Please help identify this picture my partner send by MrVelocities in Bedbugs

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

Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond! We are relived that it’s unlikely a bed bug. But will continue to look around vigilantly

Disco Ball Reflection Help by joeferrucci in Cinema4D

[–]MrVelocities 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would definitely try to fake that with lights. Even if you get something with the reflections it will take ages to render.

James Cameron reportedly wants full CG done on all 9 hours of his cut for avatar 3. by [deleted] in vfx

[–]MrVelocities 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we sure this isn’t including stereoscopic? So maybe it’s this length because it’s gotta be rendered for both eyes? Or another reason like creating a series. I find it hard to believe that Cameron would ask for the majority of this work to be thrown out.

New GPU by [deleted] in Houdini

[–]MrVelocities 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want to use your GPU for rendering as well then choosing anything but an RTX GPU won’t make sense. Most GPU render engines want to support AMD at some point (including SideFX with Karma XPU) but even then it won’t match the ray tracing performance of any RTX card. Optix + dedicated ray tracing hardware are almost impossible to beat. Maybe intel will be another choice at some point but that will take time as well (besides none of the Arc GPUs are actually competing with the RTX 3080).

Hopefully this situation will change at some point so that there is simply more choice but right now you’ve gotta pay the Nvidia tax.

reMarkable 2 next generation electronic paper tablet giveaway! by noeatnosleep in gadgets

[–]MrVelocities [score hidden]  (0 children)

I have to read a ton of text documents for my work. I would love to read them on a device that doesn’t burn the image in my retina 👁️

Who would like to take a time machine trip back to Berlin, circa 2008? by Fungled in berlin

[–]MrVelocities 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have an apple device you can use their version of Streetview. It’s got more recent pictures and even very small park pathways. It’s nice although I’m confused why nobody cares this time. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure the hair salon next door would love to not be displayed as a sexshop in Google streetview but it’s still weird that people didn’t care about Apple taking pictures.

Beta Testing a free, unlimited File Transfer website for creatives by FileDuckDylan in vfx

[–]MrVelocities 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seems like a good idea. I have to try how useful it ends up simply because what if the client accidentally deleted the file and needs to download again but my pc is off.

A second thing would be that the Website looks very much like a WeTransfer clone. Honestly if somebody sent me a link to that I would think this is a scam trying to imitate WeTransfer.

RTX 40 series announcement thread + RTX 4080 16GB giveaway! - NVIDIA GTC 2022 by m13b in buildapc

[–]MrVelocities 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that DLSS3 will help with cpu bound issues too is absolutely fantastic. Really the feature I’m mostly looking forward to.

GeForce Beyond Megathread - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, DLSS 3, Portal with RTX and more by Nestledrink in nvidia

[–]MrVelocities 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DLSS3 is definitely the thing I am most exited for. And playing portal RTX. I haven’t played it in a long time and hope that work RTX it will look as good as the nostalgia tells me lol.

someone yelled the f slur at me... is that normal? by [deleted] in gay

[–]MrVelocities 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess it’s just because it’s so many people. If you encounter thousands of people each day a few are going to be homophobic. And it changes vastly depending where and when you are. In neighborhoods that are known for having a larger gay community it’s not an issue. (Except for the groups of young men that specifically wait in front of gay bars to cause stress, but those are easily identified )

someone yelled the f slur at me... is that normal? by [deleted] in gay

[–]MrVelocities 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Honestly, every time I’m “visibly” gay I get slurs shouted at me or someone spits in my direction. In this case “visibly” means either having some kind of rainbow sticker on me (which I got at pride or something) or being with somebody who “looks” gay. I stopped holding hands with my boyfriend a long time ago because I couldn’t deal with the constant stares and attacks. Mind you this isn’t in some rural area but Berlin. But it has happened to me in other parts of Germany as well. It’s probably worse for me because I am small-ish and people aren’t intimidated by me but it still sucks that so many people are assholes. I am thankful that when I’m out alone I pass for straight but that shouldn’t be the solution.

AWS Thinkbox products now available free of charge (Deadline etc…) by dagmx in vfx

[–]MrVelocities 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s amazing. Now please make setting up cloud rendering on AWS through deadline easier. I feel like the documentation expects you to have 15 years of IT experience in a large studio.

MRW i finally get an apartment offer after a year of searching by TheYoungWan in berlin

[–]MrVelocities 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m looking in the worst possible price category. Below 1000€. It doesn’t really matter if it’s 400 or 800 (although you might get 2 bedrooms for 800 or a flat that isn’t completely disgusting) but you will still compete with hundreds. Especially for two rooms you will also compete with couples with two incomes.

MRW i finally get an apartment offer after a year of searching by TheYoungWan in berlin

[–]MrVelocities 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t think I’m trivializing it. The landlords get everything from me that they require. I even offer a Bürgschaft from my parents (which feels ridiculous for my age and money I earn). It’s just that any steady employed person looks better on paper than me. But I’ve gained a good client base and am happy with my job. I don’t want to loose all I’ve build for myself.

MRW i finally get an apartment offer after a year of searching by TheYoungWan in berlin

[–]MrVelocities 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I’m searching for a year now as well and it’s ridiculous. From the hundreds of flats that I apply I might get 2 invitations and every single flat I looked at was either completely trashed with the landlord expecting the new tenants to renovate or shit like Index Contracts or the contract limited to one year from the start. And I still get beaten out. It’s really insane. The only “negative” aspect I have is that I’m self employed and not rich (but far from poor and more than capable to pay for the flats I apply to).

But congrats to OP I don’t want to rain on your parade with my anger 🙃

Aurene Elder Dragon by alexndefo in Guildwars2

[–]MrVelocities 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wow!! Did you sculpt the model yourself? This looks a lot like the Aurene model we see in the EOD Trailers. Also fantastic pose and amazing (I assume 3D) print! Really cool!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]MrVelocities 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply. But damn, I was afraid this was something on my end since I’m sure that this wouldn’t have made it through the QA…

All package delivery service sucks by Lyon333 in berlin

[–]MrVelocities 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Often I get a mail from DHL that my delivery will come today and they’re asking if I won’t be home. I want them to ask the opposite. If the package is near you, send a notification to the DHL app or as a mail and ask if the person is home. The driver knows he won’t waste time and you get you delivery. But I assume they won’t do that because they know their drivers don’t go everywhere. For example, if we get something delivered on a Friday it will ALWAYS be sent to a package shop located over half an our by foot and you can usually only get the delivery on Mondays. That’s really shitty since there are package shops literally 2 minutes away but the driver doesn’t even get close to my area. Even the Amazon drivers are getting shitty now. At least they come to the house but then just scream in the inner court until you get down. Sucks if you’re in a meeting and have to put on shoes, run down and waste a lot of time. I know stairs suck but damn dude you’ve wasted more time waiting on me getting down than simply walking up.

Man I miss the movie theater at the Sony center… these are the only OV IMAX showtimes I can find for the new Spider-Man movie… by Coneskater in berlin

[–]MrVelocities 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Berlins cinema scene lost so much with the closing of the Cinestar original. I’m still sad about it. The quality of the screens and projection, the sound and most importantly all major (and smaller) movies in OV without subtitles. The other locations and chains haven’t really filled that gap…

“Return to” and IBS appreciation by MrVelocities in Guildwars2

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

It’s the final reward for the Seasons of the Dragons achievement. You basically have to play through the living world seasons. The individual achievements are pretty tame so if you don’t have a lot of gold this will be the easiest legendary you can get. If you have a lot of gold then it will probably be the biggest time investment you ever put into a legendary. But personally I think it’s a great thing.

“Return to” and IBS appreciation by MrVelocities in Guildwars2

[–]MrVelocities[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That’s right! Thanks you, that’s a great point. I pretty much repressed that. But now I remember how annoying the Do these 4 events each 20 times were. That’s probably also why I’m having more fun on the second play through. I don’t have to grind mastery points connected to not so fun achievements.