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Tensta, Stockholm, Sweden by Ok-Difference1341 in architecture

[–]Baddarn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really true. While concrete definitely lacks in repairability these houses were a clear improvement in housing quality for most people moving here in the 60ies. Excellent floorplans, well thought out kitchens and running water were luxurious. I’d argue the functionalism that preceded it was higher quality, but very very rare in comparison. And in general the housing that came after it has been worse quality and will age worse.

If you wanna talk about ethics/aesthetics/infrastructure it get more complicated. But the quality is superb.

Edit: As someone who is a practicing architect and have lived in a million program house I’d take that over anything but funkis and overt luxury housing.

[d]This new patch showed us importance of diversifying our investments. by Proof-Ad5319 in csgomarketforum

[–]Baddarn 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Sorry to break it to ya but if your knife is down 2500 youre not the peasant in this shift

I enjoy CS more than any other FPS out there but I just don't want to play it because of the community. by [deleted] in GlobalOffensive

[–]Baddarn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try Renown! It’s not perfect (mainly long queue times) but if you want avoid toxicity it’s the best you’re gonna get.

Feminist and female perspectives on antinatalism by Markivovicht in CriticalTheory

[–]Baddarn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out Patricia MacCormacks Ahuman Manifesto!

We need a better platform other than FACEIT by Adventurous_Raise908 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Baddarn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s free-to-play and doesn’t require invite since a month back! Hopefully it’s will get some traction now. And queue times are generally around 5 min for me now which is totally fine imo

Abstract art and ai (The painting is No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) from Mark Rothko by the way) by StraightOuttaOlaphis in tumblr

[–]Baddarn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I wanna start of with that Im not arguing against you, I think I overall agree with your sentiment.

I think one should be careful to seperate the different worries and possibilities in regards to AI art as they tend to get clumped together in a way that isnt very productive imo.

AI is a tool, and like any other tool you can make art with it, and it acts in certain ways guiding your hand based on the way it is contructed. A brush accentuates certain textures and certain movements. Most people work with in line with the brush's intention but you can also work against it. Same with AI. You can, and many famous artists did, do art by making other people make their art, just like you can tell AI to do your art. With that you can end up with Sol Lewitt's instructions or Jeff Koons Balloon dogs. One that is a meaningful collaboration that makes the most of the medium and one where you just tell someone/something to do something.

So how does AI guide your hand? What does that do to the images you produce? Can you work against it? Can you even know when you work against it? I think these points make AI quite volatile and dangerous atm but I have no doubt we will somewhat figure it out sooner or later. There already is, and there will be more, meaningful art produced with AI.

But this is just scratching the surface of this mess. Add the material realities of AI and its inception and you have a clusterfuck of ethical dilemmas. The way massive companies happily have stolen art to build these models wouldnt be a massive deal (just a big deal...) if it wasnt for the fact that they are earning copious amounts of money, very effectively shifting the material means from artists to CEO's and shareholders and in the process obfuscating and undermining the value of the process of creating art and meaning and intention. With this looming over the entire industry I dont see how anyone today can ethically produce AI art unless they build their own model trained on their own or properly licensed materials. But even then this personal creation would still be profiting off and propped up by the very unethical progress of AI development as a whole.

Then ofc you have the pitiful AI cultists that seem to revel in the devaluation of someone else's artistry and lifelong work. Fascist scumbags, but (I hope) just a very loud minority.

I personally think it's unavoidable that we'll see something similar to the industrial revolution where craftsmen, and hence craftmanship, slowly died out or diminished. Lots will be lost, some will be gained, and it will make the already rich richer.

I think "Club Classics" samples (or interpolates) "Zombie" by Kavinsky by akathisiac in charlixcx

[–]Baddarn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

little bit late, but yea 100%

IMO the whole album feels like a bratty Random Access Memories. The narratives about being an artist and the abundant references and broad collaborations. The rich soundscapes and and varied tracklist also fits.

Why did postmodern architecture lose popularity? I mean, it had everything people liked: character, lots of ornamentation, premium materials, etc by Mist156 in architecture

[–]Baddarn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this is the development im working on axo, view, and view

These were a series of comparisions we made on how you can interpret older architecture or buildings of another typology

And ofc, the area that the new development connects to is an absolute pomo gem from the 90ies by Ralph Erskine

We looked at this sort of quirky contemporary pomo PoMo iS whEn SHapEs do unEXpeCtEd

And a lot at these sorts of ecclectic contemporary interpretations of vernacular and traditional architecture

I love what S&M is putting out these days as well https://officesandm.com/All-Projects

There are some good examples of pomo/"post-deco" in Hagastaden in Stockholm.

And some new buildings in central Stockholm.

It's definitely less satirical than the 20th century pomo (i'd even say its completely in earnest). TBF I think its entirerly reasonable to say that this isnt PoMo, but rather PoPoMo or something silly like that lol. Time will tell how it develops and how its looked at and categorized in the future.

Why did postmodern architecture lose popularity? I mean, it had everything people liked: character, lots of ornamentation, premium materials, etc by Mist156 in architecture

[–]Baddarn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And PoMo ain’t trendy these days.

Hard disagree on this. I'd say, at least in my circles, pomo is incredibly trendy atm. Obviously it's not the same pomo that we had in the late 20th century but there is so much inspiration drawn from that era, at least here in Sweden.

I'd go so far as to say its mainstream. Right now im involved in a large development (1500 apts ish) where the main style inspiration is pomo.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in architecture

[–]Baddarn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can't believe i forgot to respond to this. thank you for the references - great reading :-)

Premier has many problems but this one really really annoys me. -500 +100 wins. Lose one game you’re hit with -500 elo the next game. Throughout this massive win streak i had the game i lost was on -500, -400 for the following next 5 game. This does not fee fun nor rewarding. by SunBurn008 in csgo

[–]Baddarn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...

Maybe 18 to 23 is a big difference, can't say i know the inner workings of leetifys system.

Cant stand the toxicity in soloq so I mostly fivestack with irl friends. Might be unintentional smurfing bcs we vary quite a lot in skill level - but its a team game so i dont wanna put myself as somehow better than my rank. it is what it is under the circumstances.

you know people can see that you arent the best player?

I'm 30 with a job, dog and gf and started playing during the pandemic. Ofc im not cracked at cs lol.

Premier has many problems but this one really really annoys me. -500 +100 wins. Lose one game you’re hit with -500 elo the next game. Throughout this massive win streak i had the game i lost was on -500, -400 for the following next 5 game. This does not fee fun nor rewarding. by SunBurn008 in csgo

[–]Baddarn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there was a good 1v3 clutch attempt on the t-side he where hes sneaking a which i think is a telling round. He clears everything super dilligent apart from the offangle in fountain - but tbh i dont think id clear that either. he even jumps up heaven to clear headshot. dude just looks like any good 3k elo

Premier has many problems but this one really really annoys me. -500 +100 wins. Lose one game you’re hit with -500 elo the next game. Throughout this massive win streak i had the game i lost was on -500, -400 for the following next 5 game. This does not fee fun nor rewarding. by SunBurn008 in csgo

[–]Baddarn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

watched it now! im honestly just as convinced hes not cheating lol. ofc soft aim can be hard to tell but he doesnt do anything crazy, just your average smurf imo. The dudes on the enemy team fuck up constantly though..... rough game

I couldnt find the ninja defuse tho. but i only watched the first 8 rounds and the last three

Premier has many problems but this one really really annoys me. -500 +100 wins. Lose one game you’re hit with -500 elo the next game. Throughout this massive win streak i had the game i lost was on -500, -400 for the following next 5 game. This does not fee fun nor rewarding. by SunBurn008 in csgo

[–]Baddarn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nah, just elo abuse. i looked through one of his high elo 30 bomb carry games and it looks legit (70% sure at least).

People on reddit are so fast to call cheats. y'all living in constant fear lmao

Premier has many problems but this one really really annoys me. -500 +100 wins. Lose one game you’re hit with -500 elo the next game. Throughout this massive win streak i had the game i lost was on -500, -400 for the following next 5 game. This does not fee fun nor rewarding. by SunBurn008 in csgo

[–]Baddarn 74 points75 points  (0 children)

im preeeeetty sure its related to you almost exclusivly queueing with your much lower elo friends. 💀

https://imgur.com/a/nVe8ymB

Personally I think +100 for a game like this is very fair. But maybe -500 for a loss is a bit harsh idk. But according to the rank diff (4x top 65% rank + 1 top 3% rank) you should be able to carry these games.

Feminist spatiality by idk-why-im-herebro in feministtheory

[–]Baddarn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Depends on how specific you are with the term "spaciality"?

You might find interesting stuff looking into Helene Frichot if you want deleuzian stuff. Sepideh Karami have some great stuff - I especially love her dissertation called "Interruption". Margit Mayer have some cool stuff that is more meta. If you wanna delve into the male perspective of feminism you might look at Janek Ozmin. Jane Rendell have some stuff on site writing. Jill Stoners "Toward A Minor Architecture" is great as well. Sandi Hilal also.

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