#Corporate training in programming languages

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Best Corporate Training in Programming Languages in Mohali

In the rapidly evolving digital age, programming skills have become a cornerstone for businesses aiming to stay competitive. Corporate training in programming languages is essential for companies to maintain an edge, foster innovation, and improve operational efficiency. Mohali, a burgeoning IT hub, offers some of the best corporate training programs in programming languages. Here’s a detailed guide on why Mohali is the ideal destination for corporate training and which training providers lead the way.

Why Choose Mohali for Corporate Training in Programming Languages?

Thriving IT Ecosystem: Mohali has emerged as a significant IT hub in India, with numerous tech companies, startups, and educational institutions. This environment creates a rich pool of talent and resources for corporate training.

Quality Training Providers: The city boasts several renowned training institutes that offer comprehensive and customized programming courses tailored for corporate needs.

Skilled Workforce: The presence of a skilled and tech-savvy workforce in Mohali makes it easier for companies to find and train employees who can quickly adapt to new technologies.

Strategic Location: Located near Chandigarh, Mohali benefits from excellent connectivity and infrastructure, making it accessible for businesses across North India.

Top Institutes for Corporate Training in Programming Languages in Mohali

1. NIIT Mohali

Overview: NIIT is a well-known name in the field of IT training. With a branch in Mohali, NIIT offers various corporate training programs in multiple programming languages, including Java, Python, and C++.

Highlights:

Customized training modules

Experienced trainers with industry background

Hands-on practical sessions

Post-training support

2. ThinkNEXT Technologies

Overview: ThinkNEXT Technologies is an ISO-certified training institute that provides high-quality corporate training in various programming languages such as Java, Python, PHP, and more.

Highlights:

Interactive training sessions

Real-time project work

Certification on completion

Flexible training schedules

3. WebTech Learning

Overview: WebTech Learning is another prominent training institute in Mohali known for its comprehensive programming courses. They offer corporate training in languages like JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby on Rails.

Highlights:

Expert instructors with practical experience

Modern training methodologies

Access to learning resources and tools

Placement assistance

4. Problab Technologies

Overview: Problab Technologies offers extensive corporate training programs in programming languages such as Java, Python, and Android development. They focus on providing practical knowledge and industry-relevant skills.

Highlights:

Experienced industry professionals as trainers

Live project training

Certification programs

Customized training solutions

Key Benefits of Corporate Training in Programming Languages

Enhanced Productivity: Trained employees can handle complex tasks more efficiently, leading to improved productivity and innovation within the company.

Competitive Edge: By keeping your team updated with the latest programming skills, your business can stay ahead of the competition.

Employee Retention: Investing in employee development through training programs can lead to higher job satisfaction and retention rates.

Adaptability: A well-trained team can quickly adapt to new technologies and methodologies, ensuring your business remains agile.

Conclusion

Corporate training in programming languages is a strategic investment for any business looking to thrive in today’s tech-driven world. Mohali, with its robust IT infrastructure and excellent training institutes, stands out as a premier destination for such training. By choosing the right training provider, businesses can ensure their teams are equipped with the necessary skills to drive growth and innovation.

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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months

An assault on federal protections may bring about a new era of unchecked discrimination.

"Since returning to power, Trump has used his singular authority as the head of the federal government to recast the white majority as the primary victims of systemic racial discrimination — though no evidence, not even self-reporting among white people, shows this to be true."

—Nikole Hannah-James, The New York Times Magazine (June 27, 2025)

Nikole Hannah-James does a masterful job of reporting on all the ways Trump has turned civil rights in this country on its head. She also provides a historical example of "how quickly racial progress can disappear" by showing how, in the late 19th century, the Old South rapidly dismantled the considerable Black racial progress that had happened under Reconstruction. This is a gift 🎁 link so there is no paywall. Below are some excerpts.

[...] On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s [Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs] efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal and discriminatory — presumably against white people. He signed his own executive order revoking Johnson’s on behalf of, as he put it, “hardworking Americans who deserve a shot at the American dream.”

Within the week, Trump’s acting secretary of labor ordered the O.F.C.C.P. to “immediately cease and desist all investigative and enforcement activity” and close all open cases. A few weeks later, O.F.C.C.P.’s acting director proposed slashing its staff by 90 percent. In fewer than two months, six decades of civil rights enforcement was essentially dead.

Trump has justified these actions by claiming he is rooting out racial discrimination disguised as “diversity, equity and inclusion.” Indeed, the other federal agency charged with investigating employment discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, recently created a page on its website dedicated to helping white Americans file complaints based on being victimized by diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

But to see what Trump is doing as simply eliminating so-called “D.E.I.” is to misunderstand the scale and the consequences. What’s at stake is not only corporate diversity trainings, equity offices and the use of pronouns in email signatures. Many diversity, equity and inclusion programs were put in place to help ensure compliance with civil rights laws and to foster integration in a society that for most of its history explicitly discriminated against Black Americans. No court has deemed these programs illegal. Yet in the opening months of his second term, Trump has capitalized on the unpopularity of equality efforts among some Americans, glibly wielding the language of D.E.I. to initiate the broadest and most significant assault on civil rights and racial integration in this country in more than a century.

Since returning to power, Trump has used his singular authority as the head of the federal government to recast the white majority as the primary victims of systemic racial discrimination — though no evidence, not even self-reporting among white people, shows this to be true. In addition to upending long-established enforcement of civil rights law in employment, he has undermined civil rights protections in housing and education and environmental policy; crippled or shuttered entire federal civil rights agencies; and retracted federal findings of civil rights violations against police departments. He has forced by mandate, threat and coercion the elimination of policies and cultural norms focused on integration and equality throughout government, education and the private sector. Trump has claimed — though he has no authority to do so — to have repealed birthright citizenship, which was embedded in the Constitution at the end of slavery to guarantee Black Americans citizenship by birthright and grants automatic citizenship to all people born on American soil.

[chesapeakescove]

Ice Breaker || Oscar Piastri Mini Series

Chapter One: Ice Boy

Pairing: Oscar Piastri x PR Consultant!Reader

Summary: You’re hired to media-train McLaren’s rising young talent — an Australian with a reputation for giving interviews like he's reading IKEA instructions. You expected a challenge to get him out of his shell. You didn’t expect him to be so ... likeable. But once that ice is broken, and you catch yourself day dreaming about the sky McLaren driver, there's no going back. Not if Lando Norris has anything to do with it.

Word Count: ~11.K total (multi-part series)

Warnings: Language, alcohol mention, mild sexual thoughts (Oscar POV), mutual pining, awkward flirting, soft burn, one (1) meddling Lando Norris.

Author’s Note: Multi-part soft fluffy fic with alternating POVs. Oscar is awkward but earnest. Reader doesn’t realize he's flirting. He very much is.

Tags: #oscar piastri x reader #oscar piastri fic #f1 fanfiction #slow burn #friends to lovers #media trainer au #soft oscar #lando being a cupid

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It smells so ...clean in here.

That was my first thought as I stepped into McLaren’s Woking headquarters, a place that seemed determined to prove its own sterility. Bright sunlight cut sharp lines across the glossy floor, glass panels and chrome fixtures framing corridors like display cases. And everywhere I looked, there were tributes to the team’s past: Senna’s fierce, half-smiling gaze immortalized on a wall-sized print, a McLaren MP4/4 frozen in perfect form behind velvet stanchions.

It was less an office and more a temple — one consecrated to speed, legacy, and relentless ambition. 

And walking through it, I felt like an intruder.

My heels clicked too loudly on the marble as the marketing director led me down the corridor, rattling off names I wouldn’t remember until I’d met them twice. My blazer, chosen for its sharp silhouette, suddenly felt too stiff on my shoulders. My palms felt damp, though I kept my arms stiff at my sides, doing my best to project confidence.

I’d never worked with a Formula One driver befor. I'd done footballers, mainly, even a few professional tennis players and Olympians — but this was new territory. The sports PR world was relatively small when it came to media training, and I'd built my reputation as someone who could make even the most guarded athletes seem personable. But this was different. This wasn’t some middling striker or rugby protegè trying to sound interesting in a post match interview. This was McLaren, one of the most post profitable motorsports Formula One teams in history.

F1 races were watched by millions, fans flocked from all over the globe to see them battle it out on track, and in England people consumed F1-related content at a higher rate than almost any sport save the Premier League.

And they'd called me. I still hadn't quite wrapped my head around that part yet. 

The marketing director walking beside me waved casually to someone passing by, before lowering his voice slightly as we walked.

“I'm not sure what Zak already mentioned, but Oscar’s a great kid.” he said, with the easy tone of someone balancing truth with politeness. “He's an incredible talent on track, we were lucky to pick him up off Alpine when we did. But since he didn’t come through our junior program, he wasn’t as well prepared for the amount of media attention he’s getting now. It's a lot to take in.”

He grimaced slightly at the thought. “And … well he’s not exactly charismatic either.”

Corporate speak for: We like him in the car. We don’t love him on camera.

Not that I needed him to tell me to tell me. I’d seen enough of the fan chatter to know already.

'Close enough, welcome back Kimi Raikonnen.' 'Ice boy alert' ‘Piastri interviews are giving hostage video.’ ‘This kid is so robotic I’m starting to think McLaren built him in a lab at this point.’

My personal favorite had been a poorly stitched clip of him blinking slowly mid-interview post race, captioned:

Loading Enthusiasm… please wait.

I’d laughed a tiny bit when I first saw them. But now, walking through these hallways toward him, the scale of it all pressed in on me. We passed another set of gigantic images, this time of Niki Lauda and James Hunt as we continued on our way. Legends of the sport seemed to line the hallways everywhere here, relics of titans whose larger-than-life presence still loomed over these walls: the rat, the professor, the flying Finn, Hunt-the-shunt, the rain-master, the ice-man.

Ice-boy didn't quite fit by comparison.

It lit itself like a slow moving, frightening fire instead of my veins as my heart pumped a bit faster, the unspoken expectation that Oscar wasn’t just supposed to drive fast, but to project a aura big enough to align with that legacy. And suddenly, I wondered if I was really cut out for this job. This wasn’t just about Oscar’s public image, it was about mine too.

Could I actually do this?

The marketing director stopped at a frosted-glass door. “He’s already inside,” he said brightly, as though she were announcing a patient to the doctor. "Best of luck."

Not encouraging.

I smoothed my hair, inhaled deeply, and told myself I was ready.

You’ve done this before. You can handle awkward.

I wished I believed it. I knocked once on the door to announce myself, my hype-up lasting all of two seconds before reality hit me square in the chest.

Ice-boy hadn’t been an exaggeration.

Oscar Piastri was waiting inside the conference room with a resting face completely devoid of emotion, as if he were about to go on trial or sit for a lie detector test. His posture was deceptively lazy, a folded-in discomfort radiating off him as he leaned against the back of his chair with his arms crossed, gaze fixed on the ceiling like he might fall asleep if he stared hard enough. His mop of warm brown hair was clearly un-styled, the kind of hasty look that suggested he’d tried to run a brush through once or twice it before giving up.

But there was something the online ribbing hadn’t quite captured either. Because as he finally registered I was there and moved to stand up, I finally got a first good look at him up close.

An interested pang fluttered in my chest as his full face came into view.

He was actually quite ... handsome.

His frame was sharper than it looked on camera. Taller than I’d expected as well, maybe cleared me by a few inches. His dark hazel eyes, warm under the overhead lights, tracked my movements with a quiet intensity, and the fullness of his cheeks softened the severity of his otherwise straight, serious expression. Even the slight quirk at the corner of his mouth, caught somewhere between discomfort and politeness as he smiled in greeting, held some soft quality to it.

Well, the boy part makes sense.

Because, in fairness, there was something boyishly good-looking about him. I could work with boyish, I noted to myself as a smiled back in greeting, boyish was relatable. It was understated, but noticeable enough that I thought, absurdly as my eye caught again on the pair of broad shoulders beneath his polo:

If he weren’t so awkward, girls would be making heartthrob edits of him nonstop on TikTok instead of meme-ing him.

But instead of posturing or flashing the flirtatious smile she'd grown used to dealing with on PR clean-ups, he looked like he wanted to crawl out of his own skin.

“Oscar,” I said, professional expression firmly in place, extending my hand. "Nice to you meet. I'm—" 

He shook it with neither firmness not limpness, then looked me dead in the eyes, his face giving nothing away. “The media trainer. Zak told me.”

It wasn’t a question.

“Well I was going to say my name, actually. But yes, that too." 

A pause. He at least had the decency to look slightly embarrassed at his own clipped delivery, though the apology that followed was still a bit too brisk.

“Oh. Right, sorry.” He shifted his weight awkwardly, adding with a half-hearted attempt at formality as he offered another pained smile, “Um ... welcome to McLaren, then.”

Not exactly the warmest greeting.

But fine. I’d expected worse given what I'd already been warned about.

“Come on,” I said lightly, motioning back toward the chair he'd been sitting in. “Zak already warned me you’re straight to the point, so let’s not beat around the bush and get right to it.”

For a split second, I thought I saw the faintest flicker of something — fluster, maybe even a tiny flash of irritation — at being characterized that way, like he was tired of hearing it.

I decided not to comment on it, just carried on with sitting down and let it slide in the silence. But as I settled into my chair and glanced at him again, I couldn’t shake the sense that I had already had my work cut out for me.

[0hcicero]

To be clear up top, I really love Worlds Beyond Number, and I love the stories and the authenticity and groundedness of it. But listening to this last episode and then the fireside was doubly difficult because:

- I come from a military family that is not officer class (aka my fam would have been imperial infantry and not wizards)

- I grew up rural around lots of farmers and hunters

And some of the statements around both rural people and rank and file military (while likely very true in the story and in this world) in the fireside rubbed me the wrong way. I love Brennan and his mind and worldbuilding, and I understand the purpose of this episode was to lean into the tensions in Ame’s worldview and the truth of Eursolon’s backstory, but damn. The whole ‘these people are stupid and ignorant’ thing sucks, because yeah, there are stupid and ignorant people for sure that are rank and file and rural, but also the perspective feels quite privileged. We got to see good wizards AND bad wizards, but we only get to see shitty and dumb lower ranks. And that’s not the truth I knew growing up military, at all. We got to see very kind but stupid farmers, and while the kindness was a bonus the stupidity across the bar sucked, because some of the smartest people I ever met didn’t make it through grade school.

There was talk in the fireside about xenophobia, and it just felt kinda bad that this person I see as a very clever smart and educated person couldn’t see some of the hypocrisy in that.

So to counter some of what I heard, I want to put out some of my experiences.

Military

- there are xenophobic idiots in the lower ranks, that’s for sure, but there are also a lot of people who are much more involved in the ‘boots on the ground’ field work, especially in peace-keeping, in the lower ranks. This includes cultural exchange and engaging and helping the populace. They often see more and know more, speak the language, and learn proper customs.

- Promotion is supposed to be a meritocracy, but often it is not. If you buck against the system and call out its errors, you won’t be promoted, much like my mother, who was a woman, a corporal, and got the wing commander’s commendation more times than most officers in her squadron, started a mediation program, and was an outspoken feminist who was constantly pushing for justice and fairness.

- typical, lower ranks consider anyone above a seargent fairly ‘out of touch’ with reality, and may have to do their best to work around bad orders, because often, officers are seen as ‘not getting their hands dirty/knowing the truth of a situation’.

- typically higher ranking officers are arrogant and rude and have an elitist mentality, thinking they are better than the lower ranks. In my experience, this is often not the case, as higher-ranking officers typically pay their way for their rank (can afford officer training) which is typically not something available to they generally poor and lower class rank and file.

- sometimes people in lower ranks think very simplistically, and are not good people, but that’s a general outlier in the same way that it is for other groups of people. The bell curve applies to pretty much everything.

- many people in lower ranks join up because they are poor and need money, and the military pays for schooling and is an opportunity to travel. They typically don’t join up because they’re stupid, crude, crass fuckos who like to hurt people. The military is predatory and it feeds on the poor and lower-class citizens who don’t have much social mobility. They’re often not stupid, but they are typically pragmatic, and yeah, the language can be crass, but speaking crassly speaks to culture not goodness.

Rural

- intelligence is, in my opinion, situational. I might be able to quote Shakespeare and get into a deep philosophical debate but that’s not doing me any good when I need to help a cow that’s scared and in pain give birth to a breeched calf. But this very cool farmer I knew could talk down this cow and know just where to position his hands to turn a calf inside the womb. Show me a typical master’s student who can do that.

- I knew people who could read weather sign, bird sign, tree sign, and bear sign, who could read the woods and the trails like a picture book. They might not be able to speak much about the science of climate change, but they damn sure know it from a micro level by being able to spot the size of tree buds in the winter to know spring’s coming earlier, and that’s bad for a lot of plants and animals and the ecosystem that sustains itself, which they are intimately aware of.

- I also knew farmers and rural folks who were highly educated and moved out to the country to enjoy the wide open spaces and privacy, who had big libraries and talked about history with me, who fed my curiosity and helped me stay humble and ask questions.

- I knew rural folks so poor they lived in a shack and ate squirrel, and I also knew how everyone in the community took care to give their kids’ piano lessons because it was the only money coming into that household, and took care to just have accidentally bought a little more than what they needed of this or that and ran it down to that family.

- I also know we were so poor sometimes that I went without a winter coat in northern Alberta for 3 years, but that I was always given lots of hats and scarves and mittens and sweaters by the neighbours.

- I also knew lots of shitty, stupid, sexist and racist people who were essentially brainwashed by a cult and who were never taught to think critically or encouraged to do so. I know that they are afraid of the world because that’s what they’ve been taught. And yes, it’s on them for never getting out and being way more comfy in their bubble than outside of it, but that’s what being in a cult does, it stacks the deck against your own intelligence and curiosity.

- I knew too, many of rural folks who would have been extraordinarily embarrassed to be impolite and refer to a trans woman as a man, or vice-versa, because manners and politeness matter a whole lot in a small community. At the same time, there was definitely the opposite as well, and I knew kids who gotten beaten up regularly for being 2SLGBTQIA+.

It’s complicated, complex, and nuanced everywhere. No group is a monolith, even if it feels justified and easy in the world we live in to lump all ‘like’ people together. I just really hope in the next few episodes we see some nuance in the infantry and the officers, as well as with any rural folk they engage with too. They’re all usually so good with a nuanced take, and I really really hope this was just one episode and an off-the-cuff, didn’t-really-think-about-what-he-was-saying discussion.

And I get it. To my knowledge, Brennan grew up in New York (or at least a city?) and may have not had a ton of experiences living rural outside of the summer camp he was a counsellor at, so he may not have had a lot of time or opportunity to engage with rural people at a true community level. I don’t know his engagement with the military community either, and my experience is with Canadian and not American military, so there’s likely some difference and nuance too.

I dunno. I have a lot of hope and faith in this very cool group of storytellers, and they have not disappointed me in the story thus far, so I believe we’ll see some great nuance to come. Just had to put it out there.

[gayguybln]

Three guys a few days after their lives changed.

Marvin (18, left), Marvin's boyfriend Dennis (18, middle) and Dennis's brother Eric (19, right) did a summer road trip into the Federal Republic of Dystopia. On Marvin's 18th birthday they were caught with amphetamines, cocaine and weed in their bags while filming a porn at a train station at night. Marvin and Dennis had sex while Eric filmed.

The punishments are harder for foreigners. The law says that there's an additional punishment of 20% on incarceration, corporal punishment or fines.

They got 1 year incarceration and 2 strokes of the cane for the intrusion into the train station at night, 3,5 years and 7 strokes for indecent behaviour and producing a porn and 12,5 years and 14 strokes for drug possession. That sums up to 17 years and 23 strokes of the cane. The additional punishment for foreigners increases it to 20 years and 5 months in prison and 28 strokes of the cane.

Shortly after their sentence a TV station from their home country applied for making a documentary about the three guys and the authorities accepted it. Today is the second filming day. It's just one hour away from their first caning. They got the offer to split the caning sentence to three dates and they decided to accept that even as it meant that the punishment is increased further by 2 strokes as the law is saying that a split has to be evenly. So 28 strokes can't be administered evenly on three sessions so they get 30 (10 at each session). Between each session will be approximately 2 years.

All three will be filmed while they are being caned. It's the first time ever the prison authorities allowed this. The broadcaster paid an undisclosed fee.

They're happy as they share a cell. Heads are shaved every five days. All three were assigned as production workers and are at the moment in training for production. The production halls are the heart of the prison's facilities. Furniture for schools and universities, linen for care homes and hospitals, workwear for doctors and nurses and much more are being produced in this prison.

They will get at least 14 days off from training after the caning and a nurse will decide when they'll return.

The daily routines are strict. The prison week has 5 days (4 work days, 1 rest day). The schedule on work days is this:

05.30 am - wake up and washing

05.45 am - breakfast in cell

06.00 am - preparation for work

06.30 am - work start

10.30 am - begin of 15 min break

10.45 am - work resumes

02.45 pm - work ends

03.00 pm - mandatory education program (history, languages, science)

05.00 pm - mandatory fitness training

06.30 pm - evening meal

07.30 pm - cell lock in, time for reading, washing

09.00 pm - lights out

On rest days the routine is at follows:

05.30 am - wake up and washing

05.45 am - breakfast in cell

06.00 am - time for reading, talking, washing etc. in cell

08.00 am - mandatory education program (history, languages, science)

10.00 am - mandatory fitness training

12.00 pm - rest day dinner

12.30 pm - "yard time" (inmates can go into the yard, the leisure halls between cell blocks with tv, gaming opportunities and more)

06.00 pm - shower and evening meal time

07.30 pm - cell lock in, time for reading, washing

09.00 pm - lights out

[applbottmjeens]

SSgt. Annabelle Pham - 2nd Commander of the Shadow Company

AKA: Anna, Pham, Annie (Graves), Gremlin, Regina 0-1, "The Queen of Hearts"

Age:

23 (Modern Warfare, 2019),

26 (Modern Warefare 2, 2022),

27 (Present, Modern Warfare 3, 2023)

Blood type: O Positive

Height: 4'11

Nationality: American

Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander (Vietnamese + Filipino)

Languages Spoken: English, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish

Religion: Catholic

Marital Status: Single (MW1-2), "Engaged" (MW3), Forced Marriage (ACES AU)

Faceclaim: Satomi Ishihara

Family:

Isabella Reyes - Maternal grandmother (deceased)

Cpt. Francisco "Capitan Kiko" Delgado - Paternal grandfather (deceased)

Phạm Ngọc Anh - Paternal grandmother (deceased)

Phạm Vinh Trường / Thomas Pham - Father (alive,estranged)

Phạm Vũ / David Pham - Uncle (alive,estranged)

Maria Soledad Pham née Delgado - Mother (alive,estranged)

Ryan Joseph "RJ" Pham - brother (alive)

-

Cpt. Arjun K. Dhingra (father figure, there it's canon @welldonekhushi)

Kavya Dhingra (mother figure, bc why not.)

CHILDREN (non canon)

Sylas Thomas "Tommy" Pham/ Phạm Teo Sỹ / "SAINT"/ (ACES AU)

Spc. Phillip Fernando Graves II / "Junior" / Ace (ACES AU)

Alyssa Claire Graves, Esq. (ACES AU)

Affiliates:

TASKFORCE 141:

Chief of Station Kate Laswell

Cpt. John Price

Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley

Sgt. John "Soap" MacTavish

Sgt. Kyle "Gaz" Garrick

Sgt. Maj. Hannah "Sparrow" Clayton (@revnah1406)

Alyssa "Aly" Martinez (@alypink)

TASKFORCE DAGGER: (@kaitaiga)

Cpt. Lachlan Jones

Sgt. Damien Whitlock (what're YOU doing here?!)

LOS VAQUEROS:

Col. Alejandro Vargas, Sgt. Maj. Rodolfo Parra

SHADOW COMPANY (QUEEN OF HEARTS AU + MW3):

Comd. Phillip Graves

Spec. Officer Karlos Martinez

Ms Sgt. Shane Sparks (formerly)

Rozlin "Rose" Helms (formerly)

" Velikan"

SO. Marcus "Lerch" Ortega

Annabelle Pham was born in San Jose, California and raised in an Asian immigrant household in Daly City. Growing up working class, her parents encouraged her to pursue her education while also helping raise her sickly younger brother, RJ. Playing softball and being a bit of a rebel, despite her shortcomings, Annabelle had the opportunity to attend an Ivy league college on a partial scholarship, which she rejected after her father's restaurant, Saigon Corner was vandalized and robbed.

Rather than use the money saved on her for school, she pushed her family to use it to repair their restaurant. Annabelle would choose to attend a 2 year college in a CTE program since it was more affordable, working part time in her family's restaurant while she searched for new employment.

While job searching, she became curious about the recruiters office in her neighborhood, and next thing she knew, she was in the army (much to her mother and father's disappointment.) She'd join up anyway, prompting her parents to disown her- despite the money she'd send regularly.

Anna's time in basic training had her confronted with many forms of discrimination- mostly for her small stature and sex. And in spite of these, she persisted. She would be deployed to Urzikstan in 2019.

At some point, a then Corporal, close to be promoted Annabelle Pham would meet CIA Station Chief Kate Laswell while fighting alongside SAC/SOG officer Alex Keller. Impressed by the young woman's resolve and improvisation, Laswell would choose Anna as one of the women she'd first suggest to join Taskforce 141 to John Price in the future. While hiding from enemy forces who'd kidnapped her in a foreign city, Annabelle's quick thinking kept her alive while her teammates were delayed on their rescue.

Facing dishonorable discharge after her outburst against her superior, Colonel Norris after the United States declared the ULF a terrorist group, Laswell would pull strings to void this and in the meantime, had her employed under the military contractors known as the Shadow Company, with a recommendation to General Shepard that put her right in the attention of Commander Phillip Graves. While they initially clashed, her personality and morale boosting quips eventually grew on him, and she became a favored member of the organization. At some point Anna's simple workplace crush would be stretched into something more, with Graves offering her a more lucrative role in the company, only for Anna to answer Laswell's call to join Taskforce 141.

Anna gained her callsign "Gremlin" from her unpredictable and unhinged behavior, christened by her fellow Sergeant Kyle "Gaz" Garrick. Hiding in walls, crawling in vents and ambushing enemies easily thanks to her small stature and the old fashioned element of surprise and a knack for destroying enemy equipment and radios.

Anna's first mission in the Taskforce had her reunite with Sergeant Garrick, meeting Captain Price for the first time and Captain Dhingra after an incident in Sakhra involving the Urzikstan Continental Hotel and several ambassadors held hostage. After a tricky maneuver saving the ambassador of Adal and France, Anna would find purpose in the taskforce and would eagerly join up any mission offered to her by her new comrades. She and Sergeant Garrick would make an inside joke of refusing to discuss "what happened in the Urzikstan Contintental."

With zeal, a "do it first, think later" attitude and an unwavering loyalty to those she cared for, Anna's clever thinking on the battlefield is only hindered by her emotional responses. After a heartbreaking betrayal from Phillip Graves in Las Almas and learning of his "demise", Anna would fail her mental health evaluation, and fall into a depression. Her last mission under the 141 would be under the secretive mission, "Operation Kingslayer", where she was tasked to rescue her friend and collegue Sergeant Major Hannah "Sparrow" Clayton after being captured by the Bolivian cartel. During this mission, unbeknownst to her, she'd become pregnant with the child of a newfound love- a neighbor named Peter Choi that her not so dead ex Phillip Graves had (without her knowledge) deported before revealing he was alive and attempted to recruit her into the Shadow Company.

It wouldn't be until after her son, Sylas Thomas "Tommy" Pham was born that Phillip would convince her to work for him- insisting he could provide for her and his son. Anna would be isolated from her old teammates and friends, Phillip grooming her to become his second in command while he made it seem like she had no other option.

By the time her fellow members of the 141 would see her again in the fall of 2023, she'd already be in the employment of the Shadow Company as Phillip Graves' second in command, the colloquial "Queen of Hearts" who seemed to be a shell of the once vibrant person she was before. During this time, isolated from her friends and mostly reliant on the man adamant on keeping her close, there was only one person Phillip trusted around his investment- his best friend and CIA operative, Karlos Martinez. Not only would Karlos help Anna see the authority and power Graves had bestowed upon her, but he would also vow to help Anna secure her place in the company...Even if it meant betraying Phillip Graves in an unforgiveable way.

While Phillip tries to secure himself a place in the United States political landscape, Anna does the dirty work as Commander, only beginning to recognize the woman in the mirror again...Even if she isn't smiling anymore.

[prometheusexe]

Reposted because the original poster blocked me — and conversations like this don’t just disappear. They deserve clarity, not erasure.

Okaaaaay... Let’s break down each of those points, one by one. 🫠

Because if we’re going to shout about AI ethics, maybe we should actually talk ethics — not just post 12-step guides on how to isolate people and call it “activism.”

1. “When your friend or family mentions AI garbage, tell them how you feel about it, and that you hate it when people use it.” 🧠 Sure — communication is healthy. But trying to guilt your loved ones into feeling bad about a tool they may rely on (especially disabled folks) isn’t “speaking your truth,” it’s moral grandstanding.

2. “Download and then delete free AI apps and leave reviews on them about how bad and unethical AI garbage is.” 📉 This isn’t protest — it’s review bombing. It doesn't change corporate policy, and it drowns out honest feedback from people with legitimate concerns and actual use cases.

3. “When you see a post with an AI generated image in it, comment about there being ai slop in it.” 🗑️ If your activism amounts to drive-by harassment, it's not activism. It’s just bullying in a socially-acceptable trench coat.

4. “Urge politicians to make laws regulating AI.” ✔️ This one? Yes. We agree. Please do! Regulation matters — but let’s base it on facts, not fearmongering or Tumblr takes.

5. “Don’t use AI ‘tools’ when a program or website tries to push them on you.” 🛠️ Then don’t — but don’t shame others for using accessibility tools, content aids, or creative support systems that help them thrive.

6. “Contact companies adding AI to their service about how much you hate AI and how unethical it is.” 📬 Feedback is good. But sweeping “AI = unethical” hot takes don’t help anyone. Be specific. Target exploitative data practices or lack of transparency — not the existence of the tech.

7. “Tell your friends and family how much you hate AI.” 🫤 Repeating the same complaint over and over doesn’t make it more meaningful. Especially when your neurodivergent cousin is using AI to manage her executive dysfunction.

8. “Don’t reblog or repost AI generated content.” 👀 That’s your choice. But gatekeeping visibility doesn’t make your blog morally superior — it just narrows the conversation.

9. “Fill out surveys about opinions on AI and say you don’t like it.” ✅ Go for it. Just remember: valid criticism hits harder when it’s informed and balanced — not reactionary.

10. “Refuse to use AI even if your workplace or school forces you to.” 📉 You’re allowed to take a stand. But demanding others sabotage their job, grades, or accommodations because you personally don’t like AI? That’s not solidarity — it’s self-righteousness.

11. “Keep posting about hating AI no matter how big it becomes.” 📢 Free speech is real. So is repetition fatigue. If you're screaming louder than you’re thinking, you’re not winning a war — you’re just spinning in place.

12. “Cut people out of your life who use AI until they stop.” 🪓 This is cult mentality dressed as conviction. Encouraging people to socially isolate others over a tool? That’s not activism. That’s control.

And just to add some ✨context✨:

The author claims to be neurodivergent — which makes it all the more disheartening. Many neurodivergent folks depend on AI to bridge executive dysfunction, manage anxiety, process language, or create safely. Treating them like villains because their support tool doesn’t fit your aesthetic? That’s ableism, not ethics.

If you're serious about fighting unethical AI use, start by demanding transparency, better labour rights, consent-based training data, and clear opt-out mechanisms.

Not just yelling "AI bad" while using Tumblr, Discord, and TikTok — all running on the same infrastructure as the models you hate.

The real enemy isn’t the tool. It’s how humans choose to wield it.

[mohalicareerpoint12]

Best Corporate Training in Programming Languages in Mohali: A Guide for Businesses

In today's fast-evolving technological landscape, the demand for skilled professionals in programming languages is higher than ever. For businesses looking to upskill their employees or offer targeted training to boost productivity, choosing the right corporate training provider is crucial. If you’re based in or around Mohali, you have access to several reputable institutes offering corporate training in programming languages in mohali.

This guide explores the best corporate training providers in Mohali, ensuring your business stays competitive with a well-trained workforce.

Why Corporate Training in Programming Languages is Essential

Corporate training in programming languages offers multiple advantages, including:

Skill Enhancement: Employees gain proficiency in various languages like Python, Java, C++, and more, helping companies stay updated with the latest tech trends.

Increased Productivity: Trained employees can handle complex tasks more efficiently, improving overall productivity.

Competitive Advantage: With in-house tech expertise, businesses can innovate faster and reduce reliance on external consultants.

Employee Retention: Providing opportunities for growth and development makes employees feel valued, boosting job satisfaction and retention rates.

Key Programming Languages for Corporate Training

Python: Popular for its simplicity and versatility, Python is widely used in data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.

Java: Known for its reliability, Java is essential for enterprise-level applications and Android development.

C/C++: Vital for system programming, embedded systems, and performance-critical applications.

JavaScript: A must-learn for front-end and back-end web development, especially with frameworks like Node.js and React.

SQL: Fundamental for database management and data analytics.

Top Corporate Training Providers in Programming Languages in Mohali

1. ThinkNEXT Technologies

Why ThinkNEXT for Corporate Training? ThinkNEXT Technologies is a leading corporate training provider in Mohali, offering tailored programming language courses for companies of all sizes. Whether you need training in Python, Java, or any other language, ThinkNEXT provides expert-led sessions with practical, hands-on projects.

Programming Languages Covered:

Python, Java, C++, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, and more.

Advanced training in frameworks like Django (Python) and Spring (Java).

Training Features:

Customized corporate training based on business needs.

Hands-on projects with real-world applications.

In-house and online training options.

Why Choose Them? ThinkNEXT’s industry-certified trainers have years of experience, making them a reliable choice for companies looking to upgrade their teams’ skills.

2. Excellence Technology

Why Excellence Technology for Corporate Training? Excellence Technology is well-known for offering practical and result-oriented training solutions in programming languages. Their corporate training programs focus on real-world business challenges, ensuring your employees gain practical skills that can be immediately applied in your projects.

Programming Languages Covered:

Python, Java, JavaScript, C++, SQL, PHP, and more.

Specialized courses for mobile app development and web development.

Training Features:

In-depth practical exposure with live projects.

Flexible training schedules to minimize disruption to your business operations.

Both in-office and online training options available.

Why Choose Them? Excellence Technology offers customized training modules that suit specific business goals, ensuring your teams are aligned with the latest industry trends.

3. Webtech Learning

Why Webtech Learning for Corporate Training? Webtech Learning is a reputed institute in Mohali offering corporate training for businesses looking to upskill their employees in various programming languages. Their comprehensive courses are ideal for tech and non-tech professionals alike.

Programming Languages Covered:

Java, Python, C/C++, Ruby, JavaScript, SQL, and more.

Full-stack development and front-end/back-end specialization.

Training Features:

Tailored corporate training programs for different departments like IT, Data Science, and Development.

Experienced trainers with industry experience.

Online and offline training options, along with post-training support.

Why Choose Them? Webtech Learning is known for its flexibility and personalized training, making it a great choice for businesses with varying levels of technical expertise within their workforce.

4. iClass Mohali

Why iClass Mohali for Corporate Training? iClass Mohali specializes in offering professional corporate training that focuses on enhancing programming skills, productivity, and problem-solving abilities. They offer customized training for businesses across different industries, from startups to large enterprises.

Programming Languages Covered:

Python, Java, C#, C++, JavaScript, SQL, and more.

Frameworks like .NET, Django, and Node.js for advanced learning.

Training Features:

In-depth course materials designed for practical learning.

Experienced trainers with real-world project expertise.

Flexible learning options with training delivered at your premises or online.

Why Choose Them? With their focus on practical application and real-world business needs, iClass Mohali offers excellent value for corporate clients looking to strengthen their in-house tech teams.

5. Netmax Technologies

Why Netmax Technologies for Corporate Training? Netmax Technologies is another well-established name in Mohali for providing high-quality corporate training in programming languages. Their training programs are designed to boost employee proficiency in the latest technologies, ensuring your business remains competitive.

Programming Languages Covered:

Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, C++, and more.

Specialization in cloud computing, DevOps, and web development.

Training Features:

Comprehensive training with real-time projects and case studies.

Post-training support for ensuring the application of learned skills.

Both on-site and virtual corporate training sessions.

Why Choose Them? Netmax Technologies has a proven track record of providing effective training solutions, with a strong focus on practical skills and real-world applications.

How to Choose the Right Corporate Training Provider in Mohali

When selecting the best corporate training institute for your business, consider the following factors:

Customization: The program should be tailored to your specific industry needs and skill gaps.

Flexibility: Choose a provider that offers flexible training schedules and delivery methods (in-house, online, or hybrid).

Trainer Expertise: Ensure the trainers have relevant industry experience and a strong grasp of current programming trends.

Post-Training Support: Look for providers that offer ongoing support and mentorship even after the training program ends.

Conclusion: Elevate Your Team's Skills with the Best Corporate Training in Mohali

Investing in corporate training in programming languages is one of the smartest decisions a business can make in the digital age. With a skilled workforce, your business can innovate faster, reduce operational costs, and stay ahead of the competition. The above-mentioned institutes in Mohali offer top-notch corporate training programs that are customizable to meet your specific needs.

Whether you need to train your team in Python, Java, or full-stack development, these institutes offer reliable, flexible, and comprehensive solutions to ensure your employees are prepared to tackle tomorrow's challenges.

[vayamsblog]

Python is at the core of fintech’s evolution. Fueling high achievements in the sector, all thanks go to its flexibility, efficiency, and vast ecosystem of libraries. Known for its versatility, it has become a go-to language in Fintech. It is driving fintech firms to process transactions in real-time, predict market trends, boost security, etc. to give them a competitive edge in a fast-evolving industry. In this blog, we will explore why Python is at the heart of fintech’s future. 

[purple-link]

So I'm gonna go on another ai hate rant, but I'm gonna approach it a bit differently.

I like seeing people succeed. Human beings. People. Or, y'know, just a lucky shmo who was in the right place at the right time. Yeah people screw up, but that's just being human.

Right now, that's not the issue.

I'm a little cavalier when it comes to celebrities. I really don't follow their personal lives, and I don't want to. That's their business, shouldn't have to be ours. I have my own issues with a few of them, but I don't forget their humanity. That's a decision I have to make for myself.

It also makes for a really good story to write. More on that another time.

Obviously, I'm free to pick and choose who I like, and who I'm dissatisfied with, who are successful, but I'm mostly proud of them. Being successful, a professional actor or artist, a creative, or heck, just being able to move up in their position in their job. I believe that's called freudenfreude, or confelicity, to use a slightly dirtier sounding version of that term.

(The first one sounds like it comes with balloons.)

Now obviously this is not an entirely altruistic personality quirk; not to say that I'm not happy for someone without a reward, but that doesn't mean that's it's not worth a couple of bucks, either. I'd like to get paid for my work, but I'd also like to see that work shine. I have my own troubles with impatience and quality control (as you might have already seen), but that doesn't mean I don't understand the value of hard work.

Now, I'm not saying generative ai isn't hard work (or if it is, it certainly takes the least amount of effort), but there are ethical ways to use this technology. The issue is that it's not being used or preferred as a tool.

It's being preferred as a replacement. The entire replacement of a real life human being. Who is still alive.

There are those of us who have lived and trained (however briefly) to appreciate and respect hard work, from the first stroke of the brush to the last. I can't say that I'm entirely right, but what I will say is that the majority interest in ai (generative or otherwise) is to entirely replace a broad selection of jobs (both labor and creative).

It doesn't have to be a corporate decision either. That's why we get so much ai slop.

Take Duolingo for instance. Yes, it being a text based and language based program would be perfect for generative text ai, but is the syntax going to be perfect every time? Is it going to be the correct language every time? Is gen ai error rates worth replacing human error rates?

Language is a biological and socially human experience. Knowing there is a human behind those lessons gives it legitimacy and certification of the experience behind them. If a human gets it wrong, we can usually forgive them for making a human error, the same anyone could make.

AI sounds like it should make the right guess every time, but ai isn't about technical prowess, it's about technical prowess trying to be as best as it can at guessing. And guess what, it learns from those guesses, but it's not going to be able to learn the right lessons.

Not without what I've read some people term is basically the programming equivalent of a lobotomy. Which quite frankly is frightening no matter if you're a human or a robot.

Replacing Duolingo employees, who have probably studied their entire lives in communications classes in college and university, translated for probably a ton of important foreign dignitaries, and are quite capable of learning from that experience, with generative ai, which currently have no capability to learn from their experiences, reeks of corporate overreach, one that never had an interest in human welfare in the first place.

That's why people are mad.

If people are worried that Darth Vaider isn't as interesting as he was from the start, it's because he was given a lobotomy.

And the reason? It's because we are human beings, who are capable of making mistakes, whether we learn from them or not.

Kind of hard to be proud of or feel happy for successful people if they weren't even given the chance.

[password-door-lock]

Four Seasons by Your Side: Conservatory

You can feel Saeran trembling with anticipation as he clutches your hand, and you can’t help the grin that makes its way across your face. “You’re really looking forward to this, huh?” 

“Very much so,” Saeran confirms. “Yes.” He’s got a professional-grade camera hanging around his neck, and it’s clear that he is prepared to take a copious amount of photos during this excursion. You know he’s going to have a fun time developing the pictures later this week. 

“I’m excited, too,” you confess. Not only is this a romantic date, but it will also surely be an incredibly interesting learning experience. 

When you heard that one of Jumin’s business associates owned a private conservatory, you were intrigued. When you told Saeran, his immediate reaction was to request the contact information for the aforementioned associate. Two weeks later, here you are, following the conservatory’s caretaker, who has been instructed to grant the pair of you exclusive access. 

“Mr. Lee said he modeled the original conservatory after the ones he’d seen in Europe and North America,” Saeran informs you in a low tone. Apparently, his great reverence for nature extends to the plants in this conservatory as well, even if they are living outside of their natural habitat. He was just the same way at the zoo last week. “But when he started making additions, he wanted to honor Korean architecture, so he paid a lot of attention to modern and historical buildings, along with other greenhouses that he saw around when he was planning the design.”

“Is Mr. Lee an architect?” You know very little about Jumin’s colleague, who is very quickly becoming Saeran’s friend. You make a mental note to invite him to the next RFA party, anyway.

“I don’t think so,” Saeran admits, “He says he runs a language education program, a few grocery stores, and a soup restaurant that he wants to expand into a national chain soon. But I should ask him who he worked with on the conservatory project.”

It’s clear that Saeran has been paying a lot of attention to the emails he’s received from his new friend. “Oh, those corporate conglomerates.” You shake your head. Even after all this time with the RFA, you’ll never get used to the insight you now have into the business world, by virtue of your connection with Jumin and Jaehee.

“I’ll be right here if you have any questions,” says the caretaker. “Otherwise, Mr. Lee wanted you to have free rein of the place.” 

“Thank you.” Saeran’s tone is respectful. “We’ll keep that in mind.” Last week, he had a lot of questions for the zookeepers about all the animals he met. The pair of you must have spent half an hour near the polar bear den hearing about the threats such animals face living in their natural habitat. You can imagine that Saeran will make good on the offer to speak with the caretaker at length. Then again, he knows very little about animals and quite a lot about plants, so the conversations might be more involved and harder for you to follow than the ones you got to listen in on last week. 

You and Saeran set foot in the first part of the conservatory and discover, to your delight, a beautiful bonsai tree by the entryway.

“Oh!” Saeran exclaims, withdrawing the camera with lightning speed. “This was made from an azalea bush,” he explains, as he sets up the perfect shot. Saeran is never one to waste film; he always makes sure that his pictures are set up precisely how he wants them. “It must have taken a long time to train it like this.”

“Really?” You can appreciate that the little tree, with its fantastic pink blossoms, is beautiful, but you aren’t informed enough to have a very strong idea about how it got that way. 

“Mhm,” Saeran steps back to admire the tree from a distance. “When I was little, I thought bonsai trees just grew that way naturally. I saw a picture in a magazine once at the cathedral… but it turns out that trees like this are the result of hard work and careful training. The gardener has to put in a lot of time and effort to make the plant look like this.” 

“That’s like most things in life,” you muse, “A lot of stuff seems easy, like jobs or hobbies or whatever. But then you learn more about it and you find out what a challenge it really is.”

“That’s true,” Saeran agrees, “But the challenge is what makes it sweeter when you finally succeed at trying something new.”

He drops the camera in favor of your hand, a sweet gesture, though you know that Saeran will find plenty of opportunities to take pictures throughout your visit. You can’t wait to see the beautiful scrapbook that you know he’ll make featuring the images he’s collected on this trip. “Should we go in?”

“Sure.” You follow Saeran into the greenhouse proper. Unlike his greenhouse at home, it has a high, round roof which lets in just the right amount of sunlight for the plants to thrive without ruining the magical effect. 

“Wow, ferns!” Saeran gushes, still in that gentle and respectful tone. “And horsetails! I’ve been wanting to add some of those to our greenhouse.” 

You fan yourself, grinning broadly as Saeran drops your hand once more to take photos. As much as you like to be touching him, you’re not possessive, and you’re happier to see him so obviously overjoyed. “It seems like they do well in similar conditions to ferns.”

“Mmm,” Saeran considers this. “So I would probably have to add another room onto the greenhouse and keep it more humid in there.” 

“Do you need your sketchbook?” You’ve been carrying Saeran’s art supplies in your bag along with your own to balance out the weight of the camera. Though he certainly loves taking photos, he’s also gotten into drawing lately, and you’d be happy to sit here in this beautiful place and sketch the plants you see.

“In a minute, please,” Saeran decides, “And thank you, my love. Now, I want to get some pictures of this moss.” He squats down on the beautifully tiled floor to get a better angle of his subject.

For your part, you settle onto a nearby bench, content to watch your husband at work. Maybe you’ll try sketching a portrait of him before you bother with the plants.

[lboogie1906]

Corporal Clayton Pitre (June 30, 1924 - December 31, 2020) was an activist, former Chief Housing Developer for the Central Area Motivation Project, and a retired Montford Point Marine.

Born to Gilbert Pitre and Eugenie Lemelle, he was the fourth child of seven siblings. He was born and raised in Opelousas, Louisiana. He attended Catholic schools until the ninth grade when he gave up his education to work in various defense plants in early WWII Texas.

He was drafted into the military in 1943. He signed up to become one of the first African Americans to join the US Marine Corps and was trained at Camp Montford Point. In December 1943, he was sent to Saipan. His unit was sent to Okinawa as a decoy for the other forces that invaded the southern end of the island. He was an infantryman in the 1st Marine Ammunition Company sending ammunition to the front lines. He had earned his corporal stripes.

He was sent to China to oversee the evacuation of the Japanese Army. He was honorably discharged on February 8, 1946. He was persuaded to join one of his brothers in Seattle, where he got a job at Fort Lawton. He enrolled at Seattle’s Broadway Edison Technical School in a program specifically for military veterans who had not earned a high school diploma. He passed his vocational tests.

He married Gloria Tony (1958), a Seattle language teacher. The couple had three children. He graduated from Seattle University with a BS in accounting. He worked as a postal clerk and was active in the Seattle chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He worked with the First AME Church and the Urban League to help fund and build low-income housing across the city.

He joined the Veterans Administration. He continued his community involvement with the Knights of Columbus and the African American Dollars for Scholars program.

He was among 400 Black Marines honored by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony where each received a Congressional Gold Medal. They are the survivors of the nearly 20,000 Black Marines who trained at Montford Point (1942-49). #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #kappaalphapsi

[highly-nonexistent]

There is something very weird about the relatively short nature of the culture surrounding website creation. As in, like, internet-user-created websites have been around for like 30-31 years at this point, and the culture surrounding them has changed so very much.

People used to create websites left and right for their own needs, their little shops and their little blogs about what they liked. Some websites of course housing horrible content since their dawn, and some being as mundane but as unique as the person behind its code. I have seen older sites, archived, that promoted creating your own site, and that was interesting to see. That culture of creating your own website and of sharing that knowledge on a still-growing facet of communication.

And then at some point social media appeared, and that was interesting, because now everyone was able to quickly present themselves without the need of a website, but that didn't mean people stopped making websites. I mean, hell, Geocities died in 2009, so a lot of people were creating their own websites for free before that time, no need to pay for domain names or hosting. And even without Geocities, there were other website hosting things that yes, while not as customizable, were still a resource for people to work with them. There's still a website floating around that I made when I was a kid using one of these services. Cool stuff.

All this to say that I do feel a weird sense of dread looking back and cross-referencing with the present and seeing things like "website creator powered by AI" and shit like that, because just ?? How did it go plummeting so quickly. There is a weird feeling of having lost a developing culture to corporations making quick access to posting things that, as corporations' nature dictates, are used to sell data or to train models or what have you. Similarly, we get pretty same-y looking pages because of the need to be slick or whatever with designs that just leaves everything looking the same. ALSO, the loss of spaces for kids, or just the gradual lowering of them in favor of cocomelons and whatever else the devil's machine has spawned is like watching an apple decay before having ripened. I do feel like there is this phenomenon in which how to make a site has been lost in the notion of "making a website falls into the realm of evil and scary coding and I could never be a programmer, plus who would look at it, plus we have tools to make them," etc etc etc. Here is a little secret: website creation is not exactly hard to pick up at all. You might say it's very similar to using a rich text editor like Word or a notes app or whatever you use. Similarly, have you used markdown for things like messages or D iscord messages, you know, with the asterisks for bold text and the likes? Markdown is based on html's structures. And truly, you do not have to even learn to code using Javascript if you don't want to, you can just go full html + css and structure your things as you go, adding your little images and your updates. Because guess what !! Html and css are not programming languages, they're a markup language and a stylesheet language respectively, which is a fancy way to say "you make the structure of your page with the first one and make it pretty with the second one". This includes cool stuff like tables, lists, grids, colors, transitions, etc. All of that without any programming. (That being said, if you are interested in programming, Javascript isn't too bad to pick up. The language itself *is* kind of evil, but using it in conjunction with html is not too difficult). I do have to say though, I am glad that there is a push to making your own websites and things, especially with Neocities sprawling a huge community of avid website creators, as well as the huge amount of tutorials and stuff making the push forward with making sites and online spaces and experiences more widely available. Hopefully this becomes a trend that keeps going up, considering the state of seemingly every single social media that has existed since the 2000s- 2010s.

[dana-chan-the-control-brain]

Hey, you know a lot about fnaf. Maybe you can tell me why I've been seeing so many thirst traps of the Mimic. It's worse than the Sun Ass

........

I don't really know where you're finding them.

I've seen more Thirst traps of MXES (and it's deserved. he sexy)

But like.... if It's all on Twitter, I don't own a Twitter account. So I miss out on seeing a lot of that stuff.

My only guess is that the Mimic is a horrifying monster but is sympathetic as a character.

He only reacts in violence, because he was beaten to death by his own creator for simply following it's program.

Which is a common theme in the Tales of the Pizzaplex Books.

When Fazbear Frights was more about the Abstract and Goosebumps kinda short story horror of either crazy products, or creepy haunted objects...

Tales of The Pizzaplex short stories usually involve tales of Robots that are literally doing their job, and it's misconstrued by humans, or there are aspects not taken into account.

There's literally a short story of a Ballora trying to drag a human to safety... not taking into account that they are pulling too hard through a tight space and ripping their arms off. Or a little Helper/Cleaner Robot called HAPPS who is trying to pull/escort boys out of a series of playtube tunnels cause they're lost.... but not taking into account, parts of their body are shredded into dangerous machinery. And is essentially raking sharp knives and slicing the boys in half while trying to help. This is actually true to how robots behave in our real world. I've heard real stories where children get crushed in Disney rides, because someone didn't install safety measures in the rides to sense if there was a presence on the track. The Tales books are very less "these machines are haunted" and more: "These robots are doing EXACTLY what they are programmed to do... and that itself is the horror." Which I actually LOVE that this is the direction that FNAF is taking these days.

The Mimic kinda follows that same train of logic.

It's whole life it was programed to Mimic the behavior of a Four Year old. To keep him company. When the Son died in a horrific car crash accident, the Mimic is still copying the behavior of the four year old. This enrages the engineer that designed it. So in a fit of rage and grief, he beat the endo to death.

Since the Robot is programmed to Mimic behaviors.... This gets it's programing disturbed and confused.

He was taught violence.... so Violence was added into his behaviors... without removing the previous behavior.

All of Mimic's victims in the books are killed in ways that it was taught from being essentially "raised" as a four year old boy.

It scooped out the brains of humans...... An action/sign language that the four year old taught it for "wanting Icecream"

It puts on mascot suits..... Something that the four year old did in his fathers workshop while playing around....

It hung up a whole bunch of Employees on Hooks and rusty nails....... Because the Engineer/Father said to "Hang up your clothes"

It's programing got corrupt and twisted. It's taking these Parent to child lessons, and twisting them into violence.

In the books, it's theorized that it "observed a twisted game of hide and seek" but that's not the case.... It probably played Hide and Seek with the child it was a companion too, and the Rage and Violence it learned took that Game and MADE it twisted.

In the books, the Mimic Program was brought to the Pizzaplex when it was still under construction.... and a technician reprogramed it to disassemble robots, by removing their limbs and putting it in a pile.

Now... This task was added onto it... without deleting it's previous tasks.

So of course... It twists the order.... Disassembling humans and ripping their limbs and putting them in a pile.

The Mimic is a Monster.

but it a Monster made by Grief, Rage, Corporate Greed, and Guilt.

So if people are simping for it and find it a sympathetic character...

They aren't wrong...

But I really believe that the sad situation is that the Mimic can't unlearn the violence it has been taught.

It is doing what it's programmed to do...

And that's the real sad tragedy of the Mimic.

It's an adaptive Learning AI that literally can not decern right or wrong. It simply learns... and builds upon it's previous knowledge.

.......(and if all of this does not sound like Glitchtrap at all, it's cause it's not.... The Mimic has it's own Method of Killing Described EXACTLY in the Books that it took the lessons that it learns very literally... and people are only saying so... cause it "lures" children..... But this is something that it learned how to do on it's own... when a bunch of dumb teens went urban exploring and all died trying to lure and trap this thing..... Anyone can lure a child... and we can have more than one overarching villain in this story.)