Hello Post people!

Quite a bit of Reddit is going dark on Monday.

It's a number of issues, the API pricing (pushing out third parties), Reddit's need to get some of that sweet AI LLM cash (because Reddit is a huge source for training models), some bad treatment of developers - including tools that provide accessibility.
This is very much tied to the platform's move towards an IPO and showing it's value.
To put it simply (you can also refer to this image), these changes are causing some significant issues:

• Third-party tools are being priced out (and the pricing announcement/start day is rapid, relatively speaking)
• Reddit's change will heavily impact users with visual impairments - as Reddit's native tools lack.
• It affects quite a bit of moderation tools - making everything harder.

From our mod perspective, it seems like these shifts are happening far too quickly, in a rush to show value.

The new pricing model has already forced some third-party tools to exit, whether that's the intention or not. The implementation feels poorly handled (worse than Apple's FCPX or Avid's new title tool!). The recent treatment of the creator of the Apollo client raises concerns about Reddit's approach - especially the "remember the person behind the keyboard," which is part of reddits' own written Rediquette. Again, worst of all, users with visual impairments may be left behind for an extended period.

In response, numerous subreddits are going 'dark' for 48 hours starting Monday with some even considering a permanent exit.

This week, in the notes from a call from Reddit, there were allegations against Apollo for 'threatening' Reddit (They didn't). Additional language included "Go ahead and protest, it's a democracy" but also was a particular line:- "We are tolerant, but also have a duty to keep Reddit online," which feels like a thinly veiled threat.
We've received queries/concerns from our community, so we believe it's crucial to open this discussion.
Not participating in the blackout feels wrong…especially considering the large number of subreddits (800-1000+), including /videos, /gaming, and /music, that are going dark (large list here.)
Yet, we are also aware that it may not have any substantial impact on the corporate direction. If they lose 20% of their views, it doesn't matter.
For additional details, refer to the following links:

• Developer call
• Moderator coordination
• Apollo shutting down. (This is the Third-party iOS tool that was not handled well - see the developer call - especially that he was featured as part of Apple's WWDC this past week.)

Regarding the implications for our subreddits:

We're still discussing what we feel is the best course of action. I (Greenysmac), honestly don't think two days will mean "much"; I don't expect corporate entities to give in.
But Just nuking communities or turning them private forever isn't a great perspective either. It's a pretty great place here.

How it will affect you:

If you're a member of any of our subreddits, if we decide to go private, it means that the subs will still load for you - it'll just never show up on the wider part of Reddit (like /all). Many subreddits are auto-removing any new posts/comments or posting a note about this issue on every post during the blackout period.
Know that these paths increase the workload for our moderators quite a bit.
Please feel free to share your thoughts on this issue; we want to hear what you think, as it affects us and Reddit as a whole.

The current company I work at as a graduate, I am not working much on stuff that I wanted to. Along with having some fallout with HR, will bit be sensible to apply for a company that works more on the things I wanted to work on for my future but is a subcontractor to the company I am at now?
Another thing why I still haven’t applied or am wondering is that the director of that company and my current senior manager are sort of friends through work.
Am I protected if I do apply? I do fall in their criteria and skill set.

I have a good friend who constantly makes little quips at me that makes me feel small and hurt. It happens almost every time we spend 1 on 1 time together. It got to a point where once we were at a restaurant with a few of her friends and she loudly scolded me for “being too loud.” This made me furious and so I ended up sitting there in silence until she asked for a bite of my food and when I said no, she took it anyway. That made me even more angry so I stood up and went home. After I explained this to her, she said she was sorry and that she would change.
Fast forward a few months later, the quips keep happening but just not super publicly. She would make little comments about how she “could tell” my jewelry was from shein (I had bought it much earlier before I learned the full harm of Shein) , or about my music taste, or laughing when I mess up just singing in the car. Once, we were supposed to go out for my birthday and I got the timings mixed up for a place and she snapped at me saying “you didn’t check the timings?” Then we spent the rest of the time together just her complaining about her life and problems (which are super valid and difficult). It’s just that it was supposed to be my bday celebration but it didn’t feel at all like it.
Its now at the point where I feel like I’m acting when I’m around her - making sure I wear and say the right things.
The other day, something unrelated that she said triggered me to unlock and spill everything to which she said I was just attacking her and she felt gutted by me. She said I shouldn’t have let it bottle up, but I didn’t know what else to do. I can’t imagine having to tell her every time she makes a mean comment to me. I think if I were to do that, it would not make for a good time for anyone because it’s every time we hang out and would be a mood killer. But, this could mean that I’m the AH for not telling her about it while its happening and letting it bottle up.
She’s going through some stuff and said she needed a few days but I said I need a few weeks to think about what I want to do.
I really enjoy her friendship and company. She’s very loyal and tries to be a good person. I think that I want to stay her friend because we’ve been through so much together and she’s done a lot for me but sometimes idk if it’s worth it for me to go through the little quips. And at this point, I’m not sure if the friendship can survive. I think it would end up being us both walking on eggshells around each other.
What do I do?

Look… I (24m) know how it sounds. “He’s infatuated with more than one girl, dude is just horny and a pig.” But this isn’t just something that has developed recently, this has been an on going situation for several years now and it’s just tearing me apart.
First, I am in a committed relationship and have been for 18 months now. I am absolutely head over heels in love with this woman (24f, let’s call her M) and see myself spending the rest of my life with her. We get each other on so many levels, we make each other laugh and feel good and she genuinely makes me happy. I have never been so supported in a relationship and I can not imagine not being with her. M is hands down the best thing to ever happen to me and I love her so much.
That being said, there are two women who I have known for longer than I’ve known M that I’ve had feelings for since the beginning of our respective friends. We’ll call one L(25f) and one F(24f).
I met L first in HS, she was actually a gf of a close friend of mine, but they broke up after they went to college. Her and I have maintained a long distance and spotty friendship since HS, she went to a university not too far from me, but far enough to not be able to see her very regularly, but when we did hang out it was just so magical. Even when she had a bf and we hung out we just have this chemistry and I swoon at the thought of her. She’s incredibly kind and intelligent and has always been a safe space for me. We have never crossed the platonic line, we’ve always just been friends, the most intimate thing we’ve done is I’ve taken to giving her a kiss in her forehead when we say bye to each other knowing we won’t see each other for a while. We also always say “I love you” when we say bye. I have always just had such admiration for this woman and think the absolute world of her.
As for F, we met in college and were always taking the same classes. Again, at the time we met she was dating a friend of mine, but he cheated on her multiple times and am no longer friends with him. Similar to L, she’s supremely kind and has done some of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me. Contrary to L, though, we went through a talking phase a few years ago, but she was going through a really rough patch and she honestly handled it very poorly and she led me on and lowkey fucked me up… We didn’t talk too much for a while, but reconnected maybe a year later and we’ve been completely platonic since. We’re extremely close, I’d say she’s one of my best friends, again we say we love each other and at times we have held hands to comfort one another, but nothing more. She’s another person who I just have a ton of respect for.
All three women are totally different, both in personality and looks.
I have to admit, there isn’t really much I can do anyway when it comes to either L or F, L lives in another state and F I’m 100% sure isn’t interested anymore. That being said, that doesn’t stop the butterflies in my stomach when I think of them and see them. And that makes me feel like an absolute piece of shit because I feel as if I’m being a bad bf to M. I cannot emphasize this at all, I would not leave M for F or for L, and my feelings for them do not take anything away from my feelings for her. I want to marry M, and the thought of that makes me so happy, but at the same time I know that if she knew I have other women on my mind she’d be heartbroken. M and F are friends now and that doesn’t help me feel any better, if I’m being honest I really, truly hate myself for this. I don’t know what to do, I can’t confess to L or F cuz that could ruin our friendships and I need their friendship, I also can’t tell M because she won’t believe me when I say that I love her if I love other girls. It’s just something I have to live with a bury down but it’s killing me.
Disclaimer: obviously I find all of these women attractive, otherwise I wouldn’t be attracted to them, but sex has never been my priority, in fact I’ve wondered if I might be asexual, but I’m not sure. Still figuring things out with that…

A little of my story: I used to play a fair amount, averaging in the mid 90s, but just slowly stopped playing as much, which eventually led to about a 20 year layoff. Around Christmas, I decided I wanted to start playing again, but honestly didn't know how committed I would be, so I just bought a cheap set of clubs off of Amazon (Jaffick full set). I now am completely obsessed and am hovering around 100. My length (the biggest thing I lost in the layoff) is getting better, but I'd still like to get 20 yards more per club. My clubs are okay, but the flex on them seems a little loose and I've thought about getting a swing analysis and possibly a fitting for new clubs. Is it time yet or am I getting ahead of myself? When I last played, there was no such thing as a computer swing analysis and a club fitting was not something that I could ever have afforded, so the information I could get out of it is an exciting thing, but I don't want to do it before I really need to.

My three month’s experience on U.S mobile by my original unlocked Galaxy S20 Ultra Verizon version 1. Never get wifi calling. Customer service acknowledged the issue but wouldn’t be able to fix it. Ok on Verizon or other carriers’ sim card 2. Never get 5G even on this 5G capable device. Customer service acknowledged the issue but wouldn’t be able to fix it. Ok on Verizon or other carriers’ sim card 3. APN setting is a pain and confusing. Each agent gave a different set to input but still didn’t help me to get 5g and wifi calling. Never has this kind of issues with other carriers, usually automatically loaded once putting in SIM cards 4. Customer service is polite but useless. Their standard reply usually comes with Indian’s oversaturated and totally unnecessary greetings and then offers noting to fix the issues. So it is just waste of time really.
All in all, they might use VZ network but they provide pretty bad product. My experience with Visio is actually better comparing with U.S mobile. And Visio is not that good to begin with as there are so many complaints on Reddit!!

I pushed Hank to 850 trophies and reached top 200 US in the first 2 days of his release so I would say I have a solid understanding of his play style, strengths, and “weaknesses”
For starters the obvious change is fixing the bug that causes damage bonus’s to have a squared effect (ruffs power up should be 1.2x damage but is actually 1.2x * 1.2x and becomes 1.44x damage for Hank)
But even after fixing the bug Hank is still mildly too strong:
Base damage from 750 to 900, max damage from 3000 to 2700
Reload speed from 0.25 seconds to 0.4 seconds
Bubble charge time from 3 seconds to 2.8 seconds
Max Bubble hold time from 6 seconds to 5 seconds
Super charge rate now scales from 16% to 48%
Healing while holding attack reduced by 50%
Super damage from 1500 to 1200
Super projectile count from 6 (plus 1 stacked) to 8 (no stacked)
Speed Starpower activation from 80% to 70% (2.4 seconds to 1.96 seconds)
Speed Starpower effect from 20% to 10% (870 to 790)
All these changes feel like a lot, but they address many problems
Hank can no longer spam attacks at close range for cleanup/fast super charge
Hank can’t hold his attack for as long for mass area control
Hank can’t recover as much health while holding bubble (has reduced healing and bubble pops more frequently interrupting healing)
Hank has an easier time activating his speed boost from Starpower BUT the effect is weaker and has a shorter max duration
Hank can build up to his max damage and super charge faster BUT his attacks are weaker
And finally his super is weaker up close (10500 to 9600 max damage) BUT better at getting SOME value at longer ranges

Predictmedix – a great way to surf the Artificial Intelligence wave.
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There is a saying attributed to Mark Twain that goes, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but if often rhymes.” This means circumstances might be different but similar events often recur. This is good because securities regulators demand that you make it clear that in the financial markets, “Past performance is no guarantee of future results.”
However, investment analysts continue to use rhymes and here’s one that could help you see sizeable investment returns from Predictmedix Inc. (CSE: PMED, OTCQB: PMEDF). This is how the rhyme comes together:
A. The 1990s technology boom: The parallel I see is between the current Artificial Intelligence cycle and the dot-com stock market cycle of ≈1990 to ≈ 2002. As background, the 1990s either developed or laid the groundwork for changes that completely transformed the world we live in. Out of that time came many new technologies and related developments and each was highly disruptive. Here is a very brief list of some of those developments:
(1) Nokia was the first mass-produced cellphone offered in 1992 with the ability to send and receive phone calls as well as store data (e.g. phone numbers).
(2) The World Wide Web, a.k.a. the Web browser was proposed in 1990 and debuted in 1991. This was the start of the Internet, Websites, e-mails and a massive amount of information that would become available to everyone.
(3) With the explosion of data available, finding it became a challenge. Mosaic started as the first search engine in 1993 followed by Yahoo in 1994 and Google in 1998. Today, Google has risen to the top and become synonymous with an Internet search. Google it.
(4) Other important developments of that time included the growth in the capacity of microprocessors, Photoshop, texting, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, realistic videogames for a more adult market, collecting and using DNA, the start of e-tailing and more.
(5) Finally, we have the stock market. Cisco, Dell, Intel and Microsoft are sometimes referred to as the four horsemen of the 1990s tech boom. But we can’t ignore Apple and Google and there were many more that benefited. The smaller, new, Initial Public Offering companies came to the fore with incredibly high returns in the second half of the 1990s.
The chart to the right shows how stock markets performed during the 1990’s high-tech boom. A few things are worth noting:
(1) The Dot.Com stock market cycle lasted a long t time. Essentially, more than the decade of the 1990s. It’s length reflected the importance of the fundamental changes taking place.
(2) There was an important development regarding the stock market that has become part of the stock market legend. On December 5, 1996, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in a televised speech used the term “irrational exuberance” to describe a stock market that he thought was highly speculative and overvalued. His comment was intended as a warning from the Fed that the stock market, driven by the high-tech developments described above, was overvalued. His timing was five years early which is a lifetime in the stock market.
(3) The five years after Greenspan’s “irrational exuberance” statement was the most profitable for investors of the entire ten years plus of the stock market cycle.
As you sit reading this brief, imagine your life without a cell phone, the Internet, e-mail and text messages. How different would your life be without just these four products that emerged from the 1990s. A more relevant question might be how different would your life be if you had purchased shares in Apple or Cisco or Dell or Google or Microsoft back then?
B. The Artificial Intelligence Boom (AI): The term Artificial Intelligence was created in 1955. The idea was to have a machine that could take data, and find patterns that would enable it to make predictions and reach conclusions (make decisions). The Oxford Dictionary defines AI as “The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.”
It was Moore’s Law in 1975 that stated the capacity of semiconductors would continue to double every two years which enabled computers to be able to put into practice the AI Boom that is taking place today. Current forecasts say the AI industry will grow to $900 billion by 2026 and $15.7 trillion by 2030. AI growth in the 1920s could dwarf anything high-tech was able to accomplish in the 1990s.
(1) There is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom going on and many people don’t yet realize it is even happening. AI is used in:
i. Self-driving and parking cars. AI is used by Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Toyota and Volvo.
ii. Maps and navigation. Enter where you are and where you want to go by car and Google Maps, for example, will give you a choice of routes, the time optimal route taking into account construction and traffic.
iii. Facial detection or recognition. Facial detection identifies a human face or facial recognition that identifies a specific face that can be used for surveillance and security.
iv. Digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Google’s Now and Microsoft’s Cortana. When combined with search and recommendation AI, Alexa or Siri is able to learn your preferences and recommend things you are interested in.
v. Customer service chatbots that answer frequently asked questions, track orders or direct calls. Often people will be unaware they are dealing with a machine.
vi. Vehicle recognition use computer vision and deep learning to find a specific car on a surveillance video.
vii. Robot vacuums can scan a living area, look for and remember objects in the way, remember the best route for cleaning the area and decide how many times it should repeat cleaning a specific area.
It is estimated that by 2030, between 400 and 800 million jobs will be displaced by Artificial Intelligence and 375 million people will have to change to a totally different type of work. It is also forecast that it is not just lower-paying, blue-collar jobs that will be replaced by AI. Jobs such as accountants, lawyers, doctors, investment advisors and portfolio managers might all be substantially eliminated. AI will impact all industries and the rate of change will be exponential, that is, the rate of change will accelerate.
For example, what does a doctor do? In general, a doctor gathers new information, refers to a patient’s medical history, refers to a medical book or today’s Internet, makes a diagnosis and provides s treatment. This is also what a lawyer does. AI might reach the point where it can do it faster and better than a human..
AI does present threats to human existence. As AI is changing exponentially, it will happen faster than the technology boom of the 1990s. It took technology 20 years to produce the changes we discussed above. AI could produce equivalent changes in 10 or 15 years. For example, ChatGPT, an AI product went from zero to 100 million users within months making it the fastest-growing consumer software product in history. There will be others.
(2) The AI shift could drive economic change and a stock market cycle at least as significant as the last “dot.com” cycle. The “go-to” companies today for participation in AI are the likes of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Meta (NASDAQ: META), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL). These are very large companies. GOOGL has a market cap of $1.6 trillion, AMZN has a market cap of $1.2 trillion, META has a market cap of $$648 billion, MSFT has a market cap of $2.4 trillion, NCDA has a market cap of $963 billion and ORCL has a market cap of $282 billion.
(3) While these are excellent businesses, they are also amongst the world’s largest companies. In 2022, GOOGL, META and MSFT purchased 2 out of every 3 AI chips. In my opinion, it is almost unthinkable that GOOGL can be a ten-bagger from a base market cap of $1.6 trillion or AMZN from $1.2 trillion. But it is clear these stocks now have a major component of their value derived from involvement in Artificial Intelligence and it is not surprising that early adopters would choose a lower risk/lower return approach to gain exposure to an emerging Artificial Intelligence industry.
(4) The changes created by AI also carry some risks. The speed of change will be challenging to human beings. There are forecasts that say one in four workers globally will see their jobs disappear and one in eight workers will have to be retrained in a totally unrelated field. During the industrial revolution and the tech boom, there was always the promise of more and better jobs. With AI we may have reached the point where machines actually do replace workers.
(5) Cathie Wood is a well-known and widely followed money manager with a reputation for expertise in the Artificial Intelligence sector. Wood manages a range of portfolios including the ARK Innovation Exchange Traded Fund (ARKK) and since its founding in 2014, Bloomberg estimates NDVA has contributed 13% of the fund’s 112% total return only behind Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, Invitae Corp and Tesla. That is all positive but Wood sold the ARKK holding in NVDA in January 2023 just before it rallied strongly adding some $560 billion to its market cap with $200 billion coming on one day after reporting earnings. Wood’s investors have basically missed the huge rally in the stock and the sector in 2023.
(6) But there is another phase I would look for and that is the participation of smaller, retail investors. Whether it was in the tech cycle I discussed above, the “meme” stocks or commodity exploration and development cycles in the past, the retail investor buys in before the bull market ends. Market pundits such as Citi global asset allocation and Vanda Research make the same observation: where is the retail investor?
We know the institutional investors have been getting in. So far in 2023 according to Bloomberg, the top 4% of stocks in the S&P 500 have contributed 94% of the index return and 8 of the top 20 include Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet Class A, NVIDIA, Alphabet Class C, Tesla and Meta. In other words, the top 2% of the stocks in the S&P 500 contributed 94% of the return. Through mid-May, if the AI stocks are omitted, the S&P Index would be down -1.4% instead of up +8.3%. All of these stocks are AI leaders and each of them is an institutional stock. Yet, I believe the retail investor will come into the market and when they do, it is stocks like PMED for which they have always had an appetite.
C. I think investors will get more bang for their buck by investing in a small company like Predictmedix Inc. (CSE: PMED, OTCQB: PMEDF) with a total commitment to AI. From a base market cap of $16.6 million and, as I have pointed out in recent reports, many different business verticals to get them higher, I see PMED as a unique opportunity for aggressive growth investors. It is hard to imagine any decade having more of an impact on the ensuring socio-economic decades than the 1990s. Imagine your activities today without your cellphone, Internet, email and texting.
I expect the cycle driven by AI to be a long one, similar to the dot-com cycle that lasted longer than the decade of the 1990s. To the right is a chart published by Luke Lango’s Hypergrowth Investing. It shows the stock market in the 1990s and overlays current results. The parallels Lango sees include:
• Federal Reserve’s tight money policy slowed economic growth in 1990 as it is doing currently.
• In 1990, the markets were down around 20% and in 2022 stocks dropped around 25%.
• In late 1990, the Fed started reducing interest rates and the markets rebounded.
• In late 2022, the Fed has turned less hawkish and into 2023 has slowed the pace of interest rate increases. The markets have been recovering.
• In the early 1990’s, the dot-com stock market rally began and the market would advance generally higher for the rest of the decade and into the new millennium.
• Today, it is Artificial Intelligence that is pushing stocks higher and given my expectations for AI, it could stock prices higher until at least 2030.
Conclusion: I believe Predictmedix Inc. (CSE: PMED, OTCQB: PMEDF) is exceptionally well positioned to participate in the upcoming boom in Artificial Intelligence. There are many different ways to describe market cycles that evolve around such drivers. Here is mine:

1. Accumulation: the earliest buyers tend to be larger institutions that gain the information necessary to be early adopter. I have given several statistics to show this has been happening.
2. Retail Participation/Speculation: as the story gains acceptance, less experienced investors enter the market and prices begin to rise more quickly. After two to three years of combined buying by large and small investors, it is possible to identify speculative activities such as very rapid increases in a stock price or underwritings of companies based on questionable valuations. This is the next phase I see ahead for the current AI cycle.
3. Distribution/Sale: At some point, toward the end of the Retail Participation/Speculation phase, some investors will begin to sell. It is popular to believe that institutional investors or “smart money” sell at this stage. During the many years, I have spent in the investment business, this is not true. Institutions can hold on to their AI stocks for far too long and end up seeing their portfolios incinerated. This is still many years away. The challenge today with a stock like PMED is not getting out; it is getting in.
4. Bear Market: eventually there will be a broad sell-off of AI stocks. Some institutions will sell without regard for their impact on the market. Margin buyers will get margin calls and may be forced to sell again without regard to price. At this time, over half of the AI companies trading at that time will simply disappear. Some will be successful but remain smaller. Some will merge with another AI company. Some will be acquired. Very few will survive and become leaders in the industries. They will become the Alphabets, Amazons, Metas, Microsofts, Nvidias, and Oracles of the 2040s and 2050s.

I started out with the quote “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” So I don’t think the AI cycle of the 2020s will be the same as the high-tech cycle of the 1990s but I think it will be similar. If you agree, Predictmedix Inc. (CSE: PMED, OTCQB: PMEDF) is a stock to buy for your portfolio.

Recap of last episode
Theme Song Plays
Deliberations: Despite being a man down, the Blue Team are ever-grateful that their weak links are gone. The Red Team become loyal to Bryce, and chant his name while walking back to the dorm. Kelsie and Glenn play a game of poker together, sparking a friendship between the two.
Challenge: When the chefs are brought downstairs, it is revealed that Hell's Kitchen will be turned into a ballroom for that night's Ballroom Dance Night. The chef's dishes will be judged by the event organizer and his wife. With the Blue Team outnumbered, Maddie sat out.
First Pairing: Trish and Bryce.
Trish Scores. 1-0 Blue.
Second Pairing: Tyrone and Lauryn.
Tyrone scores. 2-0 Blue.
Third Pairing: Glenn and Akira.
Both score. 3-1 Blue.
Fourth Pairing: Giancarlo and Bella.
Giancarlo scores. Blue Team wins 4-1.
Reward: The Blue Team are brought on a helicopter ride around Los Angeles.
Punishment: The Red Team has to set up the dining room for the ballroom dance.
Before service: Both teams prep for service. Gordon announces that Usain Bolt will be dining in the Red Kitchen, while Shaun White dines in the Blue Kitchen.
During service: The Blue Team gets off to a decent start, with only 3 mistakes made (overcooked, then raw scallops from Trish, and a soupy risotto from James) and make it to entrées 40 minutes in. The Red Team gets off to a flying start and make it to entrées 35 minutes in. Akira shockingly has a horrible service, and gets kicked out of the kitchen for the first time since Opening Night. Luckily, the Red Team finishes strong, with only 2 mistakes made (Bryce gives a wrong time on a Wellington, and Lauryn burns a snapper). The Blue Team also performs strong, but not half as well as the Red Team. Both teams complete service. The ballroom dance starts immediately after service. Chef Ramsay refers to the comment cards, and the Red Team are declared winners (Red Team had a 97% rating, while the Blue Team had a 91%).
Nominations: The Red Team, with Tyrone as announcer, nominated Trish for holding up entrées, and James for a lack of focus during service. Gordon requests that both of them take their jackets… back in line. He was satisfied with the performances of both teams and decided not to send anyone home.
Gordon's comment: "Tonight was a great service, and I did them a great service, and decided not to send anyone home."

TL;DR: I (23M) am currently on leave from medical school. I left during M1 due to mental health issues, and almost unaliving myself. It’s been a rough year, and quite the learning experience, but I’m doing better.
I’m now struggling with the idea of going back though…but also…not going back too. I only have a few weeks to decide. I don’t want to make a mistake either way, but I fear potential regret from either choice.
I’m not sure what I’m looking for by posting this, or if it’s just a vent, but thank you for reading if you do. You are all amazing.
Hey friends,
I posted a few months ago about how I took a leave from medical school during my first year.
Long story short I had a lot of mental health issues (and no meds), a drug/alcohol problem, and at my lowest had an unaliving letter written to my loved ones and was actively planning my way out. My entire family dropped everything to fly across the country to pull me out of school because despite my struggles, I couldn’t give it up on my own.
After leaving I spent some time in a facility, and got some nice grippy socks. I was eventually cleared though (woo-hoo 🥳), and have been trying by best to stay healthy ever since.
I started proper medication, quit drinking, kicked my addictions, got pretty fit actually, traveled some, etc. Things have gotten better…but the scars of the past are still there. I’d be lying if I said I was 100% okay. I still meet with multiple mental health professionals on a regular basis, and am now pretty reliant on (properly prescribed) meds to get me through the day.
Fast forward to these last few weeks and (re)entrance tasks have picked up. Paperwork, zooms, emails, loans, cross-country apartment hunting, etc. have all triggered me to say the least. I can feel the anxiety building.
I’m scared of losing myself again. Or even worse, racking up $100k of debt per year and then losing it at some point down the road when I’m in too deep. I already have ~$100k debt from undergrad + last year with a pretty useless chemistry degree to show for it. However, I’m also scared to let this all go.
People from the outside make it seem like it’s so easy to just walk away. It’s not. Like many of you, I put everything into this. This was my dream, and the only career I ever really considered. Getting here consumed so many years of my life. I’m not the brightest person, so I worked pretty hard in undergrad for good grades. I made no friends. I didn’t go out. The MCAT took forever to study for. Meanwhile, I couldn’t work, do internships, or build a real-world resume because I was so focused on checking boxes to get in. And that’s just my part. My parents also supported me in many ways financially throughout this entire process.
As dumb as it may sound, I hate that I feel so stuck on a path that I’ve barely even started. I got a near 4.0 from a decent undergrad, I got a 52X on my MCAT, I got into a top medical school, I spent years getting here. I worked so hard…..all potentially for nothing?
I hate that I only have a few weeks to decide if I want to try this out again, or fully drop out. I already got denied extending my leave another year.
I hate that if I do drop out, there’s no going back. I’ll likely never be accepted again, even if I were to reapply several years down the line. I’m scared I’ll regret it.
I hate that if I do drop, I’ll be doing so without an actual taste of what real medicine is like. Just a really small sample of preclinical, which is nothing like clinical medicine.
I hate that leaving means I’ll probably have to go back to undergrad, and potentially work towards a backup career that might not turn out the way I’m hoping again. A career that will always be something I did less out of interest, and moreso because medicine just didn’t happen for me. There is nothing I’d want to do with a chemistry degree.
I think most of all though, I hate thinking that there is a chance, even if it’s a very small one, that I could go back to med school and figure it all out. I could get through it all and love being a doctor like I always thought I would. I could maybe finish and look back on this one day & be so happy that I stuck it out. But, there’s no guarantee.
Obviously this is a personal decision…it’s my life after all. I just wish it didn’t have to be this difficult.

Hi all,
As you may know I created this sub mostly on a whim.
I did it late at night, after perhaps one more beer than was prudent :), when it was pointed out to me, by another MapleApe on one of the other big GME subs, (I forget who, I would give credit if I could!) that there wasn't a subreddit dedicated to Canadians interested in the GME saga.
Information that was required to navigate the broker and Direct Registration landscape, which was unique to us, was scattered here and there but took a lot of digging, or, to find in the torrent of discussions, information, mis-information, and memes.
I have been on vacation these past few weeks, checking in occasionally via my mobile phone mostly via the excellent baconreader app. News of the impending cash-grab by the reddit owners, which will basically make 3rd-party app API access completely unaffordable for those developers, has shaken the entire reddit community. It's a fact that reddit, the site, is privately-owned, and ultimately a closed platform. They have the power, and it would seem, the willingness to impose these untenable restrictions and we can do very little (probably nothing) to stop it.
In the past few days, I've thought about putting up a poll to see if members here want me to take the sub private this Monday, June 12th, in solidarity with other subs on reddit. Honestly though, I don't see it doing much to influence anyone, as we're a tiny, tiny sub compared to some of the others, and our actions here probably aren't even seen by those who make the decisions -- nor, I suspect, would they care.
Beyond that, I can only encourage all of you to:

• Bookmark ALL links from the subs's FAQs
• Go visit old posts you recall that had information useful to you and save that info!
• Evaluate what your intended goals are for yourself and those you care about wrt. GME.
• Remember why you came here and hold true to your plans and principles.
• Keep an eye out for other emerging platforms which other HODLers may be migrating to
• Don't let the market, media and those who influence opinion shake your confidence in the fundamentals and roadmap GameStop has set out to achieve. THERE WILL BE FUD.

As reddit progresses along its insane path to monetize at all costs, I anticipate there will be a mass exodus to one or more other platforms. It may be useful to keep this sub around for the time being, but there may also come a point where it's just not that useful any more. If the traffic to this sub drops significantly, and there is a consensus as to where else the DD and News are moving to, I will add links to those platforms in the pinned Lounge posting.
I have seen suggestions for various twitter-like services, but the ones I've looked at so far are (to me) unfortunately already saturated with posts that leave a bad taste in my mouth (I won't get into politics here). I think we need to find a platform that allows silo'd topic areas like the subreddits here, so that those who wish to engage on a particular topic can do so without being constantly forced to deal with the barrage of other social-media noise that twitter-like services present. The Gangnam youtube video comments section isn't going to cut it, either :)
In any event, it's been fun, I hope for you all as well. I'm not closing the sub or anything, I just felt the need to post before Monday about this so we all can prepare for what might come. I will still visit and mod the sub as appropriate, but perhaps less often, from my desktop if (when) the mobile apps die.

I pushed Hank to 850 trophies and reached top 200 US in the first 2 days of his release so I would say I have a solid understanding of his play style, strengths, and “weaknesses”
For starters the obvious change is fixing the bug that causes damage bonus’s to have a squared effect (ruffs power up should be 1.2x damage but is actually 1.2x * 1.2x and becomes 1.44x damage for Hank)
But even after fixing the bug Hank is still mildly too strong:
Base damage from 750 to 900, max damage from 3000 to 2700
Reload speed from 0.25 seconds to 0.4 seconds
Bubble charge time from 3 seconds to 2.8 seconds
Max Bubble hold time from 6 seconds to 5 seconds
Super charge rate now scales from 16% to 48%
Healing while holding attack reduced by 50%
Super damage from 1500 to 1200
Super projectile count from 6 (plus 1 stacked) to 8 (no stacked)
Speed Starpower activation from 80% to 70% (2.4 seconds to 1.96 seconds)
Speed Starpower effect from 20% to 10% (870 to 790)
All these changes feel like a lot, but they address many problems
Hank can no longer spam attacks at close range for cleanup/fast super charge
Hank can’t hold his attack for as long for mass area control
Hank can’t recover as much health while holding bubble (has reduced healing and bubble pops more frequently interrupting healing)
Hank has an easier time activating his speed boost from Starpower BUT the effect is weaker and has a shorter max duration
Hank can build up to his max damage and super charge faster BUT his attacks are weaker
And finally his super is weaker up close (10500 to 9600 max damage) BUT better at getting SOME value at longer ranges

(I just posted this on the official forums but since this is barely mentioned and I know devs also like to come here, I decided to post it here too for the increased visibility)
First, some context : I’m playing all classes and I’m currently level 30 with all of them. I played all Diablo games with a bow / crossbow user as my main (and other A-RPGs) so I think I know what I’m talking about. Also I don’t use any legendary effect / aspect with anyone, I’m casually going through the campaign on WT1 (yes with all classes - I know it's not "efficient" but this is fun to me). Now that this is out of the way, here is my gripe :
Ranged Rogues suck, period. I’ve never seen a bow/crossbow character feel so awful, and I tested all basic & core skills multiple times, with almost every possible configuration. Every skill has a huge flaw that severely hurts the enjoyment :

• as Basic skills, Heart-seeker & Forceful arrow are weak and single-target. The only actually playable one when there are 3 enemies or more (ie. 99% of the time) is Puncture because it can hit 3 enemies, but you can’t make it your main damage dealer because it is SO weak, even if you do all you can to spec into it. Plus the daggers don’t travel very far, and if you want to deal correct damage with it you have to get into enemies’ faces so more than one knife hits the same enemy, which defeats the purpose. If you have to do that, might as well play cut-throat.
• as Core skills Rapid Fire is so single-target it makes me cry, and if you use Barrage the way it was designed (as a ranged attack supposed to hit many enemies), sure it hits different enemies, but like wet noodles. And if you have to get in an enemy’s face so all bullets hit the same enemy, once again why not go Cut-throat and use something like Flurry… Finally, Penetrating Shot. This thing not only has 0 width, but its attack speed is so low! And of course, all these skills deplete your energy like there’s no tomorrow.

For a comparison in D3 there were Evasive Fire, Grenades, Ball Lightning, Ice Arrows, Multishot, Chakrams, runes that turned Rapid Fire into AOEs like Bombardment, Strafe, etc… Quite a lot of abilities that can hit many enemies at once and feel good in the process.
It’s funny to me that Wizard and even Druid or Necro are so much better as ranged attackers. Please fix those awful ranged abilities, bow/crossbow users deserve better. It would be dumb if ranged Rogues were the only class who NEEDS aspects to feel good. I know the devs wanted to balance the fact that they can’t have it all : power, ability to be out-of-reach, ability to deal with groups, speed. But they still need to make them enjoyable imo. As someone who loves the archetype, it hurts me so much that they’re this unpleasant. Thanks for reading (I usually don’t post - too busy playing the game - but I had to get this off my chest).

According to IRP, interest rate differential should be compensated with currency depreciation to avoid arbitrage. Why is the US dollar still appreciating against CNY after the US increased the interest rates while the Chinese lowered their rates? If someone borrow CNY and lend in USD, then he's going to make profit both ways, interest rate differential and currency appreciation. That should force the exchange rate back to equilibrium. Are there some practical reasons why this is not happening?

vague and a little general but I'm trying to acquire as much knowledge on quantum physics so I can understand more about quantum computing , as I'm now a third year computer science student I wish to also learn as much quantum physics as possible as we all know classical theory isn't entirely correct especially on a quantum scale to explain certain phenomena's .
I'm reading and condensing the information from these books into a informative report regarding this specific area and just further perspectives of understanding:

1. General Relativity The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard SussKind & Andre Cabannes.
   
2. Foundations of Quantum Theory from classical concepts to operator algebras by Klass Landsman.
   
3. Quantum Physics for beginners by Carl J. Pratt.
   
4. less in context but also " mathematical Analysis Exercises university series - Vol. 1,2,3 by Alessio Mangoni.
   

Over the years my understanding of inorganic chemistry leading onto quantum physics of recent has been mainly thought exercises with friends and lecturers and books, however now I wish to use the knowledge I have acquired and still acquiring to form a report of such breaking down general areas into informative sections of information and diagrams so I can help others also understand.
One thing which I do heavily bare in mind is correct information and valid information so foundations of thought concepts are not built upon based on false and incorrect information leading to further branches of deeper incorrect thoughts and theories, essentially if I'm able to keep filtering out bad information I can teach my brain to more efficiently subconsciously uptake and acknowledge more valid logic which is upheld by valid reasoning .
Anything people think could help explain please do or provide online or more books I can buy regarding quantum physics.
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I woke up this morning. I felt terrible. I really didn't wanna face people today; dealing with customers, chatty coworkers, and a boss who's always on my case.
I just REALLY didn't want to. It's exhausting physical work in the heat too.
I just.... couldn't be the person who's cheery and smiley while people are visibly pissed and take it out on me. Not today. Maybe if I was more extroverted....ugh.
Had an argument with mom and she snapped at me and that was the last straw. I started being pulled into an anxiety attack and by the time I had started to pull myself together we were already late for work. I feel...like I can't keep doing this. I'm an adult now legally, so I can't keep acting like a child and avoiding responsibilities whenever I have a hissy fit....but I also know I tend to be too hard on myself. People say "take a mental health day if you need it." But I'm terrible at knowing if I need it or not, or if I'm just being childish. I...I'm pretty dependent on my mother. I can't function very well completely on my own. It's embarrassing, but it's just...so much pressure to be completely self sufficient. I don't have trust in myself to do it. This world is....terrifying and demanding and merciless. I don't think someone as weak as me could make it on my own. Everytime I start to gain a little bit of confidence in myself, I always mess something up and reap the consequences. I'm pulled back into being a helpless child facing...the world...in all its chaos.
I know it isn't fair to depend upon my mother either. I know she resents me for it... I wish I could be better at managing my shit. I wish I could be my own therapist, and rely more on myself. It just seems so far away. My mom is a therapist....but...she just...she tries to say stuff to help but...I just end up feeling more misunderstood. Idk.
I wish I was more grown up. I wish I could handle stuff without retreating and avoiding responsibilities. But I feel mentally 14. A coward. Completely dependent. I try to do stuff for myself but...I can't sustain it.. and people get understandably irritated with me for it.
I wish I could just consistently go to work like a functioning member of society.

I [28F] have been dating my boyfriend [43M] for two years. We've had our ups and downs, but love each other and support each other through everything. I feel so lucky to know him and to have this person in my life. That said, I feel this immense pressure that we'll start needing to talk about having kids or getting married soon. He's older than me, and is at a point in his life where he wants to settle down, but I feel like I have so much more living to do. I feel almost jealous that he has lived a longer life than me and was able to have so many experiences before wanting to settle. We don't talk about the future and he doesn't apply any pressure... it's just still in the back of my mind. I feel like I'm wasting valuable years of his life. I know everyone will say just to talk to him about it, but I feel like if I start this conversation... I'm not sure. It will be the beginning of the end? I can't bare to think about it, let alone talk about it with him. I try to avoid thinking about them as much as possible. When we're together we have fun, cuddle, do our normal thing. When I'm alone I feel so guilty. It makes me feel like I'm not really present with him.
My question: How do I disclose these kinds of feelings to my boyfriend without condemning our relationship? I don't trust myself to be adept enough at handling emotional conversations to do this right. My biggest fear is hurting him.