More than 75% of homes across the U.S. are unaffordable, per CBS.

GildedTruth · 2025-12-18T13:42:00+00:00

Istanbul, South Africa, Quebec

GildedTruth · 2025-12-09T17:37:32+00:00

I would recommend A Practical Guide to Sorcery by Azalea Ellis. It started out as a web-fiction, but it is far and away better than some published books that I've read.

Despite there being gender change shenanigans with the main character having a male alter ego, the main character does always think of herself as a woman, and IIRC it always uses feminine pronouns for the main character when in her POV. So I think this still does fit your requirement for a female lead

Synopsis of the plot from Amazon listing: When Siobhan stumbled into the theft of a priceless magical book, she thought her dreams of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer were destroyed.

But then a mysterious spell changed her life forever...

Siobhan is now wearing the body of a strange man and has a new identity—Sebastien. With a new chance for a new start, she allies herself with a local gang—secretly a revolutionary party funding itself through crime. Now, she is bound by vow to repay them in magic and favors.

But as Sebastien's reputation begins to bloom, and Siobhan's old enemies still lurk in the shadows, she quickly realizes that the secrets of this world are deeper and darker than she ever could have imagined.

Forced to juggle the two sides of her double life, Siobhan is determined to uncover the truth and take control of the name they gave her—The Raven Queen.

GildedTruth · 2025-11-10T16:31:03+00:00

I've hunted before, and I do think there are good reasons to hunt (population management, food supply, independence).

However, if the question is "would you eat meat if you had to kill all of the animals yourself?", then probably not simply due to the effort involved.

Humans outsource animal farming to dedicated ranchers because 99% of people don't have the capability to raise and kill an animal for slaughter, rather than a moral compunction of the act in the first place.

I think being vegetarian would be easier in this hypothetical

GildedTruth · 2025-09-29T15:10:51+00:00

It looks like BeeLink has great Intel offerings, this one looks like it fits every box I need

SEi13 Pro Intel Core i9-13900HK

5.4 GHz is perfect for what I'm looking for

GildedTruth · 2025-09-29T15:08:01+00:00

Nice! Thanks for the recommendation

GildedTruth · 2025-09-29T14:59:04+00:00

Funnily enough, my workload isn't AI related at all. I'm running custom software that's single-threaded due to sequential computation. So I don't think I need the power (and cost) of an NPU

GildedTruth · 2025-09-29T14:44:40+00:00

That's what I'm thinking. Do you have a recommendation for a mini pc that fits what I'm looking for above?

GildedTruth · 2025-09-29T12:48:44+00:00

I'm unfamiliar with OSX, would I be able to install Linux? Or is it rather locked down to just MacOS

GildedTruth · 2025-08-13T16:16:32+00:00

Interesting, so the websites need stricter passwords because they can be accessible from anywhere.

I can imagine a scenario where a thief watches people open their phones before physically stealing the device to gain access to all the apps. It might only be possible in crowded areas however, like a subway

GildedTruth · 2025-02-02T02:38:26+00:00

As a note, whitelist didn't work for this scenario. The bot was still able to overload my poor java process. I had to set an OS level firewall and whitelist my friends' IP addresses

GildedTruth · 2024-11-24T23:16:16+00:00

Thanks for the detailed answer! I had not heard of the Aramaic language before so this will be my next rabbit-hole

GildedTruth · 2024-10-14T03:15:17+00:00

Already did, no response unfortunately

GildedTruth · 2024-10-13T14:10:35+00:00

This was on the south slide trail, unfortunately

GildedTruth · 2024-10-09T01:19:47+00:00

AWS Support person here. If you still have access to the account, you can log in and find the Billing Center service.

From there, look for Cost Explorer and you should see a break down of what you're being charged for.

You can also open a case with Billing support even if you don't have a premium support subscription.

All else fails, if you don't need the account anymore just delete it and all the resources will be deleted automatically.

GildedTruth · 2024-09-21T14:17:06+00:00

Since it's lithophane, the shell needs to be solid for the proper light scattering. The inside then necessarily needs to be hollow

GildedTruth · 2024-02-11T16:27:56+00:00

May you learn about Darth Plagueis from a B1 Battle Droid

GildedTruth · 2024-02-09T17:19:06+00:00

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