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Apepollo11

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  • Fascists are always just following orders

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  • I agree with this entirely. I personally use AI to help me do things that I don't have the time to do "the old fashioned way".

    I can draw, paint, sing, sculpt, etc, and I enjoy doing all these things very much. But I don't have time any more - I have a full-time job, two kids taking up most of my time, and Long COVID means I'm asleep for almost all of what would be left over.

    I've used AI to help me bring 2d art, music and 3d models into this world that would otherwise be trapped in my head.

  • Fascists are always just following orders

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  • 😳😬

  • Fascists are always just following orders

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  • Ah, thanks for that!

    I was genuinely interested because I used to lecture when the GANs first started appearing. Ironically enough, I used to point out to the students how you could tell photos were generated (mismatching ears shapes, asymmetrical glasses, oddly shaped jewellery etc.).

    Seems like I need more exposure to the comic art side of things!

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  • I don't agree with your take, sorry.

    To say that an artist should have exclusive control over a style is dangerous.

    Every time there is a big upheaval in an industry, it affects people's jobs in that sector. Henry Ford's investments in automation, put a lot of small car manufacturers in a tricky position. It also led to cars being affordable for most American households.

    I'm not unsympathetic, in fact I'm more than a little aware that AI will be taking over my sector, the software development jobs, within a couple of years (and unlike art, I can't see any market for "hand-crafted" code!).

    But, the genie can't be put back in the bottle. There's no possible positive that comes from "calling out" AI art whenever you see it. It doesn't help artists - if anything we've seen artists having to go out of their way proving their work isn't AI.

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  • Human artists train using other artists work. Every avenue of human endeavour is based on what came before.

    My own default style shares similarities with Barbara Canepa and Rumiko Takahashi. Why? Because, as a teen, I used to copy their stuff, trying to "unlock" the parts of it that I like.

    If I was to directly copy an image, and say it was my own, then that crosses over into stealing. But that's not what has happened here. And unless you get very specific with the prompts, it's not likely to happen.

  • Fascists are always just following orders

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  • Shocking truth:

    Humans can make all art made by AI.

    Humans can make all calculations made by computers.

    People use tools to achieve their goals more efficiently. It's the way it always has been. It doesn't mean there's no value attached to it.

    Incidentally, for all of the "this is AI" brigade, what are you picking up on? I'm not picking up on any of the classic tells. Aside from the closed fists in the first and last image, where I'd personally go for an open hand, I don't see anything obviously amiss.

  • Planet Definitions

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  • Love it, especially the alt text.

  • Making a press mold, need some input

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  • Have you tried DAS clay? If you're British, you can buy it pretty cheap from The Works, Hobbycraft or The Range.

    It seems like it'd be exactly the right consistency to fill out these molds - a smidge firmer than playdoh, but much softer than plasticine.

    Edit: just remembered, you can even get stone effect DAS clay for the same price, so no painting needed!

  • The capitalist press

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  • No, you're right, I stand corrected. Although I don't know how much that had to do with McCarthy himself or the Un-American Activities Committee - it was an FBI investigation trail that had already begun before McCarthy kicked off with all his nonsense.

  • Shrinkage

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  • YMMV but in many places around the world it's not uncommon for couples to sleep in the nip.

  • The capitalist press

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  • Tesla was a great company that, as Musk's direct involvement grows, gets worse and worse by the moment. The Cybertruck is basically his version of "The Homer" - a car designed by someone who knows nothing about cars.

    I have nothing against Tesla owners - people are allowed to like what they like :)

  • The capitalist press

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  • But that isn't the same thing at all. These are not Stalin's words.

    If you buy into the McCarthyism "Red Scare" nonsense, then fine, but remember that the only lives McCarthy ruined were those of Americans, and with one possible exception*, all of whom were innocent of any actual wrongdoing.

    *Alger Hiss maintained his innocence to his death, and the evidence against him is dubious at best.

  • The capitalist press

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  • On the other hand, could you also argue that dismissing something out of hand because the person who made it worked for a publication that aligned itself with a philosophy that was being used by a country that was being led by a bad man, well, kind of stupid too?

  • Autumn

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  • Phew! It's been nearly 30 years since my last German lesson, but I thought I should have been able to read more than I could.

    It wasn't until the last panel, where I noticed "Ich" spelled "Ick" that I wondered whether it was written with an accent.

    Thanks for the translation!

  • Recreate old chess pieces

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  • I didn't know imagetostl took glbs! I honestly wouldn't even have expected it!

    I'll definitely be using that then. Blender is great, but I'm tied to one machine - I'd much rather use online tools when I can.

    Thanks for that :)

  • Recreate old chess pieces

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  • If you have at least one of each piece remaining, then yep - it's easy!

    The technology you're after is called photogrammetry, and there are two inexpensive ways that I use often (there are more, but these are the two I rely on)

    1. KIRI Engine - I have a subscription, but I think there is a free tier. You take about twenty photos of the object from different angles, upload for processing, and you get a 3D model back that you can print.
    2. TRELLIS - take a single photograph and upload to here:

    https://huggingface.co/spaces/JeffreyXiang/TRELLIS

    You will receive a 3D model back that you can import into Blender, run a mesh operation to merge by distance (to create a watertight model), export as STL and then print.

    KIRI Engine requires more work upfront, with all the photos, but is the best at recreating existing things accurately.

    TRELLIS requires more work at the end, because it doesn't automatically create printable models, and it isn't a finished product yet, but it is the closest thing to actual witchcraft I've experienced.

  • Software Lets You Paint Surface Patterns On 3D Prints

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  • It's a neat idea, similar to how displacement maps affect the output without affecting the geometry of a 3D render.

    Also, I like this image, as it makes me feel less bad about my own grizzly-looking heat block.

  • Birth Lottery

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  • This is it.

    Either that, or instate emergency powers using the rules already in place. He's already tested the fence enough to see that the "checks and balances" don't actually affect what he does.

  • The rules are made up and the points don't matter

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  • democracy is based on the idea that we want others to be treated fairly

    I think the last few months have more than proven that is not the case.

    Democracy, in its most common implementation, is based on the idea of the tyranny of the majority. This often runs counter to the concept of treating others fairly.

    People who suffer anxiety are in the minority - and they are forced to navigate a world of people who expect them to conform with their social norms.

    We should just live and let live.