#snapping is ctrl instead of shift is wild

[asexualbookbird]

there is something im trying to do but i dont know what the technique is called and im having trouble finding it online

in inkscape, an adobe illustrator dupe, im trying to take shape A and use it to delete a portion of shape B. so say i have overlapping circles, i want the overlapping bit of whatever circle is on the bottom to be deleted. Does anyone know what this is called so i can search for it or how to do it?

[flemingtech]

BECOMING A KEYBOARD JEDI USING SHORTCUTS(WINDOWS 10)

Dr. Dave Bradley has been given the task of writing the basic input-output system of the IBM personal computer. The year is 1980. In his hands is the most advanced piece of technology. Even with an elite team of engineers and designers, nothing runs smoothly when you are building a computer. Programs crashing during development stage is the norm after every five to ten minutes. The only way to restart the computer is to turn the power off, wait a while and turn the power back on and the computer would go through a very long self-test. An ingenious way for the restart process is urgently needed. 

The first thing that comes to mind is placing a reset button. Its downside is that one can accidentally press the button, and all data gets lost. His team decides to create a three key sequence to reset the computer, which couldn’t be hit by mistake. Their deliberations yielded this solution: a single control key, a single alt key, and all the way to the right-hand side, a single delete key, and the computer would restart. It also enabled them to skip many tests, which would generally take 1-2 minutes, took only 10-15 seconds. It wasn’t a big deal at the time because there was a pile of issues they had to fix. That solution just brought one of the 99 problems off their backs. Other programmers began developing that feature into their application, and thus Ctrl+Alt+Del was released into the wild. The rest is history. When Chrome decides to freeze your computer, hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, and you unlock the terminator mode. The force was finally within us by using the Three Finger Salute.

There is no doubt that keyboard hot-keys make computer usage seamless. Some keyboard shortcuts save one from a quagmire while others are just cool. Windows 10 now supports cool trackpad gestures to make life easy, but they can’t beat the force of keyboard hot-keys. Possessing the force requires knowledge and practice. Some of the useful hot-keys you should be using are:

1. Change Case Keyboard shortcut

You are typing an essay while rushing to meet the deadline when you realize you left the caps lock on the whole time. The only way you can think of to edit this error is to redo. Stress hormones begin to flood your mind. I am here to end that nightmare (knight in shiny armor vibes). In order to edit this error, highlight the affected sentences and press Shift+F3 once to go all caps, again to go to initial caps, and again to go all lowercase.

2. Opening Task Manager

When running many programs simultaneously, your computer may freeze. In order to unfreeze it without having to restart it due to fear of loss of valuable data in other background programs, press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to access the task manager, which will enable you to force quit the unresponsive programs. 

3. Lock Screen

When you have a program(s) running on your computer, and you want to leave the room for a short period and assurance that no one will meddle with your work, press Windows key+L. Your screen will lock and require your security authentication to access it. 

4. Minimizing Windows

Let’s say you are doing something confidential on your computer, and your friend enters your workspace abruptly. The fastest way you can hide what your doing is by pressing Windows Key+D. This minimizes all windows instantly, and he/she will wonder why you are staring on your blank desktop vehemently.

5. Split Screen Between Two Apps

If you want to split the screen between two apps without using your mouse to allocate screen space and snap windows, you can press the Windows Key+Left Arrow key (<) or Right Arrow key (>) and your current window will snap to the left or right smoothly.

6. Creating and Rename Folders

The alternative way of creating a folder is by pressing Shift+Ctrl+N. Renaming a folder traditionally uses two clicks, but an easier way is by selecting the file or folder and press fn+F2.

7. Creating and Switching Between Virtual Desktop

Mac users are more familiar with this functionality. Windows 10 is the first Windows to have this feature. When you press Windows key+Ctrl+D, a new virtual desktop will be opened. If you want to switch across those virtual desktops, press Windows key+Ctrl+Left (<) or Right Arrow key(>). This will enable you to run different programs without the need to crowd one desktop.

8. Paste Without Formatting

When copy things like references from multiple websites, the text may get pasted in a formatted method and will make your document look messy. To maneuver this, copy in the usual method but paste using Ctrl+Shift+B instead of Ctrl+Shift +V.

9. Taking screenshots

It’s one of the easiest hot-keys to remember due to the need for capturing screenshots and snippets. In order to capture the whole screen, press Windows key+Print Screen key. The picture will be saved in Pictures>Screenshots folder. For capturing a part of your screen, hit Windows Key+Shift+S. This will open the Snip & Sketch app, which will allow you to create your screenshot. You will have to paste it and save it manually.

10. Game bar

When you launch a game on Windows 10, a pop up on starting the game bar appears. It recommends you should press Windows key+G. That will enable you to access Xbox tour directly, record live gaming sessions, and broadcast the gameplay on Xbox Live. One can also use it to take screenshots.

11. Zoom Shortcuts

If you want to zoom something on your screen, press Ctrl+Plus key/Minus key to zoom in or out, respectively. To return to the original resolution, press Ctrl+Zero key.

12.  Open Taskbar apps

In order to launch your taskbar apps quickly, press Windows key+1 to open the first app from the left. If you want to open the third app on the taskbar from the left press Windows Key+3 e.t.c. 

13. Opening File Manager

This is an inbuilt shortcut from Windows. Press Windows key+E.

14. Opening Settings App

Press Windows key+I.

Finally, you can create your own Windows shortcut by right-clicking the app or folder in question. In the pop-up, click the Send To option and create a desktop shortcut of the app or folder. Right-click the shortcut on the desktop and head down to properties. In the properties there is a shortcut tab, click on the shortcut key option and press the keyboard shortcut you want. Anyway, have fun with these hot-keys, and the more you practice, the more you are going to get good at them. May the force be with you in your quest to be a keyboard Jedi and keep it fleming.

[inexchangeforyoursoul]

... look. There’s no guarantee that I’ll ever finish the next chapter, which is... about halfway done, maybe. As for the whole thing? It will never survive till the end. I just know it- my attention span is shit, as soon as I hyperfocus on another thing it’s adios, amigos. Also, I don’t write a lot and my style is rather convoluted, sorry about the consequences- you are already experiencing them. Anyway, I’ve never jotted down any of... these types of ideas, ever. So there’s that, too.

Either way, here lay the specifics: series is One Piece; the basic setup is an unfortunate body swap; this is a self insert fic with an insert that borders an OC- little is specified about the female insert’s looks, but a lot about her personality. This might change, but let’s stick to the topic. If -and let me emphasize IF- I get into this far enough, it will be, like, OCxCanon, with Law as a target.  But since I have logorrhea and such, we’ll never get there.

I also like to stick to Gen, sfw, and also canon while randomly entering other territories on a whim. I also have really dumb jokes.

If I get as far as 2 chapters, I’ll scrape together a title for an AO3 upload and put a link here (which is now a thing... here’s the link), until then you’ll have to tolerate my blog’s looks. The combination of Ctrl and +/- are your friend. Anywho, without further ado...

„I imagine... this is pretty high on your list of 'worst decisions ever made'.” is all she can muster in a voice that has an unfamiliar tinge of a higher pitch while looking down at an extended arm that is definitely not hers. As in, things she wasn't born with.

“I...” he starts, trying to rationalize the situation, but cuts the sentence off right there. The face, which used to be her playing field, looks just as stern and vaguely embarrassed as his would, and is quickly losing color, then gaining more than usual. A slim hand halfheartedly twitches into motion to reverse the mistake, to no avail- another digs into now longer hair in disbelief.

His devil fruit was, naturally, left with his body- a body which now she resides in. So if they want to regain their... privacy should be the word, well...

She looks back at her “new” hands- this doesn't feel all that different. Apart from her head not hurting from hitting it into a shelf yesterday, that is- instead, there is an easy to ignore stinging in her left wrist and side which might as well be from straining or a fall. As far as powers are concerned, though... she has no idea where to even begin if she wanted to give them a try. She's not even sure how Law ended up swapping them in the first place; after the first few hours of acquaintance it's clear that it takes little talent to push the man's thinly veiled buttons; playing dumb is beyond effective, even if it's sarcasm, -to which he is no stranger to in the first place, so what even is his deal?- but no matter what happened, he always kept his head straight. At least he did in this almost-week of acquaintance. He didn't drink as far as she knows, either, nor had an especially bad day, so... what was it that pushed him over the brink?

The handful of eye witnesses are also frozen in shock.

“Holy shit,” is all that Usopp breathes as the 'yes, that just happened' sinks in. Chopper keeps slurping from his straw, even though his cup of milkshake has been empty for the past ten seconds. If the legends are to be trusted, they've experienced the consequences firsthand, and are also connecting the one, big, problematic dot in the picture based on it. Shachi and Penguin, who have presumably witnessed the effects more often, seem to be taking it better. Seem to.

“Well... thiiis is awkward,” states the latter.

“And will remain so until it's... fixed,” adds Shachi, scratching his nose. “... does this mean we have, like, two captains now?” he asks a second later, wondering.

“Well... I ain't no captain of yours.” The statement in the de facto voice of their actual captain ups the awkwardness by multiple levels.

Grimacing, Penguin looks at Law, who has been staring at a nondescript wood grain on deck and is holding his head as he's likely trying to figure out something to deal with the problem; then shifts his attention to his captain's body and her in it, where he's greeted with a shrug. “As nice as it would be to have a cute captain, I guess we better hurry and do something as soon as possible.” He summarizes. Shachi hums.

„Shucks, thanks~” The uncharacteristic tone makes the boys rather squeamish  at this point while Law is reconsidering his life choices. The girl continues unfazed, though: “As for the fix, it's not that I couldn't... try. What's the worst that could happen, right?” Unsettling visions of many kind flash in front of everyone's eyes; before the occupant of her body could say anything, she states her own conclusion: “Ripping out some vital organ and killing us both in an instant is what it is.” She scratches her beard- this is a thing she has now. Which is actually pretty cool, because sometimes she muses over growing one, just for the hell of it- but then keep shaving for the rest of her life whenever she doesn't want it around? No, thank you. Now she gets to experience it free of charge, if this can be said about the situation.

Also, she's so... tall. She could get used to this, yes... feeling it. A lot.

“Is what it is,” he speaks up finally, ignoring the amused half-smile that's slowly spreading over the girl called Kat's new face; “You'll need to go through some training before we even attempt this, or anything else, on a living target. Until that...” he takes a hard-to-identify look at himself, “we'll... have to get by as we can.”

“No need to overthink it, alright. Should be fine.” she assures him. “The longer I think about it, the more enjoyable this adventure seems, actually.” She couldn't hide her grin if she wanted to. And even if she could... that glint in her eye? Whatever she's thinking of, it's a No and earns a suspicious look on Law's part.

“No funny business with my body.” As the imagination if the boys is taking an obvious and immediate turn towards uncharted, wild, wild territories, he feels the need to clarify. Really now, if these hooligans had popcorn lying around, they'd be munching on it as if watching some especially exciting play unfold. “You will stay put; as in, right here. On board of one of the ships. Meanwhile I will stay put as best as I can while managing my crew, too, got it?”

“Yes, yes, geez,” she says, rolling her eyes. Her place is right over there, down the coast past the docks, within plain sight, but whatever. He's lucky that right after the weekend there's a holiday, so she's free to play along for roughly six days despite having had other plans.

He doesn't look convinced. Well then.

“I will not promise to stick to your diet, training plan, music taste, or... whatever your daily routine is, okay?” she continues, counting out the items on her hands- those tattooed to hell-and-back hands. Steering her attention back on topic, she straightens herself to pledge in as official of a manner as possible, even forcing herself to keep eye contact for more than one second: “But I hereby also declare to do my best not to get your body maimed by marines, headhunters, or any of the people you've pissed off with your attitude in the past twenty-something years.” She closes her left hand, save one finger. “Pinky promise.” After a moment of consideration, she adds 'you better give me a list, though'. He is a man of many secrets and twenty locks on his mouth, after all. Also, she doesn't actually know shit about him past being as much of a wallflower as her, possibly having a degree and also a Reputation- keeping up with the news in general is not Kat's forte.

Law pulls his mouth to the side, but seems more relaxed upon hearing that. Then he turns around, leaving the expectant audience somewhat disappointed. “I'm... going back to my room. Come down tomorrow at 8. And do not fool around with the devil fruit powers until then.”

“... should I just tell people who come to me that you fucked up?” she shouts after him before the door of the submarine could close. It stops halfway and stays ajar for a while. A harder pill to swallow than expected, huh.

He needs a minute to consider how to answer- the initial thought was to groan an exasperated “no, pretend everything's normal”, but... getting his body back may take anything from a few days' time to... straight-up months, depending on her skills and outside forces. The option also leaves way too much room for shenanigans, which, based on the past two days, this woman here appears to indulge in. The harmless ones, yes... but she didn't appear to be one for Strawhat-brand tomfoolery at first, either, and what did he know. All in all, he's better off being safe than sorry. “Don't advertise it outside the alliance for both of our sakes, if you please. Also, they should look for me--- I mean, you, if my skills are needed. The remaining ones, that is.”

“Aye aye, captain~” he can hear from not too far away, with sarcastic tinge still intact. Law closes the door, staying still for a few seconds before making his way down to his chamber- does he really sound like that? He really needs to sleep on this if he can. Also, he has a rather big bump on his head and it stings.

The cool winds of the early night dissolve Kat's excitement from a mere minute ago, and she can feel her inner clock hitting one before bedtime. As she's about to turn around and get her stuff, it occurs to her that she's not supposed to go home- which gives her another rush of blood, and a slight sense of alarm.

“Wait... where will I sleep?” she snaps back, expecting the answer from the four silent judges still idling by.

Chopper stops slurping.