CAD options also flow over to the whole GPU debate as well. Yes, Nvidia’s company practices are awful. Yes, I’d love to have more options. But this doesn’t change that most of the heavyweight CAD options out there don’t play well with non-Nvidia GPUs.
I’d love it if there were FOSS / GPU-agnostic CAD options. But until then, focusing on what works is important, y’know?
Pretty much. Writing is mediocre but not awful, mobile suits (and all the machinery, really) are A+, human animations are awful.
I’m not sure what they’re on about that the story and protagonist are “no good”?
Like, I’ll admit the writing is pretty basic and blunt. Characters are shallow and nobody really has time to develop. But apart from like, one moment, nothing really made me upset? I’d still give it a mid/10.
You know those people who restore old machinery and equipment? Locomotives, historic warships, industrial sites and so on? I’d absolutely be dedicating my day to that. There’s something so satisfying about seeing that old stuff work, but they’re always chronically understaffed and struggling to keep up with everything.
Oh, and write a novel.
Okay, but how are we rating them, not against what?
In other words, is this question “Who is more skillful than who?” or “Who is better-written than who?”, or “Who do I just personally like better than who?”
Thanks! I remembered that Zeon ships were noted to store their suits in whatever orientation was most efficient (since gravity wasn’t a concern) while the Earthnoid-built Federation ships mostly stored them “upright” relative to atmospheric operation. I’d forgotten that 0083 had them launching like that as well.
I also take your point about accuracy, but ships being attacked at very short range also seems to be a fairly common thing. Seems to be at least once a series a suit gets no more than a few hundred meters from a ship, sometimes even straight into boarding/melee range.
Yeah, I struggle with Organic modeling. I think it’s because I was trained in parametric for engineering, but I just mind-blank when approaching “how do I make this complex shape?” in Blender. CAD’s approach feels very straightforward and intuitive; I know where each feature is defined and can tweak it fairly easily. Blender… doesn’t. And I know it’s definitely not me, because I’ve seen people do very powerful things with it.
Like, I’ve run through a lot of the tutorials, and every time they get to “Okay, time for you to make this simple shape on your own!”, I immediately slip back into CAD modeling mindset, which isn’t really compatible with Blender.
From your comments it sounds like this is Europe? In the US, 3-phase residential is rare - usually limited to large apartment buildings.
Usually what we have is a “split phase” system, where it comes in at 240v and a local ground is used to divide it into two 120v legs.
BTW if you ever move into a house where someone has put outdoors on the same rcd as the rest of the house, then do yourself a favor and get a separate combo rcd/fuse for outdoors.
It varies by state, but some states have requiring outdoor outlets to be on a separate breaker or GFCI (RCD) outlet already, for just this reason.
I’m in a similar boat right now - I use the Student Edition ($60-100 a year, depending on sales, locally installed vs. using the cloud-based 3Dexperience).
It’s not a bad deal by any means, but I do wish I didn’t have to deal with annual reinstalls and perpetually worrying Dassault is going to decide to take it away.
3D CAD software. There are a few options out there (FreeCAD, LibreCAD, etc) and Blender is a thing that exists for more artistic 3D modeling. But they simply don’t hold a candle to the features and capabilities of the paid packages, which typically have costs in the 4-to-5-digit range. And I’m not talking the crazy high-end simulation options - those I understand, they’re hard - but basic modeling features.
Hell, I’d even settle for a CAD package that had some solid basic features and had a reasonable purchase cost. Unfortunately the few providers have the industry by the throat, and so your options are “free but terrible” and “you need a mortgage to use this”.
Okay -
Before my time, but they tell tales of the “Phantom Shitter”. Someone had… issues, physical and/or mental, and would leave streaks of waste both going to and from the bathroom. Very liquid waste. Sometimes stepped in. “Phantom” because initially no one knew who was doing it. They just found the results. Eventually he was found out, sent home for a bit, and then fired when it happened again after he came back.
Since I worked there: Guy came in for an interview. I don’t know if he was already having a bad day or what, but he got upset that his first interviewer wasn’t there to greet him at the front door. It escalated, rapidly, leading to threats of violence, an arrest, and a couple of cops searching his car.
…get out of here, Sarkic scum! The Machine endures forever!
You’re pretty spot on. Sides are typically groups of space colonies clustered around the Lagrangian points in Earth’s orbit. Newtype powers have varied over the years. It ranges from minor telepathy (framed as the ability to sense the intent of others, which is allegedly responsible for their unnerving reaction times) to, uh…
…well, they can get pretty out there. No spoilers, but it’s not clear yet where GQuX is going to fall on the scale of “I can feel your anger” to “I can reshape reality to my will”.
Lorewise, GQuX benefits from effectively being an alternate universe to the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam, so you don’t need to follow the half-dozen sequel series (and as many again side stories) which exist in the same continuity.
It doesn’t look like they’re carrying any weight. If you look at this video of the opening ceremonies, right at the beginning you can see the athletes in the torch not actually touching the level above them.
Longer versions of the ceremony seem to show moments where the acrobats on lower levels both have their hands out into the air, or are even hanging from the level above them - suggesting any given level is capable of supporting both the weight of those below and above it.
Also, people who are just going, “eh, fuck the commerce clause, the states should just do their own thing!” totally forgetting the absolute shitshow this would unleash, both from private companies and conservative states.
I once heard greyhounds described as “zoom potatoes”, after their exactly two modes of existence.
There’s a submarine comedy called Down Periscope from the 90s. The story is, of course, absolute ridiculousness (albeit highly entertaining ridiculousness).
I’ve repeatedly been told by navy veterans, however, that it comes closest to portraying actual life in the navy - in particular, that virtually every character in the film is someone you can (and likely will) actually encounter in the navy.
Mechs.
Look, you so much as mention mechs and inevitably there’s someone who pops out of the woodwork with “But muh tank superiority, muh square cube law, muh vulnerable legs-”
No. Stop. Cease. Sometimes stylization beats out absolute realism, and in this case I just happen to really love big ol’ stompy boys.
I mean, I like my giant robot fights to have some decent story and characters too, y’know? The grey, gritty, grounded portrayal of war is what makes me a gundam fan over other mecha series.
But yeah, in this case, the gorgeous mecha animation at the very least balances out the basic writing.