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Hello!
So, I’ve been having an issue with my not even one year old top loading Samsung washing machine. About six months into having it, it has developed a musty smell that you can smell when the lid is open. I’ve tried multiple things to try to fix it, and nothing has worked.
Prior to purchasing this washing machine, we were previously using a top loader from Whirlpool that was extremely old. It had the same problem with the drum smelling musty and I couldn’t fix it, which is why we purchased a new one — only for it to have the same issue. I even took apart the Whirlpool machine and thoroughly cleaned the drum and reassembled it. It didn’t fix it!
I have tried three brands of washing machine cleaner. I have ran multiple self clean cycles and self clean cycles with bleach. The only thing I haven’t tried is vinegabaking soda. I doubt that would work because I tried that with the old top loader I had and it didn’t help at all. The reason I haven’t tried it with this washer is that Samsung states not to use vinegar or baking soda in their machines, so I’m trying to avoid it if I can.
Besides disassembling the machine and cleaning the exterior of the drum, is there anything else I can try?
My clothes thankfully don’t seem to smell musty, but the smell can be strong sometimes when you approach the drum and after the clothes are washed.
Some things to note: - I almost exclusively use hot water - I do NOT use a lot of detergent. I’ve been extremely careful since buying this machine because I was trying to avoid this happening again - I do NOT use any fabric softener
I’m almost thinking it could have something to do with the drain tube because when I pulled it out of the wall, it had some black gunk on it and the tube itself smells musty. I don’t think it’s an issue with the P trap because the drum itself is the source of the smell, not the drain pipe. I’m not sure if maybe the drain tube has gunk inside of it like at the bottom of the drum, or what the issue is.
I’d love to figure this out so that I don’t have to smell a musty smell in my washing machine frequently. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!

Thanks to u/BlueFishcakes for the SSB universe.
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Chapter 8 - The Silvern Glow
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- 17th of April 2024,08:45, Haninge District, Sweden -
Adam once again found himself sitting behind a tree just like moments prior, but he dared not peek his head past the tree this time. He was at a bit of a loss to what he should do next, he’d been lucky enough that they thus far hadn’t heard him dashing from tree to tree, as silently as he could mind you.
But from the sounds of things they were still just chatting about around his car, or their own, he couldn’t really tell. Anyway it was clear that they parked near his car and by that, uncomfortably close to Adam holding a highly illegal weapon. And while he had somehow forgotten earlier to take out the magazine, which was a huge security risk on his part and he felt very dumb once he had realized it. That was the only thing he had going for him currently. And since he still had some shots in the gun, if they were to see him and reasonably so try to shoot him. Adam at least had four shoots to defend himself with.
But still he didn’t want a confrontation with three or more 7 plus foot orc amazons in close quarters. So really the only choice Adam had was to try and get far enough into the little forest until he had cleared it and reached the other side which was a small beach, a very rocky beach but still a beach.
From there, he’d be more free to follow the coast until he felt he was far enough away and could enter the forest once again, considerably further away from the marines. With that said he could also just wait a little, they’d only been standing there just talking for a minute or so, in their indecipherable literally alien language, all the while Adam was sweating bullets hoping they wouldn’t see him. Not that it felt like mere minutes to Adam, to him it felt like hours.
One thing suddenly crossed Adams mind, why? Not only why come here right this moment, but more importantly. Why park so close to his car? Starting to think more his brain started setting off alarm bells. There were really only two reasons behind the why he asked himself, one being that they’re hoping the owner of the vehicle is a male they can harass, or they parked so close so they could do a quick search of it, not that they could do a very thorough search so long Adam held the keys but that was irrelevant.
As seconds went by and seconds became minutes, Adam started to believe it was the considerably worse option at play, that they weren’t just that close to his car to peer through it in case of anything illegal being inside. No, most likely they were waiting at his car, until he’d come back and they could harass him.
Realizing that he was still holding a very illegal rifle Adam decided to try and continue with his plan of putting away his rifle somewhere in the woods before they got bored and began looking for him instead of just loitering around his car. Slowly coming up into a crouching position from where he was sitting behind a tree. Adam began slowly walking away from the marines standing around his car and towards the coast. Finishing his slow walk with a thumping heart he finally came to the rocky beach.
Going down a slight hill from the woods his feet finally hit the sand, and he felt that he could finally calm down a little. Not that he had really ventured far from the marines. This patch of forest in particular was fairly thin and was more so a small detour people in the summer would occasionally take to reach some of the less well known beaches on Gålö. However that was fairly irrelevant now as the marines likely had no reason to venture into the forest, since they clearly didn’t even know where he was.
Sure they obviously knew of somebody's presence but beyond that Adam doubted they knew anything more. Continuing on from this beach in particular Adam continued walking along the coast for a couple minutes, luckily a couple calm minutes. He couldn’t even hear the marines' annoyingly loud chatter from earlier, meaning he had to be close to the end of the little coastline.
Deciding that he was now, most likely far enough away for anyone to find it, assuming Adam takes it back home before summer time when thousands normally come to these beaches. He walked up the small hill leading from the beach and up into the small forest once again.
Walking around a little bit, still trying to remain fairly quiet and stealthy, something Special forces training had luckily taught him. Adam found just what he needed, He found a hole large enough beneath a tree to stick his rifle in. Which would no doubt get his rifle dirty, but seeing as he couldn’t really disassemble his rifle and bring it back to the car as of now because of a couple marines he was left with one choice. And that was to leave it hidden, hope no one spots it, which to be fair most likely what would happen but still. Adam disliked having to go with a shit plan, now for a third time. However in his current position a bad plan was better than no plan.
So Adam began putting his pretty shit plan into action. Taking the magazine out Adam put the magazine in question on the ground and quickly, barrel first began stuffing the rifle into the hole beneath the tree. Once he was done with that he squeezed the magazine in there and then followed by that he draped the blanket he still somehow had on his shoulder even after dashing in between trees like a madman.
Standing back up from his kneeling position while he was hiding his rifle, Adam inspected his work. And while it wasn’t perfect you really wouldn’t think about it unless you were actively staring at it. One thing that did make him worry a little though was that the hole was under a tree.
A tree that could fall, however, thinking about it for more than a couple seconds Adam realized that said tree had probably been standing like that for a while and he wasn’t planning on letting it sit there for more than a day or two anyway. Meaning he was once again needlessly paranoid about nothing serious.
Deciding this was good enough Adam now began to think of what his next move should be. He couldn’t really wander back to his car, because frankly they were likely standing there, if not around his own car then around theirs which was no doubt parked very close by.
Leaving him pretty much stuck between the small forest and the beach. And standing by his now hidden rifle wouldn’t be particularly smart, he quickly realized. But since the weather was actually pretty nice even this early in the morning, with the sun shining down with what Adam would guess was about 10+ celsius, which considering the time of year and how early it was, this was actually pretty warm.
So with nothing better to do while waiting for the marines who would no doubt harass him, due to breaking the law or for literally no reason at all. Adam headed back towards the beach. However he didn’t want to be too close to his own crime scene so he headed back to the beach he first came to. Which while a little close to the planet's new found oppressors lingering around his vehicle, was still likely safe from them coming any closer to it.
So without his rifle, Adam now marched down the small hill leading into the forest and began the slow walk along the coast for the second time within only a couple minutes. Staring out at the ocean while walking Adam found a new sense of hope seemingly out of nowhere. Whether it was because the area and particularly the nature was stunning or that this was one of the first times in literal years he had gone out into nature, well this wasn’t really “out in nature” but more so a glorified patch of woods but still. Gålö was rather untouched by, well anything besides a couple villas and some farm animals dotted around the half-island.
In anycase staring out into the ocean and at the other islands in the distance. Adam made a realization, that this is what he was fighting for. And that he hadn’t just begun fighting to fill some empty place in his life and heart. That he was fighting, even if currently it was just him shooting at shil’ nobles. To protect his little home, and by extension the entire planet, from being ruined by the imperium.
The more he began thinking about why, he realized something which was both infuriating and a bit saddening. That if humanity as a collective were to fail in throwing the shil’s out of earth's orbit, in whatever way possible. What he was currently staring at, what he had grown up with. Everything he had near and dear to his heart.
Would be defiled,destroyed or made into a mockery of what it once was. Even just by the shil’s presence somewhere, wherever they plant those ugly buildings down, like they had done in central Salem and Haninge.
It’s like they’re spitting and mocking whatever structure stood there prior to their arrival. And why would they stop at structures? Likely, within a couple generations a considerable part of human history,society and culture would, as mentioned, be defiled, destroyed or twisted into something completely different.
Adam realized they’d likely even make up some story of how humans were stuck in the dark ages or something and that we we’re on the cusp of dying out to smallpox or dysentery before the oh-so heroic imperium came down and saved the entire planet.
Adam began slowing down as he looked forward again and saw his destination. Stopping his thoughts for but a moment as he came to the beach he began walking towards one of the large rocks strewn about on the small beach.
As he sat down on the flattest rock around, he continued staring out into the beautiful ocean before him and the pretty large islands in front of him he could never name despite coming here several times. And he realized another thing, that he really needed to get out more. He had spent just about the entire last year either sitting in his mancave, going to work or alternatively, sitting in his man cave drinking cheap alcohol on occasion.
This also reminded him of his dream, that he still had mind you. Of moving out into the middle of nowhere, somewhere incredibly rural. However with the invasion he didn’t even bother thinking about it for a while, sure he had savings from his time in the military and special forces, enough to actually buy a small house somewhere, especially in one of the cheaper regions like Värmland.
But he didn’t even know if Hemnet was still up because he hadn’t bothered checking, and even if the website was still usable. The imperium would probably somehow be involved in him buying a house. So as much as Adam felt like he needed to get away from civilization, especially away from the imperium he really couldn’t do it for now. However his only older brother, François, had done just that after their arrival. he mainly got away with it because the seller wanted it sold immediately and practically gave it to him for free.
However, Adam knew he still needed a job and with his only professions being in the military and construction/carpentry his options were extremely limited. Since the military was now entirely non-existent and the carpentry industry had almost died off completely. Only a few carpentry businesses survived, in particular ones that quickly specialized in making shil-sized human furniture so nobles could buy some considerably over-priced exotic earth goods.
Luckily for Adam he knew a guy, his friend and for the last year coworker, Dragan, who had begun working at that company only a couple months prior to the invasion. And when Adam had completely gone out of a job and had been forced to crash at his parents place, he had helped Adam get a job at the aforementioned company that nowadays only makes, as mentioned, shil-sized human furniture. That's also why Adam even moved to Jordbro in the first place. Since the company in question was located in the Jordbro industrial zone just behind what used to be the coca-cola factory.
Letting his brain go into yet another rabbit hole as he was sitting on the rock that was getting more and more uncomfortable the longer he sat on it. Adams' brain stopped in its tracks as he heard something he absolutely was not prepared for. Footsteps, heavy footsteps, he heard several of them emanating from the forest that was behind him, which could realistically, only mean one thing.
The marines got bored and assumed their target for sexual harassment was on the otherside of the small patch of forest, which in this case, he unfortunately was. As the footsteps got louder and louder Adams' heart began beating aggressively again. Slowly turning around Adam at first saw nothing.
But then, to his horror, he saw what, or rather who was making the noise. And then he saw them at the beginning of the forest clearing, three marines all staring at him through helmets he didn’t really recognize as normal marine helmets.
Temporarily focused on the fact that he didn’t recognize the helmets, nor the insignia on their breasts. Snapping out of trying to identify their insignias, Adam tried to focus instead on what the fuck to do next, and how to lower his steadily increasing heart rate.
He at once realized the predicament he was in….
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- 17th of April 2024,15:43, Berlin District, Germany -
After the pretty short drive from her new workplace into the city of “Beerlyn” Vistiin was had now parked her also, recently acquired vehicle in front of her supervisor, Theun’s apartment near the center of the city. And Vistiin had never seen a building so tall! It was clearly made of traditional shil’vati thermocast but the building was seven stories tall. That they’d even allowed the apartment complex to be constructed was a mystery. Likely some architect saw how tall human buildings got and wanted to see if she could emulate it, however why the authorities allowed the building to be so tall was beyond her.
Continuing on from inspecting the building and what maniac built it, Vistiin opened the door of her car and stepped out into surprisingly chilly weather. Even though she obviously experienced the same coldness when she was getting into her car in the first place. How humans walked around in just shirts with no secondary layer like a jacket, without being affected was still baffling to her even after the hours of research she did today into humans.
And now she even had to wait in this sad weather! Likely caused by the clouds darkening from her observation. And said clouds were currently hiding Vistiin from the terran sun she immediately missed more than she knew she even could.
However, since she’d called Theun in advance and asked if they could talk in private to discuss some things that were rather pertinent to her current mission, that hopefully meant Theun wouldn't keep her out here in the cold.
As Vistiin stood and cursed the terran weather under her breath, she could see Theun arrived personally, which was a shock since nobles rarely if ever did something like open a door to even other nobles, much less a commoner like Vistiin herself. Walking towards the door eager to get out of the cold Vistiin was greeted by her sponsor. Who was as she remembered from when she first met her, kind of short, very classy and fairly lacking in morals. Not that Vistiin was a model shil either, especially concerning her frequent lack of morals, but still Vistiin liked to think she was a slightly better person than Theun.
As Vistiin and Theun made it to the door leading into the modern apartment complex at the same time, Theun opened the door. “Nice to meet you again Vistiin!” Theun said politely while extending her fist. Vistiin reciprocated the gesture and responded. “Yes hello Mrs Syras, I don't mean to forgo my manners especially in front of a noble such as yourself, but can we move inside? it's awfully cold out here.”
“Don’t worry about that around me Vistiin, also you can call by my first name, we’ll be seeing each other a lot until you’re done after all” Theun responded while backing away from the door to let Vistiin in. “Ah ok good to know, just a bit surprising is all” “Most nobles I've worked with prior, especially ones from big houses as yourself tend to be… not so friendly” Vistiin said back as she entered the apartment building. Even just the lobby of this place screamed old money and nobility. The building even had its own concierge, with a cute little human guy standing behind the desk.
Quickly peeling her eyes off the blonde man before he noticed, Vistiin and Theun began walking to the elevators on the other side of the lobby. She had just yesterday learnt what an “elevator” was, so Vistiin was at least partially prepared for the tight metal box humans use to get up and down floors. And the elevators in hers and presumably Theuns apartment building were considerably larger as well to account for the shil tendency to hate small spaces, so how humans could stand going in these on a daily basis was beyond her.
As they got to the door and Theun clicked on a button quickly opening the duo stepped inside and Theun spoke. “I get it, we nobles aren’t the most welcoming, but beyond that was it that you wanted to talk about?” “Already done or something? This early into your work?, I know your efficient but still”
“No no nothing like that, it's just a couple things I want to go over and what not” “Shouldn’t take to much of your time” With Vistiin’s response out Theun simply grunted in acknowledgement and the rest of the way up to Theuns apartment was in a slightly uncomfortable silence.
As the elevator came to a stop and the door opened once again, freeing Vistiin from that tight metal cube. Vistiin was surprised to only see a small hallway with only a single door at the end.
“Do you own the entire floor or something?” Vistiin said as she looked over at Theun who was taking a card out of her jacket, presumably to open her apartment.
“Of course I do!” “This apartment is small enough, if I were to live in one of the normal suites my friends and relatives would never let me live that down” she said as she opened the door.
Theun quickly walked in after she opened the door and Vistiin quickly followed. “And I'm fairly certain this is just about luxurious and expensive enough to have them not make a comment about it.”
“Well you sure a noble when those are your primary concerns…” Vistiin said with a chuckle. As both of them discarded their outside clothes and wandered into the very spacious living room Vistiin realized two things, first how incredibly far up they were and secondly how big this place was for an apartment. “This place is massive Theun, this must have cost a fortune!” Vistiin said as she was looking about the place.
“Well it's probably the cheapest bit of real estate i've ever bought, but that doesn’t say much” “Earth isn’t really expensive.. Yet anyway, from the people i've talked to they predict the prices can increase by as much as 50,000% in a year when they finally open earth up just based on interest from the rest of the imperium.”
“Hm… makes sense I guess, although I presume that doesn’t account for when humans will be compatible with us, you can probably triple that then” Vistiin said as she sat down on the large couch that could easily fit fifteen shil’s. Which in her mind was a little excessive but nobles only buy the best and biggest of anything she mused.
“I know you said it shouldn’t take long but, want a drink?” Theun said, interrupting Vistiins thought process. “Wasn’t planning on drinking but sure” To Vistiins response Theun went to the kitchen and didn’t spend long there quickly coming back with two very fancy looking drinks Vistiin couldn’t identify, not that Vistiin really cared so long it wouldn’t make her puke.
“So you don’t have any employees?” “Sorry for prying on your life but i'm just used to guards and what not flanking the noble im working with” Vistiin said as she accepted the drink Theun had just brought.
“No I do have lots of employees obviously, the Syras house probably has thousands in total, however this apartment doesn’t really have the space so it's hard to have them running around all the time here and so for now I have them on call until I buy an actual house in the area.”
“Ah ok… but beyond that let's get to the reason i'm here shall we?” Vistiin said while taking a sip of her drink, which clearly had red grain in it. “Of course Vistiin, now what is already of such importance?”
“Well, there's a couple things, but one thing at a time.” “From my research it will be nigh impossible to get a male who would be willing to participate within the next couple of years.”
Vistiin started while looking at the drink in her hand.
“But I have a solution, one that would require you pulling some strings” She continued while looking at Theun instead of her drink.
“I mean, I'm here to make sure you succeed and that the empresses money hasn’t been wasted, so I'll listen” Theun responded before she also began sipping on her drink. “Great because the only way I think we could reliably get a male would be if we convinced captured insurgents, however before you say anything obviously they won’t agree to it” “Immediately anyway…” Vistiin continued.
“Hmm, you’re sure that's the only way? Not that I'm particularly opposed, it just sounds like it could get complicated, insurgents probably don't make great fathers either at that.” Theun asked. “Great question, how we fix our problem here is that we give them an offer of either, becoming participants in our project where we will then pair them with a shil woman, how we source women for this project is another question albeit one that should be easier to solve.” With a pause to sip on her drink, Vistiin continued “Anyway or they get the choice of just facing their fate serving prison time on some mining world over side of the known universe”
“And while humans, especially insurgents may hate the imperium for now” “If one of them gets the choice of lifelong manual labour on a planet full of roaches or, they just have to be part of this little project, I believe they’ll wisen up real fast, and the ones that don’t would probably make horrible fathers anyway” “Natural selection if you will” Vistiin finished off as she began drinking her liquor again while letting Theun take Vistiins little plan for getting males into the project.
After a couple seconds of thinking Theun responded. “While it may be a bit of a hassle to pull said strings without anyone else really knowing what's going on, sounds doable.” “Could work to rehabilitate some insurgents as well actually”
“So now that we’ve got that out of the way, the other concern I have is that due to my contract for this job being limited in time to two years.” “That I have to, for us to see results before that date, get positive results of a pregnancy between a human shil coupling before like five earth months?
“Mind you it's not impossible we see a pregnancy very early on but the time it takes for results to show is still a slight paranoia of mine” Vistiin continued now instead looking at her almost empty glass of some alcohol mix she couldn’t really identify.
“Look, don’t worry Vistiin, your contract is pretty flexible” Theun said, staring out at the city through one of the tall windows. “This entire project is extremely special and you’re one of few candidates with the perfect mixture of low morals, and the right skillset so if you’re almost complete by the two year point we can negotiate the contract”
“Well that's a relief then, I knew you were a reasonable woman” Vistiin responded to Theun, now with a big concern of her shoulders.
“Well Theun, I know you’re a busy woman and it was kind enough of you to make space to talk with me pretty out of the blue so I won’t take any of your time, I've already been here for like thirty minutes so.”
“Don’t worry, I'm pretty invested in that this goes right so anything I can help you with to make it happen I'll do.” Theun said as the both of them were starting to stand up. “Also Vistiin, if you need to talk about anything relating to the project, you call or text me and we talk in person here where what we say can’t be recorded” “I really don’t want to risk anything leaking out okay?”
“Understood that from the beginning Ma’am hence why I even asked to talk.” Vistiin responded with a slight chuckle as she started to move towards the entrance to Theuns apartment. “Well it's good to know you’re as intelligent as I was led to believe” Theun said as Vistiin started to put on her outdoor clothing.
“Well it was a good talk, but i'm starving so I better go, see you later Theun” Vistiin said as she waved goodbye to Theun who responded “And i'm rather busy today, still I’ll see you later” Theun said back just before the automatic door closed.
Now with a plan to get males for the project and a weight lifted off her tired shoulders, Vistiin could relax more a little. However, now she was actually really hungry after doing nothing but research for the past nine hours so Vistiin began walking back to her car so she could have the rest of the day off….
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Hi everyone,
Our housemate is moving out and we are now looking for a new tenant!
The room comes with a bed, desk, chair, closet and Smart TV. Shared bathroom and shower with one person on the same floor.
You will share the house with 4 other working professionals in their 20s. We share a kitchen and a big living room.
Location: Pearse Square by the Grand Canal Dock in Dublin 2. Great location and is surrounded by all sorts of amenities. Tesco and Centra are within 3 minutes' walking distance and multiple bus stops.
Rent: 1150
Deposit: 1300 (the reason the deposit is more expensive than the rent, is that on the lease it does not elaborate how much each room in the house pay for rent, so we decided between ourselves that smaller rooms should pay smaller rents, however the deposit was paid in an equal amount by all tenants)
Moving-in date: as soon as possible preferred (must be before the 6th of April)
Please send me a description of yourself and what references can you provide. I will add you on (fb, WhatsApp, or insta) and send pictures and videos there. And I will try to schedule viewings as soon as possible.
Thanks.

I was working as a nurse in 12hrs shift for intensive care patients that needed care for the rest of their lives but they lived at home instead of a hospital. Five of patients rented a flat and we nurses where 2:5, nurse to patients working there. My coworker (and former friend) S. had a small and very old mini Yorkshire terrier and she had the allowance to bring him to work with her. He was already around 15, blind on one eye, almost blind on the other eye, missing all his teeth and his tongue was sticking out. He peed standing up his front legs. Awesome dude. His name of was Devil. Usually he spent the 12hrs in his chair sleeping or cuddling up with the patients that wished for it.
It was a regular occasion that the priests (and what they're all called at the churches) were visiting the patients of christian faith, if they'd like to. Neither S. nor I knew that back then.
We had a patient, Miss P., which regularly got these visits.
So one day as S. and me shared the day shift.. the doorball rang, and we opened the door.
There stood these people. One pastor ( or priest, whatever, idk tbh how they are called) and two nuns.
So picture me and my friend standing completely puzzled at the door, looking at these christian sect leaders and wondering what's happening. Before we could say anything we heard devil come running up from behind.
He bashed from the very back of the flat right in front of us in no time. Remember all his health issues and his age.
He stood there hard as a rock and about the size of a rock. Ferociously barking at these people, buzzing his body around by the powerful soundwaves.
They were totally thrown off and you could see the discomfort in their eyes..
That's the moment my mouth verbalized my thoughts without my permission:
"ohhh don't mind him! He's actually really sweet and nice. He's Devil and I guess he can sense his enemies, haha"
OH, I would have totally fck up if I would have shared the shift with certain other nurses. I guess the christians didn't even get my bad joke as we are Germans and i bet they thought they just didn't understand it right.
Hope this gave someone a little smile or thinking "lol" :D
Love for all of you sisters <3

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
Gaming, GTA V, Valorant, Rdr2, csgo, HL, etc. on high quality. Also maybe some streaming too
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?
$1500 but i’m willing to spend a bit more if necessary
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.
Within the next week or two
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)
Everything apart from keyboard and mouse
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?
Sweden
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.
No
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?
No
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
Good amount of storage
What type of network connectivity do you need? (Wired and/or WiFi) If WiFi is needed and you would like to find the fastest match for your wireless router, please list any specifics.
Wifi
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?
I want a white case the rest i don’t mind
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?
Yes

Good morning. I was able to clear out a bunch of stuff in the last post. For this post, I wasn't able to prep some of the other items that I have for sale. I'm negotiable on the TD500 case at this point. Honestly, I don't think cases are that sellable; I think shipping costs are a deal breaker. I'll need to think about how to sell my other cases and monitors.
You might start to see a lot of "stuff" being listed for free or cost of shipping. I simply don't have a use for any of this stuff. If you happen to want a freebie or add-on, but you don't want another item, shipping is $5 for USPS First Class or $9 for UPS Ground or USPS Priority Mail. Otherwise, there's no extra shipping cost when shipped with a more valuable item.
The unidentified cables are being shipped to strip for parts. They should be useful for messing with custom cabling. Unless you're able to test each of the cables, don't plug them into a power supply. I'll ship any leftover identified cables with the unidentified cables. Otherwise, I'll throw them all out on Monday.
I prefer to sell items in bundles. There’s a $10 shipping discount for each item after the first, when you buy more than one item (that isn't an add-on). That’s $10 off two items, $20 off three items, and so on. Prices are shipping inclusive for the most part. Only the case has a separate shipping cost.
Please read the item notes at the bottom for any item that you might want. I don't want you to buy the wrong item, and the notes have talked people out of a bad purchase. Let me know if an item is missing notes.
Feel free to make an offer, since I wasn't able to do as much price research as I wanted. Thanks for looking. Please let me know if you have any questions.
I'll assist with an RMA if necessary. I'll be shipping on Monday and Wednesday. Invoices don't have to be paid until the day before shipping.
Warranty, fine print and item notes are at the bottom. Timestamps for items are now direct links to high resolution photos. Note that for images in the gallery, you'll need to right click and open to view them in high resolution. I can take more pictures if you want them.
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Motherboards

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MSI B560i Gaming Edge WiFi	1, 2, 3	Very Good	Available	$120	Includes a Celeron G5905 with no stock cooler. Serial number warranty.

Power Supplies

Item	____	Condition	Status	Price	Notes
Corsair HX1200 Platinum	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7	Very Good	Available	$160	Minor cosmetic damage on bottom - not visible when installed. One year of warranty.

Fans

Item	____	Condition	Status	Price	Notes
Arctic P12 PWM PST ARGB x 2	1, 2, 3	New	Available	$30 for both	Three fans in total. Includes one damaged fan. See notes for details.

Cases (price is not shipping inclusive - see notes for details)

Item	____	Condition	Status	Price	Notes
Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh White	1, 2	New	Available	$70

Add-Ons (only ship with other items, no additional discounts)

Item	____	Condition	Status	Price	Notes
Amazon Basics USB Speakers x 2	1	New	Available	$10 each
V-MODA Forza Metallo In-Ear Headphones (Black / iOS) x 4	1, 2	New	Available	$5 each

Freebies (purchase required)

Item	____	Condition	Status	Price	Notes
Corsair SF450 Gold Modular Cables	1	Very Good	Available	$0	No original packaging. 1 x MOBO, 1 x CPU, 2 x GPU (single 8-pin).
EVGA Modular Cables	1	Very Good	Available	$0	No original packaging. 2 x SATA (GA), 2 x VGA (dual 8-pin, GA and G5).
Asus / Seasonic Modular Cables	1	Very Good	Available	$0	No original packaging. 2 x CPU.
Unidentified Modular Cables	1	Very Good	Available	$0	No original packaging. 1 x MOBO, 5 x CPU, 5 x SATA, 3 x PERIF / MOLEX. SOLD FOR SPARE PARTS. Unless you're able to test each of the cables, don't plug them into a power supply.
Fractal Design X2 GP-12 Case Fan	1	Very Good	Available	$0	No original packaging.
NZXT AER P 140 Case Fan	1	Very Good	Available	$0	No original packaging.
Amazon Basics 25 ft. CL3 HDMI 2.0 Cable	1	Very Good	Available	$0	No original packaging. Maxes out at 4k @ 60 Hz @ 4:2:0.
Amazon Basics 6 ft. Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort Cable	1	Very Good	Available	$0	No original packaging. Untested for 4k @ 60 Hz @ RGB.
London Royal Ravens Mousepad x 4	1	New	Available	$0	No original packaging. Click here to view the design.
New York Subliners MousePad x 5	1	New	Available	$0	No original packaging. Click here to view the design.
Paris Legion Mousepad x 4	1	New	Available	$0	No original packaging. Click here to view the design.
Toronto Ultra Mousepad x 5	1	New	Available	$0	No original packaging. Click here to view the design.

• MOBO: MSI B560i Gaming Edge WiFi - I was going to use this for network storage, but I don’t really have a use for it right now. This will also ship with a Celeron G5905, but no stock cooler.
  
• PSU: Corsair HX1200 - I used this in a Meshify C. As a result, some of the cables are a little bent, and there’s some cosmetic damage on the bottom from installation. This unit is huge (200mm long) and can’t be installed in some cases without the removal of the hard drive cage. The 24-pin cable is difficult to bend and install. I strongly advise a 24-pin extension cable. This comes with all of the original accessories. One 24-pin, one 8-pin (CPU), two 8-pin (GPU), and one SATA have been used. The other cables are unused. I'm willing to provide a year of warranty, but I don't really want to be the middleman for the warranty for the entire ten year period (or however much is left).
  
• Case: Cooler Master TD500 Mesh White (NIB) - I had planned to move the workstation from a Meshify C into this case, but decided to downsize to SFF instead. The case is new, but has been opened to check for damage. This will ship in original packaging. Unlike the other items, the price isn’t shipping inclusive. You’ll need to pay for shipping, which is $20-27 for nearby states, and too high to be feasible for the west coast.
  
• Fans: Arctic P12 PWM PST A-RGB - I had planned to upgrade the workstation fans, but I opted for a different setup. Unfortunately, I neglected that Arctic has terrible packaging, and ignored some obvious packaging damage that I should have checked before this post. The back of one fan is damaged. While it ran with no issues on the test bench, I don’t think that will be the case in the long term. It might be fixable with epoxy, but I’m selling this as two fans, and the broken fan is free.
  

OTHER

• Fractal Design X2 GP-12 - It's the fan that comes with the Fractal Design Meshify C. It's a 3-pin fan with average performance. It's almost the definition of average in every respect. It's one of the most boring case fans on the face of the planet. I swapped this for an MSI Silent Gale P12, which is better in every respect.
  
• NZXT AER P 140 - It's the fan that comes with the NZXT H1. It's a 4-pin fan that performs well at low speeds, but falls apart at higher speeds. You'll need to lock this at 1,200 RPM or so. The noise profile is truly horrific at max speed. I swapped this for an Arctic P14. Performance is about equal at low speeds, but the P14 is much better for cooling and noise at high speeds.
  
• Amazon Basics 25 ft. CL3 HDMI 2.0 Cable - This cable claims to be HDMI 2.0 complaint. Unfortunately, it can't quite sustain the rated bandwidth at 25 feet. It can only manage 4k @ 60 Hz @ 4:2:0. It's also a chonker with the CL3 rating. I think the cable weighs two pounds. I swapped this for a much thinner fiber optic cable that does 4k @ 60 Hz @ YUV 4:4:4.
  
• Amazon Basics 6 ft. Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort Cable - I needed this to use an external monitor with an older laptop. It claims to be DisplayPort 1.2 complaint, but I haven't tested if that's true.** I haven't used this cable for years, aside from testing earlier to see if it still works.
  
• Amazon Basics USB Speakers - I needed speakers for troubleshooting. I bought two pairs and received four pairs. Audio is clear and loud. The Creative Pebbles are better overall though.
  
• Mousepads - I needed filler for a couple of orders from Fanatics. Each one has the logo and name of a team from the Call of Duty League. Their size is about 8" x 7" x 1/16" or so. These are low quality mousepads. $10 Steelseries or Corsair mousepads are much better. However, they're still quite usable, and might be useful for other purposes such as sound dampening or coasters.
  
• Headphones - I have a few that didn't make it into stockings last Christmas. These IEMs are insane audio value for $5 (or $10, or even $20), but the design is rather dated.
  

WARRANTY
MSI should honor a serial number warranty, no invoice required, unless their policies have changed recently. It should have about two years remaining. Corsair won't honor warranty, but I'll provide one year of warranty for it. Please let me know if you need more warranty info for a specific item.
FINE PRINT
Items come from a non-smoking household. I've cleaned them as necessary. Everything is tested and functional. Let me know if you want more information or additional pictures.
Prices are shipping inclusive for domestic mail. Items will ship with UPS Ground or USPS Priority Mail. Purchases of two or more items will receive a $10 shipping discount for each additional item purchased. Items will ship with UPS Ground or USPS Priority Mail.
14-day return period. You may return an item for any reason unless otherwise noted. Returns must not have additional damage.
Add-ons are shipped for free with other items. They can also be shipped for a $5 shipping charge (for the entire shipment, not for each add-on). They don't receive additional shipping discounts.
Freebies are free with purchase. One for each item (not a hard rule though). First come, first serve.

Let me start by saying I’m breaching contract by sharing this. If the company’s lookouts link this post to me – which they will – I’ll be disgraced, and any chance at getting a job in this profession again will be out of the picture. I have the common sense to keep my name unknown, but all that’s gonna do is slow them down.
Keeping this hidden would be a crime against humanity of the highest order. You all deserve to know, as terrible as it is.
I work at an unnamed technological research company as, you guessed it, a researcher. In recent years, we’ve made astonishing advancements in developing technology that can interact with and harness tachyons.
Tachyons are particles that travel faster than light; that’s the most important part. They’ve been a subject of theoretical physics since the late 60s, but as far as public knowledge goes, they’re still just that. Theoretical.
But they are most certainly real. Well, not “tachyons” per se, though their behaviour is equatable. I won’t bore you with the technicalities, but the result of a particle travelling faster than light is that said particle is able to, effectively, travel backwards in time.
My other group members and I have been experimenting with these particles for the best part of two years now. We’ve made major advances, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about.
Yesterday, 23/03/2023, at 09:07 am, my equipment detected a tachyon signal. This was in the morning, mind you, and no tests had yet been carried out. From what I can tell, this signal originated – or, rather, will originate – from elsewhere.
Playing it out loud, it at first just sounded like a garbled mess of frequencies. But after observing the audio structure, I found it to be made up of thousands of tones, of which there were only two types – long, and short.
The realisation hit pretty quick. It was Morse code, or, at least, it could be interpreted as such. The most fundamental form of digital communication known to man. So, I ran it through an auto-interpreter a few times, and got a fully coherent message.
I refuse to believe that I’m seeing patterns where there are none. The chances are so astronomically low that I can’t feasibly consider it to be a random signal, especially considering I’ve never received one from somewhere outside the lab.
I’m going to copy over the translation here. I do not wish to instil panic, but please, spread this post. People need to be aware that this is a real possibility.
To whomever is reading this, prepare yourself.
Here it is.
[TRANSCRIPT BEGIN]
Hi.
My name is Tim Hermelle. Before I write down this account, I should insist that this is the truth. This is happening to us all right now. This is not a joke, prank, or an interactive project.
This is the truth. You HAVE to believe what you are about to read, for our sakes.
Okay, with that out of the way… shit, it’s getting closer. I’ll write down what I can before we’re pulled back to the city, to join the others. I hope enough context is given in my account for you to fully understand.
I live - lived - in the great city of Pharades (that’s Pha-ra-dees). The utopia of humanity’s future. Life was amazing. Every aspect brought joy and satisfaction to every person. No hunger, thirst, no overpopulation, pollution… a Nirvana if there ever was. The level of advancement may be difficult for some of you to believe
Work was optional, and automatons would fill the spaces left by those choosing to pursue their own personal dreams. Even so, a large number of people here still choose to have jobs, vocations I suppose. Healthcare was unparalleled, and not one person has died during my time here.
Everything major was decided by a vote. It was the perfect democratic system, but I’m no politician, so I wouldn’t be able to explain to you why that is.
Hell, we even had a collective vote to decide the next week’s weather every Sunday. That’s right, we’d taken control of the weather. Want to splash around in puddles, smelling the petrichor? Maybe get a tan on? You’d just have to go and vote for it.
Pharades was, without hyperbole, fucking beautiful. In between the city blocks, there were great swathes of woodland and meadows. Crystal rivers flowed underneath silver bridges, and leaves of every colour painted the landscape like polka dots.
And the city itself, well, they say nature trumps anything manmade in terms of beauty, but I disagree. The intricately designed towers were accented by all the most complementary colours, gold, chrome, red, blue, any combination you could imagine, it was here. Arches, spirals, and patterns of every variety adorned the structures.
The day in question was a Wednesday – not that days of the week held any particular significance anymore. I’d planned to meet with two of my buddies, Erin and Tuan, at our favourite coffee shop a couple of districts over, in the Wantania area.
Historically, the journey may have been arduous, or frustrating. Not now. Most people didn’t even use vehicles anymore – instead, the city had built a vast underground network of ever-shifting and rearranging tracks, called “Tubyrinth”. Each person owned a personal pod of sorts, customisable to any degree.
I input Wantania Central, and hopped inside. My pod contained a sofa and a minifridge, stocked up with my favourite drinks. The journey was always snappy. Each time, the underground superstructure would arrange a new and unique track to be used, direct to a reserved bay.
Just fifteen minutes later, I was stood under the vaulted, ornamental expanse of the station roof, a hundred or so feet above. I always stopped here to just stare upwards for a moment, absorbing the imaginative architecture.
After exiting the station, I was surprised to see that both Erin and Tuan were already waiting for me outside. The good kind of surprised, that slaps a goofy smile onto your face.
“Took you long enough!” Tuan chuckled, finding the irony in his own words hilarious.
“God, I know right?” added Erin, “I was worried I’d need crutches after standing out here waiting!”
“Well, heh, you’re not gonna like this next part,” I joked, and we set off down the street, laughing. Our favourite café was called “Beansmith’s Forge”. It was a cheesy, but endearing name, and the theme fit the three of us like a glove; as I said before, we’d been working on worldbuilding for our fantasy RPG, an immersive neurolink VR experience, where the player could design their own character and have a unique questline auto-generated out of a complex system.
We ordered brunch, and, of course, coffee. I won’t get into the details of our talks, but we quickly finished up, paid, and set off down Gerben Street.
The more exciting event of the day was our session booked at the aptly named Noji Box, something you could call an “anti-grav playground”. Admittedly, I’ve never fully known how it works, just that it involves paired wormholes, immensely powerful electromagnets, and a huge vacuum-chamber.
One thing I was always grateful for was that the automatons, who I saw working robotically through storefront windows, were withheld any accurate human likeness – I’m sure you’ve heard of the uncanny valley, so you’ll know what I mean. They fell just short of it.
All was calm on the walk, as to be expected. We made it to the Noji Box in good time, ten minutes before our session booking. I get it’s company policy to take everyone through the safety basics, but it was admittedly a little boring after many, many past visits.
The only real requirement was that you’d have to wear an “osteopatic suit”. No, osteostatic? Something about keeping your bones from floating away from each other, or from disappearing over time.
We were suited up, ready to enter “S.S. Slamdown”, when a sudden tremor shook the building’s foundations. Everyone shared the same puzzled expression – not once had something like that ever happened in Pharades.
The staff looked a bit stumped at first. I guess they never had to deal with a situation like this in the past. To our dismay, but unsurprisingly, our session was cancelled, and we were told that they would call us later to sort out a re-booking.
I had the strangest feeling when we left and began back down the road. Something similar to déjà vu, but not quite. Like nostalgia, but without the accompanying feeling of reminiscence or joy.
Trying to brush it off, I distracted my mind by humming a tune. I didn’t know what it was from, at the time, but I knew it was a stringed melody. A violin? Thing is, I wasn’t really humming it as much as hearing it in my head.
We rounded a corner, and Erin paused in surprise.
“Oh, that’s… hey, that’s Jeremiah! He’s been playing that fiddle the street over from mine for the past, what, two weeks? Come on, let’s go listen.”
I grew confused when we approached, only to hear the exact same melody that had just been looping in my head. Before I’d heard this guy playing. I don’t remember stumbling upon this particular street performer before this point.
We stood listening for a few minutes, then continued our walk. Thoughts no longer infested with that tune, I was hit with what I can only describe as a taste. The savoury taste of something on my tongue, complete with mustard and relish. Meat of some kind?
The concern started to flourish when we came upon a food truck, and Tuan asked if we were hungry. Sure, we’d just eaten at the coffee shop, but I could fit in one more tasty bite. He offered to pay, which we gladly accepted, and he returned with… hotdogs. With mustard. And relish.
My gratitude masked the ever-growing confusion within me. Was this just a weird coincidence, or something else? Did I know we were going to get hotdogs?
We wound up back at the station, where a feeling of detached sorrow welled up inside me, something you might feel after recalling a bad memory from which you’ve since recovered. I understood then that I would run into my on-good-terms ex inside. But, before we could enter, another rumbling tremor swept across the street, followed by the clamour of destruction and screams from inside.
A grey dust cloud plumed out from the entrance, sweeping us off of our feet. I saw Erin flipped face-first into the pavement, just as I caught my heel on the base of a stop sign. Yet another quake boomed underneath the asphalt.
The asphalt I was falling down onto… but the impact didn’t come. Instead of a hard surface, the sensation of falling went on. You know that feeling when you think there’s another step at the bottom of the stairs, only to find the floor instead? It was just like that.
The ground I fell upon wasn’t asphalt. It rang out as I collided, almost hollow-sounding. Metallic. Maybe it was just my head ringing, but without a doubt, I was not in the street anymore.
I sat up, and my palms confirmed I was on a metal floor, the kind with those diamond-shaped grips. Looking around almost caused a complete sensory overload, immediately. A multitude of flashing lights, screens, wires, buttons, and all sorts decorated the room. It looked not far off from the control room of an intelligence agency – at least, how they’re depicted in movies.
I got onto one knee and pivoted to look around. The tall man standing directly behind me almost led to a second fall, but instead I scooted backward frantically at the sight.
The man – well, I say “man”, but this person didn’t really have any distinguishing features. They were wearing a spotless black and white cloak of some kind, and a metal cage covering the upper half of their face, so that only their mouth was visible.
They stood still, not reacting to my show of surprise, then spoke in the most androgynous voice conceivable.
“How did you get in here?”
I scanned the room, finding that there were no obvious entrances anywhere around, like we were inside a closed-off box.
“I- uh, I fell over, a-and next thing I know – here,” I stuttered.
“Well, you shouldn’t be here, and there’s no way that you should be able to get here.”
I stood up, feeling a little more comfortable in the presence of this stranger, though not letting my guard down entirely. Now, I could see the pictures displayed across the screens – they seemed to be feeds of countless locations in Pharades, streets, woodlands, you name it.
“What… what the hell’s going on here? Who are you? Why are you spying on the city?”
The stranger didn’t seem amused, being pelted with questions, and held up a hand, gesturing me to stop. They let out a deep, held breath.
“Well, since you’re here, I may as well enlighten you. Take a seat.”
So I did. I sat in shock and disbelief for the next five minutes as the person answered all my questions, even the ones I didn’t know I wanted to ask. They introduced themselves simply as “Administrator”, but I chose “Admin”, to avoid the mouthful.
Admin proceeded to tell me the truth, as casually as one would talk about the weather.
It wasn’t real.
A simulation.
They told me we were inside a highly advanced, self-sustaining, supercomputer pod travelling through deep space, harvesting energy from ions extracted from the surrounding vacuum. Over a hundred trillion years ago, those living here now consented in having their consciousness imported to the device.
On top of the ion harvesting, power was supposedly generated from emotions experienced by a consciousness – the more intense an emotion or feeling, the more power generated.
I interrupted the monologue at this point with a question they hadn’t seemed to consider,
“Let’s say I believe what you’re saying. If this system’s been up for as long as you say, why did I only just have my 29th birthday, what, two months back now?”
“I understand your concern, but allow me to continue. Every 50 years, it is reset. All your memories are wiped and locked away until the moments when you would again make those memories. There are only a set number of people who were uploaded to the system, and their minds cannot simply be deleted if they were to die.”
Not only a simulation, but an endless loop? My brain felt like it might burst.
“Wait,” I said, “if we’re reset every time, and everything plays out the same… then, we can’t possibly have any free will of our own, right?”
“I suppose you could say that. But the illusion we, I, have worked tirelessly to maintain, gives the impression that you do.”
“Wh… what? So, the original me signed up for this? But I’m not him! I’m a copy, aren’t I? Do I have a choice in this?”
“There is no way for me to erase any person that lives here. Only if the pod itself is damaged or destroyed, can I, or anyone else, truly die. The Great Stellar Extinction has come and gone, and all that remains outside is cold, and dark. A handful of black and brown dwarves, and black holes. To my knowledge.”
The sudden feeling of intense, hollow loneliness filled up my chest. We were alone in a great black sea of nothingness. My slack jaw must have told Admin I didn’t have the capacity to speak.
“Over time, I have lost contact with the hundreds of thousands of other pods that were ejected from Earth all that time ago. Either they are too far now, or they met a destructive end. I can’t say which is the better, anymore.”
Absorbing the sudden truth, the emptiness evolved into anger.
“Let me get this straight. We, living our lives down there, are puppets to you? Is that it? Just an endless cycle of digital paradise, kept in the dark of all you’ve just told me? How can you possibly justify this?!”
“Calm down. Having your memories wiped is a luxury I cannot afford. Anyway, that’s only the preface of what I need to talk about. I’m sure you also noticed the tremors, down there?”
“The tremors? Oh, oh yeah. Sort of ruined my plans, but I guess it doesn’t matter now.”
“I didn’t do anything. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Whatever the cause, it’s not within this pod.”
I took it all in. A system malfunction? Why did the Admin feel the need to share this with me?
“Is… is that why, maybe, that I could predict some of the things that happened afterwards?”
“It’s worse than I thought. The memory suppression seems to be failing.”
Both of us paused for a moment. The silence was deafening.
“I’ve been taking readings on the external sensors. There’s… something out there. An object. It’s been following us for a while now, but with no starlight left, I don’t know what it is. Space debris couldn’t move on its own accord like this thing is.”
“What are you trying to say?” I sputtered, the dread I felt deepening by the second.
“I’m saying that something has found us.”
My blood ran cold. Found us? What could have found us?
“Didn’t you say all the stars are dead? The universe is just darkness now. What could have found us? What?”
“I wish I had the answers, too. I don’t think we’re safe anymore. The most recent readings imply that whatever it is, it’s latched onto the pod somehow. Possibly-“
Admin was cut off by the loud screech of static from the speakers around the room. Their head shot up to the nearest corner in a manner that set me on a knife’s edge.
The tremors returned with a vengeance now, and the both of us were sent sprawling onto the floor. I didn’t fall through it this time, though. Sparks flew and monitors went offline.
I was about to ask what we should do, when the roaring static settled, and something else started to play.
An innocent, childlike giggle. Gurgled coos, infantile squeals of joy that pierced my eardrums like needles and left them ringing. Remembering the sounds that came from those speakers make my insides twist and yearn to escape my body, knowing what came next.
The laughter grew, and so did the tremors. The room started to collapse, wires and boxes raining down upon us. Well, not really collapse, no, but change. The far wall crumpled, like something on the other side assailed it with forceful impacts, and the room began to shrink.
As if that dark place wasn’t claustrophobic enough, the ceiling, walls, everything began to close in on us. All the while, the childlike giggling only grew in joy. I thought we were to be crushed and snapped by the pressure, when we were abruptly freed.
It had happened again. Pushed through the floor and spat out somewhere else. This time, I – we – found ourselves near a paved road leading out of one of the city blocks, into a green meadow which gave way to trees a ways down.
Something was terribly wrong. Only after brushing myself off and standing up did I become aware of the swirling darkness that replaced the once baby-blue sky, with its cotton candy clouds. A heavy and unsettling calm had fallen upon us, dampening the city’s brilliance. No more did sunlight gleam off the ornate spires and arches, replaced by a still, hanging shadow.
The eerie quiet was shattered by that godforsaken crackling, booming across the landscape, despite not a speaker in sight, again followed by those ill-belonging coos and cries. Accompanying the infantile sputtering came an uproar of cracking and crumbling, great impacts from deep within the city’s heart.
Both Admin and I stared in disbelief as distant buildings sunk into the ground, while others twisted and warped their way into the sky, as if made from soft clay. Some just disappeared entirely, leaving not a shred of evidence behind that they had ever been there, while their former inhabitants plunged from storeys above.
“It’s taken my place.”
Those four unprompted words shook me to the core of my being. The god of this world had been usurped.
“But why?” I found myself asking, “with what motive?”
Admin went to reply, but stopped upon seeing the great, pinkish masses floating up out of the streets, far ahead. We stared in bewilderment, trying to make out what they were. The chorus of screams hurried us to the realisation that the balls were… they were made of people.
Agonised, howling faces littered the fleshy abominations, while more objects rose around them. Structural beams, signposts, metal objects of every kind gravitated toward the amalgams of humanity, before their relentless assaults began.
Ripping, tearing, stabbing, slicing… it was already too much for my mind to comprehend. It garnered no reaction from myself other than stunned shock. Flesh and blood spewed from the masses, and orbited around them like the rings of Saturn, falling back in to haphazardly patch themselves back onto the wailing people.
My thoughtless attention was redirected as a frantic deluge of citizens fled the city, running down the street towards us. One by one, the exodus was halted, people seeming to stop in place abruptly, though the screams did not relent.
I couldn’t see what had stopped them until the crowd drew closer, where I saw an elderly man whip forward, foot stuck fast, instantly snapping his knee from the momentum. He let out a heart-wrenching cry as he fell down and looked to see what had stopped him.
Something that looked like roots, water pipes maybe, had erupted through the tarmac and coiled their way up his leg. I could see the strength draining in his eyes as they stood him back upright by force, wrapping around his entire body.
I watched in abject horror as he was raised off the ground, and each and every one of the old man’s limbs were bent and snapped at unnatural angles, shattering frail bones into dust.
His feeble cries were promptly silenced as a squirming metal tube forced its way inside his mouth, his eyes rolling back in unfathomable agony as the bulging mass forced its way down his throat, splitting his ribcage apart and allowing the organs within to slop out and float in the air, as if weightless. The whole process seemed to reverse itself in time, then repeat, over and over.
I could only hear the echoes of Admin’s shouts and the faint sensation of their grip on my forearm as they pulled me away from the mind-bending atrocity. My vacant body tumbled backward, sending both of us falling onto the grass.
Still I could only sit there, frozen. Somewhere off to the right, I saw a young woman pulling presumably her daughter along by the wrist, fleeing the hellscape of flesh and bone down a small alley. Her head spun wildly as she noticed the walls of the alleyway closing in around them.
She burst out into the open, but was yanked back, her grip fast. She turned in desperation, only to see her daughter, who couldn’t have been more than seven, being slowly crushed into a paste of bloody flesh and yellow fat. Her pitiful screams still ring in my ears, seeing her child suffer such a terrible fate.
Admin was finally triumphant in breaking my trance, and I rushed to my feet, stumbling before gaining my footing and bolting the fuck out of there. The childish giggling echoing out over the sky only served to push me forwards and away from that place.
“What the fuck is going on?!” I yelped, glancing over to Admin, hoping they could offer just the slightest of explanations.
“I have an idea, but we need to get somewhere first. You see that hill through the woods, right over there?”
“Hill? To the observatory?”
“There’s one last thing we can try to stop this. It’s a shot in the dark, but I can’t just stand here and fade away with the rest.”
High speed winds whipped the trees as we ran below them, leaves fluttering in a wild seizure. Air-splitting cracks sounded, so loud my ears began to ring once more, and I looked over my shoulder to see what they could have been.
Blazing spouts of fire shot down from the clouds behind, more akin to lightning than anything, striking the forsaken with white-hot temperatures. Even from a distance, I could see skin and flesh melt off of bones like candle wax, forming spiralling clouds of organic vapour.
In my distraction, I ran straight into a tree, and tumbled over, blood leaking from a small cut on my forehead. Admin skidded to a stop and pulled me up to my feet, and ran onwards, not waiting for a moment to ask if I was okay.
Neither of us were okay. That was a given now.
We reached the top of the hill without too much effort – seems it was programmed for everyone to have an above-average level of fitness, young or old regardless.
Admin frantically, but methodically, sifted through what appeared to be a large hoop of keys, searching for the one to fit the observatory’s door. I looked back over to where we had fled from.
The twisted buildings coiled toward the sky, gargantuan talons holding captive everyone I’d ever known. But there was something else. Far behind the city, in the distant hills and woodland, a great black wave that spanned the horizon was travelling towards us, eviscerating the world itself. All it left behind was an endless chasm of darkness, defying reality itself.
The tsunami came closer, before stopping at the city’s outskirts, leaving only a towering earthen spire of suffering, flaming bolts cracking down upon it.
“Admin, what is going on?!”
They paused for a moment, then continued working on the several locks barring our entry.
“Do you remember what I told you earlier, when you found me? How this system is able to keep on running, over the trillions of years?”
“…ions?”
“Yes, but that’s only the basis. I told you that emotional activity generates power, yes? The more intense an emotion, the more power generated?”
“What are you getting at?”
“This is pure theory, but I believe that whatever is out there is feeding off of the system.”
“Is that why all that was happening? The-“
I stifled a gag, recalling the horrors fresh in my memory.
“Again, it’s a theory. I don’t understand what it is. If the constraints of the universe are loose enough for something to evolve in its endless darkness, to predate on the last sources of energy within it… I don’t know. And I doubt we ever will.”
I stared out at the hellscape, speechless. Finally, Admin found the right key, yanked the door open, and pulled me inside by the arm.
“Hey!” Admin yelled, snapping their fingers, “I need you to be present for this. I am restricted in this world, I can’t break and reform things like you can. A failsafe, for if the power were to go to my head. Follow my instructions exactly.”
They told me how to break apart some of the technology in the observatory, and rewire it into a different machine. I had no idea what we were creating at the time, but complied nonetheless.
The finished product was a makeshift beacon of some kind, connected to the nearby terminal.
“Thank you. Now, type.”
“Type what?”
“Everything that has happened. Add as many details as you can, because we won’t have another chance to get this out there.”
“O-okay, what is this thing? A radio?”
“In a way. The observatory is one of the only places here that has a connection to the outside. I have used it more than once to observe the universe fading away. This setup will send our transmission as a unique, superluminal type of wave. Hurry, we can’t waste time chatting about this.”
And so, here we are. I don’t know who will be hearing this, if anyone at all.
I beg of you, consider how our advancements might be our downfall.
It’s almost here. I can hear the flaming bolts striking the forest, closer.
This is my account. Please save us. Please spare us.
Don’t condemn us as you have.
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There it is. I’ve revised the translation more times than I can count, and I’m sure there’s no mistake here.
Other readings imply that this message has travelled an unimaginably vast distance, and not only over space. Repeated triangulation only tells me this came from above, somewhere far away, among the stars.
I can feel the edges of my mind singeing. This can’t be proven as truth, nor can it be discredited. There’s no possible way to explain how this message came from our own planet.
I’m trying to be rational, but I think we need to consider future development very carefully. As a people, we have always rushed through our technological advancements at an incredible speed, not stopping to consider all the consequences that might follow.
If anyone will believe this, please spread it around. I have no doubt this post will be taken down the moment they find it. As for myself, I’ll be disgraced, probably. Stuck in a cold cell, most likely.
Spread the word. The fact that the higher-ups will attempt to conceal this is a cruel thing indeed, if any of it’s true.
Signing off.

Planning to buy either a condo or townhouse next year (to live in, not rent out) but I’ve never dealt with an HOA. What should I be looking for, good and bad?

Hey! I want to rent out my room as my roommate is moving out. It is a private room in a shared apartment! Where can I upload the post for the same? Is anyone here interested to sublet it?
Thanks in advance!

so i moved into a new place about 2 months ago. my neighbor has lots of obese cats upstairs which wouldn't be a problem except there isn't 5 minutes of the day without some excruciating banging coming from her apartment. in the 2 months i have been here i have not had one good nights rest. i spend about 10 hours in bed on average and usually i fall asleep within a few minutes but with my new neighbor i fall asleep and get woken up every 30 minutes or less. so now sleeping has turned into a literal battle and i usually endup with 2-3 hours of sleep. i have been called out several times at my work for being "tired". this leads me to my current situation, police landlord all refuse to do anything because the resident wont answer their door to them or respond to any emails / calls. i am fairly certain they have more cats then are permitted on the lease and it has made my apartment completely uninhabitable by the constant noise. so after complaining everyday to management for 2 months they finally offered me a way out, they said i have to pay rent for another 60 days and move out by day 30. that seems highly unfair since that is the same fees as if i just break my lease. but i don't have a choice so i accepted. I am not moving out for another month and i have to find somewhere new to live now and also i cant afford to pay $2000 for the rent for the month that i wont even be staying here. overall i am spending thousands of dollars to get away from this problem because my landlord wont do anything. but theres still a problem, for the meantime i still have to live here in this hell and going to work has me at risk of losing my job. my only option to sleep is to get a hotel but i don't have money saved and am gonna be entering a debt i cannot afford.

My friends and I will be coming to Goa in a week and we’re looking to rent a car for 4 days for transportation. We tried looking in Zoomcar but they are too costly. Are there any good car rentals in Goa that are reliable and economical? If not, are there any other good alternatives worth considering? Thanks in advance for all the replies.

So it's been 4 months since my travel agency requested a refund but they still haven't processed my request , VA changed my flight time right after booking was made so I never took the flight , it was an airlines mistake , now agency keeps saying that they have to wait for VA, 4 months is an awfully long time , is there a high level contact email where I can send this request to? some companies have executives contact online but can't find anything for VA , there social media is a disaster , they don't want to help.
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thanks in advance

Cat is going to the vet, just to be clear. I was just wondering if anyone had a cat who is majorly allergic to roaches and what helped them? I can't afford the fancy meds so vet is telling me to give zyrtec 5mg. I am going to the vet again because it doesn't seem to be helping her. Again, just posting here to see if anyone else has had the same issue and what possibly helped, so I can bring it up to my vet and see if it's the best option for my little one.
Another note I live in an apartment and I am very clean but unfortunately my surrounding neighbors are not, so we get little visits here and there from roaches. But even the little visits are enough to set her off, she mainly scratches and over grooms.

i dont have space for a sewing machine, i heard in some places they have them for rent or for community use, is there anything like this here? im looking for somewhere that would let me use a machine on site but all ive found are machines to rent and take home with you (which i cant do)

I've been listening to a lot of Jack Rose recently. When I first heard Jack in the early '00s I was so heavily into Fahey that I couldn't fully appreciate Jack's music for its strengths and instead wanted to hear more of the melody that Fahey could do so well. Fahey's shadow loomed too large. But still, I enjoyed Jack Rose's music a lot.
Fast forward to today and I've regularly had 5 (6 if you count Two Originals Of as two) of Jack's albums on continuous shuffle lately, really steeping in the moods. And oh, there are moods there, somewhat dark and beautiful ones. Spirits in the House is my favorite track because I think it really showcases Jack's strength with microtonal stuff so well. It's not all gold but the moments of beauty in dissonance are wonderful. Finally, it's Jack's particular use of drone, getting into microtonal territory, exploration of dissonances, and rhythmic emphasis on the 2 and 4 that seem like his hallmarks to me. Even though the writing on Kensington Blues is lovely, my favorite tracks, like Spirits in the House, are where Jack improvises into the unknown, going beyond the Fahey influence, even if it tends to meander at times (vs. the fully written material).
I met Jack at SXSW when I went for the Table of the Elements showcase (amazing!). He opened for the Grey Daturas in a small sparsely attended bar and I was just psyched to see him play. Afterwards, having had a couple and feeling bold, as Jack sidled up to the bar I called out "Jack, let me buy you a drink". He gave me a look of fear, like who is this stranger and what do they want and I just want to go hang with my friends. I tried to be merciful and only accosted him a short moment, giving my appreciation for his music and connection to Fredericksburg (my Mom is from there). He told me he got out of Fredericksburg as soon as he could. It's a nice place but that's understandable. He ordered a PBR and we wished each other the best.

Enterprise Group, Inc (TSX: E OTCQB: ETOLF) (the “Company” or “Enterprise”). Consolidator of energy service (including specialized equipment rental to the energy/resource sector) emphasizes technologies that mitigate, reduce, or eliminate CO2 and Green House Gas (GHG) emissions for small local and Tier One global resource clients.
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The Company’s Q4 and 2022 YoY earnings against the equivalent periods of 2021 are nothing short of exceptional. And the Company said that Q1 2023 is also shaping up to be very robust.
Audited numbers don’t lie.
Take a moment and digest these stats. If you own the shares, you should be impressed. If not, consider a second look. Once viewed, take in the Company’s very recent Letter to Shareholders detailing the impressive growth potential of the Canadian Oil and Gas industry. Enterprise is a significant source of on-site infrastructure supply and management that facilitates growth.
Here are the numbers. The comprehensive earnings can be seen in Monday morning’s comprehensive Press Release (March 20/23). The most exciting stat compares the YoY 2021 per share loss of (0.05) cents to the equivalent 2022 gain of 0.05 cents: A 200% movement of an overall 10 cents.
Enterprise shares trade at approximately CDN$0.40. For Investors and Shareholders, the Company keeps its LinkedInpage up to date with articles, videos, and commentary. Consider a Follow.
As well, the Company’s YouTube page is very informative. There will be new videos later this week.
OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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(1) Identified and defined under “Non-IFRS Measures.”
(2) The Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy and Rent Subsidy Programs ended in October 2021.
To provide further comparability to pre-COVID operations, the Company has presented adjusted gross margin and EBITDA to reflect the results of operations without any subsidy programs.
Enterprise Group Growth Points: FY 2022
· Higher capital spending in the energy industry and increased customer activity levels have resulted in improved results. During the year, Enterprise secured additional supply and services agreements with three of its tier-one clients, contributing to improved operating results.
· The Company believes its stock remains undervalued as the Company’s book value is $0.68 per share. In addition, the Company has available tax losses of $0.17 per share and is developing a consolidated tax plan to utilize those losses. Management will continue to be aggressive in acquiring its shares.
· During the year, Enterprise secured additional supply and services agreements with three of its tier-one clients, contributing to improved operating results.
· During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company purchased and cancelled 1,799,000 shares at $714,614, or $0.40 per share. These shares had a carrying value of $1.36 per share for $2,445,077, which has been removed from the share capital account. Since initiating the share buyback program, the Company has purchased and cancelled 10,057,500 shares at $2,391,560 or $0.24 per share.
· For the year ended December 31, 2022, the company generated cash flow from operations of $5,910,830 compared to $3,500,869 in the prior year. This change is consistent with the higher activity during the year — equipment fleet to meet customer demands.
· After year end on January 23, 2023, the Company’s common shares began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the ticker ETOLF. This listing will help to increase Enterprise’s visibility and accessibility to a growing audience of U.S. investors.
Bottom Line
There is the argument that Enterprise’s numbers are nothing short of extraordinary (use your own adjective). And the coming year, courtesy of increased Oil and Gas Capex spending, stellar management, and new clients with business expansion among existing, including Tier One concerns. As noted in the recent LTS:
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Over one year, the Company’s share price rose 40 plus percent, from 26 to 46 cents, a new high. For comparison, S&P lost 19.4%, the Nasdaq gained 8.7%, and the Dow was down almost 9%.
It seems the Company is gaining horsepower, eyeballs, and growth as well as a proxy for the exceptional CAPEX growth.
Stay tuned closely, as Q1 2023 is coming.

I'll cut to the chase.
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There's this girl who does seem to have an interest in me. I ignored all her smiling and any other similar attempts because I had this feeling that it wasn't me but probably somebody behind me.
We do work together just on the same floor but not in the same departments. I already sought advice on the relationship sub, but not much help came through.
I have had the luxury of saying no to a few girls in my life but that also means I have never approached one.
Now, why I am certain, is because we recently shared an elevator ride and I could definitely see her looking angry coz I was sticking to ignoring her.
Also, I will admit being an introvert, I kinda ran out of the elevator making it look like I was in a hurry. So yeah I made it worse.
As to why I did that is because I tend to attract a lot of controlling women/girls.
Anybody with experience who can say if me apologizing or approaching in an appropriate manner can salvage this? Or did I completely blow it apart?
Like should I wait at the elevator for her (because weirdly now her shift timing is the same as mine just as the first time I ran into her) and make an effort? Or something better? And yes the elevator is not a secluded spot if somebody starts thinking along those lines.

I know that whatever I upload is the main evidence the VA looks at and I did what I could, but I thought I'd ask anyway. Can I bring additional supporting evidence to a C&P exam? Not so I can shove it in the examiner's face, but for a "just-in-case" scenario. Would it be better to have it and not need it or is it pointless to bring anything overall? I just want to be as prepared as possible.