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Elaine Cortez

@ Corno @lemm.ee

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  • What is something you could easily do but haven't out of habit?

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    • Get a new computer. My ageing HDD's experience this intermittent issue with corruption which sometimes affects entire folders, typically larger ones which contain games. The HDD which stores Windows is also getting the same thing although not as bad. I'm also having issues with RAM and overall it'd be less hassle to just replace the whole computer rather than buying parts and fixing it.
    • Get a new monitor even though I just set a brand new one up yesterday after I ordered it from Amazon. I can definitely notice the difference between 350 nits (old) and 250 nits (new) even though other people can't seem to notice any difference in the brightness
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    In what ways are you self-indulgent?

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    • I'm an adrenaline junkie. Skiing, fast go-karting, jumping out of planes, all that jazz
    • I have nearly 2 TB worth of games on the hard drive that I store games on, though ARK takes up a sizeable chunk of that space oops
    • Eating my fave foods. I've always naturally fasted and I don't have an appetite until pretty late into the afternoon, so this is more than a good excuse to make up for that!
    • Clothes shopping. I found a really nice dress the other day and it feels so comfy to wear!

  • Joe Rogan Nods Along As Mel Gibson Claims His Friends Were Cured of Stage 4 Cancer By by ivermectin, fenbendazole (another animal dewormer), and methylene blue (a fabric dye)

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  • What have you created that you really want to show off?

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  • I like the second drawing with the motion of the wind and the pillars! Nice photos too! 😃 Forest one is such a vibe

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  • Yes, but for me it is Victoria, Australia. I think the temperature in the summer would still be too much for me though, since temperatures have been known to exceed 40°C... 🫠

  • What have you created that you really want to show off?

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  • A very overdue Christmas themed drawing that I'm not finished with just yet. So here's some fluffy tinsel I just got done with rendering!

  • What are some things that everyone should try to master?

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  • I had classes on CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver at school as part of the First Aid classes we had, though I'm not sure how commonplace such classes are in other schools/locations.

  • What are some things that everyone should try to master?

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  • First Aid, since you never know when this might be helpful on either yourself or others!

  • Artists, please help me understand the issue with AI

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  • As an artist who has had her art stolen before for usage in an AI output, being against any and all art theft is the default and perfectly reasonable standpoint for an artist. On some art websites, AI generated images fall under the rule against art theft. This is because AI models scrape artists' work without their consent, and the output of a prompt is reliant on the amalgamation of the aforementioned scraped artworks. I've personally seen some AI images in which the mangled remains of artists' signatures are still visible.

    The best analogy I can offer to explain why this is theft is that typing in a prompt into an AI image generator is like commissioning an artist to draw something for you, except the artist turns out to be someone who traces people's art and picks stolen artwork to trace from to match the prompt, and then claiming that it was you who created the image.

  • What fantasy thing would you like to happen to you?

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  • I'd love to be teleported into the world of Breath of the Wild/Tears of The Kingdom, minus the apocalyptic elements. I'd choose to either live in Tabantha or Akkala. I've always preferred semi rural environments, so the desolate, relaxed atmosphere would be appealing to me. I'd love to be a Rito so that I could soar wherever I wanted to go!

  • Do you have any tips or tricks to fall asleep?

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  • I like to think of nostalgic memories.

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    What is your favorite low-calorie snack?

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  • Raw potato that's cut into the shape of steak fries/chips for easy eating. Most people dislike the bitter flavour but I love the crunch and taste!

  • What psychological phenomena have you defied in your life?

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  • I'm not sure if it counts, but I've never fallen for a scam, and I'm good enough and quick enough at spotting them that my friends use me as a scam detector. I recently had someone DM me on Tumblr telling me how much my art inspired them and that they wanted a collab, and I immediately got suspicious because it was worded in an odd way. Went and checked the profile and found out it was part of a credit card scam ring that recently moved to Tumblr from Instagram.

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  • Based on real life experiences with having random guys try to hit on me, I'd probably get a lot of guys DMing me.

  • What's something you enjoyed doing as a kid / What's a happy memory you have?

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    • School plays! I got into a costume and acted on stage. There were some parts where I had to sing and I looked forward to those plays so much I would be giddy! The one I remember the most was when I had to dress up as a gold star.
    • Building igloos out of snow. Rather than building snowmen we would build chairs, beds, etc. made out of snow!
    • Drawing. I remember my mom and dad telling me about how I could just fill up an entire page with different things! My grandma was a painter for most of her life, and whenever we went to her house, she'd go upstairs to retrieve her art supplies and teach me how to paint.
    • Swimming. I just love water in general and the tradition was that we'd go to a fast food place immediately after. If it was after a session at a public pool, I'd still smell like chlorine even after showering. The combination of the smell of the inside of a McDonald's and chlorine is such a formative memory to me for that reason haha.
    • Laser tag. I was really good at it!
    • School trips! I went to this really cool science museum with my class once, I would love to say the name of it, but then that would reveal where I live. It was one of those museums where you could do practical things and it was really fun. I also loved it whenever we went go-karting even though I'd always end up with bruises on my inner thighs.

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  • If it doesn't reflect light, it'd be black. If it emitted its own light then there wouldn't be shadows in the craters of the moon and we also wouldn't have moon phases. It's hard to tell if this person is actually being serious because this is literally just entry level physics. Plus, we've collected moon rocks during the numerous moon landings.

  • What's something common that in 20 years from now people won't believe we used to live this way?

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  • Is it better to place the food in the center of or on the edge of a microwave turntable?

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  • This varies by microwave as not all microwaves perform the same way, but in my case, for more even heating there are benefits to placing the food just off-center. When the food is placed in the center it doesn't heat as evenly, which is to do with standing waves forming inside the microwave, which leads to hot and cold spots.

  • What is the pasta shape you dislike the most?

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  • I love orzo how dare you

    Honestly I'm a huge pasta lover so it's difficult for me to say. Probably farfalle whenever I eat it raw. The middle parts are always a pain to eat because of the shape.

  • What's your favourite chocolate?

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  • Not saying which country I'm in but Maltesers. Even though white and dark chocolate is my fave in general, I literally just ate an entire box of Maltesers in five minutes haha.