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someponys-scribbles:

So what is even the point of multiple desktops on WIndows 10?
It’s not like it’s useful, one change to one desktop reflects across all of them, so I can’t set up an “art desktop”, a “programming desktop” and a “general fucking around desktop” since the shortcuts on the desktop/taskbar/start menu itself would all be amalgamated anyway, so it all just becomes three big “general fucking around desktops”.
I’m failing to see the point of it.

It’s for people who have fuckloads of windows and applications open at the same time, like me <_>

I use multiple desktops to homework, mostly. Having Word or Visual Studio in any state other than maximized bugs me out so I have a separate desktop for that with the assignment details or program specs on another. And I switch between them using [Ctrl]-[Win]-[Right] or [Left]

Some people separate their IM stuff and browser windows into other desktops as well.

To me at least, it’s much easier to work with instead of [Alt]-[Tab]ing through a long list of open windows the time. I remember falling in love with Spaces on Mac OS X when I used it years ago, so having it natively on Windows makes me happy.

(Not to say that having separate desktop icon arrangements wouldn’t be super cool, though. o: *writes a note to Microsoft*)

Nov 30, 2015 5 notes

#reblog #mod mod mod

*watches Penn State vs. Michigan State*

*cries gallons of tears*

Nov 28, 2015 4 notes

#psu vs msu #mod mod mod

Nov 28, 2015 6 notes

#wtf tumblr recommendations #do i look like some trash cactus to you?

From my occasional usage of Inkscape on a potato, I can say that it can be fairly heavy on the CPU when you do things, i.e. when it has to update the screen. E.g. for me it will frequently tear and be sluggish when scrolling. So maybe you're trying to do too much things at once or something is overloading the program (if your laptop = your SP3 however that shouldn't be an issue). Edit>Preferences>Rendering has a couple options regarding this behavior, so maybe that can help.

It’s not that Inkscape becomes unresponsive and freezes whenever I’m working on images because of performance issues. It just doesn’t want to recognize my mouse input consistently.

I try to move a shape with the Select tool but it doesn’t even want to select the shape to start with. Funnily enough, if I click and drag, it forms a selecting area. So Inkscape is recognizing that input. But if I try to move a selected shape by clicking and dragging, it doesn’t move. Instead, a new selecting area is made and I throw a fit.

I go to click something on any one of the toolbars and it doesn’t register unless I mash on some keyboard buttons or bring another window up and return back. The menu bar is the only thing I can actually click on that registers. Every other button and object (including the scroll bars) refuse to cooperate.

And this all starts even with a new and blank file.

Nov 27, 2015

#Anonymous

ask-wiggles:

oooOoh my god I am going to break my surface pro 3 over my knee
i got it specifically so I could do updates on it
but it can’t even handle photoshop and freezes up every two seconds
EVEN THOUGH ALL THE REVIEWS I READ SAID IT COULD RUN IT FINE
it’s been dumb since I got it last year but doing tonight’s update on it was like 100x more frustrating than usual holy god
4/10 would not recommend for anything more than internet browsing D<

Oh damn. o-o

I’ve been using an SP3 for updating and drawing stuff while I’m away in college and haven’t had an issue with it (aside from driver problems).

And these are 3200x2400px canvases with brush effects and the occasional shading and +200MB files. That stuff tends to rev the CPU fan to the max but I haven’t had anything crash or slow down because of it.

Then again, I don’t use Photoshop so I dunno. ‘~’

Nov 26, 2015 63 notes

*Contemplates kidnapping your crusaders*

Nov 25, 2015 3 notes

#super illegal >:U #jk #discordsparkle

what is your favorite undertale

Nov 25, 2015 2 notes

#still haven't played undertale #crade-elcin

*contemplates friendcuddling you*

Nov 25, 2015

#chaotic-conundrums

*contemplates wanting a taco*

Now this I can answer.

Tacos are shit. Have a tacu-tacu instead.

Nov 25, 2015 3 notes

#it's just a fried rice and bean patty #the perfect leftover food #serve with steak or with salsa criolla #piratedashmod

*contemplates wanting to still be friends*

I don’t even know how to respond to this…

Nov 25, 2015 1 note

#no one should ever be friends with me #Anonymous

Nov 25, 2015 139,519 notes

#reblog #microsoftisms

Hehe…. Rara.

Nov 22, 2015 3 notes

#mod mod mod #a very cute episode #mlp

Yaaaaayyy I’m going home

Nov 20, 2015 1 note

#i need a break @2@ #mod mod mod

It’s funny how I’ve been separated from my desktop (where I drew pretty much everything) since August and now it’s November and I’m only just now noticing all the dumb issues preventing me from working on blog updates.

Nov 20, 2015 2 notes

#mod mod mod #addendum to the last post

Hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

So Inkscape is, for some reason, near unusable on my laptop. It’s unresponsive to mouse clicks 75% of the time. And so far, I can’t seem to figure out why.

What do I need Inkscape for, you ask? Well, that’s how I add text to comic panels. :V

Looks like I’m gonna have to use something else… Ugh. Change. V:

Nov 20, 2015 3 notes

#mod mod mod

Play

Nov 17, 2015 1,666 notes

#reblog #video #wow

Can I flip my roommate out of bed and out the window at this point, or is that illegal?

Nov 17, 2015

#mod mod mod #it's 6 PM and he went to fucking bed #yeah I love doing work in a public lounge that's totally how I do things #rather than do my work from the comfort of my room and desk #fucking hell

Nov 16, 2015 738,872 notes

#reblog #potato fetish :v

Nov 16, 2015 16 notes

#post crusade wip #mod mod mod

Nov 16, 2015 16 notes

#post crusade wip #pound cake is cutest cake #mod mod mod

Ponyville Diaries - Locations

As dead as Diaries might seem to be, I still am doing a lot of things with the world internally. One of these things is developing an idea of what the alternate Equestrian towns and cities look like.

[Map of Diaries Equestria]

So yeah. Time for a long post!

Keep reading

Nov 15, 2015 7 notes

#mod mod mod #VERY long post #ponyville diaries #worldbuilding everywhere

Hockey. Pick up hockey. It's fun to watch.

Hockey is my least favorite sport to watch because I can’t follow that tiny-ass puck being swung everywhere. Makes the sport look like unsynchronized ice skating with a bunch of beefy padded men smacking the floor with sticks.

Nov 15, 2015 3 notes

(post script)

I might as well start watching other stuff in case the horses sink and I’m not left in the dark. :v

Steven Universe bored me the last time I attempted to watch it, but apparently I need to go deeper in order to “feel it”. So maybe I’ll try again.

Gravity Falls is great from what I’ve seen, but I haven’t caught up on it all. Probably should get on that.

Following @nitrus-baro has gotten me interesting Wander Over Yonder, so I’ll also try that sometime.

… Undertale. >:c
My dashboard is 80% Undertale-related and it’s close to surpassing the “horribly annoying” phase and going into “OKAY FUCKING FINE I’LL FUCKING PLAY IT.”

And I think that’s it.

Nov 15, 2015 6 notes

#mod mod mod

Eh.

I guess it’s due to the people I follow and/or the friends I have, but I’m starting to get the impression that MLP is entering denouement.

Don’t get me wrong, season 5 has been great. But the recent bout of “meh” episodes has been getting me to think that maybe the writers are starting to hit a couple of walls.

Especially with Twilight. Good lord. All season, she’s been practically absent and in the times she has been the focus, she doesn’t even sound like herself. Like she’s just hanging around not doing anything productive, exaggerating her worries, and just appearing to be simply useless! This princess thing has been essentially detrimental to her development as she’s apparently hit her peak and has nowhere to go but straight down. Ugh. And she was one of my favorite characters :c

Of course, I’m probably gonna eat these words by the time the finale hits. Maybe it’s some intentional bug that becomes the focus of the last two episodes. But even after that, I fear that S6 will only continue this trend downhill. All the way to the series’ completion.

Nov 15, 2015 11 notes

#mod mod mod #mod rants

That grand feeling when a class you want to take in the spring (that is full) has a seat opening and you nab it in time.

Nov 11, 2015 2 notes

#mod mod mod #mod in college

So! Tumblr messaging! That’s cool!

Nov 10, 2015 2 notes

#mod mod mod #let's see how this'll go #msg me anytime if you want to for some reason

conspicuouslad:

I am a wellspring of mucus

Same

Nov 9, 2015 4 notes

#reblog #roommate looks like he's gonna murder me every time I sniffle #mod mod mod

Nov 9, 2015 29 notes

#reblog #my art #post crusade

Play

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Nov 9, 2015 571,161 notes

#reblog #the weather #video

Play

0:27

Nov 8, 2015 112,813 notes

#reblog #christ #video

Nov 6, 2015 87,183 notes

#reblog #long post #something about a tumblr post

I’m surprised I haven’t heard the theory that Tumblr is intentionally changing up features just so they can drive the “core base” (that being, dumb people we complain about a lot like fandoms, SJWs, teenagers who think they’re hot shit, etc) away and thus improve the reputation of the site in the long run.

YOU SHUSH