u/iamanonymouami

I don't know anything about Greek & their mythology. I want to experience the entire Trojan saga in the most rewarding way possible.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is releasing soon, and it's made me realize I've never actually read Homer or the Greek epics.

At first, I thought I'd simply read The Iliad before The Odyssey. Then I learned that The Iliad only covers about few days near the end of the Trojan War. It doesn't include the beginning of the war, the Trojan Horse, or even the fall of Troy. After that I discovered that many of the original epics (like the Cypria, Aethiopis, Little Iliad, Iliupersis, etc.) are lost. And The Trojan Saga also not enough, it is part of Greek Mythology.

Now I'm confused.

I'm not looking for the minimum reading required to understand The Odyssey, and I'm not looking for a YouTube summary or a "just read Homer" answer.

What I want is to experience the Greek Mythology & Trojan saga as a coherent story, with as much emotional impact as possible.

So my questions are:

1. If you were introducing someone to the Greek Mythology & Trojan saga for the first time, what order would you recommend?

2. Are there novels or retellings or videos that faithfully reconstruct the lost epics without changing too much?

I'd especially love to hear from people who know everything about Greek Mythology and Trojan Saga.

Context - My Previous Post :

I recently came across a case where a student had his Aadhaar biometrics locked for safety.

At the JEE exam centre, the first Aadhaar biometric verification failed because the biometrics were locked. The invigilator then asked the student to sign a form acknowledging that his Aadhaar was locked.

After a few minutes, the invigilator allegedly said they had “bypassed” the lock. The student also saw “BYPASSED” on the computer screen. After that, the student was allowed to verify using fingerprint again.

Later, the student checked Aadhaar authentication history for that day. The Aadhaar was still shown as locked, and only one authentication attempt was visible: the first failed attempt by AUA RailTel Corporation of India Limited. There was no visible log of the second fingerprint verification.

This raised a serious question for me:

If Aadhaar biometrics are locked, how did biometric verification work again without the student unlocking it through OTP/login?

So I filed my first RTI asking NTA for the official procedure.

My RTI questions were:

1. Copies of circulars/SOPs/instructions issued to exam centres, invigilators, centre superintendents, or vendors for handling JEE candidates whose Aadhaar biometrics are locked.

2. The official fallback procedure when Aadhaar biometric verification fails due to locked biometrics.

3. Copies of instructions permitting bypass/override/alternative verification at the exam centre.

4. Whether the centre must obtain written consent, declaration, or undertaking before using an alternative verification method.

5. The vendor/agency responsible for biometric verification and its documented role in handling locked biometrics.

6. The procedure followed when Aadhaar biometric verification fails first but the candidate is later permitted entry.

7. Copies of any risk assessment, legal opinion, or privacy review conducted by NTA on Aadhaar-based biometric verification at exam centres.

NTA’s reply:

For points 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7, they said the information is “confidential” under RTI Sections 8(1)(e) and 8(1)(d).

For points 4 and 6, they said the information is “not collated in desired format” under Sections 3, 2(f), and 2(j).

My points:

1: How is the entire SOP/circular/instruction confidential? RTI exists so citizens can know how public authorities function. If there are security-sensitive parts, those parts can be redacted. But the entire handling procedure for students with locked biometrics should not be hidden.

2: This is the most important question. Many students need to know what happens if their Aadhaar biometric verification fails. This directly affects exam entry. How can the official fallback procedure be treated as fully confidential?

3: If bypass/override/alternative verification is allowed, the public should at least know the rule under which it is allowed. I am not asking for source code, passwords, or internal security keys. I am asking whether such a process is officially permitted.

4: This was a direct and clear question. If a student is asked to sign something before alternative verification, is that required by any rule?

5: If a vendor/agency is doing biometric verification at a national exam centre, why is the agency name and documented role fully confidential? This involves public examination administration and student identity verification.

6: This was also a practical question. If first verification fails but the candidate is later allowed entry, what procedure is followed? Saying “not collated” does not answer whether there is a record, SOP, incident process, or fallback rule.

7: If Aadhaar-based biometric verification is being used at exam centres, asking whether NTA conducted any privacy review, risk assessment, or legal opinion is not unreasonable. This affects lakhs of students.

This was my first time filing an RTI, so maybe my wording was not perfect. If anyone experienced with RTI thinks my questions could have been framed better, please suggest how I should ask in First Appeal or a fresh RTI.

But I still feel the core issue is valid:

If locked Aadhaar biometrics can somehow be “bypassed” at an exam centre, we deserve to know how, UIDAI literally have our fingerprint and iris data, and this locked feature adhere usage of this.

This was my first time filing an RTI, so maybe my wording was not perfect. If anyone experienced with RTI thinks my questions could have been framed better, please suggest how I should ask in First Appeal or a fresh RTI.

I wanna know that, is it really problem in my question framing so I can first appeal with better version or instead of asking NTA, I should ask UIDAI or RTI not going to give answers?

Hi everyone, I need help diagnosing a random shutdown / power surge warning issue.

PC randomly shuts off and shows an ASUS motherboard warning about a power surge being detected, saying it shut down to protect the system. The strange thing is that it can work perfectly for a few days, then suddenly the problem happens again.

Specs:

- CPU: Intel

- Motherboard: ASUS board, seems to be in good physical condition

- PSU: 450W, cheap one

- No UPS

What I checked:

- BIOS hardware monitor shows the 5V rail going very high, around 5.64V–5.70V (and when PC works, it normally idle at 5.4 or 5.35 minimum)

- Multimeter on the main motherboard/ATX cable shows around 5.26V

- Multimeter on SATA power shows around 5.30V

(whether PC work or not, where PC on or off, even during high load)

- I tested with direct AC wall power and also with a modified sine wave inverter

- I removed heavy-load appliances from the circuit

- Same issue/result

- PC can run fine for days, then randomly ASUS surge protection triggers and powers it off

-Other Voltage in BIOS: CPU: 1.152~ 3.3V: 3.392~ 12V: 12.000V~

I know the normal 5V range should be about 4.75V to 5.25V, so the multimeter readings are already slightly high, while BIOS is much higher.

My question:

Is this more likely to be a failing/unstable PSU, or could it be a bad ASUS motherboard voltage sensor / false anti-surge detection?

Thanks for any advice.

Hi,

From what I can see in the current Devvit docs, the User object only exposes getSnoovatarUrl(). I understand that this works for Snoovatars, but I don’t see any documented iconUrl, avatarUrl, profilePictureUrl, or similar field for users who use a normal uploaded profile picture/DP.

So I wanted to ask:

1. Is it correct that Devvit currently does not expose the user’s normal/custom profile picture, and only exposes the Snoovatar URL?
2. If a user has uploaded a custom profile picture instead of using a Snoovatar, should I expect getSnoovatarUrl() to return undefined? Or is there any other supported field/API I should be using?
3. Is there any official/supported workaround for this?
4. Also, for a brand-new Reddit account that still has the default Reddit profile image/avatar, does that default image count as a Snoovatar for getSnoovatarUrl(), or is it considered a separate/default profile picture?

Is there any work currently planned for exposing the normal profile picture URL in Devvit? I saw an older GitHub feature request from November 2024 asking for this (reddit/devvit#121: “Add a way to get the user's profile picture”), but I couldn’t tell if there has been any progress or planned API support since then.

Thanks!

In Reddit Mod Tools & Migrated Apps Hackathon and I wanted clarification on app visibility requirements.

Current state:

- App is uploaded ("devvit upload")

- Visibility shows "Private"

- Status shows "Uploaded"

- The app is installed and working in public test subreddit (<200 members)

Questions:

1. Is "Uploaded + Private" sufficient for hackathon judging, or does the app also need "devvit publish"?

2. If the app is not published/public, how do judges access/evaluate it?

3. For moderator-only tools, is a public demo post + video walkthrough acceptable if full actions require moderator permissions?

4. If I publish and it enters review, can I stop it before it get public?

5. How much Devpost submission fields (tool overview, impact, testing instructions, etc.), writing matters? Do judge judge on the basis of this?

Thanks!

In a Reddit Devvit moderation tool, what are the possible places where a moderator can click to open the tool.

My requirement:

I do not want the tool to exist only inside a normal Reddit post or comment with a button inside it.

I want a button or menu item that stays in a standard Reddit place, so moderators can always find it easily.

I know Devvit can add menu actions to posts, comments, or subreddit 3 dot menus, but I want to understand what is actually possible.

Basically, I want the closest possible thing to a fixed mod-tool button for my subreddit.

Edit: Consise version

Hi Devvit/Reddit devs,

I’m building a moderation tool with Devvit Web and I’m trying to understand which moderation features are actually exposed through Devvit/API versus handled internally by Reddit’s native UI.

Relevant APIs I found:

reddit.getSubredditRemovalReasons(subredditName)

subreddit.getRemovalReasons()

post.addRemovalNote({ reasonId, modNote })

comment.addRemovalNote({ reasonId, modNote })

reddit.banUser({
  subredditName,
  username,
  reason,
  message,
  note,
  duration,
  context,
})

RemovalReason appears to only contain:

{
  id: string;
  title: string;
  message: string;
}

The issue is that Reddit’s native removal UI includes built-in options like:

Breaking platform rules

Harassment
Hate
Threatening Violence
Other

These do not appear in getSubredditRemovalReasons().

So I’m trying to understand:

1. Are native removal reasons exposed anywhere in Devvit or Reddit APIs?

2. If a moderator selects “Breaking platform rules” in Reddit’s UI, does that correspond to a valid reasonId usable with addRemovalNote()?

3. Are native subcategories (Harassment, Hate, etc.) available anywhere as enums/constants/API data?

4. Reddit’s native ban UI also shows default reasons even when a subreddit has no custom rules. Are those exposed through Devvit/API?

5. Devvit exposes removal reasons, but is there any API for other saved response categories such as:

   • Bans
   • Mod Mail
   • General responses

6. If not, is the recommended approach for Devvit apps to maintain their own template or saved-response system?

Mainly looking for confirmation on what is officially supported versus internal-only behavior so Devvit apps can match Reddit’s native moderation flow as closely as possible.

Thanks.

Context:

Platform: Devvit SDK
Version: @devvit/public-api v0.12.23
Method: post.addRemovalNote() / comment.addRemovalNote()

The Problem:

There is a contract mismatch between the Devvit TypeScript SDK and the Reddit backend validation logic for removal notes. While the SDK defines modNote as an optional parameter (modNote?: string), providing an empty string or omitting the field entirely causes the backend to reject the request.

Exact Error Message: When submitting a removal with an empty modNote, the following error is returned:

{"error": "2 UNKNOWN: grpc invocation failed with status 2; Bad request: JSON missing key: \"mod_note\"\nError in field: mod_note"}

Bug:

1. Documentation Inconsistency: The official documentation and the TypeScript types state that modNote is optional.
2. UI Inconsistency: In the native Reddit desktop/mobile moderation interface, a removal reason can be applied without a custom moderator note.
3. Serialization Issue: It appears the Devvit SDK's internal gRPC-to-JSON serialization is dropping the mod_note key when the string is empty (Standard Proto3 behavior), but the Reddit backend API gateway has a strict "Required" validator on that specific JSON key.

How to Reproduce:

// This fails 
await item.addRemovalNote({ reasonId: "your_reason_id", modNote: "" // or simply omitting this line });

Temporary Workaround: I have confirmed that passing a single space characters satisfies the backend validator:

// This succeeds await item.addRemovalNote({ reasonId: "your_reason_id", modNote: " " });

Requested Fix:

Please update the backend validator to allow a missing or null mod_note key, or update the SDK to ensure the key is always present in the JSON payload even if empty, to align with the advertised TypeScript interface.