[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

"Aint webassy we doms?"

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Perhaps the software OP is using has a second layer of generation (with a different network) that focuses on details like eyes. It might not even know the input prompt (and if it does then it might not have the training background to reward keeping things pixelated).

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

Can confirm, 20 decimals gives you 100.

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Can't be much sunlight normally, the curtain rail is decorative.

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

The bed is make of pork mince and the house is flooded. No bushfires though, so not realistic.

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Perfect dark has a fan PC port that's really good. I couldn't stand it on console (low fps made me motionsick) but it was a hoot when I played it on PC. https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago

Oof, that sounds horrible. Hope you're doing better now.

(Serves you right for rubbing your glands on other peoples glands! No more neck hugs allowed.)

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

I click on my "From" address and then select "Customize From Address...". I can then type anything I want up there. It's a little annoying when replying to an email chain with an alias, but not too many steps.

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 46 points 2 months ago

This would have been even more troll with a 0% answer, because that would add another layer of paradox.

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago
[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A lot of phone modems ship with their own SoC (processor) running its own OS. It's much smaller and slower than the main phone SoC but, depending on its implementation, it can have full access to all of your main processor's memory through DMA.

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I was amazed that we transitioned from one GPU heavy bubble (Crypto) to another (LLM/AI). Whilst the hype for crypto imploded the use for the hardware sort of didn't. I wonder if the next bubble with be the same, or if we get some refreshing variety to our money sinks?

Microsoft et al are subsidizing GenAI to an insane degree. [...] prices shoot up for their customers and serve as a rough awakening to all the websites that integrated a crappy chatbot.

I've run some much simpler chatbots on just my desktop PC, so they will have some fallback (if they really choose to take it). Still it locks up my entire computer for a few second for each reply, so even a few hundred users per second peak would be an expensive service.

(Insert joke here about customers not noticing or caring about the difference between website chatbots built on big company services vs smaller ones, because they have exactly the same problems just in different hues.)

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

Encountered this fellow during bushcare today. He was sitting right on top of the bridal veil roots we were pulling, looking suspiciously like a rock.

We probably shouldn't have handled him (I hope turtles don't get dizzy from being turned upside down). We put him back down and hid him under some other groundcover as a local Kookaburra was loitering.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/austech@aussie.zone

I could not find any mentions of these problems online. The article itself has no technical detail.

Looking forward to seeing what the actual problems are. It seems this is the first product to market.

Guesses based off the general subject matter:

  • Silica concentrations probably vary depending on the exact position of your head, especially since it's heavy material. If you mount this sensor even a few meters away from a worker then it's readings could possibly become invalid, eg because an angle grinder is firing dust a different direction to the sensor.
  • Silica is a slang term for a very big category of materials. Some might look completely different to others under certain laser observations, leading to some getting missed (bad) and others materials triggering false positives (leading to the sensor's screams being ignored by workers).
  • Self-cleaning routines might be needed to stop it clogging up, otherwise the sensor starts reporting a higher baseline. They could either choose to report this ("pls clean me" light comes on) or ignore it (bury head in sand mode).
  • Alternatively it's performance might actually be fine, but perhaps it's still being spruked inappropriately. Government involvement in funding the project might (?) magnify this problem.
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Key excerpt:

According to the late professor Patrick Troy, here's how things were viewed in the early 1970s:

"The cost and price of housing continued to be a source of social and political concern. Over the period 1969-1973 the number of years' average earnings required to buy a house site increased substantially. In Sydney, it increased from 1.7 to 2.7 years, while in Melbourne it grew from 1.2 to 1.8 years."

Compare that to what modern researchers have to say about Australia in 2023:

"Since 2001, the national ratio of median house price to median income has almost doubled to 8.5, and the time required for the accumulation of a deposit for a typical property has increased from six years median earnings in 1994 to 14 years currently."

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/imageai@sh.itjust.works

The real reason we warn kids to stay away from the tracks. It turns out that confectionery is cheaper than gravel in some parts of the world (and resists water erosion better because of the wrappers). Sadly they didn't anticipate anthropomorphic erosion events such as this leading to extended rail line outages.

Once the secret was out it became a nation-wide phenomena for kids to raid the tracks.

Railway engineers have been attempting to address this problem by tweaking the infill composition. A recent experiment involved infilling with only licorice, however it turns out some kids still like it. Local newspapers claim the railway engineers were quite confused by this result.

On the right the girl's hairdo reveals she had a recent near-miss at one of these railway digs. The adults now keep an eye on things -- if you pay close attention you will notice that there is actually an adult (or at least teenager) in this scene. Analyse the image closely and you might spot it.

An aspiring railway engineer at the top of the sketch, wearing blue, is pointing out a flawed sleeper. Either that or he's making a fat joke about one of his friends sitting on it.

The dirt desire-paths around the tracks show that locals regularly walk this line. Maybe it's safer than you think? These kids might not have been the first to raid this spot (how did they lift the sleepers?), I suspect the adults cracked it open sometime last night. Usually rail workers cover these sites with a tarp and signposts within a day of reporting.

Prompt: "The lost powers of childhood. Group of children in a park next to a rail line, discovering flaws in the world. Chocolates are everywhere." Generator: Bing DALL-E

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/imageai@sh.itjust.works

Just some kids enjoying the outdoors. Someone must have split a pinata. One of the human kids is helping his aquatic friends get some of the chocolates.

Kids are kids and there's enough chocolate to share. It's the parents you've got to be worried about. "Hanging out with warmbloods again Rexy?" "No he can't visit later! We're going. Now.".

I guess the true power of childhood is not fearing new people. A 5yo family member of mine once got lost in the park, it turns out she had joined a random birthday party (and no-one had blinked an eyelid).

Prompt: "The lost powers of childhood. Group of children in a park next to a rail line, discovering flaws in thez world. Reality is tearing apart and monsters are streaming in, stealing the chocolates." Gen: Bing DALL-E

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/imageai@sh.itjust.works

Prompt: "Mk II Austin 1800 competing in the London to Sydney Marathon. Driver has long grey fuzzy beard and steam is coming out of his ears." Gen: Bing DALL-E.

The drawn car is nothing like an Austin 1800 (but possible some other Austin model instead)

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I promise I did not ask for the Australian to be captured and then wrapped (blindfolded?) with a flag. That was purely the interpretation of our inter-cultural antics by the model.

Prompt: "Confused American trying to communicate with Australian" Gen: Bing DALL-E.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/gaming@beehaw.org

I enjoyed this review (and that of Kings Quest 1) thoroughly. I am very glad I did not try to play it myself, The Scam Bridge would have destroyed me.

I now feel some questions about a few other games that I've played before are answered -- they copied some of Kings Quest's style and feel. Vague memories of a Trogdor game are now haunting me.

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