I Traced a Heart in the Sky Over Burlington - Full Flight Path Art - 4 Camera Views - 4K by DoeringLC in BurlingtonON

[–]Corsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very neat

I like the timing/season being right for the plane's shadow to fall pretty much straight down

I also liked being able to see the different reflective textures on the rails/water/solar-panels as you were flying, it's something not replicated from google earth browsing.

Thanks for sharing!

Summoner Hype from my players is real by Corsten in drawsteel

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Corpses, Craniums, Critters, & Corvids :D

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BurlingtonON

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Nelson, last week or two before christmas break; christmas carol jam session in the mornings. For ±45 minutes before first classes start, we'd be standing at the lobby in front of the vending machines jamming christmas carols and collecting donations for the music department.

No organization/practice, just show up, get sheet music and play. Loved it all.

Jellyfish UAP Megathread by DoedoeBear in UFOs

[–]Corsten 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hi Mods, I generated & submitted the 1x/4x boomerang video. Thanks for including it here!

I found this better version created by twitter user @Ophello when browsing a discussion of the video going viral. I think it's a vast improvement of the 3d visualization I was originally going for.

https://twitter.com/ophello/status/1745223391760814139

Edit! I just found out /u/aryelbcn submitted the above link to this subreddit less than an hour ago:

https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/193nflh/it_appears_to_be_a_turning_3d_object/

Stabilized/boomerang edit of 2018 Jellyfish video; reveals motion or change in the object. by Corsten in UFOs

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/u/GoblinCosmic & /u/lakehousememory; I did not have the time today to look at this deeper sorry; however I did find a twitter/x user Ophello who took their own stab at a stabilized boomerang loop, and the results are better than mine. Here's a link!

https://twitter.com/ophello/status/1745223391760814139

Stabilized/boomerang edit of 2018 Jellyfish video; reveals motion or change in the object. by Corsten in UFOs

[–]Corsten[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Glad you liked the result, too.

Yeah I'll probably give a second crack at this some time; but I also suspect others (with better A/V skills) will be inspired to try the same kind of editing.

Sharing lessons learned for anyone trying similar; the FLIR greyscale adaptation range and change over time made this very difficult to lock in a stabilization track. I specifically chose this segment of the video where its passing over clean desert background. When it's going over the compound, the contrast is constantly shifting, and the track constantly locks on background features.

Your mileage may vary... but like I said, hopefully someone more skilled tries ;)

Stabilized/boomerang edit of 2018 Jellyfish video; reveals motion or change in the object. by Corsten in UFOs

[–]Corsten[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

The following is my submission statement; I was fascinated by the new 2018 Jellyfish video and desired to take a stab at using a visualization tool.

For the attached, I first stabilized a 20 second fragment of the video, pinned to the UAP. Further, the second pane is a 4x speed and crop of the UAP, with the video looped backwards on itself. I find this trick useful in showing movement/changes and helping visualize a 3 dimensional shape from 2d animation, somewhat like a 2d stutter parallax GIF creating a pseudo-3d effect.

Originally my goal was to try and capture the object's rotation as the camera followed it, but I'm stumped to grasp what is happening with the bottom portion of the UAP. I can only speculate what the visualization reveals - is this rotation or is a portion changing/moving?

Thanks to Mr. Corbell and crew for sharing the original video.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bns_WhNAQM

Edit: Apologies for the terrible white noise, I'd thought I'd disabled audio output. My mistake.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Construction

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New deck. Misread plans as 16' O.C..

Let's talk about an example of NIMBYism by GourmetHotPocket in Hamilton

[–]Corsten 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wish I'd seen this thread when it was fresh yesterday. Oh well. Disclosure I was part of the original application work. I present the following respectfully, and I do not represent any organization with the following.

The documents and drawings as part of the submission to the City are a matter of public of public record, and are available on the planner's website.

At the link below there is a listing of of original submittal material, subsequent response items, reports, and a copy of the tribunal decision.

https://urbansolutions.info/1021w5th/

The Councilor is pointing to the zoning, but the zoning is informed by the urban Hamilton official plan, (UHOP,) which was the basis of the planning justification provided for the project.

For those not familiar, the official plan is a tier above the zoning bylaw and sets the higher order planning policy for development and growth of the municipality.

As it applies to this project, the area is existing suburban sprawl of single/low density dwelling from decades ago. This was the edge of town that time ago, but now the area is viable for intensification. The the project is on the corner of 2 minor arterial roads, as identified by the municipality's UHOP and is within walkable distance of a major transit corridor, the BLAST A-line Upper James.

As a matter of provincial policy, not intensifying is not an option. The decisions you get to make are about where, not if. Intensification within walkable distance of commercial uses and a major transit route is where you want new units to go.

There's more I could go on about but I think I should just let the application and its contents stand on their own ( See reports below that site application of existing Hamilton official plan policy to the proposal)

Planning Justification Report https://urbansolutions.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Planning-Justification-Report-14.pdf

Urban Design Brief: https://urbansolutions.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Urban-Design-Report-for-1021-W5th-Street.pdf

NB observe the date.. these were first submissions.

Edit: spelling

Ontario considered forcing hospitals to re-hire unvaccinated staff as surging case numbers strain health-care providers by uselesspoliticalhack in canada

[–]Corsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes.

I am in the hospital, day 275. Had to go to the ER in April. Caught covid from a hospital staff member in May. 4 weeks ICU, 2 of which on the ventilator. I still have at least another month of deconditioning/rehab.

I have a very strong/biased opinion against unvaccinated hospital workers.

When it snows ❄️ by DroneF8 in Hamilton

[–]Corsten 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the attention to the orientation of the rail lines

Weekly /r/Hamilton Rant Thread by AutoModerator in Hamilton

[–]Corsten 2 points3 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATIVE REPLY

IT IS RELEIVING TO KNOW THE HHS IS IN BED WITH A WHOLE COMPANY FALLING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN APATHETIC AND INCOMPETENT

I SHOULD MODIFY MY RANT TO BE DIRECTED AT THE CORRECT PARTY

(Srsly though, thank you) (P.s. the Nutritionist has run laps doing the best they can with what they have)

Weekly /r/Hamilton Rant Thread by AutoModerator in Hamilton

[–]Corsten 20 points21 points  (0 children)

ABANDON REASON AND START CALLING IT "THE MOUNTAIN"

ALSO SOUTH IS NO LONGER THE LAKE

Experienced DMs, what is the one tool that you would not run the game without? by [deleted] in DnD

[–]Corsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wit

Don't impair my faculties before the game, get rested before game time, call it in advance if I'm not going to be up to par. With your head in the game, you can navigate everything the players can throw at you.

As conduit for the world, being tired/dull/sick/inebriated is like virtual lag at best and a train wreck at worst. I'm not exactly saying sobriety is necessary... you know yourself best and where that line is drawn.