#Amd have probably thought far too much about this subject

[coppercrow]

The Battle of Taillte

In the wake of the latest Artemis Fowl trailer, I ended up rereading the series and I have So Many Feelings after finishing up the Last Guardian.

But what I really want to know more about is fairy/human history, and the events leading up to the Battle of Taillte. Everything we know is very fairy-centric - their point of view on an event that completely changed their civilisation forever 10,000 years ago.

From their perspective, the humans of that time were bloodthirsty Mud Men who wanted to kill faries for no other reason than that they were different, while the People were entirely peaceful.

We never get a human perspective on these events, which is to be expected - it's so far back in human history that the only remnants left is folklore. But I'm sure that the humans of the time would tell a very different story to that of the People.

10,000 years ago (around 8000 BCE), the humans in Europe were still firmly low population density hunter-gatherer societies who used stone tools. During the Mesolithic period in Ireland (8000 BCE to 4000 BCE), the population is estimated to have been no more than 8000 at most.

We know that the People's population was low at that point (and still remained low even 10,000 years later), but that puts things into some perspective for the Battle of Taillte.

From the story Holly tells in the Last Guardian, we know that the People retreated to Ireland for a last stand after prior conflicts with humans. However, even if a force of humans joined the battle from the British Isles or mainland Europe, the numbers involved cannot have been that large given the low population at the time.

We also know that there were 100 fairy Beserkers buried under the Fowl Estate, which made up only a portion of the People's fighting force, which includes demons, dwarves riding trolls, and warlocks. For the People to still have been overwhelmed despite all this, you have to assume that close to every able bodied human in Ireland was fighting.

The losses for the People may have been great, but I hate to think what a dwarf riding a troll could do to humans who at best had basic stone weaponry. There would have been a high number of deaths for humans as well.

So that leaves me to wonder - how did the conflict between the People and humans start? Did humans start off with the intention to hunt the People to extinction? Or perhaps was the conflict started by a misunderstanding between species that sparked into all out war where the stakes were too high to back down from?

[later-slayer]

How many limbs would i have to sacrifice to get more content from that "last night before the lion's den post" i've got four amd you've already torn out my heart so

Ask and ye shall receive!

"Colonel?"

"Hm?"

"Stop staring at it."

"Mh," Roy grunted in half-answer.

A few momets passed before a sigh could be heard from the nearby kitchenette. *"Colonel."*

Roy scowled. "How do you even know where I'm looking, Lieutenant? Your back's turned!" Despite his grumbling, his gaze was in fact trained on the item in question: a letter. Neatly folded atop the envelope in which it came, it feigned innocence when its contents were anything but. In actuality it was a clever ploy --a threat. Not only to their entire operation, but to the person he valued above all else.

"We've been together long enough," Riza reasoned easily. "I can practically hear you concentrating. Besides," she continued, pulling two glasses down from the cupboard. "You're tapping."

True enough, his thumb was drumming lightly against the table. A nervous tick he thought he'd long grown out of, he hadn't even realized he was doing it.

This only worsened his pouting.

"You're being thrown straight into the lion's den." Roy didn't bother denying it any further. Not the subject of his thoughts nor the severity of his worries. Not even the fact that, even now, he was taking part in a staring contest with a piece of paper.

"It isn't the first time, Sir."

The Colonel didn't know it was physically possible for his frown to deepen any further.

"You still take your whiskey on the rocks, don't you, Colonel?"

"Yes," Roy sighed, deflated. "Thank you, Lieutenant. "

Riza didn't say any more as she meandered about the kitchen. Ice clinked and cabinets closed before she turned, two ice-filled glasses in one hand and a bottle of Rush Reserve in the other.

Almost immediately Roy straightened in his seat. "That's a nice whiskey," he complimented dumbly.

The corner of her mouth lifted in a faint smile. "I felt the situation called for it."

Very dumbly.

This time Roy kept his mouth shut as his subordinate opened the bottle with a crack of the seal. He knew her well enough to know that she didn't usually drink. The fact that she had gone out of her way to buy a top-shelf brand like this was evidence enough that she was just as rattled as he, her flawless composure be damned. After all, she was nothing if not graceful under pressure.

The ticking of the clock was joined only by a gentle pouring as she filled both their glasses halfway. When slid in front of him he accepted it gratefully. Still he paused, tilting the glass and watching as he swirled the dark amber liquid over the chunks of ice. He bit the inside of his cheek.

"When are you to report to your new assignment?" he finally dared to ask.

"First thing tomorrow morning, Sir."

The Colonel's scowl returned in record time. "Bastard works quickly," he bit out with a huff. Then, after a moment, "What shall we drink to?" Grim as things were, he wouldn't be able to think of a proper toast even if he tried.

Riza's expression softened as she thought, her thumb and forefinger moving to rest against her chin. "To a calm, peaceful evening," she eventually proposed with a trace of a smile. "One that I would say is long-deserved."

Roy couldn't help the way his own countenance shifted at her optimism. "And may many more soon follow," he reciprocated, a tired smile tugging at his own lips as their glasses clinked together.

***

It went without saying that the subject of the letter did not enter their conversations for the reminder of the evening. Though it had struck quite the blow, there was little point in trying to rethink their entire strategy now. Even if they were in the right headspace, fifteen hours was not enough time to lay out a plan. Not hardly. Especially considering that their current one was rickety at best. After all they were still gathering intelligence, still trying to figure out just who and what their enemies were.

But they had their aliases, their covers and their code, and their discreet methods of exchanging information. The idea that there was no point discussing it now was not an admission of defeat, but rather an acknowledgment that, in this moment, some things were more important. Such as taking the time to enjoy each other's company in peace --for who knew when they would next have the opportunity to do so?

And so they allowed their conversations to be feuled by far less grueling topics. They talked about the progress of Black Hayate's training, and Riza sheepishly admitted how she couldn't get him to stop chewing on her slippers. They talked about how Havoc had finally settled down with a nice girl --a regular at the family's shop, no less!--, and how he turned out to be quite the sensible businessman. They discussed the Elric brothers, the Colonel bemoaning how Edward had "shaken him down for cenz like a common thug", earning him the first laugh she had let slip in some time. And, once the shock of it wore off, the Colonel started laughing right along with her.

Though this wasn't the first time the two of them had drank together, it went without saying that it wasn't a common occurrence. In fact, this was probably the second time they had done so when it was just the two of them. There were a multitude of reasons, laws against fraternization and their own complex history among them. But tonight they were alone, and that was okay. They deserved at least one night without worry, without care.

And so they talked and laughed over their whiskey, drinking just enough to color their cheeks a light shade of pink, before eventually switching back to water and tea. Only once the lateness of the hour began making their eyelids grow heavy and their vision blurred did they finally retire for the evening. Their uniforms were left discarded on the dresser, Riza shrugging into her pajamas while the Colonel opted for boxers and his button-up. It was an amusing combination, but somehow she found it in herself to not tease him for it.

And just like that they climbed into bed, settling easily into eachother's arms. This, too, was strangely familiar territory. They were breaking no laws, not technically, though she would be lying if she said she didn't feel as though they were indulging themselves. Still, those arms were her home, her sanctuary. And as they wrapped around her, holding her impossibly close, she could only sigh in contentment as she buried her face against the crook of his neck. At last she let her eyes fall shut, and the last thing she remembered was being lulled to sleep by the Colonel's gentle breathing and the steady beat of his heart.

***

The next morning came far too soon. Though Riza awoke feeling strangely well-rested, albeit with a bit of dry mouth, she didn't want to get up. And while there was no possible way Roy couldn't hear the alarm blaring from the corner, he made no move either. Eventually, however, they had to face the realities of the new day. They peered at each other, her with a wry smile and he with a look of melancholy --a multitude of things spoken though they exchanged no words. Instead he kissed her hair, his fingers pressing into her back as he seemed to not want to let her go. Yet there wasn't much choice, and finally they were forced to untangle themselves.

The rest of that morning was quiet, comfortable. Riza got up to shower while Roy got dressed and made them both a simple breakfast of eggs and toast. They talked easily as they ate, Riza trying and failing to hide her amusement as he began to harp over her, showering her with advice and comforting words about their current situation. He was rambling, certainly, but she could sense that he was attempting to assuage his own fears as well, and so she let him. Even if she did occasionally interject to remind him that "It will be alright, Colonel."

And it would be. They had both suffered far worse, after all.

Even so, she couldn't deny the way her own anxieties began to bubble up as they said their goodbyes at the door, Black Hayate in her arms. Only once the Colonel disappeared from view did Riza go back inside. She held the shiba inu tightly, his tongue wet against her cheek as he yapped, tail wagging. He always did enjoy when the Colonel came to visit. And he wasn't the only one.

She allowed herself a few minutes to clean up their breakfast. She still had an hour before she had to leave to her new appointment under Fuhrer King Bradley, so she gave herself this time to calm her thoughts. Still, as she returned to her room to get changed she found something that would prove far more effective than cleaning dirty dishes. There, up near her pillow, was Roy's button-up shirt. If it wasn't for the fact that it was neatly folded, she may have actually believed that he had forgotten it by accident. Yet he had never been one for subtlety.

Moving forward, Riza gathered the shirt into her arms. It was such a simple thing, and yet... With eyes closed she allowed herself to press the fabric against her face. The familiar scent of cedar and soap tickled her nose. But it was more than that. It smelled like *him...* And though the thought of having this to hold at night was perhaps a childish one, she couldn't help the smile that stretched across her face.

[baka-monarch]

26 and 2 with tiny Roman, Logan and Patton and giant virgil (maybe some LAMP PLEASE??😽)

26) Drink

2) Sugar

Pre AA

Virgil felt thirsty.

Really thirsty.

He hadn't drank anything in the past two days a d it was starting to get to him, not to mention the paranoia of what Deceit would do if he knew that Virgil wasn't taking care of himself. So, Virgil got up, and put on his grey hoodie, preparing himself for the cold 3 am kitchen air. While walking his mind wandered, especially to one specific subject that seemed to be plaguing his mind alot as of recent. The light mindscape, or the light sides specifically. Deceit had banned him and Remus from ever going and Virgil had no idea why, when ever he found little memories of Thomas seeing it, heard about the others, or just found a book that had been written by the other creativity, he found that it all sounded amazing. A place filled with light, hope, and love. He had one of those things, but he was so curious about the other two, amd with Thomas growing up Virgil couldn't help but to feel that the dark mindscape just seemed to keep getting smaller...

He was at the kitchen. He hadn't noticed being so wrapped up in his mind, that happened sometimes. Virgil sighed and walked in, expecting to see the same boring kitchen and the same old kitchen appliances.

Except he didn't.

As soon as Virgil had stepped into the kitchen his eyes had landed on three tiny people standing on the counter. Three strangely familiar tiny people. At first it seemed like they hadn't noticed him, until he took another step and it was obvious that they had when they all flinched back, huddling close together with the royal looking one being in the front holding a sword, but shaking in fear all the same. Virgil worried his lip as he wondered what to do. Should he say something? Do something? Why were they so small? Once again Anxiety was lost in his mind as he didn't notice that he was curling in on himself.

"K- kiddo?" Came one of their meek voices, pulling Virgil out of it. When he looked up he could see one of them stepping forward and the other's trying to stop him, they were the light blue one with the cardigan- Morality, he thinks. "Are- are you okay?" They stuttered. Virgil took a few breaths to compose himself, before straightening and putting on a well practiced mask.

"I'm fine." He almost snarled out, but he didn't want to go too far. Deceit had taught him how much first impressions meant. "You don't look so good though." Virgil walked forward as nonchalant as he could, hoping they couldn't see through him.

"W- w- we-" Morality stuttered out before being cut off.

"And why does it matter to you fowl beast!" The royal one- probably Remus' brother, the other Creativity- stepped forward, holding out his sword, doing what he could to look brave but was still shaking in his boots. Virgil only raised an unamused eyebrow.

"'Beast'?" Virgil questioned, almost tempted to smirk but knowing better.

"That wasn't very nice Creativity!" Morality scolded him.

"Yeah Princey, have a little respect for your host." Now Virgil smirked, and kneeled down to be more at their level.

"Well- I- you-" 'Princey' as he'd now been dubbed, started making a series of offended sounds. The third person- they must be Logic- cleared his throat before finally speaking up.

"I think what Roman means is, how do we know you are not a threat, Anxiety?" Logic adjusted his glasses. At least he didn't seem scared.

"Dunno." Virgil shrugged. "Guess you don't, but at least I haven't done anything yet." He didn't pay much attention to the change in atmosphere and the flinch he'd gotten from the 'yet'. If only they knew that he was probably more scared than them right now.

"Ah." Logic began. "You are correct."

"But you said yet!" Princey exclaimed. "So you're planning to!"

"Not exactly." Virgil shrugged. "Anyways... aren't you guys supposed to be in the light mindscape?" He wondered aloud.

"We are," Mlrality started. "We just kind of... woke up here?" He seemed to question at the end.

"Was that your doing!" Princey pointed his sword at Virgil once again.

"Nope." He popped the 'p'. Damn, was Remus' brother always this extra? Logic gave a curt nod at his answer as Morality's face seemed to light up with an idea, and Virgil wasn't sure if he should be scared.

"Maybe you could help us get back!" Morality exclaimed, practically vibrating as he said it. Everyone flinched when Morality have this ideas, the light sides weary of Anxiety, and Virgil scared of messing up at some point and hurting them.

"Padre, I don't think that's such a good idea-" Princey tried.

"No, it could work! Anxiety knows his way around here! Don't 'cha kiddo!?" Morality seemed a little excited.

"I dunno..." Virgil but his lip, not thinking of his slightly sharper teeth until the others flinched. "What if something happened?"

"Aw, c'mon, how else are we supposed to get out of here?" Morality seemed to beg.

"Morality has a point." Logic butted in. "We do not know the area, but you do and we need to return to Thomas as soon as possible."

"You can't actually be thinking about trusting him-" Creativity hissed out a whisper. "I mean, he's a dark side!" The more Princey whispered, the more something sparked in Virgil. He was more than just a dark side, not to mention he could be trusted!

"What, can't look past your large ego Princey?" Virgil added sarcastically. "Yeah- yeah, I can take you back." Creativity seemed to pale when Virgil spoke, good, Virgil thought, he shouldn't have said that. With that, Virgil stood and offered the light sides his hand to ride on. Morality was the first to hop on, next Logic, and finally, with great hesistance, Princey.

"Alright Sugar, Specs, and everything not nice." Virgil started, making Princey flinch. "Let's get you home."

[blackcrystvl]

GET TO KNOW THE CHARACTER! (Repost, don’t Reblog)

LAYER ONE: THE OUTSIDE

Name: Ausos

Eye Color: Black/White

Hair Color: No Hair

Height: 5′7″ but this can change depending on their form (they are tallest in Defense Form, being 6″5)

Clothing Style: Doesn’t need clothes, though if they were to wear something, they’d have a very casual style, bordering on punk-ish.

Best Physical Feature: Their Crystal? It’s always shining with beautiful colors depending on how they feel. Other than that, their arms? They could give great hugs with arms like theirs, especially when they are in defense form. Strong, warm hugs.

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE

Fears: Being alone and/or ending up alone, failing their trainer/the people/other pokemon they care about. Other than that, Eternatus.

Bad Habits: They can be a little too curious at times, too loud, and their appetite has been known to get them into trouble, too-- in the sense that, they think nothing of stealing whole vending machines or food carts and flying off with them to then gorge on their contents, or just “stealing” food in general when they can’t otherwise acquire it with funds or whatnot. Ausos always repays his debts in those regards, but, still, they are a food klepto.

Ambition for the Future: Ausos wants to regain the ability to change into their other forms, for starters, and to maybe eventually regain many of their lost memories, but overall Ausos main goal is just to make friends and live a good life with those friends, whether they are pokemon or humans or whatever. Everything else they just play by ear.

Biggest regret: Ausos’ memory is very spotty and there isn’t much from their past they can remember “regretting”, however they do retain a lot of the feelings from those lost memories, and one of those feelings pertains to the partner they lost thousands of years ago. Ausos doesn’t remember the partners name, or even what they looked like, but Ausos remembers feeling very deeply for them, and Ausos knows they perished somehow. Ausos doesn’t know what happened to them exactly, but Ausos wishes they could have protected them more, somehow. 

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS

First Thoughts Waking Up: “Ausos is hungry”, “Ausos is going to have a good day!”, “Ausos should go check on their friends.”

What They Think About the Most: Friends/potential friends, food & drink, adventuring/travelling, their mysterious past

What They Think About Before Bed: “Where should Ausos go tomorrow? What should Ausos  do tomorrow? Who should Ausos visit? What should Ausos eat?”

What They Think Their Best Quality Is: They actually don’t think very highly of themselves so lmfao. If anything, they like to think they can be helpful to other people sometimes, and that’s nice.

LAYER FOUR: WHAT’S BETTER?

Single or Group interactions: Ausos loves group interactions-- the more people/friends the better! Though Ausos is perfectly fine in one on one interactions too. 

To be Feared or Respected: Ausos would much rather be Respected by their peers or by people at large. Ausos doesn’t want to inspire fear in anyone, that’s one of the last things they want, ever. Ausos wants to make friends, and you can’t make true  friends through fear/ 

Beauty, Brains or Brawn?: Ausos could subjectively have the first, definitely has the last, but the middle, Brains, is where they struggle. Ausos isn’t a moron, but their intelligence ranks at average, and they have far more “below” average moments than they do “above” average ones. Please don’t let this pokemon think too hard,

Dogs or Cats: Ausos loves all creates, how dare you make them try to pick just one. 

LAYER FIVE: DO THEY?

Lie: Ausos lies about as much as the average person or pokemon does, though when it comes to serious situations they more often opt to speaking the truth.

Have scars/birthmarks: Thanks to their regeneration abilities, Ausos has no scars, and likely never will. Ausos has perfect skin, be jealous.

Believe in Themselves: Not at all really. Ausos has a very small degree of belief in themselves, but they will act like confident and pretend that they do. 

Believe in Love: Ausos definitely believes in love, both platonic and romantic, but they have far more experience with the former as opposed to the latter.

Want Someone:  In the romantic sense? Ausos could go without-- they aren’t opposed to the idea of something happens, but they can live without another “partner”. Ausos does want friends, though, as many friends as they can have.

LAYER SIX: EVER?

Been on Stage: Nope, but they would certainly like the idea of being on stage. Being a lover of music, and of singing, they sometimes dream of putting on a show for hordes of pokemon or humans. Godspeed to that audience if that ever happens, though....

Done Drugs: Ausos likes to drink human alcohol but they don’t ever get drunk so, is it really a drug then? To them? I don’t think so.

Changed Who They Were to Fit In: Ausos, as far as they know, has always been Ausos, no more, no less. Ausos might try to contain themselves a bit when interacting with new people, but overall they are a very unfiltered being and they always will be. 

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES

Favorite Color: Gold, purple, black, pink,blue.

Favorite Music: Ausos enjoys most types of music, but they are very fond of the human music genres of synthwave, amd vaporwave. Rock music and it’s associated genre’s are also very interesting to Ausos. 

Favorite Drink: Ausos is a big fan of human alcohol, but besides that, they have a bad habit of indulging in soft drinks and just sugary drinks in general. 

Favorite Food: Sweets of all kinds occupy the forefront of Ausos eating habits, but when it comes to actual food, they are big on hotdogs, and hamburgers. Ausos has a horrible diet, someone really needs to regulate them. 

Favorite Sport: Ausos loves watching the  Pokéathlon, and one day wants to participate themselves, actually.

Favorite Season: Ausos prefers the winter, if only because its the most similar they can get to the conditions they felt while in space-- i.e, the extreme cold (though its really not extreme to them).

Favorite Holiday:  Christmas. Ausos loves the idea of getting presents for their friends or for people in general, to make them happy. Ausos also loves getting presents. 

LAYER EIGHT: AGE

Day Their Next Birthday Will Be: Ausos knows nothing about their birthday. Ausos has never even celebrated their birthday. Kind of hard to pinpoint when one’s birthday is when you’re a glorified space virus that got mutated by a laser over 20,000 years ago, and has been dormant for the past 19,000 or something years with most of their memory wiped ):

Age They Lost Their Virginity: Excuse you Ausos isn’t that kind of Pokemon. Though if they did lose it, they don’t remember, and it was probably 20,000+ years ago, anyway.

LAYER NINE: IN A POTENTIAL PARTNER (ROMANTIC OR OTHERWISE) THEY LOOK FOR

Best Personality: Loyalty, good morals, not being mean, that’s it really. 

Best Eye Color: Ausos doesn’t care.

Best Hair Color: Ausos doesn’t care 

Best thing to do With a Partner: Fun situations that result in lots of laughter, or close, intimate things, like hugs, or cuddling.

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE

They love: their friends // food // space

They hate: mean people // people who hurt their friends // people who hurt other people/pokemon out of malice

They feel: warm, curious, brave

They hide: some things, but they try not to.

They miss: thing’s they can barely remember. 

They wish: to do good by their friends and/or trainer.

tagged by: look what i stole from one of my old blogs, again tagging: YOU, say you stole it from me, or w/e

[sunlit-helix]

learning how computers work again. Very long post about CPU research for a workstation.

since im rambling about computers im typing out my thought process and maybe ill link it to a few nerds to see if my conclusions make sense or not.

Purposes for building my computer as a workstation:

Primary Goals: Efficiency at 3D rendering. Primarily using C4D, but in the long run, probably Blender. 4K footage processing.

Secondary Goals: Efficient in Adobe suite. Primarily After effects, Premiere, Media encoder.

Tertiary goals: Gaming.

My first question was: Should I render using my CPU or my GPU? Several quick google searches told me the choice did not matter much, it was mostly project dependent. Well I already have a decent GPU in my gtx 970, so let’s put off buying a new video card for now, and get a really good processor

Second question is:Single-Core or Multi-Core focus?

I read two articles. this one and this one

They both give CPU recommendations based on different factors. I learned something important, some processors are better at editing and gaming, and others are better at rendering and exporting. Basically, some processors are better at doing one thing really well(single-core speed), while others are better at doing lots of things somewhat well (multi-core speed).

I compared CPU’s by cinebench score. I use Cinema 4D for most of my rendering, so using a benchmark for telling me how fast something is in the program I use? pretty good. These are the charts I stared at for 27 years.

The articles I read suggested getting processors that are high end in both single core and multicore, so they’re just generally good at both things. Well, trouble is, those are really expensive. Processors that prioritize just one or the other are a bit cheaper, funny enough.

So for options under $1,000 I was deciding between the i9-9900k and the Threadripper 2950x, along with the other threadrippers. This took a long time to decide. the i9 is about $500 while the threadripper is $800. on paper the cinebench score is about 1,000 points higher, which about 38% higher. It took me some research to find out if that actually means it’s 38% faster at rendering and it turns out that’s true. But the ‘proof’ is a little shaky, I watched this video (x) with very few views, but actually watching the benchmark as it’s happening is convincing enough. If I’m going to be rendering videos in 4K I like, 40% is big. that’s the difference between a project taking 10 hours and 14 hours. 20 hours and 28 hours.

Here’s where things get a little more subjective.

The stats didn’t totally convince me. I mean, i can render 3D images out as PNG sequences, meaning that I can render a bunch of images overnight, and if it’s not done, I can use the computer during the day, and start rendering where I left off the night before. Having a computer that’s fast at rendering isn’t *Super* important for just rendering.

Likewise, Having a desktop that’s super good at single core either isn’t the most important thing ever. every 3d modelling program has ‘subdivision surfaces’ meaning that you can preview and edit models at lower resolution and render them at higher ones than the ones you’re editing. I could see having a good single core processing being good at sculpting and certain simulations, but... I hate sculpting. I hate character design in 3D in general. rotopology fucking sucks.

But one thing I remembered is that you are constantly rendering things as you’re editing them, while adjusting lighting and shaders. Having a better processor for rendering is going to massively speed up the workflow, not just the exporting and rendering process. 

Also, I’ve been... pretty content with the speed of editing -not rendering- in general with my 3D programs. Sometimes my scenes get too complicated but I can usually tell you why and adjust my viewport, and hide objects to compensate. So let me think, if I’m pretty content with the speed already, what’s the point of getting something spectacularly good?

Let’s compare single core Speed, AKA speed of editing, not rendering, using Cinebench scores.

The average score of the processor I’m currently using for editing, the  i5-6300HQ, is 131

The speed of the threadripper 179

The score of the I9 is 218

So whatever I pick, It’s going to be faster. And not constrained to a shitty laptop.

Meanwhile, Let’s compare the scores for multi-core processing.

the i5, my laptop, is about 466 

the i9 is about 2,000

the threadripper 2950x is about 3,200.

no matter what I get it’s a HUGE leap, but the threadripper is an even bigger leap over the i9. So if my issue is rendering, then this solves that issue. Still funny though, the I9 is far from a bad choice, it is after all, 4x faster than my current renderer. But it’s also not 6x faster. It is $300 cheaper though.

And for single core rendering, the difference between 179 and 218 isn’t huge. It’s not minor either, but it’s not nearly as big as the difference in rendering.

So I go back to my original goals. I want a computer to render out 4K footage so I don’t have to rent a render farm, or at least don’t have to do it that much. I don’t want to skimp out on computer parts, but I want things to be within a decent budget to. Waiting till I have the money to get the thread ripper makes the most sense.

BUT WAIT, I JUST SAW A REDDIT COMMENT. it says that it makes more sense to get a good video card than a processor. Well, I thought I solved that problem but I couldn’t find a good benchmark, so let’s research it again. I searched around a bit and finally found a benchmark that can compare CPU’s to GPU’s for rendering. Let’s figure this out once and for all. (article here)

VRAY PROCESSOR SCORES

Vray Video card scores.

I wish that these had prices listed next to them but basically heres my interpretation.

The threadripper 2950x is $800, and renders the benchmark in 40 seconds

the the cards that come close are the 2080TI and the TITAN XP which are both well over $1000.

The cards that beat it are 2 1080 TI’s which together will be over $1,500 and the titan V which is like over $2,000.

So my conclusion is, then, this processor about as good as all these cards but at a significantly cheaper price. This allows me to skip buying a good video card, and instead I’ll just put the 970 thats in my current laptop into my new computer. And in terms of gaming? This thing has been bottle necked by my decade-old processor the AMD phenom 2 x4 black edition that’s even worse than my laptop processor. I’m going to get a performance boost just by having my GPU free from a shitty processor.

Also while researching I just found out there is a benchmark site for blender, and it lists two gtx 970′s as having a time of 39 seconds which is really close to the thread ripper. So I suppose, then, an option would be to get a worse processor and another 970, but running two GPU’s has it’s own problems isn’t significantly cheaper than just getting one processor to handle the problems. Most games don’t take advantage of two video cards, many rendering programs only use the CPU and not the GPU. I haven’t done much research but I’m fairly sure having two video cards wouldn’t help render anything in media encoder/after effects any better. Having a better processor has more versatility than having two video cards, if they have the same speed. At least, that’s my conclusion for now, I haven’t found anything to prove otherwise.

Lastly, I’ve some research told me that adobe doesn’t support AMD processors as well as intel. this could be an issue since I’ll be putting everything through after effects and then exporting in media encoder, and maybe using premiere. So I looked up some benchmarks on that.

Seems fine to me.

Perhaps this amount of research has been overkill but It’s what I need to do to justify spending this much money on something. It’s worth researching because your individual needs might not be the same as everyone elses. I think the 2950x is my best option for rendering right now while still being good at single core stuff even if it’s not the “best” it’s still good.

It does mean the build will be more expensive though, so I’m still expecting to wait at least 4 more months savings before I build this machine.

I still have to research motherboards, Psu’s, ram, those PCI storage cards that are apparently faster than SSD’s and cheaper. I have a case picked out but since those are largely subjective I don’t like, have to decide on one yet either.

If you bothered to read this, thanks for reading and let me know if my reasoning is alright or bad!

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Why we need to commandeer Prayer from "Religion"

“Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better”

If you haven't heard of Emile Coué I'm not surprised, although the not a common household name this man single handedly spawned what is arguably one of the greatest methods for achieving your goals. Or did he?

In the early nineteen hundreds Coué provided, for free, guided non-hypnotic-suggestion sessions to large groups of keen individuals through a subconscious programming technique now known as “auto-suggestion”. Coué supposed that, contrary to contemporary belief regarding the conscious mind as the leader of action, it was in fact our subconscious mind whom had the lion's share of control over our lives.

Based upon this premise he lead these classes through a series of cognitive programmes and 'rituals’, one of which I shall be discussing here. Coué instructed each of his clients to repeat as a mantra, morning and evening, the line with which I opened this article - “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better”.

Napoleon Hill covers a very similar concept in his book “Think and Grow Rich”, where he describes in depth his encounters some 500 of the richest men in America following the instruction of Andrew Carnegie; philanthropist and founder of Carnegie Steel Company, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Carnegie Institution for Science, and Carnegie Mellon University, to name a few. Hill, and mostly every successful entrepreneur whose story he outlines, followed this technique of daily recitation to achieve riches. Coué's 'patients' simply used it to achieve a more pleasant and fruitful life. Whatever you want to use it for, for that it can be used.

The idea herein is such - if you can convince your subconscious mind (through repeated, emtotionalised, conscious auto-suggestion) that something is going to happen, the hidden brain will take every step necessary to allow the completion of said event BEHIND THE SCENES OF YOUR CONSCIOUS ACTION. Take a look at Incognito by David Eagleman, it is a fantastic introduction to the world of modern neuroscience, in which he outlines the “team of rivals” theory of the mind (which holds up what I'm saying here) prefectly.

Simply put if, with rigour and apt. emotional encouragement, you can trick your subconscious into believing something is meant to occur, there is nothing within reasonable limit that you cannot achieve.

Now, reasonable limit is no boundary. If you think of every thing mankind has accomplished, and what had previously been accomplished in that field, you can go as far to say that any level of inspirational feat produced by man is available to you. More so, not only is anything that any man has ever accomplished therefore within your grasp, ANY level of development upon said accomplishments is also available to you, otherwise we would simply be building better fires and carving better drawings upon the walls of caves.

Emotionalising these thoughts is crucial! It is to emotion, and not rational logic, that our subconscious heeds. You will achieve what you genuinely feel that you should achieve, not that which you reason to be the best achievement.

The concept of auto-suggestion is not a new idea, it is precisely what the sages and wise men of old were trying to convey in the preserved knowledge we hold in our holy texts. Prayer is auto-suggestion. The collective subconscious mind (potential thought held by all beings) is equal to all, amd any one of us can draw from this infinite pool of possible thought.

What I'm trying to convey here in this text is something that you've probably heard many a human say during your time on this earth - you can truly achieve anything you truly put your mind to. More importantly you can truly achieve anything you believe you can achieve, and so anything that you put YOUR WHOLE MIND to. Once you understand the following concept, which I will keep coming back to throughout this blog; Light is consciousness and consciousness is “God”, you will understand what it truly means to put your whole mind to something.

This brings me back to auto-suggestion, or “atheist prayer”, if you can learn to control your emotion and send emotionalised thought patterns deep into your subconscious, the Supreme Personality or Infinite Unknown, will be put into action for you. As much as I would have liked to avoid such cliché notions here as the law of attraction, it is undeniably what I'm talking about. Your subconscious mind, as well as everyone else's, is working over time. Constantly, they (the collective subconscious) are developing new schemes and pathways for you to assume you have come up with yourself. I think that it is not too far of an assumption to say that not only can our conscious self communicate with other conscious minds, so can our subconscious communicate with that of those around us, putting into play motions that allow people with the same desires to come across each other through what seems to be happenstance.

In future I aim to fully prove this theory, that every human is communicating with everyone (and quite possibly everything) in his vicinity subconsciously at all times.

If you have told yourself you are a failure and have resigned yourself to a life of idle wallowing, your subconscious will allow you to “by chance” come across those whom you would enjoy to wallow with. If however you are, for example, deeply connected with the emotional idea of making cakes for a living, you won't be able to go one day without meeting a customer or potential facet to your baked goods venture - if you listen to your intuition. "Intuition" by the way, I believe, is external thought making contact with your being. Furthermore I would like to suggest that your reception of this external thought is a trainable muscle, you can open yourself at will to these serendipitous moments or ideas through meditation and belief.

I'm glad you've come this far with me, before I recap I'd like to draw your attention to the bookmark button, and invite you to return to this page every now and then to ponder my further musings on other subjects of this ilk.

So to wrap up:

Auto-suggestion is prayer, consciousness is "God".

Whether or not you believe in a supreme I suggest you purchase the first holy scripture (of any religious persuasion) that jumps out at you and give it a light peruse - with open mind and begin to critique it inquisitivly;

Why is this 4,000 year old book still being reprinted today? What gives it worth, and what is the emotional message behind said text?

See you soon -

īśvara-das

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Nvidia versus AMD: Which is really better

A great many virtual warriors have battled and kicked the bucket in the gathering wars contending over the relative benefits of AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Gamers are an enthusiastic gathering, and no other bit of equipment is probably going to inspire as much disturbance than illustrations cards. In any case, what are the contrasts among AMD and Nvidia designs processors? Is it accurate to say that one is seller genuinely better, who makes the best illustrations card, and which would it be advisable for you to purchase? This is our interpretation of the subject, which puts aside thoughts of brand faithfulness to take a gander at what each organization genuinely offers. A short recorded outline A fast history of the two organizations is a decent place to begin. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has been around since 1969, almost 50 years now. Based out of Santa Clara, California, the organization got its begin making microchips, regularly for different sellers. Throughout the years, AMD has procured different organizations and sold off segments of its business. The two most vital of these are the buy of ATI Technologies in 2006, which turned into AMD's GPU division, and the offer of its assembling foundry division in 2008 into GlobalFoundries. This is the AMD a great many people know about today, an organization that plans the two CPUs and GPUs, and has those parts produced at one of a few spots—TSMC, GlobalFoundries, or Samsung. AMD's essential items today are sold under the Ryzen (CPUs) and Radeon (GPUs) brands. Nvidia hasn't been around very as long. Established in 1993 and furthermore based out of Santa Clara, Nvidia concentrated on designs from the earliest starting point. Its first significant item was the Riva TNT in 1998, trailed by the TNT2 later that equivalent year. These were ostensibly the best across the board 2D and 3D designs arrangements up to that time. The GeForce 256 out of 1999 turned into the primary GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) because of its consideration of equipment bolster for T&L (Transform and Lighting) estimations. Nvidia's GeForce image has remained set up for about 20 years, and is as of now (contingent upon how you need to tally) in its seventeenth era. Nvidia is likewise a fabless organization (which means it plans chips, yet doesn't fabricate them itself), depending fundamentally on TSMC for GPU producing, however Samsung additionally makes a portion of the chips. The illustrations business has been merged to principally ATI/AMD and Nvidia, with Intel required too on account of its coordinated designs business. (Intel is additionally intending to pursue the devoted illustrations card showcase beginning in 2020, however it's dreadfully right on time to state how that will play out.) While both AMD and Nvidia have had various different endeavors throughout the decades, including chipsets, cell phones, and that's only the tip of the iceberg, discourses and contentions over AMD and Nvidia have a tendency to be centered around the GPU and designs items. We'll limit the rest of our discourse to that subject.

How your GPU functions Some portion of the early troubles in the designs advertise included contending models. 3dfx made its Glide API (Application Programming Interface) as a low-level method for conversing with the equipment, which assisted with execution however could just keep running on 3dfx equipment. Having a nonexclusive interface that chips away at any equipment assists with programming advancement, and in the long run DirectX and OpenGL would win out. Today we have 'conventional' low-level APIs like DirectX 12 and Vulkan, however whatever the API, the thought is that the GPU is a black box. The API characterizes the contributions to a particular capacity and the normal yields, yet how those yields are created is up to the drivers and equipment. On the off chance that an organization can think of quicker or more proficient approaches to play out the required computations, it can pick up an upper hand. There's a second method to pick up leverage, and that is to make expansions profoundly API that perform new computations—and if the augmentations later turn out to be a piece of the primary API, far and away superior. Inside, both AMD and Nvidia GPUs do a similar essential estimations, however there are contrasts in the execution. AMD GPUs for instance have had offbeat process since the primary GCN (Graphics Core Next) engineering moved off the generation line in 2012, yet it didn't generally make a difference until the point when Windows 10 touched base in 2015 with DirectX 12. Async process gives greater adaptability in planning illustrations directions for execution. In particular, there are three guidance lines characterized in DirectX 12 and the GCN engineering has three separate equipment lines to coordinate. Nvidia GPUs don't have separate equipment lines, rather actualizing the lines by means of drivers. AMD GPUs have a tendency to have all the more preparing centers—stream processors, GPU centers, or whatever you need to call them—contrasted with their Nvidia partners. For instance, the AMD RX Vega 64 has 4,096 GPU centers, while the contending Nvidia GTX 1080 has 2,560 centers. The equivalent goes for the RX 580 (2,304 centers) against the GTX 1060 6GB (1,280 centers). Nvidia regularly compensates for the center tally deficiency with higher clockspeeds and better effectiveness. Auxiliary computations, for augmentations and different components, are the place Nvidia holds a reasonable preferred standpoint—or syndication on the off chance that you lean toward. As the overwhelming GPU maker (see underneath), Nvidia has employed its situation to include various innovations throughout the years. PhysX and most GameWorks libraries are intended for Nvidia GPUs, and as a rule can't be utilized on non-Nvidia cards. The GeForce RTX Turing design takes this to another level, helping make ready for continuous beam following, profound learning, and different highlights. Will AMD have perfect DirectX Ray Tracing (DXR) counterparts later on? Presumably, however we don't presently when that will occur—Navi in late 2019 resembles the soonest probability. The genuine inquiries: how quick and how costly? Eventually, the discussions about which organization is better come down to execution and cost. Numerous individuals love driving an extraordinary sportscar, however few of us will spend the cash. Rivalry between the real merchants has a tendency to positively affect evaluating, and then again when one seller holds an instructing lead it regularly prompts higher costs. Generally, the crown for the quickest GPU has exchanged hands ordinarily. The first GeForce DDR, GeForce 4, and GeForce 980 and on have Nvidia in the number one spot, while AMD's Radeon 9700/9800 Pro, HD 5870, HD 7870, and R9 290X have been astounding choices. Today, in crude execution, there's no doubt about which GPUs are quicker. Nvidia's GTX 1080 Ti or more effortlessly beat AMD's quickest GPUs, and the organization's new RTX 2080 Ti holds the crown. Crosswise over twelve benchmarked diversions, a significant number of which convey AMD marking, the RTX 2080 Ti midpoints an instructing 87 percent lead over the RX Vega 64. Nvidia additionally asserts the following three spaces in execution: the RTX 2080 is 'just' 45 percent quicker than the Vega 64, GTX 1080 Ti is 40 percent quicker, RTX 2070 is 18 percent quicker, and even the GTX 1080 is 5 percent quicker. Yet, the costs on those RTX cards. The RTX 2080 hypothetically begins at $699, indistinguishable cost from the active GTX 1080 Ti, with somewhat quicker execution in existing diversions and possibly far superior execution in the recreations of tomorrow. Be that as it may, the minimum costly RTX 2080 at present is $770—10 percent higher than the base MSRP. The RTX 2080 Ti is far more detestable, with a $999 base MSRP and $1,199 for the Founders Edition, and no 2080 Ti are right now in stock. In any event $499 RTX 2070 cards are accessible, and as noticed those still lead the quickest AMD cards in general execution. In the interim, AMD's Vega 64 begins at $450 nowadays, and the main marginally slower RX Vega 56 begins at $380. The above is just fine in case you're going for a best execution card, however significantly more $200 illustrations cards are sold than $500 cards. Nvidia may lead in execution, and even execution per dollar with a portion of its top of the line contributions, however shouldn't something be said about standard models? Nvidia's GTX 1060 6GB winds up being a bit slower in general contrasted with AMD's RX 580 8GB, and AMD's card costs about $20 less all things considered. The equivalent goes for the RX 570 4GB versus GTX 1060 3GB—however we'd be reluctant to purchase a card with under 8GB VRAM nowadays. Which brand would it be advisable for you to purchase? There's a case to be made for supporting the littler brand—rivalry is great, and in case we're left with just a single alternative, doubtlessly what will happen to costs. A fast take a gander at the GeForce RTX dispatch lets you know all that you have to know. Yet, in the event that it descends to our very own wallets? No doubt, the majority of us wouldn't bolster a multi-billion-dollar enterprise on 'guideline.' But how about we take a gander at things more intently. There are occasions where one brand of GPUs holds a directing lead in execution. We cover a considerable lot of the significant diversion dispatches in our execution examination articles, taking a gander at a wide determination of designs cards and processors. Be that as it may, a great many people play an assortment of recreations, so generally speaking execution midpoints and esteem turn into the driving components. At present, the breakdown is quite direct—we've effectively secured some of it above. Nvidia possesses the top of the line GPU advertise. For any designs card costing $350 or more, Nvidia normally wins in esteem and execution, and Nvidia's GPUs are more proficient at each value point. GTX 1070 Ti may exchange blows with RX Vega 56, however it takes the general execution lead, costs somewhat less, and utilizes around 50W less power under load. Go higher up the cost and execution stepping stool and AMD doesn't have a sensible alternative. The GeForce RTX cards are by and by in their very own association to the extent execution goes. The midrange showcase is fortunately undeniably focused. Since GPU costs are settling back to typical after the digital money mining blast of mid 2018, AMD's RX 570 and RX 580 beat Nvidia's GTX 1060. AMD still loses in by and large effectiveness, drawing 30-50W more power, yet in any event you're showing signs of improvement execution and a lower cost. There are recreations where Nvidia leads in execution (eg, Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey, Grand Theft Auto 5, and Total War: Warhammer 2), so it is anything but a decisive victory, yet AMD is an incredible decision for midrange gaming PCs. The spending class likewise looks a great deal like the midrange showcase. The GTX 1050 Ti is quicker than the RX 560 4GB, yet it costs as much as a RX 570 4GB—a card it can't would like to beat. GTX 1050 in the mean time commonly trails the RX 560 4GB by a little edge, thanks partially to just having 2GB VRAM. In case you're searching for the best designs card in the $100-$125 territory, AMD as of now guarantees the spending crown too. In all honesty, we're very upbeat to see AMD lead the pack in these classes, on the grounds that there are hypothetically significantly more spending plan and midrange gamers than top of the line gamers. Notwithstanding, that doesn't prevent Nvidia from holding an instructing lead in by and large GPU piece of the overall industry. As per the most recent Steam equipment study—likely as great a depiction as we will get of the PC gaming network—the outcomes are calming: 75 percent Nvidia, 15 percent AMD, and 10 percent Intel. Ouch. In any case, it deteriorates. We limited the concentration to 'later' DirectX 12 perfect GPUs—AMD HD 7800 or more, and GTX 760 or more, evacuating Intel and other moderate as well as old GPUs from the blend. With that channel set up, AMD's PC gaming piece of the pie drops to more than 7 percent, with Nvidia at 93 percent. Twofold ouch. Make things a stride further and take a gander at AMD's RX and later GPUs contrasted with Nvidia's GTX 900 and 1000 arrangement parts and Nvidia's piece of the overall industry develops to 97 percent. The main 15 most well known DX12 GPUs originate from Nvidia—and AMD's Vega doesn't appear on the outlines. That implies it falls into the shapeless 'other' classification, made out of individual items that record for under 0.3 percent of all tested items. If at any time there was an opportunity to purchase an AMD GPU to help the underdog, it's presently, at any rate in case you're taking a gander at a financial plan or midrange card. AMD is set to discharge refreshed standard and spending illustrations cards in the coming months, which will ideally build a lot of new GPU deals. We're additionally as yet recouping from the later digital money furor, which likely gobbled up an enormous piece of AMD GPU deals. On the off chance that the current patterns proceed with, our solitary seek after future rivalry might be Intel's GPUs in 2020, so an AMD resurgence would be welcome. AMD assumes an essential job in the business, and keeping in mind that we frequently suggest Nvidia cards, that doesn't mean we have any enthusiasm for seeing a Nvidia restraining infrastructur. Read the full article