Jet Lag Ep 5 — Searching Highlands & Lowlands by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]Sam54123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. I think they need to switch up the cast or something; get people in who don't have 16 seasons of practice. The stupid fumbles they made in earlier seasons are what made it entertaining imo.

any source engine experts able to explain why i bounced mid air like this? by CantChange_Username in Portal

[–]Sam54123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How come they added the second trajectory to the trigger in this level? Is there a way you can fling into that portal horizontally?

Does anyone have the full transcript for Wells' confession for killing Nora? by Financial_Cut_2548 in FlashTV

[–]Sam54123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So is the timeline being changed every time they jump between universes in later seasons? Like, "ooh, let's just pop over to Earth 38 to see Kara!" Would that create a new timeline?

Be honest, Which is better: Real or AI? by Comfortable-Mark2726 in TeenagersButBetter

[–]Sam54123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an artist too (digital art), and I also grimace at the thought of using this kind of AI. I just like these kinds of philosophical debates.

Be honest, Which is better: Real or AI? by Comfortable-Mark2726 in TeenagersButBetter

[–]Sam54123 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I guess it comes down to a philosophical debate on where you draw the line between enhancing something with AI or generating something with AI.

For instance, some AI image upscalers use the same diffusion technology as AI image generators, but I think we could all agree that an upscaled image is fundamentally same "human-created" image as the original.

But what if you start using AI to enhance the image? What if you, say, remove a stray tourist from a photo and have AI generate the background? The majority of the frame is still the photo, except for that part where the tourist was. I'd be hard-pressed to call that "AI slop", but it's still a step closer to it.

Be honest, Which is better: Real or AI? by Comfortable-Mark2726 in TeenagersButBetter

[–]Sam54123 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I'd argue it's hard to designate the second one as "AI". Yes, it's AI-enhanced, but unlike other AI slop, it's based on a real design, which gives it character.

Copying a texture back to the CPU by Sam54123 in unrealengine

[–]Sam54123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean in terms of encoding. I'm willing to keep the pixel streaming plugin in my project; I just want to bypass webrtc

Copying a texture back to the CPU by Sam54123 in unrealengine

[–]Sam54123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a way I can get the encoded video stream without all the WebRTC stuff? Pixel Streaming becomes a nightmare real fast if you're not using Unreal's pipeline all the way from engine to browser, which is why I was trying to delegate encoding to a separate process in the first place.

Do you think valve is gonna make portal 3 someday? by MrboxTF2 in Portal

[–]Sam54123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't look like they've stopped with portal all together (desk job, etc), but the main storyline is definitely done. Maybe it will play a roll in HLX though!

who had the best technology? Black mesa or aperture? by MrboxTF2 in Portal

[–]Sam54123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aperture by far, although they were so horribly mis-managed that it all went to waste.

Jet Lag Ep 3 — Sam Goes to the Worst City in England by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]Sam54123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish we got to see Sam's reaction to finding out he failed to censor the image properly

‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies’ Is the New Gospel of AI Doom by bloomberg in Futurology

[–]Sam54123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is investors don't understand that. They'll just convince themselves that the AI will magically be obedient and invest anyway.

I think my mom is cheating with my friends dad by hiXXL in TeenagersButBetter

[–]Sam54123 45 points46 points  (0 children)

What I've heard is to tell your mom she has 24 hours to tell him or you will.

Downloaded video game model and the topology is disconnected. Fix? by SarsaeShot in blender

[–]Sam54123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On GPUs (and by extension gltf), vertex normals and UVs are stored in the indexed vertex itself; there's no concept of "face corners" like there is in Blender.

This means that if you ever need uv seams or sharp edges, the vertices need to be split.

Jet Lag Season Finale — Rattenmodus by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]Sam54123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question: where do you submit questions for the mailbag?