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Gooooood morning Trigun fandom, I'm up bright and early, ready to sink my teeth into today's analysis/detailed watchthrough episode - 11. To A New World.

I can't believe we're almost done with @tristampparty. These 12 days have been a blast and I'm very glad that I got to chat abt them!! I've been in a bout of artblock recently too, so I'm glad that I can just ramble instead!

Spoilers for Trigun Stampede and Trigun Maximum, and CWs for. okay this one is a Lot, but discussion of violation of bodily autonomy, sexual assault and trauma, pregnancy, transphobia, harm coming to children, Millions Knives in general, Vash's passive suicidal tendencies. If I think of any more I'll pop them up here but this episode is a heavy one!

If you wanna skip those first few CWs (Totally understandable <3), you can skip the paragraphs labelled with a [CW] at the front.

[CW] Okay so we're gonna tail off the end of Episode 10 for a second, but uh. Knives in this scene is using extremely Loaded Language to outright tell Vash that there is something wrong with him that needs to be fixed.

Just to be clear I do think Vash is very trans-coded (intentionally or not), and that very strongly influences how I interpret this scene - I myself am a trans man as well.

Cool, moving on! That's all really for the end of ep 10, I just needed to point out that Knives is using language that is commonly used to justify corrective sexual assault; which is pretty much what my reading of this scene is analogous to.

what in the fresh hell i got jumpscared by dub again. returning to subs hold on a moment. Like i've been checking dub occasionally to match up some dialogue and make sure I'm not being misled by Subtitle Jank but I'm one of those guys who can't listen to anything without subtitles lmao

But i also think i do get the funniest possible translation of this line - actually wait no i hate the double meaning (with Vash's body being used to kickstart the pregnancy imagery). was that intentional. who did this.

Anyway Meryl kicking Wolfwood is really funny but also like. Yeah. justified. She's having a no good awful time but like. She's so willing to believe in Vash, to chase after him even into Extremely Dangerous conditions (There's those hints of Trimax Meryl again....) and Wolfwood is being an ass here. (An understandable ass. But an ass nonetheless). Which is to say YEAHHH MERYL GET HIS ASS!!!

Knives' gay little like. bodysuit here. He and Vash have the same build but their respective clothes make them stand out very differently. Also that Knives' stuff seems to have more muscle definition (HYDRATE. You shouldn't have that Knives you need water :pensive:) which could be building towards his more intimidating appearance.

Also I'd be a fool to not show everyone my initial reaction to this

I've talked a little bit about how Vash uses his gun as a tonfa (thwacky baton) most of the time in melee combat, and I think that's a great way to show him utilizing something Knives gave him to Kill as a nonlethal weapon - in this, however, he doesn't have it and his normally very fluid very good form martial arts is flailing and panicked. Vash is pretty good at keeping his cool in most combat situations, and is a very skilled fighter. Seeing him lose that cool and just start struggling when Knives tries to grab him is :(

Once again the metal/organic dichotomy is coming into play - the creation of inorganic but the destruction that comes from the organic. Typically plant (as in flora) powers in media lend themselves to being creation powers, life, and healing. But Vash here has that plant (flora) theme but those are very much a force for destruction.

Also Knives with the angelic white, and Vash with the black.

I hate Conrad So Much (he's such a good character). Like we Know to some extent that dependent plants are self-aware enough to feel pain, to hold onto memories, to hatred, to love. They don't have consciousness the same way humans or Independents do, but they feel, they live, they understand what Vash tells them. Maybe it is a shallow form of themselves. But I think something a lot of people fail to realize is that (some, not all, because they are individuals even throughout a hivemind) plants appear to enjoy their purpose.

Once again the memory that is shared with Knives in Trimax of a woman and her child thanking the plant for her service and she smiles? After being fused, that plant held onto that memory. I've been given no reason to believe that plants in Tristamp are different, so Conrad is just,,, ignoring the subtleties of plants and taking away their agency to choose for themselves. Doubly so for Knives, who can communicate efficiently with them.

A very quick blink and you'll miss it detail is that Vash says "It was our fault humans crashed here!". The shifting blame and guilt between the two is something that is fighting the narrative allll the time, but Vash attributing to both of them as an appeal to Knives is interesting to relay how he feels.

I also don't think Vash is right, though, when he says the only reason humans abuse plants is because they crashed. Tesla was before, Chronica in Trimax has apparently seen independent fusions before (For what reason?). Like yeah to this extent it's a result of the big fall, but there'd still be problems without it. Nobody is right in this argument lmao

(except me. I'm always correct about everything ever)

[CW] Once again - violating Vash's consent and autonomy because he does not agree with or differs from Knives. Corrective violation, in this case. It's also important that it's Meryl who calls this out - she has to really really struggle for her autonomy to be important. She's small, carry-able, inexperienced, doesn't have any special powers or genetic modification. She's carrying a tiny gun from a man who can never back her up anymore. In fact, nobody is backing her up! She's out here alone! But she's sticking up for Vash. She cares about him,,,, so much

SURPRISE ROBERTO ATTACK [sobs]

Meryl pulled the nail out of him and placed his hands gently over the wound, as one might do in a casket. A memorial of cigarettes and his flask. All this will be destroyed soon, but Meryl did give him a funeral to the best of her ability.

Knives using Roberto's image is cruel as hell. Not to Vash but to ME. He's already dead you can't do this to meeee. "How do you think they'll react when they learn you caused the big fall" He will never learn it!! he never got the chance!!!

So fun fact you can actually eat geraniums. It's just that if Rem had said yes Vash probably would have eaten it right there and then. I've made that mistake before (told one of my class that nasturtiums were edible and he just ate one. right from the plant)

So; the Tesla scene. Something I do want to point out is that Rem finds them almost immediately, and Knives doesn't immediately pass out - Is he still catatonic enough to miss Rem's speech, or did he hear it? Because the reason that Vash turned out like he did is because he was awake to go through that with Rem - Knives was unconscious the entire time and didn't get to start that trauma recovery.

It's also important to recognize that these memories could be unreliable, especially as Knives tampers with them later.

I do want to know which version of the Bible Knives was reading. Because depending on translation/version, you can get Very different ideas out of that.

Anyway Knives is kind of beginning his spiral in that memory - "Humanity never learns" kinda shit, which seems to take place after Tesla. Who knows how long. But baby Vash calls that out and goes "yeah lets have faith"! Baby Knives looks a tad shocked and then Present Knives just. Cuts off the memory. What was the ensuing conversation!!! Hello???

Like he's clearly Having Thoughts (The Horror), we just don't get to know what those were.

So remember when I said it was interesting that Vash said it was "our" fault that the ships crashed, sharing the blame?

Yeah that gave Knives some ammo that just. Broke him. Shifts it allllll to Vash. Update Vash's description to running on 18 guilt complexes, CPTSD, and bisexuality.

[CW] There's so many different forms of assault, metaphorical and. Not. That is happening in this scene from mind violation to Knives literally using Vash's (specifically Vash's) body as a vessel to impregnate other plants which. Hey did you know that pregnancy is a massive fear of a lot of trans men. So many transphobes reduce trans men to their capability to have children, as if that's all they're good for (even if it would kill them.), and that often leads to corrective rape in order to "remind them of biological reality". In this case, Vash is a plant, he's meant to create, and yet he doesn't. But he's still being used to create anyway.

Again, Meryl also directly calls out Vash's lack of consent and gets shot down by Conrad. The whole scene is just. Hgnrhgnhrhnrnrn. It's So,,, everything to me, because it's a really good scene and shows you how far gone Knives is in Tristamp.

There are panels in Trimax that are,,, the imagery is there, but it's very overt in Tristamp.

Also hey yeah. Why is Conrad still alive?? Did he have access to cold sleep? or it's probably the robotics but did he not think of enhancing humans that way? It might just be a temporary solution, I guess, given that he is. Actively coughing up blood.

Alright! I have finished this part of the analysis that I always Feel Strongly about lmao - I have fun doing it but that's such an emotionally heavy episode.

[cliban]

y...yippee..... <- just finished trimax

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Part 2 of a Computer Science student's analysis of the FNAF: SB intro

Full with tech lingo, abundant personal interpretations, and translations so that my tech illiterate fellas may undertand whatever the fuck im yapping about!

This post is written under the context that you've read my last analysis. I highly recommend you first check out these two posts before continuing with this one if you haven't already: > First post + Continuation ( IMPORTANT!! ) > An addition to the first post

Once you've read through those two (three?) posts, come back here! You're back? You've read them? Awesome! Let's begin then. =)

Reminder! This analysis has been done based off of my own understanding of the subject of both computing and programming - which I am currently studying. I would also like to yet again shout out this reddit post, that also gives a great perspective. Definitely check it out if you're interested later!

Also I have not re-read this, you may find typos - don't hold it against me, they will be fixed, someday =(

Now then, fellas, this is where shit gets wild.

Last post, I talked about the command box we can see at the top right corner of the intro - what each command did and how it basically corresponded to what happens to freddy in the events of the intro.

However, you might recall I mentioned a second command box, the one found at the left side of the screen. This command box is by far the most important piece of information we have throughout the entire duration of the intro. Mostly, because it changes 3 times.

It changes a total of 3 times in the time it takes for the right command box to finish.

Each time it changes, it displays new lines of code. And every single line of code it displays, tells us a lot about what is happening to Freddy.

This is the first block of code that we get:

system32> Get-568_win heat_869%yTnu_bl8 lvl_b> 228.wst serial.dot_btb rec.556> dtd /

You might inmediately realize that the first line of code from this command box matches exactly the one from the first analysis. Here are both of them as comparison.

Hopefully, you've already made the connection. This command box is the one possibly being run by the Glitchtrap/Vanny Virus. Whatever lines of code appear on the command box to the left, are the ones being executed by the Virus - and they affect Freddy in real time. However, the command box on the right ir Freddy's, so to speak.

Both CLI (command line interfaces) are being run at the same time - yet independently of one another. Keep this in mind.

I don't want to go too in depth with this first block of code. All you need to know is that it moves around some directories and runs something called 'dtd', wich could be a command or a program.

The next two blocks of code, however? Ohhh damn... This is it, fellas. This is what I've been waiting for.

Now, I want you to know that this doesn't quite resemble any 'real' code, at least not at first glance. I do believe that it is a very 'condensed' form of the Python programming language, since the syntaxing of the commands shown here somewhat resemble how a string written in Python would look like.

So, I have taken the time to try to decipher what each line means, and what they do. And well, let's just say it explains why Freddy wasn't affected by the Virus in the first place.

def rule(x) return warning78 init; self_overdrive abort(3)RTLKt abort(5)XGE END

This is the second block of code that we're shown, so lets break it down.

def rule(x) return warning78 init;

This string would define "rule" as a function, specifying "x" as the parameter. Basically, this line specifies that if the command rule is inputted, it should return whatever value (or argument) x has taken.

Normally, define is followed by a return function, which is why I've shown them together, as well as the init; command.

The command return followed by "warning78", makes it so whenever we call upon the function rule, it shows us whatever warning78 may be - and judging as to what happens in the intro, it could be any of the multiple warnings that appear in Freddy's GUI. Or it could also easily be the big "WARNING!" message that can be seen the entire time near the top of the screen.

Lastly, the init; command isn't exactly a standardized python command - but it is a common abreviation of the initialization command, where in the field of programming, it means "the assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable". Basically, it's when you assign the initial values and variables to a program so it can start.

All in all, these three lines create a command that, when called upon, gives out the warning78.

self_overdrive

Again, not really a python function, but important nontheless. This command doesn't have a specific meaning, but we can try to understand what it does.

The term overdrive doesn't really exist in the field of computing/programming. However, it is asociated with overclocking - "the practice of increasing the clock rate of a computer to exceed that certified by the manufacturer" - Overdrive is also a term in the field of music, also known as distorsion, which is when you force an amplifier to output past its limits.

Both of these definitions go around the same concept, pushing a computer to its limits so that it works better, or faster - even while it possibly damages the computer.

We can then assume that the function self_overdrive is making Freddy's system run pasts its usual limits. Which is why I believe Freddy's integrity level plumits during the intro.

abort(3)RTLKt abort(5)XGE END

Lastly, we have these three lines.

The abort function isn't a real python function - but I believe you can asume what it does. Both lines are attempting to kill something - a program, a process, another function... However, I am not sure wether these two are really functions, since they could very easily be error handling messages. Essencially, warning messages that the system returns when something crashes, for example.

The last line, END, specifies the end of this string of code.

Which leads us to the third and last block of code. The one which in my professional opinion, is the one that reveals to us why Freddy's cool with us during Security Breach! =]

report.NULL gridlock [ax674] init_task>void alloc [overload] SW.failure return /

THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, FRIENDS. THIS IS IT. This is the part where I had the most fun with this analysis...

report.NULL

Now, usually report, in the field of programming and software, it means to record or log something. For example an error log, or crash log. However, it being followed by NULL could also mean that this is an error handling message of sorts.

In computing, Null is, well, zero. It's nothing. It's the absence of value, when something that should be there, isn't.

From this, we could gather that this is a warning message that attempted to report something, yet failed to find anything to report back. No value at all.

...or, we could take this line literally. Taking into consideration that this code is being executed by the virus - this line of code could be taken as an attempt by the virus to stop Freddy's system from freaking out.

Remember that this entire code is being executed as Freddy's actively getting a big flashing WARNING! message. So, this line of code could be an effort to silence it, returning a null value to a warning message.

Both scenarios are plausible, so stick with the one you think fits best!

gridlock [ax674]

This one... man... this line was wild. It's where everything clicked for me. You will want to ignore the characters [ax674], what we truly care about is the first word: gridlock.

You see, a gridlock isn't really a term used in computing at all. It is a term refering to a "severe congestion of traffic, where continuous queues of vehicles block an entire intersection". HOWEVER, gridlock is also known as another term for deadlock.

A deadlock is what's known as a stalemate. A situation where two opposing parties come to a point where no progress can be made. In programming, it means basically the same thing.

A situation where two processes can't proceed, since both of them are waiting for the other to release a resource. Now, imagine this scenario. We have two processes, A and B, and two resources, R1 and R2.

Process A is currently using resource R1.

Process B is currently using resource R2.

Process A requests resource R2, but is blocked because it's held by Process B.

Process B requests resource R1, but is blocked because it's held by Process A.

Now... imagine this situation, but with Freddy, and the virus.

What we most likely have here, the line gridlock [ax674], is an error handling message, warning that a deadlock is ocurring. The string of characters beside it has no meaning, and could easily be but an error handling code of sorts.

init_task>void

I've explained before that init is the abreviation of initialization. So, we can gather that this is a command that is attempting to initialize a task. Now then, in the context of the previous line, this one could mean one of two things:

The virus is attempting to initialize a task (a set of instructions) called void.

The virus is attempting to initialize a task, however, due to the deadlock, it returns this line as an error message, indicating a void return. In programming, when a function returns the word void, it usually means that the function was not able to return a value. It is similar to Null, yet not the same.

Either of these could be a posibility, so I will leave it to your personal interpretation.

And here it when it all goes to hell...

alloc [overload] SW.failure return

Alloc is not a real function, but it can be considered an abreviation of the word allocation. In computing, the allocation is the assignment of memory and resources to the various processes the system may have.

Proper memory and resource allocation is very important in a computer. As you may know, a computer as a limited amount of RAM it can work with, and the same goes for it's processing power. But, for example, what happens when you try to allocate resources that aren't available?

Well, a lot of things may happen. Mainly, the program could hang, the process could freeze - or the entire system could crash!

Remember earlier, we saw that it was likely that Freddy and the virus were in a deadlock. Yet, the Virus tried to allocate more resources to itself... Which overloaded the system, and likely resulted in the next line.

SW.failure has no real meaning - but I've interpreted the first two characters [SW] as software. This would make this line an error message warning about a software failure.

So... What does this all mean? How does it all tie together? Why didn't Freddy get infected by the Virus? Because it got too greedy. It tried to allocate too many resources/memory, overloaded the system and crashed both itself and Freddy.

Why only Freddy, though? Why didn't this happen to the other animatronics? That... I'm not sure. I believe this is more of a lore question rather than computer question.

In my opinion, I don't think this was a case of 'Freddy knew that he was getting infected by a virus, and fought back'. I'm leaning more to the posibility of it being a 'wrong place wrong time' type of situation... or maybe 'right place right time'? In general, a lot of factors and a lot of different things happened that lead to this specific scenario happening.

Anyways, this is it! This has been my analysis - or nerdy infodumping, if you please.

I do hope that I was able to teach you something today, and that this whole analysis helps you understand the animatronics a bit better - and helps you with future fanfics, comics, AUs, artworks... whatever!

One last reminder - if you have any more questions about this stuff, my ask box is open! I love talking about this stuff!!

Oh, and, coming soon...

DJMM's Bouncer Mode ! A theory by a computer science student as to why it's still present, and why it makes him so aggressive.

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Heated:

Climate change is the greatest story of our time — but our time doesn’t seem to invent many great stories about climate change. Maybe it’s due to the enormity and urgency of the subject matter: Climate is “important,” and therefore conscripted to the humorless realms of journalism and documentary. Or maybe it’s because of a misunderstanding on the part of producers and storytellers, rooted in an outdated belief that climate change still needs to be explained to an audience, when in reality they don’t need convincing. Maybe there’s just not a great way to have a character mention climate change and not have it feel super cringe.

Whatever the reason, between 2016 and 2020, less than 3% of film and TV scripts used climate-related keywords during their runtime, according to an analysis by media researchers at the University of Southern California. (The situation isn’t as bad in literature, where cli-fi has been going strong since at least 2013.) At least on the surface, this on-screen avoidance of climate change continued in 2024. One of the biggest movies of the summer, Twisters, had an extreme weather angle sitting right there, but its director, Lee Isaac Chung, went out of his way to ensure the film didn’t have a climate change “message.”

I have a slightly different take on the situation, though — that 2024 was actuallyfull of climate movies, and, I’d argue, that they’re getting much closer to the kinds of stories a climate-concerned individual should want on screen.

That’s because for the most part, when movies and TV shows have tackled the topic of climate change in the past, it’s been with the sort of “simplistic anger-stoking and pathos-wringing” that The New Yorker’s Richard Brody identified in 2022’s Don’t Look Up, the Adam McKay satire that became the primary touchpoint for scripted climate stories. At least it was kind of funny: More overt climate stories like last year’s Foe, starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, and Extrapolations, the Apple TV+ show in which Meryl Streep voices a whale, are so self-righteous as to be unwatchable (not to mention, no fun).

But what if we widened our lens and weren’t so prescriptive? Then maybe Furiosa, this spring’s Mad Max prequel, becomes a climate change movie. The film is set during a “near future” ecological collapse, and it certainly makes you think about water scarcity and our overreliance on a finite extracted resource — but it also makes you think about how badass the Octoboss’ kite is. The same goes for Dune: Part Two, which made over $82 million in its opening weekend and is also a recognizable environmental allegory featuring some cool worms. Even Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, a flop that most people have already memory-holed, revisitedThe Day After Tomorrow’s question of, “What if New York City got really, really, really cold?”

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This Week in Rust 513

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Announcing Rust 1.72.1

Foundation

Announcing the Rust Foundation’s Associate Membership with OpenSSF

Project/Tooling Updates

This month in Servo: upcoming events, new browser UI, and more!

Pagefind v1.0.0 — Stable static search at scale

Open sourcing the Grafbase Engine

Announcing Arroyo 0.6.0

rust-analyzer changelog #199

rumqttd 0.18.0

Observations/Thoughts

Stability without stressing the !@#! out

The State of Async Rust

NFS > FUSE: Why We Built our own NFS Server in Rust

Breaking Tradition: Why Rust Might Be Your Best First Language

The Embedded Rust ESP Development Ecosystem

Sifting through crates.io for malware with OSSF Package Analysis

Choosing a more optimal String type

Changing the rules of Rust

Follow up to "Changing the rules of Rust"

When Zig Outshines Rust - Memory Efficient Enum Arrays

Three years of Bevy

Should I Rust or should I go?

[audio] What's New in Rust 1.68 and 1.69

[audio] Pitching Rust to decision-makers, with Joel Marcey

Rust Walkthroughs

🤗 Calling Hugging Face models from Rust

Rust Cross-Compilation With GitHub Actions

tuify your clap CLI apps and make them more interactive

Enhancing ClickHouse's Geospatial Support

[video] All Rust string types explained

Research

A Grounded Conceptual Model for Ownership Types in Rust

Debugging Trait Errors as Logic Programs

REVIS: An Error Visualization Tool for Rust

Miscellaneous

JetBrains, You're scaring me. The Rust plugin deprecation situation.

Crate of the Week

This week's crate is RustQuant, a crate for quantitative finance.

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Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.

r3bl_rs_utils - [tuify] Use nice ANSI symbols instead of ">" to decorate what row is currently selected

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Ockam - make building of ockam_app create behind a feature flag

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Updates from the Rust Project

342 pull requests were merged in the last week

#[diagnostic::on_unimplemented] without filters

repr(transparent): it's fine if the one non-1-ZST field is a ZST

accept additional user-defined syntax classes in fenced code blocks

add explicit_predicates_of to SMIR

add i686-pc-windows-gnullvm triple

add diagnostic for raw identifiers in format string

add source type for invalid bool casts

cache reachable_set on disk

canonicalize effect vars in new solver

change unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn to be warn-by-default from edition 2024

closure field capturing: don't depend on alignment of packed fields

consistently pass ty::Const through valtrees

coverage: simplify internal representation of debug types

disabled socketpair for Vita

enable varargs support for AAPCS calling convention

extend rustc -Zls

fallback effects even if types also fallback

fix std::primitive doc: homogenous → homogeneous

fix the error message for #![feature(no_coverage)]

fix: return early when has tainted in mir pass

improve Span in smir

improve PadAdapter::write_char

improve invalid let expression handling

inspect: closer to proof trees for coherence

llvm-wrapper: adapt for LLVM API changes

make .rmeta file in dep-info have correct name (lib prefix)

make ty::Const debug printing less verbose

make useless_ptr_null_checks smarter about some std functions

move required_consts check to general post-mono-check function

only suggest turbofish in patterns if we may recover

properly consider binder vars in HasTypeFlagsVisitor

read from non-scalar constants and statics in dataflow const-prop

remove verbose_generic_activity_with_arg

remove assert that checks type equality

resolve: mark binding is determined after all macros had been expanded

rework no_coverage to coverage(off)

small wins for formatting-related code

some ConstValue refactoring

some inspect improvements

treat host effect params as erased in codegen

turn custom code classes in docs into warning

visit ExprField for lint levels

store a index per dep node kind

stabilize the Saturating type

stabilize const_transmute_copy

make Debug impl for ascii::Char match that of char

add minmax{,_by,_by_key} functions to core::cmp

specialize count for range iterators

impl Step for IP addresses

add implementation for thread::sleep_until

cargo: cli: Add '-n' to dry-run

cargo: pkgid: Allow incomplete versions when unambigious

cargo: doc: differentiate defaults for split-debuginfo

cargo: stabilize credential-process and registry-auth

cargo: emit a warning for credential-alias shadowing

cargo: generalise suggestion on abiguous spec

cargo: limit cargo add feature print

cargo: prerelease candidates error message

cargo: consolidate clap/shell styles

cargo: use RegistryOrIndex enum to replace two booleans

rustfmt: Style help like cargo nightly

clippy: ignore #[doc(hidden)] functions in clippy doc lints

clippy: reuse rustdoc's doc comment handling in Clippy

clippy: extra_unused_type_parameters: Fix edge case FP for parameters in where bounds

clippy: filter_map_bool_then: include multiple derefs from adjustments

clippy: len_without_is_empty: follow type alias to find inherent is_empty method

clippy: used_underscore_bindings: respect lint levels on the binding definition

clippy: useless_conversion: don't lint if type parameter has unsatisfiable bounds for .into_iter() receiver

clippy: fix FP of let_unit_value on async fn args

clippy: fix ICE by u64::try_from(<u128>)

clippy: trigger transmute_null_to_fn on chain of casts

clippy: fix filter_map_bool_then with a bool reference

clippy: ignore closures for some type lints

clippy: ignore span's parents in collect_ast_format_args/find_format_args

clippy: add redundant_as_str lint

clippy: add extra byref checking for the guard's local

clippy: new unnecessary_map_on_constructor lint

clippy: new lint: path_ends_with_ext

clippy: split needless_borrow into two lints

rust-analyzer: field shorthand overwritten in promote local to const assist

rust-analyzer: don't skip closure captures after let-else

rust-analyzer: fix lens location "above_whole_item" breaking lenses

rust-analyzer: temporarily skip decl check in derive expansions

rust-analyzer: prefer stable paths over unstable ones in import path calculation

Rust Compiler Performance Triage

A pretty quiet week, with relatively few statistically significant changes, though some good improvements to a number of benchmarks, particularly in cycle counts rather than instructions.

Triage done by @simulacrum. Revision range: 7e0261e7ea..af78bae

3 Regressions, 3 Improvements, 2 Mixed; 2 of them in rollups

56 artifact comparisons made in total

Full report here

Approved RFCs

Changes to Rust follow the Rust RFC (request for comments) process. These are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:

No RFCs were approved this week.

Final Comment Period

Every week, the team announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now.

RFCs

[disposition: merge] RFC: Unicode and escape codes in literals

Tracking Issues & PRs

[disposition: merge] stabilize combining +bundle and +whole-archive link modifiers

[disposition: merge] Stabilize impl_trait_projections

[disposition: merge] Tracking Issue for option_as_slice

[disposition: merge] Amend style guide section for formatting where clauses in type aliases

[disposition: merge] Add allow-by-default lint for unit bindings

New and Updated RFCs

[new] RFC: Remove implicit features in a new edition

[new] RFC: const functions in traits

Call for Testing

An important step for RFC implementation is for people to experiment with the implementation and give feedback, especially before stabilization. The following RFCs would benefit from user testing before moving forward:

No RFCs issued a call for testing this week.

If you are a feature implementer and would like your RFC to appear on the above list, add the new call-for-testing label to your RFC along with a comment providing testing instructions and/or guidance on which aspect(s) of the feature need testing.

Upcoming Events

Rusty Events between 2023-09-20 - 2023-10-18 🦀

Virtual

2023-09-20 | Virtual (Cardiff, UK)| Rust and C++ Cardiff

SurrealDB for Rustaceans

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Nightly Night: Generators

2023-09-21 | Virtual (Charlottesville, NC, US) | Charlottesville Rust Meetup

Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively

2023-09-21 | Virtual (Cologne, DE) | Cologne AWS User Group #AWSUGCGN

AWS User Group Cologne - September Edition: Stefan Willenbrock: Developer Preview: Discovering Rust on AWS

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Rust-Meetup

2023-09-25 | Virtual (Dublin, IE) | Rust Dublin

How we built the SurrealDB Python client in Rust.

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Buffalo Rust User Group, First Tuesdays

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Rust-Meetup

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A Decade of Rust with Ferrous Systems

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Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively

2023-10-07 | Virtual (Kampala, UG) | Rust Circle Kampala

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Asia

2023-09-25 | Singapore, SG | Metacamp - Web3 Blockchain Community

Introduction to Rust

2023-09-26 | Singapore, SG | Rust Singapore

SG Rustaceans! Updated - Singapore First Rust Meetup!

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WebAssembly Meetup (Wasm Empowering AI) in Taipei

Europe

2023-09-21 | Aarhus, DK | Rust Aarhus

Rust Aarhus - Rust and Talk at Concordium

2023-09-21 | Bern, CH | Rust Bern

Rust Bern Meetup #3 2023 🦀

2023-09-28 | Berlin, DE | React Berlin

React Berlin September Meetup: Creating Videos with React & Remotion & More: Integrating Rust with React Native – Gheorghe Pinzaru

2023-09-28 | Madrid, ES | MadRust

Primer evento Post COVID: ¡Cervezas MadRust!

2023-09-28 | Paris, FR | Paris Scala User Group (PSUG)

PSUG #114 Comparons Scala et Rust

2023-09-30 | Saint Petersburg, RU | Rust Saint Petersburg meetups

Rust Community Meetup: A tale about how I tried to make my Blitz Basic - Vitaly; How to use nix to build projects on Rust – Danil; Getting to know tower middleware. General overview – Mikhail

2023-10-10 | Berlin, DE | OpenTechSchool Berlin

Rust Hack and Learn

2023-10-12 | Reading, UK | Reading Rust Workshop

Reading Rust Meetup at Browns

2023-10-17 | Leipzig, DE | Rust - Modern Systems Programming in Leipzig

SIMD in Rust

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2023-09-21 | Lehi, UT, US | Utah Rust

A Cargo Preview w/Ed Page, A Cargo Team Member

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Rust on the web! Get started with Leptos

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2023-10-11 | Boulder, CO, US | Boulder Rust Meetup

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2023-10-12 | Lehi, UT, US | Utah Rust

The Actor Model: Fearless Concurrency, Made Easy w/Chris Mena

2023-10-17 | San Francisco, CA, US | San Francisco Rust Study Group

Rust Hacking in Person

Oceania

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September Meetup

2023-09-26 | Melbourne, VIC, AU | Rust Melbourne

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[govindhtech]

From MySQL to Spanner: Simplifying Your Migration Journey

Future applications require dynamic, AI-driven experiences at unknown scale and little downtime, thus old databases are unsuitable. At Google Cloud Next 25, Google Cloud introduced new features, performance, and migration tools to help migrate MySQL workloads to Spanner, their horizontally scaled, always-on operational database.

Moving programs from MySQL to Spanner is easier.

MySQL was not designed for today's availability and scaling needs. Manual replication and sharding are risky and complicated solutions that emerge when the firm is least ready. On self-managed databases, scale planning and implementation require expensive after-market solutions. Development teams may spend months designing and testing these solutions, delaying user-facing functionality. Due to scaling costs, firms often prepare for peak usage even if they seldom utilise it.

Future apps must do more than process transactions. Dynamic pricing, collaborative ideas, real-time fraud detection, and semantic discovery require novel data storage and querying methods.

Live MySQL-Spanner migrations are easier

Enterprises struggling to extend and modernise their applications may use Spanner to safely and quickly migrate production workloads from MySQL with little disruption. They may then use Spanner's full-text search, rich graph, integrated AI, and hands-free reliability.

Spanner migration automates schema and data transfer to consolidate petabyte-sized sharded MySQL databases in days rather than months for live cutovers. Updated built-in reverse replication synchronises data from Spanner to sharded MySQL instances for near-real-time failover in a disaster, and improved data movement templates increase throughput at lower cost and allow data transformation during migration. Finally, new Terraform configurations and CLI interface enable implementation customisation.

Better latency and fewer code and query modifications

Google Cloud adds powerful relational features to Spanner that closely map to MySQL to reduce the cost and difficulty of migrating application code and queries.

MySQL's default isolation level, repeated read, balances performance and consistency. Repeated read isolation, in preview, improves Spanner's serialisable isolation. It gives MySQL developers extra options to enhance efficiency and is familiar. Most popular workloads can see a 5x latency reduction over Spanner. The inclusion of auto_increment keys, SELECT…FOR UPDATE, and over 80 new MySQL procedures dramatically reduces the adjustments needed to migrate an application to Spanner.

A recent Forrester Consulting overall Economic Impact analysis found that Spanner gave a composite company typical of the clients polled a 132% return on investment and $7.74 million in benefits over three years. This is primarily owing to Spanner's integrated, hands-free, high availability operations and elastic scalability replacing self-managed databases. Spanner's ability to reduce unexpected downtime and system maintenance allowed development teams to capitalise on new prospects without expensive re-architecture projects or new capital expenditures.

Summary

The benefits of migrating from MySQL to Spanner, stressing how MySQL struggles to fulfil modern application availability and scalability needs. One of the new tools and features in the article, the Spanner migration tool, aims to reduce migration downtime. Spanner's relational capabilities and isolation levels have been improved to reduce code adjustments and improve application performance after migration. The essay finishes with data and testimonials showing that Spanner's scalable and managed features save money and provide a good return on investment.

[hawkstack]

Deploy Your First App on OpenShift in Under 10 Minutes

Effective monitoring is crucial for any production-grade Kubernetes or OpenShift deployment. In this article, we’ll explore how to harness the power of Prometheus and Grafana to gain detailed insights into your OpenShift clusters. We’ll cover everything from setting up monitoring to visualizing metrics and creating alerts so that you can proactively maintain the health and performance of your environment.

Introduction

OpenShift, Red Hat’s enterprise Kubernetes platform, comes packed with robust features to manage containerized applications. However, as the complexity of deployments increases, having real-time insights into your cluster performance, resource usage, and potential issues becomes essential. That’s where Prometheus and Grafana come into play, enabling observability and proactive monitoring.

Why Monitor OpenShift?

Cluster Health: Ensure that each component of your OpenShift cluster is running correctly.

Performance Analysis: Track resource consumption such as CPU, memory, and storage.

Troubleshooting: Diagnose issues early through detailed metrics and logs.

Proactive Alerting: Set up alerts to prevent downtime before it impacts production workloads.

Optimization: Refine resource allocation and scaling strategies based on usage patterns.

Understanding the Tools

Prometheus: The Metrics Powerhouse

Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit designed for reliability and scalability. In the OpenShift world, Prometheus scrapes metrics from various endpoints, stores them in a time-series database, and supports complex querying through PromQL (Prometheus Query Language). OpenShift’s native integration with Prometheus gives users out-of-the-box monitoring capabilities.

Key Features of Prometheus:

Efficient Data Collection: Uses a pull-based model, where Prometheus scrapes HTTP endpoints at regular intervals.

Flexible Queries: PromQL allows you to query and aggregate metrics to derive actionable insights.

Alerting: Integrates with Alertmanager for sending notifications via email, Slack, PagerDuty, and more.

Grafana: Visualize Everything

Grafana is a powerful open-source platform for data visualization and analytics. With Grafana, you can create dynamic dashboards that display real-time metrics from Prometheus as well as other data sources. Grafana’s rich set of panel options—including graphs, tables, and heatmaps—lets you drill down into the details and customize your visualizations.

Key Benefits of Grafana:

Intuitive Dashboarding: Build visually appealing and interactive dashboards.

Multi-source Data Integration: Combine data from Prometheus with logs or application metrics from other sources.

Alerting and Annotations: Visualize alert states directly on dashboards to correlate events with performance metrics.

Extensibility: Support for plugins and integrations with third-party services.

Setting Up Monitoring in OpenShift

Step 1: Deploying Prometheus on OpenShift

OpenShift comes with built-in support for Prometheus through its Cluster Monitoring Operator, which simplifies deployment and configuration. Here’s how you can get started:

Cluster Monitoring Operator: Enable the operator from the OpenShift Web Console or using the OpenShift CLI. This operator sets up Prometheus instances, Alertmanager, and the associated configurations.

Configuration Adjustments: Customize the Prometheus configuration according to your environment’s needs. You might need to adjust scrape intervals, retention policies, and alert rules.

Target Discovery: OpenShift automatically discovers important endpoints (e.g., API server, node metrics, and custom application endpoints) for scraping. Ensure that your applications expose metrics in a Prometheus-compatible format.

Step 2: Integrating Grafana

Deploy Grafana: Grafana can be installed as a containerized application in your OpenShift project. Use the official Grafana container image or community Operators available in the OperatorHub.

Connect to Prometheus: Configure a Prometheus data source in Grafana by providing the URL of your Prometheus instance (typically available within your cluster). Test the connection to ensure metrics can be queried.

Import Dashboards: Leverage pre-built dashboards from the Grafana community or build your own custom dashboards tailored to your OpenShift environment. Dashboard templates can help visualize node metrics, pod-level data, and even namespace usage.

Step 3: Configuring Alerts

Both Prometheus and Grafana offer alerting capabilities:

Prometheus Alerts: Write and define alert rules using PromQL. For example, you might create an alert rule that triggers if a node’s CPU usage remains above 80% for a sustained period.

Alertmanager Integration: Configure Alertmanager to handle notifications by setting up routing rules, grouping alerts, and integrating with channels like Slack or email.

Grafana Alerting: Configure alert panels directly within Grafana dashboards, allowing you to visualize metric thresholds and receive alerts if a dashboard graph exceeds defined thresholds.

Best Practices for Effective Monitoring

Baseline Metrics: Establish baselines for normal behavior in your OpenShift cluster. Document thresholds for CPU, memory, and network usage to understand deviations.

Granular Dashboard Design: Create dashboards that provide both high-level overviews and deep dives into specific metrics. Use Grafana’s drill-down features for flexible analysis.

Automated Alerting: Leverage automated alerts to receive real-time notifications about anomalies. Consider alert escalation strategies to reduce noise while ensuring critical issues are addressed promptly.

Regular Reviews: Regularly review and update your monitoring configurations. As your OpenShift environment evolves, fine-tune metrics, dashboards, and alert rules to reflect new application workloads or infrastructure changes.

Security and Access Control: Ensure that only authorized users have access to monitoring dashboards and alerts. Use OpenShift’s role-based access control (RBAC) to manage permissions for both Prometheus and Grafana.

Common Challenges and Solutions

Data Volume and Retention: As metrics accumulate, database size can become a challenge. Address this by optimizing retention policies and setting up efficient data aggregation.

Performance Overhead: Ensure your monitoring stack does not consume excessive resources. Consider resource limits and autoscaling policies for monitoring pods.

Configuration Complexity: Balancing out-of-the-box metrics with custom application metrics requires regular calibration. Use templated dashboards and version control your monitoring configurations for reproducibility.

Conclusion

Monitoring OpenShift with Prometheus and Grafana provides a robust and scalable solution for maintaining the health of your containerized applications. With powerful features for data collection, visualization, and alerting, this stack enables you to gain operational insights, optimize performance, and react swiftly to potential issues.

As you deploy and refine your monitoring strategy, remember that continuous improvement is key. The combination of Prometheus’s metric collection and Grafana’s visualization capabilities offers a dynamic view into your environment—empowering you to maintain high service quality and reliability for all your applications.

Get started today by setting up your OpenShift monitoring stack, and explore the rich ecosystem of dashboards and integrations available for Prometheus and Grafana! For more information www.hawkstack.com

[technocourses]

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks: Build Fast, Secure, and Scalable Wireless Like a Pro

If you're diving into Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks, you’re already thinking beyond cables and switches—you’re designing the wireless backbone of the modern enterprise. After working in enterprise networking and wireless deployment for over 8 years, I’ve helped organizations—from universities to financial firms—build high-performing wireless networks that don’t just “work,” but wow.

“Wireless isn’t just convenient—it’s critical. Design it like lives depend on it… because sometimes, they do.”

This course is built for network professionals who want to master wireless design, deployment, troubleshooting, and security using Cisco’s best-in-class solutions. Whether you're aiming for your CCNP Enterprise certification or just want to be a wireless wizard in your company, this is where it starts.

📡 What Is “Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks”?

This is the ENWLSI (300-430) exam-focused course in the CCNP Enterprise track. It’s not your basic Wi-Fi setup tutorial—it’s deep, real-world, enterprise-grade wireless networking. You'll explore advanced concepts in:

WLC (Wireless LAN Controller) configurations

FlexConnect, mobility, and seamless roaming

Wireless security (WPA3, 802.1X, PSK)

RF design and spectrum analysis

Monitoring and troubleshooting using Cisco DNA Center and Prime Infrastructure

“The best wireless is the kind you never have to think about—it just works.”

👨‍💼 Who Should Take This?

If you fall into any of the following categories, this course will level you up:

Wireless Network Engineers & Admins

Enterprise Network Architects

IT Professionals managing branch offices or campus Wi-Fi

CCNP Enterprise candidates looking to specialize in wireless

And yes, even if you're “just a cable guy” now, this course will launch you into wireless dominance.

🧠 What You'll Learn

Here’s what you’ll be able to do like a pro after this course:

Deploy Cisco Wireless Controllers (on-prem or cloud)

Configure and optimize AP modes, RF profiles, and band steering

Master seamless Layer 2/3 mobility across access points

Troubleshoot using WLC CLI tools, spectrum analysis, and client logs

Secure networks using WPA3, 802.1X, and RADIUS integration

Automate Wi-Fi configuration using Cisco DNA Center

And yes, you’ll also be the person who actually understands RF, not just someone who randomly picks channels and prays.

🔗 Must-Read Resources & Helpful Blogs

👉 Cisco 300-430 ENWLSI Official Exam Topics

👉 NetCom Learning – Cisco ENWLSI Wireless Course

👉 Cisco Wireless Blog – Design Best Practices

👉 Cisco DNA Center Overview

👉 WLC Configuration and Deployment Guide

🏢 Real-World Applications

Hospitals rely on fast, secure Wi-Fi for patient monitoring and medical records

Retail chains use location-based services for marketing and inventory

Universities support thousands of students and faculty across huge campuses

Remote branches leverage FlexConnect for seamless WAN-resilient connectivity

“A solid wireless network connects more than devices—it connects people, places, and purpose.”

🚀 Final Thoughts

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks is the next logical step if you're serious about high-performance, secure, and scalable Wi-Fi in a world that’s going wireless-first.

You’ll not only boost your resume with the ENWLSI 300-430 exam, but also become the person everyone calls when Wi-Fi stops working—and you’ll actually know what to do.

“Don’t just aim for strong signals—aim for strong skills.” – Me, after chasing a rogue rogue AP in a corporate hallway 😅

The airwaves are yours. Let’s build wireless networks that don’t just deliver—they inspire.

[ultraviolet-cello]

Aw man. Today's the last day of @tristampparty and I am surprisingly sad about it. I'll be catching up the days I missed at some point, but I've chucked all that I've written, including today, into a google document and I apparently wrote 7.5k words over the course of episode 6 to today.

That's! A Lot!

I really wanna thank everyone who reblogged and gave me their additional thoughts/commentary, and special thanks to Revenantghost for organizing this whole thing! you do good work for this fandom i am giving u a gold star

With that, here we go into Episode 0 - High Noon at July. CWs for pregnancy discussion and a less detailed than last time but still present analysis of sexual assault and transphobia, marked with a [CW] Ofc, spoilers for Trimax and Tristamp

Cowboy kid Knives is something u can pry from my cold dead hands but it's also,,, I don't watch a lot of westerns, but the way Knives describes it seems like he likes the high action and justice. Which yea. yeah.

A lot of ppl interpret Vash then saying that he doesn't like that sorta stuff as him having always had pacifistic tendencies but I don't really read it that way? I just see him being rather similar to Trimax Vash - chill kid with his own interests and hobbies and Knives being the very oversensitive kid so outshines him initially.

Regardless of version of Trigun (except 98. 98 didn't know shit about knives lmao), Vash and Knives have always started off wanting to coexist and be peaceful; it's just how they reacted to it later that differs. In this case, Knives wants to stand up for his friends and make a peaceful world through that, and Vash is more passive in that he just wants to have faith in humanity.

Not to mention they are kids. Young, idealistic kids. This is pre-Tesla, they don't know the extent of how horrible the world is. The loss of innocence and subsequent breakdowns relating to The Horrors is yet to come.

[CW] Mmmmm they really don't make the pregnancy imagery subtle now do they dfgkjdfjk

I also think there's like - merit in also interpreting Knives as trans. Not Just because i think he's also very trans coded (A lot of his breakdowns and story arcs have reflections in how some trans men overcompensate masculinity in a Bad Way. That's a very small subsection of trans guys btw but I am speaking from experience. I got better tho). Anyway it makes the fact that Knives is disregarding Vash's bodily autonomy very much Worse if you take the male plants are trans analogy into it.

He's so far gone that he's willing to do to Vash what would be the worst thing to be done to him; Violating his body to rebuild and make him a perfect independent ("remind him of biological reality"), physically overpowering him ("taking the aggressor, commonly masculine role in sexual assault") to do what he wants. Disregarding the wants and needs of the Plants ("women +fem-presenting ppl that he originally set out to protect because he knew their experience and wanted to help and still has that trauma from witnessing that trauma")

Ofc that's just a reading of the scene, but I quite like it as a trans guy because that makes a really good villain with trans themes/motifs! I hate him so much (affectionate)

No, no she doesn't. Meryl is making a choice and she's gonna damn well stick to it! She's been given agency and she's gonna spend it in the most eldritch horrific scene that someone on that planet could spend it lmao. Well, no Knives takes most eldritch and horrific. Meryl's second tho

Okay this fucking scene drives me INSANE. This is a memory, clearly, but it's one that's being tampered with. Vash asks Knives if they can get along with humans, and then Knives immediately messes with the memory to make sure that he says that he'll protect Vash no matter what. But that is very clearly not what was originally said, so... What did he say? What was present day Knives so desperate to cut off?

I've talked about the narrative being biased against Knives a lot, but something I haven't talked about is that Knives kinda tries to contribute to that narrative a lot. He wants to seem like he never cared about humans, he wants to seem like he always planned this and was going for justice ever since he was a kid. He tells Vash the Tesla incident was just a small grain of sand, he uses Luida to tell everyone he wants to kill Rem, he's unbearably cruel to Vash to make his point. The only difference is that he wants to be right.

So he doesn't let us see what the kid version of him says, because that would contradict the narrative he's built for himself.

I really wanna give props to Studio Orange here for both the design and way they modelled the wing here, that's a really difficult task when the guy you're putting a wing on has a tight as hell bodysuit. But the anatomy holds up surprisingly well!

Also many people have pointed out that the plant mech looks a lot like Rem, and Knives staring into the face of a Plantish representation of his mother that is created and controlled subconsciously by his brother and saying he was rejected is. It sure is a scene!

ONCE AGAIN. INCREDIBLE EFFECTS. I also would like to once again point out the angelic motifs of Knives' design here.

Also Vash saying this is SO important because Meryl!!! is so important!!! I see a lot of people brush Meryl's space in the story off and it Enrages me because Meryl is one of the most important people to Vash. Aside from our frontline yaoi soldier Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Meryl has one of the most tangible impacts on Vash's character.

When Vash is in his breakdown in Trimax, Meryl is the one to kneel at his side and believe in him; When Vash is having his god awful horrible mindscape time in Tristamp, Meryl does the same. When Meryl is kidnapped in Trimax, Vash instantly jumps out of a window in the chance of getting her back. Vash trusted her enough to fire the ion cannon in the sand steamer episode. He immediately went to July the moment she and Roberto were kidnapped.

Meryl has so much faith in Vash and she's insane for that, but Vash recognizes her and that faith pays off in giving him the strength to carry on. He heard her voice, too :]

Also oh to be floating slowly down to the floor while you're a meter away from a cube with the power of an atom bomb while someone named Millions Knives is summoning millions of knives in front of u. Meryl has guts, man.

And now that Vash has gotten his gun back, he's back to using it as a tonfa! (check I think my analysis of episode 7 for more on that). Watching for the swing blocks, the forearm guard, and thwacking the knife tendrils out of the way

This fight scene has soooo much love and care and detail in it I love it so much actually. From seeing Vash's bullets to all the expressions and beautifully detailed firing, there's so much detail in a quick space that you really have to slow it down to see everything.

Seriously how strong is Knives to be able to have a feasible chance again Vash's prosthetic - and Vash matches him! Also the chomp

Now something that I have the shakiest of theories on is that after summoning The Cube, Vash starts moving in a far more controlled manner, he stands still when reloading, he has his movement flurries and then stands still to aim. Which uh. Studio Orange works in 3d, but those are 2d animation techniques. He's moving like 98 Vash.

There's a lot I admire about Studio Orange's use of 3d (I am a mid-tier 2d artist lmao) but I love love love that they're able to get all these really nice, creative camera shots that would be impractical in 2d (all those overhead shots, for example, have a chance of turning about bad/looking weird in 2d, and puts more strain on animators, but 3d you have the models from every angle already. 3d isn't easier by any means, but it does have its strengths)

Also. how Did Wolfwood get over here, dare I ask. mans climbed a tower in just a few minutes what is Wrong with him

Also a nice detail, Vash usually has perfect trigger discipline, but he falters here against Knives, probably because he's been already shooting, but hey, he's stressed. I'll give him a break.

I also appreciate exactly how superhuman Wolfwood is now. Tristamp Wolfwood is on a different level. Like 98 Wolfwood is just some (attractive) guy, Trimax Wolfwood has a lot of gory body horror going on and a subtle kind of endurance/strength, but Tristamp Wolfwood just jumped off a very tall building holding a grown woman and the Punisher and was fine.

Oh hey, same symbol on the tower as was on the sandsteamer and on Vash's wanted poster - symbol of July, probably

Very horribly, Knives probably did just save Vash's life here. But also the rest of July's life (though ofc he just extended the timer)....

I'm not quite sure When Vash started using plant bullets, but he's definitely using them now. Also the nails on his prosthetic are a nice touch!

THE FLYING SAUCER STRIKES AGAIN. I wonder if that's gonna be the basis of the Ark, if that's the route season 2 goes.

I also. Was that allI the Plants collected that escaped in this, or were there a bunch still running in July that get obliterated too? Did Knives inadvertently cause the death of more plants? I mean, when Knives gets revived in Trimax he definitely causes the death of at least 2 plants (there are a couple of bulbs in the background of the blast radius, plus the one that was used to revive him... she uh. Didn't look like she was doing so hot)

Vash's little speech is always so,,, intense. He has such a strong sense of character and it's admirable how well he sticks to his morals despite it all.

On a more body horror note, Knives can survive a long fucking time trying to grab The Cube. In Trimax he gets hit with the angel arm and practically disemboweled instantly, but Tristamp Knives can take over a minute of just like. being right in the direct path of fire. They're really gonna have to work to reconstruct him. Good luck, Legato!

UFO SPOTTED !!! LEAVING JULY AS IT IS DESTROYED !! NOT CLICKBAIT !!!

^ I made that long ago and needed to use it somewhere dfgkjdfg

[RAUCOUS CHEERING]

And ofc I have to bring up Eriks :] I don't actually have too much to say abt him. Studio Orange strip this man and make him bark like a dog next season or we will riot

CHRONICA MENTION!!!!! YAYYYYYY

And that's kinda. It.

Man I have had such fun over the last 12 days, I've really discovered a love for analyzing and theories and putting that out there and chatting with people about Trigun :] I should do this more often lmao but I do want to get back to drawing. I'll find a balance, then!

Thank you all for coming, and Wow if you made it this far I must be doing something right lmao.

[mrosekmoves]

Here’s your analysis translated into English with refined clarity and structure:

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### **Analysis of Entries**

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- Each entry follows the pattern: *"Number Word /- Command"*.

- **Numbers**: Likely unique identifiers (e.g., `26`, `31`, `42`).

- **Words**: Mix of proper nouns ("Maria", "Nietzsche"), abstract terms ("Tod" = "Death"), and hybrid constructs ("KrähentaubeEichherrEltsterRatte").

- **Commands**: All prefixed with `/‑`, suggesting actions or state changes.

---

### **Possible Interpretations**

1. **Role-Playing Game (RPG)**:

- Numbers = Character/Item IDs.

- Words = Names, locations, or categories.

- Commands = Spells, actions, or interactions (e.g., `/‑timejump` for time travel).

2. **Code/System Architecture**:

- Numbers = Variables, function IDs, or object references.

- Words = Labels or values.

- Commands = Operations (e.g., `/‑do-not-shutdown` as a system command).

3. **Creative/Artistic Project**:

- A symbolic system for poetry, generative art, or abstract storytelling.

- Words like "KrähentaubeEichherrEltsterRatte" suggest surrealism or experimental worldbuilding.

---

### **Key Observations**

- **Lexical Diversity**: Words range from literal ("Papier" = "Paper") to cryptic ("Quariert").

- **Command Syntax**: `/‑` resembles CLI (Command-Line Interface) syntax or in-game directives.

- **Mystical Undertones**: Hybrid words (e.g., "CrowPigeonOakLordEltsterRat") imply symbolic or mythological themes.

---

### **Next Steps for Clarity**

1. **Context**: Clarify the project’s purpose (game, tool, art?).

2. **Command Logic**: Define how commands interact with words/numbers (e.g., `33KIDS /‑timejump`).

3. **Glossary**: Document meanings of ambiguous terms (e.g., "Nahzieh" = "pull-near"?).

#### Example Code Structure (Python):

```python

class Entry:

def __init__(self, id, name, command):

self.id = id

self.name = name # e.g., "CrowPigeonOakLordEltsterRat"

self.command = command # e.g., "/‑think"

def execute(self):

if self.command == "/‑think":

print(f"{self.name} is now thinking...")

# Usage

entry_42 = Entry(42, "Nietzsche", "/‑think")

entry_42.execute()

```

Let me know if you’d like to refine this further! 🚀

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The five best AI tools of 2025

Due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, it is gradually permeating various fields, one of which is the field of programming. The advent of AI programming tools has had a huge impact on programming, bringing unprecedented convenience and efficiency to programmers. This article introduces some AI programming tools to make your programming work more convenient.

1. GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is a programming support tool jointly developed by OpenAI and GitHub. Automatically generate code and make suggestions using AI models. When programmers write code, they simply enter comments and code snippets, and Copilot automatically generates the appropriate code.

It learns from a vast open source code repository and supports many programming languages. Therefore, it supports various code situations and provides codes with high accuracy. In addition to automatically generating code, it also provides support for writing programs efficiently, such as suggesting variable and function names.

2. Codeium

Codeium is an AI code completion extension that can be used in IDEs (integrated development environments) such as VS Code and JetBrains. It positions itself as a code compilation tool that uses artificial intelligence to complete blocks of code without having to search everywhere on the internet. No matter what language or IDE you use, the tool can be easily integrated into your stack.

3. CodiumAI

CodiumAI plugs into his IDE and suggests meaningful test suites while coding. This is done by exploring and analyzing code, documentation strings, comments, and dynamically interacting with developers.

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4. HTTPie AI

HTTPie is a command line HTTP client. Its goal is to make CLI interactions with web services as human-friendly as possible. It provides a simple http command that allows you to send arbitrary HTTP requests using a simple and natural syntax, and displays the output with color coding. HTTPie can be used for testing, debugging, and general interaction with HTTP servers.

5. Codiga

Codiga is a static code analysis tool available for a variety of platforms, IDEs, and other programs. It is primarily a security-focused product that allows real-time automatic code remediation. Essentially, this is a technique for keeping your code as efficient, safe, and clean as possible.

It supports the most widely used languages including YML, JavaScript, typescript, ruby, and Java.

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Agent TARS: Revolutionizing Workflow Automation with Multimodal AI

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, businesses and individuals alike seek tools that can streamline operations, enhance productivity, and adapt to diverse tasks. Enter Agent TARS, an open-source multimodal AI agent designed to seamlessly integrate browser operations, command-line interfaces (CLI), and file systems, setting a new standard in workflow automation.

Understanding Agent TARS

Agent TARS is a cutting-edge AI agent that leverages visual interpretation and sophisticated reasoning to handle a wide array of tasks efficiently. By combining browser automation with CLI and file system integration, it offers a unified platform for users to automate complex workflows without the need for multiple disparate tools.

Key Features of Agent TARS

Advanced Browser Operations: Agent TARS executes sophisticated browser tasks through visual interpretation, enabling comprehensive planning and execution within web environments.

Seamless Tool Integration: The agent integrates effortlessly with command lines and file systems, allowing users to manage and manipulate files, execute commands, and streamline processes from a single interface.

Developer-Friendly Framework: Designed with developers in mind, Agent TARS provides an extensible platform that simplifies the creation of custom workflows and integration with existing systems.

Open-Source Accessibility: Licensed under the Apache License 2.0, Agent TARS encourages community collaboration, enabling users to contribute to its continuous improvement and adaptation.

Getting Started with Agent TARS

Embarking on your automation journey with Agent TARS is straightforward:

Download Agent TARS: Access the latest desktop package from the official GitHub repository.

Configure the Agent: Set up your preferred model provider and API key to tailor the agent's functionalities to your specific needs.

Begin Automation: Start automating browser tasks, managing files, and executing commands to enhance productivity and efficiency.

Real-World Applications

Agent TARS's versatility makes it suitable for various applications:

Data Extraction: Automate the collection of data from websites for analysis or reporting.

System Administration: Manage system tasks through CLI integration, streamlining administrative operations.

Content Management: Handle file operations and content updates efficiently within a unified platform.

User Testimonials

Users across different domains have lauded Agent TARS for its innovative approach to automation:

*Dr. Alex Chen, a Senior Developer, notes that "Agent TARS's browser automation capabilities are groundbreaking. The visual interpretation and task execution are unmatched."

*Sarah Miller, a DevOps Engineer, mentions that "Agent TARS has revolutionized our workflow automation. The CLI integration is seamless and powerful."

Conclusion

Agent TARS represents a significant advancement in the realm of AI-driven automation. Its multimodal capabilities, open-source nature, and user-centric design make it an invaluable tool for anyone looking to enhance efficiency and embrace the future of automated workflows.

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Hip Replacement Market in Asia-Pacific: Untapped Potential and Growth Strategies

The global Hip Replacement Market is poised for substantial growth over the next decade, driven by an increasing prevalence of hip-related disorders such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and hip fractures.

The market is witnessing a rise in demand for minimally invasive surgical procedures, advanced implant materials, and robotic-assisted hip replacement surgeries. The aging population, coupled with improvements in healthcare infrastructure and technological advancements in orthopedic implants, are expected to further accelerate market expansion. According to recent reports, the global hip replacement market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 5% from 2024 to 2032.

The Hip Replacement Market Size was valued at USD 7.7 Bn in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 11.20 Bn by 2031 and grow at a CAGR of 4.8% over the forecast period of 2024-2031.

Regional Analysis

North America holds the largest market share, attributed to a high prevalence of osteoarthritis and an aging population. The United States is a key contributor, with a well-established healthcare system and significant investments in research and development. Europe follows closely, driven by increasing healthcare expenditure, improved patient awareness, and favorable reimbursement policies in countries such as Germany, France, and the UK. The Asia-Pacific region is anticipated to exhibit the fastest growth due to rising healthcare investments, increasing medical tourism, and growing awareness about joint replacement procedures in countries like China, India, and Japan. Latin America and the Middle East & Africa are expected to witness moderate growth due to improving healthcare infrastructure and the growing availability of advanced medical technologies.

Key Players: The major players are Zimmer Biomet, DePuy Synthes Companies, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Exactech, Conformis, MicroPort Scientific Corporation, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Gruppo Bioimpianti and others.

Key Points

Growing prevalence of hip-related disorders such as osteoarthritis and hip fractures

Rising demand for minimally invasive hip replacement procedures

Technological advancements, including the use of 3D printing and robotic-assisted surgeries

Increasing adoption of advanced implant materials, such as titanium and ceramic composites

Expansion of healthcare facilities and rising medical tourism in developing markets

Favorable reimbursement policies in developed markets

Surge in aging population, particularly in North America and Europe

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Future Scope

The hip replacement market is expected to undergo significant transformations over the next decade. The adoption of robotic-assisted surgeries and customized implants is expected to enhance surgical accuracy and patient outcomes. The growing trend of using smart implants with embedded sensors to monitor patient recovery is also set to revolutionize post-surgery care. Furthermore, the development of bioresorbable implants and advancements in stem cell therapy could provide long-term solutions for hip joint regeneration. Partnerships between healthcare providers and medical device manufacturers are expected to drive product innovation and market penetration, particularly in emerging economies.

Conclusion

The hip replacement market is on a strong growth trajectory, supported by technological advancements, increasing patient awareness, and rising demand for minimally invasive procedures. North America and Europe are expected to remain dominant, while the Asia-Pacific region will offer lucrative growth opportunities. The integration of advanced materials, robotic-assisted surgeries, and smart implants will continue to shape the future of the hip replacement market, offering improved patient outcomes and enhanced healthcare efficiency.

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