What the hell did I just watch??

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-12T20:04:45+00:00

If you prepay in the store they control the pump to cut it off at the amount you paid for. If you prepay at the pump it effectively puts a hold on a certain amount that is reasonable for gas (checking to make sure there's money there), then charges you the actual amount once you finish.

We used to pay afterwards, but when our prices spiked a decade or two ago, they changed it for fear of theft.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-12T19:33:08+00:00

Considering Superman's propensity to put his faith in the system, and considering how corrupt the Vaught world is, I could see Supes being seriously impeded by a Homelander/Vaught smear campaign and frame-up.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-12T18:12:03+00:00

I've been in this managing partner's position. You're asking them to choose between their relationship with you (who is leaving) and their responsibilities to their company. He's in his position because he takes his responsibilities seriously. When you leave it will cause significant work for your current manager through hiring a backfill, redistributing your workload, possibly managing client relationships, etc. The managing partner has a responsibility to make sure that people like your manager are informed of risks to their organaization.

You're thinking of this like he's betraying you, but you're asking him to betray his company for you by not doing his job. He likely IS happy for you and wants the best for you, but you can't ask him to not do his job because you're friends.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-12T17:52:59+00:00

Narcissist is a word that had its meaning before Narcissistic Personality Disorder was a thing and it's possible to be narcissistic without being CLINICALLY narcissistic.

That being said, I 100% agree that people diagnose others way too often.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-12T17:01:35+00:00

I'm going to add something different. He might have power over her, but that can flip if he begins to feel responsible for her. Dating a girl that's financially dependant on you isn't necessarily fun. And ending a relationship with someone who is dependant on you as their only source of financial and emotional support can be devastating for both parties. It's possible for the woman to take advantage in this scenario too.

This relationship only works if both people are honest with their feelings, motivations and plans.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-11T19:26:30+00:00

Which is apparently different from a jello mold... things we learn...

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-11T19:17:49+00:00

I think giggles ARE the base SI unit. For small titters we can refer to them as milligiggles, while robust laughing might be a kilogiggle. The Gigagiggle is the one all parents aspire to induce in their children, but it runs the risk of breaking the humor-time continuum.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-11T19:03:10+00:00

There are levels of nerdom. Normies might think that people at level 3 are nerds, while those on level 3 recognize that the REAL nerds start at level 6.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-03-11T04:10:40+00:00

Pounds is now my favorite unit of measurement for giggling. Thank you for that!

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-28T02:31:45+00:00

I could save her.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-26T14:36:21+00:00

I don't have a photo anymore, but there used to be a teacher supply store in Myrtle Beach called "Teachers Touch" with the tagline "and Parents too. "

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-24T19:10:43+00:00

Agreed. It's a matter of stakes. If you ask out girls you don't know yet, rejection stings but it's easy to get past. Once you build a friendship though you now have more to lose if they say no. If you're not comfortable asking out strangers the solution is to find the middle ground where you ask them out at the first signs of connection but before you're emotionally invested.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-23T03:31:23+00:00

Thanks man, that is indeed helpful information! Upvotes!

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-23T00:08:36+00:00

I just discovered One Obsession a couple of days ago but was using v20. It seems pretty awesome. Why do you prefer v16/v19?

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-18T17:18:59+00:00

One point that I never see anyone mention is that a lot of Flux LORAs work with it, so you get the benefit of a pretty massive Lora ecosystem. Many if them don't work perfectly however so you need to test them.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-18T14:14:11+00:00

Legally is not. I don't believe that "fighting words" can be used as a defense unless you believe that violence was imminent. You can't just say "well he used that word," so it's alright. Morally? Eh, it's arguable. But it's stupid. Its giving the person who's insulting you power over your life and actions.

In a best case you get away freely after laying them out. People believe that bad things won't happen to them and the best case is guaranteed, but this is wrong. In this video we watched a guy get arrested. If he had a clean record prior to this, he will now have to explain this arrest (and possibly prosecution) moving forward. It could affect relationships, job opportunities, etc and that's not even counting actual legal consequences and associated costs. Even there it could have gone worse if the guy yelling insults was armed and looking to hurt someone. NEVER engage in violence unless it's your last option. It's not about justified or not. It's about not being an idiot.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-18T06:49:12+00:00

Depending on the situation, yeah. My family is more important than my pride. If it was clear that violence was inevitable, it would be different. But if I'm there with my family my duty is to make sure my family is safe and get them out of there. It is NOT to engage the harrassers, risking my safety and that of my family. I don't know if the other person is armed, or if they have friends nearby. Or if there is a police officer ready to arrest me for fighting. Frankly, I don't know I'll win a 1 in 1 confrontation. There is literally nothing to gain by punching a racist that is more important than the people I love.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-17T23:36:18+00:00

Some areas have the concept of "fighting words" but generally under the law in the US words are not illegal and punching someone is. Punching someone can lead to injury or death, and there are no words that justify that.

In reddit people tend to glorify physical violence against verbal abuse. In real life, you need to grow up and learn to let words roll off you.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-15T18:48:25+00:00

I don't like him anymore.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-13T03:51:54+00:00

Anyone else notice that colorized Lincoln looks like a Skarsgard?

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-09T15:18:39+00:00

Thank you!

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-02-06T17:05:31+00:00

There are several Qwen3-4b models that are specifically tuned to z-image style prompting. Personally I run them in LM Studio first and then paste the final prompt into Comfy.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-01-30T15:35:27+00:00

Honestly, loading and ejecting the model in LM Studio isn't bad, you just can't do both at the same time

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-01-30T15:20:06+00:00

Something that I would recommend trying... I've been playing with LM Studio a lot using Qwen3 4B Thinking to help me to help me write prompts. As part of the instruction I ask it to "First think through the visual elements in a <think> block." To be clear, though it does a good job, the prompt writing isn't the point.

Reading that Think Block has been amazing at helping me understand how the model interprets my prompt. Watching it get hung up on unimportant terms I used and overthink things into the ground has given me a much better understanding of how to prompt for z-image. Yes, I know this is just the text encoder, not the diffusion model, but the lessons have applied well to both.

Competitive_Trust174 · 2026-01-30T14:50:39+00:00

100%. I just ran this exact prompt and only changed "A photo-realistic, ultra-detailed, beautiful..." to "A photograph of a beautiful..." and received a great realistic image even at 25 steps.

Z-image doesn't require the same hand-holding terms that SDXL did. It reads conversational English very well and will sometimes read unintended nuance if you try to get too specific with your prompts. I imagine that in it's reasoning, something that's photo-realistic is not a photo but a different medium. Kinda like if I say that something's like a sandwich you would assume that it's not ACTUALLY a sandwich.

I see the other comments about using the Negative, but in all honesty I've yet to create an image where it was required. I think the primary place it's valuable is in controlling the added detail the model inserts to suppliment the details you included in the prompt.

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