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gremlin
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by gremlin » Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:14 am
Yorick wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:53 pm
Tough day today.
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Passer by: That's a manky, flea-ridden, old beast. Looks well past his prime.
Elvis: Yeah, but he feeds me and takes me on walks, so we'll let him stay.
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by Demannu » Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:10 am
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Or have I misunderstood the request?
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by MingtheMerciless » Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:33 am
Christmas "jumper" day. Being sensible at work
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"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
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by Felix » Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:22 pm
I have a Halo
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mangocrazy
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by mangocrazy » Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:21 pm
I have a suspicion that this 'I'm a Viking' thing that's all the rage with my friends on social media is simply a means to cheaply and easily harvest tons of likenesses for facial recognition projects...
There is no cloud, just somebody else's computer.
Mr. Dazzle
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by Mr. Dazzle » Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:29 pm
It's like that "post a pic of yourself 10 years ago and now" thing innit? Not at all useful for someone trying to make AI tools which can age photos
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by Horse » Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:02 pm
mangocrazy wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:21 pm
I have a suspicion that is simply a means to cheaply and easily harvest tons of likenesses for facial recognition projects...
A few more won't hurt.
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202311/ ... n-database
Nov 2023
Clearview AI’s reference database for facial recognition searches has surpassed 40 billion images, double its volume of just 20 months ago.
The milestone was revealed in a Time article
Even bland can be a type of character
ChrisW
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by ChrisW » Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:06 pm
mangocrazy wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:21 pm
I have a suspicion that this 'I'm a Viking' thing that's all the rage with my friends on social media is simply a means to cheaply and easily harvest tons of likenesses for facial recognition projects...
So the old first pet/street you grew up on porn-name thing again?
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by JackyJoll » Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:20 pm
Taipan wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:03 pm
I am a Viking!
I tried that and I looked like the first Viking spiv.
Taipan
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by Taipan » Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:44 pm
JackyJoll wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:20 pm
Taipan wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:03 pm
I am a Viking!
I tried that and I looked like the first Viking spiv.
Ragnar the Spiv! Sounds very marauding!
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by JackyJoll » Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:01 pm
I’d be going round Vinland, trying to sell igloo insurance to the Skraylings.
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by Taipan » Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:46 pm
JackyJoll wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:01 pm
I’d be going round Vinland, trying to sell igloo insurance to the Skraylings.
Pah! I'm pillaging Poundland.
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