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I’ve always been confused about this but since I’m now unfortunately in one, how does the weight come off? Say I carry on with my same routine and I count my calories just as normal, and then one day I break through it, how will it show?
Like on the scale let’s say that during the start of my plateau I weigh 180lbs, and then after I break it, will the weight come off in a huge chunk and the scales just one day randomly say something like 170lbs? Or do the pounds drop off very little (180 > 179)
I hope this isn’t too confusing 😅

OpenAI has decided not to begin training GPT-5 yet, following concerns raised by many industry experts about the rapid progress of large language models. The company is focusing on enhancing safety measures, avoiding regulation of smaller AI startups, and actively engaging with global lawmakers and industry players to address the potential misuse of AI.
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Here's a recap:
OpenAI's Pause on GPT-5 Development: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has confirmed that the company isn't near starting the development of GPT-5.
- The decision was influenced by over 1,100 signatories, including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, calling for a halt on the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.
- Altman acknowledged that there was some nuance missing from the public appeal, but agreed on the need for a pause.
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OpenAI's Focus on Safety Measures: OpenAI is taking steps to mitigate potential risks associated with AI advancement.
- The company is employing measures such as external audits, red-teaming, and safety tests to evaluate potential dangers.
- Altman emphasized the rigorous safety measures taken when releasing GPT-4, noting that it took over six months of preparation before its release.
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OpenAI's Position on AI Regulation: Altman expressed opposition to the regulation of smaller AI startups during his discussion.
- The company advocates for regulation only on its own operations and those of larger entities.
- This stance demonstrates OpenAI's acknowledgement of the unique challenges and potential barriers smaller AI startups may face in the face of regulation.
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OpenAI's Global Outreach: Sam Altman is actively engaging with policymakers and industry figures worldwide to build confidence in OpenAI's approach.
- Altman is traveling internationally to meet with lawmakers and industry leaders to discuss potential AI abuses and preventive measures.
- These meetings underscore OpenAI's commitment to cooperating with regulatory bodies and its proactive stance on minimizing AI-associated risks.
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Source (Techcrunch)
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It’ll be my very first trip 🟨
First I thought I’d ask my brother to be my co-pilot for the day.
Then a friend asked whether we should have our very first trip together.
When I told my wife that he, my friend, would join me and also go on a trip, she started to get worried (she doesn’t like him much) and suggested that she could be my sitter.
I’d love that, since she is the one who I trust the most and who knows me best, but in the past she sometimes tends to worry a bit too much about stuff, like in general.
What’s your opinion fellow strangers I don’t know but still ask for advice? 😅

Hello gamers, as part of documenting the new Advanced consoles for the wiki, we have run into a bit of a roadblock in that we don't know what R&D materials the queues released after November 2015 drop - nor does it state in-game like older queues do.
Every advanced and elite queue in the game has an associated very rare quality R&D material with it, for example Vault: Ensnared and Crystalline Catastrophe on Advanced or Elite will always drop a Radiogenic Particle, Infected: The Conduit will always drop a Trellium-K, and so on. The wiki has this information noted for all queues released in Season 11: New Dawn and prior, but anything past that is a mystery (and is also when Cryptic stopped including it in queue descriptions). As a result, we need to know the associated R&D drops for the following queues:
Space

• Battle of Procyon V
  
• Best Served Cold
  
• Core Assault
  
• Days of Doom
  
• Defense of Starbase One
  
• Dranuur Gauntlet
  
• Gravity Kills
  
• Operation Riposte
  
• Peril Over Pahvo
  
• Swarm
  
• To Hell With Honor
  
• Twin Tribulations
  
• Tzenkethi Front
  

Ground

• Binary Circuit
  
• Dranuur Beach Assault
  
• Miner Instabilities
  
• Pahvo Dissension
  

You can see the current list of Advanced console component drops here.

So me and him were watching some football, just chilling, when we started debating about islom, when Iraq was brought up. So I say how women were treated if they werent wearing hijab and how many got killed, and he says that its 'western propaganda' and theyre just trying to get oil reserves from the country. I am looking at him, at this point in shock. He just erased women's suffering by saying it was all western propaganda. This man also happens to be homophobic too, saying i'm so naive i might believe that lgbt are okay. He also said how he would kill and mangle us if we were apostates. I'm in shock of this heartless man rn. I'm only 18 and i'm still gonna have to live with him? I'm bisexual and i'm feeling like he directed it towards me.

Hey guys, I am 26 years old living in Canada, and I have been pretty big on my finances for the last year. However, I made a big mistake, I transferred too much from my chequings to savings the day before my payday leaving (165$) and my car payment hit that night (189$). This inturn hit me with a 45$ fee, I am trying to see if I can get my bank to remove it as it’s my first offence and I have plenty in my savings as proof. But a little worried regarding my car. Do the payments generally get notified for when it doesn’t get paid?
Or how would I go about ensuring the car payment is fine? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

My social life is a disaster. I don't know how to make friends, let alone date. Part of it is just my nature for being very quiet and introverted, but I also feel like a lot of it was out of control.
When I was very young, in preschool, I developed a pretty huge bone cyst on my arm. The doctor said it was the size of a golf ball, the largest he'd ever seen. I didn't ever get treatment for it and it eventually went away on its own, but for awhile, I basically just had to live with an extremely brittle arm that could literally break just from falling over. So for that time, I was limited in just playing outside with other kids. I wasn't really allowed to play on the actual fun playground equipment where the other kids were. Sometimes I'd try and sneak in there for awhile but eventually they'd tell me to get down. I didn't even realize this was going on at the time but now I feel like that could have definitely impacted by social development.
Besides that, my family situation didn't help. I am an only child, which if you're at all familiar with stereotypes, meant that I didn't really have anyone to practice socializing with. I didn't really have anyone to play games or hang out with. I didn't even have cousins or anyone close to my age in my family that I regularly saw (one of my cousins on my dad's side is my age but I rarely saw them so they didn't really like me much anyways I don't think). I remember I would frequently try to get some of the younger adults in my family/family-friends to play a quick game with me but they usually declined. I think the most I had was my mom's friend's kid who was two years younger than me and we just kind of hung out whenever our moms did, which wasn't super often. My parents also divorced when I was young too (about 6 y/o) which probably didn't help in that.
My own nature definitely played a part in everything too... I know even back then I was already a fairly introverted kid. But all of this really didn't help the situation. I feel like I didn't even develop basic social skills that you need for making friends. And as the years went on in my childhood the difficulties sort of snowballed into each other since I was sort of behind. Eventually I was bullied a bit as a result which just made it even worse too, for awhile I avoided talking to anyone I didn't absolutely have to. So now as an adult I feel like I'm starting from scratch, which is rough. The most knowledge I have on socializing is stuff that was told to a 6 year old struggling to make friends well over a decade ago. Actually, while typing this, I think it just clicked. My conversational skills really feel like those of a child, not having any idea of what to do or how to keep a conversation going naturally, which might make a lot of sense actually.

Hi guys, I have a question regarding the tuition fees.
I am currently in British Columbia and will move permanently to Ottawa for the next years in September for graduate school.
Will I be charged the the fees of residing outside of Ontario or residing in Ontario?
I am moving in Ontario only in September itself when school starts.
Thanks

So I recently started playing Neptunia reverse and have absolutely zero prior experience with the Neptunia franchise but had been interested in trying it out for some time. I picked original mode as that was recommended for newbies like myself and didn’t want to be overwhelmed with a dozen party members right of the bat. I had just beaten the first chapter and was clicking through some information boxes when the game suddenly just gave me a ton of party members out of nowhere, some of which can even transform. I feel like I wasn’t supposed to get these or something and am honestly just very confused why the game gave me them so early. Should I have picked them up or was it like something extra if you wanted to have a strong party from the start?

I need help regarding my wages.
I have been part timing for an ice cream shop for about 1 and half month.
There was an incident in my first week (APRIL) where I accidentally left the ice cream freezer slide door opened and caused them to melt, I got a warning for that.
It then happened again but this time it had nothing to do with me and I wasn't consulted or anything. When I got my pay on the 8th of May, I was deducted $2400 without being told anything and so I have reported it to the labour department and will soon have a settlement agreement.
Now before the labour incident I was still working for them (MAY 1 to MAY 7) and they don't want to pay me those days/hours I worked for because I reported them and left.
Do they still need to pay me for those working days??

I'm not generalizing, but it's just something I've noticed in a couple of stories. When a villain character, whether they are the MC or not, shows off their OP powers the comments all praise it, they just go along and enjoy the ride.
But when a heroic character does the same thing, a lot of the comments just think it's cringe. If OP villain fics can be stretched to dozens of chapters while still being enjoyable(to certain audiences), I think OP hero fics can be too.

Was just rewatching The Lord Of The Rings:The Two Towers, and realized there was another franchise D&D ripped off besides Gladiator and The Chronicles Of Riddick those being two obvious ones. But of course they screwed it up.
Sansa and The Vale Army.
In LOTR they are at Helm's Deep. The Elves came but they were trounced pretty badly by the Orc and Uruk - hai army.
They are feeling dejected, people are scared. The Orcs and Uruk - hai are trying to break down the door and they are pretty much trapped in a confined area.
Aragorn is asking King Theodon is there no other way for the women and children to get out of the caves. But King Theodon is despondent. One of the others has a suggestion so Aragorn starts giving orders but Theodon has given up.
Aragorn sees this and challenges King Theodon to ride out with him, gives him the pep talk.
Gimli mentions the sun is rising, Aragorn looks up and we can hear his thoughts, he is remembering what Gandalf said: "Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn look to the East".
So Aragorn knows Gandalf is coming and chooses to say nothing.
King Theodon has been inspired and reinvigorated he agrees and gives his little speech and chooses to ride out like a champion. Just as the Orcs and Uruk -hai are pushing and hammering in the door about to break through.
Gimli sounds the horn, they ride through and out, the odds are overwhelmingly against them. They are outnumbered.
Then Gandalf appears on Shadowfax at the top of the hill. The Rohirrim show up behind him. They charge, and you get that beautiful iconic scene where they ride to the rescue in slo -mo to save the day against the ork Uruk - hai army that has the heroes surrounded in a confined space. They ride forward in slo mo shouting including Gandalf.
Cut to the giant Ents fighting and surrounding Sauroman's castle, I mean tower, to break the dam and take the castle, I mean tower.
I mean I get it. So many real creators and creative ideas out there, why not borrow them and twist them to your own use especially if you have no real ones of your own. The j.j. abrams method.
People do it all the time, there really is nothing new under the sun even in music. The difference is when real creatives borrow ideas they come up with something fresh and wonderful. Hacks, on the other hand remind you of Leatherface and Buffalo Bill, while entertaining, they're not fooling anyone.

Is there any way I can do a dual degree bachelor with minors while also taking on a masters. Or a way to take credits for other classes.
I am willing to take night classes and such to be able to do this.
I am interested in many things mainly : Science (Psychology (Does this count as science?) Physics and math), Arts (Music, animation, drama and theater and fashion), Tech (Comp science and AI is the major one), Business and entrepreneurship and English literature and History and Archeological studies.
I would want to either go to law school later on in life.
I also don't want to complete all my academic life in one institution so besides taking in research and participating in exchange programs from other unis. I at least want to do my PhD or after masters with PhD in another institution.
I feel like I will miss out professionally and personally (personal fulfillment since I love learning and studying and being in a setting where we are collaborative and are passionate about our work) if i pick one thing only. I know I can still do these things as hobbies on my own time but it is not the same thing.
I am also 22..almost 23. Gap cause of the covid thing and financial problems that arose and health issues in family. I am international. Non-us and non UK citizen. Would like to earn money part time or as a temp as well so I am not just living in an academia bubble and have some sort of fund. I also want to not me in school for 10 years or so. Preferably before I am 27 with at least one masters and bachelors obvi.
Please advise.

Hi! I am graduating this July and I currently have one job, and an offer waiting for me to accept. I want to ask regarding doing two jobs, one freelance VA work (fully remote), and the tentative one is a full-time marketing role in Makati. Here's some factors that might help (please let me know what else might help):
Current Job (VA work)

• 31k salary
• 21:00 - 05:00, M - F
• Online WFH, VA for real estate company
  
• Currently staying at 5k rent + utilities
  
• Low workload, so sometimes i can sleep because i can sleep after 2-3 hours of work
  

New Job (Marketing Job)

• 30k basic plus 4,500-taxable allowance + HMO (6 months probationary period)
• Will increase to 36-40k after regularization with 20k quarterly bonus (multiplicative based on performance)
• 9:00 - 18:00, M - F
• Office-based (10-minute walk to Makati CBD), Marketing for a company in Makati
• Would have to relocate for 9k monthly condo-sharing (inclusive of rent, utilities, plus internet), fully-furnished so I just would have to move.
• Unknown workload
• Gave verbal agreement, but they have to change start date after negotiations (wouldn't have been finished with graduation before the initial one.

As mentioned, my current job is paying me 30k as well but the workload isn't that heavy. I was hoping to keep the job, but since they (my new company, PH-based) found me through Linkedin, they can see that I still have my employment tag with my VA work (US company). During the interview, I said that I was willing to drop my VA job, but knowing how easy the other job is, I'm having second thoughts actually dropping it.
Questions:

1. I need to update my LinkedIn (or do I?) but that would mean that I would have to say that I'm not working with the VA company anymore.
2. From what I know, having two jobs in the US is not perceived as bad, and on top of that, my US boss is pretty chill. 1. Also, in my contract for my new company, it says I can't work for any competitor company during my employment (which my current job isn't). I was wondering: how I should approach my US boss regarding this?

I live in the United Kingdom I am 25 years old I was moving around and had a very disturbed childhood primarily due to my youngest sister having a myriad of disabilities, I do not want to attest my poor performance in school to this but I feel it did have an impact. I got the bare minimum grade in Math, English and Science I went on to College, failed 2/3 the courses I took due to a lack of passion, as my options on what I could take were limited due to my terrible school grades. I passed ICT, but did not get into the 2nd year I then did my second year at another college in games design, passed.
I have worked in retail in various positions, but never anything of a manager role. I have 9 years of retail and hospitality experience, and 6 years experience as a voluntary community manager for an MMO, that I received a letter of recommendation from.
My availability is locked at around 8am to 10pm because I still live with my parents and my little sister, they wont allow me work earlier or later because of her, and most supervisor positions I COULD get and have interviewed me, require me to start at 5am.
I can get these jobs if I move out, but to move out I need money, and to get money I need a job that pays well.
What do I do, I am 25 stuck living with my parents and I feel like a failure, I have been depressed my entire life having not amounted to anything but now I have a partner that loves me, but she lives in another country and the only way for me to get her here is if I can provide for her. She has better qualifications than me too, and has already said she will work with me and we will provide with each-other, but this hurdle, just getting something that can pay a living wage so I can move out feels suffocating.
I dreamed big once, wanting to get into music, wanting to sing, but every 3 years I have lowered my goals over and over because it felt like life would drown out those ambitions, now all I want is to be financially stable with a standard job, have I even failed that?
Any advice will help, I feel so lost.

suggestion 1, bot upgrade: add more bots, this time the bots will be less conservative making more frequent attacks however with less troops. the bots will also attack the strongest zombie next to them, and if they are landlocked completely, the bots will donate to another bot instead of an actual human because a bot cannot tell the difference between a fullsender and a good player
suggestion 2, zombie downgrade: zombies will forcibly attack a player who uses more than 50% first instead of another person to get them out of the game, however they are leaving more smarter players left who will later destroy all the bots due to the bots being distracted or the bots preventing the expansion of the dumbest crown player ever.
suggestion 3, player upgrade: players will get 2x interest and will expand faster, also a cap that prevents players from using more than 50% of their troops. however to compensate, there will be less bots, meaning less actual smart robots that are better at expanding than 70% of players
suggestion 4, land upgrade: allied forces such as players and bots will gain over 250 troops from each pixel rather than 150, also the interest of every allied player will be about 1.5x faster to fill up the amount of troops faster, providing a better advantage against bots
suggestion 5, ocean upgrade: zombies have to wait around 10 seconds after boating, this is to make it easier for players to expand. another thing is to ban everyone who fullsends make zombies have half of their usual interest if a zombie gets around 10,000 land. Players will lose less resources on a boat allowing their boats to travel more efficiently and more further out to sea, this could potentially allow powerful players in particular to get to the mainland
suggestion 6, attack upgrade: when allied players (or bots) attack zombies, their attacks will use up less troops to capture land than usual, making it more easy and efficient to expand through zombie territory (Please do not think that 2 troops will take over 100,000 pixels)
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ACF or "Advanced Custon Fields" is a WordPress plugin that enables developers to extend the default functionality of WordPress by adding custom fields. It provides an interface to create, manage, and display custom fields.
You can download ACF from the official WordPress plugin repository or install it directly from the WordPress dashboard by searching for "Advanced Custom Fields" in the plugins section.
Creating Custom Fields: ACF allows you to create custom fields for different content types, including posts, pages, custom post types, and even user profiles. Once the plugin is activated, a new "Custom Fields" menu will appear in the WordPress admin sidebar. From there, you can create field groups, which are containers for organizing and grouping related fields.
Field Types and Options: ACF offers a wide range of field types to suit different data types and input requirements. Some commonly used field types include text, textarea, image, WYSIWYG editor, select, checkbox, date picker, and relationship fields. Each field type has its own set of options and settings, allowing you to control how the data is collected and displayed.
Displaying The Custom Fields: After creating custom fields, you need to integrate them into your theme templates to display the data on the front end. ACF provides simple functions that allow you to retrieve and display the values of custom fields within your theme files. These functions make it easy to customize the appearance and structure of your website based on the data stored in the custom fields.
Some common functions are:

1. get_field($field_name, $post_id) : This function retrieves the value of a specific custom field. The $field_name parameter specifies the name of the field or field key, and the $post_id parameter (optional) indicates the post ID from which the field value should be retrieved. If $post_id is omitted, the function will automatically use the current post.

Example:

$value = get_field('custom_field_name'); 

1. the_field($field_name, $post_id) : Similar to get_field(), this function retrieves and displays the value of a custom field. It automatically echoes the value instead of returning it, making it convenient for direct output in template files.

Example:

the_field('custom_field_name'); 

1. get_sub_field($field_name): This function is used specifically for retrieving values of subfields within a repeater or flexible content field. It retrieves the value of a subfield based on the provided $field_name
   the_sub_field('subfield_name');
   
2. get_fields($post_id): This function retrieves an array of all custom fields associated with a specific post or the current post if no $post_id is provided. Please note that the function is "get_fields", and not "get_field" - the first function I mentioned.
   $fields = get_fields();
   
3. have_rows($field_name, $post_id) : This function checks if a repeater or flexible content field has rows to iterate over. It returns a boolean value indicating whether rows are available or not.
   if (have_rows('repeater_field_name')) { while (have_rows('repeater_field_name')) { the_row(); // Display subfield values here } }
   

Conditional Logic: ACF's conditional logic feature adds an extra layer of flexibility to your custom fields. You can set rules to show or hide specific fields based on certain conditions. This feature is particularly useful when you want to create dynamic and interactive forms or when you need to display different sets of fields based on user input or specific page/post attributes.
ACF is extremely powerful and you can do a lot with it. Feel free to refer to the official ACF documentation for more detailed guides.