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And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.

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I wish I could get through to people who fear AI copyright infringement on this point.

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Since any reductions to copyright, if they occur at all, will take a while to happen, I hope someone comes up with an opt-in limited term copyright. At max, I'd be satisfied with a 45-50 year limited copyright on everything I make, and could see going shorter under plenty of circumstances.

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Nice to see a proposal going in that direction - "But it could take several years for it to be approved by the European Parliament and Council." Ouch.

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Interesting. I've seen plenty of mentions of the potential use of AI in medicinal imaging, but not in a context where time is of the essence. That's a particularly compelling use case.

"Still needs to be greenlit by the FDA" - has anyone read a discussion of how the FDA is handing AI medical applications? Considering how overwrought the approval procedure can be for more mundane medical technologies, I have little hope that the process is going to be efficient and effective.

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This is a great find.

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Neat!

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I”m pretty picky about science fiction art. But this is beautiful, and draws you in to the setting.

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There are circumstances where the precautionary principle is good to apply. But overuse of it has really bad cumulative consequences.

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Nice. Like the combination of a more illustrative style with a scene you might see in every day life.

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Yeah, for a ballot with multiple candidates, I would prefer this approach. Ranked Choice Voting is the name that I’ve most often heard it referred to by advocates who want to adopt it in the US.

Seems like the only difference between this and what the OP is describing is whether every candidate has to be ranked, or just as many as you want to.

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You could even do an image with a QR code to the kbin or lemmy address.

/kbin server update - or how the server didn't blow up

Currently, on the main instance, people have created 40191 accounts (+214 marked as deleted). I don't know how many are active because I don't monitor it, but once again, I greet all of you here :) In recent days, the traffic on the website has been overwhelming. It's definitely too much for the basic docker-compose setup,...

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I had a feeling that the silence over the last few days was a sign that a huge amount of work was happening behind the scenes. I also think you’re doing an excellent job of communicating with us. Thank you for all your effort that’s allowed this community to grow.

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Yeah, you’d better have a through way to check if there are any systematic distortions that could have an adverse effect on its operation. I do get the privacy rationale for using synthesized data, though.

(Discussion) Vulgar / obscene language shall be strongly discouraged in the Agora community

I believe as this community is essentially a parliamentary session, any vulgar or obscene commentary should be strongly discouraged. Much like the speaker of the house, moderators should consistently remind those who break the above guideline to refrain. Repeat offenders / extreme examples should be subject to a temporary ban....

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I agree with much of what other commentators have been saying. Discouraged I’m on board with, I think having a strict rule is premature in a new community that’s small in scale - we can afford to wait and see how conversations play out and reevaluate later. Civility is the principle that’s important.

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I think I’ve experienced this a few times that I can recall.

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Yes. The content of various common minerals can vary by orders of magnitude across different sources. Though I pay attention to this less on its own and more in the context of brewing tea, since the water you use affects the outcome quite a lot.

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I’m sure there is, though I’ve never looked into it. If it’s tap water, the approximate range for some of the minerals is usually on your local water quality report.

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Dreamshaper is a nice model. Have you been using other AI generators previously?

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Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Discovery is difficult right now, advertising in places that are genuinely relevant is a real service.

What sauce would make the best beverage? (Extra points if you can come up with an answer for both a savory and a sweet sauce).

I'm leaning toward apple sauce. It's already something that's eaten on its own. In terms of a savory sauce, if dressings count—I think they do—then greek dressing would be my answer. Dressings in general tend to be more drinkable than typical condiments. Anyways, what's your opinion?

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I'd try a rhubarb sauce drink. For savory - aged balsamic vinegar.

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Another thing I think people could do, is to gather links to relevant smaller communities and post them to larger communities, to help discoverability.

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Very nice!

Could we consider allowing posts of lists of communities as well as questions?

Right now, the search capabilities we have for findings magazines aren’t great, and aren’t usually going to show communities on similar topics across instances. If people make lists of related communities and posted them here, I think it would help people find communities they are searching for.

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Not a stupid question at all - the way you do it isn’t intuitive, and I hope gets made easier with further software developments. In the search bar near your username at the upper right enter, communityname@instancename, for ex. newcommunities@lemmy.world, and if it’s working right the version of the community that’s synced to kbin will show up. Catch is that right now it randomly seems to glitch, and fail or return nothing, so if doesn’t work at first you’ll just have to try again later. I’m sure the people running the site are aware of the issue and trying to get it sorted out, for now it’s one of the things to put up with a platform that basically started last month.

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