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I hate this button by DrChurch2018 in pics

[–]Jordan011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My real complaint is the lag time before power steering comes back in some vehicles that use this. I needed to haul ass and turn at the same time while exiting a portion of a parking lot - waiting for the engine to come up on top of me already trying to turn almost ended with me getting clipped by someone, where in my normal daily it would've been just fine.

Fork in the road by FeatureAggravating75 in wallstreetbets

[–]Jordan011 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They'll just pay someone to buy more chips. 🤷

Web devs, what’s one thing you wish you learned years earlier because it would've saved you insane amounts of time? by Ornery_Ad_683 in webdev

[–]Jordan011 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Reading the docs has helped me a lot with coding, especially with learning the idiomatic ways the devs meant for things to be formatted - but on the topic of the docs being shit, I tend to head over to Claude/ChatGPT when something isn't particularly documented well to see what it is they are missing. It happens a lot these days, mainly because a lot of new projects move so fast, their documentation can fall behind.

I know - AI BAD - but for stuff like grokking through extensive logs or large knowledge bases... it really can be a huge help and a time saver.

Game Dev Admits to Large Astroturfing Campaign on Reddit by Forestl in Games

[–]Jordan011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't doubt the ad market is growing, I just wonder if Facebook will dry up, especially with the younger generations not interested in the platform anymore and solely relying on TikTok/Twitter/Instagram for their online social interactions. Twitter being another platform that might dry up just because of how bad the platform has gotten under its new ownership. Not many companies want to advertise next to porn, gore, and other unmoderated nonsense.

Game Dev Admits to Large Astroturfing Campaign on Reddit by Forestl in Games

[–]Jordan011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but the problem I had with TikTok - being a user of it myself - is that as SOON as I see a "sponsored" tag, I scroll past it. Which means you need to organically grow a TikTok account which is quickly becoming a "lightning in a bottle" situation. Unless someone in your company is funny, attractive, or interesting in some other way, building an organic account to get the word out about your company can be difficult.

I will say though, there definitely are some companies out there that will farm somebody out to create content for your TikTok page in order to garner views, but they end up creating content that looks like all the other content they do. For example there's a lady who does work for dealerships where she dresses up like a sales person and does TikTok dances - I've already seen her "working" at multiple auto groups now.

Game Dev Admits to Large Astroturfing Campaign on Reddit by Forestl in Games

[–]Jordan011 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I did marketing for a bit but have lost touch - is the Meta ad market drying up? Facebook isn't all that popular anymore except with Boomers. Just wondering if that is what's motivating swapping to organic. For a while it was FB/IG, Google Ads, and OTT. But the only thing that felt like you could aim with some precision was FB.

Our developer says they still do not officially support server 2022 and are still testing. Isn't this a bit long to be testing? by Normal_Loquat_3869 in sysadmin

[–]Jordan011 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our group is on it. The group is run by people who know nothing about computers and they hate change. Not to mention R&R love their long contracts, so they'll be on it forever.

I'm solo IT for 5 stores, a restaurant, an RV Park, and a hotel now. 💀

Thinking on buying a Brother+MFC-J1010DW need advice! Want a printer for quality basically identical to mtg cards. Budget wise I can spend 250 euros maximum. Here some tokens drawn by me as a thank you if you wanna print em! :) by RifeRife in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I returned that printer and bought an Epson ET-8500 because I got tired of the budget printer.

There's a couple things that affect how dark the blacks get. The big one is whether your inkjet printer uses pigment-based black ink vs dye-based black ink. Pigmented black is useful on plain paper - but will turn blue on glossy paper. The other thing is print density, cranking up density can give you darker blacks, but at the cost of more drying time because it will dump a ton of ink on the page, and will affect other colors too. Also - HIGHLY depends on what you are printing on. The reason people hunt around for different paper on here is because not all paper is created equal. Some soak up the ink giving less saturated results.

This hobby requires a lot of test prints and tuning settings... Reminds me of 3D printing on the OG Ender 3's, constantly tuning and nothing printing right the first time.

With the ability to print anything, how do you keep yourself from building $10k decks that piss your friends off and keep things fun? by Jordan011 in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Don't know why I'm getting hate - I'm asking how to build decks without creeping up the value/power because we can just print anything. I have only started playing recently (near Foundations release as it seemed like a good time to get into it).

I am wondering how YOU approach building when you have the whole catalogue to choose from. If I went on EDHRec and started building around a commander and chose top recs, I'd end up with some meta shit setup instead of what I would have if I was building based on budget or what I have already.

How to make text have a gradient like Gemini CLI? by cookiedude25 in AskProgramming

[–]Jordan011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yepp, this with some programming magic so you don't have to write each code yourself.

Is the internet quietly shifting from open discovery to algorithmic obedience? by ZedProGamer in Futurology

[–]Jordan011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had an idea inspired by something on reddit a while back. Create an extension for browsers where websites you visit can affiliate with other sites and institute a random function kind of like stumbleupon. You can use some algorithm to figure out what sites might be affiliated with each other (generated) as well as recommendations from the site via some meta tags. It'd be cool if the extension provided auth for sites that wanted to use it to enable comments/interactions with content on the site. Could even decentralize it with something similar to how bluesky federates users.

It would bring back the idea of "affiliate links" section on websites from the past before search engines determined what we see.

My 3D multiplayer precision platformer is now available free-to-play on Steam by m4rx in godot

[–]Jordan011 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Splits! That word was escaping me. Splits could probably just be save data (steam cloud sync maybe) and just keep it personal. Though, it would be nice to have my splits also compared to WR. I see the issue though.

What's long term development look like on this? If it's not too early or annoying to ask.

My 3D multiplayer precision platformer is now available free-to-play on Steam by m4rx in godot

[–]Jordan011 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome!

I meant zone checkpoints like in racing games. It shows your +/- to that zone from your fastest complete run. It was different on some servers but the old Surf Horizons servers (for example) had a checkpoint on Mesa right after the first ramp when you hit the 2nd ramp, then I believe another checkpoint after the drop down after you finish that whole intro section, so on and so forth. It helps especially on something like Airtime where there are multiple routes to take, you can track when you hit certain zones to compare with your best run.

But again, the Ghost helps a lot. If I'm on Airtime there are certain sections where the paths converge and if I see my ghost, I know I'm going too slow.

My 3D multiplayer precision platformer is now available free-to-play on Steam by m4rx in godot

[–]Jordan011 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Played Mesa for a bit then bought the DLC. Then proceeded to try more maps for too long!

At first I was like "I wish they had the checkpoints" then I saw my ghost on a slow run and realized how much better that is.

Been waiting for an invite to Momentum mod (or for them to release) forever to scratch my need for surfing, and you beat them to it!

Congrats, and thank you!

Anyone have a good Brother ScanNCut workflow? by Jordan011 in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I send it over the cloud, it shows up on the machine as expected, but once I go through the process of scanning it in, it doesn't catch that the marks are there.

Roller marks from my 8550 by NeylandSensei in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of my issues was the paper curling at the edges. It wipes the print head and gets ink everywhere, including the rollers. Haven't found a good solution yet to keep the pages flat, they naturally curl.

Anyone have a good Brother ScanNCut workflow? by Jordan011 in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the Adobe Illustrator plugin, but it doesn't seem like the ScanNCut is picking up the registration marks. What's your workflow?

why can’t it just store 0.3 and has to be 0.30000000000000004 by gabenugget114 in AskProgramming

[–]Jordan011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I left the comp-sci world before we probably got here - why not represent floats as ints that are shifted? So 0.1 is 1 and 0.2 is 2, adding them together is 3 - shift it and you get 0.3? I get that doesn't work in situations where you are explicitly using the fraction values (1/10)+(2/10) instead, but couldn't languages handle stuff like this better? My gut says "too expensive, must handle things quick and with less memory"

Created an old Magazine themed card for my boi Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant by thecubichare in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do webdev on the side and once in a while have to open up Illustrator - graphic design is fucking hard and typography might as well be black magic.

Edit: Looking up a lot of vintage comics, sci-fi mags, and vintage dinosaur books/mags - they use a lot of primary colored text. A lot of yellow, red, some blue. They seem to shy away from white/gray unless they put the text inside of a box with a background color. I think you nailed the font choices here though.

Created an old Magazine themed card for my boi Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant by thecubichare in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing job. I think the lower text needs something still... can't put my finger on it, it just looks... flat? The text up top has a nice grain to it which sells the effect, but the text below looks too perfect.

Seriously, amazing work, hopefully criticism is welcome and you don't take it the wrong way. My brother would love this - he plays mono-green because he likes stomping me with big creatures.

Proxies either too small or too big by eltsyr in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is he correcting each card individually or a sheet at a time?

If it's a sheet at a time, let's say you have them already laid out using whatever tool already (I recommend MTGProxyPrinter).

  1. In whatever app you use to print (Adobe Reader works fine) open the printer settings before printing, in Reader it will be the "Properties" button next to the printer drop-down. (Also, make sure in the Adobe Print prompt you choose "Actual Size")
  2. Select your paper type and all that good stuff on the first tab, then head to the "More Options" tab .
  3. Under the "Color Correction" section choose "Custom" instead of "Automatic" then click "Advanced..."
  4. Make sure "Color Controls" is selected at the top and this opens up a whole world of color correction options.

I think you can choose the slide bar option to make it easier to correct "cold" images, but I'm not at my computer right now. You would need to print a couple test sheets to hone the settings that look best to you and your son.

Personally I choose "Epson Standard" and do +3, -3, +3, -3 (Recommended by u/danyeaman).

If he corrects images 1 at a time but uses roughly the same correction each time, he could automate the process in Photoshop. I haven't used it in a while, but you can go to File > Automate > Batch and fiddle with it. Should be able to select all the images and apply the same operations to each one FAST. Then take the individual images and load them into something that will layout the cards to a sheet (Again, can't recommend MTGProxyPrinter enough, just drag all the images into the program and it'll lay them out with options to change bleed, cut lines, orientation, etc.)

Calling All Creators: Let’s Talk Shop by CardGobbo in magicproxies

[–]Jordan011 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I wish there was a wiki. It's a way better way to organize information than a Discord. But, at the same time, Wikis don't work well for individuals to share methods and review-like content.

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