u/elforastero

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  1. 7points

    Books that feel like games? (self.printSF)

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  2. 284points

    Are you -ing kidding me? (i.redd.it) [Roundworld Reference]

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    Actividades para adolescentes? (self.lisboa) [Questão-Question]

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    Just read Lena... what books take this story further? (self.printSF)

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    Making a leather seat (not upholstery) (self.Leathercraft) [Question]

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    The Boxtrolls movie could be an honorary discworld sotry (self.discworld) [Roundworld Reference]

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    Vale a pena mudar de edp para galp? (self.lisboa) [Questão-Question]

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    And ideas on how can I improve on these portraits? (old.reddit.com) [Drawing]

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    How to improve on my portraits? I like doing them directly with ink for extra challenge. (old.reddit.com)

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  10. 1points

    How to improve on my portraits? I like doing them directly with ink for extra challenge. (old.reddit.com)

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  11. 1points

    How to improve on portraits? (self.learnart)

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  12. 37points

    Caimh McDonnell reference to Pterry (self.discworld) [Roundworld Reference]

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There's that joke about Luke's name in The Time Police series :)

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I've worked with those screens before. The failsafe method is to go to 8.8.8.8 Google's DNS

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I would love it to have an option to checkmark and change the line of color so i can create a wish-list 😄

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Two things I've done with almost no investment...

You could actually turn your double hand screw into a bench vice.... just screw it to the table :)

Also the biggest improvement for my tiny bench that was too light and move it a lot, was to use big screws and screw the bench itself to the wall..

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I've been thinking about this topic lately, and I have a theory: maybe AI will be the solution to this kind of problem. Like many people, I hate AI— its indiscriminate use, ecological impact, and the way it disrupts or destroys professions and lifehoods. But if there's one area where AI, and more specifically AI-generated "slop," might help, it's in making the Internet interesting again.

Originally, people published interesting content for others to read. When Google started monetizing ads, content was no longer created because it was engaging, but because it increased the number of ads shown and the number of users clicking on them—a vicious cycle.

People kept using Google not to find content, but to find answers. Today, those answers have been digested by AI. Thousands of institutional blogs and recipe sites with long personal stories have been assimilated and wiped out, leaving only the direct answer the user wants.

People will visit fewer websites because AI has all the answers. Ads will generate less revenue because fewer visitors will reach those dull, bloated pages. At the same time, AI slop will flood the Internet with blogs and social media posts until the money dries up and publishing websites is no longer a viable business.

But the Internet isn’t dead. In the beginning, people published not to make money, but because they wanted to be read. We visited blogs because they had content we cared about—favorite authors, niche stories, tiny groups of people that reflected our own personality. That kind of content can’t be assimilated and regurgitated by AI, because we don’t seek it for its utility, but for its voice.

When AI has killed off commercial content publishing, a new Internet—or perhaps the old Internet—will come back.

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I knew that part ....

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Celestial Matters:

In the world of Celestial Matters, Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian physics are valid scientific models of the surrounding world and cosmos. The Earth lies at the center of the universe, surrounded by crystal spheres which hold each of the planets, the sun and the moon, all enclosed in the sphere of the fixed stars. Earthly matter, composed of the classical four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, naturally moves in straight lines. Heavenly matter naturally rises and moves in circles. This is the universe as understood by the ancient Greeks.

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mas será que vale a pena em termos de preço?

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I haven't may be I should. I'm affraid that it will be harder to start again

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I've been running for over half a year, doing 5K almost any other day, and 10K the weekends. But since last week I wasn't able to perform becoming extra tried, more than previously. Any idea what's happening or how can I fix it?

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Garfield: tales of two kittens. The review just said "it was the worst of times"

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It's not a modal, more closer to a accordion

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What about something like this? https://codepen.io/anon/pen/goAIu