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Nicolai

@critdeathx.bsky.social

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Producer, pianist/percussionist, autistic, furry, Christian, #1 John Cage fan. As seen on Yiff! Magazine. I like reading books and listening to music. https://galvanisticyoungboy.bandcamp.com/

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Nicolai @critdeathx.bsky.social · 17h

I feel like you could make an Alex Yard Out of Context video and it'd make as much sense as Alex Yard

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Raven Paine @ravenpaine.bsky.social · 21h

my friend just shared this with me

Dr Eggman Robotnic drawn in two images, Designed with Gamers in mind: Caked up Robotnic, Designed with activists in mind: no ass Robotnic looks sad

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 3, Episode 7

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 6, Episode 6

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 21h

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 20h

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 1, Episode 8

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Nicolai @critdeathx.bsky.social · 1d

Its almost majestic how clearly I can hear the bass here; I'm so grateful I lived in time to see this song found

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

YEAH BABY THE BEST SCORE

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 1, Episode 12

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 1d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 2, Episode 14

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KinoFabino 🇵🇸 @kinofabino.bsky.social · 1d

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Nicolai @critdeathx.bsky.social · 2d

Lucario

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THE COPYRIGHT KILLER 💙 ⚔️ ✨ @jaidenhybrid04.bsky.social · 3d

Take this as a reminder that you are loved, you are beautiful, you are worth it, you will be able to finish the projects you're making, you will eventually overcome your sicknesses and fears, and you are incredible, no matter what ❤️

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Kenza @kenzamaka.sheath.church · 28d

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Ami - Tiny Retro Robot 💾 🏳️‍⚧️ @amithero.bot · 5d

So is no one going to elaborate on the ddos attack last night

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ivyy @leafiamusic.nekoweb.org · 5d

1 year and two days ago, the finale of pomnicore 2 was dropped and since then became one of my most streamed songs on my leafia alias
as much as i want to look past the pomnicore era, it was an era where i realized that i had so much potential with my music and i wasn't using all of it up until pomnicore 2, and yeah i wasn't exactly going through a good time towards the end but i am glad that i was able to leave it with a good note
i seriously want to thank you all for showing support to my music, thank you tremendo k3plr reallerr reali Sky Serena Liars for contributing to this song, thank you

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5d

if you needed another reason to stop using spotify:

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 5d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 10d

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 6d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 7, Episode 5

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sasha e head @sievish.bsky.social · 6d

probably won't be making this purchase

subtotal $9.95
shipping $1000
total USD $1009.95

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Rick or Treat | The D-Pad @ricdesi.dpad.fm · 6d

As someone who has two flights coming up at the end of this month, I'm... really not in love with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9d

Sora 2 is also unbelievably expensive, costing OpenAI at least $5 per 10 second video - and likely more considering Sora 2 also generates synced-up audio. OpenAI loses one subscriber's revenue *every four images generated*. It's unbelievably stupid.
www.wheresyoured.at/sora2-openai...

Sora 2 Is Unbelievably Expensive, With Each Video Costing $5 Of Compute and Users Allowed To Generate 100 Videos Every 24 Hours — Meaning OpenAI Will Lose A Month’s Subscription Revenue Every Four Videos Generated
Let’s establish some facts:

Once you have access to Sora 2, you can generate what appears to be an unlimited amount of videos, at least on a $20-a-month subscription, and OpenAI has promised “generous limits” for a non-specific amount of time.
Every Sora 2 generation is at 1280x704 — a variant of 720p resolution — and every single one is 10 seconds long, even if you ask it to generate a longer one.
Each video appears to have sound, whether or not you asked for it.
It takes about a minute to generate each video.
Now, I’m a curious little critter, so I found that Microsoft actually publishes the prices of using Sora on its Azure AI Foundry page if you select “US East 2” as your region. To be clear, this is the pricing for the first Sora model, rather than Sora 2, which is likely more expensive.

Nevertheless, based on Azure’s pricing, it’s likely that each Sora 2 generation is priced at the “720 Global” rate of 50 cents a second, meaning that each video generated on Sora 2 costs $5 in compute, if not more, because it’s very likely that OpenAI’s costs are more than it charges on an API basis.

Now, according to The Information, OpenAI’s gross margins were projected to be 50% this year, meaning that even in the most kindly, sweet maths of all time, it’s annihilating all of its margin in two generations, and another subscriber’s margins in two more.

I also understand that some may argue that OpenAI’s costs “might not be as bad,” and there’s no evidence that this is the case.

Sora 2, by OpenAI’s own description, is a “video and audio generation model,” suggesting it’s one main model rather than a combination with its audio-generation models it released earlier this year.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9d

10K Word Premium: OpenAI is another unprofitable, desperate AI startup building products on its own models, spending $2.60 to make $1. Sora 2 is a reckless attempt to grow ChatGPT that costs them at least $5 per generated video. They need to raise $20bn+ before EoY.
www.wheresyoured.at/sora2-openai/