The Communication Cube

[Null]

https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1w3r8ps/psu_fails_dramatically/

 

[ElPoco]

I think it just expresses the feeling of (urban) youth in Japan. If you've ever been in an arcade in Japan the same chaotic experience is expressed in their songs. I guess it hits different for Japanese people compared to foreigners.

This.

The UI in many Japanese websites is generally a lot more cluttered than the default "minimalist" Western UI. (It used to be the same for Chinese websites but they seem to have moved to more minimalism.)

 

[Null]

@Null ye ol' Hatsune fanboy.

Spoiler: Potentially NSFW

Potentially NSFW

Is it any wonder? AI generated because I can't draw for shit.

 

[Djoga'Ro]

@Null Pff. Take this

 

[Null]

@Djoga'Ro

Spoiler

 

[Djoga'Ro]

@Null I'm getting the impression your interest in Miku is of an erotic nature. Hentai! While the expressive and passionately skillfull singing is what wins me over.

 

[Null]

@Null I'm getting the impression your interest in Miku is of an erotic nature

Nah it's her voice that I'm a fan of, that was the case back in 2013 and it's still the case now. The AI model that was used to generate the images was WAI-NSFW-Illustrious V16, so just going by the name you can assume that it's going to generate some interesting stuff from time to time.

 

[Djoga'Ro]

@Null the AI model you chose.

 

[Null]

the AI model you chose.

And?

 

[Djoga'Ro]

And?

Oh, nothing really. Just profiling you.

 

[Null]

Just profiling you.

Ok champ.

 

[pyrat]

Robot demonstration in Poland. Not like in a demo in a trade show, but just walking on the street in front of a government office with placards and flags...
At least they're asking now to be regulated, they're not asking to vote yet.
For some AI it seems it is enough to frame humans to vote what the AI wants, they don't need to send robots to poll stations.
I have no idea who sent those robots there, but I guess it's good marketing/campaigning.

 

[TeDaDeS]

Robot demonstration in Poland. Not like in a demo in a trade show, but just walking on the street in front of a government office with placards and flags...
At least they're asking now to be regulated, they're not asking to vote yet.
For some AI it seems it is enough to frame humans to vote what the AI wants, they don't need to send robots to poll stations.
I have no idea who sent those robots there, but I guess it's good marketing/campaigning.

It's not cheap buying multiple robots, but they do look like the cheaper ones to get. So it's probably a company or collective and not a single person protesting AI.

 

[pyrat]

It's not cheap buying multiple robots, but they do look like the cheaper ones to get. So it's probably a company or collective and not a single person protesting AI.

Well, I don't know about the prices, but I guess companies can be anxious to have expensive robots stolen or destroyed if they take them to the open street.
There are sometimes some degree of violence between opposing groups in demonstrations. The police should protect people from others, but would they protect robots ?
They do try to protect goods and properties (like shops, street furniture, or so on), but those are things with known behaviour: none. How would the police protect
a robot from a human (or another robot or drone) if the police ever should or wanted to ? I don't mean the police is often right, or peaceful, and I don't mean most demonstrations are violent.
And this particular demonstration didn't look violent at all, from the 30s of video I saw of it.
It's just that one can be afraid to bring expensive stuff to demonstrations. You never know.

 

[TeDaDeS]

Well, I don't know about the prices, but I guess companies can be anxious to have expensive robots stolen or destroyed if they take them to the open street.
There are sometimes some degree of violence between opposing groups in demonstrations. The police should protect people from others, but would they protect robots ?
They do try to protect goods and properties (like shops, street furniture, or so on), but those are things with known behaviour: none. How would the police protect
a robot from a human (or another robot or drone) if the police ever should or wanted to ? I don't mean the police is often right, or peaceful, and I don't mean most demonstrations are violent.
And this particular demonstration didn't look violent at all, from the 30s of video I saw of it.
It's just that one can be afraid to bring expensive stuff to demonstrations. You never know.

Now I wonder, if there would be a robot counter protest, and it escalated into robot fights... would that be illegal and would the police try to stop it? And how would they do that, with their bare hands
I think all/most of the robots are human controlled by remote still, so you could talk to those people. But what if those people aren't there or needed, it's autonomous or remote controlled by AI.

 

[Null]

but would they protect robots ?

It depends... How rich are these hypothetical robots and how closely do they resemble a black person?

 

[TeDaDeS]

It depends... How rich are these hypothetical robots and how closely do they resemble a black person?

I guess you instantly broke the code. But seriously, it was 50/50, and there are robot dogs to. All of these robots are the cheaper ones and relatively easy to push to the floor, especially easy to break by a speeding truck.
But that's if we still see them as toys. When they are viewed as human-like robots, expressing their own opinions, injuring such a robot would be seen as unacceptable. Especially seen so by the (future) robot police force.
For now, owning a robot, is a rich-man's game.

Robot dogs can be dangerous to, especially when operated by an evil, but cute, bunny:

 

[kuru]

The crispiest of oven potatoes: cut into pieces and cook (optional: with half a teaspoon of natron) until really soft. Dump the water. Let them steam off the residual moisture in the still hot pot. Put lid back on and shake violently until the spuds are thoroughly covered in their mush. Do not skip this step as this is the magic. Mix with oil and salt. Spread them out on an oven tray, put in ~230 °C preheated oven for 20 mins, flip 'em over, roast for another 20 mins. Can reduce time and/or temp if you have a convection oven.

Goshdarn those are the best taters I've had in my life. Super crispy on the outside and creamy inside. Even two hours later the cold leftovers still had that texture. I'll likely never again pay for frozen convenience fries or other forms of potato, those just don't cut it in comparison. I love it.