PM_STEAM_KEYS

joined 1 year ago
[–] PM_STEAM_KEYS 22 points 1 year ago

Two issues I ran into were I like midjourney for grimdark artwork, but it shies away from certain things like blood, and getting chatgpt to generate poetry/lyrics with dark motifs.

But more generally, I honestly just hate being mollycoddled by a god damn robot. I'm a big boy, I know what I asked for, and I can handle the results.

[–] PM_STEAM_KEYS 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not either/or, it's because. I'm constantly craving novelty, which has led me to learn a little bit about almost everything, quite a bit about many things, and achieved mastery of nothing. Hell I've been playing guitar for 25-odd years, and that's pretty much the only exception, but even there, I'm nowhere near as good as I "should" be with that much experience.

I can C+ to B just about anything that interests me, but God help me beyond that point.

[–] PM_STEAM_KEYS 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go learn a trade then. Be the change.

[–] PM_STEAM_KEYS 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I am loathe to admit I was a fan (though not really a boy about it) in the early days of Tesla and SpaceX. I don't even necessarily think I was wrong at the time, mind you — whether or not he deserved the credit for their achievements, his companies were pushing electric cars and rocketry in the right direction IMO — it's just sad to see that once the curtain was pulled back, there was nothing but a narcissistic and delusional huckster behind it all.

[–] PM_STEAM_KEYS 58 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Does anyone else think a lot about the incredible irony of western freedom-loving democracies being fine and dandy with the fact that nearly 100% of workplaces are top-down dictatorships? Even when you're "given" freedom to act independently, it's always predicated upon your decisions and actions aligning with the wishes of your superiors. The second that isn't the case, you get your marching orders, and you can either comply or fuck off.

It would be one thing if employment were "optional" to some degree, or there were always more jobs than people to do them, but so many people are one missed paycheck or medical emergency away from homelessness, you basically have no choice but to grin and bear it.