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Microsoft insiders worry the company has become just 'IT for OpenAI'
  • I think the true use case for these AI technologies is yet to come. What most people are doing with the "AI" tools available today is just gambling around. But working with personal computers could be changing fundamentally in the coming years.

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    [Community Challenge 40] Epic Raid Boss
  • Amiga graphics isometric game boss

    Prompt: Screenshot from a Commodore Amiga game, final stage of an online roleplay game with isometric graphics, with an epic battle against the final boss enemy who has the appearance of a Cthulu Mech and Maha Kali

  • [Community Challenge 39] Hybrid Animals
  • That's how their teenage children look like before they grow legs and antlers.

  • A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels
  • And how about price comparison, is it mandatory for US supermarkets to display the price per unit based on a standard unit of measurement (such as per pound or per ounce or whatever metrics are used)?

  • Germany and Italy are the biggest climate laggards in Europe, study finds
  • Bullshit. The usage of coal in Germany is going steadily down and all German coal power plants will be phased out until 2035.

  • iMac 'n Cheese
  • Finally a use case for the Apple cheese grater!

  • Der Montag ist rund - Montag-Laberfaden EM-Edition
  • Das ist der EM-Song den Deutschland braucht:

    Lovely & Monty - Diese EM 2024

    https://youtu.be/nHjb_HbcCzk

  • [Community Challenge 39] Hybrid Animals
  • North Pole × South Pole: The Polar Reinbear Penguin

  • Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles
  • Yes in some neighborhoods and villages the roads are so narrow that they can practically only be driven on by Kei cars.

    Japan as an Island has limited space available for natural reasons, plus large parts of the country are mountain area. So the old cities have been built in plains and reached high density. Building is strictly regulated.

    And that has also grown into the culture. The Japanese sense for efficiency is legendary and so you simply don't waste space. And in general, you don't show off with oversized cars. Understatement is part of the general habitus. Shintoism and Buddhism have deep roots and that certainly plays a role too.

  • Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles
  • Well, those are also not vehicles that the average citizen buys. They're specialized for their purpose, the fire truck needs to transport a decent amount of water and 4-5 people, and concrete is heavy stuff. But in a certain way they follow the same design philosophy.

  • Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles
  • Been to Japan lately and can share some photos. There are even Kei Fire Trucks, for the many small roads with wooden houses and shrines etc.

    And then there are hundreds of different kei truck and van types for all purposes, even concrete mixers.

    Also, private houses in cities are often small and space-saving and so are the cars. A sensible use of public space – and cars only park on private property or rented parking spaces.

  • Thunderbird
  • Reminds me of Europe's Wings of Tomorrow.

  • [Community Challenge 38] The Night Feeling
  • Prompt: A nightly photo of a street scene: A single person is calmly walking down a small path at midnight in an urban surrounding with fully detached houses with garden. There are few street lamps and a crescent moon in a starry summer sky. Vintage photography style.

  • Photoshop Terms of Service grants Adobe access to user projects for ‘content moderation’ and other purposes
  • Yep, and with access to the work files they not only can use final images for AI training but they have access to the complete background information like the different layers of an image.

  • [Community Challenge 37] The Up Side Down
  • Elysium also had a similar scene:

  • [Community Challenge 26] - Secret life of the Forest

    #Theme:

    Show us the forest as we have never seen it before. This could be, for example, small details that the unwary walker misses. Or of secluded forest dwellers that no one has ever seen before. Incredibly magnificent plant and fungi wonders. Or fantasy scenes of magical beauty and wildness and secrets that take place in the forest and that are only revealed to those who are in the right place at the right time.

    No modern technology, no weapons/battles, no memes.

    #Rules:

    1. Follow the community’s rules above all else
    2. One comment and image per user
    3. Embed image directly in the post (no external link)
    4. Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun and learning)
    5. Posts that are tied will both get the points
    6. The challenge runs for 7 days from now on

    At the end of the challenge each post will be scored:

    #Prize | Points

    • Most upvoted | +3 points
    • Second most upvoted | +2 point
    • Third most upvoted | +1 point
    • OP’s favorite | +1 point
    • Most original | +1 point
    • Bonus point for botanical accuracy | +1 point
    • Last two entries (to compensate for less time to vote) | +1 point
    • Prompt and workflow included | +1 point

    The winner gets to pick next theme! Best inspirations for everyone and have fun!

    #Past entries

    Looking forward to seeing your creations. 😀

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    ProTip: Jetzt bei den Minusgraden ist ein guter Zeitpunkt, den Gefrierschrank abzutauen ❄️

    Alles aus dem Gefrierschrank in eine (ggf. 2, 3...) große Tasche packen und raus auf den frostigen Balkon/die arschkalte Terrasse damit. Dann Gefrierschrank für ein paar Stunden ausstellen, das Wasser auffangen... und wieder neu starten.

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    Halcyon Halcyon @discuss.tchncs.de
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