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Off Topic / Re: Slice of Life - What are you up to today?
« Last post by Beldarna on Today at 06:54:44 AM »
I finally had my first part of the deep health check today. So bloodwork, blood pressure (was low), weight, lenght, waiste measurement. Home. Fill in a 50 page questionaire about everything about me, from how I sleep and eat to how I feel mentally and if I use alcohol etc.. it took a good two hours. Luckily it was online so I don't have to go back and give it to them in person. Next appointment is april 9th where we will go over the results of everything. I had been fasting since 10 pm yesterday so I was ravenous when I came home, lol. No eggs for breakfast, lets make a huge baguette! It was delicious.

I got a package today with three lovley styling G3s so now I have all five of them :inlove:. Made me so happy to see how well the seller had packaged them, I got warm fuzzies allover and felt bad about opening them up.

I went for a walk with a friend and talked for a bit. Felt good. In a minute or three I'm gonna join hubby on the couch and take a nap :).
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Off Topic / Re: What made you smile today?
« Last post by Beldarna on Today at 06:44:25 AM »
Pokeyonekenobie yaaay for the new car!
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Off Topic / Re: The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3
« Last post by Beldarna on Today at 06:42:30 AM »
Thank you so much everyone for the hugs. Hugs right back to you :heart: I've slept horribly and it has taken a lot of time to decompress. I talked to a coworker about it yesterday and it felt better afterwards. I slept really good for being me this night. But I still see the poor animal when I close my eyes. It will take a long time to ease it's way to the back of my mind. Still nothing on the police page for incidents in that area.

Taffeta I mean no disrespect, I express myself clumpsily when I am stressed. But John did not try do distract, he does that when a topic is boring to him. And a traffic accident can be very boring if he had no part in it. He can passionatly talk for a long time about anything that interests him but the minute the topic is something he has no interest in, he stop listen and try talking about something else. One of the reasons I suspect he has ADD (there are other things pointing at that directions as well). Me talking again about a traffic accident that I already disclosed in texts were of no interest. Sad but true.

BC poor ducks and poor you :hug: I remember going with mom one time when we hit a dove. That has haunting me for close to 25 years and it died right away.

That bridge collapse was terrifying! It was a bit of beauty in how it fell, but wow, how little it took to make it fall. I am so sorry for those who lost a loved one :cry:. Luckily the police were fast at closing the bridge which prevented a lot of casualties.

It's both a plus and a minus with AI in art. Within Temptation has released three musicvideos by using AI and has gotten a lot of backlash because of it. But they explained it's still a lot of work to make it right. John is a photographer and AI is part of the latest photoshop and he has used that sometimes to edit a pic, like adding a leg that was covered or extended a floor. For some it's cheating and stealing, for some it's a tool. Unfortunaly the haters voices are the loudest.
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Pony Corral / Re: Is this pony a prototype?
« Last post by Fluttershy on Today at 06:10:58 AM »
I don't really see how a packaged pony could be a prototype. Seems odd, no? Most prototype ponies I have seen have been packaged in just a plastic bag.

Definitely just European packaging. If the seller charged for a prototype pony I would ask for a partial refund.
I think the seller was trying to sell it as a "mock up pack", like a sort of example of what the final packaging would look like. I only paid $40 USD for it though, so I'm not too concerned about getting my money back.
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Trader & Shipping Support / Re: Returned package from Brazil
« Last post by tailrustedtealeaf on Today at 05:55:46 AM »
Brazil imports prohibit "used consumer goods". That could possibly be extended to an opened toy? It seems very vague.
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Trader & Shipping Support / Re: Returned package from Brazil
« Last post by cowboyopossum on Today at 05:43:12 AM »
Maybe it was Diamond Mint? The liquid inside could have been why.
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Off Topic / Re: The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3
« Last post by cowboyopossum on Today at 05:37:23 AM »
Artist here, AI has become terrifying. I was planning on going to an animation/fine arts school and now, I don't know if it is worth it. AI is awfully easy for ANYONE to use, and I am fearful that people will use Sora to make fake videos for evidence in court. Just horrifying...                                                                                                                                                               
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Pony Corral / Re: Is this pony a prototype?
« Last post by cowboyopossum on Today at 05:33:26 AM »
I don't really see how a packaged pony could be a prototype. Seems odd, no? Most prototype ponies I have seen have been packaged in just a plastic bag.

Definitely just European packaging. If the seller charged for a prototype pony I would ask for a partial refund.
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Off Topic / Re: The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3
« Last post by Taffeta on Today at 05:15:17 AM »
I think that probably AI art has developed beyond where people are ready to manage it or set limits, work out credits, etc. It's a complicated minefield.

I'm not an artist, but I as someone who writes a lot, I won't pretend that I'm positive about people using AI to write stories or articles.  I don't know if it is the same or different as with pictures, though. :/

My biggest fear around AI is that it actually isn't AI but computer learning, and what it's learning from is often an internet full of division, hate and stereotypes. There have been some worrying creations from AI when given certain prompts about certain groups...until we have an actual interface capable of learning and judging independently from what humans put out, I feel like it's a pretty risky thing to be relying on. I'm also worried about how it is used in video to create deepfakes.

But that is a bit different from AI art as well.

I just think that probably needs wider discourse about how it's used/what credit systems exist/how it can be managed. All art and creative stuff has inspiration in something else, whether it's a walk in nature, or an experience, or a person...or whatever. It's just working out how to manage that line to keep it to inspiration...I guess?

Very. Very. Complicated.
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Trader & Shipping Support / Returned package from Brazil
« Last post by Barnacle_lady on Today at 04:11:09 AM »
I want to know if more people have the same experience or maybe I missed something.

End of January I shipped a pony package with track & trace to Brazil. Buyer was fully aware that it could take some time to arrive. And also got the track & trace from me to follow the package. Post office also agreed I filled in address and customs form correctly. So the waiting game and follow the package could begin.
Beginning of February the t&t was "item is at customs" in Brazil. Ok, let them check whatever they want to check.
Yesterday I saw at the t&t site that package could not be delivered and is being returned to me. So now I have to wait until it comes back to me. And we really don't have a clue why. Buyer doesn't want the money back, even offered shipping again.Well let's then wait until the box arrives and then decide how to solve this.
Ponies,1 plush, squishy pops and loose blind bag ponies are all G4 with the only sort of special the Guardians of Harmony Spitfire & Soarin with that flying thing and Diamond Mint with liquid in it. Everything else just common, low value. Stickers and cards as extra's. Luckily I made pictures of the box and addres/custom label.
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