lmao not to perpetuate the stereotype further, buuut, I've done both? I used to be a news editor for IGN/VaultNetwork back in the day. God that feels like a lifetime ago now.

OK, so here's what I was able to achieve! And as for how I did it.... Disabling reflections isn't really possible in Blender w/ Cycles. Meanwhile, if you render with Eevee, by default there's no reflections at all, only specular highlights from lamps. This is close, but has a couple of caveats...

I never realized how much more productive I could be with a wireless keyboard. Bluetooth 1 is set to my PC, Bluetooth 2, my phone, Bluetooth 3, my tablet. That still leaves Wireless 2.4ghz dongle or USB cable for 2 more devices and texting from a mechanical keyboard is AMAZING XD

Working on something that just sounded really cool, so I thought I’d share. Apologies for the rough audio. Recorded directly on my iPhone and uploaded, no editing, and. AC is running :P #guitar #music #JustMusicThings

If you just saw me upload an acoustic guitar video, no you didn't XD I uploaded the wrong one. The one I meant to upload is only HALF as terrible as that

Last night I had some rando reply to me, yelling at me to stop wasting everyone's time posting about my vulnerabilities, and, honestly? It's making me laugh in retrospect today. Either it's a troll bot (likely), or someone spent real energy seeking me out at 3am to whine about my posting habits.

you come over to my house. as i freshen up in the bathroom you notice "a cis girl's guide to picking up trans girls" on my coffee table. curious, you open it and in 72 point font it says HAVE AUTISM

4:30 and all's well

there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level

Can't sleep, so I'm sitting here at 3 am finger picking Irish ballads, and something randomly occurred to me. I sing "Irish" when I sing Irish music. It's not even something I do consciously (obviously because I JUST noticed that I do it). It's because I learned these songs by ear-

Craaaap. Had a chance to get some free air dry clay just a few days ago. I declined because I didn't have a use for it. Now, I might. I've been reading about creating painting palettes from simple air dry clay, sealing them with art resin (I have a TON of this stuff).

lmaooooo www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX1X...

"It has been my experience that one of the consequences of giving people the freedom of choice, is the freedom to make the wrong choice." - Odo, DS9 S03 E24, when Kai Winn is made First Minister. Truer words were never spoken.

Mariner, Tendy, and Tilley would absolutely get a little tipsy and start a lesbian orgy and freak out a bit when T'ahna walks in, but she's all "nah, i just wanna watch" and Tilley makes a joke about fucking a catgirl anyway Kira walks in, everyone freaks and Kira's just offended she wasn't invited

My real answer: Sisko, Mariner, Tilley, Tendy, Quark, T'ahna. The extra $5 would grab Spock and Barclay just because i'm pretty sure they might actually fix each other. Or just Kira to bully the others. Idk. Joke answer: Sisko, Kira, 10 Quarks, let chaos reign.

I need to look into the tensile strength of horizontally printed TPU because I may have just stumbled into a severely underserved niche market lmao

Me: I'm looking for a soprano saxophone neck strap. Google, Amazon, etc: Here's a nice selection of baritone saxophone neck straps! ^_^ A bari sax weighs about 15 pounds more than a soprano (about 8-9KG) and requires a much longer neck strap. It's like asking for water and getting vodka lol

GIF search normally annoys and infuriates me, but every so often, when the stars align, it finds the EXACT GIF I'm looking for

Oh that's so cool. Roland just launched the new Aerophone Brisa. If you're not familiar, the Aerophone line is a digital wind instrument traditionally #saxophone styled (more or less) The Brisa is a transverse #flute built to respond like one, apparently: www.roland.com/us/products/...

Not sure what Epic is doing with their services, but I have to completely disable my VPN to sign in and "buy" anything, including free assets, otherwise I get hCapcha'd to hell and back. I have split tunneling turned on, and excluded Fab, epic games, and every other associated website AND YET

Chekhov's Klingon: one must not put a loaded klingon on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it

Creator spotlight time! Unsightly Opinions is a #blind YouTube Creator whose channel just came to my attention today for her Accessible Hobbies series, specializing in education and empowerment, and cute doggos: www.youtube.com/@UnsightlyOp... #Accessibility #A11y

EA has been sold for $55 billion. There's no question this sale will be approved because Jared Kushner is involved.

Really getting annoyed at how many people are just causally dropping that R word. What is this, the fckin 90's?

Someday I will remember that ginger cookies (Even the super cheap generic store brand ones) are an insanely fast acting cure for my nausea, and go to that as my first step instead of trying to tough it out. lol

Is enjoying correlating and organizing data an ASD thing, or just a me thing? I know it gives my ADHD a huge dopamine hit either way, especially if it's information others in my situation (e.g. blind, neurodivergent, or otherwise disabled) might find useful XD

This is why I refuse to give up hope on humanity as a whole. No matter how bad things might seem, there will always be people willing to help one another and provide inspiration. Accessible 3D is a totally #blind maker who uses 3D Printing to make life just a little easier (1/2) #accessibility

YESSS! Just found BOTH my shock mount for my Rode NT1 microphone AND my electric air duster (think canned air, except it plugs into a wall outlet so it's a constant blast) My PC case needs dusting XD

TFW you go to bed early because you're just dead tired, and then you suddenly wake up 3 hours later completely wired

STAR: Strike it Rich is probably my favorite manga of the last few years. If it ever gets an anime by GOD I will beg, claw, and BLEED to audition for Riko, Nozomi, or Ichika. But -mostly- Riko. I love her so much. Her strategy for every fight is “I’LL JUST PUNCH HARDER!” and I adore it.

>_> I keep adding "nerd shit" to the list of things I want to 3D print and I'm going to go broke buying filament when I get my printer lmao The latest additions: A companion cube for my desk A Moogle straw caddy (like, a little statuette that fits onto and "hugs" my drinking straw XD)

Driving this gender like my legally blind ass could get a license 👩‍🦯🤣🏳‍🌈

driving this gender like I'm not forklift certified, but fuck it, how hard can it be?

Oh, fucking hell. Just heard a possibly extremely valid rumor that EA is in talks to be bought out by Silver lake and Saudi investors for $50 billion Why is this a bad thing? *gestures to Atari Infrogrames, Microsoft, Embracer Group* This shit NEVER ends well for the actual developers

Good to know!

I'm horrible. Mom's on vacation with her friend. They're on the interstate east heading home, so I just randomly texted her part of Eastbound and Down XD We've got a long way to go And a short time to get there I'm eastbound Just watch old Bandit run! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJPM...

Ok but a level up may be this shop I saw at the airport in Tokyo

Quark: You mean I'm stuck here? With you?! Odo: No, *I'm* stuck here with *you*. Believe me it's a far worse fate. When your Lawful Neutral paladin gets locked up with the Chaotic Neutral rogue XD

Witch Hazel is the best kept skin care secret honestly. I use it when I have an eczema flare up (they can get quite painful sometimes), and within a couple of days it's fully healed. It's also great for acne <3

Recent studies have shown that the more people are exposed to generative AI, and the more they learn about it, the LESS they trust it. In other words, the tsunami of AI slop and scam phone calls is actually *hastening* the AI bubble bursting

a woman accidentally ate mouldy cheese for lunch. this is what happened to her brain. IZ is a 25 year old woman presenting to the emergency room unconscious

He's a dom-jot wizard There has to be a twist A dom-jot wizard Got such a supple wrist

Personal privacy isn't an on/off switch, and being safe doesn't mean "going off the grid" (which is impossible anyway) *Wonderful* video by Addie Lamar on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRmW...

*adds "Crystal Ball" to the list of art projects I'd love to tackle* Specifically like a 3D printed base with wood filament (because you don't want me anywhere near wood cutting power tools! XD) and probably acrylic resin for the globe itself. That's just a high level concepting of course :)

Oooof. A school age child who had measles as a baby just died from complications a decade later. That's just brutal. Get vaccinated, get your kids vaccinated. This isn't the dark ages. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXOb...

I've got one of those ultrasonic cleaners that has a UV light in the bottom. It's made for gently cleaning and mildly sanitizing jewelry, but I'm turning it loose on my saxophone reeds both to give them a fresh soak and break in a couple of saxophone reeds. We'll see how it goes

Day 2 of using Hades II as an incentive to do my job... I've got 4 hours and 1500 words to write... let's see if I can do it AND play a Hades run every 500 words...

Oh, that is neat. I didn't realize Apple's Swift had memory safety without garbage collection. TIL :)

It just occurred to me that we have never, to my knowledge, seen Klingon doctors in any Star Trek series. We've seen lawyers, but not a doctor?