IIRC The Mac Versions Of Microsoft Office Actually Function Better Than The Windows Ones. I Suspect This

IIRC the Mac versions of Microsoft Office actually function better than the Windows ones. I suspect this is partially because Apple has its own proprietary version of the Office suite that you can download for free if you are running OSX, so Microsoft Office has to work really hard to be able to compete.

I say partially though because the performance of Microsoft Office software on Macs has always been better in my recollection, even before the iWork suite was a thing. Word 2004 on the old-timey rainbow iMacs and battered Macbooks at my elementary school ran smoother, with much quicker saving and less crashes, than Word 2003 on the XP I had at home. Word 2007 was even more laggy, and this was despite my parents buying a custom Vista to ensure that all the hardware was suitable for the then-new OS (bad communication at launch from Microsoft meant that a lot of retailers were selling computers with Vista installed that had no business running anything newer than XP. My parents made sure that our Vista did not have this problem.).

Vista was the last Microsoft computer my family invested in, but from my experiences at libraries and places like that, I've been disappointed in how little has changed. I mean, that's not to say that nothing has changed at all-- Word 2023 doesn't crash like Word 2007 (which makes it much less anxiety-provoking to use!), and Excel has made leaps and strides towards better functionality when it comes to complicated math and data analysis. But across the board, the performance of Microsoft Office is still noticeably worse on Windows than Mac.

I mean, lack of competition is one hell of a drug but the performance gap between Microsoft Office on Windows and on Mac has been around since before Apple started trying to compete with Microsoft Office. Microsoft Windows is consistently the worst OS to run Microsoft products on and it's just so... baffling. If you love Microsoft software (and have a pool full of gold coins to swim in), buy a Mac. The software will work better.

Depends on the build. If it's meant to be of a character or a real person, it usually takes me about 4 to 6 hours to get the details down. For example, this is Gino Palazzolo from 90 Day Fiance. I spent two hours tweaking his eyes in detail edit mode because the game doesn't have any presets that match his large-yet-somehow-beady eyes. Then another hour on his face as a whole, then about an hour and a half figuring out his outfit.

But if it's an original character, then it takes me about 30-60 minutes. This is Monica Devers. She's a genius trans woman who loves cats but struggles with self-doubt. She took about 45 minutes to make, and I spent most of my time on her hair and clothes.

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Aww! And she said yes! :D

sunset proposal ;-;

Obviously, Arceus wants you to find an Azurill and evolve it. Pre-Generation 6, about one in three female Azurill will evolve into a male Marill.

Posting before pride month ends…

I mean, he'd probably find acceptance somewhere. People would just assume that he went crazy as a result of the apocalypse. They figure that's why he's got this elaborate uniform, keeps making vague references to things that definitely don't exist (like little monsters that fit in your pockets), and no idea what's happening.

I'm now imagining a scenario where, after noticing that he has somehow survived everything thrown at him, people start calling him "Norton II, Emperor of the United States and the Protector of Mexico." Ingo has no idea who Norton I was, but the title conveys a degree of authority that he absolutely is not ready for. Occasionally they switch it up and call him the "Subway Master of the United States" instead. That name sounds familiar, though he can't put a finger on why. He likes it better than being called emperor (or Norton II), that's for sure.

He does his best. It isn't always enough. Still, people remain loyal. He doesn't understand why.

Once, somebody says, "Maybe this is the real Ingo and not some crazy guy in a costume!". Ingo agrees. But they laugh. It was just a joke. And he cries. They stop laughing and apologize for taunting him. But he doesn't stop crying.

This was too silly for me *not* to draw, can I get a uhhhhhh zombie apocalypse AU-

Getting a Hall of Origin Arceus via the Void glitch is pretty difficult too. It took several years to figure out how to do it at all and it takes at minimum 90 minutes to pull off. I really don't see why somebody would want to hide it if they got it via a glitch.

Suspicious offerings

You may remember that I said in one of my past blog posts how important it is to inform yourself about methods for hacking etc. - obviously not, because I want to teach you how to cheat, but knowledge will always be the key and your trump card to prevent yourself from scammers.

Today, I stumpled over a suspicious offering. From time to time I check classifieds, because sometimes you can be lucky and dig out a little treasure. However, this time I found an offering of a used Pokemon Diamond card. In the description it was highlighted that a rare Pokemon is on the card, an Arceus which was only distributed in Japan and it was not „traded via a module“. To proof that the mentioned Arceus is on the card, some photos were shown. I‘m attaching them for you. Please take a minute and look for hints, why this Arceus might be suspicious:

Ok, you may have already an impression what is going on here. Let me summarise everything what seems wrong here:

Arceus was redeemed/received in January 2021. Pokemon Diamond is a Generation 4 game. All distributions took place around 2010 - to be fair, the redemption date is the date of the DS system, therefore 2021 is not completely impossible, but at least very strange and let‘s say „uncommon“

Every event Pokémon is a fateful encounter which is „Schicksalshafte Begegnung“ in German. This phrase is completely missing.

This Arceus was caught in a Master Ball - event Pokemon are usually (not all!) carried in a Cherish Ball

This Arceus is level 80, but all Arceus distributed in Generation 4 were level 100.

The OT and TID seem to be custom, I‘m pretty sure that this is the OT and the TID of the trainer himself - or rather the trainer who caught it.

There was only one Arceus distributed in Japan - the Cinema Arceus - and its data are different from this one (OT, TID, level, Poke Ball, …)

Now, we can guess what it is or where it was obtained. Actually, I do believe that this Arceus itself was not transfered with the help of any kind of module. And I‘m aware of two possibilities: it is either an Azure Flute Arceus or an Arceus obtained over the Void glitch - which is basically the Azure Flute Arceus as well. That this Arceus is really an Azure Flute Arceus can be confirmed by the find spot: „Halle d. Beginns“ which is „Hall of Origin“ in English.

You may have already heard about the Azure Flute Arceus - it is the Arceus from Pokemon Brilliant Diamand & Shining Perl (BDSP) which all shiny hunters are after it, because shiny Arceus became accessible. And you also know that BDSP are the remakes of Pokemon Diamond & Perl, so it seems logical that the Azure Flute was also accessible in the original games, right? Unfortunately not.

The Azure Flute was meant to be distributed through an event in Japan, but it never happened. That the Azure Flute item was programmed into the game, it was already known, but after several years it was finally confirmed by Junichi Masuda that they have decided to not distribute the Azure Flute. So, literally, any Azure Flute Arceus from Generation 4 is somehow hacked, because the Wonder Card and the item have to be injected in your game, otherwise the in-game event would not be triggered. But even if no external module was used to inject the necessary things, a glitch has to be used. And just for those who are curious: you will not be able to port up this Arceus to a higher generation. Pokemon Bank will not accept it at the latest.

Here is the point what bothers me the most in this context:

The guy who offers this Pokemon Diamond card with a hacked Pokemon is advertising that it is a rare Pokemon.

Additionally, he is rising the price of this card, because of its „more value“ due to the „rare Pokemon“

If you are not that deep into the topics of event Pokemon, you may not have noticed it

It is the same like last time: it is absolutely fine if you do hacks and glitches just for yourself, but it is an absolute No-Go if you are trying to trade or sell it without telling its correct origin - whether consciously or unconsciously does not matter.

I‘m currently thinking about reporting this offer, but I have just little hopes, because this is such a niche - and most people care more about if the game itself is real of fake.

I can only recommend: keep continue to inform yourself and be suspicious every time and everywhere. And sadly, this was an easy case…