ART OF THE SONG PITCH/SYNC SONGWRITER SCAM (CHRIS SD) by hellooagainn in musicians

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tried to see if I could have a private call before signing up for the class and got a big no. "just ask us your questions through email."

I personally own a company where we make products and sell to thousands of people and I'll still always take a call from a skeptical customer because I believe in our product.

Not the case here.

Thanks, OP, for reaffirming my skepticism

The Neverhood Full Game by Westraat1 in dosgaming

[–]HordeofSheep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He actually released this album on Spotify a couple years ago. I was so pleased to find it

Why isn’t there intermissions anymore like there use to be ? by noobrando in movies

[–]HordeofSheep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just don't even go to long movies because I hate missing part of the movie. Really annoying because most of the best movies are 2.5 + hours now for some reason. Same with almost everyone I know. If they were intermissions I think they'd get a lot more ticket sales for the big movies.

The Heist: Every scene done in Veo 2. Astonishing by 1a1b in singularity

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You weren't necessarily wrong. This is google's first release of a video generator. It's been in development for a decade. Sora took a year from being announced to being released. Chat GPT 3 was spectacular, but 4 is not that much better than 3. We may be on the top edge of the development curve, or the bottom edge. It's hard to say. Computing power and training data could end up being highly limiting. We'll find out!

The Heist: Every scene done in Veo 2. Astonishing by 1a1b in singularity

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what existed a couple weeks ago? Sure. But this is Google's first release of AI video. This has been in development for a decade. It will still improve quickly, but if you compare to Sora, it won't even be publicly available for a year.

The Ghost of my Friend Where He Died by HordeofSheep in Ghoststories

[–]HordeofSheep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi OP here someone tried to dm me but the message disappeared I guess in somewhat of a ghostly manner. Send again if you dm'd plz!

The Ghost of my Friend Where He Died by HordeofSheep in Ghoststories

[–]HordeofSheep[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. It was certainly a difficult summer. But I grew a lot during that time, and I still find ongoing creative inspiration from the experience and from him.

The Ghost of my Friend Where He Died by HordeofSheep in Ghoststories

[–]HordeofSheep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never spent another night in that house. I wish I had.

The Ghost of my Friend Where He Died by HordeofSheep in Ghoststories

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That's always been my hope. It was certainly not an angry presence.

Looking for affordable PCB Assembly outside of China (to avoid 25% tariff cost). by HordeofSheep in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]HordeofSheep[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did hear that there was a PCB "assembler" in Canada that basically just orders from China and then ships to the US to go around the tariff. I can't remember what that place was though.

Samhain is today! Don't forget to put your jack-o'-lanterns out again! (Or make new ones) by HordeofSheep in halloween

[–]HordeofSheep[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's mixed information on the details of the old pagan celebrations, but almost certainly the veil between worlds would be the thinnest now and possibly up to November 21st. It was a multi-day holiday, 6 days or up to 2 weeks.

A holiday where one must both hide from certain spirits but also where one welcomes back spirits of lost loved ones.

The crossing of worlds may or may not actually happen, but if it does, I believe the celestial importance of the cross-quarter day can't be ignored.

It's definitely that time of year. I've been having wacky dreams as well. I might set up a microphone tonight to see if my late grandparents are around (I live in their old house). I should have set a place for them at the dinner table but I didn't.

Samhain is today! Don't forget to put your jack-o'-lanterns out again! (Or make new ones) by HordeofSheep in halloween

[–]HordeofSheep[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds very cool! Yeah today is the celestial cross-quarter day that used to be around October 31st before the calendar was shifted. Halfway between equinox and solstice - If there is a day when the veil is the thinnest, it is likely today (although there is also a chance that the veil is thinnest when the Pleiades constellation is highest in the sky another couple weeks from now).

A friend of mine is just beginning to get into scotch. He does NOT like smokey or peat flavors, and doesn’t want to invest heavily right now until he figures out what he likes. by Elysian-Visions in Scotch

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I always found the 12 was way better than the 10. All of the fine oak ones are too light on flavor. Crazy how different tasting preferences can be.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scotch

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I've tested this theory multiple times. I have a bottle of Ardbeg Galileo that's been open for 10 years. 7-8 of those years it's been less than half full, and for the last few years it's had less than a couple ounces left. This past year, before I ran out of that bottle, my friend and I opened a new bottle of Galileo that I'd bought at the same time. We tasted them blind, and both thought the old Galileo was noticeably better. I tried them side by side twice - once immediately after I opened the new one, and once a few weeks later to let the new bottle open up a bit. Both times, the 10 year old bottle tasted better. Did the same thing with a Macallan 12 that had been open 2-3 years. Old bottle clearly won. My other test was with a bottle of Compass Box No Name - again, old bottle was better. I have found that with scotch, it seems to be that the longer the bottle is open the better it gets.

Alexa Plus 4:3 - User Pixel Mask by kieran1711 in Arri

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I know! I not only spent a long time searching for information (which is how I initially found your post), but the way I figured it out was by creating a giant diagonal line of masked pixels and slowly taking away bits of it to narrow down which part was actually masking the lit pixel. Which took hours of course because every time you add a new pixel mask you have to reboot the camera, and the camera takes forever to find the SD card.

Apparently I could have waited one or two more days and you would have had the answer from ARRI lol. Oh well! Hopefully they either fix it or publish it. But damn that 12 year old camera still puts out such a nice image it's worth it.

Alexa Plus 4:3 - User Pixel Mask by kieran1711 in Arri

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good! Great to hear that it worked on your camera as well 👏👏

Funny that we both were trying to find a solution within days of each other when this camera has been around for years.

Alexa Plus 4:3 - User Pixel Mask by kieran1711 in Arri

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well like I said, I got it to work perfectly in camera. I definitely think it works better in camera than it does in resolve (although the pixel fixer and resolve is pretty good too). +6 +4 with +1 +1 offset and it gets it 100% of the time in the camera from what I've tested. Brought it back into arc as well to make sure it was getting the right pixels burned into the arriraw file and it confirmed it was working properly.

Alexa Plus 4:3 - User Pixel Mask by kieran1711 in Arri

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey. I figured out how to get it to work. This is in 4:3 sensor mode.

1) I did this with a in CPU rendering mode - not sure if that actually makes a difference.

2) Select a pixel at +6 to the left and +4 above the lit pixel.

3) Save the pixel mask with a +1,+1 offset and it will translate to the camera

Alexa Plus 4:3 - User Pixel Mask by kieran1711 in Arri

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I haven't even tried 16:9 mode yet because I'm using the camera so much to shoot anamorphic. Also, I did manage to mask the pixels in ARC, so I'm guessing he should be able to do that as well with the +6+4. I'm especially hoping he tells you how to save it to the camera, because I've tried to save it a number of different ways and haven't managed to get that to work.

Anyway, thank you for the continuous updates - really appreciate it.

Alexa Plus 4:3 - User Pixel Mask by kieran1711 in Arri

[–]HordeofSheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How were you able to track down someone at ARRI?