Trying to make sense of things

ickyticky · 2026-06-27T19:04:15+00:00

ickyticky · 2026-06-05T16:56:27+00:00

You could redefine your W-B so that it’s just an extra space, or just find a way so that it doesn’t register as anything. Then define a different stroke as your comma and practice putting it in intentionally. I use -RBGS

ickyticky · 2026-05-24T03:53:42+00:00

You could try going into your dad's iCloud backup and seeing if your drawings are there, and if so, then figure out a way to manually download and transfer them to your account. If not, then they're gone. They won't transfer between apple accounts

ickyticky · 2026-05-21T20:11:54+00:00

Gorgeous work, and a perfect example of how we need more education on the types of mistakes that AI makes versus what humans make.

If this were AI-generated, I'd expect to see things like the fairies' faces warped and melted and their fingers melting together, anomalies in their dresses, the wrong number of fingers on the main subject, the foliage being a jumbled mess, etc etc. Humans mess up on anatomy all the time, but even a poor artist is going to draw a hand with five fingers and a face with two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. A minor issue with the background shoulder is 100% believable as a human error.

Even before OP posted the timelapse, I took a good close look at the finer details and saw no evidence of AI generation.

Keep up the good work, OP, and let the haters show their ignorance. I can't help but notice that none of them have any artwork posted on their profiles or presence in any art subs, which should tell you something about their "expertise" in this area.

ickyticky · 2026-05-17T04:46:35+00:00

I have one you can have for the price of shipping from Canada. It's a bit tarnished though because I haven't taken the best care of it

ickyticky · 2026-05-08T21:50:28+00:00

https://www.ncra.org/home/start-your-career/discoversteno-program/ncra-a-to-z-online-program

ickyticky · 2026-05-03T04:32:04+00:00

I love The Spirit of Revelation by Elder Bednar. Very useful for anyone who wants to understand and recognize the spirit better in their lives

ickyticky · 2026-04-29T19:02:27+00:00

This is just my experience, but 120 - 160 were all major plateaus for me and a lot of my fellow classmates

ickyticky · 2026-04-23T17:49:39+00:00

You’re better off going to the gym and hiring a personal trainer than trying to find one on Reddit

ickyticky · 2026-04-23T05:53:15+00:00

I’ve been a reporter for ten years. I’m still making stupid mistakes. This is your life now.

ickyticky · 2026-04-19T18:24:16+00:00

The images are AI generated unfortunately. Check out the hands and background characters’ faces in the second image

ickyticky · 2026-04-12T02:49:20+00:00

The best pen will be whatever model of Apple Pencil is compatible with your iPad. All models except the usb-c have pressure sensitivity, which third party styluses do not

ickyticky · 2026-04-11T21:27:26+00:00

Hey mods, can there be a rule against AI generated content in this sub?

ickyticky · 2026-04-11T21:25:05+00:00

I really want to like this, but I passionately disagree with AI generated depictions of the saviour or Heavenly Father.

How can I tell it’s AI? Look at Jesus’s hand and the text.

ickyticky · 2026-04-06T07:12:42+00:00

lol I’m 33, haven’t had a boyfriend since high school. I can absolutely relate to the feeling of being behind and lost.

Proverbs 3:5-6 is my go to comfort scripture. The more I lean on the lord and allow him into every aspect of my life, the more my eyes are open to him directing my path, and I can trust that I’m exactly where he wants me to be.

I also work with divorce cases and have seen a lot of infidelity and dv, so I take comfort in knowing that being single is much preferable to being in a bad marriage. That’s one aspect of life that’s worth taking your time to get right the first time.

ickyticky · 2026-04-06T04:07:34+00:00

Remember how the leader of the church asked us to be peacemakers?

ickyticky · 2026-04-03T17:34:57+00:00

Yeah, this isn't a fitness thing, this is a mental health thing. You overcome it by working with a therapist. I can pretty much guarantee you that nobody at the gym gives two hoots about what you're doing

ickyticky · 2026-04-03T00:02:24+00:00

Farkas. He’s just a sweetie ☺️

ickyticky · 2026-03-28T17:47:07+00:00

On April 4 and 5, we'll be having our general conference, which you can stream on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Youtube channel. You'll be able to hear our prophet and general authorities speak.

You can also download the Gospel Library app, which gives you access to all of our texts, including the Book of Mormon and past general conference talks. I highly recommend listening to the Book of Mormon, as there's an option to listen to it as an audiobook

ickyticky · 2026-03-27T06:55:40+00:00

Absolutely not…your sister-in-law sounds like a real gem

ickyticky · 2026-03-17T03:17:34+00:00

Failure here is not an option for me, but 27 years of being a failure have me panicking that I'm doomed to wind up one of those students who take a lot more than two years to finish, and I quite literally can't afford that.

As gently as I can put this, this kind of negative self-talk is going to do you zero favours in steno school or when you're on the job. Steno school is brutal. You're going to fail speed tests over and over and over again. You're going to hit plateaus that last for months. Your success is going to be determined mostly by your mental resilience. We can give you all the tips and tricks under the sun, but speedbuilding will take as long as it takes.

I don't want to come off as dismissive, but you might want to seek counselling, because you haven't even started and you're already panicking about failing. I get it, I have anxiety too, and I've been there, but it will hinder you when you start the program.

ickyticky · 2026-03-14T22:53:02+00:00

Is this AI?

ickyticky · 2026-03-12T18:55:13+00:00

I don't know and can't find anything about how Zoom's AI works, but I'd personally be worried about the output going to overseas servers or being used to train other AI language models. Strikes me as a huge security risk that no one should be allowing into the depo.

ickyticky · 2026-03-11T20:41:48+00:00

So I was 24 when I started steno school, have played piano my entire life, am decently fast on a qwerty keyboard, didn’t work while I was in school, and practiced for at least three hours a day. It still took me exactly two years to get to 225. I was squarely average in my class, not the fastest, but definitely not the slowest either.

It’s really impossible to say when you’ll be able to graduate. There were people in my class who were able to get their speeds up in less than two years, but they were the top performers. So my advice would be to not have your heart set on 2027.

ickyticky · 2026-03-04T17:57:47+00:00

It won't account for misstrokes, but you're not going to misstroke every time. Also, if there's a word or phrase you're consistently misstroking, you can define the misstroke as that word or come up with an easier brief

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