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"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyerswrote:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyerswrote:A โsmallโ visit to Lotte, and $239 later, we are enjoying rambutans, sticky rice with tuna wrapped in seaweed, and wife struggles to make room for the rest of the goodies.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyersreplied to:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyersreplied to:Just check, and top off as needed, the tyres pressure. Run it for a few miles. If it doesnโt go away, then take that trip.
replied to@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:
"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ Sid Meyers:No gas station near me has nitrogen so it had to be Costco. I topped off air and also filled gas while I was there. Itโs only 5 miles from me, so overall not bad.
Sigh. On the heels of , I just went into our garage to find a panel of insulation fallen to the ground, riddled with mouse droppings. ๐คข๐ซ
Cleaned it up (gloved and masked, naturally), but probably means we need to re-insulate the whole garage. Which will undoubtedly uncover a leak or some other issue. The fun never ends!
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ยท๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐: ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ค ยท๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฒ (๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐) ๐๐จ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ต ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐. ๐ค๐ณ๐๐ค๐ฐ ๐ฏ ๐๐ท๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ท๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐จ๐๐ผ.
Three for three on British dishes this weekend: had a full English and a pie (rabbit) yesterday, now to do a beef roast. Lovely and cozy in this autumnal weather.
(Opinion) People donโt like generative AI because it made the {insert creativity} too easy. Saw the HN post on โAI music banned from top 40 chart in Australiaโ and people had very strong opinions in both directions.
The hot take: If youโre ok with someoneโs creativity being outsourced to others, then you should be ok with AI doing the same.
If โAI made this and I call it mineโ is bad but โsomeone overseas on fivver made this and I call it mineโ and itโs suddenly ok, time to self reflect.
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My hot take: from the moment you use technology, be it an instrument, a synthesizer, a DAW, and now AI, it is still your idea, your effort, your time spent, and that makes it yours. Others can do the same if they choose. The same way someone chooses a classic guitar over a synthesizer, one can choose an AI over (insert ancient way of doing things).
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Youโre rolling the dice whenever you are searching for a sample or a preset in a synthesizer. Eventually itโs what โsounds goodโ, so still the effort is your judgement and the time spent finding that โdice rollโ that sounded well.
I am not a musician, so I lack the jargon to properly explain what I mean.
I used AI for creative writing (nothing too fancy, TTRPG). There, the broader the dice roll, the more generic and uninteresting the results. Slop, if you will. It was surprisingly good to build up on ideas I had however.
I imagine muisic also has building blocks. Melodies, instruments, mixing, etc. AI can perhaps be used in a similar fashion there.
I heard a perspective I sort of like: if AI is a tool then acceptable AI use is, more or less, defined as "when my audience no longer notices or cares". It's dynamic like that. Bad photoshop is detectable and annoying, so are overusing presets. Your artistry needs to expand to meet the tool.
I don't know if I 100% like that or agree. At the same time, it's a pretty straightforward line, a practical take.
I'm not sure the world needs another static site generator, but I made one.
get-taxus.org
Giving the project some TLC this week, doing some bug squashing.
If you want and SSG that doesn't fight you, give it a go.