nimbleal

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by nimbleal 13d ago
GPT 2 is almost always better (80+% of the time?) than Nano Banana 2, albeit slower
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by nimbleal 2mo ago
Same pass.
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by nimbleal 2mo ago
I work in this industry and I don’t think this is true. Look at these tests, using a camera that’s now two generations out of date: https://youtu.be/suZtYPIADHM?si=KMgFb1gEhA7z7QVm I think what makes film great is more the
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by nimbleal 2mo ago
I tried with my phone vertical and couldn’t see anything. In horizontal ie bigger image it was clear as day. I think a lot of the variance is probably screens.
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by nimbleal 3mo ago
I see — a blog written by an unknown librarian is a better source than an Oxford fellow writing for a journal with a hundred year pedigree. No further engagement necessary, I think.
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by nimbleal 3mo ago
Yes, it is. Look at your source — hardly authoritative! And the so-called evidence... Thin, entirely circumstantial, and in places actually wrong. For example, Saturnalia went — at its longest - until the 23rd, not the 25th. Moreover, Chris
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by nimbleal 3mo ago
The Christmas/ Saturnalia link is a myth.
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by nimbleal 5mo ago
Not sure how multiple exposures helps? Smaller sensor, tighter aperture. So yes, more light or a more sensitive sensor.
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by nimbleal 7mo ago
Hmmmm. Which direction are you driving in where you can hardly understand them? I don’t think there’s a regional accent in the whole of the UK that’s “hardly understandable” spoken by anyone under 80 years old, let alone an hour from London
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by nimbleal 11mo ago
I don’t think that’s an argument from authority. “Experts have been discussing X without reaching a conclusion for a long time” is a premise from which a reasonable argument can be made for the unlikelihood that an off-hand comment on HN ha
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The New Control Society – The New Atlantis(thenewatlantis.com)
3 points by nimbleal 2y ago|1 comments
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by nimbleal 2y ago
Zeiss cinema lenses (in particular master primes) have the least distortion I’ve come across
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by nimbleal 2y ago
It was basically (no pun intended) this, though obviously not in bash: #!/bin/bash legs_out=( " " " .'''. " " - - " &qu
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by nimbleal 2y ago
I’m afraid not. It was incredibly simple, but I just remember being amazed that such a thing was even possible.
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by nimbleal 2y ago
I was talking to my parents the other day and surprised myself getting pretty chocked up remembering how my dad had shown me how to program an ascii animation on his 386, and how the wonder I felt at that in many ways led me to where I am t
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by nimbleal 2y ago
A video camera shooting at standard shutter speeds (ie if being used by a professional) would likely not show the bullet. If shooting 60fps for eg so 1/120 id guess the bullet wouldn’t show up. Quick Google suggests typical 3000km&#x2F
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by nimbleal 2y ago
Would plugging in your fastest external SSD and then using a hard drive read/write tester achieve some of the same ends? I've done that before with Blackmagic's disk speed test app and found it useful
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by nimbleal 2y ago
Yes, or considered another way 1/25th shutter vs almost 1/2000th, ie a lot of motion blur vs. virtually nothing will be able to provoke blurring
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by nimbleal 2y ago
I could see that being possible with a human language, but a non-human language? No way near enough context, I'd think.
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by nimbleal 2y ago
I hope there are more models trained on more precise inputs going forward. I understand that natural language feels the most futuristic but while it has the lowest barrier to entry it’s not only imprecise but also slow. Visual approaches (f
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by nimbleal 2y ago
I’m not sure this makes sense. Lots of phenomena — including those possessed by biological organisms — exist without there being any evolutionary imperative for their existence. For your argument to work, would you not have to demonstrate t
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by nimbleal 3y ago
Or even shoot a documentary as you go. Netflix could end up paying for your time.
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by nimbleal 3y ago
I agree. I think one part of the problem is using English (or whatever natural language) for the prompts/training. Too much inherent ambiguity. I’m interested to see what tools (like control nets with SD) are developed to overcome this
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by nimbleal 3y ago
Absolutely. I suppose what I was commenting on was a pattern I’ve observed that goes something like: 1. My videos don’t look good, it must be because I don’t have a good camera/lens 2. I have a good camera lens, but my videos still don
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by nimbleal 3y ago
Lighting is also over-emphasised, in my opinion. The unfortunate truth is that it's everything . Production design and talent are HUGELY important. If you have an amazing art department, costume design and beautiful people your camera
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by nimbleal 3y ago
Lots of shots of Davinci Resolve, didn't spot any Premier at a quick glance? But it's not unusual for both to be used on the same production
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by nimbleal 3y ago
I think the line you’re referring to is 象帝之先. I haven’t studied ancient Chinese (speak modern mandarin) but that would approximate to: 象 has the appearance of/seems to 帝 the Di, the highest or supreme deity/Zeus like king-of-the-g
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by nimbleal 3y ago
Sceptical (I’m English). And, I realise. I first learned Houdini c. 2004 so I’m aware of the technology. Your YouTube link is a perfect example. It looks good but certainly doesn’t pass the bar for mistake-it-for-the-real-thing realism.
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by nimbleal 3y ago
You’re right the VFX is often rushed and under budgeted. However realistic fire IS really hard and frankly I’m sceptical you can do it yourself on your desktop. On its own on a plain background, maybe. The moment you comp it in to a live pl
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by nimbleal 3y ago
Either the most violent or the least depending on how your gerrymander your sample. Hypothesis: violence is effectively monopolised to a degree it has never been before. So it is used far less frequently but when it is used, is far more d

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