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DarkFang and Ysengrin back in 2008; this was the image on the Solstice card we sent out that year. Boulder Creek, California - this house narrowly missed burning down in a forest fire some years later.
There was a time when portraits were reserved for nobility, a way to be remembered, to say "this is who I was"
Now, we paint fursonas. Not out of vanity, but as a quiet declaration:
"This is how I feel inside. This is the version of me that Iโd like to be remembered"
Maybe! But anyway I've been enjoying a lot painting portraits with acrylics, I would like to try oil painting once again.
A small portrait of Samar the Bun.
Traditional. Acrylics
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There is a short time-lapse process video you can see on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
And there is a longer version of this and most of the paintings and drawings I've been doing lately, available to download for those who support me on Patreon or Ko-Fi, you can also get to see pictures many days before I post them, on high resolution, and to be seeing the WIPs of my future works. This and more at:
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Getting super close to half a million signatures. Help it get over the line. Spread the word far and wide and educate people as best you can.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
Improving Geographical Resilience For Distributed Open Source Teams with FREON
In a recent blog post, I laid out the argument that, if you have securely implemented end-to-end encryption in your software, then the jurisdiction where your ciphertext is stored is almost irrelevant. Where jurisdiction does come into play, unfortunately, is where your software is developed and whether or not the local government will employ rubber-hose cryptanalysis to backdoor yourโฆ
In a recent blog post, I laid out the argument that, if you have securely implemented end-to-end encryption in your software, then the jurisdiction where your ciphertext is stored is almost irrelevโฆDhole Moments
Something important to remember for folks that are living in areas effected by the new age verification laws in the UK, and are turning to VPN's to get around them.
Many free VPN's collect and sell data on their users. This is how they sustain their operation.
Be very careful which VPN's you use. Do your research. And remember if you're not paying for it with money, you're probably paying for it with your personal data. And that basically defeats the purpose of a VPN in the first place.
Honestly, you could have stopped with "why would I want a realistic Gaussian-splatted VR avatar of my actual body" I know I wouldn't want one of mine, and don't think I know anyone who'd want theirs either. VR is a playground so why wouldn't I play in it?
*Business Meeting in VR*
Hello yes I am a cat-headed monkey with a toolbelt-bandolier. It's called "business casual", and also business meetings in VR only exist in Mark Zuckerberg's head.
Portrait of Repaki, the red pandox (wah/fox) posing in front of the Golden Gate bridge.
Based on a photo from the first time I visited San Francisco.
Picture for Repaki
Traditional. Acrylics
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See the time-lapse process video from this painting on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
That's the short version of the whole video I recorded, if you want to see the full time-lapse video, it is on my Patreon and Ko-Fi, also at supporting me you can see many of my new art I haven't posted on my galleries yet, WIPs, all the process videos, scans, high resolutions and more.
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Content warning: Tech nostalgia, discussion of scarcity vs. abundance in gaming/RL communities - A Burr Essay
Content warning: Tech nostalgia, discussion of scarcity vs. abundance in gaming/RL communities - A Burr Essay
Content warning: Tech nostalgia, discussion of scarcity vs. abundance in gaming/RL communities - A Burr Essay
โThe world is full of refugees
They're just like you and just like me
But as people we have a choice
To end the void with all its forceโ
The Everlasting, Manic Street Preachers
This verse hit so hard at yesterdayโs gig at Audley End. James Dean Bradfieldโs voice is still incredible. The words, imagery and power of the music when they work are just something else.
Why do the Stereophonics sell out bigger stadiums than these guys???
I canโt help but wonder what Cescoโs thinking. That quiet smile, just enough to make it suspicious.
Painting for Cesco
Traditional. Acrylics over canvas.
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There is a time-lapse video, that despite my camera was out of focus during the half of the recording of it, I edited it to show it, you can see it on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
Or you can see the full video, among with others, and to see paintings I've done that I haven't shared on my galleries yet, exclusive for those who support me on Patreon and Ko-Fi, I would appreciate your help so I can keep doing this for living, I always try my best to give so many cool exclusive things there:
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For whom the bell tolls
by John Donne (1572-1631)
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
Makes sense.
"The monsters who benefit from the status quo don't want you to know this. They want to brainwash you with Margaret Thatcher's mantra, "There is no such thing as society." They want you to think that you are a pathetic, atomized individual. They want you to die in a heatwave while gasping out your profound regret for not recycling more diligently and taking more care with your "carbon footprint." They want you to drive around for hours looking for an independent cardboard seller to make your protest sign with, convinced that it's more important to avoid shopping on Amazon than it is to actually show up at the protest outside the Amazon warehouse. They want you to curse yourself for failing to cycle and take the bus in your city where there are no bike lanes and the buses run every 45 minutes and stop at 8PM. If you wanted a livable city, you should have made better consumption choices! Perhaps you could dig your own subway, ever think of that, hmmm?
You, me and everyone we know have all been subjected to a 40-year blitz of anti-solidaristic propaganda, aimed at convincing us that we are only allowed to fight the system as individuals. Don't like your health care? Shop around! Don't like your boss? Quit your job! Under no circumstances should you advocate for either a union or socialized health-care. You're an individual, there is no such thing as society.โ
โCory Doctorow.
If you can do that it's a great thing. But getting people to move off of one service onto another is in it's self kind of like trying to move a mountain a teaspoon at a time. I hate to keep using Twitter as an example here, because this isn't specifically about Twitter, or even social media. But it provides a good example here.
When Musk bought Twitter and started turning it to shit Mastodon users thought that Mastodon would be the easy choice. And that people would happily come here over somewhere else corporate owned like BlueSky where they'll probably face the same fate in a decade or less. But that isn't what happened at all.
95%+ people that were on Twitter, stayed on Twitter. And to this day are still there. 4.5% went to BlueSky, and like .5% came to Mastodon. In a lot of ways on paper Mastodon was easily better than the alternatives, but it wasn't what most people wanted. Most people just wanted to stay where their friends were. And were willing to put up with everything to do so.
This kind of thing also applies to other businesses in a way. People get stuck into a software, service, operating system, etc, and don't want to leave it because they become familiar with it and use it a lot. They don't want to learn something else or invest in different hardware. It makes getting people to just leave anything en masse very difficult.
It can also be difficult to recreate what they do for logistic or legal reasons. Sometimes there's a lot more to it than just splitting off and making your own version of something.
None of this is to say that people shouldn't try, just that it doesn't always work.
Hop in, we're goin' on a roadtrip! ^^ With Woger #FursuitFriday
Photo (and suits) by Roofur (https://www.roofur.com/)
Creator of custom fursuits and accessories for everyone!www.roofur.com
AI isn't even good at maths.
If you find a way to make a computer bad at maths, you've fucked up.
If you've found a way to make a computer bad at maths, and are calling it the next big tech revolution, then I hope you're ready to get hauled in front of a public inquiry in 10 years time.
Science Officer's log - we've returned from a very successful away mission to Anthro Irish where our scans recorded amazing vibes and wonderful times with friends. A stellar time was had all around.
๐ท @azakir
๐ชก @selkiesuits
โ #FursuitFriday
Uptake on this has slowed. Push it!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
โThe problem with small trucks is that they aren't capable of carrying an overinflated ego"
LOL! perfect.
Anyone here familiar with physical fibre types and could give me a bit of advice?
I am planning to put a network cable between my house and garage. The only feasible route seems to be the one the solar panel guys put their cables along: out the eaves of the house, down the wall, through a groove dremmelled between two paving stones in the path, and in through the garage wall. There's already an AC power cable on that route, so I'm looking at putting in fibre instead of copper as I won't be able to get any separation between the parallel AC and network cables.
I would expect to cable-clip it to the wall (I think flat plate ones with cable ties are recommended for fibre, yes? I think those have already been used for some of the other cables) and run it loose through the groove between the pavers - probably covered by gravel later. It looks like loose tube fibre is probably not right because the fibres would have a whole storey drop where they hang inside the tube and I understand that's not good. So probably tight buffered, right?
Do I need SWA or something, or is normal outdoor cable likely to be okay? Do I need to put it in a conduit to protect it from the elements? But if I do that, it'll be hanging loose inside a tube again and presumably that's not great.
Should I go for SMF? I would think if I install it right it should be fine and not need to go for MMF, but I'm not sure if there's any other reason to favour one over the other - it's only going to be 20m at most I would think. Do I need an attenuator for that kind of range?
Oof, I can't think what else I ought to consider. OM3 is presumably fine if going for multi-mode, and OS2 for single-mode. Are mode conditioning adaptors still a thing that are needed, for getting the right launch offset? I'm assuming not as I haven't seen any mention of them in my recent reading, but I just seem to have no ideaโฆ
Oh no I'm crushing on Wolfrun again~
(Honestly though I've been crushing on this suit almost constantly for the past decade, hnnnng I'd do anything to own one of them ;.; )
"Are you aware of anything which would prevent you from holding SC or DV clearance?"
No, but if you put me in for it, I'm going to spend the next few weeks dressing like I'm on my way to Pride. You know, just to reduce the blackmail potential a little more, and improve my chances...
