Folks, I am doing a study on authors and their views on AI as part of my dayjob. If you are a fiction author then I would love to see you participate! Full recruitment letter & link are below, threaded.
I'm sure those links are fine, but I'm also Gen X, with boomer parents and Silent Gen grandparents, so I'm unsure where you're wanting to take this conversation?
There's a universal constant on book drama. There has to be a bad one from within the community at least once ever 2 months.
I don't think any Hollywood actor would've been allowed fully naked without a C-string in a non-closed off public situation. It seems like an insurance disaster
Which is obviously much worse than the situation now when his crotch will be photoshopped into Elder Horrors
Oh god that's a level of luxury all on it's own! Just below them just bringing a whole furniture to your home that you can immediately use.
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The who and the whatnow? The saviour? In Dune?????
We fired a bunch of the people making our products [wild cheers from investors] and in the coming year we are going to have products made with a new process we're calling "magic" [investors start screaming and throwing their Platinum cards around]
Tbh, it's slightly less than I was expecting. Which speaks more about the general price of artist supplies rather than me having too much money on me 🥲
THIS.
"Boycotting" an election doesn't send the message that you're unhappy, because it doesn't lose them money like it would for a business. You're not the nation's customer.
Refusing to vote sends the message that you're fine with whatever result you get, that other people can decide for you.
An old painting features beetles and a dragonfly. The Years Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 1 is the title.
Now open to submissions, “The Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Volume 1.”
Why…? WHY NOT!
Submit your previously published (in 2023) stories for consideration before April 2nd!
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Even if for some reason you don’t think generative AI is copyright theft, or don’t care about the industries it disrupts and jobs it destroys, or aren’t bothered by the very low quality of what it actually produces, its environmental impact alone should be enough to quit using it.
For whoever needs to hear it today: taking precautions to avoid catching covid does NOT make you an "anxious" person!! It's not unreasonable to want to keep yourself/others healthy! Anyone who says you're a burden or should "compromise" by putting yourself at risk should go kick rocks for eternity.
so funny when conservatives get riled at stephen king and try pretending hes irrelevant. hes literally one of most successful writers in human history and theyre like 'try havin an opinion once you find some success mr king now back to my podcast on freedomgoof dot biz dot truth'
photo of a group of 5 Action Man dolls in different poses in their underwear
He looks like an Action Man doll. With less clothes.
Please post How To when you find out. I need to know 🥲
guys how can i have a day job and hobbies and a social life AND make comics i can't 😭
I do understand the itch to peek what the readers are saying. What artist wouldn't want to know? But like... it's kind of like trying on clothes in the store dressing room: you're only going to get a distorted view with bad lighting, even on a good day. Don't do it unless you're secure in your work
WAY too sexual for $15
screen grab from the Paddington movie. A close up of Paddington bear looking disapproving and stern, with a fraction of subtitles saying "It's called a hard stare".
Oh, good call. Maybe just this then
My default startled interaction is some kind of a threat to the other person's life, in a jovial tone.
Then the quick realization we don't know each other like that, followed by spontaneous combustion.
I feel like slapping could be done with anything depending on how bad the offered price is
I "love" spending a LOT of time not communicating with other people with my vocal cords (or like, at all), so that when I finally do get into a communication situation, I have no idea how to human anymore, and will just default to being a horror
So: I'm sorry if you had to experience that
Not even a complimentary slap on the wrist and a stern look?
in a non-lethal way
it'll be your... soupe de grâce
The dragon gets it. 📉📈
