Legonatic

joined 2 years ago
[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AI is already being used to help detect cancers and other illnesses. The medical innovations aren't as attention grabbing unfortunately. Can't say I'm much of a fan of other AI uses myself either.

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Using AI in this way I think is generally fine. I draw the line at using it, as well as any other effects, to recreate an actor's face who has passed away.

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Nearly made me sick just looking at the picture and reading the title 🤢

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Here's a thought: You're not very nice

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

ITT: people who have never lived in NYC complaining about why they couldn't do it

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Maryland has really fallen off the map these days

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Only if you actually care to follow it

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

A coworker of mine lives in Hoboken and grew up there. He speaks very highly of living in such a walkable city.

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Jacob Riis is the photographer and the slum is the Five Points.

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am an AV tech and we use a mouse jiggler script to prevent computers from going into an inactive state for presentations during events at my company. The script doesn't need to be installed, you just open the file by double clicking.

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Considering the chain has been owned for a few years by private equity, I don't know if it could have been any worse than that.

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

I actually bought a Huawei Matebook in February 2019 (2018 model) from the Microsoft store for just over $1300. You know, the MacBook ripoff one? It was just a few months before they were banned. Honestly, that thing is still a solid laptop.

Okay battery life, really good specs, super light, amazing display. Unfortunately heats up a lot and throttles under load, but not terrible. I mainly got it for music production with Ableton Live 10, and still use it for that. Gaming is meh but can play some games at modest settings. Good for Photoshop and Premiere. Great for basic computer use. It even barely had any bloatware installed. I suppose there could be some backdoor for spying as is often rumored, but it's really not something I am that concerned about.

I guess it's a shame they got banned. I feel like there's nothing else in the PC market like it. These days it seems like I'm better off buying a MacBook Pro given my hobbies.

 

Made from assorted Legos from my childhood.

 

I am thinking about building a PC oriented towards music production. My current desktop is 10 years old this month and is due to be replaced. Had been considering a Mac Studio but I am having second thoughts given the significant price difference and Apple's expensive storage upgrades.

[https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Legonatic/saved/#view=q8MYXL](Link to list)

I use Ableton Live 10 for my DAW. I have a Scarlett 4i4 audio interface, so no need to add any sound card to the build.

Going for a microATX build to save on physical space. Will also likely add another case fan somewhere. No Windows 11 license listed but I intend to get one. GPU is more for any light video editing or Photoshop I might do, not planning to do much of any gaming.

Any suggestions for improvement on this part list or any thoughts in general?

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