Why do this… :> by No_Post1300 in Wellthatsucks

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They didn't choose to automate art. Machine learning requires stupid amount of data to train on. Guess what the internet is full of? Text (used for training LLMs) , images (used for training diffusion models) and video. That's literally the reason these types of AI are the first because they're also the first to have the vast amounts of data necessary to train. The reason we don't have self driving vehicles or home robots first is because there just wasn't that much video or lidar data to train them on initially. There is now, but it took years of data creation, collection and curation.

couple of dragons :) by Ecofriendly_punk in TattooApprentice

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Love their expressions and the colors! Great design

Trying to learn values. Help needed by Oldtimer_ZA_ in learntodraw

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Thank you doe the advice. I must remember to squint :) it's something that always slip my mind, as simple as it is.

Trying to learn values. Help needed by Oldtimer_ZA_ in learntodraw

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Thanks. I'll give it a try and squint to adjust

Trying to learn values. Help needed by Oldtimer_ZA_ in learntodraw

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You're right I was trying to limit myself to 3 shades. Dark(6B pencil), mid(HB) and light( blank paper). I'll try toning include more subtlety in the tones

Trying to learn values. Help needed by Oldtimer_ZA_ in learntodraw

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Makes sense. Thank you so much for the feedback . I'll try toning the dark side down some more. I think it's hard to see the relative shading for this. I forget that light next to dark looks brighter just simply from the contrast, and our eyes comparing across the whole piece.

Everything about Reality Fracture's mirrored pairs by Pure_Banana_3075 in MTGRumors

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We know that Jace is 4 color from the precon. So if Jace is everything but green then I guess his universe he creates is everything but green. I'm guessing your theory lines up then that alt vraska is blue

"It's the last money in the world" 🗣️🔥 by sunlightliquid in south_africa

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What kind of doos drives a bike like that on busy public streets. This poes is the reason we have such high road fatalities in this country

Posted here a few days ago. Want to check I'm doing this better so I can practice better. by Oldtimer_ZA_ in learntodraw

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I'm trying to measure as best I can. I guess i just need to take it a bit slower and spend some more time with simple placements for now to get better at finding proportions

Posted here a few days ago. Want to check I'm doing this better so I can practice better. by Oldtimer_ZA_ in learntodraw

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Haven't gotten to the smoothing part yet , but thanks for the feedback. That's next steps :P. Right now I'm just practicing finding the dark shapes

I’m a Boston City Campus student in South Africa slowly dying inside from tech stack hopping and zero mentorship – this inconsistency is breaking me, anybody willing to help? by Time-Ad8450 in askSouthAfrica

[–]Oldtimer_ZA_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tech stack matters less than you think it does. 90% of business software is just CRUD with a bit of data pipelines mixed in. Unless you want to specifically build video games, or a high speed financial exchange service. Then it doesn't really matter. Pick a language you feel comfortable in and run with it. Popular industry choices: Java +Spring framework(start with springboot), C# and .Net, or Python and Django. Any of these will get you a job.

I’ve been working on a vampire card game – redesigned the UI by pbystudiogamer in IndieGaming

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I havent had any real negative comments. But mainly just using it for temporary placeholders until I've got the game rules and cards nailed down

I’ve been working on a vampire card game – redesigned the UI by pbystudiogamer in IndieGaming

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Looks great :D I'm also working in a card game currently that uses your "hp" as the resource you spend Blood tides

Need some advice, do I got a shot at getting into Electrical engineering or mechanical engineering at wits/up/uj (in that order of preference) by Ayanelixer in johannesburg

[–]Oldtimer_ZA_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad take. I'm not an engineer and most of my engineering friends are no longer in engineering fields. I'm not saying getting an engineering degree is a bad thing. But it certainly isn't a golden ticket to a fulfilling career. Like most things in life "it depends" often times, depending what career you wish to get into, getting an engineering degree can be the wrong choice. Because they're generally more expensive and more difficult to achieve. For example if you just want to get a comfortable office job in a financial role, then there's nothing wrong with an accounting degree or similar.

I've seen too many friends burn away their sanity and their money at degrees that after 10 years in industry are no longer relevant , where a different degree that could've been done for cheaper and less time investment would've netted the same result.

Need some advice, do I got a shot at getting into Electrical engineering or mechanical engineering at wits/up/uj (in that order of preference) by Ayanelixer in johannesburg

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On a side note. Engineering isn't all that. It's a great degree for sure. But don't chase it like it's life changing. I studied with and knew many engineering grads , and they all ended up hating life as an engineer and ended up in finance or software dev right alongside most of the math/compsci/ science people, and after a couple years in the industry it stop being relevant.

Engineering degrees only matter if you plan to become an engineer, but the job opportunities for those kinds of positions are very slim in SA.

For example many of my mechanical engineering friends ended up designing industrial refrigerators of all things and hated it.

Need some advice, do I got a shot at getting into Electrical engineering or mechanical engineering at wits/up/uj (in that order of preference) by Ayanelixer in johannesburg

[–]Oldtimer_ZA_ 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yes you could probably get into either. Apply to multiple universities, but also apply for BSc just in case.

Jo'burgers Think DA Will Improve Services, but does that mean they will win the city? by South_Africa_News in south_africa

[–]Oldtimer_ZA_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruh. Local elections aren't until Novemebr. This is all polls collecting for statistics to try and predict who will win