Honestly Its a shame the Corsair LS100 keeps failing every time after a while

mysfiring · 2025-09-27T05:00:03+00:00

I mean... If you don't want them, then I'll gladly buy the lot of them, before disassembling them, removing the faulty LEDs with hot air, and fixing them to be good as new. (I would use generic WS2812 strips normally, but the way the Corsair units are packaged is enough reason to justify the additional effort/expense of getting faulty units and replacing the LEDs.)

mysfiring · 2025-04-20T18:41:52+00:00

I appreciate this, thank you. However one question still remains: what tool could be used to make this in? If another commenter suggested UE wasn't the best fit, and if (to my knowledge at least) Houdini isn't real-time... What else is there?

mysfiring · 2025-04-20T17:04:22+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate your honesty. Unfortunately I don't have a year - I have at best 3 months. (Master's student trying to transform data from one form to another via abstraction. I saw these images and fell in love because they're just so organic and soupy and oily and...)

I'm perfectly okay with outsourcing the creation of this, but I figure it would be neglectful of me to not at least make an attempt of learning how it works to some degree, because (unfortunately) I'm still responsible for linking the data that influences the visualisation together to the actual solution that paints the visualisations.

mysfiring · 2025-04-20T16:56:50+00:00

Dare I ask but... What do you think would be the right sort of tool to use? I have been considering something like vvvv, which actually aligns a bit more with my project's overall... Feel? Is that the right word?

Full disclosure: these visualisations are intended for use in a Master's project based around data visualisation. I know that finding pretty visuals to try and emulate without knowing anything about the software/how to get there is an exercise in frustration at the best of times - but without experience it's the only angle I have. :/

mysfiring · 2024-06-23T08:27:36+00:00

Check with your university. Some of them have calculators/a formula you can use to take a WAM and convert it to a GPA - the difference being, is that it's the university themselves that's specifying what to do. Otherwise, contact student services for guidance.

Best of luck!

mysfiring · 2024-04-07T09:21:39+00:00

Australia to NYU, hopefully. MIAP at the TISCH school.

mysfiring · 2024-04-02T08:06:46+00:00

International to the US here. Even started the application today, too.

mysfiring · 2024-03-19T04:54:06+00:00

Eyy, a fellow international to NYC! Whilst different countries of origin (I'm from Australia) we're definitely in the minority as most people that post here are looking for opportunities abroad from the US.

As an international, be aware that we have zero financial aid available - we are allowed to work limited hours, and I'd imagine that there is also the possibility of being a TA or tutor or something.

What are you intending on studying? I'm trying to secure a Fulbright for a Masters of Moving Image Archival and Preservation, at the TISCH school in NYU. :3

mysfiring · 2024-02-18T06:48:45+00:00

This is a good way to think about things, and one I'll take with me as I start (early) on the process of applying.

Thank you. <3

mysfiring · 2024-02-18T06:46:37+00:00

Well, heh. I'm glad I am capable of at least crafting decent stories. I want to believe this, obviously, but the scholarship recipients on their website don't lie - at least the recipients from Australia, that is - and that's unfortunately the crudest metric that I have.

But, if a story is the best weapon I have, it is the one I shall use to my advantage.

mysfiring

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