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That's one of the most interesting things for me from this whole covid thing. The differences between individualist and collectivist societies and how it played out in regards to the virus.

Sorry for the delay on the Lumen analysis but next week my work is sending me to attend SIGGRAPH and Brian Karis + the Lumen developers will be giving a talk! Hopefully that will be enough of a kick in the butt to gather my notes and see what comes up.
 

That sounds pretty badass! enjoy

Sorry for the delay on the Lumen analysis but next week my work is sending me to attend SIGGRAPH and Brian Karis + the Lumen developers will be giving a talk! Hopefully that will be enough of a kick in the butt to gather my notes and see what comes up.
 

It's weird how that works. Suffering a deadly thrombosis from a vaccine somehow feels scarier than getting covid.
I dont know how others feel about this but somehow in my head I always thought if I get covid I won't get a severe case. However when I hear about vaccination side effects I somehow assume I'll be among the people getting them.
In reality the virus leaves you with a much higher chance of thrombosis than the vaccine does. So even when you don't consider all the other potential harms of an infection, getting the vaccine still comes out on top.
Luckily most of my friends and my entire close family are vaccinated now. Seems like Covid will eventually turn into another seasonal respiratory disease we just have to live with but at least we will be pretty well protected from severe cases and long term harm.
I just wish we did a better job with reasonable measures for public events and spaces. The infrastructure for testing and vaccination is pretty good now. Both seem like great measures to reduce risk from larger gatherings, especially when used together.
But somehow most official restrictions still target minimum distance or number of people per amount of space. In my experience those rules are often poorly enforced if at all and given the number of people I see disregarding even personal space let alone 1.5 meters of distance, I doubt their efficiency is very high.
Wouldn't mind sitting right next to vaccinated and or tested people in a restaurant again but I don't feel very safe sitting with people of unknown status that can't even manage to pull a face mask over their breathing holes.

Not a personal thing. I just want to respond to those points because they are dumb.
This says nothing about how safe or effective the vaccine is. Technology is improving and so are vaccines. "Newer" technologies like mRNA vaccines have been in research for decades and were a technology that would have come up with or without covid. Covid simply gave mRNA vaccines the reason, money and tons of test and control cases to quickly produce products from an already existing tech.
Sure you always want to be cautious with new technologies. That is why the covid vaccines have undergone big trials like any other vaccine does. That is why the vaccinated population is being monitored for (long term) side effects. That is why when thrombosis was discovered as a possible side effect many countries temporarily stopped using AstraZeneca until the risk could be further quantified.
"it's not a regular vaccine" might sound scary, but it is a terrible reason to dismiss the vaccine, because it is not founded on actual risks or benefits but simply on the gut instinct of "new = bad".

 
Several doctors are telling me I can lose 50 pounds in 2 weeks if I believe everything I see.
The long term effects of covid are not well known either, but what we know paints a clear picture of what is called "long covid". It can leave you physically and mentally impaired and in rehab for many months after the infection has cleared. Long covid seemingly gets much more likely if you have a severe case of covid and / or end up in the hospital / ICU.

The vaccines have no documented effects comparable to long covid. They protect very well against severe cases and going to the ICU. Getting the vaccine will very likely vastly reduce your risk of suffering long term effects from this pandemic.

Again speculating that a new thing might have bad long term effects weighs with no real data to back that up weighs in very poorly against the actual, well documented risks and benefits of the deases and the vaccines.
 
Source? There is no real data or evidence to believe in this. It's purely speculative. Personally I would find this point a lot scarier if it wasn't mostly perpetuated by far right groups and the mouth breathers that reject wearing a face mask in tight, crowded spaces during a pandemic.
Your freedom ends where another persons freedom begins. The right to a healthy body and life weighs higher than the right to not take basic measures to prevent dangerous diseases during a pandemic.
No-one should be forced to get the vaccine. However if your personal decisions are a danger to other peoples health, you should draw the according consequences to your actions and not go anywhere where many people meet without at least getting tested first. And the state should be enforcing this because people can't even be trusted with wearing a face mask in a crowded tram during a deadly pandemic.

This is just Deus Ex 1 

I already boycotted them a few years ago after that hearthstone crap (among other things) but they still seem to always find a way to do worse. I'm glad I got the opportunity to let their recruiters know they are not a desirable place to work over the last 5-6 years. I imagine it will be even harder to recruit now (especially since they also don't pay particularly well).

Scene I made so I could do some real-world(ish) render batching method tests.

Everything is built from a modular set of about 8 or so pieces.

I already boycotted them a few years ago after that hearthstone crap (among other things) but they still seem to always find a way to do worse. I'm glad I got the opportunity to let their recruiters know they are not a desirable place to work over the last 5-6 years. I imagine it will be even harder to recruit now (especially since they also don't pay particularly well).

I already boycotted them a few years ago after that hearthstone crap (among other things) but they still seem to always find a way to do worse. I'm glad I got the opportunity to let their recruiters know they are not a desirable place to work over the last 5-6 years. I imagine it will be even harder to recruit now (especially since they also don't pay particularly well).

I already boycotted them a few years ago after that hearthstone crap (among other things) but they still seem to always find a way to do worse. I'm glad I got the opportunity to let their recruiters know they are not a desirable place to work over the last 5-6 years. I imagine it will be even harder to recruit now (especially since they also don't pay particularly well).

So I got my ps5 a couple days ago. Some people at my work sent a notice saying best buy had some. I got mine reserved.
When I went to pick it up there were a few other guys there also picking up ps5's. At first one guy said "congratulations!" then I said it to someone else and by the end of it everyone was saying congratulations to each other  

So I got my ps5 a couple days ago. Some people at my work sent a notice saying best buy had some. I got mine reserved.
When I went to pick it up there were a few other guys there also picking up ps5's. At first one guy said "congratulations!" then I said it to someone else and by the end of it everyone was saying congratulations to each other  

So I got my ps5 a couple days ago. Some people at my work sent a notice saying best buy had some. I got mine reserved.
When I went to pick it up there were a few other guys there also picking up ps5's. At first one guy said "congratulations!" then I said it to someone else and by the end of it everyone was saying congratulations to each other  

So I got my ps5 a couple days ago. Some people at my work sent a notice saying best buy had some. I got mine reserved.
When I went to pick it up there were a few other guys there also picking up ps5's. At first one guy said "congratulations!" then I said it to someone else and by the end of it everyone was saying congratulations to each other  

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Spent a good 2 full days in my underwear on the couch playing Tropico5 during my vacation. It was as amazing.
Surprisingly good controls on console. I actually prefer it to mouse/keyboard. Never thought I would say that.

Scene I made so I could do some real-world(ish) render batching method tests.

Everything is built from a modular set of about 8 or so pieces.

Slowly resuming work on my projects after a LONG hiatus

Question: how can I fully disable runtime shadowcasting on static props? (csgo)
In order to get adequate (sun)lighting, some roofs have been set not to cast shadows - this worked fine when the roofs/ceilings were func_brushes, but now that I'm replacing some with static props, I'm noticing that although the compiler lets light through, in-game it seems to be ignoring the tag & overlaying real-time shadows anyway
[edit] disabling shadowdepth fixed it

Have been working at a snail's pace on this. Discarded 2 different layouts. 3rd time's a charm. Playtested it a few times (Thanks to tophattwaffle's discord) and now doing the first art pass.
@squeezitand I have been working on this for 2 years now, on and off. Hoping to get it completed soon.
Will update when we make a bit of more progress with the details.
 

Scene I made so I could do some real-world(ish) render batching method tests.

Everything is built from a modular set of about 8 or so pieces.

Scene I made so I could do some real-world(ish) render batching method tests.

Everything is built from a modular set of about 8 or so pieces.