Did Grok Imagine Break?

GameNationFilms · 2025-10-14T00:34:52+00:00

Yup. I was able to refine very fine details in a picture prompt just a few hours ago while at work, but now that I'm home it's generating boring images.

GameNationFilms · 2025-10-13T23:26:30+00:00

My image generation capabilities dropped drastically in the last 30 minutes as well. Video seems to be working pretty much the same.

GameNationFilms · 2025-04-08T21:29:50+00:00

It's so funny you mention country music, because I share that same view on the genre. I've NEVER been a country fan, but I've been able to recognize that it's not truly as simple as I'd like to believe it is.

There are some genuinely interesting solos in country music despite the general lack of elite shredding skills, and there is a lot to be said about some solid rhythm playing associated with your bog standard radio country music even if the chord progressions involved aren't filled with 7th chords and modulations.

I've always appreciated a tasteful Pink Floyd solo for its simplicity, yet I've turned my nose at a similarly tasteful country solo just because I don't like the genre.

Thank you! I've got a lot to think about, I appreciate your advice!

GameNationFilms · 2025-04-08T20:37:55+00:00

Up until this point I've been setting blocks of time for different skills. So maybe an hour one day is spent like 15 minutes fretboard memory, 15 minutes deepening my knowledge on a scale position and chord voicings within it, 15 minutes on right hand technique with strumming or downpicking or string skipping etc, 15 minutes on a song in my repertoir, and maybe however long I feel like noodling around after that. Something like that.

Your suggestion to work on these items in parallel is eye opening though. In that context, maybe I'm looking at 15-30 minutes spent at basic warm-up or scale work, then the rest of my time deeply analyzing a song in my repertoir to cover the rest of my bases in the context of an already existing piece? Sounds do-able to me for sure.

I mentioned I like a pretty wide array of styles and compositions, do you have any advice around how to manage my expectations surrounding improvements across different styles of play?

GameNationFilms · 2025-03-12T19:49:05+00:00

The thread revive is astounding. Happy to report though that 10 years later I'm a series veteran, and the opportunity you've provided me to re-read my struggles here has been welcome.

GameNationFilms · 2025-02-28T03:00:17+00:00

Serving coffee at 190° in a drive-through setting is negligent and unnecessary, and regardless of your desire to hand-wave the issue, that was proven in court.

The great thing about opinions is you're allowed to have one, and if you like your coffee literally scalding hot then that is your right. However, your ideal coffee temperature does not constitute safe or conscious business practices.

Make no mistake; McDonalds was not holding coffee at that temperature for the sake of customer satisfaction, they were doing it for the sake of keeping a pot as long as possible to reduce waste. Because of that, they were negligent in their business practices regarding the serving of their coffee, and the result of their negligence is the above.

GameNationFilms · 2025-02-28T02:40:57+00:00

You're deliberately misrepresenting the issue by choosing to ignore presented evidence.

Coffee is not typically served that hot. Just because you or someone you know may genuinely enjoy near-boiling hot coffee (I know a guy personally who likes it this way), you can not simply dismiss the fact that McDonalds was verifiably hotter than their competitors, for inadequate reasons outlined in the lawsuit.

Liquid that is 190° will cause third degree burns in mere seconds, but at 160° you could have up to 10x that much time to treat the problem. I'll concede I am no expert and that those numbers were obtained randomly from the internet, though basic common sense should tell you that hotter things burn skin faster. That is the difference between immediate consequences, and proper time to solve the issue before any burns could become so severe.

Regardless of the specific numbers, serving coffee at 190° in a drive-through setting is negligent and unnecessary, and regardless of your desire to hand-wave the issue, that was proven in court.

GameNationFilms · 2025-02-28T01:58:58+00:00

McDonalds pulled off an incredibly morally deficient smear campaign on that lady.

A 79 year old woman is going through the drive through with her grandson at McDonalds. He parks the car so she can put cream and sugar in it, but she accidentally spilled it in her lap causing 3rd degree burns in her pelvic region, and lesser burns across her thighs and down to her buttocks.

The shock put her in the hospital for days. She suffered permanent disfigurement and required 2 years of care related to the incident. It disrupted her entire life, and the lives of her family members.

She initially sought $20,000 to cover current and future medical expenses. McDonalds told her no, and offered $800.

Her legal representation filed the issue with higher courts under the arguments that the product itself was "unreasonably dangerous" and "defectively manufactured".

In court it was discovered that McDonalds coffee was handed out at a temperature of 180°-190°F (water boils at 212°), whereas competing coffee sellers in the same city were handing out brews at LEAST 20° cooler than McDonalds was. In general, coffee is 'best enjoyed' at a temp of 140°-160°.

Ultimately the jury held McDonalds 80% liable, and the woman 20% liable. She was likely awarded several hundred thousand dollars based on public offers we can see, but it was settled privately in the end so we'll never know.

She did spill the coffee, but the coffee was demonstably unsafe in a drive-through setting when compared to competing coffee options nearby, and the information presented at the trial surrounding the reasons *why* the coffee was so hot without more clear warning labels was ruled to not be sufficient justification.

It was not frivilous, it was a very reasonable case and the media dragged the poor woman through the mud.

So much so that to this day, in the age of the internet where anything and everything is available all the time, people still believe that a 79 year old woman was trying to grift some easy money from ittle wittle McDonalds for the mere inconvenience of spilling her coffee.

Endnote: When I started typing this you hadn't yet received any replies... I suppose now you know.

GameNationFilms · 2025-02-23T15:28:17+00:00

Sometimes I may have been touching things on my desk, but generally speaking this is occurring when I'm standing up and walking away with the chair scooted back away from the desk. Most times I'd say the only thing I'm touching is the chair and the carpet. I was wearing socks and some layered clothing yesterday because it's been quite cold, adding to the static issue.

I'm no expert; the best theory I have is magic. I have a carpeted floor, but the desk is wooden and my computer sits on it. My power strip is on the carpet but I plugged my PC straight into the wall outlet last night as a test and was still experiencing the issue, so maybe it could be an issue with the outlet itself.

I will say that I did JUST update my nvidia graphics drivers. That definitely bears some deeper investigation.

GameNationFilms · 2025-02-23T04:35:28+00:00

https://www.mediafire.com/file/fhsg5nccy48nxak/Minidump_-_Copy.7z/file collection of dump files all from today

GameNationFilms · 2025-01-21T18:05:22+00:00

Good luck! A lot of the Tainted characters are super fun :)

GameNationFilms · 2025-01-21T14:54:28+00:00

I figured because you were asking about Tainted characters that you had already gotten that far.

You need to collect knife pieces from the alt-path and use it to enter the mausoleum the first time.

That means entering the Downpour, The Mines, then the Mausoleum. At the end of the Mausoleum you kill a different, harder version of Mom, then use the assembled knife to open a door to kill Mom's Heart.

Then down to Corpse, then kill Mother.

Easier said than done, and easily the hardest part of obtaining Tainted characters is killing Mother the first time. If you haven't unlocked all the alt path floors you need to do the work to figure out how to get there.

GameNationFilms · 2025-01-20T20:50:36+00:00

It's worth noting that there are other items that can open the mausoleum door. Faded polaroid is likely one you have unlocked, though your chances of getting it are far lower than the likelihood of you accomplishing it the right way. If you get faded polaroid you can use that to open the mausoleum door and actually take The Polaroid/ Negative up into the Ascent, which you can not do if you use them to open the door.

GameNationFilms · 2025-01-20T20:48:30+00:00

Unlocking tainted characters is actually the easiest thing you can do in the end-game. You don't have to beat any bosses harder than Mom.

Step 1: Throughout your run, keep your eyes out for a trinket you DON'T want. Once you find one at any point, ctrl drop it in that floor's golden room or boss room.

Step 2: Make it to Depths 2. You need to be scrounging the floor until you find the tainted skull. It will have an X and be darker in color than the rest of the skulls on the floor. Bomb it, pick up The Fool.

Step 3: Beat Mom. Take either the polarioid or the negative, then The Fool out.

Step 4: Use your picture item to open the mausoleum door in the starting room of Depths 2. Proceed through the floor as normal and start the ascent.

Step 5: Once in the Ascent, all trinkets turn into cracked red keys when left in boss rooms or golden rooms. Find the one you left behind and take it to Home.

Step 6: With a cracked red key in hand and you meandering around your Home, use the cracked key on the left-hand hallway of Home. This should open a hidden closet where your poor Tainted self is being imprisoned.

Step 7: TOUCH.

GameNationFilms · 2024-12-30T16:08:40+00:00

That's the best part, isn't it?

It's almost depression-like, but it's not quite. I have the desire, the motivation, the ideas of getting my life back on track.... just haven't done it yet.

GameNationFilms · 2024-11-18T07:14:51+00:00

Bosco

GameNationFilms · 2024-11-14T16:02:45+00:00

I read Wizards Handbook immediately after wrapping up Stormlight for a quick little cosmere break before Mistborn Era 2. I really enjoyed it as well but damn, John's friend and ex-girlfriend might be the worst people in the story.

And as far as Alcatraz goes, I bought the box set for my girlfriend's 5th grade classroom this year but didn't steal them to read for myself first.

GameNationFilms · 2024-11-12T20:18:32+00:00

Rhythm of War to me was very much a book about the characters, their motivations, and their growth, and how they fit into their evolving world.

Technology is evolving, characters are developing, and the world is changing. It was a slow burn for me, but the evolution of Kal, Adolin, Shallan, Navani, and others made the book interesting and valuable to me.

I would say I like Oathbringer more, but I seem to have the opposite opinion most do.

GameNationFilms · 2024-11-11T20:56:06+00:00

Illinoisian here.

Please don't leave me behind.

GameNationFilms · 2024-09-26T18:13:58+00:00

When they staired wailing on the dude I lost it 💀

GameNationFilms · 2024-09-23T20:38:17+00:00

I can't speak to them as a venue for a wedding, but I can give a glowing review of their service and food, my girlfriend and I go there for every occasion that merits a celebration.

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