#Engineer in the making

[dearkim]

JULY 09, 2023

S T U D Y P L A N

I don’t know if “Study Plan” is the right term but these tables are my guide of what topics are we now in my RC, what topics that I already study or need to review. I realized, I need to plan well to maximize my time. I think this time I’m doing well.

[adrianmatthew]

Dear Adrian, Don't be too hard on yourself, everything is going to be worth it in God's perfect time. I know you've been through a lot, You're unemployed, you don't have any illegibility to work and have a regular job and earn for yourself and for your parents, to save up and get the things that you want, and you see your classmates or batchmates are getting the things they wanted, nevertheless take heart and trust in Him who has brought you this far. God enabled you to finish College, therefore He will carry you out of everything through His will be done. Just be grateful in every circumstance, and just try to be better in preparing for the next exam and be more focused on building yourself up and being who God wants you to be in this life that is full of challenges, now that you've realized that being in a relationship can wait till you're settled down and have a stable job, keep doing what you've been doing and improve for yourself, and do all the things as if you're serving the Lord in 1 Corinthians 10:31. Lastly, as the Apostle Paul told the Christians in Philippi, "Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say Rejoice!" (Philippians 4:4) Rejoice in any circumstance Because the Lord is always good and has been good to you from the beginning of your life.

Padayon, Engr. Adrian Christian F. Ampong

[trypo-p]

The gang's all here!

[lotus-pear]

partners in crime or smt idk

[hollis-art]

i think about the 30th Anniversary Star Trek Barbie and Ken set so much actually,,, look at them go

[wackarat]

Gunslingerr

it’s more of a breakdown but nonetheless

[seagiri]

gravel

[homkamiro]

Biliard shenanigans

[mwagneto]

fascinated by just how much marvel movies (and shows) managed to perfect the formula of making 2 male characters Just gay enough that the fans who want that will go UMMM IT'S NOT BAIT THEY'RE LITERALLY GAY LOOK!!!! but not too gay that homophobes even pick up on there being any subtext let alone get mad. extremely insidious form of bait. obvious examples being fatws and loki and more recently deadpool 3 and now venom 3

[auranym]

indie games are safe!!

good news! unity has walked back a lot of the runtime fee!

they made a blog post outlining their new terms, the link is here. but if you want a sparknotes version, here's the highlights:

1. the runtime fee is not retroactive. previously released games are safe.

2. the fee only applies to the next major version of unity. developers can choose not to upgrade if they don't want do deal with it.

3. the fee is opt-in and number of installs is self-reported. if they'd prefer, developers can instead pay a 2.5% revenue share. (for reference, unreal is 4%.)

4. interestingly, the splash screen is being completely removed. this is probably a way to improve their reputation.

overall, this is a HUGE improvement! but, if I remember right, there was not any revenue share before, so, we are not at the same point we started. unity will still be taking a larger cut of developers' revenue if they choose to use newer features. but, it is nowhere near as drastic as we thought it would be.

overall, I think we're in a stable spot now, but I also think unity has lost most if not all of the trust it had. especially with indies. there has already been a mass exodus, and I kinda hope that will keep going.

[zan0tix]

Need more callieroxy in the world.. (withering away) their yuri powers unmatched

[vacueye]

looking through old tf2 stuff again + felt like reuploading some of my favorite (mostly spy) art throughout the years

[solardrake]

Delivering mail to the furthest corners of the server ✉✈

[mail-me-a-snail]

i dont know what it is about engie but firebugs just seem 2 flock 2 him like sticker-hoarding geese

[shithowdy]

hey this post on bluesky fucking sucks.

the dishonesty here is palpable. the op of this post complained that they spent hours editing a video only for it to get 200 views. this is only important if you think views/follower counts correlate directly with income. if you want to be an influencer who makes art, just fucking say so. but this is not the point of simply "being an artist".

you absolutely do not "have" to spend hours of your day making tiktoks and reels showing your workspace and process and daily life and upcoming releases. it is a conscious decision to spend your time being an entertainer for children who consume exclusively short-form media instead of enjoying and honing your craft.

please don't let posts like this make you think that this is the "only way" of being an artist in the social media era and that if you don't document your entire process, you're some kind of failure. don't let posts like this guilt you into thinking you aren't doing enough. freelancing obviously involves marketing yourself, i'm not saying "advertising your work is bad", but if you are at any time fretting over the tedium of making a process tiktok maybe take a few steps back and evaluate if the time you are spending catering to the algorithm is proportionate to the time you are spending actually doing the things you like.

[wackarat]

MERRY CHRISTMAS