The lesson you learned was to not work at 100% or you'll get to do other people's work for them.

LMAO, I got super into Evony. Even coded a bot myself to run my rogue base 24/7 so my guild could attack it for massive loot. I totally got suckered by their ad. That was like 2008/2009.

I think they rely on the so called "tech debt" or on-perm knowledge to retire or move on, then crank up the pricing. Everyone who went to the cloud is going to get squeezed.

I'm responsible for four of those... Three nieces and my wife.

Bro, that stupid game with the guys that shoot barrels to get more fighters/better weapons looked fun. The actual game is a shitty base builder with timed progression, of course you can pay to get past the time locks. Fuck that company and every "influencer" that takes their dirty money.

Oh dregs.

Basically a fancy version of Scorched Earth, with worms.

Get me that sub ms latency!! But I'll take larger bandwidth too.

What about the fine tuning stuff? There's definitely a skill to getting the right coloring, framing, blending by using filters, in-painting, and layers. Getting good at using a control net with the right engine takes time and effort.

If you're honest about playing with generative AI, you can appreciate that it might take talent. But fuck copyright and fuck perpetual property. It's our art now!

I think you, like most people, think you can get the same AI image by typing the same thing. But when you're really trying to create something, knowing how to use layers, in-painting, Photoshop, and tweaking prompt strengths along with switching engines, takes legitimate skill to create a good AI assisted image.

But because I hate the idea of copyright and art hording, I appreciate that none of it is copyrightable.

https://lite.koboldai.net/ offers a lot of different models that are volunteer hosted to give people ideas of what you can run locally as well.

I once saw a lady struggle to park in her spot for like 30s, back out, then leave. Another valid technique.

Hello, not trying to be "that guy" but loosing is the act of releasing an object. Losing is the opposite of winning. While readable and I know what you meant, I just thought I'd point it out in case you had used the spelling by accident. Sorry to bother. It's just a tiny pet peeve of mine and if you don't care, carry on. Cheers!

And apparently they forgot to stock toilet paper or invest in a bidet...

Stop, you're going to summon sonichu!

Can't we fund them taking a space x flight?

TIL

How can a deep R senator be a Senate flip?