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by Fricken 4y ago
In the 80s my dad controlled the lights in our home using the Radio Shack plug 'n power system. Plug-in switches and the control box would talk to each other by sending signals through the home electrical wiring. There was no need for
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by Fricken 4y ago
Did anybody else get a Charmin ad to watch at the start of the video?
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by Fricken 4y ago
My premise at the outset was that if Google isn't committed enough to invest in a AAA launch exclusive for it's gaming platform, then I won't be committing to anything either.
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by Fricken 4y ago
I've had many bikes stolen over my life and the total costs are still a fraction of what it would cost to have used public transport instead.
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by Fricken 4y ago
Old people, young people, poor people, disabled people: they can't drive. It adds up to a lot of second class citizens. A friend of mine is a quadruple amputee. He cannot drive, but he can use his motorized wheelchair in bike lanes and
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by Fricken 4y ago
Just a week ago I was wondering about this. I was wondering if diffusion models could be used first to generate a 3D character model, and then use another model to describe actions that animate the character. Here is the humble beginnings o
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by Fricken 4y ago
I live in Alberta, and occasionally encounter Rachel Notley, the former leader of the province and current leader of the NDP party while out for a jog. In spite of having received many death threats, she often runs alone, unarmed and withou
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by Fricken 4y ago
Vice City and San Andreas where the only 2 games I've played where I consistently enjoyed watching the cutscenes, and loved the dialogue. Rockstar later decided dealing with big Hollywood egos was too much of a hassle, and it shows in
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by Fricken 4y ago
> I think the ability to be disciplined, systemic, and learning how to learn things and accept challenge should be the main goals. I was taught obedience and how to follow instructions in school (and didn't learn it very well). Bein
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by Fricken 4y ago
There's money to be made off 6 of the 7 deadly sins, and they are strongly. Not much room for sloth, though. Gotta work to afford indulging in the other 6.
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by Fricken 4y ago
In documentary we don't typically pay people anything to tell us their life stories.
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by Fricken 4y ago
Because I commute by bicycle it's a non-expendable part of my day, that's the main benefit. There's no slacking off; rain or shine I bike.
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by Fricken 4y ago
Walking on pavement is particularly hard on joints, as every footfall places exactly the same stresses on your legs. It's better to walk on broken ground, which distributes the stress and helps to develop stability through a broader ra
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by Fricken 4y ago
I don't think Frank Herbert can take credit for the imagery in Villeneuve's Dune, even though he came up with the text prompts. He gets full credit for the text prompts, though!
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by Fricken 4y ago
In the Ukraine war they've been using ebikes to quickly and stealthily get into position to launch anti-tank missiles, and then quickly leave again. https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgde8k/ukraine-is-using
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by Fricken 4y ago
I pass through an area with many homeless people on the way to work, and if there's a running theme, it's the persistent difficulties they have keeping their pants up. I'm glad they finally have a celebrity who reflects their
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by Fricken 4y ago
It's a lot of work for a human to produce an image, but they can think thousands of images in a day quite easily. The artistic process often begins with some daydreaming.
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by Fricken 4y ago
We call them sidewalks because they are walkways alongside roads.
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by Fricken 4y ago
And Drivers are even worse than cyclists!
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by Fricken 4y ago
At least in the realm of editorial illustration, concept is king . You can get away with very simple art so long as it is conceptually effective. Like, it wasn't the widespread availability of pencil and paper that put the poets out o
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by Fricken 4y ago
Most anyone can throw together instructive storyboards using stick figures and simple art. They hire professional illustrators because they want something more than that. This is not to say that the new image generators are something illust
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by Fricken 4y ago
Almost victims
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by Fricken 4y ago
These threads are loaded with comments from people talking about all the times they almost got hit by a cyclist. Almost doesn't count, you just have poor judgement is all.
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by Fricken 4y ago
Your null hypothesis has been born out by study after study.
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by Fricken 4y ago
There is and car marketers have known it for a while.
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by Fricken 4y ago
Life is about the journey, not the destination. However, it won't be much of a journey if you don't pick a good destination.
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by Fricken 4y ago
It's a good thing there are other places to look than porn for compelling story driven content. However, there are so many instances in films where the lead characters start getting frisky, and then suddenly it cuts to the morning afte
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by Fricken 4y ago
If the headline was "Ghyslain Raza says your digital shadow shouldn't define you" then I could believe it.
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by Fricken 4y ago
Everybody is entitled to one free death.
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by Fricken 4y ago
Is there any evidence that an ejected car occupant injured a bystander even once?

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