Quote from: Aether on November 04, 2023, 02:34:20 PM

Quote from: maverick on November 03, 2023, 07:38:43 PM

We’ve got so many people here that we are kind of melting the servers

Funny since that genuinely happened to Sep7 on its old webhost and they kicked Cheat off the service because it was apparently so bad that all sites hosted by them went down and I guess they thought Sep7 was too much of a liability.

Although, it was surely a DDoS attack that caused it.

Keep in mind we had absolutely bonkers traffic and activity here at the height of the site. It could have just been legit traffic melting their servers.
TBH I don't really know. I just know they told me to get lost.

That's pretty bitchin' to have on your record of stuff honestly. Random Chad makes miniscule backup site, gets booted off servers for flexing on bandwidth too hard.

Quote from: E on October 09, 2023, 02:24:54 AM

Looks cozy in a beat down kind of way. That your home or some kind of hobby project?

I have an idea for you if you want. The building I'm staying in is 100 years old. Same sawdust insulation in it when it was originally built. This building is both stupid hot in the summer and cold in the winter. I've no money, but I think I found a way to make wall insulation out of scavenged plastic.

The theory is, take two sheets of plastic and seal them together to make an air pocket. Could leave it at that, but my idea is this. Stick an air valve in the plastic and suck out 80-90% of the air between the sheets. Vacuum or near vacuum makes a great insulator because there's nothing to conduct heat.

I've been building batteries out of screws and nails of two types and using water as an electrolyte to power smaller things in the house. Dunno about you, but I don't count on power grids very much lately. If you want, once I've tinkered with the prototypes a bit and find out their duration limits, I could give you specs on them. Good chance you could power some shit in that shed with it.

No, it's just our smoke and drink spot, there's also a house on the property that was built in 1920.

I recommend you look into aerogel insulation solutions, you can actually just paint it on and then reuse your existing insulation as a fill. My plan for this little building is to put up a cementboard ceiling, then paint my walls with Rova Shield, then insulate with cermic fiber. If you have a metal roof you can also paint it with a solar reflective aerogel. Unfortunately mine is tar shingles.

Would imply that I have money to buy that stuff. I don't. I have just enough to pay the mortgage every month, and buy 20 days of food for the month. My roof is reflective yes, if ugly as sin. I used scavenged industrial strength farming plastic layered twice over each other and made roof panels with the white side up.

All things considered, it's a nice hangout spot you've got. Like a firepit without getting eaten alive by bugs in the summer.

I also found a way to produce methanol by myself. Doing research on what fuel injectors I need to change on one of my vehicles so that I can adapt it to run on that instead of gas.

Best part is, there's a wood mill in the area that has huge piles of sawdust and scrap wood just sitting around that anybody can take. That means all I gotta do is pick it up, light a torch to the right temperature in a canister with a coiled tube, and I can make myself gasoline to run on while I learn more complicated retrofit processes for either pure electric vehicles or steam powered shit. If I really put my carcass in gear it's probably something I could figure out in the span of a month and get up and running.

Which is good because fuck gas prices.

I don't have any pictures yet because I've still got to pull it out of the grass and ground, but I found a hovercraft out here that fits in the back of an 8foot truck box.

Frame is gone but I'll repair it.

I remember listening to some discussion a while back about a guy who won an art contest using AI generated work, which outraged a lot of people(artists likely). But he neither hid that it was created by AI and he spent something like roughly 80 hours filtering through generated content and stitching elements together to create a comprehensive piece. So in his own way, he put the work and time in. But that's superficial as fuck. Art isn't about time put into a piece.

Here's what I think the outcome is. You know how vintage shit sells for high prices? And model replicas of vintage shit can also sell for high prices, but rarely the same as the real deal? That's what AI art will be.

There'll be a market for the original "organic" hand/person produced shit, and there'll be a market for the high quality replica stuff. But again, this is all superficial shit, and I'd suggest to any artist complaining about AI work denting their profits that they stop and take a look at whether or not they're actually an artist, or just a very good craftsman selling their trade.

There's a difference because art's not about the money, and it doesn't matter who else makes what, or what makes what, because an actual artist plays the game for themselves. When I make art, I make it because I want to, or I want to see if I can. I test myself, I express whatever's left of me as a person either as emotional representations, concepts and ideas, or just going with the flow. You could fill the markets with AI art and it wouldn't bother me because I'd still be tinkering on my own time, making shit not with the intent to sell it, and even sometimes with nobody in mind to show it to.

The only real threat AI art poses is to the tradesman who calls themselves an artist.

Between all the shit goings on I've been putting work in. The first picture was experiment involving metallic reflections, and the second was the theory I took from the first picture. Overlay photographs over 3d models for a surreal but not too uncanny valley effect.

While not what I'd consider clean or finished, it's proof enough for me that I'm on to something interesting.

Once in a while I go on a binge and surf MM and customs for a bit, and man, I just can't do Reach no matter how hard I try. Like, it seems like the game's mechanics and weapon sandbox are a perfectly bad combo of sweatlord and self punishment.

I can play Halo CE cause its old physics and wack maps are fun, and perfect 3 shots with the pistol is easy to understand even though the reticule doesn't represent what the bloom does when you hold the trigger rather than quickly tap it. Halo 2's a nostalgia glitchfest and easy going, Halo 3's mechanics have been altered from OG Halo 3 and are a bit frustrating alongside the workable, yet unbalanced sandbox.

And then there's Reach. If you're using any covenant weapon and competing against its counterpart, its automatic loss unless the other player is a potato. You want to pace your shots so bloom doesn't fuck you? Get dicked up the ass by a guy spamming across the map. Tired of the bullshit bloom and go for title update physics? Welcome to DMR fuckfest. You want to play some good old brain cell killing infection? Have fun with pro sword clashers and dead bodies infecting you.

I really want to add Reach to the roster of game modes when I get into a mood for pubstomping or brain cell death in customs, but every time I try it just leaves a sour taste in me because of its bullshit mechanics and the fact that it spawned all the bad trends that still currently plague newer titles.

Quote from: Zonda on November 12, 2022, 08:09:14 AM

Also boom when are we engaging in 390 ping shenanigans I wanna drop a 15 bomb on some kids with AFK teammates while you carry the team to a 50-30 victory again

I'm washed up now. I've booted up mcc once in the past year.

Hey, I've been out of sweatlord territory in Halo for years now. A couple weeks of relatively consistant playtime and you'll have some of your edge back.

It's not like you're a boxer out of their prime or a used condom or anything. You'd be surprised how fast your reflexes come back.

Last few months have been varying degrees of hellish. But made it through. The only thing of note lately was a change in mindset. I was pondering anti-natalists and buddhist sects. I derived a toned down set of truths for myself. I find things are much easier going now.

Lost my jobs due to failing health, dole won't consider me since I have a couple hundred bucks in my bank account and no real official doctor paperwork that says "am crippled wreck", no proper place to stay before the winter comes. That's some spicy good meatballs.

Who knows why I'm drawn to skeletal figures. A test of my blending tricks and getting a thing outta my head that's been rattling around for a year.

Made some progress on my melting organs. Might have lyme disease. Working on trying to get docs to test me for it.

Dunno how I feel on that. If it is, I'm likely in the later stages, which can't be reversed. If it's not, I come up empty and docs figure despite barely managing to work for two hours before collapsing that it's just in my head and I don't qualify for some assistance. Tough call because I know I can't manage my job and helping family out anymore. I can only do one, barely. Boxes me into a choice I'm not much up for making that I lose at no matter what I pick.

Even if the fatigue and organ damage can't be reversed, I can keep fighting it. But some fucking support from the docs would go a long way. Just once.

Finishing up some stuff before am homeless bum in a couple months.

You got any exit plans for where you can move?

If you want I can put some threads out and see if I can find somebody in your area you could bunk with. Low chance but worth a shot if you're wanting to get out of there quick.

So, this here is... the absolute farthest I've ever gone in my artwork in terms of how deep I sank into autopilot. Deep enough that the result is a mystery to me as I had no subject on the mind while making this. I just listened to the music and this showed up. You'd think I'd have to be tripping on something to have made this.