Spotty Red
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Spotty Red
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oh, that's clever
February 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
not sure how you're doing it, but you could reduce the remaining duration of the mask by a gradient, so the higher areas fade faster. Might look jank, dunno
February 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
my guess is that the columns feed like a normal magazine and the horizontal section is able to retract
January 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
was the literal meaning of the words sincere? or were you being sincerely facetious?
January 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
you didn't originally sound awkward.
"Then again I'm not a professional art critic"
might be techically correct, but it loses character, and the intent with which 'professional' was used.
you captured the idea quite effectively, although you may prefer using "at least" instead of "I mean"
January 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm so confused
January 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I was mistaken
I have heard (directly) that the management is generally awful and assumed that carried over into fire prevention.
It probably does, but the blanket statement I made is clearly incorrect.
January 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
That makes sense, the music in your trailer is great.
January 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Legible handwriting, but then I usually go to blender as well.

I like lock to absolute grid for blocking things in sometimes, if you're going purely for speed / in-editor design
January 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Who is Meta?
January 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I meant that's where the surplus is going lol

25% tax is quite a lot, esp considering that people are living of the remaining 75% of their income. That's 3 people paying an entire salary in taxes.
January 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
ahh, wp

The logic does makes sense, but assumes an ideal enviornment. Nature is always going to form the simplest molecule given an enviornment.
January 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
actual fire prevention? tsk, lucky duck

sounds like a cool subject
January 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
BURN THE OTHER SIDE!!!!

I drink my own cool-aid, thank you. :P

Obviously you can't prevent a fire entirely, but I doubt the ideal strategy is to just let things burn. The duration that a fire burns more might also be important for responders' resource management.
January 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Freezing winds, I'm East Coast :P
Still very dry though. Feels getting off the lift at the top of a ski trail every time you walk outside.

I don't personally like nested comments, it separates coversations, but it leads to this thread anarcy thing.
January 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
interesting, I realize now I'm used to four seasons, which would make controlled burning much easier. Thanks for the insight. :)

The prevention funding is still crazy to me, given the amount of money they lose each fire. It's not even an expense at that point.
January 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The winds are crazy right now, feels like the top of a mountain where I live.

btw, it's rather hard to read threads from notifications, I think I missed one of your messages before I spoke
January 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
why not burn it while it's green?
January 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
they don't teach wildfire prevention in school
January 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I kinda assumed it was a more routine fire, but from what I understand it started as a brush fire?
January 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Most of the surplus is in taxation, but regardless of whether or not there is a surplus, there is a similar cost in switching away from fossil fuels. I was just arguing over where money would be most efficiently spent
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Sorry that was unclear, I was saying 200 million is 1.7% of their anual budget.
January 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Regardless, I would imagine that if fires are inevitable, it's better to at the very least have the fire response in position when things start burning. (and civialians can be prepared as well)
It's seems that the NM situation was during wildfire season? Can you burn when it's cooler?
January 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Their budget is currently 211.5 billion
Fire prevention is 1.7% of that
and (according to google) wildfires cause 117.4 billion in damages a year. Those numbers, if even remotely accurate, do not check out.

I don't know the details of controlled burns, you are more knowledgable than me.
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I feel like this is due to the simplicity of the atoms?

it would be more accurate to say they want to be simple, especially given that hydrogen is 3x more common than helium, which makes it a weighted binary at best.

or are you joking? I've heard much crazier said with conviction.
January 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM