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JDługosz

Feb 16, 2022 03:28

re monochrome in 1999: Yes, monochrome screens (amber or paper white) had higher definition than color and were used in special applications like medical imaging and desktop publishing. But I do recall it was mid 90's that decent color screens became affordable in the USA. True monochrome screens (continuous phosphor coating, no dots) were very high quality and cheaper.

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Feb 16, 2022 03:28

I recall a distro called "Damn small Unix" or something like that. It had a footprint of a few megabytes.

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JDługosz

Feb 11, 2022 17:55

I would not want to turn on the main light in the bathroom, when my eyes are dark adapted. I use nightlights and the LED's on gadgets is enough for me to see what I'm doing. I've installed dimmers in two of my bathrooms, so it's easy to turn it on very low.

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JDługosz

Nov 1, 2021 16:05

@curiousdannii only for Cookie Monster.

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JDługosz

Oct 15, 2021 09:26

Long before PCI was a thing, cards were actually full length and used the bracket seen in the picture to hold the far end.

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JDługosz

Oct 1, 2021 13:27

Downvoted: your first code gives 0, the second gives 100. Neither is 1+3+5+7+9=25. Your code also uses endl which our reviews always admonish against, have multiple declarations in one statement, for(limit=limit...)????

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Sep 6, 2021 04:24

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice

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Sep 6, 2021 04:24

Welcome to Worldbuilding!

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JDługosz

Sep 2, 2021 19:09

@DWKraus just to avoid confusing those here to learn English, you intended "...checking its teeth...". The pronouns (his/hers/its) do not have apostrophes.

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JDługosz

Jul 2, 2021 17:26

I've seen security personnel checking the tags on the bags against your check receipt as people leave the baggage area.

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JDługosz

Jul 1, 2021 17:28

When you said it was a special array, in context, I thought the point was that it's already using the same kind of internal representation as the array variable. IAC, the DATA is not indexable, can only be read sequentially. Being heterogeneous, I suspect it can't be indexed at all, but is read by scanning forward using either a type prefix or delimiters.

JDługosz

Jul 1, 2021 17:28

I'm referring to the paragraph in the post. You seem to be saying that DATA is already an array, meaning, in context, already what you get from the result of reading them into an array variable. Meanwhile, it's not an array in the more general sense, and the exact terminology varies by language, but the best description that doesn't rely on specifics would be "ordered heterogeneous list". list is normally the word I'd use, but now Python uses that for its array-like container, so not universally understood.

JDługosz

Jul 1, 2021 17:28

I recall in BASIC that an array was an array of numbers or (if named with $) an array of strings. Likewise ordinary variables: they could only hold the right type based on their type. The DATA representation in the program cannot be like that of an array (DIM'ed variable).

JDługosz

Jul 1, 2021 17:28

How can DATA be a "special" read-only array, when it can have mixed types (numbers and strings)?

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JDługosz

May 13, 2021 13:31

We talk to our dogs like children, not the other way around.

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JDługosz

Apr 29, 2021 18:29

Why does the inner function take a pointer to a byte? Just pass the byte itself.

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JDługosz

Nov 6, 2020 22:51

make the tip a living creature, like a snake or jellyfish tentacle. That is what caused this form to exist. Now, for "sport" or ceremony, the metal tip is simply stylized in that shape. But the form was invented for wielding a poison touch, so favors long reach and no strength needed except to prick through normal cloth.

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JDługosz

Oct 3, 2019 20:17

see also this answer for an answer involving politics.

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JDługosz

Mar 23, 2019 18:52

@gandalf3 Thanks!

JDługosz

Mar 22, 2019 22:40

I was wondering: what is a good venue for discussing aritisty and project ideas, not just technical questions like we have on S.E. ?

JDługosz

Mar 22, 2019 22:39

Anybody here??

JDługosz

Mar 21, 2019 00:49

@batFINGER That's way over my head (I'm only just starting with Blender). I did learn a bit about shape keys already though — they keyframe the position of vertices, but cannot handle adding and removing vertices.

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Mar 18, 2019 21:16

@gandalf3 Thanks!

JDługosz

Mar 18, 2019 21:14

@gandalf3 I had just saved. But, I would have expected Autosave to be automatic, like with Adobe tools and every other editor I've used.

JDługosz

Mar 18, 2019 21:12

@gandalf3 That's a bit advanced for me to follow. I'm just starting this.

JDługosz

Mar 18, 2019 21:10

Woops; Blender just crashed. First time for me!

JDługosz

Mar 18, 2019 21:06

@gandalf3 Thanks, I'll look for that.

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Mar 18, 2019 21:06

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Mar 18, 2019 21:05

I'm looking at the material in a redit post. How do I change the scale of the whole thing? That is, the way it look from some distance away is how I want it to look close up.

JDługosz

Mar 18, 2019 19:39

I'm wondering how I can animate making one ray at a time visible.

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Mar 18, 2019 19:38

JDługosz

Mar 16, 2019 01:09

@Scalia Check out (for example) creativeshrimp.com/30-blender-eevee-demos.html

JDługosz

Mar 16, 2019 01:07

Does it matter which rendering engine is in use? How would you make what is essentially a 2-dimentional line in the modeling?

JDługosz

Mar 16, 2019 01:06

@Scalia Performance.

JDługosz

Mar 16, 2019 01:05

@Scalia I want to use the EEVEE render engine, unless it can't do that for some reason.

JDługosz

Mar 16, 2019 01:03

@Scalia I don't know what you mean.

JDługosz

Mar 16, 2019 01:03

@Scalia Preferably EEvEE

JDługosz

Mar 16, 2019 00:53

New to Blender here. How can I make glowing lines?

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JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 08:17

@bilbo_pingouin I'm using Waterfox.

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 07:23

Hmm, it would be a cruel easter egg if programs switched their UI to Pie Menus today.

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 07:19

My next video is on the appearance of the horizon and whether or not it appears curved (and different things people mean by that).

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 07:18

@bilbo_pingouin Years ago, I used POV and got good at it. That’s all text input, like programming. No UI to worry about!

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 07:17

To keep it interesting, I'm using 2.80 beta with UI/UX changes (three years’ worth) so the correlation between the tutorials and the program can vary.

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 07:16

Right now, I’m reading the tutorial on Blender.

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 07:15

@bilbo_pingouin Yes, I've been up nights (mostly). got some seasonal sinus misery that's worse at night so I can't sleep. But, I think I’m nocturnal by nature anyway. In the summer time, 2AM is the perfect time for a walk because it's not an oven.

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 06:16

@bilbo_pingouin same, mostly.

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 05:51

@bilbo_pingouin What's up?

JDługosz

Mar 14, 2019 05:44

howdy everyone

JDługosz

Mar 12, 2019 11:00

Hello everyone

JDługosz

Mar 11, 2019 05:47

13 hours? Wow, empty room.