The MOD Team of NonRevenueTravelers Sub have all agreed to stand in solidarity with the (literally) millions of other Reddit users, participating in the Blackout June 12 - 14.
This means that
📷Official
Communities across reddit are going "dark", also known as going private, due to concerns about reddit's proposed change in relationship to third-party apps.
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Ok now that that's out of the way, what is all this about?
A third party app is just another way you can read and post to reddit. Before reddit had its own app for your phone, there were other apps that let you read, post and comment. These apps use something called the API (ELI5:How does an API Work?). Reddit's API lets your computer or phone get posts and comments without having to use a web browser or the official app.
Apps such as Reddit is Fun, Slide, Comet, Boost, or yes Apollo then take what the API gives them and displays it. Apps like this allow you to customize your reddit experience by changing a theme, or changing how you upvote a post. While those are just two very small examples, you can begin to understand why people like these apps.
Have you ever gotten mad at the reddit app because it had bugs, or it was just weird about how it did something? Right now, and until July 1st, you have the option to try out one of these apps and see if you like reddit better this way. After July 1st, you won't have the option anymore. If reddit's app has a bad bug, and you can't read posts for half a day, you will no longer be able to pull up a second option on your phone, or a third option, or a fourth...
I think you can see where this is going. But here's the thing about it:
Reddit didn't tell all the apps they can't get on reddit anymore, they set a price so high no app can afford it. When one of the biggest apps asked why his price was going to be so high, reddit's official reply was "Figure it out on your own.".
Third Party Apps or TPAs have been on reddit for a decade. Reddit gave them 30 days notice of the introduction of a pricing structure set so high no one can afford it.
Reddit has said that they don't want to shut down apps, but their actions speak much louder than their words. It's hard not to draw the conclusion they want them gone.
That is just not how you treat your friends.
Every app developer has said they will have to shut their app down. And the visually impaired on reddit have said they will close down their subs because the app on iOS doesn't allow them to even see reddit.
Why should I care? I use the official app.
Well for one thing you might care one day, but you won't have that option any longer, because reddit is removing user choice.
People who love reddit so much they seek out another app for it submit a lot of good posts to reddit that you read. What if these good posters all leave the site? What if half of them leave? Are you cool with less content to upvote?
What if reddit does something else like pump tons of ads at you-- way more than now -- and you want to try out one of those apps you saw when you first downloaded the official app. You simply won't be able to anymore.
But even if you still don't care, don't you think user choice is generally a good thing? What will they get rid of next?
Also, NSFW content is in danger, and can no longer be accessed through the API which is going to make it harder to find spammers.
What can I do?
Make a meme and post it. Make tiktoks. Contact the admins. Tweet it. Fill up the front page about it on reddit. Ask others to do the same.
Reddit needs to understand that decisions like this have long term unintended consequences. They can and should make money from third party apps. That is reasonable. But when you go from free for over a decade to a $20 million fee for one year, with 30 days notice, something's not right.
We will be moderating and approving comments on this thread as needed. Please ask any questions you have about this situation or any of your thoughts. Also, u/why_subs_went_dark is an account ran by organizers of this effort, and they may help answer questions as well here.
Be Respectful. Rule # 2 will be enforced regarding this topic!
Check out the participating subs: https://www.reddit.com/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/
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i have 23 stacks of sand dollars, 20 stacks of cowries, 11 stacks of coral, 10 stacks of venus combs, and 12 stacks of sea snails. also if you want some of my shell partitions, please take them, i've been collecting them for months waiting for them to be hot items, but i just can't be bothered anymore, i just want to get rid of them hahaha. just comment what you'd like and we'll sort out a time if you're not available now :)

I'm currently planning on buying the Tkzk Ouranos and I was thinking of buying a traditional V-shaped iem for the thumpier bass so that it could compliment the Ouranos' Mind V-shape. My budget is only around 20-50 dollars and the selection in my country is slightly limited so it would be nice if you guys could recommend multiple iems. Thank you very much!

I am doing statistical shape analysis on a series of irregular lines for my PhD. I know how to scale the images, perform procrustes analysis on my landmarks and then calculate the mean shape once I have the aligned coordinates. The issue I'm facing is obtaining the landmarks in the first place. I can plot them by hand by drawing In python but this isn't very accurate, so I would like to automate this by uploading my png file into python and then have it draw 20 evenly shapes dots on the line i can then extract the coordinates of. I used this code below but it keeps giving my 20 evenly spaced dots in the corner and not on my line.
import cv2
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
def place_dots_on_line(image_path, dot_spacing):
image = cv2.imread(image_path)
gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
_, threshold = cv2.threshold(gray, 200, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
contours, _ = cv2.findContours(threshold, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
contour = contours[0]
line_coordinates = np.squeeze(contour)
line_lengths = np.sqrt(np.sum(np.diff(line_coordinates, axis=0)**2, axis=1))
total_length = np.sum(line_lengths)
num_dots = int(total_length / dot_spacing) + 1
incremental_distance = total_length / (num_dots - 1)
dot_coordinates = np.zeros((num_dots, 2))
current_distance = 0.0
dot_index = 0
for i in range(len(line_coordinates) - 1):
segment_length = line_lengths[i]
while current_distance + dot_spacing <= segment_length:
t = current_distance / segment_length
dot_coordinates[dot_index] = (1 - t) * line_coordinates[i] + t * line_coordinates[i+1]
dot_index += 1
current_distance += dot_spacing
current_distance = (current_distance + dot_spacing) - segment_length
plt.imshow(cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))
plt.plot(dot_coordinates[:, 0], dot_coordinates[:, 1], 'ro')
plt.show()
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Any help on where I'm going wrong would be much appreciated!

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I flush multiple times a day, my girlfriend included. My bill is only ever between 30-40 dollars a month. That's not that insane of a payment. Why is sink pissing a thing? You know that some of that bounces back out onto the counter and possibly your tooth brushes if they are stored there, right? This makes no sense. Pls enlighten me, good folk of sink pissers.

So, I've been working for Dollar General for a little over a month now. I started as a Lead Key Holder but was promoted to Assistant Manager on Monday (6/5) after busting my ass for the last 3 weeks helping my Store Manager prepare for inventory (which was last Wednesday). The current employee situation is a MESS. We have 1 Lead Key Holder, 1 other "assistant manager" (she transferred from out of state with the title, my SM did NOT give her the title...hence, why she promoted me), 1 stocker and 1 regular cashier. The other ASM has been unreliable in the last few months prior to me being hired....the other Lead and I were hired the same week and went through training together. The cashier has been there for about 2 months now. The stocker is kind of irrelevant in this story.
A few weeks before the other Lead and I were hired, there was an issue with the EOD deposit and it was $500 short and the other ASM was on duty at the time. For the past few weeks since being hired, the other ASM, the Lead and the cashier have ALL had cash accountability issues....shortages, stupid mistakes, etc. My SM has coached and re-trained everyone multiple times (no write ups on file) and has been more than patient and generous with them all. Because our inventory was pretty much a loss, we are having to follow up with Loss Prevention and our store is under a serious "watch" to help get the store back to a successful state....therefore, my SM and I have been trying to enforce policies and procedures and run a tighter ship. One of the major issues is that the other ASM, Lead and cashier have been using each other's drawers from time to time (MAJOR NO!) and even though they have been told multiple times, it still happens. My SM and I are the only ones following the cash handling protocols and accountability and we have NO issues when it comes to any of our drops, end of shift counts and EOD deposits.
Yesterday, my SM and I opened the store together so she could walk me through some new duties as ASM. We had NO issues during our shift whatsoever. Right before we clocked out and left for the day, the Lead and other ASM approached us to let us know that the Lead had done a transaction where a customer wanted to upload $500 on his Cashapp with his bankcard/credit card....and apparently, the transaction showed as "going through". My SM told them both that they knew better than to do a transaction like that and as "key-holders" they are in leadership roles for the store and need to hold themselves to higher standards. She did toss the word "write-up" out there if their behaviors on the registers were not corrected from here on out. Not even 2 hours later, the other ASM accepted two $100 bills that were counterfeit! And when they had started counting the Lead's drawer down for EOD, it showed that it was $500 SHORT.
My SM told her that she needed to call our District Manager's substitute (our regular is on vacation) immediately and let him know what happened. Well, the substitute called my SM and pretty much blamed HER for the keyholder and other ASM messing up so bad. And he will be visiting our store at some point today with Loss Prevention to review the security footage and take corrective measures. My SM is convinced that SHE is going to be fired for these two employees being idiots. But here's the thing: SHE trained ME....and I haven't had a single issue since I started with being short when I've been MOD, on my drawer or on the EOD deposit. Not once. So, obviously in my mind...my SM is NOT the problem here. The other ASM wants to be a Store Manager and I honestly think that she is trying to sabotage my SM in any way that she can to make my SM look as bad as possible.
Today is my scheduled day off but I told my SM that I am willing to come in and meet with the Sub District Manager and Loss Prevention with her.....but she told me that she doesn't want me to get thrown under the bus alongside her. I have told her repeatedly that I don't have anything to worry about and if LP and the DM are going to try to fault her for this bullshit, I will gladly take the fall along with her....if she goes, I go. But I also want to make sure that LP and DM have the FULL story from start to finish....because the other ASM plays the victim all too well.
Not to mention, we have had several complaints last night over the ASM's customer service (or lack there of) and apparently, she was yelling/swearing at customers who gave her attitude. Like, honestly, how in the hell is she getting away with that crap?
Sorry for the long post....I just wanted to give as much background as I could. Does anyone know what the policy is on the counterfeit money and possible $500 scam through Cashapp? Can my Store Manager really be held accountable for these actions when she has done EVERYTHING possible (aside from write-ups) to make sure our staff has been adequately trained with the policies and CBLs?

Last month, I had visit the clinic due to having a painful cyst. Before the doctor drained the cyst they had did a blood work just in case for any infection. The one doctor stick each of two needles in my arm because it was hard for her to have my veins be visible on my skin. And she her coworker come in to redo it and it was a success.
The doctor didn’t tell me it will go through lab but all they had told me was that they were checking for infection. That’s it. And this month I recieve 2 charges of lab test of blood for $50 I thought I would walk out of clinic with a charge of $40 for walk in and prescription for $20.
My problem is; is there a way I could have the clinic dispute the unexpected bill I have recieved? This is the first time going to urgent care on my own.

Elaine Wilcox (ITV) https://twitter.com/ElaineWITV/status/1666385305505595392?s=19
Judith Moritz (BBC) https://twitter.com/JudithMoritz/status/1666378285448560641?t=qJIAyKIzIFPZzVced5ZJPA&s=19
Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/lucy-letby-trial-latest-nurse-baby-murders-prosecution-sky-news-blog-12868375
Chester Standard: https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23572442.live-lucy-letby-trial-june-7---cross-examination-continues/

The trial is now resuming, with the 12 members of the jury in attendance.
Nicholas Johnson KC is continuing to cross-examine Lucy Letby, turning to the case of Child M.
Letby confirms there is nothing she wishes to change in her evidence given in cross-examination so far.

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Child M

Mr Johnson says for Child M, Letby - in her defence statement - said Child M 'was slotted into a space' in nursery room 1 which was 'full'.
Child M was 'apnoeic', and it was not known if he had a desaturation.
A crash call was put out, and Child M was turned around in an incubator by a nursing colleague, to get him on to a monitor.
Letby added she did not notice any skin colour changes in Child M at the time.

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Letby said in her statement she had written notes on Child M's resuscitation on a paper towel which ended up in her pocket and were taken home with her.
Letby tells the court it would have been used to write up [nursing] notes.
Letby says Child L and Child M 'stood out' in her mind at the time, as they were the first twins delivered where she was the allocated nurse.
Letby agrees Child M was 'not an intensive care baby' and had been doing well.
Asked if staffing levels were a contributory factor in Child M's collapse, Letby says the "unit was very stretched" during the April 9 shift. She adds she does not know what caused Child M's collapse.
Asked to clarify by Mr Johnson, she says it "was a potential" factor.
Letby tells the court Child M had been in a corner unit in a full nursery, and "as nursing and medical staff we were very stretched that day".
Staffing "was not at a great level".
Letby says she "does not know" what caused Child M's collapse, so rules out a mistake by staff. She says it is "hard to say" if staff competencies were a factor in the collapse.

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Mr Johnson says Dr Ravi Jayaram observed skin colour changes in Child M at the time of the collapse.
He says "because [Child M] was darker skinned, it was more obvious."
He said Child M was pale with pink 'blotches' on the torso that would 'appear and disappear'. He said he noted the most 'obvious' patches on the abdomen.
"I noted them when I got there at the start of the resuscitation".
He added he had only seen that once before, in the case of Child A.
Letby says "I did not see anything like that, no".

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Letby is asked if the lighting was an issue in nursery room 1.
Letby had told police in interview the lighting was "poor" in room 1, and she tells the court she has an independent memory of that event. Child M was "in a darker corner of the nursery", Letby tells the court.
She added to police: "I do remember his [Child M] colour being harder to assess as he was an Asian baby."
Letby tells the court the colour change, if any, was more difficult for her to see.

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Mr Johnson asks why was it necessary for Child M to be in a corner of room 1 if there were four babies in there for a capacity of four.
Letby says there always needs to be an incubator free for emergency admissions in room 1.
There were four babies in nursery room 2, three in nursery 3 and four in nursery 4.
The court hears the neonatal unit was "at effective capacity".

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The court is shown a clinical note by Dr Anthony Ukoh, made at 10.25am on April 9.
Letby says she does not remember if she had involvement with Child M at this time. Child M was not Letby's designated baby on this day.
A neonatal schedule for Letby on April 9 shows a number of duties Letby had for her designated babies in room 1 between 9am-9.11am.
Letby says one of the designated babies was "not a low-maintenance baby", with complex cannulation issues, and was on the ward for a long time. Mr Johnson says Letby has an "extraordinary memory" for this baby, seven years on, but not for Child D, who had died.

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The court is shown a 1.5ml bile-stained aspirate is recorded for Child M, following which Child M was nil by mouth, and the naso-gastric tube was put on free drainage.
Mr Johnson says at 3.30pm, a 10% dextrose fluid bag is started for Child M.
Letby agrees with Mr Johnson there is nothing to suggest insulin was put in this bag.
Letby says she cannot recall what Mary Griffith was doing at this time. Mr Johnson suggests this was when Ms Griffith was collecting a blood sample for Child L to be 'podded' and sent to a laboratory for analysis.

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Letby says she "couldn't say" how long it would take to draw up a 12.5% dextrose solution, which in this case was for Child L, the twin of Child M.
Letby agrees it would have been after 3.45pm that that process would have started.
Letby denies that it was around 3.45pm that she "sabotaged" Child M.
Mr Johnson says the twins' mother said in an agreed evidence statement, she had to be taken back to the unit in a wheelchair, having been alerted by nurse Yvonne Griffiths, and she observed "one of the doctors was pressing [Child M's] chest." Mr Johnson says this is another case where a baby collapsed when the parents were away.
Letby says she was with Mary Griffith at the time of Child M's collapse.
Letby agrees Child M recovered quickly following the collapse.
Letby says she did not see skin discolouration, and it was not discussed at the time.

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A colleague had previously told the court Child M's blood gas record sheet was disposed of in a confidential waste bin.
Asked how it had ended under Letby's bed at home, Letby says she has never taken anything out of the confidential waste bin.
Letby says she does not know how many blood gas records she has taken home. She says it has been put in her pocket and taken home with a handover sheet.
She says she "probably" put it in her pocket, and put it under her bed.
Asked why, Letby replies: "Because I collect paper".
Letby says household bills and bank statements would be shredded as they were 'there and then'. Other sheets such as handover sheets were not thought about.

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Dr Ukoh's records on the resuscitation for Child M are shown to the court. Mr Johnson says the record is "meticulous", including six adrenaline doses.
Mr Johnson says the data for the resuscitation efforts is on the paper towel [that Letby took home], which Mr Johnson says he must have had in his hand at some point. Letby agrees.
Mr Johnson says that was in his hand at 8.25pm when he wrote up his notes.
Letby said she had to stay late that shift for the handover and writing up medical notes for Child M. She denies "waiting an hour and a quarter" to write up those nursing notes or "hanging around" to get the note Dr Ukoh had when writing up the note.
Letby denies "rooting around in the bin" for the blood gas record for Child M to take home. She also denies sabotaging Child M.

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Child N

Mr Johnson is now turning to the case of Child N, born on June 2, 2016.
Letby, in her defence statement, says she had never encountered a baby with haemophilia before, and no-one on the unit seemed specifically to know how to care for such a baby.
She says she does not believe Child N 'collapsed', and it was not accurate to say he had screamed for 30 minutes. She denied causing any harm to him.

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Letby tells the court she does not believe this event, for Child N, was a collapse which required resuscitation.
The court is shown the nursing rota for the night shift of June 2-3. Letby was designated nurse for two babies in room 4. Child N was in room 1 with one other baby - the designated nurse for both babies was Christopher Booth.
Letby rules out staffing levels or incompetence as factors in Child N's collapse.
Letby agrees Child N collapsed just after Christopher Booth went on his break.
Letby denies she was 'bored' or had 'time on her hands' working in nursery 4 that shift.
She agrees Child N 'was in good shape' at the start of the shift.

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The neonatal schedule for June 2-3 is shown, with Letby's duties for her two designated babies from 8.30pm-8.38pm.
One of the designated babies received a 50ml NGT feed at 8.30pm as they were asleep. Letby says that feed can take '10-15 minutes or so'. She says she can't put a 'definitive number' on it.
Mr Johnson says other estimates for this kinds of feed have been 20 minutes.
Letby: "I really can't say."
Mr Johnson says Letby was texting her friends 'right through this shift'.
A sequence of messages is shown to the court. The first sent by Letby is at 7.33pm, followed by 7.35pm, 7.58pm, 7.59pm, 8pm ['We have got a baby with haemophilia'], 8pm, 8.01pm, 8.02pm, 8.03pm, 8.04pm [Ah ok I'll have to Google it later lol don't know much about it [haemophilia]], 8.06pm, 8.11pm [Complex condition, yeah 50;50 chance antenatally].
NJ: "That is where you got the answer from, Dr Google?"
LL: "No, '50:50' is something staff would know"
Messages are sent by Letby at 8.26pm [Ffs Mel asing me how to make up 12.5%],
Letby said she was "shocked" that a band 6 colleague was asking her how to make up such a solution, when she could have looked for herself.
8.29pm: 'No I've passed her folder but now asking if can run via cannula- she needs to look herself!'
Letby says she was "not happy" with Mel.
Another message is sent from Letby at 8.29pm, and at 8.31pm, and 8.31pm, at 8.32pm, 8.34pm.
Letby is asked how she can feed a baby at 8.30pm when she was also texting.
LL: "You can't."
Letby denies feeding the baby "very quickly" by putting the plunger on the end.
Another message is sent from Letby at 8.38pm [Had strange message from [doctor colleague] earlier...']
Mr Johnson asks if Letby's nursing colleague was implying Letby and the doctor were in a relationship. Letby says she does not know.
Letby's colleague sent two messages: "Did u? Saying what?
"Go commando? 😂"
Letby is asked by Mr Johnson if she knows what the implication of 'go commando' means.
LL: "I don't know what was meant, I can't say right now."
NJ: "Do you think this was an army reference, being from Hereford?"
LL: "I don't know."
The messages are sent by Letby at 8.39pm, 8.40pm, 8.41pm, 8.43pm [Do you think he's being odd?], 8.44pm [Shut up!], 8.44pm [I don't flirt with him!].

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The text message conversation was:
Letby: 'Had strange message from [colleague] earlier....'
Reply: 'Did u? Saying what?'
Letby had replied at 8.39pm: '😂😂😂😂'
LL: 'Asking when I was working next week as wants to talk to me about something, has a favour to ask..?'
Reply: 'Think he likes u too'
Reply: 'Hmm did u not ask what it was?'
LL: 'No just said when I was working and he said wants my opinion on something'
LL: 'Hmm...🤔'
Reply: 'Hmm'
LL: 'Do you think he's being odd?'
Reply: 'Thought as flirty as u'
LL: 'Shut up!'
Reply: 'What?!'
LL: 'I don't flirt with him!'
Reply: 'Ok'
LL: 'Certainly don't fancy him haha just nice guy'
Reply: 'Ok'

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Mr Johnson says Letby was 'texting non-stop' on the nursery room.
Letby says the feed "must have happened at a different time". She says she cannot answer when. She denies 'pushing it through' the feed.
Mr Johnson says Child N collapsed at 1am. Christpher Booth 'one episode whilst I was on my break, whereby infant was crying++ and not settling. He became dusky in colour, desaturating to 40s. Responded to facial oxygen within 1-2 minutes. Crying subsided within approximately 30 minutes and colour returned to normal...'
Letby tells the court this was not a 'collapse' as facial oxygen was all that was required, not resuscitation.
Mr Johnson says Dr Jennifer Loughnane had a 'look of surprise' in court when she had read her note she had written Child N was 'screaming', as that was unusual. Letby says she does recall that.
She denies sabotaging Child N.

I’ve been a huge fan of this series, been giving my money for about 6 months, and then we find out Lord Bung is a piece of shit, and have literally stole thousands of dollars from people, and had no courtesy to even give us a proper warning, like bruh

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