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>First, we’ve discovered that about a quarter of all the internet connection in or out of the house were ad related. In a few hours, that’s about 10,000 out of 40,000 processed.

>We also discovered that every link on Twitter was blocked. This was solved by whitelisting the https://t.co domain.

>Once out browsing the Web, everything is loading pretty much instantly. It turns out most of that Page Loading malarkey we’ve been accustomed to is related to sites running auctions to sell Ad space to show you before the page loads. All gone now.

>We then found that the Samsung TV (which I really like) is very fond of yapping all about itself to Samsung HQ. All stopped now. No sign of any breakages in its function, so I’m happy enough with that.

>The primary source of distress came from the habitual Lemmings player in the house, who found they could no longer watch ads to build up their in-app gold. A workaround is being considered for this.

>The next ambition is to advance the Ad blocking so that it seamlessly removed YouTube Ads. This is the subject of ongoing research, and tinkering continues. All in all, a very successful experiment.

>Certainly this exceeds my equivalent childhood project of disassembling and assembling our rotary dial telephone. A project whose only utility was finding out how to make the phone ring when nobody was calling.

>Update: All4 on the telly appears not to have any ads any more. Goodbye Arnold Clarke!

>Lemmings problem now solved.

>Can confirm, after small tests, that RTÉ Player ads are now gone and the player on the phone is now just delivering swift, ad free streams at first click.

>Some queries along the lines of “Are you not stealing the internet?” Firstly, this is my network, so I may set it up as I please (or, you know, my son can do it and I can give him a stupid thumbs up in response). But there is a wider question, based on the ads=internet model.

>I’m afraid I passed the You Wouldn’t Download A Car point back when I first installed ad-blocking plug-ins on a browser. But consider my chatty TV. Individual consumer choice is not the method of addressing pervasive commercial surveillance.

>Should I feel morally obliged not to mute the TV when the ads come on? No, this is a standing tension- a clash of interests. But I think my interest in my family not being under intrusive or covert surveillance at home is superior to the ad company’s wish to profile them.

>Aside: 24 hours of Pi Hole stats suggests that Samsung TVs are very chatty. 14,170 chats a day.

>YouTube blocking seems difficult, as the ads usually come from the same domain as the videos. Haven’t tried it, but all of the content can also be delivered from a no-cookies version of the YouTube domain, which doesn’t have the ads. I have asked my son to poke at that idea.

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Here is a free pdf of the players handbook

Here is a free pdf of xanathars guide to everything

Here is a free pdf to monsters manual

Here is a free pdf to tashas cauldron of everything

Here is a free pdf to dungeon master’s guide

Here is a free pdf to volo’s guide to monsters

Here is a free pdf of mordenkainen’s tomb of foes

For all your dnd purposes

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What was the foot’s favorite type of chips? Dori-toes.

What’s a foot’s favorite food? Shoe-shi.

The gingerbread man goes to the doctor and tells him he really hurt his foot. The doctor says “Have you tried icing it?”

Why isn’t your nose 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot.

What does a thief wear on its feet? Sneakers.

I used to really hate my foot fungus, but now it’s actually starting to grow on me.

I didn’t think orthopedic shoes would help me, but I stand corrected.

Foot injuries are always really serious because they take so long to heel.

What did the foot say to the soccer ball when they won the match? I toed you so.

What has four legs but no feet? A table.

Which two Ancient Greek philosophers had the nicest feet? Pla-toe and Sock-rates.

Does your shoe have a hole in it? No? Then how did you put your foot in it then?

How hard was it for the shoemaker to manufacture clown shoes? It was no small feet.

What do you call it when you put two slices of bread around your foot? A below-knee sandwich.

What does a foot have for breakfast? Jam and toe-st.

What is a foot’s favorite mint? Men-toes.

What do you call a shoe made out of bananas? A slipper.

My younger sister thought TGIF was an instruction manual that told her that the Toes Get In First.

The best way to keep yourself alert at all times is to join ballet because it is the only sport that keeps you on your toes.

What causes the pain you get when you kick a rocket? Missile Toe.

Why was the toe swollen and itchy? Because it had a severe case of toe-nsilitis!

Whom did the man call instead of a doctor after hurting his feet while driving? He called the toe truck.

What is the boy called if he’s stung by a bee on his foot? You call him Toby.

Source: Wiggly Foot Jokes And Puns That'll Have You Feeling Ticklish

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I do not like it, and I am sorry I ever had anything to do with it.

- Erwin Schrödinger on quantam mechanics

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happy Thursday the 20th

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some iconic dialogue that sounds like its from the great canon of literature but are actually from memes

I will face God and walk backwards into Hell

“I’ll do whatever you want” “then perish”

I have been through hell and come out singing

feel free to add more!

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book quotes that i will never recover from

"he is half of my soul, as the poets say. " - song of achilles

"write me a letter telling me how to live the rest of my life without you." - how to make friends with the dark

"they were my birthday presents." - shatter me

"she had realized that she had forgotten the precise blue of his eyes and the depth of his laugh." - clockwork princess

"my name is sam cortland... and i will not be afraid." - assassin's blade

"you chose me four years ago. would you choose me still?" - these violent delights

"we were all supposed to make it." - crooked kingdom

"i remember everything." - the invisible life of addie larue

"come home and shout at me. come home and fight with me. come home and break my heart, if you must. just come home." - cruel prince

"i wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows." - they both die at the end

"you hated the idea of me." - the final gambit

"bob says hello." - house of hades

"abuse can feel like love. starving people will eat anything." - nightfall

"i missed you only with an ocean between us. but if death was separating us... i would find you." - queen of shadows

"i loved him. i love him. as best i could." - we were liars

"i'm the villain, even in my own story. but you were supposed to play a different role." - finale

"i will find you again in the next world—the next life. and we will have that time. i promise." - a court of wings and ruin

"i spent half of my time loving her and the other half hiding how much i loved her." - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo

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5e Monster Making 101

The main question I’ve gotten through chats and asks that I’ve never actually answered is “How do you make monsters?” Because I had NO IDEA how to explain that without pages of text tumblr wouldn’t let me type. So here you go, a guide on making monsters from scratch. A DM-guide adjacent version, using their resources in a way that makes more sense. My lifelong speech impediment isn’t going to overcome my desire to make videos, not when I can just spend 4 hours recording until my voice fried. Seriously though, I’m new to recording but I’ve made a few hundred monsters, this is the basics of what I do when making monsters.

There’s a few tidbits that didn’t make it into the script, and I take more into account when making for this blog but this is pretty much the process. I’ve never made something a THIRD this long, but I felt I needed to because there aren’t many videos on this. There’s only like 6, and they’re either 30-50 minutes long without any crunch and/or they’re doing thier own thing because “CR Monster design is flawed beyond repair.” So I figured I’d throw my hat in the ring. The DMG system is flawed, sure, and the instructions are awful. but it’s a WONDERFUL tool for learning to make monsters and think critically about them, if you know how to use it. And yes, I did purposely put this out alongside a monster I’m particularly proud of, in case this isn’t your type of thing.

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oh u can have this post i don’t want it

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@prideknights

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Learning about human biology and psychology is just one big journey of self discovery

#biology #stupid #woke #what the heck #using the brain to learn about the brain #why #psychology #I hate the idea #do therapists study themselves ever #genuine question