I deal with a lot of VMs for varying purposes, and it seems frequent that my purpose for opening firefox is derailed by some kind of nag. For example, I frequently get the “you haven’t used firefox in a while” in vms that I rarely use firefox and have to go disable the “meta refresh” option in the “about:config”....
dall-e v3 w/ minor post-generation mods. Prompt: A robotic solicitor knocks on a home’s closed front door with his right fist knuckles. The robot is dressed in a suit which has a large corporate logo on it and holds a tablet in his left hand.
I know managers love that term, but I think I’ve come to hear it as an insult… Sorta like being called an unprofessional “jack of all trades” budget handyman that does everything mediocre…
without you ever knowing about it, as well as (perhaps) swapping in a cheaper-to-operate model some percentage of the time, perhaps as request loads peak, hoping you’ll just roll the dice and try again.
This is my attempt to recreate an image from one of my friends who is an artist. After generating the image, I modified it in gimp to better capture the feel of the original artwork....
Lol… good luck with that, they don’t even honor their mistakes. I once found a typoed price (brand new laptop dirt cheap). No more “false advertising” claims these days, your order is just canceled without any stated reason, and without recourse.
Workflow: I asked gpt-3.5 to describe in meticulous visual detail a single panel from “BLAME!” where Killy is firing his gravitational beam emitter (GBE) in only one paragraph. I think I used the phrase “as if to a blind person” because it kept wanting to give me a narrative. I then handed that paragraph to dall-e-3 and...
dall-e 2; prompt: A homeless cyberpunk is scavanging parts from his pile of broken robots. A futuristic male police officer walks past him disinterested.
Prompt: Sisyphus pushing the world up a hill. The Earth looks photo realistic as it would be seen from space, and resting on the slope. The sky is pitch black with many stars and galaxies. The mountain slope is a constant incline.
How to combat creeping firefox enshitification? (lemmy.sdf.org)
I deal with a lot of VMs for varying purposes, and it seems frequent that my purpose for opening firefox is derailed by some kind of nag. For example, I frequently get the “you haven’t used firefox in a while” in vms that I rarely use firefox and have to go disable the “meta refresh” option in the “about:config”....
TFW boot fails b/c fstab is zero bytes... (lemmy.sdf.org)
write: fstab: no space left on device
Check your email for the verification code we just sent you. (lemmy.sdf.org)
I'm here to discuss your car's extended warranty (lemmy.sdf.org)
dall-e v3 w/ minor post-generation mods. Prompt: A robotic solicitor knocks on a home’s closed front door with his right fist knuckles. The robot is dressed in a suit which has a large corporate logo on it and holds a tablet in his left hand.
If someone were to call you a "full stack" developer, would that feel like a complement or an insult?
I know managers love that term, but I think I’ve come to hear it as an insult… Sorta like being called an unprofessional “jack of all trades” budget handyman that does everything mediocre…
If they charge by the image, and there is any expectation that AI image-generators might produce garbage results, then AI providers are incentivized to make you pay for their experimentation
without you ever knowing about it, as well as (perhaps) swapping in a cheaper-to-operate model some percentage of the time, perhaps as request loads peak, hoping you’ll just roll the dice and try again.
When you revisit the room you grew up in... (lemmy.sdf.org)
When historians are trying to credit the invention of generative AI, they may have to hunt down that one social media post that started the "use only auto-complete to finish this sentence" trend.
VPN by Google One is shutting down for good (www.androidauthority.com)
Isolation Island (lemmy.sdf.org)
This is my attempt to recreate an image from one of my friends who is an artist. After generating the image, I modified it in gimp to better capture the feel of the original artwork....
Yo dawg, I heard you liked computers... (lemmy.sdf.org)
dall-e 3; prompt: “The Linux computer system that every nerd can only dream of owning.”
Out of this world (lemmy.sdf.org)
Clarity (lemmy.sdf.org)
dall-e v3. Prompt: ‘Photorealistic. Walking off the edge of the world.’
The old-guard (lemmy.sdf.org)
dall-e 3; prompt: “Photorealistic. A futuristic alien stands before you holding a spear-like weapon in a non-threatening manner.”
Newegg AI rule (i.postimg.cc)
Haven’t got my $1,000 yet.
Power overwhelming (lemmy.sdf.org)
Workflow: I asked gpt-3.5 to describe in meticulous visual detail a single panel from “BLAME!” where Killy is firing his gravitational beam emitter (GBE) in only one paragraph. I think I used the phrase “as if to a blind person” because it kept wanting to give me a narrative. I then handed that paragraph to dall-e-3 and...
Levels of power (lemmy.sdf.org)
dall-e 2; prompt: A homeless cyberpunk is scavanging parts from his pile of broken robots. A futuristic male police officer walks past him disinterested.
Cube of tiny homes (lemmy.sdf.org)
dall-e 3; prompt: Inside a parking garage where many of the slots have been converted into permanent dwellings, even alongside the vehicle ramps.
Atlasyphus (lemmy.sdf.org)
Prompt: Sisyphus pushing the world up a hill. The Earth looks photo realistic as it would be seen from space, and resting on the slope. The sky is pitch black with many stars and galaxies. The mountain slope is a constant incline.
This comes to mind every week... (lemmy.sdf.org)
The machine is always broken (lemmy.sdf.org)
I hope this ship holds together! (startrek.website)
Who here would NOT choose to spend an extra penny for car radios to use non-volatile memory?
APKMirror now blocks visitors allegedly because of "adblock" (lemmy.world)
RIP the only reliable website for grabbing APKs. I don’t even actually have an adblock on my side....
Saw a news story people about people getting arrested for at Wal-Mart for forgeting to scan one item (midwest.social)
youtu.be/tmoQxq2P7Y4?feature=shared