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If you missed the last few posts on this, Sora is the newest product from OpenAI that generates video from text prompts.
For a first public preview, it's pretty impressive. You can tell it's AI when you look for it, but your average infinite scroller won't suspect a thing.
https://openai.com/sora
A few sample videos.
On to the reaction posts.
The AI subs are gaga over it, as expected.
https://old.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1arm58d/we_are_so_back/?sort=controversial
VFXcels 
Sorta mixed reactions
Doomposting 
Schizoposting 
Flabbergasted 
and impressed 
Filmcels
RSP 
https://old.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/1armuvg/its_over/?sort=controversial
R-slurposting 
https://old.reddit.com/r/conspiracy_commons/comments/1aro45h/its_over/?sort=controversial
A few controversial posts.
https://old.reddit.com/r/vfx/comments/1art200/its_now_or_never/?sort=controversial
https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1arrumb/nvidia_will_cross_2000/?sort=controversial r-slurs wildly speculating
And many, many more https://old.reddit.com/search/?q=sora&sort=comments&t=day
Something for all! !fellas !redscarepod !kino !accelerationists !codecels
and uninteresting nonsense about ancient AC resurrection
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Since summer is coming all too soon to !texas I got to work on a project I been needin to do recently: fixing my window unit
A little backstory. I live in a trailer. pulled this circa 2003 ish unit, from another trailer. it sat since the end of 2010
it was 2021 I pulled it out.
when you're a country boy, you make do. why go buy a new window unit when the old trailer's got some sitting around?
actually, I pulled 2 sister units of the same vintage and manufacture at the time. one had a bad refrigeration circuit, probably the compressor rotted out on the bottom and leaked the gas 
a parts unit 
it sat in its new home beside the driveway patiently until it would be needed
lo and behold, just 2 yeears later, its time came 
the working unit had served me well for 21 and 22 but the bearings on the fan were shot from sitting 10 years without moving, partially exposed to the weather.
it was pretty loud. 
and since you need AC at least 8 months out of the year in this glorious state 
, it was working pretty hard.
I had alreaty scrounged the capacitor from the parts unit bc it was going, and every six months or so I had to oil the bearings or they'd start to seize.
and it was getting worse. as 'winter' finally rolled around last year and I only needed the thing some days I could spare time to try and fix it. the seizing was terminal at this point and she would suffer no more 
this wasn't my first time putting together a frankenstein unit. I had done basically the same thing before with 2 other sister units from another building. these were from 1998/1999, the good old days 
, older than me 
they also sat since 2010
well one had no refrigeration and the other had a seized motor right from the get go. so I took the good from each and made one working unit 
back to the newer unit... I pulled the fan assembly from the driveway machine and put it in. one uuge problem. It was so fricking loud 
I couldn't even sleep with it on. these bearings were worse than the old ones, but at least they were still spinnign. there was still some heat to get through before november brought peace so I powered through
but it got worse. the plastic condenser fan, having sat outside, dissembled in the driveway, had been exposed to a bunch of UV I guess and had turned to more or less cardboard. (I could just peel pieces of it apart when I took it out)
the fan blades were breaking and making it go out of balance.
So by the end of the cooling season this thing was an ear bleeding and earthshaking monstrosity in my windowsill.
something had to be done... but its december now there's no need for AC I'll fix it later 
that time was (is) now. ferbruary is coming to a close and with it will go the beutiful cold I've been enjoying. (
can't wait to find home)
I took the seized fan unit that was just waiting for some kind of final solution. I tore that motor open
there they were...
2 easy to replace 608s 
got a 10 pack online for $7
pulled the mfs and pressed the new ones on
spin the thing
silence
so I threw her back together and into the window.
turned it on and there's only the sound of the air (and compressor) now 
now you might have read this (probably not 
) and wondered, what's that title about?
well its about what happened last night when I got the thing in the window and turned it on.
the satisfaction of a job well done washed over me as I sat down at the old puter to browse rdrams.
and then thought popped into my head. the pernicious idea. only for a moment, but made me stop right in my tracks: "why didn't I take pictures of everything to make an effortpost?"
and then I was sick 
I realised this was the thought of a social media user. this is not me. no. 
so no I DIDN'T take pictures. No you DON'T get to see 
I'm going to enjoy my life with my own dmn eyes 
and I'm not going to become a 'gram zombie posting my every meal.
everytime I see a picture of a modern concert or venue where every. single. person. there is more concerned about filming the thing than actually being there, I want to vom.
it's disgusting and I feel ashamed for even the brief moment of remorse I felt about not filming this mundane task for the viewership of what, like 23 r-slurs online.
still felt the need to make the text post albiet 
I should be making marseys like I came here to do but instead I've been gooning to stable diffusion building workflows and exploring advanced generative ai systems all weekend. at least I went outside 
and fixed a AC
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Remember the massive scandal that tore the world asunder during the 2022 Olympic Games when Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was caught doping?
Of course you do. There's no way you could have missed my Pullitzer-deserving posts that are still held up today as the greatest examples of longform journ*lism to ever grace this planet.
[Effortpost] Figure Skating Scandal Part II: A big win for the drug legalization movement
[Effortpost] Olympic Figure Skating Part III: Conclusion - Meltdowns on Ice
DΓ©nouement
Despite being caught red handed (red urined?), Valieva was not simply stripped of her title. Russia and its eurocrat minions insisted that nobody rush to judgment. Perhaps she accidentally drank from the same glass as her grandfather who has a prescription for doping drugs? (Yes, that was unironically their excuse.) So everyone was left in limbo with her competitors not allowed to receive their medals.
Let's not blame Valieva too much. When you're 15 and the KGB tells you to take a pill you're probably going to take it.
Finally after 2 years of sitting on their asses, the international Court for Arbitration of Sport has ruled that cheating is actually against the rules so she doesn't get any medals. This bumps up her Russian rivals Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova to gold and silver respectively in the ladies' event. Kaori Sakamoto, a favorite of all true fans worldwide, picks up the bronze.
Sakamoto deserved it.
But Kamila wasn't just competing for herself. She also represented Russia in the team event that includes ladies, men, pairs, and ice dancing. With her scores thrown out the result is a decisive win by Team USA, the most crushing victory ever delivered in human history since Hannibal smashed the Romans at Cannae.
Hannibal was a great general but I never heard of him landing a quad in competition. Just saying.
Japan will take silver. The International Skating Union put out a curious statement saying Russia still gets bronze even after Valieva's scores are thrown out. The Canadians are understandably furious as Russian cheating should completely disqualify the whole team. It's amazing how much the ISU is still a joke after all this.
Team USA
Suggested soundtrack for this section.
Nathan Chen
Johnny Weir once accidentally called him "Nathan Quad" because you can't talk about him without mentioning his flawless quad jumps that brought the men's game to a whole new level. But he was also a master of every facet of the sport.
Vincent Zhou
Not just a kid with quads, he brought artistry that I don't believe we've ever seen from a man. If his program to Don McLean's "Vincent" didn't move you then you have no soul.
Karen Chen
I must admit some bias as she is perhaps the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on ice. A skater with the grace that only comes from the heart, not obscure heart medications.
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier
Our pairs. After skating with others they found each other, and eternal glory, at Beijing 2022.
Ice Dancers
There were also ice dancers on the team, but I don't consider ice dancing a real sport. It's a Cold War communist conspiracy just like ribbon gymnastics. I'll just say that our people beat the Russians at their own game.
Reactions
The face of evil.
That vile witch Eteri put out a statement throwing Kamila under the bus, pretending that this 15 year old girl was the mastermind of the doping plot. Eteri even has the gall to act like somehow she's the victim in all this.
This is a more bitter loss to him than the catastrophe at Kyiv.
The Russian people are no doubt facing shock and grief as they find that no amount of cheating, lying, or brute force can triumph over America and the Free World.
They should have been paying attention back in the '80s. They might have learned a very simple truth:
WINNERS DON'T DO DRUGS.
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