“These powerful young men, impudent by nature or ambition, maintained a din of applause day & night, showering divine epithets on Nero's beauty and voice. They were grand & respected as if they had done great things."
Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome
“These powerful young men, impudent by nature or ambition, maintained a din of applause day & night, showering divine epithets on Nero's beauty and voice. They were grand & respected as if they had done great things."
Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome
This is why I doubt the idea that AI will be incorporated into things like film anytime soon. The perspective on this is so bad that it made me sick to look at. If it were the basis for a film scene, the uncanny valley effect would be so obvious that no one would accept it.
This is why I doubt the idea that AI will be incorporated into things like film anytime soon. The perspective on this is so bad that it made me sick to look at. If it were the basis for a film scene, the uncanny valley effect would be so obvious that no one would accept it.
I may have found a new daily puzzle to obsess over. That was a lot of fun.
Vulture Cinematrix No. 365: Mar 26, 2025
I got 9/9 correct
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WOW, this is the earliest known group of chess pieces in the world! 🤩
Dated AD 700s, they were excavated at Afrasiab in Samarkand (present day Uzbekistan). Made up of two foot soldiers, two mounted riders, an elephant with rider, a figure driving two horses and another driving…
The speed limit was 65 MPH.
Now it's 70 MPH.
Now it's back down to 65 MPH.
Now it's a 55 MPH work zone.
I'm never going to pay attention to road signs again!
– Catturd trying to get out of a speeding ticket.
(Quoting a quote tweet; catturd doesn't deserve the extra engagement.)
The speed limit was 65 MPH.
Now it's 70 MPH.
Now it's back down to 65 MPH.
Now it's a 55 MPH work zone.
I'm never going to pay attention to road signs again!
– Catturd trying to get out of a speeding ticket.
(Quoting a quote tweet; catturd doesn't deserve the extra engagement.)
"A silent black and white film from the 70s".
This is what happens when young people take no interest in culture from before their own birthdate. I wasn't alive in the 1970s and even I'm aware that "talkies" had been around for 50 years by then and that color film was standard.
"A silent black and white film from the 70s".
This is what happens when young people take no interest in culture from before their own birthdate. I wasn't alive in the 1970s and even I'm aware that "talkies" had been around for 50 years by then and that color film was standard.
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