Bitsy Buccaneer

Meanwhile we're talking about a variety of topics here because that's what we came to the site to do. Is the troll using us or are we using the troll?

I think there may be fewer generic "help me" type thread titles. Could it be this trend has replaced that? And of course we are living in the age of the selfie.

Is it truly trolling when people who log in to a website to talk do just that?

Second Life is what keeps me sane.

Every page anywhere on the internet with a facebook widget tracks your activity whether you use the facebook widget or not. It is that insidious. What they can do with cookies and their widgets is pretty invasive. It might not have been your actions. Firefox (the browser not Firestorm the SL viewer) has an add-on 'container' system which keeps some of those sorts of tracking devices contained. It's another way to seek a bit of protection.

I've never come close to using that many so I can't say from experiences, but 8 texture faces was the number I learned.

In Blender, in Object Mode - Object > Apply > Rotation, as shown below. Location and scale too if you've changed those as well. Things can look fine in Blender but then behave oddly when uploaded if any rotation, location and scale changes haven't been 'applied' to the object in Blender. It's easy to do so it's a useful routine to get into before exporting your work. Easy enough that IMO it makes sense to rule it out early on when troubleshooting.

Because it's an easy mistake, both to make and correct, which can have strange consequences on uploading - it might be worth double checking that you did the Apply > Rotation thing too.

Mine's very simple: the amount I have to spend is the amount I've received through sales. It works for me.

If you say so about the mesh kits, Blush. A couple of friends with small but established stores weren't able to get them, but never mind. Look back at what you just said to me, that of course I'm shopping elsewhere because I don't wear a body the creator supports. Take it a step further and you're right at my point - those whose bodies aren't supported by the creator aren't going to be doing much shopping there and won't be well represented in the survey. Not just classic avs but every brand except the big three. It does say something about which of the three current Blueberry customers favour but not much else.

My building alt was trying on random advent/xmas gifts when she realised her true calling as Bruce Willis' daughter

Well that's a leap Maitreya is known for not being generous with their mesh creation kit which leaves many if not most clothing creators using an approximation for their rigging, weighting and fit. What I've read several times was that Blueberry has always had that data, leading to its popularity amongst Maitreya users. This could be wrong of course, I'm hardly in the inner circles to know. But where did you get this "unique association" idea from? Look back, I wrote "long association" which is rather different. The rise of the two brands certainly accompanied and helped drive the other's. Unless Blueberry's user base is skewed towards Maitreya in the first place. One store's user base isn't likely to represent the grid even if it is large. It represents the desires of the customers who are able to use what she's already creating. The rest of us are shopping elsewhere.

Wouldn't Blueberry's long association with Maitreya mean those results are likely to be skewed in that direction?

A friend and I bought land in late July last summer. It turned out to be less hard than we expected, but then we took it one step at a time. This was the sequence: 1) Spent much time fretting about size and shape needed and all other aspects. With two shops etc to place, this was somewhat more complicated than many uses. A pencil and paper map helped, but an inworld mock-up with prims in the right sizes was even better to get a feel for the size of the parcel we were requesting. 2) Investigated possibilities and found a good area of abandoned land which meets our needs. 3) Made a group and invited my friend and our building alts (you'll have 24 hours for the 2nd account to join or the group vanishes) 4) Bought a year's premium 5) Donated tier to the group (after this was done, we were able to confirm how much we'd be able to buy as a group without incurring additional tier charges) 6) Friend gave me her share of the land purchase price 7) Put in ticket to buy land 😎 Request was filled in four or five days 9) Went to parcel with our group tag active and bought land via "Buy for Group" (important to remember to do but was obvious and not the least bit difficult when the moment came) Take it step by step and it's not bad at all. There are just several steps and the information for each was in several locations so it felt confusing. With two of us working together, we had mutual support but also needed to communicate and coordinate that we had done each thing. In the end, it went really quite smoothly

Compromises. Every mesh creator has to decide what to compromise on. Sometimes those decisions will match with your needs. Sometimes they won't. And sometimes the solution with the best comprises for a situation is a prim. If it's not, don't use it.

Optimising mesh for SL involves a lot of compromises and guess work as to what's the best choice. Unless it's a simple item, it's pretty much guaranteed that a good choice for many will be a poor choice for someone else. There isn't anyway around that. Trying to keep LI low really complicates this dance because (depending on the size etc, nothing is straight forward in optimising mesh for SL), there's a ridiculously small number of tris allowed for the lowest LOD, which has the most influence on LI (again depending, because nothing is straightforward). Any less-frequently viewed tris which can be freed up for use in more prominent places helps tremendously. Round + mesh adds LI. Trust me, I love round things so I know this far too well. My idea files attest to this , along with my files of abandoned projects Square + mesh is just so much easier. The more curves you add, the more complicated it gets and the harder it is to keep LI down. You're asking for low LI, curves, backs, and a low cost. Just like us mesh-makers, you're going to have to compromise somewhere. If I was in your position, I'd try adding a prim to the back of the fireplace or cabinet. It doesn't have to be a perfect match, they often aren't in RL. As for the skybox, put your scene in a prim sphere or half-sphere to eliminate the corners. One LI, easy to set up and customise and none of the complications of making round mesh.

Happy New Year to LittleMe. There have been days over the last few years when it was really nice just to know someone had noticed my effort enough to give it a like. Your gestures mattered during difficult times. Thank you x (And I'm going to leave this here as a surprise and as a little public recognition because it seems fitting)

My wishlist for 2019 (and 2020 and possibly forever): an option for an improved built in standard avatar

Well you see, Bitsy's mum is a time lord and her dad is an Ood who followed a different evolutionary path for the external brain. This is why wee Cerebellum, my hat octopus, treats me, the host body, with some care. The trick is all in how you imagine it 💜 Happy New Year Maddy

gives the hat octopus a polish and waits hopefully 🙏

/me attempts to set Rhonda on fire and realises i need lessons from the Mad one 🤔

That's a very harsh, fundamentlaist way of looking at things, Kanry. It would seem you're only interested in damping down behaviours you don't approve of rather than conversation and learning. Would that be a fair assessment of your beliefs?

I don't understand why people feel such a need to put others down with derision. I can read psychological theories on it, but I don't really understand it. For those of you who show scorn on the internet, do you think you'll change others' minds or are there other reasons? What do you get out of it? Do you do so in person as well?

Maybe you're sufficiently protected. Maybe your protection began early enough. Maybe it hasn't had any exploitable gaps. Given what we're finding out about FB and friends, I think it's foolish to assume the protections we have are adequate. They're co-ordinating and sharing information on a level most of us can't really comprehend. Preventing an individual from tracking you is complicated enough, but this goes well beyond.

Cookies and other trackers like those included on every page with any sort of FB widget link the two. The connection will be there in the data.