Let's do this. It is Python on hardware time. Blink a time. Lots of Blinka. Lots of Blinka. Lots of MicroPython. Lots of CircuitPython. All here. So as we had said before the big news which we will be talking about every single week all the way up until April 15th is. It gets used to it. It gets used to the day like you know this is this is the subscription service you signed up for. AdaStreamy Network. The clue will be at PyCon. So everyone gets a clue. You got a clue. This is brought to you by Digikey and Ada for over 3,000 people are going to get clues. The logo that PyCon happens to have works out really well if you have a bunch of clues because you could just you could just take the graphic and put it on each clue. And we're doing a bunch of photos because it's just fun because that's what you could do with clues. It's like how fun this is. I'm having fun. And I wanted to say thank you again to Digikey in particular for bringing Python on hardware to so many people. One thing that I'll say as a partner, I noticed some things. So I was watching PyCascades, the live streaming. This is one of the coolest like Python events because it's like event season. So PyCon you know we're having clues there coming up very soon. And then Scott was at PyCascades. I'll talk about that in a second.  So people now when they talk about electronics, they notice that Digikey has been a partner.  And that's how this all stuff, this is how this happens when people ask us like, oh, like, you know, tell us about these partnerships with you tell us about these things that you do. It's like, well, how do you get people to say like, oh, like, this is my supplier now. So some stuff you get from Adafruit. But Adafruit's not going to sell you like like LED individual LEDs or components or resistors, it makes no sense. And so this is kind of neat. So congratulations to Digikey and to the Python community, because I feel like this was like a really nice match made in component heaven. Really neat. So speaking of Scott did a talk, Computing's next decade and everyone. This is the end one of the last slides. Watch the whole thing. This is really neat. Not only because Scott did an excellent talk about where can we take Python and computing together with everyone. But it was neat to see Scott's history of computers. Scott got a Dell. Yeah, like for Christmas. Yeah, it was really neat. So check out his talk. It was excellent. This is from Joey. Joey got a clue. Joey said the clue is a bike mountable commuter computer. I've always dreamed of circuit Python power connection to an iPhone for weather reports reminders and turn by turn directions, plus tons of environmental sensors, including ambient noise on board such a cool product. So this was one of the projects that we started to work on like right away. It's funny. It's another best computer. It's not Pyloton, but it's very similar. And so we're doing this Pyloton thing where we're like, okay, cool, you could take like a garbage trash stationary bike or any bike and then turn it into like a very advanced IoT bike that does lots of things and sensors. And that's why we, you know, this is our parody. This is ha ha funny, funny. It's Pyloton. We're not going public, but it's still a really nice bike computer. Yeah. And so we wanted to have a really nice bike computer for, you know, under 30 bucks that can do all this stuff. Other news that's going on in the world Python and hardware. Blinke continues to snake its way to the open hardware badge. So the open hardware summit is coming up pretty soon. If you want to go to it, you might want to check out open hardware summit site. Blinke is running, Drew showed it on the show and tell, we've been posting this. I will continue to put up photos. Look, repels. Repels on things. And we're doing so much work with Bluetooth and the nRT2 840. You'll be able to do a lot. You'll be able to do a lot because all these demos like the Pyloton, they're all going to work on the open hardware badge because it's actually really similar to Clue in many ways. It's not the exact same sensors, but it's the same chip and the same display, same Bluetooth. So you're going to be able to take advantage of all these awesome Clue projects if you go to the open hardware summit. Okay. Other people are getting their clues. And what's the first thing you're doing? Let's make a cap touch photo viewer. Now, you don't need to plug it in USB. It could be battery. This is it starting up. And then look, there's the Adafruit logo. And as you touch the edge, look at all these photos that you can do. Yay. And it's even faster. We actually just merged in an update. This is from Team Tokio. Check it out. Okay. More stuff going on. This is a cool Pi game running on Pi Gamer. Okay. So if you want to learn how to make video games and you want to make them in Python, you can do that with Pi Gamer. Is it collector cat? Yeah, the one or two. Okay. You want to count. Yeah. This is the Stormglass thing. This is using Circuit Playground Express. Sorry, Bluefruit.  You have to check out the Hector Guide and more. Congratulations to, I guess, our sister. And so I don't know. Big sister. Yeah. Our snake sister. MicroPython got 10,000 stars on GitHub. Yay. I think we got 1,000 or so. What are we? Yeah, like 1,500 or something. Melbourne MicroPython happened. Check out the links in our newsletter and also on their site. There was an excellent talk, the MicroPython garbage collector. And Matt presented the MicroPython news that was going on. Other stuff. This is from Oshpark.  And this is Deshi Poo's design with the PCB pins that are made with the Flex that now Oshpark can do. Cool IoT project. This is Mohib's project that's a PyPortal connected to an AWS cloud project using CircuitPython. This is another version. This is Ion of the IoT cloud badge powered by CircuitPython running on a PyBadge. There's now a side new pixel strip on the lanyard. This is the talk that Maria's going to be giving in April. And it's about plants with CircuitPython. And this is called Plantaris. And it'll give you the status of... Is that a happy plant? Yeah. There's a bunch of kids with Circuit Playground Express. Here is the latest updates for SNEC. There's first, well first it's the open hardware Python microcontroller for Lego. And it uses SNEC and also it's CircuitPython. You can run CircuitPython. There's a sensor kit that was added. And you can also take a look at the lessons that Keith is putting up on CrowdSupply. If you like cheer lights, well you can use the NRF 52840 and the Feather Express with an airlift to get the current cheer light colors via JSON. It advertises them via BLE. The colors displayed on the itsy-bitsy NRF 52840 and a Circuit Playground blue fruit. Next up, we've posted up our heart rate monitor project. You'll be able to check out that on learn.80fruit.com. Bill, a team-maker, has some updates to the Freedom Wing case. This allows you to use a power wheelchair as an Xbox controller. The latest update is this case that Bill's working on. It's a nice case. Yeah. The folks over at, I think it's Electromaker are doing a contest and you can win a giant board. And very simple. You just come up with a unique project idea that incorporates a giant board. Submit your idea. Use 150 words once you receive your board. You can start building your project. It's that easy. Nice way to get some free boards. Then of course it's running Linux. It's so powerful. It has Blinka. And it's Feather Format. It's for the format. Use all of our Feather Wings. And it's Feather Format. And it's Feather Format. Speaking of Feather, this is a PoE Feather Wing. This is an Ethernet Feather Wing with four watts of power over Ethernet power and unique MAC address that's going to be coming on on CrowdSupply. This is kind of cool. Someone did a Freedom of Information Act and they got 400 pages of the Python instructional course at the NSA. That's kind of new. That's Secret Snake. Right now, this very second or close to, at the Artist Asylum, there is a meetup for Circuit Python. Brent's there. Dan's there. Lucien's there. And they're having a good time. They're having fun. They might even be watching. Maybe they're watching this on their phone and not talking to each other. Maybe they're married. They didn't swallow a chow-chow that I don't get to have. Could be. And then coming up, there's a Circuit Python workshop and get the details in the newsletter and more. It is coming up on the makerspace and I have to find which campuses. I think I have put this in events so it's in here somewhere. It's at UMass Amherst, February 13th from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. the makerspace in the Astronomy Building. We are seeing lots of... This is a lot of new Massachusetts. I'm from Massachusetts so this is good for me. It's working for my team. It's working out. Blinka, Blinka, Blinka. Wicked. Yeah. Wicked Blinka.


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Today I was thanked with a massive box of Yu-Gi-Oh blister packs. Time to open it. What's up guys we're back with another epic video and in today's video it's Thanksgiving so happy thanksgiving to everyone. This is actually the perfect timing for this video because I just got this box in the mail. This is a thank you box from someone that I can sign their collection for and I sold all their stuff so you know I helped them make some money from their collection and they sent me 50 I believe I think this is right Dawn of Majesty blister packs. But before we hop into it we do have a giveaway shout out to Sasiado because he's giving away six Battles of Legend crystal revenge blister boxes six different winners all you have to do is like the video be subscribed turn on notifications let me know what you're thankful for in the comments for Thanksgiving and make sure to follow Sasiado on Instagram so go check him out I'll have his link down below and let's get into this awesome Thanksgiving video. All right our note here says, Dear Ruxen I wanted to send you this in appreciation for selling my collection I was so impressed with how you were able to sell such a large collection while you were managing so many other things thank you so much Doug. He has the Hidden Arsenal box for the giveaway there's also another giveaway he sent us a Hidden Arsenal box to be given away as well so there's seven giveaways in this video. So let's get all these out from Doug and let's open these things up. All right so we do have this Hidden Arsenal chapter one he said to be given away and then we have a ton of Dawn of Majesty blister packs which if I don't know if you guys remember this we opened 12 to 13 case I think it was 133 boxes so what is that just into the 12th case 133, 134 boxes to get the Starlight Stardust this is redemption time for Thanksgiving for this video we are redeeming ourselves we are pulling the Starlight Stardust in this that would be insane so let's go ahead and hop into it we have a lot of packs to open I'm pretty excited for this let me know in the comments if you think we can do it and don't forget to let me know what you're thankful for on Thanksgiving. All right let's do this guys in this set so Uluber obviously reprinted into the ground unfortunately so it's not what it once was it used to be crazy expensive I don't know the pack trick thanks for but we're just gonna go uh it's not what it once was but it's still a nice secret rare pull that speaking of secret rears synchro overtake right off the bat not too bad we are still looking for some awesome uh despy and stuff there's some really cool stuff in here we really are looking for that Starlight Stardust though that's what we want we want to pull a Stardust Dragon Starlight Rare which would be unbelievable if it happens one two three four I believe we can do it we're 10 the heavenly generator we got ale van we got the fly sting magicky duo chronomaly I take any starlight to be honest I would not be mad different synthesis we have slower swallow and the branded opening remember this this is the card that I searched in my bulk for like six hours and I found two thousand dollars worth of branded openings because they were what 30 bucks at one point 30 dollars I found like 70 of them or something like that it was absolutely insane uh it was really glad I held onto my bulk back then but now I sell at the sassiata so if that happens again you're welcome sassiato make sure you guys go check him out because he is giving away those six booster boxes so uh you just have to enter the giveaway down below let's go branded bond absorption triathlon super spot aeropics three despy and tragedy magic unlocking mutual risk okay not bad not bad so far we've got a secret and a branded opening not too bad branded opening probably still a couple bucks I don't know exactly but it has had a reprint so it might not even be a couple bucks anymore but it was 30 at one point also the deck's not really being used as much we've got a 1904 star back in my day you know as a young lad I'd have been playing this card a lot yeah 1900 on both stats that's pretty good absorption we've got the different dimension wills dragon plus a zoom despy and tragedy oh and a dramaters of despia if this hadn't been reprinted this used to be like a five to ten dollar card at some points very strong when despy and was like really good all right according to the price guide branded opening still a $2.50 saint card that's actually not bad I mean that's very solid the original print only being a super rare which is guaranteed for back you get a super rare every time so it's basically like an old rare so pretty solid value there we're definitely not complaining about what is going on with this you see this is that car like damage or something I don't know that's kind of weird once again shout out to Doug though for sending us these he didn't have to do that like it was a commission thing so it was like it's not like I didn't benefit from it as well so it was really cool of him to like actually send something just for the appreciation of doing it so much appreciated Doug hopefully we can pull something crazy you know make it a fun video south blaster start us illumination why was this card sticking out like that that was weird okay I don't know what was going on there Donna majesty so here's the thing about opening like mass openings I used to like so now we do that pretty much every set we open a bunch of cases of everything and right after that you're like I never want to open this set again and then like a couple months later like I could open more that's it and that's how it's going with this set like this was I think a year and a half ago when we open this up and it feels like an old set to me now it's like so nostalgic because like we opened so much of it and then just didn't open anymore after that so every time I open it now it's like ah remember the good times when I spent eight hours opening the set it was like at the time it was like miserable but it's like yeah so it's like such a good memory though it's really cool there's a deli okay super rare so I guess that's just how it works that's going to be how I feel from battles of legend which we still haven't pulled the exodia left leg yet so or left arm I should say so I still have to do that and honestly I'm not even really that tired of opening that set even though we open for eight hours and 15 minutes the other day if you guys missed that go check it out we had some amazing pulls but I got to open more of that at some point fly staying magic you do I just don't want to spend more money on it that's the problem it's a very expensive so I'm like do I want to spend more there's another super rare and I of course I do because I got to get the left arm but I just don't want to spend the money so I'm how I'm struggling right now I should have already ordered more cases I haven't I'm thinking maybe I just go the video route open a few boxes you know here and there like doing a search you know trying to pull the left arm but the problem is it's so hard to pull you know to pull that specific card it would take forever I don't know if I should do that or not start us trail I'm in a little bit of a crossroads here when it comes to the search for the left arm of the Forbidden One Starlight Rare uh Gusto very nice glyph dragon shell another super so so far one secret what one ultra no two ultras one secret and then one good super so pretty okay start but not too crazy what is happening I can't get this out of here this is definitely gonna be a longer video so hopefully you've had a good Thanksgiving by the time you watch this you know maybe you are doing it later or something you're just waiting for Thanksgiving to get started so hopefully it's going well a longer video because opening blisters takes a while definitely takes a while dust being tragedy shari we got the dispatch Pizarra Z and the bee trooper sting lancer very nice ultra rare very cool we'll take it bee trooper stuff at it again I hope you guys have enjoyed the content recently we've had a wide variety of content recently like I've been doing like vlogs I've been doing openings I've been doing magic videos I've been doing a banless videos like it's it's been crazy like some collabs like how many collabs we had recently it's been crazy like I this is the most diverse I think the content on my channel has like ever been we've got the aquamador very cool jar of generosity and dino wrestler a guanderaka very cool dino wrestler no panker tops but it's in it it's in the same species or archetype whatever you want to call it species I don't think is the right word for you kio this is going to be quite the long video at this point because I'm not going that fast I should probably not be doing the pack trick but I'm like not gonna lie I'm a little addicted to the pack trick I feel like I have to do it now I just like it I know some people don't like it I know it's like I don't really know why actually why people don't like it but some people don't like it but I personally I don't know I just think it's fun I just like putting it at the back you know imagine there's a starlight stardust we put it right to the back we're going through it we're like ah another pack another you know regular old foil and then boom starlight stardust you see it and you just lose your mind I mean that's what happened with simo it was awesome it was fun magic unlocking cool a cambria aerial picks three we've got a magic II andra meme very nice I don't know why I'm using an accent for that I'm not even sure what accent I'm using but I'm using some sort of accent and it's not really making sense let's see what this next one will be will it be epic will it be awesome I believe that it will I think it's going to be a starlight in one of these come on I know there's a theory out there the blisters are better and I mean we already have like a video where we have a video coming out I think that is blisters versus loose packs no not blisters loose packs versus booster box and I'll show you guys will see what happens now but you know how blisters slash loose packs it's like completely random ratios you don't know what you're going to get booster box you kind of do know what you're going to get so the blisters the theory behind it you know when people open blisters like oh yeah I definitely got better pulse on blisters which we know is not actually true it might be better it might be worse I mean get on on average I should say so there we go super rare so it's uh it's always fun to open these up because of the randomness the awesomeness so we're gonna see if these can actually follow through and be better like people think they are even though really on average they're probably about the same but the thing is the variance and when you hit that high variance you pull those epic cards pull two starlights out of 10 blisters or something crazy like that that's the fun part that's the cool part two toads with one stink slow or slow I love we got the magic in mafia we are pulling a lot of ultra rays right now I'd be down to pull an alluber I'm not gonna lie I'd be down for it I would be very happy about pulling an alluber let's see if we can do it right now thanksgiving day I've never actually done a dedicated thanksgiving video but when I saw that he was thanking me for something and I got this box I was like it's almost thanksgiving this is perfect finishing move we've got oh ruckson special slower swallow has been damaged unfortunately because it's who we've got that looks like a pokemon not gonna lie despy and tragedy gunkinsu ship shari and the iris sword so I still have like a bunch of these from when I opened this this card 25 bucks on release I think ended up being like three bucks so not a great card people thought it might be originally and then sword soul turned out to not even need that card so not too good let's see can we pull more secrets so far two secrets so I feel like we're doing pretty good in that department let's see if we can pull a starlight any starlight I'm gonna be happy what else is even in here I can't remember I think I was sword souls one there's a ruckson special flying red carp the dragon show and arriving line is another secret this is I think is one of the worst it's a stardust card which is pretty fun I guess all right the other ones are shooting majestic star dragon protecting spirit low lowingeth anti-human it's out man these are terrible starlights wow three of them are under a hundred dollars out of five and then the other one's 125 and that's the iris sword soul which is like a three dollar regular card wow so stardust is really the only card left in here wow that was they did not pick great star lights for that one it definitely should have been a luber 100 magic you duo unleashed maku amador we got the maku shower we got the acabaro and beacher rescale bomber very nice unfortunately this uh these star lights have not aged too well that's why we just need to pull the stardust stardust is still 500 to 600 starlight right around where it was when I opened it it's kind of hung strong which is pretty solid we'll take that let's see if we can pull it now diploma and we've got the diplo man we've got the trading daily special all right star bonder aquamador one sting sushi pshari figures becher armor and okay all right donna majesty all right let's go let's pull something big let's get something happen this this set is kind of in the area where all the cards have been reprinted recently so it's kind of killed the value there it hasn't had time to age yet so it's it's kind of in that middle ground so in a few years this will probably you know go back up for some reason of course the stardust will be will be great but some of the other stuff like brandon maybe you want the original prints or stuff like that will kind of age a little better usually but um yeah it's kind of in that weird spot this is actually a good super a life-twent sunny snitch i think it's still around a dollar so good solid card there it's kind of in that weird middle ground the weird spot so we'll see how it ages after this see if it kind of makes a little comeback or whatever i think stardust will always keep this being an okay set you know still pretty decent at least it has some value because you could potentially pull the stardust even though it is one out of 10 cases so it's very very unlikely aquamador so it's unlikely we'll pull it today but that's what's going to make it so exciting when it happens majestic mirage i just believe that's going to happen guys it's going to happen if it was ever going to happen it'd be on thanksgiving day right exactly that's what i'm saying okay let's pull something we are we have opened a lot of packs we i feel it we have put a lot of secrets though for how many packs we've opened i feel like we've opened like 20 packs we've gotten three so that's a good start we've got the goki finishing move baby my dragon master diplomas we got a rucksus special the tragedy is a common in here right off the bat i think it's the first time desping and showed up am i right about that i don't die goose toe but i feel like this wasn't they first showed up because that's why opening is in here tragedy comedy queer tests sort of reset that name so there's a lot and then of course that will be birth so this is like the og set of branded stuff so pretty cool we've got the kappa papa nika i don't think that's how you say that it grew up finishing move this is definitely the uh souships first stuff a looter and they've only got a couple of cards in here whoa okay i got a little excited i thought this was a shift wait is this supposed to be like this i thought this wait why is it okay i think this might not be an error i thought it was an error is it an error okay this is just like the worst secret in the set i totally thought this was like a nameshift or something because like this is up this looks weird because there's like no secret there no secret there i was like whoa this looks cool i don't remember this card looking like this it actually looks really dope but it's like 50 cents so not a great pull got a little excited for no reason so let's just uh keep going pretend like that didn't happen that's still four secretaries though but i was like wow i like a complete foil shift this is crazy and then no unfortunately not my my hunt for miss prince has to continue it'll have to be some other time we pull one but still pretty cool we got the goose go vidore vortex baby mud dragon we got the rucks especially again start us trail aqua manure jar of generosity one stank toad we got the slower swallow and night's end administrator night's end administrator that's kind of difficult to say what do we pull now we pulled four secrets already we haven't pulled the alluber yet which is unfortunate when it comes to secretaries it's kind of what we want let's see if we can get it right here majestic absorption trithalon the psychopumpus xerrol puzzle zool tragedy we've got ourselves a suship shari koko yoshi and the scale bomber all right another super rare no big deal we're almost like halfway ish or maybe a little bit past halfway because i had a couple on the top but yeah this is a long video for sure gotta believe i like how the stardust i mean i guess you can't put stardust as the cover car because it's not a new car but they have the shooting stardust thing or shooting majestic star thing that thing's so cheap which is kind of weird because it seems like it's kind of a classic like retrain kind of thing you think it'd be a little better stealth buster assortment and the aniba right rabbit is that a retrain of aniba white rabbit i think it is i didn't even realize that that's kind of weird okay keep going another pack one two three four we gotta believe in the heart of the cards will it be a starlight we got the shinobi insect cool finishing move we got it's always the fourth card's ruckson special stealth buster red carp despia dimmer thin the fifth we got the stall turn i could not say that that is a super rare all right so far four secret rears seems pretty okay it's definitely not bad definitely decent we will take it one two three forward from the back we're gonna get a starlight master diplomat margin trading daily special we got a starbonder stealth buster assortment aquamond or jar of generosity and the magic e-beast and sayah la balas all right and say la balas more packs to go dug bless us with some epicness and by the way dug was not dug dz this is a different dug i'm just gonna clarify that right now if you made it this far into the video and you thought dug sent me these he did not dug will have to be sending me something else soon dug i'm talking to you dz if i'm expecting up she can't all right fly staying we got the kona hanasaka you okay interluder slower swallow we've got a different image in derby and lifetime sunny stitch very nice we will take that what shall we pull next will it be epic will it be awesome will it be amazing i don't know donna managed can we get a starlight one two three four i believe that we can do it it's going to be this last card right here social ship tri-thon that wasn't a ship diplomat we've got the unlocking we've got the aquamond or we've got the one staying you can shut ship shari and magic e dragon and ruby believe in the heart of the cards here we go this is it i've said here we go a couple of times maybe a couple of times too many but that's because i'm hyped about the stardust redemption you guys have all seen the stardust clip let's make stardust clip number two right here we got the interluder branded opening number two we will take that a few packs remaining okay more than a few probably 15 packs remaining something like that still more chances to pull any starlight i mean i would not be mad if we pulled even the anti-human intelligence card which is still like only 50 bucks for a starlight i would still be really happy with that that would be amazing we've got the shinobi insect still have not pulled and a lubricant that would be really cool despy and tragedy unlocking dramaters of despia that's number two we're going to pull the whole despy deck out of this which would be i mean that'd be pretty cool i wouldn't be mad about that also the despy and stuff also had a structure deck so a lot of the stuff got reprinted in there so they got some stuff pretty cheap that definitely hurts the value of some of them diplomans some of them though were not reprinted like branded opening daily special assortment parent ruckson special again red carp dragon shell beetroot performation snap my fingers into beetroot performation okay come on guys thanksgiving epicness coming up right now don't forget to enter the giveaway for six booster boxes i mean you get one per winner but a booster box about its legend crystal revenge and don't forget about the bonus gift sent by doug so if seven giveaways i'll be announcing those soon by the way because i am a little behind on those stupid shoe ship shari i'm not too far behind though i've been doing okay on those keeping up with them shipping them out do you need to ship the last few people that claimed them so if you haven't been sent yet uh it will be soon so i'm working on those trying to keep keep caught up because giveaways can be they can be crazy to keep up with so we're doing what we can let's go cap a cup and apaca we got a ruckson special three cards very beautiful despy and tragedy unlocking the abracombi figures we have the abracombi okay no why did i say abracombi don't know all right let's keep going i just know that this is going to be starlight stardust dragon number two because we got a nine on our first one that we pulled it'd be epic to pull another one and get a 10 at psa because i still have the nine i'm sitting on i have such an epic moment we're 10 but i want that 10 let's do it fly and sting with a tragedy we also never pull the black rose which would be cool aquamador one staying despy in proscanion this is actually a good card because a despy card so we'll take it okay i said 15 earlier we might still be at 15 i don't know i'm really bad at counting when there's a few packs left you know i always think there's less than there actually is there's usually more than that let's go one two maybe that's just like me when i'm doing those long openings trying to like be positive that it's you know not that far away that we're gonna finish but then i'm usually like hours away springens interluder nice slower swallow the derby oh and then there's the toad from naruto very nice that is unfortunately not a great card but it is an ultra rare we will take that now can we pull the best secret rare in the set let's go one two three four must believe in the starlight rares let's go all vain ruxen a special almost not quite majestic absorption stealth buster these cards do not want to slide despy a theater the branded dimmer synthesis and despy in comedy also a good one that got a reprint but still pretty good thanksgiving break thanksgiving break i guess some of y'all in thanksgiving break i don't have a thanksgiving break anymore but thanksgiving day here we go i was going to say blessings i guess blessings could be a thing get thanksgiving day um we need blessings to pull the starlight start us we've got a ruxen special on the fourth card as we've done every single time we've opened this parent stealth buster monster assortment and trick star festival tricks stars up anybody playing those anymore not that i know of but i could be wrong because you know i'm a metagame guy but you know maybe in the future we'll figure it out one two three four starlight start us we got the margin trading beast of the forest dread not ruxen special on the fourth card who would have guessed glyph figures from abracadabra we've got the synthesis slower swallow and the trend angle jehaleth all right now we're getting close to ten packs i mean we've opened probably 15 packs since i said there was 15 left and there's still 10 left so i definitely was not right when it came to guessing that but that's okay because we have star does trail we have ruxen special we have total ruxen special they're going everywhere these cards are sticky man they won't they won't slide man goose dough chronomaly there's another ultra rare we have not pulled a secret in a while so we might be on pace to just pull the regular amount of secrets from booster boxes which would be very sad i mean it would not be very sad but it would be a little sad i'll say that come on i'll be okay with four secrets if we get a starlight you know i'm saying margin trading stealth buster monster assortment we've got glacier aqua dorge our generosity and a lunar the jester of despia secret rare it's about a ten dollar card now this used to be a hundred and what fifty hundred and seventy and then it got absolutely hammered with reprints it has an ultimate rare now it has an ultra rare now i think it had another one it was like a see another secret rare or something i don't remember but i just know it had two or three reprints since then definitely hurt the value but the original secret rare i mean you can't go wrong with it is very very cool so we can't we can't complain we got five secret rears we got the best secret rare in the sad that's pretty solid pretty good for thanksgiving i am thankful for that once again and also speaking of you guys will say we were thankful for i guess it's my turn if you made it this far in the video you get to hear that i'm thankful for you guys thank for you guys watching the videos enjoying the videos uh you know sending me messages on instagram twitter tweeting at me being in the discord if you're a member or whatever just thank you guys for always being on streams like live streams on youtube twitch and all that stuff it's been really awesome and a blessing this year to actually get to do this for a little bit over a year now uh full time which has been really really cool and i've really enjoyed it if we pull the stardust while i'm doing this that'd be pretty funny and it's been really awesome so i'm super thankful for it so i figure since it is thanksgiving we should say what we're thankful for you know and just let everybody know you know i'm thankful for this and i hope that it you know continues to be this way you know the way that's going so hope you guys are also uh you know having some stuff a lot of stuff to be thankful for if you're if you don't of course then i'm hoping that things get better for you so let's see if we can find that epic stardust make it an amazing poll here okay not that one so now i think we have five packs left that i just counted we definitely have five packs left so i'm not going to be off on that one five packs remaining in the thanksgiving opening thanks again to dug i'm thankful for these packs uh let's see if we can get something big man the last five packs we've already gotten in a luber which has been pretty cool stealth buster and gizmek they'll bring a hug all right for dawn of majesty remaining we've opened much of this over the course of my uh you know existence on this channel right when it came out we opened a ton of this let's see if we can pull yet again the starlight stardust i have pulled every card from the set you know in the past because we pulled every card before we got the stardust that was the last card we got the cleavage the lele lele okay the pazzazzolule with the trisbian tragedy sushi pshari and the secret overtake that's our six secret which is cool also a double on that one which is a little weird six secret is out of about 50 packs so normally if you open two booster boxes you get four so we're getting like three boxes worse so we definitely did good in terms of like secret rare ratios which is really cool we're ten with the amaze attraction viking vortex the branded bond because the tailwind of gustow the glyph the dragon shell the parent and the stall turn all right two packs to go let's see if we can pull something big out of the final two here we go dawn of majesty we can do this i think we kept this to a reasonable length it should be in the 20 something minute range which is still long but it wasn't too crazy we definitely made it a decent amount we're ten heavenly general alvain fly and sting we've got the magic e duo aria picks three despy and tragedy we've got the magic and locking glacier aquamador and that's a play set of those dramaters play set okay ultra rare that's not bad and the final pack of dawn of majesty from duck here we go we've got to believe in the heart of the cards let's do this two three four come on starlight stardust we have stardust trail 50th pack trimon loading beast king unleashed majestic absorption despy and tragedy magic key unlocking glacier aquamador two totes of bloodstain and we have a tindangle jaheral all right so we did not get the starlight stardust 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I work for the product security team at Red Hat and today I am going to talk about a little bit about how the KVM virtualization stack looks like. At Red Hat I will look after the security issues in the virtualization and the kernel projects. In the process I have looked into certain details of the virtualization stacks and I have tried to fix certain issues as well. Today I will share what I have learned over the course of time about how a KVM guest works in the stack. For the overview we will look at the x86 execution environment. Then we will look at the virtualization technology which is there which is used by the KVM module. We will look at the kernel virtual machine how it uses the virtualization technology to provide services to the guest. In the end we will look at the user space emulator which is the QMU which is used to create the guest environment for the users. If we look at the x86 execution environment we have a processor and in the processor we have a lot of subcomponents. There is an instruction execution module, there are certain control registers, there is memory, there is an IO unit which works to machine to the disk. On top of all this hardware layer there is an operating system. This operating system uses the processor instructions to execute the user programs. Let's take an example of a simple program. When you say you want to print something on the console there are many things involved. This program will be converted into a processor instructions like this and then there is a console which is to read and write to that console you need a hardware driver which is used by the operating system. So just to print a certain message on the console a user program writes a statement like say printer which is converted into an operating system call which is say write and that write will communicate with the hardware driver which will eventually put that information on the console. So this is just a basic execution environment on the x86 system. Now let's imagine instead of this simple program we want to virtualize or create an environment where you execute an operating system as it is in a virtual environment. As we saw operating system uses the hardware which is like a processor which has registers, which has memory, it has IO unit. So if we want to execute an operating system in a virtual environment we will have to create the same environment which is provided by the hardware. So that's where the virtualization technology comes into picture. So Intel introduced a virtualization extensions on AMD they call it secure virtual machines on ARM processor mode. So what basically these technologies do is they introduce more instructions in the processor which is used by the kernel or the virtual machine monitor to provide services to the guest environment. So these instructions are called the virtualization extensions and there are instructions like VMX on, VMX off and VM read write. And these are used by the KVM module kernel virtual machine module to create a virtual environment which is used by the logical processor which is in in turn used by the KVM guest. So there are two modes of operation like we saw on the host environment in the operating system. You have a user space instructions or user space functions and in the kernel you have kernel space functions. Kernel space functions work in the supervisor mode or the root mode whereas user space functions are at user level privileges. Similarly in the virtualization instructions these set of instructions are divided into two modes. One is a VMX non-root operation. So when guest wants to execute certain instructions they are executed at the non-root operation mode. And then there are VMX root operations which are used by the KVM module or the virtual machine monitor module or the hypervisor which is like privileged instructions. They are used by KVM module to give services to the thousands of guests that it is running. And this separation is there because at any point you don't want a guest environment or a guest operating system to use or access hardware directly. We want to kind of multiplex the hardware across different guests. So that's why there are two modes of operation. Now let's say there are certain instructions provided by the server or provided by the processor or the hardware. But still to create the logical environment or the virtual environment we need to store data which is used by the logical processor. As we saw in the host system or the bare metal system it has a lot of control registers. It has all that information when it's executing instructions it stores and reads information from this control structures or control registers. So similar control structure or similar environment is created in the memory which is called a control structure or virtual machine control structures. It's like a 4 kilobyte memory area allocated by the KVM module. It stores a lot of control information which is used to execute a guest environment. So it involves when does while executing a guest operating system at which instruction does a guest control move from guest non-route operation mode to the route operation mode. Like in the bare metal host environment when a program calls a system call it goes from user space to kernel space. Similarly in the virtualized guest environment at which point does a guest exits from the VM and enters the route operation mode. So that is called the when the control moves from guest operating system to the VM which is KVM module. Virtual machine monitor module that is called VMXZ. And similarly when the KVM module performs an operation on behalf of the guest and then returns control back to the guest environment or the guest operating system that is called VM entry. And to do this VMXZ and VM entry it stores lot of control information in the control fields of this control structure. It has like a 32 bit vector or 32 bit register which stores information about at which point the guest environment or guest operating system exits to the virtual machine monitor and why does it exit. For example it can exit when there is an interrupt or it can exit when it is trying to access it when there is a memory fault or some sort. So at that point control shifts to the KVM module which is a virtual machine monitor and KVM module will look at the exit reason why did the guest exit from the virtualized mode. And then perform that operation and shift control back to the guest operating system. So now you have in the hardware you have lot of these instructions available. Now we want to use that hardware infrastructure and provide services and that's where the loadable kernel module comes into picture. So this KVM module converts the normal Linux kernel into a hypervisor which creates a hypervisor mode or guest mode or it introduces a guest mode which is used by the guest operating system. It creates a device like the slash type KVM which is used by the user space program which is QMU to create this virtual environment for the guest operating system. It introduces the or it offers the services to the QMU emulator where kernel are called. It allows you to create a virtual CPU, it allows you to create virtual interrupt chips and it allows you to kind of synchronize the operation between the guest operating system and the KVM. What is QMU? Now in the kernel module or in the kernel side you have the kernel module which converts the kernel into a hypervisor but now you want to create multiple guests. So how do you create that? That's where the QMU emulator comes into picture which is at the hardware or in the operating system side you have a virtual processor hardware or processor infrastructure. But you still need a PC hardware to run an operating system. You still need a console, you still need a keyboard, you still need a mouse or you still need many other hardware devices which are available in the normal system and that infrastructure is provided by the QMU emulator. So it allocates memory, bunch of memory in the system memory in the RAM and it creates a guest environment in that allocated memory. And then on top of that it calls the services offered by the KVM module or the kernel virtual machine module to interact with the processor or use the processor to execute the guest environment. So how does it all look like? So you have in the bare metal system you have the hardware or the processor which gives you the control registers and hardware infrastructure. On top of that you have a kernel and KVM which uses that hardware infrastructure to create a logical processor or a virtual guest environment. And that virtual guest environment is in turn used by the QMU to actually create the guest operating system and in that guest environment it eventually executes the guest operating system. So for a quick anatomy of the KVM guest this is how it functions or looks like, that's about it. So are there any questions? I guess it was like quite quick introduction I guess. Is there a lot of differences between the Intel and AMD and ARM? Is there a lot of difference there in terms of performance or capability? Well not much of a difference. At the very superficial level all these processors have multiple instructions which work at a different kernel mode and user space mode like different privileges. And they sort of provide the similar services to create the guest environment. But of course there are different features as in in terms of KVM it uses the basic Linux kernel infrastructure to provide the services. So if you look at the KVM code it's very small as in the footprint of the KVM code is very small because it uses a lot of kernel features like it doesn't do scheduling it doesn't do memory management all those things. But for that it depends on the Linux kernel and because it's part of the kernel you can use or manipulate the guest environment using a normal system commands, which is which is different in say Zen or VMware or other virtualization technologies. Yes? How does this convey the obvious impact of the ARM 64? Well I haven't used the ARM 64. I don't have the first time knowledge about ARM processors. ARM 64 is a bit different from, well it's actually very different from... Yeah, X76. The way virtualization is implemented on ARM 64 is connected to a new level or an execution level called hypervisor modes. And there you can run your operating system through the hypervisor modes and so it's a bit different. The way page tables work is a little bit similar. It's difficult to say it's better or not but better in terms of it has a very small memory footprint. So it's very flexible in that way and it's available by default in the Linux kernel whereas Zen works very different. Zen has a guest zero mode which replaces the operating system in this stack which works on the... So it doesn't have an operating system layer but Zen has something called guest zero which works as the operating system here which directly interacts with the hardware and then guest one and onwards they are called the virtual guest. They use the guest zero mode services to work as the operating system, work as the guest environment. So guest zero is the first guest which creates the virtual environment for the rest of the guests. I guess the Zen path is not truly tooled by a machine here. No, no, no. It's not merged in the Linux kernel as such. It's a very different architecture that way. Another advantage for KBM is there is a lot of active community which is very actively developing and fixing bugs and probably shooting and debugging things in KBM. So that way it's very well-maintained and well-developed as well. Sorry, what's that? The host has only two cores. Then I make a guest that uses two cores. Then I make another one more guest that also uses two cores. Yes, those will be the virtual cores. Yes, yes. No, those will be the virtual processors as well. Yeah, so that should be possible, yes. Yeah, they might but that should be possible, yeah. So you're actually running slightly a 10-minute schedule. Yes. I would say let's take care. Well, yeah, so next talk is scheduled to start at 14.30. Yes, we have 10 minutes. 10 minutes to go. Thank you so much for coming.


What's up everybody Jason here from jazby's case breaks calm 2020 panini mosaic. No huddle football four box break picker teams number two Just sold out remember all-card ship and this is has the disco variations Just like in prism fast break basketball and select hybrid call it. No huddle. Just keep it football style So I think it's kind of funny. They call it no huddle, right? You're thinking quick You're thinking speed it up and then for basketball. They call it fast break You guys get it There you go four boxes Hi, good luck CD lamb cam acres Jaylen Hertz We have Aaron Donald prism silver a J Dylan and Kaleis Campbell disco Pro Bowl And look at that Aaron getting the lines in the first two with the Andre Swift And he got Charles Tillman which isn't he like a FBI agent or something Sticker service guy now. 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The Narcissist will try to replace you, unless you do this. The Narcissist will get rid of you and try to find someone to take your place. When you first met the Narcissist, everything was great. They presented this ideal character to you. They mirrored you and reflected back everything they thought you were interested in. You validated their false self. You admired them. You made them feel like there was something special. So everything was great. They wanted to be with you, because they loved how you made them feel. That feeling was what made them stick around. It was narcissistic supply, and that is something they cannot live without. Which is why they may have been texting and calling you all day every day. They always wanted to see you. They couldn't be without you for even a short amount of time. Because you made them feel good. You validated their false self. You made them feel like the false character they were displaying to you was real. And the Narcissist will naturally gravitate towards anyone who does that. Anyone who makes them feel like their false self exists. Anyone who is willing to enter the fantasy world. Anyone who is susceptible to their manipulation. But it isn't long until you start to notice cracks in their image. You start to realize that some of the things they were saying aren't true. Maybe they're not really interested in painting or swimming. You start to realize that it was just an act to load you in. You start to see them as a fraud. Someone who was lying to you. And the Narcissist will immediately sense this. They will realize that you're no longer validating their false self. They will realize that you no longer see them in the same way as you did before. They will feel like they're losing their supply. And this is when they will begin to devalue you. They will desire to hurt you for everything you saw wrong in them. Because the Narcissist is never going to hold themselves accountable. They're never going to admit that they lied. They're never going to admit that they manipulated you. Instead they're going to point the finger at you and say that you are to blame. They will say that you're just not good enough for them. You don't treat them right. When maybe you just had to take a step back. Since you realize that the person you thought you were dealing with doesn't even exist. And when they start devaluing you, it just pushes you away even more. You don't want to be around someone who looks down on you. That makes you feel like you're beneath them. You want to feel valued. But when you start seeing the Narcissist as they actually are, they cannot value you after that. Because they can only reflect back what you were giving to them. And when they see that you don't value their false image, they can no longer value you. And that is when they will try to replace you. When they start devaluing you, they will then start looking for someone else to give them the supply that you once gave to them. They will look for someone who will be most susceptible to their manipulation. Someone who will believe in their lies.  You have to go along with their narrative. You have to give them constant attention and admiration whenever they want it.  You have to act like you lack awareness of what is really happening, so that you can remain a good source of supply to the Narcissist. Then they may not desire to replace you, as long as you act like there's still something desirable to you, no matter what they've said or done. As long as you act like they're perfect and you see no flaws in what they're doing, they will stick around, because it will feed their ego. It will make them feel like they're special and important. Which is all the Narcissists really want. They just want to feel like they exist. They just want to feel like they matter to someone. And if you can make them feel that way, they will stick around, because they just want that feeling. And if you can give that to them, they have no reason to leave. They have no reason to try to replace you. And you can give them that feeling by validating their false self. Pretending like it's real. Pretending like you believe in everything they're saying to you. If you can make them feel desirable and attractive. If you can make them feel special and important. They will stick around. But you also have to ignore any flaws or imperfections, any faults or mistakes that they might make. You have to pretend like you don't notice, so it doesn't bother you. After that it props up their false self and makes them feel like they're perfect. The only problem is that after a certain amount of time, your supply loses its potency. Every supply has an expiry date. So even if you do everything right, even if you treat them in the exact way they would like, even if you ignore all their faults and mistakes, at some point it isn't even going to matter. Just once the narcissist has been around you long enough, your supply is going to lose its potency. It's no longer going to have the same effect as it once did. And they will still try to replace you. They will still try to find someone else. Because they're addicted to the rush of being around someone new. Someone who doesn't know what they're about. It's exciting for them. It makes them feel alive. And you could never compete with a supply of someone new. That attention and admiration of a new person is so powerful. And it's something that the narcissist cannot live without. So even if you do everything right, even if you were the perfect supply for the narcissist, at some point they would get bored. At some point they would desire something new. Even if the new supply isn't as great as you were to them. Even if they're less attractive or less successful. It doesn't matter. Because the only thing they're looking for is that rush they get from being with someone new. And that is why it can often seem like they downgrade after they leave you. Because at that point it doesn't matter to them. All they want is a new person. Someone who doesn't know what they're really about. And as long as they're slightly attractive, they don't care. The narcissist will try to replace you. Even if you do everything right, they will try to find another you. They will try to find someone who doesn't know what they're really about. They will try to find someone new. Because they love the feeling it gives to them. It makes them feel alive. It makes them feel desirable and attractive. It makes them feel special and important.   They have no empathy for you. They only care about their own needs. But there is one way to stop the narcissist from replacing you. And the only way you can do that is by leaving them as soon as they start to devalue you. As soon as you notice a change in their behaviour. Because that is when they're going to try to replace you. That is when they're going to look for someone else. And then they're just going to leave you like you never even existed. Because your supply has lost its potency. And they need something new to make them feel alive. Regardless of how it affects you. Which is why you need to leave before they get the chance to do that. The narcissist will try to replace you. But you can save yourself by getting out of there before they have the chance. Thank you for watching. I hope this video has an interview. Please like, comment, share and subscribe. Click the bell icon to receive notifications for my future videos. Check out the new Narc Survival website at www.narcsurviver.uk Where you can read my blog posts, book coaching sessions and join a support forum. If you would like to donate, my PayPal link is in the video description. Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon.


Good evening aspirants, I welcome you all to the Hindu Daily News Analysis brought to you by Shankar IA's Academy for the newspaper dated 16th of June 2023. Displayed here are the list of articles that we will take up for discussion today. Without much delay, we will start with the first article discussion. Now take a look at this article from the text and context page. This article is talking about the issues surrounding the national institutional ranking framework. Now in this discussion we will see what is this NIRF and we will also understand the points provided in this article. First let us start with NIRF. See the National Institutional Ranking Framework in short NIRF was established by the Ministry of Education in the year 2016. The NIRF outlines a methodology to rank higher education institutions across the country. So to put it simply, the NIRF is a ranking methodology that was adopted to rank higher education institutions in India. Note that the NIRF ranking will be released every year by the Ministry of Education. Currently the NIRF releases rankings across various categories. These categories include overall category, research institutions, universities and colleges. Apart from this, the ranking is also released for specific disciplines like engineering, management, pharmacy, law etc. See the NIRF rankings are an important resource for the students to know about the efficiency and position of higher education institutions in India. Now how does the NIRF rank institutes? See the NIRF ranks the educational institutes based on their total score. To determine this score the NIRF uses 5 indicators and each of these indicator has a certain weightage. The 5 indicators are teaching, learning and resource and this is provided 30% weightage. Then research and professional practice this is having 30% weightage. Then graduation outcomes with 20% weightage, outreach and inclusivity with 10% weightage and finally perception with 10% weightage. So these are the 5 indicators based on which the total score is calculated for a particular higher education institute. And the score in turn is used to rank the institute. Now moving on to see about the issues surrounding NIRF ranking. See many academic communities have concern about the indicators. Particularly many have raised a concern over the indicator of research and professional practices. This is because this particular indicator gives a lot of attention to bibliometric measures. Now what is this bibliometrics? See bibliometrics refers to the measurable aspects of research. To say simply the bibliometrics are the statistical analysis of articles or other publications in journals that are published based on research output. For instance the number of citations a paper receives is a bibliometric measure of its impact. Now what is the problem with these bibliometric measures? Let's imagine we have a researcher who published an article in an international journal about his research on the origin of the coronavirus. According to this research they claim that the virus originated from chicken meat. Now just by looking at the publication itself we cannot fully evaluate the quality or accuracy of the research. We need to consider other factors like the methodology that is used, the credibility of the data and the opinions of other experts in the field. But bibliometrics on the other hand focuses mainly on the number of publications and citations. This doesn't take these qualitative measures into account. So it is like only looking at the quantity of the papers without considering the quality. This is the major problem with the bibliometric measures. Now coming back to the NIRF. As we saw earlier the research and professional practice indicator of NIRF gives a lot of attention to bibliometric measures. That is the particular indicator solely considers research articles published in international journals. And it sidelines other forms of intellectual contributions such as books, workshops, reports and other such forms of work. So overall the NIRF passively encourages researchers to focus on work that is likely to be published in international journals. As we all know the international journals usually prefer the research work on topics which are of global significance. So the NIRF passively discourages the work that focuses on national and local issues. Therefore the science policy experts in India have pointed out that relying too much on bibliometrics for complete assessment of a higher education institution will not provide an overall picture. So they advocate that government should adopt a more comprehensive evaluation methodology to assess the higher education institutions rather than relying solely on bibliometric measures. Now moving on to see about the transparency of NIRF rankings. See the NIRF rankings have some flaws. The experts say that there is no transparency about the source of data that is collected by the NIRF. Apart from this there is no transparency about how the data is collected and how that data becomes the basis for the total school. Overall the experts say that the NIRF is partly transparent as it shares its methodology but the NIRF doesn't provide a detailed view of the data collection and assessment. To sum it up the NIRF rankings provide some important data to the students about the higher education institutions in India but there are some issues associated with the assessment methodology. The government has to reconsider the evaluation methodology and it has to adopt a transparent and effective evaluation methodology to assess the higher education institutions in India. That's all for this discussion. With the learned points in mind now we will move on to the next article discussion. Take a look at this editorial article. This editorial article tries to explain about artificial intelligence and the issues associated with it. We will see them in detail in this discussion. Before that the syllabus relevant to this discussion is highlighted here. You can go through it. Firstly what is an AI or artificial intelligence?   When you ask a question it understands your query and provides relevant answers. It can also suggest personalized recommendations such as movie or music based on your preference. So AI basically learns from the data and uses algorithms to make predictions and assist users. So we can say that it deals with building smart missions which are capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. Remember AI systems are capable of exhibiting superhuman performance on only specific or narrow tasks. So such tasks include speech recognition, translation and even identifying common objects like photographs. In some instances they even exceed human performance in these narrow tasks. A very good example for this is the chat GPT which was released in November 2022. See chat GPT is a generative AI tool that uses a large language model to generate text. See the large language model is basically a large artificial neural network that ingests large amounts of digital text to build a statistical model. At the basic level large language models merely predict the most probable or relevant word that would follow a given sequence of words based on the learned statistical model. Currently few LLMs are also being built by Google, Meta, Amazon and others. Writing could now be outsourced to them. Now even though AI have such huge advantages they are weak in integrating inferences across situations based on the common sense that humans have. We all know that common sense will make a human save his life in a life-threatening situation. But we cannot expect that in an AI. Luckily this drawback can be addressed by another technology called artificial general intelligence. See artificial general intelligence have intelligence that is not limited or narrow. Think of a mission having humans common sense that is what AGI is. But there are no credible efforts towards building AGI yet. Many experts believe AGI is the future. Now with this basic understanding about AI let us quickly go through the three possible types of danger arising from AI as mentioned by the author in this news article. See the opinions are of personal views of the author so just listen to the article and draw your own opinion towards it. Firstly the author talks about the super human AI. This refers to the fear of a super intelligent artificial intelligence which surpasses human capabilities and potentially posing a threat to humanity. However the article suggests that this scenario is highly unlikely and not a major concern. The second danger is a threat of malicious use of AI. See AI tools are relatively easy to build and even narrow AI tools can cause serious harm when matched with malicious intent. For example, fake news can be generated through large language models. Then public opinion can be manipulated to affect democratic elections and so on. Another thing is that AI tools do not have boundaries and barriers. So even an individual malice can instantly impact the globe. There are concerns about AI powered smart weapons in the military as well. Then third danger is the highly capable and inscrutable AI. See AI systems will continue to improve and will be employed to assist humans. But they may also end up harming some sections of the people unintentionally. This could happen despite the best intentions of their creators. For example, see these systems are created using machine learning from data available around the world. So if there is any flaw in that data, it can be reinforced again in these AI. So they may introduce asymmetric behaviors that go against certain groups like labelling a specific group of people as terrorists. Then secondly, these AIs do not have any public oversight or regulation. So they do not have any incentive to keep AI systems just. So this is a threat again. Most importantly, every person can be tracked anytime, anywhere. So this violates the fundamental right to privacy as well. See all these can have a serious long lasting negative impact on individuals. So if you're asking me what can be done? See, we understand that AI holds tremendous potential in different sectors like public health, agriculture, transportation and governments. So as we exploit India's advantages in them, we need more discussions to make AI systems responsible, fair and just to our society. And for that to happen, we need a systematic evaluation of their efficiency and shortcomings in Indian situations. We need to establish mechanisms of checks and balances before we go for a large scale deployment of AI systems. So all we need is an India specific framework that can address all these issues. So in conclusion, we need to be careful with AI as it can be used for both good and bad purposes. It's important to use AI responsibly and think about the potential risks it poses. So with these points in mind, now we will move on to the next article discussion. Look at this news article. Recently, the law commission decided to ask for public opinion on the idea of a uniform civil code. So this is why the uniform civil code has made news. In this background, let us understand few facts about the uniform civil code. First of all, what is uniform civil code?  The UCC calls for the formulation of one law for India regarding civil cases. And the uniform civil code envisions a single law that is applicable to all religious communities in matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption. The uniform civil code originated during colonial India during the British times. They recommended excluding personal laws of Hindus and Muslims from codification. In 1941, the B&Rau committee was formed to codify Hindu law. The Hindu Succession Act was passed in 1956. But separate personal laws remind for Muslims, Christians and Parsis. Courts have urged the government to move towards a uniform civil code for uniformity. Cases like Shah Bano in 1985 and Sarla Mudhal in 1995 highlighted the conflicts between personal laws. The centre argues that practices like triple talak and polygamy can violate women's right to dignity. So, they rise the question of whether religious practices should be protected if they conflict with fundamental rights. Now, in India, personal laws are based on religion. These laws apply to a certain group of people based on their religion, caste, faith and belief. They are made after due consideration of customs and religious ethics. Let us take the case of Hinduism and Islam. See, in Hinduism, the personal laws are applicable to legal issues related to inheritance, succession, marriage, adoption, co-parenting, obligations of sons to pay their father's debt, the partition of family property, maintenance, guardianship and charitable donations. The sources of these laws include Vedas, Dharmashastras, Dharmashutras and age-old customs. Next, in Islam, personal laws apply to matters relating to inheritance, will, succession, legacies, marriage, works, dowry, guardianship, divorce and gifts. The source of these are Quran and other practices. Then there are some other examples of personal laws which includes the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, Hindu Succession Act of 1956, the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act of 1956, the Muslim Personal Law Application Act of 1937, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages at 1939 and we also have Vak Act of 1955. From these examples, what can be inferred? See, we can infer that these are laws existing for personal matters based on religion. But why everyone is talking about uniform civil code? And what is the need for uniform civil code in India? Now you try and list the points. It is very easy. The disadvantages of personal laws are the reasons why we need uniform civil code. So we will see the disadvantages of personal laws. First of all, these personal laws are the exact opposite of secularism. So in order to promote secularism, we need uniform civil code. Secondly, the personal laws are discriminatory. Muslims are governed by Muslim laws and Hindus are governed by Hindu laws. These laws will not be the same. So the benefits that are enjoyed by a person in one religion is different from the benefits that are enjoyed by persons in another religion. And this is discrimination, right? So this is why we need uniform civil code. Thirdly, we need uniform civil code to promote women empowerment. See, some laws are extremely patriarchal and misogynistic. This leads to subjugation and mistreatment of women. So in order to avoid this, we need a uniform civil code. Thirdly, overlapping provisions in different laws can be avoided. And finally, UCC will help accelerate the process of national integration and it would create a sense of oneness. Also, there are some challenges in implementing the uniform civil code. Firstly, there are diverse personal laws. Different communities have their own customary practices and this is within the same religion. For example, marriage rules differ between regions in India. Achieving uniformity is difficult due to these diverse practices. Then there is lack of uniformity. Not only Hindus but Muslims and Christians also have different personal laws. The constitution itself protects local customs in certain regions. This lack of uniformity adds to the complexity of implementing a uniform civil code. Then there are communal politics. The demand for a uniform civil code is often seen as a form of majoritarianism or favouring one religious group over others. Communal politics and social reform are intertwined in the discussion around the uniform civil code. Then there are constitutional conflicts. Article 25 of the Indian constitution protects the freedom of religion. And this conflicts with the principle of equality under Article 14. Balancing religious freedom with the need for uniformity poses a constitutional challenge. So in summary, the diverse personal laws, communal politics and constitutional conflicts present significant challenges in implementing uniform civil code in India. Now with the learned points in mind, now we will move on to the next article discussion. See this article. It is connected with the burning issue of the month. That is, the sexual harassment complaint against the Chief of the Wrestling Federation of India. This article mainly focuses on a POXO case filed against the Chief of the Wrestling Federation of India, Mr. Burj Bhushan Sharan Singh. The POXO case was filed against him for the offence of sexually harassing a minor wrestler. Now the Delhi police have filed a cancellation report for this case as the minor wrestler has changed her stand. In this context, let us learn about the POXO Act. See, POXO stands for protection of children from sexual offenses. As the name suggests, this law is all about protecting children from sexual offenses. It applies to children who are below 18 years of age.  One of the key features of the POXO Act is that it provides for strict punishment for these offenses. The severity of the punishment depends on the seriousness of the offence and it could range from a minimum of 20 years imprisonment to death penalty. Now let's talk about some important aspects of the POXO Act. Firstly, it ensures that the identity of the victim is kept confidential. This means that the name and personal details of the child victim cannot be disclosed to the public. Only with the permission of a special court, the identity can be revealed. Another important point is that the Act is gender neutral. It means that it applies to both boys and girls who are victims of sexual assault. The POXO Act also addresses the issue of child trafficking for sexual purposes. People involved in trafficking children for such activities can be punished under the Act, specifically under the provisions relating to abatement. One of the most crucial aspects of the POXO Act is that it focuses on conducting investigations and trials in a child-friendly manner. This means that certain practices are followed to ensure that the child feels comfortable and safe throughout the process. For example, the officer recording the child's statement should not wear a uniform. Additionally, the child should not come into contact with the accused during examination and also frequent breaks are allowed during the trial. This is to provide necessary support. Furthermore, the Act requires the state government to prepare guidelines for the assistance of child at the pre-trial and trial stages. This can involve the involvement of NGOs, that is, non-governmental organizations and experts who provide support to the child during the legal proceedings. Lastly, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights and the State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights are empowered to monitor the implementation of the provisions of this Act. To help you understand these concepts better, I recommend watching the movie Gargi by Sai Pallavi. This movie shows the investigation process and trial for a POXER case more clearly. So I hope this explanation has helped you to understand the key contents and features of the POXER Act. So with the learnt points in mind, now we will move on to the next article discussion. Look at this news article. The BIM6 Summit is likely to happen by the end of this year. The key outcomes of this summit will be adoption of Bankong Vision 2030 and also there will be the signing of Marine Transport Agreement. See, Bankong Vision 2023 is a document which would give directions to the organization and it envisions to make the region prosperous, resilient and open. So in this context, let us learn about BIM6 in the film's perspective. See, BIM6 stands for Bay of Bengal initiative for multi-sectoral, technical and economic cooperation. It was established through the Bankong Declaration on June 6, 1997. The BIM6 secretariat is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Now, let's take a closer look at the members of BIM6. Initially, it was known as BISTIC which stood for Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation. However, in 1997, Myanmar joined this grouping and since then it has been known as BISTIC. Bhutan and Nepal joined BISTIC in 2004. So currently, BISTIC has 7 member states. Now, let's talk about the purposes of BISTIC. See, BISTIC has several important goals. First and foremost, it aims to create an enabling environment for rapid economic development among its member states. It also thrives to maintain peace and stability in the Bay of Bengal region. Additionally, BISTIC is committed to eradicating poverty in this region. Trade and investment promotion are considered major factors for fostering economic and social development. So, BISTIC works towards promoting these aspects. Lastly, BISTIC encourages active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in various fields such as economy, society, technology and science. Moving on to the chairmanship of BISTIC. It rotates among its member states in alphabetical order based on their English names. Bangladesh had the first chairmanship and currently Thailand holds the membership. Thailand has proposed the Bangkok Vision 2030 which is the document that outlines the direction and goals for the organization. This is what this news article was also talking about. It focuses on sustainable and balanced growth enhancing regional interconnectedness thereby involving all stakeholders and strengthening BISTIC internally. So, to summarize, BISTIC is a regional organization comprising 7 member states. It was established through Bangkok's declaration in 1997. Its purposes include promoting economic development, peace, stability, poverty eradication, trade and investment as well as collaboration and assistance in various fields. The chairmanship rotates among member states and currently Thailand holds the chairmanship and has proposed the Bangkok Vision 2030 to guide the organization's effort towards a prosperous and resilient Bay of Bengal region. So, I hope this overview of BISTIC would have helped you to understand about this organization and its goals. With the learned points in mind, now we will move on to the next article discussion. Look at this article. Bob Bicard, former communication chief at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has made allegation against China. He said that AIIB is serving only the interest of communist party of China. He also said China is having a greater influence in AIIB and it is lending primarily to countries which are targets for the China's Belt and Road Initiative. In this context, let us learn about the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. See, this bank was established in 2016 with 57 founding members and currently it has 103 members. That means it has grown quite a lot since its inception. One interesting thing about Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is that it represents a significant portion of the world's population and economy. It represents 79% of the global population and 65% of global GDP. That's quite impressive. In fact, it has even been granted permanent observer status in the UN General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. The headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is located in Beijing, China. And here's something worth noting. See, AIIB has consistently been receiving triple A ratings from top credit rating agencies like standards and powers, Moody's and Fitch. These ratings indicate that AIIB has good fiscal discipline and financial management. Now, let's talk about the main aim of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. See, the primary goal of this bank is to aid infrastructure development in the Asian region. Although it focuses on Asia, it has members from all over the world. One interesting aspect is that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank aims to reduce dependence on pro-Western institutions like IMF and the World Bank. So, it provides an alternative source of funding and support. AIIB holds three core values, lean, clean and green. These values highlight their commitment to efficiency, transparency and sustainability in their projects and operations. Now, let's move on to discussing the shareholders of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. See, China is the largest shareholder and it holds 27% of the shares. India stands second in terms of shareholding and it holds 8% of the shares and it is followed by Russia. When it comes to the organizational structure of this bank, the highest decision-making body is called the Board of Governors. They are responsible for making important decisions regarding the bank's operation. On the other hand, the Non-Resident Board of Directors handles the general operation of the bank on a day-to-day basis. Finally, let's talk about AIIB's contribution to India. See, it has funded 28 projects in India so far and the total worth is approximately $6.7 billion. These projects cover various sectors and have been aimed at promoting infrastructure development and economic growth in India. So, that's it for today's discussion. I hope you gained a good understanding of all the topics we discussed today. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments section. With this note, now we will take up the practice questions. Question number one. Consider the following statements regarding the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Statement one, it aims to reduce dependence on pro-Western institutions like World Bank and IMF. Statement number two, Japan is the largest shareholder in Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Statement three, Board of Governors is the highest decision-making body of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. How many of the above statements are incorrect? Here, statement one is correct. This we saw in the discussion itself. Statement two is incorrect. China is the largest shareholder in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and not Japan. Also, note that Japan is the largest shareholder in the Asian Development Bank. Statement number three is correct. Board of Governors is the highest decision-making body of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Please take a note that the question asks for the incorrect statements. So, the correct answer for this question is option A, only one. Question number two, consider the following statements regarding POXO Act. Statement number one, the investigating officer have to ensure that the child does not come in contact with the accused during examination. Statement number two, investigations and trials under this act will be conducted in a child-friendly manner. Here, statement number one is correct and statement number two is also correct. So, both the statements are correct and the statement two is the correct explanation for statement one. So, the correct answer is option B. Question number three, the purpose of uniform civil code incorporated in article 44 of Indian Constitution is for the answer here is option C, national unity. Article 44 in the Directive Principles of State Policy tells that the state shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. And this is incorporated to include national unity among the people. See, this is the quiz question. Based on the discussion we had today, you will be able to answer this question. Read the question carefully and post the answers in the comment box below. Displayed here are the main questions for your practice. Interest as friends can write the answer and post it in the comment box below. If you found a video to be useful, hit the like button, share it with your friends, subscribe to the channel, happy learning.


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