Moment by moment paul brown1/15/2024 KARMA BROWN delivers a well-written, original, and believable story here that had me wondering and pondering what I would have done if I was put in the same situation as our main character, Meg Pepper. Special mention to The Cookbook Club that was included in this storyline as I am a cookbook collector and really love the idea of a club that gets together and prepares meals from a unique and different cookbook each time they get together. IN THIS MOMENT by KARMA BROWN is a cautionary tale that explores one woman’s overwhelming guilt, grief, love, balancing responsibilities and the consequences of split-second decisions that can ultimately affect you and your family. This is my first book by KARMA BROWN and it definitely will not be my last. *Thank you to Harlequin and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review. In the midst of all that, there’s one other weighted question Meg’s actions might force you to ponder - would you fight back against that awful feeling or sink into the guilt and let yourself head down a path with consequences so harsh, you just might lose everything? Or, better yet, what if. If she's somehow responsible for what happened to her best friend all those years ago or what her daughter's boyfriend's family is going through, right now. There's no way around it, you can’t avoid asking yourself if Meg's feelings of guilt are valid. Will I ever learn my lesson or always be that person running around at the last minute scrambling to get things done? It was similar little hiccups for Meg, along the way, that spoke to me and lent a more relatable quality to her character. Or the thousands of times I’ve said to myself, “nah, I don’t need to set a reminder in my phone, I’ll remember.” Yeah, right. for instance, running down the driveway last week at 6am to let me know I left my work computer and my much needed coffee on the kitchen counter, as I’m headed off to work. Luckily for me, my husband picks up the slack quite a bit (have I mentioned how lucky I am?). I know this might come off as an excuse, but there's those of us that try to take on too much and naturally, things suffer along the way. Meg forgetfulness and her suckiness at adulting cemented my connection with her, as silly as that sounds. Talk about life changing in the blink of an eye. Sadly, not realizing the possible ramifications, Meg waves her daughter’s boyfriend's twin across the street, right in the path of a driver who’s more focused on sending a text than actually driving. I’m not walking around harboring some guilt-ridden secret from high school and thankfully, I haven't witnessed something as tragic as her and her daughter did. And let's not forget, the dreaded ‘what if’ questioning that naturally ensues and runs through one's mind on a continuous loop.įor me, what stood out the most was Meg and, if you’ve read the book, it’s probably not for the reasons you might think. She brings to the forefront the power that icky feeling has at overshadowing sense and chipping away at the rational side of your brain. In this instance, the author overwhelms the reader with the feeling that tends to creep in after a mistake or something you wish with all your heart you could change - guilt. Meaning, this story will make you feel, so be prepared. ![]() Instead, her stories delve deep and pack one heck of an emotional punch. ![]() What keeps me coming back is the fact that she doesn’t shy away from the tough topics, from the very things you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. With each of her books, my appreciation for her writing has grown incrementally. In this reader’s humble opinion, In This Moment is Karma Brown’s strongest work to date.
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Parsec labs linkedin1/15/2024 ![]() As the data volume grows, they mature into semi-supervised & unsupervised learning. Most start with heuristics and progress to linear models and eventually if the signals are non-sparse and non-correlated and there's plenty of dimensions in the data, mature into neural networks with supervised learning. There's some maturity that I personally don't believe that ChatGPT hasn't achieved yet all the buzz and investor FOMO aside.Īll these expert systems 2.0 start with the same cold start problem. Enterprises have risks to think about and model governance and compliance in terms of the consented quality of data may prove to be an issue. Consumers may pay for it, but the scale and DAUs are still to be seen. How many of you here are familiar with the SRI/DARPA funded Personalized Assistant that Learn project that spawned Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes, which became Siri Apple amongst other projects? What's old is new again. none of the above should be taken as investment advice please see /disclosures for more information I wish everyone, incl ChatGPT, luck in the fight versus entropy and stagnation AI assistants, storytelling, art, music, to name a few will speed up slow industries like Gaming. Lastly, to respond to the founders who ask - I'm still bullish on AI remaking industries. ChatGPT may not solve P= NP for group scheduling, but it can insert itself into every business communication which increases its virality. It's a powerful feature like Google search was for Ģ- □ ChatGPT becomes the must-have add-on to productivity suites because it empowers everyone to get an NPC assistant in the game of business! The buyer is already going to purchase MSFT Office and it doesn't threaten a particular function but rather enhances everyone who uses itģ - □ ChatGPT's use case isn't limited to scheduling, but will affect all forms of business communication. This decision will greatly benefit the messaging layers of MSFT. The messaging layer (email / Slack) represents your meeting, the calendar just documents the decision to meet. This is the dream - consumer growth with enterprise pricing! Additionally, ChatGPT's interface is ideal. ![]() Besides not having a high-cost, low-margin userbase to maintain, ChatGPT enterprise integration will get zero-cost access to training data. So, why won't ChatGPT have the same issues?ġ- □ tech first. ![]() "Chief Time Officer" and customers preferred in-house assistants, (3) group scheduling was most viral, but also the costliest to perform To summarize, we failed bc (1) tech wasn't real and we were training using a low-margin service, (2) GTM challenges - no natural buyer, i.e. Thus, the best customer acquisition action was also costliest Outsourced assistants did groups but it was time-intensive. Sadly, no tech was ready to solve group scheduling. Customers preferred in-house assistants bc meetings are political, esp when schedulingģ - □ Calendar virality was limited with 1:1 meeting and best with group scheduling. No Chief Time Officer and executive assistants did not want to buy a service to replace them. No natural buyer for time management and scheduling. As we grew, we found ourselves frantically managing ppl rather than softwareĢ - □ Enterprise sales were tough. ![]() Sadly, it misdirected the company and burned cash. We thought the high-cost, low-margin service would subsidize AI development. Why?ġ - □ We pretended to have AI but tasks were done by humans to train the algorithm. Together, we raised ~$50M of VC funding and you don't know our names. Along with startups Clara Labs, x.ai, (started by Sam Lessin), and even FB Messenger. In the mid-2010s, I started an AI-scheduling assistant company called Esper. Why #chatgpt will WORK from someone who burned $5M in the $50M AI scheduling assistant wave of startups in the mid 2010s Air conditioner control panel va1/15/2024 ![]() Replace the thermostat and possibly the control panel. Unlock the control panel by pressing the ‘lock’ button on the remote twiceĬheck the batteries and even replace them. Reset the reset button and circuit breaker if they are tripped, and fix the electric outlet if it’s faulty If there’s no power loss, plug in the AC firmly and turn it on if that’s not the case. Lack of Power (unplugged AC or tripped breaker or reset button) 7 Reasons for A Haier Air Conditioner Control Panel Not Working – In a hurry? Below are the issues to consider once the reset fails to get your Haier air conditioner control panel back working. Sometimes all your air conditioner control panel needs to start working is a reset, which explains why it’s the first step in this guide. In that case, you wouldn’t have to go through all the steps unless necessary.Īnd once you exhaust all the steps and can still not fix the control panel, you can opt to contact Haier or an expert AC technician.īut overall, it’s important to start troubleshooting with a reset. We’ll break the guide into separate steps to enable you to identify the fault and fix it quickly. That means you should act fast to fix it, and it starts with identifying the fault. Remember, your Haier AC won’t do anything if the control panel is not responsive. It could also be due to a faulty thermostat, fan, evaporator coil, or control module. ![]() Mostly, the control panel of a Haier air conditioner doesn’t work because the AC lacks power, the control panel is locked, or the remote control is non-responsive. Is your Haier air conditioner control panel not working, and you cannot operate the AC? 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If there is a downloadable video on the page, the button at the bottom-right corner will turn green. The dedicated app almost acts like a browser and lets you navigate various websites. Moreover, you can download videos either directly from the website, by using the browser extension, or by using the mobile app. You can download clips from a range of major websites including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. is a popular resource for downloading YouTube videos. This website is accessible on any device/platform to grab watermark-free clips from the world’s most famous app for viral videos. Also, just like these YouTube Downloaders, you can use to download TikTok videos online with ease for your personal use. Although YouTube has never lashed out at a user for downloading copyrighted content using a YouTube video downloader app, the activity is regardless illegitimate.ĭespite the risks, if you desire to download YouTube videos, then here are some of the best Android apps to satisfy your needs. If caught doing so, one can theoretically face a trial or a fine. Moreover, one is not allowed to download or make copies of copyrighted content. YouTube’s Terms of Service explicitly mention that users shouldn’t download videos unless a download button or link is shown by YouTube on a particular service. Although some YouTube videos are available for download and offline viewing, using third-party apps to download YouTube videos is against its terms. Fire emblem awakening1/14/2024 ![]() None of this interweaving of personality and mechanics would matter as much if the characters were dull, but Nintendo's translations from the Japanese are among the very best, and Awakening is a peach. One final point on this quite brilliant system: when certain characters get close enough they will, of their own volition, get married. By about halfway through the game, you're surprised when the support character doesn't help out with more than a boost. This in turn can combine with critical hits, blocks, and dodges. Improving units' relationships increases not only the boosts they give each other but also the likelihood of a dual attack (in which the second character gets a cheeky free shot). It's a new system that lays atop the old one but accentuates every aspect of it, as well as adding a persistent element to battle strategy. This mechanic is perfect for Fire Emblem because it depends on good unit positioning, which is what the game's about in the first place. After an attack or defence slightly improves the connection between two characters, a little pair of hearts bloops up for a second to let you know, and seeing these makes me sweat like a teenage girl at a Justin Bieber concert. Not to get all soppy about it, but I heart the hearts. This is very useful when facing flying troops. The blue and red squares indicate where a unit can move to and attack respectively, and you can also select enemy units to see their potential range. Relationships get deeper through characters fighting together, as well as the odd chat between engagements, and you can tell this because of the hearts. Whether on attack or defence, a unit with a nearby friendly will be boosted, and the deeper the relationship, the bigger the boost. The greatest of these is undoubtedly the relationships characters now form on the battlefield, a system built around placing units adjacent to each other or pairing them up on the same square. This matters because Fire Emblem is a strategy game where the units, rather than being disposable copies, are characters in a story, and Awakening introduces several new mechanics to make personalities more central to the strategy than they ever have been. It's an odd little mix of meta-mechanic and practicality a coin you keep flipping until every one's a winner. In other words, if you play this without resetting fairly regularly to reverse fate, you're either tactically brilliant or not playing it right. If the 3DS didn't already have a soft reset (L+R plus either start or select), then Awakening would have implemented one. Though your characters can die, you're not expected to accept it. I posed the above contradiction to a friend and his answer was simple: "srsly don't let characters die." I mention this not to take a cheap shot at developer Intelligent Systems but because it illuminates something that's at the core of Fire Emblem and always has been. (Which didn't stop her playing a central role in the ongoing storyline.) Chrom and the player character (here named Robin) are the main acts throughout Awakening - the red wisps around their avatars indicate that they're supporting each other on attack and defence. Yes they are, except you're dead my love. I lost a main character on the third mission, yet up she pops in the next cut-scene talking about how well things are going. If you're playing in Classic mode, where units die forever, their last words will often be about retreating. This leads to a wealth of contradictions. If you do, defeated units retreat from the battlefield but are right as rain afterwards. When your defining feature is permanent death, but when all that really means is a restart, should the game's structure change or turn a blind eye?įire Emblem: Awakening doesn't just turn a blind eye, it practically admits defeat by allowing you - for the first time - to turn the whole thing off. It is an inspired revision of a classic design, and one that is riven right through the middle with a problem the series can't solve. Pair Up and Fight!įire Emblem Awakening introduces a new pair-up system, where two units in adjacent spaces or sharing the same space will fight together.There's a theory that what makes something truly beautiful is a single, noticeable imperfection. You, the player, choose the name and apprearance of the MU, or 'My Unit', who is at the center of the story. In FEA, you will encounter dozens of characters, team up with them, and level up side by side as the story unfolds. (JPN: ファイアーエムブレム覚醒 'Fire Emblem Kakusei')įire Emblem Awakening is a tale of war involving the interactions of characters from different lands and backgrounds. Fire Emblem Awakening Introduction General Information on Fire Emblem Awakening Chicken salad chick coupon1/14/2024 To learn more about Chicken Salad Chick, visit their official website. 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If you are new to drawing, you may want to attempt some easy drawings before you progress to the harder drawing ideas. Get these right and you can pretty much copy any drawing or start to make your own drawing. These are the building blocks for any type of drawing. Try starting with a simple oval or rectangle for your subject, and then add details and shading gradually. This will give you a foundation on which to build more realistic drawings. When starting out with drawing, it can be helpful to stick to basic shapes. Practice makes perfect, so don’t be afraid to make mistakes – they often lead to new ideas! The basics of drawing with a pencil These drawings are perfect for beginners, and you can experiment with different techniques and mediums to expand your skills. We’ve put together this helpful guide full of inspirational pencil drawing ideas that anyone can try. 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