#Testing Techniques

[testinganswers]

Let's Put Things Together! An Easy Guide to Joining Tables in Databases

Introduction: Imagine you have two separate boxes of toys. One box has all your cars, and the other has all the colors of paint you have. Sometimes, you want to know which color you used to paint each car, right? Well, in the world of computers and databases (which are like super-organized digital boxes!), we often have information stored in different “boxes” called tables. “Joining” is like a…

[theegh0st]

DOODLE DUMP!!

[wuthering-tempest]

dads and the pet they didnt want

[pigeonpalacade]

Sneak peak of the butch wolvie page I'm working on... hehe

[skillissue71]

sooooooorryyyyy.........

[anris-resurrection]

watch and behold as I use Bill to practice every technique I know as I re-learn this program lol

Edit: I didnt like my stamp placement so I changed it lol

[mooko-was-here]

"real tears woah!!"

[nouverx]

Was originally just supposed to be a quick painting sketch but I got carried away 🙈

[miscellaneousrenaissant]

[teamunee]

bingmaid

[testinganswers]

Grouping Data with GROUP BY

Introduction: What’s the Big Deal About Groups? Start with a relatable analogy. Imagine having a big box of toys: cars, dolls, and building blocks. If you want to know how many of each type of toy you have, what do you do? You group them together! Explain that databases are like giant boxes of information, and sometimes we need to group similar information together to understand it…

[windvexer]

This is in response to an anonymous ask. Anon has been able to sense what we might call Oversoul or Big animals for a while, but since a significant magical awakening Anon has lost the clarity of their Sight.

Anon has advised that after trying connection techniques that used to work, this problem has not resolved.

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Anon, I disagree with your hypothesis that this may be an active choice by your spirits, either to test you or to encourage you to do something.

When I went through my 'awakening' I encountered an intense shift in the kind of work I had been able to do, and I had to re-learn old skills I was already confident in. It's happened to me more than once. It blows.

This isn't because I was being tested, but rather because my circuitry was being converted from DC to AC and the 12 volt systems weren't compatible with my hardware any more.

I believe it's normal for practitioners to lose and have to re-learn or adapt around old skills. It sucks, but it happens. It would rarely be my first assumption that these things are spirits wanting distance, or putting us through shit tests, or something.

Here are my suggestions:

Tell them you do not like the distance and it's scary. Invite them back and ask them to stay close.

Put old techniques up on the shelf and try something completely new. Like if before you were attempting grounded visualization, this time try water scrying. Or, shapeshifting during astral travel.

Ask them to send clear, direct messages about how to resume old levels of clarity and contact.

Redirect your focus away from spirit working and towards psychism: perform experiments to see if there are any other changes to your Sensing and try to troubleshoot

Engage the help of an ally known to assist with matters of Sensing and clarity, perhaps including gods, plants, or mineral spirits; or smaller spirits (especially the Dead) who can give you information to improve your Sensing and solve this problem.

Redirect focus towards matters of magical hygiene; regular cleansing, unblocking, and ward maintenance can have material effects on Sensing.

Review all ongoing sorcery and ensure no wards, spells, or any projects could be impacting the ability of spirits to easily arrive to you.

Review many recent actions and ensure you have not accidentally caused offense or accidentally did something to send the spirits away; resolve offenses, known or unknown, through general offering rituals asking to bury the hatchet and resume a positive relationship

[thisisntseriousbusiness]

Bagginshieldtober - Day 1

Prompt - Khuzdul

Please enjoy this sketch of the two people I cannot, for the life of me, get out of my head :3

[windydrawallday]

I enjoy sharing with @cometchasinglove headcanons about how Earthspark Starscream tends to be a flustered mess... but keeps most of these reactions to himself.

Except if taken by surprise... breaking his no-touchy personal barrier is the easiest way to achieve that.

[ashpenly]

Edward Hyde the man you are

[incorrectgreatestestatedeveloper]

Javier, after walking in on Lloyd doing high level magic out of nowhere: .....

Lloyd: I can explain.

Javier: Can you?

Lloyd, sighing: no, probably not.