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by napier 4y ago
Inpainting comparison between Stable Diffusion and Dalle 2: https://twitter.com/nicolaymausz/status/1565290282907848704 Have to confess I haven't been bothered to log into D2 since the SD beta started. Which
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by napier 4y ago
This is open source. Github Copilot is not.
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by napier 4y ago
All I want is a laptop with mac quality case and components, magsafe equivalent and most of all... a direct sunlight readable screen (transreflective or something new and exotic). But honestly would happily take just about anything with a s
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That's part of the why but not the root of it. Underneath the social sanction element you mention is the fact that Japanese society raises people to give a thought for the sake of others, otherwise known in the west as manners / t
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by napier 4y ago
Thanks ever so much! Incredible. Not sure if you saw in the libgen thread next door, but I asked about this earlier today.
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by napier 4y ago
Is there a torrent available that would allow straightforward setup of locally storable and accessible Libgen library? For the storage rich but internet connection reliability poor, something like this would be a godsend.
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by napier 4y ago
This preprint published 2 days ago details detection of monkeypox virus in air and surface sampling of NHS hospitals treating cases: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.21.22277864v...
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by napier 4y ago
I've completely changed my mind after spending the last few days neck deep in it around the clock. Sleep is overrated! MidJourney is awesome and the way it's implemented within Discord is a masterstroke of elegant simplicity.
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"For individuals with infection who have evidence of lower respiratory tract involvement or severe systemic illness requiring hospitalisation, the possibility of airborne transmission has not been excluded." https://ww
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by napier 4y ago
I mean yes, you’re right insofar as it goes. However nothing I am aware of implies technical reasons linking these two variables into a necessarily inevitable trade-off. And it’s not only creative writing that’s been hobbled; GPT3 used to b
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by napier 4y ago
Thanks. Yeah fair point; I haven’t ponied up for a subscription yet so am still stuck in public channels and often find my generations get lost in the stream. Imagine you’re right and having the PM option would change the experience drastic
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GPT3 has seen similar lobotomization since its initial closed beta. Current davinci outputs tend to be quite reserved and bland, whereas when I first had the fortunate opportunity to experience playing with it in mid 2020, if often felt lik
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When these tools can generate layered tiff/psd images, polygon meshes and automate UV packing; then we’ll be talking.
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The only thing I don’t like about MidJourney is the Discord based interface. I think I can grok why Dave chose this route as it bakes in an active community element and allows users to pick up prompt engineering techniques osmotically… but
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Which parts of the world are these? I’ve used debit cards issued by various European and US banks for online payments all over the world since the ‘90s.
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Why don’t high speed rails buckle in southern Europe or Asia?
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That’s part of the idea. Another is, as parent suggests, survivability and stealth.
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Thanks for the respectful nudge and reminder that HN has some of the more thoughtful and nuanced content guidelines of any popular forum. The discussion tone fostered here is what makes this site enduringly great. I didn’t project my initi
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by napier 4y ago
Interesting points, although I’m not sure what they have to do with European history or invention of the steam engine. I can only presume you’ve benefited from a level of liberal arts education that I sorely lack.
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The thread title refers to the steam engine, and yes, I’m referring solely to mechanical engineering and by extension the scientific method. In no way intending to discuss or disparage the myriad achievements of other formerly extant cultur
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Creative straw man. Mind if I steal that as the basis of an alt history novel?
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Everything we observe and interact (procedurally or otherwise) with is code, especially recipes. This looks like a great one to try. I realize Github features also provide a 1:1 perfect match for recipes now you’ve drawn my attention to it.
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Glad to see this already pointed out!
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by napier 4y ago
This is the kind of use case I’d like to see more of! Less of the p-zombie copywriting neoplagiarism services with pot-luck output, more GPT-as-backend functional apps as productivity multipliers, if that makes sense.
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Neither of these hypotheses precludes the other.
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Good. Should be priced 10x higher for cruise ships and their passengers.
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Public universities and research institutes?
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by napier 4y ago
“Open access” journal fees are often accounted for by institutional affiliations or grant funding donors. The upside of upfront publication charges is that the research output isn’t paywalled and therefore ideally reaches more eyeballs and
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by napier 4y ago
Stay away from HSBC if you value your money and sanity. *unless you’re a drug cartel; I hear they get great service.

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