[What Justification Is There For No Mod Permissions?]

because they consider their own interests more important than yours

[Let's write a Letter to Linden Lab]

Dear Linden Lab,

We the residents of Second Life like bacon. Vegetarian options not allowed except waffles and tacos. Please, a pony would really neigh flamboyantly. Indeed, I bathe frequently in

[Low Throughput]

20 hours ago, Unca Avro said:

I hav a satellite connection in the mountains and it is highly unreliable. My average is 5fps...would someone care to suggest what the optimal resolution settings would be for such a predicament? Thankyou.

Networking:

Network doesn't typically affect FPS to such a degree, but dropped packets can cause some lag which seems likely with a satellite connection.

I'd set your max bandwith very low in network settings. Like 250 or so.

Graphics:

On graphics settings side. Firstly just try moving the graphics slider towards Low.

Investing in a computer with a better GPU will get better performance at higher presets.

Advanced:

You can make the viewer render at half resolution

1. Preferences -> Advanced -> Show Advanced Menu
2. Up the top, Advanced -> Show Debug Settings
3. Search 'RenderResolutionDivisor' and increase it from 1 to 2.

This will half the rendered resolution. If your screen zooms into a corner, you need to turn off anti-aliasing in graphics settings.

 

[Should we limit Second Life to one IP address per household and prohibit the use of VPNs and alternate accounts?]

"We should ban roads because bad people commit crimes on them"

- Abraham Lincoln probably, idk

[AI-generated interior design]

I wouldn't use em for anything a player would explore personally, it doesn't pass as very enticing to me,

I could see it being useful tool for creating interiors for non-explorable rooms, like how in games you  got lots of non-explorable background buildings, it could be used to make some fake interiors.

That Rodin looks interesting though

[2K textures upload pricing poll]

The plan as I understand it is to make better use of the discard levels feature of Second Life textures. IE, only people with suitable hardware and cammed to a suitable distance would ever download the full 2K texture.

I'd also heard they were considering letting the user cap the maximum downloaded resolution in a new setting.

I think that pricing an item based on how 'laggy' it is is a fools game, as all it means is that the mainstream creators, the ones you really want to optimize their content because it's everywhere, are the only ones that can afford to lag the game and becomes something of a status symbol that unfairly disadvantages new creators, creating even more elitism.

With all that in mind, I think 40L$ makes sense, the texture uses approx 4x as much storage having 4x as many pixels as a 1k texture.

 

BTW, I'm not saying that we should do nothing to reduce lag in Second Life, what I am saying is trying to achieve that with price incentives just ain't gonna work.

[Diversity and Inclusion in Second Life]

The racism problem we had in the past was that people were actually racist.

The racism problem we have in the present is that keeping racism alive is a multi billion dollar industry.

The sooner people learn to stop caring, the sooner all this nonsense stops.

Also, we have this issue in the West right now that people are basing their whole personality around social justice issues, wars and politics, it radicalises people who would otherwise lead normal lives and have more healthy, productive hobbies.

[Building objects: A problem.]

i blame alpha blending

[Attention! Use of Red Cross mark]

During Easter this year in the UK, the retailer Iceland decided to remove the cross from their hot cross buns. It all seems so insignificant, but if one looks to the origins of the hot cross bun one might be tempted to think that perhaps there is more  meaning behind the decision to erase than a simple stylistic choice

 

 

[Attention! Use of Red Cross mark]

One might ask themselves how the symbol  ﬩ came to be. I won't give my opinions on the matter. Here is not the place.

All I'm saying is that sometimes the reason people care to point out silly inconsequential rules so much is not an obsession with rules but because of a deeper meaning that would go unnoticed by many.

The origins of the Red Cross are interesting. Although I wouldn't consider it a religious organisation, Its founder was a devout Christian.

[Attention! Use of Red Cross mark]

I've noticed there's this class of people that behave somewhat like dementors who survive by sucking the spirit and soul out of those around them.

Have you ever noticed how for example the music industry is the most litiguous? I'm convinced it's because music is something that allows people to share positive vibrations and have their spirits lifted. There are so many people who become lawyers who specialise specifically in music purely because they get to suck the spirit out of humanity and it is something they take genuine joy in. They don't actually need the money, and there are industries that need protection way more than music - But that's of no relevance to a dementor.

Why go after the red cross? well it's a symbol that to many represents healing and love. In certain countries in mathematics, the plus sign has its top removed, because certain people take genuine offence to the + symbol and refuse to draw it.

[How Many Neighbors Do You Like to Have?]

Depends on the quality of the neighbors!

[Stable Projectorz - A New Locally Running AI Tool For Texturing Mesh]

Hey that's pretty cool. I could have a lotta fun with that. Don't pay mind to the haters. Art was always about pushing the envelope on what is possible by creating something new from new tools and allowing new forms of expression and empowering people to express their ideas and have fun creating. As long as you're having fun and creating, you're making art. Don't let others tell you otherwise

[Official Statement from Oberwolf Linden]

inb4 they go full meta and delete our legs

[Official Statement from Oberwolf Linden]

29 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said:

LL might not .. but watch everyone take a ban on child avatars to 100% include short female avatars.

Do you think you can survive a torrent of abuse reports everywhere you go because everyone is afraid they might get banned for being seen near you?

Yeah, another paranoia pandemic isn't going to do SL much good. SL already has a bit of a reputation for being old and cranky, adding paranoid to that list isn't going to help us.

I already lost a lot of my friends to VRChat, it will suck to see more go if SL becomes a more paranoid place.

[Official Statement from Oberwolf Linden]

1 minute ago, Rowan Amore said:

So let me get this straight.  In order to be considered feminine, you must be short, petite and look young?  🤔

No you have to be taller than men, bulkier than men and have worse skin than men.

Peak feminity right there!

[Official Statement from Oberwolf Linden]

The article they are responding to, which I've read makes very specific allegations about some members of staff at LL who may or may not be breaking the existing TOS.

But the response piece seems to be talking about SL in general and introducing new TOS rules for residents, and does not appear to change policy or affect LL staff in any way.

Color me cynical, but it would seem to me in this sense that regular residents are being scapegoated for the sake of LL's PR, and I'm concerned that the changes that are going to be made to TOS will impact peoples freedoms on SecondLife negatively.

[Why do so many new players not get the inventory system?]

22 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:

an attempt at making an analogy between knowing said older languages and a directory structure such as one finds in the Second Life Inventory or in PCs - it was not relevant nor accurate whatsoever.

 

22 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:

To the casual, modern user ... yes, very few see or utilize such systems these days

Right. so you are aware they don't use them, like at all. You just are hesitant to admit it.

[AI NPCs]

FWIW I don't see AI NPC's as a replacement for a real partner. I have a real partner and I love her very much. Usually I use the word 'waifu' in the same vein I describe cute anime characters on the TV. I don't actually think they're my wife lol

NPC's are great for entertainment, both by yourself and shared with friends, but I don't think they can or really should replace real human relationships. They are great icebreakers though. guests like playing with them together, which serves as a kind of bonding activity I find.

[Why do so many new players not get the inventory system?]

Old people do have trouble changing their minds 🤭

[Why do so many new players not get the inventory system?]

2 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:

Knowing how to use and navigate a directory structure is not whatsoever comparable.

Nice try.

It's completely comparable. All you're telling me is that you have no idea how the next generation are actually using technology, or the knowledge they actually need to achieve the equivalent of what we have today.

[Why do so many new players not get the inventory system?]

Just now, Solar Legion said:

That should be obvious enough but I'll spell it out: The analogy/parallel holds no water here.

No, I think you're just lacking critical thought. But I'll spell it out for you:

The technology of 20+ years ago is not as relevant today as it was then, and the people of today want to use the technology of today, not the technology of yesterday.

[Why do so many new players not get the inventory system?]

3 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:

No one has mentioned programming languages. No one - except you.

No one has mentioned AM Radio. No one - except you.

Yes, I have original thoughts and draw parallels from the world of programming. Your point is..?

[Why do so many new players not get the inventory system?]

The problem is you guys can't see 10cm past your own little spheres.

Yes. The people of the future are used to the technology of the future.

Grandpa might consider me not very tech literate because I don't know how to repair his AM radio. But I'm also a software engineer. Do I know how to program in COBOL? No. I program in a modern language, that has most of the problems of ye olde abstracted away.

Would it benefit me to learn to use COBOL? No. Would it benefit me to learn to fix AM Radio? No. It's a technology on its way out.

We need to stop judging peoples intelligence purely on their ability to do tasks of the past. Guess what, SL is from the past. And the world since moved on and made better systems for dressing up ones virtual character.

We don't need to force the past on the present, in the name of 'gatekeeping intelligence' - And in fact we are rather 'stupid' to think that's what we are actually doing!

[What year is considered oldbie?]

Anyone who rages on the forum at any and *all* feature suggestions indiscriminately, even when it doesn't make sense to do so

*ducks*