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by Winnow
August 31, 2024, 11:54 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: AI Art - Examples
Replies: 12
Views: 1922

Re: AI Art - Examples

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1f5x795/movement_is_almost_human_with_klingai/ You can see the flaws by looking at details but if you were browsing videos, you wouldn't know it's fake. Getting better. Anyone can create at least this level of AI by uploading an image to https://klin...
by Winnow
August 31, 2024, 5:53 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1f523bd/good_flux_loras_can_be_less_than_45mb_128_dim/ I've been creating some amazing FLUX.1-dev LoRAs that (after image prep) take me about 90 minutes to create. There is no research paper with info on FLUX so people are still figuring it out. So n...
by Winnow
August 18, 2024, 2:59 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

Things are moving super fast with FLUX regarding training LORAs, smaller models for the weak-sauce GPUs etc. I took the time to learn and create some LORAs over the past few days and man...the are amazingly good. Everything is python, no GUI for what I'm using but once I got a handle on all the sett...
by Winnow
August 18, 2024, 2:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

Sorry to hijack "Not a real subject" but Black Forest (makers of the FLUX model) is available on Grok on X No thanks. I had zero desire to go on Twitter pre-Musk and have even less of a reason now to go anywhere near that dumpster shitpile. Not even with a 'fake account.' Twitter can fuck...
by Winnow
August 16, 2024, 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1etb42h/i_designed_some_heels_in_flux_and_brought_them_to/ Regarding AI creativity, take a look at this video of someone using FLUX and Kling.AI to design women's high heeled shoes. That's all done with easily accessible AI models that anyone can use...
by Winnow
August 14, 2024, 11:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

Sorry to hijack "Not a real subject" but Black Forest (makers of the FLUX model) is available on Grok on X https://x.com/LinusEkenstam/status/1823598003459965394 Anyone with X (twitter) can make images (uncensored it appears) with high quality for free. It's probably using FLUX Pro which s...
by Winnow
August 13, 2024, 10:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

I don’t think AI is going to do what you think it’s going to do. On paper it seems like a great idea: create any kind of content you want whenever you need it. But who’s going to buy your Aunt Jemima fan-fiction graphic novel? Or any AI novel for that matter? Why should anyone bother to read a book...
by Winnow
August 13, 2024, 12:59 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

FLUX_eyes1_.png FLUX_eyes2_.png The LORAs (which people originally thought couldn't be done for FLUX, are starting to come out and they are great. https://civitai.com/models/641755/flux-at-j-lora?modelVersionId=717794 That's the lora for the weird looking chess netflix series lady. It's a good test...
by Winnow
August 12, 2024, 3:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

Aslanna wrote: August 12, 2024, 2:29 pm Why does that sink have two faucets?
One has a filter for drinking water : )

Not unusual for 2. One you can pull out and use, the other fixed. That's not the obvious flaw : ) Something has 5 legs.
by Winnow
August 12, 2024, 1:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

I’m never going to appreciate your AI “art”. If you can create it with actual skill and talent, your Aunt Jemima fan faction will still be weird, but at least I can respect the effort that went into making it. There have been many advancements in technology that make creating art easier, but it sti...
by Winnow
August 12, 2024, 12:04 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

Man free short video AI is getting pretty good. You can do this for free: https://www.reddit.com/r/FluxAI/comments/1epyf67/more_flux_kling_werewolf_horror/ It's a werewolf eating a corpse so NSFW due to that. All they had to do was type in this prompt: https://preview.redd.it/ndciv4hsa4id1.png?width...
by Winnow
August 11, 2024, 10:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

Amazing! With very little effort, you can create mediocrity! Give it a go. I'd love to see you top it with your own "god given" talents. I suppose you need to only use your hands and maybe your own blood as paint because anything else is technology and would be cheating. I will allow you ...
by Winnow
August 11, 2024, 4:21 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

Well, I bit the bullet and took the time to sort of learn ComfiUI. I mean it's not like I didn't try to get you to use it almost a year ago or anything... I had used it previous to that but I just didnt like it compared to Auto1111. Forge just added FLUX support today. ComfiUI is also getting a UI ...
by Winnow
August 10, 2024, 7:28 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Finally building a PC
Replies: 34
Views: 3700

Re: Finally building a PC

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EJIM_oqvXD8 Happy I switched to AMD when I did, back when I was posting how AMD was blowing Intel away in sales and performance. Intel just kept trying to up the gigahertz instead of make better chips. I get that Boeing vibe from Intel. A big company that lost it's wa...
by Winnow
August 10, 2024, 4:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

sp-1.png sp-2.png Don't try and deny the pictures of Aunt Jemima were faked! AI is just another extension of all the tools humans have used over the years to improve what they can produce. Hands, rocks, charcoal, paint, pencils, computers, Photoshop, and on it goes. AI everything, text, images, vid...
by Winnow
August 10, 2024, 1:13 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

comfiUI-mastered.png Well, I bit the bullet and took the time to sort of learn ComfiUI. I can now string together my own spaghetti and make my own workflows but mostly it's modifying and patching together multiple workflows to get what I want. I still pull the workflow over to the SwarmUI Tab thoug...
by Winnow
August 5, 2024, 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

EQLATE5.png Polaroid 2000s of a woman sitting at a computer at night, asleep, messy hair, wearing pajamas with her head lying on the keyboard, passed out, an emty plate with crumbs is on the table, crumbs littering the table, the game EverQuest game screen with the game world in the background says...
by Winnow
August 4, 2024, 7:38 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Finally building a PC
Replies: 34
Views: 3700

Re: Finally building a PC



Paul's Hardware News is usually pretty entertaining.
by Winnow
August 3, 2024, 8:15 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: AI Art - Examples
Replies: 12
Views: 1922

Re: AI Art - Examples

addict.jpg Photo, "Computer Gaming Addiction" Magazine Cover, Angry mother holding daughter, daughter reaching for computer, bottom says "Mom says enough is enough!" archie1.jpg Archie comic book cover, Archie in bed with Betty while angry Veronica holds a knife standing over th...
by Winnow
August 3, 2024, 7:06 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: AI Art - Examples
Replies: 12
Views: 1922

Re: AI Art - Examples

I had to revisit the logo again using FLUX: CT-Steamroll.jpg A stunning 3D render of a vibrant and colorful carved wood-fantasy inspired coat of arms with typography displaying the words "Celestial Tomb Steamrolls another Guild" The text is meticulously crafted, featuring an intricate desi...
by Winnow
August 3, 2024, 5:49 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

Oh man, I was using the "lighting" 4 step (Schnell) version of Flux last night. I'm using the actual Flux-Dev 20 step model for the images below barb-dev.png "closeup of woman wearing barbarian cosplay outfit, smiling holding wood carved a sign that says "You've been Steamrolled ...
by Winnow
August 3, 2024, 3:06 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

Oh man, a new model is out called Flux that is amazingly good right out of the box. SD3 sucked and it turns out the reason it did was the best people at Stability left and work at Black Forest Labs and made a great model that can take normal written descriptions and turn them into images with anatom...
by Winnow
July 27, 2024, 12:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a real subject
Replies: 19
Views: 1631

Re: Not a real subject

Oh man, I know I was a pain in the ass. Specifically with you Gak, we had some good times and bad. Those single party trips to Necropolis etc were fun before most people could get there and some things we did in Legion were great as well. You took me in after I was booted from CT and were mostly jus...
by Winnow
July 11, 2024, 9:29 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official Xbox Series X thread
Replies: 124
Views: 12469

Re: The Official Xbox Series X thread

Give it a few years and you'll be able to make your own games using AI, just like you can make your own images today, short videos and songs today, longer videos and songs soon. You need to have vision when it comes to tech. I wouldn't be too worried about subscriptions since that will die out soon ...
by Winnow
July 10, 2024, 7:19 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official Xbox Series X thread
Replies: 124
Views: 12469

Re: The Official Xbox Series X thread

Subscriptions seem to be the way things work theses days. Music = sub Movies/TV = Sub Games = Sub I pirate everything I possibly can, even things I have subs to to avoid commercials etc I sub to Amazon Prime which is a rip for me since I only use the shipping and download prime shows even though I c...
by Winnow
July 2, 2024, 12:02 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Elden Ring
Replies: 33
Views: 3655

Re: Elden Ring

Spang wrote: June 26, 2024, 9:46 am Shadow of the Erdtree is as big as a game.
Alaska is bigger than most countries. It's never won country of the year. It also was an expansion.
by Winnow
June 24, 2024, 3:53 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Israel/Iran
Replies: 6
Views: 1474

Re: Israel/Iran

Israel is committing genocide, ethnic cleaning and collective punishment. Only in a world this shitty could anyone consider that to be going a little too hard. Also, people are more important than property. Nah, it's time to eliminate the threat. It's them or us! Genocide it is. That's what you get...
by Winnow
June 22, 2024, 10:14 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

So Nvidia just picked up Pixart (Chinese) which was the most promising replacement for Stability AI. There's some hope that Nvidia will release open source models since they sell hardware and Nvidia cards need GPU intensive things for them to sell a lot of them. If you take away the open source stuf...
by Winnow
June 22, 2024, 6:03 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official Xbox Series X thread
Replies: 124
Views: 12469

Re: The Official Xbox Series X thread

Then again I imagine King, and all the mobile shit, will be the bigger money maker for MS. Either way the next year should be interesting in seeing what MS does with the Xbox gaming division. I think you're right on that. Mobile games make a lot of money. Gatcha games are addicting. I've spent thou...
by Winnow
June 22, 2024, 3:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Israel/Iran
Replies: 6
Views: 1474

Re: Israel/Iran

Not a lot of thoughts from me other than... A) I don't think Hamas thought Israel would go so hard in retaliation. As the kids say.. Fuck around and find out. B) I think Israel has gone a little too hard in retaliation. All those 'protestors' who were occupying private property can fuck off. That's...
by Winnow
June 22, 2024, 2:29 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

I fell off on this pretty hard. It's too hard to keep up at this time. SDXL.. Turbo.. Lightning.. Pony.. wtf is Pony? I update the stuff I have every couple months but that's pretty much been it. It's not something you have to stick with constantly. If I didn't have a 4090, I'd probably mess around...
by Winnow
June 14, 2024, 1:56 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

mana-2.jpg I wrote about the new SD3 model on the AI art examples thread. Here's the same prompt as the previous thread (except I added "smiling" for comparison. I like how it randomly added some guy checking out her ass. : ) Fingers, limbs etc are horrible. mana-3.jpg closeup of woman we...
by Winnow
June 14, 2024, 12:51 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: AI Art - Examples
Replies: 12
Views: 1922

Re: AI Art - Examples

So bad new for SD3. Besides creating text in images, it's a horrible model. It's extremely difficult to create a human (or actually any animal) doing anything other than standing in a generic pose. On top of that, the fine tuners are saying it's really difficult model to fine tune and probably not w...
by Winnow
June 12, 2024, 12:58 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: AI Art - Examples
Replies: 12
Views: 1922

Re: AI Art - Examples

foh-ct.jpg foh-ct2.jpg foh-ct3.jpg An overweight man standing on left wearing a shirt that says Fires of Heaven, A pretty woman on right holding a sign that says Celestial Tomb, at a convention SD3 was released today! It has a long ways to go to create decent humans due to the censoring but wanted ...
by Winnow
May 20, 2024, 2:40 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

There is a large (~2gb) lora on CivitAI that does a pretty good job of the following LoRa mimicking midjourney slyle v5.2 This LoRA works as: Detail tweaker (supplements the picture with details) Color enhancer (adds contrast and brightness) BG depth improver (adds depth on the background) IMPORTANT...
by Winnow
May 18, 2024, 2:58 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official PS4 thread!
Replies: 1351
Views: 262198

Re: The Official PS4 thread!

Here's a couple udio songs to go along with the above post: Corporate Claws Crab Hands Anthem Crab Hands and Silver Screens Titles are audio generated by Udio : ) Maybe not the best examples of music that Udio can create but the lyrics kick ass! Edit: the first version is a little too metal. Third v...
by Winnow
May 18, 2024, 2:17 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official PS4 thread!
Replies: 1351
Views: 262198

Re: The Official PS4 thread!

Sony Music is sending warning letters to more than 700 artificial intelligence developers and music streaming services globally in the latest salvo in the music industry’s battle against tech groups ripping off artists. The Sony Music letter, which has been seen by the Financial Times, expressly pr...
by Winnow
May 15, 2024, 12:52 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official Xbox Series X thread
Replies: 124
Views: 12469

Re: The Official Xbox Series X thread

It's really hard to say what Microsoft is thinking. They make a ton of money and even with these huge gaming purchases it seems like a sideshow for them. Microsoft owns half of OpenAI (49%). If you missed the past few days news, ChatGPT4o is pretty impressive. What's interesting is that it appears A...
by Winnow
May 11, 2024, 3:42 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Californication
Replies: 87
Views: 13509

Re: Californication

I've rewatched it at least once. It's worth a rewatch. I download 100% of what I watch even if I own a streaming service so I have no idea where some shows originate from or is currently available. Watch Shogun before rewatching something you already have seen. 3 Body Problem as well. Those are two ...
by Winnow
May 11, 2024, 3:20 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official PS4 thread!
Replies: 1351
Views: 262198

Re: The Official PS4 thread!

Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal The Sony BMG CD copy protection rootkit scandal was a scandal focused on the implementation of copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs distributed by Sony BMG in 2005. When inserted into a computer, the CDs installed one of two pieces of software th...
by Winnow
May 9, 2024, 11:22 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official PS4 thread!
Replies: 1351
Views: 262198

Re: The Official PS4 thread!

They shouldn't have caved! The requirement was there from day one. The issue was that due to massive popularity, which the servers couldn't handle, the devs (Arrowhead), and And yeah. A great thread for it since Helldivers 2 isn't even on PS4. So that's a fail. I was so excited to post some Sony ba...
by Winnow
May 6, 2024, 12:29 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official PS4 thread!
Replies: 1351
Views: 262198

Re: The Official PS4 thread!

Oh man, I wasn't sure where to put this bit of news but this seems like a decent thread for it! Helldivers fans -- we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for c...
by Winnow
May 3, 2024, 3:33 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Finally building a PC
Replies: 34
Views: 3700

Re: Finally building a PC

I built a new i9 system at the beginning of the year and ended up having to exchange the processor because it was bad. It was having all sorts of problems and gradually got worse until eventually it would just BSOD loop. It was a very annoying experience. The new one is working fine though, even wi...
by Winnow
April 28, 2024, 11:04 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Israel/Iran
Replies: 6
Views: 1474

Re: Israel/Iran

You should volunteer to join the IDF, Winnow! They’re a bunch of fucking fascists like you! I highly recommend watching Turning Point documentary on Netflix. It's the most non biased look at events in the world from 1945 to present. The Unites States is no angel in the world. We've done plenty of b...
by Winnow
April 20, 2024, 3:45 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff
Replies: 43
Views: 6541

Re: Stable Diffusion and AI stuff

I'm still playing around with Stable Diffusion every day and also other AI stuff like yesterdays' new release by Meta of Llama-3-8B. Llama3-8B is an impressive model for it's size. It can be run on 12GB Vram and even less. It's not uncensored yet so i'll use another LLM mostly for now but for censor...
by Winnow
April 20, 2024, 2:53 am
Forum: Site/Board Development
Topic: Cloudflare?
Replies: 19
Views: 24767

Re: Cloudflare?

It's weird that VV mostly works for me now but more and more sites seem to be using Cloudflare and the VPN provider I use seems to have a lot of their servers on the 'block list'. I suppose this is how big brother wins the war against VPNs.. Block all their servers from accessing anything. Why have...
by Winnow
April 20, 2024, 2:24 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Israel/Iran
Replies: 6
Views: 1474

Israel/Iran

Man, I don't get it. Israel (and the US) should be blowing the crap out of Iran's military manufacturing and nuclear facilities. A couple points on Iran. 1. The average citizens of Iran mostly hate their government and were near revolution a year or so ago. I've mentioned it before that I went to sc...
by Winnow
April 20, 2024, 1:54 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Where'd all the McCain/Palin supporters go?
Replies: 110
Views: 13000

Re: Where'd all the McCain/Palin supporters go?

Arizona House Republicans again block repeal of 1864 abortion ban Fuckin Republicans, man. Taking women back to civil war times. Great job! Maybe they can package military aid for Ukraine with abortion rights. Seems everything has to be a package deal these days. I didn't even know my state manufac...
by Winnow
March 30, 2024, 4:18 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (Netflix)
Replies: 0
Views: 1056

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (Netflix)

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War on Netflix is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It's hard to get an unbiased view of developments in the world between the end of WWII and Present day conflict in Ukraine but this documentary is the best attempt I've seen. It's nine episodes and w...
by Winnow
March 30, 2024, 3:51 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: K-Drama
Replies: 5
Views: 1386

Re: K-Drama

Love Scenery C-Drama When We Were Young C-Drama A love So Beautiful C-Drama True Beauty K-Drama Love Alarm K-Drama So I married and Anti-Fan K-Drama Imitation K-Drama Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo K-Drama Love Revolution K-Drama My Strange Hero K-Drama Goblin - Guardian The Lonely and Great God K...