#sooner or later I will need to replace all of my PC parts but I have no clue about that stuff anymore

[faerie-of-faerun]

Oh hey, the system requirements for BG3 got updated: The game now needs to be installed on a SSD, even under minimum requirements.

Edit after release: The game is playable even on a HDD, I can confirm this myself. There even is a setting to compensate for the lack of reading speed (although some textures still take some time to load sometimes). In their launch preparation post Larian say they "highly recommend" playing with a SSD, though. I am very glad it's not a hard requirement!

[aspentangle]

Maybe tumblr can help spread this- I need a lot of help. All of our family money right now is going towards our ill dog, and I need help saving up for a replacement PC after mine went kaput- my only way of working and making money to support myself... and pc parts aren't exactly cheap right now, especially in Canada. Any little bit helps, and I deeply appreciate any signal boosting you can do. Life is very hard for me and my father lately, and I'd be so grateful if I am able to replace my PC sooner than later. I'd like to be able to continue helping him with our baby girl.

If you can help out a weird lil queer transman to continue contributing to his family, well, you're a real one.

[thelightofthingshopedfor]

just once, just fucking once I would like to have a reasonably productive long weekend instead of spending most of it too stuck in decision paralysis to actually do much of anything until I reach a point where I feel like I could very well break down crying because I’m too overwhelmed with everything I need to do but I still don’t actually do most of it because the decision paralysis is a huge part of what makes me so fucking overwhelmed in the first place

like. right now probably the most urgent thing is a semi-complicated Etsy commission that the buyer would ideally receive by Dec. 10, which probably means sending it Dec. 7 at the absolute latest. so I should be working on that, right? but it’s going to take a while so it’s a time commitment, especially because it seems kind of pointless to get out a lot of messy supplies to only work on it for a few minutes. and I need to order parts for a different order--well, at least that’s quick. I also really need to reapply thermal paste to my CPU as soon as I can because I think the fan’s getting louder and that can’t be good for anything in there, and theoretically it won’t be that hard, but realistically I’m sure it’s going to take a while and I have to look up a little info on how to do it, first--and it involves my PC being out of commission while I’m working on it, so that’s not something I can do halfway. and while my PC’s open I really need to replace my dead hard drive, which wouldn’t be that hard except I want to install the new one alongside the old one so I can try to clone the dead one onto the new one, which will definitely take time on both the hardware and software sides of things, but it needs to happen sooner rather than later because, again, there’s a lot of stuff I can’t do until I get that done. and I need to send the recent invoices for Hazy’s dental appointment to pet insurance to see if they’ll pay anything, and that should be quick, but nothing ever stays simple. and, shit, I should really do some actual work this weekend because I didn’t get enough done before...and I still need to decide what to do about the vision therapy thing now that it’s clear the best they can do for me is a payment plan for like 36 expensive appointments, ugh. and ah shit I signed up for Yuletide and I’ve done almost nothing, and that’s due...Dec. 17? fuck, that reminds me, I gotta go get a new notebook from my room because I just finished this one, I mean that’s quick and easy but it also means I now have two notebooks that mostly aren’t typed up, which is bad because I can’t do anything with the contents until they’re typed up and of course they’re not backed up (unless I put them in my fireproof safe, and then I’d never get them typed), and typing those is going to take forever, and yeah I’ve been meaning to make it easier on myself by just doing like 15 minutes a day but I haven’t done that at all and they really need to get typed--and, well, I could just do a 15-minute stint, sure, but that seems silly when there’s so much that needs to be done--and, ugh, I’ve sorta been ignoring my email for the last three days and I need to go through that because otherwise I’m guaranteed to miss something I won’t want to miss, but that takes time and it’s going to mean opening up more tabs when there are already too many tabs open (there are always too many tabs open) and I need to deal with those too, and a good share of the emails are probably about Black Friday sales that I’ll probably want to do but that means more tabs and more decisions and shit there’s all that stuff in my Etsy cart that I should really buy sooner rather than later because sometimes Etsy stuff disappears or sells out and then I’ll be sad and frustrated with myself and also some of the things I want to buy are for gifts, which reminds me that I have almost no Christmas gifts yet for anybody, and my birthday is soon so I should probably make some kind of list myself but actually why am I focusing on that at all when the Georgia runoff elections that determine Senate control are in barely more than a month and I need to be writing letters/postcards to voters since I don’t want to phonebank and time zones actually make it really impractical anyway? I was going to do that in a reasonable way this time too, just a few letters a day like I meant to before, use up a lot of these stamps and stuff I still have--and ah fuck it’s been a while since I’ve called my own legislators about anything, I need to do that, that’s theoretically quick because voicemails cut me off at two minutes, although to be able to do that I also have to do at least a little research so I know what’s the most important thing to call about and what to say so that’s more tabs and more time, and I still haven’t fucking reposted the tiny little Endgame fix-it fic I wrote at the end of August, let alone finished anything since then

and I would, on some level, like to work on one of the many, many writing projects that is theoretically close to being done, or one of the recent ones I started because I foolishly and incorrectly thought it was something I could bang out quickly

and on some level I would also like to work on more stuff for Etsy that could be pre-made so it’s not another stress point when I get orders, especially because several things are holiday-specific and some wouldn’t even take that long, but I’d still be choosing to do those instead of more urgent things

and none of that even begins to touch other stuff, like my room that continues to be a disaster and I need to sort through my shit so I know whether I can relist my most popular Etsy item (if I even want to, which I don’t right now because stress), not to mention all the stuff I need to clear out by listing on eBay, and I could do at least one part of that (flatten the boxes I’ve saved for shipping) without committing to a week-long project but even that part would take a solid chunk of time that I should be spending on something more urgent

and we can’t even put up the fucking tree until I move some of my shit away from the spot where the tree goes, which is tough because a lot of it is from work or otherwise theoretically temporary stuff that doesn’t have an actual home, so that’s going to take a while, and then putting up the tree is also going to take a while, and my room is already a disaster so I’d need to clean in there to make room, which would take forever, and for that matter my areas of the living room are generally a disaster too, as always

and while I’m thinking about stuff I brought from work, let’s go back to how I need to do some work stuff because I’m lucky enough to have a decent job with good insurance that can be done from home and I’m still just like...kiiiiiiinda endangering that by not being a functional adult in general? which is at least partly because my brain is a dumpster fire that doesn’t seem to be improving (which is something else to worry about) but regardless of the cause I still have to do something about it? oh yes and speaking of the good insurance I’m kinda endangering by being a fuckup, haha sure hope this knot under my jaw doesn’t turn out to be...you know, the type of bad thing that a knot under the jaw could turn out to be! which is another very good reason I need to stop being a fuckup so I’m not maybe endangering the job that would pay for that, along with all my other medical issues! and also the entirety of our rent because my mom’s really high-risk and the only available jobs she’s qualified for aren’t safe for her to do!

and my knee hurts! and my elbow hurts! and my neck fucking hurts, my head and neck always hurt and I think I’ve been sleeping even worse than usual lately, partly because neck pain and partly just my body fucking hates me, it’s always a problem and I don’t know what to do about it anymore

and now it’s after 8:30 pm and obviously I’ve done none of this, and I’m still tired, and my head and neck still hurt, and there are still so many things I need to do but I can’t choose because the time-consuming things are the urgent ones but I don’t have the time or energy for them and choosing a specific thing (an urgent time-consuming thing, or a less urgent but much quicker thing) means actively choosing not to do one of the other things, and it’s all important, and I can’t fucking choose, and I’m pretty much at a point where I can continue running ever more painful and crazy-making circles in my brain trying to make myself decide something or I can say “fuck it” and do something that would be fun but not urgent or important at all, which I shouldn’t do, so for fuck’s sake I should just pick even one productive thing to do and then maybe let myself do something fun and then get to bed at a good time for fucking once but I still can’t fucking choose and I want to either cry, scream, or possibly hurt myself, and none of this is healthy or productive

and I think possibly my therapist is getting impatient with me for not making much progress and not really having specific goals for our sessions aside from “I hate that my brain is Like This and I want it to not be Like This and no I haven’t done most of the things you’ve suggested and no I don’t have a good reason why, I just want the meds to work so everything won’t be so fucking hard and yes I know that wouldn’t be something you could control even if it was in your wheelhouse, which it isn’t, but I get overwhelmed so fast and I know I need to do better and be better but I don’t know how”

and I wrote this instead of actually doing anything, apparently, because there was at least some chance that dumping it all out would make me feel better or help me see more clearly what I actually need to do, but I think I actually made myself feel worse by articulating just how overwhelmed I am, mostly by things that objectively aren’t actually that difficult or important.

and I still can’t fucking choose.

[nickburn]

Thoughts on the Oculus Quest and VR after One Week

Last week, I obtained an Oculus Quest, fulfilling a goal I had for this year of buying my first VR headset. I’ve been really interested in VR for years, and now feels like a great time to get into it, if you have the dough. Since I’m still fairly uncomfortable with traveling, I figured a headset would allow me to escape to faraway lands from the comfort of my studio apartment. The Quest in particular was enticing because, unlike most powered headsets, it doesn’t require a tether to an expensive PC or console. Now that I’ve had some time with it to explore the headset and some apps, I’d like to talk through my first impressions here.

The Oculus Quest

I got the 64 GB Oculus Quest through Amazon for $400, and I feel like it’s important to say that upfront. I recognize it’s a privilege just to be able to afford something like this right now, let alone have a decent job that allows for it. VR is not as cheap as it should be yet, but I think it will be within the next five years or so. 

64 GB is plenty so far, and I can’t see the size limit becoming a problem for a while. Maybe once more premium apps like Half-Life Alyx hit the Quest I’ll regret it, but for now I’m totally happy with the smaller hard drive. The controllers are super comfortable and responsive, though figuring out left from right takes some getting used to, especially with something blocking your vision. But it’s easy enough once you realize that the second trigger is on the inside of the controller, so the wrong orientation will feel awkward. The device and controllers are very portable, if awkward to transport because of their shape and fragility. I expect I’ll have to purchase a carrying case for them sooner or later, but for now a backpack has sufficed.

The headset itself is truly a wonder. The four cameras on the front can create a live black and white feed of your surroundings so you don’t bump into things if you walk with it on, and they can even track just your hands for additional control options (currently in beta). The straps allow for easy size adjustments, and they’re tough enough that I don’t feel like they’ll wear down any time soon. There’s a slider for the lenses to adjust your viewing angle if things still look blurry, and the lenses themselves blend nicely into your vision, so you truly feel like you’re in another place with the headset on and running. The built-in speakers only heighten this effect, providing a surround sound experience in a small package. There are headphone jacks on the sides of the headset as well, but I haven’t had cause to use them yet.

The hub interface experience is fairly smooth, and you can choose your background environment for it from several thematic choices. Getting around the menus is easy enough, but it can be hard to know what to look for or even where to start. There are a few free demos, but after that you’re on your own to discover what’s best for you. Since VR is still so new to most people, I would like a little more guidance there, but I’m enjoying the process of discovering things for myself too. One nice thing is every game is listed with a comfort rating, so you know which are likely to give you motion sickness and which are basically 3D movies.

Beat Saber

It’s no secret Beat Saber is one of the most successful VR games so far, and it lives up to the hype. It’s a rhythm game where you have to slash at different colored blocks with the corresponding saber, in time with the music and in the right direction. You also dodge obstacles on occasion, either by leaning or ducking. This sounds simple, but it allows for a ton of different patterns and complexity. The best levels have really satisfying sequences to perform, and it does almost feel like conducting or drumming along with the music. The main campaign is surprisingly lengthy and difficult. At one point, it starts to require you to go against your instincts and mess up songs on purpose in order to not let your combo go above a certain number or to hit a required number of misses. I’m sure they were added to give the game some more mechanical depth, but I’m not sure they’re necessary. Fortunately, there’s also a solo mode and leaderboard where you can play any song you have access to on any difficulty you like. I haven’t bought more songs yet, but I suspect I will before long. Overall, this is an easy game to recommend and a must-play for anyone with access to VR.

The Climb

I’m a novice rock climber who hasn’t been able to go to a gym since March, so this game caught my eye. It gives you the experience of free soloing (climbing tall, long routes without a harness or other people) and bouldering (climbing very short but difficult routes, which is the style I prefer in real life). So far, I’ve only tried the tutorial, and I’m still working up the courage to go back. The game gives me a lot of vertigo and kind of freaks me out, as your character screams for their life whenever you fall (which, in the tutorial at least, will happen often as you learn the controls). Falling is a very real part of climbing, but if you’re doing it right, you should never get hurt. Free soloing is only really attempted by the most expert climbers, and even many of them die in their attempts. A better way to experience it though is through the Free Solo 360 VR documentary by National Geographic, which is free on the app store and thrilling to watch, just like the regular doc. I’m sure I’ll go back to this game soon, but I’m not sure how long it’ll take me to get used to falling in VR.

National Geographic VR

This game is very cute and allows you to play the part of a National Geographic photographer in Machu Picchu and Antarctica. So far I’ve only started the Machu Picchu route, but I really like it. Your producers tasks you with getting different shots, and you have several locations to choose from in each area. Not very deep, but the views are great.

Job Simulator

In Job Simulator, you play a boring, everyday employee for sentient, floating robot TV’s in a few different roles, and it’s awesome. There’s tons of physics objects to play with, which is definitely one of my favorite parts of VR. The writing is clever, the world is cartoon-like and inviting, and it’s much better than actual work. This is another game I’d strongly recommend for VR beginners like myself.

Netflix VR

As weird as it sounds, I like Netflix in VR. The TV in the environment seems much larger than the one I own in real life, so it feels bigger even though it’s virtual. I like the cabin setting and atmosphere, and it beats staring at my apartment walls. I was able to watch several episodes of Death Note in a row pretty easily, although the headset does start to feel heavy after a while. I wouldn’t say this is the ideal way to stream TV by any means, but it’s worth a try as a fun distraction.

Other Odds and Ends

I’ve dabbled with various other apps and games so far, as one does when one acquires a new electronic toy. I started the tutorial of Vader Immortal Episode 1, and it has you deflecting lasers and slashing robots just like a Jedi, so I’m excited to start that game properly. I was able to hook up my headset to my PC in order to try Google Earth, and it’s great. I don’t think my PC will be able to handle much else, however, so I’m thinking about upgrading it relatively soon. It is nice to know, though, that all you need to make the connection now is a USB 2.0/3.0 to USB-C cable. Until May, you had to buy a special $80 cable directly from Oculus, so I’m glad they removed that barrier. I still feel weird about Superhot in VR. I’ve tried it once before, and the demo still felt awkward to me this time. You have to be so precise in Superhot that dodging bullets while attacking and moving becomes really strenuous, and I don’t think the game really accommodates that well. 

Next Steps

All that said, I’m looking forward to digging into all the games I’ve only touched the surface on as well as exploring new things. I’ll try to continue to document my thoughts here so you can all share in my journey with me. I’m coming to realize that VR time is separate from my regular gaming time, in that the experience is totally different. It’s not a replacement for the games I own already; it’s an expansion on a medium and still very new. But there’s something very freeing and magical about VR that comes with the masking of the senses and trickery that the headset provides. Very soon, within the next three to five years even, I think it’ll be much more commonplace.

Thank you for reading if you got this far! And let me know what comments or questions you have here or on Twitter. :)

[jaybug-jabbers]

All-Glitch Pokemon Blue Run Pt9: Controlling Corruption

June,

I’ve just received your report that you have captured a Gengar. I don’t know how you’ve done it, but please allow me to repeat myself: if you’re going after C3 next, please be very careful. Gengar is known for being one of the least predictable and friendly of normal pokemon; Gengar’s glitch hybrid is even worse. 

-Professor Gingko

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Professor,

You can stop worrying now. I’ve just captured C3 successfully. There was no horrible song this time, and he was a lot more coopertive this time around.

I’m actually grateful I got the chance to do this. I think I normally would have been terrified of seeing C3 again, but now that I’ve captured one, he’s really not so bad. He’s quite a musical critter. Sometimes when I take him out of the PC, he trills for a very long time for me. It’s almost sort of sweet. Maybe we misjudged C3 a little. 

Oh, but also, hey! While I was out hunting C3, I captured a new glitchmon! My Dex says it’s called C6.

Apparently it’s a hybrid of Poliwrath. It seems to share its stats and starting moves with Poliwrath, too. I named him Azure, because he’s a lot of very pretty shades of blue. I’m starting to get quite a large team of glitchmon by now! I may not have the time to raise them all, but it’s always good to have a choice.

-June

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June,

Goodness, you’ve been making rapid progress. That new pokemon you captured is indeed C6. You need to be careful while raising him, though; he learns Superglitch upon level up quite a number of times. 

Actually, considering the pace of your progress, what would you say to trying out a more advanced technique? If you succeed, you’ll be able to access a very exotic and unique species of glitchmon. The downside, of course, is that it involves some risk. You’d be working with Superglitch directly.

What do you think? I won’t ask you to give it a try unless you truly wish to.

-Professor Gingko

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Professor,

I’ll need to learn how to handle Superglitch sooner or later. It may as well be now. Besides, I think I’m ready.

-June

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Very well. You’ll need to follow my instructions exactly.

You must return to Celadon’s Mansion. Go to the same place you taught your C2 to forget Superglitch. You’ll need a fair number of Rare Candies, so I’m afraid you might need to duplicate those by exposing them to Missingno., if necessary. Also, ensure you have a full party of six pokemon before you begin. Be mindful of who you place in your sixth slot. Your new friend will be inheriting some things from that sixth pokemon.

Now, arrange C6′s first three moves like such; Body Slam, Water Gun, Mega Kick. (You may need to teach him Mega Kick yourself, but there’s a large department store in Celadon that I’m sure carries TM05.) Proceed to then feed C6 his Rare Candies. He may try to evolve, so startle him out of evolution if he tries it. Once C6 reaches level 24, he will wish to learn Superglitch. Let him forget his final move to replace it. 

Then you must locate a small house in Celadon where an old man lives. I believe his house is right next to a diner. I . . . know this sounds crazy, but trust me, this is very relevent. In his house are a couple sculptures of Diglett. You must go stand right beside them. Then, use your Glitchdex to examine your Pokemon menu. Once you are done, leave the house and do not touch your Glitchdex again for the time being. 

Go directly to some tall grass and encounter a wild pokemon. Engage in battle, using your C6. Act as though you are about to issue a battle command for your C6. Then simply flee from battle. You do not need to actually fight. Superglitch is so powerful a move, that even allowing your pokemon to think about the move is enough for it to exert a powerful influence.

Once you had fled . . . well. I think you’ll notice exactly what’s going on. Let me know when you do and I can guide you from there.

-Professor Gingko

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Professor,

I did exactly as you said. Are you sure this is supposed to happen, though? When I entered battle and called Azure’s name . . .

Uhhh, the wild pokemon turned into a weird glitchy mess. And my Glitchdex’s screen did this funny freak out as you see above. I got the heck out of there in a hurry. Once we’d left the grass, though, I noticed how heavy my belt was.

I have, like, sixteen pokeballs now?! They don’t even all FIT. What’s going on? Where’d they even COME from?

-J̶̨̧̡̢̧̧̛̙̣̹̞̳͕̲̥͎͔͚͕̞̤͕̫̱̗̮͍̟̟̘̪͖̟̭̻̣͚̥͔̞̥̣͔̜̟͓̹͈͕̣̫̍̍͛̽̀́̎̓̾̒̀̀̂̈́̀͌̔̇̋̍̎̃̿͆͗̂͊̀̀̈́̐̈̔̒̏̿̎̀̃̈̓͌̌̽̿̄͐̓͘͘͜͜͝͠ȗ̷̧̧̨̢̘͚̣̝̫̫̟̗̞͚̝͇͕̯̯̺̘̰̟̻̟͖̱̙̪̝̤̠̥͙͓̠͙̣̱̜̫̩͖͔̰̲͍̻̖̠̭̪͈̭̭̂̌́̿́͐̋̽͆̆͌͊͆̋͂̋̑͛̈́̌͌̉́́̌̃̈́̀̌̄̇̈́͆̅̈̓́̕̕̕͝͠͝͝͝ͅn̸̢̨͕̤͎̜̼͙̞̳͈̯̫̟̜͖̘̮̯̭͔͚̺̱͙̗͓̩̱͈͖̬͇͙̓̏̈́̔̊͜ͅͅȩ̶̡͈̱̺̳͍̥̳̝̙͙̺̺̥̰̳̙̟̤̦̜̠̜̙̼̈́̽̃̓͐̌͐͌͂̅́̌̇͌̋́͂̇͌̾̿̀̄́́̇̇̀̈́͊̏̚͠͝͠ͅ

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June,

Keep a steady head. I know things are a tad strange, but I assure you it’s all according to plan.

Head back to the Pokecenter. Deposit your regular party pokemon first. Then switch boxes and deposit the rest of the lot. It shouldn’t take too long. Once you do, retrieve your original party again.

After that, I need you to go back to Cerulean City. That’s a bit of a walk, I know, but it’s important. Try to avoid any trainers on your way. They might . . . err, look a bit odd to you right now.

Once in Cerulean, you need to stand in the southeast part of town. In particular, the white path just below the treeline for the main part of town. In VERY particular, the lower left corner of the end of that path. Once at that exact spot, open your Pokemon menu. Close it and don’t look at it again for the moment. Head directly to some tall grass and once again encounter a wild pokemon with your C6. Do the same as before, then run. 

I promise this isn’t just for the exercise. 

-Professor Gingko

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Professor,

All right, I deposited those weird extra pokemon and then I walked ALL the way back to Cerulean and stood here.

This is the right spot, right? I hope so. Then I encountered a wild pokemon. After we ran away, I have to say I felt . . . a little strange. That happened the first time, too, actually. I dunno, my head felt funny. I thought maybe it was just a headache. You think maybe it’s related to the Superglitch thing? 

And another question; do I get to check out the new weird pokemon I got now?

-June

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Glitchdex #: C6/198

Family: Poliwrath Hybrid

Type(s): Water/Fighting

Species Keyword: SPACESEED

When Poliwrath is exposed to a special Moon Stone that is especially powerful, the resulting pokemon becomes warped and mutated. It may later try to evolve into other Moon Stone pokemon.

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End Notes

Glitches used/mentioned in this post:

* Making Superglitch useful

Click for the next part of the series! 

This is a repost on a new blog. The original post was on Nov 27, 2019.

[onisiondrama]

PART 12 - videos #22 & 23

(Click here for video mirrors) - These are not my words or thoughts, I’m just summarizing what Greg / James is saying in his videos. Apologies for any offensive language or comments that may appear. - I am not repeating stories anymore and will replace these stories with brackets describing what he’s talking about. If you don’t know these stories you’re going to have to go back and read previous parts or watch his previous videos.

the past

- Another email. Person says Greg and Shiloh’s relationship reminded them of their relationship with their ex. Their ex would fake mental illness and fake episodes when they would try to leave. Greg says Shiloh would fake seizures around when they had arguments or when he tried to break up with her so that makes sense. [Shiloh popped out of seizure after he threatened to call ambulance story] He says that’s why he knew they were fake and why he didn’t take them seriously. He just thought that’s who she was and thought she was just weird. - Person says this type of manipulation only works on people who want to help. Greg says his hero complex is pathetic and he hates it. He doesn’t want to save people because it always screws him over. Except with Kai, but Kai didn’t need to be saved because he had his whole life planned out. He was going to be a surgeon, but instead Greg helped him get a bachelor's degree in psychology by spending $100,000. He says it was cool he got to help Kai with that. - Person says if Greg was still with Shiloh, he’d be living in fear. They list aspects of his life they believe she would control. Greg says the only thing she controlled was if he looked at a women, h-e-n-t-a-i, or p-o-r-n she’d freak out on him. She’s very jealous. - Person describes their relationship with their ex more. Greg says Shiloh didn’t try to ruin his life until she started doing interviews, 8 years after [Shiloh cheated story, he never jerked off to her crying] - Person talks about the impact their relationship had on them 6 years later, trust issues, avoid people, push people away. Greg says Shiloh did not have that impact on him. - Person says what Shiloh did to Greg was abuse. Greg says he feels putting the label of abuse on what Shiloh did to him is not what he wants to do right now. [Shiloh wrapped arms around him story.] He says she wanted him to do something bad to her so she could use that to guilt trip him. He realized in that moment some guys lash out and hit because they are backed into a wall and don’t know what to do. He was tested and he doesn’t hit. He giggles like the Joker, but in more of a pussy boy way. Shiloh weighed the same as him and was very strong and he didn’t want to fight it because he was afraid he’d hurt her. He doesn’t want to say he was abused because as a man it doesn’t feel normal. - Another fan email. Greg says he doesn’t have a perfect memory, but he has a pretty good one, he doesn’t have BPD, doesn’t have Alzheimer’s, so he has a normal brain besides his depression that he was diagnosed with. He says no one knows all the facts. If there’s a god, he or she might. - Person says they think there are details on both sides that aren’t being told. Greg says he doesn’t know what that means. He tells us stuff as it comes to his mind. - Person says Greg doesn’t have to prove his innocence unless he’s charged and even then he doesn’t have to prove himself to strangers online. Greg says the problem is the strangers online can harass you, SWAT you, send you horrible things in the mail, constantly make meat pizza deliveries to you. Every pizza company in the area should know by now not to deliver pizzas to him because they’re pranks and they’re wasting time and money. People don’t care if they’re stealing from companies, or if they make illegal calls to emergency agencies, or if they’re wasting animal control’s time. That’s why he has to establish innocence to the general public. [Internet is guilty until proven innocent when it should be innocent until proven guilty rant] - Person says they are 37 year old woman who works in law enforcement and it makes them sick that people are going so hard on someone who has yet to be charged with a crime. She says she wanted to show support and tells him to stay strong. He says that’s cool. [People don’t care about real crimes rant.] - Says his relationship with Shiloh was toxic and he’s glad he broke up with her. He should have broken up with her sooner. [Called police on Shiloh story, he ran away to LA.] He says a month ago he found out he could have gotten a restraining order against her. [Shiloh made him feel like she was the one, cheated.] If you raise someone else’s baby and they got pregnant with someone else you never met before while you were dating them, you’re a cuck. He’s happy to date a single mom, but not in that situation.

reality

- He want to bring some of you to reality. He says if you search “onision jail” on twitter you will see the worst things ever said to him. He received an email that said “I can’t wait until you die in jail.” -This is the reality check he hopes we all face: there’s no crime. [Sarah admitted nothing happened until she was an adult, NDA, blackmail.] Billie and Sarah both admitted Sarah was never groomed. People were around and saw them with Sarah so it was obvious she was never groomed. He was mean to her. - People talk about photos being exchanged. They’re talking about Kai, not him. The laptop belonged to Kai. Phone text exchanges is what Kai’s accused of. He 100% believes Kai wouldn’t want to send photos of that nature to someone who is not of age. The photos were not obtained through honest means in his opinion. It’s disturbing someone held onto and released those photos when they knew Kai didn’t want them to have them. He says there were two pictures and they wound up on instagram with parts cropped out. It was not sexual. - Says Regina says photos were exchanged, but he was informed Regina is a liar. Regina has no proof this occurred. He says he doesn’t know about this exchange because he is disinterested in Regina. - [Doorbell rings and dog barks.] Greg comes back and says once again you guys pranked the pizza place, defrauding pizza companies by having them make pizza and not paying for them. They got sent away once again without being payed. You guys are absolute scumbags. - Says Regina is a very ugly girl. He says he knows it comes off as mean, but he doesn’t believe in filters or PC culture. He’s allowed to think someone is ugly or gross. He saw her in a video thumbnail. He’s not trying to get our approval. - Greg says crimes typically have to happen in order for someone to go to jail. What he’s accused of is grooming. It didn’t happen and if it did it’s not a crime. - Greg and Kai backed up all their texts on a cloud so there is no escaping the evidence. He says they would show us, but we would probably try to get him canceled again for “doxing” [air quotes]. If he tries to show proof and defend himself you guys say it’s doxing. If it ever goes to court he’ll unload all the texts from day 1 to the last day. It’ll prove she said she groomed them and there were zero inappropriate photo exchanges. [Kai’s not into p-o-r-n] Except he thinks Kai had guys kissing on his tumblr. - Sarah is a shameful liar. She keeps saying she has evidence yet they’re still free. Greg have her $150 for her birthday because she helped him build a chicken coop. He says it’d be cool if she gave that back because she’s done more than $150 worth of damage with her lies. She also apparently made tens of thousands of dollars off of you guys being gullible. - [His forums were 18+ only] Says there was a rumor the forums were deleted last year when the forums where people submit stuff, onision.xyz, haven’t been around since 2016. There were dead forums up that no one was using. All the submission sections were deleted 2 years ago because there was too much controversy around adults sharing photos. He was just telling people if they were fat or ugly or not. - His discord is adults only and doesn’t even have a selfie section.  - He never exchanged inappropriate picture with anyone. - He says the police representative that was spoken to was the craziest thing because he doesn’t know why you’d comment on an open case. People say there’s 19 calls or investigations. The police have only been to his house 6 times. They’re talking about how many times people called the police, but most of the time they don’t come because they’re sick of people making shit up. - [Sarah was rejected, apologized for r-a-p-i-n-g them, left] He says he bought her the movie Dodgeball. She was mad he didn’t want to watch it with her and that was one of the last interactions they had. He made it up to her by watching another movie. He was trying to make her happier before she left so they wouldn’t be on horrible terms. [His BPD video upset her.] - He doesn’t know why Sarah would watch this video, but if she does he tells her to move on with her life so he can move on with his. He tells her when he was talking about gross smokers, he wasn’t talking about her. She never smoked around him so he wouldn’t be able to taste any smoke nastiness on his tongue. He was talking about Shiree who took his virginity. Sarah internalized everything he said as if it was about her, which is probably part of her mental thing. - If the accusations against Kai were real, they would have went to the police, but instead they went to the internet. As far as he understands Regina promoted a plastic surgery operation, Shiloh promoted a new album, Sarah promoted a Venmo with tens of thousands of dollars. Everyone’s promoting something. - The crime accusations are against Kai, but people don’t talk about Kai because he’s not popular to talk about so they blend what people say Kai did onto him. None of this will hold up in court. The police are being pranked. - [He repeats his earlier points and stories a lot.] Asks if his crime is getting blackmailed and sexually extorted by someone? Says he has witnesses, but not to Sarah apologizing. That was just to him. - He says someone tried to SWAT them but it failed. The police department is fed up by how much people try to troll them. Someone tried to send him mail with powder in it and they shut down the post office because it was dripping liquid and had a hate messages. He says no doubt from one of the moron commentary channel viewers that believed everything they said. Basically threatening his life. His house was egged by teenagers and they looked in his car. He would show us the footage, but he’s saving it for court. They thought they weren’t home because they covered up their windows after Hansen. 

[miguel-manbemel]

Aspects & Fanfics Ep. 10: Getting to Know Wrath: Roman’s Dream Factory

Here comes the 10th entry of the “Aspects & Fanfics” blog, based on “Sanders Sides” by Thomas Sanders & Joan. Who would have thought this would have gone so fast, but this is the 10th episode already. Lately I’ve slowed down in the frequency, though, as entries have been longer lately, and I’m still having technical issues with my PC that I hope to get solved soon. Next week is going to be a busy one for me, so I expect the next entry to get a little delayed too, I hope not too much, however. As always, thank you to each and anyone reading, and I hope this new entry, in which I’m trying new things, is enjoyable. You can read all the previous entries here, I recommend it since this entry makes references to previous entries, including original characters and situations. Remember that this is a forked AU, which means it follows the canon and story of the original “Sanders Sides” up to “Embarrasing Phases”, and from then it goes on independently. And that’s it, enjoy.

SYNOPSIS: Thomas is angry because he has just seen his ex with another guy and that has hurt him, not because he wants him back, but because he feels left behind and unable to find love again. When the only suggestion Wrath can give them is to find something positive to think about, Roman has the idea of taking them to his Dream Factory, the place where he makes Thomas’ dreams, where dream scenarios look completely real, to create positive scenarios inside there that can help Thomas get his anger behind. But it’s one failure after the other when Thomas’ wrath overcomes him and corrupts the scenario each and every time.

WARNINGS: There are going to be dark references along the episodes, including references to past episodes of physical mistreatment to some characters. Character Thomas is going to go through a lot of angst in this episode, there’s a new return to his broken relationship, and he’s going to show a verbally violent attitute in the first part of the story, including insults and bad words (conveniently “bleeped”) against the Sides. The end card will feature a horrible nightmare by Thomas that will further explorer some episodes narrated at the beginning. I tried to introduce cute and heartwarming scenes to compensate these moments, though.

EPISODE INDEX

THOMAS: Okay, all ready to go buy these props for the next project… After so many tries to get them and not finding them, I swear for the thing I love most in this world that I’m not returning to this apartment until I get them all!

[Thomas goes out. There’s a wait of 10 seconds, and he returns]

THOMAS: [chill voice] Forgot my car keys… and my wallet… Still need to find my memory that is forcing me to throw to the trash can the thing I love most, my “Kingdom Hearts” video-games… [he goes out again]

[intro sequence]

[Thomas enters the apartment with an angry face and slams the door behind him. Then, he throws his things furiously to the counter and initially goes to the couch but notices the camera and stands in his spot]

THOMAS: [angrily] What is up, everybody? Yes, I can hear you all wondering what is up with me. Well, you may or may not be interested in hearing about that, but I’m gonna talk about it anyway, who’s gonna have the f… [bleep] guts to stop me!?

PATTON: [rising up] Whoa, whoa, whoa! What’s going on with your language, mister?

THOMAS: Patton, I’m not in the mood for a lecture, right now! So please leave me alone!

HONESTY: [rising up] Okay, I always support being honest, but that was just unnecessary.

THOMAS: And the reason I should care about that bulls… [bleep] is…?

LOGAN: [rising up] Thomas, control yourself! You’re in front of the camera and there are kids watching you!

THOMAS: [yelling] I DON’T CARE WHO’S WATCHING! I DON’T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ANYMORE! GOT IT, TEACH!? SO SHUT THE F… [bleep] UP!!

[Thomas points at Logan and he covers his mouth. Deceit appears]

DECEIT: I’m sorry, Logan, Thomas is in charge and he’s forcing me to silence you.

VIRGIL: [appearing] Thomas, calm down! There’s no need to be so rude!

THOMAS: [yelling angry and frustrated] My goodness gracious, you too? Can’t I vent like a normal person without suffering the attack of the clones!? Why me!? Why did it have to be me who suffers this curse of having to bear all of you!? Why can’t you all just leave me alone for good, you BOTHERSOME FREAKS!

[Thomas gets silent, breathing fast with a face of despair and anger. Virgil and Logan look at Thomas in shock, Logan still with his hand on his mouth. Deceit and Honesty look at Thomas with a horrified face. Patton looks at Thomas with a mixed face of sadness, shock and disappointment]

PATTON: [voice of deep sadness] Thomas… Is that what you really think about us? That we are freaks and a curse for you? Do you really want us out of your life… for good?

THOMAS: [suddenly realizing what he has said, with a face of horror and voice of remorse] Oh… my goodness gracious… What did I say? I… I’m so sorry, Patton. I’m so sorry, you guys… I… I… I hope you know I didn’t mean what I said.

[Logan takes his hand off his mouth, but he still doesn’t say a word]

PATTON: [same sad voice] Yes, I know you didn’t mean what you said, but you said it anyway, and the pain it has caused is very real.

THOMAS: I have no excuse… I apologize for my behavior, I promise I won’t do it again. Will you please forgive me, all of you?

PATTON: [after a little pause, he lets go a little sad smile] That’s what friends do, right? They forgive each other’s mistakes. What I wonder is, what could have happened to you to make you lose your mind to the point of hurting us like that?

ROMAN: [rising up, in a mood as sad as Patton’s] I’ve got the answer for that, Patton. Thomas is hating himself, and in the process, he’s hating us, because we are himself.

PATTON: But why?

THOMAS: Well, I was at the store, getting some props for a future project that Joan and I are working on, when… I saw him.

PATTON: Him?

ROMAN: Thomas’ ex-boyfriend, Patton.

PATTON: So? I thought that we had already moved forward from him.

ROMAN: I thought so too, but… when Thomas saw him… he wasn’t alone, and that… hurt him… and me, his romantic Side.

PATTON: Oh…

THOMAS: It’s not that I feel jealous, at least romantically, or that I want him back or anything. It’s just that… I suddenly realized that he’s managed to move on. He’s managed to find another one to replace me, and… I felt like… left behind. I know it’s stupid that I feel this way, but I felt again what I felt on the first months after the break-up, thinking that I would never get to find another one like him again. And I hate myself for feeling like that. I hate my insecurity which doesn’t let me step up my game and take the initiative on my quest for… the right one.

VIRGIL: [a little offended] Well, I’m sorry I had it rough and I’m sorry I’m not enough, Thomas.

THOMAS: No, don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t blaming you, Virgil. I know that you, as my anxiety, have no choice other than making me feel anxious about it. The problem is in me, because I’m not strong enough to cope with that, which makes me mad at myself. And I’m sorry I vented my frustration on you, guys. You didn’t deserve anything I said, at all.

LOGAN: Well, Thomas, now that you let me speak…

THOMAS: Sorry about that too, Logan. When someone gets mad like I did, they don’t let logical thinking speak out, and I guess that’s what happened with me and you.

LOGAN: [pulls out a vocab card] It’s water under the bridge, Thomas. As I was saying, now that you let me speak, the problem here seems that you had an outburst of anger, right?

THOMAS: Right…

LOGAN: And who is in control of anger in the Mind Palace?

DECEIT: Wrath. And I know what you’re going to suggest, Logan, that we should summon him or go to see him, but I don’t know if it’s a good idea yet, you guys.

THOMAS: Well, sooner or later he had to make an appearance, Deceit. And if there are issues in his department, he must be held accountable for them like any other Side, isn’t he? I don’t want to force him to be a friend of us if he doesn’t want to, but at least he should have the basic interactions with us regarding his job. I don’t think I’m asking for something so difficult.

DECEIT: Well, you’re in charge, Thomas. [worried face and voice] I’m so calm about this…

THOMAS: I hope he’s not in autopilot this time. If he is, I swear I’m going to the Dark Realm itself to get him here. Wrath! Wrath can you hear me? I demand you to come here right now!

[Wrath appears in his spot. He shows a shy and nervous attitude, with his arms covering his chest, and almost shaking from head to toe]

DECEIT: [mumbles, looking at Wrath with a worried face] Uh-oh…

THOMAS: There you are. Can you explain what has happened right now?

WRATH: [stutters with a face of horror] I… I…

THOMAS: [angry] Don’t stay there like a dummy! [yelling] Say something!

[Wrath shows a face of intense horror and then faints]

THOMAS: [scared] Oh, my goodness!

DECEIT: [running to him] I knew this was gonna happen! [kneels down on him and tries to fan some air onto him] Wrath? Wrath, are you okay? [angry] Thomas, you shouldn’t have been so harsh on him. Don’t you know he’s really scared of social interaction?

THOMAS: No, as a matter of fact, I don’t. He didn’t look scared at all the last time he showed up here.

DECEIT: The last time he was still a servant of the Dark Master. Since then, he’s been all alone and isolated in the Dark Realm, too afraid to make an appearance because he feared what has happened right now. But I didn’t expect that you’d get so harsh on him on first view. What’s wrong with you, Thomas? You’re not being yourself today!

THOMAS: I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I guess I… jumped to conclusions about his character.

DECEIT: Well, I hope that when he wakes up you treat him with a little more tact. Do you think you can do it? Cause he’s my friend and I don’t want him to suffer.

THOMAS: Yes, yes. I’m so sorry. And you’re right, I’m not being myself today. I don’t know why…

[Wrath starts showing signs of life]

WRATH: [mumbling] Sorry… my lord. I’m a piece of junk and I don’t deserve to exist… Please don’t use your whip on me again…

THOMAS: My goodness… He must have had a horrible life while the Dark Master was there…

DECEIT: We all had, Thomas, you’ll never get an idea. Not even if you could see the scars on my back…

ROMAN: [horrified] Oh, my God…

VIRGIL: I can relate to that too…

PATTON: [sad emotional] Oh, my poor, not so little boy…

DECEIT: Yes, Virgil, but you were lucky you could escape to the Light Realm as early as you did. It became a lot worse after you left. The Dark Master wanted to make sure that no one would follow your footsteps if and when we had the chance. And he didn’t care that, until Thomas heightened us for some reason, if that was ever going to happen, we were trapped in the Dark Realm with no possible escape from him. In time, he had nullified us so much we just resigned to do his evil will, and even did it with joy. So brainwashed we were that we thought everything he did to us was normal, deserved and fair, even that it was for our own benefit and we should be thankful to him. [chuckles ironically] We were such a bunch of fools…

THOMAS: Thank God that’s over.

DECEIT: At least for the time being… [to Wrath, noticing he’s waking up] Wrath. Wake up, buddy.

WRATH: [regains full consciousness] What has happened…? [notices Thomas is there and starts shaking in horror]

DECEIT: [soft voice, holding his shoulders] Calm down, my friend. Calm down. It’s okay. He’s not gonna hurt you.

THOMAS: I’m so sorry, Wrath. I didn’t mean to be so harsh. Could we start again, please, and do as if nothing had happened?

WRATH: Yes, my lord, if you want me to, my lord…

THOMAS: What?

[Wrath gets up with Deceit’s help, who then goes back to his spot]

WRATH: It won’t happen again, my lord. Please, don’t hurt me.

THOMAS: I’m not going to hurt you, Wrath, what are you talking about?

DECEIT: Wrath, you remember that this is not the Dark Master you’re talking to, right?

WRATH: [realizing] Oh, I guess so… It’s just that… for a moment you looked so much like him…

DECEIT: Well, of course he looks like him, the Dark Master was Thomas’ doppelganger.

WRATH: I mean in the attitude. I wasn’t sure if it was Thomas or… him.

THOMAS: Oh, my gosh… Have I really been so horribly harsh? I’m terribly sorry, Wrath. It never was, and will never be, my intention to hurt you. You’re safe here with us, you have nothing to be afraid of while you’re with us. It’s just that, today, I can’t control my anger, and I don’t know why. And that’s exactly why I called you, to see if you, my wrath, could give me some answers about it.

WRATH: Well, typically I’m triggered when you experience things that upset you for some reason. Is there anything that has bothered you recently?

THOMAS: Well, yes.

WRATH: The strongest that feeling is, the strongest I’m triggered, and the strongest your anger will be. If possible, you must solve whatever has bothered you and calm yourself before I can get calmed down.

LOGAN: Well, to know that we wouldn’t have needed to call you in the first place…

WRATH: Sorry I cannot be of more help, Logan, but that’s how it is. My advice is that you get positive thinking, imagine happy thoughts and distract yourself from whatever is hurting you.

THOMAS: Well, Roman, Patton, I guess it’s your turn then. You’re in control of my happy thoughts and my imagination. You’ll have to work as a team so that we can get out of this loop.

PATTON: You can say that a…

ROMAN: [annoyed] Stop it, Patton!

PATTON: Sorry…

ROMAN: Okay. I think I know what you need so you can think about something else. You need an evasion from the real world.

LOGAN: [concerned] What?

ROMAN: We’re going to my special playground in the Mind Palace, where I like to test some of my ideas when they’re in the beta phase.

HONESTY: I don’t like the sound of this…

ROMAN: [ignoring him] Let’s all go to Roman’s Dream Factory!

[Roman snaps his fingers, and they all appear in a huge room that is completely empty, with no kind of furniture, decoration… Only stone walls made of perfect square gray ashlars in all directions]

THOMAS: Um… where are we?

ROMAN: I told you, Thomas, this is Roman’s Dream Factory. Here is where I test your ideas and dreams before I release them in your mind so that you can pursue them.

VIRGIL: [checking around] No windows, no doors, no lamps, even though this is illuminated by I don’t know what… This looks more like a crypt than a factory… [grins] I like it.

ROMAN: Well, it wouldn’t be safe to let uncontrolled unfinished dreams to get away out of control. This is like… some sort of… bubble where they can’t escape till they’re tested.

VIRGIL: What would happen if they got away unfinished or faulty?

ROMAN: Oh, that has never happened… except when Thomas is sleeping. Then the walls get weak and some of them slip out between the ashlars. Then they wander around the Mind Palace until they’re caught by the dream vacuum cleaners in Thomas’ mind. That’s when you, Thomas, start having weird illogical dreams that don’t make any sense. As all of this happens while you’re asleep, there’s no possible damage for you or us. If they got away when you’re awake… who knows? You could go from having the most unexpected nonsensical random ideas to full fledged, sometimes horrifying, hallucinations.

VIRGIL: [concerned] What?

ROMAN: Like I said, that has never happened, Texas Chain-Fear Massacre. The ashlars on the walls are not ordinary stones. They’re made of the material that separates Thomas’ notion of reality from Thomas’ notion of fantasy. Thomas is a grounded, healthy person, so the walls are extra strong on him.

VIRGIL: What isn’t extra in your department?

ROMAN: It would take some sort of… issues to make these walls weak and breakable, which is not the case with Thomas, so don’t worry, anyone. I mean, my factory has existed for 30 years now, and I don’t think you have ever had any problem, did you?

THOMAS: Okay, so we’re here. What are we supposed to do here?

ROMAN: Just what Wrath suggested. I’m going to create pocket dream scenarios from scratch based on Patton’s happy thoughts so that we can cheer you up.

THOMAS: Why here? Why not in any other ordinary room in the Mind Palace?

ROMAN: Because here dream scenarios look and feel more realistic than on the rest of the Mind Palace, Thomas. It will feel as if you were living them in real life.

THOMAS: Is it safe? I mean, they’re untested if they’re here, so what could they do to us?

ROMAN: Oh, Thomas, you should have more faith in me. I’m gonna make sure that nothing weird comes out of me that could hurt you in any way.

VIRGIL: Well, if you could always have full control of what you create from scratch, you wouldn’t need this isolated Dream Factory in the first place, so it’s natural that Thomas is feeling me right now.

ROMAN: I’ll say it again, don’t worry. If anything goes wrong, we could always go back to the living room.

[A pedestal with a red button on top appears next to Thomas]

ROMAN: If you ever feel threatened or endangered for the tiniest reason, Thomas, just push the red button and… boop! We’ll be back. No questions and no reproaches, I give you my royal word.

THOMAS: Why is there a turtle drawn on the pedestal and on the button?

ROMAN: I don’t know, I just liked it.

PATTON: [squealing] That’s cute!

HONESTY: I don’t like this for some reason…

ROMAN: [ignoring him] Okay, Patton. Things that are heartwarming for Thomas.

PATTON: [happy voice] Puppies!

ROMAN: Okay. That one’s easy.

[Roman rises his arms. The room around them changes. Walls emerge from the ground and cover the ashlars. Doors and windows appear and a couch next to Thomas and the button, to conform an office around Thomas, who sits down on the couch]

THOMAS: Okay…

ROMAN: [smiling] Three… two… one… go!

[tiny little barks are heard from the door and a huge stream of puppies of all races emerges from it and goes straight to Thomas]

THOMAS: [happy voice] Oh, my gosh! So many puppies!

LOGAN: [in shock] This cuteness is hard to process…

VIRGIL: [grabs one of the puppies next to his cheek and it starts licking his eye-shadow] This is better than Halloween…

THOMAS: I’m so happy… but…

ROMAN: But?

[The room suddenly goes a little dark and the puppies disappear]

VIRGIL: Hey! Where did my tiny makeup eater go!?

[Suddenly from the door a huge wolf appears. It threateningly growls at Thomas]

THOMAS: [scared] What is going on?

WRATH: You’re not letting go of your anger Thomas! It has corrupted the dream scenario and concentrated to turn the puppies into that wolf!

[The wolf gets ready to jump onto Thomas]

THOMAS: [whining] Roman? Do something!

ROMAN: I’m trying, but I can’t unsummon it! It’s too full of Wrath’s energy, I have no control over it!

THOMAS: Wrath!

WRATH: I can’t Thomas! I can’t help it!

[before the wolf jumps, Virgil transforms into his panther form and lets go a loud growl. The wolf then gets scared and fades away]

THOMAS: Thank you, Virgil, you saved me!

VIRGIL: [transforming back to his emo form] You’re welcome. My mission is to protect you and I’m not going to back up on the only thing I can do good.

PATTON: Virgil, you do a lot of things good, don’t make me…

VIRGIL: …physically fight you, I know. Sorry, Dad.

THOMAS: Okay, this didn’t come out right.

ROMAN: It would have if you tried to concentrate to fix it, Thomas.

THOMAS: I’m sorry. That feeling’s overwhelmingly strong.

HONESTY: May I…

ROMAN: [interrupting and ignoring him] Okay, let’s try something different. Patton, give me another heartwarming thing for Thomas.

PATTON: Let’s see…

ROMAN: And no cats, Patton, Thomas is allergic.

PATTON: [disappointed] Awww! Okay, then… Something that makes Thomas happy… Broadway!

ROMAN: Of course! And that’s my department too! [rises his arms] Okay, changing scenario to a proper scenario…

[The office scenario disappears and is replaced by a stage scenario. There’s a huge crowd in the audience, and Thomas is suddenly dressed as Sweeney Todd, in the middle of the scenery, next to the red button. Roman is backstage on the left wing, with Wrath, Patton and Virgil, while the rest of the Sides are on the right wing watching in silence]

THOMAS: [whispering to Roman] What is happening?

ROMAN: [loud whispering] Thomas! You know this show by heart! Sing!

THOMAS: I didn’t rehearse anything!

ROMAN: [frustrated] For Patti Lupone and Ethel Merman’s sake, just sing!

THOMAS: [music starts and he starts singing] These are my friends… See how they glisten… See this one shine…

ROMAN: [to Wrath] Great, I’m sure he’s feeling happy now. There’s nothing that makes Thomas feel more alive than stage performance, right?

WRATH: However, I’m not sure if you have chosen the right musical for him to perform right now.

ROMAN: Why? It’s Sweeney Todd, one of Thomas’ dream roles.

WRATH: Yes, but have you forgotten what kind of character Sweeney Todd is? I can already feel myself heightening to help him to perform!

THOMAS: [singing with a face of anger] …My frieeend! My faithful frieeend!

ROMAN: Uh-oh… Didn’t think about that…

WRATH: It’s like that other character from that Shakespearean play, that Scottish king that also wanted to kill his enemies, what was his name? Oh, yes…

ROMAN: [in panic] Don’t say…!

WRATH: …Macbeth.

ROMAN: [horrified] Oh, no!

[the audience starts booing at Thomas and throwing tomatoes at him]

WRATH: Oh, no! The anger has corrupted the dream scenario again! It is pouring into the audience and they’re turning against Thomas!

ROMAN: [desperate] The show is cursed, he mentioned the Scottish Play inside the theater! Curtains! Curtains!

VIRGIL: Okay, time for Virgil to save the show again… Lucky that I’m an expert techie now…

[Virgil runs to the ropes and lowers the curtains down. When he does, the audience noises disappear]

THOMAS: Is this a dream tester or a nightmare tester, Roman?

ROMAN: I’m sorry, Thomas. Wrath gave it the coup de grace with the Scottish Play, but I guess I should have chosen something more relaxing instead, like… “The Sound of Music.”

WRATH: Don’t you dare! Anything but that!

ROMAN: You don’t like “The Sound of Music”?

WRATH: I just don’t want the cute Von Trapp kids to be turned by accident into the children of the corn, that’s all!

THOMAS: I’m starting to be tempted into pushing that button…

ROMAN: Let’s not give up yet, Thomas. There has to be some way to defeat your anger and make you feel better!

HONESTY: Well if I…

ROMAN: [ignoring him] Patton, please, think of something good! Something that couldn’t possibly fail!

PATTON: Let’s see… This is getting difficult… Um… I think I know. What has always been Thomas’ source of constancy and tranquility? [looking at Virgil with a sweet loving voice] I’m sure my Emo Sweet Dream knows the answer to this one.

VIRGIL: You mean…?

PATTON: Yes, I mean his friends! They’re probably his biggest source of happiness in his life.

ROMAN: You’re a genius, Patton! Of course! If that fails too, I don’t know what else could work! Okay. Moving to a friendly scenario… [rises his arms] Please, Bob Ross who art in heaven… lend me a hand on this one…

[The theater disappears and is replaced by an exterior setting in a park. There is a picnic. There are Joan, Talyn, Adri, Camden, Foti, Jamahl and Derionna, all sat down in the grass around a tablecloth with food on it. Thomas is again dressed as himself]

JOAN: Come on, buddy, sit down with us!

CAMDEN: Yeah, what took you so long? Join us, the food is delicious!

THOMAS: I’m glad to hear it, guys.

ROMAN: [watching from a distance] This cannot fail. There’s nothing stronger than Thomas’ love for his friends, it could overcome anything!

WRATH: I don’t know… Friendship is strong, but unfortunately hatred can be strong too, and Thomas’ hatred against himself is the cause of all of this…

ROMAN: [annoyed] Don’t jinx it again!

[Suddenly the sky gets cloudy and a storm is heard]

THOMAS: Oh, what a shame… It looks it’s gonna rain…

JOAN: [frowning] Well, I don’t care at all. This was being boring anyway.

THOMAS: …what?

TALYN: Yeah, it got boring when you came in. You spoiled everything!

JAMAHL: Yeah, as usual!

ROMAN: Not again… not again… not again…

THOMAS: Guys, what are you saying?

CAMDEN: We’re saying that we’re tired of you using us to rise up to fame, that’s what we’re saying! We’re talented enough to be successful in art without your constant direction!

THOMAS: I never meant…

JAMAHL: I’m getting out of here. And don’t bother calling us again, Thomas! From now on we’re going solo, and you’re not welcome in our path to glory!

[They all get up and leave Thomas where he is, with the most broken face he has ever shown in his life]

THOMAS: Guys… please… don’t leave me… I love you… I’m helpless without you, please…

[his friends ignore them. After they get away from the picnic, they disappear. The Sides gather around Thomas, all with sad faces]

ROMAN: [defeated voice] I’m sorry, Thomas. I’m so, so, sorry… This has been a huge fiasco…

THOMAS: [hurt voice] It has. Not only this dang room hasn’t helped me feel better. It has made me feel even worse than before, and I didn’t think it was possible.

WRATH: If it serves as a consolation, the things your friends said, they would never feel or say them like that. They’re all fruit of your anger corrupting the dream scenario and they’re rather things that once or twice you have thought about yourself, even unconsciously, which have been expressed through them.

THOMAS: Yes, but hearing it all through them… It has been hurtful. And this cursed place made them feel so real it only worsened the pain.

ROMAN: As I said, I won’t question you if you press the red button now, Thomas.

THOMAS: [reaching out his hand to the red button] Of course I will, I’m not staying in this place any longer…

HONESTY: [yelling, before Thomas can press the button] Wait!

THOMAS: What, Honesty?

HONESTY: Can I speak now, Thomas? Or is Roman going to interrupt me again like before?

ROMAN: I did? Sorry, I didn’t notice…

THOMAS: Go ahead, Honesty, say what you need to say.

HONESTY: Okay. You all have been making a huge mistake while handling the situation.

ROMAN: Mistake?

HONESTY: You’re all looking for ways to make Thomas evade from the problem. But that won’t make the problem disappear. It will remain there, haunting Thomas, wherever he goes and whatever he does. It’s useless.

LOGAN: I think we had already agreed on that point, Hon.

HONESTY: However, there is a way to start fixing the situation.

VIRGIL: What is it?

HONESTY: If evading the problem is not working, Thomas, confront the problem, face to face. Be honest with yourself and attack the root of the issue. It’s the only way to start healing your soul.

ROMAN: So what do you propose?

HONESTY: I propose that instead of creating imaginary scenarios in your Factory, Roman, we create a replica of the scene that Thomas has just lived in the store, but instead of Thomas holding his anger and running away, he must speak to him, tell him what he feels and let go of everything he’s been holding back. It’s the only thing that will make him feel better for real.

THOMAS: I think… it might work… but it’s not gonna be pleasant.

HONESTY: You have the advantage that this is not reality, but looks so much like reality you won’t tell the difference in terms of venting, all without making any difference in your real life. So you can keep acting in front of him as if this would have never happened, cause for him it won’t have ever happened.

ROMAN: It’s worth a try. Are you ready, Thomas?

THOMAS: As ready as I’ll ever be, Roman.

ROMAN: Okay. [rises his arms] Dream Factory, one last struggle, don’t fail me this time.

[the park scenario disappears and is replaced by a store. Thomas’ ex is there, his new mate is far away from them looking for something on some shelves. Thomas sighs and approaches his ex, who looks at him surprised]

THOMAS’ EX: Oh, Thomas. How are you doing? It’s been ages.

THOMAS: Yeah, it’s been. [looking at his ex’s mate] Looks you’re doing okay.

THOMAS’ EX: Oh, yes. His name is Steve. We’ve been dating for half a year or so.

THOMAS: I’m glad for you.

THOMAS’ EX: Thank you. What about you?

THOMAS: Oh… well… I haven’t been so lucky, unfortunately. Took me a while to… get over you.

THOMAS’ EX: I’m sorry to hear that.

THOMAS’: But I’m not giving up. Even though it hurts to be alone. Even though the thought that maybe…

ROMAN: [from the door] Keep going!

THOMAS: …that maybe I will never find someone like you again, it hurts.

THOMAS’ EX: Thomas…

THOMAS: No, please, let me speak, because this has been killing me for the past two years. I have cried a lot over you. I know it’s not your fault, and I’m not blaming you for anything. If anything, we both would be guilty that our relationship didn’t work, but still, the aftermath was torturing. You were my first love and losing your first love hurts more than losing any other subsequent loves, or so I heard, as I’m yet to experiment another love as strong as the one we had. I haven’t been wasting time, I’ve met a couple of people that made my stomach feel full of butterflies again… at least for some time, but it never went any further. I just wanted to tell you that I finally went over you and that I’m still struggling to find someone like you, but that I will not stop, and I will never give up till I can say that I’m sharing my life with someone I love and who loves me, just like you did.

THOMAS’ EX: That would make me happy, Thomas. I couldn’t love you the way that I loved you on the first years of our relationship, but that doesn’t mean I stopped loving you as a friend. It would make me happy that you could have love in your life, you deserve it. But you’re making a mistake. You mustn’t try to find someone like me. I’m just an ordinary man and each man you find will be his own man. No one will ever be like me. Some may be similar, some may be worse, and certainly some will be better. Just look for somebody to love and don’t make any comparisons, because each love experience will be totally different from the previous one, and each will be unique in its own way. You’ll find the love you want someday, and in the mean time, don’t get too stressed over it. It will come when you least expect it. You’ll see.

THOMAS: I hope so. And I also wish you the best in your new relationship. It would make me happy too to know that you’re happy.

THOMAS’ EX: Thank you, Thomas. Now, I gotta go. We’ve got a lot to buy yet. Good bye.

THOMAS: Good bye.

[Thomas’ ex reunites with his mate and disappear behind an aisle of the store. Then the store disappears and they’re back to the ashlars room. The Sides gather around Thomas in their positions]

PATTON: Thomas, I’m so proud of you right now, you wouldn’t get an idea.

THOMAS: Thank you Patton. And I’m feeling so relieved. Venting all that I had inside has made all my bad feelings fade away completely. I feel so great right now. Thank you, Honesty. You were right all the time.

HONESTY: I’m glad I could be of help, gentleman.

THOMAS: And I also want thank you two, Roman and Patton. You gave your best and if it wasn’t for you, we wouldn’t have found the solution in the first place.

ROMAN: I’m glad that my room could be useful in the end, even after all the struggling.

THOMAS: Well, now it’s the time to push the button, don’t you think?

ROMAN: Yes, I agree. Let’s get out of here.

[Thomas pushes the button. There’s a red flash and Thomas and the Sides appear in the living room]

LOGAN: Well, that was a swift trip.

WRATH: Yes, it was. Roman?

ROMAN: Yes?

WRATH: I don’t want to go without apologizing to you.

ROMAN: About what?

WRATH: I was harsh with all of you, but especially with you, Roman. I shouldn’t have called you “shoddy pompous prince”. That was rude and mean, and I’m really sorry.

ROMAN: It’s okay, Wrath. It’s… [looking at Logan] water under the bridge.

LOGAN: Correct.

PATTON: And I’m sorry I slapped you, kiddo. Violence should never be the answer.

WRATH: Don’t worry about it, Patton. I really deserved it at the time. I truly regret everything about the way I entered here the first time… It’s been torturing me all these weeks. I was so afraid of how you would react about me.

THOMAS: Well, now you’ve seen it yourself, Wrath. This is a welcoming environment and you’ll never have to endure the pain and suffering you experimented in the Dark Realm again. Please don’t isolate yourself again. We would like to spend time getting to know you, getting to know all about you.

ROMAN: [singing] Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me… “The King and I”, I love that musical.

WRATH: I love it too, Roman. I love musical movies in general.

ROMAN: Oh, would you like to come to my room, then? We could binge watch a few of them. I’ve got “Oliver!”, “Singin in the Rain”, “The Wizard of Oz”, “The Sound of Music”…

WRATH: “The Sound of Music”!? Oh, I would love to! I love Julie Andrews! She’s a beautiful goddess!

ROMAN: [happy] Right!? Wrath, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship…

DECEIT: May I join in?

PATTON: Me too!

ROMAN: [sinking down] Of course! You’re all welcome! I’ll go make popcorn for everybody.

WRATH: [sinking down] Great! I have frozen soda in my room, I’ll go fetch it.

PATTON: [sinking down] Yaaay! Musicals, popcorn, soda and beloved friends! I love it!

DECEIT: [sinking down] But don’t get overexcited again, Patton. The last time you choked on your popcorn and you spent the whole movie loudly coughing.

LOGAN: Do you know what I like most about all of today’s conversation?

THOMAS: What?

LOGAN: That the power of reality and honesty has been proven and has finally taken its place at the table.

THOMAS: Well, I don’t think anyone dismissed reality as bad. Other than Roman, that is, but you know Princey.

LOGAN: [sinking down] Yes, he could trip on a stone and say that gravity put a spell on him instead of recognizing his clumsiness.

VIRGIL: Well, Thomas. I hope that, now that your anger is gone, you can keep calm for the rest of the day.

THOMAS: I’ll try, Virgil.

VIRGIL: Don’t try, do it. I’m sneaking into Roman’s room to watch the movies and I don’t want you to uncover me.

THOMAS: Why do you have to go incognito?

VIRGIL: I have a reputation to keep, Thomas, I don’t want them to know I love glowing Technicolor musicals. [sinking down, demonic voice] And if you tell them, I’ll haunt you in your sleep, Thomas.

THOMAS: But they already know you love Disney… Okay…

HONESTY: Thomas, thank you for listening to me.

THOMAS: No, Honesty, thank you for your help. And I’m sorry we didn’t let you speak earlier, it would have saved us so many struggles today.

HONESTY: Glad to help, Thomas. [sinking down] I hope that you get better soon.

THOMAS: Thank you, Honesty, I think I’ve already started. [to the camera] There are times were we get into some sort of sneaky situation, or a problem shows before us, or something makes us feel bad for any reason. In moments like those, the first choice should always be confronting that problem and trying to fix it. Evading from it can be tempting, because it may make us feel comforted in the short term. But if we want a long term solution, we must face our demons face to face and try to defeat them. I know it’s difficult sometimes, but it’s the best way to start our way to full recuperation without having to carry that weight on our shoulders or on our souls. Until next time, take it easy, guys, gals, and non binary pals. Peace out!

[ending card]

[it’s late night. Thomas is sleeping in his bed. And it seems he’s having a bad dream. Then we see what he’s dreaming. He’s in the Dark Realm, and he sees the Dark Master. Wrath is off-screen but the Dark Master’s using his whip on him. Lashes are heard and Wrath cries in pain]

THOMAS: [horrified] Stop it! I say stop it!

DARK MASTER: [evil laugh] Stop it? But why? I thought you loved this, Thomas.

THOMAS: How can you be so nasty? I would never enjoy this kind of twisted behavior of yours, Dark Master! Leave Wrath alone!

DARK MASTER: Don’t be so hypocrite, Thomas. All the power I had here, it all came from you.

THOMAS: What?

DARK MASTER: Yes! Because you’re weak, Thomas. You were unable to gather strength enough to stop me. You had to rely on your friends to do your dirty work! As usual, by the way!

THOMAS: Stop it!

DARK MASTER: All the pain Virgil, Deceit and Wrath had to endure were all your fault, Thomas! And you’ll have to live with that guilt for the rest of your life!

[Virgil, Deceit and Wrath appear before Thomas. They’re totally bruised and with faces of pain]

DARK MASTER: Look what you’ve done, Light Master! Look what you’ve done with your own hands!

[Thomas looks at his hand. He’s holding the whip the Dark Master was using. Virgil, Deceit and Wrath look at him with a face of horror. The Dark Master laughs evilly]

THOMAS: [progressively more and more anxious] No… It wasn’t me! I would never do that! I would never do that! Noooooo!

[back to Thomas’ bedroom. Thomas wakes up abruptly]

THOMAS: No!

[Thomas struggles to breath. He’s covered in sweat. He looks around him and realizes it was a dream]

THOMAS: Oh, my goodness gracious… What a horrible nightmare…

[Virgil appears next to him]

VIRGIL: Are you okay?

THOMAS: [startled] AH! Oh… it’s you… You scared me, Virgil… It’s okay, it was only a nightmare, that’s all…

VIRGIL: I know, I heard you speaking in your dreams, Thomas.

THOMAS: Oh, you did? I thought you all fell asleep when I fell asleep.

VIRGIL: We do, but when you have nightmares, especially if they’re as strong as this one, they wake me up, and I go check if you’re okay.

THOMAS: I see…

VIRGIL: Thomas, you must know that we don’t blame you for anything we had to go through in the Dark Realm. It wasn’t your fault. Heck, you didn’t even know of the existence of the Dark Realm and the Dark Master in the first place. There’s absolutely nothing you could have done.

THOMAS: If I had known what you were going through, Virgil, I would have moved heaven and earth to help you.

VIRGIL: [loving smile] I know, Thomas. And we love you for that. All of us… [sad face] If anyone, the blame would have to be put on me.

THOMAS: Why are you saying that?

VIRGIL: I’ve been out of the Dark Realm for years. I should have done something to help Deceit and Wrath. I should have done something, and the only thing I did was running away like the evasive coward that I am.

THOMAS: Virgil, there’s nothing you could have done either. Deceit and Wrath couldn’t get out of the Dark Realm. Besides, what do you think it would have happened if you had returned? The Dark Master would have caught you.

VIRGIL: I know, but still…

THOMAS: I’m sure they don’t hold any grudges against you, Virgil. You shouldn’t hold them on yourself either.

VIRGIL: Thank you… Thomas?

THOMAS: Yes?

VIRGIL: I don’t feel strong enough to return to my room right now… Would you mind if I slept here tonight?

THOMAS: I would love it Virgil. I’m still scared of the nightmare, and your presence would comfort me… Isn’t it ironic, bearing in mind you’re my anxiety?

[Virgil smiles. Thomas makes some room for Virgil, who changes to his purple pajama and lies down]

VIRGIL: Good night, Thomas.

THOMAS: Good night, Virgil. Have sweet emo-kitten dreams.

[They both close their eyes to sleep, showing a little smile on their faces, and Virgil starts softly purring till they both fall asleep]

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Ssh File Transfer For Mac

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Ssh File Transfer Mac To Linux

Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network. Typical applications include remote command-line, login, and remote command execution, but any network service can be secured with SSH. SSH provides a secure channel over an unsecured network by using a client–server architecture, connecting an SSH client application. Mac Terminal SSH file transfer? Ask Question Asked 9 years, 1 month ago. Active 2 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 93k times 12. Is there a way to transfer files directly from a Mac to another using only Terminal? Perhaps using SSH? Mac ssh terminal. So far in this series of posts on ssh on macOS. Quick Introduction to ssh for Mac Admins; SSH Keys, Part 1: Host Verification; SSH Keys, Part 2: Client Verification; Transferring files with ssh (this post); SSH Tunnels (upcoming); Please consider supporting Scripting OS X by buying one of my books! In the previous posts we looked how to connect with ssh to a remote computer (host) and how to. WinSCP is a popular free SFTP and FTP client for Windows, a powerful file manager that will improve your productivity. It supports also Amazon S3, FTPS, SCP and WebDAV protocols. Power users can automate WinSCP using.NET assembly. It can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP computing protocols and as a serial console client. Version 0.63; WinSCP is a free open-source SFTP and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is to secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and basic file manager functionality.

Do you have a file on your Linux PC that needs to be transferred to your Linux server and you are not sure how to do this? This article teaches you how to copy files via SSH to your remote Linux server. It presents two methods for achieving this file transfer in a secure way. One based on the scp program and one based on the rsync program.

Background

Once you have your own Linux server up and running, you typically access it through SSH. SSH stands for Secure Socket Shell. SSH enables you to securely log in and access your Linux server over an unsecured network. Through SSH you can install, configure and update software on your Linux server, to name just a few common Linux server administration tasks.

While administering you Linux server, sooner or later you run into a situation where you have a file on your own Linux PC and you need to transfer this file to your Linux server. So you SSH-ed into your server and you are staring at your terminal screen, wondering how to go about this task. Unfortunately, you cannot directly transfer a file from your own PC to your remote Linux server through this active SSH terminal session. Luckily though, several methods exist that enable you to copy files via SSH. This article presents you with two of these methods. Namely, by using the scp and rsync programs.

System setup

A typical system setup consists of your Linux desktop PC, connected to your local network router, and a remote Linux server somewhere in the cloud. Instead of setting up a cloud server somewhere for this article (think Digital Ocean or Linode for example) , I decided on running a Linux server as a virtual machine (VM) on my laptop. Pes 2010 for mac os. Below you can find an illustration of the system setup:

My trusty Lenovo Thinkpad T450s serves as the Desktop PC. I run Debian 10 on this PC and its hostname is set to tinka. The Linux server VM also runs Debian 10 and its hostname is set to debianvm. I configured the same username on both the PC and the server. It is set to pragmalin. Refer to this article in case you would like to setup a similar Debian server as a virtual machine with VirtualBox.

Connecting to your server via SSH

While explaining the steps for copying files to the Debian server via SSH, I’ll occasionally SSH into the Debian server to verify that the files actually got transferred. Here follows a quick refresher that explains how you can log into your server via SSH.

The command from a Linux terminal on your PC to connect to your server is: ssh <username>@ip-address or ssh <username>@hostname. In my case the hostname of the Debian server VM is debianvm . My username on this server is set to pragmalin. This means that I can log into this server via SSH with the command:

ssh pragmalin@debianvm

To close the SSH connection, simply type the exit command:

SCP versus RSYNC

Before diving into the actual file copying via SSH, we should discuss the two commonly used programs for this, namely scp and rsync.

The SCP program

The scp program is a secure copy program. So basically a secure and remote version of the cp program that you locally use for copying files. Pretty much all Linux server distributions install the scp program by default, including Debian. Now, if the already installed scp program does all we need then why would we ever need another program for the same task? Read on and you’ll see that rsync does offer some benefits.

The RSYNC program

The rsync program is labeled as a fast, versatile and remote file-copying tool. But it is not just a plain file-copying tool. The rsync program features build-in synchronization functionality. This means that it only copies a file to the remote server if it is not already present. In contrast, the scp program blatantly overwrites the file. Furthermore, rsync can compress the files during the transfer. In other words, rsync is faster and uses less network bandwidth.

By default rsync does not communicate in a secure way. Luckily an easy fix exists for this. You can force rsync to use the SSH protocol by specifying the -e 'ssh' option when calling the program. Another minor disadvantage is that rsync is not installed by default on all Linux server distributions. Of course this is merely a one time inconvenience. You can simply install it with sudo apt install rsync. Just keep in mind that the rsync program needs to be installed on both sides. So both on your PC and your server.

When should you use scp and when rsync? They both work, so it partially comes down to personal preference. Personally, I use scp for small quick file transfers as its syntax strikes me as more intuitive. For large file transfers, I opt for rsync, because it is faster and uses less network bandwidth. For example when I need to restore a complete backup to one of my servers.

WordPress archive

For file copy via SSH testing purposes, this article uses the latest WordPress archive. WordPress is a hugely popular website content management system and runs on millions of websites, including the PragmaticLinux blog. We are not actually going to install WordPress, but just use the WordPress files for file copy example purposes.

Go ahead and download the latest WordPress archive from https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz. On my PC the file wordpress-5.4.2.tar.gz is now present in directory /home/pragmalin/Downloads/ Free mp3 to m4a converter for mac.

Copy a single file

Let’s start out with copying just a single file to the server via SSH. Open your terminal and go to the directory that holds to previously downloaded WordPress archive. Next, run either one of the following commands to copy the file to your remote server. Just replace the /home/pragmalin directory name with the name of your home directory on the server and replace the pragmalin@debianvm part with your username on the server and the hostname of the server, respectively:

scp wordpress-5.4.2.tar.gz pragmalin@debianvm:/home/pragmalin

rsync -e 'ssh' -avz wordpress-5.4.2.tar.gz pragmalin@debianvm:/home/pragmalin

If you now SSH into your server, you can verify the presence of the wordpress-5.4.2.tar.gz file in your user’s home directory. Both the scp and rsync commands have a similar structure. It is:

(COMMAND) (OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS) (SOURCE) (DESTINATION)

As you can see in this example, the scp program does not require any arguments. However, the rsync program does: -e 'ssh' -avz. For detailed information on the command options, you can refer to the program’s man-page. Alternatively, you can make use of the excellent explainshell.com website. Here are the links for an explanation of the previous two commands: scp and rsync.

Permissions

Note that you can only copy files to a directory where the username you specified has write permissions. That is the reason why I specified the home directory in this example. If you need to store the file in a directory where your user does not have write permissions, then you would have to connect to the server via SSH afterwards and move the file with the help of sudo mv.

Reverse transfer direction

You can copy the files via SSH in the other direction too. So from the server to your PC. You just need to swap the (SOURCE) and (DESTINATION) in the command. For example:

scp pragmalin@debianvm:/home/pragmalin/wordpress-5.4.2.tar.gz /home/pragmalin/Downloads

rsync -e 'ssh' -avz pragmalin@debianvm:/home/pragmalin/wordpress-5.4.2.tar.gz /home/pragmalin/Downloads

Copy all files in a directory

Another common operation is to copy all the files in a specific directory via SSH. We need a few files to try this out. Since we already downloaded the WordPress archive, we might all well extract its contents to get a bunch of files for testing purposes:

tar -xvf wordpress-5.4.2.tar.gz

The newly created wordpress subdirectory now holds the archive contents. To copy all the files in this directory to your remote server, run either one of the following commands. Just replace the /home/pragmalin directory name with the name of your home directory on the server and replace the pragmalin@debianvm part with your username on the server and the hostname of the server, respectively:

scp * pragmalin@debianvm:/home/pragmalin

rsync -e 'ssh' -avz --no-recursive * pragmalin@debianvm:/home/pragmalin

If you now SSH into your server, you can verify the presence of the files such as index.php, wp-config-sample.php, etc. in your user’s home directory.

Copy all files in a directory recursively

In the previous section just the files in a specific directory were copied. This did not include subdirectories. If you want to copy everything, so files and subdirectories, run either one of the following commands. Just replace the /home/pragmalin directory name with the name of your home directory on the server and replace the pragmalin@debianvm part with your username on the server and the hostname of the server, respectively:

scp -r * pragmalin@debianvm:/home/pragmalin

rsync -e 'ssh' -avz * pragmalin@debianvm:/home/pragmalin

The output of the command is a bit too long for a screenshot. However the following screenshot from the directory contents listing on the server show proof that the copy operation worked. You can verify the presence of the files such as index.php and wp-config-sample.php, but also all the directories such as wp-admin, wp-contents, etc. in your user’s home directory:

Wrap up

After working through this article, you now know about two programs (scp and rsync) that enable you to copy files via SSH. Both commands get the job done. The syntax of the rsync command is a bit more complicated so you might prefer scp. Keep in mind though that rsync uses less network bandwidth. As a result rsync is faster especially when transferring a large amount of data.

The syntax for both commands is not hard to understand. Nevertheless, it is complex enough that you probably won’t memorize them, unless used frequently. For this reason I recommend bookmarking this article. That way you can quickly reference this information when needed.

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HP Omen Reactor review | Rock Paper Shotgun

As all PC gaming cat homeowners know, mice cables by some means possess the identical tasty properties because the tails and innards of their actual life counterparts. I don’t know what it’s that’s so mouth-wateringly scrumptious about lengthy, skinny wires, however man alive did my cats like chewing them once they had been little. Fortunately, they’ve largely grown out of their cable-munching section (if solely as a result of they will now not squeeze themselves around the again of my PC), however for many who have misplaced many a finest gaming mouse to the jaws of our pets, assistance is at hand within the type of HP Omen’s metal-cabled Reactor mouse.

Admittedly, it might have been good if HP additionally had the foresight to bundle in some form of cable tidy to assist hold its 2m metallic coil below management, however I’d prefer to see a cat try to sink their enamel into this pleasingly springy wire and are available away victorious. After all, the Reactor’s metallic cable isn’t only for avoiding ravenous pets. Its further weight additionally helps the cable lie utterly flat in your desk and its metallic exterior prevents it from getting kinked as properly, permitting you to maneuver it round extra simply when enjoying video games.

The one draw back is that it does make the Reactor one of many heavier gaming mice I’ve utilized in latest months. Regardless of its considerably svelte dimensions of 122x80x42mm, the Reactor is available in at a hefty 160g, with the majority of that feeling prefer it’s coming from the entrance of the mouse the place it connects to the cable. In fact, I didn’t really discover its weight to be that a lot of a hassle throughout on a regular basis use. Though I are inclined to desire utilizing mice nearer the 100g mark, the Reactor was surprisingly nice for gaming and desktop duties alike, and it by no means as soon as felt like I used to be having to heave it throughout my mouse mat.

That’s in all probability as a result of the rear part of the Reactor has successfully been hollowed out, which works a great distance in serving to it really feel lighter than it really is. Flip the mouse on its facet, as an illustration, and all you’ll see is a stunning purple spring sitting beneath its peak adjustable palm relaxation.

The spring makes a pleasing change from different peak adjustable mice I’ve seen up to now, such because the Acer Predator Cestus 510, because it means you don’t should cope with becoming extra bits of plastic to the mouse, or certainly remembering the place stated bits are for those who fancy a change. As an alternative, the Reactor has all the pieces you want proper there within the mouse itself, making it really feel extra high-end and handy than its accessory-laden rivals.

Certainly, push again the lock button on the suitable hand facet of the mouse, and you’ll set the palm relaxation to take a seat at nearly any angle you want. Absolutely prolonged, it comfortably supported my whole palm for once I was feeling lazy and simply wished to browse the net with it, whereas decrease angles felt higher for once I wished to make use of a barely extra agile fingertip grip.

Slide the lock button again and you’ll regulate the peak of the palm relaxation to no matter angle you want.

That stated, I fear that these with bigger arms could discover the palm relaxation’s internal edge a bit grating at occasions, as attempting to undertake a palm grip at decrease angles began to annoy that fleshy bit between my thumb and forefinger. It’s not so sharp it’s going to chop into your hand and make you bleed a la Alec’s expertise with the Logitech G603, however it’s a priority nonetheless – particularly once I felt no such irritation when the palm relaxation was totally prolonged.

Nonetheless, as high-end gaming mice options go, I’d a lot reasonably shell out for one thing like this than the flexibility so as to add further weights into the underside of the mouse such because the Steelseries Rival 600 or Logitech G502 Hero.

The Omen Reactor additionally needs to be one of many quieter gaming mice I’ve examined in latest months, due to its optical mechanical switches. As an alternative of utilizing plenty of shifting metallic components to register a click on, HP have opted for mild beam detection right here, which they declare additionally makes the mouse’s response time as much as 3 times faster than conventional mechanical switches.

Personally, I couldn’t see a jot of distinction between HP’s tremendous duper zero.2ms response time clickers and different common ones, however then I’m not a whippersnapper esporter with response occasions that may be outlined all the way down to hundredths of a second. As an alternative, I simply preferred that they’re good and simple on the ears, which may’t be stated for each gaming mouse that crosses my desk.

For all HP’s consideration to the Omen Reactor’s bodily particulars, nevertheless, the mouse nonetheless has some stunning omissions on the subject of its accompanying software program. Its two facet buttons, as an illustration, could also be set to ahead and backwards out of the field, however load up HP’s Omen Command Centre (which may solely be downloaded by way of the official app on the Microsoft Retailer) and also you’ll discover a distinct lack of customisation choices.

Certainly, the one different factor you’ll be able to assign to those buttons are recordable macro capabilities. Inside that, you continue to admittedly get the choice of organising conventional keyboard shortcuts and launching functions alongside extra game-orientated macros similar to multi-key enter sequences with customisable delay choices and in-game textual content messaging, however that’s actually it. Media keys, further DPI (or sensitivity) controls, even different mouse capabilities are all MIA in the mean time, making the Omen Reactor a lot much less sensible than nearly each different kind of gaming mouse on the market right this moment.

The identical goes for its central DPI button. Whereas different mice will typically allow you to set your individual handful of DPI profiles, the Omen Reactor merely cycles up via 12 pre-defined speeds starting from its lowest 400 DPI as much as the utmost 16,000. That’s under no circumstances helpful if you wish to go down a notch or soar between a number of pace settings at a time, and its colour-changing LED indicators are just about ineffective in really figuring out which DPI setting you’re at the moment on. It makes the Reactor really feel oddly unaccommodating, and notably ill-suited to aggressive shooters, too, the place you would possibly wish to drop the mouse’s DPI to path somebody down your sniper sights, as an illustration, earlier than returning to regular to duck into cowl.

It’s a disgrace, actually, because the Reactor’s bodily flexibility is without doubt one of the issues I preferred most about it. To be let down by such restricted software program is a little bit of a black mark in my books, and whereas it’s solely potential HP could replace their Command Centre with extra choices sooner or later, that doesn’t change the truth that, proper now, this £70 / $80 gaming mouse has fewer customisation choices than the  £25 / $30 Steelseries Rival 110.

An absence of DPI and button choices could not hassle some, after all, however these after a very premium gaming mouse will little question really feel a sting of disappointment right here. Whereas there’s lots to love about its overarching , from its adjustable palm relaxation to cat-resistant metallic cable, its lacklustre software program prevents me from giving it a full seal of approval.

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Chuwi MiniBook 8: The Netbook Makes a Comeback?

Our verdict of the Chuwi MiniBook 8: The Chuwi MiniBook 8" does more than revive the netbook: it takes that form factor and packs a much more useful computer inside.810

Netbooks didn’t last all that long the first time around. These cheap, portable devices weren’t supposed to be powerful, but they were incredibly affordable. Their deficiencies when it came to specs also meant they weren’t well suited to many computing use cases.

The rapid growth of popularity and power in phones and tablets sent netbooks to an early grave. Now we’re seeing a resurgence in the form factor, but there’s a difference. Models like the Chuwi MiniBook 8″ are far from underpowered, and this means they aren’t all that cheap either.

Chuwi MiniBook 8″ Hardware Specifications

Based on the form factor, you may not expect much in terms of specifications. That’s partially true. This is no monster desktop replacement. That said, it’s in line with what you’d expect from larger laptops in the same price range.

CPU: Intel Gemini Lake N4100

GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 600

RAM: 8GB

Storage: 128GB eMMC

Battery: 26.6Whr

Screen: 8″, 1920 x 1200 multi-touch IPS display @ 283dpi

Dimensions: 201x128x19mm or 7.91×5.03×0.74 inches

Wireless: Dual-band 802.11ac / Bluetooth 4.0

Ports: USB-C, USB 3.0, USB, mini-HDMI, 3.5mm audio

Expandable Storage: M.2 SSD Slot

The expandable storage is a nice touch, especially given the limited internal storage. If you’ve got a spare M.2 MSATA SSD lying around, you can easily double the available storage space.

Body and Design

The Chuwi MiniBook 8″ is small, and we’re talking seriously small. Before the review unit arrived, I knew I would be looking at a very small computer. I was still surprised by just how small it was when I took it out of the box. You can see the dimensions listed above, but the MiniBook may still surprise you when you see it in person.

Chuwi had to make some sacrifices to get the MiniBook as small as it is. Fortunately, not many of them seemed to affect performance. Instead, the MiniBook isn’t as sleek looking as some of Chuwi’s other models. After looking at the Chuwi SurBook Mini, this looks somewhat brutalist by comparison.

There’s a certain novelty to using the Chuwi MiniBook 8″ due to its small size. At times, the tiny computer just doesn’t seem like it should be able to manage the feats of computing it is achieving. This isn’t a toy, but sometimes you have to remind yourself of that fact.

That isn’t to say that the MiniBook is flimsy. The body is made of aluminum alloy which makes it both strong and lightweight. It’s also capable of pulling off some feats of gymnastics.

The MiniBook uses what Chuwi refers to as a 360-degree “Yoga” design. This means it can work as a standard laptop, in tent mode, or in presentation mode, just like larger 2-in-1 designs.

Display and Brightness

Given the 8-inch screen size, you might expect less than HD resolution. That isn’t the case. The Chuwi MiniBook 8″ has a resolution of 1920 x 1200, meaning that the display looks quite sharp, no matter how close you look.

The combination of screen size and resolution give the MiniBook a pixel density of 283dpi, well within what Apple would deem “Retina” if this was one of its computers. Of course, UI scaling in Windows means that everything can feel a little cramped, but it’s easy enough to get used to.

The colors are rich and well-represented on the display as well. The display is fairly bright, though you may have some difficulty using the MiniBook in direct sunlight. This has more to do with the glossy finish on the screen than brightness.

The touch screen supports 10-point multi-touch. Chuwi also sells a stylus to use with the display, though we didn’t have one handy so we weren’t able to test this.

How is the Keyboard?

I have a feeling the keyboard is going to be the make or break point for most people with the MiniBook 8″. It’s small, and there’s really no getting around that point. Some keys, like the Delete key, are almost absurdly small. On the other hand, it is backlit, which is nice.

I did start to get used to the keyboard after testing the MiniBook for a few days. The only problem is that once I felt comfortable typing on the MiniBook’s keyboard, there was a period of adjustment in going back to standard-size keyboards. I’m a touch typist, but if you aren’t you’ll likely have an easier time.

Fortunately, the keys you’ll use for the majority of your typing aren’t all that small. The Delete key, the split space bar, and the strange location of the Tab key are likely where you’ll run into the most trouble, assuming you do run into trouble.

What About the Pointer?

The small size of the Chuwi MiniBook 8″ makes equipping it with a standard touchpad impossible. Instead, Chuwi decided to outfit the MiniBook with what it calls a Super Optical Finger Navigation Module.

In practice, this works like a combination of a tiny trackpad with the TrackPoint made famous by IBM ThinkPads. Like the keyboard, using this effectively requires some patience. Once you’ve gotten used to the concept, basic navigation is easy enough.

Even once you’re used to the navigation module though, it takes a while to feel natural. During my time testing the MiniBook, I never quite felt at home using this. I would have felt more at home using a standard TrackPoint, but that could just be me.

This would be much more of an issue if the MiniBook wasn’t equipped with a touch screen. This makes working with the system much easier and could be partially to blame for why I never got along with the navigation module.

Performance

Chuwi’s marketing around the MiniBook 8″ makes it clear that this computer should be able to serve as your only PC, should you wish it to. This is a clear difference from the netbooks of old. Those were best used for browsing the web, as the name implied. The MiniBook can do much more.

Our review unit uses the Intel Celeron N4100 processor, while the MiniBook is also available with a Core m3-8100Y. Even though we’re looking at the less powerful model, the computer rarely if ever felt sluggish during standard use.

One worry with smaller computers or even larger laptops is thermal throttling. Fortunately, the MiniBook is equipped with fans to help keep this issue at bay. These fans rarely spun up during normal use, and even with more hardware-intensive tasks, they were never intrusively loud.

Running GeekBench 4.4.1, the Chuwi MiniBook 8″ got a CPU score of 1812 for single-core performance and 5510 for multi-core. The GPU received a score of 9050. That’s higher than both the Chuwi Hi13 tablet and the 14.1-inch Lapbook.

Operating System Options

The Chuwi MiniBook 8″ sent to me for testing arrived running Windows 10. Right now, that appears to be the only way you can order it. That said, an option on the box seems to indicate that Chuwi may one day sell the MiniBook preloaded with Linux.

If you’re inpatient or looking to dual-boot, you can always install Linux yourself. Early reports on the web look like you’ll encounter trouble with some distributions. The good news is that Chuwi has made a version of Ubuntu 18.04 available that works with the MiniBook 8″.

Battery Life

Chuwi equipped the MiniBook with a 26.6Whr battery. I routinely got around eight hours of use off of a charge, though this lowered somewhat when running benchmarks and other hardware-intensive apps. You may get more or less depending on your usage.

This 2-in-1 doesn’t seem to sip much power when the lid is closed. Given the mobile focus of the MiniBook, that’s handy. You shouldn’t need to worry about fully shutting the computer down to save power.

Another handy thing when it comes to mobility is how the MiniBook charges. It uses a standard USB-C plug for charging, with a 7.6V input for fast charging using the PD standard. This means you can easily top up the battery with a battery pack. Chuwi says the MiniBook supports anything above 12V.

When it comes to recharging the battery, the fast charging helps. From a completely drained battery, you can expect a recharge to take a little over three hours.

Should You Buy the Chuwi MiniBook 8″?

For most people, a single question can help you determine whether you should buy the Chuwi MiniBook 8″: How important is a small size for you? If mobility is your number one concern, getting used to the cramped keyboard and less-than-perfect mouse replacement won’t be a waste of your time.

That said, it may be tough to come to terms with the price. Considering the power that’s packed into its tiny frame, this computer isn’t overpriced. It just feels like it should cost less than it does, given the small size. Given the lower price of other Chuwi computers like the excellent 14.1-inch Lapbook, the price feels even more like an anomaly.

Don’t forget that this is a very capable computer, surprisingly so given the form factor. We’re talking about a computer the size of a large paperback novel that can easily run your day to day productivity applications. If you’ve been pining for the glory days of the netbook, this isn’t just the next best thing, it’s even better.

The Chuwi MiniBook 8″ is currently available as part of an Indiegogo campaign. The price is currently $434 for the N4100 model and $534 for the m3-8100Y model. Chuwi plans to begin shipping in September. Prices are set to rise in the future, so if you’re looking to get one of these, you may want to do so sooner rather than later.

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Chuwi MiniBook 8 Giveaway

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Chuwi MiniBook 8: The Netbook Makes a Comeback?

Our verdict of the Chuwi MiniBook 8: The Chuwi MiniBook 8" does more than revive the netbook: it takes that form factor and packs a much more useful computer inside.810

Netbooks didn’t last all that long the first time around. These cheap, portable devices weren’t supposed to be powerful, but they were incredibly affordable. Their deficiencies when it came to specs also meant they weren’t well suited to many computing use cases.

The rapid growth of popularity and power in phones and tablets sent netbooks to an early grave. Now we’re seeing a resurgence in the form factor, but there’s a difference. Models like the Chuwi MiniBook 8″ are far from underpowered, and this means they aren’t all that cheap either.

Chuwi MiniBook 8″ Hardware Specifications

Based on the form factor, you may not expect much in terms of specifications. That’s partially true. This is no monster desktop replacement. That said, it’s in line with what you’d expect from larger laptops in the same price range.

CPU: Intel Gemini Lake N4100

GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 600

RAM: 8GB

Storage: 128GB eMMC

Battery: 26.6Whr

Screen: 8″, 1920 x 1200 multi-touch IPS display @ 283dpi

Dimensions: 201x128x19mm or 7.91×5.03×0.74 inches

Wireless: Dual-band 802.11ac / Bluetooth 4.0

Ports: USB-C, USB 3.0, USB, mini-HDMI, 3.5mm audio

Expandable Storage: M.2 SSD Slot

The expandable storage is a nice touch, especially given the limited internal storage. If you’ve got a spare M.2 MSATA SSD lying around, you can easily double the available storage space.

Body and Design

The Chuwi MiniBook 8″ is small, and we’re talking seriously small. Before the review unit arrived, I knew I would be looking at a very small computer. I was still surprised by just how small it was when I took it out of the box. You can see the dimensions listed above, but the MiniBook may still surprise you when you see it in person.

Chuwi had to make some sacrifices to get the MiniBook as small as it is. Fortunately, not many of them seemed to affect performance. Instead, the MiniBook isn’t as sleek looking as some of Chuwi’s other models. After looking at the Chuwi SurBook Mini, this looks somewhat brutalist by comparison.

There’s a certain novelty to using the Chuwi MiniBook 8″ due to its small size. At times, the tiny computer just doesn’t seem like it should be able to manage the feats of computing it is achieving. This isn’t a toy, but sometimes you have to remind yourself of that fact.

That isn’t to say that the MiniBook is flimsy. The body is made of aluminum alloy which makes it both strong and lightweight. It’s also capable of pulling off some feats of gymnastics.

The MiniBook uses what Chuwi refers to as a 360-degree “Yoga” design. This means it can work as a standard laptop, in tent mode, or in presentation mode, just like larger 2-in-1 designs.

Display and Brightness

Given the 8-inch screen size, you might expect less than HD resolution. That isn’t the case. The Chuwi MiniBook 8″ has a resolution of 1920 x 1200, meaning that the display looks quite sharp, no matter how close you look.

The combination of screen size and resolution give the MiniBook a pixel density of 283dpi, well within what Apple would deem “Retina” if this was one of its computers. Of course, UI scaling in Windows means that everything can feel a little cramped, but it’s easy enough to get used to.

The colors are rich and well-represented on the display as well. The display is fairly bright, though you may have some difficulty using the MiniBook in direct sunlight. This has more to do with the glossy finish on the screen than brightness.

The touch screen supports 10-point multi-touch. Chuwi also sells a stylus to use with the display, though we didn’t have one handy so we weren’t able to test this.

How is the Keyboard?

I have a feeling the keyboard is going to be the make or break point for most people with the MiniBook 8″. It’s small, and there’s really no getting around that point. Some keys, like the Delete key, are almost absurdly small. On the other hand, it is backlit, which is nice.

I did start to get used to the keyboard after testing the MiniBook for a few days. The only problem is that once I felt comfortable typing on the MiniBook’s keyboard, there was a period of adjustment in going back to standard-size keyboards. I’m a touch typist, but if you aren’t you’ll likely have an easier time.

Fortunately, the keys you’ll use for the majority of your typing aren’t all that small. The Delete key, the split space bar, and the strange location of the Tab key are likely where you’ll run into the most trouble, assuming you do run into trouble.

What About the Pointer?

The small size of the Chuwi MiniBook 8″ makes equipping it with a standard touchpad impossible. Instead, Chuwi decided to outfit the MiniBook with what it calls a Super Optical Finger Navigation Module.

In practice, this works like a combination of a tiny trackpad with the TrackPoint made famous by IBM ThinkPads. Like the keyboard, using this effectively requires some patience. Once you’ve gotten used to the concept, basic navigation is easy enough.

Even once you’re used to the navigation module though, it takes a while to feel natural. During my time testing the MiniBook, I never quite felt at home using this. I would have felt more at home using a standard TrackPoint, but that could just be me.

This would be much more of an issue if the MiniBook wasn’t equipped with a touch screen. This makes working with the system much easier and could be partially to blame for why I never got along with the navigation module.

Performance

Chuwi’s marketing around the MiniBook 8″ makes it clear that this computer should be able to serve as your only PC, should you wish it to. This is a clear difference from the netbooks of old. Those were best used for browsing the web, as the name implied. The MiniBook can do much more.

Our review unit uses the Intel Celeron N4100 processor, while the MiniBook is also available with a Core m3-8100Y. Even though we’re looking at the less powerful model, the computer rarely if ever felt sluggish during standard use.

One worry with smaller computers or even larger laptops is thermal throttling. Fortunately, the MiniBook is equipped with fans to help keep this issue at bay. These fans rarely spun up during normal use, and even with more hardware-intensive tasks, they were never intrusively loud.

Running GeekBench 4.4.1, the Chuwi MiniBook 8″ got a CPU score of 1812 for single-core performance and 5510 for multi-core. The GPU received a score of 9050. That’s higher than both the Chuwi Hi13 tablet and the 14.1-inch Lapbook.

Operating System Options

The Chuwi MiniBook 8″ sent to me for testing arrived running Windows 10. Right now, that appears to be the only way you can order it. That said, an option on the box seems to indicate that Chuwi may one day sell the MiniBook preloaded with Linux.

If you’re inpatient or looking to dual-boot, you can always install Linux yourself. Early reports on the web look like you’ll encounter trouble with some distributions. The good news is that Chuwi has made a version of Ubuntu 18.04 available that works with the MiniBook 8″.

Battery Life

Chuwi equipped the MiniBook with a 26.6Whr battery. I routinely got around eight hours of use off of a charge, though this lowered somewhat when running benchmarks and other hardware-intensive apps. You may get more or less depending on your usage.

This 2-in-1 doesn’t seem to sip much power when the lid is closed. Given the mobile focus of the MiniBook, that’s handy. You shouldn’t need to worry about fully shutting the computer down to save power.

Another handy thing when it comes to mobility is how the MiniBook charges. It uses a standard USB-C plug for charging, with a 7.6V input for fast charging using the PD standard. This means you can easily top up the battery with a battery pack. Chuwi says the MiniBook supports anything above 12V.

When it comes to recharging the battery, the fast charging helps. From a completely drained battery, you can expect a recharge to take a little over three hours.

Should You Buy the Chuwi MiniBook 8″?

For most people, a single question can help you determine whether you should buy the Chuwi MiniBook 8″: How important is a small size for you? If mobility is your number one concern, getting used to the cramped keyboard and less-than-perfect mouse replacement won’t be a waste of your time.

That said, it may be tough to come to terms with the price. Considering the power that’s packed into its tiny frame, this computer isn’t overpriced. It just feels like it should cost less than it does, given the small size. Given the lower price of other Chuwi computers like the excellent 14.1-inch Lapbook, the price feels even more like an anomaly.

Don’t forget that this is a very capable computer, surprisingly so given the form factor. We’re talking about a computer the size of a large paperback novel that can easily run your day to day productivity applications. If you’ve been pining for the glory days of the netbook, this isn’t just the next best thing, it’s even better.

The Chuwi MiniBook 8″ is currently available as part of an Indiegogo campaign. The price is currently $434 for the N4100 model and $534 for the m3-8100Y model. Chuwi plans to begin shipping in September. Prices are set to rise in the future, so if you’re looking to get one of these, you may want to do so sooner rather than later.

Enter the Competition!

Chuwi MiniBook 8 Giveaway

Read the full article: Chuwi MiniBook 8: The Netbook Makes a Comeback?

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Mentorship - 8 Keys to Living a Sensational Life

It's implied that in the event that you need to progress to another level in life you have to discover somebody who has been the place you need to go. Wheater you need to get an advancement on your job,if you need to progress in business or you need to have further all the more satisfying otherworldly life you have to discover an individual or gathering that can enable you to get to where you need to go. Shockingly such huge numbers of individuals neglect to arrive at the level they want not bucause they need capacity or formal training but rather in light of the fact that they basically don't have the foggiest idea where to go to locate the ideal individuals willing to direct them through the procedure accurately. They need a mentor. We as a whole know who Michael Jordan is. Michael Jordan is one of the best crate competitors of the twentieth century. When he was a kid it was discoved that he had an ability like nobody else yet he required a mentor to bring it out. In this article I will talking about 8 keys that if appropriately executed you can take off to hights you never thought conceivable. So we should get gazed Mercedes key replacement Birmingham

1. Settle on a choice.

The first step in carrying on with the sort of life you need is to settle on the choice that you're never again going to settle fo second best. We as a whole get to that point in various stages in our lives however indeed in the event that you don't settle on the choice to succeed you never will. It's been said that fate doesn't involve shot. It's a matter of decision. Everyone on this planet that is carrying on with a rich full life sooner or later in time settled on the choice that they were not going to agree to anything less that what they needed.

2. Discover a tutor or mentor.

Keep in mind toward the start of this article I talked about Michael Jordan?He would not be the place he is today had he not had a mentor to manage him and calling attention to seemingly insignificant details he can do to relentlessly improve his performace on the court. The reason a guide is so significant is on the grounds that a tutor can disclose to you how to make little varieties by they way you think,how you talk and how you conduct yourself. Your tutor can see things in you that you never acknowledged were there. Things that have made them scratch your head asking for what reason you're not excelling throughout everyday life. They call it"self talk"because the things you state to yourself or other individuals about yourself gets into your intuitive personality and the subliminal personality is the place each word thought and feeling is prepared and in the long run turns into a reality in your life. My coach says it this way:"The thing you consider the longest turns into the stongest. "

3. Picture.

Each fruitful individual on the planet has utilized this key. All that you find in actuality today began with an idea. Whatever the sort of life you need to live you should initially observe yourself in you mind effectively carrying on with that life. Envision what life would resemble on the off chance that you were hitched to the man or lady you had always wanted. How might you feel on the off chance that you possessed that hot little games vehicle you've been eyeballing through the showroom window. See yourself doing the thing you need to do,being the individual you need to be,having the things you need to have,living in the sort of house you've constantly longed for and with the man or lady you had always wanted. Make it totally clear in your psyche to the point that it is so genuine to you that you begin to accept that the way of life you have right currently isn't the place you have a place.

4. Record what you need.

It's great to have a composed duplicate of how you need your life to resemble. What might you like your ideal day to be like?Do you see yourself getting up toward the beginning of the day in the ace suite of your 12 room house with the head servant delicately thumping on your entryway disclosing to you that morning meal is ready?Are you booting up your PC after breakfast to see the action of your 30 or 40 item sites how a lot of cash you make during the night while you and your life partner rested adequately and gently through the night?Are you glancing through your day organizer to perceive what multimillion dollar arrangements on land gives you have that day?What do you see?What might you want to see?Whatever the psyche of man can imagine and believe,it can accomplish. Set aside the effort to record what you need your ideal day would resemble from the time you get up toward the beginning of the day to the time you got the chance to bed. Record every movement you might want to see yourself doing,the house you need to live in,the sort of vehicle or autos you own,etc. At that point post it where you can see it when you get up and read it out loud to yourself consistently.

5. Talk it.

Remeber what I said before about"self talk"?This is a significant key on your voyage to the bottomless like you need. You need to talk resoundingly what you deeply desire to get what you truly desire. My tutor calls it talking life into yourself. Much the same as you could never consider anything other than putting the best gas in the tank of your car,you need to give your intuitive personality the astounding fuel it needs to make the thrilling life you need. That is the reason my preferred book say to consider those things that be not just as they were. You need to talk what you need in the current state. On the off chance that you continue revealing to yourself you're generally broke,the words you express go into your ears

also, into your subliminal personality and soon you'll wind up continually being down and out in light of the fact that the mind attempts to make the circumstance you talk about the most. Regardless of whether you are attempting to make an actual existence of bounty on the off chance that you continue saying "I'm broke"you will consistently be down and out regardless of how hard you attempt. Keep in mind. The thing you consider the longest turns into the most grounded. On the off chance that you are generally harping on the things that you don't want,then that moves toward becoming you rule thought and your subliminal personality does not realize the distinction between what's genuine and what's not genuine it will simply get down to business on creating that thing you think about the most on the grounds that that is what you're telling it to do. A similar system works in the positive as well. In the event that you continue making statements like"I am showing signs of improvement and better every day"eventually you will feel yourself springing up toward the beginning of the day prepared for one more day. These are things your tutor can educate you.

6. Settle it.

This obliges what I said in key number 1 about your choice to have the existence you need. This is the place a tutor will prove to be useful in light of the fact that whenever you feel your center getting overcast because of diversions or dissatisfaction the person can enable you to refocus to accomplishing your objectives. Your coach is there to control you however the unpleasant occasions when you have a craving for surrendering. Uncovered in mind,however once you begin moving towards your objective you will get some restriction. Remain associated with your coach since he/she can recover your attention on track by helping you to remember the existence you'll have on the off chance that you surrender.

7. Associate yourself with similarly invested individuals.

This key as I would like to think is presumably the most significant of all. You've heard the old saying"You can't fly like a bird in the event that you spend time with the turkies". Pessimistic individuals throughout your life resemble a malignancy in your body. They will give you each reason in the book why they figure you can't accomplish the existence you need. Their central matter to banter with you is the manner in which you grew up or how nobody else in the family has ever done that before,etc,etc. They will even blame you for supposing you're superior to anything them or that you believe you're above them. Nothing could be more remote from reality however in the event that you let all that trash sink into your intuitive you'll wind up scrutinizing your own capacities and quit. I feel compelled to pressure this as much as possible. Separate yourself from antagonistic individuals and nay sayers as much as you can. Keep in mind. "You can't fly like the falcons on the off chance that you ceaselessly spend time with turkies. I realize this is a particularly troublesome advance in view of the long time you've had your present friend network. In any case, this is critical on the off chance that you need to have an exciting life. On the off chance that you need to have what rich individuals have you need to do what affluent individuals do. That incorporates spending the greater part of your waking hrs with similar individuals when you're not on your activity. Continuously keep a pen a paper convenient when you meet with your guide and take notes. They know things that you don't and they're putting aside their important time to instruct how to get all that you need throughout everyday life.

8. Make a move.

This is beyond question the most troublesome key to incorporate in light of the fact that it requires exertion on your part. It doesn't make a difference the amount you need to live the electrifying life,you will never arrive on the off chance that you don't make a move. It doesn't need to be anything huge or extravagant,just one little activity venture at once so you can get into the habbit of getting things done regularly that will take you to your objectives. It's been said that repatition is the way to habbit framing. It's likewise been said that it takes 21 days straight completing a thing for it to turn into a habbit.

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Learn how to Set up and Use the Tor Browser on Linux

http://tinyurl.com/y2t85j82 Surf with anonymity utilizing the Tor browser. Right here’s the right way to set up Tor on a Linux desktop. Ubuntu customers beware: The Tor challenge recommends not putting in Tor from Ubuntu’s common software program repositories. What Is Tor? In informal speech, we use the phrases “web” and “net” interchangeably. However truly, the net and the web are two very various things. If web sites had been premises—retailers, factories, leisure facilities—the web can be the roads and highways linking them collectively. The web helps many companies. The world vast net is only one of them. Different companies like e mail, RDP, DNS, NNTP are delivered over the web, and none of those are web sites. Overlay networks additionally make use of the web. The Tor (The Onion Router) community is one such overlay community. It offers anonymity and privateness to customers. With Tor, should you use it successfully, nobody can hint your exercise again to your IP deal with. The visitors that passes alongside the Tor community is encrypted. While this helps protect the anonymity of the individuals utilizing it, the encryption causes a networking drawback. The common routing and switching parts of the web can not work with Tor community visitors. A community of Tor relays, hosted and maintained by volunteers, performs the switching and routing as a substitute. The Tor relays deliberately bounce your connection between a number of relays, even when that routing is just not required to succeed in your vacation spot. This “bouncing” is one more reason Tor makes it nearly inconceivable to back-track and establish the particular person on the far finish. It’s the power of that anonymity that has result in the Tor community getting used to host many websites that have interaction in prison exercise. The Tor community types a big a part of the dark web. It’s not all criminality on the Tor community, nevertheless. Dissidents in repressive regimes, nameless press sources, whistleblowers, activists, and the navy all use Tor for reputable causes. The difficulty is, exactly what makes it a sexy proposition for these individuals additionally makes it a sexy proposition for the unhealthy guys. Tor hidden services have addresses ending within the “.onion” suffix. They received’t present up on Google, and so they can’t be seen or accessed utilizing a standard web browser. You should use the Tor browser to go to these websites, however you may also use it to entry regular web sites with further anonymity. RELATED: How to Access .onion Sites (Also Known as Tor Hidden Services) Learn how to Set up the Tor Browser Be aware that the Tor Venture advises against installing pre-packaged versions of the Tor browser from the Ubuntu repositories, saying they “haven’t reliably been up to date” by the Ubuntu group prior to now. Solely set up it from the official Tor Venture web site. The Tor Venture additionally provides official repositories for Ubuntu and Debian, however the next handbook directions will work on any Linux distribution. Browse to the Tor project download page and click on on the penguin. In case your browser provides to open or save the file, select the save file possibility. Let’s assume the file is saved to the Downloads listing. When future variations of the Tor browser are launched the model numbers within the filename will change. Additionally, a part of the filename signifies the language.  On this instance, “en-US” means English, US. If you happen to’ve downloaded a distinct language model, otherwise you’re following these directions at a degree sooner or later the place the browser model has modified, substitute the file names and listing names that you’re truly working with for the file names and listing names utilized in these directions. The downloaded file is a .tar.xz file. We have to uncompress and untar it in order that we will use its contents. RELATED: How to Extract Files From a .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 File on Linux There are a number of methods to do that. If you happen to right-click on the file, a context menu will seem. Choose “Extract Right here” from the menu. In case your context menu doesn’t have an “Extract Right here” possibility, shut it and double-click the downloaded file. Your file supervisor may extract the file contents for you. If that doesn’t work, open a terminal window in your Downloads listing and use the next command. Be aware that the “J” in xvJf is in uppercase. tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-8.5.1_en-US.tar.xz So, a method or one other, the file can be uncompressed and untarred for you. A brand new listing can be created within the Downloads folder. Double-click the brand new listing in order that the file supervisor modifications into that listing. Like Russian dolls, there’s one other listing inside the primary one. Run From the Listing or Do a System Set up? You’ve got a alternative right here. Now that you’ve downloaded and extracted the Tor browser, you possibly can go forward and use it, with no additional set up steps. Or you possibly can carry out a tighter stage of integration with a system stage set up. The operation of the Tor browser is an identical in each instances, and safety updates and bug repair patches will discover and replace the browser both method. Chances are you’ll choose the Tor browser to have as gentle a contact in your pc as attainable. If you happen to really feel happier with out embedding the Tor browser into your system that’s completely effective. You can be each bit as nameless and guarded if you use it immediately from this listing as you’re if you use it after a system stage set up. If that is your most well-liked method, observe the directions within the part titled Utilizing the Tor Browser From the Tor Listing. If you happen to’d just like the Tor browser to be acknowledged as an put in software by your desktop surroundings and have it seem within the software menus and software searches, observe the directions within the part titled System Stage Integration. Utilizing the Tor Browser From the Tor Listing To start out the Tor browser immediately from the listing, open a terminal window at this location and challenge the next command: ./tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser & Now you can skip forward on this article to the part titled Learn how to Configure the Tor Browser. System Stage Integration Open a terminal window at this location. To put in the Tor browser right into a system folder, you’ll want to maneuver this listing, tor-browser_en-US, into the /choose listing. That is the same old location for person put in packages in Linux. We are able to do that with the next command. Be aware that it’s essential to use sudo and also you’ll be prompted on your password. sudo mv tor-browser_en-US /choose The folder will transfer to the brand new location and can vanish from the file supervisor window.  Within the terminal window change listing so that you’re within the /choose/tor-browser_en-US listing. cd /choose/tor-browser_en-US Utilizing ls to record the contents of this listing we see one other listing and a file with a “.desktop” extension. We have to run the “.desktop” file to register the appliance together with your desktop surroundings. ls ./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app Learn how to Launch the Tor Browser The set up sequence described above was examined on the present Ubuntu, Fedora, and Manjaro Linux distributions. Urgent the Tremendous key (the one between the left hand Ctrl and Alt keys) and typing “tor” introduced up the Tor Browser icon in all instances. Clicking the icon launches the Tor browser. Learn how to Configure the Tor Browser The primary time the Tor browser is launched a dialog window seems. If you happen to entry the web via a proxy, or in case you are positioned in a rustic that tries to censor using instruments like Tor, you must click on the “Configure” button. If neither of these applies to you, click on the “Join” button. Clicking the “Configure” button permits you to set a proxy or to configure a “bridge” to allow you to use Tor in nations the place its use is restricted. We’ll take a look at the censorship choices first. Choose the “Tor is Censored in My Nation” checkbox. A set of three choices will seem. These choices provide you with other ways to configure a “bridge.” Bridges are alternative entry-points into the Tor community. They don’t seem to be listed publicly. Utilizing a bridge makes it far more troublesome on your web service supplier to detect that you’re utilizing Tor. The primary possibility permits you to choose a built-in bridge. Click on on the “Choose a Constructed-in Bridge” radio button, and select one of many bridges from the “Choose a Bridge” dropdown menu. The second possibility is to request another bridge. Click on on the “Request a Bridge From Torproject.com” radio button, and click on the “Request a New Bridge” button. Whenever you click on the “Request a New Bridge” button, you’ll be requested to finish a Captcha to show you’re a human. The third possibility is for when you have already got the main points of a bridge that you just belief and have used earlier than, and also you want to use that bridge once more. Click on the “Present a Bridge I Know” radio button and enter the main points of the bridge you want to use. When you’ve configured your bridge utilizing certainly one of these choices, click on the “Join” button to launch the Tor browser. Configuring a Proxy If you happen to hook up with the web via a proxy, it’s essential to present the proxy particulars to the Tor browser. Click on on the “I Use a Proxy to Connect with the Web” radio button. A brand new set of choices will seem. In case you have arrange your individual proxy, you’ll know the connection particulars for it. In case you are on a company community or another person arrange the proxy, you’ll need to get the connection particulars from them. You will have to offer the IP deal with or the community identify of the machine performing because the proxy, and which port to make use of. If the proxy requires authentication, you have to additionally present a username and password. Click on on the “Choose a Proxy Kind” button to pick the proxy kind from the dropdown menu, then full the opposite fields. When you’ve configured your proxy, click on the “Join” button to launch the Tor browser. Learn how to Use the Tor Browser You will note a progress bar because the connection to the Tor community is established. Quickly you will note the Tor browser primary window. If it seems to be lots like Firefox, that’s as a result of it’s Firefox, tweaked and configured to work on the Tor community. However watch out. Simply since you are aware of Firefox don’t alter any of the configuration settings. And don’t set up any add-ons. Doing both of those will have an effect on the power of the Tor browser to masks your id. And should you do this there’s hardly any level to utilizing the Tor browser within the first place. You possibly can put any web page deal with within the deal with bar, and the Tor browser will fortunately browse to that web page. However utilizing the Tor browser to do common net shopping offers you an inferior person expertise in comparison with an ordinary browser. As a result of your connection is bounced across the community of Tor relays your connection can be slower. And to keep up your anonymity, sure elements of internet sites may not work appropriately. Flash and different applied sciences—even some fonts—can be prevented from working or displaying as normal. The Tor browser is greatest reserved for these events if you worth anonymity above the person expertise, and for when it’s essential to go to a “.onion” web page. Learn how to Entry an Onion Website on Linux Some web sites have a presence on the clear net and a presence on the Tor community. The search engine Duck Duck Go does this, for instance. The Tor browser has a fast method so that you can hook up with the Duck Duck Go “.onion” website. Click on on the “New to Tor Browser?” hyperlink within the high left nook of the browser window. Now click on on the “Onion Companies” hyperlink, then click on the “Go to an Onion” button. You can be taken to the Duck Duck Go “.onion” website. Click on on the inexperienced onion emblem within the website info area, and also you’ll see the route your connection has taken to the “.onion” website you’re at the moment viewing.   The route your connection has taken known as its “circuit.” On this instance, the route begins within the UK, and goes through France to the US, after which via one other set of unnamed relays earlier than lastly arriving on the Duck Duck Go “.onion” website. Click on on the defend icon within the high proper of the browser toolbar to see your present safety stage. If you wish to change your safety stage, click on on the “Superior Safety Settings” button. You possibly can set the safety stage to be Customary, Safer, or Most secure. Every improve in safety additional reduces the variety of web site options that can proceed to function appropriately. You possibly can browse the web and discover lists of different “.onion” websites, however it is a harmful observe. Many of those will host materials which is taken into account unlawful, will go away you eager to bleach your eyes, or each. A greater method is to find whether or not websites you already use and belief have a “. onion” presence on the Tor community. You possibly can then use these websites with anonymity. Trustworthy and authorized websites that worth privateness and safety and make it a mainstay of their buyer providing are probably to offer a “.onion” website in order that they are often reached utilizing the Tor browser. ProtonMail, for instance, claims to have been constructed from the bottom up with safety and privateness in thoughts. They’ve a “.onion” site to permit their customers to connect with them with added privateness. In fact, that hyperlink received’t work in an everyday browser window. And But Extra Anonymity If even the Tor browser doesn’t present sufficient anonymity and privateness for you, one other challenge that makes use of Tor at its coronary heart could be what you want. Tails is a live operating system which you can run from a USB flash drive, SD card, or perhaps a DVD. You possibly can carry it with you, and use it from (virtually) any pc. You don’t want to put in something, and also you’ll go away no digital footprints. Be Cautious Out There Be cautious, watch out, be cautious, and be secure. 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Sensor Sweep: John Carter Miniatures, The Metal Monster, Carcosacon, Call of the Wild Art, Robot Man

RPG (Modiphius): The John Carter Swords of Mars miniatures line is made up of 32mm scale high quality multi-part resin miniatures which come complete with resin scenic bases. The Swords of Mars campaign book includes a set of rules to play out battles involving squads and heroes, fighting across moving airships, desolate ruins or the beautiful palaces of Barsoom.

  Writing (One Last Sketch): A long while back, I wrote a short essay called “Writing the city” that I never published, yet the misgivings that went into that essay keep stirring my brain. The main question is this:

  In literary criticism of fantasy, why are long descriptions of the natural world and farmland or villages often labeled as boring, but when China Miéville fills page upon page with adjective-laden descriptions of architecture, this passes without comment, or even gets praise?

  Art (DMR Books): Fifty-five years ago today, Wayne Francis Woodard, better known as “Hannes Bok,” died in poverty. He was friends with, and had his work admired by, the likes of Ray Bradbury, A. Merritt, August Derleth, Farnsworth Wright and others.

I must confess that I’ve always been ambivalent about Bok’s art. While I find some of his work truly excellent, I consider much of it average or even poor.

    Fiction (DMR Books): It’s fascinating how the paths we take in life shape who we’ll become and what we’ll leave behind, when–on that fateful day–we’re blasted by the emerald lightnings of The Emperor’s Guard at the Pit of the Metal Monster.

For me, the dregs of life will be a room full of books.  For A. Merritt, luckily for us, it was his wonderful novels, few tho’ they may be, and the short stories and poetry he crafted during a relatively short lifetime.

But, whereas the ashes of our mortal clay will be scattered before the feet of the Metal Things

    Fiction (Gardner F. Fox): This is book #011 on the list of 160 books that Gardner Francis Fox wrote from 1953 to 1986. I will not be working on

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books in the order as Mr. Fox wrote them. I am doing the book cover designs based on when the transcribers who are assisting me, finish one. As they complete a book, it will be the newest release, so it will get a new book cover design. I also have to go back and replace the photo-bashed covers I made when I first started The Gardner Francis Fox Libraryin 2017.

  Conventions (William King): So that was Carcosacon and it was a lot of fun. A bunch of us drove up from Prague to Czocha Castle for a weekend of games, panels and live action roleplaying all dedicated to the Cthulhu mythos. We got there on Friday morning, checked in and were gaming by one o’ clock that afternoon in a library that looked like something from Dennis Wheatley complete with a secret doorway hidden in a bookcase that swung out to reveal a spiral staircase up to yet another gaming room. I thought there never was a better setting for a Call of Cthulhu session but I was wrong, and I’ll get to that later.

  RPG (Sorcerers Skull): Gygaxian Esoteric Planes: Places that often bear the names and some of the characteristics of various historical conceptual realms but are more defined in their characteristics. They are inhabited by supernatural beings that tend to behave like mundane beings, the only difference being “power.” Geography tends to be more important than in conceptual realms; planes can be mapped to a degree, and travel along associated terrain may be necessary.

Reviews (Don Herron): Our resident expert in everything Arkham returns to review a new (if repurposed) book on the fabled press. John D. Haefele certainly burst fully-formed on the scene with his A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos, but he’s done a ton of stuff on the subject, most recently a run of articles appearing in Crypt of Cthulhu. See his Amazon page for a thorough list of books, chapbooks, monographs, web and print surveys. He knows the turf.

        Cinema (Superversive SF): Can the story take a place on a bus rather than on a space ship without being fundamentally different?

Outland, an obscure movie starring Sean Connery at the low point of his career, cannot be set on a bus, but it most definitely did not need to be placed in space. It is, no pun intended, fully grounded in the traditional western genre in the theme, plot and pacing. There are even shotguns. Lots of shotguns. In a pressurized environment. All that’s missing is the tumbleweeds. We do get treated to the sight of some gyrating balls of… something, but the less said of those the better.

      Gaming (Rampant Games): In case you haven’t figured it out, I am a Virtual Reality enthusiast. I’ve been looking forward to the coming of consumer-level Virtual Reality since the early 90s. I expected it a lot sooner than it got here, to be honest, but I’m glad it’s here now. I love that I get to work with it as part of my day job. Anyway, I have been willing to sink a bit of cash into it this hobby… to the extent that I pre-ordered a Pimax 5K+. Offering about the highest resolution out there and 170+ degrees of field-of-view, it seemed like a game-changer for PC-based VR.

    Cinema (Men of the West): First, the good: As you would expect from any sort of Peter Jackson flick, it has gorgeous F/X. The visuals and modeling for the various vehicles and aircraft are marvelous. The colorizing to help set the tone, the costuming, etc., are all spot on. The acting was decent. The set design was pretty cool. The basic premise for the story was decent if absurd (mobile cities on treads?), with an interesting twist on the post-apocalypse genre. They had a fun dig at the near illiteracy of today’s people in the “screen age” (showing iPhones, etc), saying “they didn’t write much down.”

  Author Interview (Superversive SF): What does superversive mean to you? Superversive is the building of things never seen before to heights unreached. It builds where others have torn down, and gathers together all good things to be made into something greater and more wonderful than they were before. Where before one might find a blasted heath, one finds a garden growing by the Grace of God.

  Review (Fantasy Literature): As I mentioned in my review of Gray Lensman, Book 4 of E.E. “Doc” Smith’s famed six-part LENSMAN series, that installment, although it followed its predecessor, Galactic Patrol, by mere seconds storywise, was actually released over 1½ years later; 20 months later, to be exact. Book 5 of the series, Second Stage Lensman, would follow the same scheme. Although the events therein transpire just moments after the culmination of Book 4, readers would in actuality have to wait a solid 22 months to find out where author Smith would take them next.

        Art (Northwest Adventures): Jack London’s The Call of the Wild was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post from June 20 to July 18, 1903, only five years after the Stampede of 1898. It was an instant classic and the quintessential novel of the Klondike. The five-parter was accompanied by illustration from two artists, Charles Livingston Bull (1874-1932) and Philip R. Goodwin (1881-1935). Bull was hitting his stride, illustrating books for Charles G. D. Roberts as well as magazine covers but Goodwin was only 22 and just starting out on his career that would include illustrating Teddy Roosevelt’s book on hunting. The two artists together is a nice blend of Bull’s stylized poster art (which remind of Kay Nielsen’s fairy tale art) and Goodwin’s realistic dog forms.

  Art (One Last Sketch): No other imagined world has generated as much illustration as The Lord of the Rings. Considering the sheer amount of artistic material to draw from, however, even before the live action adaptations came out in 2001, we already had a consensus “look” for Middle Earth in John Howe and Alan Lee’s paintings. Why the collective consensus for what Middle Earth should look like coalesced around these two has a host of factors, one being how prolific they were, how often they appeared on book covers and ancillary material, and the last being their obvious skill.

  Fiction (Pages Unbound): You may have some familiarity with The Silmarillion and seen these newer works being published that are part of it. But maybe you are not sure where they came from, or how they fit in to the larger work. Here is the scoop: you can pick up any one of the three separate works from The Silmarillion that have been released as standalone volumes and enjoy it on its own. They are The Children of Hurin, Beren and Luthien, and The Fall of Gondolin. Some say the reading order should be publication order, but you would not be wrong to read Beren and Luthien first.

  Obituary (Washington Post): George Stade, a Columbia University literary scholar who became an early champion of “popular” fiction within the academy and worked as a critic, editor and novelist, most notably with the grisly satire “Confessions of a Lady-Killer,” died Feb. 26 at a hospital in Silver Spring, Md. He was 85.

  Tolkien (Alas Not Me): The Mouth of Sauron’s encounter with the Captains of the West in The Lord of the Rings has been reminding me of the Green Knight’s visit to King Arthur’s court in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

The initial set-up is quite different, naturally.  The Green Knight comes in uninvited without any introduction or explanation — the reader is thus in the same boat as members of Arthur’s court — whereas Tolkien gives us some backstory on the Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr when he comes out in response to the heralds’ challenge.  The Green Knight arrives alone on a color-coordinated steed that seems an ordinary animal except for its hue, but the poet hints the knight himself might possibly be supernatural (“Half etayn in erde I hope þat he were”).  Intriguingly, the similarly color-coordinated fellow who approaches Aragorn & Co. is almost exactly the inverse, i.e., a living man on a possibly supernatural mountm

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October 2018 Blurbs

10/1/18 31 Nights of Halloween, Freeforms inheritence from its previous incarnations, other than the mandated 700 Club. The month between seasons, otherwise known as candy city. Stockholm Syndrome from Willies departure may be setting in as we had a large truck and only 4 of us to do it. I shouldnt be missing his prescence but somehow i am. Remedy is needed soon. 10/2/18 Im A Christmas Guy, love giving gifts out and decorating. Have done so annually for 16 years and it always starts within the first few days of October as i unblock my Holiday themed movie and TV Shows on digital. Looking forward to the next few weeks especially. Brewers NLDS starts Thursday! 10/3/18 The old tutalige of when it rains it pours, reared its ugly head. Flat by Old El Rancho. That really screws things up for me. Hoping for Miracle. 10/4/18 Well, day minus the Brewers coming back, was a bust. Tire was flat. Hoping I can get it either possibly fixed or a cheap replacement. Wondering how ill get to the store tomorrow. 10/5/18 Apparently massive flu spreading around as Mom picked up whatever Dad was sick with. Ended up replacing tire, but with brand new one. Hopeful not mistake. Also affected things at WallyWorld as Linda and Tyler were feeling cruddy. Hopeful I dont get it. Brewers win and truck got fixed. Still undecided on Venom or Gaga for movie on Saturday. 10/6/18 Ended up going with Gaga and was pleasently stunned by both her and Bradley Cooper. Movie was wonderful and that ending was rough, picked up soundtrack to boot. Sort of took longer than I anticipated coming back from EC thanks to BlueGolds Homecoming. Boy colleges take that far more seriously than High School. Panera for dinner was a great alternative as well. 13th Doctor tomorrow before work! FLCL on the other hand...I'll never say the C word to anyone, but Pets was definetly the C Word to Kana. 10/7/18 Man that was emberassing to watch. Green Bay actually played so lousy I watched Doctor Who, and loved the female 13th looking forward to more of her. Final Season of Walking dead also premired. Wonder how Ricks going out. Gunner and his partner are really intolerable. Reporting that asap, the store is not a place for thier private spats. 10/8/18 Columbus getting squeezed out of his own day is the most PC thing that I can get on board with. Nobody gives a crap about the whole Sailed the ocean blue in 1492 thing anymore. Stuff to do including assignments that I have to go to the library to finish. Hoping internet will be back sooner rather than later. 10/9/18 Woke up to flashing lights by house and realized power line got taken down by tree that Dad had pointed out. A bit more broke than I anticipated. Stuff here i have to do anyway and thankfully work will limit my having to go anywhere. Really could use $300 to pay Patti. Brewers will take on Dodgers in NLCS starting Friday. Mad that Conan for all intent and purpose has been cancelled, adpating is one thing but this is a glorified cancellation. 10/10/18 Rain city continues...Puddles in Bravada. On top of it its getting colder. Winter isnt here yet, but the white ravens are taking flight. 10/11/18 Now comes the cold, and first snow of the year. We had it all today cold, wind, sun and snow. 10/12/18 Store gave me a first look at my future. Gaurantee work on Sunday Monday and Friday every week unless i say so. Which other than one day may be saying much. Could use more variety than that. Also stinks NLCS is on when im working. Pulling for Dodgers in at least 1 game so I can see game 5 on wednesday at least. 10/13/18 They have been hyping the crap out of inventory for the past 3 weeks. Now i see why, Clint made a rare Saturday appearance at the store. Hopeful for the next few days. Got my prediction right about game 5 on Wednesday so thats good. Kanye is nuts as usual, and Kana gave me the best reason yet to finally move forward on the FLCL finale. Cold week ahead. 10/14/18 Andrew and his little notes are getting out of hand. Got called in to do truck early as Inventory closes in on Tuesday. Clint on the other hand, i know ive got to not walk off for a few seconds but he really needs to chill for a bit especially cause we both used to be pushing carts in the first months of the store he should know my rhtyms by now. Stinks about Pete Davidson though, really hope he can recover cause i liked him and Ariana as a couple. Rather unfortunate that they split cause she couldnt deal with her ex commiting suicide. 10/15/18 A missing person is a big deal, when you happen to know someone who is related to said missing person, then you know its huge. Jayme Closs, the cousin of Brody being abducted after her parents were gunned down, sad for all. My only issue is brody reatcing to everyones sympathies, overkill a bit. The other issue i have is the amber alert system that can be sent out to phones. With Trumps ability to text everyone in the country I witnessed a bunch of people who got the alert yesterday complain about it, the others who thought she killed them and fled are the bigger morons. Hopefully shes found safe. Other than that, good night for Wisconsin Sports, Brewers are 2 Out from pennant and Rodgers did his thing once again. 10/16/18 Boring first part of shift as we did basically nothing due to the inventory. But at least the night managed to salvage itself. Dodgers really play dirty. 10/17/18 Nose began to stuff itself again. Bunch of classwork for 2 weeks as i get the inservice day. Milwaukee gave another one away. Hoping Game 6 on Friday will be a turnaround. 10/18/18 Rare thursday day, nose still stuffed. 10/19/18 Library day as i caught up on work, and finally watched A Chrsitmas Story to its ending. A classic, yes just don't feel that strongly about it. Big game from the Crew forcing Game 7. 10/20/18 This day was nuts, a quick 25 minute snowcase that gave way to sunny conditions by noon. Saw Venom, didn't get why it was hated. Quite enjoyable dyanmic and She-Venom was the highlight of it all. Dodgers unfortuantley took the pennant. Great season overall for Milwaukee just bummed my streak of picking the world series winner at the All Star game ended at 4. Also tide pods finally used them, no wonder people ate them they're great for clothes. 10/21/18 First day ever that i skipped NFL Games. Neat concept. 10/22/18 Very long strech of store coming up, especially given that Today we only had 3 total. 10/23/18 Held off on grabbing Mamma Mia 2 Blu Ray. Mainly due to gas situation that had Bravada dying near tracks. I got to figure cash situation out to pay off people. 10/24/18 Lone day off before Halloween. No class today so that made things better. Master Mode on Zelda getting easier to figure out. Did reset on iPhone and Kindle, should fix lone bugs. Really want to play RDR2 and Spiderman PS4. World Series from what I can tell is shaping up as a sweep. Also, whole reason I began watching Sunny aired tonight. First of 2 Part Super Bowl Episode. Charlie in a Bear Trap drinking pee, eww! 10/25/18 First of 6 in a row backwise. The Halloween episodes on TV Usually do wonders for me, not this time. I know this is the final season of Big Bang Theory but Sheldon not realizing how irritating he sounds to others after 12 years and so much maturing seems not the right way to do it. Especially seeing his wife irrate Bernadette. 10/26/18 2nd night, the wheels i dont think feel off, but the were more loose than usual. Hour to set up, hour work, break, 30 minutes to unload hvdc and then didn't finish til after 6. When your down numbers wise you can certainly feel it. FYI The crap with the MAGA Bomber made me mad enough to likely stay off social media until after the election, that made it my breaking point. RWBY Season Premire Tomorrow! 10/27/18 Rooster Teeth First free trial, worth it for watching a great primire that perfectly sets up what comes. My point who is that woman with the Maz Kanata eyewear? Wisconsin stinks. 10/28/18 My issue with the whole core hours thing involves me working on days i know theres something i should be doing. Such as watching the packers. Almost beating LA, hopeful they can actually do that against Brady. 10/29/18 That blue wave better close in next week cause, another shooting and another predictable Trump response occurred. Hate crimes abound in his america. 10/30/18 Last in the back, October really came and went this year. Only thing bad about not working Halloween is the dressup im missing out on. Adam in drag would have been a hoot. 10/31/18 Darkness Falls Across the Land...You Know the rest. Halloween. This day is one back 20 Years ago i would openly love. At least the Candy is still around, albiet smaller and more sugary. Nowadays this day has me DVR'ing all the major shows to see what costumes get put on. Spoiler Alert only episodes of ATH And PTI that I happily record all year. When it comes to applying for scholarships however thats where it blurrs. WITC is really biased against those in the outreach sites hoping i can get help tomorrow when i visit. November came too quickly but, I get to see my nephew in 2 Weeks!

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How To Remove Steam Games From Mac Launchpad

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Uninstalling applications from Mac OS X might be the easiest technique of eradicating apps from any working system, and it's far simpler on a Mac than anything you may encounter in the Windows world. You might not notice that, there are just a few of Mac functions that include devoted uninstallation applications. Although the strategy mentioned above can solve essentially the most app uninstall problems, you can nonetheless go for its set up disk or the appliance folder or bundle to examine if the app has its personal uninstaller first. If that's the case, simply run such an app and follow the prompts to uninstall properly. After that, seek for associated recordsdata to ensure if the app and its additional information are totally deleted from your Mac.

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We're solely offering default windows fonts so far, later we'll add the power to include other fonts. Nevertheless in the event you're wanting to have a different font now - choose arial and make a stskin file, obtain it to your computer. Then open it with notepad and Search and Replace Arial with the font of your selection (you must have the font installed on your pc and know the correct identify). How To Uninstall Steam On Mac Without Losing Games Apply the stskin file and it's best to see the brand new font. If one thing went mistaken all text on Steam will be lacking. In that case simply make one other Steam Pores and skin or change to a different theme in Pores and skin Manager.

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The Mac apps you wish to uninstall that come from installer apps nearly always embrace a dedicated uninstaller application with the unique installer, you should utilize that, or comply with the directions outlined within the article you simply learn to entry the related library folders, cache folders, and so forth, for every app you wish to uninstall from the Mac. It's not sophisticated, you are able to do either way. The silver bullet is that each Mac app shipped through AppStore has a restriction to ship an uninstall program, which has an selectable function to take away knowledge information and folders too and the OS having a process monitoring every app being dragged to the trash, so it fires its uninstall program. That should get rid of all of the information that shortcut, but if not, I suppose you may must hunt it down within the Applications folder utilizing Finder or something and delete from there. When you're removing all Steam data out of your laptop: delete your entire Steam folder. Drag the Elder Scrolls On-line: Tamriel Limitless Launcher program or folder of programs that you simply wish to delete to the Trash. The idea of eradicating an app has been on many working system mostly applied to depart traces behind, as if one sooner or later installs a new model of the app, the previously left data is there to be instantly reused. Consider Unix world leaving hidden folders and files within the house listing (.vim,eclipse,netbeans).

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Steam uninstalls and reinstalls will be accomplished by proper clicking on a game in the Library” section of Steam, as shown in the video above. Whenever you set up a game it places on the machine. It doesn't (or shouldn't - however I do not think that Mac-Version is that broken) set up games "per Steam profile" or one thing like that. To start with, be certain to log into your Mac with an administrator account, or you will be asked for a password once you attempt to delete something. This faucet-and-hold technique is applicable for the apps installed by the App Store, and it requires OS X lion or later. how to remove steam games from mac launchpad When you click the X icon, the uninstallation of Steam might be handled instantly, and there's no must empty the Trash afterwards. This manner can not uninstall built-in apps as well. You may also need to contemplate investing in an external drive. I take advantage of several, certainly one of which has a partition specifically dedicating 1 TB for my Steam video games. I suppose since I'm a gamer, I assume everyone else is. In the event you're not, or you don't use the unbelievable cross-platform digital gaming portal, Steam, this tip will not apply to you. Check out the final couple of tips for nice house saving concepts, as a substitute. Or, heck, learn a assessment or two on Cult of Mac. How to uninstall steam on mac without losing games I hear they're pretty good.

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Click on on the sport you want to uninstall > Delete Local content. In our example, our Steam account acquired the Left 4 Dead 2 Beta in July 2011 as part of a bundle that included the full variations of both Left four Lifeless and Left 4 Lifeless 2 As a way to remove the Left 4 Lifeless 2 Beta from our Steam library, we're required to also permanently remove entry to each full games within the series.  How To Uninstall Steam On Mac Without Losing Games Bummer. Beneath you'll be able to see some of the recordsdata that Samsung Kies left behind on my pc, including two framework information that I discovered within the Frameworks folder and three cache recordsdata that were within a Kies folder in Caches. How To Remove Steam Games From Mac Launchpad Move any recordsdata that you simply discover to the Trash. If you cannot empty the trash, reboot the pc and try once more. If that does not apply, observe these instructions on the Steam Support web site to uninstall Steam. Then you may obtain and set up the Steam shopper again. Within Utility Assist, I discovered several local information for video games from Steam that I did not need, so I deleted those. In Containers, I wiped preference settings for MacID Saved Utility State had quite a few data recordsdata, for apps comparable to Close to Lock and WhatsMac , all of which needed to go.

How To Remove Steam Games From Mac Launchpad

It's possible you'll not notice that, there are a number of of Mac purposes that come with devoted uninstallation packages. Although the method mentioned above can remedy probably the most app uninstall issues, you possibly can still go for its set up disk or the appliance folder or package to test if the app has its own uninstaller first. If so, just run such an app and observe the prompts to uninstall correctly. After that, seek for related files to make sure if the app and its further recordsdata are absolutely deleted out of your Mac.

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