Honestly, it’s less about trusting Microsoft than the inherently flawed nature of a closed source operating system. There’s no way a user can tell what’s really going on behind the curtain. Maybe that was okay before, but I think the capabilities of AI have pushed us past that point.
I was buying some edibles a few weeks ago and the guy behind the counter told me this cheap brand was infused with “nano technology.” I laughed a hearty laugh and replied, “I’m sorry, did you just say those are infused with nano technology?” He looked me right in the eye and said, “yes.” I bought the $6, ‘nano technology infused’ edibles lol!
Jack Davis, the artist here, was just a complete bad ass. He used to frustrate some of his editors because they felt like he could do a much better job if he would slow down and take his time. Like, a lot of his work you see was apparently his lazy ass, ‘I want to go home’ rush jobs! Amazing. One of my personal favorites.
People spending that much time on their work can and should create things in meat space.
EDIT: This comment got some hate and in retrospect it does sound pretty snotty. No disrespect to any digital artists intended, including AI artists.
I just meant to highlight that more traditional artists can still create in meat space and newer AI artists simply cannot do that easily yet. I personally hope any artist with the ability to focus for hours and hours considers also doing meat space work. Actual tangible, 3d work can only be sold once, but can be sold for a lot. And it’s cool.
They needed managers and accountants, so they begrudgingly agreed to educate everyone’s kids as long as the public pay for it and they get to ultimately decide the curriculum. There’s always been push back on that second point, especially by teachers. In the modern era, STEM* is most useful to industry so everything else gets de-funded to the point of meaninglessness.
*STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson addressed recent developments in the state’s governor’s race Monday morning, days after two people named Robert Ferguson joined the ballot....
Well it’s not as though there’s ever consequences for these shenanigans. In fact, they often win and everyone just says, “oh, those rascally tricksters!” and then women lose their bodily autonomy.
I’m going to go ahead and say they’re actually motorized vehicles. They used to be called “mopeds” when they were powered by gas, but now they’re just regular bikes that happen to have motors and so get to use the bike lane too, I guess (yes I am cranky).
EDIT: Either way, those fools should be wearing helmets. Always always always wear a helmet.
I’m not sure what that jargon means, but I’ll take your word for it and cut the e-bikers some slack.
I will say some of the older models with less powerful electric engines felt different. The newer models I see look like they go very fast, even uphill. I would not want to get hit by one.
The punchline is that the protagonist, in this desperate, confusing moment of panic, finds themselves in the company of a useless buffoon who, although in the same terrifying position, is only capable of “helping” by cheerfully explaining the obvious. An experience we can all relate to on some level, especially if the comic as a whole is read as a metaphor.
Well, I guess your read of it suggests the cartoonists didn’t really write this comic and just sort of made it up as they went, I suppose? Or got lazy?
I would argue the artist wrote several punchlines before eventually settling on this one, and for good reason. It’s subtle and, frankly, funny. It relies on character humor rather than a blunt pun or ham fisted political zinger while still making a point. It’s really well crafted, imo.
But I’m just some dumbass on the internet and this cartoonists could be huffing glue, I suppose, so who knows?
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to imply you were calling me a dumbass, I was calling myself that, I apologize.
I can assure you I am not the cartoonist. It seems like I am intimately familiar with the process because I am. You can look at my post history to see a few examples of comics actually created on the fly with no thought, writing, or pencils done ahead of time, just stream of consciousness and pens in a sketchbook. I can tell you, a lot of thought was put into the comic we are discussing because I’ve been through that grinder plenty of times myself.
You’re correct about that third panel housing what most people would consider the actual punchline, which is why the fourth is so interesting. I’m not familiar with this cartoonist, so it could be that they are just so stuck in a four panel writing pattern that they felt the need to fill that panel with something, anything, so they just slapped something in there, but it really reads to me as much more thought out and deliberate. I suppose I could, like, go look at more of their work, but, eeeeeeehhhhhhh…
I also disagree that it’s not a character study. When working with three or four panels, cartoonists have to set characters up quickly and efficiently and this comic does that extremely well. That red guy is consistent throughout every panel, as is the protagonist ,we know exactly who he is. To the point where in panel three, the speech balloon is not attributed to anybody, yet we know exactly who is speaking, which is harder to pull off than you might think.
Anyways, you got me blabbing and blabbing. I could talk this kind of shit all day, I take it pretty seriously, in case you hadn’t noticed.
Again, you could totally be right. Without looking at more of their work, it’s possible this artist is a hack fraud and I am talking up a total sloppy amateur. But just judging from this single piece of work, I suspect they’re probably pretty good.
The Supreme Court's new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymandering (www.vox.com)
US soldier spraying the inside of an Italian house with DDT for malaria control, 1945
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC (arstechnica.com)
Most people are only half-listening (lemmy.world)
1969, Mad Magazine. Still has much relevance today. (lemmy.world)
DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb (slate.com)
Crying RN (slrpnk.net)
Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education (www.propublica.org)
Walmart is cutting hundreds of corporate jobs, relocating majority of remote office staff (www.pymnts.com)
Wise words from Batman (lemmy.world)
Though I use GIMP
Do you think you could survive on peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches? (lemmus.org)
Haircut Practice by Adam Koford for May 13, 2024.
2 Democratic candidates named Bob Ferguson withdraw from WA governor's race (www.komonews.com)
Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson addressed recent developments in the state’s governor’s race Monday morning, days after two people named Robert Ferguson joined the ballot....
‘MAMA KNOWS’ [OC] - Happy mother’s day! (feddit.nl)
Biden Says Trump Will Not Accept 2024 Result: ‘I Promise You He Won’t’ (www.huffpost.com)
“The guy is not a democrat with a small d,” the president told CNN’s Erin Burnett....
Imagination rule (lemmy.world)
Alt text: Using AI is the coolest new way to let people know you have no imagination of your own
Which vibe do you want to ride? (sh.itjust.works)
Bing/Dalle. Prompt is obvious!
Protagonist (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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