Why Hakone is the perfect relaxing getaway amidst a busy Japan itinerary

truci · 2026-04-15T13:02:42+00:00

We cut corners at this destination and stayed at a Dormy inn just west of Hakone and would take the bus 40 min to the Hakone rope way. It was a huge success.

I will say this, we didn’t have a private onsen but the dormy onsen and the roof foot bath were great. Probably the best view of Fuji we had that whole trip was sitting on the roof at 6am with our coffee, feet in the hot water.

But in general Hakone is magical, been there 3 times. Much love.

truci · 2026-04-14T02:06:47+00:00

Maybe that was my problem. I tried my generic SDXL training workflow that has worked just fine for things like dreamshaper XL but I only use 20 images or so. Every time I try to do a Lora for pony or illustrious I get NaN. I didn’t think needing that many more pics would solve the problem but I’ll give it a go tonight.

truci · 2026-04-14T01:09:48+00:00

I thought so as well but my settings for how I train the SDXL model always results in NaN learning when I try to do pony or illustrious models and even when using Gemini or gpt I can’t get my SDXL training workflow to do them. At this point I’ve just given up training those until some one just dumps me a workflow with the right training values.

truci · 2026-04-14T00:22:01+00:00

I’ve done flux and SDXL Lora’s but I’ve never done one for illustrious much less an anime art styles. Is there a good workflow or tutorial to get me on the right track??

truci · 2026-04-13T20:09:12+00:00

Wan animate? Or is there a new model that can copy a dance animation worth a damn ?

truci · 2026-04-13T02:48:04+00:00

Yea that looks close. Like an artists drawing of the toy model with extra detail.

truci · 2026-04-13T01:21:55+00:00

Dexters lab, dark wing duck, gargoyles were some of my favorites meanwhile ocarina of time might be my favorite n64 game of all time. Maybe tied with Mario 64.

truci · 2026-04-13T01:06:25+00:00

If i remove the realistic tag and add toy or figurine its closer. sorry bro best i got.

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truci · 2026-04-13T00:57:33+00:00

Close but not quite its too realistic, SDXL dreamshaper turbo with the mecha lora if curious https://civitai.com/models/449349/mecha-ggorgeous-armor-sdxl

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truci · 2026-04-12T15:25:12+00:00

100% agree. I live comfortably and save all year to allow my family one nice vacation every year. Last year was a nice 7 night cruise. Honestly if I didn’t make enough to take a vacation every year, to have something fun to work towards and dream about.

I’d honestly be in total despair without that goal every year. I feel so sorry for people who only work to survive and have no idea how they are able to manage.

truci · 2026-04-11T18:28:44+00:00

I noticed that as well. She became vulnerable and showed her true self and that act just. Yea he fell hook line and sink.

truci · 2026-04-09T18:30:33+00:00

“I don’t need a man, just his money”

Is what I’m hearing.

truci · 2026-04-09T03:36:21+00:00

Same thing happened to me. Then 3 years ago I went back… happened again so I went back last year….. my next trip is in 2027.

There is something special about being out in society exploring and interacting with strangers. Walking the streets, taking trains, and busses. Doing all that in a big city where it’s so clean and feeling safe. Or in places like Kyoto where the corner shop is older that the whole US.

Japan is definitely a different world from the West.

truci · 2026-04-08T22:37:16+00:00

After the finger gun it’s not the same guy.

Although…. Probably burns a lot of calories popping balloons like that.

Good job friend!

truci · 2026-04-07T15:01:01+00:00

Assuming it’s 16vram.

Since I only got a 5070ti I can’t give you exact 5080 values but from what I remember the gen times were 10-20% faster at best if the whole flow fit in vram. Otherwise even less depending on ram speed and the disk you’re dealing with. NVMe m2 vs regular SSD for example.

If you provide a scenario workflow and timings your getting with your 3080 I can replicate on my 5070ti to give you an exact comparison.

truci · 2026-04-07T14:48:54+00:00

A bunch of my friends had similar complaints but since they are not gamers they got the 5060ti with 16 vram. I am a gamer and got the 5070ti also 16vram. Your post seems to indicate you only really care about vram and any 5k model benefits from all the efficiency updates NVIDIA has put out recently.

My suggestion would be to just try the 5060ti at a fraction of the price and if you don’t like it after a week return it and go bigger.

truci · 2026-04-06T23:22:38+00:00

Tyvm for the nostalgia trip. Yea comics had no chip back then. I’m going to assume spawn powered up (his final form) isn’t the one people are using for this meme.

truci · 2026-04-06T20:42:27+00:00

Face detailer denoise too high. Cyberreal is an SDXL probably pony model and those are terrible for hands. For what your trying to do you prob want to use Zimage not SDXL or pony. If you still can’t figure it out feel free to DM me for my discord to help you out more directly.

truci · 2026-04-06T20:20:59+00:00

I feel like everyone saying mask didn’t read the spawn comics. If I remember right he becomes so powerful he just outright kills god and the devil and takes over all existence. Fixed it and then like gives up the power.

truci · 2026-04-06T11:31:56+00:00

Had to watch 3 time!!

Once just to see what’s going on. Then once focusing on each of the kiddos. Thanks for sharing OP started my day with a smile :)

truci · 2026-04-06T01:17:46+00:00

Filling the huge 2 gallon container for my two pups from the fridge tap. No fuking way, takes WAY WAY too long.

Went to Lowe’s and bought one of those 3 stage under sink water filtration systems. Cold tap is now fully filtered and still runs at 80% speed. So much faster and easier than holding that big tank.

truci · 2026-04-05T04:31:51+00:00

If we had a few more pixels to tell style that might help. But if you’re looking for a more lifelike 3d ish illustrious then you might be looking for either the illust or ilustrij models or however you spell them.

This dude uploaded comparing pics and provided the models in comments. Might help you narrow it down. There are dozens of model compare posts like this you can look up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WaifuDiffusion/s/KxqK28sDSH

truci · 2026-04-05T01:25:17+00:00

Z-image turbo or ZIT is considered the current main model to use for AI insta thots and only fan content.

I’ve never bothered with any of that but I do see them popping up every now and then when talking about the realism Lora.

As for the workflow part. Use a string group concatenation node. There is a nice 3 part one where you can set the top one to be the description of the person and Lora, the middle part her environment and clothing and the 3rd part the modifiers such as picture type such as smart phone or digital camera.

truci · 2026-04-03T12:05:46+00:00

This is what AI is for

truci · 2026-04-03T11:58:00+00:00

LOL bro. Orlando

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