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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207
    LeatherGryphon said:

    I was surprised by a big black spider (well, "big" for this area of the country) in my bathtub.  Fast little bugger but it couldn't climb out of the tub.  Rather than squash it, I doused it in anti-spider spray and let it die (muaa-ha-ha).  Later I went in and turned on the shower and flushed him down the drain but now discover that he's clogging the drain! sad  Karma!

    ...don't mind the "daddy longlegs" types so much as they just hang out in a corner.  Those ones with the short legs that scuttle quickly about (and easily hide) are the ones I hate. if they can't be "squished" it's "anti-arachnid chemical warfare" for me as well.  Another reason I'm glad I'm out of my old place.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207
    edited September 2015
    McGyver said:

    I have sooo many complaints today...

    One... I hate video tutorials.   Before you try to convince me otherwise, I'll say this- there are ten good ones out there and if you like video tutorials, yours are probably one or all of those... Now that I've acknowledged that not all are bad, I can say the rest are... They could be good, but for some reason most are not... They suck, sucking while sucking at sucking.  Why does every person who does one have to try to do it in one take without editing and what looks like zero planing?

    "Okay... I'm Tom Fartburger and welcome to Understanding Wombat 3D Suite... Okay, let me turn on the computer and sip some water while it boots up... Ooh, there's a dead fly in my water... I guess I better not drink it... Why is this not turning on?  Oh the power strip is off... I'll just go under the desk and reach in back... Aaaaaaah spiders!!    Ow... I banged my head... There... It's on... Now we go over to the icon for Wombat 3D... The version we'll be using today is Version 2.678.311100868.97, but the newest version is 30.2 and the UI looks nothing like 2.678.311100868.97, but this is just to give you an idea that there is something called Wombat 3D that runs on computers and makes 3D models... So, now we take the mouse and use it to point to stuff... Oh by the way, sorry if you are having trouble understanding me... I have two carrots stuck in my nostrils and I also have carrot allergies, so bear with me... grrrr... Get it... Bear... Grrrrr... "

    Then on top of that people insist on having the window open in the back... I understand you live in Death Valley and you apartment is hot, but do you have to make the video while there is a full on bank robbery and hostage siege or a reenactment of the whole damn French Revolution going on across the street?... There are these two videos I came across yesterday that I'd swear were recorded with either the Cloverfield monster or the Kaiju from Pacific Rim destroying the city in the background... So every other sentence is drowned out by some loud thud or bang and the guy just droned on thorough it all...

    Then there are the new (not ten years ago when this was excusable) videos that are shot in 64 x 48 resolution... And the guy just goes right on pointing to the stuff like you can see what the hell it is he is doing, "click here, click there... And we do this..."  I didn't even see a cursor... for all the hell I know, he could be playing Super Mario Brothers with the sound turned off. And then there is the guy who makes a new (recent) video with a hand held camera, not screen capture software... And it always has to have at least some amount of fingerprints or Vaseline smeared on the lense and the guy has to be going through nicotine withdrawal and overdosed on caffeine simultaneously...

    Which by the way, leads me to a quick side complaint... Have you seen "Unboxing" videos yet?  I really want to murder most of the people who make those... They pollute searches for "how to open" stuff... Like how to open up a hard drive or an Android phone... The video usually has some moron opening a box to show you some device inside, like since he is proud he opened it without killing or seriously wounding himself in the process, he has to share his accomplishment with humanity... Each of these is shot by someone who has no clue how to use the camera, and is opening the box at the same time or possibly a pet is holding it for them, but either way the camera is all over the place... And they take forever to do it, are not prepared and are really, really stupid... I keep coming across them while looking for real stuff and I end up watching these train wreaks, hoping a cobra will leap out of the box and bite the guy in the face. They all seem to be shot in the dark too... They are completely worthless and yet at the end the guy making it (it's always one guy, who has no friends) always says "well... There you are... That's the new _ _ _ _.... I hope you liked the video..."  No!  No, I did not... You suck!...    

    Sorry... I got sidetracked...

    And then you have the guy who is making "an introduction to" video, but instantly forgets to explain any of what he is doing... "So we click on the TFI, drop down the BFD menu and click on this but remember you don't want to accidentally click PIG or bad stuff will happen..."  Or better yet, he is making a video for FREE entry level software and in addition to the above he keeps not showing how to do stuff but saying "we do it just like in Maya", or some other high end expensive software... Why would I be using Wombat 3D Free if I have or use Maya?  And the cursor is flying everywhere clicking crap here and there at light speed...

    And then there is the guy with a ten minute introduction that Industrial Light and Magic would be impressed and confused by, but the whole tutorial is only three minutes and badly explained at that, followed by a ten minute flashy credit roll and coming attractions for the next video... Instead of hiring Foreigner (yeah, 70s-80s Foreigner) to do your theme music, how about focusing on the point of the video?

    And worst of all is when you have all of the above and more and it's not some dumbass without a plan, but an actual company... With software that you pay for... But they are usually the kind of software company who has a site with NO explanation of what the software is or does... Just "Wombat 3D"on the homepage, a logo and a video... The video usually starts with some intense crazy music which is way over the top for what it's being used for and continues through the whole video, and it goes on as a light speed gloss over of stuff being made, gallery turntable shots, more making stuff, flash-bang-boom it's over... Buy the software....      Yeah, maybe if you explain what the hell I just saw... Maybe?   I love the "if you didn't get what you just saw, this isn't for you, mentality" 

    Okay, I'm not done... But I'm sure you are... I'm gonna go now, while you rub you eyes and regret reading this... Have a great day everyone.

    ...Yeah good reasons as well.  The main reason I dislike video tutorials because I have short term memory issues and find myself spending far more time replaying the bloody video over and over to understand what is being accomplished (and transcribe the steps in Windows Notepad) than I do actually working on the issue at hand. PDFs and hardcopy texts are so much nicer as I can go to the page that describes the process, keep it open on one computer and work through the steps on the workstation. Much more time effective.

    I've seen lots of the video tutorials like you describe and have come to the conclusion that vid tutorials are just a lazy person's solution to teaching a concept. In this "YouTube era it's a lot easier to just prop up an iPhone to record what you are doing and blather on than to actually sit down, outline and write something in a sensible coherent, and organised fashion which uses a logical step by step format that most people can grasp reading the first time through.

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  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    Tjohn said:

    OMG WTF LOLOLOLZ Horrible way to go..

     

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    kyoto kid said:
    MistyMist said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...thank you.  Indeed, I do feel a lot more "human" instead of like a modern day "cave troll".

     

    too easy to turn into a shut-in living in the boonies

    ...which is why I don't want to end up out there. Transit is lousy, everything is miles apart, and where I live there aren't even sidewalks or many thru side streets (so you usually have to go out of your way and walk along the busy roads with 40 - 50 mph traffic shooting past you) in many areas

    Sounds like Tulsa.  The only place we have sidewalks are near apartment/houising complexes or downtown.  There are ZERO sidewalks withing 5 miles of where I work.

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,389

    Well, I will have to say that sure, there are a lot of awful tutorial videos, but I have still gleaned some useful simple stuff from them.

    One of the most useful was one where a guy showed how to properly disassemble an electric clothes dryer and vacum the fluff out of all the places where it could catch fire and burn your house down.  This was not "ABC Dateline" quality, but I think I'll forgive that since now I'm confident that my house won't burn down, at least not for that reason.

     

  • EtriganEtrigan Posts: 603

    I'm  not trying to bad-mouth those who wish to teach through the visual media. I am not a visual learner. I need to be able to read and review something several times before I feel comfortable. In the military the progression was:

    Tell me

    Show me

    Watch and guide me

    Let me do it alone

    Test me.

    I would be thrilled if video tutorials came with an illustrated transcript. 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    it tis balloon http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/clear_skies_warmth_albuquerque_international_balloon_fiesta/52660533

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,487

    Got a dvd that I want to watch but my computer's dvd player decides not to read the dvd, oh bummer.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited September 2015

    mebbe needs a codec. sometimes in win7 a reboot works.

     

    thinkin of watching a resident evil.  no one does girls with guns like Milla.

     

    multipass :)

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  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,487
    MistyMist said:

    mebbe needs a codec. sometimes in win7 a reboot works.

     

    thinkin of watching a resident evil.  no one does girls with guns like Milla.

     

    multipass :)

    No it is windows 10.

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,389
    MistyMist said:

    mebbe needs a codec. sometimes in win7 a reboot works.

     

    thinkin of watching a resident evil.  no one does girls with guns like Milla.

     

    multipass :)

    Okay, so she's hot and all, but dammit, she should keep her fingers off the triggers until she's ready to shoot the damned thing.  All she's gonna do is give herself some wicked tinnitus in her left ear.  Assuming she doesn't end up completely deaf in that ear, or dead from a bullet falling from the sky and penetrating her shoulders/torso or other soft fleshy body parts.

    crying

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    is all better with red velvet

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Night  NE 22 mph Gusts: 33 mph  Windy with periods of rain

     

    tharr she blows

     

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Website is real flakey today complaint :)

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378
    Subtropic Pixel said:
    MistyMist said:

    mebbe needs a codec. sometimes in win7 a reboot works.

     

    thinkin of watching a resident evil.  no one does girls with guns like Milla.

     

    multipass :)

    Okay, so she's hot and all, but dammit, she should keep her fingers off the triggers until she's ready to shoot the damned thing.  All she's gonna do is give herself some wicked tinnitus in her left ear.  Assuming she doesn't end up completely deaf in that ear, or dead from a bullet falling from the sky and penetrating her shoulders/torso or other soft fleshy body parts.

    crying

    yes

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207
    edited October 2015
    TroutFace said:
    kyoto kid said:
    MistyMist said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...thank you.  Indeed, I do feel a lot more "human" instead of like a modern day "cave troll".

     

    too easy to turn into a shut-in living in the boonies

    ...which is why I don't want to end up out there. Transit is lousy, everything is miles apart, and where I live there aren't even sidewalks or many thru side streets (so you usually have to go out of your way and walk along the busy roads with 40 - 50 mph traffic shooting past you) in many areas

    Sounds like Tulsa.  The only place we have sidewalks are near apartment/houising complexes or downtown.  There are ZERO sidewalks withing 5 miles of where I work.

    ...yuck. Sounds like LA where pedestrians are an afterthought.  Cross Tulsa off my list as I hate places where the "automobile is king".

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207
    Etrigan said:

    I'm  not trying to bad-mouth those who wish to teach through the visual media. I am not a visual learner. I need to be able to read and review something several times before I feel comfortable. In the military the progression was:

    Tell me

    Show me

    Watch and guide me

    Let me do it alone

    Test me.

    I would be thrilled if video tutorials came with an illustrated transcript. 

    ..same here, but again, there are a lot of really badly produced tutorial vids.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207
    MistyMist said:

    is all better with red velvet

    ...mmmm sweeeeeets.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,207

    ....ah tired out from al the packimg and cleaning. 

    Sitting back with a big bottle of Italian Soda and listening to the Beatles. (Abbey Road).

    Yes, life can be good.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    buppy hugs this morning :D

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Beowulf is on TV being all Kingly and merciful and ready for more monster-ing devil

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    kyoto kid said:

    ....ah tired out from al the packimg and cleaning. 

    Sitting back with a big bottle of Italian Soda and listening to the Beatles. (Abbey Road).

    Yes, life can be good.

    Stuff goes better with cake :)

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,355

    Morning....

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,487

    slept in and got called to come in early for work.  Better go get on that bus to get to work.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    Kulay Wolf said:

    slept in and got called to come in early for work.  Better go get on that bus to get to work.

    Must be something going around I keep getting early calls as well :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    i came in to work and had a loud hissy fit.  can;t believe i still have a job here.

    they replacing the ceiling lights with led types.  was like a supernova in my 1 person office soon to be 4.  
    they ran out of dimmer switches til Monday, they expected me to work for 2 days under a supernova.

    kind manager donated his dimmer switch, they put it in my room. 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Tjohn said:

    Morning....

    awww lil guy wants a belly rub

  • SkirikiSkiriki Posts: 4,976

    Is it time for the yearly Voight-Kampff test today?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    ps1borg said:
    Kulay Wolf said:

    slept in and got called to come in early for work.  Better go get on that bus to get to work.

    Must be something going around I keep getting early calls as well :)

     

    a tardis to travel back to early? 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    puttin out the skeleton halloween bowl.  i doan care is too soon.  hah, they don't get the soon joke.

    He's out, with fresh batteries, loaded with kitkats minis.  guardian of the kitkat minis.  he says 'rawwwr candy is no good for you, it'll rot your teeth.' 'rawwr hey i was gonna eat that piece'  'rawwwr aye bite your fingers, try to steal moi candy will ya'

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