u/hotdognicarla123

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Mine would be >!Gavriel or Asterin. Their sacrifices were pivotal to the plot but I think that Aedion/Manon deserve to build proper relationships with them. Aedion barely knew Gavriel and Manon didn't get to build a relationship with Asterin that wasn't under strict Blackbeak rules and pressure.!<

I thought learning Japanese would be “learn Japanese.”

Turns out it’s:

kana game

kanji game

vocab game

grammar game

listening game

speaking game

politeness game

“why is this particle here” game

And each game has its own tools.

I’m trying to avoid using 19 apps and burning out, so I made a simple beginner stack:

Kana

Tofugu kana guide

Kanji

WaniKani or Kanji Study

Grammar

Cure Dolly / Tae Kim / Genki, depending on pain tolerance

Dictionary

Jisho / Akebi / Takoboto

Vocab

Anki sentence cards

Listening

Japanese with Shun / Comprehensible Japanese

Speaking

ISSEN for tiny voice conversations

My question:

For people past beginner level, what part did you over-study and what part did you neglect?

I suspect I’m over-studying kanji and under-studying listening/speaking.

So I've been in a reading slump for a few months now and would like to get back into reading. I've been wanting to explore queer romantasy books, so any suggestions you have will be greatly appreciated!

run an options bot, banknifty mostly. every expiry afternoon my websocket reconnects 3-4 times during the worst possible window and my position tracking drifts.

ive done the reconnect logic, heartbeats, backoff, all of it. still happens. is this just every broker or is there one that actually stays connected when it matters.

I run a small performance marketing setup (around 5–7 clients), and we’ve just been slowly trying different AI tools to reduce manual work where it makes sense.

Right now it’s pretty basic on our side: We use ChatGPT for quick weekly ad performance summaries and rough optimization ideas for Google and Meta campaigns. It helps speed up the first pass, but we still do most of the real analysis manually.

We also use Make.com for simple automations like moving leads from forms into Sheets and sending basic notifications. Nothing advanced, just cleaning up repetitive work.

On the operations side, we’ve also been testing AdsPower mainly to keep different client accounts separated when switching between setups, but still early days.

We haven’t really explored tools like Claude or other newer AI agents yet, mostly just sticking to the basics so far.

Curious what others here are actually using day to day in a similar setup, especially anything that’s genuinely improved workflow rather than just being “nice to have”.

Looking for ideas for a book concept I've been playing around with

i think i was calling everything “hair fall” when half of it was breakage.

what i’m checking now:

full long strand with white bulb = shedding tiny uneven pieces = breakage hair feels rough/frizzy = shaft damage scalp itchy/oily/flaky = scalp issue part line widening = take seriously front thinning with tight bun = maybe traction

so my routine is split now.

scalp side: gentle cleanse, dandruff control if needed, Be Bodywise hair growth serum on clean scalp.

length side: conditioner/mask, Tangle Teezer, microfibre towel, no heat abuse.

is this the right way to think or am i oversimplifying?

i’ve been seeing more futures listing events lately, and i’m kind of mixed on them.

on one hand, i get why exchanges run them. a new pair needs attention, traders want something to watch, and extra rewards can make the launch feel more active.

but the part i keep thinking about is whether these events actually help traders, or just push people to trade more than they planned.

i saw one around SPCX on BYDFI, and it made me think about this again. not really trying to talk about the event itself. more the general idea of listing rewards, tasks, and volume based incentives around new futures pairs.

if someone already planned to trade that market, then sure, extra rewards are basically a small bonus. no big deal.

but if the event makes you deposit, chase volume, or take trades you would not normally take, then it feels like the reward is doing the opposite of helping.

new futures pairs can already be messy. spreads, liquidity, volatility, and weird first day price action matter way more than the event around it.

so my current view is pretty simple: only join passively. if you were already trading there, fine. if you’re changing your plan just to qualify for something, probably not worth it.

curious how other people treat these.

do you actually join listing events, or do you ignore them unless you were already going to trade that pair anyway?

Hi everyone, I'm starting my own business and currently only know that I want to manufacture toy-related products, but I don't know how to find reliable suppliers. I've tried looking for distributors, but I lack the experience to judge which distributors are trustworthy, so I tried Alibaba's Accio Sourcing Toolkit. It listed a series of suppliers based on my requirements. How can I determine if the suppliers it recommends are reliable? Are there any other ways to find trustworthy suppliers? I’d really appreciate your advice.