Kovukono

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You did fantastic work with the grass, great job!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Not available in Canada, that explains why I couldn't find it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I can't find a result that's not Tiktok, Instagram, or Facebook, but Brad Pitt played a depressing weatherman on the Jim Jefferies show.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you, it means a ton to hear that! My comm sheet is here, and feel free to ask anything you might have questions about, or just message me if you'd prefer it private.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

All of this is just going off checking Wikipedia, so it could be wrong. Gluons are a type of particle that can have nine different "color states" depending on the quarks and anti-quarks that comprise them (despite the name, it has nothing to do with literal color). These states are made up of red, green, and blue for quarks, and anti-red, anti-green, and anti-blue for anti-quarks. Depending on the combinations of quarks and anti-quarks, the color state of gluons listed something like "red-antigreen" as "rg", with the "g" having a line over it to show it's anti-green, not green. Since you can have a color matched with the anti-version of its color, like I said earlier, you get 9 potential color states.

Then, of those 9 color states, you have combinations of two gluons of different types of states that combine. If you have a strong, stable version of this state, it's called a color state singlet. Particles like protons have this state, and it allows them to interact with other particles that also have color singlets. However, gluons can't interact at long range, that means they also can't hold a color singlet.

So, that leaves 8 potential color state couplets that can be formed. I have no idea why there's only 8 valid arrangements of those 9 couplets that aren't a stable singlet, but apparently you can only get 8.

Also tagging @[email protected] because I don't think they'd get notified.

Edit: Sorry for the reply after it got answered. There was nothing when I started and it just took a while to figure it out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you so much! I'm really, really happy with how this one turned out.

 

Done for Shardian. If you're interested, my commissions are open.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I genuinely enjoyed Arkham Knight, but those mandatory Batmobile sections are easily the most miserable part of the game. If we had those for an entire game, it might not be too bad, but most of the time you just end up using it to get from point A to point B. If you can put up with being stuck for a bit on those sections, you might enjoy it.

Its big issue is that it has to follow up on Arkham City. It's not a bad game by any stretch, but it's following up to one of the best superhero games out there. If you're not invested in the story, there's no harm in dropping it. Play something you'll have fun with.

 

Commission done for Luxury. If you're interested, my commissions are open.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Normally I'd expect to see this stuff on [email protected]

 

Commission done for Ero.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry if this is spoiling it, but is this an animation of the horror prompt where the news is insisting no one look at the sky, and you get texts from friends telling you to do so?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Even with the added costs of owning the home and upkeep, it's only equivalent or just above rent, and that's with the condo association fees and insurance. Even while renting I was stuck paying for utilities. And I'm highly aware that the roof needs replacing, given that we've got to replace ours within 5 years.

But if your point is "owning a home is more expensive than renting when you factor in all extra costs," I want to again point out that most people are barely able to stay afloat. His point was that anyone can buy a house. Mine is that the money he thinks grows on trees literally does not exist for the majority of people.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

I'm lucky enough to have been financially able to buy a home. I had help making the down payment, but we've now got a 30 year mortgage. My monthly payments are less than what I was paying for rent, less than the average rent in the city by almost a third. I got this place with two above-average incomes, and had the good fortune to get it during the COVID housing and interest rate dip, and I still needed extra help.

If someone is stuck with renting, they're likely paying more than they would for a mortgage. They can't save up the money because they're already lagging behind, and the housing market isn't coming down in price, and wages absolutely aren't keeping pace. No one is saying a house would "lock them down," they're pointing out they can never afford it because they can't even come up with the money to show the bank they can save because they're already paying above the potential mortgage payments every month.

But you're saying they won't, not can't, so what should they do to come up with the money? Start selling kidneys? 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and that same link shows 71% have less than $2000 in their savings. So where exactly are people supposed to shit out your hypothetical $30,000?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They didn't cancel it after the second season, it's even worse. They released the first half, announced the second half of the first season was coming and renewal for a second, then released the second half and canned the second season. We barely got a single season.

 

Done for SundownFox. Commissions are open if you're interested.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Done for Griffonki, with his sona as his D&D character. If you're interested, my commissions are open.

 

Done for Onedeadlymouse. Commissions are open, if you're interested.

 

Opening the inbox automatically brings up "mentions," but if you want to see private messages, you can click at the top and choose "all messages." Clicking any of those options though will crash the app. You can still access those options through the side window, just not the dropdown at the top while viewing the inbox.

 

Done as a request for BalloonieLuna. If you're interested, my commissions are open.

 

This stupid idea popped into my head and I decided to put it down. If you're interested, my commissions are open.

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Red (art by me) (d.furaffinity.net)
 

Finished up the first piece for 2024, even though I definitely wanted to get this done last year. But done is done.

 

I started drawing in January of this year, and finally finished up my first piece in early February. Since then I've been trying to improve on it, and I decided to look back to see if there were any real metrics that could show I made decent progress.

The most obvious first step was to take a look at the upvotes I'd gotten:

Also, NSFW stats:

And, overall, it's a mixed bag. Lemmy definitely has a longer running time for keeping posts alive (it helps that there's fewer posts here), and Reddit has the issue that if your post isn't noticed inside 2 hours, it won't be picked up at all. There's no real sign of definite progress on Reddit, though Lemmy does seem to see at least some uptick in this metric, though that could be attributed to c/furry growing.

So, there's the next obvious metric, upvote percentage:

Reddit drops these metrics after 40 days, so I have no idea what it's like for the majority of my posts. Generally though, the response is more positive on Lemmy than Reddit, but it might be a bit too early to tell if the percentages are actually meaningful, or if the community doesn't downvote good content just because it's not their type, and upvotes are a more meaningful metric.

And, finally, FurAffinity:

There's not a lot of items there, either. If I post something good, I might get a fav. If I post something really good, I might get 2. Like Reddit, if it's not noticed inside a short window, it appears to get buried. The one exception appears to be this piece, which has gotten fav'd repeatedly over time. Watches, on the other hand, appear to be entirely random--or it could be my work's just not good enough to get people wanting me on their feed.

So, just some lessons from my time over the last year:

  • Memes are faster and lower-effort to draw, but get a lot bigger response (yes, I know, groundbreaking statement of the year).
  • Time and effort spent don't equate to response. I know, it's another obvious statement, but until you've spent weeks on something for nothing, it doesn't quite sink in.
  • Either a) I've not become a better artist, or b) these metrics aren't the full picture, and I also suck at promoting myself. I'm hoping it's the latter.

Regardless, it's been a big journey, and I hope it's only the start. I came to Lemmy from Reddit after the API changes, and overall, c/furry's been an open, welcoming, and most importantly positive place. I love it here, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it continue to grow.

 

Some vent art.

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