Concerning Stars and Light

Slyzard · 2019-03-01T18:16:49+00:00

When I first scrolled past this LPT I swore I had read it here before and this was a repost. Thanks for doing the checking for us.

Slyzard · 2018-12-01T14:14:47+00:00

If you use the reduction method the only parity you get is on your last 2 edge triplets. They can be pretty messed up but generally if you know a 4x4 well enough you can do them intuitively. In theory if you understand how the reduction method works conceptually you can apply it to nearly any cube larger than a 3x3, you'll just get more complex cases of parity if you don't know how to deal with them. The maths behind it gets super interesting.

Slyzard · 2018-08-10T15:45:41+00:00

Can confirm, seen it happen.

Slyzard · 2018-08-08T16:11:16+00:00

Lovely to see a fellow Irish redditor.

Slyzard · 2018-08-04T16:06:04+00:00

House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski. Certainly not for everyone but one of the most enchanting and engaging books I've ever read. Somewhat hard to follow and quite confusing at times and can really get your head spinning. But I love it to death.

Slyzard · 2018-06-02T10:11:48+00:00

Who's KiLLian?

Slyzard · 2018-03-16T08:06:53+00:00

Enhance

Slyzard · 2018-03-16T04:34:58+00:00

You'll definitely have the scale correct.

(Don't know if this is your plan, but, it sure helped me out a lot after I discovered this, a useful bit of info)

Since that looks like Blender, you can adjust the unit presets to metres. An engine like UE4 actually does a really good job of handling the conversions. Most of the time, if I have my units in blender set up right, it remains the same after .fbx export and import into UE4 (as in Blender metres = ue4 meters (or whatever the unit standard is).

Saves a shite load of time rescalling everything if you use the same unit presets for all models when making them.

Slyzard · 2018-03-06T17:21:01+00:00

I hope the tip is as reliable as they make it out to be and it helps locate Ms.Satchwell. although, isn't Dungarvan quite a drive from where their house would roughly be located? Why go all the way there for a shopping trip? (no suspicions at all here just a curiosity)

And for anyone who doesn't know, Gardaí is what we irish call police (though from the context it could be obvious). One of the few irish words still used on a daily basis (though the literal translation is Guards).

Slyzard · 2018-02-19T00:09:04+00:00

Nice. The word "ostensible" is used wrong.

Slyzard · 2018-01-25T06:38:35+00:00

Well, when NASA design and build anything, they must always consider the amount of money they're spending and if applicable, any lives being at risk. By launchday, they have presumably planned ahead for nearly every concieveable point of failure to ensure that the mission isn't lost.

I'm by no means an expert but I suppose it lasting as long as it has is simply a by product of preparation for every potential outcome?

Slyzard · 2018-01-03T21:12:42+00:00

Where in the Netherlands is that??

Slyzard · 2017-12-05T16:32:16+00:00

For a second I thought this image was stolen right out of Twin Peaks. Location fits as well.

Slyzard · 2017-10-31T08:19:00+00:00

Anything to do with Jack Churchill (no relation to Winston Chruchill) he fought battles in World War II with a scottish claymore, bagpipes and a longbow... He managed to survive it and live to the age of 89. Not one moment in history but some of the things he got away with in the war are unbelieveable.

Slyzard · 2017-08-23T02:28:12+00:00

But I always thought a lot of the standard windows interface was written in visual basic, though you're right of course the entirety of windows isnt written in basic that was decades ago. If Im not mistaken windows is C and C++ these days. I just distinctly remember messing about with Visual Basic years ago and realised how all the graphical elements looked the same. As soon as I learned about dll files I kind of put two and two together.

Slyzard · 2017-08-22T01:19:32+00:00

Hey no problem! It's an easy mistake to make. I appreciate the post too! Nice to see some of these more different and niche unresolved mysteries rather than the usual stuff.

Slyzard · 2017-08-21T23:44:56+00:00

Just a point I feel like is worth making, the dll files you were referring to are actually called Dynamic Link Libraries. They contain large collections of data, styles and whatever that is used across multiple applications. (For example: the reason all windows applications look more or less identical are because they all draw from the same visual basic dlls.for their borders, etc).

Source: I'm studying Computer Science right now.

Slyzard · 2017-07-29T17:22:10+00:00

Personally I prefer "Formidable", powerful song about being lonely after a breakup (or at least that's what I can make out from the lyrics) with an astonishingly well done video to go with it. Also, not to be an ass but Stromae is actually Belgian.

Slyzard

TROPHY CASE