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Thinking over this "magical" tech. A distinctive painting style is one of the biggest goals for an artist. Producing unique stroke and clear expression takes years of hard work and experimentation. An artist decides to sell prin
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You are an artist, I assume, or not? Why you don't invent AI financial revolution to remove the banks from the financial system and just say to them: I agree that AI can help banks with scaling up. The funny part is that this already
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Since when "speeding up" is a marker of quality? I see someone writing prompts, not drawing or painting at all:) So exciting. Right? Hey Michelangelo, you are deadly slow, we will give you this speedup brush to meet the Quarterl
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Flippant? I am amazed at people who cut their bread trough technology and cannot grasp Exponential growth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth When Sars2 come two and a half years ago (the end of 2019), I r
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Sorry, whichever way you flip this, Inspiration is used again and again to hide the real intent of this technology: To remove artistic contribution from the corporate expenses list. Period. And this is just the beginning. Illustrators are t
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Is there someone in the illustrator community who is not excited about this meaningful technology? So cool. You don't have a job anymore. As a start, you will get less money. Why I have to pay you when GPT 3 can generate prompts for DA
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Surveillance capitalism, transhumanism, AI government, tech overlords. People have no guts or comprehension to revolt. We are an easy target for the combination of psychology and technology hacks which is “bestowed” upon us. For some time
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>But then the computing world isn't the same, and my needs aren't the same. Strongly disagree, the needs are the same, the interfaces and information flow are different. This is not a reason to abandon basic UX and UI principle
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Apple should accept the old Mac OS X HIG principles and make them mandatory. The UX is so broken, that in some moments I have Windows Vista reminiscence. But hey, I am an old user. I should move away and say: Yes Apple, you know better than
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Thanks for your request, I am working on a show (series of experimental paintings) but I have a principle of not sharing on HN personal stuff. In this way, when I speak here, I have no filter and no self-censuring mechanism is applied.:)
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I always had a clear baseline in life. Avoid self-inflicted suffering. To keep an open eye on my own internal biases, I always remind myself that in this very moment on this Big Blue Planet, there are millions of people starving and sufferi
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Practice towards what goal? To be the next Banksy? To be a millionaire? In my experience, practice has a limit. After a lot of hours I can code decently, and my stuff is working, but one of my developers which is in his twenties can outper
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Correct. Creating design and products serves others. Painting is personal. In my view, this is the difference between art and design. When creating art, I share my personal vision and emotions. Design is 'function over form', the
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I have no kids and cannot reflect on the fear/hope part. Life is too complex to be predicted in general, we choose our own path alone. All that can attest to is that in my darkest moments, painting has given me a shelter and hope. When
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I have learned to love the grind. The grind/business part gives me the resources to paint or do the things that I like. But this is personal, I don't have a universal solution. All of my colleagues (at the company) share the same
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A little life story: I had commercial success in art at the humble age of 23. Not only were my paintings respected and collected by accomplished and wealthy individuals, they formed commissions for years to come. My success was the result o
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In the case of the Cinema, the official policy for replacement was tied to dead pixels. Not to my professionally deformed eye in search for the perfect and evenly lit display. AppleCare+ helped in this situation a lot. Don't get me wro
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Just one of many examples in my 20+ years of using Apple computers and hardware, personally and professionally, for my company employees. First Cinema Display 30". In my country of origin, at the time, the cost was comparable to a seco
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First rule of a longtime Apple user: Never be an early adopter. Second rule of a longtime Apple user: Always use AppleCare+. Third rule of a longtime Apple user: When you have a problem with your beloved Apple hardware, always have a pile o
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You are wrong, about me. My higher education is theological. I have read some old books. I have a lot of Jewish friends, which have the ability to avoid "antisemitic" label when faced with a constructive question. I put ethical pr
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Sorry in advance, to be the goyim and ask: Do you have doubts in this privileged model of thinking, or you enjoy the power and then intellectualize the outcome. Because we as the stupid ones can "hurt ourselves" and we need the &q
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I trust the experts on this. Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life. "That’s not a slippery slope; that’s a fully built system just waiting for external pressure to make
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No. And I don't think CSAM is gone. By demonstrating the capability to the governments, Apple actually created a demand for the technology. Politico reports that the European Union is planning on announcing a new law requiring tech gia
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I still use Apple computers for design work, properly monitored by Little Snitch and some modifications on my router. We all have opinions. And I have invested a ton of money in Apple products in 20+ years of usage. Constructive criticism i
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After CSAM, I switched the main office machines to Manjaro. A lot of my colleagues sold their beloved iPhones and moved to De-Googled Android. Luckily, the fiasco with Little Snitch was resolved, and I can enjoy a mac for occasional design
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My mistake. He has some JS skills, logically. I have not included it in the description.
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Thanks for your answer. So I have to provide two versions of my videos. One with and one without BM. This will increase production effort, but will give me a safe zone for my audience.
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Ask HN: I don't want to be a product designer anymore. What is my path forward?
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I don't challenge your idea that I am a "Russian" bot. Assume what you want. Just in case of curiosity and if you want to explore another perspective, listen to this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQiHI
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Ok. So we will expect Ukraine to gain the territory back and win Crimea until the end of the year. Right? After all, Russians are defeated already. According to you. They will collapse economically, and Russian people will revolt and remove

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