Understanding Bitrate Settings for (Twitch) Livestreamers

If you’re streaming at 720p, leave it at 2500. If you want to upgrade to 1080p, change it to 4500.If you want a middle ground, try 1536×864 at 3500. Or do 900p.And never do 60 FPS. I think video bitrates for a livestream is a lot like computer RAM. It’s the foundation that a number

The Art of War: A pertinent one-page summary

This version of Sun Tzu’s Art of War is a concise rewrite that fits exactly onto an A4 sheet, and is formatted to fold exactly in half into an A5 size. (So it can be a one-sided A4 or double-sided A5.) Naturally, it doesn’t contain everything from the book, but I have done my best

12 or so Privacy Risks to know for your Livestream

These days, it’s fairly easy for someone without computer skills to start a livestream. With something like OBS Studio on your computer, the simplest way to start is to click through the wizard, login to the streaming site of your choice, and just click ‘Go Live’. But with this, it means that anyone can start

Reference Card: Star Ocean 2 R Secret Character Recruitment

To commemorate the announcement of Star Ocean: The Second Story R, I created a one-page reference card to remind myself of all of the party recruitment paths. The card is written in a deliberately vague way, only indicating the time, location and a clue on what to do to recruit them, as well as indicating

Vtuber Lore and my Semi-Retirement

As I try to start writing this post, I can’t help but feel this is something I’ve dreaded to say. And yet, the truth is that since the beginning of this year – and perhaps slightly into 2022 as well – I’ve essentially brought my Vtuber-esque activities into a quasi-hibernating, semi-retired state. Anyone who has

Citizen Science: How a simple recipe briefly captured the world’s curiosity (LK-99, Two Weeks Later)

Disclaimer: I’m still not a materials scientist.Jump down: recap – scientific response – signs of illusion – my own reaction – conclusionFULL AUDIO READING So is LK-99 a room-temperature superconductor or not? Well, like many things, it’s complicated. My part in this begins with a blog post I wrote on a whim. A few days

LK-99: The Live Online Race for a Room-Temperature Superconductor (Summary)

Disclaimer: I’m not a materials scientist. I may update this over time as I collate more information.jump down: original primer (top) – specifics explained – update log – live table – for trending viewerslast change: 2023-08-18 FINAL 3 – new spreadsheet section2023-08-12: two week followup post On 22 July 2023, two mysterious preprint papers were

Reference Card: Cyberpunk 2077 Critical Quest Path

Every now and then, a video game ends up being too big for me to keep track of, leading me to create a reference card. These were much more common in the 1990s and early 2000s, particularly for PC games such as Starcraft and Baldur’s Gate. It’s essentially a one-page cheat sheet – but there

Updating your Live2D model over time with PSD imports

This article is an alternative to my video tutorial, which can be seen here: youtu.be/QbBdUVk1Mac To start your Live2D model rig on the best foot forward, you would have created a PSD (Photoshop) file with all the layers prearranged into the intended locations, and imported that into Live2D Cubism for the rigging process. This eliminates

How to Become a Live2D Vtuber: A Short Guide

For a full-length video walkthrough based on this article, watch my YouTube video. So you want to try out this virtual avatar thing, and you’ve heard of Live2D? It was originally developed in 2010 for visual novels, and its easy workflow allowed to it be quickly adopted by Vtubers. If you can do image manipulation