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  1. I wish Linden Labs would spend $18 

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    .. are you tired of those useless topics that tells you nothing and has dozens of posts in one day ?

    This plugin will allow users (from selected groups) to ignore topics (on selected forums). Ignored topics won't appear in Activity Streams or search results.

    Members can manage their ignored topics on Accounts Settings.

    https://www.sosinvision.com.br/index.php?/file/60-ignore-topics/

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  2. Very rarely do I ever have SL music or sounds turned on. I listen to my own music or watch videos on the side. I don't recall ever visiting a live event in SL either as they're generally not my cup of tea. I remember once sitting in the audience of something Strawberry Singh did but can't remember what that was about. People just taking and feeling important.

    From reading a few of the posts here it seems the tipping culture is very similar, if not the same, in SL as in RL. There's an expectation of a tip to cover the poor or non-existent wages of people working. Besides the DJ working at doing what?

    Also, any venue which has a welcoming committee that announces my entrance by name in local chat before the venue and patrons are anywhere near to being rezzed will likely have me moving on elsewhere. I just don't like having attention drawn to me in general and have much better use for the small quantity of Linden $ sitting in my account.

    Yes, I'm an absolute bundle of laughs, but I enjoy quiet more intimate gatherings or connections that do not include crowds, tipping, and faux fun. From time to time I get tipped for looking lovely in the form of L$ cash or Wishlist gifts. That's the only tipping I get involved with.

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  3. 1 hour ago, HopeOakley said:

    .. a very elegant place with gold walls and classy decorations

    The male looks very smart, but sadly the female looks like she just rolled in from the local ore house.

    I prefer ballroom dance venues with a stricter dress code. It feels nice to make the effort, especially if everyone else has done too.

    .. and preferably with couples dances that don't reset themselves every 20 seconds.

     

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  4. Just as I would not declare my age or gender, or anything else personal, here within this or any other open forum, the same goes for all my 8 avatars within SL. Six female and two male.

    Whether here or in-game I am who I am. What other people think of me when I'm portraying any of my 8 avatars is their business, not mine, and one of my favourite things about SL is that I am the character my avatar represents. It is not my problem if someone doubts or even cares about the first-life human driver behind the avatar. I certainly don't care about theirs so long as they present well, it is not all about avatar appearance.

    I find it enjoyable and quite easy to adopt different personas, although undoubtedly there must be at least a little overlap when playing either of the males or any of the females. But they do have their own characteristics, personalities and styles.

    This all forms part of the joy of Second Life to me. Some of us have not just one second life, but also a third, fourth and fifth life etc.. It all depends on my mood and how I feel that day.

    I'm not spelling my first life out for anybody. As with most things in life your opinion is yours and it's up to you to make your own assessments and decisions based upon the avatar and the personality you see before you. And, again, in any life if something is not to your liking, vote with your feet. Stop over-analysing and simply move on.

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  5. I imagine this would be quite some task, but surely items which haven't been bought in, say, 3 years, should perhaps prompt an email to the seller. 30 days no response then it gets deleted from the Marketplace.

    There is so much antiquated junk on there and times have moved on. It needs de-cluttering.

    Also, a way to report DEMOs that attempt to circumnavigate the 'Do not show: Demo items' option. Personally, I think DEMOs should only be linked via the actual item only so do not show up in search results AT ALL! 

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  6. Is there a list of attachment point priorities? .. It's something I've never really considered.

    Although I do consider attachment points when changing them for the same reasons Orwar highlights above.

    I adore bangs and eyelashes and this alpha issue has always been a disappointing nuisance, along with brows.

    I've also noticed that shortening lashes makes zero difference as there appears to be an alpha 'lashes-zone' which remains unchanged regardless of how long the lashes are. I've always tweaked the bangs just beyond that zone. Fiddly would be an understatement.

  7. Have you ever considered a laptop instead? .. You can use your original mouse, keyboard and monitor with it, if you wish, giving you two screens.

    The components within any decent name brand laptop will be matched and you also have the battery which is like having a built-in UPS (uninterruptible power supply) for power outages.

    Best models from last year will easily handle SL and many other tasks.

    It all depends on how much money you want to make available based upon how important a decent computer is for you. Only you can answer that.

    I haven't had a desktop PC in over a decade.

     

  8. 40 minutes ago, Henri Beauchamp said:

    On the other hand

    Your understanding is far superior to my own.

    Semantics aside and without explaining the ins and outs of a duck's ar5e. One minute I'm playing SL. The next minute I'm not.

    1GB fiber connection, cutting edge laptop (18 months ago). Teleport failure and all I can do is spin on the spot where I was.

    Doesn't happen all the time, perhaps one in 20 or 25 TPs on average. I accept this seemingly random failure as part of SLife.

    The world isn't perfect, neither is SL. It is what it is. Frustrating nevertheless.

    At least it doesn't happen all the time, but I retain the mindset in which it could happen at any time.

    p.s. Failed teleports occur enough for me to ALWAYS detach and re-add any attached item I may have edited or adjusted. Once detached/re-added the change just made will be preserved. If you adjust a fitting or texture or tint or something via a HUD etc. and subsequently become disconnected, your changes will not be saved. 

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  9. 19 minutes ago, Chic Aeon said:

    I have an Alienware computer from the mid COVID days when the 3070 chips were very hard to come by.  It was a bit over #2000 then (the most expensive computer that I have ever purchased) but I am very happy with it.

    Your first few sentences are exactly the same for me. During Covid I was saving while hardly spending any money and knew exactly what I was waiting for once supply chains returned to some semblance of normality. When it eventually became available in my area I snapped it up. It can run 3 concurrent SL logins with ease (I have 3x screens) but I wanted these specs primarily for Cities:Skylines, which can be very processor hungry, knowing that it'd be fine for SL also.

    Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 - LAPTOP
    • Intel Core i9-12900H
    • 32GB (16GBx2) DDR5 4800MHz
    • 2x 1TB PCIe/NVMe M.2 2280
    • 15.6" WQXGA IPS Anti-Glare 165Hz
    • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6
    • Windows 11 Home
    + Plus 32' 4k LG-Monitor-32gp850

    Prior to that I had an ASUS laptop which could easily run concurrent SL logins too, but struggled with advanced Cities:Skylines.

    ASUS ROG GL703GM
    • Intel i7-8750H
    • 16GB DDR4
    • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
    • Windows 10

    As far as SL goes anything with dedicated graphics 6GB VRAM or more will be fine. Just get the best your finances can allow but that can depend upon how important your computer/laptop is to you. For me it is high priority and deserves a high end spend.

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  10. 5 hours ago, Qie Niangao said:

    ... Then just right-click the "nails" universal tattoo that's being worn, and choose "Edit" to get this:

    There lies my problem ..  I wasn't wearing the 'Senra Blake - nails - natural#', or any other. Only the body. What I was seeing must've been some sort of nail base associated with the body. Explains everything.

    Very thoughtful and kind to go the trouble of setting out the steps in image form so thickies like me can understand, even though I'd already failed at the start line well before the first hurdle.

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  11. Senra - I tried, persevered, but I bailed. It was the nails that broke the camels back, they looked like sh1t.

    However, the good news is that it got me actively trying to improve my male alt which had classic head and body.

    He now has the LeLutka Alain (free) head plus Sweet's Male BoM Bento Mesh Body, which was already sat gathering dust in my inventory. Nails back to normal, no jazz hands, expressions and body/head now fully meshed-up. 

    Thanks Senra, for the nudge.

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