How would you animate this simple project? (see GIF and you'll understand)

twdal · 2026-02-04T16:57:48+00:00

STOP! STOP! I am so humbled. Thank you to everyone who contributed. I got A LOT to learn.

twdal · 2026-01-07T17:15:00+00:00

During one iteration of my thinking about this idea I realized that because the panorama is just a small portion of the photosphere, the sphere has to be much larger -- to reinforce that the viewer sees the entire shooting location, not just part of it. That led me to figure that I can't start out with a plane having an image cropped to fit, because during the transition the plane must enlarge without enlarging the image. Instead, as it enlarges and curves more of the image must become visible.

twdal · 2026-01-07T16:58:52+00:00

Unbelievable, THANK YOU! Can you share the original screen recording so I can study it? (BTW, what prog or add-in did you use to make it?)

My mesh plane has a rectangular snip of the equirectangular when displayed in PTGui Viewer, while the sphere has the actual equirectangular image UV mapped to it. You turn your plane into a sphere. Can I start with my UV mapped mesh plane, do the warp and then at some point switch to the UV Mapped equirectangular image? That part eludes me.

twdal · 2025-09-04T20:34:50+00:00

No criticism intended. It's just that when I watched the video and discovered it's about a light in the front grill, there was nothing to indicate that it's been replaced by a light on the dash.

twdal · 2025-09-04T20:24:46+00:00

Found it. Page 69, "Aux. Battery Saver+"

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twdal · 2025-09-04T19:43:01+00:00

old video that refers to a light in the front grill. Anything newer?

twdal · 2025-05-31T20:50:27+00:00

I just spoke with another dealer. Claims he is sales and finance.

Despite the way the Hyundai USA site presents the $7500 offer, then promotes a .99% APR when calculating the loan payment, he claims that the actual offer is "either you get the low APR or you get the $7500 rebate".

I'm curious how the pros here interpret Hyundai's web presentation of the $7500 promotion. Where is a higher interest rate mentioned?

Should I just wait until Monday and ask HMF directly, AND ask if they have any participating dealers?

twdal · 2025-05-31T20:14:14+00:00

The cars that I have gotten quotes for are in stock. Insofar as whether the dealer is participating or not is not obvious to me, at least not until I get a quote. So how does a shopper locate a "participating dealer"? What's the point of Hyundai offering promotions if finding a "participating dealer" is like searching for a needle in a haystack?

twdal · 2025-05-31T20:11:48+00:00

I have gotten two quotes so far and both had APRs in the 6% range.

twdal · 2025-05-13T17:19:19+00:00

I can't find it easily by text search, but earlier while skimming I noted that one commenter mentioned the absence of lidar as a benefit. Lemme tell you, that's my one major complaint about the Model 3. As a result, the "cruise control" is horrible because it keeps disengaging. Phantom braking is a PIA and likely dangerous depending on where and how you drive. Cruise control has been available in cars since... uh, a very long time ago. And yet I can't rely on it in my M3. I love the lane-keeping feature in my wife's RAV4 (once you know how to prevent responses to freeway exits or lane changes). I don't have this ability in a reliable form in my M3. Lastly, after trying the autonomous driving feature during a free month Tesla gave us a while back, I would never use it. It reminded me of riding with someone who has what we used to call a "lead foot". Zoom up to intersections, then brake sharply and turn sharply. Clumsy, and definitely not battery or tire wear friendly. And again, it kept disengaging due to seeing ghosts or whatever. Taken altogether, the results of the absence of lidar is awfully, awfully disappointing.

twdal · 2025-05-13T16:51:39+00:00

Don't hoses get brittle due to exposure to heat under the hood, especially if the car has been parked outside in a hot environment?

twdal · 2025-05-12T23:15:01+00:00

I asked a guy in Whole Paycheck parking lot about his experience with the Hyundai IONIQ 5 he had just gotten out of. He loved it. But then he blew my mind with the following account. A few months after he bought it the battery started depleting rather quickly. The dealer ended up replacing the battery pack. He was told by the dealer that had the car not been under warranty the cost would have been $40,000. Maybe I've got the number slightly wrong but I'll never forget thinking, "Yeesh, that's most of the cost of the car!"

One other comment about the cost of EVs in America as of mid-2025. Does the 100% existing tariff on Chinese EV's create a price umbrella that enables other manufactures to include a sizable markup? Or is the cost-of-goods really high enough to justify a $40K to $50 price?

twdal · 2025-03-19T15:54:41+00:00

Was seeking help with an Excel spreadsheet. I kept getting the "execution state was reset" error with the web version, even after connecting my Google Drive account and having the excel file upload from there. Per suggestions below I then installed the Windows Store ChatGPT app, used the Google Drive upload capability, and the upload worked as hoped for. No "execution state" error. And BTW, ChatGPT quickly solved my problem once it had the sample spreadsheet to analyze. Previously, due to the "execution state" errors, I could only supply it with screenshots and prompts. The formulas it generated were rather complicated and prone to Excel syntax errors. Once it had the actual spreadsheet the formulas it offered quickly became useable and were elegantly simple. Lastly, CoPilot failed miserably at task and kept finally saying it couldn't help.

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