Hazel Quantock

Ok this has been bugging me today so I want opinions:

Oh god... someone linked a 4k version of Bjork's All Is Full Of Love - one of my favourite music videos which was definitely shot in SD.

Comparing it to an SD upload from 18 years ago I can see the 4k version's upscaling AI is trying to make sense of phantom motions caused by the compression artefacts of the previous upload. Ugh!

Can we please not just eat all of the pixels of such beautiful art? And certainly not make up a bunch of new ones...

I am forever cursed to notice graphical artefacts everybody else ignores.

Clearing out some old junk and finding some real treasures.

getting CBT for my ED while I have CBT to punish my ED and failing my CBT because of ED

(getting cognitive behavioural therapy for my eating disorder while I have cock and ball torture to punish my erectile dysfunction and failing my compulsory basic training because of executive dysfunction)

I just did the cutest yawn and it's a tragedy no-one was here to enjoy it.

I need more partners...

I was aggressively befriended by a neighbour's dog. It decided it would be a fun game to ignore its owner shouting "Rocko, come here!" and instead run over to the first person it saw and jump up at them. Luckily I'm fine with dogs and it was quite small and friendly. Excessively friendly.

I waited for the owner to catch up and then tried to walk away, but Rocko ran over to me again and jumped up some more.

Eventually a car came along the road and the owner got scared and Rocko heard the change in her voice and got obedient (dogs know when you're serious), so she came over and picked Rocko up and apologised to me.

I thought it was kind of funny but a bit annoying, and would have been horrible if I didn't like dogs.

She's just like me fr

The death throes of GenAI really are something to behold.

The abject desperation to find something, anything it can do better than real humans.

Something they can claim makes it all worthwhile - just convincing enough to fool the investors for a few more months, eke out the bubble a bit longer.

"Maybe if we can last a couple more years we'll make AGI", as they buy their bunkers and move their money places the bubble burst won't hit.

#dlss5 #ai

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/features/nvidias-new-dlss-5-brings-photo-realistic-lighting-to-rtx-50-series

RE: @Edent@mastodon.social

The words "brilliant news" followed by "the UK's Labour Government" made me assume this was sarcastic and I spent way too long trying to figure out why this was a bad idea.

I am grateful for nearly all the things HRT has given me, even most of the negative period symptoms kind of have an up side*, but the 3 day headaches can fuck right off.

"You're going to turn into your mother"
I'm okay with that she's pretty cool
"including the migraines"
oh piss off

(*Hip aches and boob tenderness mean I'm getting growth spurts yay! Grumpiness, yes, but it comes with weirdly high self esteem: "the world should do what I want and I'm angry it doesn't". Stomach cramps suck but I swear my abs get firmer.)

@luna@pony.social lent me one of her film cameras as we wandered around Manchester. I'm quite pleased with how these shots came out.