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Due to budgetary constraints we do not have the resources for any Ship of Theseus bullshit and we have chosen death over continuity.

#captioned #text #same as it ever was same as it ever was #Impermanence of time bay-BEE!

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Me informé!

(caveat: no soy abogade, tómenlo como de quién viene)

La ley 11.273 del código civil argentino es El que se ocupa de la propiedad intelectual

El texto especifica que el concepto de propiedad intelectual cubre fotos, videos, dibujos, música [y por lo tanto todo lo que uno postea en insta] (artículos 1 y 2)

El artículo 4 precisa que el derecho corresponden al autor de la imagen, y que no se puede ceder sin su concentimiento.

Yo estoy en Europa, que a lo mejor ayuda, pero ni tuve que citar la ley: dije en el formulario que las imágenes que posteo son mías, que las hice yo, y que que sean usadas para alimentar una IA va en contra de mi derecho a la imagen y de mi voluntad de uso personal y comercial dentro del marco de mi derecho a mi propiedad intelectual.

El día mismo insta me respondió diciendo "OK, no te tocamos"

Coraje 🧉

Che artistas argentinos, saben si alguna ley argentina puede interpretarse como que prohíbe lo que está haciendo Instagram de usar tus fotos para entrenar IA sin permiso?? Quiero llenar el formulario para que me dejen exento pero parece que si no les pongo una ley que lo justifique no me van a dar pelota

#ai #text

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my air conditioner apparently has an app (?) and the fucked up thing is that they have these 'ai' options to generate.....recipes? so I took a photo of my fridge and this is what it um. came up with. why

why does my air conditioner do...this

#uncaptioned #ai #Al Gorythm #food #...but then again maybe not #Fucking hell that recipe would produce Lockheed Martin sanctioned BULLETS

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#two siblings #we're only told we look alike by people who also know the rest of the family #a lot of people don't realize we're related at all #polls

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✨ Please reblog the polls to make them reach out to as many people as possible, but KEEP IT SPOILER-FREE to make people listen to the music with an open mind 💖 Artists and titles will be revealed after the poll's conclusion, check the original post for an update! ✨

#the composer went on record saying he was mad after wrapping up recording on this one #because he thought it was the best he'd ever done and he would never be able to do better #I don't know if I agree with that sentiment but I am glad to know there are Correct Opinions being expressed in these numbers #polls #music

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“The Minotaur”- Damien Hirst

#art #damien hirst #sculpture #minotaur #🐄

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bringing this to the tumblr crowd. please read the whole post before voting

Some additional info from the comments:

- noone's recording. If any of the car salesmen try they're instantly disemboweled

- the billionaire expects six minutes of cuddling (with the bear) after you're done

- if you and the bear both cum at the same time your earnings are doubled

- bear is 24 years old

#this is so incredibly specific #polls

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¡You have the opportunity to smuggle in a single f bomb to the dungeon! Reblog telling us who you gave it to, when, and why.

#dunmeshi #polls

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humans are meant to lay in bed awhile after they wake up and think and rest. we are not supposed to get up right away

#Tru fax #text

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Here it is in all its monochromatic glory, Junk World #1!!

If you missed out on the physical zine, you can get a digital copy HERE! Hope to do another print run soon. Thank you so much to everyone who grabbed a copy. I truly love sending and receiving mail. -THe Mail Freak

#comics #uncaptioned #alchemy #hehehehehehehehe

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#polls #death note

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Queen of Cups and Temperance

It's no good leaving it sealed up in the container forever, you have to take it out and use it for something.

#tarot #text

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The Emperor reversed and Wheel of Fortune

Looks like it's a bad day to be an authority figure.

#tarot #text

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Five of Cups and The Tower

Don't worry, it's not a complete disast—oh. Never mind.

#tarot #technically captioned in that the image features the cards named but #text #lmao

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#uncaptioned #guns #this and the musket for home defense copy pasta are now the only two texts I ever want to read on gun ownership #everybody else can go home

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A Big Collection of Art Tutorials

I find art tutorials really useful and also, sometimes quite far-flung. I'll come across one cool resource here and another incredibly helpful post in a totally different place, months later. I've been collecting bits and pieces of art advice that ease my way for a long time now, and I wanted to make a post to share some of the good art resources I've come found all in one place! GENERAL RESOURCES The Etherington Bros. have an enormous repertoire of drawing advice on their blog and I find almost all of it spot on! Griz and Norm have an incredible tumblr chock full of tutorials!

Drawing Den is a great tumblr that collects how-to-draw resources! Zephy.fr has some lovely free tutorials on their Insta (their main site is paid, but I've found the free resources to be quite helpful all on their own)

Sycra has a truly wonderful YT channel comprising a zillion vids on practically every topic - he's been going a long time and it's all excellent (his stuff on human anatomy and figure really fixed some difficulties for me)! DRAWING PEOPLE THIS is my favorite basic breakdown on expressions! A HELPFUL WAY to conceptualize drawing hair! People are complex - simplifying with CLEAR SILHOUETTE helps!

Aging or de-aging characters can be rough- THIS HELPS imo! WHEELCHAIRS are easy to get wrong if you don't have one/haven't studied how to draw them - and this is a very helpful remedy!

CLOTHES Hats are difficult to get sitting right and THIS POST helps a lot!

Suits and formal clothing can be A Lot: THIS LAYS IT OUT helpfully!

Historical Menswear is tricky: TRY THIS LINK by Shoomlah

And as always.... DON'T FORGET TO STRETCH YOUR HANDS!!!

(this makes a big difference in the long run, I can't emphasize enough that you oughta try a little stretching on the regular!)

#reference #art reference

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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

#reference #research