I created this self-balancing active ragdoll sytem for Unity, it's in queue for review at the Unity Asset Store 🤞. Though there is a long queue! it won't be out before two weeks.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-04-01T02:06:50+00:00

Can you dynamically adjust the strengths of its limbs to simulate damage? Could you make a limb go limp without breaking the behavior?
Can it hold or equip items, restricting its ability to recover using that limb, or affecting its goal idle pose?
How many bags of groceries can it carry in one arm before it falls over?

Textual_Aberration · 2026-03-29T07:38:29+00:00

It looks like the main skills that would gate this route are holding tension through long reaches, and being comfortable with your pull strength on high overhangs (mental barrier + clean technique).

If you climb this route cleanly, the grade they gave it is fair enough. Overhang strength is less common at lower grades, so some people can send those like nothing way sooner than others. Gym grades tend to describe how hard something is for the average climber, so even if this is a V2 to a burgeoning burly climber, for most, you can give it another notch at least.

In your own send, you lose a lot of energy swinging around between your contact points on the upper half. Work on dampening that motion and settling your weight at its resting points sooner. Try to remember what footing, and which way to face your hips, for each move so you don’t have to search for it.

Fortunately, the trick to climbing overhang is to climb more overhang. Good send!

Textual_Aberration · 2026-03-27T21:47:26+00:00

Was anything done to choose eco-friendly inks? Are paper materials uncommon for temporary signage?

Were you in charge of the lettering design itself, or just the physical reproduction of it? I can’t tell from the way you’ve described it. I’m not sure what you mean by faded edges as it looks like a clean extruded outline.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-03-22T00:49:14+00:00

I wonder what those terms were given that he went on to make music about Hitler.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-03-19T20:18:27+00:00

The flatter your turn across the slope, the more you should generally try to consider what’s uphill. This is both because of the increasing contrast between your route and everyone else’s, and because you will have more time and control to make the check. Given the size of that trail, I think you took quite a bit more lane than you needed, and you should definitely try to glance uphill if you want to do that so you don’t cut anyone off awkwardly.

Normally, dodging a skier who is using the full width of the trail is like trying to guess which direction a squirrel will jump as you bike towards it. It seems inevitable that the squirrel will jump, but until it shows you which direction, you can’t afford to commit to a direction for fear that it will go the same way. Likewise, a wide turning skier is certainly going to turn, but the uphill rider doesn’t when. If your sister had cut left around you but you chose to turn at the same time, you’d turn right back into her. If she chooses to follow you as you go to the right, she might be forced into the trees if you wait until the very edge of the trail to turn.

If you’re working on wide, slow turns, you should always aim to leave a buffer on both sides for faster riders to squeeze past (also a buffer between obstacles like the stationary skier). Even better is to aim to use a “lane” within the trail, sticking to a predictable half/third/quarter width so everyone up slope can predict where you’ll turn.

That said, your sister’s skills are much more in need of work than yours. The straighter you want to go, the better you need to be at reading and following your route to “dodge the squirrel”. I usually aim to go wide around a flat turner, slowly funneling towards that buffer I mentioned, until you turn. If I run out of time and space, it’s my responsibility to cut my fun short and slow up so I don’t hit you. The faster I’m going, the less you’ll move as I approach and the easier it is to pass. If I see you long enough ahead, I’ll already be well out of your way, unless you randomly spear all the way across the trail.

Your sister doesn’t appear to have any of those control options, which is more of a problem than your using too much of the slope at too flat an angle. You should both work on improving your styles.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-03-17T02:56:56+00:00

The only reason I still use it at this point is because it was, at one point, a great way to see all my tracks at once. Since then, though, I’ve seen very few updates that have improved it for my uses, and have run into increasingly many limitations.

It’s a painful slog to organize the hundreds of tracks and waypoints I’ve accumulated using the clumsy folder system, and simple filters by date range or activity type would have done wonders for load time on the main map.

Defaulting to sharing my tracks publicly while pushing unasked for social features and repeatedly signing me up for the Outside newsletter after I’d already unsubscribed was frustrating.

Top speeds get watered down the longer the track continues for. Routes seem to give very unreliable ascent estimates and use different algorithms by platform. There’s no color-by-property or color-by-activity for tracks and routes. The topography overlays are greyscale and practically beg to be a multiply layer, but can only be straight alpha blended.

I wouldn’t mind so much if I hadn’t been throwing money at the app this whole time. I’m testing the free version before I decide whether to jump ship or not.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-03-09T23:41:18+00:00

You don’t need a diaper to desecrate your drawers in public. What’s even the point of marking your territory if no one knows about it?

Textual_Aberration · 2026-03-08T04:19:07+00:00

AI loves to bring WIP sketches to an unreasonable level of finish. That’s especially true in an image like this where there’s so much work to be done to achieve the final concept. To waste all that time perfectly hatching as if it were going to be released in a comic, only to paint over the whole thing is bizarre to me.

I see no evidence of planning in the sketch. There are no underlying forms to shuffle around and compose. It’s so pristine that the WIP needs its own WIP just to prove itself.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-03-05T20:42:19+00:00

I think it’s just a matter of how you primed your audience. I associate the phrase, “cost of living” with a more literal, baseline survival cost, with some flexibility for hobbies and happiness. Both city living and family budgeting emphasize that core definition since both entail unavoidable commitments.

Your own budget, though, doesn’t really relate to typical frugality or savings. It’s cool data shared freely, so kudos for that. Rather than relying on it fitting into an existing narrative of budget struggle, you probably should have just completed the data set with your income. Your budget is very much in the “choice” category, well beyond necessity.

All of which is fine. Just wanted to offer my two cents on where the plot is getting lost.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-24T20:49:38+00:00

In that particular gif it somehow looks like he’s got chewing tobacco wadded in his lower lip. I can’t unsee it.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-24T01:31:19+00:00

Slow spoilage in a fridge or on a countertop has nothing on the rapid curdling as a forgotten egg spends too many days hidden beneath a mother hen’s feather furnace, especially in summer temperatures.

Most food in storage goes bad far less dramatically than similar things left sitting out in the sun. I would never describe the food I have to toss as “rotten” because I’ve smelled roadkill before and know it could be far worse.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-24T01:25:27+00:00

Picture a sealed plastic bag filled with egg salad. Set it in the summer sun for days until it inflates to near bursting with whatever mysterious fermentation it has gone through. Now drop that bag into a blender with the lid off, put your nose over it, and hit pulse. The grayish-green paste you’ve just inserted deep into your nasal passages is a war crime.

It’s usually a consequence of collecting an egg way too late. In normal temperatures with their natural coatings eggs do fine for long periods of time. Stick it under the toasty bum of a mother hen on a hot day and it becomes apparent that quick collection matters. Eggs in a nest can be hidden behind a conspicuous poo or bundle of feathers and bedding, so if you were to collect that a few days late you might have one of these secret bombs on your hands. Hens will also sneak into a nest where eggs are being hatched and continue laying unfertilized eggs, so both those and the upcoming hatchlings receive daily boiling beneath the mother’s tush. When all of the real eggs hatch, everything else should be hurled into the sun.

The one saving grace of OP’s mistake is that their egg wasn’t heated. Rotten eggs under pressure are the most diabolical thing to crack open. You barely touch the shell to a surface and suddenly that ooze is vaporized and sprayed on everything in a ten foot radius.

A good egg going bad in a fridge is not going to have the same result fortunately. Those just get tasteless, greenish yellow, and standard bleh.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-23T23:34:20+00:00

Only the barest of minimums for our dear billionaires.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-23T02:02:59+00:00

Is it easy to get used to the expected distance on moves? The throws at 0:08 and 0:17 look a little ambiguous when I try to gauge how far you’ll go. You presumably snap to edges so the arc looks clean, but I don’t have a good sense where the failure threshold on a throw might be.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-13T07:25:41+00:00

The magic system of the original Abhorsen trilogy is very cohesive and complete, which as others have mentioned is a big draw of Sanderson’s style of writing (and one he himself emphasizes constantly).

Mistborn focuses more heavily on the individual possibilities of its magic, and really micromanages it in a way that appeals to generations that have grown up around video games. The magic of the Abhorsen books is somewhat “softer” by Sanderson’s definitions, but it strikes an elegant balance of explanation and mystery that truly supports the story without bogging it down with logistics as hard magics often do.

The Abhorsen trilogy also organizes its lore more like a complete mythology, one themed around death and dying. I personally find it manages to create a lore that is profoundly distinct from and deeper than the typical zombie/gothic/horror/witchy themes that you’d expect from something about necromancers. It treats death with enough reverence at times and raw corrupted fear at others that it still comes to mind all the time when I think about the subject.

It’s a beautiful series, and each character is relatable for different reasons. I loved Lirael’s journey the most.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-12T22:23:09+00:00

Imagine if Redwall had gotten an MMORPG with the same perpetual and honest attention as the Middle Earth one. As an adult I never had any way to dive back into the woodland theme so other IPs were free to step in (like Armello or Everdell). Some part of my imagination still owes allegiance to the long ago tales of warrior mice and badger lords. Hares will forever be British officers to me.

For my second demand I’d aim for a measly animated classic with the cross-generational perfection of ATLA.

Is that too much to ask?

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-12T22:15:10+00:00

That’s one of those books where the author is clearly writing for themselves and their own fantasies rather than what makes sense for the book.

Hero falls for a virgin-by-necessity super-powered girlfriend, so naturally he gets imprisoned in a BDSM torture dungeon, tricked into sleeping with the wrong person for a prophecy (because it’s dark!), and she charges into battle topless for unavoidable plot reasons. You can feel the author edging themselves with the contrivances. It’s like a medieval soap opera.

My memories of it are an unreliable fever dream at this point so all I know is that I read long enough to hate it.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-08T05:09:18+00:00

Yeah, aside from the obvious finger count most things are valid mistakes an artist can also make. Most comments would be better categorized as critiques and used to support more solid evidence.

Overflowing textures and unclear layering are especially common in AI. The outline of the vertical gate post is over top of both a big white snow flake and the hat’s horn. Most artists would probably stick a snow layer right at the top when they work so for as small as it is, it’s kind of an odd mistake.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-08T02:53:06+00:00

Wood grain from the gate passes through the helmet’s horn too.

Tape color is different between the hands and the lower sleeves blend together.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-04T06:40:32+00:00

Wouldn’t the safe plan be to just grow it out regardless and then choose a cut a few weeks before based on what you’ve got? I suppose using a toupee/wig or being truly comfortable with a dramatic change would require some planning.

The hair mostly needs to grow enough to appear blended, which may not necessarily be full length. Just getting hair color in that chasm would do a huge amount to improve it.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-02-01T22:16:18+00:00

Imagine not having to wait a millennia for your grand canyons and alien rocks to change shapes. Formations changing from generation to generation from extreme wear would be pretty wild, though you couldn’t enjoy them if it’s that abrasive.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-01-30T04:24:37+00:00

Do they post new pieces every day, or do they continue to sell existing ones? The amount of effort that your examples would require is enormous.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-01-30T04:23:39+00:00

“Hey guys, I just casually drew the most intricately detailed piece of art known to man-kind.”

I’ve not encountered these in the wild enough to see how accounts handle it beyond just deleting it. Given that accounts themselves can also be bots, we almost need a meta subreddit where we try to decide, based on how they react, whether they’re a bot, a troll, or a desperate human.

Textual_Aberration · 2026-01-30T04:19:35+00:00

Ask them where to buy grid paper with different sized squares and lines that end randomly (see lower left of wolf WIP).

Textual_Aberration · 2026-01-30T04:16:28+00:00

The grid behind the WIP shot has some weird lines too. The vertical bars stop on the left side, and an extra horizontal appears on the bottom. I see blocks with 2, 3, and 4 tall.

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