Bougie_Birdie

Bougie_Birdie , 4 days ago

I just shared this with my wife because she's an artist and hates AI as much as I do.

Apparently she made an account last night.

Bougie_Birdie , 9 days ago

"Red tape" is a pretty common idiom here. It's similar to bureaucracy, but it's more like the useless stuff you have to deal with in order to do something.

Say you want to update your driver's license and you need to bring in some ID and fill out a form. That's regular bureaucracy.

If you want to feed the homeless so you have to get a permit for an event, prove your volunteers have food-handling training, fill out forms for your volunteers, notify the police that there will be a public gathering, schedule an inspection of the facility, etc, that's red tape.

Another way to look at it might be that Bureaucracy describes the system in which offices communicate with each other, and Red Tape are the tasks/forms/whatever you have to complete in order to get what you want approved.

Bougie_Birdie , 18 days ago

And leave that trash in space? Litterbug!

Bougie_Birdie , 21 days ago

Perfect 5/7 with rice

Bougie_Birdie , 25 days ago

That's a nice set of hooters

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Bougie_Birdie , 25 days ago

The plot thickens

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/19c41af2-63ca-4891-9510-799682081849.png

Bougie_Birdie , 1 month ago

I highly recommend Godot for a new developer. I made the switch from Unity and it's just been a pleasure to work with. I'm actually unlearned a bunch of patterns I had to use with Unity because Godot makes things even easier to access .

I don't know if it's got any kind of support for retro systems though

Bougie_Birdie , 1 month ago

Ah, well you can definitely build for Android with it then. I haven't personally, but so far every other platform I've built for has just been a few clicks and away you go

Bougie_Birdie , 1 month ago

Ooh, I didn't know you could edit videos in Blender. I've been looking to learn how to do editing and Blender's already a little familiar.
Thanks!

Bougie_Birdie , 3 months ago

And here I've been keeping mine in my pockets like a sucker

Bougie_Birdie , 3 months ago

Definitely one of my top ten outhouse horror moments

Bougie_Birdie , 4 months ago

Minty Fresh is bae

Bougie_Birdie , 4 months ago

After watching Harley Quinn, this is what I imagine Sy Borgman looked like in his prime

Bougie_Birdie , 4 months ago

I've never met anybody who enjoyed doing a fire drill, so.. probably.

Then again I'm up in Canada and for whatever reason they like doing annual drills in January 🥶

Bougie_Birdie , 4 months ago

I figure it's about how deeply you enjoy something that makes it a hobby. If you buy a mechanical keyboard because you need a new keyboard, it's not really a hobby to you. But if you want to build your own keyboard, or like hotswapping, or making artisan keycaps? That's a hobby.

Same goes for coffee. If you drink coffee because it's your daily routine and preferred beverage, not really a hobby. But if you're roasting your own beans and have a dozen ways to prepare it, then that's getting into hobby territory.

Bougie_Birdie , 4 months ago

Unfortunately, I think it's one of those things that you have to answer yourself, y'know?

Hobbies mean different things to different people, but usually it has to do with making stuff, doing stuff, or learning stuff. But in almost all cases, your hobby comes from trying new things.

I'd say wander around your library, Wikipedia, or a hobby store or something and see if something sparks interest. Try it out, and if you enjoy yourself then it sounds like you could have a new hobby. And if it doesn't spark joy, then at least you gave it a shot.

A lot of people also don't have hobbies, and if that makes them happy then power to them. You don't have to have an obsession to find meaning in life.

You say you like gaming, and are tech savvy enough to set up your own Plex server. Have you ever considered making your own games? You can get started for free and game development spans across so many disciplines that you might find something along the way that you really enjoy.

Side note: if you find you don't really enjoy anything, then that could be a marker for depression. I know when I'm depressed I have a very hard time engaging with my hobbies. But sooner or later, I'm able to come back to them and enjoy myself again.

Bougie_Birdie , 4 months ago

Your mileage may vary depending on your learning style, but I got started with Godot from their official guide on creating your first 2D game. Their manual is also the gold standard for what you can do with the engine. It's a lot to digest, so if you look at the docs and find them a little bewildering that's normal. I mostly use the manual as a reference once I already have an idea what it is that I want to do.

If you like video tutorials, I like these guys. Their courses regularly go on sale, and they can help you hit the ground running. You can probably find a bunch of videos on Youtube too, but again, your mileage may vary. I would note that when learning from video tutorials, you're usually taught how to do things, but they often miss out on the why behind them.

If you're a reader, you can find tons of books on game design here. They have a few books on Godot as well, although one thing to watch for is what version of engine they use. Most of the books I found cited 3.0 when we're now on 4.2.

One of the perks of being an open source engine is that there's tons of demos and the like online. Here's a collection of demos which you can download the source code and check out yourself. You can even play them in the browser to see if there's one you like and want to build upon yourself.

Bougie_Birdie , 5 months ago

If you let the radius be Z, then you can find the area of a pizza with a simple formula:

Pi * Z * Z = A