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anamariamauricia · 2 years
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read this book (in a fruitless attempt) to better understand the details of the thirty years’ war and the author gets her digs at these people at every chance she gets:
“In the Louvre the King [Louis XIII] lay on his huge bed day after day, but his unhealthy body, which had for the last years never seemed truly alive, was unable to die. The pulse beat obstinately on in the wasted skeleton. Day after day he lay almost motionless, sometimes sinking into troubled sleep, sometimes half-conscious, sometimes speaking, while his wife cried noisily at his bedside.”
“Richelieu, though never popular, had evoked a certain apprehensive admiration. The people did not feel the same about Cardinal Mazarin. The dapper little Sicilian with his petty personal vanities, his childlike ostentation, his delight in craft and cunning, had few impressive qualities. Equally he had not the comprehensive genius of Richelieu; he never understood or managed to control the internal politics of France.”
“Philip IV, having lost both his wife and only son within a few weeks of each other, began, with indecent haste, to seek out a young bride; he was not a very prepossessing husband, old and glum for his forty-odd years, dumbly stupid; as a ruler, a useless idol. He was devoted only to his one remaining child, the scatter-brained little Infanta who was despite the formalities of Madrid and the splendours of Versailles remained through life a foolish, impulsive, perpetually sweet-tempered schoolgirl.”
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codmw2019-2022 · 4 days
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COD MW [2019-22] - Relationships part 1 of ?
Just wanted to preface before I get into it that I did struggle with writing this. It's my first time since high school writing something like this so it's been a bit of a struggle to get back into it.
I've also haven't added any romantic relationships to this, unless the characters have kissed or are canonically married ( like Laswell ) it falls more into head-canon territory. I may also come back and edit this in the future, I'm just getting down a general idea of how I currently view their relationships.
!! Just adding this is all my own interpretation of these characters. !!
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Relationship Chart
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Explanation : So this cube shows character relationships following both MW (19) , MWII (22) , and MWII Atomgrad Raids storyline. (Yes I am ignoring MWIII, no I will not elaborate /hj)
With this I can confidently show who has and has not interacted and what their relationship is from there. Since I'm not speculating if relationships are romantic or not I've decided to focus on how close the characters are. For instance Alejandro and Rodolfo are both shown to care about each other, same goes for Laswell and Price.
I was going to add in characters like Hadir and Valeria, but with Valeria her relationship with Alejandro and Rodolfo is very cut and dry; and Hadir's relationship is something I'll focus more on when I write about Farah. Their relationship is more complicated and interesting than most other characters.
Character Relationships
Farah :
Her relationships are mostly focused on trust or admiration. She's more close to characters who have stood by her side in tough times, such as Alex and Price. With this though as soon as her trust is betrayed she is more resentful and hostile towards them, like with her brother Hadir.
You can see through most of MW before Hadir's betrayal that she does care about her brother, but as she says to Alex during the cutscene before Hunting Party.
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Farah's relationship with Hadir changes instantly after his betray, no matter how much Hadir and Farah care about each other she will never see him as her brother again. This is shown more during the 6th and 7th cutscene during the Atomgrad raids. Hadir does care for Farah and even admits he personally wont kill her, but he will still stop her since their beliefs are so different.
Quotes :
Gaz: You'll be hunting your own brother. Farah: He is not my brother. Not anymore.
Farah: It is impossible that we share the same blood. Hadir: I love you, Farah- Even if you hate me… Hadir: In that way we are not the same. Farah: One of many…
Hadir: Sister… Together we can stop them, like we did before… Farah: Believe me… I will… Farah: My way… with those I trust.
Price :
He keeps a wall of professionalism between most of his close relationships, the exception being Laswell. We see this on multiple occasions where he goes from calling Laswell by her last name and instead calling her Kate. Usually when she is either in danger like what happens during Recon By Fire, or during moments of stress/anger.
Price does show genuine care for those he is close too especially when they could be hurt or in danger, but it's just not shown the same way his care for Laswell is. Same with Nikolai their relationship is best described by the mission title when we first see Nikolai, 'Old Comrades'. They're close but not in the same way civilians are, both being a hardened solider has changed the way their friendship can be viewed from the outside.
Laswell :
Similar to Price she keeps her interactions more professional, while still also bantering with Gaz or Price on occasion. She does however verbally show more care about those she is close too, for instance telling Farah to "Take care of them." ( in reference to Gaz and Price ) at the start of Atomgrad raids.
Alex :
With rewatching both MW and the Atomgrad raids I've realized that Gaz and Alex's relationship is a lot closer than the fandom makes it out to be. Both of them check in with each other, sharing banter and jokes. Alex's relationship with Gaz is more familiar and close, where as Alex's relationship with Farah is focused more on him being supporting and committed to her and her cause. He's willing to sacrifice himself for Farah, where as Gaz and Alex are equals leaving room for more friendly banter.
Quotes :
Gaz: If it wasn't me- I'm glad it was you. Alex: Too bad we couldn't kill him twice.
Alex: I'm pretty sure everything we do is illegal. Gaz: Only the good stuff. Gaz: You got friends nearby. Alex: You too.
Gaz: Told ya you had friends nearby. Gaz: Man o' steel. Alex: Titanium…
Gaz :
Out of all the characters Gaz is definitely the most open about his feelings. He outwardly more caring and emotional, we can see this with how he treats the other characters, he barely knows like Farah and offers her a drink after Hadir's betrayal and also willing to make his own support for Farah known when her liberation force is put on the foreign terror organization list.
Unlike Price, Gaz isn't as hardened by war yet, we do see this change over the course of the series so far. But compared to Price, he seems more friendly this may be because he is a good judge of character or might be because he is just more friendly. This doesn't mean he's quick to trust though.
AN:
Thank you all for waiting for this to come out, I've been struggling a bit with working on this blog. I will keep working on it but I'm just not as confident with my character analysis as I am with research gathering and collection information which is important to the story and characters we love.
I'm going to spend a bit more time working on the next part to this focusing on the character introduced during MWII, but in the mean time I'll see if I can get something else out.
PS: I've also spent some free time working on my cod oc and because of this I might be redoing the character ages post, not sure yet whether or not to edit the post or make a new updated one.
I'm also wondering if you all are interested in learning a bit about my cod oc and the mixed matched cod universe I've put them in. I'd make a separate blog for zem but curious to know if this is something you want to see.
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chit-chat-bluejay · 9 months
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MY SHIFTING EXPERIENCE!; Shooting dramas that don't exist in this reality
summary; i am posting this to motivate those who have not shifted yet. i noticed there is not much things they could possibly be motivated by, as shifters don't share too much of their shifting experiences. so i decided to share memories of my favourite drama i have got the honour to be a part of! <3
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to start of, i would like to say that the cast for the drama already exists in another high school drama in this reality, but i will not be naming any of the actors or actresses! this is to respect privacy as well as; while they might know me in that reality, they do not know me in this one and so coming upon a post like this - even if by accident - could possibly make them uncomfortable! as well as not everyone understands what shifting is. either way, i would like to thank you for your understanding!
so! to start off, i should probably explain that; the dramas that i will be talking about do not exist in this reality, but regardless they are my favourite ones i have starred in due to the friendships i have got to make through them! of course, the story is fascinating as well. which i will try to explain~
so, to start of! i looked it up, and unfortunately, the director does not exist in this reality. it saddened me a bit; i figured he would make a lot of interesting dramas and movies here as well! but unfortunately that is not the case. either way, he is one of the most creative people that i have ever came across. the dramas i will talk about - and which he directed - are really supposed to serve as one big drama split in two halves! if that makes sense to anybody. one half being 'to hold you' and the other half being 'while dying'.
they are supposed to be a mirror of each other, or rather a parallel universe? i have heard it be described in multiple ways, so i am not quite sure how to explain it perfectly but those two terms do it quite well.
to be clear these two dramas; are set in the same place, with the same characters, with the same cast & director, same school, same family ect. the things that differ are; the genres, dynamics and storyline.
the softer, sweet version is "to hold you"! It's a rom-com that's also a slice of life kind of thing? everyone is happy, yet still has their own struggles and there are many life lessons along the way. there isn't a 100% match of dramas in this reality in terms of vibes, but I would say the vibes are similar to reply 1988 and reply 1994!
the darker, more stressful version is "while dying"! while the title doesn't make much sense, it does once you watch it. not my character, but another actress', let's call her h! sets chaos between their friend group by deciding to send a text in a large group chat involving the friend group + everyone else involved detailing everything messed up or illegal the friend group did since she believes she is dying because of us. - this happens at the end of episode 1 - in terms of being dramatic and emotionally distressing I would compare this side more to penthouse? just not with adults; but rather highschoolers! so, for example these things would be my character being abused by her boyfriend, me being the reason why another characters - in the friend group - sister is blind, that person secretly taking pictures of another girl in the friend group to sell online, and that girl secretly stealing stuff to sell to be able to buy dangerous substances and so on. - there are so many characters it would take long to list it. -
so, as you can see! the two dramas serve opposites of each other. let's take a character, junho! - yes, these are k-dramas! and before you accuse me of anything, i am asian. - you see, he is a gentle giant in 'to hold you'! always protecting girls, being there for each main character, the ideal son, helpful, sweet and kind. however! in 'while dying' he is the character that secretly takes pictures of people to sell on the internet. it starts of with a girl in the friend group and slowly escalates to more people he looks at as deserving of it. or for my character for example! in 'while dying' she is the reason why junho's sister is blind! she did it because she saw the abuse junho goes through but was ashamed to own up to and refused to hit back. so jia - my character - impulsively acted out. later in the series, as secrets start to unfold bit by bit we find out that she is abused as well by her boyfriend! but! in 'to hold you' jia is friend's with the sister, happy, extroverted, loud and really an overall cheerful and happy person, and the boyfriend is the 'ideal husband' type. as in they are a power couple!
the point is; no matter which one you watch first, you will become insanely emotional!
either way! the reason why i chose this one is because i have spent about 8-10 years in that dr - i forgot when exactly my first shift was, probably around 2018 there! - , and i shifted there last week, on tuesday! it made me insanely happy to be able to work on such a nice project and I formed such beautiful friendships - which i mention an annoying amount but oh well! - that I just want to share it! maybe this will be the motivation that will finally help someone experience the amount of joy and excitement they very well deserve!
also, for reference while 8-10 (probably 10!) years went by there, only 1 hour passed by here! so i will let myself "rest" for a few more days before attempting to shift again mid week-ish! unless you benefit from it, you should never push yourself over your limits! <3
anyway! one interesting thing i would like to mention is that i have actually became friends with person h! - as i said i won't be naming anyone for privacy's sake - she is a really kind and lovely person, and I actually had no idea she exists in this reality as well! even her name is the same! it just shocked me because i have never searched her up or gave too much attention to her in this reality, yet she was a side character in multiple things i have watched! i guess this is due to my subconscious remembering her; i just didn't. i just thought about mentioning it because it is soooo fun!
another person i have became friends with is person b! actually, a lot of people hated him for portraying the bad side of his character so well, while some people idolised him due to the good-natured side of the character. it was very funny to see, i remember watching edits together with him and laughing at some comments! - which i had to sometimes translate - it was people arguing about his character! to me it really shows that he is an amazing actor! he played my boyfriend in both dramas and became my best friend in real life! i never interacted with the actor in this reality so i cannot say they are 100% same! however in that reality he is like the best person ever. 'brings you snacks at 2am just bc you said you were craving them' type of friend!
and person c! junho's actor! he seems to be a sweet and shy person in both realities so that's that! we actually had a lot of fun on set and often times had to retake many shots. not because we are bad at acting; we just couldn't stop laughing at random things! looking back at it i really appricate the patience everyone else involved in production have had. we actually became really close as well! the type of friend you don't need to interact with everyday but still have an extra strong and meaningful bond with. we also acted in many other dramas and movies as well! he is a sweetheart, really.
this was also the first project where i got to try out fake blood as well! i had to bite down on a little thingy in one scene to make it look like it's pouring out of my mouth! i think it was cool, but i was a bit worried since i am a clumsy person lmao! everything went well tho <3
either way! these are the most motivating things i could think of for this post, but i could later make a part two or add to it. i also like answering questions,,, either way, next story time will be about my very first time shifting! mwa, thank you for reading sweet angel!
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fishyfishyfishtimes · 6 months
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Got any facts about Siamese Algae Eaters?
I have a juvenile in my larger tank that decided to join up with my rummy nose tetras and behaves like them as opposed to an algae eater and even though it’s starting to outgrow the tetras in size the tetras seem to have accepted their weird group member.
First time I’ve ever seen a fish join a different species and act like it’s one of them. My theory is that because I got this one as a baby it may have thought the tetras were the same species because at that time they were the same size and the rummy nose tetras have a similar body shape and silver color plus the black tail stripes matching the black stripe along the algae eater.
Awww!!!! You hear about animals growing up around other animals and then acting like them and animals "adopting" members of other species but I really haven't ever heard of fish doing the same either! The algae eater thought it was a tetra too... my heart....!
Anyway, you'll get your fact! But uh, this one is a tad different.
Fish fact #593
"Siamese algae eater"!
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What specie or species the "Siamese algae eater" name refers to is a whole conundrum and a half. Very often this name is attributed to Crossocheilus oblongus, which is a synonym for C. siamensis, but it is now believed that very few or no true C. oblongus individuals actually appear in the aquarium trade! Instead, multiple other species are referred to as Siamese algae eaters and/or mislabeled as C. oblongus/siamensis, notably C. atrilimes, C. langei, C. nigriloba, Garra cambodgiensis ("false Siamese algae eater"), and Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus ("flying fox"). Interestingly, FishBase gives out the title of "Siamese algae eater" to Gyrinocheilus aymonieri and instead calls C. oblongus by the common name Siamese flying fox.
All this to say, the common name Siamese algae eater encompasses many species! What you're getting might not be C. oblongus at all, but a different kind of fishy friend instead.
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akysi · 3 months
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Hey Do you have any tips on making a logo because ive been looking to make logo for Ask blog and was wondering if you had any tips?
Hey, thanks for asking! :D I can be very wordy about stuff I’m passionate about so my apologies for the length of this answer ^^’ That said though, if you have any further questions feel free to reply or send another ask :) Here’s a few tips, I hope they help!
1. Choose a font (or draw one yourself) that fits what you want the logo to represent Similar to how specific choices are made to convey the intent in character design, font choice in a logo design can affect the overall “feel” of it, so try to pick ones that fit whatever you’re making the logo for. In other words, logos can have their own “character” too! Many character design principles, such as shape language and colour theory, can apply to logo design as well. If this is for a fandom/pre-existing media, try looking up those logos first if you want to match their look for your own. Also try studying logos you like in general to figure out how they're constructed, and use anything you like from them in your own design!
There are a ton of styles and combinations out there, but one of the biggest distinctions between fonts is serif versus sans serif.
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Though not the case every time, serif fonts tend to look more old-fashioned/traditional, while sans serif usually appears more modern/digital.
While you can use any font for inspiration if you intend to draw your own, if you just want to type one out, then be sure to look up the usage permissions for it first. Not all are free for personal use and may be stolen even if they're listed as free online. If you’re unsure, search the font name and find the license or usage permissions directly from the creator/font foundry if you can!
2. How “fancy” you want your logo to be is up to you, but make sure it still works as a flat image as well This is less applicable if you’re only using the logo for one thing, but generally speaking you want your logo to be versatile enough to still be readable without all of the fancy gradients and drop shadows added. Those should be extra details, not the main component that's holding up the whole design, so to speak.
I recommend starting with the flat or black & white version and refine the design enough in that stage first before moving on the final clean/fancy version. Here's a comparison between the flat and full version of the logo for my comic project, Starglass Zodiac (original post here):
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Even without all of the shiny stuff on top/underneath, the flat colour version still functions as intended. 3. Make sure the width/length/size of the logo works well for what it will be used for For example, if you want to use the logo on the banner for your ask blog, make sure it'll can be read well in that format. You can do this by either making the logo in a file that's the same dimensions as your banner, or testing the rough design for the logo on the banner first before committing to the final design.
Also make sure that the logo doesn't blend into whatever background you intend to put it on, especially if the logo itself doesn't have a background. Adding a black or white (or both) stroke around the logo can help it appear on more background colours.
4. Make sure the most important words are largest or are the focal point otherwise Similar to the last point, make sure that a viewer will get the gist of your logo even if they look at it quickly. This is most relevant for logos for things that have long titles or have a subtitle attached to a main name. If your logo will have multiple words, having a hierarchy of importance in size and/or colour can help the viewer see the most important part first.
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Now for some general additions/effects to consider for your logo!
Gradients - Your best friend, one of the easiest ways to make even the simplest logo look fancier than the flat version, if the overall style you're going for calls for it. These can allow you to have colour shifts over the whole design, or add highlights in parts of it to tie the whole thing together. You can also add edge highlights/shadows on top of these too.
Textures - Similar to gradients, textures can add a lot of flair to a design very quickly. Even gradients themselves can be textures already, like mimicking shiny metal or the like. They can also be used to represent something about what the logo is for, like adding a rocky texture for a logo involving mountain climbing or ancient ruins.
Strokes - These are outlines around your lettering that can help them be seen on multiple background colours, or to make specific letters pop out from the others. You can use multiple strokes on different areas of the same design as needed, but make sure they don't impede the legibility of the lettering itself! Many of the Kirby logos use several strokes at once, like this one below.
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Backgrounds - Any colour/shape underneath the text to serve as a base for it. Similar to strokes, they can help the lettering read properly on multiple colours/shades. They can also provide additional information about what the logo is for or represents, like putting a sunset in the background of a logo that has "Sunset" in the name.
Drop Shadows and Outer/Inner Glows - These are often paired together, as they generally serve the same purpose; emphasizing the part of the design they're applied too. Drop shadows can help "lift" some parts of the design off the base, while glows can outline something instead, like a soft version of a stroke. It's very easy to overuse these though, so use them sparingly!
Bevels & Edging - Adding these to the lettering or other parts of the design can make them stand out more, especially if you add shading to it! One of my favourite examples of this is the main Spyro logo, both classic and modern :)
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Blocking - Basically a way to make the letters or the whole logo look more 3D by adding "blocks" underneath it, which can also help add another colour to the logo's palette! Spyro's logo above uses shaded blocking.
There are a ton of other effects and ways to combine them, so feel free to experiment with a bunch of them! As one final example, here's a breakdown of the logo design I made for The Zodiac Experiment (Original post here) so you can see how these effects can work together on one piece!
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Have fun designing! ^_^
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tetrakys · 7 months
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this was never in the history of forever ever gonna happen and i understand why it didn't and why it won't but i would've died 1000 deaths for a male mc in mcl. not even just in new gen, i would've loved to be gay asf in hsl, ul and ll too:') this isn't like a critique or anything but a guy can dream right😂😂?
lol anyway, just wondering if maybe you have any recs for otome with male/gn mc? or if not if you know someone who might? mcl is the only one I've ever gotten really into so i don't know about any other games like it 🙃
I'm sorry, friend. I really wish you and everyone were able to play the game as you wish and wouldn't have to "adapt" to what is available. Unfortunately some features like a male MC or multiple f/f routes are too expensive for a small company like Beemoov.
Tbh I haven't seen many otome games with a male MC around, otome by definition have female protagonists. There are lots of BL games around though (BL = boys love) where the MC is gender locked as male and all the crushes are male. I've never played one so I can't recommend any but if you look for BL games I'm sure you're going to find a ton!
Other than BL/yaoi games, there are games with no visuals of the MC so you can assume they are whatever gender you prefer (oten they let you choose pronouns). Generally these games have no illustrations or they do but only show the crushes alone without the MC. A few names I can think of are Arcana, Obey Me, Touchstarved (only the demo is out at the moment), When The Night Comes and other games from the same company (iirc there was some drama around it but I'm not informed). Again, take a look around because there are many! I think these games are generally referred to as Amare games, because they have the same formula of otome games but aren't strictly aimed at a female audience.
The only otome game with visuals I can think of which attempted to have both female and male MC and also multiple routes (5 male and 5 female) is Sweet Elite. However, I would say that it failed in this attempt, because in 12 episodes of the first season, there is only one episode with 1-1 illustrations with the crushes, then there is one episode where there are illustrations of the crushes alone, and everything else is group illustrations, max 2 or 3 per episode. (To me it ended up feeling more like a friendship game than a romance game.)
So, clearly, it's even more proof that when games have a big visual component and also offer customisation, it's basically impossible to have two genders MC. Unless it's a huge company producing them, but I'm not even sure that's the case because Is It Love? games for example were produced by Ubisoft and they didn't even offer look customisation, let alone gender customisation.
Another suggestion I can give you, is to check out mobile apps such as Chapters, Choices and Episodes. These aren't exactly otome games, but more similar to romance books translated as games. They have huge libraries and several titles are either gender locked yaoi or you can pick your own gender. You can even customise the looks of the MC and the crushes, but of course there are no CGs.
Oh, and one last thing that comes to mind, another option for you could be to check out dating app simulation games, basically fake tinder apps, they have lots of crushes each one with their own story, you can choose pronouns but your avatar will never appear in game or in CGs. A few names I remember are MeChat, Love Link, Love Verse, but I'm sure there are more. The stories can be quite entertaining so I suggest you check them out. (I remember MeChat had both a Lysander and a Castiel lookalikes).
So really, there are SO MANY games around that there's no need to stick to one where we have to adapt to game features we don't like. Ultimately MCL's main target audience are straight, cis women (with a very small offering of f/f routes) and I wouldn't stick to it if I weren't one. I remember when I started playing 11 years ago and I was looking for more games in a language I could understand and I could find very little, now instead there's so much competition that there's something for literally everyone.
Good luck with your search, let me know if you find anything you like! 💕
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blindbeta · 2 years
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Do they make braille embossed pills or pill containers? I'm disabled (sighted) and I have to take a lot of pills and I was just thinking about how a lot of them have similar shapes and sizes, and how that could really be a problem for blind people, even color-blind people.
Accessible Pill Bottles
This probably contains way more than the asker needed, but here we are.
You’re right to wonder this, as it can be a pain to figure out pill bottles. Luckily there are many options.
If someone has only a few pills, they might be able to tell them apart by size.
One way is to use a Braille or large print pill box, such as this one on MaxiAid. You can get one for each day of the week or one for day and night pills. You can either fill the pill box with the help of sighted people or use accessible bottles to count out the pills on your own. More on making bottles accessible below. With pill boxes, you know what pills to take and when since they’re grouped together. The pills themselves may not need to be accessible.
Another option is something like this PenFriend, demonstrated in this TikTok. Blind people can label each bottle with a voice memo.
Braille labels can be made at home. Large print letters or markings on lids can be made with a marker.
It is also an option to use bump dots. felt fabric, paint, or a sticker to differentiate bottles, if one has good memory recall.
I also found these newly created accessible pill bottles, which feature some of the things I listed and more, though not necessarily using the same technology. From the link:
A lid on “hinges” that flips open, and is, at the same time, child proof
A small, anti-tip, rectangular bottle body that allows a user to easily reach in and pick out 1 or 2 pills
One of 8 distinct textures on the bottle’s flip lid that corresponds with a different medication
Medications differentiated by a different, deep-colored lid that those with limited vision can actually see when it is close to the eye
A “fail-safe” audio button on the lid could be pressed for an audio statement on the medicinal contents
Lastly, here is a blog post on excellent ways to make medication bottles accessible.
If you don’t like high tech things or don’t have much at your disposal, options include: bump dots, Braille labels, and large print labels. As the blog states, these can be requested wherever medication is picked up, or created using a label maker.
For more techy stuff, one option is the Talking Rx. Doctors record the information for each prescription. Apparently you must purchase one per bottle, so this could get expensive for people who need several prescriptions.
The blog post also mentions the PenFriend I wrote about previously. It adds that pharmacists can record names, dosage information, and other instructions upon request. The PenFriend stickers can also be used for other things, and can allow for labeling multiple bottles along with instructions.
The blog also mentions ScriptTalk Station as well as various apps for phones that are helpful.
Final thoughts: there are many ways to make pills bottles and pill boxes accessible. Keep in mind, what someone uses will depend on the following: how many pills they take and when, money or access to free aids, how many similar bottles they have, personal preference, remaining vision, memory recall, ability to read Braille or embossed letters, and if they have medication other than pills such as medical eye drops vs regular eye drops. And more, probably.
I hope this helps.
Here is Molly Burke’s video titled How I Dose Out Prescription Cream Medication As a Blind Woman
And here is Molly Burke speaking about the Talking Rx method.
Thank you to the person who informed me about these helpful videos.
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pomrania · 2 years
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Kitty Smaugust day 20: horror
I want to draw your cats as dragons, using the Smaugust prompts by @pencilcat as inspiration, and I’m making a different post for each day and its prompt. If it’s 20 August 2022 anywhere in the world, you can make a request on this post. (If it’s no longer that date, but it’s still August 2022, check here for my list of prompts and their posts.) Reblog this post, and add in a photo of your cat and the cat’s name, and I will draw that cat as a dragon, using the current day’s prompt (shown in the title; so for today, "horror") as inspiration.
(For this prompt, I’ll draw your cats as horrifying creatures only if you explicitly ask me to; otherwise, I’ll be sticking with either kid-friendly monster designs, or dumb jokes that make me giggle when I think about them [because “dumb jokes” are always on the table for me].)
Similar rules apply as my previous art events:
Once you’ve made a request here, wait until I’ve drawn and posted it before making another request; this ensures that everyone has a chance, while not putting arbitrary limits on stuff if it’s a slow day. However, you can make a request on a new day’s post even if I haven’t yet drawn your request from the previous day’s post.
It is allowed, and encouraged, to make requests on multiple days, and to make multiple different requests of the same cat, so we can see different ways that the cat can be a dragon. I would prefer that different photos be used, but I understand if you don’t have many good photos.
Only one photo and only one cat per request. I won’t choose between multiple photos you provide, and I won’t draw multiple critters in one request. If the photo has multiple cats in it, be specific about which cat you want me to draw; if you want all of them drawn, then you’ll have to make separate requests for each one, as described in the first point.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be your current cat; it can be a past or present pet, or the cat of a friend or relative, but it needs to be a cat you have some kind of connection to, not just a random picture you found online.
I’m willing to dragonify non-cat animals, so long as you can claim with a straight face that they’re really just weird-looking cats.
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I really like your meta about Wanda. So this isn't a criticism, more a question. When you talk about emotional and irrational female leads, I wonder if the reason it doesn't bother me as much is that when infinity war came out, Quill and Thor (not killing Thanos straight away at Wakanda) kind of both did a similar thing. I don't see that being attributed to them being men. Hope that makes sense. Or is it you are more concerned that this will be attributed to them being women?
It’s not so much that as...well, it’s partly that. But it’s mostly about numbers and patterns, the things that turn one-off plotlines into tropes and trends. In a vacuum, there’s nothing wrong with this type of storyline going to a female character, where grief and power combine to make her increasingly and dangerously unstable to the point where she either becomes a villain or can only find redemption through sacrificing herself. But nothing exists in a vacuum, and the actual context is that I’m having a hard time thinking of any male characters who get this type of storyline. Instead it tends to be a thing that’s written for female characters, the implication—whether it’s deliberate or not—being that women are too emotional to handle power past a certain point. Off the top of my head, comics Wanda, MCU Wanda, comics Dark Phoenix, definitely the first Dark Phoenix film (as I understand it, the more recent one was somewhat better this way), and Aida in Agents of SHIELD fit into this trope, and then you have even dumber stuff like Oz the Great and Powerful where the Wicked Witch of the West used to be good actually until she had her heart broken by a dude and then she just...kinda...turned evil?
In the context of the MCU specifically, it’s...kind of worse, although not quite as much as it would have been a few years ago, but—well, I mentioned numbers. In MCU canon at this point, only looking at what’s actually been released so far or will be released within the next month or so (and assuming I’m counting and adding right), we have:
22 movies named after one or two title characters
7 movies named after an ensemble and therefore not relevant to this discussion
6 Disney+ shows named for 1-2 title characters
What If, which I’m counting as an ensemble show, so it’s also not relevant
7 non-Disney+ shows with 1-2 title characters, and
4 non-Disney+ shows named after an ensemble.
Again assuming I'm counting right (although if I'm not, I don't think I'm off by enough to change my point), that leaves us with 39 movies or shows named after 1-2 characters each. (I’m only counting “the Winter Soldier” as a title character in his show, not in Cap 2, and I’m not counting Ultron at all.) Because a disproportionate number of those movies are about the same handful of dudes, I think it actually ends up being 30 different title characters, even if they shared billing with someone else. Of those title characters, only 8 or maybe 9 are female: Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Wanda, Wasp, Agent Carter, Dagger, Jessica Jones, Ms. Marvel, and arguably Hawkeye, although Kate’s kind of a stretch. (It’s also fair to note that only half of these characters get to be title characters by themselves rather than sharing the title with a guy, but since I’m trying to be fair, I will also note that only Ant-Man has been a title character by himself, and the others seem to have equal billing in their respective pairings. But honestly, that doesn’t make it much better.)
Want to guess how many other title characters get a storyline like Wanda’s, where they maybe start out with the bad guys (although for understandable reasons, if you’re not dead set on hating them from the jump), firmly establish themselves as good guys for multiple entries, and then spiral so far into villainy that apparently they just have to go the redemption = death route to finish things off, with absolutely no guarantees they're coming back from it?
Um…none! None characters! Bucky kind of does something similar, but I really don’t think that counts because it wasn’t his choice at all, and Loki’s arc is more the reverse of that than anything. I never watched The Punisher but I’m pretty sure Frank was an antihero from his introduction so I don’t think that counts either. Supreme Strange in What If is also sort of similar, except he gets a chance to redeem himself after his episode despite destroying—I’m pretty sure—a lot more than Wanda did. Come to think of it, Vision in the zombies What If episode is also pretty similar in that he’s a card-carrying Good Guy who ends up doing some awful, selfish things out of love and eventually sacrifices himself in an attempt to make things right, which is honestly kind of funny in terms of any WandaVision discourse about how she didn’t deserve him or whatever, but just like with Supreme Strange, that’s not the main-timeline version of the character…and it was in a one-off episode that didn’t matter that much because a lot of people didn’t even see it. Plus there’s nothing ickily gendered about it with Vision, because you’re not presented with a multiverse of possibilities where the only sane, stable version of the character is—just as a random example—the relatively low-powered suburban one who’s perfectly content having not come into his full power. Probably the closest any of our many male title characters came to Wanda’s arc was just…the glimpses of alternate-timeline Stranges in Multiverse of Madness. Which, again, were not the main-timeline version of the character like Wanda is.
The MCU has had so few female title characters to begin with. One of them was already dead before she ever got her movie, for fuck's sake. Making Wanda a major character, letting her be so incredibly powerful, and then doing this with her is just—
Again, in a vacuum, it wouldn't be such a huge deal. In a vacuum, or in a world where we've had a roughly equal number of male and female title characters in the MCU, with comparable levels of agency, it could be a compelling storyline, at least if you find a way to do it without sacrificing existing characterization. In a world where the MCU has at least experimented more with morally gray protagonists outside of Netflix, it would still bug me but it wouldn't be so bad, because there would be precedent, and there would probably be more of an attempt from the editing and directing--rather than just from Elizabeth Olsen's acting, by all accounts--to make sure the character stays sympathetic. In the context of the numbers and storylines we actually have so far, it’s...really kind of gross!
And actually if you consider a handful of additional major characters who haven’t been title characters, it gets a little worse, because still the only marginally relevant dudes I can think of were relatively minor SHIELD agents (well, and Ward) that we assumed were good guys who were later revealed to be HYDRA, and...Sharon Carter making herself the Power Broker because of reasons, which isn’t really relevant to the whole “women are too emotional for power” trope but is pretty weird in terms of “all the card-carrying Good Guys in this franchise who kinda decide to switch sides have something in common”. So there's that, too.
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2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21,22 and 24 for that writing ask game :)
Fun fact it took me ten thousand years to answer this bc this ask was apparently long enough to crash the app multiple times whilst I was answering it lmao
*cracks knuckles, cracks neck, cracks spine*
2: Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project
Augh I want to. Hurry to get to the interesting bits of An Unconventional Sort Of Enployment quickly!!! I’m editing the chapters that were already published bc I must’ve gotten so excited to publish them that they came out rushed :/// what I’m looking forward to most is developing relationships! I plan for everything to remain non-romantic bc I’m not good at writing romance lmao but that doesn’t make it any less fulfilling! Developing platonic relationships is actually one of my favorite things to write so I’m really looking forward to it
3: What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)
It’s actually a whole fic idea and also it’s vocaloid so maybe you wouldn’t find it very interesting but anyway. It’s like:
Kaito: have you ever wondered what it’s be like to be someone else
Len: ???? Are you depressed again
Kaito: no I was just thinking about it
Len: I can help you with that
So Kaito changes his name (well, barely, it’s only one letter off) and pretends to be a girl but! He’s inadvertently committing identity theft bc the lady he’s pretending to be already exists and is actually related to him but he somehow completely forgot, and all his friends know her but either they actually thought he was her or they also forgot that she exists too
5: What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?
(Previously answered) Do ocs count? Madeleine wasn’t supposed to be a self-insert at all but at some point whilst I was drafting I was like “ah fuck that’s me innit” bc I realized her personality was far too similar to mine lol
6: What character do you have the most fun writing?
(Previously answered) Germany. I love making him miserable in particular. Also Japan, the way he speaks is so satisfying, same with Russia
8: Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
Generally yes, but—and I don’t mean to come off as someone who doesn’t read books—why is smut in fanfiction often better written than smut in published books? Is it censorship? A stylistic choice? Published smut often feels so weird and cringe in the way it’s written and I don’t understand why…In fact, fanfiction and standard published books really hit different in general, for better or for worse
11: What do you envy in other writers?
I feel a bit like I’ve stagnated. I’m writing the same things over and over again so I see someone else has written something radical I’m like “damn why didn’t I think of that” so I should really try doing something different…and while I know that the worth of written works is not in their length, I see so many writers put so much emphasis on the length of their works and it’s a bit discouraging as someone more used to brevity
13: Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
Yeah lol. My ao3 is here lol. But yeah I’ve been playing around with an original work for a bit actually. Might consider talking about it more. Anything else I’ve kept to myself are just things that I couldn’t finish
15: Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
It depends but mainly titles. Summaries I have the least problems with because if all else fails, I can simply make the summary a phrase that’s connected to the title, but that may become a problem if I don’t have a title lmao. In the case of gore however, that’s when I struggle a bit with tags, like “this isn’t extreme to me, but would other people find it too much?” because if it is extreme, I don’t want to want to have people let their guard down, but if it isn’t extreme, I don’t want to falsely advertise
17: Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
Yeah, I believe art looks a bit different depending on the eye of the beholder, no matter how slightly. I don’t think my motivations are very surprising or complicated—they’re pretty much along the lines of “hey you know what would be interesting?”
20: Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)
Okay first of all I’m sorry for talking about Welcome Back again, it’s my first completed multi chapter work so I’m a bit proud it, like it’s my firstborn child lol.
The way I went about it is actually something I want to repeat—taking a canon moment (in this case, Vene getting kicked out and later being sent back to Germany in a box) and going in a wildly different direction with it. It was supposed to remain a one shot but I suddenly decided to continue it, which is why the transition between the first and second chapter may seem a little odd.
Vene did kind of turn out to be kind of the antagonist though, not that he meant it. But it was a lose-lose situation i think, because he effectively fucked Germany up by telling him he was a country in the first place, but at the same time, it was really fucking weird that Germany would just live his life not knowing about a crucial part of his existence! Not really knowing what else to do, Vene just decided to wipe Germany’s memory just to put him out of his misery. Of course, that may not last forever—even though everyone was sworn to secrecy, somebody is bound to slip up, or Germany may become concerned as to why he hasn’t looked a day past 20 in years (though, knowing how he lived his life before, not once questioning it at all, this is kind of unlikely) but mark his words, Vene would wipe Germany’s memories as many times as he’d have to, even if it does hurt to do so
Also a big fan of how vene and Germany telling each other welcome back for different yet similar reasons—Germany when vene kept showing up at his house after being thrown out, even when he came back quite literally dead; and Vene, even though Germany didn’t technically leave, but he seemed alive again after being put back in the dark about his true nature
21: What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
Probably comics? I might just be saying this since my paragraphs and dialogue don’t tend to be very long most of the time, which would fit well in a comic strip
22: Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
(Previously answered) Occasionally. Some of them still hold up, but others? I Can Tell They’re Old.
24: Would you say your writing has changed over time?
Absolutely. I’ve gained a wider vocabulary, and just the general way I structure sentences has changed a bit since I started writing seriously again two years ago. They also increased in length somewhat and are just less sloppy in general
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The Existence of Planet X
This is a paper I wrote 4 years ago; I was just recently rereading it and thought it was worth sharing. Again, it was written 4 years ago so it may have some outdated information. Also, my apologies, but for some reason the diagrams I used have been lost to time, and I don't have the energy to track them down again.
Space has held the fascination of humanity for centuries. Even in the ancient times, people devoted their lives to the study of the stars. In the mid-twentieth century, the Space Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union developed into one of the most important driving factors of modern technology and history, but with the end of the Apollo missions, interest in space quickly fizzled out. With the creation of the Space Shuttle Program, that interest peaked once more, but it again died with the end of the program. However, one decision, made over a decade ago, still maintains people’s attention. This decision still meets harsh criticism and hostile hatred: Pluto. Many protest the demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet. Outrage and contempt greet the scientific evidence stating Pluto could not retain the title of planet. “Why can’t Pluto have the title?” the protesters ask, “Pluto has a spherical shape, it has multiple moons, it orbits the Sun, and it has a diameter significantly greater than the Earth’s Moon. Surely that would make it a planet, right?” Not necessarily, as the qualifications for a planet have many more complications, as explained in the BBC article by Paul Rincon, “Why is Pluto No Longer a Planet?”:
On 24 August, the last day of the assembly, members [of the International Astronomical Union] voted to adopt a new resolution outlining criteria for naming a planet: (1) A planet is a celestial body that: a. is in orbit around the sun b. has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces to that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and c. has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.
Pluto met the first two of these criteria, but the last one proved pivotal. ‘Clearing the neighbourhood’ means that the planet has either ‘vacuumed up’ or ejected other large objects in its vicinity of space. In other words, it has achieved gravitational dominance.
Pluto does not have a high enough mass to gravitationally clear its orbit, so it could not maintain planetary status. Other objects dwell in its orbit, and Pluto simply does not have the mass required to gain gravitational control over these other objects. 
Researchers found Pluto as the first of many Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs). The Kuiper Belt consists of many dwarf planets, comets, and other icy bodies reaching beyond the orbit of Neptune and to the inner edge of the Oort Cloud (In fact, if Pluto had retained its planetary status, over one hundred dwarf planets would belong to the planetary family). However, with the discovery of the Kuiper Belt came many questions. Astronomers observed that many objects in the Kuiper Belt had inexplicable, unaccounted for orbits. The inner Solar System, which includes the four rocky planets, the Asteroid Belt, and the four gas giants, exists on a relatively flat plane, with little deviation. According to “Pluto’s Unusual Orbit,” published by the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, “[Pluto’s] orbital path doesn't lie in the same plane as the eight planets, but is inclined at an angle of 17°. Its orbit is also more oval-shaped, or elliptical, than those of the planets… At times Pluto's orbit brings it closer to the Sun than Neptune.” Sometimes Pluto moves far outside of Neptune’s orbit, and sometimes it travels deep within. Astronomers have noted similar trends for many other objects in the Kuiper Belt, and some have even more dramatic abnormalities. Astronomers and astrophysicists could find no observable reason for this trend for many years, until 2015, when Caltech researchers Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown proposed the theory of Planet X (also known as Planet Nine).
The peculiar orbits of the Kuiper Belt Objects fascinated Batygin and Brown, and the researchers noticed that multiple of the strange orbits lined up very similarly. Batygin and Brown found six total orbits, each nearly identical to the others, with the same orientation and plane. The researchers found this pattern incredibly unlikely to have happened randomly. In “Evidence for a Distant Giant Planet in the Solar System,” Batygin and Brown write, “the orbits of distant Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) cluster not only in argument of perihelion, but also in physical space. We demonstrate that… such a clustering has only a probability of 0.007% to be due to chance, thus requiring a dynamical origin.” The perihelia (the point in the orbit where the object comes closest to the sun) and the direction the orbits point exist almost parallely, which does not occur under standard circumstances. Batygin and Brown’s 0.007% bears resemblance to the likelihood of a lightning strike. The two men also found that random Kuiper Belt Objects just wouldn’t explain the orbits with the data they had. A theory using small Kuiper Belt objects “would require the Kuiper Belt to have about 100 times the mass it has today,” according to Kimm Fesenmaier of Caltech. To Batygin and Brown, this information left only one option: a planet.
Taken from the Caltech article “More Support for Planet Nine,” this diagram shows many of the orbital trends that led to the theory of Planet X.
But what kind of planet? There exist an infinite number of possible orbits, and just as many possibilities in terms of mass, resulting in unfathomable numbers of potential planets. Batygin and Brown took the only option they had: test out as many combinations as possible. Fortunately, the researchers ruled out several potential orbits from the start. For one, Batygin and Brown had to find an orbit with sections feasibly hidden from the Earth, in order to explain why astronomers cannot currently see Planet X. The researchers also knew their orbit had to either lasso or herd the objects into place. Eventually, Batygin and Brown found what they had searched so long for. In their paper, Batygin and Brown write:
We find that the observed orbital alignment can be maintained by a distant eccentric planet with mass 10 m ⊕whose orbit lies in approximately the same plane as those of the distant KBOs, but whose perihelion is 180° away from the perihelia of the minor bodies. In addition to accounting for the observed orbital alignment, the existence of such a planet naturally explains the presence of high-perihelion Sedna-like objects, as well as the known collection of high semimajor axis objects with inclinations between 60° and 150° whose origin was previously unclear (1).
If Batygin and Brown gave the planet a mass of about ten times that of the Earth, and placed it directly opposite the Kuiper Belt Objects, the simulations showed the observed orbits occuring; it also explained other strange orbits in the Kuiper Belt, too: orbits Batygin and Brown hadn’t even thought about. Fesenmaier writes:
“A good theory should not only explain things that you set out to explain. It should hopefully explain things that you didn't set out to explain and make predictions that are testable… When the simulation aligned the distant Kuiper Belt objects and created objects like Sedna, we thought this is kind of awesome—you kill two birds with one stone,” says Batygin. “But with the existence of the planet also explaining these perpendicular orbits, not only do you kill two birds, you also take down a bird that you didn't realize was sitting in a nearby tree.”
This diagram from Fesenmaier’s article“Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet” shows the orbits of the KBO’s that would be herded by Planet X (pink), the orbit of Planet X (orange), and the perpendicular orbits of the objects that Batygin and Brown recognized (blue).
To Batygin and Brown, the objects with the perpendicular orbits all but confirmed the existence of Planet X. The researchers had not even stopped for a moment to think about the perpendicular orbits, but the planet they devised explained them perfectly. Batygin and Brown need only to find the planet to prove their theory, a feat that, while it may seem easy, has proven very difficult. Planet X has not found its way into a telescope’s view, and until it has, it must remain undiscovered. Batygin and Brown’s object would orbit very far away from the Earth, up to twenty times further than Neptune. As an object in space travels away from the Earth, its visibility decreases exponentially. In the Quanta Magazine article, “Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine?” Charlie Wood writes, “Planets twice as far away look 16 times dimmer — the intensity of the sunlight weakens by a factor of four going out, and then four times again coming back.” Planet X, even at its closest, would appear as no more than a small, faint blur. Even if an image taken contained Planet X, the planet could still remain hidden by the glare of a star, caught behind another object, or lost in the haze of the Earth’s atmosphere. As dim as Planet X might seem, it should can feasibly appear with current telescopic technology. “Any object that far away from the Sun will be very faint and hard to detect, but astronomers calculate that it should be possible to see it using existing telescopes,” write Lonnie Shekhtman and Jay Thompson in the NASA article, “Hypothetical Planet X: In Depth.” Technological advancements to better current telescopes would, of course, increase the likelihood of a sooner discovery, but astronomers can find Planet X without their use.
Many astronomers, however, see the discovery of a new planet as infeasible. Stargazers have not found a new planet in over one hundred years, and they have only found two new planets since ancient times. Antranik A. Sefilian and Jihad R. Touma set out to explain the strange Kuiper Belt orbits without Planet X. The University of Cambridge article “Mystery Orbits in Outermost Reach of Solar System Not Caused by Planet Nine Researchers Say” states:
 “[I]f the hypothesised ninth planet exists, it has so far avoided detection,” said co-author Antranik Sefilian, a PhD student in Cambridge’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. “We wanted to see whether there could be another, less dramatic and perhaps more natural, cause for the unusual orbits we see in some TNOs. We thought, rather than allowing for a ninth planet, and then worry about its formation and unusual orbit, why not simply account for the gravity of small objects constituting a disc beyond the orbit of Neptune and see what it does for us?”
Sefilian and Touma tried simulations containing multiple small objects, and found Batygin and Brown had overlooked one major factor: the Kuiper Belt would not have have nearly as much mass as they predicted to maintain the orbits without the hypothetical planet. In fact, the Kuiper Belt would not have to contain much more than the objects already catalogued by astronomers to explain the exact same abnormalities as Planet X. Sefilian and Touma’s paper, titled, “Shepherding in a Self-gravitating Disk of Trans-Neptunian Objects,” explains the mathematics behind how Sefilian and Touma discovered this possibility and how it would work, but they could neither prove their theory correct, nor discredit that of Batygin and Brown. In the paper, Sefilian and Touma write, “Ultimately, though, we do not have secure and direct observational evidence for our proposed disk, in much the same way we do not have full proof arguments against Planet Nine.” No definitive evidence exists to confirm Sefilian and Touma’s or Batygin and Brown’s theories, any more than it exists to deny them.
Batygin and Brown, on the other hand, did not stop with the original publication of their research; they recently wrote two papers to demonstrate further evidence of the existence of a ninth planet in the Solar System. The article, “More Support for Planet Nine,” states:
The second paper is titled "The Planet Nine Hypothesis…” Based on the new models, Batygin and Brown—together with Fred Adams and Juliette Becker (BS '14) of the University of Michigan—concluded that Planet Nine has a mass of about five times that of the earth and has an orbital semimajor axis in the neighborhood of 400 astronomical units (AU).
At 400 AU, Astronomers would find Planet X would much easier than previously predicted. Parts of the original orbit stretched further than 1,000 AU, which many astronomers have called the “brick wall” of observation. Astronomers would be able to spot Planet X 16 times more easily, and it would appear bigger, brighter, and harder to hide than many researchers thought it would be. Additionally, Planet X would take on a role not yet filled in the Solar System, though very common in other star systems. Fesenmaier writes,”First, most of the planets around other sunlike stars have no single orbital range… Second, the most common planets around other stars range between 1 and 10 Earth-masses.” All eight of the known planets orbit relatively close to the Sun, and they all have either very large or very small masses. The Solar System’s very large and very small, close orbiting types of planets do not occur very often at all, and a planet such as Planet X would occur much more commonly. A ninth planet might seem extreme, but it would actually make the Solar System much less abnormal.
Several issues often come to the light at the hands of those unhappy about the prospect of a ninth planet. One such concern questions whether the ninth planet would actually qualify as a planet because of its irregular orbit. However, orbital shape has nothing to do with planetary status; gravitational dominance has the sole power over status. Planet X has achieved complete gravitational control - it affects Kuiper Belt objects even at great distance -- so Brown calls it “the most planet-y of the planets in the whole solar system.” Another concern many people have brought up says this theoretical planet should have the name Planet Ten, not Planet Nine, because they believe Pluto should still take the title of planet. Following this line of reasoning, Planet X would actually have the name Planet 200+, or, at the very least, Planet Fourteen. An estimated 200 dwarf planets dwell in the Kuiper Belt, and the Solar System has five official dwarf planets. However, dwarf planets cannot hold planetary status, so the proper name remains Planet Nine or Planet X. Finally, the question of observational bias suggests perhaps the unusual orbits do not occur at all, and they only appear unusual because of the location of the Earth. Observational bias means that a system is much more difficult to view and understand when inside looking out rather than outside looking in. Batygin and Brown, in their new paper, “Orbital Clustering in the Distant Solar System,” write,”To date, the only two suggestions for the cause of these apparent clusterings have been either the effects of observational bias or the existence of… Planet Nine (1).” When going on vacation, one must plan a route to drive. Without a map, it would take much effort, and only result in a mediocre plan, but with a GPS or something similar, the task becomes infinitesimally easier. In, “Planet Nine is Not Real but There’s Something Else Strange on the Edge of Our Solar System, Scientists Say,” Andrew Griffin writes, “[F]rom inside the system, it's almost impossible to see the whole thing at once.” Batygin and Brown found the chances of observational bias as the sole factor very low, at about .002%. Surely, at least some force acts upon Kuiper Belt objects.
The answer to what that force might result from has long eluded scientists. Until astronomers find indisputable evidence that proves or disproves a theory, Planet X will remain a theory. The theory cannot develop into anything more until researchers photograph Planet X, and Sefilian and Touma’s theory faces a similar issue. Many years will pass before a space probe advanced enough to transmit usable data back to Earth from the far reaches of the Kuiper Belt will exist. After launching a probe, an additional five or more years will pass before traveling close enough to the theoretical planet to record any data about it. Even when a probe reaches Planet X’s distant orbit, it may not run into the object, and finish with nothing to show for the extensive research and technological development needed to launch the spacecraft. Minutes or decades may pass before the Planet X theory is proven or disproven, but it will happen eventually.
Works Cited
Batygin, Konstantin, and Michael E Brown. “Evidence For a Distant Giant Planet In the Solar System .” The Astronomical Journal, vol. 151, no. 22, 20 Jan. 2016, pp. 1–12. 12, doi:10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22.
Batygin, Konstantin, and Michael E Brown. “Orbital Clustering in the Distant Solar System.” The Astronomical Journal, vol. 157, no. 2, 22 Jan. 2019, p. 1., doi:10.3847/1538-3881.
Caltech. “More Support for Planet Nine.” Phys.org, California Institute of Technology, 27 Feb. 2019, phys.org/news/2019-02-planet.html.
Fesenmaier, Kimm. “Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet.” Caltech, California Institute of Technology, 20 Jan. 2016, www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-researchers-find-evidence-real-ninth-planet-49523.
Griffin, Andrew. “Planet Nine Is Not Real, but There's Something Else Strange on the Edge of Our Solar System, Scientists Say.” The Independent, The Independent, 21 Jan. 2019, 17:09, www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/planet-nine-9-real-solar-system-kuiper-belt-explained-truth-a8739231.html.
“Mystery Orbits in Outermost Reaches of Space Not Caused by 'Planet Nine,' Say Researchers.” University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, 21 Jan. 2019, www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mystery-orbits-in-outermost-reaches-of-solar-system-not-caused-by-planet-nine-say-researchers.
“Pluto's Unusual Orbit.” Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/exploring-the-planets/online/solar-system/pluto/orbit.cfm.
Rincon, Paul. “Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?” BBC, British Broadcasting Company, 15 July 2015, www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33462184.
Shekhtman, Lonnie, and Jay Thompson. “Hypothetical Planet X.” NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 16 Jan. 2019, https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/hypothetical-planet-x/in-depth/
Sefilian, Antranik A, and Jihad R Touma. “Shepherding in a Self-Gravitating Disk of Trans-Neptunian Objects.” The Astronomical Journal, vol. 157, no. 59, ser. 16, 21 Jan. 2019, pp. 1–16. 16, doi:10.3847/1538-3881.
Wood, Charlie. “Why Can't We Find Planet Nine?” Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 3 July 2018, www.quantamagazine.org/why-cant-we-find-planet-nine-20180703/.
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Just a quick note: I realize this post is coming much later than planned, so I apologize for that. It's also a little long, but there are multiple parts. This post will very likely get edited in the future, but if I don't post it now, I may not ever.
After the initial "Before the Beginning" part of S 2 E 1, Good Omens 2 opens with Aziraphale receiving a note from his record-shop tenant, Maggie, owner of The Small Back Room.
The note is written on an invoice slip, and we see the number printed in red in the upper right-hand corner is 229401. We know details in this show are demonstrated/indicated for a reason, so I decided to do some Internet-digging. I'm sure these are reaches, but it was fun, so here it goes.
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(found here, posted by HereBecauseOfGoodOmens)
Another note: this post (other than the tartan bit later) is specifically about 229401, not the note itself. There may be more about that in a future post, but I'm not sure yet.
Since the invoice number is the only part of the page in red compared to the rest in greens/blues on a white background, I Googled the number to see what I could find.
One result was this interestingly-shaped shelf support:
which looks a bit like the design on Crowley's tie in the 1941 minisode:
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(GIF by gothamstreetcat)
I also checked hex codes, and got this interesting, grassy shade of green:
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Comparing the color on my laptop screen to the color on my TV while watching, it most looked like the cemetery grass in S 2 E 3 when Aziraphale calls the bookshop from the stranger's mobile phone, but doesn't match when I compare them both on my laptop screen. It is also similar to various greens from The Scottish Register of Tartan's PDF of Tartan Register Colour shades, but it also seems so specifically familiar and I just can't quite place it.
EXTRA-REACHING SIDE NOTE: CLAN MACDONALD TARTAN COLORS In that same scene, right before Crowley answers the ringing phone, we see him toss a stack of books he had been carrying. The books were varying shades of blue, green, and red. We know that David Tennant is proud of his Scottish heritage, so out of pure curiosity, I did some Googling and found this, "the oldest recorded version of the clan sett" (it says it is dated 01/01/1819, prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans), the same colors:
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Also also, I couldn't make out the title or the rest of the names on the book, but the second book from the top of the stack definitely says "David" on it.
Yes, I do know that his family name was McDonald and not MacDonald, but when I first did the search, this is what it showed me. It's probably (definitely) a reach, but hey, it was fun!
And finally, I am completely new to numerology, but added the digits together and got 18, so here's some numerology related to 18. I realize it is written to sound applicable in general, like horoscopes, but why not go for it?
According to affinitynumerology.com:
The numerology essence of the number 18 has to do with humanitarianism, independence, and building something of lasting benefit. The underlying idea of the essence of the number 18 is the welfare of humanity. 18 is tolerant and compassionate, mixing easily with others, including planning and executing projects, yet tends to do the actions of what it considers the most important either by itself or as the leader — at its own determination.
Could this possibly be representative of Aziraphale going to Heaven at the end of S 2? Maybe it would have something to do with action he takes regarding the Second Coming.
According to numerologistpro.com:
In imbalance, the number 18 is conflicted, angry, choleric, and fanatic. Many with 18/9 energy seem happy, light-hearted, and open on the surface, but there is nothing light about the inner life of 18/9. There is a lot of guilt, shame, fear, and insecurity. For example, there can be a lot of internal conflict with a shifting attraction and repulsion to money and power. In balance, the number 18 has energy, focus, willpower, and drive.
This can be applied to Aziraphale, as well, especially as he gets better at lying over time and in S 2 E 6 after he finds out that he will be leading the Second Coming. It will be interesting to see what happens with Aziraphale as Supreme Archangel, having to try to balance his responsibilities/duties to humanity, Heaven, and of course Crowley.
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nerdycrownsandwich · 5 months
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1. Overview[edit]
A free paper storage site operated by Cornell University in the United States. It is a space where you can upload and download preprints or texts related to physics, math, computer science, statistics, etc. for free. Post-publication papers are also uploaded depending on the author's inclination.
The name is a kind of leet and is called an archive. It is different from proceding, but the role is the same. 2.
2. Publication venue[edit]
The purpose of the preprint is to make the paper available for discussion before publication. Once the article has been peer-reviewed and published in a specific journal, its DOI will appear on the archive article page. It is interesting to compare the two versions to see what changes have been made during the peer editing process.
Don't be foolish enough to call an archived article and a journal article a rehash There are some articles that have been posted to the archive and then left there without going through the formal journal publication process, and there are some big names who don't publish in journals and leave them in the archive because it's just too annoying.
Sometimes, there are also a lot of things that are useful for people who need basic study in a format similar to lecture notes.
3. Repositories of citable articles[edit]
Once posted to the archive, pre-publication papers can be cited without peer review. This is because even though it is not peer-reviewed, it is at least somewhat recognized as the work of the researcher. This is very important because once it's up, it doesn't have to go through multiple journal reviews and get scooped[2]. Therefore, there are many research groups that upload even a draft of their research when they have a time-consuming result, and when similar pre-publication papers are uploaded, many research groups minimally defend themselves by uploading theirs to the archive before the officially accepted paper is uploaded to the journal review.[3] And above all, there are hot results that have not been reviewed and cannot be ignored.
4. Disadvantages[edit]
No peer review process. There is no guarantee of the authenticity and quality of the papers, as they are updated without any formal review. To that extent, there is no filter for uploading thermodynamically impossible permanent organs. In 2016, an update claiming to have created a superconductor with a critical temperature of 373 K caused a stir [4]. These features are similar to procedural. If you're really nervous, make sure it's published in a journal (either a journal reference or a DOI), and if not, skip it.
On the other hand, it could be argued that the process of rejecting papers is relatively unfair. See viXra's founding intent.
Obviously, it's not SCI. It's not a journal-reviewed paper, so it's not technically a publication. As a researcher, it is very important to organize your publication record, and posting a lot of archives does not reflect your research record. It is often used as a means to defend the originality of one's research results.
There are also concerns about the lack of disciplinary comprehensiveness. Fortunately, viXra has been created to address this issue. See also.
Additionally, when you download an article, you get the number instead of the title. If you use the chrome extension arxive, you can get them by title.
5. Related documentation[edit]
Proceedings
Preprint
Physics
viXra
Poincaré's theorem: Grigori Perelman has posted his proof on arXiv.
Internet Archive
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wisdomrays · 5 months
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The All-Beautiful Names of God: Past 3
Some others among the Sufis have opined that the All-Beautiful Names, Which we know and recite, are in fact the titles of the real Names, while the truth of Names lies beyond them. They have approached the matter of the Names, saying like Yunus Emre: “There is Süleyman within Süleyman,” and asserted that there is a relation between the Names we know and the real Divine Names that are behind existence which is similar to the relation between the corporeal heart and the spiritual heart and that which exists between the spirit and the body. They have stressed that the real Names can only be realized through a profound spiritual experience and the ecstasy of feeling God’s holy Presence.
No matter what their true nature is, the All-Beautiful Names Which God Almighty has taught us in his manifest Book are each a mysterious key for a certain sort of relationship with Him in the heart and the spirit; through these we can traverse our distance from Him, advancing toward nearness to Him, something that we are aware of in our conscience. They are each a mysterious word which gives an answer when spoken. Those who possess these keys and regularly recite these luminous words are not left unanswered even when they attempt to purchase all the worlds, and are not turned back with empty hands when they become customers for the realms beyond.
Experiencing and knowing the All-Beautiful Names with their own depths is a Divine favor for servants and a pleasure which will richen their spirits, and in respect of their outer and inner senses or faculties, it is an awareness of “seeing,” knowing, and experiencing Him, and being seen and known by Him. Those who reach this horizon work for God’s sake, begin every task for God’s sake, and do whatever they do for God’s sake; in the words of Bediüzzaman, they can make the seconds of their life as fruitful as the years of other people by moving and stopping “for God,” “for God’s sake,” and “for the good pleasure of God.” Why should this not be possible, as the servants are His servants, the Names are His Names, it is He Who is called by these Names, and the door to which the servants turn is His door?
Some scholars have asserted that God’s Names are only those Which God and His Messenger have taught us as Divine Names, and it is not acceptable to derive Names from certain Divine Acts or to attribute them to God as being among His All-Beautiful Names. However, it is a fact that many Divine Acts are mentioned in the Qur’an in a way that will lead to different Names. Moreover, God Almighty has not taught us all of His Names. As our master, upon him be peace and blessings, stated in his prayer that begins with: “O God, I am Your servant, and the son of Your male servant, and the son of Your female servant,” in addition to the All-Beautiful Names Which are mentioned in the Qur’an and certain Prophetic sayings, God has Names Which He mentioned in the previous Divine Books or Which He particularly informed some of His servants about or Which He keeps concealed with Him. However, we cannot know any of His Names unless He teaches them to us. We can know only the Names Which He has taught us either in the Qur’an or in the Sunna. Abu Hurayra, may God be pleased with him, narrates 99 Divine Names from the noblest Prophet, upon him be peace and blessings. Even though these same Names are narrated from the Prophet by Salmanu’l-Farisi, ‘ Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas, ‘ Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, and Caliph ‘Ali, may God be pleased with them, these narrations have not been authenticated. Some assert that the number 99 was used as a symbol of multiplicity in the hadith related by Abu Hurayra, therefore we cannot say that God’s All-Beautiful Names are restricted to 99.
Those who have maintained that the All-Beautiful Names are only those which we have been taught by the Qur’an and the Sunna do not deem it proper to attribute any other Names to God Almighty. Furthermore, they do not approve of mentioning God with any names that do not seem to be in keeping with the Qur’anic concept of Divinity when used singly. Therefore, they tend to mention such Names as the All-Requiting, the One Who gives harm, and the All-Constricting together with certain other Names, such as the All-Glorious with irresistible might and the All- Requiting, the One Who gives harm and benefit, the All-Constricting and the All-Expanding. Based on the fact that physical causes have been established as veils before the Divine Power’s involvement in insignificant-seeming affairs, it is possible to say that believers must always act in self-possession and with respect, care, and sensitivity with respect to how they approach the Divine Being. God is the Creator of everything, and therefore believers must mention Him as the Creator and avoid making specifications, such as the Creator of snakes or the Creator of vermin. However, we must also avoid going to the opposite extreme while taking care that nothing improper for God is attributed to him and claiming, like the Mu‘talizis, that God does not create evil or ugly things or events. For it is He Who creates both good and evil, and a thing or event is evil not with respect to its creation, but with respect to its doer and cause. This attitude is required by both the necessity of considering God’s Attributes correctly and observing the acts and effects of Divine Essential Characteristics, Attributes, and All-Beautiful Names. God is both the One of absolute grandeur and glory and the All-Merciful and All-Compassionate; He is both the All- Overwhelming and the All-Wise, both the One Severe in Punishment and the All-Patient. He is both the All-Majestic and the All- Gracious, and the All-Just and the All-Clement. We must always view Him in the light of the general meaning and content that is formed by the totality of His Attributes and Names.
The acts and designations attributed to God or mentioned in connection with Him must be considered from the perspective of His absolute Sacredness and Purity and His absolute exemption from any defect or resemblance to the created. For example, concepts such as making schemes, plotting, mocking, disgracing, or the like must be viewed and used in a style proper for the truth of Divinity and the essential characteristic of Divine Lordship. This is because respect for the Names and observing a style that is in keeping with God’s absolute exemption from any defect or resemblance means being respectful for the All-Sacred One Who is called by these Names. Not only should the All-Beautiful Names be considered with appreciation and without imputing any faults or defects to them, also the Divine acts and all works or creatures of the Lord, which are mirrors, results, and the arena of the manifestations of these Names, must be treated the same on account of their being indicators or witnesses of God Almighty. Those who rightfully approach the matter from this perspective remind us of an important point: we must always be appreciative of Divine Acts, hold the Divine Names as being absolutely free from any defect, and exalt the All-Sacred Divine Being.
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katrinkunze · 1 year
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NFT Smart Contracts : Understanding The Underlying Idea Of This Duo
Does the above title interest you?
NFT Smart contracts - What are they? What do they do? What is so special about them? – Let me explain these questions one by one in this blog!
First, an NFT smart contract is vital for the proper functioning of NFTs. This technology is a big trend and has attracted many big players globally. The list includes well-known celebrities, artists, sportspersons, and more. Generally, these famous people will sign smart contracts with NFT developers in order to advertise their NFTs. 
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A Clear Picture Of NFTs
As we know, NFT is a unique digital token that guarantees ownership over an asset, either physical or digital. At the same time, it will represent the scarcity of a specific asset linked to it. Let me give an example of NFT.  Pretend that you have a picture in your hand. There may be other pictures, but none will be similar to the one you have. Yours is one-of-a-kind and unique; the same will not exist anywhere else. Now, you may clearly see the working of non-fungible tokens. 
Let me take you on the path of understanding smart contracts in NFT. 
An NFT smart contract is a digital agreement containing defined terms and conditions in the form of a computer code. When the pre-defined terms are fulfilled, these contracts will self-trigger and perform the required actions. Developers will build NFT smart contracts atop a decentralized ledger network.
How do smart contracts assure ownership? - Here is how it does the magic. 
Information about the NFT may be reproducible and distributed, but its certificate of ownership will remain immutable in an NFT. This will reside on a blockchain and provide an authenticity certificate over a digital collectible. 
With the growing popularity of NFTs, many blockchain developers are incorporating advanced systems to create and mint unique digital tokens. 
Connection Between Smart Contracts And NFT
I would say that they are the perfect tech duo! – Both of them depend on each other. 
Basically, NFTs are backed by digital agreements, which are nothing but smart contracts. This combo does various processes, such as checking ownership, handling transferability, linking one asset to another, and managing royalty payments.
Roles of Smart contract NFT
It allows users to have permanent identification data
It verifies the contract terms and self-executes once they are met
It holds the core information about the asset linked with it
The scarcity of an NFT is possible only through a smart contract 
Let Us Create An NFT Smart Contract
The process of developing an NFT is termed minting. In this process, a digital agreement will be written, determining the attributes of the NFT. Finally, it will get added to the relevant distributed ledger network on which the NFT is developed. 
We have multiple NFT standards to develop NFT smart contracts. Namely, ERC 721, ERC 1155, Flow NFT standard, and FA2 standard. You can collaborate with a leading NFT smart contract development company to find the best NFT standard for your smart contracts. 
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lasclwash · 1 year
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How to search shopify stores youtube
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#HOW TO SEARCH SHOPIFY STORES YOUTUBE VERIFICATION#
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#HOW TO SEARCH SHOPIFY STORES YOUTUBE VERIFICATION#
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