Posts by lawrenceevalyn@zirk.us
 (DIR) Post #ATuMQBGCmXLbARuczo by lawrenceevalyn@zirk.us
       2023-03-23T04:39:16Z
       
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       @TedUnderwood I thought you might find this interesting, especially the detail that "Instead of needing to type in a bizarre string of descriptors to style an image, Adobe includes built-in options for art styles" -- which suggests to me that some prompt-design wizards have already gone to work behind the scenes to choose some bizarre strings for each "style"https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/21/23648315/adobe-firefly-ai-image-generator-announced
       
 (DIR) Post #Ain8ykyzDIy51w4Dg0 by lawrenceevalyn@zirk.us
       2024-06-10T17:36:10Z
       
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       @ZachWeinersmith this is a really interesting question — I think it must be the intricateness that he thinks of as the plot. I do think of his works as “densely plotted”, in the sense that there will be a dozen overlapping subplots that are always making progress and all combine at the conclusion. Wilde at his best accomplishes the same, but I think it’s a genre that depends on the details for greatness — if stuff stops happening, the witty narration grows tiresome
       
 (DIR) Post #Aip93iU1htHlRrh3TM by lawrenceevalyn@zirk.us
       2024-06-11T16:46:52Z
       
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       @ZachWeinersmith I think people’s notes are often longer than the books, especially if you figure that he might be working out jokes/puns, which benefit from choosing the best from a big pool of options. You gotta remember that he wrote without a backspace key! But I think you’re right that 400 pages is hyperbole.