The My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Complaint thread
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Using machine learning to train one person's face onto another's.
No, I'm not. Unless you count my NAS, TV, washer, dryer, Kindle, and other devices all using Linux, which I don't. The NAS is probably the closest thing to a Linux environment, but I don't use it to do any day to day stuff. Pretty much anything important that I do is done under Windows 10, but I do use iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch, and I'm thinking of buying a new MacBook Pro when the 16" models come out with the new Apple silicone.
Happy Memorial Day, guys and gals. I hope all your parades, barbecuing, downloading, and googling go well.
I can't decide what I want to do today. Mostly, I want to read, but I also have classwork, renders, and laundry I need to catch up on. I guess I can do all of the above, but it's going to cut into my reading time.
I said that moth caterpillars (aka, larvae) do the eating. When you find moths, whether they fly out of the grass as you walk over it, or fly out of your favorite clothing, or you find 'em dead in that old box of cereal in your cupboard, the damage has ALREADY been done. And it was done by the caterpillars, not the moths.
Like butterfly larvae, moth larvae MUST acquire and store enough calories to go through the metamorphosis, or else said metamorphosis doesn't even begin. Yep, their bodies know when they have stored up enough caloric energy and there's a little DNA or hormone "switch" that flips once they've eaten enough. The caterpillar has no control over this. He can't will the switch to not flip and he cannot flip the switch before he has eaten enough. All he knows is that he must eat or die. Can't eat like that if your mouth has been converted to a straw.
Butterflies are a major hobby for me, and moths are like nighttime versions of butterflies. The metamorphosis is truly that: A metamorphosis. Interesting factoid: Contrary to popular belief, the caterpillar does not spin a cocoon around himself. Depending on species, he might make a single thread of silk to cradle himself to his host plant, or he might not do that. But then his caterpillar body, like all others before and after him, BECOMES the cocoon. Again, he has no control over this, and it begins the very MOMENT he has stored up enough calories. He can't hang out 'till morning, he can't say "so long" to his caterpillar friends, and he can't even stop for coffee. He needs to move immediately to his hanging spot on a branch.
The metamorphosis itself can take longer or shorter depending on ambient temperatures, and most cocoons can tolerate even very cold weather for very long periods of time. Otherwise, we'd never see butterflies and moths in the springtime after a long, harsh, and wet winter.
LOL, but that's not me. I don't play bagpipes.
Well, a nice long weekend is just about over. Back to work in the morning. I work from home now, but I'm thinking of asking if I can go into the office once or twice a week, especially now that Florida doesn't need to mask up if we've been vaccinated. I need human contact, at least once in awhile!
I haven't masked up in over 2 weeks now, even though I carry it with me whenever I go out. The only time I wear it is at the grocery store, but now I'm starting to see people more and more not having their mask on at all, or only half-wearing it. Store employees are the worst, and the funniest. Hah, it's usually not covering their nose or it's only on their chin...or just hanging from one ear. Isn't that kind of like not putting on your undergarments all the way?
If I didn't put my boxers on all the way, or only on one leg, I'd be hobbling everywhere as I tried to go through my day. I say do it right or just go commando.
I'm talking about the masks, people!
monday? when did that happen? is it too early to go back to sleep?
i got a new weird eating disorder. i don't want to eat. there is nothing i want.
my cousin noticed. she called to remind me to eat something. but thinking about food makes my tummy icky.
We just got an NFT forum...
LOLs.
ROFLMFAO...
Gross.
My ROFLMFAO?... I was wearing pants... and I glued it back on when I was done...
Oh...
The NFT thing...
Yeah.
Human contact is overrated... besides humans smell funny and close up it's even worse... after wearing a mask for a while those baloney farts are going to be so much worse than before... and sure, seeing coworkers seems like fun now, but don't you remember those are the same people you used to be glad to not see on the weekend?
Maybe you like them... that's entirely possible, but I'm just cautioning you so you aren't disappointed that they haven't changed or still smell odd.
Also... Public Service Announcement... don't forget to trim your nose hairs... I think that was one of the things people have forgotten about... If you don't do it for yourself, please think of the children... do it for the children.
...however moths are usually the sign that larvae may also be present. How they got into the closed and latched steamer trunkwhere I stored my heavy clothing during the summer to lay eggs is still a mystery as it sealed pretty tight.
...are those the ones by Age of Armour?
....I just tried it out and it works beautifully. Finally, clouds in the sky with the Iray Sun that is more physically accurate, The skydome can also be rotated.
....yeah if this were the old forums that would be easier to search for as it had several different filters including posts made by <user name>. The forum search here is so useless.
Oh, check the post just above yours concerning your question about Iray Sky Pro (have to cobble together "multi quotes" now, another pain as a new post could appear before you finished).
..yeah with this and the Stonemaon Iray Couds I can put together some nice sky settings.
At least the IBL skies bundle also works with 3DL using AweShader IBL Master and the AoA Advanced Distant Light (the latter which gives a more accurate sun effect) so it will still get used. Skin Builder3 also works with 3DL and has proper SSS.
Zoiks 01:15 here, time to turn in.
I hope it's not kidney stones... I get those and they really suck. It alternates between feeling like being stabbed in the kidney or having a gorilla crushing your kidney in their fist for several days...
In general drinking lots of water helps if it's kidney stones, but since that's not perfect advice for other conditions that are not kidney stones, I don't really know what to say other then "good luck".
Hope you get good news from the Dr tomorrow Miss Bad Wolfie.
McGyver I had a recent run in with kidney stones, weird cause never had them in my life. According to my Dr, yes you need to drink lots of water and he also said to increase calcium, since it usually means you low on it. Increased my calcium intake and not having a problem anymore, so he must be right. I would definitely ask a Dr about it first though.
On a side note...it's my birthday today and yes I'm fishing for birthday wishes. Don't know why, but feeling bleh today, think it's from lack of sun, we've had so much cloud lately and of course rain.
Happy birthday, @FaerylWomyn.
Complaint - I'm trying to buy a house and the US housing market has suddenly gone insane.
NonComplaint - I've got a wonderful smelling stew simmering in my slow cooker.
Thank you Diomede and I made stew last night. Actually most my soups end up being stews lol
Happy Birthday!
Dana
Birthday time? That's one more cup off the wall.
Reality hits home when you need to buy yet another box of candles for the cake.
Feeling any better yet?