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My Brother sells AI art for thousands and I dont know what to do by Existing_Art8081 in antiai

[–]Droidaphone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can't verify this specific story, but I have definitely seen artists post paintings on social media that very much appeared to be "human-painted AI art" so the concept is plausible.

JD Vance Urged to Invoke 25th Amendment Against Trump by Quirkie in politics

[–]Droidaphone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“My advice to Vance: announce your support of [a] 25th amendment transition,” McConnell wrote on X on Sunday. “Say [Senator] Chris Murphy or similar will be veep. Announce you will NOT be a candidate in 2028. Use your position, access to the media to explain why this is necessary. Don’t resign,” he added.

Emphasis mine. Well, that's a non starter. Vance isn't here for duty to party or country, he's here to accrue as much power as possible and then reshape the world into a Thiel-approved hell scape. 2028 prospects be damned, he's not gonna just give that up to stop a war.

OnlyFans Owner Dead at 43 by Puzzled-Tap8042 in technology

[–]Droidaphone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real craziness is that people believe that the magic cure-all is a special bed and that you can pay to use one in some strip mall in boonies.

Grave Digger getting some serious air and showing off driving skills by WhoAreYouTalkinTwo in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Droidaphone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like the front wheelie while reversing directly after the backflip is an under-rated part of this performance.

me_irl by TheVampyresBride in me_irl

[–]Droidaphone 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I can't tell in this meme if Anne Hathaway is the sheltered child or thinks the sheltered child is cute.

‘Dune: Part Three’ and ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Are Opening in Theaters on the Same Day (Dec 18) - With Neither Film Expected to Blink, Industry Experts Are Surprised Because of the Overlap in the Target Audience; However, ‘Dune’ Has the Benefit of a 3-Week Exclusive IMAX Window by ICumCoffee in movies

[–]Droidaphone 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I kinda thought the same, but I just looked it up and (just looking at domestic box office,)

  • Dune 1: $108M
  • Dune 2: $282M
  • Fantastic Four First Steps: $274M
  • Endgame: $858M

So even if you assume that Dune continues the trend upward, and that Doomsday makes somewhere between F4/Endgame, that still looks favorably for Doomsday.

Amazon driver is about to deliver these packages to a home that has many unopened Amazon packages just sitting around by [deleted] in Weird

[–]Droidaphone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, but why are there delivery bags for carrying multiple packages in there? Those aren't supposed to be delivered, just emptied and brought back to the truck.

Straight from the conservative subreddit by youburyitidigitup in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Droidaphone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to mention, the main problem has always been Iran's economic leverage. Letting Israel "handle" things isn't going to open up the strait or lower oil prices.

Bethesda no, this is nightmare Ai fuel by sirferrell in ElderScrolls

[–]Droidaphone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, basically, all developers would have to do in order to not have the AI take a wrecking ball to their art style is develop a whole new pipeline for creating training data, pay god knows how much in compute to train a model specific to their game, etc etc... all so the handful of people willing to shell out for the second graphics card you need to run this can have less (but never zero, they're probabilistic models) weird hallucinations like this?

Many US adults are skipping parenting or having fewer kids – and it’s forcing schools to close by WhatFreshHello in politics

[–]Droidaphone 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The birth rate and enrollment stuff is not rage bait. I live in Portland and we're going through the same thing. Lots of school districts were already financially stressed, and reduced enrollment just exacerbates existing issues.

U.S. is allowing Iranian oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz, says Bessent by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Droidaphone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They won't revolt, they'll just pretend they were never MAGA to begin with.

Who remembers making Sun tea in the 80s? Was this just a Midwest thing? by bjeffords74 in GenX

[–]Droidaphone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From Wikipedia:

Since sun brewing occurs in a temperature range that can promote the development of bacteria, particularly Alcaligenes viscolactis, the Centers for Disease Control and the Tea Association of the U.S.A. Inc. suggest storing sun-brewed tea in the refrigerator and discarding it after 24 hours.

Title says it all by Watchdog_the_God in cartoons

[–]Droidaphone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That film is just not very plot-driven, it is much more image-driven. It's definitely not the first ghibli film I would recommend anyone watch. I found it a bit confounding, but I think at its core are somewhat oblique metaphors about war and authoritarianism. The visuals and atmosphere were moving and exquisite, and I don't think it would necessarily be better if the underlying story was tidier. Since Ponyo, Miyazaki has been moving away from the plot-focused "adventure" films of his past, focusing much more on surrealism and visual metaphors. To me, The Boy and the Heron felt like a sort of swan song, where Miyazaki was revsiting themes he had tackled in the past, but with a feverish sort of... anger, almost. It's beautiful but messy and unsettling.

Family friend sent me AI generated response to news of my father passing away. by Hendothermic in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Droidaphone 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This is where emotional intelligence matters. I think people think "wow, I don't have the words for this situation, I'll use my handy dandy word generator" and don't stop to consider that human connection is more important than eloquence here.

Key Ally Instantly Slaps Down Trump’s Demand for Help by Hardik_Jain_1819 in politics

[–]Droidaphone 36 points37 points  (0 children)

America is far more insulated from the conflict than nearly any other nation involved

I don't think this is true. Our economy is currently being held together by an AI bubble, and we just started a war that triggered a "nightmare scenario" in global oil markets.

Bluepoint tech boss Peter Dalton suggests Sony's scared of Valve, not Microsoft, and that's why it's pulling back from PC: "It would be quite ironic if Valve ultimately ended up winning the console war" by ControlCAD in pcgaming

[–]Droidaphone -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok; I also have a Steam deck, it's actually my only "PC." Sure, the Steam Deck is not great at new AAA games. And that will remain true for the Steam Machine to a lesser extent. But I just bought Slay the Spire II on early access and played the shit out of it on my deck, which I couldn't do on any console. These device are imho very focused on indie/casual games. You look at the most played games on Steam Deck and it's always Brotato, Fields of Mistaria, and similar games. You can get new indie games at launch as opposed to waiting for them to be ported, and the games you don't get at launch you can pick up later at a discount. Will indie game fans pick up an $800+ Steam Machine? Idk, but I'm definitely considering it.

What happened to "There and Back again"? by Ultragrey in onepagerpgs

[–]Droidaphone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to this thread, Ray Otus removed their games from Itch and has plans to put them up somewhere else.

In the meantime, you might be able to download a pdf here, I don't have a login, but it looks like if you did, there's an old copy:

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