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thomastraum
·25일 전·discuss
they call it Promethean Spas... Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver.
thomastraum
·지난달·discuss
Ta da, this is the kind of future that will become the actual one, to everyone's surprise in the comment section.
thomastraum
·2개월 전·discuss
fantastic work.

PSA: if you still think its not the time to fight for your rights for the status quo in privacy you will come to regret it. If you are the type of person who reads this type of news and thinks: "cool the system is working, it'll sort itself out" you will come to regret it.

you will need to become more active or it will be taken away
thomastraum
·3개월 전·discuss
Love Zed.
thomastraum
·4개월 전·discuss
made this when youtube api dropped around 2007 in flash. was called TraumTV
thomastraum
·6개월 전·discuss
I quite like this. I am your customer possibly. will bookmark
thomastraum
·8개월 전·discuss
I love how you can think about any of these ideas in a really basic way like a 5 year old and you'll know intuitively that it'll all fail, particularly if you invert it:

for example:

- bureaucracy creates less bureaucracy

- price controls create more supply

- adding more rules creates more freedom

- government is good at understanding technology

- the more people you have the better your decisions will be

- the further someone is from a problem, the better they can solve it

etc
thomastraum
·9개월 전·discuss
I used it ! and what a hero!! thank you thank you thank you!
thomastraum
·10개월 전·discuss
I am just working on a tool using websearch and iterating over different providers.

openAI, xAI, gemini all suffer from not being allowed on respective competitor sites.

this searched works for me with some quick tests well on YT videos, which OpenAI web search can't access. It kind of failed on X but sometimes returned ok relevant results. Definitely hit and miss but on average good
thomastraum
·2년 전·discuss
The point is by doing you become really good in creative fields. in any field. Prompting is not doing. What makes you a really good programmer? Writing code.

the pursuit of mastery is at the essence of any craft.
thomastraum
·2년 전·discuss
Sorry, but this is a 5th-grade take everyone on tech-heavy forums loves.

Only some people can make Star Wars (the pinnacle of independent filmmaking if you read Lucas's biography). It has nothing to do with the tools.

IP in the arts is how artists get paid.

I can assure you that no one in the creative industry feels liberated by these tools. Do you realise that just because you are good at lighting, you don't want to be an actor and make a movie? No, you like to be good at lightning, work with others who are good at what you do, and create a great work of art together.

AI imagery only knows what exists. It's tough to make it do innovative technical effects and great new lightning. "oh my god, stock video sites are dead" Yes, exactly; stock, by definition, is commoditised.
thomastraum
·2년 전·discuss
I am a CG artist and Director and this made me so sad. I am watching in horror and amazement. I am not anti AI at all, but being on the wrong side of efficiency, for the individual this is heartbreaking. its so much fun to make CG and create shots and the reason its hard (just like anything) makes it rewarding.