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A Question about hate arts
Hate arts.
Who does not hate them? (Pun intended).
However, there is a certain question I've been thinking about.
Do people despise hate arts because
1) They're rarely anything better than either extremely poorly drawn, or simply "character hates X" fill-in memes
or
2) Simply because they are only hate arts?
I guess I began thinking if it is like that because many people can't be bothered to express their dislike in any even slightly refined manner.
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A Question about hate arts
Hate arts.
Who does not hate them? (Pun intended).
However, there is a certain question I've been thinking about.
Do people despise hate arts because
1) They're rarely anything better than either extremely poorly drawn, or simply "character hates X" fill-in memes
or
2) Simply because they are only hate arts?
I guess I began thinking if it is like that because many people can't be bothered to express their dislike in any even slightly refined manner.
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Finnish Independence Day 2023
It's that time of the year once again, so I thought I'd provide some more information this time around.
First, a video from the YouTuber Aaron Gorman, better known as Irish in Finland.
Although this video is from 2022, many of the topics he brings up here remain relevant.
Here are my thoughts on the points he brought up.
A Day of Remembering
The date, the 6th of December, is the day on which Finnish Declaration of Independence was adopted by the first Senate of Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, the third President of Finland. (The Senate was effectively the de facto government of Finland at the time). Specifically, the 6th of December, 1917.
Even though technically speaking, Soviet Union officially recognized Finland's independence a little later, which was necessary seeing many other countries were reluctant to recognize Finland's independence, if the USSR didn't.
Independence Day is indeed quite a serious and many would say even somber day of celebration for the
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Tutorial: How to filter AI Content on DeviantArt
I suppose all this should by all accounts be common knowledge on DeviantArt by now.
Nevertheless, I feel I should provide a brief tutorial on how to reduce the amount of AI-generated content you can (or possibly more accurately have to) see on the website. (Partly because there are times it feels like the team is a little hit or miss when it comes to notifying the users about new features and settings).
As a matter of fact, the whole thing takes only three simple steps:
Step 1: Place the mouse cursor over your user avatar in the task bar.
Step 2: Select the 'AI Content Settings', as shown in the screenshot below, and click it.
Step 3: Click to select the option 'Suppress AI' and save the settings.
Notes: Based on my personal experiences, it's not 100 % waterproof, but anything is still better than nothing, and I can confirm I'm seeing a great deal less AI-generated images.
In addition, there is also the DA-exclusive DeviantArt Filter browser extension
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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart (Review)
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Developer(s): Insomniac Games
Publisher(s): Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s): PlayStation 5, Windows
Release: June 11, 2021 (PlayStation 5), July 26, 2023 (PC)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the first game in the series in nearly eight years after the previous title Into the Nexus. Thought I'd share my thoughts – assuming nobody has me hanged for Rift Apart being the first R&C game I've ever completed.
Setting and Story
After all of their adventures, Ratchet and Clank are about to have a celebration in their honor. Which has apparently been organized by none other than Captain Qwark, as unbelievable as that sounds. But none of the festivities can hope to match Clank's recent activities. For after learning that the rest of the Lombax race are somewhere in a different dimension and dealing with a portal creating device called the Dimensionator on a few occasions, Clank has gone and built his own copy of the machine for Ratchet as a personal gift, giving
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Spreading: GoFundMe campaign
Someone has started a GoFundMe campaign due to having some issues. Even if you're in no position to provide monetary support, you can always spread the message.
https://www.deviantart.com/galvaemperor/status-update/My-friend-is-having-serious-907167581
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Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom Trailer
An upcoming live action film featuring Asterix and Obelix that doesn't take itself seriously?
Count me in!
Funny thing is, it's believed real life Gaius Julius Caesar actually had plans of a campaign directed to the East, specifically to Dacia and Parthia. Or modern day eastern Europe and north-eastern Iran, to be exact. So not exactly China, but the same cardinal direction in a manner of speaking.
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