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Yes. Why wouldn’t it be?
Projections don’t have to be limited to the entire earth. You can subset the area represented and still apply a projection. (Though you do have a decision if you’re taking an arc-area to “re-align” your projecting shape so that it best fits your area. But that might be more complicated than you’re looking for, other projections best suited for your locale would be a better fit)
With modern concepts of 3D imagery, we must have solved this distortion problem.
? You’re still taking a three dimensional earth and displaying it on a 2d screen or plane. That will always have distortion on some axes. That’s not a technological “problem” to be “solved”, that’s just mathematical reality.
What, you don’t like mandatory fun? You don’t like pretending to be buddy buddy with the people who definitionally are part of a transactional relationship? You don’t enjoy being part of the workplace “family” that would disown you if you said the word union around them?
Gosh, I can’t believe it!
Based, fuck the categorical imperative lmao
We had that taight in our high school too!
(And as a totally unrelated fact I’m sure, our biology teacher was a major figure in our local church and was pro abstinence. Completely unrelated, of course)
I don’t think their point was just that it’s impossible to reproduce, more that there is skill, knowledge and choice put into getting close to the intended idea when working with AI output.
That’s interesting cuz I took their point as “you can put the exact same prompt into the stable diffusion and not get the same image each time, thus good luck trying to recreate the picture.” Which seemed to me to suggest the opposite point: That intentionality has a diminished role in creating ai images, so it serves even less of a role as art. You wouldn’t say someone sitting in front of a slot machine “intended” to get a cherry, bell, and bar on a specific pull, after all.
Often you aren’t ‘making’ the images that you capture,
But… you are though. Images would not exist without the photographer choosing to make them. Not to mention that many forms of photography (albiet older forms) have very real physical elements to them like dodge, burn, and film development. Even without those elements though, those images would not exist without the effort, intention, and presence of the photographer. The photographer also makes the conscious decision about what photos not to take, because they don’t align to their message. Intention is at every step of the process and that invites us to explore the meaning of their work.
Contrast that with AI art. The only intention you have is your prompt and choice of model. I would argue the fact that ai prompters need to “get close to” what they want their piece to say, rather than making the piece say what they want it to say, shows how starved for meaning the products are.
but there is skill and artistry in the choices that capture the moment or picture you want.
I don’t disagree with what you’re saying. But I will say that skill is not what makes art art. Skill can make you a better artist, but someone without skills can make art.
I don’t really get how this is a counter point. I don’t think anyone is contending that the pictures produced are reproducible by the same means. They’re contending that the method of production isn’t “making” art and they aren’t an artist for starting the production process.
It’s sort of like when rich people go to space and call themselves an astronaut. People have an idea of what an astronaut does and it isn’t just “space tourist.” If you fired back with “you try spending that much money and see how easy it is” then that wouldn’t answer the point of why people don’t want to call space tourists “astronauts.”
Also big shout-out to local community radio
Seriously, if you have a station in town, tune in. Listen, learn the hosts names, follow them on social media if you use it, subscribe to their RSS feeds, share their stuff, throw some money their way if you can. If this moment is inspiring you to break away from American media and hegemony, let it inspire you to uplift those creators around you.
Special thanks to 91.3 CJTR in Regina, I’ve learned about some weird cool music from y’all
One time I almost missed a train leaving from Toronto going west to a connector – not cuz I was on the wrong platform, I was on the right one (it even said it on the displays). But the train had come to a stop for pickups earlier on the same platform. I didn’t notice until a worker on a different platform waved me down and called to me that I was too far out. Made it with like seconds before doors closed.
Still love trains though, just wish it was easier to know where you’re supposed to stand.
The number of times I’ve gotten fast food sandwiches with like the paper wrapping, and I look down and see a little bite mark on the wrapping?
Let’s just say I’m good on fibre
I made some pork tenderloin recently. Came out a little dry even though I took it out right as it got 150° unfortunately, but it’s still good if you put the juices over it before eating.
I don’t know what it is about the British Isles but they produce some of the most bat shit insane takes I’ve ever read. “This person made me late to school one time, so she should spend an extra month in prison.” Like that is the most lead micromoles per litre of blood I’ve seen written in text.
Oh that was a desire path? Lmao, been an alum for years but always thought that was just Meant To Be There™️
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Not that I disagree, but let’s not throw stoves in brass houses
Everyone saying to rtfm has not lived in rental housing with the landlord special dish washer. You can only rtfm when you have tm.
But anyway, putting a bit of soap in with your pre wash isn’t a bad idea. Maybe not a whole tablet but then again, maybe they never thought to look for powdered soap before. I certainly didnt until I watched the technology connections video.
Until recently? Did something happen recently to change this? (Genuine question, I’ve only heard good things about the Costco ceo)
Green colourless ideas sleep furiously-ass sentence
Do you have any thoughts on this image?
What a weird rule, do you know why it exists ?
Accessibility. A blind person (or someone who just can’t see that well, or who wants to read it at a different font and sizing level) has the opportunity to read this in text form with a screen reader or with adjusted view settings. But those don’t work with images (screen readers may if the image has alt text).
Ease of search. If someone wanted to find this post down the line, they are not able to search the actual text of the post because it’s an image.
Quality. In all honesty, what is gained by this post being an image instead of text? What is the visual element adding that couldn’t be accomplished with italics and bolding?
What should i have done to post this information then ?
Copy it and treat it as a quote in your written post (same place you put your source). You can add formatting to it if you want to emphasize parts.
You’ve replied to another comment in the thread indicating that you get it, so nice! But just in case other readers are looking here, I’ll reply to your comment here as though you were someone else.
No, computer (monitors/screens) cannot represent depth. Those are still 2d planes, and cannot represent 3d information without distortion. When computers calculate and display depth, they do so through illusion of depth, perspective, and parallax.
This is not a technological problem, it’s physical and mathematical. You cannot consolidate 3d information into 2d information without distorting something.
We still use projections on maps, both paper and electronic. Because we must. They are the only way of taking 3d information and rendering it to 2d information. All projections have distortions, and the map makers takes her pick of what she is distorting (usually size and shape, but it could be direction or continuity a la Waterman Butterfly.) There is nothing special about computers compared to doing a projection by hand, other than it’s much faster to do it on a computer.
“Stretching it out flat” is projection*. It may appear to be less distorted to your human eyes because you’re zooming in continually as you scroll your mouse, so it looks like it all blends in together. But that doesn’t mean it’s actually more accurate or less distorted than a map with a reasonably chosen projection for the area. Because you fundamentally cannot take a 3d object and make it 2d while keeping all the information. (Try it yourself! Try to peel an orange while keeping its peel entirely intact and while making the peel come out in a rectangle. No cutting off bits allowed, we want that peel to come right back to wrapping around the orange after.)