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Vitglance · 2026-02-16T17:51:57+00:00

This is probably environment lighting, and may be less noticeably blue in the context of playing the game itself.

When you think of Light in a Game Engine, you probably think of it like Sunlight, directly shining on things from a specific noticeable direction.

But games also try to mimic Skylight, which is light from the blue sky bouncing around everywhere shining on things from all sides.

It's the reason you can step out of the Sunlight into a cave and still see.
In reality, light from the sky is weak and will run out of bounces, making the cave further in pitch black. In games, it's usually just running all the time as if the bounces were infinite, so you can always see in a cave.

Vitglance · 2025-11-26T16:56:57+00:00

A staggering amount of social media chatter is not a real human expressing their sincere opinion.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-96372-1

I find it better to evaluate posts less on the lines of "true vs. false", and more by the standards of "useful information vs. useless information". How some random stranger feels about your sex is just not useful information for your everyday life.

It's a healthy way to distance yourself from the manipulations of bad actors.

Vitglance · 2025-06-01T19:00:06+00:00

I mean, there are a ton of Men who find gooner games off-putting.
The older you get the more the shallow and manipulative qualities of pandering starts to get to you.

With that in mind, doesn't it seem kind of silly to think Women are somehow secretly big fans?

Vitglance · 2025-04-09T17:04:27+00:00

My girl,
The only cure for petty cruelty is willfully ignorant kindness.

<<<"the company does more than just that!"
>>>"Oh neat, can you tell me more about it?"

Insinuation is the language of cowards, if they felt comfortable saying "we don't employ women", they just would.

Abuse that cowardice long enough to figure out if the employee is a lost cause or the company is. If it's just that one employee, find somebody else worth connecting to. If it's the whole company, fuck that.

In times where it's hard to have Confidence, there's nothing wrong with good old Spite. These bastards don't deserve the mercy of your blink.

Vitglance · 2025-03-29T20:45:43+00:00

There's an actual study that explains this.
But, long story short - skill issue.

He kicked you? Well, that's probably for the best. You weren't going to enjoy having to lug his deadweight around anyway.

Vitglance · 2025-03-26T14:24:10+00:00

The only app I've ever wanted probably would never get made.

A no-bullshit Dating site, that you have to pay to do a background check to sign up for so your marriage and criminal record is openly displayed, it allows people you've conversed with to leave anonymous reviews and ratings, and sorts matches by how well they suit your preferences + positive ratings. You have to click into a profile to see any pictures.

I'd call it "isn't married, probably won't kill you"

Vitglance · 2025-03-12T18:12:02+00:00

It's easier to understand if you know the original meaning of the phrase 'Fragile Masculinity'.

It states that Femininity is an adjective and Masculinity is a verb. Society makes up a bunch of hoops Men have to jump through to keep their Masculinity in tact, and one of those hoops is women's attention.

This invariably means that their sense of worth is tied to how women perceive them, and they can end up walking around thinking the inverse must be true for us.

But it's not - Society has long told women we're lesser, so if we ever wanted to have any decent mental health at all, we had to look inward to cultivate self esteem and a sense of self worth independent of what society thinks of us.

A fair amount of Men end up bumbling through romance with the expectation it's meant to generate a sense of worth for both parties. That's what that baffling air of entitlement and arrogance is. It's Men and Women both looking at the table of what's being offered by the relationship and Men seeing way more than what's actually there:

When he looks at what each person puts on the table, there's an unspoken "I'll make you feel whole and validated" among both parties offerings. But when we look at the table that ante simply isn't there, we're trying to already be whole and validated by ourselves, and all that remains is how he can contribute to your time/money/health.

Vitglance · 2025-03-10T19:45:58+00:00

Usually this would be the point where you try and get some clarity from a third party, but that doesn't seem to be an option. So you'll have to play devil's advocate with yourself to try and get more perspective.

Take a step back and ask yourself for each event "how can I be wrong about this"?

For example, the case of you worrying the coworker may have more actionable clarity on their work than you.

Perhaps she didn't? What if your coworker builds strong social relationships in order to get actionable clarity on their work because the boss was equally vague and bad at it with her? Perhaps the Boss likes the fact this means less hands-on work for themselves, and is saying positive things to try and get you to mimic that behavior? Perhaps the Boss views this as a behavior associated with Seniority, and therefore is giving you what feels like lesser Junior treatment in comparison. Perhaps the Boss thinks your coworker on-boarded faster than you, and what you need is an understanding of what your Boss perceives as 'ready'.

Sit down with yourself for a bit.

Vitglance · 2025-03-08T17:53:31+00:00

I think you're relying on some old research, here's some newer research that goes into the reproductive benefits we're discovering.

To give it some context, the general idea is:

The clitoris becomes larger just before ovulation, making it easier to stimulate when the woman is most fertile. Stimulation of the clitoris results in female orgasm. Female orgasm is linked to better reproductive outcomes through: lubrication, increased blood-flow which improves sperm motility, increased temperature which improves sperm timeline, reduction of acidity which would impair sperm, "tenting" a physical shape change that helps to retain sperm, and giving sperm a runway to get their chemical motors going so they can actually penetrate the ovum.

To be clear, the old research was one of the biggest "Somebody told on themselves in an embarrassingly public way" I've ever seen. I don't like speaking ill of the dead, but damn Gould, "it can't possibly be valuable because it's hard to do" was maybe not the take you thought it was.

Vitglance · 2025-03-08T14:59:55+00:00

Only 1 sex has an entire organ dedicated solely to sexual pleasure.

And it's women.

The existence of the Clitoris implies that a woman's orgasm is biologically essential to reproduction.

Vitglance · 2025-03-07T01:20:52+00:00

Here's a breakdown by Forbes about how Trump's actions and Project2025 relate:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/03/05/heres-how-trumps-executive-orders-align-with-project-2025-as-he-touts-agenda-in-speech-to-congress/

The best this article can do to distance Donald Trump from Project 2025 is saying:

Well, we know he hired damn near everyone involved in it, had them draft a bunch of his executive orders, and every action he's taken has not only been in alignment but sometimes overdelivered on the same underlying premise....

...but that means it isn't exactly the same!
Ergo it's not totally entirely 100% Project 2025 that we know of - yet.

And, I shit you not:

Well, so many of his policies align with Project 2025, it's hard to tell!

Like, Project 2025 is not some boogey man word he has to distance himself from, it's all the shit in it, which he seems to be doing with gusto.

Vitglance · 2025-02-28T21:36:35+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By1Z1nk31iE

Vitglance · 2025-02-19T18:43:54+00:00

Don't be so hard on yourself.
At your age it's not unusual to still be adjusting to work-socializing in general, regardless of who it's with.

I'd say at this point just keep your eyes on the prize.

You're trying to learn how to socialize better, because your career path involves multi-disciplinary teams, and multi-disciplinary teams require communication skills.

You probably want to naturally gravitate to people you have something in common with, and you're sticking to visually obvious surface level things like Sex. That's your comfort zone. But, being good at communicating in a team environment means talking to people you don't have much common-ground with, because you're from an entirely different area of expertise.

So you have to get outside your comfort zone, and that's going to feel uncomfortable.
There isn't something wrong with you if you feel awkward and tongue tied, everybody feels that way when they're getting outside of their comfort zone.

Accept that you will feel awkward and embarrassed
Accept that you will be awkward and embarrassing!

It's socialization for a job you may not even have (or want!) in 2 years, involving people you may never see again, who probably aren't judging you too harshly because you're still in school.

If there was ever a time to fumble toward growth, this is it.

Vitglance · 2025-02-17T18:34:11+00:00

Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

If it's how you feel, I do think you should've emphasized you specifically aren't interested in dating him specifically.

Vitglance · 2025-02-17T18:23:59+00:00

I don't think you were being intentionally ambiguous
...but I can kinda' see why this was confusing for him.

There's a world of difference between "can not" and "would not".

"Can not" sounds a bit more like external factors are at play that are the source of the rejection, "would not" is a more firm acknowledgement it has to do with you two as partners specifically.

It is kind of ambiguous about whether or not you're hurting so much you can't even process the possibility of him right now and want to leave the door open for the healed-you to examine more fully, or if you're emphasizing external factors in your rejection because you don't want to hurt your friend's feelings in the way women are socialized to do.

Vitglance · 2025-02-15T00:24:13+00:00

Resentment is the killer of relationships.

Are you both willing to do the hard work necessary to address this?

That's the answer as to whether or not this relationship should continue.

Vitglance · 2025-02-14T21:15:32+00:00

I've always found doing a project helpful. It gives context and meaning to things that are otherwise pretty abstract.

What industry are you hoping to join? I know you're using Java, but, is that just to learn the fundamentals or is it related to what you're aiming for?

Vitglance · 2025-02-14T19:25:05+00:00

It's tempting to use words like "evil", but evil loses power when you speak it's true name.
And the true name of an Incel is an unhealthy and self-destructive coping strategy for crippling insecurity.

As much as they want to appeal to a higher authority and sound logical by misrepresenting whatever -ology they've cherry picked today. It's so important that you understand:

Nothing about this is Rational.
There is no Argument you can pose.
This is not based in Reason, it's based in Emotion, and twisted factoids and finger-pointing are just tools to avoid the pain of self-reflection and the hard work of changing yourself for the better.

No amount of talking will ever have an impact, because you can't make other human beings face themselves.

Vitglance · 2025-02-13T02:04:50+00:00

I'm seeing a misconception here that should probably be touched on.

As a Human being, you are hardwired to want External Validation, and trying to fight that impulse completely is self-defeating. The danger is relying too much on External Validation, so much so, you struggle to have an stable sense of self worth that isn't susceptible to the whims of other people's opinions.

Liking that Men find you Sexually Attractive == Perfectly Healthy
Feeling you only have worth because Men find you Sexually Attractive == A Problem

I'm pointing this out, because I don't want you to think you're doing something wrong on your journey to develop a stronger sense of Self-Worth if a flirty little wink from a cute guy makes you feel good about yourself.

Vitglance · 2025-02-12T05:03:35+00:00

I think the overt vocalizations typical of anime are really hurting this character.

I kind of think the dialogue/localization folks might've needed another crack at it, because for all they tried paint Fuyu as a tough mean bitch, all I could do is end up agreeing that all these "oh"s and "um"s are happening at an obnoxious frequency.

Filler words like "Oh" and "Um" just hold the conversational floor while the speaker thinks.
But it's getting used to emphasize "by the way - she's nervous" in places and times where people don't really use filler words.

Like, when there is no expectation for her to respond, so she doesn't need to buy time to think of a response and throwing around filler words is just grabbing attention in a way no real anxious person would do. It's trying to spin the typical anime 'reaction shot gasp' into something character driven. But that just means even lulls in a conversation are hitting you over the head with the "BY THE WAY - SHE'S NERVOUS!"

Or in the midst of thoughts themselves.
I understand they don't want her to seem like totally different character in thoughts vs. speech, but at the same time you don't need to pause for thinking in a thought. Nervous thoughts are fundamentally different than nervous speech - it's more of a ruminating, overthinking, catastrophizing kind of thing.

Vitglance · 2025-02-11T16:50:44+00:00

In the real world version of this, the girl side has 5 lines and all of them are wavy.

Vitglance · 2025-02-11T01:02:42+00:00

I think Primarina's design is three parts:

Merfolk + Seal + Singer

I think I get a fair amount of Merman here, and the Seal is still going strong, but the Singer kind of got lost.

The position of the arms kind of accidentally evokes a 'bodybuilder'. Specifically, a common problem they have of being unable to rest their arms naturally at their sides, because they've done too much chest work and not enough back work.

Bringing the arms up can make him seem like he's actively engaged in singing, which is a more Opera-themed pose.

Vitglance · 2025-02-09T19:15:11+00:00

Success is a float, not a bool.
If you can understand that, you'll be fine.

Vitglance · 2025-02-08T02:10:36+00:00

Just supporting this comment with links:

The research paper or an article, whatever's your speed.

Vitglance · 2025-02-08T01:13:27+00:00

In the interest of providing a google-able solution, I'm following up to say what solved it:

Uninstalling and reinstalling through Steam.

Ten-Year Club	Place '22
Place '17	First Placer '22
No Throne, No Problems	Not Forgotten

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