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cstanhope, 14 days ago to random

Me: [bursts into room and establishes a power pose] "It's time to power each other up with knowledge, friends!"

Strangers: [startled then nervous chuckles] ...

OutofPrintArchive, 21 days ago to random

I was watching a video on the review scores for Paper Mario and this popped up.

They really are completely clueless about everything aren't they?
How is this a good look when trying to advertise your AI crap?

Never mind the linking of the Vulcan salute with the phrase "Resistance is futile".

But actually thinking that it's a great way to advertise this crap by stating that it'll swallow everything up, no matter wether we fight it or not.

Yeah, brilliant advertisement there! :cat_ick:

lilithsaintcrow, 26 days ago to random

"David Bowie still sang their praises: “They were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary: they wrote everything, they played like motherfuckers, they were just colossal and wonderful, and nobody’s ever mentioned them..."" https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/fanny-the-first-female-rock-band-to-top-the-charts.html

chrisjrn, 27 days ago to random

Autism brain is struggling with the hotel placards this morning...

cstanhope, 1 month ago to random

I admit I've never been a gamer, and until this video, I didn't actually know what a Fortnite was, but I somehow got sucked into this video last night when I should've been sleeping. It's an interesting exploration of trying to play Fortnite as a "pacifist" and even attempting to "make friends" in game. The concluding remarks resonated with my own thoughts on games as of late. "Searching for Humanity in Fortnite's Battle Royale":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArtgoMMDNg

metin, 1 month ago to Vintage

Going through my Tumblr posts from 2012, I stumbled upon this old military warning message…

This has gained a lot of bitter irony since the arrival of COVID. 😓

#poster #retro #warning #military #vintage #COVID #COVID19 #flu #disease #medical #health #medicine #corona

hankg, 1 month ago to history

I didn't join the PC world until 1994 when Windows 3.x/DOS 6.x were new. Even from my corner of the computer universe I heard about how "bad" DOS 4.0 was initially. OS/2 Museum does a detailed history of it coinciding with its source release. #ComputerHistory #history #Retrocomputing os2museum.com/wp/dos/dos-4-0/

cstanhope, 2 months ago to random

Since I avoid the generative ML stuff and I was busy yesterday, it hadn't occurred to me until just now that these CoPilot and their ilk are being trained on code with backdoors included. 😆

cstanhope, 2 months ago to random

Honestly, whenever I post on here, I prefix an unwritten "At the risk of embarrassing myself..."

glyph, 3 months ago to random

I just want to write some code, maybe make some music, maybe draw some pictures.

I don't want to be mad about blockchains, I don't want to be mad about GenAI, I don't want to be mad about terrible backfiring "think of the children" legislation, I don't want to be terrified about the rising tide of bigoted, racist fascism ending democracy in my lifetime.

I don't want you to have to be mad about all that either.

I wish the world would leave us all alone for a little bit.

amoroso, 3 months ago to space

Twenty years ago yesterday, on March 2, 2004, the Rosetta space probe was launched on a mission to a comet.

So it's a good occasion to share this photo of a full scale mockup of Rosetta's lander Philae. I took it on January 14, 2010 at the Philae control room during a tour of the DLR facilities in Cologne, Germany.

#rosetta #space

olimex, 3 months ago to 8bit

Neo6502 0.15.2 firmware allow GPIO access. pin p, input|output define the pin direction, number 3..10 corresponding to UEXT pin numbers (pin.1 is +3.3V and pin.2 is GND) pin p,0|false or pin p,1:true change the GPIO voltage to 0V or 3.3V. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFFvx9YM1no #6502 #retrocomputing

cstanhope, 3 months ago to random

At this point I'd be willing to pay a small monthly fee to support development of Firefox, especially if it helped maintain Linux and BSD support.

cstanhope, 3 months ago to random

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cstanhope, 3 months ago to random

Yeah, I think I'll skip this post for now...

bkardell, 3 months ago to random

People were drawing on a whiteboard at the css wg tonight but I'm remote and can't see it, so i decided to paint on a hunk of wood while they're drawing pictures (it's been a long day😛 )

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3RIC5lOW_D/?igsh=MTQ3bDFkNzg0Z2V0cA==

cstanhope, 4 months ago to random

Yesterday my wife had trouble with a youtube video she was trying to watch. It kept stopping at a specific point and she couldn't advance beyond it. It was a video lecture for a class she is taking at the community college. I was able to bypass whatever the issue was by using yt-dlp, but it got me thinking about how these private services become de facto public infrastructure without us really giving it any thought.

john, 4 months ago to ai

I've decided to turn the tables on #AI. It gives me the prompts, I paint the pictures. They are painted as quickly as I can. I'm still a little bit slower than most online generators, but perhaps with enough VC backing I can improve performance.

I used my local LLM which is a Mistral derivative (if you care about this stuff!).

So, I asked it to give me prompts, and it gave me back some d33p artistic ideas (prompts are the alt text).

Final image compares DALL-E attempts.

#art

Amidst a field of wildflowers in full bloom stands a towering structure that seems to defy all laws of nature. Its angles are sharp and unforgiving, its surfaces gleaming and reflective like polished steel. Yet despite its futuristic appearance, this edifice is grounded by the very earth it stands upon; roots winding their way deep into the soil, inextricably linking man-made structure to natural landscape. This image represents the tension between progress and preservation, a call for us to find harmony where they meet, rather than let them stand as opposing forces.
As an artist envisioning a complex tableau, I seek to create a visual metaphor that speaks to the dual nature of human existence – our inner turmoil and external serenity. The scene is set at twilight, where the last rays of the sun meet the onset of night in a symphony of colors, blending the boundaries between day and night. At the center stands a colossal, ancient tree, its roots deeply entrenched in the earth, symbolizing our connection to nature and our foundational beliefs. The tree's branches stretch upwards and outwards, bifurcating into intricate patterns that mirror the complexity of human thoughts and emotions. Half of the tree is lush and blooming, covered in verdant leaves and vibrant flowers, teeming with birds and wildlife, representing the vitality of life and the beauty of outward expressions. The other half, however, is starkly different, with gnarled branches, devoid of foliage, whispering of the silent struggles and the decay that lurks within. This dichotomy illustrates the contrasting aspects of our lives – the visible joy and the hidden sorrows. Beneath the tree, a serene pond reflects this duality, not just as a mirror image, but with a surreal twist. The reflection shows the tree in full bloom on the barren side, and vice versa, suggesting that what we see on the surface is not always the reality. The visual style for this image will be inspired by the Pointillism technique, [...]
A composite of the last three images, with versions by DALL-E. The DALL-E images are considerably slicker, but quite saccharine.

cstanhope, 4 months ago to random

"Message Not Understood" is a WIP documentary about the early days and visions of personal computing predating the microprocessor and the companies we know and loathe today. It includes interviews with many of the people involved. I hope they're able to complete it.

https://vimeo.com/716569419

https://www.messagenotunderstood.com/

Not that this history and ideas are a secret, but it certainly doesn't get the marketing support that corporate narratives get.

Thanks to @j12i for pointing it out to me.

cstanhope, 4 months ago to random

I don't know precisely what I'm seeing or hearing here, but it's doing a good job lifting my winter blues. Enjoy the musical stylings of Goat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNMuGxuJuv0

18+ cstanhope, 8 months ago to random

I used to regularly draw and attempt other art like things. In recent years that has stopped, but in the last few months I have been trying to get myself to doodle again. Here's a few things I had the least negative feelings about.

#doodle #yaombaaa

A squat, round, bipedal creature with one large eye and big, almost floppy ears. They have a large face and no neck, and no discernible torso. They're not smiling, but they're also not frowning. They smells strongly of earthy things. They are waving. Are they friendly?
A humanoid like creature with characteristics suggestive of sheep or wild herbivores of various sorts. They appear to have on a very woolly sweater. Or maybe... is that their fur? They are saying, "I can't take much more of this!"
A creature that mostly resemble an octopus drawn without reference. It says, "I don't have all my legs, and my mouth is in the wrong place! (I blame pollution.)"