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Hitchhiker's Guide To... have a glance at this (which I largely agree with). Not all well in de Santis-land."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
Did you end up going?
Was brought out for an excellent Indian tonight in an unlikely looking place in a mall. Been mostly eating Indian, the local food is only ok, the green banana is just tasteless carbs. The fruit and nuts and avocados are great.
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Originally posted by Mellor View Post
Photographs have been easy to manipulate for decades. Same with audio recordings. They’re are only ever useful as evidence when there is a verifiable source and a chain of custody. Eg collect by the police from the source or whatever.
Started playing with AI for concept work a while ago. I felt it lacked an understanding of mechanics, understandably. But it’s been getting increasing better at photorealistic people. Including pornographic images. Yeah, I went there. Curiosity
SPOILERno way in hell a plumber arrives so quickly for a simple washing machine repair
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostAny Recommendations for a day or two off in Kampala?
Was brought out for an excellent Indian tonight in an unlikely looking place in a mall. Been mostly eating Indian, the local food is only ok, the green banana is just tasteless carbs. The fruit and nuts and avocados are great.
The Lawns game restaurant was good, but probably not worth going too far out of your way for.
Yeah the local food isn't great, was a big let down after being in Ethiopia.Last edited by Denny Crane; 24-03-23, 21:53.
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Popped into the pop-up restaurant by Liath in Blackrock market today. Two things on the menu, both a tenner. A pulled pork sandwich and chicken tacos. Went for the chicken tacos. Handmade tacos, this beautiful subtle sweetcorn sauce, then grilled chicken and an 'el chapo' sauce. A weird dish - I wasn't sure what my thoughts were on it at the time. Like it was good, but I wasn't sure how good. But over the day since it has just grown and grown. A special place for anyone in the area. They've different dishes every week so the tacos are doneso, but based on today whatever they replace it with will be class also. The pulled pork sandwich looked ridic good. Everything ready in a few minutes as they prep everything in the morning in the Liath kitchen."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostPopped into the pop-up restaurant by Liath in Blackrock market today. Two things on the menu, both a tenner. A pulled pork sandwich and chicken tacos. Went for the chicken tacos. Handmade tacos, this beautiful subtle sweetcorn sauce, then grilled chicken and an 'el chapo' sauce. A weird dish - I wasn't sure what my thoughts were on it at the time. Like it was good, but I wasn't sure how good. But over the day since it has just grown and grown. A special place for anyone in the area. They've different dishes every week so the tacos are doneso, but based on today whatever they replace it with will be class also. The pulled pork sandwich looked ridic good. Everything ready in a few minutes as they prep everything in the morning in the Liath kitchen.
"Could do wid a cup offah para grafs bee de bollox of all in way in in any ways bee de Jaysus"
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Also received a niche bit of advice that might help someone over the next few months. Was mentioning to the bakery guy that hayfever was killing me and the tablets were no use, and he goes that what you need to do is take an anti-histamine every day not just on the days when you have hayfever.
I did double-check this in the pharmacy, just in case the bakery guy didn't pass sufficient pharmaceutical courses in uni and they were saying - yep, that's what you do. Is this general knowledge?
Had just assumed hayfever tablets were for when you have hayfever, but really they're for preventing hayfever in the first place.
EDIT: single-sentence bleedin paragraphs for dinekes."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by hotspur View Post
Going on Tuesday. Btw there's a production of The Cripple of Inishman on in The Mill in Dundrum this coming week for McDonagh fans.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Baker could be right in fairness.
Had HF or some allergy replicating HF for years.
Once the sneezing started, that was it, utterly fucked for the day....constant sneezing and dripping nose with subsequent headache
Zirtek to the rescue back then ...now I take Cetrine.
However I can go a year or 2 without so that's kind of weird.
On it again just recently as have had a few an issue with pruritis that I'm hoping to isolate
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Cetrine much cheaper than Zirtek by the way as it's the generic version.
THere was only one lad who could pull off the continuous paragraph no punctuation and he's not here anymore sadly left when ye all went mad during covid Sickpuppy of course you could even hear the words in his accent that's why it worked good lad too_
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostMaybe thats been the problem all this time - we've been going to see the doctor rather than the baker
I'm struggling to think when a GP actually really helped me ...ok maybe that one time with the penicillin
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For the golfers. £80 to play the open week in Royal County Down on the championship course. Mourne golf club is the members part of RCD and they run this once a year. Booking opens 27th March at 9am and will fill in minutes/seconds maybe
Bucket list course and absolutely worth that money. Played it last year but this year I don't think I can. Have Portugal booked the week before and Killarney the week after
Redbet at the Dublin Poker Invasion FTW
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Crazy cold deck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILdZdZjD96c&t=22137s
You can hear Mariano here saying to Double M before the flop that he has aces. If the dealer hears that is she obligated to tell the other player yet to act?
The hand is at 6:09 in the stream if the timestamp doesn't work.
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Not a huge fan of Lanier but as always he's right about most stuff and cuts through the bullshit in his own style.
would probably be worth hearing him doing another session with Lex just on recent developments..
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Originally posted by Opr View PostCrazy cold deck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILdZdZjD96c&t=22137s
You can hear Mariano here saying to Double M before the flop that he has aces. If the dealer hears that is she obligated to tell the other player yet to act?
The hand is at 6:09 in the stream if the timestamp doesn't work.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Degag View PostAlot of pokers seems to be on in the Green Isle out in Clondalkin. I might head up for a game next month.... 150k guarantee for 150 entry...
Whats the easiest/fastest/cheapest way to get there from City Centre? Luas only seems to get closest to Red Cow.... Luas there and taxi onwards?
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Originally posted by Iago View Post
There’s nowhere every dangerous though las rosas is best avoided. It’s part of Malvarossa which is being gentrified and getting better but there are still some dodgy spots. Tres forques is also a little rundown but generally speaking there are no terrible areas.
staying in russafa, extramurs, el carmen or ciutat vella will have you in the middle of everything but honestly it’s all walkable and the metro system is excellent. You buy a tuin card and it’s only 70c a journey within the city limits..
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anywhere in the yellow is perfectly fine for being able to get around and being safe
We are excitePeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
https://revolut.com/referral/jamesb8!G10D21
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostNot a huge fan of Lanier but as always he's right about most stuff and cuts through the bullshit in his own style.
would probably be worth hearing him doing another session with Lex just on recent developments..
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...ives-us-insane
On a tangential note. Have you seen any of the short films which people are creating? Thinking about the progression of imagery that I posted the other day, imagine where this will be in a year.
Harry Potter and the House of Balenciaga (Technology used - Midjourney/D-ID/ElevenLabs)
I think this is an excellent post on reddit in response to the above short being posted.
As an aspiring filmmaker, this is as soul-crushing as it is exciting. I think for most people AI inspires a similar kind of emotional dissonance, but this video hit me like an 18 wheeler.
This was clearly made by somebody with a unique creative vision and a good sense of humor, but the fact that it was created on a computer in probably a couple of hours is disturbing. A production of this quality done in real life would probably take millions of dollars and several months to complete.
I think this signals yet another evolutionary moment for filmmaking as an artistic medium, like the advent of digital cameras did before this. High-concept films will probably become a lot easier to make, and filmmakers will get the opportunity to realize concepts that before they could only dream of (especially since streaming has made the whole industry a lot more risk-averse to begin with).
But I can’t help but feel for the countless people who work on film sets. So many of the things which were done almost flawlessly in this short video are usually accomplished by the work of hundreds of professional artists: lighting, camerawork, set design, makeup, wardrobe, not to mention actors themselves. Those jobs won’t just disappear, they’ll become redundant in the eyes of an industry that has always been about profits at the end of the day.
I understand that AI is essentially the logical conclusion of human technological progress, but I’m still deeply uncomfortable with this. I hate to sound like a Luddite but movies are my life. I just hope that human-created films will still have a place in tomorrow’s world.
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Originally posted by Opr View Post
I'd agree with much of that article but after listening to the podcast which I posted yesterday called The AI Dilemma it really hammered home that no one knows much currently. We are not sure how it learns, what it knows, when it improves, what it is capable of, and a host of other stuff. It seems crazy that the cutting edge of technology is at the fingertips of everyone.
On a tangential note. Have you seen any of the short films which people are creating? Thinking about the progression of imagery that I posted the other day, imagine where this will be in a year.
Harry Potter and the House of Balenciaga (Technology used - Midjourney/D-ID/ElevenLabs)
I think this is an excellent post on reddit in response to the above short being posted.
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Originally posted by Opr View PostCrazy cold deck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILdZdZjD96c&t=22137s
You can hear Mariano here saying to Double M before the flop that he has aces. If the dealer hears that is she obligated to tell the other player yet to act?
The hand is at 6:09 in the stream if the timestamp doesn't work.
Doug reviewed a hand in his most recent video where a guy got it in with a combo draw, mistakenly told the opponent his hand before he had called, and then the river brought in the flush but double paired the board, but neither player realised that the caller had a boat and won the hand.Last edited by zuutroy; 25-03-23, 18:49.
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Originally posted by zuutroy View Post
Don't see the attraction of these streams to be honest....Do people really want to watch hours of unedited footage of people with massive egos who are bad at poker doing donkish things? I certainly don't.
Doug reviewed a hand in his most recent video where a guy got it in with a combo draw, mistakenly told the opponent his hand before he had called, and then the river brought in the flush but double paired the board, but neither player realised that the caller had a boat and won the hand.
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Was only discussing recently how formulaic music and movies have become anyway. . Was rewatching 12 Angry men recently - I dont think AI could create the nuance in the characters personalities . The appreciation of the soul of creativity relies on its human connection . AI can't provide that as it's Artificial. We won't listen to poetry generated be something that can't feel it's own words . So AI may be able to skilfully match and exceed many artistic genres and styles. It cannot ever soulfully match it. I will add that humans seem to be less concerned about this in 2023 then in 2003 - look around. Hopefully a 2nd renaissance will happen and the vulnerability that comes with being an emotional being will drives us to get back to a skilled artistic 'human' approach to art as opposed to a production line facsimile
Most AI art now is created as a proof of concept; it's silly to compare it against the best humans have ever come up with - we've had quite the head start.
It's possible that there is something special about humans that makes us able to be creative in a way that machines or AI can't, but I think it's pretty unlikely. How exactly is that physically manifested? It almost seems like something that needs to be an article of faith.
(Just to counter the obvious argument, AI remixes human art, which is true of all human art. All art any human produces has been influenced by everything he/she has consumed before, AI speeds up the process. )
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Agree with HJ 100% here - I understand why people might be sad that AI is advancing so much and making strides when it comes to creativity. But for me, the argument that 'only humans can be truly creative' is total bollocks. Like totally get Nick Cave's recent angry response to the AI-generated 'Nick Cave' lyrics, but I just disagree with his conclusions.
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The draw for me with art is mostly the fact that it was created by a brilliant mind. I can compare myself to that and marvel at it, marvel at the idea that there are people out there with that ability.
The novelty of AI's capabilities will wear off.
It's 'art' will be boring.
I imagine the calculator blew people's minds at one point.
Cure cancer and fuck off away from art IMHO.
I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by The Aul Switcharoo View PostFor the golfers. £80 to play the open week in Royal County Down on the championship course. Mourne golf club is the members part of RCD and they run this once a year. Booking opens 27th March at 9am and will fill in minutes/seconds maybe
Bucket list course and absolutely worth that money. Played it last year but this year I don't think I can. Have Portugal booked the week before and Killarney the week after
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
I'm always surprised when posts like this get a lot of likes. There are a lot of assumptions here and no real argument. You could sum it up as art has always been a certain way (created by humans), and I can't imagine a world in which it isn't.
Most AI art now is created as a proof of concept; it's silly to compare it against the best humans have ever come up with - we've had quite the head start.
It's possible that there is something special about humans that makes us able to be creative in a way that machines or AI can't, but I think it's pretty unlikely. How exactly is that physically manifested? It almost seems like something that needs to be an article of faith.
(Just to counter the obvious argument, AI remixes human art, which is true of all human art. All art any human produces has been influenced by everything he/she has consumed before, AI speeds up the process. )
I think you miss my point , ironic really as its a stick you love to use yourself.
for me its about appreciation. I cannot connect with AI on an emotional level. Which for me is how i connect with art. Seems odd you dont get this obvious point.
Sorry about the likes really?
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It doesnt matter a jot what is created and by who . Its about the connection . In art my opinion can't be wrong only different. I've never said AI can't create
of course i can be deceived by a producer AI or otherwise. .
Similarly some of the produce of today leaves me cold. One reason i dont like to comment too much on music i'm sent.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostThe draw for me with art is mostly the fact that it was created by a brilliant mind. I can compare myself to that and marvel at it, marvel at the idea that there are people out there with that ability.
The novelty of AI's capabilities will wear off.
It's 'art' will be boring.
I imagine the calculator blew people's minds at one point.
Cure cancer and fuck off away from art IMHO.
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
Don't you ever hear music and think it sounds great without knowing the backstory of where it came from? I can see how you might not develop an emotional attachment toward the creator of AI music the way you do to a band or musician, but that's kind of meta art; it's not really the art itself. For example, if you are watching a film and think the soundtrack is great, would it spoil it slightly afterwards if you found out it wasn't human-created?
A maths versus feel approach eh.
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