lounge

[deep copper]

🍿

is it popcorn testing job?

[zinc matrix]

Popcorn is actually super good for ya

[zinc matrix]

I wish!

[deep copper]

it is?

[zinc matrix]

Lots lf high volume fiber not alot of enpty calories

[deep copper]

that makes some sense i suppose 🤔 i just can't see it as anything but junk food i guess. i blame movie theatres

[zinc matrix]

If you want to eat healthy and not always feel hungry popcorns great. Hunger is the absence of food being processed i think. Popcorn fills you up

Yea its the butter

I justget the bag of popped stuff at groceryt store. Can be mildly salty or white cheddar

[deep copper]

yeah it's better to never stay empty stomach

[zinc matrix]

Yea

[deep copper]

seems like you have a good store around

[zinc matrix]

Its alright

Beats Wally world

Lots of ppl hate walmart here because its honestly the biggest place to shop.. really the only big store in the area

if you want the modern quintessential America city picture Walmart, mc Donald's,and gas station signs every haha

[deep copper]

why hate then?

[zinc matrix]

Jeez am i the only one who forgets where he is sometimes wh n the room is dark??

[zinc matrix]

Just because its literally the only choice and it.stampe out competition m

[deep copper]

no me too

[deep copper]

haha that's imaginable

[zinc matrix]

Before super wally world moved in there were much more SMBs

[deep copper]

right, that does sounds harsh

but if they could pull it off, they should be decent right?

[zinc matrix]

They have found their niche inn the past decade or so

Theres more now than when Wally work opened up

so thats good

Competition is good

[deep copper]

i see i see

yeah, nothing at all might make them, give up everything and still earn

[zinc matrix]

No party ought to have the whole 3.14

Im kinda stuck between making games and doing something more practical. id love to make more for less effort in SWE or something but right now idk what i want to do. I guess that's how I've been for s long yime

[deep copper]

such an engineer qoute

[zinc matrix]

Because lets face kt game dev is frigin hard

[deep copper]

everyone is equally lost usually haha

[zinc matrix]

Yes

[deep copper]

it is, a lot, and the market is saturated

[zinc matrix]

Yep I've been thinking the same

[deep copper]

even if you make something great, you need skills to promote it

[zinc matrix]

One cannot wear all the hats

[deep copper]

and by the time you make it, no idea what's trending

[deep copper]

yes! exactly

and let's not forget all the skills you need to make a single game...

gathering a team is also not easy

[zinc matrix]

Yes because then you gotta be a manager then too

i detest that ideas

I've never wanted to manage ppl

[deep copper]

yes, what "practical" stuff do you want to make other than games though?

[zinc matrix]

Just enjou writing code

[deep copper]

i love people but managing them is painful

[zinc matrix]

idk right now. I love writing software. And learning. thats a new thing for me. Id love to work on defense stuff. just to solve problems that save lives

i did not learn so well in college haha

Got my degree by the skin of my teerh

Teeth! Frick i can't spell

[deep copper]

it's alright ;^^ , atleast you got the degree and are now free to do and learn whatever

[zinc matrix]

been studying diff eq and linear algebra. Took a class on linear in college passed witt a C. Didn't gather a lick of it. Lol

[deep copper]

that's quite heroic, nice

the defence stuff

[zinc matrix]

Yea i suppose

[deep copper]

not every college prof is best at teaching everyone tbf

[zinc matrix]

For the better part of a century people bought the notion that machines don't win war's, heroism did. Well. When it was revealed just how effective the enigma codes cracking by turnings machine was....

[deep copper]

haha yes,

[zinc matrix]

I think some famous general said something about winningvwars and machine

[deep copper]

people say a lot of stuff, but from the looks of it, machines are vital during war

[zinc matrix]

They're a game changer

[deep copper]

when you enemies have it, and you don't, you are done for

r*

[zinc matrix]

the allies literally played god with the germans to win. If allies let on that the enigma code was done for the war would have been lost because the Nazis would have changed it overnight. So they had to stage ops as clumsy losses or marginal wins.

Or ya know. Just gradually win.m.

Win...

[deep copper]

there's so much trickery involved

lol

[zinc matrix]

Well its why some parts of the war have never been revealed. Because mant people were sent to their deaths against insurmountable odds Because of the way things had to be done

[deep copper]

"greator good" eh?

[zinc matrix]

Well imagine it the Nazis had won the war?

[scarlet cedar]

Hey guys I'm making an mmo and need your help. This will be the biggest mmo of the decade without a doubt so I'll be needing lots of people to help me out. I've got lots of ideas but not a lot of money but this game is basically guaranteed to succeed so you can take rev share or deferred payment. Dm me for more details /s

[zinc matrix]

Ok but you gotta pay me in 5gum

https://c.tenor.com/sW5EuDU4HFQAAAAM/trident-layers.gif

[deep copper]

#volunteer-projects

oh wait /s

[zinc matrix]

excuse but i flicking curious

@zinc matrix what lead you to conclude my typing style is ass

[zinc matrix]

Its not the typing. I didn't know english wasnt you're native language. I just couldn't make sense of what you were saying. Apologies. I was being a bit "extra*

[zinc matrix]

nah, that is fine, i asked more in a way on how i can improve

cheers

and principally because i will type my game script / lore all in English originally

so it its freaking important

[zinc matrix]

A good goal!!

[deep copper]

sleep comes first, goodnight already 💋

[zinc matrix]

Ive got some advice for you: don't just write to strangers on the internet. Start writing blurbs on Facebook or something. Short essays or stories.. then ask for feedback from native english speakers and use their takes to improve. Language is all about expressing thoughts so that they can be communicated. The better you can do that one thing the better writer youll Be.

[deep copper]

also, read novels and stuff that have been proof read and edited

[zinc matrix]

Internet strangers are a mixed bag. Some might use slang and be really unrefined. Others might have a good handle on writing but cant express a thought well enough to get their point across

ok, i will take a note on that

[cursive crypt]

Gosh, guys... you don't shut up - have a life 😄

[zinc matrix]

but i am highly interested in chat language, as it is intended in some way that creatures do not talk between them but they actually chat

as typing with the keyboard

[zinc matrix]

This too. Go to. Bookstore or Better yet a Library. Ask for recommendations for your proficiency level that would be fun or interesting

anyway let me sleep and return the function

Lol ok

"what if Nazis won the war"

I cannot sleep rn

questionMark

[zinc matrix]

World war2

there is no type noise for this reaction

BUZH! NAZIS JUST WON THE WAR

[zinc matrix]

?

move to the hills

!!!!!!!!!

but sincerely, having the auxiliary verb before or after the adverb does not make any difference

rather than formal gentleman and lady chat

with proper good intentions

ok i am out

to life

[cursive crypt]

Duh... AMD drivers has this annoying issue to 320p your windows after monitor wake up.

[left granite]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uSf7-LCpK50?&ab_channel=CuteRapunzelLongHair

[cursive crypt]

Okay, so it was in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\Configuration\SIMULATED_

[cursive crypt]

Note to myself: ActiveSize and PrimSurfSize

[knotty skiff]

Welp

Halo TV Series is shit now

Cuz the director never play the game lol

[fluid bloom]

it aired already?

[knotty skiff]

Well we don't care anyway

It's going to be shit anyway

Didn't look the source material

Sonic the movie 2 will be the best one yet!

[soft night]

seems like Finland is happiest country for 5th year in a row

yeah HAlo TV Series on Paramout+

https://tenor.com/view/halo-sci-fi-tv-series-masterchief-the-best-gif-24108856

[knotty skiff]

Yeah there is a TV Series of HALO

Hope they got cancelled quickly

[scarlet cedar]

Mate I'll give you 6gum way better

[fluid bloom]

why

[fluid bloom]

well, duh

world and characters are the main beef of any story

[soft night]

like the Witcher show

[fluid bloom]

games rarely translate into movies/tv series anyway so I don't see the point of being constrained by it either

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/view/witcher-the-witcher-geralt-geralt-of-rivia-gif-21901318

[knotty skiff]

Man

[fluid bloom]

all I'm saying watch it before you shoot it down 😄

(I won't be because it's on parawhat apparently)

[deep copper]

are you sponsered by them

[fluid bloom]

send monies

[knotty skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/when-the-money-vince-mcmahon-big-chungus-wwe-gif-16018373

[dark sequoia]

i heard it was good but i dont watch shows anymore these days anyway, lel.... unless its ANIME!!!11

[dark sequoia]

meow

[knotty skiff]

random

[deep copper]

make them clear snow instead

[deep copper]

same

[deep copper]

kinda looks like an onion

[dark sequoia]

its Thanos Kirby

coming soon, to Fortnite

[deep copper]

i have heard giant heads and small bodies are considered cute

[deep copper]

so that is supposed to be very cute

it's missing the large eyes though

and some roundness

[scarlet cedar]

Who's keen for some space station 13?

[wraith harbor]

vintage game that

[scarlet cedar]

Ye its good though

[wraith harbor]

rip exadv1

[pearl elk]

You mean all these years Ive been watching the wrong Master Chef

[knotty skiff]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/871313000701788170/918924849060118548/unknown.png

[verbal junco]

omegalul

[knotty skiff]

Cincinnati
Baltimore

[zinc matrix]

you know i love halo

but a halo tv series is kinda an awful idea. considering there is zilch for character background and development in the entire series. i dont understand people who read the books... i read three of them and quit forever because they. were. terrible. (aside from one of them). the only conclusion i have is that gamers only consume games and wouldnt know a good book if it hit them in the face!

also im just not nerdy enough to obsess over every aspect of a franchise. this idea of a halo theme park in seattle and stuff. like wtF? go there to feel lit up by a jackal? or curb stomped by a brute? i dont understand. action figures? i dont get it.

i just like the multiplayer. story is interesting to play through but ass.

"it doesnt kill the flood it kills their food, humans, covenant we're all equally edible" --cortana (ignoring fact that halos been fired before and didn't work, is essentially a galactic suicide machine)

[cursive crypt]

Elden Grind? 🤔

[deep copper]

tldr?

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-what-huh-gif-13526427

Aah, lol.

This is not Simpson, right?

[timber viper]

Family Guy, I guess

[cursive crypt]

Danke.

Definitely didn't watched it.

I was just wondering today wtf is that in my AMD driver software. Seems as DLSS:
https://youtu.be/6ANvJTxIlMg?t=15

[verbal junco]

sonnakotoga souiukoto

[cursive crypt]

Okay, today is not a good guess day.

[verbal junco]

(yes)

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/vegeta-dragonballsuper-dragonball-meme-language-of-gods-gif-14707991

[deep copper]

weebs*

[verbal junco]

I believe that is in respect to anime

and or manga

[foggy path]

Browsers are fun... What would you expect to happen if you set a paused video's current time to its duration? You'd expect it to jump to the last frame, right?

But no, in Safari that results in it becoming black, and in Chrome it does nothing

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/chinese-boy-glasses-optician-myodisc-gif-24804242

[verbal junco]

cursed

[knotty skiff]

It is time to watch every disturbing and distressing image, videos, audio or stuff to help me writing the writing for Liminal

[deep copper]

i have no idea actually

i just recall seeing a weeb detected image around here used during such occasions

[verbal junco]

yes but for anime

[deep copper]

you aren't an anime character 🤔

[verbal junco]

because I'm not a weeb 🙂

[deep copper]

yet but i see

[verbal junco]

I could never become a weeb

anime is too cringe

and I am cringe sensitive

[deep copper]

okay, i got a question for you, pick one,
1# becoming a part of out brother family
2# becoming a weeb
which are you more likely to do?

our*

[verbal junco]

neither

I don't do fandoms

I don't do cults

[deep copper]

yeah, but like, if you had to, which has a higher chance? even 0.00000...0001%+ counts

[verbal junco]

both would be a solid 0

[zinc matrix]

See, I used to think that, but then I realized anime is just another form of storytelling, it's just that the fandom is cringe

[deep copper]

😔

[zinc matrix]

Like you could say superheroes are cringe

[verbal junco]

I favor independence and minimalism

[zinc matrix]

But do you really mean it or do you just find overt capeshitters like me cringe?

[deep copper]

how about minimal independence

[verbal junco]

no

I don't know if I could survive in asian society

everything is so collectivist

[deep copper]

CollECtivist you mean

[zinc matrix]

Bro, you live in a country with universal healthcare, cut me a break

[deep copper]

but yes

[verbal junco]

careful you don't pull a muscle with a stretch like that

[zinc matrix]

@deep copper yeah who the hell do you think you are stretching around like that? Plastic Man?

[deep copper]

will you heal me with your free healthcare 🥺

[verbal junco]

who says I have free health care

[deep copper]

no i am, stretchy bro

[deep copper]

strivvy?

[zinc matrix]

You live in the UK, right?

[deep copper]

uh no they don't

[zinc matrix]

Oh I thought he told me he did

[verbal junco]

oh I got them blocked lmao

[deep copper]

😔

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/block-button-family-guy-blocked-block-peter-griffin-gif-21467361

[deep copper]

a stretchy person can never choke on food easily 🤔

[zinc matrix]

Didn't think of that, but yeah, you're right

Actually would stretchiness be your preferred superpower if you could pick one?

[deep copper]

depends on what the others are

[zinc matrix]

Well I know there are heroes with multiple powers, but if we're going just by one

Super speed
Super strength
Invulnerability
Stretchiness
Telepathy
Telekinesis
Teleportation
Flight
Heat vision
X-ray vision

For starters, I guess

[deep copper]

depends on their definition i guess

does super speed ignore friction?

[cursive crypt]

Unlimited cookies for me. W/o health issues.

[zinc matrix]

Sure, let's assume each power ignores the realistic drawbacks

[verbal junco]

I'm starting to wonder how I can minmax my blocked messages

[deep copper]

will i be able to breathe in the high altitude easily? for flying

[cursive crypt]

Kickstart a list.

[deep copper]

block everyone, nothing to read, problem solved

[verbal junco]

how do you mean?

[cursive crypt]

Declare a project on kickstarter, get one million $.

[verbal junco]

I mean I think that's more bordering on fraud

but fair enough

[deep copper]

for teleportation, can i teleport only myself or everything and anything i want?

[verbal junco]

already well on the way

[cursive crypt]

I haven't thought too much in depth.

[deep copper]

can i do with an api of sorts and start an on demand cheap teleportation business?

[cursive crypt]

I mean, get the money, think later.

[zinc matrix]

Both

[verbal junco]

I wish life was like that

[cursive crypt]

Use the "hide" script? Wdym by minmax, are we talking gradient search algorithms here? 🤔

[zinc matrix]

Personally, I'd pick super speed like what the Flash has

[verbal junco]

I'm thinking of befriending a raven and eventually have it join me as a pet

[zinc matrix]

It's probably the most versatile

[verbal junco]

nah just selectively blocking people so that I can maximize blocked messages while still understand the ongoing conversation 😂

[deep copper]

tbf, with how vague the descriptions are, i might go with telekinesis, it kinda includes super strength/flight/speed/invulnerability/stretchiness

[cursive crypt]

Aah, well... that some AI research.

[deep copper]

befriend me come on 🥺

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/no-bugs-bunny-nope-gif-14359850

[deep copper]

i can fly with telekinesis, like raven, i will bring you shiny things

[verbal junco]

you can fly how?!

[zinc matrix]

I can see that, but I see Flash speed as better

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/thonk-thinking-sun-thonk-sun-thinking-sun-gif-14999983

[zinc matrix]

After all if we're in a fight, telekinesis or not, you couldn't hit me if I'm too fast

[deep copper]

block messeges: loose puns, rip

[verbal junco]

that's quite OK

[deep copper]

like i said, too vague description, i can literally smash anything by controlling air around the planet

or freeze everything

[verbal junco]

I can just keep blocking people until there is no connection to the puns

[zinc matrix]

There's a difference between telekinesis and atomic manipulation

Though I guess atomic manipulation would be better

[deep copper]

sounds like a threat, i gotta be careful i suppose 🤔

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/smug-danntanner-danny-tanner-coffee-gif-13063298

[grizzled horizon]

Hi there, is there a channel dedicated for building PC help for unreal engine

[deep copper]

hey how about it, i will not say anything weird if you join the brother cult

[deep copper]

#hardware

[grizzled horizon]

thanks

[verbal junco]

I don't think you'd be able to keep that promise regardless of what I do lmao

[deep copper]

like i said, it's too vague, if it's upto our interpretation, with super speed, you can literally surpass laws of physics and break through any atomic limits. and again, telekinesis can control atoms as well kind of, if we are setting the descriptions on our own

[zinc matrix]

Still, can't hit what you can't catch

[zinc matrix]

Yeah I guess

[deep copper]

okay you surpassed the damage i expected you to do with that message 😂 😢
#1 you don't believe in my self restraint which is true
2# CONSIDERED joining a cult that you said you had 0 chance in, if i behave right, implying my behaviour is that bad

[zinc matrix]

Flash also has an enemy with atomic manipulation: Dr. Alchemy

[deep copper]

if water is frozen, fish can't move. but like i said, both ignore laws of physics so that barely matters lol

[zinc matrix]

I could vibrate my molecules to phase through

[deep copper]

the strength of telekinesis or super speed isn't clear, if telekinesis is stronger, you can't do that, again, upto our descriptions see?

[zinc matrix]

Yeah I get it

[verbal junco]

I wasn't even considering it, I was considering any action I could take

you can't change human behavior

[deep copper]

trying my best but it's a pain, so yeah, i gave up

my name was supposed to be a warning of sorts, so it's an expected behaviour

i should add that in my nick as well

[deep copper]

but i would say the vision powers are rather, weak

even if upto definition, it's just gathering info

unless heat vision can blast heat out of vision too

as for xray, if it has issues related to irl xray, you can cause cancer

[timber viper]

I heard they can even bring (steal) money for you from street

[deep copper]

if you feed them yes

also shiny parts

[verbal junco]

interesting, this is now my retirement plan

[timber viper]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-steve-carell-wink-gif-7720100

[zinc matrix]

The only street we should be taking money from is Wall Street

[deep copper]

a street with a wall 🤔

jk i know roughly what it is

[zinc matrix]

My favorite response from the Amazing Atheist to a Wall Street investor during the Occupy Wall Street movement:

"Your happiness is fucking immaterial. You're just one person. And you happen to be propping up this country who butt fucked this country into the ground and footed us with the multi-trillion dollar bill. Your happiness is like that of a leech on my ass. I should be able to pull you off and squish you between my fingers. And you get to drink champagne on your balcony and laugh at us? FUCK YOU!"

[deep copper]

hmm i know roughly that it isn't a street with a wall but I don't really know exactly what it is upto rn 😅

we are talking of wall street CE, or were

[zinc matrix]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/occupy-wall-street-begins-zuccotti-park

[deep copper]

too long to read 😖

[knotty skiff]

What a nice ad

[zinc matrix]

@deep copper TL:DR Occupy Wall Street was a political movement here in the US in 2011 from protestors in response to the 2008 financial crisis because many investors on Wall Street (America's top financial district in New York City) kept using predatory mortgage loans onto consumers before the housing bubble inevitably burst and the middle class had to bail them out through paying enormous taxes and getting evicted from their homes so the Wall street investors could invest in more property to get even richer

Basically Wall Street fucked over the American people hard and we're still in the mess they made

[fathom wadi]

it was more than wall street. it was the global banking cartel

[zinc matrix]

Yeah, there were many factors that led to the 2008 crisis, but Wall Street was a major factor

The trillions of dollars in debt from the Iraq War was probably another

[fathom wadi]

well the traders there who created the CDOs and stacked the sub primes into piles of AAA rated shit were the people with boots on the ground, but it was their bosses who really managed it all. And they all got away with it.

you can't block me, i'm a legend (in my own mind)

[zinc matrix]

Can't seem to find anything in my news feed on that, but I wouldn't be surprised

People are still mad at Wall Street 11 years later

[zinc matrix]

Exactly

This maybe? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/8813b73d-c39d-41c9-b1a8-ba2d2e2374da

[zinc matrix]

https://youtu.be/jjF2D6XqKPw

[fathom wadi]

I agree with the sentiment but practically it can never happen because it would cost lives to do so. Many lives. It's just a shame that classic capitalism, of which I fully believe in, has been usurped by neo-capitalism which is strangling the poor and middle classes in the attempt to increase the 1%'s monetary power and control systems. There is no real solution to it either. Not socialism, not communism, not even reverting back to classic capitalism as the money has already sailed with the ship. Fact is, it's now a dystopian dog-eat-dog world in high finance and the best bet to saving yourself and your family is to exploit the same systems.

[zinc matrix]

Tell me why socialism wouldn't work

[fathom wadi]

parts of socialism would benefit the masses, socialised health care, energy, etc. But the problem with giving everyone a level playing field is there is always someone willing to exploit that system too like communism. Power is a drug. Don't forget, the basis of the Nazi party was socialism, but only for a specific group. I'm not saying socialism would turn into national socialism again, but any system has to have a group of powermongers and they will be corrupted by it, absolutely.

[zinc matrix]

Depends

Personally I think a socialist revolution here in America is warranted at this point

[fathom wadi]

yeah im only spitballing. I dunno. If everyone was a Noam Chomsky, perhaps it would work :p

[zinc matrix]

Either way, the way to fix our current system isn't complacency or defeatism

I mean as fucked up as the world is, there's always hope and heroes

I bet there were times where people thought slavery would never end in America

We've overthrown fudelism

[fathom wadi]

dont get me wrong, I wasn't being defeatist, I was being pragmatic in the sense that exploiting the same system is the best option. Historically nothing the people has ever done has changed the tiers of power. Not since the Romans. We have been lead by royal families and old money for centuries. They will go to extreme lengths to protect that.

[zinc matrix]

Guess we'll just have to pick the lesser of evils then

[median wraith]

has been preview 3 released ?

[fathom wadi]

its the machiavellian way I suppose. I wish it were different. Like I hoped technology would have set us free by now, especially with crypto currency. But they just bought up all the crypto and hold the mining supply so it was a failed attempt

[zinc matrix]

Yeah

Have you ever watched or followed much of the Amazing Atheist btw?

[fathom wadi]

yeah in the past

[zinc matrix]

He's funny

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/bored-waiting-impatient-gif-8821134

[zinc matrix]

When you still be waiting for preview 3

[fathom wadi]

that sums up how my life has felt. I'm not one for suicide, so I'm just waiting it out :p

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/stonks-up-stongs-meme-stocks-gif-15715298

[cursive crypt]

Compile and forget.

[foggy path]

Saying that nothing will fix capitalism because someone will always get corrupted is such an american way of looking at it, because somehow other parts of the world have solved this :P

[fathom wadi]

Compile and compile again because the new project needs chaos=true

Which parts? Dont say Iceland :p

[zinc matrix]

Instead, I try to think like this, even when it's hard

[foggy path]

European countries, Japan, South-Korea, etc.

Literally every country which is even close to a welfare state

[cursive crypt]

🤔

[verbal junco]

I think it's the future for some of america as well, but it only after the fall of the american empire

[zinc matrix]

I hate this fucking "pull yourself up by your boot straps" mentality we Americans have, like yeah personal responsibility is good, but what about how with great power comes great responsibility?

[verbal junco]

heatwave incoming

[zinc matrix]

Not like the 1% ever take that message to heart

[verbal junco]

something something saharan sands

[fathom wadi]

I live in England, which has socialised health care, but private energy, banks, etc. It's ran by a cabal of neo-capitalist blueblood in-bred wankers who steal from the pot like it's their own bank account. But I can't say I live awfully. When I don't work I can still keep a roof over my families head. I guess thats way different than a lot of countries. But it's not perfect.

[verbal junco]

europe really getting beaten up with weather phenomena in recent years

if it's not the beast from the east

it's the beast from the south

just waiting for them to combine

for the ultimate snowsandstorm

[foggy path]

@fathom wadi yeah unfortunately social-democractic systems require some amount of time to self-correct

[zinc matrix]

Hey universal healthcare is at least a step in the right direction compared to us

[zinc matrix]

You can thank the fossil fuel companies for that

[fathom wadi]

there is one problem with socialised healthcare. The service is sub-par compered to private healthcare. For example, it took me 3 years to get a Dermatologist appointment. The appointment is next month. They just sent me a letter saying they cancelled it and will send me a letter 6 weeks before the new appointment, but never told me when it was. I have had no help for anxiety and depression. The only time socialised healthcare truly does work is in emergencies. Like if you break a bone, or lose a limb, or get stabbed. They work really well.

[verbal junco]

yeah this is true. I haven't had to wait 6 years for a dermatologist, only 6 months at the most

still far too long

[zinc matrix]

Tradeoffs are inevitable, but hey at least you don't have to go into hundreds of thousands of dollars into medical debt

[fathom wadi]

yeah

[foggy path]

This is not a problem with socialized healthcare in general. It's a problem with socialized healthcare in this specific case

[verbal junco]

but that's because most MDs have private practices that they prioritize over public medicare because they earn more that way

[foggy path]

Socialized healthcare in Finland for example is rather high quality

[unborn lotus]

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/graphics/see-how-your-citys-climate-might-change-by-2070-feature there's this cool map showing how the climate will change in 50 years...basically my whole country is going to be an arid steppe 😅

[verbal junco]

waiting for the south of UK to be a new california 😎

[verbal junco]

should have longed that

[foggy path]

Market-oriented systems are good at optimizing cost-effectiveness, but this is not something that is always desirable. This is a bit of a tradeoff with healthcare in particular in some cases

[fathom wadi]

@foggy path yeah probably due to high tax rates paying for better service. We are only paying 20% tax on earnings on average. Higher if you earn more. But nowhere near Scandinavian levels of tax. I always appreciated that about Sweden in particular, as it improved the quality of life for everyone, no matter how rich or poor

[verbal junco]

it's not only sweden that does it you know

[deep copper]

the mods see deleted messages i think and I don't want to spam their logs 😅

[verbal junco]

in fact sweden probably does it at the highest cost 😂

[fathom wadi]

I know thats why i said scandiavian, but I learned about it from Sweden

[zinc matrix]

Watch this to the end https://youtu.be/iN2LZ8N2uj0?t=272

[verbal junco]

because you have to deal with the dreaded ||systembolaget||

[foggy path]

I can't find any stats on what's an average tax rate here but it's probably around 20%'ish

well, more if you earn more

[verbal junco]

really what matters most is local wage vs local purchasing power

[cursive crypt]

Not enough locations :/

[unborn lotus]

just pan the map and scroll for now/50 years

[cursive crypt]

I think you can scroll only up/down?

[verbal junco]

I can't scroll at all

[unborn lotus]

idk works for me

[cursive crypt]

wtf

Where you have seen this?

Wtf is that web design.

[unborn lotus]

it's "design" 😆

[cursive crypt]

I can't even see this.

[unborn lotus]

just scroll down until the middle line appears, then pan the map and scroll just a little bit lol

[verbal junco]

I like purple

there isn't even a winter

[cursive crypt]

?

[deep copper]

your future is quite blank

[deep copper]

atleast it has a present 🎁

[cursive crypt]

Wait... it was the damn scripting/whatnot

[zinc matrix]

I'm unhealthily obsessed with this guy

[cursive crypt]

In Incognito the map popped up.

[verbal junco]

doesn't work for me even in incognito

[deep copper]

do you have his body pillows? if not, there's room for more obsession

[verbal junco]

ripperoni

[cursive crypt]

wtf, it is disaster 😱

[zinc matrix]

I should request he gives me one

[cursive crypt]

There will be a ton of mosquitos

[verbal junco]

this is why you're not blocked... yet

[deep copper]

or be one

[zinc matrix]

He should test out his body pillow first like this

[verbal junco]

I wonder what one has to do to get to be part of the orange or yellow bands

I guess the lightest green band is still kind of OK

[deep copper]

trying to figure out why

[verbal junco]

so basically I should just move to soufhampton

or brighton

[zinc matrix]

This is definitely his most profound and insightful video https://youtu.be/H_0ZiletC4A

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/calculation-math-hangover-allen-zach-galifianakis-gif-6219070

[cursive crypt]

I don't think I will watch a video named like that.

[verbal junco]

@timber viper today is kebab day

[timber viper]

I'm also eating kebab rn

🥳

[cursive crypt]

Today will be a pub day for me.

[verbal junco]

same

well

it would be

[cursive crypt]

Ah?

[verbal junco]

but I'm not going out

[zinc matrix]

But St. Paddy's day was yesterday; you're still sleeping off your hangover

[cursive crypt]

If I ever see kebabs in the pub, I will buy to honour you.

[timber viper]

😄

[cursive crypt]

It is not celebrated here btw. I'm also not sure what it is.

I see only Green and Beer.

[verbal junco]

I'll be going to the pub next month after I finish moving house

[verbal junco]

also, which kind?

[timber viper]

Lokma Kebab

[verbal junco]

nice, is that with ground meat?

[timber viper]

No

It's just normal kebab but with lavash and awesome sauce

[verbal junco]

never heard of awesome sauce before 🤔

[timber viper]

I'm talking about that reddish thing in the images

It's very difficult to make it at home so thats why I always have to pay for it 😦

[verbal junco]

what is it?

[timber viper]

I dont know what it is called, lemme ask a friend one sec

[verbal junco]

isn't swedish still an official language of finland?

[timber viper]

tomato paste + meat bouillon + yoghurt + a special butter

[verbal junco]

so... kind of like iskender tomato sauce? 😄

[deep copper]

did you have an appointment?

[timber viper]

Yes but a little bit different, at least in here

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/allow-approve-community-gif-4686443

[deep copper]

or are we talking scam / spam message

[verbal junco]

I dunno I would maybe write ||perkele|| to them or something but I'm not sure if that's the custom 🤔

[cursive crypt]

Use Scroll of Teleportation

[deep copper]

do they have your name in the message?

[timber viper]

@verbal junco Btw if you are looking for a change, try lahmacun one day

[zinc matrix]

Would you guys rather be a gnome or a leprechaun?

[verbal junco]

I have, it's good

[deep copper]

idk what the latter is

[verbal junco]

I had a bunch of that while I lived in jermany

[zinc matrix]

They're a species of very short magic people in Ireland that are forced to give you their pot of gold if you catch them

[deep copper]

so either i carry pots of gold around or become a gnome, gnomes feel cuter ig

[verbal junco]

maybe write them back saying it's the wrong number maybe?

[zinc matrix]

You'd be rich as a leprechaun

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/sweating-wet-wipe-gif-15394859

[zinc matrix]

Think of how much stocks and bonds you could invest that gold in

[deep copper]

dialing random numbers for phishing maybe, if it has a different name then perhaps, wrong number, but how did they mess up country code stuff? weird

[zinc matrix]

Problem is you'd have to give it all away if someone catches you

Leprechauns are usually sneaky and fast cuz of this

[verbal junco]

it's an ethical question: is a potential, hypothetical life worth more than a potential, hypothetical €1000 bill?

[deep copper]

but if i give it to anyone before purchasing anything, not really

[zinc matrix]

I guess

[deep copper]

i would rather not carry gold, besides i don't want to hide

[zinc matrix]

Also a leprechaun's pot of gold always sprouts a rainbow, so it'd be easy to find

[zinc matrix]

Well gnomes are a good choice too, they can talk to animals and they're strong in numbers

[deep copper]

i want to talk to ravens

"go get me gold bird"

[zinc matrix]

I guess I'd wanna be a gnome too

[deep copper]

for orangutans?

[zinc matrix]

Leprechauns seem greedy

Gnomes are generous

[deep copper]

yeah

[zinc matrix]

An Indonesian gnome? Sure

[verbal junco]

if I could communicate with ravens I would retire today

[deep copper]

both are compact though, so it can't go wrong

[verbal junco]

well no but not because of the ravens

[deep copper]

if you could command an army of ravens, you could be some cool .. thing

[verbal junco]

it was great, and well timed too

[verbal junco]

I mean I don't know if they would want to be commanded

[zinc matrix]

If I were an Bornean or Sumatran gnome, I'd scout out the area for poachers and warn orangutans to flee

[verbal junco]

more like a tit for tat thing

I would be their fence

[zinc matrix]

Maybe even set traps for the poachers

[deep copper]

why not?

[deep copper]

the middleman that gets them food

[verbal junco]

yeah if they bring me valuables I'd trade them for food

[deep copper]

not sure what those gnomes are, but i see

[zinc matrix]

Hopefully a mother orangutan would let me touch her baby

[verbal junco]

I would of course have to have a front

like a bar

a raven bar

[zinc matrix]

Just a gnome that happens to live in Borneo or Sumatra, where orangutans are native to

[deep copper]

sounds like a gameidea manny would give

[verbal junco]

it's not a game it's my hypothetical retirement plan 😭

[deep copper]

ah, location based, got it

[deep copper]

you can negotiate

[deep copper]

it can kind of work, if you set up your base in the correct place, where costly stuff is lost or falls often

[verbal junco]

nah they would have to go through open windows

[deep copper]

you can't talk to ravens irl but food is actually a good communication menthod between species , so dw, if you start now, perhaps you can see how well it works

[verbal junco]

I think this is also dangerously close to the plot of a south park season lmao

[deep copper]

south park?

ah right

the show

[verbal junco]

yes, as opposed to north park

[deep copper]

xD okay okay

anyway, if you could actually talk to ravens as a gnome, you can definitely pull off this plan, because
1# only human that can talk to ravens

and also, if ravens can talk with you, they will exchange ideas with you and become smarter than regular ravens

imo

[zinc matrix]

"GIMME YOUR FUCKING BABY OR I'LL STAB YOU WITH MY VERY POINTY HAT!"

Come to think of it, a full grown gnome would probably be about the size of a baby orangutan

[deep copper]

awww you get to be so adorable while negotiating

i don't think orangutan would give you their baby out of fear

[meager chasm]

Hi

[cursive crypt]

crypto?

[meager chasm]

What

[verbal junco]

gnomes? that's more of a ponkkis thing I believe

[zinc matrix]

That's a nice synonym for scam

[deep copper]

yes, context, gnomes can talk to animals, which is why talking with ravens as a gnome sounds awesome combo

[zinc matrix]

If you're gonna pick a bird to get stuff for you, why not a falcon? They can fly faster than any other bird

[deep copper]

ravens get you shiny stuff, and are smarter + tamer, or so i have heard

[verbal junco]

I've never heard that lol

I also thought that the gnome thing was just a visual meme

no idea how it relates to ravens

[deep copper]

i have never heard of it either, bur strivvy claims gnomes can talk to animals

[deep copper]

raven is an animal, talk to raven = win win

[verbal junco]

I see it's a strivvy thing, nevermind then

[zinc matrix]

They can; that's a well-known ability of theirs

[deep copper]

if you don't trust strivvy we can ask a real gnome, our neighborhood gnome, ponki

[zinc matrix]

Gnomes are sentinels of forests

[verbal junco]

it's not that I don't trust, I just don't care 🙂

[deep copper]

ah, i see i see,

[zinc matrix]

Gnomes are also very athletic

[deep copper]

gnomes are atheletic ..? well they certainly do break bones ... i guess

[zinc matrix]

They also have long lifespans

[deep copper]

do they like beer?

[zinc matrix]

Some might

[deep copper]

!8ball are you a gnome

[turbid spindle]

@deep copper, :8ball: My sources say no.

[zinc matrix]

Shower thought: it'd be awesome if Nintendo and Hasbro made a Pokemon/Transformers crossover

[median wraith]

idk man still list preview 2 but had 7GB download for whatever reason

[zinc matrix]

!8ball are you an Autobot?

[turbid spindle]

@zinc matrix, :8ball: Outlook good.

[zinc matrix]

Yay

!8ball are you a Decepticon?

[turbid spindle]

@zinc matrix, :8ball: Without a doubt.

[zinc matrix]

DOUBLE AGENT!

Idk whether to report him to Optimus Prime or Megatron

[deep copper]

check the tattoo

[verbal junco]

another yogurtlu kuzu defeated @timber viper

[timber viper]

🦾

Bon appetit

[zinc matrix]

What tattoo?

[deep copper]

their symbol

[zinc matrix]

Oh right

[unborn lotus]

@zinc matrix I heard about this, but I can't find it, is that normal? 😆

[solid hull]

watch out for moblins

[mossy nexus]

have you tried turning off and on again?

[median wraith]

https://twitter.com/0Deneb0/status/1504714600893272066

Deneb ⚡ (@0Deneb0)

@AndiDev_ @UnrealDirective Here this is exactly same setup, chaos is just wonderful.

▶ Play video

Twitter · Mar 18, 2022, 7:01 AM

[deep copper]

haha that looks like a sunset sun instead of moon xD, too red!

[unborn lotus]

I tried to open a project of mine in 5.0 too, completely broken. Same for a VR one, physics was rock-stable, now it's insanely jittery..what is even going on?

[solid hull]

oh THAT's why they call it Chaos

[median wraith]

well engine change I bet

about positive things

seems like light clusters are finally working for light

so the general lights are less costly finally

don't seems to

but for some reason I had to redownload preview 2

technically deferred+ should has been implemented on UE4

but never seem it working properly so

well sorry I mean forward+ also the cluster deferred

[verbal junco]

hevedy what's your favorite non technical subject

[median wraith]

level design and illumination ? what you mean ?

[verbal junco]

I mean outside of games lol

[median wraith]

biking ?

the nature ?

[verbal junco]

ah yes, what have you biked recently

https://tenor.com/view/tumbleweed-highway-blue-sky-gif-14068616

[unborn lotus]

a very fine gravel road to bike on

[verbal junco]

dirt, gravel would be hell

I have an adventure bike and I would not use that on gravel

but looks like a nice place to bike

[timber viper]

https://tenor.com/view/riding-pug-motorcycle-viralhog-lazy-gif-13790509

[unborn lotus]

I just ordered a new gravel bike a few days ago, can't wait for it

[verbal junco]

I really like it tbh

I used to have a road bike

and I really enjoyed it

but it was so light that the slightest bump in the road would send me flying

downhill was terrifying because of the speed

[unborn lotus]

I used to have a road bike too, sold it for a CX bike with two wheelsets, gravel and road. But now I'm going back to a chubby gravel bike AND an endurance road bike 😅

[verbal junco]

noice

I basically only replaced my road bike because it got stolen 😂

[unborn lotus]

Race bikes really not suited for the roads here

[verbal junco]

but adventure bike fits more what I do anyway

and am prepared for parks after rain

and potential flooding

[unborn lotus]

They're the best

[verbal junco]

a while ago there was a shortage

not sure if that's still the case

[unborn lotus]

My favourite ride was in Thassos Greece, my CX bike only, did a 100% off-road ride then the next day 100% on-road the island tour..great times

[unborn lotus]

It still is...waiting for months

Until deliveries

[verbal junco]

sounds excellent, how many KMs?

[verbal junco]

I got lucky

[unborn lotus]

I think like 40k off-road and 99k for the whole island loop

[verbal junco]

ah nice, that's good effort

if I ever get a month off I might do the entire length of the UK

it's on my bucket list

[unborn lotus]

Very nice

[verbal junco]

either that or the entire length of kyushuu

[unborn lotus]

Can you handle the rain though? 😅

[verbal junco]

we'll see 😂

it's not as bad as they say usually

found out it rains more south of the carpathians than it does in london

[unborn lotus]

Really? That's where I live 😅

[verbal junco]

I think it's by virtue of being next to mountains

[unborn lotus]

Hehe yeah

[verbal junco]

to be fair though, I've experienced flooding for like 3 years in a row

so it's not like the UK is unaffected by rain

it just hits differently

also, not like in my house or apt, just in parks etc

[median wraith]

Got a MTB, recently I can't even go outside tbh

[unborn lotus]

I can imagine, we also have them

anyway, this summer it's the Transcontinental bike race across europe, maybe Hevedy can join for a bikepacking trip, it runs across Romania too, i'll be there to see it 😅

[median wraith]

It goes across the war area too ?

if thats the case don't think it's a thing ?

[unborn lotus]

hah no, France, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria

[median wraith]

Don't count with me, got the body in the worst possible state right now lol

Could be worst but isn't good

[timber viper]

Not feeling well?

[median wraith]

Well if you don't exercise etc, the body get lost and all

Going to the street feels like doing a marathon

[timber viper]

Yea, same situation on my side too

Especially since pandemic, I'm barely able to walk at outside

[zinc matrix]

You start looking like the Amazing Atheist

Who, btw, all of you guys should subscribe to

[median wraith]

feels bad man, that's the second time in a month someone points me to a guy that's 10 years older than me

even if I didn't changed my avatar image since 5 years ago

how you broke the legs twice man ?

[verbal junco]

snow fell from the roof

😔

I don't think I will ever understand how you can live in place that actively kills you while outside

[median wraith]

I never did ski or alikes over snow tbh 👀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-2gUSus34&ab_channel=GamingSoundFX

[zinc matrix]

So you're 27?

[median wraith]

a bit older

but yeah +-

[verbal junco]

35 😂

[median wraith]

oh you was in the army ?

[median wraith]

lmao

[timber viper]

31

[median wraith]

less

[timber viper]

30

[median wraith]

less

[timber viper]

29

[median wraith]

less

[timber viper]

I tried all my luck already lol

[median wraith]

[verbal junco]

32

😂

[zinc matrix]

Where you live?

[timber viper]

Same here

[verbal junco]

well you might need it when russia attacks

[timber viper]

Same here x2

[verbal junco]

did you go?

so in reality you're more canadadian than anything else

and you're now in your late teens? 😂

[zinc matrix]

Any Americans here right now?

[verbal junco]

so half of time in each country?

[carmine frigate]

think i better stay away from the battlefield . shit could get real grim real fast

[verbal junco]

might not get a choice

[zinc matrix]

Where do you live?

[carmine frigate]

europe netherlands

[zinc matrix]

Yikes

Man, just when I wanted to move to Europe

[timber viper]

If NATO involves something it bothers you ultimately

[zinc matrix]

Guess I gotta stay in hyper-capitalist US now

[unborn lotus]

You still can but pick a NATO country

[timber viper]

Only way to not get affected by a war is getting rich enough

History proves that with WW1/2

[verbal junco]

or live isolated enough from everywhere else

[zinc matrix]

Or you could just do what I would do...

[verbal junco]

better than infantrymen

[carmine frigate]

well if i did get put in the army it would prolly end up as some data processin stuff

[verbal junco]

so, report writing

[carmine frigate]

yea that or drone pilot

[verbal junco]

if push comes to shove I'd probably try and get wise with combat engineering

[timber viper]

In Turkey you need to graduate from university to pilot a drone

[verbal junco]

I'd probably end up blowing myself up 😂

[zinc matrix]

https://youtu.be/F01UTYg79KY

[carmine frigate]

well i been flying guided missiles since descent 2

[verbal junco]

by that same argument all cod players should be supersoldiers

[timber viper]

And I'm driving helicopters and a really nice tank hunter in BF4

[zinc matrix]

Man this world sucks

Always something to worry about

[carmine frigate]

battlefield controlls are fairly close

[zinc matrix]

War, disease, famine, poverty, injustice, etc

[mossy nexus]

The 5 horsemen of the aproxalipse

[timber viper]

Rather than piloting a drone I'd like to engineer one though

[unborn lotus]

And still a lot better than the past

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/thonk-thinking-sun-thonk-sun-thinking-sun-gif-14999983

[zinc matrix]

True, maybe there is hope

[verbal junco]

same. I have an idea for a modest ion cannon I want to try out

[zinc matrix]

Heh

[carmine frigate]

yea i wanted to build my own quadcopter but u know time and money

[verbal junco]

it should work, in principle

[zinc matrix]

CE thinks he's Iron Man

[verbal junco]

the best part is

[carmine frigate]

i could inject some1 with random radioactive waste

[verbal junco]

it would use a grape as part of its munitions 😂

[carmine frigate]

mayB u become a superhero

prolly cancer tho

[zinc matrix]

Reminds me of Lanky Kong's weapon in DK64

[zinc matrix]

https://youtu.be/dq_RsNQjo7U

[verbal junco]

help me build a touchpad glove

[zinc matrix]

CE be like https://youtu.be/F01UTYg79KY

[timber viper]

Sure, right away

[verbal junco]

you gotta start engineering with something

tbh I really gotta find someone who can help me out with this

if I can do something similar to a RAID 0 array with touchpads

that would be sick

[zinc matrix]

Have you lost your mind?
Can you see or are you blind?
Can you walk at all?
Or if you move will you fall?

[timber viper]

I dont understand that touchpad thing you mention about and couldnt find a photo on google other than regular gloves

Can you send a photo about it

[verbal junco]

because it doesn't exist lol

if it existed I would have bought it

[timber viper]

But whats idea? Being able to touch screens with gloves?

[verbal junco]

it's basically a touchpad on a glove

so you don't have to use a mouse

you can use your thumb on your palm

[timber viper]

Ooh

Nice

[verbal junco]

first iteration I want to try is just glue a regular size touchpad to a glove

and see how that works

but the end goal is to integrate it into the glove itself

and for that you need a connection

but it's an interesting idea

it also solves numerous problems that are plaguing current touch interfaces

[fleet tangle]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/NES-Power-Glove.jpg

[verbal junco]

that's a terrible analogy 😂

[fleet tangle]

Lies.

I would have trouble using the palm of my hand while wearing a glove.

[verbal junco]

it would be a thin glove

possibly even with the thumb completely uncovered

stuff I have to test

really

[timber viper]

Actually NeuraLink is working on something that directly reads your brain data and sends the messages to target device with an interface but..

I heard its not going well

[verbal junco]

sounds very oof

I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel

I'm just adding another wheel

[fleet tangle]

I would have trouble using the palm of my hand while wearing a glove.

[verbal junco]

I would have trouble using the palm of my hand while wearing a glove.

[timber viper]

Being able to interacting with monitors like using touchscreens but without touching (interacting with them within a distance) could be cool though

[fleet tangle]

Using palm-side of the fingers as the pad and the thumb as the guide would work well.

[verbal junco]

well if a glove can do that and it's wireless

all you need is hands

sorry, people without hands

[verbal junco]

exactly

[fleet tangle]

But how does it fire the lasers?!

[verbal junco]

touchpad gestures

[fleet tangle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AacoxHFYvZw

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDNgYymlSQA&ab_channel=IGN

those characters are real actors right?

[fleet tangle]

Why didn't he take everyone back in his fucking 4x4?

[soft night]

halo series being streaming on March 24th

[zinc matrix]

it gives l4d vibes

and conjuring, insidious too

that classic feel

[fleet tangle]

They're all real actors. It tells you who they are at the end,.

[zinc matrix]

yeah

gonna be a classic

along with alan wake

👌

[fleet tangle]

Everyone needs more Ariel Winter too.

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LfJnj66HVQ&ab_channel=Lilpump

lmao

just realised

it sounded better on xans

being sober you can hear how much it's offbeat

lol

2017-2018 was wild

😄

rip

and this is inspiring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqjFhCfPZXc&ab_channel=NoJumper

[zinc matrix]

degeneracy lol

sounds alright though

yeah

but i still bump this sometimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnCT0GXgLJg&ab_channel=Lilpump

instead of taking drugs

get's you hyped the same

[zinc matrix]

id rather not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBpZdQNp9E&ab_channel=signeponge

alright

this one

melts you fine

i swear sometimes feels like people are poppin adderall here and making games 24/7 lol

slackers never sleep

😈

[solid hull]

Was wondering how people kept up to date with their dev logs.

[zinc matrix]

adderall? i cant even finish anything

i get so jealous of those who finish things. i would love to hit a goal. but i have the hardest time deciding on a creative direction and then following through with it.

like "this would be cool butso woudl the alternate"

dillema dillema

yeah same

it I don't make level in 1 hour then it get's booring

and ifi build something its hard to extrapolate where to go from there....

but it's impossible to make a good looking level in that time

i was interested

in how much material/mass might be needed to build a dyson sphere. i thought it couldnt be the contents of the entire solar system, could it? i mean one AU in 3d radial diameter is a LOT of surface area. but turns out after building a calculator that it is indeed quite economical if you could build it.

no idea what is dyson sphere lol

[zinc matrix]

wait what

how

dyson sphere = an energy collection apparatus constructed around a star.

yeah just googled it

kardeschev scale = 2

looks like black hole some sort of

[fathom wadi]

I thought a dyson sphere was a round vacuum cleaner

[zinc matrix]

sucks stars in?

[zinc matrix]

omg xD

yeah lol

you uncultured swine!

[fathom wadi]

im a cultured swine thank you very much 😉

[zinc matrix]

fair enough

what do?

space is cool

[zinc matrix]

yes

but the unknown part of it

too much nerd stuff ruins it

[zinc matrix]

yea

whatever life we might find out there might be protozoic and/or microscopic

that or its techno god-tier level lifeforms

mhm

sounds like dmt

[zinc matrix]

what

😄

i nknow thats a drug

dunno wtf it is though

never tried it

but I've created those patterns

with mirror image edit

it's mostly creatures

and those images that they use in psychology

you can create some weird things

i mean most of it looks like aliens, spaceships, and devil/demons

[zinc matrix]

... wha-what?

i dont--dont follow

you good?

yeah I'm good lol

i learned a new word

inefficax

https://youtu.be/CnQ8N1KacJc this is just such a beautiful track

this kind of stuff

if you put enough effort in it you can come up with some mystical stuff

or just luck lol

[zinc matrix]

oohh thats interesting

kaleidescope type thing

cannot believe i just spelled kaleidescope without error

[zinc matrix]

put this on the ceiling of a buildinng in your game

make your players get all awe inspired and mystical

yeah

too bad it's low quality

imagine creating it as a texture

high quality detailed

damn

like that episode in malcolm in the middle where francis goes off to bootcamp and obssesses over what a native totem pole means lmao

lol

and the native guy tells him its just a decoractive thing lmao

at the end of the episode

this is the one feature i love about firefox.

that reader feature

🤔

top right

[timber viper]

Access violation error to User Data Error Prevention error 🥳

[zinc matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-daGEPyOow

[zinc matrix]

why 🤔 ?

thinking is not acceptable around here

lol

i mean what does that feature do in that image

nice

it's like a curse - you can't feel anything yet you can play solo's that makes you shiver

[median wraith]

https://twitter.com/UnrealDirective/status/1504970057369067523

Unreal Directive (@UnrealDirective)

And they have official names!

Manny = Buff Version
Quinn = Slim Version

Twitter · Mar 18, 2022, 11:56 PM

[left granite]

UwU

[knotty skiff]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/452962755968892948/953358160859660358/5f7208fecdb0d1d6.mp4

Today I have learned that Canada will fall soon

[untold needle]

Can yall help with updating my drivers

[knotty skiff]

Fortnite Feet

[verbal junco]

woop another blocklist addition

[cursive crypt]

You on the spree, lol

[knotty skiff]

Lmao

[quasi mantle]

Wasn't we settled to Mary?

[cursive crypt]

I like Fanny, but damn Britain

[deep copper]

we can go Fary

[quasi mantle]

God Save The Queen™

[cursive crypt]

ngl, quinn is kinda cringe

[quasi mantle]

Even Harley Quinn.

Though I guess it's more bearable because it's a villainess name

[dark sequoia]

Manny and Fanny

im now ready to convert/replace my model's skeleton with an UE4 compatible one... hopefully its not too hard lmao

https://gyazo.com/6150c2ea7748fe2577f1742e687a40dc

[deep copper]

goodluck!

[charred crag]

You can alternatively look into the new retargeting system. The third person template comes with a setup for old to new and vis versa.

[dark sequoia]

yeah definitely, i'll likely be doing that

another thing is that this model setup needs to be changed anyway cause its designed very specifically, for instance there are actually bones located far beneath her too haha

https://gyazo.com/c5885d240bc986d75068cf03e0573826

which was a technique I learned from other models (for MikuMikuDance models only, that is) where you can swap out different hair and outfits without having to attach new parts. but yeah this will need to be entirely restructured for UE4 but wont be too hard to take out I imagine

@deep copper also, thank you!

heres a pic without all the messy bones displayed btw, heh. https://gyazo.com/ddd7dded627e68af6a3810aac850c142

its been a long time since i had revisited this model, I forgot how good she had came out..

I just hope she'll eventually look this good within UE4, with the right shading and materials of course

[quasi mantle]

Also if you have some money to spare, look up Auto Rig Pro. That'll allow you to rerig your model into UE4 compliant one.

(I don't mention UE5 exclusive tools as I haven't actually use it and I still main on modified 4.27)

[dark sequoia]

just now realized that I could even have the sword usable now! that'll be fun to do one day, heh

hmm I see

how much is that?

[quasi mantle]

wink wink

[quasi mantle]

35 bucks IIRC

[dark sequoia]

not too bad

thats on the Marketplace?

[quasi mantle]

Blender marketplace sites

It's easy to google

[dark sequoia]

oh I see

i'll look into that, thank you

Mio will basically be a personal experiment type thing and for practice, getting her to work within UE4

but once I succeed with that step, that is when I'll be creating entirely new original characters and all that (using her base body as a starting point)

cause yeah she has an entirely nude body as well

lolz

which i cant show of course, but yee

[quasi mantle]

Also if you need help on toon materials...
wink wink

[dark sequoia]

:3

i found two guides on that recently (one for materials, and one for doing an inverted hull for edgelines) but i'll definitely ask you about that too once I get to that step

cause i never messed with toon stuff yet in UE4

[slim acorn]

https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g

[dark sequoia]

NFTs? good idea! lol jk

[quasi mantle]

I also made post on that over on #graphics where I go through those stuff before

#graphics message
#graphics message

[dark sequoia]

oh nice

[quasi mantle]

And also I do lots of experimentation using Idomaster models, testing new tricks that I found

[dark sequoia]

one thing ive always wanted to do is experiment with "wet clothing" that becomes transparent :p

and my Mio model could actually do that, since she has layers

👀

but that can be saved for another day, haha

[quasi mantle]

That's actually one that I've been thinking for longer, without actually using translucency.

I just haven't found a modular solution on it.

[dark sequoia]

ah I see

https://gyazo.com/f14a4f07e580946daee4c4f49c832378

this screen is from MMD specifically, but here I did a combination of material layer opacity + vertex morph

to get a torn clothing type look lol

oh also her boobs are bigger than normal here cause I have a morph that increases her size too, lol

[quasi mantle]

In Unreal, that's doable with simple Opacity Mask.

[dark sequoia]

yah its definitely gonna be interesting to go over all these and try remaking in UE4, but seems like it'll be fun to learn as well

https://gyazo.com/cb05099fd71e57642c38c57c4cbd7de7

👀