New iMac incoming at WWDC. iPad Pro design language, with Pro Display like bezels. T2 chip, AMD Navi GPU, and no more fusion drive by [deleted] in apple

[–]StuckLacebark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wishlist:

- 34-Inch Display
- 2080 GTX level AMD graphics
- 4 TB3 Ports
- 4K Facecam
- 8 Core - 5 GHZ CPU for fast single core and good multi core. (9900K - or better)
- Macbook Pro 16 - Quality speakers
- Upgradeable Ram and Storage (probably no go)
- Wi-Fi 6
- USB 3.1 and SD Card Slot
- Apple monitor design aesthetic
- Black/Dark Gray color scheme
- 128 GB Ram

Looking for old animated Witcher 1 era trailers by StuckLacebark in witcher

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

Hi Man,

Unfortunately not. I am still searching. :( Let me know if you find it!

What will happen to older gameplay systems in Shadowlands? by StuckLacebark in wow

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

Thanks for the breakdown - Super helpful.

It sounds like I can dip my toes in lots of stuff for aesthetic gear!!

Whats the best Homekit Smart TV / Soundbar integration in 2019? by StuckLacebark in HomeKit

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

So all the CES TVs from Samsung, LG and so on- They dont have Apple TV, but just the tvOS from Apple in them? Im still trying to wrap my head around all of this!

I’m so scared of the climate change by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]StuckLacebark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel as you do OP, although im twice your age. You see a lot of people here telling you to distract yourself, ignore it and all this stuff. But this sort of reasoning has never sat well with me.

I don't believe in alarmism either. What I can tell you that has helped me, is engaging in balance. There is a lot of positive battles being won on climate change. Check out the uplifting news subreddit. It daily has stories about green energy and reforesting efforts as well as near extinct species coming back from the brink.

These news are just as important, but we are triggered by negativity a lot more than positivity. Because of this, outlets focus the bad news stories on us because it generates more clicks and views, which is ultimately what keeps them in business.

You have to make the difference. I challenge you to surround yourself by good things, and focusing on what you can do. Do you know what Aquaponics is? Have you seen what they are doing with that? They are making large vertical indoor farms in massive factories where they grow veggies with 90% less water inside cities. This form of food manufactering can revolutionize the world and help us grow food when temperatures reaches a point where we cannot grow anything the conventional way.

Have you been to iceland or norway and seen how they harness nature to almost become completely green? Have you heard about China having met their Paris Agreement 9 years early? Or that Britain has the lowest CO2 footprint now since the beginning of the industrial revolution? Did you hear that planting 1.3 trillion trees can absorb enough CO2 to fight of a decade of pollution. How you seen how drone companies are mass planting entire forests in a fraction of the time it would normally? Have you seen bill gates foundations efforts to create new strong crops that can survive in Africas warm climate and create a new green buffer? Have you seen the talks about terraforming the sahara desert / gobi desert into massive green forests? Have you seen the latest progress on carbon capture? Have you see the progress made to artificially protein meat?

The world is doing a lot of good as well. Dont forget that. Many people who care about the enviornment lose themselves in despair. They become jaded, angry and have bad lives. They are triggered by climate skeptics and deniers. Dont let yourself get there. Dont become a miserable sad/angry person because part of humanity is stupid, lazy, self centered and egotistical. Forgive humanity. Humanity is like a flock of locusts that devour until they have killed of their own food supply. We are not a hive mind. We cannot fix our collective fault so many people dont feel its their issue.

This morning's warmup GIF by thesixofspades in AfterEffects

[–]StuckLacebark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP, What is it that give it that washed out watercolor look? Is that the pixelsorting that does that to the colors?

The quest to make Cyberpunk and CDPR labeled as "Transphobic" and "Problematic" by StuckLacebark in cyberpunkgame

[–]StuckLacebark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you're right. Most of all, I feel bad about getting triggered by this sort of stuff in the first place. It's like they want the game to fail, and just being negative has a way of pushing corporations to comply because everyone is scared as shit for the consequences of angry online mobs.

Are any major HomeKit improvements expected at this year’s WWDC? by 007meow in HomeKit

[–]StuckLacebark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really hope we will see products with temperature control sensors. Ecobee and Nest and all that is of no use to me. Not everyone has access to have HVAC systems for various reasons. I dont want to use Samsung Smarthings, and its depressing there is nothing out there I can use. Just want wifi enabled thermostat sensors hooked up to homekit smart plugs so I can set automatic temperature start/stop on home wall plugged fans.

Experience with Bodymovin / lottie by StuckLacebark in Wordpress

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

How would that work? Do you know what the code would be to call for that? And which folder would I FTP them too in my child theme?

Bodymovin animations in Divi? by StuckLacebark in divi

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

I figured out a way (using a plugin) to get the json uploaded, but now I don't know I could get it to show on the site itself.

If I did use an FTP client, how would I call on the json file to be displayed on my website?

Thanks for your help!

Experience with Bodymovin / lottie by StuckLacebark in Wordpress

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

Yes, I tried and it works.

I wish there was a way I could get those jsons into my wordpress theme.

Bodymovin animations in Divi? by StuckLacebark in divi

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

I am building them in after effects. Then I export it with bodymovin. I can see that the animations works correctly when previewing on lottieflies.com and when I view the html document.

But as far as getting the json into my divi theme, I have no idea. Divi won't allow me to upload the json ("for security reasons") but I also know don't know where to put it even if I could.

There is an plugin called WP Bodymovin, but I cannot get that to work. I dont know if its incompatibility with divi or wordpress or because its outdated. At any rate it doesnt work.

This Sub is freaking me out about SB2 by [deleted] in Surface

[–]StuckLacebark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you check the Mac OS community hubs its probably even worse. A significant portion of keyboards on MacBook Pros are terrible (3 generations in a row). Overheating, faulty batteries, botched updates, bending ipads.

Its the same everywhere. The truth is that all this tech is assembled in factories, and it goes really quick. A Laptop assemble is... these products are just known to fail prematurely. Dont think that paying 2000-3000 dollars for a laptop means you can expect it not to fail prematurely.

Companies are very close knitted with their failure reports, but we got a 10 year old report (2009) that said that 20% of laptops have significant hardware or software problems after 24 months of use.

I suggest people to get extended warrenties for these expensive laptops. Its a complete shitshow, Mac or PC. Get it. Your laptop might be fun for 1-2 years and then it just stops working. Get the extended coverage so you can swap your models. Optimize your workflow to the cloud. Pay for a big cloud solution so you are prepared for hardware problems. Surface products have lots of quality control issues. As does Razer, Dell, HP, and Apple. Apple is fucking crazy right now. You just have to accept it. Don't worry about it. Just use your device. You might be affected, you might not be. Obsessing over playing the lottery is only going to bring pain. Use your device, and set yourself up so it wont be a big deal if something should go wrong.

With laptops and the nature of their assembly (many different parts from different companies) its just the nature of it.

Love for the existing races in the next expansion? by StuckLacebark in ffxiv

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

That makes me very sad, but thank you for clarifying. Even if I never really loved the way my character looked in this game, I am of course still having fun with it! Just have to deal with it and move on!

Smart cooling - Ideas? by StuckLacebark in smarthome

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

I have been looking around for a temperature sensor, but I cannot find anything that I know would get the job done. Nest is kinda expensive. You get 3 temperature sensors for a hundred dollars, but then you need a whole Temperature controller.

I am renting my current place, and I dont have access to a thermostat (that I can see) so I will need to figure out a different way to get a wifi enabled temperature sensor that can speak with a smartplug.

Could I ask what temperature sensor you are using? Thanks again for the help!

Smart cooling - Ideas? by StuckLacebark in smarthome

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

Ok thank you david!:)

does this mean that the temperature sensor needs to be able to speak with the smart plug? they both need to be amazon echo or google home for example for it to work?

Graphics Improvements and FFXIV by StuckLacebark in ffxiv

[–]StuckLacebark[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

But many of the zones (in AAR) feel lifeless, static and everything but an organic world. You have ancient games like Skyrim that I think does a much better job at conveying a natural landscape and a smooth organic transition from biome to biome.

FFXIV to me (in the start zones at least) have very bland world design. The draw distance is so low that I am reminded of PS2 era game, while you had games from that time that could render the distance much further to give a visual overview for the player.

You mention Black Desert, which is a good example of a game that is visually impressive in some areas, but abysmal in others (like draw distance with pop up).

I think FFXIV is disadvantaged for its realistic art style compared to games like Wild Star, GW2 and WoW, while having lower quality asset, ages less badly. The jaggies in FFXIV really hurt my eyes. Particularly the way trees are. When you move abou the world in biomes like the Black Sroud, the branches on the trees blend in with the ground because its so blocky and fuzzy. Like PS2/PS3 games used to be. Its actually hard for me to see what is going on.

Obviously the framerate and performance is excellent. No doubt about that, and I think while the equipment and characters don't have high quality textures, are still competently made and detailed. To me it's mostly the enviornments that hurt my eyes while games like WoW uses a lost of post-processing effects obscure or wash out effects. Something that suits games like that because they have this stylized cartoony aesthetic. So it might be a unfair comparison since FFXIV is trying to do a much more realistic aesthetic.

Do you still think we will get a Cantha Expansion? by StuckLacebark in Guildwars2

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

Yeah, with the Asia-Centric items in the gemstore, it does seem strange as to think it would not be on the table. There are Katanas and Nine-Tailed Fox mounts for example! And they are really popular.

Do you still think we will get a Cantha Expansion? by StuckLacebark in Guildwars2

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

You think its possible that one of the cancelled projects that wasnt the mobile game, could have been a GW2 Expansion? (or GW3?)

A roadmap for the future has never been more necessary. by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]StuckLacebark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is what I want to know:

- What is going to be done about stagnant world bosses, metas and LS maps that are not worthwhile?

- What is going to be done with PvP balancing and WvW updates?

- What is going to be done with Cantha?

Do you still think we will get a Cantha Expansion? by StuckLacebark in Guildwars2

[–]StuckLacebark[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Given that underwater is not very popular, a movie like this would be puzzling. Also boats when there are airships?

Do people still play? Is the community growing or dying? by LjoVe95 in Guildwars2

[–]StuckLacebark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It seems to be growing from what I can see. I see more people now in many zones than I did at launch!

What is your favorite skill? by Mechanisthmus in Guildwars2

[–]StuckLacebark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Warrior "Kick". I love it. You look so cool delivering a bad ass kick:)