Signaling within the parasympathetic nervous system (one branch of the autonomic nervous system) is predominantly mediated by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Dysfunction of the parasympathetic nervous system appears to be involved in the pathophysiology of long COVID. There are indications that cholinergic medications such as nicotine may have some utility in alleviating long COVID symptoms, but anecdotal reports thus far demonstrate mixed results. Nevertheless, the apparent increase in sensitivity to these medications is suggestive of differences in cholinergic/parasympathetic activity in these patients. Comprehensive autonomic evaluations concur with this initial hypothesis. Additional research is urgently needed to determine the exact nature of the pathology.
It may be necessary to modify existing diagnostic criteria in order to effectively identify long COVID dysautonomia across the sprectrum of disease severity.
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We then hypothesized that the test sensitivity could differ between long-COVID patients and other diseases classically associated with dysautonomia (e.g. diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases) and therefore that the threshold for abnormal values might not be appropriate. To answer this question, we compared mean values between long-COVID patients and healthy subjects. We found a significant lower mean value in the Valsalva test in long-COVID patients, despite the fact that only one of them had abnormal values as defined by a value below ≤ 1.1.

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Parasympathetic autonomic dysfunction is more often evidenced than sympathetic autonomic dysfunction in fluctuating and polymorphic symptoms of "long-COVID" patients
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35086-8
The following summary was generated using GPT4 and checked for accuracy.
TLDR
This study investigates the potential dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system in patients with long-COVID, a condition where symptoms persist long after the acute phase of COVID-19. The researchers found that 37.5% of the patients had at least one abnormal test result, indicating a mild to moderate failure of the autonomic system, primarily affecting the cardiovascular system and sweating control. Parasympathetic tests, which evaluate the part of the autonomic nervous system involved in rest and digestion, were more often abnormal. The study concludes that a comprehensive evaluation can reveal probable involvement of the autonomic nervous system in patients with long-COVID, potentially accounting for their observed disabilities. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings and to further investigate the impact of long-COVID on the autonomic nervous system.
Full Summary
This comprehensive study investigates the potential dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system in patients suffering from long-COVID. Long-COVID refers to a condition where patients continue to experience symptoms long after the acute phase of the COVID-19 infection has subsided. The autonomic nervous system, which controls many of the body's automatic functions such as heart rate, digestion, and sweating, was found to be potentially impaired in these patients.
The researchers found that 37.5% of the patients in the study had at least one abnormal test result, indicating a mild to moderate failure of the autonomic system. This failure was primarily seen in the cardiovascular system and the sudomotor function, which is the body's system for controlling sweating.
The study used a variety of tests to evaluate the function of the autonomic nervous system. These included the Sudoscan, which measures sweat gland function, and the quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test, which evaluates the integrity of the nerves controlling sweating. They also performed parasympathetic tests, which evaluate the part of the autonomic nervous system involved in rest and digestion functions.
Interestingly, the researchers found that parasympathetic tests were more often abnormal in this population, suggesting that the parasympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system might be more affected in long-COVID patients.
In addition to these tests, the researchers also used a type of positron emission tomography (PET) scan called 18F-FDG PET-TDM to examine metabolic activity and cellular function in the body. They found abnormal results in 87% of the patients, with hypometabolism (lower than normal metabolic activity) being the predominant feature.
The study included patients with long-COVID and severe disabling long-term manifestations, including effort intolerance and possibly related to dysautonomia. They were consecutively referred by the Infectious Diseases and Immunology Department to the Clinical Physiology Department for evaluations of autonomic function. All patients who presented symptoms severely affecting quality of life, with prolonged sick leave, who had not recovered or had not improved by the time of inclusion and accepted the one-day hospitalization for the autonomic evaluation were included from February to October 2020.
The control group consisted of age-matched healthy volunteers who had been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 and had recovered without residual symptoms. They had no past medical history and took no medications.
The study concludes that a comprehensive evaluation of autonomic function can reveal probable involvement of the autonomic nervous system in patients with long-COVID. This could potentially account for the observed disabilities of these patients. The researchers suggest that further studies are needed to confirm these findings and to further investigate the impact of long-COVID on the autonomic nervous system.
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See also: Asarcikli, L.D., Hayiroglu, M.İ., Osken, A. et al. Heart rate variability and cardiac autonomic functions in post-COVID period. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 63, 715–721 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01138-8

Hi all, so still pretty new to pihole. So far its been fun, definitely a journey as I get all my devices with static IPs the way I want, and working with pihole DNS. Question is prompted because where I am at now, the amount of blocks has decreased significantly.
Question - So my router has a limit of 64 static ips that can be set (annoying). I had tried piholes dhcp but ran into some issues so attempting to reduce the number of address reservations on my router so see if I can get it to work fully and keep things simpler. Anyhow I went into some devices and put in the static ip, subnet, gateway to my router. On the DNS settings I put both 1 and 2 to point to the router, and on the router, under dhcp I set those both to pihole. My thinking if if I ever need to take the pihole out or doing maintenance I can simply update the one router and all devices (say 15 manually set) I dont have to redefine, it will just point to the new DNS. Is this the correct process? I can hard code the pihole DNS on the machine but again, its a bit of work changing all of these in the event of a failure of the pi or whatnot.
Question 2 - I guess that goes to my 2nd question, which is more of a router question. Assuming I can set things up the way I describe, Im noticing since yesterday I have so many less 'blocked queries' that I did a few days ago when using pihole dhcp. One thing I did which may be contributed is the following: - So my router (tplink) is weird in that I dont define the dhcp hand out range like I did on a netgear or even pihole dhcp, instead it shows the range that the dhcp lives in. TPLink calls it "address pool". I noticed for example if I put .50 to .250, and then try to add a static ip of say .49, it will say its not in that range. The issue with this is that I would like to have my IPs like .10-.19 for PCs, .20-.29 for Laptops, .30-.39 for TVs, etc. Since I purposely have a bunch of gaps (ie only .10 to .15 is filled in now, leaving .16-.19 empty on purpose), if I set this range to start at .10 then it could be filled with dhcp devices which I dont want. I want any device starting with say .50 to be an undefined one. '
So I noticed my TP Link router I could lower the starting range, to add the entry, and then when done, I changed the value to .50 and it took it. Sorry finally getting to my question, so Im wondering if this is adding some confusion and it doesnt know to assigned the piholes DNS to the entries below .50 now? The internet seems to work for those devices yet Im not seeing a lot of activity within the dashboard which has me questioning. Hopefully what I did should still work but if anyone has any experience or maybe some repair command I should run or something.
Question 3 - Within my TP Link router there is a place within the 'internet' side of things where I can define a DNS. This is currently set to 192.168.1.254. According to the guide this was not an area to change but wondering if this needs to be changed in some way? Right now I am changing on the DHCP page only (again, both 1 and 2 set to piholes IP)
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Thanks all for your continued help!

I have a CR-10 S5 that a friend gave me that was purchased in 2020. I have printed a few things, but after a failed print I started getting a heater failure error. The error did not specify if it was a high temp error or not. I replace the heater cartridge and thermistor. The printer would then not go above 140° C. I replace the power supply and still have the same issue.
I ran a M303 tune for 200°C and the auto tuned failed due to timing out. I am using Repetier to send the g-code (something I really no very little about) and the temp graph shows the rate the heat goes up starts to slow at 105°C then plains out at 140°C.
I was concerned I bought the wrong heaters (I bought 24v), so i check the voltage being supplied by the printer and it is supplying 24 volts.
I ran a PID auto tune for 135°C and am confused by the results.
The original PID values were kp 20.84 ki 1.96 kd 55.47. The results after the auto tune for 135°C were kp 53.53 ki 4.39 kd 163.34.
I have read that the D value has to do with signal noise (not sure if I am even reading the right info as some PID have to do with C motors and what not). if that is the case I don't know how to fix this given everything i have already changed.
Please help.

Below you will find a weekly reminder of our Rules and partial FAQ. It's definitely a long read, but it's worth your time, especially if you are new to the community, or dropping by as a result of a link you found elsewhere. We periodically revise our rules, this weekly notice will help keep you informed of any changes made.
NOTE: These rules are guidelines. Some moderation discretion is to be expected.

Community Rules

1. Kindness Matters

Advise, don't criticize.

• Post with empathy, thoughtfulness, and constructive commentary rather than judgment. Don't be an asshole.
• Name-calling, slurs (including gender or race based slurs), and insults towards other community members will not be tolerated. Do not attack others for their personally held values, custody situation, marital status, physical distance from stepkids, or economic status; or on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, or ethnicity.
• No name-calling toward children, including the above-mentioned insults or the term "skids", or terms such as "mini-wife" or "mini-husband."
• Comments advocating spanking or any mention of wanting to harm children are not allowed.
• This is a support sub, not a judgement sub, assholes are not tolerated. Comments with terms used in other subs to pass judgement on assholes will be removed.

2. No Drama

This is a support sub.

• Bickering, nitpicking, and thread derailment will not be tolerated and will be subject to removal at moderator discretion.
• Do not repeatedly badger a poster demanding answers, or refuse to acknowledge an answer that's already been given.
• Do not use sensitive issues from past posts (either from this sub or other subs) to attack another user, as we are all discussing vulnerable topics.
• Crossposting anything from /stepparents to any other subreddit might result in a ban and may result in the original thread being locked. Brigading our sub will result in an immediate ban.

3. Report, Don’t Rant

No backseat modding.

• If you see someone breaking the rules, report the post or comment to the mods rather than engaging them in an argument. Failure to do so may be subject to comment removal at moderator discretion.
• No meta posts complaining about rude comments, DMs, or general sub issues.
• If you think someone is a troll or previously banned user, either use the report function or message the mods to direct their attention to the issue.

4. No Naming & Shaming

No userpings or links.

• Tagging/pinging users or other subreddits in an attempt to bully, harass, or complain will not be tolerated. Do not tag other subs, ever.
• If you want to complain about another subreddit being hostile to stepparents, do not name the subreddit. "Other parenting/advice/judgement subs" will suffice.

5. No Platitudes

Nobody knew what they were getting into.

• Comments like "You knew what you were getting into", "Love them, love their kids!", "They're a package deal!" and "You have to love them like your own!" will be removed.
• Comments suggesting that OP is not cut out for stepparenting will be removed at moderator discretion.
• Comments like "This is just a part of parenting, deal with it!" will be removed at moderator discretion.

6. No Trolling

We have zero tolerance for trolls.

• This is a support sub. Our subscribers do not have the time, nor inclination, to provide support to internet trolls. Posts that are suspected to be trolling attempts will be immediately removed, and the poster banned.
• Concern trolling, devil's advocating, gish-galloping, sealioning, and general asshattery are subject to immediate removal and banning without warning or notice.
• Any attempt to circumvent the ban by creating a new username will be reported to reddit admins and possibly result in account suspension.

7. No Personally Identifiable Information

Use discretion when posting.

• We highly recommend using a separate account for support subs to help prevent being doxxed. Do not post any information that may allow others to figure out your identity.
• Do not post photos of children, or any other photo that could be used to identify you or another user on the sub.
• Any image that contains a name or other identifying information should have the name or identifying information blurred out. This includes drawings, notes, and screenshots.
• Do not link to social media or any articles/blogs where you or another user on the sub is mentioned by name.

8. No More than 2 Posts per 24 hours

Use the daily threads.

• We are not a huge sub, but we are no longer a small sub. If you have multiple grievances to air, use the daily discussion threads instead of multiple posts.

9. Follow Reddiquette

Remember the human.

• Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life.
• Read it in full here.
• Downvoting is reserved for comments that don’t contribute, and shouldn't be used to indicate disagreement.
• If you believe someone is in violation of the subreddit rules, please either use the report function or message the mods to direct their attention to the issue.
• Suspected brigading will be reported to reddit admins.

10. No Porn, Spam, Blogs, or Research Studies/Surveys Without Mod Approval

Just don't.

• This is a SFW subreddit. Posting pornography will result in immediate post removal and permanent ban.
• Advertising on the subreddit (outside of Reddit's own advertising) is not allowed.
• No personal blog posts are allowed without express moderator permission.
• No advertising without prior mod approval.
• No asking for money/posting fundraisers/etc.
• For links to parenting research studies or surveys, please message the mods for permission before posting.

11. Disputes in Modmail Only

Don't argue with the mods on the sub.

• Any issues specifically related to how a mod is moderating should be addressed to the full moderating team via mod mail. This ensures that all mods are aware of any concerns and prevents disintegration of the topic thread at hand.
• This means to do not message or send chat requests to individual mods. All discussion and complaints about mod actions need to be done in mod mail ONLY. Failure to follow this rule can result in an immediate permanent ban.
• Comments in threads asking about mod decisions are subject to removal without notice.

12. Moderator Actions

We aren't kidding.

• Users are expected to know the rules before posting. If you are warned or banned for violating the rules, ignorance is not an excuse.
• Moderators will remove posts and comments and/or lock threads in accordance with the rules above. Typically this happens when threads have gone off-topic in a way that is not productive for the OP, or comments overall have become contentious or disrespectful.
• If a poster continues to argue or to willfully violate these rules, temporary and permanent ban procedures will be followed. Any attempts to avoid or bypass temporary bans will result in a permanent ban. User bans will not be discussed in the sub. Questions posted about user bans are subject to removal and the poster subject to warning/ban procedures. The mod team will not discuss a specific user ban with anyone other than the user involved.
• New accounts are subject to manual approval until they are no longer deemed "new" by the mod team. This helps to weed out trolls and ban evaders.
• We rely on Automoderator to scan for specific words and phrases that are not welcome here and notify the mod team to review the comment or post. This includes slurs of any type and platitudes such as "Love them as your own!"
• The mod team uses a combination of blacklisting and banning when dealing with trolls.
• We employ the use of a bot that automatically bans anyone who comments in subs that have historically harassed our users. If you are picked up by the bot for telling trolls to get fucked, reach out via mod mail and we'll get you sorted out.
• The rules above as well as ban procedures are considered guidelines only; some deviation may be necessary on a case by case basis and/or at the mod team's discretion.

13. Ban Procedure

These actions are at moderator discretion.

• Pornography will result in an automatic permanent ban.
• Extremely egregious content will result in an immediate permanent ban.
• You may receive a 7 or 30 day temporary ban for first and second rule violations, depending upon severity.
• Continued rule violations will result in a permanent ban.
• Willful attempts to avoid or bypass temporary bans will result in a permanent ban.
• We recognize the reddit site-wide rules of using alt names to get around bans and will ban those as well as report them to reddit admins.

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FAQ - About the Rules

What does Kindness Matters mean?

• Shortest version? Don't be an asshole. People come here for support and advice, they do not come here to be yelled at or told they are the reason everything is going sideways. There are ways to point out that someone may want to do some reflection on their own actions and reactions without being an asshole about it.
• The purpose of this subreddit is to provide support and a sense of belonging for struggling stepparents. We aren't here to pass judgement, but rather to offer support, empathy, and constructive commentary. That does not include "hard truths" or "tough love." Stepparents get enough of that in every other subreddit, we're not passing it out here. Be respectful.
• Remember, most people aren't going to come to a sub like this when everything is going great and everyone is getting along. People are coming here when they are down, when they are feeling defeated and stretched to the limit. Kicking someone when they are down is shitty behavior and we don't tolerate it.

What about being kind to the kids?

• "Won't somebody think of the children?" Pearl clutching isn't needed here. If you read the Kindness Matters rule closely, you will see that there is a clause in there about name calling children. We don't allow it. We also don't allow people rolling in telling OP that they feel sorry for their stepkids because OP is feeling overwhelmed and overloaded.
• If anyone is advocating slapping, spanking, or any other form of violence, report the comment immediately. We do not advocate violence towards children of any sort. The mod team does not advocate any sort of physical punishment at any time.
• Venting about behaviors is not the same as insulting the kids. However, if you see a post or comment where kids are being name called or dragged to the point of no return, use the report button. We try to catch the posts and remove them before they hit the sub, but we cannot see every comment without your help. Use the report button to bring problematic comments to our attention. Don't engage in a war of words on our subreddit.

Why is this sub such an echo chamber?

• Not allowing contributors to pile on and tell OP that they are a terrible human being who should never be around children does not equate to being an echo chamber. Many contributors here will offer OP suggestions to help them work through their resentments and frustrations, and the most egregious situations are called out. We simply ask that it be called out with respect.
• If you feel that a post is simply too much for you to handle without following the rules, move on to another post.
• If you believe that a post itself is crossing the rules report it. If the mod team has approved the post, it is because the mod team believes that the OP needs help from the community or needs a moment to vent and move on from their vent. That does not give you license to pile on disrespectfully. Unless it is proven that OP is a bot, assume that OP is a human being with real thoughts and feelings and has posted from a place of vulnerability.

Why can't I tell OP that they are an asshole?

• Because this isn't a judgement sub. We aren't AITA, we don't want to be AITA.
• Comments with terms like YTA, NTA, ESH, NAH will be removed.
• Don't start your posts with INFO either. We generally recognize that as a fishing attempt for more information to pass judgement on OP, and again, we are not a judgment sub.

But OP asked if they were an asshole?!

• Their post somehow got past our automoderator. Just use the report button. We will address it with OP.
• If you've asked if you are an asshole, a-hole, a*hole, a**hole, whatever, don't be surprised if your post is removed without warning. This isn't a judgment sub. If you want judgment, you know where to go.

What is a gendered slur?

• While it seems that everyone understands what racist slurs are, people struggle understanding the concept of gendered slurs. Generally speaking, we are talking about derogatory nouns or verbs that are used to negatively describe people or situations based on gendered terms.
• We've gone back and forth on this a few times, and the truth is, we get it, it's your safe space and you want to be able to vent about BM/BD how you want to vent about them, without us telling you how to vent about them. Fair enough. Vent away. What we are going to stick to here how people are referring to other users and to stepchildren.
• Examples that are not allowed:
  • "My SD is such a little bitch."
  • "She dresses/acts like a slut."
  • "My SS acts like a pussy."
  • "My SS is such a beta male."
  • "You are all fucking whores."
  • "Any dude who is raising some sluts kids is a cuck!"
  • "Little Lord Fauntleroy over here thinking he runs the house!"
  • "You're just the bangnanny, get used to it."
• Don't call users here names, don't call stepchildren names.
• Masking the term with asterisks or other neat little tricks might get you around the bot, but if we see it, we're removing it and quite possibly giving you a time out. The intended word is still there and you deliberately tried to skate the rule.
• As there is not enough space to list every term that is offensive and does not belong, nor every situation in which term or phrase may be allowable in context, this rule is enforced based on moderator discretion.

Seriously? You are the language police now?

• We're here to talk about stepparenting. And we would like for that to happen in a respectful way. Attacking each other doesn't help. Belittling stepchildren draws in trolls who don't understand your frustration, all they see is an evil stepmonster talking shit on the internet about a poor, innocent baby. Yes, even if that "poor, innocent baby" just robbed you blind and set fire to the house on their way out the door. That's just how it goes.
• We are aware that this is a relatively new rule and a lot of older posts and comments contain a lot of problematic language, including some from mods themselves. We are growing and evolving, and rules change as the sub grows and evolves.

What does No Drama really mean?

• Pretty much what it says, do not bring drama from other subs into this sub. Do not engage in vote brigades. Do not try to incite other subscribers to riot in a different sub. Don't follow posters into this sub from other subs to continue to harass them. Do not badger someone or derail threads. Do not harass community members because you don't agree with them. There's enough drama in the daily lives of subscribers, more isn't needed.

What is thread derailment?

• When a comment chain has devolved to the point where all you are doing is arguing back and forth with someone about the same thing over and over again, you have derailed the thread. Also known as bickering. It's what children do. We assume if people are in a stepparent role they are adults. We expect you to act like it.
• If you aren't a stepparent, or in a stepparenting role, consider that perhaps this subreddit isn't for you. If you want to participate, do so with respect. Thread derailment, arguing, bickering, and nitpicking are not allowed.

But what if they didn't answer my question?

• No one has to answer your questions. This is a support sub, not an inquisition. Jumping on a bandwagon with "OP is evading the question" in a 20 comment long chain is the epitome of thread derailment. You'll find more information about trolling below and how this might be considered such.

Why am I being silenced? I'm just asking for a back and forth!

• Thread derailment, badgering, and nitpicking are considered harassment. Continued harassment of either community members or mods will get you banned.

Why can't I look at someone's post history and comment about it?

• No mod in the history of this sub has ever once said post histories are forbidden. What we do frown upon is using someone's post history to attack, belittle, or otherwise harass someone.
• Example Post: "My stepkid's mom really hates me. How can I make this better?"
  • Okay: "Based on the timeline and your post history, it looks like this may have started as an affair. Unfortunately there's going to be outstanding issues for a long time due to that. Try focusing on yourself and how you can move forward without worrying about how someone else feels about you."
  • Not Okay: "Holy shit! You were the OW! What the hell do you expect, homewrecker?!"
• Example Post: "I am completely overloaded and feeling very down about myself."
  • Okay: "In your post history you mentioned that your spouse wasn't really helping around the house. Has that changed at all?"
  • Not Okay: "LOL, you already got the answers you need in your post on relationships. You are stupid for sticking with your lazy spouse."

Why can't we crosspost stuff to other subs?

• We can't stop you from doing so. The problem isn't that something has been crossposted, it's when the community that it's been crossposted to feels the need to come over here and harass OP. When we see that happening, we lock the post and start passing out bans. If you did the crossposting, you'll be banned. If you participated in the brigading, you'll be banned.

What if it's my own post?

• Again, we can't stop you from doing so. We prefer that you don't technically crosspost, but rather just copy and paste your post. Why? Because inevitably the above will happen. Redditors from other subs will follow you back to /stepparents and start attacking users here. It just happens.

What is "brigading"?

• Reddit defines vote manipulation and brigading as follows:
• Using multiple accounts, voting services, or any other software to increase or decrease vote scores.
• Asking people to vote up or down certain posts, either on Reddit itself or through social networks, messaging, etc. for personal gain.
• Forming or joining a group that votes together, either on a specific post, a user's posts, posts from a domain, etc.
• We, along with pretty much every other subreddit that has ever had to deal with this nonsense, further define brigading as this: You saw a post on another sub that linked to our sub either via a link in a comment or a crosspost. It was basically saying something along the lines of "OMG, check out these assholes over on /stepparents! They literally hate all their stepkids!" And then you and your friends come over and start hammering on OP and telling OP how much they suck. Congrats, you have just participated in a brigade.

What is this whole Report, Don't Rant thing about?

• If you see a post or comment that breaks the rules, instead of engaging, report it. When you report it, it sends notification to the mod team. We will act on it where appropriate. Engaging with bad faith users may result in your comments being removed. If you repeatedly do so, you may end up being banned.

What if I see an obvious troll?

• Report it.

What if they are being really mean in comments?

• Report it.

What if they are harassing me in private messages?

• Step 1: Report them to admins. You can report harassment to reddit by using this link or send a DM to reddit admins. Include the link to the DM, admins can see your inbox and providing a direct link is helpful for them to weed out bad actors.
• Step 2: Block the person so they cannot directly contact you again.
• Step 3: Send us a mod mail and let the mod team know. Tell us who they are and what they said, send us a screenshot if you can - admins can see your DMs, mods can't. We'll take action where necessary by banning from the sub if they aren't already banned.

What do you mean by No Naming & Shaming?

• Just as we prefer to not be linked to or crossposted from, we do not allow linking to or calling out other subs by name. If you see something you want to share, say it's a hot post that has hit the front page and a stepparent is being absolutely flayed, just refer to it as "that hot post that hit the front page." If you want to complain about other places in general, "other parenting/advice/judgement subs" will suffice. Absolutely under no circumstances should you link to anywhere else.

I can't link to other subs?

• Do not directly link to another sub. (e.g.: "/insertsubnamehere is ridiculously hostile to stepparents!")
• Do not name other subs. (e.g.: "I won't link to it directly, but insertsubnamehere is ridiculously hostile to stepparents!")
• Do not abbreviate other subs. (e.g.: "I know that ISNH is ridiculously hostile to stepparents!")

I can't ping other users?

• Do not summon another user with a username ping/tag. (e.g.: "insertusernamehere was being an asshole.")
• If you are agreeing with someone, it is okay to link to them. (e.g.: "I agree with insertusernamehere, you need to take a couple of steps back and reflect on this.")

What does No Platitudes mean?

• Sanctimonious, overused clichés that grossly oversimplify the stepparenting experience are neither wanted nor allowed here. We have all heard it a thousand times before, we don't need to hear it again. It's not nearly as insightful and wise as some would like to think.

Why don't you people understand it's a package deal?

• Any comment that suggests that OP should have known what they were getting involved with, or that they needed to understand that the kids were part of some package they needed to accept before signing up for marriage is subject to immediate removal.
• This is one of the most insensitive things you can say to a stepparent. Most stepparents were aware of the children, but they were probably not aware of all of the family dynamics.

Why can't you just love them like they are your own?

• Demanding that a stranger you do not know love children that are not biologically theirs as if they were theirs can be incredibly damaging to someone who is already in a vulnerable situation. Any comment that falls along these lines will be removed.

What do you mean by No Trolling? I was just...

• No means no. No trolling. No pretending to be a stepparent and then whipping out the Greatest Hits Bingo Card of The Worst Stepparent in the History of Stepparents. We see you. We've seen you a thousand times.

What does "concern trolling", "gish-galloping", and "sealioning" have to do with stepparenting? This isn't a debate sub, why are you using debate terms?

• That's absolutely right, this isn't a debate sub. And yet, here we are, day after day, having to defend ourselves against this sort of thing. So, enough. No more. Usage of any of these things will get you banned.

What is "Concern Trolling?"

• A concern troll is someone who disingenuously visits sites of an opposing ideology to disrupt conversation by offering unwanted advice on how to solve problems which do not really exist.
  • Example Post: OP expresses concern that she will feel, and possibly act, differently towards her stepchildren after her husband decides that no, he doesn't want anymore children after all.
  • Example Concern Troll pulled from actual mod mail after their comment was removed: "Possible child abuse claims need to be sorted out well before whatever empathy you believe the OP was looking for."

What is a "Devil's Advocate"?

• "I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but have you considered that maybe BM is just really tired and needs a break, too?" BM has dozens of different mom based subs alone on reddit she can complain on, this sub is for stepparents. The stepparent doesn't need to consider that maybe BM is just really tired and needs a break.

"Gish-galloping?" What does that even mean?

• The Gish Gallop is the fallacious debate tactic of drowning your opponent in a flood of individually-weak arguments in order to prevent rebuttal of the whole argument collection without great effort. The Gish Gallop is a conveyor belt-fed version of the on the spot fallacy, as it's unreasonable for anyone to have a well-composed answer immediately available to every argument present in the Gallop.

And "sealioning?" What's that?

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Hi,
I'm running OMV 5.6.17-1 (Usul) on a Raspberry Pi 4.
A few days ago Portainer stopped working. I tried to restart Docker (usually works) but got the following error:

Failed to execute command 'export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usbin:/ussbin:/uslocal/bin:/uslocal/sbin; export LANG=C.UTF-8; echo "Restarting docker ..." && systemctl restart docker.service ': Restarting docker ... 

Tried to reinstall Docker, but this happens:

Docker storage :: /srv/dev-disk-by-label-datadisk/data/appdata/ Agent port:: 8000 Web port:: 9000 Yacht port:: 8001 arch :: armhf option :: docker state :: install extras :: 5.6.6 DNS OK. Create override file ... Reload systemd daemon ... Get:1 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives InRelease Ign:1 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives InRelease Get:2 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Release Ign:2 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Release Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Hit:5 http://security.debian.org/debian-security busteupdates InRelease Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease [51.4 kB] Hit:7 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease Get:8 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease [15.0 kB] Get:9 https://openmediavault.github.io/packages usul InRelease [12.7 kB] Get:10 https://openmediavault-plugin-developers.github.io/packages/debian usul InRelease [3928 B] Hit:11 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian buster InRelease Get:12 https://openmediavault-plugin-developers.github.io/packages/debian usul-extras InRelease [3918 B] Get:13 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease [51.4 kB] Hit:14 http://packages.openmediavault.org/public usul InRelease Get:15 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian bustemain armhf Packages [13.0 MB] Fetched 13.2 MB in 27s (486 kB/s) Reading package lists... Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following additional packages will be installed: containerd.io docker-ce-cli Suggested packages: cgroupfs-mount cgroup-lite Recommended packages: apparmor docker-ce-rootless-extras git libltdl7 docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin The following NEW packages will be installed: containerd.io docker-ce docker-ce-cli 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 154 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/47.1 MB of archives. After this operation, 194 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package containerd.io. (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 60566 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../containerd.io_1.6.21-1_armhf.deb ... Unpacking containerd.io (1.6.21-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package docker-ce-cli. Preparing to unpack .../docker-ce-cli_5%3a24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster_armhf.deb ... Unpacking docker-ce-cli (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Selecting previously unselected package docker-ce. Preparing to unpack .../docker-ce_5%3a24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster_armhf.deb ... Unpacking docker-ce (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Setting up containerd.io (1.6.21-1) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/containerd.service → /lib/systemd/system/containerd.service. Setting up docker-ce-cli (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Setting up docker-ce (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/docker.service → /lib/systemd/system/docker.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/docker.socket → /lib/systemd/system/docker.socket. Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "start" failed. ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2023-05-28 16:33:03 +07; 19ms ago Docs: https://docs.docker.com Process: 8498 ExecStart=/usbin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 8498 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) dpkg: error processing package docker-ce (--configure): installed docker-ce package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ... Processing triggers for systemd (241-7~deb10u9) ... Errors were encountered while processing: docker-ce Failed to install docker. Try fixing install... Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 154 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up docker-ce (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "start" failed. ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2023-05-28 16:33:17 +07; 19ms ago Docs: https://docs.docker.com Process: 8742 ExecStart=/usbin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 8742 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) dpkg: error processing package docker-ce (--configure): installed docker-ce package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: docker-ce >>> *************** Error *************** Failed to execute command 'export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usbin:/ussbin:/uslocal/bin:/uslocal/sbin; export LANG=C.UTF-8; omv-installdocker docker install': Docker storage :: /srv/dev-disk-by-label-datadisk/data/appdata/ Agent port:: 8000 Web port:: 9000 Yacht port:: 8001 arch :: armhf option :: docker state :: install extras :: 5.6.6 DNS OK. Create override file ... Reload systemd daemon ... Get:1 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives InRelease Ign:1 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives InRelease Get:2 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Release Ign:2 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Release Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Ign:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Get:3 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Packages Get:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Ign:4 file:/vacache/openmediavault/archives Translation-en Hit:5 http://security.debian.org/debian-security busteupdates InRelease Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease [51.4 kB] Hit:7 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease Get:8 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease [15.0 kB] Get:9 https://openmediavault.github.io/packages usul InRelease [12.7 kB] Get:10 https://openmediavault-plugin-developers.github.io/packages/debian usul InRelease [3928 B] Hit:11 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian buster InRelease Get:12 https://openmediavault-plugin-developers.github.io/packages/debian usul-extras InRelease [3918 B] Get:13 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease [51.4 kB] Hit:14 http://packages.openmediavault.org/public usul InRelease Get:15 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian bustemain armhf Packages [13.0 MB] Fetched 13.2 MB in 27s (486 kB/s) Reading package lists... Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following additional packages will be installed: containerd.io docker-ce-cli Suggested packages: cgroupfs-mount cgroup-lite Recommended packages: apparmor docker-ce-rootless-extras git libltdl7 docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin The following NEW packages will be installed: containerd.io docker-ce docker-ce-cli 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 154 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/47.1 MB of archives. After this operation, 194 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package containerd.io. (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%(Reading database ... 10%(Reading database ... 15%(Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25%(Reading database ... 30%(Reading database ... 35%(Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45%(Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55%(Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100%(Reading database ... 60566 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../containerd.io_1.6.21-1_armhf.deb ... Unpacking containerd.io (1.6.21-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package docker-ce-cli. Preparing to unpack .../docker-ce-cli_5%3a24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster_armhf.deb ... Unpacking docker-ce-cli (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Selecting previously unselected package docker-ce. Preparing to unpack .../docker-ce_5%3a24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster_armhf.deb ... Unpacking docker-ce (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Setting up containerd.io (1.6.21-1) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/containerd.service → /lib/systemd/system/containerd.service. Setting up docker-ce-cli (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Setting up docker-ce (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/docker.service → /lib/systemd/system/docker.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/docker.socket → /lib/systemd/system/docker.socket. Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "start" failed. ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2023-05-28 16:33:03 +07; 19ms ago Docs: https://docs.docker.com Process: 8498 ExecStart=/usbin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 8498 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) dpkg: error processing package docker-ce (--configure): installed docker-ce package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ... Processing triggers for systemd (241-7~deb10u9) ... Errors were encountered while processing: docker-ce Failed to install docker. Try fixing install... Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 154 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up docker-ce (5:24.0.2-1~debian.10~buster) ... Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "start" failed. ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2023-05-28 16:33:17 +07; 19ms ago Docs: https://docs.docker.com Process: 8742 ExecStart=/usbin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 8742 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) dpkg: error processing package docker-ce (--configure): installed docker-ce package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: docker-ce Unable to fix docker install. <<< ************************************* 

I'm not technical at all, followed some YT instructions to set up my OMV. Would appreciate any help

I have no idea why this happens, anyway this is the crash log:
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---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Why did you do that?
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Time: 2023-05-27 21:39:59
Description: mouseClicked event handler
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java.lang.RuntimeException: Mixin transformation of net.minecraft.class_459$class_462 failed

at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.getPostMixinClassByteArray([KnotClassDelegate.java:456](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:456)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.tryLoadClass([KnotClassDelegate.java:246](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:246)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.loadClassOnly([KnotClassDelegate.java:164](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:164)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.loadClass([KnotClassDelegate.java:150](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:150)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassLoader.loadClass([KnotClassLoader.java:228](https://KnotClassLoader.java:228)) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass([ClassLoader.java:520](https://ClassLoader.java:520)) at net.minecraft.class\_6599.method\_25426(class\_6599.java:29) at net.minecraft.class\_437.method\_25423(class\_437.java:427) at net.minecraft.class\_310.method\_1507(class\_310.java:1079) at net.minecraft.class\_458.method\_19872(class\_458.java:29) at net.minecraft.class\_4185.method\_25306(class\_4185.java:94) at net.minecraft.class\_4264.method\_25348(class\_4264.java:57) at net.minecraft.class\_339.method\_25402(class\_339.java:187) at net.minecraft.class\_4069.method\_25402(class\_4069.java:38) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_1611(class\_312.java:98) at net.minecraft.class\_437.method\_25412(class\_437.java:540) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_1601(class\_312.java:98) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_22686(class\_312.java:169) at net.minecraft.class\_1255.execute(class\_1255.java:102) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_22684(class\_312.java:169) at org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.callback([GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.java:43](https://GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.java:43)) at org.lwjgl.system.JNI.invokeV(Native Method) at org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.glfwWaitEventsTimeout([GLFW.java:3474](https://GLFW.java:3474)) at com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem.limitDisplayFPS([RenderSystem.java:234](https://RenderSystem.java:234)) at net.minecraft.class\_310.method\_1523(class\_310.java:1241) at net.minecraft.class\_310.method\_1514(class\_310.java:801) at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main([Main.java:237](https://Main.java:237)) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77](https://NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43](https://DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke([Method.java:568](https://Method.java:568)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.game.minecraft.MinecraftGameProvider.launch([MinecraftGameProvider.java:527](https://MinecraftGameProvider.java:527)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.Knot.launch([Knot.java:82](https://Knot.java:82)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClient.main([KnotClient.java:28](https://KnotClient.java:28)) 

Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.throwables.MixinTransformerError: An unexpected critical error was encountered

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins([MixinProcessor.java:392](https://MixinProcessor.java:392)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClass([MixinTransformer.java:234](https://MixinTransformer.java:234)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClassBytes([MixinTransformer.java:202](https://MixinTransformer.java:202)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.getPostMixinClassByteArray([KnotClassDelegate.java:451](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:451)) ... 33 more 

Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.throwables.InjectionError: Critical injection failure: Argument modifier method setMessage(Lnet/minecraft/class_2561;)Lnet/minecraft/class_2561; in #inventorytabs:inventorytabs.mixins.json:ControlsListWidget$KeyBindingEntryMixin_SoftConflict from mod inventorytabs failed injection check, (0/1) succeeded. Scanned 1 target(s). Using refmap inventorytabs-refmap.json

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.InjectionInfo.postInject([InjectionInfo.java:468](https://InjectionInfo.java:468)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTargetContext.applyInjections([MixinTargetContext.java:1385](https://MixinTargetContext.java:1385)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyInjections([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:1062](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:1062)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyMixin([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:402](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:402)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.apply([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:327](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:327)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.TargetClassContext.apply([TargetClassContext.java:421](https://TargetClassContext.java:421)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.TargetClassContext.applyMixins([TargetClassContext.java:403](https://TargetClassContext.java:403)) at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins([MixinProcessor.java:363](https://MixinProcessor.java:363)) ... 36 more 

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A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Thread: Render thread
Stacktrace:

at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.getPostMixinClassByteArray([KnotClassDelegate.java:456](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:456)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.tryLoadClass([KnotClassDelegate.java:246](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:246)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.loadClassOnly([KnotClassDelegate.java:164](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:164)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.loadClass([KnotClassDelegate.java:150](https://KnotClassDelegate.java:150)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassLoader.loadClass([KnotClassLoader.java:228](https://KnotClassLoader.java:228)) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass([ClassLoader.java:520](https://ClassLoader.java:520)) at net.minecraft.class\_6599.method\_25426(class\_6599.java:29) at net.minecraft.class\_437.method\_25423(class\_437.java:427) at net.minecraft.class\_310.method\_1507(class\_310.java:1079) at net.minecraft.class\_458.method\_19872(class\_458.java:29) at net.minecraft.class\_4185.method\_25306(class\_4185.java:94) at net.minecraft.class\_4264.method\_25348(class\_4264.java:57) at net.minecraft.class\_339.method\_25402(class\_339.java:187) at net.minecraft.class\_4069.method\_25402(class\_4069.java:38) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_1611(class\_312.java:98) at net.minecraft.class\_437.method\_25412(class\_437.java:540) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_1601(class\_312.java:98) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_22686(class\_312.java:169) at net.minecraft.class\_1255.execute(class\_1255.java:102) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_22684(class\_312.java:169) at org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.callback([GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.java:43](https://GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.java:43)) at org.lwjgl.system.JNI.invokeV(Native Method) at org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.glfwWaitEventsTimeout([GLFW.java:3474](https://GLFW.java:3474)) 

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-- Affected screen --
Details:

Screen name: net.minecraft.class\_458 

Stacktrace:

at net.minecraft.class\_437.method\_25412(class\_437.java:540) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_1601(class\_312.java:98) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_22686(class\_312.java:169) at net.minecraft.class\_1255.execute(class\_1255.java:102) at net.minecraft.class\_312.method\_22684(class\_312.java:169) at org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.callback([GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.java:43](https://GLFWMouseButtonCallbackI.java:43)) at org.lwjgl.system.JNI.invokeV(Native Method) at org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.glfwWaitEventsTimeout([GLFW.java:3474](https://GLFW.java:3474)) at com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem.limitDisplayFPS([RenderSystem.java:234](https://RenderSystem.java:234)) at net.minecraft.class\_310.method\_1523(class\_310.java:1241) at net.minecraft.class\_310.method\_1514(class\_310.java:801) at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main([Main.java:237](https://Main.java:237)) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77](https://NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43](https://DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke([Method.java:568](https://Method.java:568)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.game.minecraft.MinecraftGameProvider.launch([MinecraftGameProvider.java:527](https://MinecraftGameProvider.java:527)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.Knot.launch([Knot.java:82](https://Knot.java:82)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClient.main([KnotClient.java:28](https://KnotClient.java:28)) 

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-- Last reload --
Details:

Reload number: 1 Reload reason: initial Finished: Yes Packs: vanilla, fabric, file/3d-item-models-v1-5-0.zip, continuity:default, continuity:glass\_pane\_culling\_fix, essential 

Stacktrace:

at net.minecraft.class\_6360.method\_36565(class\_6360.java:49) at net.minecraft.class\_310.method\_1587(class\_310.java:2413) at net.minecraft.class\_310.method\_1514(class\_310.java:820) at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main([Main.java:237](https://Main.java:237)) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77](https://NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43](https://DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke([Method.java:568](https://Method.java:568)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.game.minecraft.MinecraftGameProvider.launch([MinecraftGameProvider.java:527](https://MinecraftGameProvider.java:527)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.Knot.launch([Knot.java:82](https://Knot.java:82)) at org.quiltmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClient.main([KnotClient.java:28](https://KnotClient.java:28)) 

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-- System Details --
Details:

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cloth-basic-math: cloth-basic-math 0.6.1

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Is this a real podcast?
I'm sorry I wasn't I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I'm gonna tell you the truth. When I opened up the first store, I went to Staples and Office Max and all the places you buy back-to-school supplies and I bought them all out of flash drives and I would sell them to people at school. And they're like, "Oh, you're actually doing it, bro. "Like, this is a real deal." So what do you know, I sold out of everything in two weeks. Now what? I have to restock and I'm out of money. And I don't really, I'm like, "I don't really have $100,000 to buy more." So I was like, "Well, okay, I guess I need to go out "and find another investor." I went to a guy who owned a bunch of businesses and I got him to give me a loan for $20,000. So now I had $20,000. I went to a custom packaging company in Los Angeles called AJM Packaging and I said, "Look, I have $20,000 "and this vision to start a video store. "Can you give me a net 90?" And that's like an old business term that I learned years ago that basically means like, we're gonna send you a box of our products, you sell them, and then pay us back in 90 days. So they said, "Sure, we'll give you $20,000 worth of videos." I put together a big press release, and sent it out to like the news stations. (laughs) This was like in the early '90s, okay?
But how did you go from using your LinkedIn to sell a 60-year-old?
No, no, no, no, I didn't sell the videos on LinkedIn. I'm saying I would get orders for $1000, $2000, $3000, $4000, $5000.
So the method was you would identify potential prospects using LinkedIn and just send them an email or message or something.
Yeah, you see on LinkedIn, you'll see, like let's say you have 10 contacts or something like that. It'll say, it'll have in your thing, it'll say they were a third degree connection and you can see what groups they belong to. You can see if you share a lot of similar contacts. So I just email them and say, hey, listen, I've got this promotion. I work at a marketing company and I
think we can help you increase your web presence, grow your business. And people just started signing up and then it went from there.
What was the like, hey, you're not bad at this. Like I should look into this social media thing. (laughs)
Yeah, I mean, when I started my business, I really, I was all over the place. And I'm talking like 2009, like in 2009, I wasn't really doing much more than building social profiles and posting on them and some light engagement. That was really it. But then I realized it's not, just about like, the act of social media. It's not just like creating social media accounts for people. It's about building a brand and being able to reach people and creating an impact and using social media to do that. And so that was the start of that path. And then I just started to get more and more into it. And then I went through the whole like, Facebook page thing, which is a whole other journey. So I did that and then I think it was really 2015, I started investing a lot of money into Facebook ads. And when I first started, I had a lot of success in a very short amount of time. So then I started teaching people how to do that. I launched a product called Fan Page Domination. We did $6 million in sales in the first week, which was amazing. And then from there, my software started taking off. I launched a software called Social Ad Classroom, which was a webinar software for Facebook and YouTube Live. And we had thousands of people buying that at $997. We sold that one for $997. Then I launched Influencer Ignited. So I've got my own Facebook group. I started doing mastermind groups and coaching. I was able to replace my salary with speaking gigs, teaching people on webinars and selling high ticket items. So now we have a software business. I have a team of 11 people that work for me and I have a few other employees for other various things as well. And so all in all, it's been quite the journey to get to this point and it's been a lot of hard work and it's still a lot of hard work. I'm not sure what's gonna happen over the next few years or anything like that, but I'm enjoying the journey, enjoying helping people out. You asked me for a couple of tips and tricks that people can do. And I would say that one of the things that I've found to be really helpful when I'm trying to figure out how to learn something is actually not to jump online and start Googling, but instead to go to YouTube and watch tutorial videos. Because if you're like me and you can see it and hear it, then it clicks a lot better than reading a book. So I started watching YouTube videos. I learned how to code a little bit on YouTube. I learned a little bit of Photoshop on YouTube and a lot of things on YouTube. And then I started this membership, which I learned how to do on YouTube and from other people that were teaching me how to do it. I didn't invent it. I don't own the rights to it. I just started to apply it to a business idea that I had that made sense. And it grew really fast. And then I sold that company last year, December of 2020. And so now I have more free time on my hands. So I started YouTube channel and that's just kind of taken off and I'm really enjoying the podcast because I get to meet great people like you and just share some insights that I've learned along the way. And so yeah, that's kind of been my journey to
this point. That's awesome. So you got the taste of this kind of internet world, digital marketing. You had a passion for technology. You did some internships. You taught yourself some things on YouTube. You created some courses. You've built a big following and now you're monetizing with the podcast, correct?
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, so what does the future hold for you and for your business?
Yeah, so I really want to double down on the podcast. I've been doing a lot of interviews and having a lot of fun with that, but I want to take it to the next level. I'm in the process of planning my next level. That is where it is headed right now.
Awesome. So we talked about a lot of things today. What's one thing that you want to leave the audience with? If they were to take away one thing from our conversation today, what would that be?
This is a little bit of a shift in direction of where we've been talking about, but when we were talking about doing a podcast, you asked me, "Why do you want to do a podcast?" And I said, "Well, I want to impact people. "I want to give people a new perspective on life. "I want people to know that they're not alone "and that other people have gone through some of the same things "and have figured it out "and can share their experiences with others "so they don't feel alone." And that's really what I want people to know about me is that you're not alone in this world. And if you're feeling overwhelmed, if you're feeling like, "You know what? "This sucks, this coronavirus, COVID stuff sucks," I want you to know that you're not alone. And there are people out there who've gone through the same thing, are going through the same thing, who can help you navigate through it. So if you're going through a difficult time, you're not alone. Reach out to me, I'm happy to talk to you, but also reach out to the people around you who love you and care about you, and just know that there are people out there who care. And if you're going through a good time and things are going great for you, also reach out to people who are struggling and lend a helping hand and help them out, because we're all in this together, and that's how we're going to get through this and make the world a better place.
That's such a powerful message, and I absolutely agree with you. One of the things I love about you is your positive energy. And that positive energy, I'm sure, resonates in everything that you do. So keep that up. And I guess my next question is, how do you stay so positive? What's your secret sauce?
Well, I just have this deep faith in God, and so I know that everything works out for a reason, and there's a bigger plan, and you know, the person who was the biggest failure is the person that gives up. And so I just refuse to give up, and I think of life, you know, like a marathon. I mean, if you're at mile one and you want to quit, how foolish is that? I mean, you don't know how long the race is, but it's not mile one. And so I look at that as my life. I mean, there's no point in quitting because I'm nowhere near the finish line yet. I got a long way to go, so I've got to keep going, and just having that faith in yourself and knowing that if you stick with it long enough, you'll find a way to succeed.
That's amazing. And
I think that positive mindset, and that persistence is one thing that separates you from other people, but also what you say there about your grandfather, it sounds like he was an amazing person.
He was an incredible person, and his name was Cecil Milton Chester. He died when he was 42 years old. And so I was like nine at the time. And so my son's middle name is Milton. It's a family tradition. So my son's name is Ian Milton Boyle. And I know I got him because my grandpa, he was amazing. He had all these stories and he always had a smile on his face. And I would say, you know, I would say, "How are you doing today, Papa?" And he'd say, "Better, better, better." And it didn't matter how he felt. He always said he was better, better, better. And I thought to myself, you know, that was pretty amazing. This guy could be in the worst possible pain ever, and he would still say he's better. And I thought, you know, I'm going to live my life that way. So I did. I decided I'm going to choose to be better, to have a better attitude, to have a better outlook on life, and always try to see the positive in things. And, you know, it's, it's, it's really helped me in my life. So that's, you know, I would say that's my biggest, my biggest learning. And I also say this, you know, I heard a pastor say this a while ago. He said, you know, a lot of times in life, we're looking for the green light. And, you know, we're trying to make sure everything's perfect. We're waiting for things to be perfect. And he says, well, you know, sometimes it's not about a green light, but it's just, you know, a yellow light. Sometimes you just have to get started. And, you know, you might be scared, but you just have to get started and do the work. And it's just like a very simple way of kind of looking at life. Like if we all wait for, you know, our perfect opportunity, we're never gonna get anything done. So I'm always a big believer in just starting. You know, you've gotta just get started.
That's awesome. That's a great way to finish. So what's your favorite entrepreneur story? Now it doesn't have to be the biggest success, but maybe just an entrepreneur that you love what they're doing or you love their business. So this could be someone, you know, it could be somebody local, it could be somebody big, whoever.
I know.
Your turn.
My turn. So, okay. There's a guy named Jeremy Cowart. You heard of Jeremy Cowart?
Yes.
He's a photographer. He's also one of the most successful photographers in the world. He does amazing portraits. I started following him on Instagram maybe five years ago, maybe six, and I was just like, this guy is amazing. And just watching how he transformed. And now he does hotel, motel design and art and stuff like that. But what he did is he set up like a 30 day series, well a 365 day series of photos. And each day he would do a different type of photography. So like one day he would do just shadows, another day he would do, I don't know, just patterns, whatever. He had all these different ideas. But what he was doing is he was posting his photos on Instagram every single day. So that's something that I wanna start doing as well. I actually start tonight
. And so, just to make myself a better photographer and just to challenge myself to look at things differently. And what's happened is now this guy, he's on YouTube, he does a podcast. And so if I do that every day, I'm also gonna get better at communicating with people and talking to people. So what I've found is this has helped me build my confidence to come on the live and do this because I've practiced a lot. I've done 57 of these now. And so, but it's just the practice. It's just the getting in there and doing it and learning from it. And I found that my guests are really grateful and appreciative for it. They really enjoy it. And they're able to get a taste of me as a speaker before they ever get on a call with me. So, I mean, there's just, it's just so valuable to get started. It doesn't have to be perfect. You don't have to have everything all together. But it's just the action, the taking the action, you know, and you'll just figure it out along the way. So, those are kind of my tips for people.
Fantastic. Well, we've got some questions from the attendees. So, let's kind of jump into those. I know we're starting to get a little bit short on time. We've got maybe five or 10 minutes left.
Yeah.
So, we'll jump into these. One of the questions that came up is, you know, how long should a course be? And are people willing to watch a long course versus something that's shorter?
You know, we've done it both ways. It really kind of depends. I feel like shorter courses are kind of like the current trend. People want information really quickly. They don't necessarily have a lot of time. They're busy. They're running a business. They've got kids. They've got a lot going on. So, I feel like a lot of people are favoring shorter courses. So, for instance, you know, like a course that's maybe like three to four weeks long. But I do still think that there is a place for longer courses. For instance, you know, with Power Editor, I actually found that people liked the more in-depth 12-week course because they could actually go back, you know, at their own pace and do it. But I would say, you know, 30 days is a great timeframe for a course.
Perfect. And the last question for you is, do you have a favorite Facebook advertising campaign that you've run for yourself or for a client? And if you can share a little bit about the results and why it was your favorite.
Ooh, that's a tough one. There's been so many good campaigns that I've had. I think one of my favorites was working with my husband's business and it was creating a quiz. I actually took my course topic, and we're not gonna talk about what that was, and we turned it into a quiz. And so, with a quiz, what you're able to do is take the top three to five pain points or objections that people have when it comes to purchasing your product or service, and you turn that into a quiz. So, you start the quiz by asking them some questions about their specific problem, what they're going through, what their biggest challenge is, and then you give them three different possible outcomes. And based on their answer, you kind of guide them through the quiz. So, you ask them, "Do you want to work on this problem, "or this problem, or this problem?" And then you can give them a result. And that result is not only valuable to
them because they're getting the solution they're looking for, but it's also very valuable to you because you can start to see what are some of the main reasons people are coming to me, or what are the main objections that they have, and you can take that and then tweak your marketing messaging. And that's a lot of what I did with my program was I would create new ads and I would have a different headline for every different pain point. And then we would run those ads and we would see which ones got the best engagement and then you have that data to go off of and you can say, "Okay, well people are responding better to this messaging or this problem that I can help solve." And then from there you can just dial in your targeting, dial in your messaging, and then that's when you really start to see the massive results. And that's how I was able to turn it into a seven-figure business, which, you know, within the first year and a half was pretty incredible. So that's definitely my favorite strategy. And I still use quizzes to this day. I think they're awesome.
Absolutely. And I really like quizzes. I'm glad you mentioned it because that's one of those things that not a lot of people are using right now, but it can be very effective if you do it right. Like you said, you want to give them a reason to want to engage with it. And by addressing pain points or questions or frustrations, it's a great way to get people to opt into your list as well because they're interested in that topic. So then you can nurture them and build a relationship with them and then make them a customer down the line. So that's a great strategy. Thanks for sharing that. All right, so last question for you. I know you're a super busy guy, but do you have time to listen to podcasts? And if so, are there any that you like to listen to on a regular basis?
I listen to a lot of audio books. I think that's kind of my thing. I've just finished actually an audio book called, "You're Not So Smart." And it's all about the cognitive biases that we have as humans. And it was very fascinating. I was actually thinking about using some of the content to talk about in the next episode of my podcast because I think it would be very helpful for people to hear the different biases that we have. And as humans, we have like 100 different cognitive biases that can really influence our decisions and the way we think about things. And so it was a really good book. So I highly recommend that one. It's called "You're Not So Smart." But yeah, I mean, I love listening to all different kinds of podcasts. I listen to, I don't know, some of the entrepreneurial ones, Amy Porterfield, Brendan Burchard. Sometimes I listen to Joe Rogan. He's not always the best person to listen to, but there are certain episodes that I like. Yeah, I listen to all kinds of podcasts.
Fantastic. You mentioned a few people there that I know of and I've heard some episodes of Joe Rogan. There's some really interesting people that he interviews.
Yeah, yeah.
He's got a great following and he seems like he's really enjoying it.
He does, and that's, I think, why he does it. He just loves to learn from people. So I think that's his main motivation.
Yeah, so is there anything else that you'd like to add before we finish up, Taki? Any other, you know, mistakes or issues that you see people make or things you just want to say before we go?
You know, I think one thing I
would say is that being a good marketer is really about being a good communicator. And it's all about building relationships and connections with people. And the way to do that is to really make sure you're being authentic. You know, there's so much noise on social media and people can spot a fake a mile away. So I think it's just important to be genuine, to be authentic, to show up as yourself and just be a real person. And, you know, people are going to be much more likely to connect with you and resonate with you if you do that.
Yes, it's so true. You know, I think a lot of people try and put up this facade of, you know, that they're perfect and they've got it all together, but people can see right through that. So it's just, it's really refreshing when you meet somebody who's like real and down to earth and just doing their thing. And they're okay with that. So I agree with that for sure. So Megan, where can people go to find you and learn more about your programs?
Yeah, so they can go to Facebook and look me up, Megan Anderson Consulting. My website is meganandersonconsulting.com. They can find me on LinkedIn. I'm on Instagram and Twitter and I'm pretty easy to find. So yeah.
Nice. And then I'll put all those links in the show notes too. But yeah, so definitely follow Megan. She puts out some really great content. So thank you so much for being on the show. It was really great to have you on today.
Thank you so much, Jillian. It was great being here. I really appreciate you inviting me on your show.
Yes, of course. Thank you so much. And I'll talk to you soon.
All right. Sounds good. Thank you.
Thank you. Bye. (upbeat music)
Hey guys, thanks so much for joining me on this episode of the Parent Entrepreneur Success Podcast. I hope you found it super valuable and it's inspired you to take some action to grow your business. If you want to find me on social media, you can find me at Jillian Sedoti at Instagram or jilliansedoti.com. And please, if you like this show, share it with others who you think will benefit and also rate and review so more people can find it. See you next time.

I've always been hesitant to share my code. It's not that I believe it's subpar, nor am I plagued by imposter syndrome. It's just that sharing code offers a glimpse into the madness that is my mind, and that feels somehow cruel for everyone else. Allow me to guide you on a journey that nearly drove me to the brink of sanity. It all began with Google's Lighthouse update.
For the SEO uninitiated, Google's Lighthouse update represented a substantial shift in search ranking, hinging on a website's performance and adherence to best practices. If you'd like to test your website, simply open it in Chrome on a desktop, press F12 to open the Chrome developer tools, and then click the "Lighthouse" tab. Choose either Desktop or Mobile and click "Analyze". After about a minute, you'll receive five scores, each ranging from 0 to 100, for Performance, Accessibility, Best Practice, SEO, and Progressive Web App (PWA).
Before delving into the technical details, let me introduce myself. My name is Jonathan Grantham, and I'm the proud owner of a small B2B SaaS company, Nexoid, which specializes in ERP and ITSM software. The website I'm discussing in this piece is www.nexoid.com. Feel free to have a look, open up the source code. You can also follow me on LinkedIn. My profile is https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathongrantham/.
Upon the release of the Google Chrome Lighthouse update, I did what any conscientious business owner would do: I checked my website. Much to my dismay, the results were far from satisfactory. With scores of 21/100 for Performance, 30/100 for Accessibility, 45/100 for Best Practice, 11/100 for SEO, and a failure for PWA, I was shocked. I had personally built the website, a fairly standard Single Page Architecture using React.js. The scores were a crushing blow.
Undeterred by the initial setback, I launched MS Code and began addressing the issues one by one, with Performance being my first target. The guides provided within the Lighthouse tool proved quite useful. I converted all images from JPEGs and PNGs to modern WebP files, and ensured that every img tag was equipped with a width and length property to prevent layout shifts. These modifications alone boosted my score from 21/100 to 60/100. It was a significant improvement, but far from perfect. The only suggestion remaining was to "reduce unused JavaScript," which wasn't particularly helpful. The only JavaScript present was the React.js framework, as everything else had been eliminated.
Despite my persistent efforts to rectify the issue, I was met with constant roadblocks. I attempted to remove parts of React.js, explored "lazy loading," and tested various optimizers and compressions. However, the issue stemmed from React.js itself, which was approximately half a megabyte in size.
I can almost hear seasoned web developers shouting, "Don't use React for a website! It's meant for building web applications!" I'm well aware of this now.
What began as a seemingly simple task of converting a few images had now morphed into a complete website overhaul using a new framework. Frustrated and uttering a few choice words under my breath, I set out in search of a suitable replacement. I first considered Vue and later Angular, arguably the biggest competitors of React.js. However, they both presented the same issue.
In an attempt to simplify things, I decided to look into older technologies, and gave jQuery a shot. Yet, I was met with the same problem. It became abundantly clear that there wasn't an off-the-shelf Single Page Architecture framework that could appease the Google deities.
It seemed my only remaining option was to resort to vanilla JavaScript.
My series of experiments began with a basic HTML page without any JavaScript. Then, I tried an HTML page with a div whose contents could be replaced. I quickly realized that making multiple simultaneous changes to the page via JavaScript incurred penalties from Lighthouse. The solution was to manipulate the contents of the body tag as a string and then reintegrate it, thereby creating only a single visible DOM change.
I now had a minimalist HTML page with an empty body tag, complemented by a small onload function in the head tag. This function inspected the URL and executed an HTML GET request to retrieve the corresponding text file containing the page's body HTML. One would think this is a suitable solution. Unfortunately, it fell short when I attempted to dynamically load JavaScript functionality.
Unlike other tags, if you add a script tag with a simple alert("yes this fired") into the body contents string, it won't execute. Although not ideal, one workaround was to parse the body string, identify all the script tag contents, and place them in a JavaScript eval function. The approach was somewhat effective but stumbled when dealing with namespaces, and the developer console was flooded with unsightly warnings. The solution was to extract the script tags from the HTML and add them as a script element after the DOM had rendered. Google did not penalize this action for some reason.
Progress was being made, and I had a basic Single Page Architecture solution. But not so fast. While Google is efficient at indexing Single Page Architecture pages (they do this by opening it in a browser, allowing all the JavaScript to run, and then scanning the DOM), Bing, Yahoo, and other major search engines use a similar, simpler method. However, most other platforms like Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp only fetch the HTML file, retrieving a small HTML file with a blank body. My solution was not viable. I now had to replicate this concept for every page on the website and include the JavaScript to switch to Single Page Architecture mode when a user clicked on a link.
I needed a tool capable of generating HTML for each page, based on my solution. It occurred to me that I had the perfect resource at my disposal: my own ERP system, Nexoid. I created a Nexoid model encompassing a website and web page data objects. The website record facilitated the creation of a generic template webpage, while the web page records contained the content for each individual page. The final piece of the puzzle was a workflow function or script that could read the website record and all related web page records to generate the HTML files. After a few days, it was operational. I had created a basic Content Management System (CMS). Developing a CMS to this point is not overly complex; the real challenge arises when integrating other CMS workflows, approvals, localizations, previews, etc.
A key requirement for the new website was localization; we aimed to launch it in 11 languages. Being an IT company, I naturally leaned toward technological solutions. Rather than hiring a translator for every page, I opted for AWS Translate. While AI translators are decent, they're not perfect, and the errors are noticeable enough to reveal a non-human origin. A French-speaking staff member evaluated the AI translation and gave it a 6/10, describing it as "understandable, but not proper French."
However, we stumbled upon a valuable trick. We found that feeding the English text through ChatGPT first, asking it to 'tidy this up', and then pasting it in, it rewords the text in a way that's still English but is much more compatible with the language models. Using the ChatGPT-reworded English as the base for translation significantly improves the translation quality, elevating it to a 9 or even a perfect 10 out of 10.
Having developed a solid technological foundation for creating the website, I was making progress. However, a new challenge emerged as we began to build more complex pages. Under the new Lighthouse guidelines, it became necessary to consolidate all JavaScript, CSS, and HTML into a single file. This also applied to the Single Page Architecture versions.
We resorted to inserting all JavaScript and CSS files as inline tags. A similar strategy was required for the Single Page Architecture version. We created a JSON file containing all scripts, styles, and HTML.
Lighthouse identified the next problem as the size of the assets; the HTML and JSON page files were excessively large. I resolved this issue using 'minify,' a Node.js library specifically designed to compress HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. This solution resulted in a reduction of text file size by over 40%. Additionally, minify offered the added benefit of obfuscation, making the raw code more difficult to read, enhancing security.
Let's delve into the topic of hosting. Traditionally, a Content Management System (CMS) operates via an application server that handles the user's HTML request. It interprets the page request from the URL, locates the corresponding assets in a database, retrieves the database record (possibly alongside others), processes the information to assemble the page, and finally delivers it to the end user as a flat HTML document. This description primarily pertains to the initial HTML request when a user visits a new website, although I am aware of AJAX and other similar technologies.
However, this conventional model presents certain drawbacks in the context of the new Lighthouse world. Firstly, the back-and-forth communication between the application server and the database server, as well as the page compilation, introduces delays. Secondly, in its simplest form, an application server and a database server are only physically available in a single location. This setup is excellent if you're in the same building or city, but significantly less efficient if you're attempting to access the site from the other side of the world. For instance, the average ping latency between Australia and the UK is approximately 250 milliseconds.
Our solution to these challenges involves utilizing AWS S3 for hosting the static files generated by the previously mentioned publish script, and AWS CloudFront for global content distribution. At the time of this writing, AWS CloudFront was distributing content to over 90 cities in 47 countries. For an individual in Melbourne, Australia accessing a UK website, AWS CloudFront reduced the ping latency from 250 milliseconds to a mere 13 milliseconds (this is the time difference between Melbourne and AWS edge servers in Sydney).
We now arrive at the Progressive Web Application (PWA) component of the Lighthouse test, which was not something I had previously given much consideration. For those unfamiliar, a PWA involves a JavaScript service worker that manages the website as a web application. If that's a bit complex, consider it this way: it's essentially an automatic downloading and caching tool. When a user visits your website, the goal is to make their subsequent requests as speedy and seamless as possible. The PWA service worker allows you to already have the next assets downloaded to the user's local machine, eliminating the need for another internet GET request.
At the time of writing this article, the Nexoid website is relatively small, containing only 19 pages. However, those 19 pages are translated into 11 different languages, making a total of 209 pages. Initially, I tried to download every asset into the service worker, which amounted to around 5MB. This size was too large for an initial load, and Lighthouse penalized me for it. I settled on downloading only the English page JSON files, which include all the necessary CSS, HTML, and JavaScript to display each page.
The final structure is as follows: An S3 bucket houses the compiled HTML files, named without the .html extension. For instance, http://www.nexoid.com/en represents the English homepage HTML, /de is for the German homepage HTML, and /en/platform refers to the English platform HTML, and so on. Additionally, there are JSON files that contain the parts of the body and head that change when navigating between pages, such as /en.json, /de.json, and /en/platform.json, among others.
In conclusion, comprehending Lighthouse posed a significant challenge. I am skeptical that traditional, out-of-the-box CMS products can effectively tackle this task. Reflecting on my experience with platforms like WordPress and Drupal, I find it hard to believe that they could be optimized to achieve a perfect Lighthouse score. Overall, I believe the effort is worthwhile, and Google is justified in placing more emphasis on performance. However, this shift is and will continue to be a considerable pain point for web designers and agencies.
If you're interested in learning more about Lighthouse or if you'd like to discuss Nexoid's products and services, please don't hesitate to get in touch. You can reach out via LinkedIn or through the 'Contact Us' page on our website.
https://www.nexoid.com/en/contact_us
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathongrantham

Hi! I made a post earlier this week about starting to organize and clear out what I've been hoarding collecting over the years... many, many hours later, I've sorted through my stash & have just under 1000 books I want to get rid of in the first cull!
I can ship from Canada or the US - all prices are in USD

• US shipping is $5 or free for orders over $100
• Canada shipping is actual shipping cost (please ask for quote - probably $15+). For orders over $100, I will provide a discount equal to free US shipping for the same order

I'd prefer not to split some sets but will consider it depending on what you're looking for, definitely willing to negotiate on price if buying multiples!
I'm still new to selling here, so if there's anything I missed or that seems out to lunch please just let me know :D
All orders will be shipped out on Monday - I leave for a work trip Tuesday afternoon so won't take any orders I can't ship before then & will put the post back up again when I'm back the next week!
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Timestamp Photos - 1 - https://imgur.com/a/HKhPuNO (May 23, 2023) 2 - https://imgur.com/a/REJgIIp (May 23, 2023) 3 - https://imgur.com/a/F2ivwIi (May 26, 2023) 4 - https://imgur.com/a/aLCQpFu (May 26, 2023)
Close-up photos: Light Novels - https://imgur.com/a/xwAxyzg Manga - https://imgur.com/a/sfr9LIl Manga 2 - https://imgur.com/a/IeTzN4b Manga 3 - https://imgur.com/a/Gv0dJe5 Manga 4 - https://imgur.com/a/bxB30At
Excel File: If you would like a Google sheets version please just let me know!
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Light Novels

Title	Volume	# of Vols	Price	Total for All Volumes	Comments
A Certain Magical Index (Novel)	3, 5, 9	3	V3 & 9 - $9, V5 - $35	$44	V3 - G4 has a small rip on the back cover, V5&9 - G5
Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World (Novel)	1-2	2	$11	$22	G4 - small sticker residue on back
Blood+ (Light Novel)	3-4	3	V3 - $20, V4 - $80	$100	V3 - G3 light shelf wear, V4 - G2 creases on front and back cover in corners, dirty scuffs on bottom & side
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion LN	2	1	$20	$20	G4
Dirty Pair (Novels)	1-2	2	$30	$60	G4
Final Fantasy VII - The Kids Are Alright	1	1	$9	$9	G3
How A Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom	1-2, 6-9, 11	7	$8	$56	Remainder marks (except V6/V7)
Katanagatari (hardcover)	4	1		10	G4 remainder mark
Monogatari Box Sets (Novel)	1-3	3	$55	$165	G4 - Opened but never read
Overlord (Novel)	1-12	12	$13	$156	G5 - sealed
Sword Art Online Platinum Collector's Edition (Novel)	1	1	$125	$125	G5 - sealed
The Ancient Magus' Bride LN	The Silver Yarn	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
The Notenki Memoirs: Studio Gainax and the Men Who Created Evangelion	1	1	$90	$90	G4
The NPCs in This Village Sim Game Must be Real LN	1-3	3	$8	$24	Remainder marks
Vampire Hunter D (Novel Omnibus)	1	1	$12	$12	G4 - Remainder mark
Vampire Hunter D (Novel)	16, 18-23, 25-29	12	V29 - $200, V28 - $200, V27 - $100, V26 - $50, V25 - $40, V23 - $40, V22 - $20, V21 - $70, V20 - $80, V19 - $30, V18 - $70, V16 - $15	$915	($850 for all Vols + Omni) V27-29 - G4, V26 - G3 some dings, UPC sticker on back & remainder mark, V22-25 - G3 dent on top of front cover for all, V20-21 - G4, V18-19- G3 light shelf wear, V16 - G4
Voices of a Distant Star (LN)	1	1	$9	$9	Remainder marks​

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Manga

Title	Volume	# of Vols	Price	Total for All Volumes	Comments
A Certain Magical Index (Manga)	2	1	35	$35	G4/5
A Certain Scientific Railgun	5-8, 16	5	V5-8 - $20, V16 - $8	$88	V5-8 - G4/G5, V16 - G4 remainder mark
A Silent Voice	1-5	5	6	$30	G4/G5
Ace Attorney: Miles Edgeworth Investigations	2-4	3		$140	G4 light yellowing on top
Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright - Official Casebook	1-2	2	25	$50	G3/G4 - light shelf wear
Ace Attorrney: Phoenix Wright	1	1	15	$15	G3/G4 - Price sticker on back cover, ding on top of spine
Apocalypse Meow	1-2	2	25	$50	G4
Aqua	1-2	2	15	$30	G3/G4 - sticker residue on front cover, small price sticker on inside of front cover
As Miss Beelzebub Likes	1-2	2	V1 - $25, V2 - $8	$32	V1 - G5, V2 - G3 dent in back cover on bottom
Astra Lost in Space	1-5	5	6	$30	G3/G4 - V3-4 have smudges/dirt on the left side of the bottom
Beauty & the Feast	1-2	2	$8.00	$16	Remainder mark on V1
Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost	1-4	4	8	$32	G4/G5
Berserk of Gluttony (Manga)	1-5	5	7	$35	G4 remainder mark
Bite Maker	1, 3	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Black Clover	1-29	29		$170	G5
Black God	1-19	19		$225	G3/4 - V9-19 have yellowing, V1 has a small slice across the spine.
Bleach	1-74, Colours	75		$425	G5
Bride of Deimos	4-5	2	20	$40	G3/G4 some yellowing, ding on corner of front cover
Call to Adventure! Defeating Dungeons With a Skill Board	1-4	4	$7	$28	G4 remainder mark
Cat Massage Therapy	1-2	2	9	$18	G4 remainder mark
Chillin in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Chronicles of an Aristocrat: Reborn in Another World	1-3	3	$7	$21	G4 remainder mark
Cirque Du Freak	1-9	9	10	$90	G3/G4 - light shelf wear, light yellowing on top of some volumes
CLAMP - Angelic Layer	1, 3	2		$10	G4
CLAMP - Clover (singles)	2	1	$6	$6	G3/G4 - knicks on slipcover. Binding loosening on first/last page
CLAMP - Drug & Drop	1-2	2		$60	G4
CLAMP - Kobato	6	1		$60	G4 some yellowing
CLAMP - Legal Drug Omnibus	1	1	15	$15	G3
CLAMP - Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland	One Shot	1	15	$15	G4 - sticker residue on back & front cover
CLAMP - The One I Love	1	1	20	$20	G3/G4 - crease on edge of back cover
CLAMP - Tokyo Babylon (omnibus)	1-2	2		$120	G3 - V2 has a rip taken out of bottom of front cover
CLAMP - Tokyo Babylon (singles)	1-2	2	10	$20	G3 - light shelf wear. V2 small crease on front cover & bottom of spine
CLAMP - Wish (singles)	1-4	4		$20	V1-2 - G2 name written on inside of cover, worn, V3-4 - G3 V3 has security sticker on inside of front cover
CLAMP - Wish Omnibus	1	1	35	$35	G4 remainder mark
Classroom of the Elite	1	1	$8	$8	G4 remainder mark
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Manga	1-2	2	V1 - $10, V2 - $25	$35	G4 - light shelf wear
Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally	1-3	3	V1 - $15, V2/3 - $20	$50	G4/G5 - V1 has light yellowing on top, light shelf wear. V2/3 are new
Cosmo Familia	1-3	3	$7	$21	G4 remainder mark
Count Fujiwara's Suffering	1	1	15	$15	G3/G4 small rip on top of back cover
Crying Freeman	1-5	5		$200	G4 - all new & sealed. All have yellowing on top, V4 has yellowing on bottom. Some vols have small tears in the seal
Cutie and the Beast	1, 3	2	$7	$14	Remainder marks, except V3
Densha Otoko	1-3	3		$30	G3/G4. CMX releases
Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist	1-4	4	$7	$28	G4 remainder mark
Dungeon Dive Aim for the Deepest Level	1	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
Edens Zero	1-2	2	$7	$14
Eromanga Sensei	1	1	8	$8	G5
ES Eternal Sabbath	1-4, 6-8	7		$125	G4 - V1 has yellowing on all sides & light shelf wear, other vols have some yellowing on top. (Missing V5)
Excel Saga	12, 17-24, 27	10	V12 - $10, V17-19 - $25, V20-21 - $30, V22-25 - $35, V27 - $45	$330	G4/G5 - light yellowing on some vols
Exo-Drive Reincarnation Games	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Failure Frame	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Fire Investigator Nanase	1, 3-4	3	V1 & V3 - $10, V4 - $20	$40	G3/G4 some yellowing
Flame of Recca	1, 4, 7-8, 11, 13-15, 20	9	5	$45	G3 yellowing
Fragtime Omnibus	One Shot	1	$12	$12	G4 remainder mark
Freezing (Omnibus)	1-4, 19-20	3	V1-2 - $80, V3-4 - $35, V19-20 - $60	$195	G4 - some yellowing on top
From Eroica With Love	15	1	20	$20	G4 some yellowing
Full Metal Alchemist	1-19, 22-23, 25	22	5-6	$110	V1-8 - G2 early volumes are rough, V9-10 - G4, V11+ - G4/G5
GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class	2-6	5	V3-5 - $8, V2 & V6 - $25	$74	G4 - V2, 4-6 have remainder mark
Gankutsuou	1	1	10	$10	G3 some yellowing
Gente	1-3	3	$8	$24
Grenadier	1-2, 4-5, 7	5	10	$70	V1-2 G3 some yellowing & remainder marks, V4-5 & V7 - G4
Gunsmith Cats Burst	3-4	2	45	$90	G5 - sealed. Some yellowing on top of V4
Haganai	3-9, 11-14	10	V3-5 - $8, V6 - $20, V7 - $8, V8-9 - $20, V11-12 -$20, V13 - $10, V14 - $20	$162	V3 - G3 price sticker on back cover, V7 - G3 remainder dot and sticker residue on front & back cover, V13-14 have some sunfading on spine, all other vols are G3/4 with some yellowing
Happy Kanako's Killer Life	1-4	4	9	$36	G4/G5 - V1 & V3 have remainder marks
Haru's Curse	1	1	10	$10	G4 remainder mark
Hatskune Miku: Rin-Chan Now!	1-4	4	7	$28	G4 - V1 has a small crease on top left corner of front cover
Hell Girl	6-9	2	V6 - $35, V7/8/9 - $125	$160	G4 - light shelf wear. Security tag on inside of back cover
High School Girls	1-4	4	7	$28	G3/G4 yellowing
Himouto Umaru-Chan	1-2, 4, 10-12	6	8	$48	G4 remainder marks
How Not To Summon A Demon Lord	1-2, 6, 9, 11-12	6	$7	$42	Remainder marks, except V1 & V2
Hungry For You: Endo Yasuko Stalks the Night	1	1	8	$8	G4
I am a Cat Barista	1-2	2	9	$18	G4 remainder mark
I Got Caught Up In A Hero Summons	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
I Hate You More Than Anyone!	8-9	2	V8 - $20, V9 - $30	$50	G4
I'm A Wolf But My Boss Is A Sheep	1	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
Immortal Hounds	1-6	6	8	$48	G4/G5
Initial D	1-6	6	V1 - $35, V2-4 - $25, V5/6 - $15	$130	G4 - V3 & 6 have yellowing on top. Small scuffs on spine V2 & V6. V1-3 small Tokyopop logo, V4-6 large red Tokyopop logo.
Into the Deepest Most Unknowable Dungeon	1	1	9	$9	g5 sealed
Is This a Zombie!?	2-8	7		$120	G4/G5 - V2 has some yellowing, all others new & sealed
Itazura Na Kiss	1, 5, 7-9	5	V1 - $20, V5 - $30, V7 - $30, V8 - $10, V9 - $20	$110	V1 - G3 bend in top corner of front cover & yellowing, rest of volumes G4/G5, V7-9 sealed
Itsuwaribito	1, 3, 5-8, 11-12-, 15, 21	10		$90	G3/4 - earlier volumes have yellowing on top
Judge	1-5	5		$60	G3/G4
Junko Mizuno's Hansel & Gretel	One Shot	1	15	$15	G4 - some yellowing
K-On! College	1	1		$50	G4
Kageki Shojo: The Curtain Rises	One Shot	1	$11	$11	G4 remainder mark
Kannagi Crazy Shrine Maidens	1	1	10	$10	G4
Karate Survivor In Another World	1-2	2	7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Kekkaishi	2-14, 16, 22, 24-35	27	5-6	$160	V1-9 - G3/G4, V10+ - G5
Kiichi And the Magic Books	1-2	2		$20	G4 some yellowing
Kimagure Orange Road	4-6	3		$150	G5 sealed
King of Cards	1, 7-8	3		$45	G4 some yellowing
Kitchen Princess Omnibus	4	1	75	$75	G4 Yellowing
Kurohime	1-14	14		$150	G4 - yellowing on some volumes
Lady Snowblood	2-3	2	45	$90	G4 - sealed.V3 has yellowing on all sides, V2 light yellowing on top. Small tears in seals
Lagoon Engine + Einsatz	0-7	8	V0-6 - $20, V7 - $80	$100	V1 - G3 price sticker on back, shelf wear. All others G4 some yellowing. Einsatz - G2 has security sticker on inside of back cover & book store stamp on first page
Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero	1, 4	2	7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Little Devils	1-3	3	$7	$21
Lone Wolf And Cub	1-28	28		$400	G4 all the "chess piece" original spines. Some volumes have light yellowing, great shape overall
Lunar Legend Tsukihime	1, 4-6	4	30	$120	G3/G4 - V1 has yellowing & shelf wear on top/bottom of spine. Price sticker on back of all volumes
Madoka Magica: The Movie - Rebellion	1-3	3		$175	G4 - very light shelf wear
Magi	3, 5-7, 9, 11-13, 16-20, 23-24, 29	17		$150	G5 - V3 has some yellowing
Mar	1-2, 4-7, 10-11, 14-15	10		$80	V1 - G3 sticker residue on back cover, V2 - G3 security tag and stamp on inside of back cover, V4 - G3 Name written on inside cover and Viz survey partially filled out, V5+ - all G3/G4 some yellowing
Mars	1-4, 6-11, 13 + Novel	12		$175	G2/G3 - V11 & Horse With No Name are Ex-lib. Basic shelf/reading wear. V11 has a bent corner on the front cover. (missing vols 5,12,14-15)
Mars Red	1-3	3	$7	$21	G4 remainder mark
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	1-5, 7, 9-11	9	8	$72	V11 - G4 remainder mark, all others G5
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Elma's Office Lady Diary	3	1	8	$8	G4 remainder mark
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Kanna's Daily Life	4-5, 7, 9	4	8	$32	G4 remainder mark
Monster Guild: The Dark Lord's No Good Comeback	1-3	3	$7	$21	G4 remainder mark
Monster Hunter: Flash Hunter	1-9	9		$250	G4 - V1&3 have yellowing on all sides, rest of vols only have yellowing on top
Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation	3-6, 8, 10-11, 14, 18	9	4	$40	g4/G5
Muscles Are Better Than Magic	1-3	3	$7	$21	G4 remainder mark
Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation (manga)	1	1	8	$8	G4
My Deer Friend Nokotan	1	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
My Hero Academia	1-9, 15-16, 20, 22-25, 29-30, UA	19	5	$100	G3-G5
My Lovey Dovey Wife Is A Stone Cold Killer	1-3	3	$7	$21	G4 remainder mark
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom	3	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
My Senpai is Annoying	1-8	8	9	$72	G4/G5 - V3 & V6 have remainder marks
My Wife Has No Emotion	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse	1	1	12	$12	G4
Nicola Travelling Around The Demons' World	1-2	2	8	$16	G4/G5 - V2 has a remainder mark
Nightmare Inspector	1-4, 8	5		$40	V1-4 - G3 price sticker on back and some yellowing, V8 - G4 yellowing
No Matter What They Say Furi-San is Scary	1-3	3	7	$21	G4 remainder mark
Oreimo	1-3	3	10	$30	G4 - V2 has a nick on the top of the spine.
Oreimo Kuroneko	3-4, 6	3	V3-4 - $8, V6 $25	$40	G3/G4 - light shelf wear. V6 has price sticker on back cover
Otaku Elf	1-4	4	$7	$28	Remainder marks, except V1 & V4
Otherworld PIcnic (manga)	1	1	6	$6	G4 remainder mark
Paradise Kiss Anniversary Edition	1	1	20	$20	G4 remainder mark
Penguindrum	1-5	5	8	$40	V1-2, 5 - G4 remainder mark, V3 & V5 - G5
Peter Grill	1,3	2	7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Pure Trance by Junko Mizuno	1	1	15	$15	g5
Rainbow and Black	1-3	3	9	$27	G4 remainder mark
Re:Zero: The Frozen Bond	1	1	8	$8	G4
Reborn as a Barrier Master	1	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
Reborn as a Space Mercenary	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Red River	23-24, 28	3	20	$60	G4/G5 - all new & sealed. V23 has sunfaded spine
Red Snow	1	1		$10	G4 Drawn & Quarterly softcover publisher advance copy
Reincarnated as a Sword	1,6	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Ristorante Paradiso	One Shot	1	$8	$8
Romeo x Juliet	1	1	10	$10	G3 yellowing & light shelf wear
Rozl in the Labyrinth	1	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
Saint Tail	2-3	2	15	$30	G4 - V3 has a lot of yellowing, V2 looks new
Samurai Executioner Omnibus	1-4	4		$90	G2 - V1 has some rips, dings and creases, a little wavy, not sure if it's water damage or just stored improperly. All volumes are like well-read Dark Horse Omnibuses, spines are curved and have creases
Satsuma Gishiden	2-3	2	30	$60	G4 - V2 is sealed but seal is separating at the top. Yellowing on top/bottom.
School Rumble	1-16	14		$200	V5 - G3 dent in top of front cover, V14/15/16 - G3 has a little bit of shelf wear. All others G3/G4 with some yellowing
Sekirei	3	1	35	$35	G4 - sealed, some yellowing on top
She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man	1-4	4	$7	$28	G4 remainder mark
Shirley	1	1		$25	G4
Slow Life in Another World	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Something's Wrong With Us	1-4	4	$8.00	$32	G4
Spirits & Cat Ears	1-8	8	9	$72	G5
Sundome	1	1	30	$30	G5 sealed
Tales of the Abyss: Asch the Bloody	1-2	2	15	$30	G4 - some light yellowing
Tamamo-chan's a Fox	1, 3-5	4	$7	$28	G4 remainder mark
The Apothecary Diaries	1-4	4	7	$28	V1-2 - G4 remainder mark, V3-4 - G4/G5
The Brave Tuber	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
The Dangers in My Heart	1-4	4	8	$32	G4/G5 - V1,3-4 has a remainder mark
The Demon Girl Next Door	1, 3-5	4	$8	$32	G4 Remainder marks, except V1
The Demon Prince of Momochi House	3, 5-16	13	8	$104	G5
The Drops of God	1	1	$35	$35	G3/G4 - shelf weaknicks on spine, small tear on top of back cover
The Drops of God: New World	1	1	25	$25	G4
The Elusive Samurai	1	1	6	$6	G5
The Heart Of Thomas	1	1	200	$200	G4 small dents in the top and bottom left corners of the front cover, scuffs from shelf
The Honor Student at Magic High School	1-11	11	9	$99	G4/G5 - some light yellowing
The Ideal Sponger Life	1, 7-10	5	$7	$35	Remainder marks, except V1
The Invincible Shovel	1, 3	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
The King of Fighters	1-2, 4, 6	4	7	$28	G4 remainder mark
The Kingdoms of Ruin	1-3	3	$7	$21	G4 remainder mark
The Misfit of Demon King Academy	1-4	4	$7	$28	G4 remainder mark
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen	1	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
The Most Notorious Talker Runs The World's Greatest Clan	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
The Name of the Flower	4	1		$15	G4 some yellowing
The NPCs in This Village Sim Game Must be Real	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
The Palette of 12 Secret Colors	3	1		$10	G4 some yellowing
The Quintessential Quintuplets	Box 1 (1-7)	1	50	$50	Sealed
The Royal Tutor	6-15	9	9	$81	G4/G5
The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent	1-4	4	$7	$28	G4 remainder mark
The Seven Deadly Sins	1-11, 13-15	14	4	$56	G4
The Sorcerer King of Destruction and the Golem of the Barbarian Queen	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary	1-3	3	$7	$21	G4 remainder mark
The Wallflower	3-8, 10-36	33		$450	V3-8 & V10 - G3 yellowing and shelf wear, V11 - G2 sticker residue on front cover, price written in pencil on back page, V12 - G2 sticker & sticker residue on back cover, V13-17 - G3 some have a little sticker residue on back cover, V18 - G2 bend in top right corner of back cover, V19-21 - G3, V22/23/24 - G4 security sticker on inside of back cover, V25-27 - G3, V28 - G2 crease in front cover, V29-36 - G3
The Weakest Contestant of all Space and Time	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Time Stop Hero	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Tomo-chan is a Girl	1-2, 6-8	5	$7	$35	G4 remainder mark
Train Man: A Shojo Manga	1	1		$10	G4 yellowing. Del Rey release
Translucent	1-3	3	7	$21	G3/G4 - V3 has a lot of yellowing. Price sticker on the back covers
Trapped in a Dating Sim: Otome Games are Tough For Mobs	1	1	$7	$7	G4 remainder mark
Trigun	1-2	2	25	$50	G2/3 shelf wear, V1 has a bent upper left corner on front cover
Trigun (B&N Hardcover)	2	1	75	$75	G4 - B&N Hardcover. Light wear on the top of the dustjacket
Trigun Maximum (singles)	9, 11	2	30	$60	G4 yellowing
Trigun Maximum Omnibus	4-5	2		$300	G3 - V4 has a dent in the top of the back cover, V5 has a crease in the top left corner of the front cover
Twin Spica	2-4, 9, 11	5		$80	G4/G5 - some yellowing
Ultimate Muscle	2-7, 9-11, 22, 28-29	12	V2 - $30, V3 - $40, V4 - $40, V5 - $70, V6 - $35, V7 - $70, V9 - $100, V10 - $30, V11 - $40, V22 - $30. V28 - $50, V29 - $50	$585	**535 for the set **- G3 heavy yellowing but otherwise great shape
Ultimo	4-5, 10	3	V4-5 - $7, V10 - $75	$89	G4/G5 - light yellowing on top of V4-5
Ultra Kaiju Humanization Project	1-4	4	9	$36	G4/G5
Umineko When They Cry	4, 8	2		$150	G3/G4 yellowing, some light shelf weaknicks
Uzumaki (viz signature singles)	1-3	3		$50	G3 yellowing & some shelf wear
Vaizard	1	1	$5	$5	g4 Small scuff on top of spine
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina	1, 3	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
We Swore to Meet in the Next Life & That's When Things Got Weird	1-2	2	$7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Who Says Warriors Can't be Babes	1,3	2	7	$14	G4 remainder mark
Wolfsmund	2-8	7		$165	G5
Wounded Man	2	1		$15	G3 yellowing
Yozakura Quartet	1-5	5	$6	$30	G3 - Yellowing, sticker residue or price sticker on back covers. Light shelf wear
Zero's Familiar Omnibus	1-3	3	20	$60	V1 - G4 some yellowing, V2-3 - G2 volumes are a little warped, looks like they may have been packed weird or under something heavy, doesn't seem to be water. Yellowing​

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BL - Buy the bundle for $120

Title	Volume	# of Vols	Price	Total for All Volumes	Comments
Author's Pet	One Shot	1	$10	$10	G4 - sticker residue on back cover
Hero Heel	1-3	3	$9	$27	G3/G4 - Yellowing, sticker residue on back covers
Il Gatto Sul G	1-3	3	$10 (V1/V2), $20 (V3)	$40	G3/G4 - Sticker residue on back covers. V3 has yellowing & was not printed with a dust jacket like previous June releases
Little Cry Baby	One Shot	1	11	$11	G4 - sticker residue on back cover
Othello	One Shot	1	11	$11	G4 - sticker residue on back cover
Our Dining Table	1	1	8	$8	G4 remainder mark
Shards of Affection	One Shot	1	11	$11	G3/G4 - some yellowing, sticker residue on back cover
Yarichin Bitch Club	1-3	3	$10	$30	G4/G5​

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Anime - BluRay

Title	Volume	# of Vols	Price	Total for All Volumes	Comments
My Hero Academia - Season 2-4	2-4	3	10	$30	G4 - no digital code
My Hero Academia - Season 5 Part 1	1	1	10	$10	G4 - no digital code​

What are some newer or latest PO options for managing hypotension? Our attending is out of ideas. Consults aren’t leading anywhere. Hence posting here, hoping for some insights from more knowledgeable peeps.
Note: u/rabiaplus is on same care team.
​Our patient is a 60 year old female with Hx of DVT (on warfarin for 6 years) and RA for over 15 years and has been on several monoclonal antibodies mostly because her joint pain was not relieved. During this time she has b/l knees and hips replaced. All other joints are doing well. She was hospitalized 5 months ago for Acute on chronic renal failure needing HD for the first time. Her kidney biopsy showed amyloidosis likely 2/2 to her RA. Since her initial hospitalization she has been in ICU for the third time. First two admissions were becasue she could not tolerate HD on regular in-patient floor, her MAPs would drop to 30s. Recently she had Cdiff, HI PNA and bacteremia, as well as aspiration PNA requiring antibiotics (vancomycin and zosyn), she is now off Bipap, however, still quite weak. Continues to stay on TF.
ADDED: She has been on consistent dose of 25 mg prednisone for past 3 or 4 months.
​Overall, the main issue holding her in ICU is her hypotension. She has been on CRRT and not been able to come off levophed for over a month. Just like her previous ICU transfers she is not able to tolerate HD. Her MAPs drops in 30’s. Also, her hypotension is constant not just HD related or postural. She has been on midodrine 20 mg TID. Her echo is Normal EF 65%, no VHD or diastolic dysfunction. Very low suspicion that she has cardiac amyloidosis (this has not been confirmed with any biopsy or cardiac MRI considering her current condition)
Just another piece that may not be be relevant to my main question, but sharing to give the whole picture: Her WBC count has been consistently high in 25 to 35s, no fevers, normal procal and inflammatory markers. She has completed her Vanc for C diff , linezolid for VRE UTI and zosyn for HI PNA and bacteremia for sometime. A wbc scan was done to look for any focus of inflammation, but was completely benign.
ADDED: We think patient is over the big hump of fighting infections, and acute management of BP stabilization. We are now planning for a safe transfer to floor. What can we do so that she is not Levo dependent and able to tolerate regular HDs? For example, today we tried HD after being on CRRT for a month. During that period, she was on levo 6 and her MAPs drop to 30s again. We ended up giving her fluid to bring her BP up😞
Big question: what are our options for treating or managing her hypotension?

Hello! I have been sitting on top of this since a year, and now is the perfect time to voice it out. Enough is enough! I have been on the lookout for this dreaded group since years, and even though I covered this group largely before, it is essential to cover rest of the elements I could not give space to in my previous expose writeups, due to lack of ample evidence and sheer amounts of writing that does not allow enough space for one particular group.
This Canadian (yes, took time to know that) group of trolls is nothing significant today, thanks to largely efforts of people dishing out ample evidence about them, but they tend to fabricate way too much lies in a concerted manner across Reddit, 4chan, YouTube comments and the like, all while simultaneously fabricating boogeymen cabals that apparently attack them. Today, even Louis Rossmann has felt the wrath.
It is critically important to trace and decode the patterns of their workings and Kiwifarms-like behaviour on internet, and I see this group as the next big threat to privacy community, simply because they have been persistent and think they are unstoppable.
My aim is to try to stay objective throughout as much as I can. I also want to mention that this is a lore that basically nobody other than me has tracked in this depth (arguably Techlore has enough material), and nobody else carries a record of these events in this manner to date.

WHY IS DANIEL MICAY'S BEHAVIOUR SO WEIRD?

I have been more curious than anyone else, trying to decode his behaviour psychologically to the best of my capabilities and experience on internet by myself. This person is claimed to be either mentally ill or narcissistic by various people, as of now. But I do not think he is simply narcissistic, because he consciously and responsibly knows very well what he does. As I show you screenshots of DivestOS incident, you will know why.

EVENTS

I will describe events in a chronological order since last year's "criticism of ... 4 years of evidence" magnum opus I wrote, making this the 5th year of "security" entities in FOSS community continuing to engage in awkward behaviours and exploiting the lack of expertise of ordinary folks who skim through various privacy communities. I recommend going through this first if you want to know everything about the backstory about privacy community's related issues. (https://old.reddit.com/privatelife/comments/ug9qnc/writeup_criticism_of_rprivacyguides_grapheneos/)

HOW IS GRAPHENEOS AN EMBARGO GOOGLE PARTNER FOR SECURITY PATCHES?

I read a couple of years ago somewhere, GrapheneOS describing how they are an embargo security partner. However, I cannot find those reddit comments anymore, so the next best option is a tweet from August 2022 by the horse's mouth. One person alone building monthly patches for years for supported Pixels compared to Google Inc seems like quite an impossibly tall order to me.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220829223401/https://twitter.com/GrapheneOS/status/1564322206414524420#m

(MAY 2022) MICAY CLAIMED HOW I WAS PAID BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO SPREAD LIES AND DESTROY PRIVACY COMMUNITY, PRIVACYGUIDES HEAD ENDORSES SAID CLAIM

Exactly one day after I published the 4 year criticism magnum opus on May 1 2022, what I see on the afternoon of May 2 2022 is this.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220502064114/https://old.reddit.com/PrivacyGuides/comments/uged1y/is_grapheneos_actually_good_or_just_hype/
One long thesis with zero citations. Hubris. This guy loves to talk about character assassination after pissing off people, and when he gets civilly criticised, this happens.
You can remove the archive.org part (https://old.reddit.com/PrivacyGuides/comments/uged1y/is_grapheneos_actually_good_or_just_hype/) and check currently how Jonah Aragon, head of PrivacyGuides, fully endorses these claims, and to this day, has a shared moderator (mbananasynergy) with GrapheneOS subreddit (earlier it was B0risGrishenk0/Tommy_tran whose new alt is Privsec_dev). You may also check how after a year, the post mostly has [deleted] users and comments, all being GrapheneOS sockpuppets and harassers abusing pseudonymity offered by Reddit. These are the people that scream everyday how sockpuppet harassment occurs to them.
He did this on Twitter as well. http://web.archive.org/web/20220820001954/https://twitter.com/GrapheneOS/status/1560729241364340737
In the tweets down the chain, he says:

That person is a tankie who supports authoritarian governments and peddles lies for them [...] It might as well be official CCP propaganda too.

Is there any problem with liking certain countries that you hate, because of geopolitical preferences and news media propaganda? How xenophobe can you be, to think Indians/Asians must like same geopolitical narratives as Canadians/Westerners? I do not believe in Western nationalist tropes, and I think it is fair for everyone to have this freedom.

HOW GRAPHENEOS WITCH HUNTS ANY OF ITS CRITICS

Here is the moderation list of GrapheneOS. https://i.imgur.com/nZDeBG6.jpg Here is it, straight from the horse's mouth. https://i.imgur.com/nhepoMJ.jpg

(JUNE 2022) LEMMY RCMP THREAT FIASCO REVISIT

There has been a recent incident from late April 2023 (a month ago) where Daniel Micay claimed he has faced a swatting attempt (attempt to raid house and murder), and a certain CP and gore spammer flooded GrapheneOS chatrooms with this type of nasty troll content, but in one month, he has NOT provided any evidence. Moreover, he claimed Royal Canadian Metropolitan Police (RCMP) is investigating this matter, and then proceeded to lockdown the GrapheneOS Off-Topic Matrix chatroom (place of claimed incident) for sometime.
For context in follow up, Lemmy is a free and open source federated Reddit alternative, that is fully federated with Mastodon, Twitter's free and open rival.
This faux threatening using Canadian police's credentials reminded me of a very similar incident that I faced at Lemmy from two moderators (akc3n from GrapheneOS and dngray from PrivacyGuides) on behalf of Micay. I am the moderator of c/privacy at Lemmy, and this was their failed attempt at trying to rage bait me into reacting hastily, causing administration to revoke my moderation powers, so that GrapheneOS trolls could make Lemmy their next place of habitat, something I protect Lemmy from.
https://archive.ph/acy2h
During this incident, due to the chaos that the tag team of GrapheneOS and PrivacyGuides (remember they still have shared moderator after Tommy?) caused, one Lemmy administrator warned me, because they got scared about the name of police being involved. Tommy_Tran/Privsec_dev proceeded to get me banned from Lemmy c/privacy's Matrix chatroom by tag teaming with dngray (PrivacyGuides moderator) to bait the moderator of that Matrix chatroom in believing I was the troll. Tommy took over soon enough and changed the room into some Windows/GrapheneOS Security crap, and later the moderator of Matrix chatroom itself moved off of Lemmy.ml (Lemmy's main instance) onto Lemmy.ca (coincidentally a Canadian instance). I do not know if these Canadians are friends or just fellow countrymen, but what they did was insanely evil. (Instances are like separate websites that can still operate like they are the same forum/website.)
Screenshot of c/privacy Matrix room takeover and trolling behind my back, knowing what they have pulled off: https://i.imgur.com/PoTiANo.jpg

(JANUARY 2023) akc3n, GRAPHENEOS MOD, CLAIMS THAT WITCH HUNTING CRITICS' ACCOUNTS IS "BRAND REPUTATION AND COMPETITOR ANALYSIS" AND TOMMY BEING A XENOPHOBE

Another horse and his mouth. N-n-neighhh!!! Since Reddit made API paid and Pushshift archival service has said goodbye forever, I can only show you the thread with barely any comments leftover as proof combined with the screenshot I preserved from back then.
Tommy loves Micay so much, he started to accuse me of being a Chinese government shill in exactly the same way Micay did in May 2022.
Now a ghost town of comments: (https://old.reddit.com/deapple/comments/10dxzdb)
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/q2OefBw.jpg (see the blue highlighted portion at the very end, at about 20% height from below)

DIVESTOS DEVELOPER BANNING ME ON MICAY'S ORDERS OTHERWISE HE WILL INITIATE A SOCIAL MEDIA HARASSMENT CAMPAIGN AGAINST DIVESTOS

Yes, this happened, and this is my favourite part as far as everything GrapheneOS head/mods have done to date. As dramatic as it sounds, Micay in realtime, in DivestOS' XMPP chatroom, was accusing me of the typical "harassment ringleader campaign" BS, and ordered DivestOS/Mull developer (these are his aliases) SubZer0Carnage/Tad/SkewedZeppelin that if I was not banned immediately, DivestOS and him would face social media targeted campaign and DivestOS will have to forcibly pull off any borrowed GrapheneOS code. DivestOS developer dusted his hands off me, since he does not like me apparently for liking some closed source software and he benefits off of the crybully. Also, unlike the crybully, I have never harassed or harmed anyone because I have a moral conscience to not be an abusive asshole on internet, so he will face no issues on my end.
Screenshot 1: https://i.imgur.com/Al65uTZ.jpg
Screenshot 2 continuation: https://i.imgur.com/mT8W9pa.jpg

TOMMY AND ANUPRITA/RANDOMHYDROSOL SHOWCASING THEIR LOVE FOR GOOGLE/APPLE/MICROSOFT SPYWARE

See, the point is Google and Apple are spyware/ad companies at the end of the day, and it does not matter if you need to use their services due to necessity. The technicality of it does not change, and people simply make privacy compromises for convenience or out of necessity. I do not have anything against that. What I am against though is this weaseling being done in privacy community, knowing people want to prevent privacy abuse from corporations and governments.
I use Windows (and Linux) daily according to how I laid it out in my computing guide in a very private and secure manner. I understand the use cases of common people extremely well, even better than just about all of privacy community, having been a Windows user all my life and daily driving Linux exclusively since 6 years (now dual boot).
These specimens come and evangelically claim how Google and Apple do not spy on people, and how "degoogling" is a nonsensical concept. The reality is, basically all of these peoples' knowledge other than Micay and DivestOS dev, is as good or worse than a first year sophomore computer science student. They mostly parrot the typical points that they formulate based upon things they would hear in their own little world of shitty security blogs, reddit and whatever proficionados like Micay and developers at XDA would blabber about, creating reductionist notions in their head they can just preach around.
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/bUdVCpH.jpg

GRAPHENEOS ALTS CLAIM CELLEBRITE KITS CANNOT EXFILTRATE DATA FROM PIXELS ON YOUTUBE COMMENTS

I do not know enough to be able to browse every YouTube comment section of every tech related video made on custom ROMs on phones, but what I know is Luke Smith is fairly popular among Western youngsters regarding tech topics. He is a more extreme version of Mental Outlaw, for those that are clueless.
When I saw this, I was astounded. Cellebrite is an Israeli cybersecurity company whose phone exfiltrating kits cost upwards of $1 million, and are only purchasable for government agencies like TSA, police and forensic departments. This company purchases 0day vulnerabilities in commonly used smartphone apps which allows them to run their phone hacking government nexus. How are these GrapheneOS people buying million dollar kits when Micay only has one desktop computer for his GrapheneOS ROM binary compilation? The answer is - it is a lie attempted to be spread like rumour.
One would think, why would anyone be concerned about going this far? I am usually the person who people try to follow on, since I pose good questions regarding a lot of things. In this case, the question would be: if GrapheneOS claims bootloader lock security for protection against Evil Maid and other bootloader attacks, is it secure against phone hacking kits at airports or against state actors? Has GrapheneOS' security ever been vetted independently? Since regular Joe on the street is not a proficionado, would it be okay to ensure selling claims of such extreme security of GrapheneOS is battle tested? People started asking these questions that always went unanswered. You get the idea.
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/woNxPhx.jpg

DOZENS OF GRAPHENEOS ALTS SPAMMING "PIXEL 6A $299" ON PRIVACY SUBREDDITS AND 4CHAN PRIVACY CLOSES OFF ALL AOSP ROM DISCUSSION POST BRIGADING

If you go to any of the 4Chan archives for /g/ board, and search "graphene" or "pixel", you will find both of these mentioned together many times, which is a very interesting phenomenon. This is known as astroturfing. Here is a compilation of /g/ comments from the last 6 months. https://i.imgur.com/G6P1c9n.jpg
privacy suffered the same and sheltered Micay against all criticism until last month when Micay accused privacy moderators of sheltering claimed CP/gore spammer and swatter, followed by a lot of vote manipulation and sockpuppet brigading, leading to privacy shutting down all discussions relating to any specific AOSP custom ROMs. https://old.reddit.com/privacy/comments/130y6uz/android_based_operating_systems/

MICAY'S CLAIMS OF CP/GORE SPAM ON HIS CHATROOM, AND CLAIM OF ATTEMPTED SWATTING (HOUSE RAID MURDER)

This is the spiciest part for most people in the know about this, and it has been one whole month since the claims. However, neither local Canadian news media has reported anything on something that would be as significant as swatting a software developer, nor has he presented evidence upon being asked by numerous users. Upon being asked, Micay has either ghosted or banned people, or accused them of being complicit in his self-proclaimed attempted murder.
What he is doing here is using psychological trickery of dead cat strategy, creating a loop of "mysterious" act that only he and his 2-3 moderator friends know about but have, upon being repeatedly requested by dozens, denied to give a shred of evidence, and has attempted to use this dirty sensationalist act to gain sympathy. He has also utilised the effect, until now, of relying on the goldfish attention span of masses regarding world events, so that people forget questioning his shocking claims and think his gospel is the immortalised truth.
Moreover, he has a history of never giving any evidence for his claims he has made over the years. Techlore and I have noted and documented this dozens of times at this point, and one Reddit user involved with using GrapheneOS undertook the effort to do this as well. https://old.reddit.com/u_lo________________ol/comments/1314x2x/_/
In the past 24 hours, after Rossmann's video came out, Micay announced that not just is he claiming to step down as developer of GrapheneOS, but that "police know about the swatting situation and are preventing it happening again". How did it go from blocking and ghosting dozens of people upon asking for evidence, to a month later claiming "oh all is good I am quitting social media have a nice day"? Is everyone this gullible? Is there no course of action, or no accountability to present evidence publicly (let alone block users asking) for the duration of an entire month? Nobody is asking for CP material, and evidence of such incident could have easily been shown. Micay engages on social media almost everyday, in a terminally online manner. The reality is, he is escaping accountability after failing to get sympathy from baseless sensationalist claims. Dead cat strategy works until it does not, and people hate being taken as fools for long enough.
EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE.
STOP BELIEVING STRANGERS SAYING ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET.
BEING EMPATHETIC DOES NOT MEAN YOU NEED TO TAKE EVERYTHING AT FACE VALUE.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230527063653/https://twitter.com/DanielMicay/status/1662212232506388481#m

COMPARING LEMMY FIASCO FROM LAST YEAR WITH CURRENT EVIDENCE-LESS CP/GORE SPAMMING AND SWATTING CLAIMS

The incident that happened with me from June 2022, in a nutshell, is faux RCMP (Canadian police) threats in order to sensationalise and scare off me and Lemmy's admins into thinking I was onto some serious wrongdoings, creating an image of things that never happened or never will happen. The exact same scare off tactics happened with Micay's fresh claims in late April 2023, which constitutes psychological manipulation of privacy and Android community users to gain attention at all costs. Bad PR is good PR, and good PR is great PR.

LOOKING AT u/lo________________ol's COMPILATION POST OF MICAY'S NUMEROUS EVIDENCE-LESS CLAIMS IN THE PAST

This is the compilation post. https://old.reddit.com/u_lo________________ol/comments/1314x2x/_/
The only ever real conflict that materialised enough into a spat, where I did support Micay, was when CopperheadOS CEO James Donaldson and him had their catfight going on, and when Donaldson asked me in DMs to harass Micay in an organised manner. I protected Micay. https://i.imgur.com/hujn4P1.jpg
Coming to basically every single claim Micay has made about me, Techlore, CalyxOS, F-Droid, Bromite, FlorisBoard developers/heads and so on... Micay has NEVER EVER provided proof justifying his claims. That is right, NEVER, not in a single case. All he has ever done, is scream and shout sensationally, utilising dead cat strategy over the years. There does exist a reason for why he has done all this, which I will elaborate on in a section below.

A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE OF "$299 PIXEL 6A" COMMENTS ON PRIVACY SUBREDDITS

privacy has now purged comments of these Graphene/Pixel zealots, but there was a certain phenomenon that started after the Black Friday/Christmas sale regarding how financially "accessible" Pixels were, leading these single origin sockpuppets and astroturfers to spam comments with this theme in every "phone recommendation" post/thread. After the Black Friday sales ended, they went ahead and started recommending Swappa/Craigslist used handsets over anything else, with the idea that if you do not buy Pixel, you might as well be directly streamed 24/7 live to 3 letter spook agents. How much more elitist, misleading and toxic can one be when trying to improve privacy of average people?
Collage: https://i.imgur.com/Q1wIIfS.jpg

GRAPHENEOS MATRIX CHAT TELLING PEOPLE TO FLY TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO GET A PIXEL IF NOT AVAILABLE DOMESTICALLY

It is known among Google Pixel buyers and USA/Canada phone buyers, that Pixels have extremely limited availability by country. The amount of mental gymnastics required for someone to tell they need to travel by airplane to other countries to get one specific phone, if they want to have any privacy and security on a phone, forces me to say this - you need medical assistance. When a community goes ahead to do this, what will be your reaction? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Here you go. https://i.imgur.com/Yv9nvxy.jpg

PRIVACYGUIDES PROTECTS AND PETS GRAPHENEOS MODS/HEADS INTENTIONALLY, UPON QUESTIONING YOU GET MUTED OR SILENCED

Tommy was originally made the moderator of PrivacyGuides (PG) exactly one day after he published the "false privacy prophet" post on me (https://archive.is/7wKJW), a post that had no evidence, and trended for an entire month at PG. This person has been a key member and friend of GrapheneOS mods and Micay himself. He thoroughly ensured that Micay's personal grudge based ideas were echoed through PG, and fellow mods like dngray, trai_dep and Jonah fully supported this. akc3n, a fellow GrapheneOS moderator, was always active in threads with them, essentially heavily controlling participation of users at every level. This sounds as ridiculous to me as it does to you, and to this day (May 27 2023), mbananasynergy is a shared moderator between GrapheneOS and PG. You might wonder, the subheading above has still not been addressed. How did I get silenced? Read below.
The exchange between Jonah Aragon and me. https://old.reddit.com/u_lo________________ol/comments/1314x2x/why_did_i_do_this/ji36hbs/#c

REDDIT MAKING ITS API ACCESS PAID, CAUSING PUSHSHIFT ARCHIVAL SERVICE TO COLLAPSE, LEADING TO RAMPANT SOCKPUPPET ABUSE AND HEADACHE FOR MODERATION

Reddit's decision to cripple Pushshift's archival service is intentional. It allows to generate negativity and drama, which will lead to more internet traffic like how Elon Musk loves the new "town square" Twitter. More internet traffic translates to more value when Reddit becomes public entity for shareholders. This causes a nerve busting headache for sitewide moderation, and everyone knows it.
GrapheneOS, as demonstrated and as observed by basically everyone, is extremely formidable at sockpuppet trolling and witch hunting of critics. The definition of a "critic" for them is anyone who does not worship GrapheneOS. Period. Louis Rossmann sees how this makes sense, and so does everyone else. Refer to the "HOW GRAPHENEOS WITCH HUNTS ANY OF ITS CRITICS" section above.

UTTER IGNORANCE AND FAILURE OF PRIVACY COMMUNITY TO SELF POLICE SUCH ELEMENTS

A little angry rant on privacy community as a whole
Privacy community seriously is pathetic in keeping people accountable and vetting the products/tools and their developers, for all the vigilante preaching that goes on in here. It took me to create privatelife and bring some change, and I do not know how much change has been brought about. People just want to look good, nobody cares about actual democracy and putting in the effort to maintain it. Everyone wants their hands clean, expecting others to do the watchdog job, and nobody ends up standing in the crowd. I am from India and I should care zilch about privacy community filled with "democratic westerners" not standing up for themselves, and living like sheep in a dictatorship of some FOSS, corporate and closed source developers/entities. Why do people want to dust their hands off of everything like X or Y incident has nothing to do with them? Where did the concept of solidarity go? Why does nobody want to hold people accountable for being assholes?
/rant

LOUIS ROSSMANN FACES THE MUSIC (COMPLICIT IN ATTEMPTED MURDER) FROM DANIEL MICAY FOR CALLING HIS REPULSIVE INTERNET BEHAVIOUR "INFORMATIVE AND UNFORTUNATE"

Rossmann came out yesterday with a descriptive video with a screen recording of his chat with Micay, where Micay accused him of all that he has gone to accuse literally everyone under the sun during the past month, and folks like me during the past few years. Some reddit users have been targeted with the same, and found solace in talking to me and whatever I have documented on Micay and his acolytes, among other topics and groups.
Rossmann's video on uninstalling GrapheneOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl1x1Dy-ej4
The video is gaining attention because of how much goodwill Rossmann's deeds towards Apple repairing and Right to Repair movement has garnered over the past 10-15 years. And he is a good person. My only disappointment with him has been missing the mark on, and being silent on GrapheneOS all this while. I get his reasons of benevolence towards FOSS projects, but we need to be stricter about social conduct. Nothing excuses being a horrible person, as far as civil discourse goes.

SO, WHY IS MICAY'S BEHAVIOUR SO WEIRD? A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT AND AN ATTEMPT TO SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIM...

More than almost anyone else, I have been interested in why he turned out like this. I will preface this by saying I do not fully believe he is autistic, and even if he is, it does not explain this kind of "me versus the world" impulsive behaviour.
Last year, sometime after he wrote that "paid Chinese government agent" comment on me, I decided to try to genuinely sympathise with him for one more time and see his response.
https://old.reddit.com/privatelife/comments/ws96wx/_/ikzipwf/ (feel free to read with context https://old.reddit.com/privatelife/comments/ws96wx/_/ikzipwf?context=10)
He went silent on me and stopped attacking me. Considering I have documented his behaviour for a few years, I have a well supported conjecture that is better than "BPD/schizo".
Originally, Micay made the memory allocation hardening patch for Linux kernel, but never got a fulfilling wealthy life or career out of it, considering how many of his years later went down quarrelling with CopperheadOS' Donaldson. He quit Copperhead organisation to maintain his fork under the name of GrapheneOS, which is a free open source project. Lack of success in life is the first condition fulfilled.
The second part of this consists of many smaller parts.
I noted last year how in the below reddit thread/screenshot, Daniel Micay and madaidan argue together against Firefox. Before the Tor Project mailing list happened in August 2019, the whole anti-Firefox sentiment mysteriously used to not exist in GrapheneOS community. This is probably the first instance of Micay's resentment towards a large FOSS project.
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2019-August/013995.html
https://www.unddit.com/firefox/comments/gokcis/firefox_is_insecure_refuted/
Screenshot: https://i.postimg.cc/1P0cfmjX/Firefox-insecure-refuted.jpg
For context, I would ideally advise to read through the "criticism... 4 year evidence" writeup, but an easier way to go through this is knowing about madaidan and his "toilet paper" (I did not call it that) blog attacking FOSS projects' security while simultaneously recommending the antithesis of privacy - Windows, MacOS, Google Chrome et al.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210929053611/https://old.reddit.com/linux/comments/pwi1l9/thoughts_about_an_article_talking_about_the/
https://web.archive.org/web/20220111035527/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25590079
https://archive.is/zxS72
This is one part of how Micay started to become an isolated toxic person developing hate for FOSS projects for others not conforming to his ideas of how things should be done. This was also the first moment where he took a step towards the Google Big Tech black hole.
Slowly, however, he started to attract the "security zealots" in privacy and FOSS community. What happened here is explained by Dunbar's number, which says a human can only form relationships with 148 people. This number falls to a maximum of 30-50 if you are not particularly extroverted or prefer a smaller group. All of the "security zealots" found some comfort together, creating a loosely linked group where everyone can unite with certain talking points, regarding bashing Linux/Firefox security, preferring Big Tech obscure security products and services, and allowing to normalise the various toxic behaviours everyone individually bears, in the name of "oh IT security people are just bad at social skills". I can count these 15-20 people which allows me to be a bit more confident in what has happened.
People do not know much about this, but Micay used to fantasise replacing Linux kernel with Google's Fuchsia microkernel, a... Google project, because Linux is insecure and trashy. The issue here is that while he did work on Linux kernel patch in the past, he does not anymore, because he has started to develop resentment against any FOSS projects that are not fully conformant with his ways. Linux simply never gave him the success. Micay is apparently entitled to get the fruits, not realising individual work on Linux is largely a communistic effort. Free open source movement is by design democratic and for the community/society first.
Sometime ago, someone informed me of Micay (alias thestingestrcat) creating drama with Bromite (on which their Vanadium browser fork is based) and FlorisBoard projects. They labelled those project maintainers with very bad, false epithets, like "you will be tied to a group engaging in Kiwi Farms level abuse and tolerating neo-nazis". Well too bad, witch hunting people is what you people admittedly do and call it market research.
https://github.com/bromite/bromite/pull/2102#issuecomment-1155760155
https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/2141
http://web.archive.org/web/20220803142758/https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard/issues/1921
I should not need to elaborate on GrapheneOS' attitude towards Techlore (he has 2 videos on it) and CalyxOS (again Techlore partially covers CalyxOS).
GrapheneOS members, Micay and his friends like Wonderfall have attacked F-Droid in the name of security, only to push using Google Play Store that annihilates all privacy of people. Google Play Services gather every possible metric about your phone which includes sensor, location, IP address, telephone number, IMEI and so on every 7 minutes. Just to be fair, Apple does the same things and is far worse. This theme of evangelising Google products at the cost of bashing all other projects is a thumb rule for GrapheneOS community.
https://forum.f-droid.org/t/what-are-the-issues-fdroid-have-about-security/17520
Micay finding solace among his "security zealot" friends allowed him to go unchecked and grow into a very malicious person, targeting FOSS projects, individuals, organisations and privacy communities with a lot of sockpuppet trolling, vote manipulation, dishonesty, normalising horrific social etiquette, demonising and witch hunting any and all people that do not worship GrapheneOS. It is borderline criminal and is a surprise to me how people are okay with someone like him. I have two explanations for this - either the ones okay with this themselves share some of these behaviours, or they themselves use GrapheneOS and due to sunk cost fallacy and/or fear of Micay personally targeting them, they either defend him or keep their mouths intentionally shut. An insignificant number of people accept him merely because of benevolence towards FOSS projects IMHO.

FINAL WORD

The problem is not Daniel Micay. The problem is this kind of mindset that has been able to breed and flourish in society. Today, this Micay might go. Tomorrow, another Micay will come under a different name or even this very person under an alias. Privacy community needs to stop being such selfish and individualistic. People need to stop procrastinating or avoiding vetting of these people. I understand tools and code is hard to vet, but people behind the projects can absolutely be vetted. Giving space to elements like these toxic "security zealots" in tech is not bravery or benevolence, it is stupidity and disgustingly selfish. This is precisely why rulebooks like Code Of Conduct have become increasingly popular. We need to give people and projects the boot from society that do not follow Code Of Conduct, and especially pretentious groups like GrapheneOS (https://web.archive.org/web/20230521023428/https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/11-grapheneos-code-of-conduct) that pretend to have civil rules but do the exact opposite to everyone that disagrees with them.
Since enough people may not have understood this, I will repeat it, as I end this text file with some internet rules.
EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE.
STOP BELIEVING STRANGERS SAYING ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET.
BEING EMPATHETIC DOES NOT MEAN YOU NEED TO TAKE EVERYTHING AT FACE VALUE.