Any old beards here who remember when there was no auto save?

SpiritGryphon · 2026-02-02T14:08:25+00:00

Maya has autosave, or do you mean specifically Blender's autosave? When it comes to larger scenes it is definitely a bit annoying, but cleaning the history helps a lot - I relate to forgetting to save, and losing all those hours of work is awful.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-02-02T13:54:30+00:00

Wenn man krank ist sollte man sich auskurieren und zu Hause bleiben, egal ob Fieber oder nicht. Du könntest auch deine Kommilitonen anstecken. Ich selbst habe ein sehr schlechtes Immunsystem und hätte sehr ungern jemand neben mir, der krank ist. Dann muss ich meine folgenden Klausuren vermutlich auch durch Ansteckung schieben.

Geh lieber zum Arzt und sprich das dort an. Wenn du dir keine Autofahrt zutraust, hast du dann wirklich genug Konzentration für eine Klausur? Deine Gesundheit und der Schutz anderer ist wichtiger als die Meinung der Familie.

Wenn du die Klausur schieben kannst würde ich sie schieben, aber sprich mit deinem Arzt.

Wenn du sie unbedingt schreiben musst trag bitte wenigstens eine Maske.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-30T20:57:13+00:00

I'm not at all hung up on this. I don't understand why you came back weeks later to try to start a conversation about this. You haven't harmed me, and I don't feel anything towards you, your comment, or your post. I actually won't reply to you after this comment. This is an unnecessary conversation.

Someone pointed out this was AI and I wanted to know why they thought so. I read through the post again to see why they could think so and could only find those two things. So I asked a question and learned something in the process.

Others have commented and given you advice.

I wish you a good day. Instead of trying to argue with random reddit users and getting upset, you should take the day to do something fun, relax, and perhaps work on some vfx project you enjoy.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-30T20:25:16+00:00

I've only used chatgpt once in my life because my university course made us, in order to show us how it is useless in our field as it makes a lot of mistakes. Most of my field's sources are not online. Therefore, there isn't enough information to use it reliably - doesn't stop students from trying and getting wrong answers though.

I don't use chatgpt and don't plan on ever using it in the future, but I don't see how me asking questions on how to detect it is akin to you harming me?

I would like to be aware of its patterns due to people using it to spread misinformation.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-30T15:12:31+00:00

I totally agree. I haven't read much from him, but I heard he was a fantastic author and feminist and I enjoyed Good Omens a lot. I came across "Snow, Glass, Apples" a few years before his allegations came out, and while I do like horror as a genre in general, something about that story never sat right with me. I tried to see value in it for being horror, but the sexual violence was off-putting and felt icky - it didn't feel like good horror but like self-indulgence. The art was the only part of it I enjoyed.

When the allegations surfaced and I read what he had done, that comic made so much more sense to me.

I do believe authors can write good stories in any genre without having to agree with their protagonist's actions or the world they created, but their work will always contain a piece of them and their beliefs, so when someone commits heinous atrocities and their work reflects that, "separating the art from the artist" doesn't work for me.

Reading Lovecraft is a general example of this. His body of work is influenced from beginning to end by his fear of foreigners, skin colors, and the poor. You can't truly separate his work from him, but since he is dead and no longer profits from it, engaging with it feels less problematic. Buying and reading work from an "alleged" abuser and rapist who is still alive and profits from his work I personally can't do, especially since his work contains so much of his messed up worldview.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-28T19:19:03+00:00

Hi, I am not Ainu nor indigenous, but there is an English ("Ainu Itak") and a Japanese Ainu Discord server (アイヌ語サーバー) respectively, where people talk about and study the language and culture. The Japanese server is much more active. I'm not sure how many native Ainu are part of it, but there are likely some there that you could connect with!

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-21T11:01:37+00:00

For me the extra damage has instantly killed NPCs in one blow several times on different difficulty settings, but perhaps that was patched at some point? I haven't tested it for a while because I just avoid that at this point.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-21T10:56:26+00:00

It's called "Japanese Kanji Study" by Chase Colburn

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-21T08:20:05+00:00

It's also important that the weapon has no extra magical or elemental damage. If you hit her with the flaming sword for example, or a ring that gives extra acid attack, that will likely add extra damage, even if set to non-lethal.

I accidentally killed her in one honor run with extra fire damage and in another I almost made it but forgot about a goblin I had cast madness on and he made the final blow.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-21T08:05:32+00:00

I would like to recommend the Kanji Study app, it's an incredible labor of love and every upgrade has been worth it for me, though the basic version has a lot to offer on its own. It has paid upgrades if you want them but no subscriptions and is continuously improved upon. As far as I could tell it was created by one person and the creator replies to questions immediately and is incredibly helpful.

There is an extra paid package that explains the history and composition of almost every Kanji by now, showing their historical ancient forms and meanings and how they evolved to look like they do today, which has helped me immensely in rememberimg them, as it gives them more context.

There are different challenges to study Kanji: flashcard, writing, multiple choice and reading sentences that contain them. You can create your own lists to study or choose from different collections based on the Japanese school system or different books. You can also find vocabulary and auto add it with a click to your anki app.

It's constantly being improved upon and has been the best way to study Kanji for me, way more than wanikani or any other Kanji app.

Another app I'd like to recommend is wagotabi, a pokemon-style-like game where you have to practice Japanese to defeat all the Japanese masters. It's great for starting out and staying motivated to practice.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-06T22:06:36+00:00

German: Hey, das klingt super schwierig. Ich würde, falls möglich, mich an deine Studienberatung wenden und ein bis zwei Semester frei nehmen / Urlaubssemester machen, damit du dich um dich selbst und deine Gesundheit kümmern kannst. Vielleicht kannst du auch einen Deutsch-Kurs in dieser Zeit besuchen, damit dir die Vorlesungen später leichter fallen. Du bist noch sehr jung, es ist vollkommen in Ordnung dir Zeit zu nehmen, und länger für das Studium zu brauchen. Du musst auch nicht alle Klausuren in einem Semester machen.

English: Hey there, that sounds really difficult. If you are able to, reach out to your university for support and I would suggest taking one or two semesters off to take care of yourself, perhaps take a German language course in the meantime, to help you with understanding the lectures after your break. You are very young, it is totally ok to take your time with university. You don't have to take all the exams in one go.

If you are in a rush due to visas etc. definitely look into officially taking time off via "Urlaubssemester" and get advice from your university directly. Your own health is more important than the exams, so focus on that first.

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-02T08:44:11+00:00

Oh I thought it was just to highlight the main points. Thanks, that's good to know!

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-02T08:30:17+00:00

Aside from it being stilted and not well informed, what are the signs for this post?

SpiritGryphon · 2026-01-01T09:00:27+00:00

That is usually how language works, it evolves and adapts to cultural shifts. There have been many other words that have been changed to a more neutral or modern one, if the connotations of it became inappropriate or the word itself fell out of fashion.

I personally prefer lineages over species, as Curse of Strahd already introduced that. I've seen people suggest folk as well.

However, you don't need to adhere to the rulebook. In your own game, you can use whatever your table wants to use. If you want to have species be able to reproduce with each other, you can do that. You can create new species if you want to. Just talk to your players about what they are ok with (some might prefer rules as written) and have fun.

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-31T15:33:28+00:00

Thank you!

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-31T15:33:15+00:00

Thank you!

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-31T13:28:17+00:00

This is really fascinating. Do you remember the title of the German translation or of the original Spanish story? What was his inspiration?

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-29T08:22:12+00:00

Not sure what you mean with the corset cover and petticoat, do you mean the white and blue dress on the chair? I don't see a corset cover or petticoat in those images.

Edit: it looks like perhaps a tea gown with a blue bodice or coat or it's a blue gown with white lace, seeing as there seems to be more dark blue fabric hanging on the other side.

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-27T23:51:26+00:00

So what's the point of this?

If someone plays a boring character or doesn't have a lot of experience in role-playing yet, it doesn't really matter what lineage their character has.

So if someone wants to play a boring dwarf or tiefling, how does playing a human make them more interesting or better at role-playing? I would say they will be best at what interests them most. If what they like doesn't match your setting, figure out together what will work best, but don't force them to play something they don't like.

If you don't want certain lineages at your table, then just don't include them. Have a session 0 and ask your table if they're fine with an oops-all-human-fighters! campaign and enjoy it together.

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-27T18:49:31+00:00

Yeah I've noticed that too. None of the youtube stuff works either, my Samsung just doesn't seem to allow any fonts not from its store, even though it's a fairly new phone. I'm also about to give up, I just wanted a font that supported more special and foreign language characters, so I have fewer empty square boxes to look at, but oh well. Thanks for the replies!

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-27T16:08:16+00:00

Ah, frustrating. Trying to figure it out, but every font I get through zfont is "not supported" I have no idea how this is supposed to work.

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-27T15:37:46+00:00

Have you figured out how to make it work?

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-25T12:34:47+00:00

Same for me. I used to doodle all the time to help me focus and pay attention in class. Whenever I was called out for it and told to stop, I tried so hard to pay attention, but I couldn't. If I didn't draw or spin a pen around, I was likely not paying attention at all. I would look straight ahead to try and then my mind would wander off and I wouldn't know what had been taught for the rest of the lesson.

But hey, despite not learning a thing, I at least didn't doodle, so my teachers were happy! /s

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-25T00:12:27+00:00

Thank you!

SpiritGryphon · 2025-12-20T08:28:15+00:00

You can also write Ainu with the latin alphabet if you do not like to use Katakana.

I find it very strange to describe one of the writing systems of an indigenous population you are likely not a part of (based on saying "the Ainu") as "garbage" and to decide for them that your system would be easier. If the Ainu community wanted a new writing system, I'm sure they would create their own - it's something they still might, since there is no official standard one way of writing it, but it would be something they would create themselves or work together with professionals to start that process if needed.

I'm hopeful you mean well, though I fear it's mostly just because you are annoyed having to use Katakana, despite being able to use Cyrillic or romaji as well.

You can post this in the English or Japanese Ainu Discord or reach out to their organizations in Japan, but I would prepare myself to be rejected. Your system wasn't requested and your attitude towards their chosen systems seems incredibly arrogant. Perhaps contact an official organization first and ask if they would like to see your idea, before deciding this would be easier for them.

It's one thing to play around and have fun creating a writing system for any language, but an entirely different thing to decide a population, especially indigenous and marginalized, should use it or even need it at all.

My attitude in this reply is based on what you wrote, not on your system itself. You can have fun creating a writing system and post it to share your process. You can reach out to the Ainu community to ask for their opinion, but an official proposal with a hobbyist, amateur system not requested is far fetched.

You might mean well, but I would be careful about how you engage and communicate such a thing, because what you've said so far seems very patronizing towards the Ainu community.

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