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- dyspl18
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About to make the jump to freelance.
Mildly terrified and excited.- Good luck!skinny_puppy
- No fear. Did it 11 years ago, I should have done it sooner, but I needed the security to raise my daughters... Think positive, always. Good luck!OBBTKN
- you got this!Krassy
- Go for it!mort_
- The freedom is like no other.BabySnakes
- In the most gravely voice I can muster: Welcome to the Disunited 1099.garbage
- My motto is “ I quit my 9-5 so that I could finally work 24-7”_niko
- What niko just said. Welcome to auto-slaveryOBBTKN
- YupYakuZoku
- did it back when my daughter was 1 years old... scared the shit out of me...
made more that year than ever...exador1 - now my daughter is 23... and I'm doing it again...contracting... it's working out great so far...
you can do it dude...exador1 - Wishing you many great clients who pay on timestoplying
- IF/WHEN you figure out the "secret" to freelance (relative) success, drop it in the notes bro!
XOideaist - haha... I've been freelance probably 90% of the last 25 years—if you can find a way to keep it consistent—drop it in the notes bro!PonyBoy
- Quicknotes: Deductibles. Square footage of studio space up to a point, utlities, gas if you have to drive for shipping. Meals with shithead clients.garbage
- Time spent negotiating with shithead clients, re-dos for said shithead clients that didn't know what they wanted in the first place.garbage
- Big ones would be anything you buy for your spot can go to your studio write off. Drum roll: Adobe subscription falls into this category.garbage
- I don't use them anymore, but I know many here still do. If you want to throw a final middle finger to that shithouse, there you go.garbage
- Good luck to you! Ride the lightningbezoar
- hope it goes well! if something feels off, go with your gutSquiddy
- Best of luck! 25 years of solo here and very rarely looked back. Just be nice. I still get work that others lose from being a bollocks to work with.MrT
- PhanLo2
Suggest a bad movie
This was like an 80's movie I'd have watched at 12 and loved, excessive violence, action and murder and everyone keeps chuckling and joking all the way through with zero consequences.
-- I want to watch and like this too, yeah has that movie I'd have loved as a 12 yo vibe. Should I bother?_niko
- 74% on rotten tomatoes, 70% more than I would have guessed lol._niko
- Tropetastic and predictable. Not sure why I even finished. They were good together, but that's about it.lemmy_k
- i'm not used to skinny batistapango
- It was a mindless bit of madness, with a good chunk of tourists getting wiped out by a gunship and motorbike ninjasPhanLo
- Watched most of it, harmless fun, fight scenes were great, youngest son couldn't stomach the cheese grater scene so he bailed lol. But I gotta say, Bautista has_niko
- actual acting chops. Even in this cartoon of a movie I found him soooo good in a bunch of small moments. Like this guy takes this seriously and puts in the work_niko
- Pretty good fun. Half way thru is a scene shot adjacent the historical IBM Building (a jerk developer wanted to demo) near my apt!Squiddy
- Bautista is legit, he’s def a good actorprophetone
- I watch this too, and it reminded me of being a young teenager watching CANNON FILMS stuffprophetone
- I didn’t bother with the predictable ending but it was a fun ‘bro’ film.Ianbolton
- I thought this was pretty entertaining.utopian
- Bautista was great in his small part in the new Blade RunnerPhanLo
- NBQ0018
Grafician Hate Why?
QBN is fun again. (rhymes). The boy is back with his usual arrogant smart-ass attitude :)
- NBQ000
- what was it that first attracted you to multi-billionaire eric schmidt?hans_glib
- "His smile when I..."OBBTKN
- He’s getting scammed. That bitch is A.I.!toemaas
- Dude seems a creep. His ex is almost as young, now suing him: https://2cm.es/1jLsu…NBQ00
- If he were a retired plumber and she was a waitress she would still date him, because I'm sure it has nothing to do with the dollars...dedlaast
- she was attracted to his natural hair line.utopian
- he's throwing money away. she's making bank. they're both consenting adults.
mehh whatever.pango - another technocrat weirdo, in the worst creep ways. Bring back the days of NERDS... Jobs, Woz, Steve Balmer...inteliboy
- Im sure Al Pacino wins this game. Isn’t he having a second child with a 29 year old? It’s fucked upIanbolton
- Primitive instincts + Modern Circumstances = We now live past 38 years old + Females craving security, Men craving youthful fertility.toemaas
- it's just the oldest profession , what's new?Krassy
- What Krassy said ;)OBBTKN
- NBQ001
- Us in 5 yearsOBBTKN
- That's me in the centre digging through the incompressible, contradictory client feedback in the search for the illusive 'i'll know it when i see it' diamond.Morning_star
- "Clean Coal®"fooler
- I finished with a GF a few years ago as I didn’t think a cafe should’ve taken down this photo - because several locals were claiming ‘blackface’.Ianbolton
- I can see a Bitcoin!HAYZ1LLLA
- I have 4 generations of Welsh coal miners on my fathers side.HAYZ1LLLA
- zaq1
- well, that didn't age well_niko
- Her or the commercial....or bothdbloc
- Human trashYakuZoku
- I mean she looks good for 60 years old, let's be honest. But seems about as dim-witted as your average Floridianyuekit
- She's sharp, she knows what she's doing, and she knows she's a villain.YakuZoku
- Does she know she's a cunt?pango
- Wasn't she also one of the kids at Trumps rape pageants?PhanLo
- https://www.instagra…YakuZoku
- Pam + Ghislaine = ♥bezoar
- PhanLo6
- +1. Hey, do you know if i could use this process to output all of those slices as 2d profiles I could then process as individual objects in Illustrator?Nairn
- I always watch Blender vids, but I've not really ever much used it beyond a light dabbling, years back.Nairn
- Yes you can. Follow this tutorial until you get to the part before he adds geometry to the curve. Apply the modifier to make the curves real objects...monNom
- ...select the curves and convert them to "grease-pencil" objects (2d). Then you can export as SVG or PDF.monNom
- Well that's my weekend sorted, thanks monNom! xNairn
- lol, curious Nairn have you dove into Grease Pencil before? It's a great way to lose more than a weekend or five.garbage
- Nice! I hope it works out for your. Just to clarify, when I wrote "apply the modifier" that was to apply the "Geometry Nodes" modifier to make the curves real.monNom
- That’s cool you got hyped on it. Everyone I sent that tutorial to already had ideas or made animations, which is bonusPhanLo
- Would you 3d print it Nairn?PhanLo
- Wonder if you could input a model as a node into to create the lines, I'll need to have a playPhanLo
- Laser-cut, Phan (hence slices to Illy). Yes, beyond what's done here, I'd be lookling long term to control the form. I need to get back into 3D and Blender...Nairn
- ...looks like it's set up well to kind of stand in the two halves of modeller and programmable demi-CAD. I fucking loathe CAD software generally.Nairn
- Nodes are pretty fun, once you get in a routine with them, starts to make more sensePhanLo
- This is awesome. I feel like I've started and stopped with blender like 8 or 9 times now. Can never stick with it for some reason. Nothing pulling me through.cannonball1978
- Turns out my old-ass Laptop doesn't want to play nice with Blender, so I wasn't able to get this running at home. Ho hum.Nairn
- NBQ004
Space is the place
I want to believe.. but space is just too vast.
- not vast enough.neverscared
- If you found out for sure earth hosts the only life in the universe, would it change your perspective on anything?mort_
- Interesting question. Not really. But it would be quite surprising.monospaced
- Of course that isn’t possible to know. Ever.monospaced
- https://www.youtube.…YakuZoku
- I guess our definition of aliens expands with our understanding of the universe and and science.Ianbolton
- Or maybe we get more imaginative with with the idea of what an alien is. Maybe we’re the aliens all alongIanbolton
- I was thinking yesterday, what the likelihood of finding a mars rover sized alien probe that landed on earth a million years ago. 0_niko
- We’re finding entire cities buried in the Amazon that are only 1000 years old never mind potential alien probes that have been buried for millennia_niko
- the aliens were the friends we made along the way :)exador1
- NBQ000
- Chinese Tik tok got a different algorithm.
I'm sure it's done on purpose.
Check Yuri Bezmenov.ApeRobot - I don't think enough people noticed the change from "social networks" - where users connected with friends - to "social media" where users CONSUME crap********
- Our archaic brains were just not prepared...so attention spans dropped, kids got dumber, they will turn into even dumber adults, then societal collapse soon********
- take it to the signs your getting old thread. every generation says the same about the one after themhans_glib
- tho i'd agree that the young are not getting educated.hans_glib
- "According to a top neuroscientist, Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2010) is the first generation to perform worse in school than the one before them."********
- as long as their not as evil as the last...neverscared
- Tiktok is a literal cancer. China is playing the long game and is going to win.rzu-rzu
- well he says its due to the new tools we use in schools: digital tech. We learn better from people and books. So its not just due to tik-tok.Nutter
- You can hear his speech for yourself:
https://youtu.be/mHk…Nutter - ^ true Nutter.mort_
- Feed scrolling definitely hijacks the dopamine system which compounds the digital school problem.mort_
- shrugs shoulders...
my kids are way fucking smarter than me.
both got straight A's in highschool...both are in University now and crushing it...exador1 - can't speak for anyone else's kids..but mine are gonna be ok i think...exador1
- Generation A : hold my Prime_niko
- 100% @ rzuYakuZoku
- Chinese Tik tok got a different algorithm.
- NBQ001
- There is no AI.********
- Also AGI - Ad Generated Income
as OpenAI already pushing ads in the free tiers :))******** - ok mr. smartass aka mr. knowitallNBQ00
- goat fucker the wizeYakuZoku
- What do you mean there’s no AI? Are you getting caught up on semantics? Yeah it’s not an autonomous sentient being, but it is what we call AI for nowmonospaced
- No, you're getting caught on semantics, there's really no AI today or in any future by the very definition of the word established decades ago********
- AGI not even close********
- It's all hype and the vast majority of the population will increase the effect because they have no clue how the tech works********
- And yes, you need a CS degree to get it, and yes, it's the same with democracy, the financial system and so on
People are just dumb. Most of them.******** - Why do you come here Graffy if you think we’re all dumb and stupid. It’s almost like we’re a reflection of you, at your best and brightestIanbolton
- Grafician is one dumb dudeYakuZoku
- I told you many times I come here for the info, not for the friendships - sorry but I do consider you very silly and a caricature of grownups...********
- ...and you keep delivering EVERY SINGLE DAY :))********
- "I come here for the info"
that's actually very interesting to me...
what info do you mean?exador1 - like, for me (for example) I've been coming here since the NT days... partly for the community of other designers, and partly for things like 'the useful threadexador1
- over the years, i've become fond of lots of the regulars here... and while it's not as busy these days, the 'useful thread' has given me tons of great stuff...exador1
- but what info is it that YOU are coming here for?exador1
- There is no AI.
- Gardener22
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Celebrating 25 years with my beautiful wife Pauline today, we're having a Thai meal in Carnoustie tonight and will of course be home in time for the second half of the match.
It's the little things that keep a marriage going so long!- wow - silver wedding anniversary, jolly well done!hans_glib
- Congrats!!
But, your wife is going to kill you for sharing her photo ;)OBBTKN - Cheers, so far so good, c'mon you reds!Gardener
- Congrats!PhanLo
- 1/4 century bro; nice work!!!ideaist
- Congrats!mort_
- Congrats, Brother!! ❤️PonyBoy
- good for you, congratsNBQ00
- thanks OBBTKN, she will NEVER know lolGardener
- thumbsup.gifd_gitale
- Not bad for a DJ obsessed with music!canoe
- And 4 kids!Gardener
- Warm fuzzy feelings.falcadia
- The world isn't all that bad.falcadia
- bravoneverscared
- Inspiring; apologies for not being more elaborate with my initial note!!!
; )ideaist - https://media1.giphy…utopian
- Congrats GFax_Benson
- Congrats :)Gnash
- Congrats. I forgot my anniversary on 1/25 while I was sick. The whole day I wondered who's birthday I was forgetting. Luckily she thought it was funny.CyBrainX
- Congrats to you both !_me_
- Congrats! <3Krassy
- brah, you won all the prizes thereautoflavour
- ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)milfhunter
- congrats and all the bestrenderedred
- Am overwhelmed by kind words, thanks folks, you're all very sweet xGardener
- An important 3 points - and hoping Endo is okay. Oh and congrats!stoplying
- mg335
Artificial Intelligence
"Something Big Is Happening"
https://shumer.dev/something-big…I don't think this has been posted yet, but what a read.
- I’ve been glimpsing this and playing it out in my head for quite some time now. There’s an inflection point out there where if enough people are jobless ...monospaced
- Then there’s a sort of collapse. People won’t be able to support the very businesses that benefit from AI. This isn’t a good thing.monospaced
- I hear ya. It's an area where I really worry as a parent of an 11 and 8 year old. My son is 8, and wants to do a coding camp locally this summer, which is RAD.mg33
- And I'm all for learning fundamentals. He's interested in game design. Uses a cool app called PixiCade to create his own side-scrolling games on his iPad.mg33
- But like, is a coding class / camp like that even relevant now? I almost wonder if it's a rip off?mg33
- I mean, what a summer of learning code could teach a kid is basic enough that he could use Claude right now and do 10x more complex stuff with a little learningmg33
- Yeah it's wild. I have an incredibly smart 8 year old myself and it's hard to imagine how I can guide him into this age Generation Alpha, or AI?monospaced
- Traditional coding will become a niche archaic art, respected for having rocketed us forward, but not useful as a career anymore.monospaced
- I think understanding programming at least at a conceptual level is a very good skill to have. You can still build things in Claude Code or Codex if you don'tyuekit
- know how to code, but it's obviously better if you understand what you're building. Also because programming seems to be the ideal use case for LLMs so far,yuekit
- there will probably be a push to apply this to more and more things. For instance knowing how to code was already a common skill among scientists, but that justyuekit
- became more important.yuekit
- That's what I'm hoping. I'm just excited that he is into things like coding and engineering. The tool I built to make my art blew him away.mg33
- Clickbait.jonny_quest_lives
- google results for Matt Shumer: https://asimovaddend…jonny_quest_lives
- https://huggingface.…jonny_quest_lives
- https://news.ycombin…jonny_quest_lives
- There's definitely an element of hype in the article. This is the part I'd take issue withyuekit
- "If AI can write that code, it can help build the next version of itself. A smarter version, which writes better code, which builds an even smarter version.yuekit
- Making AI great at coding was the strategy that unlocks everything else. That's why they did it first. My job started changing before yours..."yuekit
- I'm not convinced that's actually true. I think AI could remain focused around coding in the near future, which again shows the importance of it.yuekit
- In order to move beyond the current paradigm you need fundamental breakthroughs and are they saying coding agents are going to come up with that?yuekit
- https://i.imgur.com/…jonny_quest_lives
- No he’s saying coding agents are needed to make AI so powerful it can replace other jobs, not just coders.monospaced
- I wonder if we’ll ever see like an uprising and destruction of AI data centers and stuff, blade runner stylemonospaced
- But it's not a straightforward path to replacing jobs. No one knows how to build that type of AI right now.yuekit
- Having a coding agent could speed up that process but the big challenge is to know what to build in the first place.yuekit
- Brought to you by the fine people at Anthropic. Buy early. Buy often. For god sakes buy as much as you can! It’s going to KILL US ALL!!!monNom
- Within just one day, this article has over 60 million views.utopian
- plot twist: this article was written by an LLMmonNom
- TLTRmilfhunter
- hey chatgpt, can you sum this up into 2 sentences. thnksmilfhunter
- The AI bubble will pop soon, the amouts of cash needed for all those data centers is just not there********
- Again the article with 60 million views was written by a dude with a documented history of lying/faking benchmarks/ inventing an ai models that doesn't work...jonny_quest_lives
- Something big is happening indeed.jonny_quest_lives
- So if AI write all his code he is no longer a programmer and would be fired, so why communicate that out? I do not believe that post.Nutter
- chill the article was on hackernews that's the effect millions of views :))********
- neverscared1
- He said that he'll pay all the legal fees to victims who will speak about the files.
Why would he do that if he had something to hide?ApeRobot - It's a genuine question.ApeRobot
- wow so much genuine... or is it just strategic... another genuine question.neverscared
- because could have potentially already paid off , dont want to be humiliated, etc thousands of possibilities.. not that i think he guilty or sth at the currentneverscared
- state of events, and thats also not what the video states....only that he had party talks with eppi and thats fair enough.neverscared
- That's how you find the witnessessrhadden
- Elon talks shite.PhanLo
- He said that he'll pay all the legal fees to victims who will speak about the files.
