[-] directive0@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Thats a backrooms I'd almost enjoy being cursed to be lost in.

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After seeing Corgana post the Dilithium and You video, I thought I'd share this fan short I found that feels like a public service/propaganda video. Its some fun stuff.

Enjoy.

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[-] directive0@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

When they made it a major part of nemesis I was so annoyed.

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submitted 5 months ago by directive0@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

Jasper (so named for her jasperite like patterning, my daughter likes minerals) adopted our family as a skinny little street cat. My daughter begged us for a cat for months and she just kinda showed up which was perfect. Shes got what we think are siblings that come by but shes the runt of the litter as she has remained small while the other kittens are now big bois. I kind of love that. Smol little cat thats tough as nails is the goods.

Apparently she had a place to crash across the street but stopped going as they had too many cats (her previous staff told us all about her and gave us their blessing to take her in). They think she was born and abandoned by momma cat in the alley out back. But she persevered and now she's got a forever home.

Shes street smart, but now lives with us mostly in doors and doesn't seem to mind. If she does go outside its just to hang on the back deck and take in the smells.

I freaking love this cat. Lots of personality, always down for some pets, constantly wants to be with us but can handle her own and will let you know when you're bugging her.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ensign Sonya Gomez over here thanking the replicator

TNG "Q Who?"

SONYA: Hot chocolate, please.

LAFORGE: We don't ordinarily say please to food dispensers around here.

SONYA: Well, since it's listed as intelligent circuitry, why not? After all, working with so much artificial intelligence can be dehumanising, right? So why not combat that tendency with a little simple courtesy. Thank you.

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[-] directive0@lemmy.world 60 points 7 months ago

GIMP is great but it definitely needs its own Blender 3.0 moment where they just completely overhaul the UI.

I've used it as my primary raster app so I'm way used to it now, but I totally understand the people who just never even bother to learn it because they are so turned off by the absolutely bonkers design decisions.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Old Macs and Trek, two of my favourite things.

Here is Denise Okuda in front of her Quadra 700. She used it to make all the wonderful LCARS and other alien UI panels on DS9. This was her taking a break while working on the DS9 pilot in 1993.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

You know that's a true story? Lady lost a kid. You're about to cross some fuckin' lines.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

the keyboard is definitely "fine" to type on, its just a blackberry keyboard. The driver for the keyboard is also in development so theres not much support for using the trackbutton as a mouse. The display is difficult for practical use, its a monochromatic screen, there is no backlit, and the pixel density isn't amazing so you can't see full lines of code, lots of wrapping. It's better than having NO display in the field though. I actually really like it, its quirky, but with some struggle it is very usable.

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I grabbed a beepy a little while back (if interested BE ADVISED: they've since gone dark and left a bunch of people holding out for one, I got really lucky and ordered super early) so I could work on some python stuff on the go. I didn't like having all the parts exposed, and the cases available seemed too flimsy for my liking.

I fired up blender and designed a unibody case for it. Printed it out on my Ender 3 and its been pretty great. I use it with some software I'm writing to turn a raspberry pi into a portable sensor data acquisition and visualization platform called a Picorder (Pi + Tricorder).

Nice back view with my picorder logo

It took a couple revisions to get here, mostly to get the feel in the hand right. I wanted some bulbousness to make it easier to hold.

It's designed so the PCB slides into it and is affixed by two screws, and then a top cap is secured with four more screws to protect the top.

I've been printing a couple years now and enclosures are still my favourite item to design and print. So satisfying to hold something in your hand that was once just a 3D model and is now a fully real object. I wanted to add some content here as I've enjoyed looking at the other posts!

I wish you all easy first layers and good prints!

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

https://youtu.be/_M50Fd3gXvM

This skit always summed it up for me.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 63 points 11 months ago

I dont get the hysteria, personally.

I came here to escape the crowds, not migrate with them.

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I don't even care that none of it makes sense.

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It's like it's part of their job description.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Wow, thats some wild hyperbole there.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 207 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Blender. I feel pretty confident in saying that there is simply nothing like it in the commercial world. Its feature set is unreal; its like the swiss army knife of 3D modelling programs. I can't say enough good things about Blender. It has replaced so many secondary programs in my workflow and is slowly dominating to become my entire workflow.

It used to suck to use in the late 2010s and then work was done to overhaul its space-shuttle cockpit interface, and now it actually feels concise and usable. I freaking love blender now. Big time blender fanboy right here.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I appreciate that he managed to make both Star Trek and Star Wars fans very angry. That took serious skill.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by directive0@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

Hardly retro hardware but now with the new version coming out it's definitely obsolete. Even so I'm still lovin my rp2+. Even my RP3+ hasn't been able to replace it.

Its a great form factor, is capable of emulating a bunch of decent systems, and functions as a general purpose android device.

FF7 is a game I never played back in the day even though the commercials are still burned into my brain.

While I'm not a huge Final Fantasy guy, I figured I owed it to myself to try and make my way through it. The prerendered scenery mixed with cool stylized polygonal characters is great.

Hope everyone is taking their daily recommended dose of pointless nostalgia gaming ;)

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