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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
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Comment on I’m looking for landscape architects or designers who use watercolor in their master plans in ~arts
typo LinkWhat you want to search for is "watercolor rendered site plan". That search will return all sorts of references for you. That specific search on Pinterest returned results for me that I think you...What you want to search for is "watercolor rendered site plan". That search will return all sorts of references for you. That specific search on Pinterest returned results for me that I think you are looking for.
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2 Although this appears to be a combination of watercolor and prisma markers.
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5Some other key words to describe what you're wanting:
"conceptual site plan"
"landscape concept"
"concept plan"
"rendered master plan"Hope that helps!
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Comment on Digg has shutdown (again) in ~tech
typo Link ParentHonestly, the more that internet social platforms devolve, the more I think that SomethingAwful had it right by charging $10 dollars for forum access. Having an up front money gate might be the...Honestly, the more that internet social platforms devolve, the more I think that SomethingAwful had it right by charging $10 dollars for forum access. Having an up front money gate might be the only way to temper the onslaught of bot accounts. Not a reoccurring subscription, just an up front payment for access. At some point, it becomes prohibitively expensive to keep making bot accounts that can be banned.
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Comment on Digg has shutdown (again) in ~tech
typo Link ParentThis was my experience as well. I was a groundbreaker and enjoyed the platform during the groundbreaker only phase, granted I made heavy use of the "block user" function. It became very strange...This was my experience as well. I was a groundbreaker and enjoyed the platform during the groundbreaker only phase, granted I made heavy use of the "block user" function. It became very strange seeing "Blocked User" comments in line on almost every post, but I guess it makes sense as there were only ~20,000 users in the beginning.
When the public beta started on the same day communities were allowed to be made, it created a landgrab of people parking community names, waiting for the community to arrive. In most cases, the communities never did arrive and they just sat there empty.
This was about the time I started bouncing off the platform. I would check it periodically, but not daily like I was during the groundbreaker only alpha.
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Comment on “Going shopping” is dead: How stores sucked the fun out of an American pastime in ~finance
typo Link ParentStocking during business hours... Is this a trend started by Trader Joe's and everyone else is trying to copy it? Or is it just a side-effect of trying to reduce labor costs?Stocking during business hours... Is this a trend started by Trader Joe's and everyone else is trying to copy it? Or is it just a side-effect of trying to reduce labor costs?
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Comment on Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears in ~tech
typo Link ParentI think he's been sitting on x.com since the Paypal days and he just wanted to finally be able to use that domain.I think he's been sitting on x.com since the Paypal days and he just wanted to finally be able to use that domain.
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Comment on What are some good modern nu metal bands? in ~music
typo Link100 Gecs crosses into a ton of genres, but their latest album had one track that was an amazing nu metal anthem. Billy Knows Jamie - 100 Gecs100 Gecs crosses into a ton of genres, but their latest album had one track that was an amazing nu metal anthem. Billy Knows Jamie - 100 Gecs
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Comment on Formula 1 race weekend (British GP) thread in ~sports.motorsports
typo Link ParentI do wonder what the racing would be like on an F1 street circuit as wide as the one NASCAR just ran in Chicago.I do wonder what the racing would be like on an F1 street circuit as wide as the one NASCAR just ran in Chicago.
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Comment on Have you or anyone in your family ever won anything? in ~talk
typo LinkLast summer I won an instagram giveaway put on by a bunch of outdoor companies. I won a fixed gear bicycle, a skate board, a watch, a pair of sunglasses, a pair of shoes, and a surfboard....Last summer I won an instagram giveaway put on by a bunch of outdoor companies. I won a fixed gear bicycle, a skate board, a watch, a pair of sunglasses, a pair of shoes, and a surfboard. Considering where I live is 12 some odd hours from an ocean, I asked if there was a local charity they could donate the board to and they were able to set something up with a group that did water therapy for special needs kids.
I've also won a few early release movie showings, also from instagram giveaways.
Now all my ads are giveaways and I made a giveaway specific email to sign up for them.
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Comment on Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is available now in ~tech
typo LinkSo I peeked inside. A few things stood out to me: Had to have an instagram account. I could not find a way to sign up without using an existing instagram account. The feed is not in chronological...So I peeked inside. A few things stood out to me:
- Had to have an instagram account. I could not find a way to sign up without using an existing instagram account.
- The feed is not in chronological order. There's some sort of algorithm that's serving up everything.
- Right now #2 makes the feed a sort of chaotic fun as everyone is peeking in and posting into the void.
- They pre-populated Threads with a bunch of influencers and brands, leveraging their audience from Instagram.
- There is no way to tag posts. No hashtag support. So as it stands there's no way to seek out certain conversations and topics.
It's clear that Meta has huge power here: they had a user base to immediately bring over to Threads from Instagram. We'll see how many of those users convert. The app is very sparse right now, this was clearly a quickly spun up project.
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway Thread: July 2023 in ~games
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Comment on What game encouraged you to make your new PC, or upgrade? in ~games
typo LinkElden Ring. It was playable on the PC I had built back in 2012 (and had upgraded the graphics card a few times along the way), but load times were abysmal. It's release coincided with a job change...Elden Ring. It was playable on the PC I had built back in 2012 (and had upgraded the graphics card a few times along the way), but load times were abysmal.
It's release coincided with a job change that came with a pay raise and a signing bonus. I decided to treat myself!
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Comment on Elon Musk announces new daily Twitter limitations as thousands of users report problems accessing site in ~tech
typo Link ParentThat's very nice of you! If you happen to get a few more in the next week or two, I would love one.That's very nice of you! If you happen to get a few more in the next week or two, I would love one.
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway Thread: July 2023 in ~games
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway Thread: July 2023 in ~games
typo Link ParentRaffle Choice: 6. Experimental Hope Game: Golden Light. I'm not typically one for horror games, but this one looks so weird that I have to play it! Hype Game: Hypnospace Outlaw from 4. Bright This...Raffle Choice:
6. ExperimentalHope Game: Golden Light.
I'm not typically one for horror games, but this one looks so weird that I have to play it!
Hype Game: Hypnospace Outlaw from
4. BrightThis game was such a fun trip down memory lane to an alternate universe of geocities-styled webpages. There is so much put in to the world building of this game that just has to be experienced, especially if you grew up in the early internet days.
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Comment on What's your favorite theme on Tildes? in ~tildes
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Comment on Let's add (and rearrange?) some groups + a few notes about other short-term plans in ~tildes.official
typo Link ParentI hadn’t considered a group less setup where the focus is instead on tagging posts and following tags. You may have just convinced me that this would be a better system.I hadn’t considered a group less setup where the focus is instead on tagging posts and following tags.
You may have just convinced me that this would be a better system.
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Comment on Let's add (and rearrange?) some groups + a few notes about other short-term plans in ~tildes.official
typo (edited )LinkA suggestion that I haven’t seen yet: ~politics I think it could be beneficial to spin up a group for political discussion and news, that way that discourse could live there instead of in ~news ,...A suggestion that I haven’t seen yet:
~politics I think it could be beneficial to spin up a group for political discussion and news, that way that discourse could live there instead of in ~news , allowing people who want a break from politics to be able to unfollow.
Also, selfishly I’m missing r/daddit which as a new parent was immensely helpful and reassuring. I would love a ~parenting for us tildes daddes and mommes.
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Comment on Recommended length of paternity leave? in ~life
typo LinkI came in here just to give everyone a vote. I’m a relatively new father here. I will echo the other tildes daddes here and say take everything you can. You will be so mentally fried from waking...I came in here just to give everyone a vote. I’m a relatively new father here. I will echo the other tildes daddes here and say take everything you can.
You will be so mentally fried from waking up every 3 hours to make sure your baby is still breathing and to feed them; you won’t be of any use to work anyway. You should instead enjoy every moment you can!
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Comment on Taco John's trademarked "Taco Tuesday" under fire from rival Taco Bell in ~food
typo Link ParentI grew up in a small west Texas town eating potato ole's at Taco Johns. It was a sad, sad day when it closed.I grew up in a small west Texas town eating potato ole's at Taco Johns. It was a sad, sad day when it closed.
I have minimal coding experience; mainly just java that I learned in a high school class that I've used to write Processing scripts for generative art over the past decade, later pivoting to P5.js and javascript so that I could work online without needing the Processing IDE installed.
I've recently started using Claude Code to help me write extensions for Autodesk Revit (via python and an add in called PyRevit, which lets you use python to quickly prototype extensions). For those not in architecture, Revit is the defacto industry standard for building information modelling and construction documentation. We model the building using discrete elements (walls, floors, windows, plumbing fixtures, etc...), those elements contain all sorts of information that inform how they interact with other elements, what materials they are made of, etc... Then we can use that live model to then create live architectural drawings that would be used for construction.
For the past few weeks, if I encountered something that took me longer than it should, or I found myself wishing I had a different way of completing a task, I would go to Claude, have a back and forth about what that feature could be, how exactly it would work, and then let it code away. Of course it takes some back and forth for debugging, I've found it helpful to direct it to send detailed debugging information to the built in pyRevit console.
The key extension that I've created so far is something I'm calling "Team Updates", that bootstraps a change description log on top of the native Revit model sync function. The way we collaborate is by having a central model (either in the cloud or on our local server), with users opening a local copy of that model, making changes to the model, and then "syncing" which is a push/pull to that central model, sending the changes that have been made, and pulling changes other people have made. What I've found lacking is a way of quickly seeing what has changed in a model over a period of time, especially if the project team is large and multiple people are making changes. So I've created a custom sync button that prompts the user to just enter a short description of what changes they are syncing, then the regular Revit sync happens. That description is saved to our project folder into a .JSON file with a timestamp and username, and then I have a separate button to then pull the changelogs over some past amount of time to aid in me writing change narratives for our consultants. It also will pop up when someone opens a model and it will display all the change descriptions that have been entered since the last time they opened the model (let's you catch up on what other people are doing).
The other extensions that I'm most proud of so far:
I fully intend to get this all up on github once I get it to a place where I'm confident it's working correctly!
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