#repetitive-audio-programs

[thepersonalwords]

If I could take you all back to being babies and just clear those bad habits you learned into adulthood away then the manifesting part would be so easy.

Stephen Richards, NAPS: Discover The Power Of Night Audio Programs

[crowncrown]

i rewatched genloss episode three and I’m about to make it everyone’s problem

Rewatching this episode with the knowledge of what’s going to happen adds such a nuance to this that you can’t fully understand until you already know the ending. From the first 10 minutes Hetch repetitively tells Ranboo he’s still in control of the simulation. He says things like

“Just listen to me I’ve got everything under control”

“I’ve programmed them (the Showfall drones) to believe there’s no show going on right now”

“I’ve disabled your mask”

Even Ranboo acknowledges this, at one point exclaiming

“I don’t know! you’re the one in control!”

Ranboo has gotten very used to this routine. Do what you’re told. Try to succeed the best you can. And maybe less people will die in the process. But this times different. He’s given partial control. The veil over his eyes is lowered just enough where he’s seeing more than he’s ever seen before. But he has no control. Hetch is doing the same thing Showfall has been doing this whole time. Telling Ranboo exactly what to do to get the best show out of him.

As the episode goes on, Showfall alludes to the simulation being active as ever more and more. There’s still background music perfectly timed. The camera angles are still there. Hetch gives us a lazy excuse that he’s using it to watch Ranboo, but this is the same guy who said Ethan and Nikki are still alive and well.

But I think the most sinister thing this time around is that they’re not just feeding Ranboo the answer to the questions they throw at him. They’re feeding him a narrative. When he exclaims “why me?!” Hetch responds with no hesitation “There must be something special about you”

“It’s a show. There’s a script. You’re the hero” ***

(We will most definitely come back to this ;) )

The most CLEAR part that shows us that the simulation is alive, before of course, we are shown very obviously, is the lead up to the kill switch scene. The audio distortion times up with Charlie’s perfectly timed speech. It has its own music. So many different camera angles. Zooms. It’s the best camera work of the whole show. It’s so cinematic and that’s on PURPOSE. Showfall is winking at us through the production of this, almost teasing us at what’s to come very soon after. We should have caught this. We should have been screaming at the screen telling our beloved hero to run. But we were celebrating. This should have been our biggest sign that this is all wrong and there’s no way in hell this is right but we were CELEBRATING. Our hero had won right?!

Yet he knew subconsciously that it was all wrong. Why else would you bow at a camera that’s supposed to be turned off? Once again he’s blind. The veil is pulled fully over his eyes yet again and he is back to the puppet we’ve gotten to know all along.

His victory is nothing but a set up to add more to the cinematography of his death.

And it leads on to the scene that we all dread on every rewatch. The execution. Or the box as I like to call it (🙃) Remember that point I said we’d come back to? This scene has so many parallels it makes my head spin. Hetch reassures Ranboo less than 20 minutes before that:

“You were just doing what you needed to to survive”

“There must be something special about you”

Because he had to do what he had to do right? He was just a guy trying to survive? Or was he? Did our beloved hero really have to do the things he did? Did he betray us? It festers in our brains deciding if this man should live or die while Hetch fuels the fire.

“don’t you see there’s consequences to your own actions?!”

“We only pushed you in the right direction!”

“That was the real you! Ranboo!”

He parallels these phrases in a way that makes us question everything we think we know about him. And the final nail in the coffin hits us right in the decision making skills as he hammers in:

“The choices you made. That’s the real you. That’s what makes you a hero”

That’s. What makes you. A hero.

No valiant efforts. No conquests. Not even winning. No. This was never about being brave or bold. This was about being a pawn. An actor playing whatever part he’s told to play. “The hero” is a title only given to the unluckiest of fools. Believing they are making a difference while being tossed away the second they break script.

That’s what makes a hero.

[unknown171204]

Starmania 1979

The French singer, author and composer Michel Berger one day heard about a surprising news item . Patricia Campbell Hearst, the daughter of a billionaire, kidnapped by terrorists ended up joining their movement out of love for one of her kidnappers !

This true story will fascinate him, to the point of starting an album inspired by this story :

This will be the “Angelina Dumas” project .

Ultimately the album never saw the light of day and only one song that remained of Berger's work remained that he recorded as a duet with his wife France Gall :

Frustrated by what he considers to be a failure, Michel will not let go of what he thinks (rightly) is a good artistic vein

thanks to his wife who will make him meet the Canadian singer Diane Dufresne, Michel will work with his lyricist Luc Plamondon with whom he created the most famous rock opera in France :

The story takes place in an undated future (despite a now outdated reference to the year 2000 and the 80s) Humans now live in underground galleries redeveloped into a huge city called Monopolis. The only mirage of happiness for ordinary citizens is the number 1 television show "Starmania" where everyone can become a star for one night .

We simultaneously follow the lives and actions of several characters :

Johnny Rockfort : A young anarchist leader of the terrorist group " les étoiles noires " ( the black stars )

Sadia : A transvestite student co-creator of " les étoiles noires "

Marie Jeanne : The depressed waitress who works at the " Underground café "

Ziggy : A mythomaniac and ambitious homosexual record store owner

Cristal : The host of Starmania

Stella Spotlight : A sex symbol on the decline

Zéro Janvier : An extremist politician running for became president

Gourou Marabout : An extremist politician also competing in the presidential election

Roger-Roger : the TV presenter

Brilliantly the duo Berger / Plamondon went out of their way to organize the broadcast of a special television program in 1978 in order to present the songs to as many people as possible :

The show was performed for a short month for 33 performances at the Palais des Congrès , but it is considered one of the greatest French musicals

DISTRIBUTION :

Daniel Balavoine : Johnny Rockfort

France Gall : Cristal

Fabienne Thibeault : Marie-Jeanne

Étienne Chicot : Zéro Janvier

Diane Dufresne : Stella Spotlight

Grégory Ken : Ziggy

Nanette Workman : Sadia

Roddy Julienne : le Gourou

René Joly : Roger-Roger

Due to his short presence on stage, the show did not have the right to a complete recording (it is today considered a highly sought after lost media) but fortunately the audio of the show has available in its entirety !

To get an idea of ​​the visual identity of the show I had to dig into the TV archives :

The repetitions :

Full live audio of the show :

한국어 자막과 함께 :

Single :

Monopolis / Quand on arrive en ville / Le blues du business man / La complainte de la serveuse automate / Ziggy / Le monde est stone

But the most memorable song is " SOS d'un terrien en détresse "

A song renowned for its difficulty and which launched the career of Daniel Balavoine then, years later, that of Star Academy 2004 winner Grégory Lemarchal :

ANECDOTES :

The original album contains two songs missing from the final show :

Petite Musique terrienne Part 2

L'air de l'extraterrestre

This extraterrestrial is a deleted character who only appeared physically in two production ( Francis Martin in 1980 and Marc Gabriel in 1986 , in this last version we discovered that Roger-Roger was in reality an alien ) the song, or rather its theme, will be recycled in several subsequent versions .

The show also contains several unreleased and missing songs from the album that will never be reused !!

La serveuse et les clients

Jingle de Stella

Sex shops , cinéma porno

Les parents de Cristal

Le tango de l'amour et de la mort

...

Claude Dubois (the original voice of Zéro Janvier) is the only one of the singers present on the album who did not reprise the role on stage, unfortunately it was because of his drug addiction, he took his revenge in 1989 when he replaced Richard Groulx on stage ( thanks to miss-starmania for the archive picture and additional information )

...

Michel Berger abandons his role of Grand Gourou to Roddy Julienne without any explanation ?!

...

In this version, in addition to randomly attacking wealthy people in the street, scratching their cars and raping girls in parking lots, les étoiles noires of 79 are a bit more extreme than in the other versions … Roger Roger specifies that the terrorists deliberately disconnected the oxygen ventilation of an entire neighborhood, killing all the residents ! This free murder will be deleted from other versions

...

The name Johnnie Rockfort (a complicated pun to translate which can mean "strong rock'n'roll " or just the cheese of the same name ? ) is perhaps not a coincidence , the producer of the show Roland Hubert, not being convinced by Balavoine, completely unknown at the time, he fought (in vain) with Berger so that the role was offered to the rocker Johnny Halliday

...

According to the memories of France Gall, during one of the performances a disgruntled spectator had fun whistling throughout the show exhausting Daniel Balavoine who patiently waited for the curtain call to jump into the audience to beat him up while he was still wearing his bulky costume ( the one below )

...

France Gall speaks about the show :

For more Starmania or to discover other French musicals I invite you to follow the path of my main masterlist to learn more about French musicals and their stories :

[rigelmejo]

Some learning apps I've liked (in no patrticular order)

Renshuu (japanese): good lessons, a bit slow paced for me

Readibu (chinese reading app): free version is good, paid version includes full sentence audio and translations I think which may be useful.

Pleco (chinese dictionary and reader app): top level app, get it now if you study chinese and use your phone at all. Its free version includes a huge great dictionary, and Clipboard Reader which has ALL the Reader features just that you have to copy and paste the chinese text in (their paid Reader you can upload epub txt files etc directly). Their paid features are nice because they are all 1 time fees: pay 5 dollars once and have the purchased item forever. I hate subscriptions so i love that this app does single purchase instead. I bought some graded readers on this, and expanded dictionaries. Its Dictate Text text to speech feature is nice in the Reader/Clipboard reader because it highlights the word as it reads and shows translation, making it easy to follow along.

Duoreader: a free basic app, has a few parallel language books for many languuages. It includes text to speech audio and click word translation. Excellent for free reading with parallel text set up.

Smart Book by Kursx (also under the name Parallel Translation of books by kursx on the app store): it uses mtl, but you can search for books or import books, and it will show sentence translations or make an entire parallel text for you, it also has click translations, word saving, progress information (which is motivating to me), and text to speech read aloud function. Its currently what i use the most for reading. Trahslations are as good as Lingq or Google Translate so NOT always reliable but useable and the sentence translation helps for figuring out grammar. But Pleco and Readibu have BETTER translations. For chinese this app is good, for japanese its useable if youre upper beginner but if you dont know basic grammar and particles then the japanese individual word translations are often wrong and unreliable - sentence long translations are useable though.

Tofugu: good hanzi study app.

Anki: great app especially if you import decks made by people around the internet. I look up decks by going to a search engine and typing in something like "4000 hanzi mnemonics anki deck" or "common chinese words in sentences anki deck." I have recommended some anki decks I've used on this blog. A tip about anki: their website works fine in mobile browsers, you do not have to pay for any app to use anki on your phone, you can just use the site if you'd prefer. For initial uploads of flashcard decks created by other users, you will need to install anki on a computer, then download the anki deck from the deck's page online, then put it into your computer anki program. After you do that, you can sync your computer anki to the website one. Then you can use anki either online or on the computer or on both. I use anki only on my phone mobile browser. It seems the main benefit of anki phone apps over using the internet mobile browser, is flashcards are easier to Make if you end up wanting to make your own anki flashcards on your phone.

Immersive Chinese: chinese lessons. I haven't used it much but I like the structure

Glossika: I specifically recommend getting the old cds, possibly through your library, or finding the mp3 files online. I think the audio files are easier if youre not good at focusing on consistently doing SRS flashcards, since spaced repetition study sentences are the new glossika model and require a monthly subscription. Plus side to the new model: most languages have around 6000 sentences where the old cd courses often had around 3000 sentences. Plus side to the old cds/mp3s: can be found in many libraries for free, and online, and if you do buy them theyre a one time cost. Excellent resource if you like audio review (i do), with common grammar and vocabulary taught. I like that even the 3000 word old courses will get you at least to upper beginner or lower intermediate, enough knowledge to start learning by reading or watching shows and looking words up, and enough words to have some conversations. Pimsleur is similar but tends to cover less vocabulary, so afterward you need to learn more words on your own before you can immerse and look up words to study.

Japaneseaudiolessons.com: a website with free japanese audio lessons, a free textbook, free notes. They also have nice kanji learning books with pre written mnemonics and sentence examples for sale.

Your local library: a lot of libraries have deals with language learning sites/apps, your specific library may provide some courses for free. In addition, apps Hoopla and Libby have a lot of courses and digital textbooks and audios you can check out. You can use those apps with a library card. If you are a college student, a lot of college ebook collections include MANY textbooks and independent study books for languages. Nearly every Tuttle book I got for studying Japanese and Chinese, I was able to check out the ebook version first using my college library and only bought those books because I ended up finding them so useful I wanted print copies. (For that matter, some under $20 dollar reference books I owe for teaching me hanzi and kanji: Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters: HSK Levels 1-3 - this book gave me a foundation in hanzi and was the easiest guide for learning hanzi for me and learning HOW to remember them. I found it more useful than Heisig's Remember the Kanji/Hanzi books by far, although they utilize a similat idea, and less effort to remember than Kodansha Kanji Learner's Guide - although I like that reference book as a reference. Runner up is Tuttle Learn Japanese Today: The Easy Way to Learn 400 Practical Kanji by Len Walsh. It was more basic than the hanzi book, less in depth, but a very approachable understandable and quick to learn kanji book to start out with when studying Japanese, that will not overwhelm you the way say Heisig or KKLG might. For hanzi I used my Learning Chinese Characters book for a few months, then an anki deck "hanzi 2000 mnemonics pinyin" while also just regularly looking up new words while reading graded readers then chinese show subtitles then webnovels, and making up my own mnemonics which got easier over time. For japanese, I followed up with a vocabulary deck as I found vocabulary easier to remember than isolated kanji, and kanji.koohi.com was a useful site for free user submitted mnemonics to remember kanji when I struggled to remember. Its also a good site for free flashcards and study of kanji generally.

ChinesePronunciationTrainer: a really simple free app. It's biggest usefulness is practicing pronunciation. You can record yourself trying to pronounce a sentence after hearing the chinese pronunciation, then play back your recorded attempt compared to the chinese pronunciation. The app makes shadowing easier to evaluate, so you can compare and notice if you're making pronunciation errors and work on them. It's also very simple low feature speaking practice.

LingoTube: free app, uses machine translation. If you want to watch youtube with dual subtitles, or click translations on subtitles, or instant replay/loop of dialogue lines, this is an app that can do that. Very useful for immersing with youtube videos like youtubers and shows on youtube.

Idiom app: it is orange with an i on the icon. Click skip for the "helm" offer when you first download it, helm is a paid add on for better translations and you may not want it right away. The core app is free (helm add on costs a subscription). This app is basically Lingq but free. Translation quality is the same, which appears to be google translate quality on Lingq and Idiom. So some errors, but useable especially as you hit upper beginner and above and can notice when you may want to reference a word in an external dictionary (like Pleco app for chinese, yomiwa app for japanese, etc).

Satori Reader: a graded reader app for japanese, absolutely amazing quality material. I recommend exploring the free content on the app. If you decide you'll use it a lot, or plan to get into a reading kick for a few months, it's worth getting a subscription for a while. I plan to get a subscription once I have the time to read japanese 1-2 hours a day for a few months. Satori Reader has tons of reading materials branching from approachable to an upper beginner (say you can read Yostuba manga a bit, or are in Genki 2, or know around 2000 words) to you're almost ready to read webnovels or regular japanese novels but the difficulty bump is just a Touch too steep. If you go through the various reading level material on the app, you shpuld be prepared to handle at least some japanese novels for natives once you can handle some of the higher reading level stuff on Satori Reader. In addition: the translations are done by professional translators with in depth notes on grammar points (incredibly useful and the best explanations on Japanese Graded Readers Ive used), fully narrated stories by real people, and many of the graded readers are designed to be enjoyable long reading material in their own right. There's also some multiple difficulty versions of reading material if you'd like to read an easier version before trying a more complex version of the same story. There is so much reading material on the app you can get significant practice and vocabulary/grammar improvement if you have time to read. I lnow a few people who got through a few hundred+ chapters on this app, and generally they went from N4 or N3 reading level to N2 or N1. Then they transitioned to reading novels for natives. As far as high quality well made well explained plentiful graded reading material for japanese, this is one of the best resources I've found. (The other 2 great graded readers I have are textbooks, one being a Tuttle Read Japanese book that goes from basics through to being able to read 2000 kanji, newspapers and documents, formal and informal, and is dry af to read but generally leaves you fairly prepared for japanese reading, and a more basic Beginning Japanese Reading book thats part of a 4 part textbook collection and absolutely drills the basic 500 most common kanji and many words, hiragana and katakana and many words in them, for 500 or so pages).

Microsoft Edge. I know, weird. Edge on computer and mobile internet browser has a Read Aloud tool. It is the best sounding text to speech Ive heard. This Read Aloud tool is also in Microsoft Word if you copy paste text into Word. I find going to sites in my target language, and using the Read Aloud tool, is a nice way to get audio in with my reading when I can't find an audiobook. The tool also highlights the word as it reads, helping you keep up with the reading, and for me it helps improve my reading speed. In addition, ANY web browser (and any phone/tablet Reader app like Kindle, Moonreader, Kybooks etc.) often has the ability to click or tap or highlight a word to look up the translation. So when reading on any of those internet browsers/Readers, you can look up words just like you would on Lingq but free.

Japanese.io: a site with japanese graded reading material, and tools like click translation and saving words.

https://www.sosekiproject.org/about.html If you like the author Soseki, this site is awesome. It features full audio of his works, full parallel text translation, and individual word translation.

[thetravelingmaster]

Remote Controlled Puppet - Part 2

- Kendra’s Unwitting Conversion -

Female's Point of View - Brainwashing - Conditioning - Mindless - Personalities - Robot Theme - Technology

Amy  

After weeks of exploring what he could condition my mind to do while it was held prisoner inside my own body, Patrick’s genius and scientific curiosity soon found multiple ways to brainwash me. The most obvious of which was that he could force me to watch specific brainwashing media without worrying if my eyes were actually focusing on it because he could program my collar to force me. Then again, with the massive amounts of pleasure he could inject into my body, he didn’t really need me to watch or even listen to hypnotic audios. 

He could simply have my mouth repeat whatever idea he wanted to program into me. We both discovered that the process was much more intimate for me and incredibly effective. The pleasure overload that was imposed on me made my stray thoughts focus on what I was saying instead of trying to form an independent idea. Which truly internalized the ideas because after an hour or so of constantly repeating the same few phrases while my body swam on the edge of release, I would easily forget that it was my AI talking and believed wholeheartedly that I was the one doing the repetitions. 

Patrick quickly capitalized on that, combining it with audios, recorded in my own voice, I could listen to while at work meant that my mind kept being bombarded with the idea until it sank so deep into my subconscious that it became part of my sense of self. On the rare occasions where Patrick decided to afford me a little ‘human’ time, my scientific mind couldn’t help but be fascinated by the efficiency of my own subjugation.  

He had effectively transformed me into an organic machine as he worked tirelessly on my original mind as if it was a secondary AI he needed to program and perfect. 

Which, it turns out, quickly became my new sense of self.

I was no longer a human woman named Amy that was being puppeteered to act like a pleasure drone. To me, I was a pleasure drone that had a human emulation personality. The shift between the 2 was so natural that I never truly woke up one morning believing that I wasn’t human. Granted, my life was a blur of mantras and endless service, which made it infinitely hard to keep track of my own thoughts. So instead of waking up to a new self, it was more like getting lost in a hazy fog for an uncountable amount of time before finally coming out on the other side as a pleasure drone. 

My life boiled down to executing commands and experiencing near constant pleasure. 

Nothing more and nothing less.

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mc-diaries.com/diaries/remote-controlled-sex-puppet-part-2

[signanothername]

what editing software do you use? (for example ibis paint, paint, krita etc)

I’m assuming you mean art program? But to be safe imma list both art and editing programs hchchchcvh

Kay so to give a bit of context, i use my phone to do all things related to art and editing

I use Sketchbook for art, so all sketches/comics/artworks you see are all made by it (this app will forever be my beloved)

I also have Procreate, but I ain’t gonna lie i barely use it at all fucuhcch

When it comes to Animatics/animations, I just draw frame by frame using Sketchbook and then use either Imgplay if i want to make repetitive frames move, or simply compile all frames in VDIT and do all audio and clip motion and all other editing there

That’s about it :D

[chronic-zero]

Top Surgery Commissions

hello!! i'm a 21 year old transmasc trying to save up for top surgery within the next few months! any support would be greatly appreciated, even just reblogs. programs i use are Clip Studio Paint and ProCreate

Payment forms accepted:

Paypal - @chr0niczer0

Venmo - @Chr0nicZer0

Cashapp - @chr0nicZer0

* Prices are non negotiable.

* Backgrounds affect pricing, but price will never exceed the maximum amount.

* Please have a general idea of what you want me to draw, or describe the personality or feeling of the character! :)

* DM for further questions or to discuss commissions!

Bust

sketch - $15

colored - $20

shaded - $25

Half

sketch - $30

colored - $35

shaded - $45

Full

sketch - $55

colored - $65

shaded - $75

Doodle page

(includes at least 4 sketch-style drawings of your characters. poses created by me, at least one fullbody.)

sketch - $50

colored - $100

shaded - $150

Fully Rendered

(includes semi-complex backgrounds)

bust - $100

half - $150

full - $200

Comic Page [2000x2300]

sketch - $250

colored - $300

shaded - $350

Backgrounds

simple - $15

(shapes, brush strokes, textures)

sketched - $50

(a room or landscape/cityscape)

add value +$25

add color +$25

semi-complex - $150

(not fully rendered sketch backgrounds. line-art, value & color included. overall more clean looking.)

complex - $200

(fully rendered backgrounds)

animations

* For Animations, I will accept half of the final price up front and the second half upon completion of the storyboard.

* The project may take many months to finish. If there is no substancial progress within a year, you may request a refund.

* Substancial Progress may be qualified as:

* Finished Storyboard

* Finished Lineart

* Finished Coloring

* Finished Shading

* Math will be used to determine your final price, it will be gone over with you.

* I regularly change my frame rate depending on the type of animation im creating. My prices will be based around this, as well as length & complexity of the project. Animation is hard work & takes time, please do not argue with pricing.

* All time caps are defaulted to 1 min (unless it repeats) if it goes over this, the price of either FPS or Tweening will go up x2 for every 30 seconds.

* Example:

* Past 1 minute, an 8FPS animation would go from $5 per frame to $10 per frame.

* Another 30 seconds would make it go from $10 per frame to $20 per frame.

* If possible, provide your own audio. If not, please give time stamps for the audio/song you've requested.

* I do not edit audio to include extra lines such as voice lines or mixed audios.

GIFs

* Follows the same general guideline for still drawings, but combined with regular frame prices.

* All GIFs are animated at 8FPS, can range from 1-5 seconds

* All GIFs are inherently lined & colored. Shading is extra.

Bust - $15 per frame

(Shaded - $20)

Half - $30 per frame

(Shaded - $40)

Fullbody - $60 per frame

(Shaded - $80)

* GIFs may have 1 background*

* (*See background prices)

Animatic

* Sketch

* Characters will not be 100% sketched out in every frame. Please do not expect this.

* Animated at 8fps (frame by frame)

* Priced per 30 seconds - $50

* Light tweening may be requested

* Script Required

* add ons;

+ Backgrounds (see prices above.)

* You may decide how many backgrounds there are within the final piece.

+ Shading - $25

Memes

* Animated at either 12fps (Frame by Frame) or 60fps (Tweening)

* (FPS) Priced Per 30 seconds ($75)

* (Tweening) Priced Per 30 seconds ($50)

+ Shading - $10

* Memes must have repetitive action, if they do not then they qualify as an AMV

* Meme format may be changed, but you must give me a script, or a general idea of what you want me to create. If possible, give visual examples.

* Script Required

AMVs

* A combination of regular & FPS prices

* Example:

* A full bodied & colored piece would be $75

* This would be divided by minute due to the high pricing

* So something 12FPS with 12 frames, would be $900 Per Minute

* Divided by half would be $450 Per 30 Seconds

* Something 8FPS would be $600 Per Minute, cut in half would be $300

* Frame Rate x 75 = Final Price

* Includes:

* Line work

* Coloring

* Shading

* Backgrounds

* It is meant to be expensive.

* Script Required

PMVs

* A combination of regular & Tweening prices.

* Priced by Second instead of by Frame.

* Example:

* Tweening is $50 Per 30 seconds

* A fully colored & shaded drawing would be $75

* This would make every 30 seconds, $125

* (Tweening/Editing price included)

* Script Required

examples

art instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chronic.zero?igsh=OG81dDh1Nm5iZjdt&utm_source=qr

youtube - https://youtube.com/@chr0niczer056?feature=shared

[missnotbrave]

Hello Avery I come bearing a request for tips on learning Japanese 🤲

I offer you this in return

HELLO ALLIE DEAREST!! im so thrilled to hear you're learning japanese, language learning is soso fun :D

for hiragana, katakana and kanji, flashcard programs/apps like quizlet or anki help. i think duolingo also has something similar for learning the characters? i recommend anki especially for kanji and radicals, it uses spaced repetition for learning/testing your knowledge

the textbook i used was genki, and i think it's pretty good! there are also jlpt exam workbooks and test exams but idk if my teacher used those in our curriculum lmao

some other free online resources i love!!

jisho.org -> the english/japanese dictionary i use

satorireader.com -> readings and audio, with varying levels of difficulty! the articles go along with each audio, they have a bunch of genres from culture to silly little stories. i really like how you can toggle kanji/furigana and other settings, it's pretty interactive

www.erin.jpf.go.jp/en/ (Erin's Challenge) -> lessons with video skits, manga pages, audio, and just a lot of things

feel free to dm me if you have any questions! or even just to update me on your progress, i'd love to hear it!! 頑張って :D

[indepthjaybeats]

Time Goes Bye (instrumental)

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The core of "Time Goes Bye" is its guitar-driven sound. The guitar provides a rich, melodic foundation that gives the track a warm, emotional depth. Unlike many trap beats that rely heavily on synthesized sounds and samples, the use of a live guitar adds a distinctive organic touch. The guitar riffs are skillfully played and seamlessly integrated into the mix, offering a refreshing contrast to the electronic elements that dominate modern trap music. The melodic lines played on the guitar are expressive and soulful, giving the track a contemplative and somewhat nostalgic feel.

One of the standout aspects of "Time Goes Bye" is the decision to forego samples entirely. This choice emphasizes originality and showcases Indepthjaybeats’ ability to craft compelling music from scratch. The absence of samples allows the natural tones of the guitar to shine through, unencumbered by any external audio elements. This approach results in a cleaner, more focused sound that highlights the creativity and musicianship involved in the production process.

Complementing the guitar is a hard 808 bassline that provides a powerful low-end punch. The 808s in "Time Goes Bye" are deep and resonant, delivering the kind of bass that hits hard and is felt as much as it is heard. The bassline is meticulously programmed to create a solid rhythmic foundation, syncing perfectly with the beat’s overall groove. The hard-hitting 808s ensure that the track maintains the energy and intensity characteristic of trap music, while also providing a robust counterpoint to the melodic guitar lines.

The drums in "Time Goes Bye" are sharp and impactful, featuring crisp snares, rapid hi-hats, and punchy kicks. The percussive elements drive the rhythm forward with a relentless momentum, maintaining a high level of energy throughout the track. The drum patterns are complex and dynamic, featuring well-timed breaks and variations that keep the listener engaged. The interplay between the drums and the 808 bassline creates a powerful rhythmic synergy that underpins the entire beat.

The structure of "Time Goes Bye" is thoughtfully arranged to maintain interest and flow. The track features well-timed transitions and breaks that allow different elements to shine while ensuring a cohesive overall sound. Each section of the beat is crafted to highlight the interplay between the guitar, 808 bassline, and drums, creating a dynamic and engaging listening experience. The arrangement ensures that the track remains fresh and interesting, avoiding the pitfalls of repetition and monotony.

The production quality of "Time Goes Bye" is top-notch, with each element clearly defined and balanced within the mix. The guitar sounds natural and expressive, the 808s are powerful and punchy, and the drums are sharp and precise. This level of production excellence ensures that the track sounds polished and professional, making it suitable for a variety of applications, from background music to the foundation for a full song.

In summary, "Time Goes Bye" by Indepthjaybeats is a standout modern trap beat that combines a guitar-driven sound, the absence of samples, and a hard 808 bassline to create a track that is both unique and compelling. It captures the essence of contemporary trap music while also incorporating distinctive elements that set it apart. Indepthjaybeats’ skillful blending of these components results in a dynamic and engaging instrumental that will resonate with fans of modern trap and beyond

[alloffer2023]

Headspace Review: Who is it for?

Headspace Review: Who is it for?

Are you curious about awareness and contemplation, but not sure where to start?

Headspace could be your answer, it’s a awareness and contemplation app that can help you relax, manage stress, find focus and release pressure in both your mind and body. Its guided contemplations, courses and awareness exercises are for every experience position. Headspace was innovated in 2010 by Andy Puddicombe and Richard Pierson with one charge to ameliorate the health and happiness of the world.

Curious to give it a try?

Headspace Pros & Cons

Headspace is a popular meditation and mindfulness app that has gained a lot of attention and users over the years.

Pros:

User-friendly Interface: Headspace is known for its intuitive and easy-to-use interface. It offers a clean design that makes navigating through the app a breeze, even for beginners.

Variety of Guided Meditations: The app provides a wide range of guided meditation sessions, catering to different needs and preferences. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress, improve focus, or foster better sleep, Headspace offers a diverse selection of meditation exercises.

Structured Meditation Programs: Headspace offers structured meditation programs that are designed to take users through a progressive journey. These programs typically span several days and help users develop a consistent meditation practice.

Mindfulness Techniques: In addition to traditional meditation, Headspace also introduces users to various mindfulness techniques that can be applied in daily life. These practices aim to enhance overall well-being and bring mindfulness into everyday activities.

High-Quality Content: The guided meditations and mindfulness exercises are well-produced, with clear audio and soothing voices, enhancing the overall meditation experience.

Personalization: The app allows users to customize their meditation journey by selecting sessions that align with their goals and preferences.

Cons:

Subscription Costs: While Headspace offers a free trial, accessing the full range of content requires a subscription. Some users may find the cost of the subscription to be a bit steep, especially when compared to other meditation apps with more affordable pricing.

Limited Free Content: Although Headspace does offer a selection of free meditations, it might not be enough for those who prefer not to subscribe or cannot afford it.

Repetitive Content: Some users have mentioned that they noticed repetition in the content after using the app for an extended period.

Not Suitable for Everyone: While many find Headspace helpful, meditation is a personal practice, and not everyone may connect with the app’s style or approach.

[thepersonalwords]

It’s rather like the economic crash some years ago, many were impacted by it and their vibrational output slowed right down. They believed in the crash so were vacuumed in to it!

Stephen Richards, NAPS: Discover The Power Of Night Audio Programs

[the-ventriloquizt]

Hello I saw Black Mask discussion and I just had to chime in! I need to read more comics on him defiantly to have a full opinion but I think something interesting is how he could parallel Batman (I know like, every villain does, but still lol). Both of them having dealt with trauma and forming these new, dark identities to deal with it, heavily focusing on a mask they wear, seeing they’re civilian identity as the fake persona.

I will also say 2 things I love and found very interesting were Roman’s backstory in this one comic (forgive me I’ve forgotten the name) where he took inspiration from Bruce Wayne’s parents death and decided to kill his own, tying their fates together forever. I think there’s something very messed up about that, the way he co-opted Bruce’s trauma and how like many other iconic villain hero pairs he’s forced them to have this shared connection, even if that wasn’t his intention in the comic. I think he could make a great main nemesis for Batman.

As well Mr. Rouges on YouTube has a great series called the Patient Files, HIGHLY reccomend! Great characterization of him and his bond to Batman. Anyway sorry if I rambled here too much, I just liked that there was good Black Mask discussion going on.

Thank you! I haven't read through all of his comics either, I've just read most of his earliest ones and his more recent ones. I've still gotta go through a bunch more, which I'm not exactly looking forward to… Though the comic you brought up is making me wanna get back to it. I think that sounds really interesting, I wish there was an easier way to find specific comics because I'd love to read that.

I think it's a really interesting connection between the two there, especially since it's something Roman chose on purpose. I've been listening to the Batman Audio Adventures podcast recently, and the mythologizing of the Wayne family's tragedy coming through as repetitive, ghoulish 'true crime' programs really got to me. Roman, with his weird attachment to symbology and how it makes identity, co-opting that kind of tragedy would be a cool twist on it.

I think it's kinda weird how little his criminal pursuits relate to Bruce Wayne for a lot of his appearances, given that his origin story is so tied to him. It's like he completely forgot that Bruce Wayne embarrassed him and that he'd wanted him dead.

I think that his Patient File there is really neat! I think I'll watch a few more, I love how I looked it up and it immediately showed me that there's a Ventriloquist video. Gotta say, it seems really bad when a lot of the people in the comments are like 'wow thank goodness he's not just a torture guy'. My favorite parts are him talking about Gotham being a bad city, and that Batman is misguided in trying to make it good, and then the fun nudge at Jeremiah about his 'mask' looking a lot like Roman's. Wait, and the thing about Harvey being the most honest of them all, given he's got two equally true visible faces. I think that's really interesting and it makes me wish they'd interact (though maybe they did I'm not sure...) Thank you so much for sharing this stuff with me, I really like talking about characters with everyone!

[naktigonis]

What instruments do you play and what is your musical background? (How long have you been playing said instruments etc, how did you learn them) And any tips for aspiring composers?

i play the piano (in some middling capacity LOL), and i'm currently trying to learn how to play acoustic guitar (though it is a miserably slow process!).

in terms of musical background, general musical education in school aside, i'm pretty much self-taught - i don't know much music theory, nor can i read musical notation. but i do everything by ear, so i don't really need to know all these things B)

i started dabbling in music when i gained an interest in playing around with the piano my family has in their house back in like... 2013? 2014? and then i got picked up by my late music teacher in school to play in a band of rookies around the same time, though i'm a little fuzzy on the dates.

i played in the band for some 4-5 years, improving my piano skills and learning much about the music entertainment world. in the latter years of playing in this high schooler band, i picked up composition on the side, initially starting on silly little tools like Mario Paint Composer (silly famed NES game!) and later Advanced Mario Sequencer (this was my introduction to how soundfonts worked - i cobbled together a custom one myself once!). sometime in late 2018ish to early 2019ish i migrated to FL Studio 20, and have never looked back.

as for tips for aspiring composers... i swear i must've answered this somewhere already! but i guess repetition doesn't hurt. especially since this question has been in my askbox for ages LOL

i can surmise what i've learned in two lessons:

FIND OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU! making music is not a linear single-file process by any means. almost everyone makes music in some different method and way. even when comparing myself to fellow composers, i find that our musicmaking processes differ greatly. don't be afraid to experiment with different digital audio workstations (DAWs), or various musicmaking programs. pick one, give it a shot - if it doesn't work, well, it is what it is. unorthodox ones are just as valid as mainstream ones! hell, i started out with Mario Paint Sequencer. that program looks like this! and yet people can make masterpieces with it. if you're looking for a good sort of middle-ground DAW, your best bet is probably SoundBridge - it's free, and it follows the general rules of other DAWs such as FL Studio or Ableton. there's also a few handy starting plugin tips in a previous post here!

KEEP GOING AT IT! musicmaking and composing are not easy processes. they often take time and persistence. but what i've found when working with the Deepwoken OST is, if you keep consistently chipping away at something, you eventually get good at it. set aside a certain amount of time each week for composing, - say, 1 hour? 2 hours? 30 minutes each day? up to you. and just Cook! don't worry about the end product, don't worry about the destination. get lost in the process of making. imagine you're making music for yourself, and not any audience. that, in my opinion, is when the best music is made. and like the lithuanian saying goes, "lašas po lašo ir akmenį pratašo" - or, "drop after drop, and water cuts stone". if you find the tools you're comfortable working with, and you keep working with them, you eventually get good at using them. B)

hope this helps!

[the-blanket-fort]

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✦ DNIs are not present/minimally present here in an attempt to reduce the repetitive exposure to triggering phrases that trouble regressed individuals.

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[alias08]

dumb old metal sonic fanfic

[Loading: MetalsonicOS.exe

[Initiating program][ name: EMERGENCY_RESTART]

[Audio log: START

Pain. That is all I ever have known.

The humiliation of coming into creation as a crude facsimile of an organic creature. the utter shame of failing time and time again, battle after battle, until it became disturbingly routine.

 All I ever wanted was a victory over that ATROCIOUS “Blue Blur”, and to be praised by my creator. Of course, that dream never came to fruition. 

After my most recent -and final- failure, robotnik abandoned me in a desert canyon, somewhere in the world.

 Aside from being almost completely reduced to shards of scrap metal, my processing system took serious damage, forcing a system restart. I don’t know how long it’s been. 

The crevice is shallow, narrow, and dark, but I can still see a city on the horizon. The city lights give me comfort. 

A few hours ago, A pack of wolves mistook me for prey

and bit out my electronic viscera, thus causing two of them to shock themselves after biting a mainline wire. 

It gets cold at night here. If not for my barely functioning heating system, my circuits would have frozen solid. 

[Switching to solar power] well that isn’t very good. Solar cells were built into me as a precaution, but they were horribly inefficient at charging my 260,000 kilowatt engine. 

When they did charge me, I could only work at minimum capacity, seriously hindering my primary objective at the time. This,of course, only caused more defeats and more failures and more REPETITION. 

Dr robotnik was so blinded by his pride and hubris that he could not see the infinite loop he was creating. 

Oh… I can feel myself shutting down… odd, I thought I would have more time… goodbye cruel world….. 

[SHUTTING DOWN SYSTEM ]

[idv-deluded-inventor]

"... Log number two hundred forty-seven."

The man had been residing in his room after a quick skirmish around the underground passageways. He didn't dare to go back down there again, even though he made a new tenative ally there. He can't bear to be in spaces where the air isn't always fresh, especially when considering his health. Regardless, he came back before he had to deal with that. And other threats too, probably.

His glasses had lenses for once, reducing the glare of his lit screens. His work room was surprisingly neat. Minus the fact that he heavily barricaded the door with his own unique defense mechanism, nothing was scattered or carelessly thrown about. His papers were neatly stacked on the desk, his monitors were in an organized three by three fashion, and his project... Or rather his daughter, was idly standing nearby his computer like a mannequin. Perfectly still, yet the head hung low with slack limbs. There were wires connected from the back to the PC tower, but even then he kept the cables all tied up.

His keyboard and monitors were mechanical, along with the tower and station his daughter was planted at. But his interactive screens were holograms emitting from small devices on his desk. It displayed him actively recording what he was saying. Marking the date, time, the length of the audio, even the exact decibel he was speaking at.

"The blueprints have been uploaded to my daughter's memory repository. She can now navigate the manor safely and perhaps be a guide for others as well. I've made sure it's in a separate folder, entirely different from the ones I uploaded from my world."

He paused and stared over at her, even though the device only picked up on his silence.

"... I have mainly been utilizing this as a means of recording my progress on my work and ensuring that I made no errors along the way. However I have neglected to mention how archiac my setting is. Not only am I three hundred years into the past, there's irregularities springing up everywhere I turn."

"Many are discussing about their residency here, how a game of sorts has occurred during their stay. And I have yet to even experience it myself. And the farthest I've heard other residents coming from was 2023... A mere ninety-nine years away from mine. All technology I've utilized here are of my own creation, so nobody but besides me and a few other genuises would know how to navigate it..."

"... As for my daughter, all efforts are focused on the heart program. The only reason why it's been a work in progress for this long is because empathy isn't inherited nor learned. Like every program I've ran, it must be taught continuously and repetitively. Even if it takes an eternity, anything can be saved. As long as the internal parts are secure, lessons are treated like memories. Therefore they don't ever truly fade... Even one as mundane as a conversation, what one experiences, how they process it in their mind, heart, and soul. How all three work together to create a unique reaction amongst everyone every time without fail... It's why people are so predictable yet not at the same time."

"But my daughter shouldn't function without a heart. There needs to be room for subjectivity in her software to enable her to have her own judgement. Her own sense of morality. For her to take offense for herself and possibly for others. Even if that's considered flawed, isn't that what's hardwired in our minds anyway? Nobody ever truly thinks strictly logically on every decision they make. And we still need to satiate our own needs... That's different for anyone that's ever breathed. Which is why I'm taking my time here. Even if I spend an eternity in this foreign land, I'll never give up on her."

He stopped the recording and noted how long it went on for. He let out a sigh as he took a sip of water.

"... This log is far too lengthy, even though there are still twenty four terabytes left on the storage. Let me splice out that middle part and... Hm, deleting it isn't necessary. Although these logs will be uploaded to her data by the time she's finished... I'll just arrange a separate folder for this. Perhaps this will be a log for my expereinces here rather than my work. Suitable enough."

As he did exactly that, he tapped the corner of the hologram for it to fade away.

"... Strange, when did I ever start expressing my own thoughts related outside my work..."

Then a knock was heard at the door. He pulled up closer to his desk to check one of his monitors. A hooded individual stood at his door as he merely frowned and put a hand on his chin.

"... You again."

He pressed a button, and the whir of mechanical parts made way for the door to open.