Hola! NrdRage here. My apologies for not posting this yesterday, but Reddit, with their extreme ethics (?) put me in a corner for 3 days for upvoting a couple of comments my daughter made about motorcycle safety. Good to see their priorities are in order, An upvote from the same NAT, that's way more important than employment background checks on pedophile enablers, right Reddit?

Given that last week's DD was my first complete WHIFF (seriously, embarrassingly bad, but we'll get into that), I'm going to work hard to find a layup for everybody next week. Think I've found one, but with that tax bomb President Harris tossed out yesterday, I don't want to name a new ticker, even if I think it's all smoke (because the mere act of sabre rattling can shake a market, and there's sure to be plenty more of that in the coming weeks as the administration attempts to normalize the plan to create the actual highest cap gains tax rate in the world). So instead, let's go back through the DD's (the ones I haven't deleted because they were no longer effective, at any rate) and update them and where I am with them. This should hopefully, for at least a day, stop people from grabbing a DD from 2 months ago and jumping in then wondering why the trade is different. Oh, who am I kidding, I know you fucks, nothing will stop that. At the very least, it should shut up the small group of people who played the trades wrong and declared them broken. Let's start from February, so right after the first round of people who "liked the stock"

DD #1: $PLTR. Original Date January 27th, 2021

I tried to tell you retards

URL: Ended up deleting it - not because the DD was wrong, but because the Palantards got it to about -700 karma and I decided to let them get crushed.

Original thesis: $PLTR (then $35) was wildly overpriced based not only on their market cap as a company who's almost every dollar is already priced in as a result of their reliance upon government contracts, which span years, their reliance upon the courts to force those contracts to be extended, but also because the company insiders were selling stock like mad, George Soros had signaled he was going to sell the 4% of the float he controlled for "ethical reasons" (hah!). Oh, and because Peter Thiel partic

I made this originally here as several comments in Re:Zero's last episode discussion. It was requested that I make it into a post for better visibility, and to make it easier for people interested to save this.

The Story so Far - A Summary

This is a summary to help you understand what's going on and shine light on things that are easy to miss. I'll start with an easy to understand chronological timeline showcasing the most important events we know of so far and explaining in-place the misunderstood parts if any, then a couple interesting things you might have missed, some misconceptions, common wrong translations, and lastly a succinct explanation of the magic system in the Re:Zero world. Spoiler-free if you've finished S2 and the 2 OVAs.

Note: I didn't include plot points that were purposely cut out in S1/S2. The important ones will definitely be rearranged in future seasons.

Note 2: Some events in a categorical year might not be accurately ordered, as we don't really know the exact chronology of all events.

Timeline

• ~400 years ago
  • The Witch of Greed Echidna creates Beatrice, an artificial spirit.
  • The Witch of Gluttony Daphne creates artificial beings known as mabeasts in a naive attempt to eliminate starvation from the world. Out of which, the Three Great Mabeasts are the most dangerous: the White Whale, the Great Rabbit, and the Black Serpent.
  • A sage called Flugel plants the Flugel tree on Lifaus Highway.
  • Roswaal A Mathers is saved by Echidna from a natural process known as Hatsumaki (Magic Release Period) that afflicts powerful magic users. After which he's taken by her as a disciple.
  • Echidna and Roswaal start collecting half-bloods to create a hidden community in the Lost Forest of Clemaldy, attempting to create a sanctuary that will protect her against a mysterious person known as the Warlock of Melancholy Hector.
  • Sanctuary is attacked by Hector before the barrier is complete. By a suggestion from Ryuzu Meyer, Echidna uses Ryuzu's Od as the barrier's core. Ryuzu has elf blood and as such has one of the largest Ods among living beings, making her an ideal sacrifice for powering the barrier.
  • Beatrice is entrusted to protect the forbidden library which contains the accumulated knowledge of Echidna, and is instructed to wait for "that person" if Echidna doesn't come back. Echidna gives 2 imperfect

Nij'Dibrah was bored. Depressed would be a more adecuate word for her state of apathy. Her people always ended in such a state after strong emotional reactions like the one she had experienced not that many cycles ago. Her upper manipulators touched the desk for a moment. It was her duty to keep monitoring the Zarkin Dominion and their actions. But... everything had gone wrong. So wrong? Where did this even started? Nij'Dibrah had heard the news. The galactic community was in shock after a heated discussion between the Zarkin Chancellor and the Bel'Advor representative had ended with an accident, a terrible accident. The Zarkin used a succession system in which, if a ruler died or showed that he was unfit for their position, the second most voted candidate would take over for the remaining of the original mandate.

The Zarkin Chancellor was dead. Due to the stress of the argument, some of his vital organs started to fail. The image of his body lying upon the grandstand had reached all corners of the galaxy. Rumors about poisoning soon started to rush through all communication networks, for it was extremely rare for a zarkinian to die because of stress. This would have been just that, an unfortunate accident, if not for who the Zarkin were.

Their civilization was marvelous, holding the key to teleportation technology, space and energy manipulation and a level of bioengineering that the rest of the galactic community could only dream of. They also had the largest military fleet of the known galaxy with hundreds of ships and even more ships being produced every macrocycle. They would rarely go to war since the size of their fleet was the best deterrent element. However, a sizable part of zarkinian society was in favor of waging war against civilizations and peoples deemed too primitive or too destructive for their own environment and home planets.

A great political movement had taken place, giving way to the rise of the Extermination for Peace Party, which soon became the second most voted political force in the Zarkin Dominion. Which was curious to say the least, since the zarkinian people had not suffered any war in their own worlds since more than two thousand standard macro cycles ago. And now the Extermination for Peace Party were in power. Mere seconds after being proclaimed new Chancellor, the new leader of the Zarkin Dominion, as chief of all armies and fleets ordered the extermination of the peaceful Iar'Vria, a primitive people with many differen

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DONE ONE OF THESE (NOT SINCE RAVNICA ALLEIGANCE) BUT WITH THE RETURN TO A FACTIONS BASED SET AND COLLEGE-SPECIFIC PRE-RELEASE KITS, IT'S TIME TO BRING BACK THE SMACK TALK AND DEFEND THE HONOR OF YOUR CHOSEN STRIXHAVEN COLLEGE. SO BUCKLE DOWN AND GET READY TO SCHOOL SOME FOOLS AND HAVE THEM LEARN THEIR LESSONS WE'RE ABOUT TO MAGECRAFT (AKA TOTALLY NOT STORM) OFF, BE IT IN THE CLASSROOMS, IN UNSANCTIONED DUELS OR ON THE PITCH IN A GAME OF MAGE TOWER

IN THIS CORNER WE HAVE THE SILVER TONGUED SILVERQUILL! THE PEN IS THE MIGTHIER THAN THE SWORD AND NONE WIELD IT AS WELL AS THESE EXHILIRATING ELOCUTORS. WITH MERE WORDS THEY'LL REDUCE THEIR FOES TO GIBBERING MESSES AS THEY LIFT THEIR ALLIES SPIRITS WITH VERSE. THEY'LL [[HUMILITATE]] YOU, [[FRACTURE]] YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE AND WITH THEIR [[CLOSING STATEMENTS]] HAVE AN EARLY [[DRAMATIC FINALE]] FOR YOUR FUTURE. ALL WHILE LOOKING STYLISH AS HELL

PLUS OUR INKLINGS DON'T HAVE THAT AMBIGUITY OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE SQUIDS OR WE'RE KIDS, AND LIKE IN SPARTA, THEY'LL [[BLOT OUT THE SKY]] SO THAT WE CAN FIGHT IN THE SHADE

AND IN THAT CORNER WE'VE GOT THE ART KIDS OF PRISMARI. I'VE GOT A [[MULTIPLE CHOICE]] QUESTION FOR YOU. THE PRISMARI ARE A) AMAZINGLY TALENTED B) INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE C) UNDOUBTELDY INSPIRED OR D) ALL OF THE ABOVE? NEVER CONSTRAINED, NEVER LIMITED, THESE ARTISTS EXPRESS THEMSELVES TO THE FULLEST, WHILE ALSO REALIZING THERE'S ALWAYS BETTER TO BE DONE. CRAFTING BEAUTIFUL [[ELEMENTAL MASTERPIECE]]S DURING THEIR [[CREATIVE OUTBURSTS]] WITH THEIR [[CULMINATION OF STUDIES]] BEING THEIR [[MAGMA OPUS]] WITH A [[SUDDEN BREAKTHROUGH]] AFTER YEARS OF [[PRACTICAL RESEARCH]]. YOU'LL BE BLOWN AWAY. LITERALLY, YOU CAN CALL DOWN A THUNDERSTORM BY PLAYING THE TUBA WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY RAD. JUST SAYING.

PLUS WE'VE GOT ROYALTY IN THE HOUSE WITH THE KENRITHS FROM ELDRAINE BEING TRANSFER STUDENTS. DON'T YOU WANT TO RUB SHOULDERS WITH FUTURE MONARCHS?

AND IN THAT OTHER CORNER OVER THERE WE HAVE WITHERBLOOM. HI THERE. HOW ARE YOU? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPILL THE TEA? WE CAN HAVE [[GYOME]] WHIP UP SOME SNACKS TO ACCOMPANY OUR DRAUGHTS THAT [[INFUSE WITH VITALITY]]. FOR EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY BELONGED ANYWHERE ELSE, KNOW THAT IN THE END, THOSE WHO ARE MASTERS OVER LIFE AND DEATH SUCH AS THE DRYADS OF THE WITHERBLOOM ALWAYS HAVE THE LAST LAUGH. WE'RE RESOURCEFUL AND SCRA

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"Say I believe you," Dee said, flicking ashes onto the anti-static rubber map and rubbing them in with the toe of her boot. "We're all making big claims here."

Dhruv nodded. "Dax and I are claiming to be capable of miracles, or damn close to it, and I'm promising you that you'd be valued and cherished for your mind. It's hard to believe."

Daxin looked at FIDO, who was sitting there with the synthetic tissue hanging out, a dopey expression on his robotic face, obviously enjoying Daxin scratching between his ears. He looked back at Dee. "I've known a lot of dangerous beings over the last eight thousand years, Dee," he said slowly. "I didn't survive by underestimating any of them."

Dee nodded, letting smoke leak out from between her teeth. "None of can really threaten each other," she said. "After Darkside Station, I'm no longer afraid of injury or death, the two of you grew beyond it on a thousand battlefields."

Daxin nodded. "Now consider that, the betrayals, the fact the Legion here did his best to disconnect us from the Immortals system but as soon as the Case Omaha kicked in we got pulled right back here," he held up one flesh and blood hand. "And remade in our old images. There's no real threat to us you can really provide. Nothing will top the pleas we hear again because of the Case Omaha restoring us to our old forms."

"So you hear them again, calling out to you," Dee said. It wasn't a question.

Daxin nodded. "Tens of thousands a day. Most of them are just expletives or shocked utterances, but I get a few dozen every day from people who could use my help."

"Same," Dhruv said.

Dee got red. "And it's in your power to help?"

"Yup," Dhruv said.

"I guess," Daxin said, leaning back slightly in the chair so he could scratch down FIDO's neck, his feet still up on the workstation.

"And you aren't going to?" Dee asked.

"Naw, don't wanna," Daxin drawled.

"Fuck 'em," Dhruv added. He looked around. "Are you going to drop the Case Omaha and surprise us all with how clever you are, or are we just going to sit in here jerking each other off?"

Dee's face was turning purple and her fists were clenched.

"And you judge me," she hissed.

"Judge you?"

After writing some little posts about Asuryani, Harlequins and Drukhari I found out that people actually like the Aeldari. I mean, they like Aeldari that actually kick ass and do not spend half of the book shitting themselves because one Adeptus Astartes Chapter is chilling nearby.

So let's continue the trend.

When it comes to the Aeldari Empire, most people just focus on The Fall (I have no intention of bashing them for that, I am planning to make post about it myself) and don't even think too much about WHAT actually fell. Aeldari Empire was an absolute powerhouse and one of the Galaxy's greatest civilisations, if not the greatest.

>The ancient empire of the Aeldari was the greatest civilisation since that of the Old Ones, the various cultures that exist in the 41st Millennium mere reflections of its glory.

Codex: Drukhari (8th edition)

I mean not here for empire-measurring fanboy-contest, I just want to point out that, alongside Old Ones, Necron Eternal Empire and DAOT Humanity, Aeldari created one of the most powerful and wonderous empires in setting's history.

>At their peak, nothing was beyond the Aeldari’s reach and nothing was forbidden. The ancient race continued their glorious existence unaware or unwilling to acknowledge the dark fate that awaited them. They plied the stars at will, experiencing the wonders of the galaxy and immersing themselves completely in the endless sensations that it offered them. Such was the technological mastery of the Aeldari that worlds were created specifically for their pleasure, and stars lived or died at their whim.

Codex: Craftworlds (8th edition)

And so, lets all appreciate it. I will list five relicts from Aeldari Empire that still exist in M41, to give you the general idea how Aeldari Empire operated and what it was capable of.

So let's fucking go.

#5: CRAFTWORLDS

This is so obvious that many of you may be actually surprised that it even got on the list. Everybody generally knows what a Craftworld is. But there are some less-known details that are worth exploring and present a pretty favourable picture when it comes to Aeldari Empire's capabilities.

First of all, let us examine what the Craftworlds were actually created for.

>The Great Exodus
>
>Those Aeldari wise enough to see danger in the corruption flee from the rotten core of their empire. The first to leave become known as Exodites: pioneering fleets that seek the verdant havens of the maiden worl

I know WCT is translating this at the moment but I wanted to provide a summary because it was that good, the ending left me in tears. I am not an official translator so please do bear with me if there are mistakes. If you want to wait for the full translation, then please stop reading now. Ringo has already translated the prologue, so I will jump straight into Chapter 1.

>!Chapter 1 ('Chasing after the round moon')!<

• >!Beatrice and Puck are living together in Echidna's mansion when one day they receive a visit from a guest. Echidna is away, so Beatrice steps up to the task of receiving this person as the daughter of the Witch of Wisdom, and as the stand-in for her mother.!<
• >!The guest is a teenager of around 15-16 years old, with red hair and blue eyes. Beatrice notes that it is rare for them to receive guests, as the mansion is difficult to get to, and only those with determination can pass through the enchanted forest and reach the top of the mountain, where the mansion is located.!<
• >!Tosca, the red-haired boy, asks for help in saving his love and childhood friend. Beatrice gets flustered because she has not read about the intricacies of human love in her mother's library.!<
• >!Puck comes to the rescue and they find out that a dragon has asked for a sacrifice from Tosca's small village called Canut, and that sacrifice is Tosca's childhood friend, Reminas. The deadline is in 10 days (on the day of the full moon), but it takes around 10 days to get from the mansion to the village. Echidna is due to return in 10 days, so it will be too late to wait for her. Tosca finds out that even though Beatrice and Puck are great spirits, they are only 3 years old and he falls into despair. Beatrice decides she will go with Tosca and Puck says he will not let his precious sister go on her first journey outside of the mansion alone, so he will come along as well. !<
• >!They leave the mansion and Puck/Beatrice are surprised by Tosca's speed even as Beatrice uses wind magic to help him move faster, in order to reach the village in time before the deadline. They are even more surprised when Tosca easily kills the Mabeast Guiltylaw without their help. Even though his sword is shabby and of poor quality, he takes down the Mabeast easily.He cooks the Mabeast meat and offers it to Betty who refuses it. Puck tries it and piques Betty's curiosity, w

Source: s70808-428.pdf

TLDR: Naked shorting is killing our whole way of life, and I'm not wrinkled enough to help further 🚀🚀🚀🚀

BULLET POINTS:

• Unaddressed FTDs (not bought in on a timely basis) allowed to accumulate in the share structures of targeted issuers can mortally wound corporations, the jobs they provide, the investments made therein and those in society that would benefit from these corporations’ cancer cures or technological breakthroughs.

• The relatively defenseless development stage corporations typically targeted in ANSS attacks provide the job growth engine in today’s economy.

• FTDs that are addressed by T+13 day buy-ins are still damaging but to a lesser degree due to their relatively short lifespan.

• Securities fraudsters both create their naked short positions through refusing to deliver that which they sell and enhance the prognosis for their bet placed against a corporation’s success via selling and refusing to deliver yet more nonexistent shares which serves to generate yet more incredibly damaging FTDs.

• The mere method of placing the bet in ANSS attacks enhances the prognosis for the outcome of the bet i.e. a “rigged” market.

• All DTCC participants are heavily financially incentivised to either “Enable” the creation of massive numbers of FTDs or to directly create them.

• Investors that purchase shares of an issuer do not want incredibly damaging FTDs artificially manipulating their investment’s value downwards nor would they probably buy shares in an issuer that they knew had inordinate amounts of FTDs in their share structure.

• This reality involving DTCC participants wanting copious numbers of FTD at the DTCC and elsewhere and investors not wanting them results in what is referred to as a “Conflict of interest”.

• Conflicts of interest between “Clients and agents” as well as between “Fiduciaries and those owed a duty by the fiduciary” are strictly forbidden by the 1934 Securities Exchange Act.

• Once created FTDs are extremely easy to hide either inside or outside of any “Registered Clearing Agency” like the DTCC.

• FTDs are portable and easy to transfer once their age becomes a problem or their existence is in danger of being detected.

• Abusive naked short selling frauds are indeed a form of ”counterfeiting”. It’s interesting in that in 1969 “Dematerialization” converted tough to counterfeit paper-certificated shares into easy to coun