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I also have a video attached. When tapping an image (ex. airplane) I want it to pause for a few seconds then resume from where it left off. Then after going off the screen to the left, I want it to start the next iteration of the loop from off the screen but instead it starts from where I previously paused it.I've tried using callbacks of the Animated.loop but it doesn't seem to properly run after each iteration (didn't log anything to the console).Any good ways to fix this? If not, recommendation for an easier to user animation library for RN is appreciated.

const Vehicle = ({ data, imageData }) => { const [rerenderKey, setRerenderKey] = useState(Date.now()); const isFocused = useIsFocused(); const horizontalAnim = useRef(new Animated.Value(400)).current; const animation = useRef(null); useEffect(() => { if (isFocused) { animation.current = Animated.loop( Animated.timing(horizontalAnim, { toValue: -600, duration: imageData.duration, delay: imageData.delay, easing: Easing.linear, iteration: -1, useNativeDriver: true, }) ); animation.current.start(); } return () => { animation.current.stop(); }; }, [isFocused]); const handleImagePress = () => { animation.current.stop(); setTimeout(() => { animation.current.start(); }, 3000); }; return (    ); }; 

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So I have been working on a pet project to create a pair of bash scripts, a specialized listener and a stabilizer to make getting a stable shell easier.
The first (listener) sets and modifies a few terminal settings to allow certain hot keys to be used without breaking the shell, i.e. CTRL + C.
The second is a small script that is executed by the shell and will modify and set environment variables for the shell and fully stabilize it, to the point you can't even CTRL + C out of it.
Additionally this is written purely in bash, no python or other languages being used. Just wanted to make it as usable as possible and minimize the need for non-native dependencies.
Before I make it public on github, I wanted to add a little more functionality to the shell, i.e add "put" and "get" commands to simplify file transfer, similar to meterpreter. If anyone has other functionality they would like to see in this poor man's meterpreter, please let me know! Will probably release it here in a month after I retake my pnpt.

Did you imagine when Grand Theft Auto V came out for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2013, that we'd be seeing a fresh retail re-release of it nine years later? Much like The Elder Scrolls Part V: Skyrim—which hails from the same era—GTA V has been an enduring success and is about to get its third re-release.
There's no fancy subtitle or name change; Grand Theft Auto V is coming to PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series XS consoles on March 15th. That's not to say it's exactly the same experience, though. The versions for the current-gen consoles support 60 FPS, HDR output, ray-tracing, "improved texture quality," faster loading times, "immersive 3D audio," and support for platform-specific features, like the PS5's DualSense haptics.
gtaonline carwash Specifically, there will be a fidelity mode that targets native 3840×2160 resolution with ray tracing and a 30 FPS cap. (Xbox Series S will use upscaling to hit 4K.) Before you sneer at that, note that console versions of GTA V have always had a 30 FPS cap—until now: the new release's "performance mode" will target 60 FPS with dynamic resolution scaling up to 4K, but without ray tracing.
Most interesting to the majority of gamers will probably be the "Performance RT" mode. This mode, available only on the PS5 and Series X, is basically just performance mode with ray tracing enabled. Most likely, it will simply use a lower dynamic resolution to achieve higher-than-30 FPS while keeping ray tracing features. Depending on the upscaling method Rockstar uses, this mode could still look quite good.
Of course, the whole reason that Grand Theft Auto V is still the sensation that it is lies in its online mode. Rockstar has always talked about Grand Theft Auto Online as if it were an entirely separate game, and that's understandable given the differences in their content. But after the re-release launches, it will in fact be available as an entirely separate game—and it'll be free for the first three months after launch on PS5.
gtaonline fukaru The technical changes to Grand Theft Auto V largely apply here, although there's probably still not going to be any animals in Online. Instead, Rockstar is implementing several content updates for the re-launch. The Los Santos Car Meet expansion is getting an expansion of its own called Hao's Special Works, and a "Career Builder" feature will be available for fresh characters to help them get a foothold in Los Santos' seedy underbelly.
If you're already an accomplished crime boss in GTA V or GTA Online using an older console version, you can transfer your progress to the new systems. For story mode, open the game and go to "Game" in the pause menu, then select "Upload Save Game" to send it to the Rockstar Social Club cloud servers. GTA Online progress will transfer automatically, although Rockstar cautions players that purchased GTA$ won't transfer across platforms (i.e. PlayStation to Xbox, or vice versa.)
You'll be able to start playing the remastered version of GTA V on March 15, with physical copies coming available In April. We asked Rockstar when these changes would be coming to the PC version, but haven't heard back yet. We'll update this story when we do.

1. What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games (ex: resolution, FPS, settings) or programs you will be using.

Gaming specifically with the quest 2, i dont care about running my games max settings just want to have fun. I also play overwatch and other FPS

2. What is your maximum PRE-TAX budget before rebates and shipping?

Ultimate max is 1000$ would love to spend 500-800

3. When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

In the next month

4. What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ex: toweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

Just PC parts, tower and OS

5. If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? How old are they? Brands and models are appreciated.

Microsoft keyboard(brand new) Gaming mouse (forget the brand but new) Sceptre 27 inch monitor 144hx (3 years old)

6. Will you be overclocking (ex: CPU/GPU/RAM)? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line?

Maybe but doubt it

7. Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, VR, VirtualLink, tensor cores, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

VR and virtual link

8. Do you have any specific case preferences (ex: mITX/mATX/mid-towefull-tower sizes, styles, colours, window or not, LED lighting, etc.), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

no

9. Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? Note: some post-secondary students can get Windows 10 for free.

im a student i think i can get windows for free

10. Will you be upgrading this PC in the future (ie: will you swap out better parts later on or will you build an entirely new tower later)? If so, when?

Yes if possible, when i get a better job

11. Do you have a brand preference? (ex: AMD/Intel for CPUs, AMD/NVIDIA for video cards, etc)

no

12. What are the specs of your old PC / laptop? Do you want to see if it can be upgraded instead? If so, paste its build from PCPartPicker here.

I've asked around and was told my old pc is obsolete lol

13. Extra info or particulars:

thanks

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Running Veeam B&R 11
I have Main Site and DR site. Lots of vms on main site that are all replicated to DR site. Replicas run at different times and schedules over a slow 200mbps connection but they all get replicated successfully. I also have a NAS in Main Site (call it NAS1) and a NAS at the DR site (NAS2) . I wanted to run backups of all the Vms in main site to NAS1 and then run backup copy jobs to copy those backups to NAS2. I use reverse incrementals for the backups because NAS1 is not as big as I would want it to be, so I don't want to have to do full backups periodically. Also I want restores to run as fast as possible.
However NAS1 is either underpowered or vms are too big (a couple are 2.4TB in size) so backup copies takes way too long. By the time a backup copy is about 80% done there another backup job already running for the same vm (24 hours later). Also since NAS1 is being hit with backup writes and also with backup copy reads, now the backups also take longer because the NAS1 is all task saturated. Backups lock up vms so replicas get affected too. And my priority is Replicas because those give me almost everything that a backup gives me PLUS they are ready to go if I need them. Only thing I don't get from replicas is inmmutability.
I noticed this bogdown was mostly caused by the big VMs, they have lots of changes done at least once a week so a 500GB change is normal on a 2tb vm.
So I thought to get rid of the backup copy. I already have a replica of each vm at the DR site, NAS2 is also there so I thought "let's backup the replicas in the DR site to NAS2". This way I send the vm only once per replica /backup cycle and then it's just a local backup at the DR with much better performance. Is this too crazy or has some hidden issue? or am I not considering something?
I tested it with a set of one large and one small vm and after the intiall seeding it worked well. However I do notice that the backup jobs at the DR site go thru a lot of data read before writing to the NAS only a fraction. I don't get a warning that CBT is not in use but I wonder if it is being used at all. Being a bit naive I think that if the backup jobs finish successfully all is good... right?
Any thoughts on how i'm doing this? maybe a different setup would work better?
I'm getting a replacement for NAS1 by repurposing an iSCSI SAN that has slightly better performance but I wonder if that will actuall improve things. I'm also requesting veeam a configuration review maybe they find something.
Thanks.

import BottomSheet from '@gorhom/bottom-sheet'; import { NavigationProp } from '@react-navigation/native'; import { EventsGroupedBySlot } from '@screen/eventList'; import dayjs from 'dayjs'; import * as Haptics from 'expo-haptics'; import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'; import { Alert, RefreshControl } from 'react-native'; import { IconButton } from 'react-native-paper'; import { DatePicker, DriverSelectModal, Container, EventFilterListModal, EventListBottomSheet, EventListSection, } from '../../components'; import { useEventActions } from '../../hooks/eventActions'; import { useEventFilters } from '../../hooks/eventFilter'; import { useEventSelection } from '../../hooks/eventSelection'; import { useGetDriversQuery } from '../../services/api/driver'; import { useGetEventsByDateQuery } from '../../services/api/event'; import { DATE_PICKER_FORMAT } from '../../utils/const'; import { getFilteredEvents, groupEventsBySlot } from '../../utils/event'; interface EventListProps { navigation: NavigationProp>; } export const EventList: React.FC = ({ navigation }) => { const [selectedDate, setSelectedDate] = useState( dayjs().format(DATE_PICKER_FORMAT), ); const [showFilterModal, setShowFilterModal] = useState(false); const [filteredGroupedEventsBySlot, setFilteredGroupedEventsBySlot] = useState([]); const [eventSelectionMode, setEventSelectionMode] = useState(false); const [showDriverSelectModal, setShowDriverSelectModal] = useState(false); const [selectedDriverToAssign, setSelectedDriverToAssign] = useState< number null >(null); // get events by date const { data: events, error: eventsError, isFetching: isFetchingEvents, refetch: refetchEvents, } = useGetEventsByDateQuery({ date: selectedDate, }); // get drivers list const { data: drivers } = useGetDriversQuery(null, { skip: !showDriverSelectModal, }); const onFilterShowPress = (): void => { setShowFilterModal(true); }; const renderDatePicker = () => { return (  ); }; const { eventFilters, filtersChangedFlag, isAnyFilterSelected, toggleFilter, commitFilters, resetFilters, resetFiltersToPreviousState, } = useEventFilters( { slots: events?.result?.slots ?? [], drivers: events?.result?.drivers ?? [], districts: events?.result?.districts ?? [], }, [selectedDate, isFetchingEvents], ); const { assignDriver, resetEvent, isSuccess: isEventActionSuccess, } = useEventActions(); const { selectedEventIDs, toggleSelectedEvent, clearSelectedEvents } = useEventSelection([]); // update header on date change useEffect(() => { navigation.setOptions({ headerTitle: renderDatePicker, headerTitleAlign: 'center', headerLeft: () => (  ), }); }, [selectedDate, isAnyFilterSelected]); useEffect(() => { if (!showFilterModal) { setFilteredGroupedEventsBySlot( groupEventsBySlot( events?.result?.slots ?? [], getFilteredEvents(events?.result?.schedules ?? [], eventFilters), ), ); } }, [events, showFilterModal]); const bottomSheetRef = useRef(null); const onEventCardLongPress = useCallback((): void => { // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises Haptics.selectionAsync(); setEventSelectionMode(true); // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call bottomSheetRef?.current?.expand(); }, []); const onEventCheckBoxValueChange = useCallback( (isSelected: boolean, eventID: number): void => { // toggle selected event in events.result.schedules toggleSelectedEvent(isSelected, eventID); }, [], ); const onFilterModalClosePress = (): void => { setShowFilterModal(false); resetFiltersToPreviousState(); }; const onClearSelectedFilterPress = (): void => { // clear all selected filters setShowFilterModal(false); resetFilters(); }; const onApplyFilterPress = (): void => { setShowFilterModal(false); commitFilters(); }; const closeBottomSheet = (): void => { // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call bottomSheetRef?.current?.forceClose(); }; const onExitSelectionPress = (): void => { setEventSelectionMode(false); clearSelectedEvents(); closeBottomSheet(); }; const onShowAssignDriverModalPress = (): void => { if (selectedEventIDs.length === 0) { Alert.alert('No event is selected'); return; } setShowDriverSelectModal(true); closeBottomSheet(); }; const onDriverSelectToAssign = (driverID: number): void => { setSelectedDriverToAssign(driverID); }; const onAssignDriverSubmit = async (): Promise => { setShowDriverSelectModal(false); setEventSelectionMode(false); if (!selectedDriverToAssign) { Alert.alert('No driver is selected'); } try { await assignDriver(selectedEventIDs, selectedDriverToAssign); if (isEventActionSuccess) { setSelectedDriverToAssign(null); clearSelectedEvents(); } } catch (error) { Alert.alert('Error assigning driver'); } }; const onResetEventPress = async (): Promise => { if (selectedEventIDs.length === 0) { Alert.alert('No event is selected'); } try { await resetEvent(selectedEventIDs); if (isEventActionSuccess) { clearSelectedEvents(); setEventSelectionMode(false); closeBottomSheet(); } } catch (error) { Alert.alert('Error resetting event'); } }; const onCloseDriverSelectModal = (): void => { setShowDriverSelectModal(false); setEventSelectionMode(false); clearSelectedEvents(); }; return (   { await refetchEvents(); }} /> } />     ); }; 

A couple days ago, a young woman in her 20s came up to me in the sand dunes asking if I had seen any car keys. She said she lost them somewhere in the sand from opening her fanny pack (and had walked way out to the large dune). I mean talk about hopeless...
Was apparently from LA and was planning on driving back that night.
Sun was setting...she was heading back out to search. I told her that I had head lamps back in my hotel room (in Stovepipe Wells) and that I planned on coming back in an hour or so anyways to take more pics at night.
Part of me was thinking "somehow this is a scam... beautiful women in her 20s comes up to me with a story about losing her keys". But she didn't ask me for anything. I wished her luck in her search and moved on. She continued her walk back out to the large dune.
I did return 90 minutes later and didn't see her in the parking lot. So she either found her keys...or...I dunno
I felt bad for not offering more help but my kids were ahead of me and walking back to the car...

My great grandmother was born on an Indian Reservation in Oklahoma territory before it was a state. On both sides of my midwestern family there was a belief that there were native americans, but ancestry.com shows nothing. Is it because there are not enough people with more direct native american ancestry who do not donate their information to ancestry.com? I guess I mean- is it possible there is not a large enough pool of native american ancestry to compare with? Apparantly my family was all european but besides the family stories we have a bunch of black haired, dark skinned, high cheekboned looking folks. Any ideas?

Besides offering up chaotic open-world action, one thing that Rockstar's games have done ever since Grand Theft Auto III is push the envelope in terms of technology. This is somewhat debatable up to Grand Theft Auto IV, which stunned audiences with its mix of macro-scale simulation and micro-scale detail. GTA V and the newer Red Dead Redemption 2 have continued this tradition, and both are still capable of putting the hurt on modern PCs. That's largely thanks to their forward-looking design that integrates features that contemporary systems weren't really ready for when the released.
gtaonlinerain GTA V can still look startlingly realistic at times.
The thing is, even though it just got a re-release on the current-generation consoles, GTA V originally released in 2013. The game's still fun, of course, especially the online mode that has seen continual updates over the years. The technology behind the title is getting a little dated, though, and fans of the series are understandably chomping at the bit for a new release. Rockstar has confirmed that GTA VI (or at least, the next GTA game) is in the works, but as usual, the company hasn't released any information about the title, nor mentioned a release window.
The leaks and rumors that we've heard so far place a hypothetical "GTA VI" at the end of next year, or even in 2025. That's a lot of development time, even if the company only moved into active development in the middle of last year, as is supposedly the case. In a time when almost every other development house (from Square-Enix to CD Projekt Red) is moving to the Unreal Engine, it seems like Rockstar will thankfully stick with its own in-house tech, known as RAGE.
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That bit of information comes from a tweet by Chris Klippel, who is among other things the creator of Rockstar Mag, a French-language gaming news site that focuses on topics surrounding Rockstar Games and its releases. You can see the tweet above. Chris says that he has been in touch with people who have seen the latest version of RAGE in action, and that its graphics engine is "assez incroyable." Chris describes the latest version as RAGE9, which is interesting; Rockstar doesn't talk about RAGE as a separate product from its games, likely because it doesn't license the tech.
gtaonlinearcade The arcade area added to GTA Online would look amazing with ray-traced lighting.
It's not hard to imagine what sort of features the game engine might include to warrant that description. Heavy usage of ray-traced graphics will go a long way toward impressive presentation, but based on what we've heard in the past about GTA VI, it seems likely that the latest RAGE might be more impressive in its ability to scale content from infinitesimal details all the way up to gigantic cityscapes. We've seen demonstrations of similar technology in Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5, and given the nature of "GTA", such capability would be perfectly suited to the games.
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Another impressive characteristic in GTA VI might just be the NPC AI. Historically, Grand Theft Auto's NPCs have been extremely simple stand-ins mostly intended to give the scene a realistic look without having much in the way of personality or believable behavior. That could all change in the next GTA game, based on a patent filed in October 2020.
From what we've heard, the next Grand Theft Auto title will be set in Vice City once again, so look forward to exploring the city's tropical environs. No word on the chronological setting, though; it could be set as far back as the Cuban Missile Crisis, or it could be set in the modern day. We also don't know necessarily what platforms the title will appear for, but based on Rockstar's history, we'd expect it to be available for the PS5 and Xbox before it appears on PC later.

Rockstar Games may already be planning Grand Theft Auto VI DLC. Fans have been chomping at the bit for more info on GTA 6 for a while as it will likely be one of the biggest games of all-time. Rockstar Games continues to raise and set the bar in a way no other developer is capable of and that will likely be no different with this game. Red Dead Redemption 2 was an absurdly innovative game that is a benchmark for open-world gaming and GTA 6 is both the follow-up to that and the second-best-selling game of all-time, Grand Theft Auto V. The developer is taking its sweet time on its next game and we've already caught a couple of glimpses at it thanks to leaks, but we're still waiting to learn more about it.
With that said, a recent comment from Rockstar Games insider Tez2 noted that they believe Rockstar is on track to announce GTA 6 this year and likely release it next holiday season, with room to delay into early 2025. In order to ensure the game does not get delayed more, Tez noted that Rockstar may have to start cutting content from the game which could then be finished and repackaged later as DLC. It's not something that's totally out of the question, as Rockstar did repurpose some stuff that was cut from Grand Theft Auto V later in GTA Online. Reports also suggested that when Bully 2 was canceled, some of its concepts and features were salvaged for Red Dead Redemption 2.
"I personally see an announcement as a given this year," said the insider. "I don't think the upper management is in a position to delay further to holiday 2025/2026. Cutting more portions of the game to package into DLCs to release later on may be sustainable for management than delaying further."
With all of that said, it's not necessarily a bad idea. In order to get the game out in a reasonable time, stuff will have to be cut, that's the nature of game development. However, it's always a good thing if it can be recycled for other content later down the line. Not only do you get a more fleshed out experience, but it keeps the core vision of the game in-tact. Rockstar has largely moved away from premium story DLC in recent years, so it's unclear what this DLC would look like, but it will likely be years before we even see it.

A Fanfic of u/SpacePaladin15’s work “The nature of Predators” Thank you for the story!
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Memory transcription subject: Kilousai, Kolshian Head Genetic Biologist
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Something that has always amused me was how primitives talk and act like people. Yet are so easily manipulated into being whatever you wished them to be. Take Female Venlil Feed Subject #387V-42. She believes herself to be one of the foremost Genetic Biologists in our field. Yet all she has done is make a poor, pathetic version of what my own species and the Farsul have mastered centuries ago. Sure her nanites could cure cancers in a matter of minutes, but it's just such a waste of resources to make these for primitives.
However there are a scant few primitives that are worthy of truly being uplifted to the same status as a Kolshian or Farsul. Take Venlil Test Subject #12v-01. By all means he should have been caught by the Exterminators and burned to death with a flamethrower. Thankfully we caught this gem of a being with early screening and gently had his life altered to ensure that didn’t happen. With a few small interventions, such as the removal of his parents and ensuring that he was always in the right place at the right time, we were able to take advantage of his aggressive behaviors, and alter his beliefs to align with our own. He truly was something special. I do hope we don’t have to purge this one. The Venlil experiments have shown great promise.
“Oh I am so glad to be able to work with you directly Kilousai! I hope you don’t mind but I would like to get a photo with you to show to my friends back home! Well, show them once we’ve cured Humanity!” Go on you stupid piece of meat just keep talking. It’s one of the two things you will ever be good for.
“Of course! We are going to accomplish so many good things for the Federation today! In this very facility we have made great strides into ensuring that our future will be prosperous and safe!” I do so love how Subject #12v-01 reacts so differently than the feed. His tail muscles gently tighten at the base, his ear slowly pivots to listen to my words. Yet he doesn’t even feel for the knife hidden just in his fur under his right arm. I could tell he knows that when I say ‘we’ I am not including the feed in that statement.
Finally the elevator reached the bottom. “Oh! Finally we are here!” The doors opened to reveal Subject #592A-01. The large Arxur made for an imposing presence in the doorway. His deep blue tactical gear would almost be completely invisible in the dead of night. Yet in the clinical white hallways almost appeared as a slightly blue void.
As predicted the feed began to hysterically try and flee while screaming and alerting anything that might have wished to harm her of her presence. Typical. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! NOOOOOOOO NONONONONONO!” Subject #592A-01 did not flinch or move as instructed. Good.
What wasn’t good was the ear splitting wail from the feed as it desperately tried to flee. It was setting Subject #12v-01 on edge. He hadn’t reached for his knife yet, but had simply taken a defensive stance. I imagine my calm demeanor clued him in on how to act. Clever.
I strode forward past it. “Come along now! We haven’t got all day! 592A-01 help them along, please and thank you.” Subject #592A-01 surged forward and quickly seized the feed. She began to frantically hit the muscle laden arms of Subject #592A-01 yet her claws were unable to even tear the cloth covering his armor. Small traces of orange blood started to cover Subject #592A-01’s gear before he pinned the feed’s arm behind it to stop it from damaging itself further. The wailing sound was starting to give me a headache but it wouldn’t last much longer
Subject #592A-01 turned and grabbed Subject #12v-01’s arm and began to drag them behind me as we walked down the corridor. Subject #12v-01 was barely able to touch the ground but complied and walked with us, while the feed was drug kicking and screaming.
This right here. Any primitive other than Subject #12v-01 would be just like this feed, panicking like the dumb animals they are. Yet here he was. Someone that was paying attention, fully intent on surviving and taking advantage of any opportunity to the fullest.
I turned into the activity room I set up for this demonstration. 10 of my hand raised Arxur soldiers stood at attention waiting for me to give any order. Their gear almost making them indistinguishable from Subject #592A-01, who came in and deposited both Subject #12v-01 and the feed into the center of the room and stood back to guard the door as instructed previously. The feed desperately clung onto Subject #12v-01 who almost seemed to console the feed but simultaneously arranged himself to be able to use her as a shield if needed. Clever.
“Ahem…” The feed jerked her head to be able to see me, while Subject #12v-01 kept the Arxur Soldiers and Subject #592A-01 in his field of view, yet couldn’t see me as well. Clever. “Welcome to the labs! Here I work diligently to ensure that the Federation has all the tools necessary to keep everyone safe!” I grasped my tentacles together in a giddy excitement. It was always great to share my work with others!
“SAFE! SAFE? These are fucking monsters! We aren’t safe!” I grimaced at that statement. An expression that thankfully Subject #12v-01 was able to see when he turned to face me. He was now focusing his attention on me. He clearly knew I was in charge and thus was the biggest threat to his safety. Clever.
“Sorry, I wasn’t referring to you Female Venlil Feed Subject #387V-42.” Her ears drooped and her jaw hung loosely from her head. I could barely make out the faintest sound from her mouth. Subject #12v-01 seemed to recognize the feed as a liability now. Good. “You see. In order for there to be prosperity there must be safety. For there to be safety there must be control.” Subject #12v-01 seemed to calm down and while he was still tensed ready for action, took a more neutral stance. The feed simply stared in abject horror and disbelief. Pathetic.
“When we, the founding species, discovered the third race of intelligent beings, we were aghast at their barbaric and primitive natures. They were still killing each other with sticks! And for what? Land? Water? Food?” I started to pace back and forth as I taught my history lesson. “NO! They killed each other in the thousands because the other members of their species were simply their enemies! Couple this with the disgusting act of eating corpses, fish and other small animals, every attempt to make them into something respectable failed. They were just too aggressive. Too… predatory.”
The feed just started to shake and sob. Subject #12v-01 looked to understand where I was going with this. I gestured to the squad of Axur in the room. “Take the Arxur for example. When we discovered them they were locked in a civil war over ideals. The ideals of, is it better to be feared, or to be loved? The dominion believed that cruelty was the best way to control and keep their people safe, while the Northwest Bloc tried to be transparent with their people, tried to let them be free, even if that made things dangerous.” I felt another wave of excitement rush over me as I started to bounce on the spot.
“The best thing happened when we made contact! They declared peace! They started to work together! Both sides desperately strove to incorporate our technology and follow our uplift plan! They desperately wanted to be like us! To live in peace and harmony! The only uplifts to ever do so without us having to prune their primitive cultures first!” The feed just shook her head in disbelief.
“The only mistake we made with them was not realizing that they were incapable of digesting plant matter at all. They were the first sapient obligate carnivores that we had ever found! So when the time came and a famine struck Wriss, we gave them a cure to end their dependence on meat." I animatedly shrugged as I kept teaching "Ooops! Killed nearly a fourth of their population! Thankfully it didn’t kill all of them. Though something strange happened. All of their livestock died. When we realized what had happened we already began to draft an extermination plan and got our fleet into position when the oddest thing happened.”
I held my tentacles wide in excitement. “Their PROPHET contacted us! Let us know that the dominion had taken control! That they used our ‘cure’ to kill their livestock. He made his people doubt the way of the Northwest bloc, and reinforced that the Dominion is in the right. He gave us proof of what we always knew. FEAR. Fear rules unchallenged. So we gave the Prophet’s most loyal weapons, and they purged the Northwest Blocs staunchest defenders. Then came the time for them to return the favor they owed us.”
Subject #12v-01 was completely calm now. He knew what was coming. The feed looked lost, distant. Worthless. “We moved our fleets out of the way. After all. We had no idea we were about to be attacked! Then the dominion launched its campaign and worlds fell. People fled in fear, and our control went from being loosely held by us to being a noose around the primitive's necks.”
“My soldiers here are a gift from the dominion.” I gestured around to all of my children. “I raised them from their eggs. Made them the perfect soldiers. With them we can ensure that if we, or the dominion, need someone… erased or need just a little bit of chaos to remind the mindless masses who is in charge, well… they will ensure it always happens flawlessly.”
The feed looked up in horror. “You.. You're a monster!” I just laughed. What a stupid notion. “ME?! A monster? Monsters hurt sapient creatures without a single care. There are four sapient races in the galaxy. The Kolshians, the Farsul, the Prophet descendants, and Humanity.” I expected Subject #12v-01 to react to my statement but his demeanor almost seemed to… agree? Good.
“The dominion keeps its people scared of starving and thus in control. Sadly that leaves them as sub-sapients, but every so often they get a useful tool and we authorize an uplift to our status.” Subject #12v-01 looked down at the feed in almost a state of disgust. He was putting the pieces together flawlessly! Time to test that.
“I grow bored of this. I was hoping that maybe you were worth something. I guess I was wrong…” I slowly paced away from the center of the room. Distancing myself just far enough away if either of them rushed me they would never be able to get to me. “My children. Eat.”
In one motion every one of my children turned to look at the two Venlil. With one step heard, all of them put a foot forward and then… Subject #12v-01 decided to act.
With one fluid movement he brandished his knife from its hiding spot. My children took a moment to ensure they could strike without being struck. I swished my tail and gave a silent order to not kill Subject #12v-01… yet.
He grabbed the feed in a manner almost like he was taking a hostage. Then his knife slid into the base of its spine. It let out a blood curdling scream as it fell to the floor. Tears poured from its eyes as it looked up to Subject #12v-01 and then to its legs as it failed to move them. It began to sob hysterically and tried to crawl to the corridor we entered from.
As it slowly made its attempt to escape, Subject #12v-01 cast the knife aside, letting it slide harmlessly across the floor till it came to a stop at my feet. I gave him a quizzical look. He stood proud and stated “I am more use to you as a tool than as feed for your soldiers. I know the inner workings of Venlil Primes government better than Tarva herself. I know how to wrap Humans around my fingers and make them do my bidding without them having a clue it's happening. Use me. I guarantee you that you will regret letting them eat me.”
After his defiant statement was over he stood still and lowered his arms from their elevated position. He seemed to relax as I picked up his knife and walked to him with my tail flicking happily behind me. “YES! I knew you were truly a sapient being! I am so relieved that I was right about you! You saw it, yes? How she wasn’t like us? How she couldn’t act beyond what she was taught?” Subject #12v-01… No Wisterly. “Wisterly, a lot of races consider yours to be weak. Do you know what I think about your race?”
Wisterly took a moment to ponder my question. With a slight tilt to his head he responded “No Sir. I do not know what you think of my race.” I couldn’t help but let my tail flick with excitement. “I think your race has always had great potential. Sadly a lot of your race are gullible to say the least, but you? You are something special. You don’t just accept your fate!”
I waved a tentacle at the crawling, sniveling feed. “You aren’t like them! You ACT! You think! You change your fate! Come now! We are in great need of your skills!” I handed him back his knife. “Oh. #592A-01. Feed.”
I started to talk to Wisterly about our plans and how he would be fitting in to it as #592A-01 approached the feed. He placed a foot on its legs pining it in place. It left streaks of orange blood across the floor as it ripped its claws out trying to escape. Then #592A-01 failed its test. It bent down holding the feed still, locked its jaws around the head and bit down crushing the skull and killing the feed instantly.
“STOP. STOP STOP STOP. WHAT IN MY NAME WAS THAT!” #592A-01 froze, before it stood to attention. “I killed the feed Father.” I let out a long defeated sigh. “Did I TELL you to kill the feed?”
“No Father.”
I took a step closer to him “Why did I tell you to feed? And Why did I not tell you to kill?”
“So that when the time comes I can flawlessly imitate the Dominion’s Arxur, Father.”
I turned away and threw my tentacles into the air. “Children. Feed.”
Failure #592A-01 stood perfectly still as its siblings approached. Subject #592A-02 held Failure #592A-01’s arms still as she locked her jaws around his abdomen and ripped his intestines out. The others descended on it as I led Wisterly out of the room and gave one final order. “Don’t eat the head. Bring that to the lab before it starts to rot.”
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Something is off with all of this. I don’t know how to tell Kila that we are in grave danger without alerting Dr. Kilousai that I was aware of his deceitful nature. He answered her every question as though she wasn’t part of the herd. Something was very wrong.
The elevator reached its destination and the doors opened to reveal what was clearly an Arxur in full military gear. He didn’t move from his position and Dr. Kilousai didn’t even seem to care that it was here. Like he expected it. Kila was freaking out trying to get the doors to close, busting her finger bloody as she tried. I choose to stay as still and calm as possible. I knew my knife was still in reach. I can’t let the Arxur know it's there or I am dead.
Dr. Kilousai ordered the Arxur to grab us. I had the thought that maybe the Humans had allied with the Arxur, who made it behind Fed lines and took control, but that theory just got killed when a Koloshian ordered an Arxur. The Human's wouldn't let someone from the Cure Program in a leadership position.
It had to restrain Kila to stop her from hurting herself, but simply drug me by my arm. I chose not to resist. Not the right time. No escape route yet.
Dr. Kilousai led us into a large room with 10 more Arxur in it. The one holding us threw us into the center of the room. Before I could charge Dr. Kilousai and take him hostage, Kila grabbed hold of me and wouldn’t let go. Not good. I gently took hold of her and moved her in such a way that she would feel safe but could easily be moved to defend myself. Sorry Kila. It's you or me in this situation.
Dr. Kilousai cleared his throat to speak causing Kila to jerk and look at him. Stupid. He isn’t the threat. I kept my eyes on the Arxur. They didn’t flinch.
“Welcome to the labs! Here I work diligently to ensure that the Federation has all the tools necessary to keep everyone safe!” He grasped his tentacles together in a giddy excitement. He looked genuinely pleased to share this with us. Odd.
“SAFE! SAFE? These are fucking monsters! We aren’t safe!” I couldn’t stop Kila from stupidly blurting this out. It was clear that upset Dr. Kilousai. Not good. I kept my eyes on him. The Arxur clearly wouldn’t move unless he ordered them to. He was the threat in this room.
“Sorry, I wasn’t referring to you Female Venlil Feed Subject #387V-42.” Spehg. He assigned her a name like that. Likely to distance her being from the idea of her personhood. I wasn’t stupid. My name right now is likely not too far off from hers. Need to change that. He continued “You see. In order for there to be prosperity there must be safety. For there to be safety there must be control.” He wasn’t wrong. It oddly made sense. I knew the federation could field billions of ships for every single one the Arxur could, but they never took the initiative to exterminate them.
“When we, the founding species, discovered the third race of intelligent beings, we were aghast at their barbaric and primitive natures. They were still killing each other with sticks! And for what? Land? Water? Food?” He started to pace back and forth. “NO! They killed each other in the thousands because the other members of their species were simply their enemies! Couple this with the disgusting act of eating corpses, fish and other small animals, every attempt to make them into something respectable failed. They were just too aggressive. Too… predatory.”
Kila just started to sob. He gestured to the squad of Axur in the room. “Take the Arxur for example. When we discovered them they were locked in a civil war over ideals. The Ideals of is it better to be feared or to be loved? The dominion believed that cruelty was the best way to control and keep their people safe, while the Northwest Bloc tried to be transparent with their people, tried to let them be free, even if that made things dangerous.” I thought about it. Thought about the Federation's early history. The Krakotl were a problem. Nikonus said so himself. The federation was trying love and found it failed. Then comes the Arxur fighting for an answer to the same question… I think I knew where he was going with this.
“The best thing happened when we made contact! They declared peace! They started to work together! Both sides desperately strove to incorporate our technology and follow our uplift plan! They desperately wanted to be like us! To live in peace and harmony! The only uplifts to ever do so without us having to prune their primitive cultures first!”
Kila shook her head in disbelief. “The only mistake we made with them was not realizing that they were incapable of digesting plant matter at all. They were the first sapient obligate carnivores that we had ever found! So when the time came and a famine struck Wriss, we gave them a cure to end their dependence on meat. Ooops! Killed nearly a fourth of their population! Thankfully it didn’t kill all of them. Though something strange happened. All of their livestock died. When we realized what had happened we already began to draft an extermination plan and got our fleet into position when the oddest thing happened.”
He held his tentacles wide in excitement. “Their PROPHET contacted us! Let us know that the dominion had taken control! That they used our ‘cure’ to kill their livestock. He made his people doubt the way of the Northwest bloc, and reinforced that the Dominion is in the right. He gave us proof of what we always knew. FEAR. Fear rules unchallenged. So we gave the Prophet’s most loyal weapons, and they purged the Northwest Blocs staunchest defenders. Then came the time for them to return the favor they owed us.”
“We moved our fleets out of the way. After all, We had no idea we were about to be attacked! Then the dominion launched its campaign and worlds fell. People fled in fear, and our control went from being loosely held by us to being a noose around the primitives necks.”
“My soldiers here are a gift from the dominion.” He gestured around to all of the Arxur. “I raised them from their eggs. Made them the perfect soldiers. With them we can ensure that if we or the dominion need someone… erased or need just a little bit of chaos to remind the mindless masses who is in charge well… they will ensure it always happens flawlessly.”
Kila looked up in horror and opened her stupid mouth again. “You.. You're a monster!” He just laughed this time. Not a good sign. “ME?! A monster? Monsters hurt sapient creatures without a single care. There are four sapient races in the galaxy. The Kolshians, the Farsul, the Prophet descendants, and Humanity.”
“The dominion keeps its people scared of starving and thus in control. Sadly that leaves them as sub-sapients, but every so often they get a useful tool and we authorize an uplift to our status.” I think I understand what he was talking about. Kila. She wasn’t really a person was she?
“I grow bored of this. I was hoping that maybe you were worth something. I guess I was wrong…” He slowly paced away from the center of the room. Distancing myself just far enough away if either of them rushed me they would never be able to get to me. “My children. Eat.”
In one motion every Arxur turned to look at us. With one step heard, all of them put a foot forward and then… I decided to act.
With one fluid movement I brandished my knife from its hiding spot. I grabbed Kila. Then I slid My knife into the base of her spine. She let out a blood curdling scream as she fell to the floor. Tears poured from her eyes as she looked up to me and then to her legs as she failed to move them. she began to sob hysterically and tried to crawl to the corridor we entered from.
As she slowly made her last attempt to escape, I cast the knife aside, letting it slide harmlessly across the floor till it came to a stop at the Doctor’s feet. He gave me a quizzical look. I stood proud and stated “I am more use to you as a tool than as feed for your soldiers. I know the inner workings of Venlil Primes government better than Tarva herself. I know how to wrap Humans around my fingers and make them do my bidding without them having a clue it's happening. Use me. I guarantee you that you will regret letting them eat me.”
After he picked up my knife and walked to me with his tail flicking happily behind him. “YES! I knew you were truly a sapient being! I am so relieved that I was right about you! You saw it, yes? How she wasn’t like us? How she couldn’t act beyond what she was told?” I could. That wasn’t a person. It was a scared stupid animal. Not worth my care. “Wisterly, a lot of races consider yours to be weak. Do you know what I think about your race?”
I took a moment to ponder the question. With a slight tilt to my head I responded “No Sir. I do not know what you think of my race.”
His tail flicked with excitement. “I think your race has always had great potential. Sadly a lot of your race are gullible to say the least, but you? You are something special. You don’t just accept your fate!” He waved a tentacle at the crawling, sniveling animal. “You aren’t like them! You ACT! You think! You change your fate! Come now! We are in great need of your skills!” He handed me back my knife and ordered. “Oh. #592A-01. Feed.”
He started to talk to me about their plans and how I would be fitting in to it as #592A-01 approached the food. He placed a foot on its legs pining it in place. It left streaks of orange blood across the floor as it ripped its claws out trying to escape. Then #592A-01 apparently failed its test. It bent down holding the feed still, locked its jaws around the head and bit down crushing the skull and killing the feed instantly.
“STOP. STOP STOP STOP. WHAT IN MY NAME WAS THAT!” #592A-01 froze, before it stood to attention. “I killed the feed Father.” He let out a long defeated sigh. “Did I TELL you to kill the feed?”
“No Father.”
He took a step closer to him “Why did I tell you to feed? And Why did I not tell you to kill?”
“So that when the time comes I can flawlessly imitate the Dominion’s Arxur, Father.”
He turned away and threw his tentacles into the air. “Children. Eat.”
#592A-01 stood perfectly still as its siblings approached. Another of the Arxur held #592A-01’s arms still as it locked its jaws around his abdomen and ripped its intestines out. The others descended on it as the Doctor led me out of the room and gave one final order. “Don’t eat the head. Bring that to the lab before it starts to rot.”
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Memory transcription subject: Subject #592A-01
Date [standardized human time]: REDACTED
Current Order: Wait at elevator door to enact further instructions.
The door opened. Father was there with two Venlil. One began to panic. The other froze.
Current Order: Bring Venlil unharmed with Father wherever he wishes.
I grabbed them and had to pin the screaming one's arms to stop her from harming herself. The scared one was easy to pull along. I like that one. Its fur is soft. Maybe if I am good Father will let me keep it? Like the sleeping Sivkit.
Current Order: Leave Venlil in center of room for feeding exercise. Guard door.
I stood still waiting for Father to issue his orders. Crying Venlil was Crying. I couldn't make her feel better. I felt sad as the other one was rather cute. Wish we didn’t have to eat that one. He was rather warm. Would have been nice to sleep next too.
Current Order: Fake step towards Venlil.
The calm one was not nice. He stabbed the crying one in the spine and paralyzed her from the waist down. I wish we could fix her instead of eating her. I bet she is nice. Maybe Father might let us have her now? I would have to clean her as she likely can’t control her bowel movements but that's ok! It would be nice to have a friend!
Current Order: Eat Crying Venlil.
I am sorry little one. I will make this as painless as possible.
Current Order: Don’t move, Answer questions.
Father is so mad at me. He was testing me and I failed. I am a failure. I deserve this. Mate approaches me now. Mate will eat me. Grow strong from my body mate. May the next mate Father selects for you be better than me.
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Happy April Fools Day! I hope you guys are having fun! Uh… APRIL FOOLS! This wasn’t a joke at all! It was the start of my Bonus series. A collection of small stories that are definitely AU and explore Ideas I have. This may or may not have a sequel. So fell free to continue it if you like the Idea as you may be the only one too!
As with all of my fanfics this is considered creative commons by myself so feel free to grab anything from my stories to use in your own works! I would appreciate a shout out for this but that isn’t required.

Dealing with homework overload can be challenging, but there are several strategies you can use to manage your workload and reduce stress. Here are some tips:

1. Prioritize your assignments: Start by identifying which assignments are most important or have the closest deadlines, and focus on those first. You can use a planner or to-do list to help you stay organized and prioritize your work.
2. Break large assignments into smaller tasks: If you have a large assignment, break it down into smaller, more manageable tasks. This can help you avoid feeling overwhelmed and make it easier to make progress.
3. Manage your time effectively: Use your time wisely by setting aside specific times for homework and avoiding distractions. You can also try techniques like the Pomodoro Technique, which involves working for a set amount of time and then taking a short break.
4. Ask for help: If you're struggling with a particular assignment or subject, don't be afraid to ask for help. You can ask a teacher or tutor for assistance, or form a study group with classmates.
5. Take care of yourself: It's important to take care of yourself and avoid burnout. Make sure to get enough sleep, exercise regularly, and take breaks when you need them. You can also try relaxation techniques like deep breathing or meditation to help reduce stress.
6. Learn to say no: If you're feeling overwhelmed with homework and other responsibilities, learn to say no to additional commitments. It's important to prioritize your mental health and wellbeing, and to avoid taking on more than you can handle.

By using these strategies, you can manage your workload and reduce stress related to homework overload. Remember to take care of yourself and ask for help when you need it, and don't be afraid to adjust your approach as needed to find what works best for you.

Per the post from Blizzard, tanks have been getting roughly double the value from dodge rating on gear and activated items. If you hover over your dodge chance in your character pane, it'll tell you how much dodge chance that your rating grants you before diminishing returns. That number is the amount of dodge you will effectively lose as of Tuesday.
I don't think most people understand how impactful that change is going to be, or how unequally it will affect tanks. Here's a breakdown comparing druids and death knights:
Druid
Their balanced BiS mitigation set has about 44 dodge rating on it. That's almost nothing. Druids will lose a tiny amount of dodge as of this change.
Death Knight
BiS Tank set has 415 dodge rating, but that number is misleading. The sigil of deflection adds an additional 144 dodge rating basically at all times. So DKs actually have 559 dodge rating while tanking, if using BiS. And standard gear setups are usually pretty close to that amount of dodge rating for most DK tanks. That translates to about 12% dodge before diminishing returns.
As you can see, this is going to hurt DKs quite a bit more than druids. But 12% less mitigation isn't that bad, right?
That doesn't mean 12% more damage.
It's a lot more than it sounds like.
Death Knights currently have very high avoidance, due in large part to the dodge bug. The Ulduar we have was tuned to what tanks could handle before this change. After this change, all tanks are going to be taking more damage, but DK tanks are hurt worst of all. DK tanks are currently avoiding around 75% of all incoming auto attacks, meaning only about 25% of attacks hit them (roughly, depends on the fight and the DK).
After this change, total attacks taken by the DK is going to jump from 25% to around 37%. That represents almost 50% more damage taken from attacks.
This is going to royally suck on fights like XT and General. Prepare for that if you use a DK tank. Druids and warriors rejoice because your stonks just went up. Warriors are likely to be favored for Algalon going forward since his damage per hit is going down, amplifying the benefit of blocking his attacks.
Going forward
I fully expect there's going to be some tweaking to Uld once blizzard realizes just how big of a change this is. In future phases, assuming this bug fix goes in and nothing else changes, druid and warrior tanks are likely to see more use than they currently do and DKs less once people see just how much this ends up hurting DKs in comparison.

I'm on my first play through of the game. I set up my base on Fishman Island as it seemed like very fertile land and I had cleared out the natives.
I kidnapped the Southern Hive Queen and put her in a Cell in my base. The invasion event never triggered. I went back to check the area, and its now all Fogmen around and I cant locate King.
I'm a bit annoyed and feel like I'm missing something cool in the game. Is there anything I can do to fix the situation? Import save with some specific option checked? Does anyone know if its a problem related to the base location? Maybe a pathing issue?
Many thanks.

Rockstar Games may already be planning Grand Theft Auto VI DLC. Fans have been chomping at the bit for more info on GTA 6 for a while as it will likely be one of the biggest games of all-time. Rockstar Games continues to raise and set the bar in a way no other developer is capable of and that will likely be no different with this game. Red Dead Redemption 2 was an absurdly innovative game that is a benchmark for open-world gaming and GTA 6 is both the follow-up to that and the second-best-selling game of all-time, Grand Theft Auto V. The developer is taking its sweet time on its next game and we've already caught a couple of glimpses at it thanks to leaks, but we're still waiting to learn more about it.
With that said, a recent comment from Rockstar Games insider Tez2 noted that they believe Rockstar is on track to announce GTA 6 this year and likely release it next holiday season, with room to delay into early 2025. In order to ensure the game does not get delayed more, Tez noted that Rockstar may have to start cutting content from the game which could then be finished and repackaged later as DLC. It's not something that's totally out of the question, as Rockstar did repurpose some stuff that was cut from Grand Theft Auto V later in GTA Online. Reports also suggested that when Bully 2 was canceled, some of its concepts and features were salvaged for Red Dead Redemption 2.
"I personally see an announcement as a given this year," said the insider. "I don't think the upper management is in a position to delay further to holiday 2025/2026. Cutting more portions of the game to package into DLCs to release later on may be sustainable for management than delaying further."
With all of that said, it's not necessarily a bad idea. In order to get the game out in a reasonable time, stuff will have to be cut, that's the nature of game development. However, it's always a good thing if it can be recycled for other content later down the line. Not only do you get a more fleshed out experience, but it keeps the core vision of the game in-tact. Rockstar has largely moved away from premium story DLC in recent years, so it's unclear what this DLC would look like, but it will likely be years before we even see it.

I used to pitch my tent wherever. If it looked interesting, I was setting up camp. I kept a tent at the ready in my trunk. There’s nothing exciting about a park; there’s no adventure in that. I didn’t camp out near someone’s house or anything like that, but I have found myself in some precarious situations. The worst yet, happened in East Tennessee.
I was traveling back to campus after spring break. There’s a spot of hills that I’ve always thought interesting. Between those hills runs a long valley. As I drive back and forth between Knoxville and Nashville, I always tell myself that I’m going to camp in that spot, but I never do it. I’m always pressed for time. I never leave in time though. Class is always the next day. Lost in music, I started ruminating on how boring my life had become. To hell with it, I was going to do it. I didn’t much care to do Calculus at eight in the morning anyway. I could afford to miss one day.
I pulled over to the side of the interstate, got my tent and backpack, and started hiking downhill to the valley. It was still early afternoon. The sun was still high enough in the sky to illuminate my way. The vegetation was thick. There was no human-made trail, no way to easily traverse the terrain. As I hiked through the briars and whipping branches, I reminded myself to buy a machete for instances such as these.
I found a perfect spot under a thicket of red cedars, with a nice flat area and no undergrowth. I pitched my tent and laid out my sleeping bag. I didn’t carry much on these excursions. I had a backpack with some crackers, a knife, lighter and a flashlight. It was usually a one-night affair and I’m gone the next morning. I spent most of the day exploring, but on this occasion, I was a little late. My main desire was to hike to the top of the largest hill to see the view and discover what was on the other side.
It took me about an hour and a half to make it up the hill. There on the other side was a wide expanse of nothing but trees. It looked like a green shag carpet rolled out across the landscape. I noticed directly at the bottom of the hill was an old wooden shed. What an odd place for a shed. The sun was farther down but I still had time to check it out.
I descended down to the other side of the hill, with a little haste. I wanted to make it back to my tent before it got too dark, but I couldn’t pass up this opportunity. My curiosity piqued. I was excited for some adventure. I got to the shed, opened the door and walked straight in without surveying the inside first. I felt the earth beneath my feet give way, my gut lifting up as if on a roller coaster, and then fell hard to the ground, breaking my tibia. The pain was excruciating. I rolled around in agony, feeling the dirt and rocky bottom. I looked up and realized I had fallen down into a deep hole, not so deep that I couldn’t see the shed walls. The shed was only big enough to encompass and hide the hole. The hole seemed to be about twenty feet deep, no way to climb out and escape. There was still enough light to see up top, but down in the hole it was dark.
“We’re dead. You know that don’t you?”
I was startled. Someone else was down in the hole with me. I grabbed my flashlight out of my backpack. There on the other side of the hole was a young woman. Her whole being- body, face, and clothes were filthy with dirt and grime. Her lips were dried up and cracked.
“You almost hit me. Watch where you’re falling next time,” she said with a weak chuckle.
“How long have you been here?”
“I don’t know. I’m in and out of consciousness. Sometimes I wake up and think I’m home in bed, then realize I’m in this damned hole.”
“How did you get here?”
“I was abducted… and you?”
“I was camping and found this shed.”
She laughed. “So, you saw a creepy shed in the woods and went to see what was inside. Man, you’re a dumb fuck.”
“There’s no way out of here?”
“No, I’ve tried. Nothing we can do. I know you’re hurt pretty bad. I heard your leg snap as you fell. Man, what a sound. I hate to say this, but I’m glad you’re here though. I was getting lonely. I don’t mean I want you to go through what I’ve been through. I mean, I’m just glad you’re not him. Well, might as well introduce myself since we’re going to be spending a lot of time together. My name is Mary.” She widened her eyes and tilted her head forward, trying to evoke a response.
“I’m Gary.”
My leg was bent awkwardly, but no bone was exposed. Even though there was just me and Mary in the hole there were piles of clothing, a thrift store in the middle of the woods. I grabbed some blue jeans and a tee shirt. I tied it tight around my shin. I didn’t know how to make a tourniquet or even if I should. I just wanted to stabilize my leg the best I could.
There was an uneasy silence. What do you talk about when you are trapped in a hole?
“Him… you said him. It’s just the one guy?”
“Yeah, but I don’t know if I would call him a guy.”
“What do you mean?”
“You’ll see.”
“What do you mean? Does he come down into the hole?”
“Yes, and he takes you out of the hole and does things to you… experiments.”
“Then that’s our chance. That’s our only chance, is to knock the shit out of this fucker and get out of here. He’s not expecting me. He doesn’t know I’m down here.”
I started formulating a plan. There were enough clothes that I could hide underneath, and I had my knife.
“Mary, I want you to move forward. I’ll pack some clothes behind you. I’ll be buried underneath with my knife. You lean back on that pile… you know like you had made yourself a comfortable little bed or something. Ok?” She nodded her head. “When does he usually come?”
“I don’t know but it’s pretty regular.”
“How does he get down here?”
“He has a rope ladder.”
“Is he big? Have you ever tried to fight him… to escape?”
“No, he has some…” she hesitated, “some kind of power. It freezes me. I can’t move. I hear a ringing in my head and then I’m paralyzed. Don’t let him see you. We’ll know when he’s approaching. There’s always a humming sound and a clicking.”
I wasn’t believing anything she was saying. She had been trapped in a dark hole for who knows how long. She was losing her mind, starved of vital nutrients. Her imagination had started to create a different reality for her, one that I was unwilling to participate in.
I laid against the wall of the hole on my side. My broken leg was throbbing, as it was laying on the floor with my other leg on top. I couldn’t switch around though. I had to be facing the side the hole he would be climbing down. Mary threw a bunch of the clothing on top of me, leaving my face exposed so that I could breathe and not get too hot. I held my knife up to my chest. It was the old-fashioned survival knife, with a compass on the handle. I had long since lost the matches and string that came with the knife, tucked away in the hollow of the handle. But for my present purposes, the blade was, hopefully, all I needed. Mary leaned back against me. We waited.
After a while, I heard a humming and a clicking. The thought ran through my head that maybe Mary wasn’t crazy after all.
“He’s coming.”
“I know. Go ahead and cover my face.”
The humming subsided, but the clicking grew louder. I heard the door open, then the unrolling of the rope ladder with the wooden rungs tapping out a rhythm as it fell to the floor of the hole. Mary started to whimper in fear. I heard the man make his way down and then the thump of his feet as he jumped to the bottom. The hole lit up with a blue light. I felt Mary’s body go limp and then I felt her lifted up off of me. I slowly, quietly pushed away the shirt that was covering my face.
The man had his back towards me with Mary slumped over his shoulder. He was about to climb up out of the hole. He wasn’t that tall, but thick like a Neanderthal. He wore all black, with a long sleeve turtle-neck shirt. He was bald, but the oddest thing was where the blue light was emanating from. What skin I could see, on his head and his irregularly long hands, was glowing blue.
I was scared as hell. What was I about to tangle with? Yet, I knew now more than ever this was our only chance. I let him climb a few rungs before I sprung out and hobbled as fast as I could to the other side of the hole. He didn’t hear me. I know I had made too much noise, but he never reacted. I shoved my knife into his lower back. The clicking grew loud. I grabbed his shirt and yanked him down the ladder, pulling my knife out of his back, and thrusting it in the back of his neck. Mary fell hard to the ground.
He turned his head revealing large black eyes, devoid of pupils. He didn’t have a nose. His mouth was huge with mandibles projecting from each side. The mandibles fluttered angrily, clicking and humming, increasing in frequency. He, or it, pushed me to the ground, pulling my knife out of his neck and throwing it to the ground. It looked into my eyes, making a hypnotic contact that I could not shake. I heard a ringing in my head and my body went limp. I had no control over my limbs. I was frozen to the bottom of the hole, my plan unraveling.
Everything was a haze. I was barely cognizant of my surroundings so I don’t know when or how Mary regained consciousness, but I could see her sneaking toward the knife. My vision was blurry. I was fighting to not to pass out. I saw Mary get the knife and move quickly toward the being. She grabbed a handful of dirt and slung it at his head. He turned and she landed the knife in his face. He pivoted back toward me, and I could see she had stabbed him directly in one of his eyes. Black and crimson fluid streamed down his face. I could feel my body again, slowly able to move my limbs. I got up as fast as my recovering body would allow and started towards the ladder.
“Go Mary. Go, go, go. Get the hell out of here!”
She went up first and I followed pushing her in the rear as we went up. We were half-way when I felt him grab my broken leg. I shrieked; the pain was unbearable. I instinctively kicked with my other leg and landed a shot to his mouth, breaking off one of his mandibles. The creature fell back down into the hole. Mary and I made it out of the hole and quickly pulled up the ladder.
The creature recovered from its fall. Realizing it was trapped, it tried frantically to climb up the wall. I was relieved to see that it didn’t have any power of flight or levitation or some other weird alien power that would get him out of the hole. Mary and I watched as the blue shimmer of light banged against the walls, like a firefly stuck in a mason jar. There was nothing to do but leave it there and hope it starved to death.
It took forever, but we finally made it to my car. Mary drove me to the nearest hospital. She called the police and told them that we had escaped from an assailant with long black hair and a big bushy beard. I don’t know what else she could say. Who would believe the truth? She pushed the officials in a different direction from the shed, claiming that we had escaped from a house somewhere about ten miles from the actual location. I suspected she knew more than what she was saying, or even more than what she had told me. Maybe she knew that the creature would no longer be there, that something would have come and retrieved him. I don’t know. I do know that I never travel that way anymore and I sure as hell don’t ever go camping. Gaming is all the adventure I need.

I was a partner in a consulting firm that was purchased by a much larger organization in very late 2021. I left the firm in mid-2021, but got a fairly substantial payout for my equity in early 2022, after the sale closed. The “old” entity still exists and will remain in place for two more years, during which time the buyers/new owners may continue to make payments to the partners. And FYI, I had hardly anything to do with how deal was structured.
Anyway, the founders/senior partners of the old firm that was sold have been trying to generate K-1 reports for the other partners (like me) which would of course account for those large payouts we got in early 2022. But, they (and one is a CPA) cannot seem to figure out how to generate these! They’ve passed the deadline of 3/15 for K-1’s to be issued, and I honestly am beginning to seriously think they may not even issue them. It’s beyond their skill set. I am the only partner who left, with the others going to work for the acquiring company, and I have almost no control over what they do or don’t do as far as these K-1’s go. All I know is that my CPA can’t do my taxes without it. I’ll file an extension, but what if I never get the K-1?? I will honestly be shocked if I even see it anytime in 2023.

Amazon reportedly set to launch NFT marketplace on private blockchain By Rachel Mcintosh April 1, 2023
Amazon is said to be in the final stages of preparing its own NFT marketplace, according to sources cited by BlockWorks. The marketplace is reportedly set to run on a private, permissioned blockchain controlled by Amazon, and could feature digital collectibles from a range of crypto-native creators and projects, including Beeple and Pudgy Penguins.
The sources also suggest that Amazon has signed a number of partnerships for the launch, although details of these have yet to be revealed.
The launch of the Amazon NFT marketplace would see the e-commerce giant entering an increasingly crowded field. Other notable NFT marketplaces include OpenSea, Nifty Gateway, and Rarible.
Despite the growing popularity of NFTs, there have been some concerns about the environmental impact of the technology. Many NFTs are based on the Ethereum blockchain, which relies on a proof-of-work consensus mechanism that requires significant amounts of energy to validate transactions.
It's unclear at this stage what blockchain technology Amazon's NFT marketplace will use, or how it will address environmental concerns.
Amazon has not yet made any official announcements regarding the NFT marketplace, and it's not clear when it will be launched.

Intro:
The idea of writing this came to me from a Reddit post. I am doing this just for fun, but did learn a lot in the process. It is technically viable to create a Cat Person, but it requires extensive, expensive, and dangerous body modification. No cat DNA is used, due to the differing number of Chromosomes. There are other methods that can be used though.
Human science is advanced enough to make lab grown organs and blood, along with machinery capable enough of helping or replacing organ function. We can also insert these into living beings and the body will create new blood vessels and potentially even make it grow. [1][2]
There are several I think have chances of success. Both have many issues but can technically cause the creation of a Cat Person. I hope you learn something from this. I am not mentioning plastic surgery, cosplay, or anything of the sort, as there are already people who turned themselves into Cat people using those methods.
Type 1: Genetic Modification
This involves genetically modifying our genes to edit our ear size, shape, hairiness, and positioning. Editing too much can get us into some serious disabilities. [3]
Humans used to have tails, and they are still somewhat present but its remnants are mostly gone. [4] We can bring this back quite easily, some humans already are born with them, albeit rarely. [5]
We must edit the Genes early into someone's pregnancy, or even before it. We cannot edit the genes once someone is born. This is the most expensive way to change someone's ear size. It can also cause permanent deafness or just bad hearing. The tail is harmless though.
Type 2: just growing one like a normal Cat Person
This is likely the best option when it comes to trying to make a Cat Person. That will be done by implanting an cat-ear shaped mould in an immunocompromised person and filling it with cartilage cells, who then would grow and fill the mould and become cat-ear shaped. We can do the same with a tail, but the ears is the largest issue at this point.
Technically, we can also do this with 3d printed organs, as we have done with rats. [1] As seen with the rat, the rat took it in and made it a part of its body.

Type 3: brute force it 

Many ancient cultures used body modification techniques, like the oddly shaped skulls in south america/meso america [6] or japan and their love of small foot size. It is unlikely to work but maybe it can be tried as a last resort. This only works if your turning someone very young into a Cat Person.

Type 4: Cell Culture Method (written by a friend) 

While the scientific validity of catgirls is often called into question, recent advances in biotechnology and genetic engineering suggest that creating catgirls with cell cultured ears may be a possibility in the future.
Cell culturing is a technique used to grow cells in a laboratory setting, which has been used in a variety of applications such as tissue engineering, drug development, and even the production of meat without animal slaughter. Using this technique, scientists have been able to grow human ears, noses, and other organs in the laboratory using 3D printing and scaffolding techniques.
In theory, scientists could use the same technique to create cat ears, or other feline features such as a tail, through cell culturing. By studying the genetics of cats and understanding the biological mechanisms that govern their physical traits, researchers could manipulate human stem cells to grow ears with feline characteristics.
While the creation of catgirls through cell culturing technology may be a possibility in the future, it is important to note that this is still a highly speculative and hypothetical concept. The ethical and moral implications of creating a hybrid species between humans and animals also raise important questions that would need to be carefully considered.
However, it is worth noting that advancements in genetic engineering and biotechnology have the potential to revolutionize our understanding of human biology and unlock new possibilities for medical treatments and therapies. With continued research and development, it may be possible to create biological hybrids that have characteristics of multiple species, including catgirls.
Ending thoughts:
In conclusion, while the idea of Cat People is still largely hypothetical and speculative, it is not outside the realm of possibility given recent advancements in biotechnology and genetic engineering. While the creation of catgirls raises important ethical questions, it is important to continue exploring and pushing the boundaries of scientific research to unlock new possibilities for the future.
Source list:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/22/science/its-possible-to-grow-a-3-d-printed-ear-on-a-mouses-back.html
   
2. https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/lab-grown-blood-used-transfusion-first-time-here-are-three-other-ways-making-organs
   
3. https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/chromosome-10-distal-trisomy-10q/
   
4. https://www.businessinsider.com/human-useless-body-parts-2019-1#human-embryos-develop-a-tail-between-five-and-eight-weeks-after-conception-the-tail-vanishes-by-the-time-humans-are-born-and-the-remaining-vertebrae-merge-to-form-the-coccyx-or-tailbone-5
   
5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263034/
   
6. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/peru-elongated-skulls-shaping-ancient-status-indiana-jones-south-america-matthew-velasco-cornell-university-a8210521.html?amp
   

I'm a big fan of hydrology. The study of water.
I have textbooks on it but honestly, I don't truly understand something unless I process it myself, words on a page won't do justice for me.
A lot of my job especially during the spring, is dealing with water. So through simple observations and trial and error I have become very, very good at what I do, by better understanding water.
In the spring each year, the frozen ground begins to catch wonderful slices of sunshine that is most appreciated during those first days of spring. After the cold and dark winters of this northern Canadaian climate. In catching those sunbeams the frozen ground, the snow and the ice all begin to bring forth water. Now my job is simple, I move the snow and ice from as much surface area as I can and to clear off and build retaining piles of dirt to hold the water, that slowly seeps from the frozen ground.
This is how it's done, this was how I was taught but it was a tedious process of clearing the leaking soil, over and over again. Taking solid dirt with each pass of my dozers blade. Meaning we'd have to bring in more dirt to fill in the loss after awhile. This new dirt had to be dry, which as you may not know? It's hard to find dry dirt without digging in the spring. Dirt that could be useful in any number of other places at the same time and so is valued quite highly.
So now you see why, understanding the water is important.
Everyone understands, of course that water flows down, always down, whenever it is able. The cascading waterfall and the torrents of the mountain streams. Water is a creature of gravity. Even the tides, as the moon rotates around the earth, are altered by the variations of gravity across it's vastness based on the location of moon on it's course.
So it made sense to offer the water a place to flow downward. Now the unfortunate thing about where this frozen ground lays, that melts itself into pools in the course of a spring day. Is that the ground I work on needs to be flat. At least flat enough that vechicles in mud or on ice, will not slide sideways when crossing it. So if I was to work with a flat surface and alter the flow of the water downward I'd need to puzzle out an option besides building a treacherous slope.
I thought first "what if I just poke, a lot of holes in the ground? Won't the water coming from the ice just flow into those?" As I had already put together, that the reason the water didn't just simply sink into the soil, was because it laid on top of a layer of ice which melts from the top down. Unable to penetrate the ice, the water pooled.
So I tested my theory by using the large "ripper" on my dozer, to poke many, many holes in low areas, small dips and potholes. Hoping that all the surrounding water would seep out at those low points.
Which did in fact work.. sort of. You see the soil within those holes can only absorb or drain so much and so quickly. So rather than a dry area, I now had man made pools of water, in each place I had poked a hole.
Not quite ideal, as it left the area covered in growing pools of water, everywhere. Instead of just needing to be cleared off every few hours.
So I altered my plan. Surrendering to the reality that water must pool if it can't be absorbed, drained or evaporated. I had another idea. Create pathways all across the area that would lead to a single pool. And so I created a reverse irrigation system. One that could be passed over by vehicles without any issues as it remained flat but as I had removed the ice that kept the water above ground and replaced it with soil that the water could flow through or small open runs for greater flow rates. It in fact, became dry, flat, ground. Far more quickly than it ever had before. Even though the sun hadn't been bright or all that warm. The pool of water was left to slowly evaporate but itself or be removed by special "vacuum trucks" that can suction up the water by hose, into a large tank and carry it off somewhere less problematic later on.
All because I didn't like that I had to clean up puddles while trying to do the rest of my job.
I tell you all this not to just talk about one of my favorite things.
But because I want to explain how I believe love is like water.
You can't convince love to flow uphill. You can't force it to your will. You can only guide it. Offer it a pathway forward. Love like water, naturally pools, which means it can grow with time. Rapidly or slowly, based on how much goes into it. Though, like water, Love can be set free by losing what holds it there, it can overflow and escape, it can be evaporated, drained or absorbed until nothing remains.
Water can also stagnate when it has no growth.
But all water is part of a much larger cycle. The lowest point, water is a creature of gravity. The lowest point on the surface of earth is within the ocean. Becoming part of the salty tides themselves. But the cycle, then plucks the water from the vastness of the ocean and carries it back onto land, in the form of clouds. There it may fall as snow on high mountain tops? It may fall as rain on the forests and be absorbed into the plants, it may even evaporate further and create humidity, that can be felt on skin, promising its return in a torrent of thunder and lightning.
Love I believe is exactly like water. A vast majority of it, a bit too salty. I would call the ocean the love we have for other humans. Those who we do not know. It is water, yet it is not water that can sustain human life when swallowed.
But love like water is part of the greater cycle. Plucked from that ocean of salty love. It evaporates, transitions into something else.
As love is carried in the cycle it may grow cold and as it falls it might end up sitting in one place for long periods as snow. But when it is warmed, even from the highest mountain top or the glaciers of Antarctica. The water seeks to find its place.
Maybe our love is like the rainfall on the forest? Giving itself to a greater purpose.
Maybe our love stagnates within a tiny pool. Unable to escape until it eventually is evaporated? Escaping to return to the cycle once more.
But maybe, just maybe.. our love finds its way to a quiet pond or lake? Where it will be fed and feed.
Where it will have high years and low years, where it will sustain life and give of itself to all that is around it.
Maybe, just maybe.. our love is like that lake? And we just haven't reached it yet. Just caught in transition, between states.
So as the spring comes and the ice of my love thaws, i hope anew that when next we find one another, it is not within the stagnant pool and not the ocean deep but in the quiet pond where birdsong fills the air and flowers fill the meadows along our shore. Where the deer come to drink in the shade of the pine trees. That is where I'll wait for you.
Even if you never come? It is the most wonderful place I have ever known.