u/MKBRD

There is some weird flickering of shadows in some frames - I have no idea what is causing it.

Weirdly, when I highlight a problem frame in Blender and render it individually, it renders fine.

Rendering with Eevee
Tree is from a tree generator pack I bought, generated with geo nodes.
Cherry blossom petals are a combination of PArticle system, plus scatter on surface for the ones on the ground.
I have a cube over the whole scene set to create a volume for the fog.
I have emission textures on the "collar" creating the visible red light
I have 4 red point lights dotted around the base of the tree to illuminate the tree from underneath.

Using a 2025 M4 MacBook Air, 16GB ram

Render settings in post below

https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4c26babe9eb8e1db&from=shareddesktop_copy

When did it become acceptable to demand that people "live and breathe" their job in general, let alone for slightly better than minimum wage?

Might as well advertise as "wanted: people with no sense of self worth or work/life balance willing to do whatever we tell them whenever we tell them to do it, for just above what we legally have to pay them".

I made this short video to demonstrate that websites like Studysmarter (and Bebee and others) are scam sites. I'm posting it here in the hope that it might stop someone from mistakenly giving them personal information.

I was compelled to do this after having to spend hours sifting through their never-ending fake listings to find actual real positions, and having fallen victim to this scam after I tried to apply for a fake job through Bebee, only to then spend the next few weeks getting 3-4 telemarketing phonecalls a day, all of whom mysteriously now knew my name and personal details.

I left a review of Studysmarter on Trustpilot, who then flagged it as fake and had it taken down. I was asked to provide evidence in the form of a customer reference number (which obviously I don't have as will not be giving them my personal details, or using their scam website to apply for jobs) to demonstrate the review was legitimate.

So I made this video to demonstrate that I am, in fact, engaging with their service - and their service is a scam.

Shame on Trustpilot for allowing these loopholes that enable these sorts of underhanded, predatory practices. The job market is bad enough as it is, without supposedly reputable companies shielding these scam companies from genuine reviews that might stop other people from being tricked into divulging personal details illegally.

You have to be a particularly odious kind of scumbag to prey on people who are looking for work.