I only somewhat enjoy The Well-Tempered Clavier. It's better than the Bumblebee, which is quite often played as a shallow display of skill. However, I prefer, in particular, the Devil's Trill Sonata originally by Giuseppe Tartini, but arranged by Kreisler. Actually, it's somewhat hard to find a period-accurate playing of the piece, but is fairly indistinguishable from the modern version. Sibelius, Shostakovich, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Brahms (only somewhat), as well as Bach in a lot of cases are some of my favorite composers. I've yet to find a Sibelius piece that I don't enjoy. On some level, I also enjoy Saint-Saens, in particular Introduction and Rondo Capricio as well as The Swan ("Le Cygne"). My favorite piece that I feel those who appreciate web novels will also enjoy is The Devil's Trill Sonata. It's a complex piece on the human condition without any of the repulsive excessive romanticization that is present in a lot of romantic literature.

As far as I can tell, the Han family hierarchy consists of the city leader and his two daughters as his only descendants. That means, that whoever marries into the Han family can effectively control the city. However, based on tradition, the Han family rules the city while keeping the oath that the Xiao family line will live on. If the Xiao family is taking the love of two youngsters so seriously, they are doing it for a reason, especially if the price the Xiao family and Silver Blizzard City is paying is political instability. Thus, the reason must be greater than the cost. I'm not sure as to the city lord and his wife's reproductive capabilities, but I find it suspicious that Han Yan Meng (who I think is the younger sister, Jun Xie's "little aunt") is already so old but the city lord has bo male heir. There's also some uncertainty and miscommunication between the Xiao's and the Han's, at the elder level, at the leadership level, and, to some degree, at the fighting force level. Actually, the current and past Han heads are to blame. By leaving the Xiaos to their own devices, they grew emboldened. The oath serves as a protective shield for the Xiaos ambitions... however, the Han's still don't have the attitude of leaders.

The cleansing removed some of my favorite study guides. :( Now, I make sure to make backups of my favorites.

At that point, I aim to maim. I've been targeted before. I just broke that person's nose. Another time, an arm. The trick is to be psychologically unstable enough that you end up blacking out in rage. Then, people will remember that you shouldn't be fucked with. I condone the use of violence in order to defend yourself and your livelihood. Just fight back. If the bully doesn't get a reaction in normal times and you fight back as well, then you aren't a good target and they'll pick somebody else.

If you've ever seen a dead body, this is enough to make you feel nauseous.

Windows is so f*cked. There are some steps. Safe browsing, for one. That includes verifying downloads, ensuring https, verifying checksums in the case of http, and checking if the certificate authority is trustworthy. When it comes to Windows, most of the work is all preventative. Antivirus can be helpful, though I haven't gotten a virus in forever and I find it more of a hindrance. Another good habit is frequently backing up images, etc. A lot of cloud storage services include scanning for viruses on images, etc., so it should be safe. Additionally, a Windows install disk and frequent restore points can ensure that viruses will have a harder time doing any real damage. Worst-case, a clean reinstall of Windows and downloading backed up images. You can also create disk images. Another preventative measure is properly monitoring which networks you are visible on, whether SAMBA or the likes are running in the background, etc. I know the CIA had an exploit that made use of SAMBA/Windows rootkit to gain privileged access to Windows devices, including access to webcam. For that, reviewing network settings is important. Also, checking the firewall can be important as well. Really, Windows is hardly worth the trouble and I'm hopeful that Microsoft will move away from their archaic OS foundation; Windows Subsystem for Linux means that hopefully Microsoft can shift towards Linux, which has much better security.

I think it's kinda like the saying "shut up." Instead, the phrase "shut down" would make more sense. In this case, to face a reckoning is to face consequences of actions. To reckon is to act, therefore it would make more sense to say a force not to be reckoned with. However, the current meaning has been inversed in that use case and translations like that don't translate so well. The same can be said for puns in other languages.

Teaching private techniques? Not cool.

I'd first believe that he used performance enhancing drugs. For example pain killers or drugs that tap into potential.

... Because you'd be dead. The Earth is spinning very quickly right now. The Earth is revolving around the Sun very quickly. The Solar System is revolving through the Milky Way very quickly. The Milky Way is moving very quickly. However, no matter the reference point, light travels the same speed. The reason traveling at the speed of light is impossible is because matter has different properties than light. If lightspeed travel was possible, then it wouldn't be darkness because a complicated system that distorts fundamental laws of the universe would need to be used. At that point, lightspeed travel wouldn't be lightspeed travel. Besides, momentum has gravity. E=MC^2, the famous equation, is only part of the equation. The other part accounts for relativity and velocity. So, say you are moving at the speed of light, you'd collapse into a black hole. Space would distort into a singularity and time flow would distort as well. Perhaps, you could live through the collapse and rebirth of the universe. Or, rather, the information that you used to consist of could given that you'd be shredded into billions of pieces, stretched, compressed, and destroyed before being radiated in a quantum form of encryption that made you indistinguishable from other matter before the eventual collapse of the singularity which may last longer than the lifespan of the universe.

I'm just imagining somebody furiously fapping and creating thousands of after images. The Great Fapping Art, A Thousand Arms Ond Hand.

Until you find the human cauldrons he keeps.

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Why did my eyes light up?

Ah, yes. Smurfette was the only female smurfette in smurf village... Our MC is the only youth in Disabled Elderly Village. In the smurf village we have brainy and clumsy. In Disabled Elderly Village, we have Deaf and Rheumatoid.

Nationalism and patriotism are very different. Patriots are people who.love their country and want to better it. Nationalism is a practice of blind adoration or faith in one's country. The difference may not be so clear at first glance, but there are good examples and comparisons in history. For example, nationalism in Europe, among other things, fueled WWII. Basically, imagine all the military parades in North Korea and then add xenophobia to the mix. That's what nationalism is. For an example of patriotism, think of the Civil Rights Movement. Those were people who wanted to better the country. Think about the kids during the Vietnam War who got tired of the war and were killed at Kent State. Nationalism is harmful whereas patriotism is virtuous.

Wow, there was an earlier comment along the lines of incels inbound, but wow.

A little over the top... Seriously, a light tap to the balls is enough to make me keel over... Much less a kick. I'd have her tried for assault.

For real, if I have a drive that has sensitive information on it, I disconnect my NIC and aftet accessing it I make sure to write over my drive with random bits through a natural source of entropy as a seed. Then, I make sure to destroy the drive I used as a live boot.