They might be past their best by date…

I find that when I’m looking for very specific things Google is still king but DDG is much better for broad strokes.

It was kinda broken for a year or so but they apparently updated it recently and made it a lot harder to attack/DDOS.

I really do love the format. Everyone slept on it and its like 4k streaming no-hiccups essentially. Every frame is rendered. Action is fast.

I might just go back to blu-ray at this point. HBO still has my money because they generally seem to give a shit about quality at least.

StableDiff is really good at making Ghibli images, or at least reference points.

Elongating this meme with a “Red” on the other side with a burning hot coal ember haha…

Oh, now that’s a great steak!

Hey it’s better than the whiskey habit I picked up from Mad Men haha.

Honestly if they are close enough to what you like it can be manageable. A critic that knows enough about themselves to understand why people like things they don’t they can be very worthwhile.

Some critics notably just don’t like action movies. An action movie B for them is probably a solid A for most.

Also for as much hate as it gets, places like Pitchfork where critics actually speak their mind are important.

I’m thinking the world just needs more one-off prolific critics that really give you how they feel about things. It’s funny that IGN is talking here, as they are very well known for being paid off and using the 70-100 rating scale so they don’t piss anyone off.

It’ll be like when everyone started using Google maps and now they just drive 40 mph through the neighborhoods instead of waiting an extra minute on a major road.

I have a few different drives that I mirror my documents folder to, then upload the most important stuff to cloud and thumb drive too.

You made me really interested in this concept so I asked GPT-4 what the furthest word away from the word “vectorization” would be.

Interesting game! If we’re aiming for a word that’s conceptually, contextually, and semantically distant from “vectorization,” I’d pick “marshmallow.” While “vectorization” pertains to complex computational processes and mathematics, “marshmallow” is a soft, sweet confectionery. They’re quite far apart in terms of their typical contexts and meanings.

It honestly never ceases to surprise me. I’m gonna play around with some more. I do really like the idea that it’s essentially a word calculator.

For memory Samsung all day. Micro/SD cards etc the big camera manufacturers source solid stuff if you aren’t a fan of Samsung.

If you’re talking about readers I don’t think anyone does anything particularly well. Anker might be my preferred brand though. Lots of companies rip them off.

Dude probably didn’t want a Forbes headline at all. I don’t think his personality holds up well to basic scrutiny for the public at large. If my dad for instance asks me about him he’s already lost.

I’d love to see some sort of local star universe map that shows what everything is looking at!

It doesn’t “know” anything. It can’t solve that problem. It’s trained on humans so it’s limited to what we have written down.

I love ChatGPT but if it’s creative it’s because you asked it the right questions and found an oblique answer yourself.

I’ve noticed this as well. It unfortunately tends to sway the masses. If they can pick out one thing or can say an individual reason it’s better than something else it immediately has 100x credibility in my eyes.

“Wow great product and service! The seller shipped on time and delivered promptly”

VS

“I got this because it’s red and I like that more than the green option from OtherSeller. Still kinda ok but I got what I want.”

Especially on Amazon the first one is just insane. It has no identifying details and could relate to anything.

Yeah this is amazing! I’m surprised it’s not on some internetisbeautiful type page.

People are insane to not want tech like the Fediverse to grow. I guess people have their hang ups though.