Not a bar, but plays one on TV

12:04 AM

@Derpy In Affinity Designer that'd be dirt simple because it supports multiple stacking strokes.

@Gwideon So... there does seem to be a cohesive online presence with your username, and there's a meatspace name (or pseudonym) associated with it. If you're worried about being targeted, you may want to clean those up, if you own them.

If that's you, then scrubbing your name from the associated accounts would be a safe idea. Best not to attach meatspace names to interweb names.

(That advice applies to any humans here. Personal identifying info is relatively easy to find and piece together. Please be careful.)

BESW

12:22 AM

Yeah, as someone who wants to develop a professional presence online that's an especially weird needle to thread.

AGirlHasNoName

1:18 AM

I wrote a thing. I dont think I am going to like the results. But I wanted to share.

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A: Does Stack Exchange, Inc. really care about the LGBTQ+ community?

I understand how you feel. Believe me, I do. I agree with some of what you say so just know that this first half of my answer isn't directed at you. When people say that by putting a policy in place designed to protect us, Stack Exchange put us in the crosshairs, they are shifting blame. The p...

V2Blast

2:46 AM

@AGirlHasNoName Well-written. And I appreciate the cat picture at the end :)

AGirlHasNoName

Thank you

I think the OP will appreciate it too

V2Blast

3:35 AM

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Derpy

7:31 AM

@BESW I assume that actually costs $$$? GIMP has the "free tool" advantage right now. At least until I have to do something professional-level.

BESW

Yeah, each of the three Affinity programs (Photo for image manipulation, Designer for raster/vector image creation, Publisher for layout design) is USD$50 for either Mac or Windows, or $20 for iOS. Compared to Adobe which would be $21/*month* for any one of the equivalent programs, or $53/month for all of them.

V2Blast

affinity.serif.com/en-us

BESW

And for me, the three have been able to completely replace my Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign workflow with one that I like better. It's maaaagical.

Derpy

7:49 AM

somehow unrelated, free rant of the day. Azure Bastion captures ALTGR+SHIFT as a combo to open the clipboard. This block any attempt to write special characters that use that combo

BESW

There are also a number of other free programs that do layout/logo work better than GIMP.

Derpy

@BESW will gladly look at them for the future, any specific suggestion?

BESW

Scribus, Canva, Krita, Inkscape...

I liked FireAlpaca but that was almost a decade ago I dunno what they're doing now.

Derpy

8:09 AM

@AGirlHasNoName I have a more pessimistic view of that issue, but I kinda agree on the rest.

doppelgreener

12:44 PM

@Derpy I've tried GIMP out several times — downloaded it because I needed a free tool and needed to do something quickly. Every time I've been absolutely flummoxed by how to do even basic operations, like "deselect" or "move" or "resize". I've never been so stumped by an image editor.

@AGirlHasNoName I came across this just earlier and upvoted it. I just saw it's here too! Thank you for writing it!

Derpy

@doppelgreener managed to do something acceptable for now. Didn't had any serious need, just a minor edit to a logo for a wallpaper.

AGirlHasNoName

@doppelgreener I use GIMP too for a similar reason. The learning curve is high

@doppelgreener Thank you for your appreciation.

BESW

1:00 PM

@AGirlHasNoName Yes, thank you for adding that to the conversation.

@doppelgreener I recommend some searches for "free photoshop alternatives," there's been an explosion of free software options.

GIMP is no longer the monster in the free image editing world that it used to be.

AGirlHasNoName

I like it. It just has a high learning entry point

BESW

yeah, I used it as a Photoshop replacement for a little while in college (I studied arts with a graphic design emphasis) and GIMP's interface seemed aggressively confusing.

I was worried about switching to Affinity for a similar reason, but moving into Affinity programs was as frictionless as any workflow transfer I've ever done.

doppelgreener

1:41 PM

@BESW Oh, awesome. Thanks, I'll try that.

Gwideon

1:57 PM

hello

doppelgreener

o/

Gwideon

how are you

doppelgreener

I'm fine, doing okay. How's things?

Gwideon

3:04 PM

@doppelgreener I'm doing okay. um i'm staying completely away from meta for today

Gwideon

3:38 PM

sorry

AGirlHasNoName

Hi @Gwideon

Gwideon

hey

Medix2

Question, did Stack update so that links to questions auto-fill the question title or have I just somehow never noticed?

Gwideon

how is everyone

@Medix2 it's always been that way

AGirlHasNoName

@Medix2 been that way for a while

You don't have to have the title though. It is unnecessary.

Medix2

3:41 PM

Is using them a good idea or should I do the [TITLE][1] -- end of text -- [1]: LINK thing?

Gwideon

nah you don't have to

Medix2

I just know I've been informed not to use just links but to spell out the titles or to link on text that effectively spells out the title

AGirlHasNoName

It depends

just use whatever markdown is easiest for you to read and edit if needed.

Medix2

Fair, thank you!

Gwideon

so um I'm feeling really freaking nervous

doppelgreener

3:53 PM

@Medix2 I do it a lot. The way SE markdown works, the post appearance is "baked in" at the time you save it. Even on the occasions they have made breaking changes to markdown, posts don't change until someone edits them and saves them again thus introducing the new breakage.

I mean, I use the magical question link thing a lot.

It doesn't work in comments, only questions and answers, and only if it's on the same site (where "rpg.se" and "rpg.meta.se" are the same site for this purpose)

@Gwideon what's going on?

Medix2

@doppelgreener Ah thank you, that makes sense

@Gwideon I'm sorry to hear that... hoping things get better for you

Gwideon

i'm just kinda under alot of stress right now

doppelgreener

4:10 PM

that sucks

i hope it passes soon

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