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robcat2075

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  1. In yet another sign of the Apocalypse, someone has invented a shape that can be tiled with itself, but will not create repeating patterns.

    Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem

     

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    ...an einstein is an “aperiodic monotile,” a shape that tiles a plane, or an infinite two-dimensional flat surface, but only in a nonrepeating pattern. (The term “einstein” comes from the German “ein stein,” or “one stone” — more loosely, “one tile” or “one shape.”) Your typical wallpaper or tiled floor is part of an infinite pattern that repeats periodically; when shifted, or “translated,” the pattern can be exactly superimposed on itself. An aperiodic tiling displays no such “translational symmetry,” and mathematicians have long sought a single shape that could tile the plane in such a fashion. This is known as the einstein problem.

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  2. Here's how I think it could work...

     

    You have a plane with a circle on it that is relationshipped to change radius depending on how far along the Z axis it is.

    You place the center on any point you want to make an arc for and it sizes the circle for you.

    You have a clear piece of plexiglass over your monitor and scratch away with the circle as your guide for compass center and distance.

    When you're done you paint the back of the plexiglass black.

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  3. This guy shows a process for creating holographic images manually... by scratching plastic?

    He admits to difficulty in creating truly 3D shapes, but other people do it well.

    I'm wondering... Could A:M somehow be used simplify/streamline the planning for this?

     

     

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  4. To test, I made a 3 minute animation of a pendulum doing 1 beat per second.

    If I render to AVI, the first 30 seconds are messed up but the rest looks normal.

     

    If I render to Quicktime, it all looks correct. (I chose "Animation" as the Codec)

    If you still have Quicktime installed, you can render to QuickTime from 32-bit A:M. I think most video editing apps will still recognize QuickTime files.

    • Does the error always happen when you render on the PC?
    • The appearance of these is quite different. What else did you change?

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    • Try rendering to AVI "Uncompressed" on the PC. Then compress in some other app.
    • I rarely render to a video format. I usually render to an image sequence and then join the sound in some editing app.

     

  5. After some more testing, my Zoom-ing is also usually affected with temporary bad views although not exactly as yours is.

     

    On 3/10/2023 at 4:02 PM, R Reynolds said:

     My current work around is to hold down the space bar (Refresh) before RMB.

    This does seem to work. Everything is solid and stable if I do this first. I don't need to hold it down, one press is enough.

  6. I presume that is indeed some video card malperformance. Can you revert to a previous driver?

    My video is just the "integrated" video of the CPU and it generally works well but I have a situation where if I make a bounding box selection, no CPS will appear selected until i hit SPACE to refresh. Also, sometimes the view will get temporarily shifted from where it was, or a previous viewpoint will reappear, then resolve to what I should be seeing.

    I get the sense that these video cards don't throw out old images until they have to make room for new ones, so sometimes an old screen is mistakenly referenced and displayed.

  7.  

    On 3/9/2023 at 3:49 PM, cribbidaj said:

    Is there not someone associated with the store that can look up and verify my purchase on March 7 and send me an activation code?

    That's Jason. Has he answered your PM yet?

    Update: I am informed that Jason has resolved this problem. Thanks, Jason!

  8. I'm always baffled by this question. Every time I've bought a sub the email with the key shows up immediately.

    Last time someone said they hadn't gotten a key I went to the store and bought a new sub just to see if the store was working and... the key arrived immediately.

    I'm baffled!

     

    However...After I log into the store there is a list on the right like this...

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    Does that not even appear?

    It leads to a page that has "Serial Keys" at the bottom (you have to scroll down)



     

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