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Hi, electrical noob here. My goal is to create a self-regulating heating device that can heat a 24"x24"x36" chamber so that it maintains a temperature of up to 100 C. I have a few questions that will be in bold. Could you guys help me choose parts so that I don't burn my house down? I'll list what I have so far. You guys let me know what needs to be changed and for what reason.
This is the basic setup I'll be following, though, I'll be changing the specific parts to suit my needs.
https://preview.redd.it/xell68h4ve4b1.png?width=542&format=png&auto=webp&s=789b4066cf727669e30b69c1d67d02bea13d253e
The design I have in mind centers around this PTC ceramic air heating element.
https://preview.redd.it/2t2100l7ve4b1.jpg?width=956&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0c068554554b7dd1438a7daa3039109e88f6940
It's advertised as 1000 Watts @ 110 VAC, which will hopefully be strong enough to meet my requirements. I chose not to go with the 1500 Watt version because it would pull something around 13.6 Amps, which I'm not comfortable with. I can't seem to find any other heating elements like this that come pre-wired and with aluminum radiator fins. Does anyone have experience with this particular device? How reliable, safe, and effective is it? Also, what is that weird plug with the two wire connections at the top?
Being from a less-than-reputable Amazon company, I'm hesitant about it's quality, but I can't find anything else like it. Are there any other similar components with equal or greater performance, with UL certification, and from a reputable company? I'd appreciate recommendations.
The second component of my design is this Selec TC513AX temperature controller.

It can run on 12VDC, or, more pertinently, 90VAC ~ 270VAC. This should allow me to connect the PTC heating element and this controller to the same power source without any issues. If the heating element runs at 1000 Watts and 110 Volts, then it should draw around 9.1 Amps. The TC513AX has a contact current rating of 10 Amps, which should hopefully be enough headroom. From my understanding, the contact current rating refers to the amount of current that the relays in the controller can handle before failing. Is this correct? Although there is a solid state relay, it can only run on 12VDC. The electromechanical relays are the ones I would use since they are ЯU rated to handle 110VAC.
For safety reasons, the heating element would have to be wired to the normally open (NO) terminal on the controller's relay instead of the normally closed (NC) terminal. Otherwise a relay failure could cause the heating element to generate heat beyond what I set. Would I have to program the controller to use the NO terminal? Or does the relay actuate both the NO and NC terminals simultaneously?
There are a bunch of inexpensive temperature controllers on Amazon, like the STC-1000, but their quality seems to be rather dubious. I hesitate to trust the cheaper temperature controllers with 110V AC. Finding a ЯU or UL certified controller definitely helps alleviate concerns about quality. Are my concerns about these uncertified Chinese temperature controllers warranted?
To power everything, I decided to go with a simple AC power cord from GlobTek.
https://preview.redd.it/eeffy9ncve4b1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38519edae3b39f9d3465975a07757a78c1347eea
Since both the heating element and the controller run on 110VAC, I shouldn't need a transformer to step down the voltage. From my understanding, the US technically runs on 120VAC, but due to the ±10% allowable voltage difference, there isn't much difference between 110VAC and 120VAC. Therefore, directly plugging the controller and heating element into a 120VAC wall outlet via this cable should be safe. Is this correct?
To keep things safe and consistent, I think it'd be best to use the same gauge of wire as this GlobTek cord when wiring the components together. Since, the cord is 18 AWG, I think I should use this wire from Remington. It's rated to handle up to 300V, which is more than enough for this project. However, I'm uncertain as to how much current this wire can handle. Does anyone know if this wire is sufficient for carrying the 9.1+ Amps that this system will likely consume?
I was originally planning to go with their 150V wire, but oddly enough the 300V wire is less expensive. The 300V wire's 105 C temperature rating also exceeds the 150V wire's 80 C rating.
To split the current to the fan and heating element as shown in the diagram, I decided to use these WAGO 221-685 connectors.
https://preview.redd.it/dgzpt29ive4b1.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48d5faffc9e62fce1f91bc44c52081a2ccf7b9f7
According to their official website and the markings on the product, their 5 conductor operating lever splicing connectors are rated to handle up to 105 C, 440V, and 30 Amps, which meets my requirements. These products are also UL certified, so I think I should be able to trust their quality.
Originally, I wanted to buy one of the assorted kits that are so common on Amazon, but the TDS shows that these connectors only have a maximum operating temperature of 85 C. Unfortunately, unlike the normal connectors, the 221-685 connectors aren't commonly available in assorted kits at online retailers. So far, I've only found a handful of business-to-business shops that sell them given a quote. Digikey doesn't appear to have them in stock either. Does anyone know of an online retailer that sells 221-685 connectors to private individuals?
To circulate the hot air throughout the chamber, I chose to use this ebmpapst 8506N fan.
https://preview.redd.it/81gurc9mve4b1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=056b4e9e0e86c49c7ebba6432e92eced877e7745
Like the other components, it's UL certified and runs on ~120VAC. I am concerned about the 22 AWG wires on this fan, but if it's been certified to be adequate, then I suppose its resistance must not be enough to warrant safety concerns. I should be able to splice it with an 18 AWG wire.
The next component is the temperature sensor. I chose to use a B+B Thermo Technik GmbH K type thermocouple.
https://preview.redd.it/4olkktkpve4b1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=359be7c846146ec451a08bf5fc3ea1e30df2ade5
According to its TDS, the Selec TC513AX supports both Pt100 RTDs and K type thermocouples. I had trouble choosing between this $20 grounded thermocouple and an $11 Adafruit Pt100 RTD. Accuracy and response time were the two greatest factors to consider. In the end I chose to go with the grounded thermocouple because if the temperature in the chamber changes, I want the controller to be able to respond as fast as possible. Grounded thermocouples appear to be twice as sensitive as Pt100 RTDs.
Honestly, I'm not too sure how much of an effect this will have. Did I make the right choice? Which one would you prefer in your heated chamber? Why?
The last part of this project is an enclosure. Since this is pretty much a custom solution, I'll have to design one myself. I'm fine with this because I like to think I'm pretty decent with CAD. My first enclosure version will be printed in PETG, and then I'll use the PETG version to print a Polycarbonate enclosure. The Polycarbonate enclosure version will be what I use for maintaining 100 C temperatures. If I find it insufficient, I'll upgrade the enclosure to a nylon version.
I can't find any adequate solutions for what I want to do. The closest I can find is this PTC fan heater from DBK USA, but it isn't rated to handle 100 C. Does anyone know if there are any inexpensive off-the-shelf solutions that will make my custom solution unnecessary?
This pretty much concludes everything I have to ask for now. Please poke some holes in my plans so that I how to improve safety, effectiveness, and efficiency.

Hi all! I bought a broken tv in the hopes of fixing it up. It kept shorting out within about 5 seconds of powering on and I traced the short to a little part on the tcon that sends the picture to the panel. Fortunately the power and mainboard are fine, but the tcon is hard wired to the panel. There's 2 questions I'd like to explore: Given that wiring diagrams are nearly impossible to find online, is it possible to identify the part by sight? If not, I've heard that I might be able to remove the part and test the resistance once it's free from the board... Will measuring the resistance of a shorted part give a reliable reading?
And maybe someone can give some clarity on an anomaly: After testing for the short using a multimeter, the TV continues to short, but it now takes anywhere between 5 minutes and a couple of hours. Could grounding the part cause this, or perhaps I scraped off some solder?
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Cheers!

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-Not everything in my life is about cars though, my day is dedicated to music too, especially playing piano. I'm also a guitar and bass player. And really want to get more sound gear and instruments in the future (Cars and music gear? I'll be broke all the time)
-I'm relatively organized, but living by myself has shown me that being the only person inside the house, I leave stuff around unless somebody visits. But while living with my parents I didn't make any mess anywhere so I'm not an absolute demon.
-Yes, living by myself also requires me to cook and I'm actually an amazing cook. I include lots of seasoning and veggies into the meals, even soy to balance things out and eggs for protein. Learned lots while being independent.
-Fun facts about me to end this: The amount of clothes I have in total is so small that i can wash them all in one washing machine load, the house machine size. I also have 3 different pillows around me at all times cuz I don't like laying on a flat surface. I listen to music even while showering. And I own a dog that requires me to feed her on a daily basis even though I beg her to feed off the sun.
Anyways that's about it from me! Hope you enjoyed this lil introduction that is the size of the Twilight prologue, but way better.

Halloha, my name's Gianluca. Nice to meet you!- is what I would say in a formal setting.
But hence you found me in my area of comfort, welcome to my humble abode. Would you like some tea? Maybe you fancy some Earl Grey.
Anyway anyway I'm starting to babble lol, if you're wondering what I'm here for, it's for talking to you, interesting person out there wherever may you be. Meeting new people and all it brings is something I love. Making friends this way is amazing so therefore I presented myself!
If details are something you're into hearing, i can give you lots:
-I have to refuel every day almost cuz I go through an entire tank in 2 days or less. Love driving around. (Had to get new shoes and take up running to reduce expenses)
-I'm a car mechanic, also a construction worker, carpenter and if patience blesses me on that day; a painter.
-What am I saving up for? Well it's big, pretty massive in fact. So massive i could write an entire letter about it... Huh... Would it be cheeky if I said you can ask about this in your message? Would be a good idea.
-Had to start running everywhere for transport which is fun, I also do cycling, practice jumps and tricks at the bike park and do motorcycle and karting races. (Other categories and car racing are a work in progress, will upgrade soon)
-Music taste: this is the part where you look at a bunch of hyperbabble about bands that don't make a lot of sense unless you heard them, but I'll just throw a buncha names and you can see if any of the following applies: Radiohead, Megadeth, Fishmans, Marillion, The Black Keys, Queens of The Stone Age, Buckethead, Alphaville, Dire Straits, Little River Band, David Bowie, XTC, UB40, Commodores, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Cure.
-Ultramegahyper car and motorcycles fan, but in the weirdest way possible. My dream cars are actually cheap french hot hatches like the 306 and a 90's Renault Clio. The car I'd get first no matter what is a 1998 Ford Focus. If possible the RS version. And as for motorcycles I want a Kawasaki ZXR, 80's style. Also love German cars, especially old BMW's, first one I'd get is an e32 with the M70 V12 engine. Also love old Volkswagens and Audis, without a doubt would own an 80's Audi with one of their 5 cylinder engines and turbocharge it. Also very fond of japanese cars and will own a Nissan in any form possible, especially the 350z
-Played almost every Need For Speed game that ever released, started my journey with the franchise through Underground, and played every release as they launched. (yes even Undercover, I actually enjoyed it). I listen to the soundtracks of old NFS games in my free time. Also played Midnight Club, Forza, Assetto Corsa, FlatOut, Burnout, BeamNG... I COULD KEEP GOING.
-Not everything in my life is about cars though, my day is dedicated to music too, especially playing piano. I'm also a guitar and bass player. And really want to get more sound gear and instruments in the future (Cars and music gear? I'll be broke all the time)
-I'm relatively organized, but living by myself has shown me that being the only person inside the house, I leave stuff around unless somebody visits. But while living with my parents I didn't make any mess anywhere so I'm not an absolute demon.
-Yes, living by myself also requires me to cook and I'm actually an amazing cook. I include lots of seasoning and veggies into the meals, even soy to balance things out and eggs for protein. Learned lots while being independent.
-Fun facts about me to end this: The amount of clothes I have in total is so small that i can wash them all in one washing machine load, the house machine size. I also have 3 different pillows around me at all times cuz I don't like laying on a flat surface. I listen to music even while showering. And I own a dog that requires me to feed her on a daily basis even though I beg her to feed off the sun.
Anyways that's about it from me! Hope you enjoyed this lil introduction that is the size of the Twilight prologue, but way better.

Hello,
I have been working on trying to find ANY information possible on replacing a crankshaft positioning sensor on my 2015 VW Passat Highline TDI 2.0L. I can't find a video or answer or diagram ANYWHERE and it has been extremely annoying and have been wasting a-lot of time.
I have removed the cooling hoses in the front, and the intake now I am at the thermostat housing above the oil canister housing/oil cooler as well, and cannot figure out the connections of the pipes on the thermostat housing. One of them is the spring clip clamp and the the pipe to the housing looks like some sort of twist-lock thing... thats the best way I can describe it.
The part number for the thermo housing is 04L.121.111.

Hi Folks!! FIrst of all thank you for an amazing community. Trying to go into this game blind as much as i can but been searching a few things, especially tips at the start.
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Anyway I have reached level 18 and started doing the Griffin Scavenger Hunt and got the basic and enhanced sword diagrams but can't find where to craft it. A quick google showed Hattori but I have started his quest (Of Swords and Dumpling) so he isn't there, i did the first part of it hoping he would be back but he is now asking for supplies. The quick google shows it's a tough mission? so does that mean I can't even get the Basic/Enhanced sword yet? OR do i just try to finish the mission now?
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Thank you in advance

Before anyone says anything about the title, I take mental health very seriously. I know that most people are suffering from it in some form or another and if you feel like it is affecting you please find help and support. Please. Don’t use it against your friends and don’t treat your friends like therapists (unless they want you to). The reason why I say this is because of what me and my friend have had to go through because of it.I just wanted somewhere to vent about a situation that myself and my other friend have been affected by within the last year since I am still somewhat upset by it. As shown by the title, I (F19) and my friend (F22), Jane, have had to cut off a toxic friend for a number of reasons which I’ll try my best to tell in chronological order, as well as format in a way that is easier to read - I’ve had to write this in a document first and the word count is around 3000 for those wondering.
Before we start digging into the juicy details I’ll give you guys a some backstory:
During the first year of uni myself and Jane had found and formed a group of friends consisting of 4 people - which includes me, Jane, Steven (M21, the toxic friend) and Thomas (M19). At the beginning it wasn’t all that bad and I did enjoy the time I had with them, in fact we did create some good memories together (which now leave a bitter taste in my mouth when I look back at them).Going into my first year and moving to a city so far away from home I (F18 at the time) was a bit desperate to make friends, and for people to like me as a person - looking back at this now has made me realise that this may be what caused me to not form proper boundaries with people, thus leading to the situation at hand now. So when I started meeting and befriending people, Steven was one of the first few friends that I had made. I find it quite hard to connect to others being the awkward person I am so making new friends made me very happy.
Alongside this was also the fact that everything I was experiencing was new to me, including attention from men - which I was not used to and did not know how to deal with as I was not as conventionally attractive as I am now. Our friendship was what you’d describe as a typical F/M friendship, I ended up spending a lot of time with him. AND because he was one of the few friends that I had made, plus the fact that I have this thing where I think everyone hates me, I ended up doing a lot to try and keep him interested in staying friends with me (some of which I am ashamed to admit), which include;

• Spending time with each other everyday/every other day, even when I was socially drained.
• Allowing him to look after me when I drank too much (I was going out at least 3-4x a week at this point, a lot of the people I’ve met were going out and I felt the need to go in order to fit in lol), later on we, as a group, moved on to smoking the za instead.
• Allowed a lot of physical contact (this was mainly platonic btw, however there were times where I allowed too much contact for what the friendship was and this is what I am ashamed about, and deeply regret) *.

Before people tell me off in the comments, yes I know that I should have had some boundaries in place. Yes I know that it was stupid of me to allow him to touch me like that when I only saw him as a friend (beyond stupidity at this point) and I see how it may have led to the situation now, I’ve already been grilled by my friends at home about it.We all decided to move in together alongside one of Steven’s friend, John, so it was going to be the 5 of us in a house in our second year of Uni.During this friendship Steven, Jane, Thomas and myself had decided to do MDMA (Don’t do drugs, this was also a stupid idea on my part and the biggest regret I have, but I took it because I trusted my friends enough to feel comfortable doing it). If you don’t know what MDMA does I’ll explain it briefly; it affects the activity in the brain through 3 main chemicals - dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin which affect emotional closeness, euphoric feelings as well as making you feel sexually bold - it may cause you to do things you typically wouldn’t do, this was what happened in my case.
Jane and I had let Steven and Thomas touch us (this part was consensual) and we were having fun at the start, feeling close to people for the first time since starting uni, but it went downhill after Steven invited his friend over, John. I did not know John too well but if Steven was okay with him then I should too, right? Well, I allowed John to touch me too (this was also consensual but please bear in mind I’m still under the influence of a drug). We continued to talk and listen to music and as the night progressed I fell asleep around 2-3amI started to wake up around 4-5am in the morning and felt some hands on my chest as I was stirring awake. John was groping my chest whilst Steven was watching this happen. I felt sick.I moved away from him but I still felt violated to be touched in my sleep, even on a drug that heighten my trust in people, but I know that I only have myself to blame for putting myself in a situation like that and it still hurts me thinking about it sometimes especially when I’ve had bad experiences with men touching me like that, this was something Steven knew. Steven came up to me afterwards to check if I was okay, but I lied and said that it was okay. I should have said that it wasn’t but the pressure of him living with us next year and the fact that they were friends made it hard for me to admit. I also thought that I would forgive and forget about it as time went on but I only started to feel resentment as time passed - another factor contributing to the fallout in the main story.I don’t know why he thought it was okay, why would you continue touching someone who’s asleep and on drugs? Whilst you’re sober and have the cognitive ability to tell yourself right from wrong.Additional backstories that I feel may be relevant:

• Jane and I have had traumatic childhoods - I was emotionally and physically abused at home and have had to go into foster care for a year. Jane's case was also similar coming from a home where her father physically abused her, her brother and her mother. I am now back with my family and they are so much better after being educated and taught about what they were doing wrong, and I am so thankful that they loved my siblings and I enough to put in the effort to change.
• Steven has told us multiple times that he wants to kill himself, and each time we have been there to tell him that there are people who love and care about him - especially his family, who have shown us time and time again that they care deeply about him. He has refused the help we’ve tried getting him, Thomas had recommended his therapist, and each time it happens (and it happened quite often) I end up feeling drained and it feels like we’re getting nowhere. From what he was saying about his family at the beginning of our friendship we thought that he had really bad home problems, but he has already admitted to Jane that he has had a happy childhood so we are still not sure what’s wrong. Unfortunately, you cannot help someone who refuses help, and on top of that, depressed people tend to be quite selfish and selfless at the same time (selfish in their actions and putting their emotions first, selfless in their thoughts about others) - in Steven’s case it was more selfish than selfless at times.
• Steven constantly uses the phrase “but i’m just being honest” or “i’m just being realistic” or “I'm just Joking”. 9 times out of 10 this is just an excuse for him to say something hurtful or to just be an asshole about something so it should have been our first red flag.
• Steven had cut himself after I confronted him about throwing Jane under the bus. He used her as an excuse as to why he didn’t want to fuck his flatmate which then cause said flatmate to message Jane and cause her to go into a panic attack. The next day I saw the cuts on his arms, he didn’t try hiding it, in fact he’d used his left arm at every opportunity (even though he’s right handed). I would have felt bad for him but knowing that he was trying to show it off to us in ‘subtle’ ways made me really upset. (more on this in the story).
• He made jokes about how “if you guys weren’t my friends I’d have hit you by now” knowing full well we were abused before.
• There were a lot of moments where he’d undermine us; Jane is wasian, half filipino and white and has lived in the Philippines for basically half of her life, Steven is filipino, but because she’s half he constantly tells her that she’s not filipino enough or makes comments about how she “doesn’t know the struggles” or doesn’t understand the culture well enough. Even though she’s probably more cultured than him, being able to speak Tagalog more fluently than him AND living there for longer lmao.
• Steven has made it known to us time and time again that he wanted to fuck the both of us and normally we’d laugh it off but as time passed I grew to realise that this is not what I wanted in a friendship I distanced myself a bit and started putting in boundaries when we all moved in. (more on this as well).

Now onto the main story:
We all decided to move in together, the 5 of us in a house, and ngl the house was pretty shit but affordable.Just in case you haven’t read the backstory around this time was when I started to distance myself from Steven and finally put up proper boundaries. I started to voice my opinions more on why I didn’t want to have our friendship continue this way - he has told me on multiple occasions that Jane and I were “the reason he’s alive today” and whilst he probably said it to show appreciation I did not take it this way, it felt like a lot of weight was put on my shoulders each time he said it. I did not want that kind of responsibility, what would happen if he did commit suicide? (he’s already told us many times that he’s suicidal) Would we be the reason why he’s not alive? That was something I did not want to bear, and something nobody should be put up to even if we were friends.Steven did not take it well. Going as far as cutting himself when me and Jane were upset with him. Again. Then doing the same steps in order for us to notice the cuts by using his left arm when he’s right handed, rubbing the cuts when we were talking to him, holding his arm up and looking at it when we were around. This time I confronted him about it, I told him that I was concerned for him but whilst I was concerned I also didn’t appreciate him doing that and how it was essentially emotional blackmail for him to cut himself each time Jane and I were upset with him, how it wasn’t right to use his mental health against us when he knew we were upset with him. And for those curious as to what made us upset, it was because he didn’t want to do the dishes when there were dishes in the dish rack - we had a rule where if someone cooks the other cleans, and Jane and I had always cleaned regardless of if there were dishes in the dish rack. Anyways, we were upset with him because of that and he went and cut himself after we made it known that we were upset. This could have been avoided if he allowed us to talk instead of harming himself, jumping from 1 to 100.
It was after this that I realised I did not want him as a friend, someone who’s willing to cut himself and then shove it in our faces each time a minor argument comes up, call me a bitch but I did not want to be constantly around someone who puts others down and jumps to extremes like that. I get that it may be a cry for help, but to hurt others around you whilst you do so is not something I stand for. He kept saying sorry and that he didn’t mean for us to see it, but in my eyes actions speak louder than words and regardless of whether or not he meant to emotionally blackmail us or not it still falls under that category.Then he threw a party for one of his friends at the house. I didn’t want anything to feel amiss for the people coming around so I acted as if everything was fine in front of them even though I was still not over what he had done. Jane had done the same. Of course, with the added use of alcohol and weed, everything was thrown into chaos. During this night he had smacked Jane across the ass to the point she was crying in pain for no apparent reason (he did this in front of people, so he cannot claim he did not do it when there were multiple witnesses), Jane of course started to scream at him. He then went upstairs, with a KNIFE, into HER room, and swung it around.I do not know why he did what he did. But from what Jane had told me, he kept repeatedly saying sorry whilst smiling and laughing nervously so we do know he knows what he’s doing is wrong. He had his friends come up to us and say that he’s only doing this “because he cares about you guys so much” and that “he’s only trying to push you guys away”. And to that I say; good job, you did great.
On top of all this, I made it fully known to him that I was angry at his actions these past few weeks and had stopped speaking to him properly (the times we had spoken I made sure to be curt) Jane remained polite towards him, but also had the same feelings as me. However he seemed to have taken it to mean that he could continue being weird around her, and by weird I mean there have been multiple times he had made her uncomfortable to the point where she had confided to me that she doesn’t feel comfortable walking around the house.
Again, I will list the offences towards Jane below lol:

• He had on multiple occasions gone into her room without her permission, one time when she was in the shower (weird) and the other time he had messaged her, whilst she was at work, to say that he was “being selfish and sleeping in your room” (weirder, and for anyone who wants screenshots, I can provide). She had to call me to ask me to check to see if he was in her room or not because she told him no, and lo and behold guess who was in her room? That’s right, Steven. Steven was in her bed when I opened her door and I had to tell him to get out because she didn’t want him in there. Do you know what he said when he got up? “Fuck sake”. Like come on, are you being serious rn?
• One time when she was cooking (she was alone in the kitchen btw), he came up behind her, lifted up her shirt (I’ll draw a diagram for you guys) and looked under it. Do you wanna know what his excuse was? That he was only checking out what kind of shirt it was… instead of asking her like a normal person.
• There were even times she’s told me that she can hear him waiting outside her room.

But wait, there’s more, we had a group meeting to talk things out about what’s happened. We told both John and Steven about why we felt wronged and not once did they apologise for what they did. Instead they made up excuses for their behaviour and then, get this, Steven had said that we were acting like victims, that we had “victim mentality”. Lmao.That was the day I removed them off everything and wanted nothing to do with them, I have not looked back since and do not plan to. We laugh about the situation and poke fun about it now, but at the time it was quite stressful to deal with, feel free to ask questions below as I have been holding this in for a while and would love to answer them.
*a lot of the physical contact happened after the MDMA, I really didn't want to admit this and would rather take this to the grave but it is relevant to the story.

PART EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE
[Previous Chapter] [The Beginning] [Patreon+2]
Friday
It was the middle of a bright, sunny day, and Phillipa was jogging through Central Park, listening to whatever music her playlist threw at her. She was enjoying the rush of moving without puffing … without feeling lethargy at all. She paused and put her fingers on her throat like she’d seen all those fit people in the park do, but couldn’t find anything that even remotely felt like a pulse.
Well, in her mind, that had to mean she was so comfortable; her pulse wasn’t killing itself, which was awesome. Especially considering she’d been running …
She frowned and turned back the way she came. How many blocks had she run? And when did she actually start running? She wasn’t a runner, like at all, and she enjoyed chocolate and caffeine and worked too much.
Right on cue, an annoying water ripple which she used for her general ringtone (because it was quiet and wouldn’t disturb a meeting much if she were sitting in with Tucker) sounded, and she squeezed her right earpiece stem to accept the call.
Only it kept chiming in her ear.
Her frown deepened as she dug through her clothes, looking for her phone to connect the call manually, promising herself to replace the headset on her way to work. Except why wasn’t she at work now? It was daylight. Bright daylight. Why was she running during the day? Was it the weekend?
She found her phone in the front pocket of her business jacket, where it was always located during business hours, but when she lifted it to her face, the main screen wouldn’t wake up. It remained blank, no matter what she did to bring it online.
Plus, the music was still playing. The music should have cut out the second a call came through. She shook the phone and pressed the buttons along the side, hoping to reset it over and over again, harder with each pass, yet nothing worked.
What in the world…
Phillipa came awake with all the finesse of someone having a heart attack, her fingers biting into the hardened plastic edges of … her TV remote. The TV was still madly scrolling through whatever buttons Phillipa had been mashing in an effort to get it to work as a phone, but more importantly, her real phone was still dinging away on her bedside table.
“Phillipa Webber,” she said as soon as she connected the call, swinging her feet over the edge of the bed. It didn’t matter that she’d been sent home with the supposed promise/threat of a weekend off. Calls at five-thirty in the morning meant something was horribly wrong, and she used the adrenaline to clear away the cobwebs.
“Phillipa, it’s Michelle Winthrop. Tucker’s family is in trouble.”
It took Phillipa’s brain half a second to tie the woman’s name into one of the three senior partners of Pike and Hubble LLC, and from there, it was all systems go. “What do you need from me?”
Michelle outlined the security they wanted for both Tucker and the laptop he had in Pensacola. When Phillipa mentioned Helen, Michelle’s snort of disgust made her smile. “She’s commandeered Donald. That should be enough for her.”
Phillipa went into the living room/kitchen combo and slid into the bench chair that doubled as a workspace for her. She flipped open her personal computer and powered it up, going through layers upon layers of security protocols before accessing the business mainframe. With each one, she hoped and prayed Colton hadn’t followed through on his threat of having her clearances temporarily revoked.
Yesterday had been a wash as Martin’s driver dropped her outside her condo building and waited alongside the car while she walked to the main doors. It had annoyed her immensely when she turned to see why he was still standing there, filming her with his phone.
“Forgive me, Miss Webber,” he said, not lowering his hand in the least. “Mister Laurier has insisted on proof of you walking into your apartment building before I am permitted to leave.”
Phillipa had ground her teeth and eventually let out a long-suffering breath of annoyance, reminding herself she was too old to flip off Martin Laurier, as much as her sleep-deprived, caffeine-infused brain insisted on it being the greatest idea in the whole world.
She’d been polite to any neighbours she’d come across on her way to the apartment, but it wasn’t until she’d run herself a bath and sank beneath the warm bubbles with Samantha (her Burmese cat) perched by her head that she felt the first vestiges of anxiousness slip away. Samantha's meows had been so deep and so constant throughout the whole bath had been a non-stop tirade, no doubt a lecture for leaving her alone for a few days.
Not that she’d been completely left alone. Before she’d flown to Florida, Phillipa had arranged for an elderly neighbour who was the resident cat lady to pop in and feed Samantha and change her litter, but that wasn’t what her girl had a problem with. When Mrs Beaton came, she reeked of her own horde of cats, and Samantha hated all their smells in her space.
Thankfully, she wasn’t a boy cat and didn’t take to scent-marking her territory every time there was a threat, but for the next few days, Phillipa had known she’d need to air out the condo as much as possible.
Which was why she’d been dreaming about jogging when she’d never jogged a step in her life. For her, there were two speeds: a brisk walk or a flat-out run, with the latter only acceptable when someone or something murderous was chasing her. But with the bedroom window open and the smells of the city wafting through on the early morning breeze in waves, her dreams had interpreted that as movement.
A minute or so later, she was in.
Security teams were going to take time to assemble. Very few places would enable her to scramble a team with the necessary clearance levels, but putting one together from here and sending it down would take thousands of dollars and four hours of travel time.
She stroked her jaw, ending with a silent drum of her fingers against her cheek. “Boots on the ground … boots on the ground … someone with the right clearance…” Her brain was whirring as the options wound down on such short notice.
One was a super longshot, but given he had already passed the security checks and his history with the company was exemplary, Phillipa decided to risk it. She went into the HR listing of all staff members and clicked on the list of inactive personnel. Skimming down the list, she clicked on his name and quickly typed the personal number into her phone.
“C’mon …c’mon…”
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Thomas was awake with his hand plunged under his pillow for the M3 trench knife kept there. It was a habit he picked up after his time in the sandbox, although back then, it had been a gun rather than a knife. (Nine years of rooming with Donald had him switching it out when he’d pointed the weapon at Donald before he was properly awake, and the other man had warned him that if he did that again, he’d be force-fed every bullet in the magazine.)
His phone sounded nearby, but the ringtone meant it wasn’t anyone he knew. If it’s a fuckin’ telemarketer, I’ll hunt them down and…he thought to himself, even as he crossed the room dressed in only his briefs and picked up the phone. It wasn’t like he had company. “Yeah?” The word was barely a question, more of a threat. It was intentional.
“Mister Cole?”
The voice sounded familiar, but he couldn’t place it. Walking over to the window, he pulled back the curtain to let in the early morning rays through the palm leaves of the trees that separated him from the beach. “I’m here.”
“Mister Cole, might I ask where you are at the moment?”
“Darlin’, until I know who you are, I’m not going to tell you anything except you’re messing with the wrong man.”
“It’s Phillipa Webber, Mister Cole. Tucker Portsmith’s EA.”
Thomas sucked in a sharp breath. He’d assumed walking away from the job and leaving the state soon after would be a big enough hint that there wasn’t enough money on the planet to have him going toe to toe with whatever it was protecting the Nascerdios family. Even now, his eyes dropped fearfully to the three-dimensional, circular brand on his chest of a snake that slithered around his flesh, hissing menacingly at him.
“Where are you, Mister Cole?”
“Nowhere near New York,” he answered evasively.
“Mister Cole, how close are you to Florida at this time?”
“I’m in the Bahamas. Why?” He had amassed a small fortune working around the clock for the Portsmiths with no vacation time for almost a decade, which was why he’d decided to grant himself an extravagant tropical holiday. Though every time he looked down in his swimmers and saw the living snake brand, he wondered if he shouldn’t have gone the other way and headed for the slopes.
“Mister Cole, would you be interested in temporarily coming back to work for us in Florida?”
Thomas couldn’t shake his head fast enough. “No.”
“Mister Cole, I wouldn’t be calling if it weren’t critical. You have the clearance to protect Portsmith Electronics’ interests, and if you’re in the Bahamas, you are our closest asset to our CEO.”
I’m not your asset anymore! “Where’s Donald?”
“He’ll be returning with Mrs Portsmith shortly. However, both the laptop and Mister Portsmith are in Florida, and the one bodyguard they took with them is spending more time with Mrs Portsmith than Mister Portsmith. I need a second set of eyes, and despite your sudden departure from the company, your loyalty to us prior to that was impeccable.”
“Where is Geraldine and … S-Sam?” God, he hated the slight tremor in his voice as he said that name, but damned if he could stop it. Going after Sam had put him into a torturous living nightmare that not even two tours in the sandbox had gone close to doing. At least once a night, he had woken up either trembling or screaming due to that inhuman voice and the way they’d imprinted the snake brand on his consciousness.
He knew it wasn’t really there because he’d asked several one-night stands what they saw on his chest, and they only described his regular tattoos and scars. He looked at his chest’s reflection in the door and shuddered when the snake turned to look at him in the reflection and opened its mouth wide to hiss at him.
“They’re in New York completing exams. Why?”
Thomas shuddered a second time if only to get it out of his system. “It doesn’t matter. I’m sorry, I don’t think I can help you…”
“Thomas, we’ll triple your hourly rate and cover the cost of rearranging your vacation once this is sorted. It should only be a day or two…”
Thomas reached over his head and hooked his fingers around the architrave of the sliding glass door, hanging his near-full weight off his fingertips to stretch out his arm and core.
“Thomas, please. You’re the only one with the clearance who can be on-site in a couple of hours. Even if I get things moving here, it’ll be at least five hours before I can have boots on the ground in Pensacola.”
Thomas released the door and dragged his fingers through his hair. He and Donald had already been paid triple the going rate for bodyguards, and to triple that again… “Miss Webber…”
“Thomas, name your price. At the moment, you have us over a barrel.”
“Full intel.”
“Excuse me?”
“That’s my price, ma’am. If you want me in on this, I need to know what you know about the people you’re going up against. No more going in blind.”
“Thomas, I’m not sure…”
“You asked for my price! That’s it! I’m not about to walk into a situation blind again if can help it.” On an exhale, he added, “Never again.”
“Alright. Alright … I’m not entirely sure what you’re talking about, Mister Cole, but if it’s in my power to give you everything you think you need to complete this task, I’ll see to it personally.” Her voice dropped away, but not before Thomas heard her mutter, “It’s not like I’m doing anything else this weekend.”
“I can walk out of my bungalow in three minutes or seven if you need me showered and shaved.”
“Take the seven minutes, Mister Cole.”
“Yes, ma’am. Where do you need me to be after that?”
“I’ll text you the details.” She paused for a moment, then added, “Consider this your first piece of personal information you wouldn’t normally know. Tucker Portsmith and I went to college together, and I consider him my best friend. It’s why I want you down there, looking out for him.”
With that, Phillipa hung up on him, but Thomas was already moving.
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((All comments welcome. Good or bad, I'd love to hear your thoughts 🥰🤗))
I made a family tree/diagram of the Mystallian family that can be found here
For more of my work including WPs: Angel466 or an index of previous WPS here.
FULL INDEX OF BOB THE HOBO TO DATE CAN BE FOUND HERE!!

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LightZero is a lightweight, efficient, and easy-to-understand open-source algorithm toolkit that combines Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) and Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL).
https://github.com/opendilab/LightZero
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Background

The method of combining Monte Carlo Tree Search and Deep Reinforcement Learning represented by AlphaZero and MuZero has achieved superhuman level in various games such as Go and Atari, and made gratifying progress in scientific fields such as protein structure prediction, matrix multiplication algorithm search, etc. The following is an overview of the historical evolution of the Monte Carlo Tree Search algorithm series:
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What is LightZero？

LightZero is an open-source algorithm toolkits that combines MCTS and RL for PyTorch. It provides support for a range of MCTS-based RL algorithms and applications with following advantages:

• Lightweight
• Efficient
• Easy-to-understand

LightZero aims to promote the standardization of the MCTS+RL algorithm family to accelerate related research and applications. A performance comparison of all implemented algorithms under a unified framework is presented in the Benchmark.
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Features

Lightweight: LightZero integrates multiple MCTS algorithm families and can solve decision-making problems with various attributes in a lightweight framework.
Efficient: LightZero uses mixed heterogeneous computing programming to improve computational efficiency for the most time-consuming part of MCTS algorithms.
Easy to understand: LightZero provides detailed documentation and algorithm framework diagrams for all integrated algorithms to help users understand the algorithm’s core and compare the differences and similarities between algorithms under the same paradigm. LightZero also provides function call graphs and network structure diagrams for algorithm code implementation, making it easier for users to locate critical code.
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Framework Structure
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The above picture is the framework pipeline of LightZero. We briefly introduce the three core modules below:
Model: Model is used to define the network structure, including the init function for initializing the network structure and the forward function for computing the network's forward propagation.
Policy: Policy defines the way the network is updated and interacts with the environment, including three processes: the learning process, the collecting process, and the evaluation process.
MCTS: MCTS defines the structure of the Monte Carlo search tree and the way it interacts with the Policy. The implementation of MCTS includes two languages: Python and C++, implemented in ptree and ctree, respectively.

Integrated Algorithms

The environments and algorithms currently supported by LightZero are shown in the table below:
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(1) “✔” means that the corresponding item is finished and well-tested.
(2) “🔒” means that the corresponding item is in the waitinglist (Work In Progress).
(3) “ — -”means that this algorithm doesn’t support this environment.

Benchmark

Below are the benchmark results of MuZero, MuZero w/ SSL , EfficientZeroand Sampled EfficientZero on three discrete action space games in Atari.
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Below are the benchmark results of Sampled EfficientZero with Factored/Gaussian policy representation on three continuous action space games: Pendulum-v1, LunarLanderContinuous-v2, BipedalWalker-v3.

Where Factored Policy indicates that the agent learns a policy network that outputs a categorical distribution, the dimensions of the action space for the three environments are 11, 49 (7^2), and 256 (4^4), respectively, after manual discretization. On the other hand, Gaussian Policy indicates that the agent learns a policy network that outputs parameters (μ & σ) for a Gaussian distribution.

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Below are the benchmark results of AlphaZero and MuZero on two board_games: TicTacToe, Gomoku.
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Roadmap

An outstanding open-source project must continue to grow and grow. LightZero hopes to take the release of the initial version as an opportunity to attract open source community enthusiasts to continue to explore, try and improve LightZero, so that the MCTS series technology will make waves again. Specifically, LightZero will first serve as a comprehensive and easy-to-use benchmark tool to help various academic research issues based on MCTS/MuZero series of algorithms, and explore the impact of related technologies on different data quality, search conditions, applicability and versatility in various decision spaces.

Hi everyone, as I accelerate through the new version of the degree I wanted to share some of my details and mental notes on each class. Considering this a WIP post, as I'll add more after I complete each class. I transferred in three classes from the start so I'll be missing a few.
Anyways, here is my write up so far:
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D482 ( Secure Network Design ) 3CU
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This class requires the completion of one PA. In the paper you will analyze two company's networks to determine what is wrong with each existing network configuration. From there, you will create a new network configuration that combines both company's networks. As a part of the network configuration you will have to move some assets to the cloud. The paper will also require the creation of a new network diagram showing all new and existing assets (if you decide to keep any previous assets). You can create the diagram via Microsoft Visio or an online tool like SmartDraw.
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The second half of the paper will have you cover every part of the new network diagram, detailing each component's OSI layer and its TCP/IP stack layer. You will then go over your rationale behind your decisions with the new network diagram, and why you chose to spend the project's allotted money how you did.
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Finally, you will link your network upgrades to specific secure network design principals (you can choose which ones) and link items back to regulatory compliance laws that your combined company may be subject to, and how your upgrades help the company to meet those regulations. The paper will be concluded with a brief section on emerging threats, and how your solutions can help to combat whatever threats you choose along with a final summary section.
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My paper passed with 14 pages, you may get by with less if you are hitting all of the checkboxes but don't cut yourself short. That includes title, table of contents, and references. The references were just to support my stated prices for new equipment.
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· Market Coverage
· Market number available for – 2023-2029
· Base year- 2022
· Forecast period- 2023-2029
· Segment Covered- By Source, By Product Type, By Applications
· Competitive Landscape- Archer Daniels Midland Co., Ingredion Inc., Kerry Group Plc, Cargill
· Inc., and others
Market Segmentation
Finland Electric Vehicle Market by Vehicle Type
o Commercial Vehicles
o Passenger Cars
o Two-Wheelers
Finland Electric Vehicle Market by Propulsion Technology
o Battery Electric Vehicles
o Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Finland Electric Vehicle Market by Battery Type
o NiMH
o Li-Ion
o Others
Company Profiles
o Ford Motor Co.
o Jaguar Land Rover
o Kia Motors Corp.
o Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
o Nissan Motor Co.
o Renault Group
o Tesla, Inc.
o Toyota Motor Corp.
o Volkswagen AG
o Volvo Group
The Report Covers
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• Comprehensive research methodology of Finland Electric Vehicle market.
• This report also includes a detailed and extensive market overview with key analyst insights.
• An exhaustive analysis of macro and micro factors influencing the market guided by key recommendations.
• Analysis of regional regulations and other government policies impacting Finland Electric Vehicle market.
• Insights about market determinants which are stimulating the Finland Electric Vehicle market.
• Detailed and extensive market segments with regional distribution of forecasted revenues.
• Extensive profiles and recent developments of market players.

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· Market Coverage
· Market number available for – 2023-2029
· Base year- 2022
· Forecast period- 2023-2029
· Segment Covered- By Source, By Product Type, By Applications
· Competitive Landscape- Archer Daniels Midland Co., Ingredion Inc., Kerry Group Plc, Cargill
· Inc., and others
Market Segmentation
The Netherlands Electric Vehicle Market by Vehicle Type
o Commercial Vehicles
o Passenger Cars
o Two-Wheelers
The Netherlands Electric Vehicle Market by Propulsion Technology
o Battery Electric Vehicles
o Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
The Netherlands Electric Vehicle Market by Battery Type
o NiMH
o Li-Ion
o Others
Company Profiles
o Audi AG
o BMW AG
o Hyundai Motor Co.
o Kia Motors Corp.
o Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
o Nissan Motor Co.
o General Motors Co.
o Renault Group
o Tata Motors Ltd. (Jaguar)
o Tesla, Inc.
o Volkswagen AG
The Report Covers
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• Comprehensive research methodology of the Netherlands Electric Vehicle market.
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• An exhaustive analysis of macro and micro factors influencing the market guided by key recommendations.
• Analysis of regional regulations and other government policies impacting the Netherlands Electric Vehicle market.
• Insights about market determinants which are stimulating the Netherlands Electric Vehicle market.
• Detailed and extensive market segments with regional distribution of forecasted revenues.
• Extensive profiles and recent developments of market players.

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I have been in the market for a very long time for a LC and I have given up. They all seemed to be over-priced for anything 2015 and above with low mileage.
I was also looking around for pick ups at one point of time but I dropped the idea to have a 7-seater.
I boiled down my preferences to Lexus GX460 and Nissan Patrol. What do you think is better between these two, given the requirements below: 1. Daily driving between 30-80 kms, 5 days a week. 2. Long trips ( > 250 kms) will be done often with family. 3. Off-road will be in terms of wadis (rocks, water) and desert (no huge dunes, no jumping at all) 4. Long-term usgae, not looking to change for atleast 8 years. 5. Should not give me constant trouble with wear and tear for parts. 6. Better stock performance with minimal mods required initially. I'll add offroad lights and A\T Tyres. Suspension, Lift, etc. will be in the long run. 7. Power - Would I feel under-powered with a 4.6 V8 compared to the 5.7 V8? I don't care about going fast. 8. Better on-road handling and performance especially in mountaineous areas with lots of turns.
Budget: Upto AED 130K.
Is there any other 7-seater I should consider?
Edit: And those who off-road the two cars, what do you like and not like?

Anyone where I can find a diagram that show the part numbers for the hoses to Valve Covers/Manifold for an '07 M35x
Just for some background, car belongs to my little brother and was prevously mine. So I help as much as I can when it comes to maintenance. Car had started idling rough and hesitates when accelerating. Car has around 180k+ miles. Only light that had come on was the "Service Engine Soon", ran a scanner through it and was giving a Cylinder 1 Misfire.
Already going through with taking the engine apart to go through the sparkplugs and coils. In the process, a few of the hoses are so dry/brittle/cracking before I even pulled them off. Would like to know the part numbers so I can replace the hoses while I'm at it
Any information/advice would be helpful as well

New Orleans, LA: 6/10
My birthplace. The city is teeming with culture and history that spans over 300 years. Most of the touristy parts of the city are pretty walkable, with added street cars. The French Quarter is full of tourists, but fun, and Uptown, and the Marigny is more laid back, truly something for everyone. The food is amazing and having Mardi Gras off is always a bonus. On the flip side, the crime. It’s never been good but since 2020 it’s been really fucking bad. Carjackings and homicide make the nightly news every day. The streets are also always buckled or full of potholes on account of the city being below sea level. Also the city sits in one of the most hurricane vulnerable areas in existence. Katrina displaced us for a year, and every time we’re in the cone for a storm, everyone that remembers Katrina has PTSD flashbacks.
Gulfport/Biloxi, MS: 7.5/10
This is the closest metro area to New Orleans on the gulf. A lot of people from NOLA have beach houses here, especially in Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian. It’s much more laid back than NOLA and everything here revolves around the water: Fishing, boating, sailing, seafood, etc. Biloxi also has the most casinos between Vegas and Atlantic City. Mardi Gras is a thing here too. The beaches on the mainland are alright, (free, parking everywhere). The water is kinda murky, but there are undeveloped barrier islands 10-ish miles offshore that you can get to by ferry or private boat (which most people here have) and the water there rivals Florida’s. Hurricanes are a problem here too. Katrina absolutely fucked this area up, like worse than New Orleans.
Mobile, AL: 4.5/10
Where I go to college. The city is a big port destination. The downtown area is reminiscent of New Orleans but not nearly as cool. They claim to be home to the oldest Mardi Gras Parade, but it’s much more low budget and less fun than NOLA’s. Local cuisine is good. Crime is pretty bad but could be worse. Outside of the downtown core is basic American suburban hell. Terrible traffic, 6 lane roads lined with strip malls, fast food, and storage facilities. The city is not walkable whatsoever. I got hit on my bike here. Pretty good beaches are an hour away in Gulf Shores with a shit ton of touristy things to do.
Jackson, MS 2/10
This city is basically the Detroit of the South. It’s basically New Orleans if you took everything away except crime and rap music. There’s nothing to do here. The city is economically crippled bc all the white flight gravitated investment to the suburbs, which are a world difference from the city itself. You always play Russian roulette when showering, washing dishes, or drinking tap water bc you never know if it’s contaminated. From 2010 to 2020 the city shrunk more than anywhere else in America with a population over 100k. Nothing redeemable about Jackson.
Atlanta, GA: 5/10
I don’t personally like Atlanta as a sports city that much being a Saints fan an everything, but there’s a shit ton of things to do here. Six flags, aquarium, coke world, Stone Mountain, sports games, you name it. The city does not deserve to be called southern though. Nothing about this city is southern. It’s full of northern liberals that know nothing about Georgia outside of their little bubble. There’s also some pretty rough ghettos on the south side of town too. Traffic is abysmal at best, and stuck for days in the snow on the interstate at the worst. It takes 2 hours to cross the city. Atlanta is close to the mountains though, which is pretty nice.
Nashville, TN: 7/10
I haven’t been to Nashville in a while but I can’t remember a bad trip any time I’ve visited. The downtown is pretty hip. If you like country music, this is Mecca for you. The Cumberland River runs right through the heart of the city, which I’ve rowed with my crew team. Nissan Stadium, where the Titans play, is right across the river from Broadway and is connected by a pedestrian bridge. Outside of the city there’s a lot of lakes and low mountains to explore, but it’s being ever encroached by suburban sprawl.
Baton Rouge, LA: 4/10
I lived in BTR for a year after Katrina. The only things to do here revolve around LSU. No disrespect to LSU tho, games in Tiger Stadium are electric. Joe Burrow is basically Jesus here. There’s a crime problem here but not the same level as NOLA. There’s also a lot of chemical plants around, being on the Mississippi River and all. Traffic is really fucking bad since there’s only one bridge crossing the river so it all gets bottlenecked at rush hour. The city is 90 minutes from NOLA if you get too bored, which you will eventually.
I might do more cities outside of the south, idk yet.

I just changed the rack and pinion (brand new) but it seems to leak from one of the holes where the nut goes through the bracket there are washers on both sides just as the original one was set up and I don’t want to tighten it too much it break

That's it, that's the question. Normally I use a toothpick but (look at this diagram for a sec) while the toothpick can pick at the dirt (or whatever it is), it's not perfect. It's never gonna be perfectly clean, and if you stick too deep and the toothpick touches the pink, then it turns transparent-ish yellow like I'm somehow picking at the pink part. I'm not sure what's up with that and I've always been mildly terrified that I could be fucking up my nails by doing that? I don't think the parts that 'turn yellow' ever become pink again.
So yeah, if you know how to keep them nails clean, share your secrets please.