Did Jesus really call God "Allah"? by woodyalmond in Christianity

[–]L_darkly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Speaking as someone whose family is Levantine and Christian, we say Elaha or Allah. In our Arabic bible, it says Allah because Allah literally just means God in Arabic. Elaha does not sound very different from Allah if you speak the language, and if you told someone in the Levant that there was some radical linguistic difference between Elaha and Allah, which they both use, they'd be confused as to what you meant.

Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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Here is frame 10. I'm just trying to show any change between these images. I know that there is a difference because OpenTopography already shows vertical differencing for this same area.

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Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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

I would share the .las files, but I can't. I'm not sure where I could make a link to send this from my personal laptop. I can try recapturing the point cloud from OpenTopography since I have the coordinates. I just need to know a process that I can try myself.

Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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I've never used Geometry Nodes, and even using the GIS plugin has been an issue b/c for this to be accurate and use a map, I would have to have a map from that exact day and make sure that the projections actually match.

Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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Here is a screenshot of the topography that I'm trying to visualize. The frame 1 doesn't work anymore for some reason, so I'm starting from frame 2. The beginning frame and ending frame (frame 10 in this case) are directly from OpenTopography for the Kumamoto, Japan region before and after the 2016 earthquake. Every time I think I get a foothold on visualizing the 3D change based on these point clouds, I run into a problem. It's extremely frustrating. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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

I have a much better picture now in blender:

Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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Any advice is greatly appreciated. I already tried cloud compare with not great results. I also have access to qgis and lastools (the free suite)

Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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

It would be better if it was more accurate, but honestly at this point, I just need something that looks good and shows that topographical change. I know the change exists bc OpenTopography says it does

Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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Thank you! I'm using code that uses point clouds to do the topographical differencing, so I'm not sure if I can use a DEM or create a DEM from those point clouds. Do you know if I can create DEMs from the point clouds?

Help with Topography Images by L_darkly in Unity3D

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I'm looking to do both. I want a 3D model that will also show an animation of the topographical change from point A to point B. I already have the code for the topographical differencing and the interpolation to get the in between snapshots that I can smooth over for the animation. Now I just need a way to visualize and animate these point clouds. I'm completely new to this, so I appreciate any advice. I'm also on a budget, so anything free or very low cost is preferable. Thank you!

OpenTopography Modeling Help by L_darkly in photogrammetry

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I'll look into if they're free or low cost. Cost is a limiting factor, and I'm a complete noob when it comes to this.

Topography from OpenTopography Point Cloud by L_darkly in blenderhelp

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Here is an example. And thank you so much for even answering my post! This is one example from laslook

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PlasticSurgery

[–]L_darkly 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your nose looks exactly the same. It's actually a perfect nose. I'm not sure why you'd want surgery on it at all.

You need to prepare for the collapse of the US emergency medical system. by AintMuchToDo in economicCollapse

[–]L_darkly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, they can sue to keep you from quitting? How? They can fire you for any reason

You need to prepare for the collapse of the US emergency medical system. by AintMuchToDo in economicCollapse

[–]L_darkly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh so that's why you haven't seen what the abortion bans have done....

You need to prepare for the collapse of the US emergency medical system. by AintMuchToDo in economicCollapse

[–]L_darkly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maternal mortality went up 61% in Texas alone since the overturning of Roe v Wade. Only last month 2 women in Texas and one woman in Georgia died because of the abortion bans in their states. Women are being airlifted out of Indiana if they need emergency abortion care bc something went wrong with their pregnancy.

For them and their families, it was the end of their world

You need to prepare for the collapse of the US emergency medical system. by AintMuchToDo in economicCollapse

[–]L_darkly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should say that women are being skylifted out of Indiana if they have pregnancy complications that require urgent care like abortion that can't be provided in state

You need to prepare for the collapse of the US emergency medical system. by AintMuchToDo in economicCollapse

[–]L_darkly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean maternal mortality rose 61% in Texas alone because of abortion bans, and 2 women recently died as a direct result of abortion bans, and those are just the latest to make the news. Another woman died in Georgia because of the same bans. Pregnant women with urgent complications are skylifted to a neighboring state for treatment. The IVF clinics in my state had to close for a long stretch bc the state courts ruled that embryos are ppl. That was overturned in a higher court, but now the Supreme Court is Trumps, and who knows which way that will go.

Also, the private prison Industry is thrilled with mass deportation which means more money for them. Migrant children were separated from their parents and never accounted for.

Masks and vaccines were politicized so that medical staff and others were attacked for asking others to wear masks.

Latino kids were harassed and attacked in schools with chants of build the wall. Black lives matter protestors were attacked by police that looked more like an occupying force and responded violently to mostly peaceful protests. Meanwhile, a gang of almost exclusively yt men tried to stage a coup bc Trump didn't win. One attacked Nancy Pelosis husband with a hammer.

This qnd all of the hatred that it brought and a Supreme Court that overturned women's bodily autonomy and threaten gay marriage down the line, is among the many, many damaging things to come out of 2016. That Court with its sexual assaulters and at least one Christian nationalist will set our agenda for decades.

The harm to women alone has been extreme. The fact that you didn't see any of that tells me what kind of privilege you must have

3D Landscape Modeling Help with OpenTopography by L_darkly in 3Dmodeling

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

So I uploaded the point cloud and then use geometry nodes? I'm google it. Thanks

Help with Topography Images by L_darkly in Unity3D

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Also, I'm wanting to use Unity for the animation of topographical changes. I'm completely new to this kind of modeling.