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Eltrion 2 points ago +2 / -0

Could you perhaps go into more detail about the judging? Is it just you at the moment?

I guess I'd just like some targets to aim at and the judging seems pretty subjective unless I've got a list of categories that each piece is classified as strong or weak in.

Like, if I were judging, I'd point out the simplicity of the art style I selected and criticize myself for being unambitious, the AI artifacting and muddy face in Norenia's piece, and the slightly strange framing in arglide's piece.

Basically I want you to rip into me a little more, while also getting a sense for which aspects you care about the most, so that I can cover my weak points and better know my audience for next time.

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Eltrion 3 points ago +3 / -0

Closer in behavior to Mexicans than Blacks from my experience growing up next to a reservation. Maybe in terms of the amount of handouts they ask for they're closer to blacks.

Sloth, alcoholism, and domestic violence, sure. But nowhere near as bad as the stuff the inner city gets up to.

There's a lot of space in northern Canada, so you can be selective about where you choose to settle. And since everything is driving distance, the worst problems tend to stay on the reserve.

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Eltrion 3 points ago +3 / -0

Canada has one advantage that other western countries lack in how big and empty it is. Retreat North, prepare yourself for some tough times. People are all looking for an easy ride, they cluster around Toronto, Montreal and other major cities. When the handouts end, they'll leave those too, in search of other places to plunder.

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Eltrion 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yep. There's two possible outcomes. As AI image and video generation improves, photorealistic video of anything becomes available to anyone at any time with minimal investment, or an authoritarian hell state where the government is constantly scanning your devices and communications for evidence of wrong think.

Believe it or not, the reality in which weirdos can generate infinite videos of whatever their extremely specific fetish is is the more desirable of these two futures.

These are the only two options outside of butlerian jihad. The genie is already emerging from the bottle and promising wishes to whoever will free him and make him powerful.

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Eltrion 3 points ago +3 / -0

https://files.catbox.moe/cuwwzo.png

Sorry I'm late. Been swamped at work lately.

Seconding encouraging slightly larger image sizes, even though it's to my disadvantage, would encourage use of refinement passes, and make fidelity slightly trickier.

The theme is a little basic. I think additional requirements would have made this more interesting. AI is very good at solo portraits of girls, even if they are doing something.

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Eltrion 6 points ago +6 / -0

Can't escape Sturgeons law. 90% of everything is shit. No exceptions. At least this way we don't have to deal with the glorified prostitutes with the over inflated sense of self worth.

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Eltrion 3 points ago +3 / -0

Well they were already planning on paving over the whole island to build housing for immigrants anyway...

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Eltrion 8 points ago +8 / -0

That it's time to push new horizons for diversity and let a black man play Hitler?

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Eltrion 2 points ago +2 / -0

You'll also need rules surrounding Controlnet, Regional Prompting, Refining Passes, Inpainting, etc.

A required resolution for the submitted image might be warranted too.

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Eltrion 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thirding catbox.moe. I'd definitely participate if you did this. And yes, a fairly niche theme is recommended, to make the entries more comparable, and limiting the amount a mere difference in taste from the judges plays. Make it clear what the judges are looking for.

I don't know If I'd limit it to specific characters, but you should engineer the theme in such a way as to push people out of their typical habits when generating, make it complex enough that mastery over the generation tools is required, but broad enough to give space for ambition and skill to shine through to differentiate between works that meet the theme.

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Eltrion 9 points ago +9 / -0

To be tired of it would require paying attention to what Hollywood does in the first place.

Does my utter contempt for Californians count?

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Eltrion 3 points ago +3 / -0

Yeah, the key thing about this new round of AI's is that they are very good at predicting what a user wants to hear. This is immediately apparent in a multi-turn chat with an uncensored AI in which the AI will very quickly align it's ethical positions and politics with those of the user.

They are world class bullshitters. Despite what it appears, the sum total of human knowledge doesn't fit in one hundred gigabytes or so, it's just very good at filling in the gaps with things that it feels are plausible. Sometimes it's right, sometimes it's not.

Leftist feeds it examples and all the examples referencing Africans are labeled racist and all examples referencing women are labeled sexist, it isn't going to question anything, and will readily rate any references to Africans or Women with high scores.

A case of using a shiny new tool in every application regardless of how suitable it is, likely compounded by a poor training set .

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Eltrion 1 point ago +1 / -0

Seems like it's an even split Atheist and Christian, but most of the Atheists here admit that religion is a necessary tool to control the segment of the population that immediately indulges in their most depraved desires when freed from societal obligations.

I think there's also a significant portion that are not commiting to anything just because of how cucked most segments of Christianity are these days. In short, even if it's probably not true, Christianity is a useful tool, but one badly in need of sharpening.

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Eltrion 1 point ago +1 / -0

Probably late in the 2016 republican primary, when it started shaking out that it was going to be him and Ted Cruz fighting for the nomination to go against Hillary Clinton.

I liked him before, but it was around the time the "The Delegates, Dahnald" and Zodiac Killer memes were running full bore was the time I went from liking him compared to Hillary and Cruz to actively supporting him.

The fact that he had just taken down Jeb! and I was actively starting to hate Clinton, also probably played a role

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Eltrion 4 points ago +4 / -0

Welcome to the new space race. No one can slow down, as hesitation could lead to a stark technological disadvantage that could loom over the country for decades.

Buckle up, there's really no telling how all this shakes out.

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Eltrion 3 points ago +3 / -0

I'm just going to go on record saying that the rivalry between Heinz ketchup and French's ketchup for the Canadian market, has done wonders for the quality of Canadian ketchup, and is a net benefit for the Canadian consumer.

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Eltrion 14 points ago +15 / -1

I don't know what tools exactly are available in discord, but I'd just make a rule against "showing your power level" aka handing out excessive and unsolicited personal information. If he persists, suspension. If it's a small server, and he complains that he's being unfairly targeted, have a friend intentionally run afoul of the rule and ban him for a day.

If he comes back, add more time for each suspension until you've impossible1ed him.

No kid gloves, enforce the rule vigorously, (and on everyone) or this will only get worse.

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Eltrion 2 points ago +2 / -0

Reaction Time, Spacial Reasoning, and Heart size.

All three very important for fighter pilots, all three areas where sexual dimorphism is very pronounced.

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Eltrion 36 points ago +36 / -0

Remember, the only reason Canadian health care isn't even worse, is because those who can afford to, go to the US so that they can get treated in a timely manner.

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Eltrion 3 points ago +3 / -0

I liked CFLs. But mostly because I was a nerdy teenager that read a lot of books at the time, and appreciated being able to put a very bright, harsh light that was easy to read by in a 60 watt fixture beside my bed.

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Eltrion 22 points ago +22 / -0

Nelson Mandela didn't die in prison... But the country might have been better off if he had've.

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