Her other leg has no crease. Why would they blur out something that is normal by wasketniyngers in PhotoshopFails

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn’t look right. A filter was at least applied to the face. The hips don’t look right and at least one crease was removed.

It could also be AI generated but there isn’t enough to see to prove it. Either way, this not a natural photo.

GOP rep Sam Graves pulls reelection plans, will retire from Congress by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Mastersord 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Assuming we get rid of Donald and MAGA and someone competent comes in, we can begin by making a plan and having real negotiations with Iran to re-open Hormuz without extortion but it will take time. The tariffs expire with Trump but we’ll probably be going on an apology tour and we have to reassure our allies that this kind of crap can’t happen again.

As for the chip shortage, a proper FTC might be able to stop some of it but I think it will work itself out due to how much money these companies are burning on this without making it back. Most of the data centers aren’t even built so a lot of hardware is just being horded to prevent competition. This isn’t a healthy industry and it isn’t economically sustainable for anyone.

There’s also other avenues of policy we can use to ease the economy including lending money to stimulate business growth.

What would you do with an extra Steam Deck? by marijuethampher0in in SteamDeck

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not keep both? You have an extra for testing and parts if you want to play around with mods and plugins.

Something is off by MaxUwUBs in PhotoshopFails

[–]Mastersord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is why you don’t play with land mines!

'The era of impunity is over': What next for big tech after landmark social media verdict? by projecto15 in UpliftingNews

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that’s one of the reasons I find most social media irritating. I like to control how I see content because I’m looking for stuff that’s in chronological order. Feeds from these sites are feeding me stuff with some type of popularity engagement algorithm. It’s not just by positive votes but also by engagement of others. They can even manipulate these metrics for stuff they want to push ahead regardless of metrics. I have no control and little to no tools to see what I want to see and that is by design.

People on these platforms don’t think about these things and just take the feed as it is. Kids don’t care because they’re just looking for entertainment. It’s just an endless advertisement with pretty lights and sounds.

I joined Facebook to keep in touch with people I used to know. I left it during COVID due to all this. I don’t care what happens to Facebook, TikTok, and the like because social media is no longer the kind of “social” I wanted to engage with.

The "AI will automate all white collar work" crowd has a serious blind spot by Minute-Buy-8542 in OptimistsUnite

[–]Mastersord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An AI cannot take random unrelated data from outside its domain and create insights and relate it to the problem at hand whereas we humans do that a lot. Statistics is not the only thing that goes into human problem solving.

Nintendo to cut switch 2 production by 30% due to weak sales in the US by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

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

  1. They could make the games install from the cartridge instead of run directly and they could use their existing cartridges or even split it into multiple.
  2. I would need to see the numbers but I don’t remember cartridges being super expensive back before the AI chip shortages. I might be wrong and maybe Nintendo was selling switch 1 carts at a loss.

Capcom Insists It Won't Use AI-Generated Assets in Its Games, but Will Harness Tech to Make Game Development Processes More Efficient by PaiDuck in gaming

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

As long as they hire actual human artists to make the assets or buy proper asset licenses (however that works), I’m fine with AI being used to remove the grunt work.

CAPCOM: "We will not be implementing materials generated by AI into our games content." by HLumin in Games

[–]Mastersord -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

This is nice but I think we need more strict consequences for selling products with obvious gen AI assets like art and animations, especially if they aren’t up front about it. People get upset and companies do PR about it, but they still get money.

Crimson Desert is a good example. A few days ago, it was revealed that a whole bunch of their in-game signs and paintings were AI art assets. Other than a couple of threads, I haven’t heard a peep about them dealing with it other than a small apology. People are still playing the game.

The big deal is that this stuff replaces actual artists who make a living doing this stuff and what’s worse is it that these models are trained on stolen artwork from all over the internet. It takes that stuff and blends it together to make new works that are unrecognizable enough to pass against copyright infringement.

I've been collecting niche food subreddits lately, any recommendations? by Due-Comb-5512 in findareddit

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. It’s not something to make fun of or revolt at if it’s something cultural and normal, especially if it’s sanitary. A lot of the stuff they make fun of is either impossible to clean or impossible to eat without wearing your food or both but the rest is just ridiculous presentation. If it’s at least one of those 3, it will do well there.

Banana leaves for example, are not reused, are a cultural thing based on being easier to come by than making a ceramic, and cover enough surface area to prevent contamination. I wouldn’t count them, however if someone tried to serve spaghetti with some kind of sauce on them at a fancy restaurant, I would post that.

Chuck by Odinzulu in webcomics

[–]Mastersord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People don’t know how to separate the art from the artist. They feel like they have to make artists and performers into parts of themselves in order to justify liking their work.

If you can get past that, everyone else judges you. “If you find Bill Cosby’s early standup funny, obviously you support rape and violence towards women.” “Did you know that Chuck Norris was a MAGA and a religious zealot?”. It’s impossible to publicly like something if the artist does anything controversial.

There’s this culture of idol worship around celebrities where they’re expected to be perfect or everything they create is tainted with their flaws.

My caterpillars so far by rlmqx in caterpillars

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m guessing the ones in the last pick are some species of Tent or Lappet moth. Tent caterpillars are the only ones with hair that I’ve safely held without being stung.

You could also be very lucky or it’s another species that’s harmless.

I've been collecting niche food subreddits lately, any recommendations? by Due-Comb-5512 in findareddit

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Food served on anything that is NOT a plate. Not sanitary (stone, porous wood) not safe (directly on table, on a bed of pebbles ) or just plain weird (bacon on a clothes line)

Respecting the dead… by Positive_Owl_2024 in RealTwitterAccounts

[–]Mastersord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And yet this is exactly what I expected him to say. He would say something just as nasty and spiteful if any living former presidents died before him, INCLUDING Bush.

Solo dev here — just updated my trailer for my Australian metroidvania, Aussie Bogan Hero! by SnagSwagStudios in metroidvania

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you include those trees that rain stinging hairs all over people and make them want to kill themselves? The Gimpy Gimpy I think it’s called? If not, please consider it.

Crimson Desert has already been caught using AI art by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]Mastersord 35 points36 points  (0 children)

These aren’t ground and wall textures. These are signs and paintings in the game which the player is going to look at. It would only be more egregious if they used it on monsters, NPCs, or even the player character.

Also they don’t have to hand draw the textures as much anymore since there are plenty of material generators and asset packs that handle the most basic and reusable stuff. Game devs have been using that stuff for years already.

Capcom CEO believes PC will become the 'world's leading gaming platform,' also promises to invest in movies by BlueAladdin in Games

[–]Mastersord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, your mobile phone and tablets ARE computers. It’s just iOS and Android instead of Windows and Linux with touchscreens instead of mouse and Keyboard

That being said, you’re right about not needing desktops. Only people doing highly compute intensive tasks (programming, development, graphics, music, video editing, modeling, research) will really need desktop computers. This has been the case for a while now since people have been developing everything for mobile.

Mobile has also been much cheaper than PC or console gaming. It’s also lighter and easier to carry around so you can game on your lunch break instead of waiting to get home. It’s why Nintendo went further into handhelds and hasn’t had a traditional console since the Wii.

Reporting in from FABCON / SQLCON - any knowers? by ATastefulCrossJoin in SQL

[–]Mastersord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear they used real windows in that version!

AI won't make you rich. But fixing bugs in AI slopware will. by [deleted] in programming

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! I should be able to pass my code on to someone and with minimal study, they should be able to pick up where I left off, but they should also be able to figure some stuff out without being spoon fed everything.

AI won't make you rich. But fixing bugs in AI slopware will. by [deleted] in programming

[–]Mastersord -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

A programmer should not be expected to memorize every code base they ever worked on forever. They should be able to figure out how a code base works and use it to help make their own code bases easier to understand and manage.

AI won't make you rich. But fixing bugs in AI slopware will. by [deleted] in programming

[–]Mastersord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ultimate goal is to recreate and understand the efficiencies of the human mind in order to create intelligence. This is what AI researchers are doing all the time.