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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1m

Those are all murders, in their own way. SFChron must repent.

Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 24m

Subscribing to the newspaper equivalent of excited delirium.

Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 7h

We might need someone like this guy

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 8h

one quintillion

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 9h

Even if they weren't, the good thing is that he evidently doesn't know what a DM is, so we're getting a good chunk of them on main I guess

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 9h

My updated guess is arxiv.org/abs/2409.11355 since it does fine-tuning, uses SD directly, and compares to benchmarks.

Fine-Tuning Image-Conditional Diffusion Models is Easier than You Think

Recent work showed that large diffusion models can be reused as highly precise monocular depth estimators by casting depth estimation as an image-conditional image generation task. While the proposed ...

arxiv.org

Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 10h

Everything's gender

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 13h

Racist sarcasm is still racist.

Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 18h

If anyone reading this figures out which paper Rev is referencing, please share! My arXiv-fu is failing me here.

Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Matt Stoller being very Matt Stoller, calling someone else a "classic left poseur snob"

Matt Stoller being eviscerated by @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

Is that arxiv.org/html/2508.09...

Stable Diffusion Models are Secretly Good at Visual In-Context Learning

arxiv.org

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

it is a tremendous technological achievement which i have no interest in being part of. the release was inevitable because once you have the recipe, it's like an atomic bomb you can make with tap water

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

I can't even get any heroin for solving that sudoku.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

i more or less quit my job over video models. unwilling to be part of that. sorry.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

Ignoring SB79's language for a moment, we can all agree that there are no high-quality transit stops without transporters, and thus the bill should not apply anywhere.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

Get in, losers. We're upzoning [checks map] Fort Baker.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

Confident in my ability to properly Poast, I login to my Twitter account with a statue avatar. I tag @dieworkwear.bsky.social in my witticism. He does not return the gesture. He'd be more Ivy/Trad if he did, I think. He replies. His words sever me from my audience, killing me instantly.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

Confident in my ability to properly Poast, I login to my Twitter account with a statue avatar. I tag @dieworkwear.bsky.social in my witticism. He does not return the gesture. He'd be more Ivy/Trad if he did, I think. He replies. His words sever me from my audience, killing me instantly.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

This post sucks

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

We're just paid shills for the deep pocketed owners of the Ratio'ed feed.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

Inevitable Clown Posse

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

My name's Stephen Miller and I'm here to say

That I express bad ideas in a clownish way

An AI modification of a Stephen Miller photograph in which clown-ish costume makeup has been digitally rendered.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

Dumb question and perfectly fine answer. His country is in an existential crisis, he's not going to say 'no'.

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Builder's Remedy @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 1d

“Social engagement for The Atlantic is off the charts as we gear up for an acquisition”

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