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I see the angels draw the drapes over the earthscape where wine is the spirit of grapes

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matt damon and ben affleck wrote the script of good will hunting themselves, mailed it to hollywood, and someone there read it, allowed them to produce and act in it. They were both 25 years old at the time and had no film industry experience.

the past, a foreign country.

[Fireside Alpha @firesidealpha]

Ben Affleck reveals he writes Python, understands convolutional neural networks, worked extensively with GPUs, and used his celebrity status to get private looks at Google and OpenAI’s video models

“I’ve always been kind of into computers since I was young. Then, when film started to move from analog film to digital, I became more interested in that aspect of it. The visual-effects workflow for many years has included machine learning, so I can write pretty shitty Python scripts and stuff like that.

“With convolutional neural networks, which were the precursors to what the transformer can do, which is much more computation simultaneously, you would do things like look at what’s called a tensor. That’s the numerical translation of a visual image in numbers, like the batch number, the frame number and the red, green and blue values of each pixel in each frame. It’s just that simple. That numeric is called a tensor.

“You’d use a convolutional neural network to identify patterns that reveal what’s called edge detection or feature extraction, which is identifying patterns well enough to know, this is where the window ledge is, so we can more easily take the green-screen image out and replace it with something.

“That was familiar to me early on because, prior to Artists Equity, I had a small visual-effects company. I’ve worked with GPUs a lot too. The visual-effects guys said, ‘Hey, you should see. There are a couple: Google and this other company, OpenAI, are doing really interesting stuff with transformers in video.’

“I’ve learned that I can actually just call up and go, ‘Hey, it’s Ben Affleck. Can I come see what you’re doing?’ Sometimes people say yes, to my astonishment.”

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@0x49fa98 Pen and paper if you must. I don't even trust microsoft word.

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started doing the "wearing jeans in the house all the time" thing my dad did growing up. it's hard to explain but it makes you feel more present and engaged with the world than when you're just wearing sweatpants.

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@megantheevalium 1. get rid of the shag rug. it's trapping a bunch of dust and filth.
2. get a cable management box. they're like $20 on amazon. keep it tucked off to the side behind something.
3. more smaller lights don't use the overhead.

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@ThufirHawat @antoniogm only ones that don't feel like acid on my gums

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@CommonSentiment it's hard to reconcile post-God atheistic liberalism with anti-ai. ChatGPT is a better conversationalist, gives better insights, makes better art than the globoslop favela horde hoomans. If people don't have souls, why are they more valuable than AI?

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@moseskagan I run a wedding/corporate event mobile cocktail bar business. the amount of legal bullshit, the paperwork, the phone calls, I had to go through, just to be able to run a setup identical to this..

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@ccmembersonly it really seems the default human state of nature/village life is, and always has been, a series of mundane humiliations and setbacks, crossdressing, worshipping women etc. it takes a civilization to rise average people above that mode of life.

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@friendlycretin @Logo_Daedalus further back.

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@joeviewtiful22 Worth remembering that OoT/MM/WW all came out in the same 4 year stretch. I think that's a big reason they feel so creative. A lot of design decisions feel like they were made rapid fire spontaneously rather than being ruminated on forever.

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@cIass_man the idea of downloading an app and holding a text conversation with a woman, actually giving her my full attention, responding in time, sounds as tedious as a dentist appointment.

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@walterwhitepill The choice of "President" as highest office in the country is so uniquely humble. Compared to King, Emperor, Chancellor, Lord Protector etc. A president is a leader of a gentleman's club.

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@WhiteyEuro90915 @animetummytouch there's definitely something about them that hacks the attention center of your brain. i've watched countless of these stupid things all the way through.

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@llsamuelj @e_cdalton real? which AI platform should I use to my optimally calibrate my biometrics and performance routine to unlock this secret?

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@uncledoomer Vintage Tommy Bahama Silk. That is the brand you want. Pretty cheap on ebay. Size up one size for shirts. The level of skin comfort is unmatched. Actually feels more comfortable than being naked.

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@GraduatedBen dread this time of year. it feels like there's a heavy melancholy to everything. it's truly cursed. everything negative that's ever happened to me happened between august 15th and september 15th.

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@ccmembersonly 33 y/o, in very good shape. I do like 20-30 minutes lifting, then 5 minutes calisthenics. If I'm tired/hungover/sick etc. I just double the calisthenics skip the lifting. Consistency beats intensity and volume.

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@BRIDGETFONDLE_ learn from this and just wear crocs in the house all the time