I'm a fan of Pokemon and playing the older games, I've found it really soothing to breed competitive level mons. Currently, I'm working on making a living Pokedex starting with generation 1.

I've got five left, excepting Krabby, which I'm getting later.

I haven't played a competitive battle in years, but I always liked the idea of having a set of Pokemon I could create hypothetical teams with like the rental Pokemon in Stadium 1/2.

What about the rest of you? Anything you're doing just got you because you like it?

  • D0ctorPhi1 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Learning Vietnamese to try to get the hell out of this country sometime in the next year or so.

  • neera_tanden [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Playing with data simulations for different reporting strategies by the CDC that fit the new normal that we find ourselves in - daily cases and deaths aren’t newsworthy anymore that it is endemic

  • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Going to the darkroom to make postcards to send to friends and family once a month….I’m being pretentious and replacing social media posts with postcards, with nothing digital involved in the production of them

    Fuck the exposure timer has a digital clock on it, Zuckerberg has the last laugh again :sadness-abysmal:

    • CopsDyingIsGood [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I’m being pretentious and replacing social media posts with postcards, with nothing digital involved in the production of them

      That's not pretentious that's awesome, I'd love it if a friend of mine did this

  • UlyssesT
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    26 days ago

    deleted by creator

    • Zangief [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Please finish Tulpa Trilogy. I bought first book and reading it.

  • happysisyphus [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Been progressing with jazz piano :carlin-pog:

    Also getting back into reading fiction, which has been great so far

  • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I'm designing a couple of RC vehicles in Fusion360 that I hope to 3d print soon for a big local hobby expo.

    Also working with a friend to build a foundry so we can melt aluminum cans into ingots. Precious, precious ingots.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Now that I have the space:

    1. I'm going to be collecting wildflowers as soon as they start blooming in a couple months, drying them, and preserving them in formed resin with backlighting like this lamp. Some are going to be standalone, others grouped. Like 3D botanical plates that double as ambient lighting.

    2. I'm recreating a few of the masks from this beautiful cubist ballet, with art by Fernand Leger, to hang as wall art: https://vimeo.com/455396674 . Ideally they'd be wearable too but I just want close/semi-sturdy replicas of the humans, birds, monkeys, warriors, and the three gods in the background.

    3. I'm going to be collecting wild specimens for a few terrariums themed around regional ecosystems. We've got some really unique ones like alpine tundra, high desert and canyon, and mountain which I think could look neat in miniature. Just like one shelf full of them in the living room.

  • Grebgreb [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I make music, just finished a cover and I have an album as a goal that I work towards. I got a better drum vsti last year and am in the process of improving a few of my older songs, with and without the drums. This is probably the only thing that keeps me remotely sane and healthy.

    A few years ago I began modding Halo 1 a bit and redid most of the encounters in b30. Last year I changed some of the weapon reticules which is way more annoying than it sounds. I like playing it as a roguelike and wanted to make a mod that reflects that. I just touch up on it every now and then because scripting is ridiculously fun with a real text editor.

  • Rojo27 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I've gotten into custom keyboards just because I love assembling shit. Got my keyboard all put together but its having some issues and based on what I'm reading from others with a similar experience it looks like I'll probably have to return/RMA my bare ones kit and start over:negative:

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Oh no! But that sounds like a cool hobby. Something you can do with your hands that lets you express some creativity while helping you understand the technology you use.

  • wrecker_vs_dracula [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I’ve been noodling on the ukulele a little today:

    ||: C | F | C | E7 | A- | D7 | G7 | C7 | F | F#° | C | A7 | D7 | F | C | (G) :||

    I don’t know why it’s tickling me so much. It’s just well-worn tropes in a somewhat deceptive order. Noodling is fun sometimes, and brings me joy.

  • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    My band is writing new stuff and playing our first out of state show next month, but more than that I'm quietly working on a big huge sprawling song based on Lovecraft's 'At The Mountains of Madness.' So that's been fun. I have the first movement done, meant to reflect chapter one, so the ball is definitely rolling on it, but this will take me a hell of a long time.

    • CarsAndComrades [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      a big huge sprawling song based on Lovecraft’s ‘At The Mountains of Madness.’

      That sounds really cool. Please share it on here when it's done.

  • FirstToServe [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I'm trying to learn how to mod civ4 but I'm in way over my head. I wish I had someone I could ask questions outside of 10+ year old forum posts.

    • makotech222 [he/him]A
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      3 years ago

      ask away. I've contributed to the c2c mod, in the dll code and python code

      • FirstToServe [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Can I add you on something for when I have specific questions or do you check in on this site often enough to bug you on? Right now I'm mostly just trying to read the files in a mod (a ffh branch called ashes of erberus) and try to understand what's going on. I've never tried to get my head around a program this large before with so many files and trying to track down dependencies from files THAT APPARENTLY ONLY EXIST AT RUNTIME. :shinji-screm:

        So I guess right now any advice on how to fit it in my head at once would be appreciated. Like for instance, since it's a BTS mod, it's not using any of the files from the regular Civ4 folder, right? Just the BTS folder?

        What I'm trying to do as a first medium-term goal is making a mod that automates fighter recon missions. Ashes of Erberus has a thing where your adepts can auto-cast a spell at the beginning or end of every turn. You activate that by ctrl+clicking the icon. I'm trying to track down where that behavior's described in code as a piece of how I might be able to implement my jet thing. I don't know where to look so I just open files and get lost in them.

        • makotech222 [he/him]A
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          3 years ago

          Yeah if its a bts mod, check the BTS/Mods folder.

          For processing inputs, I believe it will likely be in the Python code, probably something like YourMod/Assets/Python/Screens/something.py. If you use something like Notepad++, you can search all the .py files for key words, like 'ctrl' or 'handleInput' and get a good chance of finding where this piece of code is.

  • mao_zedonk [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Building a gourd arch for my pickles, a bamboo fence around the vegetable garden to keep the dogs out, and planning which seedlings to start this month