I was chatting with a stock photographer a while back. Apparently the most important thing is the tags that you give the photos. The best ones are abstract because you aren't competing with "hand" and "pen". If you can make your photo of a hand holding a pen fit "wistful" or "trenchant" then you have a better chance of it being seen. Making thousands of weird photos like a hammer/screwdriver/wand being held over a watermelon/plastic duck/brick by a clown/policeman/nurse and giving them abstract tags is the way to go.
Joe Biden, touted as the US’s first climate president, is presiding over the quiet weakening of his two most significant plans to slash planet-heating emissions, suggesting that tackling the climate crisis will take a back seat in a febrile election year....
Every time I want to do something, I have a look around the baffling ecosystem of frameworks and end up writing it from scratch because it's easier than wading through the bullshit.
A lot of them were shifted 1 second into the future following the problems with the cracked frampton valve on a popular model of felindrical phase felcher.
It totally depends on the person. I'm from the left-driving UK, and have friends who hate every second of driving in the rest of Europe. Personally, I find it takes about 10 minutes to acclimatise and then it seems normal and I'm fine.
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When I'm not broken, an 8 mile cycle ride that takes around 30 minutes. I'm currently recovering from a broken kneecap and getting the bus in, which is about 20 minutes and 5 minutes walk each end.
I like FreeCAD. I know some people hate it, but I find the requirement to do things carefully and properly to avoid horrible errors later on really focusses my mind on what I'm designing. I end up with something that is probably better designed than if I could just lash something together and let the software sort out the mess.
The old internet is still there. It's just dwarfed by the colossal amount of shit piled up on the shit sites.
As a general rule, stick to free and open stuff because the motivation of the people doing it is to give to the community, rather than make money. Mastodon and Lemmy/Kbin rather than Xitter and Reddit. Just stay away from Facebook. There are lots of old style bulletin boards still around for various interests, and they are often more used than FB groups.
I stopped putting adverts on my sites ages ago because I hate them so much. I don't want to be part of the enshittification.
I was assigned male at birth but have increasingly started to notice over the years that other guys don’t have a big notch on either side of their torsos like I do. It’s my pelvic bone. I would go to a doctor to see what they had to say but they’ve seen me plenty of times and said absolutely nothing about being intersex...
99.9% of people have more in common with an illegal immigrant than Elon Musk. Their problems aren't caused by people arriving in small boats, but those arriving in private jets.
Does this mean that blood type O will become rarer over time and eventually disappear? Does it also imply that someone, like me, who is O- has a family tree with fewer branches on it than most people?
Everything just seems so out of control. The US seems to be tearing itself apart. The world is on fire. We seem to be going backwards when it comes to freedom and human rights. We’ve turned our backs on each other. How do you cope with all this without just giving up?
Do what you can. Reduce your carbon footprint by eating less meat, using cars less, flying less. OK, by yourself it's not going to make a huge difference, but at least you will know that personally, you aren't making it worse. Join a group that is trying to make a positive difference.
Concentrate on the little things that make you happy. You can't stop climate change on your own but you can make something nice for dinner.
Value your friends and keep in touch with them. They probably feel pretty much the same as you do. Cheer each other up and support each other.
TL;DR: I tried lots of CAD stuff with an eye towards someday being able to commercialize designs. F360 would be great if I could trust Autodesk. Solid Edge, Solidworks, and Onshape all have issues too. I want to make myself like FreeCAD. Some other options like Alibre are interesting, and many get weeeeird....
FreeCAD can be a right pain in the arse and things can blow up spectacularly, but it does force you to use discipline in your designing. It's a great tool if you are careful and don't cut corners. Other than with the mitre tool, ho ho.
Is there a word that means “a hatred of gay people”, rather than “a fear of or aversion to gay people”? Surely there are people who simply hate homosexuality without necessarily fearing it, and vice versa. Someone who hates homosexuality should probably be condemned for their unreasonable and hateful prejudices, but...
A couple of things helped me stop. First, I didn't set a day I was going to stop because that just made me anxious and want to smoke more as THE DAY approached. I decided I was going to stop soon and then one random morning I said to myself "this is it. Stop now", which took me by surprise and I didn't have a chance to get anxious.
Secondly, I kept to my routine of taking a break when I'd normally have a cigarette but I'd go outside and chew some ordinary gum instead. That way I could deal with the physical addiction first and the mental addiction later.
This isn’t a “go back in time and assassinate” someone question. It’s just their musical career never takes off and thus any music they ever would have made is no longer in this timeline.
I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.
I have a NAS as my primary photo backup solution and one day someone will make a photo frame that I can point at it and it will just cycle through photos, but until that day, it’s just a blackhole of memories. That said, that blackhole is important enough to me that I also back up online....
I use mega.nz. £50 a year for 400GB and it's encrypted with your private key. The Linux support is really good with a nice sync, file browser extension, access via web etc.
Are people in the stock photos real?
Biden backtracks on climate plans and ‘walks tightrope’ to court both young voters and moderates ( www.theguardian.com )
Joe Biden, touted as the US’s first climate president, is presiding over the quiet weakening of his two most significant plans to slash planet-heating emissions, suggesting that tackling the climate crisis will take a back seat in a febrile election year....
I can't believe people are still using GUMBIES when there are so many better alternatives. ( files.catbox.moe )
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How difficult is it to drive on the wrong side of the road?
I would consider myself a good driver on the right side of the road but I am wondering if visiting Ireland and renting a car is for me....
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Reddit's licensing deal means Google's AI can soon be trained on the best humanity has to offer — completely unhinged posts ( www.businessinsider.com )
Is Russia a fascist dictatorship?
Unpacking Linux containers: understanding Docker and its alternatives ( optimizedbyotto.com )
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How does your daily commute to work look like?
I’m assuming that most of you are from the US so probably using cars, but lemme know if you use trains, subways, buses, etc....
So glad I'm ditching these fucking idiots ( reddrefuge.com )
Can’t even take a short break from 3D designing stuff. Glad I’m switching over to FreeCAD. All I wanted was to grab some dimensions from an old model.
Why did it used to be so fun to be on the computer?
i know i know enshififiasdition yeah yeah...
What's a thing that increased your power?
Doesn’t have to be a thing you bought. Just some thing you didn’t have but then once you did it expanded your scope of actions....
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18+ Is it possible I am intersex if I apparently have a very wide female pelvic bone and everything else is male?
I was assigned male at birth but have increasingly started to notice over the years that other guys don’t have a big notch on either side of their torsos like I do. It’s my pelvic bone. I would go to a doctor to see what they had to say but they’ve seen me plenty of times and said absolutely nothing about being intersex...
What is a tip, fact, or piece of information that you want to share?
Why does incest result in birth defects?
Just to be well and truly fuckin clear. I am not now nor have I ever been nor will I ever be contemplating shagging a family member.
What is something small that you do that confuses other people whenever they see you doing it?
Mine is that I pour the milk before the cereal. people are always extremely confused by that.
How do you cope with the state of the world today?
Everything just seems so out of control. The US seems to be tearing itself apart. The world is on fire. We seem to be going backwards when it comes to freedom and human rights. We’ve turned our backs on each other. How do you cope with all this without just giving up?
A weirdo tries some major CAD suites, but also a bunch of half-baked bizarre free CAD program out there... ( kbin.social )
TL;DR: I tried lots of CAD stuff with an eye towards someday being able to commercialize designs. F360 would be great if I could trust Autodesk. Solid Edge, Solidworks, and Onshape all have issues too. I want to make myself like FreeCAD. Some other options like Alibre are interesting, and many get weeeeird....
Xenophobia is to racism what homophobia is to ... ?
Is there a word that means “a hatred of gay people”, rather than “a fear of or aversion to gay people”? Surely there are people who simply hate homosexuality without necessarily fearing it, and vice versa. Someone who hates homosexuality should probably be condemned for their unreasonable and hateful prejudices, but...
Lemmings who quit smoking and/or vaping, how was your quitting journey like?
I’ve never smoked/vaped and I do not plan to anytime soon, but I’m curious of how quitting is like once you’re addicted.
Anon likes bikes ( sh.itjust.works )
If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?
This isn’t a “go back in time and assassinate” someone question. It’s just their musical career never takes off and thus any music they ever would have made is no longer in this timeline.
"If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?
I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.
Photos and Videos Online Storage
I have a NAS as my primary photo backup solution and one day someone will make a photo frame that I can point at it and it will just cycle through photos, but until that day, it’s just a blackhole of memories. That said, that blackhole is important enough to me that I also back up online....
Names ( lemmy.ca )
Internet Sleuths Want to Track Down This Mystery Pop Song. They Only Have 17 Seconds of It ( www.rollingstone.com )