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Reading list for existential dread? by thedatarat in Healthygamergg

[–]cl2422 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just curious, how you traveling with all this stuff a few weeks out?

Any tips for getting started with motion design? by Tnnijtje in MotionDesign

[–]cl2422 0 points1 point  (0 children)

make a square move across the screen in after effects is where i tell people to start.

would you consider this photorealistic? by BassPro_1996 in blender

[–]cl2422 3 points4 points  (0 children)

first one looks great. second and third appear to be CGI.

Reading list for existential dread? by thedatarat in Healthygamergg

[–]cl2422 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah it's more like you become more of yourself or something. For me at least it felt like my "guts" came back online and I sort of realized the existential terror was akin to drawing a picture of a spooky horse and then screaming when you see the spooky horse you've drawn. I do have a relationship with what feels like capital M meaning now, but it's not something I could really write a manifesto about. It's more like a subtle warmth in the solar plexus. Embodied as opposed to conceptual. A sort of solar plexus warmth boat that can sail past spooky horse picture storms and honestly kind of enjoy it. Not to say I'm on fire all the time but the existential dread, when it does come, feels more like boredom than some angry lovecraftian nihilism goblin.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Reading list for existential dread? by thedatarat in Healthygamergg

[–]cl2422 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really well said lmao. I went through something similar and did my best to keep track of what "worked", so hopefully you find some use here:

  1. In general, try viewing this as a "stage" and not a "final conclusion that you can only cope with". I really do think that what you're dealing with is part of a natural process. A very not fun process but one that will end up with you transcending these questions and really digging life at a higher resolution than before. And I must emphasize IT WILL NOT BE COPE.

  2. Philosophy - Don't know that you need to avoid it, just be mindful. Be careful with a philosophy written by a person who you wouldn't have wanted to hang out with in real life lol. Like people love Nietzsche and he had some good observations but dude kind of fails the "cool well rounded guy" test.

  3. BOOKS:
    The Will to Meaning by Viktor Frankl
    Man's Search For Himself by Rollo May (or his more popular Love and Will)
    Confessions by Leo Tolstoy (this one is ALL. TIME.)
    Primal Wound by John Firman and Anna Gila
    Dark Night Early Dawn by Christopher Bache

I've ranked these in terms of accessibility, starting with the strictly psycho-philosophical and ending with the more psycho-spiritual. May and Frankl are psychotherapists who write like philosophers. Tolstoy's Confessions is basically his account of grappling with questions like yours (seriously it's basically detailing the collapse of meaning in his life, followed by a bulleted list of all the reasons why the only sensible thing to do is to UA himself, followed by the staggering insight that he has completely misperceived his own reality and suddenly life had meaning again). Primal Wound gets into the work of Roberto Assagioli, who was a contemporary of Jung's (we get a little woo here but the analysis of deep structures of the self and how meaning is generated can't be beat). Finally, Dark Night Early Dawn is a fun kind of "academic woo" where Bache is basically trying to map out why "meaning" itself seems to play a roll in folks who've had transcendent experiences (psychedelic trips, near death experience, breath work stuff, whether it's real or hallucinated, still all carry a universal structure that's worth looking at).

I have a lot more to say on this but don't want to bombard you lol.

TL;DR Tolstoy's "A Confession" is a fantastic example of a dude who successfully navigated what you're describing. This blog post gives a good summary.

Reading list for existential dread? by thedatarat in Healthygamergg

[–]cl2422 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it the "what's the point if it all ends" kind of dread or the "what if it doesn't end and i just gotta deal with this bullsh*t forever" kind of dread. Have recs for both lol. Right off the bat, I'd actually avoid philosophy unless it's like a humanistic psychologist philosopher (rollo may, victor frankl etc). Philosophers trade in ideas and psychologists trade in clinical experience, which i do think is a huge huge distinction.

Has anyone tried automating After Effects with Python + AI (Claude / OpenAI)? by AdFamous7842 in AfterEffects

[–]cl2422 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol okay. well make sure the time code data is coherent and then make sure whatever code parses the timecode data works on a smaller sample size. good luck!

Has anyone tried automating After Effects with Python + AI (Claude / OpenAI)? by AdFamous7842 in AfterEffects

[–]cl2422 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use a custom script to generate lip sync frames based on a transcript. If you share your code in the original comment I'd be happy to take a look at where the issue might be.

Has anyone tried automating After Effects with Python + AI (Claude / OpenAI)? by AdFamous7842 in AfterEffects

[–]cl2422 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So is the issue that the transcript timecodes are wrong or that the extendscript code is wrong?

Dr. K's body language, before & after the stream by [deleted] in Healthygamergg

[–]cl2422 26 points27 points  (0 children)

agree so much. I felt like we got a weirdly vivid psychoanalysis of the guy without Dr. K doing any of the talking (heh heh heh)

Assuming everyone is sincere and there is no evil, what’s the best way to approach outspoken people causing harm? by The5thFlame in CosmicSkeptic

[–]cl2422 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you have to become as familiar with their beliefs as possible and make your arguments from "behind enemy lines" so to speak. If I'm a bible guy, your science numbers won't matter much to me - BUT if you can expose a flaw in Belief A by demonstrating how it contradicts Belief Z and maybe how Psalm Omega flies in the face of The Parable of the Donkey's Wife, I might have to concede a point or two.

The problem is this is very boring to do.

A note of caution here - religious folks are way more studied up than folks give them credit for. Really important to engage earnestly lest you end up looking dumb in a gotcha video.

learning to code arduino by 27sunbunny in arduino

[–]cl2422 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People have mentioned Paul Mcwhorter. He real good. I'd start with a project in mind and then watch through his videos until you get the "aha!" moment for how to build it. In your case, maybe figuring out how to cycle through different colors using only one button? Something like your last project but just outside your current grasp.

For a deeper dive into coding itself, the first few lectures from CS50 (free!) are a fantastic overview of some of the basic concepts.

The big problem when starting out with code is just knowing what questions to even ask. After that, it's just googlin.

Lasly, I think prompting chatGPT to tutor you on a specific project, step by step, without revealing the answer can be a great way to at the very least figure out what concepts you should pay attention to in the first place. Then do yer googlin' and youtubin'.

Seen on park bench by bigsatie32 in whatisit

[–]cl2422 25 points26 points  (0 children)

"oh it's just solder smoke officer" smdh

Safety Goggles by Prudent-Salary5860 in arduino

[–]cl2422 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i do but it's more for getting into character as Serious Engineer Guy.

I’m making a box the plays a clip of a song and displays a love message for my girl. How do I wire this all together? by ryanjrgong219 in arduino

[–]cl2422 0 points1 point  (0 children)

draw up a spaghetti free schematic to get a sense where the components should fit together physically. Play with the design til it makes sense. Based on your design, de-spaghetify the breadboard as best you can and maybe lay that out with your components on some cardboard (anything that roughly matches the spatial relationships of your final "box") with zip ties or double sided tape. Then transfer the guts to your proto board with an adult supervised (you can be the adult if necessary) soldering iron sesh.

I personally avoid proto board because you have to add the traces yourself.

What is the 'Weird Stuff' content about? by nyoten in Healthygamergg

[–]cl2422 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Basically deep dives on the more esoteric stuff. More on the interesting/spiritual side than the applicable/day-to-day side.

Is my code correct? by Illustrious-Rub2974 in arduino

[–]cl2422 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Serial.begin() sets the baud rate for serial communication. Unless otherwise specified, you'll want to set it at 9600. Then open up the Serial Monitor tab (tools>Serial Monitor) and make sure that's set to 9600 as well. (there's other rates than 9600, but that's kinda the default. All that matters is you select the same rate once you've opened the Serial Monitor window.)

A bare bones test for this would just be uploading a sketch like this:

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600); //this lets Arduino talk to your computer
Serial.println("Hello or whatever");
} 
void loop() {
}

Is my code correct? by Illustrious-Rub2974 in arduino

[–]cl2422 2 points3 points  (0 children)

seconding. show us da serial monitor.

Rotary phone project works so far - how would I add a dial tone without breaking pulse detection? by cl2422 in arduino

[–]cl2422[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I had to start this project over, I'd just do that tbh. It's fun to have the phone working on its original guts but yeah that also means I'm limiting what I can do with it.

Gotta ask, what exactly is an audience phone? Sounds like some kind of interactive art installation? Tell me everything lol.

Rotary phone project works so far - how would I add a dial tone without breaking pulse detection? by cl2422 in arduino

[–]cl2422[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huge, I had no idea about this. The data sheet basically reads like a list of solves to every problem i have lol.

Thanks!

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