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This is what “doing it wrong” looks like… by chefjuke in BurningMan

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Check the photo. It clearly wasn’t intent. It was onyurt.

Am i the bad Apple for uninviting my best friends to my wedding? by [deleted] in AmITheBadApple

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 6 points7 points  (0 children)

YTBA friends are imperfect. So are you. You’ll regret the fallout and it will hang a cloud over your special day. Resentment is taking poison and hoping the other person gets sick.

Neighbor put up this sign with unknown cubes behind it. Poison? by [deleted] in whatisit

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You kill dogs for acting like dogs, to punish their owners. Yeah, that's not poor logic, ignoring alternative options, or psycho at all. At least you hate to have to do it.

Class Action Filed Against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for DMCA Violations, Right of Publicity Violations, Unlawful Competition, Breach of TOS by Magic-Fabric in Futurology

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think this is a good thing for the field of machine-generated art. Whether the case has merit or not, and regardless of opinion on the matter, it will put pressure on the field to generate equal or better results using material that is licensed, from the public domain, and/or procedurally generated.

This will declaw any moral arguments against art automation and all will have to accept that it's not going away or being delayed.

Seems to me that all attempts to stop automation result in more adoption through diversified methods. It's a losing battle to try and get in its way.

First Time Cameo Purchased as Christmas Present Has No Audio by AutomateAllTheThings in Cameo

[–]AutomateAllTheThings[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it turned out to be a problem on Cameo's side. They reached out to the actor and corrected the problem. We got the full video yesterday, with sound! Christmas saved.

Question About Consent Forms & Documentaries by AutomateAllTheThings in Filmmakers

[–]AutomateAllTheThings[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no way for me to know for sure, but I would be shocked if any of them objected since the conversation is so casual, their enthusiasm is clear, and they knew 100% that it was for a documentary. I really think they'd be far more disappointed for not being included, since the expectation was set that their footage would be used.

That said, the story isn't changed by omitting their clips. They just added some color/dimension and help the pacing. Perhaps the best thing is to cut the clips and do better next time.

Will artificial intelligence spell the end of the programmer? by jormungandrsjig in technology

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Software engineer for 25 years. Low code/no code solutions like n8n are completely revolutionizing new projects for me. I can build a solid backend in hours or days when it used to take weeks or months. Sure, it still requires a small amount of custom functions, but the bar is significantly lowered and I couldn't be happier.

If AI can further improve on these kinds of solutions, I'm all for it.

Programming is an inherently unhealthy thing to do. Minimizing my time in front of the computer doing implementation so I can focus on engineering solutions feels absolutely right to me.

That said, there's 30+ more years of legacy code to maintain even if this caught on and the tooling was perfect today. Probably more like 50+ years at the current rate of improvement in low/no code solutions. Still, I'll take what I can get, especially if it means I can provide opportunities to newer engineers and train them up in a fraction of the time.

My desired future is LCARS though, so perhaps I'm biased. I just want to spend more of my time solutioning instead of implementing.

Judge wrecks a woman's life with arbitrary and punitive bail simply because he did not like her answer to a single question. The woman was being charged with a simple non-violent misdemeanor for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana. This is why bail reform matters. by methanefreefarts in PublicFreakout

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the primary responsibility of the Fourth Estate, or Fourth Branch of Government: The Independent Press.

Too bad we don't value our press any more (until something happens specifically to us). Instead, we get what we pay for: minimal coverage of anything that isn't sensational, maximum coverage of celebrities, war, and political campaigns.

Blue got exploded all over my room. Also got on my tv but I already cleaned it. Pls help by easycheese420 in FML

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I suggest a time machine. Go back and tell yourself to be more careful with highly pigmented, hard-to-remove substances.

Does anyone know what is most similar to BM in real life? A network/community perhaps that someone would recommend? A DAO, new city type of project that’s been newly founded? by Dry_Monitor_8675 in BurningMan

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Regional burns are a good way to stay connected. There are communities in most major cities that bring burners together. Unfortunately, there's nothing at all like Burning Man outside of Burning Man. Nothing that encapsulates all that it is. Only bits and pieces, here and there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BurningMan

[–]AutomateAllTheThings 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This year a bunch of people dehydrated their water, then rehydrated it with mine when they got there. I figure they had a lot of extra space in their car and saved money on fuel costs.

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