lupi

cow of tailed snake (gay)

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you can say "chimoora" instead of "cow of tailed snake" if you want. its a good pun.​


i ramble about aerospace sometimes
I take rocket photos and you can see them @aWildLupi


I have a terminal case of bovine pungiform encephalopathy, the bovine puns are cowmpulsory


they/them/moo where "moo" stands in for "you" or where it's funny, like "how are moo today, Lupi?" or "dancing with mooself"



Bovigender (click flag for more info!)
bovigender pride flag, by @arina-artemis (click for more info)



aWildLupi
@aWildLupi

in this house we deeply appreciate our friend and savior the circular polarizer for giving us the chance at getting a shot where we otherwise had no hope

even so, I've had to dim it down a lot in the edit to bring out any of the detail. I'm not sure if I did it too much, i may revisit the edit, but for now I've put it up on my photo site for viewing and purchase as prints/etc.

now to finish my bagel treat, grab a drink, and head home before it gets too hot.


lupi
@lupi

but lupi, you were bellyachin' about how you wanted a launch with some sun in it for once, that you were tired of night launches

oh, how the monkey's paw doth curl, and give you a launch with the sun low in the sky right behind it, when you only brought the filters for one camera, not both

anyway please do share the above post if you're so willing, i'm really happy with the result
later today i might post what i got my desktop to record into audacity while i was out if it sounds good



OrganicSuperlube
@OrganicSuperlube

Recently I was messing around and editing some screenshots of SimFarm ("SimCity's Country Cousin" released in 1993) and I came to the realization that I had never actually taken the time to look at the game's graphics up-close. Inspecting its usage of color, I found that this game's style - which for the longest time I'd taken for granted as "looking good enough, I guess" - is actually composed of a very impressive instance of working-within-limitations that does its job so well, you actually forget that it looks pretty.

My whole life, I thought this game used a lot more colors than it actually grants itself access to; SimCity 2000 has a whole 256-color palette after all, and that game came out roughly around the same point in time. In actuality, SimFarm only has 15! Using just a small handful of reds, greens, yellows and blues in meticulous dithered patterns SimFarm makes its otherwise-mundane visuals truly pop, simulating details that really only exist within the tricks it plays on your eyes. Now, granted, this is nothing new; just about every single game of the time used the same technique to emulate a greater depth of color, particularly the many products that shared the standard EGA 16-color scheme: Commander Keen, the original Monkey Island, etc... but it somehow feels more striking here. Maybe it's the fact that it's all in muted earthy tones, or the fact that pink and purple are completely omitted from the palette... or maybe it's simply the fact that expecting 256 colors and finding this instead just hits different. Hell, I think this is the first time I've seen a DOS game use only 15 colors - and believe me, I've looked for the 16th color! It's just not there!

In fact, the game uses three distinct palettes... it's just that two of them only exist for the title & logo splash screens. So at least the game isn't completely devoid of the color purple.


Anyway, I just thought this was a neat example of how to elevate relatively simple low-color graphics by way of really effective dithering, and wanted to share it. Playing SimFarm might be analogous to watching grass grow, but at least the grass is damn nice to look at!



johnnemann
@johnnemann

Post the take that will get CoHost's servers raided by a shadowy government agency. Post the take that will cause your books to be pulled from the shelves and burned. The take that will get your knighthood rescinded, your country embargoed, your yacht attacked by orcas, your robe to change from grey to black. Post something that will ensure no one can ever write a biography of you without heavy censoring. The take that will become the replacement for 'shouting fire in a crowded theater' when people discuss the limits of free speech. Cause your hometown to rename itself to avoid the shame. Make the UN security council act in full accord against you. Be the obvious reason we haven't heard from alien life.


CERESUltra
@CERESUltra

Not every dippin' dots stand has the banana split and they're fucking cowards for it