What is your most "Fuck you, this is actually awesome?" take?
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you’re gonna get endlessly downvoted here on lemmy for this but if it makes you feel any better i work in ML/AI and feel the same way as you and the other guy here comparing it to computerized art.
people are really anthropocentric, short-sighted, and reactionary.
i’m not convinced by weird capitalist myths of “originality” or “the human touch” or whatever weird fetishizing they wanna do…
all art is predicated on that which came before, human or not. AI art is no different. artists shouldn’t be subject to the economy in such a way that something like generative art inspires such societal rage… in china genAI is popular with the youth and generally bc artists and artisans in china aren’t exploited the way they are in the west and are free to view genAI as a tool rather than a threat. why western commission artists direct their anger and rage at the machines putting their oppression on full display and not towards their oppressors and handlers themselves fucking confounds me. maybe people really are just, on average, kind of dumb. i keep looking for alternatives but nothing ever shows itself.
The fact you think all art is predicated on what came before is absolutely stupid.
If thats true, there would never have been anything new created. Ai slop generators CANT make anything new because they are limited on their (massively) illegally scraped input.
Also thinking that originality and human experience are capitalist myths is quite humorous, that is a new take.
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Owning a pickup truck is pretty awesome, and I don’t think I’ll ever buy a different type of vehicle again.
Mentioning it online gets hate, but in real life people keep coming up to me, complimenting how nice it looks, asking questions about it, and kids give me thumbs up when I drive by. All of that is just a bonus on top of the fact that I love driving it and the way it looks - and that’s all that really matters.
I agree with 95% of FuckCars. Cars should not be the default in our society. Cars are at the root of why our cities suck so bad. We need to do as much as we can towards walkability, bikability, and public transportation. Cars won't go away completely, but they don't have to be so prevalent.
The 5% where FuckCars goes wrong is people who don't know anything about cars talking about cars. Their treatment of trucks vs vans is one of those. Vans are useful for trades, and so are trucks. Let the workers decide which one they prefer for their job.
Those workers usually don't need an F150 the size of a small house. They don't even want an F150 the size of a small house. That doesn't mean a van is necessarily what they want.
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What I mean is like, what do you think is unironically awesome, even if people now think its cringe or stupid?
While there were some truly awful moments in the last season of game of thrones, danaerys' arc was not one of them. Her going nuts was hinted at from the beginning and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
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Owning a pickup truck is pretty awesome, and I don’t think I’ll ever buy a different type of vehicle again.
Mentioning it online gets hate, but in real life people keep coming up to me, complimenting how nice it looks, asking questions about it, and kids give me thumbs up when I drive by. All of that is just a bonus on top of the fact that I love driving it and the way it looks - and that’s all that really matters.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Out of curiosity, why did you buy it? It's so big and seems like a safety hazard for people, wasteful as well.
What would've convinced you to switch back to something else? Or what would convince others to do so?
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While there were some truly awful moments in the last season of game of thrones, danaerys' arc was not one of them. Her going nuts was hinted at from the beginning and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
Everytime a Targaryen is born, the gods throw a dice
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While there were some truly awful moments in the last season of game of thrones, danaerys' arc was not one of them. Her going nuts was hinted at from the beginning and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
wrote last edited by [email protected]The problem isn’t the heel turn, the problem was that it happened on like 4 episodes. Rushed and lacked the time to show motive.
Of course a Targaryen would go insane in their lust for power. The game of thrones consumes everyone.
It just sucks that the show runners were like “and then she goes nuts and loses it all ok? The end. We’re gonna fuck off and make Stsr Wars now.” and it was so bad they even lost from Star Wars lol
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Rings of Power
While it is not perfect, a lot of criticism of the show is insane or plain dishonest. It became a playing ground for shit stirring and easy rage bait.
Death Stranding
The worst game I ever loved. Yes, the story and dialogue gets weird towards the end. Yes, Kojima keeps over explaining everything almost pathologically. Yes, I only played the Directors Cut, which I have been told reworked most of the game into a better state. And yes, I got PTSD from getting called after every single mission. But if you keep driving vehicles into terrain that obviously isn’t suited to be driven on, or otherwise try to bend the gameplay to your liking instead of accepting how it is supposed to be played, maybe you should play something else.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I love how some people criticize Kojima for beating you over the head with unsubtle themes, but then the other half of people are like "this game made no sense so I deliver packages and then people talk about ropes a lot and why are there hands everywhere"
Edit: just adding this on, of course Kojima is trying to reach as many people as possible with his art, even those with poor media literacy. But it only just occurred to me how that in itself is so reminiscent of Sam pushing to connect people, even the ones who are remote or obstinate.
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Speaking as a Texan, I associate the worst of truck driving with “being an ass.” It’s not always true, but man, if someone’s gonna cut me off just to be a jerk, it’s usually a lifted abomination.
This though:
This is fine.
No, it’s magnificent.
That looks like a huge truck, there's nothing small about it.
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That small red truck is a truck of a man who truly is masculine. Doesn't give a shit what other people think, needs it to carry supplies, and didn't want to waste any money.
Giant lifted trucks are the opposite of masculine. They're for showing off, desperately trying to get people to notice them, they arely if ever haul anything (if they even can anymore with the lift), and they wasted huge amounts of money.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I dunno, chief. That "small" red truck is big as well. And the stuff in there will still get wet. Much more practical to have a van.
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I think those huge American trucks are cool too, but the size is more of an inconvenience than it’s worth, and they stand out and draw too much attention - which is a big reason I didn’t get one. I’m honestly surprised by how much attention even my ’07 mid-size Nissan gets, but luckily it’s all been positive.
What's cool about an energy slurping vehicle that's a danger to children and adults alike? It only serves to trick men into thinking their fragile tiny tick gets bigger with that car.
The bigger the car, the smaller the ego, generally. Better to just work on themselves and bicycle. That's truly good.
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Crucially, that wouldn't be better carried in a van.
Are you paid by some truck company? Vans absolutely better carry. They also have cover, so the stuff you carry doesn't get wet.
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Why does that matter though? A van is just as big and heavy with even worse visibility around you.
wrote last edited by [email protected]You're aware that mirrors exist, right? And that vans also often have back windows?
And that the visibility is actually worse with those big trucks?Yer talkin' bull, lad.
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Trucks are fun, 100%. Id love a small truck with a tow package, i don't need a gigantic Ram child-flattener but having something versatile and tall enough to clear some obstacles is always nice. RIP that little Mazda i got circa 2007 for $500 with no working gauges and a fuel leak, when it felt like driving i loved it.
Honestly if those Slate (is that right? Im still half asleep) trucks take off I may get one
Just get a van instead, bro. They're way more practical.
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I actually want to get a pick-up truck for furniture, not like one of these road monsters, but something reasonable, like a 2 seater with lots a bed space. Like an old Chevy or something.
Get a van instead. Don't start becoming part of the problem.
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What is no man's sky
A space exploration video game. It had a famously bad launch, because the director had over-promised on basically every single feature. It was massively anticipated because the director had hyped it up so much. And when it launched, players quickly discovered that many of the promised features were only half finished, or were missing entirely. The backlash was swift, but the company said they planned to keep working on the game.
And now many years later, the game is actually fairly solid, and basically meets the original promises. But at launch, it definitely didn’t.
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The fact you think all art is predicated on what came before is absolutely stupid.
If thats true, there would never have been anything new created. Ai slop generators CANT make anything new because they are limited on their (massively) illegally scraped input.
Also thinking that originality and human experience are capitalist myths is quite humorous, that is a new take.
it can be true and new things can be created, and if you understood how large systems of data worked you would clearly understand how these aren’t mutually exclusive. creativity is different from originality. one is real, the other doesn’t actually exist.
please, name even a single piece of media that is wholly original from all of human history. i’ll wait. there isn’t one. everything takes pieces of everything else.
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I dunno, chief. That "small" red truck is big as well. And the stuff in there will still get wet. Much more practical to have a van.
Oh completely agree - but if forced to choose between those two types of trucks I know which one I'd say is more reasonable.
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Not a truck guy, but I've had enough vans to know that not having an open top REALLY reduces the potential of what you can put in the back.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Well, that's clearly bull. They got the same space and on top of that, they provide cover. Opens up a lot more options for stuff that shouldn't get wet.
And likewise, you can also park easier with them (they have back windows too). Plus, they are safer. If stuff sticks out of the car that's a transport hazard right there.
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Steven Universe. The online fandom was insane. The actual show was incredible.
Yeah, the fandom is… Not great. It’s basically just an American anime, but the online fans are rabid.
It honestly reminds me of the fandom for Undertale. If you only ever play the game, you’ll have a wonderful time. But if you ever do some online searches to try to dig into it further or find people to discuss it with, you’ll quickly discover that the online fandom is extremely toxic.
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Vibe coding has a niche, which is people who can read, understand, and debug code, but can't remember the syntax or can't be arsed to write everything manually. It's good for blocking in right now, basically, and that's an entirely valid use of the technology
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yes please.
- I’ve found ai useful as a tool especially when switching context to a different language or framework, as a quicker way to get the syntax and features, to generate a first approximation. It works and saves time
- vibe coding is a horrendous waste of my time doing code reviews. Don’t people look at the slop their tool generates and try to refine it? Why is it ok to waste my time like this?
Edit: just did yet another code review generated with “vibe coding” and there is so much slop that will create maintainability issues in the future - did everyone forget the truism that code is much more expensive to maintain than to create? So much duplicated code, misleading names, useless and excessive tests, hard-coded strings duplicated, etc. …… and I found an entire generated function very close to identical to one the same guy already created
