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    in General Discussion Forum

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       I'm an INFP

       I get grumpy if I don't frequently have time to myself, time where I'm completely alone.

       If I was talked into going to a party, I preferred to stand somewhere, unnoticed, and watch other people do their thing, get their group groove on. I was the one at the party who was always internally thinking of reasons to leave the party. I can engage and participate in a social, crowd type situation, even enjoying myself. But this is something I learned how to do, and it will usually entail my spending a longer than usual amount of time alone, pursuing solo activities, and recharging.

       I like booths at restaurants.

       I enjoy (and sometimes not so much) having a high empathy and perception in social situations. This is somewhat muted in SL, as it either lacks many of the cues I can perceive in real space, or they are muted. I don't like to see others in conflict and will often feel a desire to help resolve it, if not actually act to do so. Often enough I'm fully aware there's nothing I can do. It's a special kind of pain.

       My family has learned over time that it's ok for them to go do something fun even if I don't want to go along, and that often it's something I actually need.

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    What makes you keep going on SL and logging in almost everyday ?

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    2 hours ago, ChinRey said:

    OCD

    Edit - Seriously: I can't bring myself to let go of Greater Coniston and I can't bring myself to disappoint the few people who have supported an encouraged me.

    Right now I'm trying to raise enough L$ to save my work. That means listing stuff on MP which again means facing the UI FROM HELL - the online listing form over and over and over again. I can do it! I can do it for Coniston!

    And that's what I have been doing the last week - full time - and I think I can see a slight improvement in sales already. This is not commercial I can't imagine I'll ever get to the point where I'll make any money from SL, I can't even imagine I'll ever manage to recover any of the thousands of dollars I've wasted on it these last six years. But if I can get to the break even point at least - if I can stop the tier from hemhorraging what's left of my RL economy - I can afford to keep it running and then I can tell myself it wasn't all a waste of time and money.

    Oh well, who am I fooling? I suppose the true answer is that I'm addicted. At least it's not nearly as unhealthy as some other drugs...

       I certainly hope you've had some fun with it as well.

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    Halloween Candy Nutrition

    in General Discussion Forum

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       Holiday mint M&Ms are something I look forward to every year. They are seasonal so I make a point of buying a few bags of them when they appear on the shelves. 

       As with all M&Ms, I suck on four or five at a time, melting and dissolving them. So good.

       Years ago I was at a mall with a friend. We were approached by someone doing a market test of chocolate goo filled chocolate Twizzlers. I declined the offer, but she tried one. Unsurprisingly, I never saw them come to store shelves.

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    Your Virtual Name.....Why?

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       It was about 1994 when I got strongly curious about the Russian language. I have since then dabbled, experimented and doodled with it. When I chose a name for my avatar, I'd decided I wanted something that sounded Russian. I figured out a first name after thinking about it for a while. Of course, I wanted something feminine. But at the same time I wanted something strong, something that I thought reflected my own will. I hadn't really gotten a lot of experience with the naming conventions of Russia. It was after I'd chosen Ivanova that I began to realize it was more of a patronymic. But it doesn't really matter now. I like it.

       Shostakovich was only the second last name that came up in the lists. It immediately clicked with me.

       И это все!

     

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    HUD Script Minimize Rotate Button thingy

    in LSL Scripting

    Posted · Edited by Ivanova Shostakovich
    because one little mistake.

    1 hour ago, KT Kingsley said:

    Using rotation, I think you'd need to use mesh objects that are planes so that when they're rotated to face away from the user they don't present transparent faces that can interfere with clicks. I seem to remember having an issue with this once: I'm not sure it's a good idea to take up screen space with invisible HUD objects.

       I made a map HUD for organized mermaid swims. It would update itself as the user traveled through the planned course. As in the method @KT Kingsley describes, it was mesh and I designed it so that it had no faces on the back side, save for a small button to restore it. When it was minimized (rotated), you could click or grab camera focus on any object in the screen space occupied by the HUD, just as if it wasn't even there, as long as you didn't touch the restore button. It's a fast and easy way to get it out of the way when you need more of your screen.

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    Do you stay logged in or do you log out?

    in General Discussion Forum

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       Any planned AFK moments I might have usually won't last more than ten minutes. If I'm going out, or going to bed, or indeed engaging in any other activity that precludes the possibility of using my computer, I'll log out.

       If I'm not going to actually be at the computer, if I'm not going to see any incoming communication, I don't really consider myself as being an in-world presence.

     

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