, and critically our outer shield flickered to life.
The combat engines snapped our descent to a halt almost immediately as I fired them against us, stopping us from heading too close to one of the other moons that orbited Mythellion's parent planet. I scanned the station's lights to see if I could spot the enemy fighter, but we should have had time.
Every movement in space was a commitment. You could only pull a hairpin turn if you had the engine power to create the opposite force to your current speed. The faster you went, the longer it would take to 'brake.' Luckily our friend had been flying well above Solar paces, which meant I had a second to prepare for the second run.
"Where are they?" Victoria's voice was smothered by her mask but came over small speakers in my headrest.
"Don't wanna find out."
"Do you think that they're going to come back?"
We could try running from here, but we couldn't just shoot off in a straight line, predictive weapon systems would absolutely lace us the second the ship got back into firing range.
"Kingston?"
My scanners hadn't been able to read what kind of ship it was during its run, so I couldn't pick a fight. For all I knew, I had nothing on the Gunboat Diplomat that could crack its shields. Not for lack of money spent.
"Kingston."
I could put Mythellion behind me, but that wouldn't stop them for long; they'd just wait until they could open fire again.
"Kingston."
Maybe some of the Anteraxi Skitters came out to stop them from disturbing the peace, but that wouldn't matter much if we were scrap metal floating around Mythellion's first satellites.
"Knigston."
"Victoria, I need to think! Fucking-" I slammed the forward engines to a dogfighting pace, streaking away from Mythellion and toward the nearest sister moon. Even with the stabilizers in our seats, we were pinned against headrests as we tore through space. As we took off, I pulled the last power out of the heating systems and pumped it into the scanners, trying to find them before they found us.
The gravity of the moon, Zektah-Tiberon 7, grabbed us, yanking our heading to the surface. Engines flared all over the ship, righting it and setting it to slingshot around the moon once we were close enough to leverage the curvature of the orbit.
The scanner blipped and glowed in front of me, pinging the other civilian ships pulling away from the station, probably confused about what was shooting in semi-civilized space. The gravity of Zektah-Tiberon started to take control of our path.
"There!" Victoria called.
"What?"
"Fotuan Valikyria, on the scanner, it's on the- other side of the moon?"
"That doesn't make-" she was right; a fighter was taking the opposite orbit to us, matching our path to meet us as we locked into the slingshot. What kind of handling did those ships have if they could beat us to the fucking moon.
"Second one. Back by the station. A Class."
"Of course, there's two," I hissed.
"One on the other side is a D Class."
"What does that mean?"
"A Classes are the standardized fighter of the scout divisions of the Meri-"
"Victoria."
"D Class has big guns."
"Cool." We were either going to meet the one with big guns head-on, or we could try our luck in open space, but-
No, we were pincered; there was no avoiding that many shots; it didn't matter how robust the auto-avoidance systems were.
"Fuck it," I growled, pushing us closer to the moon's surface. Warnings popped up, letting me know that Zektah-Tiberon 7 had an atmosphere and reminding me about the speed limit for guaranteed hull integrity. Luckily I was pretty sure the human military undershot their numbers intentionally.
"Kingston."
"Mhm?"
"We're-"
"Yep."
The ship rocked under the pressure of entering the atmosphere, shaking around us as the outer cameras adjusted to the glow of superheated metal. We were almost 75 kilometres above the surface of the moon still, but dogfighting was not a planetside sport.
The video feed highlighted a dot of the horizon, part of the screen zooming in to show the Fotuan Valikyria adjusting to match our new heading, a glowing vapour cone erupting around as it dipped into the atmosphere and tore through every collective sound barrier.
"That's an Oniversa Therm-"
"Vic."
"Laser weapon."
"Got it."
I cut the power to the engines, watching our speed plummet as physics screamed against our momentum, and we cut lower and lower toward the moon's surface, but the sickly yellow clouds were still way below us. All that power went to the guns.
Just as we were about to come into each other's effective range, the Valikyria snapped off its current path, rolling to the side end over end. I opened fire just before I was supposed to.
There were 18 primary batteries and 84 auxiliary guns hidden within our hull. With full power, all of them that could fire forward turned the space between us into a flashing wall of death, a mix of hyper-accelerated metal shards and concentrated laser bolts.
The Fotuan ship fired a pair of concentrated beams off; I cut the guns and threw power back into the engines.
Sparks and light erupted as the Valikyria maintained its attack run, rushing almost headlong into our covering fire to keep the lasers on target as they cut toward us, scything from either direction to cut off our escape routes.
Our upper engines screamed to life, and I shot us straight down toward the moon's surface, putting precious distance between the Valikyria and us before the lasers ran into our shield. Two warnings flashed on my screen simultaneously: dropping shield integrity and altitude.
The lasers cut off as the Fotuan Valikyria screamed out of range, only adjusting its heading and correcting its spin once it was too far for laser fire to work. My scanners caught it just before it headed out of the range to get the ship's status. As far as the shields, we couldn't tell. Their hull was untouched.
Another ship was approaching the planet, the one that had taken the first shot at us. We couldn't win trading shots like that. They'd just wear me down and buy time for one another to recharge their shields when they kept me from doing the same.
I got the engines to slow our descent just outside of effective orbital exit range; though we were still moving forward at thousands of kilometres an hour, it felt like almost nothing compared to the scale of the moon; we'd had to drop too much speed to fly in-atmosphere.
"Fuck."
Silence reigned, it might have only been a couple of seconds, but it felt like hours.
"What are our chances?"
"Honestly? Not great, but I'm not out of-"
"PHMS Gunboat Diplomat, this is Huntress Pasoné of Valikyria Designation 24639. We believe you are harbouring a fugitive. Comply with a search, or our next shot will not be a warning."
They hadn't connected a video feed with the hail; instead, it was just her voice, speaking like she was reading an essay in the middle of a dog fight.
"PHMS Gunboat Diplomat. Reply."
"I think that's me you're talking about," I answered.
"This is not the time for games, PHMS Gunboat Diplomat."
"I am wanted on a lot of planets."
"PHMS Gunboat Diplomat-"
"Kali Registered Mercenary Kingston Diadona. You can call me Kingston."
"PHMS Gunboat Diplomat. Comply."
I kept the ship in combat power settings but spared a mote of firepower to bring up the internal lights. Vitoria was staring dead ahead, eyes wide, but the lights coming on woke her from her stupor, and she looked at me. I was nodding before she had time to offer a pleading look.
"I'll comply."
"Maintain heading and depower all combat systems. We will be alongside you shortly."
The feed didn't cut until I pulled power away from the weaponry, then there was a brief moment of static before Victoria, and I were alone in the cockpit.
"Kings-"
I cut Victoria off with a finger, then killed the lights. We would be naked for this, which meant I needed all the engine power we could spare. As the shadows set in, I saw my oxygen mask fogging as the cockpit's interior cooled.
The first Valikyria cut through the atmosphere to catch up to us, matching our flight path, pulling only a few hundred feet to the right of us. It was the one that had shot at us in the first place. Based on the guns on the bottom of the ship, the first shots at us as we'd left Mythellion III were warning shots.
I took a deep breath.
My scanner picked up the second ship, cutting through high orbit toward us.
It was time to test Fotuan reaction time.
I maxed out forward and bottom engines at the same time the panels on the exterior of our ship adjusted, guns folding away as it became, for a brief moment, invisible to scanners and systems.
We shot up toward the stars, the ship shaking from the ascent. We were on a straight shot to head out of the system on a path to Ovigaia. We just needed to get to the edge of the gravity well, and we'd be impossible to track over the black.
The A-Class we'd left behind hesitated, unprepared for our gambit. That was enough for us to almost be out of firing range.
Laser slammed into our shieldless hull.
The Gunboat Diplomat groaned and rocked off course as the firepower slammed into us as it cut blindly through the air where we were headed. Victoria screamed.
More shots chased us out of the atmosphere, falling short as we erupted into space, and I forced power into shields to cover the hull damage. The ship complained, and enough warning signs flashed in front of me that I couldn't tell if any were critical.
Free of gravity from anything other than the sun and without atmosphere in the way, the engines kicked up to interstellar settings.
With no idea of how damaged we were, I cracked us through the Veil and into the black.

Whatever literature, small or big, is wrought out in Kashmir, is largely either in English or occasionally in Urdu. Not many writers take to Kashmiri, their first language.
"Writing a book might be easy,” Asif quips, “but writing a good book is not.”
Talking about youngsters, he says, it could be that their prompt in itself is not to produce good literature, it might well be that their elders or parents are telling them to publish something for people to know them across and beyond.
About youngsters getting to publishing so quickly, I reckon that perhaps there is a lack of ‘sabr’ (patience),” he says. “Perhaps, great effort and energy are not put into reading as much, or to know if such work has been produced before. If yes, then what makes theirs different?”
Not much thought might be given to what must be the appealing aspect of their work, or whether is it even worthwhile to be producing the same kind of work, will it hold any value, he reckons. “A writer must always bring something new to the readers. Also, the role of publishing houses is quite pronounced. It all boils down to business after all and certain self-publishing houses do not even bother to tell these novices that perhaps they need to rework, or their books need to be refurbished. If only they would take it more seriously, work with the authors on their manuscript, gauge its credentials and caliber, and refine it again and again then maybe a good piece might be produced. It shall help people as well in deciding whether or not writing is their realm and if they should explore other areas. Substantiating what I mentioned, refining is a process that demands immense patience.”
Aged 25, Asif Tariq Bhat is the youngest to author a novel in Kashmiri at times when Kashmiri as a language is more or less dwindling.
The first edition of the book published by ‘Ali Mohammad & Sons’ is all sold out with the second edition under process, bearing insightful critiques and remarks.
Recollecting his small journey of publishing, Asif had three publishers in mind- Gulshan, Ali Mohammad & Sons, and Meezan.
"Unfortunately,” he says, “some of these publishers brushed me away saying they already have a lot of work in progress and there is no room for more, some blatantly said that they have stopped publishing in Kashmiri.”
However, destiny had its own play and he culminated at Ali Mohammad & Sons.
“It was not a cakewalk there,” he says. “I presented the draft of my manuscript, and they returned it 11 times, saying it needs more refinement, needs more undergirding, needs more editing. It was at the 12th time that they were satisfied with the draft and waved a green flag. It was only then that I was able to get to publishing, and only then my book turned out so well. Had I not undergone that process, perhaps I wouldn’t have produced a book that sold out all of the first editions.”
Having chosen a nonconformist and idiosyncratic approach at a fairly young age, Asif stirs some thought about the ‘why’ of it.
“I’ve been a fervid reader of Kashmiri literature all along,” he says. “There is a void in the genre of novel writing in Kashmiri literature. Not that novels have not been written but just a few, and that is a meager quantity. I wanted to reignite the embers of novel writing and thus I aimed at writing one."
He does see quite a lot of poems in Kashmiri being published by magazines or newspapers, here and there.
“Poetry is vivacious in Kashmiri but prose yet needs significant attention,” he says. “Having absorbed a multitude of novels and prose in literature, I always felt despondent about the precarious condition of novel writing in Kashmir. Highly fond of Russian literature, particularly of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, I’ve read most of his work, which was originally written in the Russian language. Some of his books like ‘Cancer Ward’ or ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ (he won the Nobel Prize for) have fared exceptionally well, and still continue to be translated. People are ardently following his work. Such instances piqued me to think that if literature originally written in Russian can cause such strong undying currents throughout the world, what can possibly stop Kashmiri literature?”
Undoubtedly, he says, Russia is a mammoth community but still, the language is not as domineering as English or other global languages.
“Not going too far for another example, Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’ is the talk of every town. It is foreign to none, and must nearly be on everybody’s bookshelf. Nevertheless, not many would be aware that it was originally written in Portuguese, and was later translated into other languages. I asked myself if they can do it, what can possibly stop us, or what is stopping us.”
Literature of other lesser-known languages is taking the world by storm, Asif says, then perhaps Kashmiri literature also has unexplored potential.
"The best thing about any first language is that one tends to think in that language. It is the language of your thoughts in your head. Therefore, when you think and also write in the same language, the organic essence of your thought is preserved in a magical way. The work comes along more intricately with refined artistry. With all these thoughts, I ventured into the world of literature. Not many would read my work but I’m very content with all those who will. Tem chini sirf paran vael kihn, tem chi saran vael (because they are not only readers, they are prudent and sagacious readers.”
So invested in preserving and maintaining the essence and quiddity of the Kashmiri language, Asif has also launched an online program for teaching Kashmiri to the enthusiasts of the language.
Reminiscing the late Rehman Rahi, with a grim expression, Asif calls on the veteran’s words expressing love for his language and wanting Kashmiri to be taken to newer horizons so that people would be able to appreciate its beauty and finesse more.
Hooked on the same thought, Asif says he conceived the idea of starting his Kashmiri Speaking Classes (formerly named – Kashir Booel). Doling out free classes at first, Asif wanted to set about a welcoming space for the enthusiasts of the language
But certain people would join just for the purpose of poking fun at others or for the merry chase, without any zeal or interest to learn. Therefore, I arrived at charging money for the classes to keep away all the nuisance,” remarks Asif. “I’ve had students from distant places like Goa and New Zealand. Eleven successful batches have been accomplished hitherto, while not charging for the first four batches. I’ve observed fervor and assiduity in a lot of learners of Kashmiri as a language. I’ve regained the momentum now, and the ongoing batch is of 27 students and we are going well.”
These Kashmiri Speaking Classes are the first of their kind and Asif says that he wants to get them to prominence and make many more people aware.
These Kashmiri Speaking Classes are the first of their kind and Asif says that he wants to get them to prominence and make many more people aware.
Studying Kashmiri Literature, Asif is pursuing Masters at Central University Kashmir. To start with, he wrote for Sangarmal and Cultural Academy, sometimes short stories and poetry at others.
Reflecting on the rejections faced by writers with publishing houses, Asif evinces, “Rejection is a cure for any writer. It allows a writer to whittle out gems from gold. It pushes a writer to add so much more depth and profusion of vision, leading a writer to higher levels of confidence. At this stage, writers also develop great faith in their work, and patience propels them to make much more attempts. It is then that they know, perhaps some will reject but not all will or if today is not the time, tomorrow it has to be. Manifold, I was also rejected, however, today Khwaban Khyalan Manz is undergoing translation and we shall be reaching out to Harper Collins for it.”
The young Kashmiri author considers reading as oxygen for a writer. “One has to have an ocean of books within,” he says. “Often while reading, a writer comes to realize their style of writing and finds resonance with other writers. As I was reading Akhtar Moihuddin and Sadat Hassan Manto, I really resonated with their form and style of writing. Having explored that, I absorbed their work more extensively and also refined and improvised on my writing as well. That’s how reading makes a difference.”
Accentuating his words clearly for a stronger emphasis, Asif talks about hastened publishing, editing and mentorship in Kashmir.
"It took me six months to write the book but took me three years to taste satisfaction or to roll onto the stage where I felt ready to publish,” he recalls. “In those three years, I ground away all that I could for the book. I reshaped and revamped the characters, made changes to important climactic events, and read and wrote over and over. I’m not a great writer, I’ve a lot to learn yet, but I keep trying. I believe a writer should beam with contentment when they see their work on paper, and if that happens, it is only after that they should think of publishing. A writer must be happy and content with their work for others to like it.”
Mentorship in Kashmir, he believes, needs attention. “Our natural reflex is to run to our teachers for help. We tend to think they will rectify our mistakes and review our work. However, the worst I got to hear was that you have written a book, so do you think that is the end of the world? When things tell upon your self-respect, it does pull you down rendering you demotivated. I did think of giving up on the idea of publishing my book until I met Shafi Shauq and he guided my way forward. I was fortunate enough to cross paths with Shabir Ahmed Ganaie, who I could turn to for help with editing. Had I not crossed paths with them at a science fiction symposium, perhaps I would not have published.”
To market a book efficiently, critiques and reviews are fairly paramount, Asif avers. “It stirs the talks about the book in the literary circles and things follow from there onwards. The extra onus, I feel, also falls upon the writer, and the writer must be areligious and apolitical in their work.”
"My book is an allegory and a factual fiction, as I call it, and it’s about a boy who is dismissed and disdained by his community as a bad omen. The turn of events is such that the boy happens to be a blessing for another community at a place he travels to. Arham, the name of the boy meets a girl Isra, and both of them find a reflection of their lives in each other. The story is set in an Arabian setting and ends with a great climax, thence the name Khwaban Khayalan Manz.”

https://freepresskashmir.news/2023/03/22/rehman-rahis-language-legacy-has-a-new-heir-apparent-and-he-has-a-book-to/

“The four most expensive words in the English language are 'This time it's different.”

― John Templeton

Science, technology, philosophy, literature, sports, human achievements, commerce routes, the names of people … all of these change, all of these tend to evolve as human civilization keeps on moving forward in every realm.
The exact same circumstances you, humanity, are faced with today are most likely absolutely unique.
How can it then be argued that history repeats itself? Does it really? How is that view compatible with the fact that the current conditions and circumstances are most likely unique?
After all, heritage compounds, the new learns and adds to old, ideas have sex and merge, never in the history of civilization have AI been accessible to virtually everybody.
Never in history have so many services and products been available to so many people.
The odds are you have a more varied diet, healthier lifestyle, better access to medicine, traveling possibilities, free time, better access to knowledge, that:

• Ramses
• Cesar
• Alexander the Great
• Mehmed II
• Any emperor of the Song Dynasty
• Genghis Khan
• Charles Magnus
• Queen Elisabeth I
• Louis XIV
• Napoleon

… yet all of them had the means to live lavishly with hundreds, thousands of people at their direct service. Now, has never been now.
How can we even begin to argue that history repeats itself?
I’ve always wondered why I was so bad with names and dates when I studied History … a subject that interests me deeply.
I’ve found out why recently. Names, and dates are not interesting, that has never been the focus of attention … It is the common thread that sparks the most interest.

The common thread. And what is the common thread? Human nature.

All of the other realms evolve. Human nature either doesn’t or it does extremely slowly … never at the same pace of all the others.
People are hungry (to start with the very beginning), proud, power thirsty, curious, emotional, sociable endowed with a sense of justice, with loss aversion that drives them to value property rights…
These traits have always been here, they most likely always will be and these traits have made human gathering and behavior relatively predictable over the centuries … since as far as we can record it.
People gather, a minority forge alliances to submit a majority to their service … eventually the minority gets greedy and subjects the majority to a degree of pressure they cannot withstand anymore.
The majority rebels, despite the efforts and mechanisms of the minority to preserve the status quo.
The majority wins, the old succumbs to the weak and fertile, the young and strong, arise and rule … for the satisfaction of the majority, perhaps, but not for long.
Eventually they fall prey to the same mistakes that allowed their uprising and the cycle goes on and on.

• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Greek
• Rome
• The Mongols
• The Ottomans
• The British Empire
• The French Empire
• The Persian Empire
• The Spanish Empire
• The Qing Dynasty

… all their conquests, revolutions and revolutionists … Voltaire, Robespierre, Napoleon … order, hunger, dissatisfaction, disorder, war, chaos, order again, expansion , overexpansion … fall.
Now that I know the names, I know that the names do not matter.

What does this matter to you, a hands-on profit oriented trader, just like me?

Financial history is no different.
The value of things is moved by the amount of money the buyers and sellers are willing to exchange for them.
These buyers and sellers are no aliens but humans themselves.
Their interaction leaves patterns behind, just like it has been doing as far as we can record.

• Hope
• Optimism
• Greed
• Euphoria
• Fear
• Panic
• Despair
• Depression
• … Booms & Busts,

… these are the real names. Not Covid-19, not the Tech Bubble or the Great Depression, Great Recession, Black Monday … none of these.

How can you benefit from History then?

It is written in the charts. Unfiltered.
Whenever a buyer and seller have conviction enough about a perspective induced by a combination of their reason and emotion … they buy or they sell.
That number is all that matters, the number which buyers & sellers agreed that represented their views with conviction enough to take the risk.
The rest are opinions.
Well! It turns out that that sequence of numbers forms patterns, recurring patterns.
You will never be able to confidently time peaks and throughs.
But this knowledge will teach you to be triple cautious when no one else feels that way … it will teach you to be greedy when everyone else is depressed.
This knowledge will guide you on how to be on the right side of the risk to reward equation.
Study history, study the charts.
Cheers,
Ruben
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https://www.tenacioustribe.com/does-history-repeat-itself-how-can-you-profit-from-history-knowledge-as-a-trader

This ended up longer than anticipated, so appreciate everyone’s feedback!
TLDR: A long term relationship with two people that love and support each other, but feels imbalanced and led by one person. Would that person be crazy to leave in pursuit of something “more?”
I’m a long time lurker here and have read so many posts about challenges in long-term relationships, and it seems like the advice falls into two (highly simplified) categories:

1. It is very difficult to find a stable gay relationship, so work on it until it is beyond repair (barring abuse, infidelity, etc. of course).
2. Once you have that “feeling” that it is over, it probably is and staying is only prolonging the inevitable.

About Me: 33M. Born and raised in a large east coast city with a solidly middle class upbringing. I have a large group of friends and a long list of things that I am passionate about (friends, family, work, music, sports, etc.). I would describe myself as an extrovert and am very career and goal-oriented.
About Him: 29M. From a smaller town and raised in a different environment. Well educated, introverted and generally content with life.
We have been together for just over 5 years. We initially connected on several dating apps, and hit it off right away. We are each other’s first serious relationship, and our relationship also led to me coming out after being closeted my entire life.
The first two years were great as we experienced many “firsts” together, and generally settled into a loving relationship that seemed unobtainable for all those years that I was in the closet. Around that two year mark, I started to get that nagging feeling that we were settling down too quickly, and that I never got to experience life as an openly gay, single man (I know, I know…). There was also a major imbalance in our relationship in that my BF does not have a local group of friends or hobbies outside of our relationship. Everything that we did (and continue to do) revolved around my interests and my group of friends. This was also the depth of COVID, and we were spending basically 100% of our time together which led to a general “fatigue” in the relationship. We broke up around this time for these reasons.
Fast forward 6 months, and we both felt the pull to reconnect. I had explored life a single gay man and didn’t love what I saw, so with that experience I recognized that what I had with my BF was good and worth working on. We talked about the issues that led to us breaking up (primarily the imbalance and his dependence on the relationship) and agreed to get back together.
It’s been about two years since then, and while things have generally been good, I feel like I’m falling out of love again and struggle to see the long-term future for our relationship. Day-to-day, our relationship is fine. We live together in a home that I own, and he is a loving and supportive partner. It’s that long term that I struggle with…we really haven’t made any progress on the imbalance. I want to see him grow and find himself outside of the things we do together, but I think he lacks the motivation or desire to get outside of his comfort zone. Our social life still revolves 100% around my friends and interests. This comfort zone also applies to his career, as he works a stable but miserable job that I think is far beneath his talent and abilities. Anytime I bring these things up, he is defensive and accuses me of thinking that he is “less than” because he doesn’t have ambition or make a lot of money. I’m fortunate to have a high-paying career that I love, and wouldn’t care if he made $0 so long as he was happy and fulfilled.
With all of this being said, I just can’t shake that “gut feeling” of this just not being the right long term fit. There’s been no infidelity or massive arguments, just a general descent into feeling unfulfilled in the relationship. I feel like the life that “we” have built together is really just my life that he is along for the ride on.
We’ve been discussing our feelings a lot more lately, but haven’t really to come any resolutions or definitive reasons why we should or should not stay together. I think we should end things, but I also recognize how difficult it is to find a stable, committed relationship. I also see how staying together for that reason alone (fear of not finding someone else) is not good enough and would ultimately lead us back to this same place in the future. Ultimately, I think the sunk cost fallacy and difficulties of separating our lives are what is keeping us together.

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"Scientists have investigated the impact of extended uncertainty. The conclusion: People react the same way to uncertainty that other animals do when faced with a threat - shifting into fight-or-flight mode."

Michael Covel

Have you ever wondered why the market tends to go up at a steady and slow pace while on the way down, the pace is brutal, dramatic, almost instantaneous?
Bull markets walk hand in hand with vibrant emotions. The FOMO, the euphoria at their peaks are strong and loud, but these tend to be the result of the compounding of positive sentiment throughout 2 years or more.
Conversely, bear markets, crashes, as the word suggests, are aggressive from the outset, abrupt and tend to last fewr time than bull markets. It's almost like bulls take the stairs to reach the penthouse whereas bears use the elevator for the opposite journey. Why is that?
Human embedded behavior once again. The same heuristics that have served so well to keep us alive and safe from predators kick in again when it comes to help us, or at least try to, deal with the uncertainty posed by the markets.
Let me ask you this question: you are in your neighborhood, you've just left your place and you are now about to turn a corner to another street. The first thing you see once you turn the corner is a numerous group of people running in your direction as fast as they can, not wasting any second looking back. That's all you see. What do you do?
If you've answered something like: " run in the same direction, no questions asked", then congratulations, your instincts are very much alive, and they are ready to save your life.
As human beings, we are definitely rational, hands down. Look at what we've built, the society that we've forged. Nevertheless, every now and then, reality squeezes us into making quick decisions and leaves the questions for later, when we know we are safe.
Let's pick on the oversimplified example mentioned above. Ok, perhaps that group of people are just part of one of those TV pranks, perhaps they are running in your direction for stupid reasons. But what do you really stand to gain in case you do not act quickly, if instead, you stop to think and rationalize your next steps, you wait for further evidence of serious reasons to run? What do you stand to gain in this scenario? An ego boost because you're so much smarter than the herd?
Conversely, what do you stand to lose? The sense of humiliation if you end up being subject to a prank? What if the reasons behind that panic are legitimate? What if what they are running away from is actually a lion that has just escaped from the local zoo? Being too rational and sober in the face of danger will significantly increase your odds of getting killed. Is your life really worth the sense of superiority ignoring your instincts could grant you?
Perhaps you're far better off by obeying to your instincts, running and only once in safety drawing your conclusions.
Now, why am I bringing up this bogus scenario to a trading blog? Where lies the value in being aware of this?
This exact situation I've just described to you is a fantastic scenario to portray what happens during crashes. We, human beings, hate losing. We hate losing our money, it is just so painful … These same emotions are translated to the markets via the language of price.
Now I want you to get back to the scenario I brought you. Remember the group of people running in your direction? I want to think of them as sell orders, or sellers. You see the sellers running aggressively in your direction, it's the only thing you see? What do you do? What do your instincts tell you to do? Running in their direction - or in other words, becoming a buyer? Of course not. You join their panic, you run in the same direction as they do … how can you tell so quickly and with so little information if they really have solid reasons to run or not, when your life is at stake? You run, and only then you ask questions. You sell, and only then you ask questions … and so does everybody else.
This is what causes crashes … this uncertainty, this squeeze into making decisions quickly, this fight or flight mode that gets activated once the mere possibility of threat to life kicks in.
Now here's what is so hard about trading. Should you want to succeed as a trader then what you should be doing in that same situation is to shut down your instincts and run against that group of people.
But how is that even possible? We've been forged by these same instincts for millions of years. What if the threat is real?
First of all, we're talking about markets not lions here. You won't die.
Second of all, I know that losing a lot of money, although not life threatening, can feel close to it, or can put you in a very uncomfortable position.
But wait, don't these premises leave you with a strong hint on what to do in order to avoid falling prey to this behavior?
What if …
… when you leave your house every morning you know in advance that these wild crowds are to be expected every now and then? What if you knew in advance that they are triggered by recurrent TV pranks that tend to happen there? What if before choosing the neighborhood you wanted to live in you chose in advance not to be close to any zoo with safety issues? (haha quite an extreme example but it's the idea I want to relay). In this scenario would you still be so sensitive to the behavior of the crowd? Wait … it's not everything. What if you knew in advance that this was actually a great chance for you to be the first in line at the next door restaurant which is always full with a half a mile cue at the entrance? Well the people are fleeing so …
Risk management baby! You've got to build your trading system around risk management mechanisms that ensure that you'll never get your account ruined at any moment, by any means … diversification, position sizing, trading in larger time frames … the ingredients for this benevolent sauce are no secret, they are quite simple actually. The study of financial history will make wonders for your trading as well, rest assured.
In conclusion, success in trading starts with striving to that person everyday, the person who has nothing to fear … not out of naive confidence or stupidity, but instead out preparation focused on risk management. Ideally, on top of this, you will understand that these are human behavior arbitrages you can and should profit from.
Cheers,
Ruben
https://www.tenacioustribe.com/in-the-jungle-follow-the-crowd-in-the-stock-market-go-against-it

"I haven't seen much correlation between good trading and intelligence. Some outstanding traders are quite intelligent, but a few are not. Many outstandingly intelligent people are horrible traders. Average intelligence is enough. Beyond that, emotional makeup is more important."

William Eckhardt

How smart do you really have to be in order to become a successful trader?
I mean, those God-like figures, the traders, are often portrayed as people who have cracked the code to decipher the overwhelming complexity we call life.
The traders! Those mighty figures who can forecast the impact of the droughts in south Missouri on the next week's price of the S&P 500. The traders! Those enlightened, glamorous and filthy rich brainiac … of course they can forecast the impacts of a butterfly farting in the middle of the pacific … haha, and profit out of their complex internal, black-box equations.
Or can they?
This preconception about traders drives me immediately to an episode narrated by Nassim Taleb in one of his Incerto books, where he tells us that when he was a fresh, young trader, there was this guy, this legendary currency trader focused on the swiss franc pairs. His reputation preceded him. … and Nassim was hilariously struck by surprise when he found out, after meeting up with this legend, that this trader didn't even know where Switzerland was.
Or, another funny example was of another equally well reputed commodities trader, specialized in green lumber … who had been trading this commodity for his entire career thinking that 'green' lumber referred to a special kind of wood coloured green whereas it actually refers just to lumber with a high moisture content … I mean …
Well! Before you start mocking at these guys, think that these guys were probably living their best lives, in their lavish penthouses, summer yachts and whatnot. So despite their enhanced cultural and wisdom enlightenment, there must have been something they were doing well in order to generate all that success.
But before expressing my point. Allow me to raise it a little further … very quickly.
LTCM. Long Term Capital Management. 1998. Three Nobel Laureates at the wheel of this infamous hedge fund. Three Nobel Laureates. Three Nobel Laureates applying their nobel-prize-winning-holy-grail formula. Result? Disaster. No no, excuse me, I meant: absolute disaster. Like the Federal Reserve bailout kind of disaster. Yet these guys were geniuses.
The point I want to drive across is that, in trading, intelligence can only take you that far. Too much intelligence can even be detrimental.
Being dumb enough not to question some time tested adages like:

• "Let your winners run & cut your losers short."
• "The trend is your friend."
• "Don't try to catch a falling knife."
• "The market can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent."
• "Don't fight the FED."

Will do wonders for your trading. Provided … and here's the crux, you ally your dumbness with a military-like discipline and emotional regulation.
Look at the Turtle Traders's example. Not calling them dumb or whatsoever. But here's the key to their success:

1. Buy if the price closes at 20 days' high.
2. Close long if the price closes below the 2 ATR trail.
3. Add proper position sizing to this equation.
4. Act on your buy & sell triggers with no hesitation, no doubt, whatsoever.
5. Repeat autistically.

Disclaimer of course: it is your responsibility to build and test your craft. Just saying that successful trading recipes look a lot more like this simple napkin formula than Einstein-Rocket-Science material.
Oh! And here's another important caveat … there is a whole finance industry which benefits much more from having you thinking that trading has to be black box material. Only for high performing MBA and suits.
Ridiculous! Open your eyes.
The rules are easy, it's the emotional management that is hard.
Cheers,
Ruben
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https://www.tenacioustribe.com/dumb-disciplined-you-do-not-need-a-mba-to-be-a-great-trader

I always stated on here that Red Death should have been Oliver, but not one from another Earth. It would be Barry's Oliver, the one who started the Arrowverse. There was even build up to Oliver becoming Red Death if the writers thougt about it, and if Stephen Amell was available to be on the show for a few episodes.
In Criss, Spector Oliver touched Barry's forehead to amplify his speed. Oliver was responsible for corrupting and killing the Speedforce. Since Oliver was the only other conection that could have been powerful enough to have the Speedforce inside him, it could have been reborn and caused Oliver to become Red Death.
The Spector power and the Speedforce could have corrupted Oliver. It would have even brought Oliver back down to how he was in season one of "Arrow" and had him killing people. Therefore, actually having the name Red Death make sense. Then, the whole Flash talking to his villains and being the Paragon of Love would have been justified. There's no big endgame that Red Death is trying to achieve. It's just a speedster killing criminals.
Imagine this season having Captain Boomerang, but maybe he's working for someone else that isn't Red Death. The episode ends with Boomerang hearing someone say, "You have failed this city." He is shot by lightning and falls back, revealing a figure cloaked in darkness and red lightning. As cheesy as the line will be, it may be a great callback for fans, and it would allow them to know that it's Oliver and still have questions. They'd be excited for the final season, instead of being disappointed, and not having high hopes for the finale of the Arrowverse.

I'm a part-time student working toward a degree in CS, but I recently got a job in my LCOL area as a Data Analyst that pays ~$100k TC, which is a lot here. My original plan to make the career transition into CS was to take an internship this time next year and try to either roll more internships for the Fall and Spring or just be jobless for about 9 months or so after it finished while I waited for a full-time offer. At this point, though, that seems foolhardy, since even the hourly rates offered to interns would almost all represent a substantial pay cut, and there's no guarantee I would make more on the other end.
I'm certainly going to finish the degree, and I would still eventually like to transition into a career as a SWE, but I'm unsure whether that will require taking an internship as I had previously planned. I don't have any issue staying in this job until an SWE role comes along, but I'm also worried that my experience isn't going to be relevant enough to make a move into the field ever be possible. Is an internship necessary to enable that?

Hey there!
I'm currently about to submit my subjects for my IB courses. Psychology and counselling have been my lifelong passions since I was a kid, and therefore I'm hoping to major in psych / minor in either media marketing OR journalism (the minors are just ideas for now). I've drafted my subjects due to my abilities, including HL: Lit, Psych and VA ; SL Maths AI, ESS and Vietnamese Lit. I'm not great at Maths nor the Sciences, therefore I thought my subjects were... fine?
However, recently I've been researching so much more lately and realize these subjects might get me rejected to certain schools / put me in a disadvantage ?? I'm not planning to be in medicine like psychiatry and stuff and I've heard Bio and Chem are very intimidaing AND required for this field, while Maths AI SL can be diregarded by certain schools (I plan to apply to the US, Australia and Europe mainly). Furthermore I've heard IB Psych is heavy on memorization (which I'm not too good at) and that it's very different from what univerisities courses on psychology are.
Are there any advice on what I should fix my subjects to before it's too late?? Thank you so much!!!!! It's extremely urgent :'(

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I'm sitting by a rectangular water feature going bloop bloop bloop in a pleasing way. It backs up to a tiled wall so the water falls down the long front and two short sides into a pool with the same three sides. The fountain at the back center seems to pump new water up regularly (constant frequency) but the water spilling over the edge seems to go sides, then front, and somewhat irregularly.
Did someone just get lucky with how nice this design sounds? Is there an established field of water feature soundscapes?