Geck geck what the heck

Would you guys like to see the mighty ophiuchus?

Got one note so BOOM here he is

SNEAKY FELLAS  👀

i’m feeling good about dragon diversity tonight!! dragons can just look like whatever and it’s all good. there are barely any design limits which i think is pretty neat :)

dragon:

also a perfectly acceptable dragon:

it’s great! 

(oh shit they’re in love!!)

CUTE

the reason why im postin abt the gila monster 2day is bc like

this is their face. & this is their skulls

A computer science student named Priyanjali Gupta, studying in her third year at Vellore Institute of Technology, has developed an AI-based model that can translate sign language into English.

This is what we need AI for. Not generating pictures using millions of stolen pieces of art, or generating shitty false articles using the stolen work of hundreds of thousands of writers. AI can be good, and it can be used for good things. This is an incredible feat and I hope Priyanjali gets the recognition and support she deserves for this amazing project.

It's funny how everyone who hate image generators are perfectly ok with AI taking jobs from people who AREN'T artists. (Yes, people do make their livings by translating ASL / BSL to spoken language)

Training data is the fig leaf you hide behind to make it look like you are arguing for more than naked protectionism, but there always seems to be SOMEONE you are ok with getting screwed so long as it isn't YOU, and it's always someone doing work you think has no value.

Demand for translation significantly outstrips availability of translators, especially in remote areas or emergency situations. The idea that this screws over translators the same way art/writing theft has screwed over artists/writers is a serious stretch.

As someone who was recently in Fukui, this isn't even scratching the surface of how mad the town is for dinosaurs.

For example, here is the outside of the train station:

If you thought that they were only outside the station, think again!

The last dinosaur has a crab, because the region is known for seafood.

You can even buy coffee emblazoned with dinosaurs!

And that's not even getting into how you get to the nearby Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. Behold, the Dino-Liner:

And if you're like, man I don't know how the museum will top all of these dinosaurs, boy do I have news for you.

And then you get to the cafe:

But, eventually, it was time to head back to the train station...on the dino bus.

a 🔺 is the strongest shape 😏

Iron Widow by @xiranjayzhao

Art by Paul Rabaud

Ruler of my heart

all software should be open source wtf. u expect me to run this on my own computer without knowing what its doing???

car manufacturers dont weld the hoods shut to keep ppl from copying their engines. books arent written with a military-grade cipher to avoid plagiarism. and we dont let food have "secret formulas" anymore bc too often one of the "secret ingredients" was fucking lead

when ur distributing a product to the public u forfeit the right to hide whats inside it, u dont get to hand out a black box and expect ppl to just trust u when u totally swear it doesnt have a microphone inside

The first prototype of the Sinosauropterix im planning on selling on etsy! I’ve already sold stuff like this at craft markets but i wanna go online since craft markets tend to only be around holidays and idk how ill eat in the meantime. Im going to make a line of dino felts including hopefully Spinosaurus, velociraptor and others! His eyes are alot easier to make out in person you can see the irises and orange better ive been trying to get it to pick up for ages now…

Also wondering if i should go with cartoony eyes like my old models or these more cutsy realistic ones, my irl friends like the realistic ones but i think the old ones have more personality but idk

Blue Moo(n) - 1.5 hours

was somehow appalled to discover that by adjusting the hue i could make them Normal.

I think people tend to forget that herbivores are incredibly dangers.

Carnivores you can bluff. They have to decide you are worth the risk of being injured and possibly starving. They must hunt.

Herbivores don't hunt. They don't have to consider the risk of injury and possibly starvation.

Hippos are the most dangerous species. Not Lions.

There are so many paralells between Luka, Sua, and Ivan its crazy. Because in this world where aliens are the dominant species, the three of them all resign themselves to being puppets for the aliens.

Ivan does this by becoming the perfect pet, becoming the best in his class and winning trophies for his owner as well as becoming the image for his owners brand. He doesn’t fight back and instead he plays into his role

Sua was able to rid herself of all of her emotions before meeting Mizi. Able to just sit there for hours, unmoving because she knows theres no point. She does what is told of her and just becomes a doll

Luka wins the 49th season of alien stage and continues on to become a famous idol, even with a whole fanbase and continues to play his role well. He’s a great actor who never falters on stage.

However, because Sua and Ivan were in love, they willingly broke themselves out of their roles. Sua went from being a doll with high hopes for winning to dying the first round. Ivan gave up his chances of winning to save Till, but Luka has no one he wants to save, so he continues to be the doll aliens wanted him to be.

Ok the guy with the net fucking killed me, I’m sure my neighbors heard me laughing.

School shootings. They don’t want you to hide guns.

This is where we are, folks. We’ve come to the point where they’re demanding that children carry all of their school supplies in hand so that they don’t have to do anything about the gun violence problem in this shithole of a country.

I love malicious compliance

HISTORY COMES FULL CIRCLE, HOLY SHIT I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY’RE STILL DOING THIS TO KIDS. 

They did this shit at my school way back when Columbine had just happened!

Naturally, we invented all sorts of bullshit ways to carry our shit, because what the fuck, we need backpacks. 

My favourites included: 

-Fishing rod with twine tied around two pencils and a small pocket notebook.

-Tons of people got those little clear plastic bags they have in grocery stores for fruit and shit, and used them as see-through pencil cases 

Note: THEY PROCEEDED TO THEN ALSO BAN THE BAGS AS “CHOKING HAZARDS”. WE WERE NOT THREE YEAR OLDS. OUR HEADS DIDN’T EVEN FIT IN THE FUCKING BAGS, AND BELIEVE ME, WE TRIED AS SOON AS THEY ANNOUNCED THE BAN, BECAUSE MOST OF US WOULD RATHER HAVE DIED THAN BEEN IN FUCKING SCHOOL BY THAT POINT. DID THEY THINK WE WERE GONNA STUFF THE BAGS DOWN OUR THROATS? CHRIST.)

-One kid dressed up like a priest and used the loose fabric of the cassock to carry three text books around all day. 

-Someone hollowed out a fucking loaf of bread, pretended to be French all day, and made a show out of pulling a ridiculous number of highlighters out of this fucking bread in the middle of class. 

Now that I think about it, I think that kid invented Panera Bread by accident. Y’know, the little bread soup bowls? This was that, but with highlighters instead of soup. 

Eventually, things escalated, and the principal called the police after he went to the parking lot and found his car broken into– Nothing was stolen, but there were about 5000 fucking backpacks stuffed in his car, to the point that the door wouldn’t even open.

I don’t know who did it, or what group of people did it, but they’re all fucking heroes because the next week backpacks were permitted again.