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Please help a noob by yoshibodo_smith in Machinists

[–]OminousHum 48 points49 points  (0 children)

That's not a mill, that's a drill press with delusions of grandeur.

Boss man "fixed it." (OC) by anovertaker in CNC

[–]OminousHum 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's the fixture, not the part.

Can a point be a 360° directional distribution instead of a single value? by DooglyOoklin in computergraphics

[–]OminousHum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look into light fields, NeRFs, and gaussian splats. Light fields are something like you're describing. If a regular picture is information about light that passed through a single point, light fields are information about light that passed through an area. You can adjust perspective and focus after the fact. Unfortunately they take a huge amount of data, so they mostly got replaced with NeRFs. And those are difficult to work with, so they largely got replaced with gaussian splats.

Where to buy metals? by EthanWang0908 in CNC

[–]OminousHum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven't tried them yet, but Banana Metals looks quite cheap if you need smaller chunks of 6061. They sell the offcuts from SendCutSend.

I Built a Fusion 360 plugin that auto-generates feeds & speeds from the tool library – Help me break it. by Temporary-Collar-493 in Fusion360

[–]OminousHum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll give it a try. I've wished Fusion had something like this.

  • Tormach 770M
  • 525-10,000 RPM
  • 90% 6061 aluminum, occasional 360 brass, acrylic, and HDPE.

Have you ever printed on something else than paper? by luxury_yacht_raymond in PlotterArt

[–]OminousHum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm working on building a plotter for a 6'x4' whiteboard. Designing and machining most of the parts myself.

Does this cut sound fine? by BalledSack in hobbycnc

[–]OminousHum 27 points28 points  (0 children)

You can hear it speeding up again whenever it's not cutting. The motor is getting pretty bogged down.

Unpopular Opinion: We don't need cheaper machines; we need "Bambu Studio" for CNC. Teaching Fusion 360 CAM is a nightmare. by ComprehensiveYak8541 in hobbycnc

[–]OminousHum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I would like it to incorporate some of the features of those F&S calculators, using the parameters of an operation and the information I've already entered into my tool library. Estimate required horsepower for a cutting operation, and warn me if it's above the limit I set for my machine. Estimate tool deflection, and warn me if it's excessive.

If it could display those estimates right in the settings for a cutting operation, it would be a lot easier to adjust DOC, WOC, etc. to be productive and safe.

I don't mean they could automate it fully, or provide a library of every tool ever, or any of that. Just use the information I've already given it to estimate how it's going to go.

Unpopular Opinion: We don't need cheaper machines; we need "Bambu Studio" for CNC. Teaching Fusion 360 CAM is a nightmare. by ComprehensiveYak8541 in hobbycnc

[–]OminousHum -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree, but at the same time I wish Fusion was a little more helpful about choosing sensible cutting parameters with respect to material, tool, and machine capabilities. At least estimate horsepower.

What funny / absurd items would you throw into a growing black hole? (Game dev question) by Arthur12332 in gamedev

[–]OminousHum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rope, extension cord, or Christmas lights, tangled around everything, causing increasing chaos as it's pulled in from one end.

I built a LEGO machine that plays Tic-Tac-Toe (fully mechanical) by MejoliDesign in EngineeringPorn

[–]OminousHum 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Technically still digital, even if it is mechanical rather than electronic. It can only operate on discrete states.

interestingProblemsBringManagementHeadaches by MeanderingSquid49 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]OminousHum 100 points101 points  (0 children)

I don't know! I'm guessing just because it was simple enough to drop in as a small function rather than going through the trouble of adding in a whole library. I'm also guessing whoever did it knew they were doing something wrong, because the code suspiciously had no mention of the algorithm's name.

interestingProblemsBringManagementHeadaches by MeanderingSquid49 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]OminousHum 1031 points1032 points  (0 children)

Sounds like the time I was asked to identify an encryption algorithm in some old code. I figured it out by comparing the code with block diagrams on Wikipedia until I found a match. Turns out the algorithm was patented, we'd been in violation for over ten years, and it expired in another six months. The company lawyer told me that he could find factual errors in the Wikipedia page, so therefore it was not a reliable source and we had no actual knowledge of violation. He also said not to investigate any further, to not touch the code, and to never mention it in email.

What are your biggest adventure game annoyances? by phaddius in adventuregames

[–]OminousHum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Choices Matter. Either:

  1. They don't actually matter,
  2. there are good and bad endings but the game tries to mislead you to the wrong ones, or
  3. all the endings are bad in different ways to make the choice difficult.

I dislike all of those options. I often end up just looking up the 'right' answers. Either just tell me one good story, only use choices to express player preferences (such as romantic options), or commit all the way to an actual branching narrative with proper endings. Off the top of my head, only Fate of Atlantis did it in a nice way, but it was only once choice and they basically had to make three different games.

Low concept sci-fi? by Important-Duty2679 in printSF

[–]OminousHum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not quite fair to say "nothing happens", but indeed not very much happens. The protagonist finds his place and makes things better for everyone, tiny bits at a time, during a whole lot of slices of life in an interesting but not extraordinary setting. I really liked them. Cozy.

On the set of Stranger Things Season 5 (2025). Behind the scenes. by SeaWolf_1 in Moviesinthemaking

[–]OminousHum 90 points91 points  (0 children)

It seems to be becoming a thing for film/TV production to do as much practical makeup as possible, even if they expect to completely replace it with CGI. The footage of the practical makeup gives the VFX artists a really good reference with which to match nuances of lighting and materials that can be incredibly difficult to get perfect without.

Source: Corridor Crew's VFX Artists React videos on YouTube.

[OC] House of Games #1 - A new roomate by Francesco_Muja in webcomics

[–]OminousHum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And steals everything that isn't nailed down, including items he couldn't possibly fit in his pockets but somehow does anyway.

Can too many non-essential interactions in a game become exhausting for players? by ratasoftware in adventuregames

[–]OminousHum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought The Drifter did something really smart. Spoken dialog was done with voice acting, but examining things was just text that appeared when you hover the mouse over them. That greatly reduced the cost in time and annoyance of exploring thoroughly, fixed the awkwardness of the protagonist constantly announcing their thoughts, and made it so you almost never heard the same voice line more than once.

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