#dummy load method

[elliesmainhoe]

Hey there vivi, I think your work is cool <33 Wanted to ask what you thought of Ellie and girlfriend having IVF with both their genetics/eggs so they both have a biological child together. Know it’s not possible yet but im thinking about a Ellie with biological kid. Tmi but im ovulating so this is what im thinking ab rn. Not asking you to do a little blurb if you don’t want to, but wanted to know if you like the idea of Ellie and her kidd, ngl i think is interesting and adorable. Much love!

omg I fucking love this idea!!!! she would be so silly , I wrote some headcanons for this so hope you like it!!!!

ELLIE WILLIAMS HEADCANONS: YOU HAVE A BABY WITH HER (biologically)

okay let's say- distant future, lesbians can now have biological babies (yay technology!)

when you tell her that your pregnant girlie is gobsmacked, even though you two were actively trying. (aka raw dogging every night)

goes through a crisis, buys baby books, pregnancy books, looks into a ton of birth and labour options

shes prepared for everything, goes to Joel to find advice about taking care of a pregnant woman and what to do with a newborn

GRANDPA JOEL????

stop that would be the most adorable shit ever, him sitting on his porch, yours and Ellie's babe on his chest, giving you two a break

stopppp 😭😭😭😭

anyways getting off topic-

she's literally so much more a doting loser than she usually is (which is a feat in itself)

gets you all your cravings, chocolate? done. pickles? done. chocolate AND pickles together? fuck it she'll try some too.

loves decorating the nursery in your house

PAINTS A DINOSAUR AND/OR SPACE MURAL IN THE ROOM???

the nerd indoctrination is already happening.

her and Joel make loads of custom furniture, adjustable crib, rocking/nursing chair, changing station.

the nursery ends up looking so cute, with loads of earthy tones and greens but also an array of rainbow toys.

OMG THEY MAKE YOUR BABY A ROCKING HORSE??

shed be so supportive during labour

whatever birth method you choose shes so supportive, makes you a little emergency bag just in case you go into labour

loves skin to skin

after the birth, you're exhausted of course, so you're sleeping and she's alone with a newborn baby???

honestly thinks that the baby looks a little funky

when babies come out they're squished, red and all silly looking

they're cute of course!!! but Ellie is still hoping your babe grows out of the squished tomato, potato phase?

skin to skin is her favorite thing

having the baby laid on her chest is genuinely the sweetest thing ever

she 100% cries when your baby grows out of their first onesie

she's so sentimental, keeps everything your kid does or has

old dummies (pacifiers if you're American), baby toys that the kid doesn't play with anymore, the umbilical cord? it's in a ziplock bag somewhere.

wears the baby in those baby back pack things (I can't remember the name LMAO)

when the baby starts teething she's always making jokes about how you've given birth to a feral baby.

jokingly scolds the baby when they start biting when you breastfeed them

dresses the kid up in the funnies outfits

the baby's dresser is basically a fancy dress box by now. dinosaur costumes, teddy bear costumes, pirate costume?

literally everything

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I now have baby fever. kms.

not proofread

she's the best mum especially with a newborn

[ironskyfinder]

Panty check

Every morning that she had class, the routine was the same.

Most mornings she woke up before him, his cock throbbing against her, and let herself enjoy being cuddled before waking him up with a slow, languorous blowjob; when he woke up first, the first sensation of her day was his cock stretching one of her holes.

After they made it out of bed, she knelt in the shower to piss - she'd already taken care of him as they were lying in bed, being careful to be the urinal he wanted and to not spill a drop - and he'd eventually join her, and gently wash her hair as she leaned against his thigh. Despite how much it hurt her knees, she loved being so vulnerable and cared for in between all the degradation, and he made sure to remind her every day that she was exactly where she belonged.

Then, they'd both be getting ready for the day - he'd brush her teeth for her, if they had time, gently holding her face and  methodically working through her mouth - and then she'd model for him as he picked out her outfit for the day and decided on her hairstyle. He liked showing her off, so most days she ended up wearing one of her pastel pink skirts, rolled up to be high enough to satisfy him.

Then, she'd go and get his coffee ready so that by the time he stepped into the kitchen she could turn around and hand it to him, and then she sat on his lap as he sipped it and went over their day. 

She had to go to class; to most people, the reason she'd moved halfway across the continent was because she liked the climate and the culture of the campus, and because she was closer to family. Sticking with her degree track for just one more semester meant they had to keep up some kinds of appearances, but she didn't have to do much more than show up - he was going to have her dropped out and bred by this time next year, he'd frequently remind her as she squirmed in his lap.

Which brought them to the panty check.

After his finished his coffee, as they were standing at the door and ready to leave, he'd flip her skirt up and pull out his cock. Pressing it against her clit, his other hand on her neck, he'd stroke his cock - or have her work it instead - while he reminded her that she was his, his little girlpet, his drippy dummy, his perfect doll. Some mornings he'd tell her about his plans for that afternoon, how he couldn't wait to tie her down and suck her senseless; some mornings he just kissed her over and over, deeply, passionately, until she was light-headed; other mornings he'd tell her how pretty she looked, doe-eyed and desperate, pumping his cock.

But the panty check always ended the same. He'd cum, and after the last spurt was dripping into her panties he'd pull them up so that his sticky load was pressed right against her sensitive clit and needy hole, and he'd pat the growing wet spot and whisper in her ear that now he knew she'd be thinking about him, all day.

[satinslut]

smoking w/ jjk guysss

Please this idea has been running through my mind and is literally so fucking self-indulgent but this shit is canon in my mind. idc what you say, I’d do some stupid ass shit to smoke with these dummies. 

a lil nsfw so imma just say NO MINORS plssss

including: Choso, Gojo, Nanami, and Suguru

Choso

Choso is deffffffffffff a heavy smoker idc what you say, tell it to ya mama

Do you see how low his eyes stay???????

Has been smoking for a minute now and usually smokes daily

Keeps a dab pen on him at all times and defff has the full gram and not the half

Def would be a feen and use the lighter and/or sock method to get the last lil bit out 

Mans definitely wakes and bakes, pre-rolls a blunt at night so he can wake up happy

Definitely says some dumb shit like “Thank you for the meal” before lighting up 

The type to be like, “I’m going out to get groceries? Let’s load a bowl real quick.” 

That or he’s smoking while walking to the store

Prefers smoking, specifically bongs, rather than anything else

Tried wax one time and swears he could understand Gojo’s infinity 

Dropped his tray once while he was rolling and just wept in his seat, he didn’t cry he WEPT

You got to witness this atrocity and just pat his shoulder trying to console him

“I’m literally so sorry for your loss.”

Dude was fr tryna get the grinds out the carpet PLEASSSEE

Choso usually likes to smoke by himself, doesn’t really like having other people around when he smokes

Not on any selfish shit, but because mans just doesn’t want to be bothered and is comforted by his own company 

That and he doesn’t like his brothers seeing him smoke

Likes to smoke with you though,

“You make me feel calm. It’s fun with you.” Said by Choso himself after you asked him why there was never anyone else around

Feel like Choso is an acts of service typa love language guy

Expect to NEVER have to roll your own blunts, load your own pipes or bongs, even grind up your own shit bc this man has it COVERED

Can and will stop you if he sees you tryna do anything besides sit there and look pretty

Doesn’t mean he doesn’t appreciate it, loves when you roll his blunts for him,,thinks you look pretty, but he wants to do it for you 

Likes to spoil you ofc so expect to have him buying all your snacks too after the both of y’all got the munchies

Feel like he’s a Green Tea Arizona, hot cheetos, and gummy worm typa guy when it comes to the lil pit-stops

That or some sorta hard candy cause he has an oral fixation and likes to keep his mouth busy so he won’t start chewing at his lips

Loves, loves, LOVES being outside when he’s high

Used to get really anxious cause he thought people could tell he was fucked up, but got over it after you told him that you couldn’t tell because he always seemed as such

He is but that’s besides the point 

That means expect picnic dates in the park on the sunniest and warmest of days

Choso packed the lunch ofc and when he pulled out three of the most beautifully rolled and pearled joints and presented them to you with the most goofiest grin plastered on his face, you only fell deeper in love with him on the spot

Just because he holds an affinity for being outside while high doesn’t mean he dislikes being inside

Choso has the most immaculate music taste, Gege told me so

Source? Trust me bro

But no seriously this man has such a diverse taste in music and the first time he put on the playlist you swear you were in a trance on the first song

Cue him saying some shit like, “Do you wanna listen to music and smoke?”

Y’all fr just got back from smoking at the park, pls choso

Ofc listening to music and smoking turns into Choso straddling you on his lap shotgunning smoke into your mouth, one hand on your ass the other holding the burning blunt,,,,but that’s a story for another time bc lemme fr not get into this right now lmaoooooo

Not necessarily clingy when he’s high but really just wants to be in your presence ??? like don’t leave him pls

Let him rest his head between your thighs and play with his hair or else he’ll start pouting

Baby just wants your undivided attention is all :((((

Gojo 

Now Gojo on the other hand is a social smoker, can handle himself just fine…kinda ??

Like he just gets really fucking quiet when he’s high I feel, not eerie or sad or anything like that, but just…his brain is finally calm!!!

Prefers drinking over smoking anyday, but that don’t mean he’s gonna refuse the blunt when it’s coming his way !!

Especially not if Shoko rolled it, god-tier is this woman, skilled with her fingers (lmao) 

Used to roll her own cigarettes when she first started smoking and that just transferred over into the blunts

But Gojo just gets super quiet and calm when he’s fucked up, he can just relax yk???

Can’t tell if he’s sleep or not bc of his dumbass mask and glasses, so when he yells at you for tryna skip him don’t get upset lmao

Cue Nanami saying some shit like “While I appreciate you being quiet for once, how can we tell if you’re fucking sleep or not?” 

If he’s not quiet then he’s whining in your ear about how hungry he is

His sweet tooth just gets 10x worse when he’s gone and is INSUFFERABLE about it

Has gotten to the point where you’ve just started keeping sweets in your bag for him/have a whole ass cabinet dedicated to snacks for Gojo

Said prior but he’s only a social smoker,,but will ONLY smoke with people he’s comfortable with/know

Only bc the very first time he got high his Six Eyes was freaking him tf out 

“I think I just saw a life in this Infinity where I didn’t have this power” -Gojo after three hits 

He’s so ??not annoying?? When he’s high and you honestly think it’s the weirdest thing cause he’s always so !!!!!! yk??

Definitely clingy so expect to be holding his hand or having him follow you all the way to the bathroom, there’s literally no in between

Likes to stay in when he’s high, going out messes with his head a lil too much and makes him a lil anxious

Definitely schedules when he’s gonna smoke if it’s just you two so expect to have it turn into a lil stay-in date night

Can and will leave his smoking stuff at your place so he has an excuse to come over, or will feign that he’s out so he can come see you

Fr would hit you with some sorta ‘roll me a blunt. i’m otw.’ typa text message

Hates rolling, packing, grinding doing quite literally ANYTHING with his weed, and you’ve only spoiled him with how you do any and all of it 

Loves, loves, lovessss watching you roll for him

Sits next to you and gives you lil kisses of appreciation or hands you things you need

 Will fr interrupt anything you’re doing and just sets the stuff down saying sum bs like ‘but you’re the best at it’

Doesn’t fuck with edibles at ALLLLLL stays the literal fuck away from them cause his anxiety spikes so high and he gets hella paranoid

Prefers smoking cause he can at least somewhat measure out how much he’s intaking

Cause if he eats an edible he WILL eat the whole thing and then another cause ‘this shit isn’t even hitting’

Nanaminnnnn

See, in my head Nanamin gets even more brash when under the influence

Still stoic and coldish demeanor, but definitely not presenting himself as such,,more sarcastic than anything 

Like he already doesn't care what he says, but it’s always so ???formal??? whereas when he’s high it’s not so much

Hence the curse words

Mans would say some of the most offhand, outta pocket shit with the straightest face and then ask why the whole groups laughing at him BAHHAHA

Half of me wants to say he’s a social smoker like Gojo, but the other half of me is like,, mans is overworked and burnt out asf he smokes NIGHTLY 

But no seriously the first time Nanami got high with you was so funny cause him being…him and a literal fucking square had everyone thinking he wouldn’t EVER touch any drugs unless a doctor prescribed them yk??

Nahhh mans had everyone in literal awe over how he came to the sesh fully prepared 

That and surprised he showed up at all 

Had the premium rolling papers, designer fucking tray, and the biggest bag of weed that any of y’all had saw

“I forgot my automatic grinder, did anyone bring one cause I honestly don’t feel like pulling this shit apart.” 

The shit Nanami smokes is honestly some of the best shit you’d ever smoked tbh

Like it’s the highest quality you can get, mans hand picked the nuggets he wanted like it was that typa good quality shit 

It’s such an intensely complex yet satisfying high and the group be tryna mooch off of this man so much but he only ever let’s you get what you want

Smokes you out in his benz daily

Like he’ll literally come pick you up after he gets offa work to like?? Go get some food or something and he’ll be like:

“Pick a spot to eat and we’ll smoke in the parking lot before going in.” 

He’s much more touchy, not like Gojo, but will definitely be keeping a hand on your thigh, lower back

Also think he’s a really light sleeper/it’s hard for him to go to bed so he eats an edible before bed, or will wake up in the middle of the night to smoke

Doesn’t smoke in the house, he’s too bougie for that, but redid his whole balcony so he could smoke out there no matter the weather

Such a smart man

Likes sitting out there with you, especially during the summer nights a blunt passed between the both of you

Like to think he likes smoking more than edibles because of the relaxation of the pull when inhaling, but honestly he holds both to equal standards 

Makes his own infused oil and since he cooks nightly (almost) he’ll sometimes put it in the food 

Suguruuuuuuu

He’s an irregular smoker

A couple times through the week to help with his anxiety and insomnia

That or he just really loves the head high of it all, helps his brain go mute and that’s just amazing

Only takes a couple hits before he’s like ‘i’m good’

Low tolerance ass

But no seriously he just knows his limits and will NOT go past them 

A rule he made for himself after he had hella paranoia after smoking with Gojo

Then again, Gojo was saying some off the wall shit and had dude scared as fuck

On top of that, mans refuses to smoke alone, it’s a no go for him everytime 

Feels weird when he smokes alone, gets too in his head 

Likes to talk about the most randomest of things, definitely sum philosophical and controversial

Type to smoke and then either binge watch a show with half lidded eyes, or knock tf out 

Just know he’s not gonna be moving an INCH

Clingy as well, but like you’re getting suffocated typa clingy 

Expect to be literally engulfed by this man 

Like full body weight on you

Will not let you get up and if you do he’s literally following you with his back pressed against you, dead serious 

Like you were getting up to cook once after yall had smoked and from bedroom to kitchen was Suguru literally attached to your back

Keeps his arms hooked around your waist or hips and face in your neck 

Skin to skin contact is a must so expect his hands to be under your clothes and not even in a sexual way, he just fr finds it comforting 

Favorite is to circle your hips with his hands

Has the patience to grow his own stuff, esp since he barely smokes like that 

Ain’t boutta spend all of that money at the dispo tf and just likes knowing that it’s his

Has names for all of his plants idc

Think he’d like tinctures too tbh

Adds in his morning/nighttime tea sometimes

[loanbank]

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[ironskymaker]

Panty Check 

Every morning that she had class, the routine was the same.

Most mornings she woke up before him, his cock throbbing against her, and let herself enjoy being cuddled before waking him up with a slow, languorous blowjob; when he woke up first, the first sensation of her day was his cock stretching one of her holes.

After they made it out of bed, she knelt in the shower to piss - she'd already taken care of him as they were lying in bed, being careful to be the urinal he wanted and to not spill a drop - and he'd eventually join her, and gently wash her hair as she leaned against his thigh. Despite how much it hurt her knees, she loved being so vulnerable and cared for in between all the degradation, and he made sure to remind her every day that she was exactly where she belonged.

Then, they'd both be getting ready for the day - he'd brush her teeth for her, if they had time, gently holding her face and  methodically working through her mouth - and then she'd model for him as he picked out her outfit for the day and decided on her hairstyle. He liked showing her off, so most days she ended up wearing one of her pastel pink skirts, rolled up to be high enough to satisfy him.

Then, she'd go and get his coffee ready so that by the time he stepped into the kitchen she could turn around and hand it to him, and then she sat on his lap as he sipped it and went over their day. 

She had to go to class; to most people, the reason she'd moved halfway across the continent was because she liked the climate and the culture of the campus, and because she was closer to family. Sticking with her degree track for just one more semester meant they had to keep up some kinds of appearances, but she didn't have to do much more than show up - he was going to have her dropped out and bred by this time next year he'd frequently remind her as she squirmed in his lap.

Which brought them to the panty check.

After his finished his coffee, as they were standing at the door and ready to leave, he'd flip her skirt up and pull out his cock. Pressing it against her clit, his other hand on her neck, he'd stroke his cock - or have her work it instead - while he reminded her that she was his, his little girlpet, his drippy dummy, his perfect doll. Some mornings he'd tell her about his plans for that afternoon, how he couldn't wait to tie her down and suck her senseless; some mornings he just kissed her over and over, deeply, passionately, until she was light-headed; other mornings he'd tell her how pretty she looked, doe-eyed and desperate, pumping his cock.

But the panty check always ended the same. He'd cum, and after the last spurt was dripping into her panties he'd pull them up so that his sticky load was pressed right against her sensitive clit and needy hole, and he'd pat the growing wet spot and whisper in her ear that now he knew she'd be thinking about him, all day.

[fromdevcom]

Reverse engineering Java classes is very easy and Obfuscation also can not stop anyone from reverse engineering your proprietary class. but it makes it far too difficult to reverse engineer and utilize the same code. I was writing a key generation algorithm and thought it should not be reverse engineered easily. I tried obfuscation by Proguard : http://proguard.sourceforge.net/ and it did a good job in obfuscating my code. I tried decompiling using Eclipse Jadclipse plugin: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jadclipse/ which is a really good decompiler and did most of the Java code generation pretty well. The generated Java files have few classes which are as is, and a few are obfuscated. so when I try understanding the logic inside the code it gets little difficult to understand. But I didnt want to stop here, I need to create more confusion in the regenerated code. So here are few techniques I wanted to share which can make your code reverse engineering a nightmare for anyone. I am sure these techniques are not best way of implementing your code, and there could be other issues in implementing them, but in case your only goal is to keep your code safer and not easily being copied then this may sound useful. Code inside finally block If you see a decompiled Java file most difficult areas are the once where we have Exception handling, this code is usually replaced with the lines like JVM INSTR dup ; L1: So thought of utilizing this piece. Here is what I tried. I created a try/catch block in my code and called a dummy method which does nothing. And then I surround this by lots of RuntimeException catch and finally blocks. Then move the actual code inside the finally block. Now when I obfuscate and then de-compile the classes. Now decompiler is generating a lot of code for a small method which had only one block of code in finally block. Here is the example what I did private String myCoreMethod1(String s) try doSomeStuff(); catch (SecurityException e) System.err .println(e); catch (NumberFormatException e) System.err .println(e); catch (RuntimeException e) System.err .println(e); finally //My Secret Code here } return s; } private void doSomeStuff() //Doing nothing This technique should make your de-compiled code really difficult to understand, I have tried Jadclipse plugin to decompile, but I am sure this is goiong to be pretty much confusing for other decompilers as well. Code inside Inner Classes Another way of coding I observed is Inner classes. If your code is written inside a inner class it makes it far more complex to understand when its decompiled. Create a LocalImplementation inner class in your code which has your core methods implemented. This way reaching to core method level becomes difficult while doing code walk thru. In fact if you can write the same implementation in a annonymous inner class then it can make it more difficult. Use of Reflection Java Reflection is a powerfull way of dynamically loading and invoking classes/methods. Using Reflection code to call your key methods may make it difficult for people to understand as it does not tell which method is being called. This is how I did it, Keep a list of core classes which has core methods. Also have a list of core method names which need to be called, now interate through the list of classes and call each method one by one. If the class does not have a method then go for next class this way you can make it more un-obvious to undestand the sequence of calls. Well I know this is not the best way but there could be many ways of creating such confusions. I know its not the best use of reflection, but to hide my core algorithm I would probably do it. All of above techniques are to make it reverse engineered code more complex, but you may need to maintain the same code yourself so make sure following things Writing a utility for such a custom obfuscation would be a good idea for your project, if this can be done the you can follow standard code practices and run the custom obfuscator on distribution jars.

If you are not creating a utility then: Try to apply above technique in only the code piece which you would want to make difficult to understand. Document it, so that new developers to maintain or enhance can understand the practice and follow it too. Beyond Obfuscation, tricks for obfusction, techniques of obfuscation, code safety, securing java code, making decompiler useless, can not decompile class file, obfuscation techniques, obfuscation, Obfuscator, simple tricks beyond obfuscation, simple tricks after obfuscation, effective obfuscation, difficult decompilation, difficult to pirate java code

[ensafomer]

Title: Lasso Regression Analysis with k-Fold Cross Validation for Variable Selection

1. Introduction to Lasso Regression

Lasso Regression is a statistical method for shrinkage and variable selection in linear regression models. The goal of Lasso is to shrink the coefficients of some variables to zero, effectively eliminating these variables from the model. This results in a model that uses only the most significant predictors for forecasting the response variable.

2. Steps for Performing the Analysis:

1. Data Loading and Preparation:

In this case, we used synthetic data generated by the make_regression function from sklearn, which provides dummy data for the purpose of analysis.

2. Data Splitting:

Since the dataset is small, there was no need to split it into training and testing sets. We used k-Fold Cross Validation to assess the model's performance.

3. Lasso Model Creation:

We defined a Lasso model with the alpha parameter to control the strength of the shrinkage.

4. Performing Cross Validation (Cross-Validation):

We used 5 folds (k=5) for KFold Cross Validation to evaluate the model's performance.

3. The Code Used:

4. Model Output:

When the code is run, the following outputs are obtained (values may vary based on the data):

Mean Score: This is the average negative mean squared error (MSE) across the cross-validation folds. The more negative this value, the better the model performs in terms of prediction accuracy.

Standard Deviation: This shows the variation in the model's performance across different folds.

5. Analysis:

From the cross-validation results, we observe that the model gives an average negative mean squared error (MSE) of -21.348, which indicates that the model is performing reasonably well.

Lasso has effectively shrunk some coefficients to zero, thus helping to select the most significant variables while removing unnecessary ones.

6. Summary:

We used Lasso Regression with k-Fold Cross Validation to select the most important predictors from a larger set of variables.

Through this process, variables with coefficients shrunk to zero were excluded from the model, and the remaining significant variables were chosen.

[tutor-helpdesk]

Impact of Dummy Variables on Regression Outcomes: Econometrics Analysis Help

Introduction

In general, dummy variables in econometrics are effective tools to incorporate qualitative data into regression models. Usually taking values of either 0 or 1, dummy variables allow us to capture the effects of discrete categories (such as gender, region, or treatment) on the dependent variable. To students studying econometrics, dummy variables represent the possibility of making such categorical influences quantifiable within the standard methodologies of regression testing. These are particularly useful when analyzing data that contain not just quantitative factors but also qualitative factors such as disparity of income between different genders and the effect of government policies across various regions.

Dummy variables are very useful in econometric analysis for obtaining accurate analysis and interpretable results, as they segment data based on meaningful categories that may otherwise remain hidden. For students working on econometric analysis, learning how to implement dummy variables can simplify complex analyses and make models more instinctive. Students can take assistance from econometrics homework help experts to master different techniques that can be used in the most efficient way to set up and interpret dummy variables. This guide focuses on the basic concept of dummy variables, their use in linear regression, their importance, and their implementation using Python codes to help students in their coursework assignments.

How to Use Dummy Variables for Better Interpretability in Linear Regression Models 

Explaining what Dummy Variables are in Linear Regression

When conducting a linear regression analysis, dummy variables are used to quantify how categorical variables impact the outcome variable. For instance, we can examine the effects that the region of an individual has on his or her income. Here, the region is categorical (North, South, East, West), and by using dummy variables we obtain the binary set of indicators for each corresponding region allowing us to model the changes in incomes peculiar to these locations. If the dummy variables were not included in the equation, the regression would assume the region to be a continuous variable which is a nonsensical approach, or it would exclude this variable altogether, thus eliminating useful insights. Dummy variables solve this issue by following a binary format, where 0 or 1 are assigned to show whether that certain category exists or not. Here is a guide on performing dummy variable coding in Python, especially for simple regression analysis.

Step-by-Step Guide with Python Code 

Suppose we have a dataset involving information on income, gender, and level of education. To incorporate categorical effects into the income prediction, we will incorporate dummy variables.

1. Loading the Dataset

Suppose we have a sample dataset of people's income, gender, and education levels. We’ll use the Python library pandas to load and explore the dataset:

import pandas as PD

# Sample dataset

data = pd.DataFrame({

    'income': [55000, 48000, 62000, 45000, 52000],

    'gender': ['Male', 'Female', 'Male', 'Female', 'Male'],

    'education': ['Bachelor', 'Master', 'Bachelor', 'PhD', 'Master']

})

print(data)

Now, let’s introduce dummy variables for gender and education to capture their unique impacts on income.

1. Creating dummy variables using pandas.get_dummies()

To make dummy variables, python’s Panda library provides an easy method. Let’s create dummy variables for gender as well as for education.

# Generate dummy variables

data_dummies = pd.get_dummies(data, columns=['gender', 'education'], drop_first=True)

print(data_dummies)

By using drop_first=True we prevent the so-called dummy variable trap which happens when all categories are included in the model leading to perfect multicollinearity. Here, the gender_Female and the education_Master, education_PhD point to each category.

1. Setting Up the Regression Model 

It is now possible to fit the linear regression using dummy variables to predict income. We are going to build and evaluate the model by using the statsmodels package in Python.

import statsmodels.api as sm

# Define the dependent and independent variables

X = data_dummies.drop('income', axis=1)

y = data_dummies['income']

# Add constant for intercept

X = sm.add_constant(X)

# Fit the model

model = sm.OLS(y, X).fit()

print(model.summary())

In this setup, we include gender_Female as a dummy variable and assign it a value of 1 for ‘Female’ and 0 for ‘Male’ which will be our reference category. Likewise, for education, “Bachelor” is the baseline category, with separate summy variables on “Master” and “PhD”. Using the results of the constructed model, we can understand how being female as well as having higher educational standards influences income as compared to other baseline categories.

Interpreting the Results

Let’s understand how dummy variables affect the regression:

• Intercept: The intercept means the anticipated income for the reference category, in this case, a male with an education level of Bachelor’s degree.

• Gender Coefficient: The coefficient of gender_Female describes the variation of income of females from the male baseline category.

• Education Coefficients: The coefficients for education_Master and education_PhD indicate the income difference caused by these degrees compared to those with a bachelor’s degree.

We get insight of how each categorical variable affects the income by comparing each dummy variable’s coefficient. For instance, if the coefficient for gender_Female is negative this means, females earn less on average than males.

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[theriverbeyond]

DAY 2 PROGRESS (aka: autism win! local creature spends several hours making a cardboard replica of their torso. and also more bones)

Clavicle time!! doing the same method as beforr, aka wire armature under paper clay. I sculpted them flat, and then shaped them on to my body to get their proper 3D curve

this led me to be like, huh, having a dress form/dummy would be really helpful, too bad I don't have one and they are SO expensive. anyway, look at all these moving boxes from like 2 years ago that i never threw away.

oh

OHH?????

now we are cooking with gas.

onto scapula time! I printed one out because my drawings were NOT working out. the average scapula is about 9.5 cm across acording to a study I found, I made them a bit bigger at around 10-11cm across. for the vibes.

The wire armature looks very fun IMO. Also, I forgot to take a pic of this part but I basically lined up vertebra 2-7 in order to get the spacing of the hooks correct. The vertebrae are gonna attach to ribs that will attach to the scapula.

Fun anatomy fact! generally, the spine of the scapula aligns with the T3 vertebrae

sculpting process ft. art assistant reminding me to take breaks.

TA DA! here they are, and as symmetrical as they are going to get. in my opinion it fucks and i'm extremely pleased. i also DEFINITELY did not expect any of this to turn out looking this good but turns out Studying The Bone has its perks.

I'm glad I made the torso (theriverbeyond 2, if you will) because I want the scapulae to dry on a curve and i do not know how I would do that symmetrically without it. Paper clay takes about (?) 3 days to fully dry and so I definitely want to wait before I start connecting things

Next steps: ribs! rib 1 is going to be sort of like a collar (load bearing ribs, basically--i habe a plan) and the rest are just there to hang out. YAYYYYYYYY

just made some BONES :3 (aka I'm finally starting a Harrow cosplay and obviously the rigcage is first. day 1 progress pics and process under the cut)

I have a PLAN for the ribcage, and we shall see if it can come to fruition. if all else fails, I will still have some sick wall art 👍

Pt. 1 is making the sternum, I'm embedding a wire armature for support and also to integrate secure rings-i-can-attach-other-bones-to directly into the bone, to hopefully minimize future cosplay emergencies and malfunctions. I AM making the sternum 3 different articulating bones, because they are important #TO ME

I'm using paper clay (which i have never used before) because I have a very contentious relationship with foam clay and I dislike baking things in my oven (its a very bad oven. and very small). Trying lots of new things so let's see what happens!

Pt 2 is the vertebrae. I want to make a spine that goes down the back over MY spine, so I'm making basically the entire thoracic section, posterior part only as it is like, on my body. Cutting it at the pedicles if you catch my drift. Using wire again for both structural and rings-to-attach-other-bones reasons.

Fun fact, a good way to remember if you are looking at thoracic vertebrae is "does it look like a giraffe?". (lumbar vertebrae look like moose. meese?)

I'm basically making the connection between vertebrae happen at the junction of the articular facets, aka not sculpting those and keeping that part as wire only. I also has a really fun time making vertebrae that *progressed* from T1 to T12, aka from "looks kimda like cervical" to "looks kinda like lumbar". Definitely not perfect but good enough IMO. Yippee!

definitely should have like, considered rib attachment and such when I was making the armature for the vertebrae BUT i forgot. so we ball. I think I will attach them to the main articulating chain and just like... attempt to space it out with jump rings. we shall see if it works.

Next steps are scapulae, clavicles, and ribs. Still sorta unsure how ribs 1-4 ish are going to work due to my arms being in the way but I will figure that out when I get there 👍

[dlbanalysis]

Linear Regression 2.0 (Dummy Variables)

This is another Linear Regression post (using statsmodels) - but this time I wanted to talk about 'dummy variables'.

The overarching idea:

In the previous blog post at some point I mention about having multiple variables in our linear regression model that may (or may not) give us more explanatory power.

In this example we'll look at using a dummy variable (attendance) along with SAT score to give us a more precise GPA output.

The code:

Apologies in advance, I know this is incredibly messy - but I feel like the concept behind what's happening is more important than how it looks at the moment!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ import numpy as np import pandas as pd import statsmodels.api as sm import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import seaborn as sns sns.set() raw_data = pd.read_csv('1.03.+Dummies.csv') data = raw_data.copy() data['Attendance'] = data['Attdance'].map({'Yes': 1, 'No': 0}) print(data.describe())

#REGRESSION # Following the regression equation, our dependent variable (y) is the GPA y = data ['GPA'] # Our independent variable (x) is the SAT score x1 = data [['SAT', 'Attendance']] # Add a constant. Esentially, we are adding a new column (equal in lenght to x), which consists only of 1s x = sm.add_constant(x1) # Fit the model, according to the OLS (ordinary least squares) method with a dependent variable y and an idependent x results = sm.OLS(y,x).fit() # Print a nice summary of the regression. results.summary()

plt.scatter(data['SAT'],y) yhat_no = 0.6439 + 0.0014*data['SAT'] yhat_yes = 0.8665 + 0.0014*data['SAT'] fig = plt.plot(data['SAT'],yhat_no, lw=2, c='#a50026') fig = plt.plot(data['SAT'],yhat_yes, lw=2, c='#006837') plt.xlabel('SAT', fontsize = 20) plt.ylabel('GPA', fontsize = 20) plt.scatter(data['SAT'],data['GPA'], c=data['Attendance'],cmap='RdYlGn')

# Define the two regression equations (one with a dummy = 1 [i.e 'Yes'], the other with dummy = 0 [i.e 'no']) yhat_no = 0.6439 + 0.0014*data['SAT'] yhat_yes = 0.8665 + 0.0014*data['SAT']

# Original regression line yhat = 0.0017*data['SAT'] + 0.275

#Plot the two regression lines fig = plt.plot(data['SAT'],yhat_yes, lw=2, c='#006837', label ='Attendance > 75%') fig = plt.plot(data['SAT'],yhat_no, lw=2, c='#a50026', label ='Attendance < 75%') # Plot the original regression line fig = plt.plot(data['SAT'],yhat, lw=3, c='#4C72B0', label ='original regression line') plt.legend(loc='lower right')

plt.xlabel('SAT', fontsize = 20) plt.ylabel('GPA', fontsize = 20) plt.show()

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When you run the code, this is the graph you will get!

What am I looking at?

This graph is showing us students' SAT scores against their GPA. It is also showing us regression lines of attendance. In green, we have those students who attended more than 75% and in red, those students who had less than 75% attendance. We can clearly see that the students who had an attendance rate of over 75% are expected to achieve a higher GPA.

How was it done?

Obviously you could find that out by looking at the code - but I want to break it down into steps (for my own benefit in the future if nothing else!)

The first noticeable thing that is different from the previous blog post is we have loaded in the dataset into a variable called 'raw_data' (as opposed to 'data). This is because we have some extra work to do before we get started! *Just an aside here that in the 'Attendance' column we have 'Yes' or 'No' entries depending on whether or not the student has attendance rate of more than 75%.

The next two lines of code:

data = raw_data.copy()

data['Attendance'] = data['Attendance'].map({'Yes': 1, 'No': 0})

The first line will make a copy of our 'raw data' variable and call it 'data'. The next line maps all 'Yes' entries in the 'Attendance' column to 1 and all 'No' entries to 0. As below

(we only see 5 entries here because both instances [i.e first section is the original and the second one is after the mapping] were printed with the 'data.head()' method).

3. The next thing we need to do is declare our dependent (y) and indedpendent (x1) variables, which are:

y = data ['GPA'] x1 = data [['SAT', 'Attendance']]

4. Once we have this it is the same as before, use statsmodels to create a constant and print some useful statistics!

x = sm.add_constant(x1) results = sm.OLS(y,x).fit() print(results.summary())

A couple of things to note here, the adjusted R-squared value (0.555) is a great improvement from the linear regression we peformed without attendance (0.399) [a note here to say that R-Squared and Adjusted R-Squared will get their own post one day!].

5. So, we can start constructing the equations now. So, our original one was: GPA = 0.275 + 0.0017*SAT

The model including the dummy variable is: GPA = 0.6429 + 0.0014*SAT + 0.2226*Dummy So now, we can split out this dummy variable into two equations (one that has a dummy value of '1' for the attendance greater than 75% and one that has a dummy value of '0' for the attendance less than 75%).

Attended (dummy = 1)

GPA = 0.8665 + 0.0014 * SAT

Did not attend (dummy = 0)

GPA = 0.6439 + 0.0014 * SAT

6. The next line of code is plotting the points in a scatter chart

7. After the points have been plotted we then define our regression lines (as mentioned above):

yhat_no = 0.6439 + 0.0014*data['SAT'] yhat_yes = 0.8665 + 0.0014*data['SAT']

8. Something that I wasn't sure about was one of the arguments in the plt.scatter function. This was the 'cmap='RdYlGn'' parameter. Obviously it is some sort of mapping (Red, Yellow, Green?) but the interesting thing about it was that originally it was 'cmap='RdYlGn_r'' - but I think this reversed the colours or something. Anyway, after I removed the '_r' I was able to display the <75% attendance data points in red which I thought was more intuitive.

9. For reference, perhaps it is a good idea to include our original regression line, this is:

yhat = 0.0017*data['SAT'] + 0.275 10. In the last few lines of code we are plotting the regression lines and giving them titles!

fig = plt.plot(data['SAT'],yhat_yes, lw=2, c='#006837', label ='Attendance > 75%') fig = plt.plot(data['SAT'],yhat_no, lw=2, c='#a50026', label ='Attendance < 75%') # Plot the original regression line fig = plt.plot(data['SAT'],yhat, lw=3, c='#4C72B0', label ='original regression line') plt.legend(loc='lower right')

plt.xlabel('SAT', fontsize = 20) plt.ylabel('GPA', fontsize = 20) plt.show()

So there you have it, that is our linear regression with a dummy variable. I thought that was really interesting. Quite a clever trick to convert categorical data into something numeric like that (but i suppose a binary outcome like 'yes' or 'no' is kind of easy enough I suppose - next time it'd be interesting to see how its done with something like eye colour [blue, green, brown, hazel etc].

[xerxestexastoast]

I'm about to ask a question that will likely drive the tech nerds nuts, because something tells me that it's either not possible or not feasible, but here goes:

Static websites. Web crawlers. CAPTCHA. Password protection. JavaScript. Client-side decryption.

I want to stop the spiders that gather data for generative AI models from accessing certain pages and files on my static HTML website. This website is hosted on Neocities and is therefore static-only by nature.

If I code my own CAPTCHA in JavaScript, could a scraper still see the data on the page?

Is there a way to prevent the data from loading at all until the CAPTCHA is answered, and is it possible to keep the linked file from being crawled if the script is not in the body of the webpage file?

If, for example, I load an image from a JSON-stored link using a method other than the classic img src="filename link", will an HTML parser or other crawler still be able to see and visit that link once the page has finished loading?

Could I put the kibosh on an image-specific scraper by putting the alt text on a companion dummy image? Or do they scrape alt-less images anyway?

Things that are non-negotiable:

I will not use third-party corporate CAPTCHAs because I do not want to contribute to their training data.

I want my images to be displayed at a decent resolution. Not massive, but possibly up to 1000px on one side.

Is it even worth it? We might get us a proper legal precedent that automatically boots machine-generated images into the public domain, and at that point the whole thing is moot.

[tmntxthings]

woahh matchups?? by grace no less??? raced to the askbox 🫡

im decently tall(?), like 170cm last i checked three years ago lmfao. I love cooking food, but my way of measurements is to literally just throw in whatever my heart desires and pray it turns out right. Im supposed to wear glasses but i dont because i look cooler without them and luckily my eyesight is decent. What am i even supposed to say for a matchup this has become a mini storytelling session about myself ???

I enjoy flirting with my girl friends because its genuinely how i show love to them lmao, i literally call them babe/jagiya (like honey in korean)

oh! there was this one time i met a mutual friend for the first time and immediately winked at her in the train as soon as we made eye contact. ill never forget it.

ikr ?! who would’ve guessed, im being bombarded with them now xD i didn’t realize what I was getting into heheh

MY DEAR PUMPKIN, it should come as no surprise that I match you with Leonardo Hamato

(it took me a ridiculous amount of time to find this god damn gif of this shit head winking for the ultimate effect)

And here are my reasons <333333

I’m once again going against what I initially said, I like the whole opposites attract or yk finding someone who compliments you, like a ying/yang thing BUT

I couldn’t stop imagining you immediately flirting with the Face Man, and him at first being completely taken off guard, you?? flirting with him!?!

but better believe that moment only lasts seconds before his smirk is taking over that face, confidence up to the max as he winks back at you, anddddd don’t think you’re just walking away after that! Now he’s gotta talk to you, spit game so-to-speak hehe, and the two of you are fast ‘friends’ (he totally thinks the two of you are dating as soon as u flirted with him)

and then his world comes crashing down when he sees that you do it with your girlfriends too, he’s having a mental breakdown- what- wait- im not special?! T^T *crying in the club* but now he’s all the more determined to win you over for real, pulling out all the stops to see a sweet blush appear on your face, I mean it’s only fair since you get that reaction out of him too, though he does his best to cover it up (quite literally lifting his hand to his face, pretending to cough, and sometimes drastically making a getaway portal before you see how completely beguiled he is)

hehe I imagine he has the same kind of cooking methods as you too, fuck them measurements! tho you may have to hold Leo back from dumping a whole load of spices/flour/whatever ingredient into the mixing bowl xD

and i imagine he would make you ten times more confident as well, he’ll tease you for not wearing your glasses, for sureeee, he will wear them himself, “Don’t I look cute?? Tell me I’m—“ though glasses have the opposite effect on him, he’s totally running into poles, walls, practically breaking your poor glasses, but I guess thats one way to convince you to wear them??? Don’t worry he absolutely adores the way you look with them on, he’s just a tease ya know? And a dummy! But your dummy c;

and that’s all I got my dearest pumpkin <33333 I rlly hope you enjoyed hehe

[cheeriecherry]

Heyy! I loooved your headcanon for not liking degrading and loving praise, could you do the same one for todoroki, kirishima and shinsou?🥰🥰

Coming right up!

Warnings: light nsfw but nothing super explicit, everyone is aged up +18

TODOROKI SHOUTO

-It probably takes him a little while to get comfortable with the idea of sex. Like, it took so long for him to open up about his feelings, and then get him on a date, and then get him just to hold your hand.

-The desire is there, but I think it could be something that causes him anxiety. He wasn’t really raised in a loving, happy family, so the only thing he thinks about when the topic of sex comes up is reproduction, the creation of babies, of potential heirs and errors.

-It’ll take him a hot minute to start associating sex with emotion and intimacy, and positive feelings like love.

-So he’d probably be pretty vanilla at first.

-But that being said, he’s also a little heathen. Todoroki’s mouth? Relatively ill mannered. He holds back sometimes but even then, he doesn’t hesitate to talk back or make known his displeasure.

-One of his friends probably makes an offhanded comment about ‘mixing things up’ in the bedroom with their partner, and it gets him thinking. He liked your sex life the way it was, and it had been working for years, but now he’s worrying that he’s gonna bore you.

-So he does a little late night research on the internet and...finds some interesting things.

-Ofc he’s also a dipshit, so does he talk to you about it first? Get your opinion on it? No. He keeps his assumptions and tells himself that this will be a good thing.

-But then he sprouts something filthy when y’all are going at it....and you don’t have the reaction he was expecting. He was expecting you to talk back with something as equally dirty, maybe get more excited, but instead you’re....crying.

-He stops immediately and asks if he hurt you. Did he not prep you enough? Do you guys need more lube? (”There’s no shame in needing lube, darling”)

-So when you tell him that what he said just then seriously hurt your feelings, he feels like an ass. You’re his person and he made you sad.

-The do probably stops there for the time being, and he comes clean about his worries of disappointing you and being boring in bed. Assure him that he’s not boring and that you love being with him, because it’s about the emotional value and intimacy, and the physical pleasure will follow that.

-He holds you close and cuddles you for a little while, and apologizes for saying those things to you, and that he didn’t mean them. He was just trying to be different.

-Ofc you know that now, so it doesn’t sting as much, but...

-He regards you with suspicion when you get a look on your face and crawl on top of him. You tell him to praise you instead, tell you how good you’re doing, and see where that gets him.

-As it turns out, it comes much more naturally to him than talking down to you, and makes him feels loads better. Also closer to you, and like he’s appreciating you more.

-Plus the way it makes you squirmy and whiny and wet is A+++

KIRISHIMA EIJIROU

-He’s pretty energetic in bed, most of the time. Sex is something he looks forward to doing with you, so he likes to put a lot of his focus into it. If left to his own devices, this man with ravish you and turn you into a pile of mush.

-He wants nothing more than to please you and make you feel good, making you feel good riles him tf up, and is almost better than his own pleasure.

-So it’s never boring or repetitive with him! But even after so many years, he does still have some lingering anxiety regarding himself. That he’s not good enough, especially for you, in your relationship, in bed, that kind of thing.

-So the dummy asks his friends about it, asks what kinds of things they do to spice their sex lives up. It’s more personal than the internet, and yeah it’s kind of embarrassing, but he’d rather have some tried and true methods to fall back on as opposed to some random thing a stranger said on the internet.

-He’s a little iffy about some of the things his friends suggest (it just seems like a lot) but a few of them seem...doable. (Bakugou says to just ‘man up and ask you’)

-So that night, after some time getting you in the mood, he pulls out the ace in his sleeve.

-Sike, it’s actually a joker.

-He was already nervous, and now you’re crying, and he definitely knows it was something he said but he’s panicking because he’s hurt your feelings and now he’s about to stress cry-

-He just flops on top of you and wraps you in a hug and hides his face in your shoulder, mumbling that he’s sorry over and over again.

-Once you calm down, you’re gonna have to ask him what the hell that was about??? And he’ll be kind of sheepish in answering, but he’ll eventually come out and say it; he was worried about disappointing you in bed, and he wanted to spice things up.

-A true Himbo. So pretty, so buff, so kind, so dumbass.

-You guys will have to have a talk later about consulting each other about bringing kinks into the bedroom first, but that’s for later. Right now, all that matters is that you let him know he’s not disappointing you, but that you really don’t like being degraded.

-And taking from Bakugou, he does the sane thing for once and flat out asks you what you do like.

-Now it’s your turn to be a little shy, but he eventually learns that you like being praised. And lemme tell you, the mouth on this man? Filthy, filthy compliments. He has no shame whatsoever, and he puts the energy he has during sex into saying nice things to you, sweet things, saucy things.

-He prefers the praise anyways. If you’d liked being degraded, then he could have done it for you, but he actually enjoys praising you. Both in and out of the bedroom.

-Granted his praise during sex is a lot more explicit and would probably make your head pop if he said it anywhere else.

SHINSOU HITOSHI

-A guy who equally likes both. He can be a total sweetheart, or a massive dick, and it all depends what kind of mood you catch him in.

-He’s usually quite a bit softer with you, though. He still gets grumpy sometimes, but he cares about you so he’s far more inclined to treat you fairly and be kind to you.

-He’s already a little rougher during sex, imo. Not to say he isn’t down for nice lazy morning sex, or giggly romantic sex, but he also enjoys a fast pace and the occasional quickie before work.

-So one morning he wakes up a little grumpy, a little sore from a fight the other day, a little more tired than expected...so he rolls over in bed and starts kissing the back of your neck and shoulders.

-It’s a nice way to wake up, to your partner touching you all over and wanting you.

-It’s nice until he opens his dumb mouth.

-He doesn’t see right away that you’re tearing up, a little more focused on the fact that he wants to fuck you, but then you shove him away and look at him like he’s just slapped you, and he knows he fucked up.

-His demeanor changes instantly, and you can see that he’s gone from mildly grouchy to very concerned. But you can’t stop the tears from bubbling over, and the quiet sob from escaping your lips.

-He gently pulls you back down into bed and holds you close to his chest. He strokes your shoulder and back until you calm down a little, and then asks if that was too much, too fast.

-Like, no Hitoshi, you can’t handle someone saying things like that to you. It makes you feel like shit.

-He holds you a little tighter and quietly apologizes. Regardless of how he was feeling when he woke up, he still should have talked to your first about something like that.

-Damn right he should have.

-But he promises he’ll never do it again. Ever.

-Makes it up to you by eating you out and giving you several good orgasms...and then accidentally discovers your praise kink.

-All he did was call you a ‘gorgeous, beautiful person’ who ‘takes his fingers so well’...and he can feel the way you squeeze around him, how much wetter you get.

-He smirks against you and lays the praise on heavy, and before long you’re an absolute mess.

-It might not be something he goes to every time you fuck, but he definitely keeps it in his offhand, and tries to pepper in at least a few compliments each time. 

-But when he’s feeling particularly saucy, that’s when he’ll run his mouth and whisper absolutely filthy things in your ear. And it woks out so much better than talking down to you, it makes him feel better to know that you’re also having a hell of a time.

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Books that have helped me as an author

I don’t believe anyone should be disillusioned into thinking they can know��something to its fullest. That’s why I never want to stop learning about the craft of storytelling. Whether it be through books, or YouTube tutorials, or even classes on Skillshare, when I have a moment to myself, I love brushing up on the craft and seeing what others have to say about the exciting journey of writing fiction.

Here are 10 books that have helped me on my journey, and I hope they help you, too:

1. My Grammar and I (or should that be ‘me’?) by Caroline Taggart

2. Ten Things About Writing by Joanne Harris (author of Chocolat)

3. Creative Writing Demystified by Sheila Bender

4. Bestseller (How to write fiction that sells) by Jennifer Bacia

5. How to Write a Dynamic Scene Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson

6. Emotional Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

7. Creative Writing Exercises for Dummies by Maggie Hamand

8. Writing Crime Fiction by Rosemary Rowe

9. Dear Writer, You Need to Quit by Becca Syme

10. The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White

There are loads more and, of course, some of you might not take out of these books what I did. But if they can help in any way, I am truly glad. There’s so much to know about storytelling. If I had a chance to redo the way I started out, then it would surely be reading a whole lot more on the subject of writing great fiction.

Best of luck to you all with your creative writing journey!

[prof-peach]

My shroomish recently evolved during a battle and I'm a bit lost on how to care for her as a breloom. Are there any key differences to look out for and care that used to apply for her that doesn't now? She still is getting used to her new size and tail I've noticed, and I make sure to not get upset if she knocks things over.

Care should remain the same, if they were healthy enough to evolve without issue, then you’re already giving them what they need. Unhealthy Pokemon just don’t evolve without a lot of force. It’ll have an increase in food, it should roughly double to triple in quantity depending on how much energy your Pokemon has to output. If it’s a battler, triple, if it is a house Pokemon, just double should be fine, they do forage while out on walks when peckish, so they’ll kind of do a little self care if needed.

They will have a new abundance of energy in short bursts. They do get the zoomies, then konk out in a shady cool patch, usually under shrubs or near bodies of water where it’s damp and usually full of rotting foliage and debris. Get them a target of some kind if you can’t battle them, like a practice dummy. They will need to release energy somehow if not via natural methods, or you’ll end up with them destroying things out of frustration. They don’t like to be cooped up much either, you may have to increase their walks.

It will in time get use to its new size and shape, they do go through quite a drastic change, but all Pokemon need time to adjust to evolutionary changes, this is not unusual and you shouldn’t be too worried. Best thing you can do is protect your valuables, box them temporarily while she gets use to the tail, it usually takes a week or two to get the back of it, and even then accidents happen. When she’s more in control perhaps have a ‘calm zone’ with all your most precious things in, to go to when you or your Pokemon are looking for some peace and quiet. They do nap a lot so I find having a humidity zone for them is great for indoors. Just get a water tight tray that’s big enough for your new breloom to sleep comfortably in, line it with 2cm of shingle for drainage, another 2cm of soil, and then just pad moss in and mist it loads. It knits together like a bed and they feel very at home on this. A lot of grass types enjoy a moss tray, so keep it in mind for winter. They won’t like the cold and will need some place cosy indoors for them.