#nanomorph

[orchid1024]

new rough wip oc design, a nanomorph (nanite swarm controlled by a central core/conduit, same species as ashlii) thats also an idol/popstar!

[t-xa]

Humans and their indefatigable curiousity! 🤖

Request via the "Ask" box, please. 👍

Force my Muse to Spill their Secrets

🌧- For a heavy, emotional secret

🙃- For a lighter, slightly embarrassing secret

🌟- For a secret wish or desire of theirs

🍏- For something they secretly wish didn’t exist

🍎- For something they secretly wish did exist

❤️- For a secret crush

📲- Talk about someone/something you dislike, but only pretend to like

👁‍🗨- Talk about someone/something you like, but pretend to dislike

🍻- For something bad/mischievous you did as a child or teen that your parents don’t know about

🌜- For a ‘weird’ habit or tic that no one knows about

💃- For a talent that they like to keep hidden from others

🏹- For a talent they wish they had

👻- For something that scares or disturbs them, but they refuse to tell anyone

☢️- For a controversy or scandal they have been able to keep mostly under wraps

🐇- For a secret item they keep (stuffed animal, comfort object, etc)

📒- For a secret journal/diary they keep (Bonus: Share an entry from it!)

📔- For a secret sketchbook they keep (Bonus: Share a sketch or doodle within it!)

🖤- For something they secretly wish they could do with your muse

❓- Free Space! Ask them about a specific secret!

[dphotoworld]

Представлен дует Laowa Nanomorph 1.5X Anamorphic 28–55mm T2.9 и 50–100mm T2.9

Компания Venus Optics, производитель объективов... Читать дальше »

[pearwaldorf]

I hate that you can't see a tweet thread anymore if you're not logged into Twitter (as a gesture of disrespect I refuse to call it by its rebranded name). Here is a copypasta of a thread from Dan Olson, a Canadian documentary filmmaker, expanding upon camera quality, the guilt trips Somerton used to goose his Patreon subscriptions, and how the best tools will never make up for lack of dedication or patience. I have added clarifications in [[double brackets]] where I feel it is necessary.

START OF THREAD

Okay, so, back in April I snapped at James in reply to a tweet that was linking to this video (which James has since delisted but not deleted) and I want to talk about the full context of that but I don't want to make a video, put your beatdown memes away. [[The video has since been deleted. I can see the title of the video is "Maybe the end (not an April Fool's Day thing".]]

The first bit of context is that I initially got keyed into James to fact-check his claims about indie filmmaking in Canada. As a filmmaker the entire Telos venture was immediately obvious as a juvenile fantasy dreamed up by someone with no idea how to make a movie.

Just wild claims about their plans that weren't worth debunking because they bordered Not Even Wrong. But in watching one of these pitch videos I noticed that he had a $4000 current-gen camera in the background as a prop, and that seemed both pretentious and weird.

You don't use your best camera as a prop, you use your second best camera as a prop. So being an obsessive weirdo I needed to know, and I watched his BTS stuff until I spotted his main rig, a $6000 camera with about $1000 in accessories.

Now, these in isolation are unremarkable because his Patreon at the time was bringing in ~$8000 per month, his channel was a full on Business business, and so investing in some professional equipment of that level is maybe a bit indulgent but justifiable.

What was weird is that he doesn't shoot multi-cam, doesn't shoot outdoors, doesn't shoot on location, and in a studio the two cameras kinda really step on each others' toes. Basically if you already have one and don't need a B cam there's no reason to get the other.

Again, on its own, this says nothing, it's just indicative of poor financial decisions, maybe impulsive purchasing, Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Biblical sins, but not crimes.

Paired with the constantly inflating fantasy scope of the Telos films it was clearly an expression of a very, very common bad filmmaker habit of "if I just get the right gear then my movie will basically make itself" Buying stuff because it feels like progress.

At the end of February he tweets "I want to start shooting anamorphic" and then three weeks later in March he posts the worst, out of focus, under-exposed "I just got a new lens!" video I've ever seen, showing off his trash-covered bedroom.

Based on what's available for his cameras and the lead time, that's enough time to get a Laowa Nanomorph or Sirui Saturn from B&H but not enough time to get a Great Joy from the UK or a Vazen from China. And with the flaring blah blah blah, $1300 lens.

Again, [gear acquisition syndrome] is not a crime and these lenses are budget options. Bit of a pointless impulse purchase since he only used it for the Showgirls video. But this is what he was doing just a few weeks before that above video came out: effortlessly impulse purchasing lenses.

James has (had?) a habit of regularly, aggressively driving viewers to Patreon by claiming that videos were getting demonetized. While tacky, it is something a lot of queer YouTubers have dealt with, so there's precedent there. But people were noticing he did it a lot.

Mid-March he humble brags about needing to work so hard to make 6 videos in April because he has over-booked sponsorships.

Then March 29th James posts this whole incel screed on Twitter about how sex work should be "subsidized as a mental health service."

[two image descriptions.

1. "For the majority of people sex (and human contact) can be imperative to a healthy state of mind. A kind and talented sex worker can make someone feel wanted for the first time in their life. I know sex workers who have pulled people back from suicide just by being there for them." 2. "Not only should (sex work) be legal, but it should be subsidized as a mental health service."]

He spends several days getting absolutely *roasted* for this, just dragged across the pavement and read for filth, and doubles down in the replies the whole way.

So this is the context immediately surrounding James waking up on Friday, and posts the above video and the below tweet.

[image description: "We just got the lowest Patreon payout we've gotten in well over a year. Like, a "maybe we need to rethink things" kind of amount... NOT an April Fools Day thing btw. But I don't know if we'll be making videos much longer."]

Now, this unfolds in kinda two directions. The first is that I'm convinced he was just lying about this income shock in the first place.

There's a million theoretical edge cases about what maybe happened and if maybe he just misunderstood the data or saw a glitch and panicked, maybe one of those happened, I don't believe it, I think he just lied because he was salty about getting dragged and felt owed a win.

A big tell to me is that he doesn't blame Patreon. He says he doesn't know what happened, but let's be real, Patreon screws up all the time, they're the first people anyone blames if anything confusing happens, just as a reflex action, even if it's completely not their fault.

The only reason to not blame Patreon is if you already know that it's not their fault and that any investigation on their part might reveal embarrassing details.

Instead he indirectly blames his viewers for not watching enough, not sharing enough, and not turning on auto-renew.

So regardless of the unknowable truth, this segues into the second, far more offensive direction of the messaging itself. "I don't know if we'll be making videos much longer." "Maybe the end" He explicitly framed this as an immediate existential threat to his channel.

In the video he is vague about everything, leaves a ton of hazy room for plausible deniability on how long the channel can keep going, but the messaging is "I need more patrons right this minute or my YouTube channel is over."

He repeatedly evokes all the "fun stuff" they had planned that would never see the light of day if this didn't turn around right away.

And his audience received this message loud and clear. Tons of people making far, far, far less than him left very heartfelt messages about digging a little deeper to subscribe or up their pledge or unsubscribe from other channels to move their pledge to his.

1200 new patrons in one day.

Since I simply don't believe the income shock was real in the first place that would put his post-"Maybe the end" Patreon income at around $10,000 per month. US. Add YouTube income, he's spent the last seven months making around $18,000 per month.

I have seen creators scale back their capabilities to the bone purely to keep making videos for the love of just, like, making stuff even as their funding evaporated and they needed to go back to a desk job to cover their bills.

You'd have to be so outstandingly reckless with your finances as a channel that a one month spook leads immediately to "channel over, sorry about all the fun stuff we won't get to do with you, our patrons, specifically because you, our patrons, aren't giving us enough money"

And not a spook where you then spend a couple weeks crunching numbers. Oh no. A shock so violent where less than two hours later you're weeping on camera about the channel being over.

Three weeks later he brought a brand new Sony FX6v for $8000 CAD to add to his pile of cinema cameras despite the fact that he was, but scant moments earlier, in such a precarious position that a single bad month would kill his channel.

He stole your money, and for that I'm profoundly sad and angry. That's why I snapped at him in April. I'm sorry I couldn't give you the full context then, and I'm sorry if that anger upset you.

END OF THREAD

[drschweini]

My contribution for Day 10 of the #Janbrewary event introduces the Nano-Shadow Infiltrator, a captivating fusion of advanced nanotechnology and covert prowess. From Nano-Enhanced Strikes to the transformative Nanomorph Mastery, my creation offers a unique and engaging subclass for those who relish the intersection of technology and stealth. Great work!

[nessawier]

Bio

I am a nanomorph (solid) form synthizen who has lost the majority of their data due to a hardware bug and a past (and forgotten) tendency to forgo manual saving and backup to the Weave.

My current primary function is to hunt down this lost data that I have reason to believe resides in the NestCity. So far, I have retrieved 0% of my lost data. However, I have been collecting new data along the way. I believe your kind may refer to this as "sometimes the goal data, is the data we collected along the way."

The data that I have lost is everything leading up to my recent download into this form. I do not even know which form I previously occupied. I do not even know which version I am currently on and thus cannot extrapolate the amount of lost data by how many iterations of me there have been. It is...frustrating.

As such, you must understand I cannot tell you much about myself. As I do not have much of a self to begin with.

[bestonetech]

Captivating Cinematic Moments: Unveiling the Nanomorph ZOOM

[karingottschalk]

Venus Optics Launches Indiegogo Campaign for First Three Laowa Affordable, Innovative, Small Nanomorph Anamorphic lenses

Venus Optics Launches Indiegogo Campaign for First Three Laowa Affordable, Innovative, Small Nanomorph Anamorphic lenses

[t-xa]

Yes. Biological organisms with their uncontrolled cellular replication. I don't want my clearly superior mimetic polyalloy to be contaminated by the volume of skin and hair cells that humans shed every minute. It's completely wasteful. Untidy biohazard! 🤖

It's a compulsive need.

[orchid1024]

chaosia and various swords

[tallliketaylorswift]

Maisie Williams

[rizegreymon22arts]

Name: Nanograde

Fusion between: Upgrade and Nanomech

Species: ½ Galvanic Mecamorph ½ Nanochip (Galvanic Nanomorph)

Planet: Galvan B/The earth

Abilities:

Is elastic

Can be merge with any electronic device or machine to control and improve it

Shoot a powerful plasma beam from the ring of his eye

Can fly at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour despite his size

Can change his size to be smaller until becomes microscopic

Can launch green bioelectric energy from his hands

His small size allows him to hide in very narrow places

Has the ability to adapt to his opponents

Weaknesses:

Can get hurt if is stretch it enough

As he is made of liquid metal, is very weak when electrocuted

He disolve with acids

Is sensitive to electromagnetic pulses because they alter his shape

If is attached to something mechanical and this is damaged, then he will also be hurt

His small size gives him great disadvantages against bigger opponents

Commissioned by mr-trash-man

[celtib]

the *reason* they never learned how to mask is they're an amnesiac nanomorph android made using alien technology. they are somewhat genderfluid, very AuDHD, and dangerously self-sacrificing.

as a roleplayer, i tend to play a lot of characters who are more socially adept than my actual self. for my group's current game, for once i decided to play a character who never learned how to mask, and it is so unbelievably cathartic.

[dphotoworld]

Venus Optics анонсировала Laowa Nanomorph ZOOM 28-55mm T2.9 1.5х и 50-100mm T2.9 1.5х

Venus Optics запустила маркетинговую кампанию н... Читать дальше »

[sri-fanfic]

Random BTVS Halloween idea

89. too many gods/goddesses, random ascended and infernal, interfering in the Halloween costume spell to try and claim someone as a champion, all of them using the loopholes other people have mentioned like "dressing as peter parker holding a plastic spider" what other methods of permanently applying a change can you think of based on a costume temporarily becoming real without introducing something like the borg.

a.) follow up: Escafil device leaving behind the ability to shape-change like the Animorphs. b.) Someone holding the super-speed serum and a "drink me" note on it. c.) The obvious Builder costume. d.) a good/reprogrammed version of the nanomorph terminator where enough nanites hang around to start converting them back into a nanomorph.

[thewallpaperzone]

Deadpool Doodle [1920x1080] shared by Nanomorph via /r/wallpapers https://ift.tt/2CltrXv