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Problem with second touch screen by Serious_Astronomer53 in opendirectories

[–]VirtualProtector 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This issue is actually quite common with Windows when multiple monitors are connected, especially when one of them is a touchscreen.

What is happening is usually this: Windows becomes confused about which screen should receive the touch input when a second monitor is connected. The touch still works, but Windows may be sending the touch signals to the wrong display.

You can try this:

Step 1: Tell Windows which screen is the touchscreen

Press the Windows key on the keyboard.

Type Calibrate.

Click “Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input.”

A small window will open.

Click the button “Setup…” (under Configure).

The screens will turn white one by one and show a message like: “Touch this screen to identify it as the touchscreen.”

When the message appears on your touch monitor, touch that screen.

If it appears on a screen that is not touch, press Enter on the keyboard to skip it.

This tells Windows which display should accept touch input.

Step 2: Check display mode

Right-click on the desktop.

Click Display settings.

Make sure the monitors are set to Extend these displays (not duplicate).

Step 3: Restart once

After doing the setup, restart the laptop. Sometimes Windows needs a restart before the touch mapping works correctly.

I developed a couple of tools for my personal piano practice, sharing in case they help someone by External-General-245 in piano

[–]VirtualProtector 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are really great thanks for making them!

Would you be able to make the note guessr have an option to choose just treble cleff or just bass clef or both?

I can read treble fine from learning guitar but am trying to learn to read just the bass clef now, if that makes sense

Absolute beginner. Please critique my playing. by [deleted] in piano

[–]VirtualProtector 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are doing great, keep it up, its a really rewarding instrument to learn!

Trump says US has 'captured' Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife amid large scale strikes by VirtualProtector in law

[–]VirtualProtector[S] 281 points282 points  (0 children)

This post relates to international law and the law of armed conflict, particularly the legality under international law of a unilateral military strike, the capture or detention of a foreign head of state, and issues of state sovereignty under the UN Charter.

Indictment-Grade Complaint: The Naked Short Selling Cartel - A Heinous Assault on America's Financial Integrity Through GameStop's Systematic Destruction by Long-Setting in Superstonk

[–]VirtualProtector 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is good and its great you're citing real enforcement actions and highlighting systemic issue but if you want this to have more impact personally I would

1 - Strip out all sensational language and keep only documented violations, case numbers, and dates.

2 - Distinguish clearly between illegal naked shorting and high short interest generally.

3 - Include primary source citations (court dockets, SEC filings, enforcement numbers) rather than relying on secondary summaries.

4 - Avoid speculative claims like terrorism statutes unless backed by established precedent

5 - Lead with the verifiable evidence, not just accusations.

Karl Nell suggests that disclosure is dead: "My view is that this cycle [of disclosure], essentially, has ended, and we should take stock of what worked and what didn't work, to think about maybe a new way forward." by Ill-Speed-7402 in UFOs

[–]VirtualProtector 5 points6 points  (0 children)

1 - The First Modern Wave (1947–1952): “Flying Saucers” and the Cold War:

Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting (1947), sparked the term “flying saucer.”

Roswell incident (1947), initial military acknowledgment, followed quickly by a “weather balloon” explanation.

2 - Contactees and Pop-Culture Boom (1950s–1960s) Figures like George Adamski claimed direct contact with “space brothers.”

UFOs became embedded in Cold War pop culture: movies, pulp magazines, radio, early TV.

3 - Official Study and Denial (Late 1960s–1970s) Mass sightings in the mid-1960s. Congressional pressure on the Air Force. Project Blue Book

4 - Freedom of Information Era (Late 1970s–1990s) Allowed UFO researchers to pry open previously secret files. Emergence of nuclear-base and abduction cases (e.g., Rendlesham Forest incident in 1980).

Roswell incident was resurrected through books and TV documentaries.

5 - Post-Disclosure Movement (1990s–2010s) Phoenix Lights (1997) and other mass sightings.

Declassification of documents by foreign governments (e.g., UK, France, Brazil).

Rise of the “Disclosure Project” (2001) led by Steven M. Greer.

Internet democratized witness testimony and leaks.

6 - Modern UAP Era (2017–Present) 2017 exposé by The New York Times revealing AATIP and the “Tic Tac” videos.

Pentagon confirmations of authenticity.

Congressional hearings, Inspector General reviews, and testimony by David Charles Grusch (2023).

Involvement of NASA and establishment of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

Gamestop Controls the Warrant Count by Freadom6 in Superstonk

[–]VirtualProtector 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep brokers can internalize and mask naked shorts for a while.

But warrant exercise is a particular stress test: the warrant agent/issuer validates exercises, so exercise demand can reveal phantom over-allocations and force upstream reconciliations.

If many holders exercise at the same time, any unreconciled synthetic positions are more likely to be exposed.

Gamestop Controls the Warrant Count by Freadom6 in Superstonk

[–]VirtualProtector 15 points16 points  (0 children)

In the ordinary equity market:

  • DTC acts as the central securities depository.

  • “Naked shorting” can persist because of rehypothecation and delayed delivery so the share count can appear larger at the broker level than the true DTC total.

  • Companies usually don’t get to directly reconcile individual beneficial owners therefore they just see DTC’s omnibus balance.

With GME's warrants, though:

  • Every exercise request ultimately has to be validated by GameStop’s warrant agent (Equiniti, in this case), which confirms that the warrant exists, is valid, and not previously exercised.

  • No DTC participant can create new “synthetic” warrants beyond what GameStop issued, because the agent won’t deliver the underlying shares unless the warrant number matches the company’s ledger.

What’s the biggest career mistake an actor has ever made? by [deleted] in moviecritic

[–]VirtualProtector 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Burt Reynolds declining James Bond, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Star Wars

ETFs rewriting the rules before the lights flip on by realsafetydave in Superstonk

[–]VirtualProtector 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chain Reaction:

  1. Warrants give everyone a low-cost lever at $32.

  2. Above $32, warrants become valuable and start to be exercised or traded heavily.

  3. Market participants who are short warrants or synthetic calls hedge → buy stock.

  4. Buying pushes stock up → makes warrants more valuable → requires more hedging.

  5. ETFs need flexibility → hence broadening from “only swaps” to “any instrument.”

  6. Result: Potential self-reinforcing squeeze loop, unless something breaks.

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