ADOBE: welcome to photoshop. what would you like to do. here is an AI tool
ME: i would like to draw a rectangle. i am selecting the rectangle tool
ADOBE: did you say AI?
ME: rectangle please
ADOBE: sorry but i can only do that in an insane way now. here is a new layer and a vector for some reason
For a practical reminder to practice safe sex: The average cost of raising a child to 18 years old is 315k.
The average cost of a condom is right around 1$ per
You'd have to go through around 40 condoms -per day- for -18 years- to reach the break even point.
Due to a scheduling conflict this will be at 4pm Mountain/5pm Central this afternoon
For the record, I think machine learning is probably pretty helpful for de-noising, upscaling, frame interpolation, maybe chromakey and all kinds of other things artists might use. But I've yet to see LLMs and text-to-image generators produce anything that wasn't obnoxious shite.
I didn't choose to be an ai hater, being an ai-hater was thrust upon me. And now a guy who put his phone in a pool to cool it down has blocked me.
amidst everything he still doesn't know how tariffs work
If I wanted someone to lie to me while trying (badly) to convince me it's true, I'd listen to Donald #Trump.
We don't need a crappy autocomplete algorithm to burn energy to do the same job.
Lol, after I post this, some #AI bro just followed my.
It's like a strange honey trap or something, so let me make it clear...
...
#FuckAI and it's energy-burning lies.
Losing my main client from end of May
Looking for any freelance (or FT/PT) editing, writing, proofreading or marketing work starting from 1 June
semi-regular reminder that it's actually okay to draw eyes visible through hair to a certain degree because irl hair moves which allows you to see eyes that would look like they're hidden in a still image. it's a form of motion blur.
#AI bros seen to be some of the most fragile people on the planet.
Then again, I guess it's hard to justify being all-in on something that is just wrong on so many levels. Must eat away at any self-confidence they ever had.
(1 of 2) WARNING: SCAM EMAILS PRETENDING TO BE FROM ME. They offer very specific feedback on writing in progress/posted or self-published works, then propose an offline conversation. They are coming from this address:
williamgibsonauthor@gmail.com.
Me and @foldablehuman.bsky.social, for some strange reason, both recently spent some time inside MrBeast's empire. In tomorrow's livestream (3pm Central), we compare experiences and discuss what the heck we think MrBeast is up to. www.youtube.com/live/A6aL9C3...
BLUESKY IS A WEBSITE THAT TURNS (post by jay.bsky.team claiming that bluesky is made with AI) INTO (picture of bluesky not working)
Comic: Types of Board Game. [Each panel has a person, a person with a ponytail, a person with shoulder-length hair, and a person with a white hat seated around a table with different board game and pieces on top. (1) Boring: PERSON 3: Each turn, roll a die and move your token. Turns proceed clockwise around the table until we all get tired and go home. (2) Abstract: PERSON 1: Each turn, you can place any number of red triangles or blue squares on a hexagon, or move any hexagon to a... (3) Hyperspecific Theme: PERSON 2: It’s October 2, 1814. The Congress of Vienna convenes. You are each in charge of distributing and lighting candles for the opening ball, which was held at these three locations... (4) Overcomplicated: PERSON 4: It’s a cross between *Twilight Imperium* and *Cones of Dunshhire*, but implemented entirely in category theory. Every cone is a monad, and... (5) Cooperative: PERSON 3: We’re working together to sort these decks of cards using only hand gestures. After that, we’ll silently organize my junk drawer. (6) Branded: PERSON 1: You can play as Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Joey, or, due to an ill-advised tie-in, Goku. (7) Party: PERSON 2: Each of the cards in your hand has a bad word on it. On the count of three, yell the... (8) Social Deduction: PERSON 3: Remember, per our *find the secret murderer* house rules from last week, discovering that a player has committed a real-life murder does *not* count.
Types of Board Game
xkcd.com/3235/
Photo of someone holding a Seraph Class Pack about to open it.
Daggerheart Class Packs have arrived! You can now dive into Daggerheart with ease with all the cards you need for your character in one handy pack!
Plus, save the date for #Daggerheart Birthday Week kicking off May 18th!
📜 darringtonpress.com/class-packs-daggerheart-...
That temple vein be throbbin'
you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to tucker carlson or any of these ghouls for being a broken clock that happens to be right twice a day
Conservatives think the state should protect them from the traumatizing experience of encountering people unlike them. For some reason this never came up in the heyday of “snowflake,” “trigger warning” or “safe space” discourse bsky.app/profile/kiss...
it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit
The Free Speech Coalition is serious about starting an adult industry credit union. Part of this is being able to show regulators that enough people would use it, so please fill out this form if you're interested!
(Yes, credit unions can issue credit cards!)
www.freespeechcoalition.com/survey
two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management
The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.
he can’t read a prepared speech without ad libbing — prepare for some epic improvised commentary from this bozo
