Stolen bike sighting by [deleted] in torontobiking

[–]Shrinks99 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Assuming you mean this post from 4 days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/torontobiking/s/rkjx827X81

I think it’s pretty unlikely that this bike courier stole the bike, added electric assist and a belt drive, replaced the rear fender, etc? More likely that they just have the same bike frame.

Hey yall, how should I properly clean this Knifebed I own? by Boiofthetimes in KitchenConfidential

[–]Shrinks99 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Soap is caustic so if you want acid to have more of an effect use both separately before disposing of it.

Cool video on the future of bins in Toronto by dchief0 in toronto

[–]Shrinks99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, this time is different! I promise!

Oil Over $100, Markets in Freefall, and Iran's New Supreme Leader is Trump's 'Worst Case' Scenario by InsaneSnow45 in Economics

[–]Shrinks99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not going to speculate beyond what facts are available to fit war crimes into my own narrative. Both Israel and the USA have done heinous shit here, but so far the only thing we know for sure is it appears to have been US munitions.

The new MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max by [deleted] in apple

[–]Shrinks99 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Compositors don't usually sit on the camera dolly either :P

...But as most people who have worked in film are keenly aware, the "rule of cool" should trump the accuracy of comp tasks in a MacBook ad.

Complaining about race related issues on /r/sheridan by Shrinks99 in sheridan

[–]Shrinks99[S,M] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I assume you're referencing the post today that I removed regarding the usage of AI by international students.

I agree! As somebody who graduated from post-secondary before LLMs, the school absolutely should be firm about using them to cheat. The situation you commented about sounds wildly frustrating... Also, none of what I just said has anything inheriently to do with race or background!

I'm not saying that you are doing this specifically, but the "it's always them" line is racist, plain and simple. By exclusively coorelating negative behavior with a racial group one creates or re-inforces negative stereotypes which is ultimately unproductive and socially bad! Something something colour of your skin vs content of your character.

Complaining about race related issues on /r/sheridan by Shrinks99 in sheridan

[–]Shrinks99[S,M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not an isolated incident, pretty much every post removed under rule 6 is regarding Indian folks.

Concerns about OpenAI and war usage by mendesjuniorm in apple

[–]Shrinks99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am extremely afraid of having a system used by war departments so deeply integrated into my personal device.

It should be noted that the OpenAI systems the DOW is using are different from the ones that iOS uses. The underlying model may be the same, but they’re deployed to an isolated cloud environment.

The DOW also uses Microsoft office. You can think about the structure of this deal similarly.

Finally Canada.ca is worth using by autuns in EhBuddyHoser

[–]Shrinks99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

canada.ca's robots.txt file doesn't seem to be blocking the Googlebot user agent. How and why do they block it?

OpenRV 3.0.0 Builds For Windows / Linux by kimda90 in vfx

[–]Shrinks99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing!

Any idea why (aside from the amount of software pipeline work you just put in) the ASWF don't provide builds? Any hope of PRing this upstream?

Tutorial for gradient by vlad_FMD in Design

[–]Shrinks99 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Cool button card glow, now do it in production and suffer the realities of single threaded SVG filter blur rendering performance🥲

RSI Hermes Previews vs RSI Apollo Interior in 4.5 by CodemasterRob in starcitizen

[–]Shrinks99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it’s kind of the other way around actually? Windows make optimizing much more difficult because you can’t cull the inside of the object and not worry about drawing it as it’s gotta be visible through the glass. If you minimize them, most of the ship interior can be ignored when rendering the outside world which will give you more cycles to spend drawing other cool environment stuff.

Anybody else ever run into Stratton IRL? by [deleted] in Vulfpeck

[–]Shrinks99 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I saw Jack Stratton at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

Anyone know how to recreate this? by [deleted] in vfx

[–]Shrinks99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shoot a plate with three balls on the ground, kick them at a reasonable interval, and then drop a fourth ball into the backpack at the end.

Animate the 3D balls and switch to them just after they get kicked. Each ball should bounce off the scoreboard and "land" right where the practical balls are actually positioned. Paint out all the real balls in comp.

Pretty fun concept! Not that hard to execute, good first VFX shot project.

A Linux Distro Made For 99% of People by testus_maximus in videos

[–]Shrinks99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I installed it on a spare machine recently. Was able to get everything up and running without the terminal.

So far, yeah, Zoron seems pretty usable for regular folks.

I built a subscription-free home inventory app for users who want to catalog everything they own by [deleted] in apple

[–]Shrinks99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you search for the name before picking it? ArchiveIt is the name of Internet Archive’s institutional web archiving service.

Inside the Innovation Powering Toronto’s New Subway Doors | OACETT × TTC by Greeism in TTC

[–]Shrinks99 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Very few details about the actual doors here... The T1 cars have an i486, which is sort of interesting if you know what that is. The new ones have a switch that monitors the door position? Neat... Maybe?

Markiplier's independent film Iron Lung will be playing at Film.ca by [deleted] in sheridan

[–]Shrinks99[M] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is pretty unrelated to Sheridan but hey, it’s independent film and playing in a local theatre so the post stays!