#blegs

[jadagul]

Anyone have a good example of a proof that looks kind of like a poem when it's written out? I'm sure I've seen these before but none are especially occurring to me.

#math #bleg

[delladuck]

yay my hand slipped and i drew more from @justaboot’s fic

also bonus human donald and della screenshot redraw:

#ducktales #my art #bleg hopefully the comic is in an adequate enough format so it can be read somewhat smoothly #2am posting on a thursday <3 #idc about class i only care about ducktales

[grippysockgangg]

No bitch has all 3

Looks

Personality

A gastric system that isn’t trying to murder them

#I’m going to rip my stomach out #bleg

[nocturnalsleuth]

work doodles ft. an old meme

#ns posts #doodles #villainous #villanos #bleg #villainous save me... save me... save me villainous... #staff please answer my support ticket... let me update my password without an email... or change emails...

[bebopbonko]

WOAH MORE WANDERSONG STUFF

Edit: omfg I forgot Bleg’s hat in the last one…

#artwork #digital illustration #drawing #digital art #sketch #wandersong #bleg #kiwi #kiwi wandersong #miriam #bread #put it in a toaster #for 2 minutes #put some butter on it #toast #… #free me from these shackles mortal

[centrally-unplanned]

AI Art discourse is so hyper-priviledged from the “freelance artist” perspective that creates a ton of false ideas about how art is consumed and produced. I hear this “art without the intent of an artist behind it is meaningless” argument being so dominant and it is just laughably wrong in so many contexts. Most visual art is for-a-purpose! I do not care about the ‘intent’ of the illustrative diagram of capital stock flows in my econ textbook, or the logo for a kombucha company, or the banner image for a WSJ article. They do a job, setting tone or creating a brand or communicating information. 

So much art actually does, like, no job! Those images on say finance articles, its just like...walls of text are scary? So you need to give your eyes a break? But they are fucking cowards and won’t put pics of hot anime chicks in the middle of their discussion of the carried interest loophole so they pretend by making the image ‘topical’ its adding value. That is all it does! Intent of the artist isn’t relevant in the slightest.

And that doesn’t even begin to touch the reality of making big, commercial art. if you are doing say animation in modern toolsets like Toonz they have automated in-betweening tools; you draw keyframe A, keyframe B, you need frames in between to smooth the motion, and the program draws the inbetweens for you. That is AI art! Its been used for years now. Advances in AI  will make that more powerful, you can get better results, draw less frames, etc as that improves.

In animation so much art is made that isn’t in the final product - concept sketches, early layouts, etc. These don’t exist to be ‘intent of the artist’, they are tools to guide a production process. You could absolutely use AI tools to improve the effiiency of that process, its what we *currently* do, its been the history art & technology for the last 3 decades. This kind of art is what the majority of money and time in the art world is spent on - freelance ‘online’ art is just a piece of that world.

This isn’t a statement to invalidate the whole debate or anything (or shitting on freelance artists, I love them). I tend to be ‘pro’ AI art, as much as that framing makes any sense at all (it doesn’t), but there are a ton of other aspects to this debate that are more complex. For example, we have legally decided you can’t copyright art styles, which, fine, I agree, but that does sit in tension with a company being able to legally claim IP ownership of a tool built out of those art styles. Maybe those tools should be open access, the legal regime isn’t built for this scenario - or like the entire scenario of modernity, it all sucks. 

But regardless, in the complexity of this debate I think some really idealized conception of ‘art’ are being bandied about without a lot of evidence to back them up.

#ai art discourse bleg

[puppyeared]

ok there are flop posts and its like. ok maybe it was ahead of its time. maybe my genius is untapped. but commenting a one liner on a mutuals post and u dont get a laugh? you can never come back from that. just roll me into a ditch

#AND IF U CANT DELETE IT BEFORE THEY SEE IT U HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE SHAME #i was in the shower and i suddenly remembered smth very embarassing that i commented at 3AM months ago and wanted to die #i think i deleted it. i hope to god i deleted it i dont want that burned into someones memory. i dont even want it in MY memoery #if i add a funny tag and they so happen to call me out on it thats fine i love the dopamine rush when that happens actually. bc if they jus #never see it i can die in peace alright. and i can edit the tags for my own peace of mind. ITS OPTIONAL TO INTERACT WITH #but like the confidence that comes with adding something in the comments.right out in the open where everyone can see it #its like staring the devil right in the eye and taking a fat piss waiting for him to make the next move #SAME WITH SENDING AN ASK OFF ANON #maybe its the social anxiety and/or shyness. or maybe ppl just forget to respond bc.. i do that all the time... bleg #fully aware that im saying all of this on the 'we encourage user interaction that we invented new ways of interacting' site. but still #yapping

[dingbatnix]

How tf do you write heartfelt reassurances???

#im no good with emotions #bleg #especially cheesy/sappy ones #bat's rambles

[codeopathy]

OK TO THE PERSON WHO WANTED TO ASK BUT WAS SCARED TO PLEASE FUCKING ASK THE CLEAN UP CREW PEOPLE QUESTIONS. GEN. PLEASE. WE LOVE GETITNG ASKS PLEASE IT MAKES A LOT OF US YELL LIKE HELLO HELLO HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#[[codeism]] #[[cleanup_crew]] #((gotta edit the ask to have the cleanup crew tag but yk)) #((ESP LIKE. THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET TO POST MUCH IK THEYD LOVE TO GET QUESTIONS)) #((LIKE MY BUDDY PEST OR BLEG I THINK THEYD LOVE IT A TON)) #((IK I LOVE TALKING BUT LIKE THE WHOLE CREW DOES TOO!!!!))

[jadagul]

Another weird troubleshooting problem.

My main (Ubuntu linux) computer stopped working a couple days ago. I came back and the fan was spinning really fast and all the monitors were black. I tried turning it off (had to use the hard power switch on the PSU) and back on.

When I turn it on, the computer wakes up immediately, and the fan immediately goes to max. The main monitor activates, then doesn't get a signal and goes back to sleep. (This is the most confusing to me; the monitor does respond to me turning the computer on, so something is happening!)

I don't have any idea how to go about troubleshooting this, especially since I can't, like, type any commands in to the computer, or at least can't get feedback on them. Any ideas where to start?

(I built the computer myself, in 2018. I used a case and a couple of components from an older computer, though; the fans and the PSU both date back to like 2009 or something, if that helps a plausible diagnosis.)

#computers #linux #ubuntu #bleg

[iasips8]

who wants 2 be artfight moots :3

#my talks #bleg #i better actually try this year

[hijckcd]

hi , i love all of you.

#i just have been bleg these few weeks and my muse to write is just not there #but the cora brain rot is always there #but i just wanted to say ilu and i miss u all #and im always around to plot via discord or write there too <3

[troiings]

you all have shown me great kindness in the past, and i'm afraid i must ask for that kindness again. i'm just over here trying to afford rent and insurance but apparently every time i think my head's above water something has to happen. i need to go get my brakes checked out after the weekend and you know how that goes.

anyway if you have a few spare bucks laying around, would you consider buying me a coffee or dropping some cash directly into my paypal? (a reminder that ko-fi charges for goods and services, paypal you can choose friends and family with no service charge. up to you, however.)

as always, i also do copy editing/proofreading (can provide credentials if interested) and will do so on the cheap if you have an essay or something that needs another eye. i might also be able to do some beta reading for tips (SPAG and general continuity only if i’m unfamiliar with the fandom). Just ask and I’ll let you know if what you’ve got is in my wheelhouse.

since i'm apparently in a gif-making mood i can also take gif requests for tips though lord knows i cannot guarantee any sort of quality where that's concerned lol.

thanks as ever for reading <3

#thought i had a small loan worked out - just big enough to refinance a different one basically #which would have lowered my monthly payments by about $60 a month but lol #my car isn't worth enough for them to trouble themselves with collateral so here we are #blegging

[toads-are-very-polite]

time for my daily cup of coffee

#i don't know how to make coffee cause i only ever make tea #almost finished bleg #this is certainly a Choice I've made

[laulo821]

Baxter Bautista & Tally Magritte belong to @zapsoda

aweee long awaited update ... they gettin on each other's nerves! although it makes klaus more sad than really angry ): he just want fwends. no peace and love on shuttle andromeda this time

<- part eight / part ten ->

#art #zapsoda #klaus nava #big sad ): #also made tally more active cuz he hasn't been in the spotlight too much til now #bleg #really not happy w this at all but i needed it to transition to the next part

[ashmcgivern]

Happy sorta belated Valentines Day have some doodles furthering the gay agenda (ft Zeal and his bf Zala from our dnd campaign)

#tiefling #halfling #dungeons and dragons #aiben #zeal #zala #THE TWO HAVENT BEEN REUNITED YET #IM JUST MANIFESTING #let the boyfriends kiss!!!! #itll be soon tho #we have PLANS #Zala is doing research in the desert and we have reasons to go to the desert so Zeal was just #pwease can we visit my bf I miss him #is the long and short of it #but also im highly sus about the ruins Zala is going to investigate #it only opens on the summer solstice which is why the boy is studying it but I HAVE A FEELING #also I hate doing the watermarks bleg #do I really think that someone will take these? no but yaknow #the state of the art nation rn is a bit funky