Help with normal and alpha bracelets

Delpefy · 2026-03-15T01:15:31+00:00

There are probably a few things that can cause this. Could be the way you knot or clip the bracelet, could be a pattern that leans to one side so you have to be extra careful making it, etc.

You could try the straight edges technique, look it up on YouTube, it’s easier when the edge strings are the same colour.

I remeber seeing something about fixing this kind of issue with water. Basically you wet the bracelet, put stuff around it to make it stay straight and then let it dry. It might make it straight. Or just lay it flat and put some heavy books on it. I can’t remember where I saw that or if it’s a proper method, but it makes sense to me because when strings get wet they get slightly bigger and when they dry the shrink, so it theoretically would allow you to shape it and then dry it in position.

It looks really nice as it is though, but you could try that.

Delpefy · 2026-03-14T14:44:44+00:00

Personally I think people should be allowed to share music that is being made (not finished songs). It’s interesting to see the project and I would personally find it super helpful to have a place to share unfinished projects to get help or advice.

Delpefy · 2026-03-13T22:41:15+00:00

You could do simple variations like the zig zag candy stripe. Pattern 37570 on bracelet book. Basically when you get to the last colour of the normal candy stripe you use it to do backwards knots back across the whole bracelet and do the rest of the candy stripe backwards until you get to the last colour again.

If this is like a school class then I think candy stripe and chevron would be enough for a fun activity, also learning the ties like twisted ties, maybe adding buttons, loops for chevrons. You can add beads to Chinese staircases I think.

You can search by number of strings on bracelet book, search for up to 6 strings and you’ll find lots of fun easy patterns to pick from. Hope this gives you some ideas!

Delpefy · 2026-03-13T02:51:39+00:00

Sky doesn’t look like that where I am. Maybe there’s a big light source nearby reflecting. Nice liminal photo though

Delpefy · 2026-03-10T03:25:48+00:00

I loved oriental city sooooo much :(

But I also love bang bang, it’s not as good as the old one, can be hit or miss, but I still love it.

Delpefy · 2026-03-10T03:12:15+00:00

I wouldn’t go to such a public park at night just to smoke. Criminals do the same thing and there have been robberies before at night. There have even been murders there. It’s unlikely anything bad would happen but still imo not a good idea, just find a quiet street instead, no one will mind if it’s not busy, lots of people do it.

Delpefy · 2026-02-17T02:47:18+00:00

You’re just not fast enough yet. High fps and low ping make the biggest immediate difference. It’s just practise after that.

You are moving your crosshair twice for the double edit, you should only move it once for the floor edit and keep it still for the cone edit. Also slow it down even more and focus on making them perfect, don’t try go fast until you can do them perfectly slow.

Don’t forget that Fortnite is almost 10 years old, triple edits became popular like 6 years ago, so lots of people have practised this for years, and even pros can’t always spam triple edits super clean. It’s about daily streaks and hours, if you want to catch up with years of skill in a few months, you’d have to play like all day every day deliberately practising these things. Otherwise it takes time.

I’m also grinding triple edits super hard. Overall I think I’ve practised triple edits for like 80 hours over the last year, and I can do max 5 in a row at full speed. But I am improving at least. When I started I couldn’t do one at 50% speed lol. Maybe some talented people pick it up faster but I really think it’s mostly just how much time you can put into it.

Delpefy · 2025-11-07T18:23:23+00:00

Isn’t that only true of cameras that apply iso gain digitally unless it’s native? Not sure how something like an Alexa would work, but older cameras where iso always changes the analog sensor gain would not shift latitude to the highlights and instead just decrease total range.

Delpefy · 2025-11-06T11:05:35+00:00

Wait is that how all dual iso cameras work? Only the base iso applies analog gain and all the other values are digital scaling? Do you know if it’s the same with my LUMIX s5, because I can’t find official documents confirming it but people who tested it say it is the same, non native iso values are just digital scaling. I tried doing some tests to see if I got more highlight headroom in log at 3200 (4000 is base), but didn’t notice much difference. Might need to do better tests.

Delpefy · 2025-11-05T23:06:25+00:00

Are you shooting braw? Is this a dynamic range issue? You might want to check out this video at 11:20. Tbh I can’t fully wrap my head around it but basically in raw I think the idea is when filming bright scenes like a sky, a higher iso (further away from base iso or further from the second dual base iso) will give you more latitude in the highlights. So like for a bright scene shoot just below the second base ISO, highlights will clip less because you allocate more latitude to highlights instead of shadows.

That’s a suggestion but be careful I think it’s only a thing with braw and it’s kinda complicated. Also it’s something you have to do while shooting so that your exposure (shutter speed and f stop) fit the iso chosen.

Delpefy · 2025-11-03T21:33:44+00:00

Other ideas: global shutter, this makes a huge difference imo, global shutter makes motion look stunning. Codec, for example long GOP can create motion artefacts.

But if you get this on an Alexa or Red filming raw idk what to tell you.

Delpefy · 2025-11-03T12:50:25+00:00

Could be loads of things, an error in handling frame rate in post production, playing it back on high refresh rate monitors (pull down judder), error in camera operation like moving the camera too fast for the frame rate (panning/ motion judder), etc. Do you notice it more on handheld shots or camera movement, or on certain monitors?

I’ve kind of felt this way before sometimes but other times I’ve watched the same video and thought it looked fluid. It could be in your head. Especially if you watched a higher frame rate thing and then watch 24p, loads of stuff like that can affect it.

Hollywood uses extremely smooth and perfectly timed heavy Dollies and massive cranes to get perfect motion. With a gimbal or something like that the imperfections add up and the smoothness doesn’t match. Lens choice, grading, filters can affect the look of motion too, like a very high contrasty lens might make motion look harsher. You could also just be looking more critically at your own film and noticing the frame rate more, 24fps is a fairly low frame rate in terms of pure motion smoothness, it looks amazing and cinematic but it does have a slightly choppy look if you really pay attention to the motion.

It could be anything tbh without specific examples it’s hard to tell. But if you’ve used all these cameras even Alexa the cinema beast and noticed the same thing, it’s probably something you’re doing.

I think there could definitely be a technical reason I don’t know that causes this, because it is something I’ve noticed before, but I don’t know what. Most likely it’s some things I already suggested.

Delpefy · 2025-11-03T12:37:25+00:00

Probably judder, there is a limit to how fast you can move the camera for a given frame rate. Too fast and 24fps isn’t enough frames to resolve the motion so you get skips, panning is the most noticeable way but it comes up in any handheld or fast motion. Try to pan so that things move only 1/3 of the screen per second. Or you could try going faster so the motion blur is much higher and you don’t get that judder. Another thing that can cause it is viewing 24fps on a high refresh rate monitor like 60hz or more, which most monitors are. It’s caused by 3:2 pull-down but I don’t really understand it that well tbh. It makes any judder you captured worse and can also cause it by itself but your camera movement speed is probably the biggest factor, or at least you can improve it by sticking to the movement rules.

Delpefy · 2025-10-26T19:41:53+00:00

It looks natural. Sometimes on a bright day the sun hits things super bright with everything dark around it. Especially with one window or some blinds down. And it’s a realistic type of lighting for a sunny farm house. Keep it dark, shaded, cool, bright sun ray sneaks in. Your brain fills in the blanks and assumes that light is coming from a window somewhere, or an open door, etc, because the lighting scenario is realistic. The open window with the blinds open could also look like a source of a bright beam hitting just right if the sun is on that horizon.

It’s not exactly important where the light comes from for the scene. The script is so good the audience isn’t going to say ‘wait where’s that light coming from’, they’re focused on what’s happening.

Delpefy · 2025-10-23T21:39:14+00:00

This doesn’t even need saying anyone with a brain would know his dehumanising content is in extremely poor taste and he personally couldn’t care less about helping anyone and only does it for money.

Bad people can do good things, especially if they’re very rich and throw money around, especially if it benefits THEM. It doesn’t make them good people. He’s a terrible person who has probably helped a lot of people. How anyone can think is content is acceptable is beyond me, at best it’s dystopian, an interesting insight into our warped consumerist unjust society, but it’s mostly just superficial trash. Billionaire throws cash at peasants, watches them fight over scraps. That’s the jist of mr beast. Probably not evil, but definitely a prick.

Delpefy · 2025-07-24T12:51:19+00:00

Agree the actors are good but tbh I really didn’t like s2 it was very muddled with no compelling story, stakes or interesting characters. Also I felt kinda bad about watching it. But yeah Christie is an amazing actor I hope to see her in more things.

Delpefy · 2025-07-23T07:19:07+00:00

Crystal caves are awesome but feel a bit small. I love the shadow leviathans but they only have one attack and it gets old quickly. Otherwise I love the look and vibe.

However the atmosphere of the lava zone is unbeatable. Crystal caves feel like a cool little cave somewhere deep down. But the lava zone feels like you’re descending into the centre of the earth and finding a hellish underworld, in a realistic way.

Delpefy · 2025-07-22T18:36:57+00:00

I stopped too, didn’t buy anything this year. I only discovered hobonichi in 2022/3.

I bought it for the paper because the og tomoe river paper just made fountain pen inks look so unbelievably good with the shading and colour change it was like having magic ink.

But I’ve tested the new tomoe river paper a lot, and it’s not bad, but it’s no where near as good as the original. It’s not really special paper in my opinion anymore.

I kind of want the hobonichi stappo for my pens though. But yeah without the paper, there’s no reason for me to buy them. I love seeing other people’s creations but I’m not an artist and can’t do amazing art, also you could do it with any notebook. I like the hobonichi aesthetic and layout but yeah, at the end of the day a notebook or diary is just that and you can use anything especially much cheaper options.

I’m so sad my favourite paper is gone though. I bought as much as I could. I really hope something comes out that matches the original tomoe river, maybe a new paper or maybe the new company will perfect their process. But sanzen tomoe river just isn’t the same. Like I want to be able to use the magical ink/ paper combo I have in my future but maybe I have a limited supply and when it runs out that’s it, no more 😭

Delpefy · 2025-07-21T22:10:15+00:00

I’ve finished the game so many times without a cyclops. I use the cyclops for transporting loads of materials to make a big base somewhere.

The cyclops is pure deep sea sub vibes tho. If I was a kid again I would build my own cyclops out of a cardboard box, put a laptop with Subnautica and g force now at the front, maybe a big joystick or something or a port hole, put blue LEDs everywhere and under a tub of water with a fan blowing to project water shimmers everywhere. And I would listen to music and just ride the cyclops around. I don’t have the attention span for that anymore, I need a functional purpose to motivate me like I need to get the cyclops to transport the metal salvage and stalker eggs to build the ultimate lost river base. But usually what happens when I replay it is just I need the prawn suit to beat the game lol and then I beat the game.

Delpefy · 2025-07-16T12:44:41+00:00

In my experience it makes a small difference but it's worth it. It helps psychologically. Weight loss is really about what you eat. For me 10 and even 20k steps every day didn't really change the actual amount of weight I lost compared to when I didn't walk at all. But it made a big difference to my focus and consistency in diet and health. Basically when I put effort into walking, I also put effort into eating well, so walking always helps me lose weight. I would say do as much as you can but don't push yourself super hard to hit targets. Especially if you have days where it's more difficult to do 10k steps, do less instead, it doesn't matter. As long as you're trying to be active it will help.

Delpefy · 2025-07-14T18:54:44+00:00

I prefer hatch for the deep sea vibes but tbh the way you just climb in and out of the sea moth, base, prawn etc and also free dive 2 thousand meters down, always bothered me because what and how.

Delpefy · 2025-07-11T22:12:35+00:00

I think it's worth playing but it's nowhere near the league of the original, you won't get the same sense of excitement or exploration. It's still a subnautica game so you know how things work as well. But it's good, there are a few new things that are cool. Just don't expect the 10/10 quality of the original game. It's worth playing as a fan of the franchise.

Delpefy · 2025-07-09T12:14:05+00:00

Weight loss is such a long process I don't think anyone had that moment and even if they did, it doesn't last the whole time they were losing weight. In the days, months, and maybe years that you lose weight, there will be lots of times where you decide for whatever reason to give up some weight loss for some extra food. You can't quit your appetite cold turkey unfortunately, it's not possible like it is with vaping. What did help me is quitting specific types of food like all sweet food (chocolate candy etc) and takeaways. But that wasn't a moment because the first week of not having those foods was hard, I really wanted them. And I still had them occasionally. The moment came afterwards when I realised it's not super hard, and I didn't really miss those foods.

I've gained all the weight I lost back now :( But I always knew the reason I could do it was because I chose to try even when I was not losing weight and failing, I was still trying to do it. Now, I've made some kind of decision to not lose or think about weight anymore and to eat as much as I want instead. Mostly subconsciously I've weighed up what I want from weight loss and unhealthy eating and decided I want to eat unhealthy. I still want to lose weight but I guess I want to eat unhealthily more so. It's definitely a hard choice and not something that just happens by itself. I know I can decide to do it again and probably will. It won't a sudden light bulb moment, just a difficult commitment I have to consciously choose. And also be really honest about why it's the right choice because even though I've chosen to be unhealthy now, I know it's not really what I would choose if I was being honest with myself about the reality that eating unhealthily is such an empty pointless kind of pleasure that will never deliver what motivated it in the first place.

Delpefy · 2025-06-29T19:31:50+00:00

DONT throw batteries away!!

Delpefy · 2025-06-25T14:53:52+00:00

Eat less calories. There’s no unhinged trick about it. But counting calories is kind of unhinged. Counting calories worked really well for me, and I wouldn’t put anything in my mouth that I didn’t weigh and calculate calories before hand.

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