#just need enough for the math to work

[iplaywithstring]

I want a lace weight top (probably short sleeve) and I have some handspun yarn

I don't have enough of either on their own, sp they have to go together (I've got another ball of the grey too). I should also probably weigh what I have and compare it to the sweater I made out of the grey just to be sure, but that's tomorrow-me's problem.

I flipped through this book

And like this pattern

And started a swatch.

I tried out some two colour rib (uses less yarn than brioche rib) and some stripes (one row each colour which works fine in the round) and then started the pattern (and messed it up a little because one row each colour not in the round is finicky) and then got bored swatching so this is as far as I've gotten

That doesn't show the striped bits very well

Much better.

I don't hate the stripes as much as I thought I would. I actually like how they play in the lace.

I'm going to cast off the swatch and block it and then do some math.

The pattern will probably be based on EZ's saddle shoulder technique, just because I like how that fit. Likely stockinette at the yoke and then lace starting just above the bust.

Maybe.

Thoughts?

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 168

So. Apparently halfas are like phoenixes or something, which Danny would’ve really liked to know. 

See, usually with ghosts if they’re forced to retreat to their cores they reform as was, but apparently, since they’re still partially living, schrodinger's people and all that, halfas have to regrow their body from scratch. At least that’s what he’s understanding from Frostbite. 

But how come he has to deal with it? It’s Dan’s fault for trying to pull such a stunt! Oh, it’s either him or Vlad? Well fuck, he might have calmed down and is going to therapy in both the living realm and the Zone, but he’s waaay not equipped to raise a child except for like, monetarily wise. 

Well dammit, how long will this core incubation thing last, he has his new job in… let him check which offer he accepted again… He has his new job in Coast City that he needs to finish packing for and then all the rest of the stuff to do. 

What do you mean it’ll take months?! He doesn’t have months?! Urgh, fine. At least being a mortician isn’t that exciting, nor dangerous. Just hand him Dan’s core and he’ll figure things out for the living side of things. He’s sure Tucker and Sam wouldn’t be against helping, if only to try and claim favorite aunt or uncle spots. 

[svtskneecaps]

honestly foolish's character walking the slightly meta line of "oo this'll be fun content" makes him feel like that marvel immortal character who is only immortal as long as he doesn't get bored (and was played by jeff goldblum in the movies). like idk why but the more i see of foolish's rp the more solidified the comparison gets in my mind.

like it's kinda cool for a headcanon ngl and also it means i'm not really surprised pikachu-ing when, say, he flips a coin to decide whether to rat out his son-in-law, or climbs into an incubator of corruption crystals, or doesn't ENTIRELY kick owen out of the kingdom. it's not that he doesn't CARE, but..... well, wouldn't it be interesting? don't you want to know what would happen?

[some-pers0n]

interesting ideas about AI art and by no means am I trying to send hate but I believe majority of people hate AI art is because it's truly just the byproduct of a giant plinko board bouncing through pieces of art made by artists who put love and care and SOUL into their work. A visual product of a math formula. While it's "art" in the most litteral sense, not having a true human behind it putting though and effort into its every detail, for many people (myself included) devalues it from a tradition artists work.

I'm a firm believer in the idea that AI art is inherently unequal to non Ai art, specifically for this reason. (Hope this made sense sorry if it's incoherent)

I agree in that sense there. I personally do not find myself wanting to engage in a work when I purposefully know the creator had used AI to create the entire product. Something something,,,I cannot find myself getting invested in something that is little more than a product. I don't wanna read a fic about my blorbos when it was written by Chat-GPT

I also agree with the idea that a lot of people hate AI art because of this heavily emotional, debatably reactionary mindset that stems from one thing: fairness. It's the same sort of emotion I find one gets if all of the work on a group project gets shafted onto them whilst their fellow peers sit idly by. It feels unfair to sink hours into your craft, spending all this time fighting to develop your skills and flourish as an artist, only to see someone type half a paragraph and have a machine spit back something that looks not half bad. Let's be honest with ourselves here and say that AI art, at least in a visual regard, has progressed quite a bit to the point where most of the mistakes people find can be dismissed as wonky perspective and the line art being a bit fucky, which is something a ton of artists struggle with too

People develop a sort of a superiority complex over it. I can't blame them honestly. A number of times I've felt it too when people tell me they're using Chat-GPT as though it were Google and when I see my family members and friends playing around with AI art. I gotta bite my tongue and choke back a chortle, both because it's kind of a dick move and also because I don't want to relish in this feeling. It's infectious though to feel as though you have an edge over another person just because you abstain from using Chat-GPT or whatever. Not to be all "grrgrgrr you should LOVE Chat-GPT and if you dare to say anything bad then you are EVILL!!" of course though. It's emotions. They're messy, intense, and oftentimes you don't really realize when you're feeling since you get locked into your perspective. Yet, I think it's important to realize a lot of hatred of this generative AI stems from emotions. Reactionary ideals and claims stem from emotions after all

I think ultimately what the conversation about generative AI should revolve around is about the concerns of labour. The several strikes from a while back from VFX artists and scriptwriters come to mind. They are most at stake from generative AI as tools like Chat-GPT are cheaper and more cost-effective than paying an actual employee for their time and effort. I would also mention the environmental issues, but if we were to talk about that we would also have to acknowledge the fact that so, so much water is being used up daily to generate power for servers. Hell, this post alone will probably contribute to drying up some marsh in the greater scheme of things

Anywho yada yada TL;DR: I agree yes but I also think it's important to recognize that a good chunk of your hatred to Chat-GPT stems from feeling cheated and a sense of pride and superiority over others for simply not using it. There is no quality to Chat-GPT that makes it inherently evil. I can't get upset at my grandma for sending me a photo of her and her dog that went through an AI anime filter. I can feel maybe some exhaustion when seeing a fellow classmate using Chat-GPT to write their essay, but ultimately I write my own work for the love of the game. I can get upset however at those in higher power who use it to push artists out of jobs. Chat-GPT is a tool that has its pros and cons and I think it's reductive to just basically sit there and hiss like a vampire when presented with a cross when faced with the mere word "AI", especially when your only big argument for disliking it is based purely in feeling cheated when someone types a prompt into a program and art that would've taken you seven hours to draw gets spit out in about a minute or two

[archersgoon]

do u think the lastborns from jidia & alonso were just cringe & that's why they never came up. or do they not exist

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Thinking of not even drilling anything, just going in tomorrow for the exam and taking it from there

[ricelover247]

looks up. blinks blearily. scifi series review in the tags (not real review) (not verified) (i have been awake for a very large number of hours)

[folkloregirlfriend]

i hate feeling ambitionless aimless the future is so bleak

[creepyjirachi]

okay hear me out. i know i love science and i’m very good at chemistry and physics. but what if i became a fucking accountant

[hplonesomeart]

Wohoo animation update I guess wow cool fast paced camera pan stuff wowwww

[xiao-brothers]

The biggest mystery in MLC is that Fang Duobing met Li Xiangyi when he was 10 (or 8 if we use Di Feisheng's info). And this was at least 10 years ago.

20 years ago (i.e. when Fang Duobing was born), the Feng clan found Shan Gudao because they heard a rumour that the 10 year old descendant is in Yuyin mountain.

They thought this was Shan Gudao. So...did Shan Gudao have Fang Duobing when he was 10? Or was Li Xiangyi the actual 10 year old and the Feng clan was just really bad at knowing the difference between a 10 year old and a teenager?

Or was Fang Duobing really born 18 years ago, and Shan Gudao had a kid at 12? (This is technically possible. Puberty starts as young as 6 years old in extreme cases.)

Either way, it all makes me laugh.

[nerice]

why do you. wear your nemesis's melody as an earring anyway huh.

[ironicsoap]

god it is so insane getting so close to the end of making this base. like it feels fake that in like a week from now im gonna have it out but IM SO CLOSEE to being done it is real i know i can hit that deadline.. but i feel like im in the infinite mental dragon prison tunnel

[spacespore]

HI TUMBLRR it’s me

[onrainynights]

the fact that I might be about to go from being almost completely financially dependent on my parents to being able to support myself fully is unbelievable like. what. how did I get here. I'm not complaining by any means but part of me honestly thought I'd never get to be independent and if I get this promotion I WILL cry about it. oh my god.

[mamawasatesttube]

have u ever thought about a kid fic for timkon? or thoughts about what they would be like with kids

only tangentially. i don't really like kidfic myself (nothing wrong with it, just doesn't really scratch the brain itch for me personally yk?) so it's not a trope that i tend to ponder. that said, sometimes i do think about kon and lophi coparenting babymartha, and also of kon finding some clone child in a fucked up lab and going "tim 🥺 can we keep her 🥺"

but overall i tend to hc them childfree!! partly bc i think they would talk about it a lot bc i think they both like kids and are good with them (kon especially but you put an autistic child in front of tim and 99% of the time they CLICK. said child will now be following tim around like a duckling), but are also more involved in vigilante/hero life than they'd like to be if they were to be parents. and neither of them is really willing to fully retire. so instead i like them opting into more of the found family route and mentoring younger heroes instead + being the BEST uncles to cissiecassie's kids ♥