https://www.reddit.com/ZenKoanWorkshop/comments/127i1h7/killing_two_birds_with_one_stone/

"If any of you say one thing about Zen, you can save the cat."

What is Zen? Zen is the Great Way that was set out by the Patriarchs who navigated the path before us, and left signposts so that we could follow in their footsteps.
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1.Why did the novice monk carry on dreaming about the pretty young girl, but the old monk instantly forgot about her?

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2.Nansen told him about this. Joshu removed his sandals and, placing them on his head, walked out.Nansen said: "If you had been there, you could have saved the cat."

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3.Unfortunately the karmic baggage that is accumulated over our lifetimes cannot be easily altered by us, and because of that problem the whole process of Zen is geared to that specific task: to release and remove all the accumulated karma that causes us constant emotional pain and suffering (dukkha) that is described in the Four Noble Truths.

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Commentary:
Just imagine the psychological shock of your pet cat bring killed by Nansen. In fact he would have killed a monk if he could have got away with murder. I'm sure some monks were suffering from severe PTSD every time they saw a cat after that experience. I'm certain everyone involved in that horror show now understood (para.3 above) very clearly indeed.
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Of course as every woman knows a beautiful girl can make any number of men fall in love with her: That's girl power. The young monk became obsessed with the young Lady and began to think that maybe in was falling in love. The old monk fell in love for just an instant while he was crossing the river, but soon forgot about it. (Refer to para.3 above.)
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The young monk at the river, and the junior monks in the eastern and western halls had not progressed on the path and were still subject to para.3 above.
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Nansen joshu and the old monk at the river had gone through the Gateless gate : koans-enlightenment-liberation-outcome and were not subject to para.3.
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Why did Joshu place his sandals on his head? We will explain his actions at a later date , as this points to another important subject.
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Next week we leave koans, to take a look at Persona: The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.

Great news everyone!

I have come into possession of a device that lets me enter any video game world I want. (Don't ask where I got it. All I'm saying is, when you prestige enough, anything is possible.)
For my first attempt, I figured I would try out The Last of Us since, though I haven't played it, I've heard that it prominently features characters called "clickers". Anything to get my click speed up sounds great to me!
Wish me luck and while I'm away, why don't you all suggest some other game universes that i could try visiting with similar surely great results or name the incremental game world you'd most like to visit.
P.S. join our [discord server)(https://discord.gg/pC9RY5B)

Why can we find the slope of an absolute value function by looking at the formula. But isn't possible/easy to find for quadratic functions?
For example, we have an absolute value function 2x. And an quadratic function (2x)^2. We can say that the slope of the absolute value is 2 or -2. But for the quadratic function it is 8x. Why isn't it 2? I'm getting confused why it is possible for absolute value function to use this method, but not for quadratic functions. Is this because absolute values functions has linear lines, and quadratic functions has curved lines?

I plan to start a small newborn apparel business.
why? I recently have to scramble to buy new born clothes and realise that most are either - expensive and aesthetic - cheap and not aesthetic
anything in between is impossible to find. i know you cant always have the best of both worlds, but i want to try.
I could use some advice on how to start a business like this as i do not have prior experience.
I want to - customise the pattern/patterns on the apparel. I have someone who can draw pretty well - use my own brand - start with newborn, up to 6months
what do i need? - where to source for manufacturers who are reliable and not too expensive? Most of the chinese manufacturers that I found on alibaba have high MOQ and the sample is too expensive. - what is a good strategy to market my product? - how do i test the market? - how should i price my products? - is there something critical that i should know or should be doing and im not?
appreciate the help! thank you!

Spoilers ahead!
It was awesome. The Redtape 001 proposals especially (including Memento Mori) are fantastic. I felt, like I was reading novels rather than SCP´s.
The overarching plot is intriguing and thought out, and I can´t wait to continue with The Bone Proposal whenever that one comes out. The reveal that The Foundation and The Adminstrator were the Three-Point army, and Blackstar respectively was just: Bravo
However, I do have some reservations. More specifically about the ending of the Jade Proposal.
I´m sure that I´m not the only one, but the fact that the O5 Council decided to side with the Daevites, just didn´t sit right with me, and I supported Galanis.
I mean think about what you´re doing O5´s. You are allying yourself, with A BRUTALIST SLAVERY-ENDORSING SOCIETY that has absolutely no place in the modern era. Where ritualistic sacrifices are common place and MURDERING CHILDREN is considered a blessing. What can go wrong?
I really don´t get why the Mekhanites are portrayed as enemies in this series. Like, sure, Aram and Hedwig have betrayed the Foundation, but didn´t Aram offer the same deal of collaboration and only attacked, once they fought HIM? In spite of that he was declared as a traitor, while the Daevites were welcomed with open arms. LOGIC!
I get it, the Foundation didn´t have the Blackstar intel in the Gold Proposal, and understandably viewed this as a defection. But at the ending of the Jade Proposal, the Foundation has the info. Surely the O5´s would vote to collaborate with the Mekhanites. They, at least to me, seem like a much safer and ,admittedly, cooler option. Plus, they wouldn´t have to uphold a gamble, that might just work out better for the Daevites, than for the Foundation, in the long run.
Plus, Greaves became just like Aram in the end, and yet the Foundation, declared him an asset. Excuse me!?
TLDR: The Foundation should have sided with the Church of the Broken God, because they are way cooler, while the Daevites are unpredictable.
Thoughts?

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Why is it whenever I face a hostile human, they get scared and run off, or cower in place?
It’s mainly gunners and raiders.

I keep running into games where support players just stop healing because they don't like the team, not even just one player like the whole team.
Why i dont get it are they protesting this is so annoying like wouldn't that mean they were more likely to lose.

Will ascorbic acid ferment badly?
My guess is not since mixed acid used in wine and cider has ascorbic acid; I know citric acid does ferment badly.
Does anyone have experiences with this they can share? I’d like to know more before I try something that can go down badly.
Thanks!

So when I called the accommodation dept at sedwick the operator told me this fall under you LOA/medical leave instead. I’m like ok?
So I spoke with that department and they ask all my questions and I just got my claim status back today stating “denied due to not enough hours worked”
I’m part time
My accommodation is temporary, I work 20hrs per week, but I can’t work longer than 4hrs per shift of being on my foot due to corrective surgery.
So they’re still trying to schedule 6,8,9hrs per shift.
My accommodation is reasonable, I’m part time anyways why are they making it so GD difficult to get a simple Temporary accommodation??!
So now I have to wait all weekend to call sedwick back because I don’t understand why my accommodation wasn’t filed with the accommodation dept. this isn’t the first time they screwed up my paperwork. So F-ing annoyed.

It's been almost 6 months since he left, and I've been trying to find reasons why. After a lot of introspection, I have narrowed down on some I am 99% sure about. Wasn't easy at all but hey, part of being a dumpee is you put yourself under a lot of scrutiny. So I found this article " 10 signs you know that you are not in love with your gf anymore" Question to the dumpers who just left their partners because you lost the spark: Pls confirm if this is true? Confirm my hypothesis about why he left me! I'm trying to find my closure and working on to better myself. I need your honest help. :)

SSBU for Switch should allow people to disable smash attacks for the A button, and/or hold the C stick to charge smash attacks.
Yes I'm aware you can change the C stick to light attacks. Yes I know this is what the pros do. But this shouldn't be necessary. Nintendo could easily put out a patch to address this issue. And the fact that they haven't just shows they don't want to, likely for prideful reasons. Or simply because they like their game being "different" from other fighting games.
2 Justification points as to why this change is necessary:
1.There are millions of players who use C stick for Smash attacks. Each one of these players is at a disadvantage because they will often do smash attacks when they are in fact trying to do a normal attack.

1. Asking someone to change their playstyle when there is no need to is unreasonable. We live in a world where games can be patched. I've delt with videogame coding, and I know for a fact it would take very little effort to disable smash attacks for the A button. The fact that they haven't added it yet is purely for prideful reasons. Nintendo devs take pleasure in having their characters attack using analog stick. Which logically, doesnt make sense. Because fast attacks are the most common attacks in the game. The most common attacks should be most accessible to the player's hand. (near the A button). If you've played any other fighting game in the world (Street fighter, Tekken, etc) they are all like this. They all use the A or X button for fast attacks. Smash Bros is the only game on the planet where you're forced to use the analog stick for fast attacks. (if you want to play on a competitive level.)

If we can drive for this company we can survive driving for just about any order aggregator.. that's for sure.. I kinda had to remind myself of what I was saying awhile back actually
Keep good records of your ratings and driving experience and use it to find better driving opportunities 👍 I took nearly 4000 deliveries for the pizza place and have absolutely nothing to show for that
But we can show our DoorDash driving experience to potential employers .. so that is the silver lining, I'd say
I'm a good driver who customers absolutely love working with and I'm hard working and I actually care about customer experience- with that in mind, I know I won't be stuck working with reptilian minded protozoa such as DoorDash
Anyway I hope that thought can provide some hope to those of us who ended up in a bad spot after working our azzes off for these pieces of scum
Me I'm a firm believer in being hell bent upon turning bad into good .. I'm really fighting becoming bitter and or giving up lately.. I know a lot of us are
I hope that everyone is okay out there 🙏❤️ I know I'm not, for now, anyway 🥴 my living situation is horrible my automobile is on her last leg barely two of my tires aren't happy about being inflated and my thermostat is stuck open and etc 😅
There's a LOT of us struggling out here for sure

NEVERGIVEUP #ONELOVE

Maybe not the correct terms.. but have a couple questions? I’ve tried to research this myself and I am having no luck with a concrete explanation.
I am beginning a legal battle against my school district. My kindergartener (turned 6 feb 3) who is having behavioral/emotional problems; been sick nonstop, and went thru a spell of not wanting to goto school. I am drowning; abs actively begged for help.
With no warning- no communication NOT a WORD from his teacher (lines were open and we spoke plenty via class dojo for that to be clear) ; principle; school counselor- i am being accused of educational neglect. My kid missed a buttload of School: but not bc of neglect quite the opposite; I had no indication we had problems; my sons driven daily; I’m a active parent. I sent him to school ahead of the suggested skills z; abs his report cards have indicated no issue. His most recent”abscences” was marked but no notes; not calls nothing.
Now I’m hearing she communicates with dad&gf daily; sending work home ; they’ve been in twice to speak with her. She’s concerned for him all the stuff I was begging for. It feels personal. I don’t understand he’s having all the same problems and worse .
I was told they “repeatedly “ tried to each me. I have gotten nothing from The school Level; ever.
Question 1: what’s the typical process for such a claim? I would assume intervention at the school teacher level? Counsler?
My son was removed from my home; to his father wheres he’s never lived - and there as stall about him being uprooted to a whole new school For his dads convenience. I was assigned a public defender- and when it was mentioned the switching schools and I wasn’t ok with it she said “well he doesn’t go anyways half the time” His father wasn’t even involved in school ever? Never offered to help. All this is documented abs i can back myself up.
Second questions: due process? When served in kentucky- how does it have to be done? If you don’t get notice, how does that work? What happens if a officer lies ?
I had received a note on the door from the sheriff saying they’d stopped by to serve me- I called the number and was told no they didnt. Confused I didn’t Perdue it bc I had no idea anything could be up. I don’t get in trouble .
Fast forward several days; I’m not home. My husband who is in treatment for cancer; and not quite up to pare memory wise is home loading the kids anticipating me being back. We’re renting a car ours is being worked on. My. Other in law just fell; abs is in the hospital our house is chaos. He’s outside when a Sherif pulls up- asks for me ; my hub says I’m not here; can he help? The officer shrugs ; abs said something like “yah you can just give it to her” hands him the paper . Come to find out They were notice to appear. My husband didn’t give them to me and when I found them (after missing court) I noticed the office wrote he had delivered them to ME. He didn’t. He did not I’d my husband; or even ask his relationship or if he lived there (we live in a duplex with shared driveways) … I have the paper. And can prove I wasn’t even home. Missing the court date; not only looked bad: but lost me my opportunity to defend myself or explain to the judge. I brought it up that od never received anything (I hadn’t found the papers yet) and she said “so the officer is lying about serving you?” …. I mean yah kinda.
Last oart.
My public defender. Is not defending me. She’s never once made contact: I had to seek her name out via the court papers. She had a stand in during the court date I was able to be at bc I was lucky to find out this woman wouldn’t say a word on my behalf She neglected to share anything I brought to support my claimed and evidence to try abs show I’m not a deadbeat and my son is my world. She neglected to tell me about a court date or even explain anything that’s going on; why I feel as if I’m being burned at the stake; when I’ve never had a history of neglect or bad mothering: I wasn’t I in agreeable of i Uninloved infact was trying to be the opposit.
JUST please help. Maybe I am a pos. I just want to understand bc right now this feels extream and I have a bad feeling something not okay is going on. . I feel like I have no one speaking on my behalf

I think it's on Lodestar Island. It's the same Poneglyph that was moved from Fishman Island.
The Former Rocks Pirates and Roger are aware of the significance of the Red Poneglyphs, but by whom or how did they find out? Let's start with the Rocks Pirates they started at Pirate Island and wanted the world's riches, this attracted powerful members with 3 of them later becoming Yonko. They get the answer of how to get to Laughtale…but don’t care(at this point it's a location that promises nothing of value to the crew), they then pillage and murder their way to God Valley(presuming Marijoa comes later), where they meet their end against Garp and Roger. Roger doesn't learn second hand from the Rocks Crew at God Valley he finds out on his own presumably. Roger finds out about the existence of the last island because the log pose goes crazy once he reaches the final Island of Lodestar, he also finds out about the significance of Poneglyphs, in particular the red colored ones. But how? Does a person tell him or is it written down? I think there is a story that we haven’t heard yet that they have, something vague like to reach the final island, you have to seek out 4 large red stones inscribed with text to find it.
Roger then goes around the world, encountering several poneglyphs and taking rubbings to be deciphered later on, Roger was aware of the need of an interpreter for them and just finding the 4 road poneglyphs wasn’t enough. He recruits Oden who can read them and later finds Laughtale. Now Luffy has Robin to read the Poneglyphs and Big Mom had Charlotte Pudding who later on could awaken the ability to read to poneglyphs, now Blackbeard has her. But Big Mom had to have a child with a 3rd-eye tribe member, so where is he or the other tribe members? If they’ve been Lulusia’d then one of the last surviving members had a child and later died. Blackbeard needed Charlotte Pudding specifically because she may be the last known member of her tribe alive similar to King.
Roger tells everyone about the One Piece at his execution and says it's anyones for the taking if they can find it. There is now more significance placed onto Red Poneglyphs, because they take you to the grand treasure left by the Pirate King as well as what the Ancient Kingdom left. I feel as soon as Roger and Whitebeard had their final meeting, Whitebeard moves the Fishman Island Road Poneglyph knowing many will come for it and the strength to stop strong pirates isn’t there. Big Mom had one in her possession, it's unknown where she got it from, she has it before/during Rogers final voyage and he gets it then by sneaking a rubbing from it, Big Mom likely took it from wherever as a trophy or status symbol even if she was unable to decipher it.
After Wano, Shanks and Blackbeard are aware Kidd and Law have Road Poneglyph rubbings and demand them once they meet. Now Blackbeard was on Whitebeard's Crew and Shanks was on Rogers, so they learned the importance of them then. Assuming Blackbeard gets the Zou(Law was there unsure if he got it offscreen)and Wano Rubbings from Law, and we saw Shanks gets the Wano and Whole Cake Island(Killer confirms they get this in chapter 1056) rubbing from Kidd. Also a member of Kidd's crew hands over a stack of rubbings calling it our Road Poneglyph(S).
This puts Blackbeard at 2 Road Poneglyphs, missing the Whole Cake Island one and the other one, unless Shiryu took the Whole Cake one without anyone noticing or a similar deal to how Kidd pirates got theirs. So potentially 3 we know of, if he already had the other one from his days on Whitebeard's crew, then he’s at 4 and heading to Laughtale ZEHAHAHA.
This puts Shanks at 2 Road Poneglyphs from Kidd. Missing the Zou Road poneglyph and the other one.
Currently the Straw Hats have 3 from Zou, Whole Cake Island and Wano. The other one is missing and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
Cross Guild formed only very recently, if Captain John's treasure includes the Road Poneglyph then that will bring them into this. But currently Cross Guild doesn’t have any and are unlikely to get any because the only copies are among the other Yonko right now.
Kidd appeared at Elbaf and Shanks was there too with his Fleet; it may make sense for it to be at Elbaf. But there’s no known connection between Whitebeard and the Giants for him to entrust the Road Poneglyph to them, Whitebeard and Shanks talked before Marineford so he may have disclosed its location to Shanks and Shanks either knows or has moved it. But Shank’s fleet is considered widely weak so maybe he hides a great treasure among his territories, but that's hard to believe. He could have it on the Red Force his Flagship so it's always safe/with him. Blackbeard may know where it is since he was on Whitebeard's crew, but the period after he kills Thatch he loses contact, so if it was moved after that time he wouldn’t know where it is. They aren’t allied with the World Government too and one of the strongest forces in the world so can defend it from outsiders.
If Blackbeard had it, it would have been mentioned when Inuarashi says 2 Road Poneglyphs belong to Big Mom and Kaido, also Marco would know where it is right now he was closest to Whitebeard. The Navy and Weevil went to Sphinx island looking for Whitebeard's treasure and there is no mention of a Road poneglyph from Marco then. If the Payback war took place at the Road Poneglyph location and he obtained it then, Marco should have said something to Shanks or Luffy that he has it, but that didn’t happen. Also there is a point above in this post that mentions he potentially has 4 if everything assumption is right.
The first time we have seen each Road Poneglyph in the current day is when a member of the Straw Hat is near. Zou was by the crew minus Sanji and Jimbei, Whole Cake was by Brook (unsure if it was shown before he got to it) and Wano was by Robin. So in all cases it's the Road Poneglyph itself, they won’t get a rubbing they will see the real deal.
So why Lodestar? It fits some criteria I think are important.
1- It's currently unknown if it's a Yonko territory of either Shanks or Blackbeard. This is the most important point because it can’t be a race to Laughtale between Yonko unless there's one they will all converge on.
2- It's somewhere where Roger has been before.
3- Supporting point for 1 is that it's the last island that the log pose will take you to if you follow it all the way, meaning it's not just a converging point for Yonko but anyone who follows the log pose also means the Marines, Revolutionary Army, Cross Guild and everyone else can reach it. I don’t think the final war will take place at Lodestar, but it has some things going for it. Also its similar to how the worst generation all end up at Sabaody Archipelago.
4- Last Island of the Grandline so it puts them closer to it potentially.
5- Only the strongest pirates and crews can get through the whole grand line,considering you have to go through either Yonko territory or a Marine affiliated country, it's a great filter and very unlikely you ever get there. We only know the Roger Pirates reached it and then Laughtale.
The counterpoints I will add are:
1- Would Whitebeard place such an important object on an island most people won't reach completely unguarded or unaffiliated without a world power of some sort?
2- How will the race start? Probably the most confusing part will be how everyone finds out it's there and will converge to get it. Someone with a mind like Doflamingo/Blackbeard could have Morgans spread it in the paper and put the whole world into chaos. However it's done it will have to involve Morgans and his newspaper to spread it to every world power, I doubt a den-den mushi signal would be picked up by everyone to then race there.
TL;DR - It was moved to Lodestar by Whitebeard because the strong pirates found out about their significance from either former Rocks/Roger crew members and the connection to Laugh Tale. Because only Yonko level crew can truly reach it and it's unaffiliated to anyone so it's ripe for the taking by anyone.

20M with palpitations chest pains and often elevated heart rate nonsmoker nondrinker. Around 6 months ago i went to a doc to do some tests like stress test echo etc. and after the echo they said i had mvp, which was weird to me because i did 2 or 3 echos in 2022 before that one and they were fine. And now 6 months after that i went to another doctor and he said that i don't have nothing like that. I don't know what to believe and i don't know what to do. This last doc said that they may have made a mistake and that he may have seen it like that but there is no mvp. Could he have made a mistake? Are these docs that have said i don't have mvp not seeing it? I'm so tired of going to doctors because of my symptoms and i never get answers on why stuff is happening. I was only told i have early repolarization by 2 docs and the one that said i have mvp said he didn't see early rep on those tests so idk what to do.

Are you looking to pick editing software? THIS IS YOUR THREAD.

TL;DR - you want DaVinci Resolve Resolve, Hitfilm Express, Olive Editor or Kdenlive.

Seriously, read This whole post!

This post solves 98% of "what software do I use" questions.

There are key steps you need to take before you reply if you want help. Especially the last sentence.

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THREE THINGS YOU HAVE TO KNOW.

These three things are crucial (spoiler tag to make you read):

1. Footage type (See below)
2. Hardware/System specs. Just saying "HD or 4k" doesn't help
3. Even if you don't want something "fancy", you still need to read this.
4. IF YOU DO NOT START YOUR REPLY with the proper format, you won't get a response.

Much of this comes from our fuller Wiki page on software.
If you get to the end of this post and you need more, check there first.
For example, MOBILE EDITING SOLUTIONS are in the wiki. Nobody is an expert on all of the tools.
Trying it with your system and footage is the best way to work.
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1 - Footage type. Know what you're cutting.

FOOTAGE TYPE AFFECTS playback. READ THAT AGAIN. The compression type is key.
Action cam, Mobile phone, and screen recordings can be difficult to edit, due to h264/5 material (especially 1080p60 or 4k) and Variable Frame Rate issues..
AGAIN: Footage types like 1080p60, 4k (any frame rate) are going to stress your system.
When your system struggles, the way that the professional industry has handled this for decades is to use Proxies. Proxies are a copy of your media in a lower resolution and possibly a "friendlier" codec.
A proxy workflow more than any other feature, is what makes editing high frame rate, 4k oand h264/5 footage possible. It is important to know if your software has this capability.
See our wiki about* Variable Frame Rate* Why h264/5 is hard* Proxy editing
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2- Key Hardware suggestions:

The suggested hardware minimums for the "average" user

• A recent i7 (due to intel Quick Sync)
• 16GB of RAM
• A GPU with 2+ GB of GPU RAM
• An SSD (for cache files.)

Can other hardware work? Certainly - but may not necessarily provide a great experience.
GPUS do not help with the codec/playback of media but do help with visual effects.
We have a dedicated hardware thread monthly. Hardware questions belong there.
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3- I Just need something simple. I don't need all those effects.

Sadly, having super easy-to-use software means engineering teams*.*
iMovie came with your Mac and is by far the easiest-to-use editor for either platform.
There isn't a lightweight, easy-to-use free/inexpensive editor that we'd recommend for Windows the way we recommend iMovie. We wish iMovie was available for windows. The closest we've seen on windows is Olive editor (open source)
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Okay, so what do you suggest?

Editing

Two tools that charge but have very usable free versions.

• DaVinci Resolve - Needs a strong video card/hardware. Max size (free) is UHD. Full version for $299. Mac/Win/Linux. Full proxy workflow. An excellent tool if your hardware can handle it.
• Hit Film - freemium - no watermark. Extra features at a price. Mac/Win. Full proxy workflow. You don't have to buy their packs for text (you can do it manually). Their "intro" packs aren't terrible. This has some after-effects-like features - but has little professional adoption.

I want Easy

Know that any of these tools are limited - many "advanced" features aren't ever going to be available here and there is no growth to a professional market.

• Adobe Rush - Free, but.. - Win/Mac/Android/iOS. Easy to use, free software. No watermarks. You must create an Adobe account, but you don't have to buy anything. You will have to buy a subscription if you want: mobile to desktop transfer or Rush to Premiere transfer.
• ClipChamp, bought by Microsoft. It's not terrible. Has a freemium tier.
• CapCut - they have mobile tools. Our biggest warning is that while they have some interesting features, anything really good is buried into a subscription for the app.

I want the tools that professionals use:

In alphabetical order:
These all have costs, some of them are subscription only. If you're thinking you want to move in the future to doing this professionally, we'd suggest Premiere for most people.

• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Apple Final Cut Pro
• Avid Media Composer
• BMD DaVinci Resolve

Open Source tools

Open source tools. We think these are great - but there is no UI team/support

• Kdenlive -Open source with proxy workflows. Windows/Linux. Full proxy workflow. Good for low-end computers. Standard color-grading tools. Some features that are locked behind a paywall (in Hitfilm such) as glitch effects and spot removal are available for free. Lacks in VFX/ text tool barebones.
• Olive Editor Easier than Kdenlive - but in the middle of a major rewrite - may be unstable. .1 is easy, but unsupported. .2 is being actively developed - but has less features.
• ShotCut - Linux/Windows/Mac. Lesser features than Kdenlive (e.g not a lot of color-grading effects in comparison). Has a proxy workflow, though it's not as good as Kdenlive either.

^{We mention other tools in the wiki, but generally, nobody has bought/tested the tools at \}$100 or less. And we're not suggesting the "bigger" tools but happen to discuss them. 99% of people who come here are looking to play for zero dollars.)

Effects

• Hit Film - freemium - no watermark. Extra features at a price. Mac/Win. Full proxy workflow. You don't have to buy their packs for text (you can do it manually). Their "intro" packs aren't terrible. This has some after effects like features - but has little professional adoption.
• Calvary (free tier) - This is a dynamic cross platform motion graphic tool that has a very powerful free tier.

Web Sites worth noting

• RunwayML - A paid web tool that has some free features. Of note, it's AI ability to remove (you only get access to a lower res version for free). Also has a rudimentary editor.

Compression

Shutter Encoder is a free, cross-platform compression tool. It's a GUI front end to FFMPEG (a command-line utility.) It does more than handbrake, our prior favorite.

• It can do a variety of conversions, including H264, HEVC, ProRes, and DNxHD/HR.
• It can trim a video without re-encoding (it's not an editor, a trimmer in this case)
• It can convert a Variable Frame Rate video to Constant frame rate in h264 (but we'd recommend converting to an edit-friendly codec)

Lossless cut is an excellent tool to "snip" out a section of what you downloaded. Shutter does this too, but Lossless is a little easier.

Mobile

• iOS Free: iMovie
• iOS Paid: Lumafusion
• Android (and Chromebooks that run Android apps): Kinemaster
• Capcut (just really, REALLY watch that they quickly become a subscription tool.)

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Nov 2022.

Clipchamp. Capcut.
Professional tools aren't suggested - because invariably, someone comes into this thread asking why we don't suggest a $600/yr subscription for hobby editors.
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Feb 2023

Yes, we're watching the space about ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion and more. But there isn't an auto editor, not based on text description - not yet. And certainly not for free.
If you have tools you think are AI editorial tools, post them here.
This exists to answer the question, "What AI tool will edit for me."
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If you've read all of that, start your post/reply:

"I read the above and have a more nuanced question:"

And copy (fill out) the following information as needed:
My system

• CPU:
• RAM:
• GPU + GPU RAM:

My media

• (Camera, phone, download)
• Codec
  • Don't know what this is? See our wiki on Codecs. Likely, if you don't know, it's h264, and yes, Variable Frame Rate.
  • Don't know how to find out what you have? MediaInfo will do that.
  • Know that Variable Frame Rate (see our wiki) is the #1 problem in the sub.
• Software I'm using/intend to use:

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(And just because some people get confused by this each month:
This thread isn't for you to argue what is best - it's to help others understand what their software needs are to have a good editorial experience.
They ask questions (based on the format in the thread), and we give answers.)
Seriously, if you don't start your reply with "I read the above and have a more nuanced question", likely the response will be slower.