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tiktoksformyfriends

[video by cartervailmusic. caption: where my shrimp lovers at 🍤]

#shrimp #shrimps is bugs #shrimps

sporesgalaxy

boop feature public reception reminding me that Im notifications georg...

sporesgalaxy

i respect that ace-space-rock took my tags as a challenge

ace-space-rock

boop boop boop

#get booped!#you were most of my 1000 boops sorry syd #but im also not sorry. boop

lazer-t

I'm hosting a Merch Giveaway!

I'm giving away a selection of stickers, magnets, bookmarks and prints from my store.

There will be 1 main winner with a large prize, and 3 runner-ups with a smaller prize. See the images below for more details:

All you have to do to enter is:

Complete this entry form: https://forms.gle/2zUrWqhRyLcQvAn37

Reblog this post!

You do not have to follow me to enter.

The entry form will close September 4th 2023 (Monday) and a winner will be selected then.

This giveaway is being hosted cross-platform on my tumblr, Bluesky and Twitter accounts, and the winners will be randomly selected with a random number generator from the entries across all 3 platforms.

Please make sure you have a valid postal address that you are willing to provide via email if you win, so that I can send you your prize. Postage will be provided for free.

Good luck!

meckamecha

I got a laptop with Windows 11 for an IT course so I can get certified, and doing the first time device set-up for it made me want to commit unspeakable violence

Windows 11 should not exist, no one should use it for any reason, it puts ads in the file explorer and has made it so file searches are also web searches and this cannot be turned off except through registry editing. Whoever is responsible for those decisions should be killed, full stop.

Switch to linux, it's free and it's good.

kuromi-hoemie

u r absolutely right I have SO many complaints about Windows omg.

For anyone who'd like to follow along, I'm gonna share how to get around those things with group policies bc they're more user friendly and descriptive than registry editor imo :3 I'll also show how to get around needing a Microsoft account to get setup.

For the Device Setup

"OOBE" stands for Out Of Box Experience which is what that setup workflow is. But it also happens to be a folder with a little program in it that'll let you skip connecting to the internet; this makes it so you don't have to sign up with a Microsoft account and can just use a normal local one instead. And it already comes preinstalled! Here's how you get to it:

Hold Shift + F10, or Shift + Fn + F10 depending on your keyboard.

Click inside the window that pops up, type the following and press enter afterwards to run it: OOBE\BypassNRO

I believe it should restart your computer automatically, but if not then restart your computer or type: shutdown /r /t 0 /f

Now when you're brought back to the setup workflow, the page where you connect to the internet will have a new button on it that lets you say you don't have internet. Clicking that and proceeding through the rest of the setup lets you get around the Microsoft account thing.

Group Policies

You don't have to know much about them, these are just a bunch of specific settings for what your computer can or can't do that lets you decide how it works in different ways.

I'm gonna show you how to turn off the recommendations and internet stuff basically. For now bring up search and type gpedit, pick this

It'll open up to Local Group Policy Editor and we can get started :3c

Start Recommendations

In the side menu, go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar. Click on Settings to sort them with all the "Turn off" ones bumped to the top.

Here's what you should set:

Turn off user tracking: enabled

Turn off feature advertisement balloon notifications: enabled

Remove Recommended section from Start Menu: enabled

Remove Personalized Website Recommendations from the Recommended section in the Start Menu: enabled

Do not search Internet: enabled

Windows Spotlight

Back in the side menu, go down to Windows Components > Cloud Content

Turn off all Windows spotlight features: enabled

Do not use diagnostic data for tailored experiences: enabled

Cortana

In the side menu, this one's back at the top under Computer Configuration. You're gonna want to go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Search

Allow Cortana: disabled

Don't search the web or display web results in Search: enabled

News and Interests

In the side menu go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > News and interests.

Enable news and interests on the taskbar: disabled

Microsoft Account Login Nudges

When you don't use a Microsoft account they'll nudge you repeatedly to sign in so you can "get the most out of your experience" *gag*. The group policy for turning that off has a note that suggests it might not work with Windows 11 though (implicitly), so you can close the group policy editor window now and for this last one let's just open up the regular settings.

Go to System > Notifications > Additional settings, then uncheck all the boxes. And there ya go! (✿◠‿◠)ﾉ u are done.

Group policies are kind of a rabbit hole so while there is a lot more you could change or read into, for your own sanity's sake I would advise against it and say call it a day lol

meckamecha

This is all extremely good information, thank you very much for the addition!

#windows 11 #computer setup #it resources

heliophilestitches

Mini Sea Slug Pattern

I hope this is followable, It's not complicated but I don't know how to word things

You can make this with bigger yarn and hook but for micro ones I used one strand of dmc embroidery floss and a no.14 (0.50mm) crochet hook

Top

1.) Ch10

2.) On one side of the chains, sc in each stitch except last (8), in last stitch double inc (make 3sc in same stitch), then sc in the other side of the chains till last stitch (7), inc in last stitch

3.) [Place stitch marker to mark beginning of round] inc, 7sc, inc, sc, inc, 7sc, inc, sc

4.) Sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 2sc

5.) Sc in every stitch

6.) Sc in every stitch, slst, cut yarn and pull thru

Bottom

1.) Ch10

2.) On one side of the chains, sc in each stitch except last (8), in last stitch double inc (make 3sc in same stitch), then sc in the other side of the chains till last stitch (7), inc in last stitch

3.) [Place stitch marker to mark beginning of round] inc, 7sc, inc, sc, inc, 7sc, inc, sc

4.) Sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 2sc, slst, cut yarn and pull thru

Stalks x2

1.) Ch4

2.) Slst into second ch and across, ch one, cut and pull yarn thru

3.) Use ends to sew into place on slug top

Gills

1.) Ch6, slst into first stitch

2.) Ch4, slst stitch back down and into ch you made other ch from, slst into next ch

3.) Repeat step 2.) 5 more times, cut yarn and pull thru, use ends to sew onto slug top

Foot

1.) Line up top and bottom, (working on both loops of top stitches, and only front loop of bottom stitches) starting from stitch at top of the head, [sc, inc]* around (remember to stuff before finishing round)

2.) [2sc, hdc inc]* repeat around, slst, cut yarn and pull thru

Weave ends

@cinnamolmorten @mothmads here ya go <3 feel free to message me if somethings confusing (this goes for anyone)

#sea slug #crochet #pattern #for later #they are so little guy

batsandboba

u don’t like shimp? 🦐? (vaporizes you with the power of the sun)

#shrimp #shrimp simpin

humblegrub

shrimp heaven now ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

#shrimp heaven now <3 #shrimp simpin #shrimp

puthy

#the job hunt...

not-quite-normal

Wow! You said you were moving over a hundred controls for each eye for Pavitr, is that standard for a feature rig, or on the more complex side? The closest idea I had of what a production quality rig might be is Ray from CGTarian, which is described as "almost equal" in quality and functionality, but now I feel like the gap in complexity is way farther than I'd imagined 😅 Are there any specific things you feel separate production/feature quality rigs from rigs students might be using, or even anything about the rigs on spiderverse that you hadn't seen before on other projects? Thank you for taking the time to answer people's questions, it's always so cool to learn more about the production!

it really differs from studio to studio! sony is the only feature studio i've worked at and all of their rigs tend to be set up in the same way. there are lots of levels of controls on the face that isn't something i had ever worked with before when i was in tv. i worked in tv animation for 8 years before sony at lots of different studios, and all of the rigs there tended to be a lot simpler and more limited. that can be a good thing though because tv schedules are too tight to adjust tons of tiny controls frame by frame haha

for the mask eyes specifically, that many controls was needed in order to get the most accurately designed shapes! because they're so expressive with their mask eyes, we needed a lot of control. if these were student or tv rigs, they'd likely be a lot more simplified

usually you don't need those smaller controls as much for more rounded and soft looking cg movies but it was super important for spiderverse in order to get the characters on model because they couldn't be modelled this way, so we had to pose them in anim

on the left is what miles's default eye looked like; very almond shaped with rounded lids. on the right is how we posed it, with straighter lines and sharper corners, which the smaller "per edge" controls allowed us to do. we also placed the eye spec (the small white dot) and the limbal ring (the line that goes around the iris), along with all the expression lines! expression lines are extra geo with small rigs that we could add to the faces

the lines on the forehead, between the brows, and around the eyes were all lines that we added in anim. the ones around the nose, lips and chin were done by fx!

mbari-blog

Racing into the weekend like 🏃🏻

Also known as the “giant red mysid,” Gnathophausia ingens is a species of mysid shrimp. These brilliant beauties are typically found in the midwater and feed on smaller crustaceans. If threatened, the giant red mysid can release a glowing bioluminescent fluid that will distract the potential predator and give this cunning crustacean a few seconds to escape.

#shrimp #mbari #shrimp simpin #<3 #crustacean

froads

finally finished my semi-accurate shrimp genetics simulator and more importantly dress up game! if you've ever wanted to see a shrimp in a cool cowboy hat i have the perfect game for you.

(i want to add more accessories at some point - put some cool ideas in the tags!)

A browser game made in HTML5

#SHRIMP #shrimp generator #game dev #shrimp simpin #LOVE

unfamiliarsculptures

Hi, I love seeing your sculptures on my dash! I saw that you used polymer clay for them, but I was wondering how you painted and sealed them? I've seen people use resin to seal sculptures, but I'm scared of using it myself because of the eventual yellowing. Thank you!

Hi! Thank you for the kind words! For the paint, I use Folk Art brand acrylic. The metallic details are actually Dr. Ph. Martin’s Iridescent Calligraphy Colors which are a little tricky to work with because this isn’t their intended purpose, but the results speak for themselves lol.

Now, the part you actually wanted to know, I use a paint on varnish. I use DecoArt DuraClear. It works great and leaves a beautiful finish that is easily dusted and cleaned! I haven’t had any issues with yellowing so far and I’ve been using it for almost two years. However, if you use this varnish please be sure to do so in a very well ventilated area, and wearing a mask is a good idea too since it is made with polyurethane. Just a reminder to everyone to always double check safety practices yourself when using new materials. I hope that helps!

#varnish #polymer clay #resin #reblog #resources