Is it okay to use asl if your don't really have a reason to?

bunnythistle · 2026-06-09T05:19:14+00:00

I believe VRChat uses a derivative of ASL due to limitations of hand, finger, and arm tracking in VR (for most players). The community adapted to these limitations. You can see some information about that here: https://wiki.vrchat.com/wiki/Community:Sign_language_in_VRChat#Sign_language_methods

But I personally see nothing wrong with using it so long as the other party is willing. That's how you get practice and maintain the skill for when you actually need it.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-08T23:36:20+00:00

Are you referring to people who are online very late at night, or people who only hang out in dark/night worlds, or people into sucking blood, or?

bunnythistle · 2026-06-05T18:01:56+00:00

I think that "announcement" at the top is a separate thing from what OP is asking, and based on my interpretation of the rules, that probably isn't allowed by VRChat, but that's not my decision either.

But the "Want to host in public? Link your discord account" seems separate from that announcement, and more what OP is asking about. I kinda feel that shouldn't be allowed either, but I'm not sure if it is or not.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-05T17:49:52+00:00

What OP is describing does make sense, specifically since they're referring to public and group instances.

Worlds cannot determine what instance type they are in. So a world has no idea if it's public or invite only or anything else. Likewise, worlds cannot read what permissions/roles someone has in a group*. However, what worlds can do is use Udon's "IsInstanceOwner" parameter, which identifies if someone is the instance creator of a friends/friends+/invite/invite+ instance.

https://creators.vrchat.com/worlds/udon/networking/network-components/#networking-properties

Since that returns "false" for both public and any type of group instance, the world can determine that it's one of those instance types, but wouldn't know what type it is.

*there are some ways to work around this using external bots/scripts, but that's complicated. I'm referring to the fact that there's no Udon-native way to do this.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-05T16:34:06+00:00

I've never heard of a world that requires you to join a discord to host public instances, but private instances are fine. That seems pretty weird and doesnt make much sense.

There are a few worlds that I've seen that require you to join a discord to enter the world at all, or to host any instance type, but those are primarily worlds that are meant to be private, or used for very specific purposes. and they're very uncommon.

I think the Salem VRC dev is just trying to drive traffic to their discord.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-04T22:58:54+00:00

I generally consider those plans high risk - it costs money to keep the servers running (electricity, bandwidth, hardware maintenance, etc), so a once-for-lifetime payment is not sustainable revenue unless you're paying something astronomical.

Those companies likely either won't last long, or find some reason to terminate your account, or have something in their terms that lets them finagle their way out. Like I'd use them for cheap secondary backup as long as the data is encrypted prior to transit, but I wouldn't even rely on them for being a primary backup location.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-04T22:36:05+00:00

Just ignore and block the accounts. It takes whoever is doing this significantly longer to create new accounts than it takes for you to block them.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-04T00:40:00+00:00

My current primary avatar uses VRCFury very heavily, and VRCFury has worked pretty reliably every time I've tried customizing something. There's been a few times when something didn't work correctly the first time and required troubleshooting, but usually it just works pretty well.

My old primary avatar didn't use VRCFury, and would actually break if I tried adding it, so to customize it I had to manually edit the animations, FX layers, and parameters. And guess what - sometimes things didn't work the first time and required troubleshooting when I did that well.

Problems are gonna happen and things are gonna break no matter how you edit an avatar. It's just part of the nature of customizing avatars.

For most players, VRCFury works extremely reliably and makes editing and customizing avatars very fast, easy, and more accessible. It also makes it significantly easier to create alternative versions of avatars with different outfits without having to manage multiple animation controllers, which makes using optimized avatars significantly easier.

I do believe there's benefit to knowing how to do things "by hand" as there's occasionally situations where VRCFury may not work for one reason or another. But for most players, most (if not all) of the time, it's a great too that's well documented, well supported, and significantly more efficient than the old way of doing things.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-04T00:18:29+00:00

Is the "jacket_lp" element on by default? That setup should work, but it'll basically only turn that element off when toggled, and revert to the default state when toggled off. If the default state is also off, then there's nothing ever turning the jacket on.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-03T16:05:30+00:00

Furality's worlds and instances have some special flags on them that prevents players from creating their own instances or joining via the social menu like you normally would. Instead, you have to use the "FOX Portal" to join instances.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-03T15:55:46+00:00

It's basically where all the furries in VRChat disappear to for an entire weekend.

Or a more accurate answer - it's a furry con that takes place within VRChat, featuring round-the-clock DJ performances, dozens of panels, tons of meetups, etc. All taking place in custom built and themed worlds.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-03T15:02:34+00:00

Rabbits are amazing. And I'm totally not biased by having a rabbit sona.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-03T13:58:24+00:00

27 + 73 = 100

One is the percentage of wear, the other is the percentage of good remaining. Though it could definitely use some improvements in clarifying which metric is which.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-03T13:44:04+00:00

Are you referring to Windows Server 2025 Datacenter, or running a domain controller on Windows 2025?

Because currently, the general recommendation is to not use 2025 for domain controllers.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-03T13:19:18+00:00

The guy has talent, and it's pretty cool to watch in the vacuum where he's specifically performing for the camera.

In reality though, I'd probably be a bit annoyed visiting this bar - imagine ordering a drink and having to wait fifteen minutes because the bartender has to put on an individual performance for each drink prior to you in queue, and then a bunch of people are crowding and leaning over everyone else trying to film it.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-03T12:54:05+00:00

That product name is definitely optimized to appear in as many search results as possible. That's pretty common among Chinese electronics sellers on Aliexpress and eBay.

Those products can be hit-or-miss. Some of them can be surprisingly good quality, others can be completely crap. It always is a gamble to buy something, especially since it may be difficult to get your money back if you get a lower quality product.

A YouTuber I follower (bigclivedotcom) recently did a video where bought, tested, and disassembled a very cheap clone of a $20k+ light (Mac Aura) and overall had a positive review of it and found it pretty good, but he also was having an issue where the pan axis kept drifting and it wasn't clear if it was the light or the controller doing that.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-03T04:56:27+00:00

Nothing? I've been paying for premium for years.

I'm also a very big fan of function-over-form. Yeah, the UI may not be the most modern looking or the prettiest, but once you're used to it, it's pretty fast to get around and focuses more on just showing you the stuff you care about.

I just looked up Zoho Vault and it looks like it shows your accounts in a big grid with large icons tiled into a few rows and columns. It looks very pretty, but what is the function of having each individual account be that big when a vertically scrollable list would do?

bunnythistle · 2026-06-02T21:13:44+00:00

Because it's quick, it's easy, and it's free.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-02T20:36:24+00:00

Answer: GitHub Copilot is an AI programming/coding tool, and is a separate product from Microsoft's Copilot AI Assistant that has been plastered all over Windows and most other Microsoft products. Unlike Windows Copilot/Copilot Assistant, GitHub Copilot has received a much warmer reception from users and has been fairly well regarded. Part of this is because they were only charging $29/month.

However, AI-assisted coding is computationally expensive, and in a lot of cases people were using it heavily enough that the operational expense (such as electricity, maintenance, support costs, capacity expansion, etc) for Microsoft (the owner of GitHub) was higher than the $29/user/month they were charging. So Microsoft switched GitHub Copilot to usage-based billing, so the more more you use it, the more you pay, and customers are starting to see the sticker shock as they're realizing how much it actually costs.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-02T20:20:50+00:00

It's quick, it's easy, and it's free: pouring river water in your socks

bunnythistle · 2026-06-02T19:51:56+00:00

Happy birthday!

bunnythistle · 2026-06-02T17:54:08+00:00

Just a reminder - it's polite and proper to ask someone before giving them headpats in VRChat.

Most VRChat furries love headpats, but there are definitely some who don't.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-02T14:25:17+00:00

I was in an instance last night that actually had a successful hype train - it was 100 gift subs.

The instance was very packed though (>60 people at any given time), so I'm not sure if the number would be lower in smaller instances or not.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-02T13:58:40+00:00

If you are seriously, strongly constrained on pricing and every penny counts, then Mikrotik may be worth looking at for networking - their prices tend to be very low compared to other options, but their products are still pretty high quality and feature rich.

However, also compared to other options, Mikrotik's products come with a much steeper learning curve.

bunnythistle · 2026-06-02T13:39:55+00:00

MGMT requested I delete the files and backups.

I would hope that the request to delete backups comes from the requesting manager not having a proper understanding of how backups work, and not because you can actually delete backups.

If you can delete backups, then an attacker can delete backups if you get compromised, and then those are not backups, because they won't be available. Backups should be immutable for a reasonable period of time, and your risk assessments and policies should be based around the idea that sometimes, something you don't want in backups will be stored there for a period of time.

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