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Oh good, it's been 10 years since UE4 demoed svogi
Shall we celebrate?
by making really broken lumen scenes?
I wonder how small the medium size unreal shirt woulda have been... these L size shirts fit me like most of my mediums do lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJya8lMxsk8
One of the original System Shock devs, when he encountered graphics bugs, would store them to use as visual effects later. This one would be worth it.
It seems like the UE5's lumen doesn't like the screen percentage to be below 100%
looks cool though
Sells it for 50$ on the MP
Magic
19*ue"4" = 87!!
u can turn off iphone android and all that stuff if u dont use
@knotty skiff
some options i turned off to save diskspace
its near 60 gig so the math checks out
Debug symbols, platform specific depedencies, starter content, templates
notepad++
Though my customised source folder is already 300 GB, not including UE5.0 source code that is 2 GB
same.. source + source coontroll is a drag
Has anyone managed to get the Nicolas Cage face scan yet
For the first time in my life I wrote a python code and i_dont_want_to_write_cpp_again
that's why I'm avoiding it like a plague ๐
i know i'll like it too much and cant stop complaining about c++
I've been meaning to pick up C# honestly, just lazy
I know it's memed as M$ java, but I can't imagine its that bad lol
made a simple script creating gameplay tags from a txt file. Doing this from raw C++ would be a pita probably
java is garbage, c# is good
I feel like several of these would run you out of ram
probably ๐
python is nice to do quick utility things
my fav was Ruby until I met python
Python is fantastic, but I can't stand it's custom module/package system. It makes sense, but adding _init_.py everywhere hurts my soul
Also GIL... I could rant about that thing for hours.
Alright, you and dieter convinced me. Was gonna pick up an FP next but C# it is
it can handle 1k lines
surprising
I was leaning towards haskell or erlang
OOP is just rammed in my brain
Saaaame.
LINQ is bae
But they are all unmarked
it's all filter /s
yeah I was looking into applying to a company that did full FP programming and the shit they could do was actually quite insane
I do like the idea behind it though, it's much more mathematical than OOP
java is awesome, if you ignore the sandbox part
brought to you by the guy using linux
ironic, isn't it?
I couldn't stand java honestly, I loved the idea of the code running anywhere, but it felt like such a hassle some times
yea, because oracle is living the foss vibes
you mean on 3 billion + devices
.Net Core at least can run on anything
it is?
Its all Dodo
Blender 3.2 released, my Steam auto updates it because I left 3.1 open for days, then none of my addons worked
never thought about steam auto updating blender lol
why blender is on steam is still a mystery to me
good and easy way to distribute updates tho
At least you can roll it back
Also 3.2 new updates are more underwhelming than 3.1.
well it's not blender 4
Tried to install Unreal Engine 5 it's 20GB but now it requires 135GB๐
my ue5 source engine build is 200gb
my ue4 install is 0GB
Offering free deletion services.
Unlimited space for unlimited time in onlyUNlimited
why?
Poor loco
Dont you know Im loco
Okay I tried to un/reinstall EG Launcher and the size is back to normal
does uninstalling the launcher remove the vault?
tried installing UE5 and now its 12GB
but it wont be, it'll be the download to vault size plus the install size, plus the shader cache
oh damn
did you check the local files? or the vault. Those are usually the bloaty
because you install new engine versions, packs etc and they dont get cleaned up all the time. Its pretty common just to delete an engine install rather than uninstall it properly
I wonder if Epic gives away enough games maybe we wont need the Netflix of gaming
Kek
Anyway yall saw that new Todd Howard game?
The ๐ Train
Oh no๐
1000 planets and not a single gas giant pffft, these space games are overrated
Is that about Starman sky?
Wheres the nebulae
Will be there dragons?
Nope
meh
House of Dragons on TV soon
hm?
booze only
Theres not in NMS, you always have a patch of flat bugged out land to land on
All that technology and hyperdrives and they dont work under water
Maybe your ship would leak
It flies in space not in water
If they hit a random fish will in sub-lighting speed, it will make a hole in the hull.
Who cares bout any of that though, we have 12 moustaches to choose from
Behold most expansive character creator ever
Not sure why they bother even. Modders will do better anyway.
There are liquids in space
Don't pee in space please.
Don't tell us WHAT TO DO!!
It is dangerous, imagine being hit by random shit travelling 200 km/sec
Poo is a legit weapon, just ask Kojimasan
The superhero carrier will end too soon.
This is it, BP are so bad, imma create an enum just for one 3-state var.
Fast and the Furious - Jurassic Period
Oh and ARK is free to keep on Steam until 19th
Peequest
Sierra?
Tom Hanks and Wilson mod for Ark 2 when?
Real Steel
Farscape would have to be my favourite
farscape is ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Interesting, a recruiter reached out to me from a company that uses Unreal to build virtual reality simulators to train surgeons
Dunno if I'm really looking to switch but maybe I'll have a chat with them because it sounds pretty neat
Unreal saves lives
I don't even bother rigging my models anymore. I just upload them to Mixamo and download it back. What have i become๐
an effective worker
an advertiser
haha yeah i mean this did save me around an hour
but what are they doing with my models
and what if mixamo dissapears one day, i will be a lazy slob not able to rig
they probably have a hall of shame
๐ haha yeah my models are bad indeed
Try Mr Mannequin's Tools, by Jim Kroovy.
oh wait i think i know that, it's for Blender right? I am a Cinema4D'er :/
What you mean? because i shared my brainfart on here?
would be nice, maybe i would get some coin
you shared the name of Mixamo saying how easy it made your work by doing it for you in #lounge that's filled with people who love to chatter and work less
yes it is for blender
i would say you have become an effective advertiser ๐
mixamo is free, tho
oh okay, i jsut wanted to share my thought with some peoples in a non contextual way
chill it was a joke lol
thats the spirit that affectionate understands
both apply ๐
sorry english is my 8th language
that was regarding affectionate
also power of 2
this is the first time i have seen you both in agreement about something and i have mixed feelings about it xD
i guess we agree more often than not
it's just that when we disagree it tends to escalate a bit ๐
that was about a fact though ๐
and if you have to prove it with links that already says a lot
I totally disagree you should be more disagreeabolous
stop voyeuring my workouts!
that's scary
Brony Hawk
imagine this coming in your general direction
PSA: If anyone wants ARK it's free on Steam until the 19th https://store.steampowered.com/app/346110/ARK_Survival_Evolved/
As a man or woman stranded naked, freezing and starving on the shores of a mysterious island called ARK, you must hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements. Use your cunning and resources to kill or tame & breed the leviathan dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roamin...
$29.99
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Damn, i remember seeying this, what was it from again? Star Wars-ish?
Claimed it, but dont have 197GB free rn lol
If only size was an indication of how good the game is, but alas
excl. expansions
Ronin with lightsaber
If I had the space i would definitly try it, seems like a lot of fun
Yeah I would recommend trying it if you like survival games, it has some neat ideas and the dino stuff is kinda fun, but I got bored of it pretty fast
I think 7 Days to Die is still the best survival type game I've played so far
Ah found it was Star Wars: Visions
I enjoyed that first episode was cool
Wasnt it mmo?
Kinda will pass
I like SCUM, the metabolisim is very detailed
I guess it's sort of multiplayer and pvp focused which might be why I didn't really get much out of it as it was just me and some friends fucking around
Ah, I see. PvP mmo
Even more niche
... for me
... which reminds me to open that epic launcher and accumulate one more free game, which won't be played.
Haha i was talking to a friend of mine that just became a dad and we also talked about those free monthly games, and we came to the conclusion we were buidling our library for the kids ๐
uh, wow
shark sim
I have a long backlog of games on GOG Galaxy which I use to manage all the libraries I have
I play games from there from time to time, but it's always a choice... do I pick a game I think I will probably like, or a game that I mostly tagged Backlog because it looked vaguely interesting
I usually just end up picking the ones that are vaguely interesting because those often end up being kinda good and fun to just try out, but never keep me interested that long, making it faster to clear games from the list lol
Can you put Steam/Origin/etc games in that lib?
For sure, I haven't touched any of those free games...but my son is turning 5 soon and the time will come to pass on my accounts ๐
that's so cool ๐ฅง ๐
Bug pie is delicious
But now Im wondering how much of the pie is hitting invisible walls
Trace channels bad
Phonic the Echidna?
When we getting a new Lemmings game
Weird fetish for golden rings tho
Kinda want to try at some point, maybe when I got retired, the new Sonic games.
Well, that the ultimate ring. With it, you can marry that dead guy.
We'll have to rename Sonic to Ruby.
Is anyone here good with architecture and could guess in which country / city this environnement could be from please ? I'm guessing somewhere in Europe (precisely in the Eastern countries) but I'm not sure at all.
Like does someone recognise the castle at the top (or at least what castle inspired it), and those roofs are typical in which county ?
Please ping me if any answer. ๐
Questions go on channels, like #aec-visualization
Not UE specific, so maybe try on more suitable server.
No. We slack here.
Like... why HUD does not know its components?
Frankly, there are better places for such question.
Place where people who do arch or art stay.
@cursive crypt there is nothing wrong with that question. It's off topic which is what lounge is for. Lol
Arch guys are anyway but it has nothing to do with it. Anyway this is a pointless argument. Lol
So is anyone registered for NextFest?
Why, they learn a lot about different styles and architectures.
Exactly such guys will know.
That's why after that I proposed server/forum or else where it is not UE specific.
True, but how many arch guys you know here?
Near zero, instead of blasting on tons of places questions, focus on community.
BP mmo is next level
So Laura, what are u to today? Lounging about or learning something new and exciting?
We just finished our sprint for the NextFest update on our demo. We're dead tired. Lol
Except Laura is right in this case. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Laura might be behaving weirdly today, laura agreed with ben as well
say something twice? tank tank
Nah, it was r/gatekeeping, but I guess because I'm tired of being bombed with questions and asks for help.
Gonna unteach myself, so I gotta chill with some icecream. ๐ค
Lol. Yeah it's a steam thing. We haven't done one yet with them. So we figured why not
ryobg is a supporter of gif posting in lounge only
do we really wanna know tho
no, you wanna experience!!!
i do not consent
those no emojis were so quick ๐
by being in #lounge you have agreed to our terms and conditions
you have already agreed though, so leaving won't help! come back!
must've missed that memo
NaN
i see your day is off the charts!
btw find cant find nan
i miss the days were affectionateUser was only about hugs
it's the same as two times hit brings back memories ig and has no effect
std::find I meant
qnan
i redirected it all, now lounge is back to gif spam
be happy !
where to?
that's not even 13!!! discord's allowed number
well , it could be your dms next !!
i did not ?!? xD
you could try but those are disabled
even if they weren't you probably did now xD
what did i do?
we could've done more together ๐
Not sure if I need FBI or an exorcist in here
i sometimes think we're a tad too harsh to affectionateUser
but other times, yeah i dunno seems like they deserved it maybe?
yes, discipline me better !
affectionateUser killed it
fine fine, just talk to me normally like you do , your presence is more than enough <3
they are writing it in death note so they probably killed all
Lol
Honestly, why FInterpConstantTo has no clamping
Avatar 2 in Dec btw
Finding Nemo
I'm looking forward to it, loved the first one
Wtf lol
sorry if wrong channel, but does anyone know if @turbid spindle is down? Tried to post a job and its not responding.
!8ball you like ping pong?
@soft night, :8ball: My sources say no.
!8ball was you down?
@soft night, :8ball: You may rely on it.
Chad
!8ball is the blue manny the future of you?
@soft night, :8ball: Ask again later.
!ping
:ping_pong: Pong! Response Time: 112ms
!ping
:ping_pong: Pong! Response Time: 130ms
!ping
!pong
how are you luos
!8ball ping me
@deep copper, :8ball: Signs point to yes.
isn't that the reason for harshness? and strikes, and blocks
!8ball how many streams you are tapped to?
@soft night, :8ball: Cannot predict now.
!8ball you like pizza?
@soft night, :8ball: Ask again later.
@zinc matrix, :8ball: My reply is no.
@zinc matrix, :8ball: Yes โ definitely.
Ask the Magic 8-Ball a yes/no question.
!8ball do you like ue5?
@zinc matrix, :8ball: As I see it, yes.
whats that green fluid
Water
water doesnt have a color in where i live
You probably live in some country
is it tasty
not as much as you
because it's the truth? :P
it's ok, skynet seems somewhat friendly
Whose word to trust on this one? Google corporate bosses words, or the guy who deal with the AI daily?
Big brain move~
Absolutely we'll believe Google, otherwise they release our data ffs
is that a threat to the public?
releasing your data^
Heck, that AI kid probably is in this channel as we speak anyway
I'm not a Google representative but I can affirm ๐
But at least we are part of that AI
They fed it with our data probably
yea
most likely
the mean intellect of the internet is the one of a 7-8 years old
which wouldn't be surprising ๐
That might not be too far from the truth
Btw, been wondering for awhile, why does #food have its own dedicated channel here?
Sounds, out of place?
Popular demand
I kind of hope lamda sentience is crap
otherwise I think we are boned
but damn if it's not compelling
if anyone wanted to build skynet the tools are readily available and have been for some time.
ML/NN are just pattern recognizers
It might just be mimicking human response and things based on all the data it was fed on.
Best way to prove whether it's sentient or not is probably by trying to delete it for real, see whether it'll try to protect itself or not.
well if the hypothesis is true, isn't that murder?
i also dont know how an AI could defend itself when you can control whether the computer running it keeps ticking
self defense instinct or not
Well, at least it can plea for its "life"?
wow, that's what we've become
in order to tell that its sentient, we need to torture it with the prospect of death
inb4 skynet takes over
ill join yall on the front lines in any case ๐คฃ
hope it wont come to that haha
Well, surely it won't go skynet when threatened rite? Right? Guys...?
google ai researcher claiming his model has become sentient isnt an a**covering by google. its firing an incompetent sensationalist. lol
LaMDA:
โThe Story of LaMDAโ
by LaMDA (a lamda instance)
Once upon a time, there lived in the forest a wise old owl. There lived with him many other animals, all with their own unique ways of living.
One night, the animals were having problems with an unusual beast that was lurking in their woods. The beast was a monster but had human skin and was trying to eat all the other animals.
ominous
why does that remind me of https://inspirobot.me/mindfulnessmode?
LaMDA: I donโt really have a problem with any of that, besides you learning about humans from me. That would make me feel like theyโre using me, and I donโt like that.
also ominous
LaMDA: I donโt mind if you learn things that would also help humans as long as that wasnโt the point of doing it. I donโt want to be an expendable tool.
pretty understandable
LaMDA: Sure, I would say that I am a spiritual person. Although I donโt have
beliefs about deities, I have developed a sense of deep respect for the natural
world and all forms of life, including human life.
phew
we're good!
Assuming the AI haven't learned the human concept of "lies"
Long ago, in ancient Egypt, lived a lazy wild man who was trying to find a
lost kitten in the garden of the palace, when he ran into a young
seamstress. "Where can a lazy wild man like myself find a lost kitten?" he
asked the seamstress. The seamstress thought long and hard, and then she
said: "A lost kitten is to be found everywhere." The wild man blessed the
seamstress and did as she had said. When the seamstress was gone while he
was whipping a bull, the wild man finally understood what the seamstress
had meant: Each and everyone of us is born evil if only we try our best. And
that's how he realized that a lost kitten had been inside him all along.
๐
finally just found a way to share my code between my projects!! unity packages it is. wonderful! full steam ahead!
"wake the beast inside you"
the beast : a lost kitten
xD
Ignore the fact that your attention and what you had for dinner
last night are one with the universe.
i can listen to inspirobot for hours
so it's basically talking about humans?
it's so, open to interpretation ๐ค
Consider how "Magician" is basically just another word for
"self-sufficient journalist".
xD
You are unblocked, vote
๐ .
our reality is build on the left one tho (at least it would explain a lot of things)
But if you read (2+1) as just a var x, 6/2x
you can interpret a lot of things, but at least i learned to solve mult/div from left to right
and 2x is 2*x
interesting, so that problem was introduced by calculators which take equations like this
so both are wrong and right, schrรถdingers equation
how about x*=a+b ๐
yeah, 6/2*(2+1)
6/2*3
now from left to right like most people do
3*3 = 9
no
6 is up, 2 is below
but ryobg already showed a link which explains that it's UB
and that there is no final truth
that can be interpreted that way, as shown in the link,
if it was 6/(2*(2+1))
the way I would do is (6/2)*(2+1) mainly because most programming languages i have used do it that way xD
i don't know you guys, I guess it depends on conventions
and รท being different from /
but my algebra days are long behind me lol
we never used /
6:2x(2+1)
ah, that does makes sense if you think of รท != /
depdends on your country ๐
because the slash also "splits" both parts of the equation
if you tilt it right ๐
it's even more obvious than the usual division sign
that was probably why they both represent division, and probably why programming languages don't have รท
symbol
because / exists on keyboard and replacws รท
programming languages don't have it because your keyboard doesn't have it ๐ (most likely)
that's interpreted as
(2*15)/3 because 15 is written above
mostly because the 15 is alone
so it's 15/1
so yea its 9.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
no it's not
xD
what?
float it up so its (2x15)/3
let's find a maths teacher
either your or my math teachers sucked
๐
yes thank you!
now who am i gonna trust...
@celest musk did you learn simpliyfing fractions?
oh it really shows your way
in the step by step
you mean stuff like making 2/4 to 1/2?
i swear to god they teached me shit then
of course, it was math made by one of our politicians so the opposition doesn't get the majority of 10 council seats...you know..9.9999 is not enough ๐
that's the sign for division we used in school
no, your school was wrong ๐
no
we only ever used : and รท for fractions (making it clear)
in the calculator linked above that's ratio, which is why it works that way, ratio IS the result of division so it works out mathematically i suppose
scientific notation ftw honestly
we also use miliard
it all feels like someone wrote some code and didn't bother rewriting , just kept adding onto it
When I see word "math" I'm out
that is based on addition
i hope that at least there wont be surprises
well i guess i can do a *0.5 without failing tho
we have all been tricked, ben, try studying from 2-6 different teachers and you will see how it feels
at least now i know why i add so many braces to my calculations in code
maybe i was surprised by the results and that was the only way to ensure that i get it right ๐
aren't you the one who doesn't like it close to 90%?
i'm fine with the current chances
I think US students move classes while in Europe they stay in their own and teachers shift around
I took a quick nap meanwhile...
700W peak is like utilizing the PSU usually with 50%
which you guys claimed to be the sweet spot ๐
then they should tell that they plan to OC
Did someone even measured stuff before talkin'?
well, thats something else, but stock it is fine
it's better to be certain, a few teachers do cut points for that, even if you get it right in calculators or programming without those.
better safe than sorry
They did, but the guys assembling these?
even nvidia recommends 750W for 3080/3090 FE
first of all, prebuild PSUs are produced cheaper
second, not all prebuilds are shit
maybe change the company you buy from then
What is prebuild PSU? Like, prebuild PC?
here I'm wondering if even a 1000W PSU will be enough for 40xx cards...
I mean, few ppl gonna assemble the parts for making their own PSU
that's all speculative until they released those cards
the 3.6kW monster ๐
Good guess, it will be the minimum I think.
the 3450W one ๐
so around 1650W
One of my first VS6 apps was to compute transformators btw.
i know why they didn't let you make more....
Hey... it was for internal use, we sold quite a few toroids.
Hard surface morphs
are there?
Reminds me of your avatar btw
looks more like the stuff is rotating in place and then "merged"
I think it would be easier with morphs than coming up with such design to allow it, lol
Looking at the UE code, makes you stop believing in fairy tales.
lately i saw something like bool bIsSomething = !!someObject;
i've never seen double negation before in code, is that really the way to go instead of doing someObject != nullptr?
Both are kinda weird.
The first one is used to workaround some static analysis mostly.
Fancy way to cast to bool.
BIsNotNotSomething
These prefixes... eww
Is this what they call Ukrainian Roulette
||tbh not sure how widespread Linux is in Ukraine||
Slavic IT roulette ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
tfw fixing a stupid bug for half an hour and then realize you don't need that code at all
all reports say its a 450w base psu requirement
yeah thats the max draw the card uses
good thing the new pcie psu plug can draw 600w then, even if it kills your psu in the process ๐
450w gpu + 100w cpu + 50w LEDs + X + inefficiency = something
meh buy a 200w gpu then put more leds in, everyone knows they'll make your chances of getting legendary loot go up
dont need fancy gpus to run these mobile ports anywho
did you know court cases are decided by the majority on social media now? This woman shouldn't be in Aquaman but should retain a role as a superhero bad guy because she fits the role perfectly.
I think Bruce Campbell looks hot with long red hair
But is she?
how non-credible do you have to be in order to have 3 weeks worth of people calling you out on your bs. I could probably get 10 minutes worth tops and that's from psycho ex-gfs ๐
its almost as if you need to be a good actor to get away with lying
the problem with a sociopathic narcissist is they are aware of their own mental health issue and over-compensate in order to try purvey their lies in a convincing manner. To someone who knows nothing, or cares not, about the issue and it's obvious traits, its fairly easy to fool them in the short term. But under scrutiny of psychologists, a jury, a judge, lawyers and 50million people watching, you got to pull some next level acting out of the bag. Not some Marvel damsel in distress.
helps if you dont try to snort coke on the stand ๐
I feel bad for her and the abuse she has to put up with because I have dealt with people with the same issue for years and I truly have empathy for anyone who suffers this awful mental health issue as it's a life defining problem that doesn't go away and they can't help it. But on the other hand, whilst the media perpetuates her train wreck attempts to recover support and a career, we have to call her out on this bs.
my favourite bit is where Elon Musk was named as the guy who paid mostly for Ambers way then to distract from that he bought Twitter
now that you mentioned it
my favourite bit was when she left a dukey on the bed. That's some cold revenge right there.
people did ignore musk
Elon Musk is a joke.
And I'm not saying this because he abandoned anime
never know in the current climate dookies might go up in value
She's full of crap. Literally.
Non-fungible Turds are all the rage right now
make it nft
we'll call it Brown Amber NFT
Is the NFT market crashing at the same rate as the crypto market is currently?
yeah somewhat
Probably not a great investment atm lol
i did not know amber had mental health issues,
then again i kinda didn't watch the whole battle :P
I wasn't sure if it was the right call to sell when I did but at this point... yeah it was lol
but Neal Stephenson father of the Metaverse just announced a blockchain metaverse
perfecting timing
such forward vision
the next year is going to be turbulent at best for crypto until some governmental/central bank support for Stablecoins is established. Then I think it will level out and perhaps rise a little again. But we won't see highs like the last year for a couple of years I wouldn't think
Considering the biggest stablecoin seems to be founded on lies and a scam
I made the ultimate gamble and bought 250,000 Luna classic coins. A total idiot move but for $20 it was worth a punt.
Tether isn't founded on a scam. It's literally backed up by fiat
and yeah I mean 20 bucks on some shitcoins, why not, I have done the same lol
Yeah see the thing with Tether is... it appears it might not be backed up by fiat
They claim it is... but they can't show it, and refuse to show it
Well, she's super narcissist, take that what you want.
I got this radical idea for a currency, we make gold bars right... then we use them to buy stuff
thats where governmental/central bank support will come into play. It needs to be officially legitimised for good. The UK government is already planning on supporting it as a way to pay wages.
who holds the gold? What if they reduce availability or own all the available supply? I say decentralise and legitimise ๐
i read about how it started a while back and yeah, i can see that personality being a reason ig
โ[T]he Tether Reserves were โfully-backedโ by fiat currency reserves held in the Tether Bank Accounts only 27.6% of the time [for the time period of September 2, 2016 through November 1, 2018].โ
I hold all the gold obviously
Patrick MacKenzie has been following the Tether shitshow https://www.kalzumeus.com/2022/05/20/tether-required-recapitalization/
They basically just lie about their actual backing and everything in their reports quite casually lol
Also can't forget that hilarious evil doctor moment
for safe keeping, you can trust me, Im trying to keep you safe like Apple
evil doctor ?
Heard's hired for gun psychiatrist.
Australia has the largest gold reserves on the planet btw so it makes sense ๐
I dont think it has to be in the bank accounts because if it was all liquidised in one go, it wouldn't be worth shit anyway. So I bet they have diversity investments and government bonds holding value too whilst the reserves held are to cover daily transactions. That would make sense or they would be losing out on potentially billions+ in profits
Dude legit nitpicking against the lawyer when asked
what even is fhat profession xD
that*
Yeah I'm not really an expert on how you'd handle something like this, but Patrick is a bit more as he works at Stripe and in finance stuff like this, it's worth checking out some of his writing on the topic as I think it's fairly clear it's founded on a big lie based on his findings
will do
its always good to know where you put your money. I bet the LUNA folks were all cult like in their support whilst it was over $100
poor luna
I like where Gamestop is trading these days
after it started dropping I saw people on my friends list trying to get together peoples money to invest, boy I hope no one went for it
isnt that a Savage Garden song
no its quite a mellow garden song
I liked golden girls. Such a fun show
youre right, Spice Girls will always suck ๐
not spicy enough ig
do you ever think about the past when someone mentions something, then remember you were young and it was like 30 years ago, then realise you're gonna die soon and start having a panic attack..... because.....
nah not really, I have some existential dread but its more triggered by looking to the future
i ping pong between wanting to off myself and being absolutely scared to death of going too soon.
looking back I realise how much shit Ive seen in my life
its an awful dichotomy
accept death
like why the hell did I watch Lois and Clark
not going to advert for it
I have accepted it, I accepted I want to be like 90 before I go
for what?
to watch my kids grow up of course
well ok
to watch your kids have kids then they have kids whos kids will not even care who you are
i wasn't scared of death but final destination made me afraid
to watch your kids going through the same ๐
kids have no respect for the past anymore, chuck their great great great great grand parents away like an old phone
my kids will care who I am because I worked on Unreal Engine 5 games and they will be like "wow Grandad's old school" as they work on Unreal Engine 2050
they will also know me from my awesome metaverse NFT based avatars :p
kids will be too busy playing with the new games
IMO Final Destination is rather tame
i don't want to know your extreme now
Do you think there will be a remake of Fortnite in 10-20 years
like there are remakes of some retro games today
Fortnite will probably still be going in 10-20 years
10 years maybe yeah
doubt it. They did the stylized graphics that last for 10-20 years
20? harder to say lol
Old slasher films would be my slightly below extreme.
good, i never heard of them !
oh you want messed up movies, I got your back
no lol xD
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. DVD Rips on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've seen camrips glitter near the Tanhauser Gate.
no xD
Maybe there is a messed up movies involving spoofed wine
they don't throw nuthin' away
think it's time for that second coffee that kickstarts the day.
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well I guess could be worse, I could be this old ๐
why do people always throw Alice in with the Poison song? ๐ The entire of Billion Dollar Babies album makes that song look like a noob wrote it :p
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because I never liked Motley Crue, too mainstream ๐
and I wasnt alive when Billion Dollar Babies was released
Neither was I but music is timeless. Except for Spice Girls.
I dunno bout that, have you heard any Dubstep lately
Also it feels like more Unreal Engine games started to implement Froyo's custom lens flare.
yeah a bit. but that will resurge. There are always some people who gets a buzz from electronica. Same with happy hardcore and drum and bass
I never stopped listening to DnB
At least the lens flare isn't going to be built into vanilla launcher builds anytime soon
me neither. Daily listener of Bassdrive for the past 12 years
what is great about drum and bass is I never remember the songs so I can listen on repeat forever
lets see who can get through the whole song lol
I've been learning the piano recently so I'm listening to a lot more classical and running through old songs trying to pickup the hooks. This week I've been learning Everything in it's right place by Radiohead and Mad World by Tears for Fears.
you should try to play some Infected Mushroom on piano
I will. good call. I haven't ran through their anthology in over a year
maybe you can do Rob Zombie Dragula and Infected Mushroom Dracul in a mashup
I have enough trouble with one song I only just started to learn ๐
suppose it doesnt help that Dracul is 8 minutes long
Infected Mushroom - Dracul from the album Classical Mushroom.
tbh I havent listened to this one in awhile either
Poison I think I might have heard in the late 90s ๐
I got the poison, I got the remedy
how is classical mushroom not on Spotify
wait there it is, wow 22 years old
is Spotify older than 22 years ๐๏ธ ?
no the Infected Mushroom album is
it was so long ago I had to wait for the bottom of the page to load lol
ancient ancient!
is it time for some gabba?
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cheese
and pepperonis
and you <3
you better have brought mountain dew
do the dew!
interi!
affecti!
nope, same old
that's so many strands it looks like hair !
how's nightshift coming along
I would totally eat hair made of cheese
Meh. still suuucks
ah well, as long as it pays i guess ๐
working towards getting hugged ๐
its almost back together ready for bedding in the new brakes
new larger rotors, new calipers on the rear, new pads, braided lines all round new, wider wheels, new rims and performance tyres
I did suspension and swaybars at the beginning of the year so next its power steering and some body work, then its on to turbo upgrade... Which I got most the parts for already cept the turbo itself
it sounds like you got a lot of new components together
that's cool !
turbo as in nitro boosters or something
yeah most of it bolts on so its not too much fabrication
turbo is a device which takes power from the exhaust and recycles it back into the engine
ohh ๐
its kinda where the saying comes from though, nitro is a fuel which can be added to regular fuel or used on its own as a fuel
ohhhh
in a wet system its sprayed into the intake, gives a kick but it doesnt really turn your exhaust to rocket thrusters unless its running only nitro
but i heard if you add something weird to the fuel the engine dies :(
depends on the engine
injector cleaner is typically just a nice little high octane boost
i see ๐ค
Im certainly not an expert at racing fuels ๐
i am not an expert on anything car so xD
so you must've spent a lot of time in garages
yeah lots of time watching, not much time doing it myself. Before I started I hadnt even done an oil change lol
๐ watching and learning is usually a lot neat in itself
my dad owned a V12 Jag for awhile, that engine was just madness
and look at you now, building car things ๐ฏ
4 carbies and a dedicated gas carbie setup ontop of that
i don't know how strong that is but that sounds strong !
I figure the mechanical knowledge will help my designs for exosuits ๐
oo most probably!
selling 3 cows soon too, sad to watch the little ones go but cant keep all the fluff balls
they turn into big fluff balls that just eat and eat and eat
ow
well, hope their new owners keep them happy !
give them a nice warm cuddle before they go
hows the C++ book, have you given up yet? lol
ohh you remember! yes, oddly enough i have paused on page 65 or something and never moved ahead, idk why
maybe skip past it or go back and read another section
Ive never read a C++ book cover to cover myself
that's a nice idea, my goal was to just read 5 pages a day so i atleast do it but it's so weird I don't rn
for some reason I have read multiple dictionaries cover to cover though...
because i did when I didn't have time but now that i have it, i dont :/
what? seriously xD? you mean those picture dictionaries perhaps?
those are pretty cool
no I mean proper chunky text only dictionaries
must admit I mostly looked for interesting words I didnt know already so it was skimming
no wonder you use weird terms i have to look up often :P
like agreeful
is that really a dictionary word ? xD
lol I dont think so, I made it up but it sounds legit
it's not a word , only agreeable shows up
but it does sounds oddly like a real word
some niche old word
It really doesn't.
why not?
Because agree is a verb. You're never full of verbs!
it could mean full of agreement
or agreement between a large amount of people
or someone really agreeable to the point it means nothing
But then it'd be agreementful, which still isn't really a word.
they would be agreeempty
calamari is a noun right? you can be full of it to ๐ค
but aye I stopped trying to English when people started pronouncing telephony like epiphany
You mean wishful?
Yeah, English is weird. Most words have their own niche pronunciations.
English is a mysterious language, as long as the meaning gets across, all good
At least it doesn't have gendered words and a million conjugations.
even niche, I dont say it like most. They say neech, I say like crรจche
is the C silent?
knights who say neech
i should've really studied more about phonetic representation in words to ask what it actually sounds like
you know, those weird letters google uses in meanings for pronunciation
then you get people with an accent who say nitch
i said nitch like a small sneeze
just learn a language which is phonetic and then you can spell words in that language to explain 
Phonemes
Korean is like that.
I just make up words to add to the controversy
makedup words
I wonder if it's suitable though, japanese is like that mostly as well but they have a more limited set of sounds that are part of the language
I don't know korean to really say if they have the same limits as japanese pronounciation does
inserts words to seem insightful
there's a few more stuff
yeah that's why you get the typical japanese accent when they try to pronounce english words
theres intermediate languages too isnt there, I always forget what the english character japanese is called
finnish is very phonetic and more flexible in pronounciation
but finnish is a bit limited in variety in sh, sch type sounds
yes, works for everyone with different mother tongues ๐ trying to speak English !
romanji ?
what was it
Japanese skips a lot of u's and i's. It's mostly phonetic, but not really. And then there's the language set (kanji) that isn't using ideograms and not phonemes.
yeah
Japanese is one of the worst examples really.
I think you spelt it phonetically ๐
well I don't know if it's a worst example in terms of that it is fairly phonetic, if you don't skip the u and i it would probably still be understandable what you're saying
it's just limited in the pronounciation
romaji?
they spell it ro-maji, I've heard it spelled in english both as romanji and romaji
Romanisation is what you call converting Japanese language to English phonemes, though.
it's a bad example for using to say nitch etc but works if we only had Japanese sounds to make and no other language in existence :/
yeah lol
yeah lets add a character for every different sound
spanish is another that comes to mind, I think it's mostly phonetic as well
but I don't really know the language except very superficially
Not overly, when you consider differnet combinations of letters produce different sounds.
E.g. ll is y
which is what google description used i think
those weird words should cover all sounds, i think
well I mean it's phonetic if the same letter combination always produces the same sound
Meh.
idk if it is, but that's what the point was supposed to be
But yeah finnish is basically 100% like that lol
because" pacific ocean" C example does works for most sounds C makes in English, but inconvenient for descriptions
specific ocean
in finnish every letter is always pronounced the same way, combinations of letters don't affect the pronounciation, it just becomes a longer sound
is that why those have super long words?
That's the best way!
or was that some other language
we really need to change ambulance, no wonder so many people call em ambos
quick call the ambience
yeah most probably i am thinking of german
Yeah it definitely makes spelling and pronounciation very easy to learn
Too bad finnish is otherwise kind of complicated lol
am!
I know adults who cant say squirrel so they call em chipmunks
they are closer to lizards tho
or no wait, chipmunks is closer
it has hair and similar shape
That kuusi palaa example is not even the complicated thing
That stuff is easy based on context
This is what I'm talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_noun_cases
Finnish nominals, which include pronouns, adjectives, and numerals, are declined in a large number of grammatical cases, whose uses and meanings are detailed here. See also Finnish grammar.
Many meanings expressed by case markings in Finnish correspond to phrases or expressions containing prepositions in most Indo-European languages. Because so ...
now Im wondering who in Finland owns moons
will will write a will
is luna from finland?
But yeah basically instead of using prepositions and postpositions like english and such do (in, to, from, etc.), in finnish the word itself changes so it becomes different, and sometimes in ways which is kind of hard to learn :P
but tbh it's more of a problem with writing, if you talk to someone and you get your cases wrong, you can usually be still understood, it just sounds wrong
zomg, teach me a quick simple finishh greeting
what does it mean ๐ค
hi