Reality tv is hit or miss depending on popularity and how old it is. Retention plays a part is this too, but most Usenet providers worth subbing to have crazy long retention times.
I personally use Sonarr for tv and it’s stupid easy to use (once everything is set up!), you just search for your show and it knows when it airs and auto-grabs new episodes. You can also tell it to look for past seasons.
The whole “getting Usenet setup and running” is a little more complicated than I’d like to get into with this post, but you’ll need the following: a Usenet provider, an indexer (both of these will cost money but it’s not a lot and annual payments, or lifetime, is usually the way to go), a newsreader (I use SABnzbd), and a web app to track shows and initiate searches (I use Sonarr, as previously mentioned).
I’m sure someone else here can post a link to a good guide to getting started with Usenet if that’s the direction you want to go.
TLDR: it depends on the show
I know I’ll catch shit for this but I kinda don’t mind shorts. Sometimes I don’t have anything specific to watch and I just wanna waste 10 mins…
The content quality varies wildly and it doesn’t seem to have a very good algorithm but it succeeds in helping me burn 5-10 mins while I’m waiting on someone or something.
I think YouTube expects people to burn hours on it like TikTok but I don’t see that happening.
Before you get married and have kids, just do a bunch of shit. Fail a lot, figure out what you like and what you don’t.
I had like 30 jobs between 17 and 23. I was a roofer for a couple days at one point (I do project management now, as a comparison).
Just try stuff and take advantage of the fact that you’re young and you can say “I’m figuring things out”. It’s a lot harder to make that fly when you’re 30.
I still visit a few subs that haven’t really built a solid community here yet, so I’m still on Reddit a good bit.
You can already see a change in the user base and they way people talk in the comments. Reddit has changed a lot over the years but man, it really seems like most of the interesting conversation has left the site; outside of very niche communities.
Just my 2¢
Prowlarr, Readarr, SABnzbd and Calibre work amazingly together. MAM and altHub accounts will cover you for 90% of books.
Libgen and similar sites are great but I like having everything in one place (Readarr) and being able to monitor authors and, with one click, have the book in my library.
Once it’s all set up it works very similar to Sonarr or Radarr (if you’re familiar)… the only thing to remember is that Readarr will not auto grab previous releases if the author is monitored; only new (future) releases.
If you want old stuff, you need to go into each author individually and select the books you want. This is actually the best way, seeing how many books have multiple releases and get compiled into anthologies and whatnot.
In the realm of AI-generated art, we often find ourselves marveling at the potential for infinite possibilities. However, there's a challenge we frequently encounter: getting our AI assistants to generate specific details or styles accurately... It's like guiding a rebellious brush to effortlessly recreate intricate patterns, where precision battles our creative aspirations.
Have you experienced the frustration of coaxing the AI to produce the exact style or detail you desire? Whether it's a particular brushstroke, a specific lighting effect, or even a distinct color palette, let's discuss the roadblocks we face and discover strategies to overcome them.
As we delve into the depths of AI-generated image generation, what aspects have you found most difficult to tackle? Share your experiences and insights with the community. Together, we can unravel the complexities and develop techniques to harness the full potential of AI in creating the art we envision.
Here are a few tips to kickstart the conversation:
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Fine-tuning Parameters: Experiment with adjusting the parameters and settings of the AI model. By tweaking the input variables and exploring the available options, you may discover the sweet spot that unlocks the desired styles or details. Weighting & grouping of terms plays a huge part here, IMO.
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Iterative Feedback: Engage in an iterative process with the AI model. Provide feedback and guide it towards the desired outcome. By iteratively refining the generated results, you can learn the intricacies of the AI model to better understand and replicate the specific styles and details you seek. I often run a prompt 20 or 30 different ways before I hit the style I'm looking for; taking feedback from the model in the form of my image generations.
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Artistic Fusion: Take inspiration from multiple artists or artistic movements and experiment with merging their distinct styles. Fuse elements from contrasting genres, periods, or techniques to create something entirely new and mesmerizing. It's in these unexpected juxtapositions that remarkable sparks of innovation often ignite. For example, reimagine a classic impressionist landscape through the lens of surrealism or infuse elements of street art into a traditional portrait.
I know a specific style that has given me a very hard time is creating different subjects in the style of old Roman marble statues. I have this list of people and events I want to see carved into marble. Can't get the model to reliably pump out results though, it always ends up getting surreal or "uncanny valley" quickly.
What tips or suggestions can you give the community? What problems are you running into? What styles can you just not get to work?
Luciferian god::5 pen and ink, character concept ::5 comic style, ultra detailed, vibrant colors::4 clean, themed colors, bold lines, award winning design::3 deformed artifacts, dull, watermark, signature, text ::-3 --v5
graffiti monster ::5 pen and ink, character concept ::5 comic style, ultra detailed, vibrant colors::4 clean, themed colors, bold lines, award winning design::3 deformed artifacts, dull, watermark, signature, text ::-3 --v5
modern inner-city male samurai::5 with oversized katana::5 bright streetwear inspired clothing::5 bold, powerful lines and vivid, exciting coloring::3 highly detailed, ultra realistic, manga inspired artwork, print quality::3 --niji v5
It’s a rougelike so you’ll die a lot… I think it’s really fun but it can be punishing. There is a ton to do and lots to explore though so if you can push through the difficulty curve it’s pretty rewarding.
Controls could be better but it’s not unplayable with a controller. Definitely made for KB+M though…
I grabbed a bunch of smaller games for my steamdeck that I’ve been wanting to try:
Noita - you’re a wizard in a rougelike physics sandbox environment
Super Meatboy - precision platformer ($1.25)
Cave Story+ - old Metroidvania platformer I never got around to finishing on console years ago
Fez - 2D/3D puzzle platformer
DIG - “Spelunky meets Enter the gungeon & Broforce” action rougelike platformer
Super Blood Hockey - old school arcade style hockey, pixel graphics (and has multiplayer split screen)
Binding of Isaac - never played it, gonna see what all the hype is about. Action rougelike
Tunic - old school LoZ style RPG
Pizza Tower - sonic the hedgehog on crack
Dave the Diver - dive, catch fish, sell fish in restaurant, buy better gear, dive, catch bigger fish, repeat…
Cursed to Golf - deck building rougelike with golf mechanics
Monster Sanctuary - 2D Pokémon platformer
Resident Evil 3 - cause it was $10 and I just finished 2
I already use ComicRack, but I wish there was a better digital comic media management program. A cleaner UI and easier to use (or “smarter”) scraping process would be amazing. I also wish there was a standardized way to embed metadata in CBR/CBZ files…
It’s just an archive, so I don’t see why there couldn’t be a hidden file the reader ignores that just holds the metadata… I’m sure there’s a reason it’s not handled that way, but still.
On a similar note, I love Calibre but it’s so ugly and clunky. If it wasn’t so good at what it does, I’d never use it for aesthetics alone.
It literally doesn’t work. Crazy, it’s almost as if this community is going through some very quick growth and some things aren’t working correctly.
But thanks for the heads up buddy.
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I feel like old af now that I’ve watched two huge sites implode due to mismanagement. I was a Digg refuge way back, and now here I am on lemmy…
