Dhyaanee
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Monday, monday
Can't trust that day
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6 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said:
Wi-fi routers can detect motion
Do you think wi-fi is dangerous? So many mixed reports I can't decide.
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I plan to binge Handmaid's Tale from the very beginning.
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15 minutes ago, Jaylinbridges said:
Well I warned you all that he was a troll and should be ignored.
But the moderator hid my post.
Perhaps Drakeo IS a real Linden, posting under an alt. Of course I am only joking, OR AM I ?
I believe calling someone a troll is prohibited, as there is a rule against name-calling. For example, you can't call someone an idiot and generally get away with it on a forum that prohibits name-calling.
One must be sneaky. You could say, instead of calling him a troll:
"I do believe there is an entity in our midst who is not engaging in all seriousness with other participants presenting their current opinions. In fact, considering numerous posts by this entity within our midst, I suspect he may be trying to disrupt the positive energy flow normally present on our fine platform".
And I am in a fine and silly mood today
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29 minutes ago, Moondira said:
Ear-ringing sucks.
Tell me about it.
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58 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said:
If you were subconsciously able to pick up on subtle fluctuations in the local electromagnetic field, it would be drowned out by the deafening noise coming from your computer, your phone, the microwave down the street, street lamps, satellites in orbit, the dog shuffling about on carpet, the sun.
It's like trying to hear someone else heartbeat in the middle of a rock concert during a thunderstorm.
The heaven channel filters all that out 😍
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10 minutes ago, ChinRey said:35 minutes ago, Dhyaanee said:
Since getting a more complex shape requires quite a bit of geometry (as far as I know), what would be the first step in Edit mode to reduce that geometry?
It depends but a typical process can be:
- If the model is made from tris or from complex polys, convert to quads (Ctrl+T to triangulate and then Alt+J to ... ummm quadrify?) This makes everything so much easier.
- Eliminate any suprefluous edge loops/lines first since they can be hard to identify and select later in the process.
- Delete any hidden tris.
- Do a limited dissolve (Shortcut X) and set the Max angle as high as possible without distroting the model.
- Limited dissolve creates a lot of complex polys, so you have to convert to quads again afterwards.
- Repeat step 4 and 5 until the triangle count no longer drops or the model becomes distorted (when it does, remember to undo last round with Ctrl+Z).
- Check the model and see if there is anything else that can be safely removed. Look especially for "zero angle" vertices that can be removed without altering the model at all. For some reason limited dissolve isn't good at handling those.
Do this for each LoD model, including the high one.
Here's one very useful trick I've never seen anybody mention: If you're unsure whether you've simplified too much, take before and after screenshots in object mode and compare them side by side. It's much easier to judge the differences that way than when you undo and redo to switch between the two in Blender.
Thanks.
Somebody should sticky this!
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14 minutes ago, ChinRey said:
Yes but it's not really that effective. The rule for Maya and Blender users who want to make mesh for Second Life is that you need to spend at least 90 percent of the time in edit mode, not object mode, because that's where you find most of the really useful tools.
Since getting a more complex shape requires quite a bit of geometry (as far as I know), what would be the first step in Edit mode to reduce that geometry?
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7 hours ago, KoUsagiHime said:
i have seen several people make one prim meshes, how?
First, did you use the decimate modifier so that you model is less complex? You might try searching on YouTube for some tutorials on this modifier.
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On 4/22/2021 at 9:34 PM, Paul Hexem said:
Hate crimes are a reality of life, and are perpetrated against all kinds of people for all kinds of reasons. It's not a good thing, but it doesn't make what I said incorrect.
Besides all that, other people have already said it- SL is not the same as real life. As much as I badmouth LL, SL is definitely a better place than RL for lots of things, particularly being inclusive and understanding. So I'm just going to repeat what others have said- we don't need special groups and safe places in SL, because SL overall is already welcoming.
It sounds to me like he wants some support for RL within SL, like people who join groups in SL dealing with disability, feminist issues relating to female empowerment, or all the other groups we have dealing with RL issues. So whether SL is welcoming to transgender residents or not is irrelevant.
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2 hours ago, KasiaAleksa said:
Any recommendations?
You could ask around in some of these groups inworld and find out who's effective:
https://search.secondlife.com/web/search/?q=free+tarot&s=secondlife_com&m=N&lang=en-US
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very sad to hear she's gone
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2 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:4 minutes ago, Dhyaanee said:
Hate crimes are a reality and frequently perpetrated against men and women who are transgender. We've had numerous murders in my city and the surrounding area. I'm not sure what Adrian means about losing the legitimacy of his family as I'm not up to speed on marriage laws for transgender citizens in each state, but maybe @Adrian Rowleycan enlighten us.
Which is all true. However, I don't see this type of hate in SL. There will always be a few but as a whole, I'd say SL is pretty accepting of everyone.
SL does seem to be accepting, but then I don't truly know because I'm not transgender in RL or presented as such in SL. I can't say I've even talked to many who are transgender in RL and SL. I would be interested in hearing from those who are transgender in RL and do choose to reveal their status in SL and what they have experienced. I can guess that the particular macho type of guy looking for only a date would not be accepting, but what about others?
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1 hour ago, Paul Hexem said:On 4/19/2021 at 6:19 PM, Adrian Rowley said:
Every time there is a republican president I am afraid I am going to lose the legitimacy of my family...so yeah...you feel lost.
That sounds like a you problem. Stop believing the nonsense that the radicals tell you. "The other side" isn't made up of supervillains out to destroy your life.
Hate crimes are a reality and frequently perpetrated against men and women who are transgender. We've had numerous murders in my city and the surrounding area. I'm not sure what Adrian means about losing the legitimacy of his family as I'm not up to speed on marriage laws for transgender citizens in each state, but maybe @Adrian Rowleycan enlighten us.
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16 hours ago, Seicher Rae said:
However, your question IS off topic.
16 hours ago, Seicher Rae said:This thread, which is important, imho, is VERY inclusive. It is NOT however, a thread about getting into the weeds about health insurance. COVID related health insurance, sure, generally Health Insurance 101, no. Google it.
Cut it out, please.
I endured Coronavirus in February and never fully recovered from it.
The company where I worked closed because of this virus.
I became too unhealthy to work any damn job due to Coronavirus.
I lost my health insurance when I lost my job because of Coronavirus.
The type of health insurance the States will develop will determine whether I'll ever heal from the long-term effects of Coronavirus.Aside from my personal woes, any person with the ability to think clearly would likely want to keep abreast of the best health insurance in the States to deal with the increasing cases of Coronavirus with its extended detrimental effects for many, not to mention the consideration of vaccination costs.
So tell me again, how all of the above has nothing whatsoever to do with Coronavirus and so is off-topic for this thread?
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16 hours ago, Seicher Rae said:
Sorry petunia, you asked your question on a public forum, so the public, of which I am one, gets to comment.
No one said you couldn't ask your question. Your question was not stupid, but this is a stupid place to ask. But, hey, you get your factual, decision making RL info from a forum for a virtual world. That seems reasonable. (sarcasm)
Sorry, Rosebud, but you don't get to tell me it was stupid to ask my questions here. There are many sources of information in this world of ours, and I take what is relevant from many places within my daily travels and check them all out, eliminating what doesn't work and following up on the gems. In fact, some of my best clues and avenues for finding truth came from unlikely places. For you to insinuate I believe anything uttered here is from the mouth of god and that I would not have the intelligence to view the information as only one part of the knowledge I seek is insulting.
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4 hours ago, Seicher Rae said:6 hours ago, Dhyaanee said:
What's the difference, and what will happen if Joe Biden's plan is enacted?
FFS, do you know there is something called the INTERNET where you can do your research and NOT rely upon some crank on a Forum (SL or otherwise)?
And I'm guessing you could have voted...
Hopefully the coffee pot ran dry or you woke up on the wrong side of the bed and this isn't your normal personality. *Prays to the all-knowing one in the sky*
I'll ask a polite question when I please, sweetie, and anybody is likewise free to respond, or not, and in case you didn't notice, I didn't ask YOU.
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3 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:
Well I'm kind of spacey today but will try to explain...
Medicaid provides health care for those without income or extremely low income who have few assets (home & vehicle excluded as assets).
The Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) provides health insurance in the form of subsidies based on income. For example, if you earned $20,000 you would pay much less for health insurance than if you earned $45,000 -- you would receive a subsidy from the government to pay the cost difference to an insurance company of your choosing.While I know quite a bit about these programs as that's what I studied in Social Work (plus friends working in Social Work positions with marginalized people relay more current info, plus personally I was able to take advantage of Obamacare), I'm afraid the Biden public option is so new I don't know a lot here. In addition, it's all a bit up in the air as we don't know what the Democrats will be able to push through with new laws. I feel encouraged with what I do see though, as it aims to leave no person without insurance as is the case presently (when they earn too much to qualify for Medicaid yet don't earn enough to qualify for the ACA and Republicans disallowed Medicaid expansion).
Biden's plan is basically an expansion of the ACA. So, the plan is that if you earn very little you would automatically qualify for the Biden public option and pay nothing (nobody would be left out), and similarly to the ACA as it operates presently one would pay for health insurance according to income, qualifying for greater subsidies the lower their income.
Another nice feature is that nobody would have to pay more than 8.5% of their income for health care -- even those whose income is not low enough to qualify for a subsidy.
And, finally, health insurance won't be tied to employment -- a bad system to begin with, and even worse now with so many gig/freelance workers, and it discourages entrepreneurship as many are tied to a job they might otherwise leave due to fears of losing health insurance.Personally, I'd like us to have the health care other developed nations enjoy, similar to the Medicare For All Sanders advocated where the bureaucracy and cost of insurance companies are removed and the money spent on people who actually need care. But I see Biden's plan as an improvement and so advocate for it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/opinion/joe-biden-health-care.htmlI'm really hoping these 'clawback' provisions which allow the govt to take a Medicaid recipients house after they die will be removed! This egregious practice keeps poor families poor, as wealth is often passed on from generation to generation via descendants acquisition of the family home. There are other nasty things tacked on to Medicaid I hope will be removed, as it was a program developed for the so-called 'undeserving poor' and unfairly stigmatized, as opposed to those who had/have enough income to qualify for other programs such as the ACA, Medicare, or those receiving health care through employment.
Some good reading on these issues here:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/20/21372511/joe-biden-obamacare-health-care-plan
https://stateofreform.com/federal/2020/07/key-health-care-recommendations-included-in-biden-sanders-task-force-proposals/Sheet, no wonder the US is so screwed up. How many hours would it take to figure this out? Appreciate the pointers, now off to read.
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15 hours ago, Fauve Aeon said:
My ‘favorite’ is usually the next one upcoming because I like looking forward to it.
For me too, because each one is beautiful in its own way.
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On 11/3/2020 at 11:46 AM, Luna Bliss said:
Medicaid is not ACA insurance
What's the difference, and what will happen if Joe Biden's plan is enacted?
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58 minutes ago, Gage Wirefly said:
As an aside, people love to give Wal Mart a hard time, but were it not for their demands for generic drug prices in a wide range of medications ,many probably could not get them.
I get mine there, and it's a lot cheaper.
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I vote YES. Get rid of those pesky remotes cluttering up my end table.