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In a survey of girls 9 and 10 years old, 40% have tried to lose weight, according to an ongoing study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (USA Today, 1996).
One author reports that at age thirteen, 53% of American girls are "unhappy with their bodies." This grows to 78% by the time girls reach seventeen (Brumberg, 1997).
It's just plain sad.
On a lighter note, I went to the bins yesterday with Lillie and her stepmom Jenny and I bought a whole bag of 80'sness. Though, that swimsuit is actually from a different thrift store. Haha.
But anyway yeah, lots of new clothes for me and the LABYRINTH SOUNDTRACK. (On vinyl of course.) Yeahyeahyeah.
Oh and yesterday I beat my record for views and got 4002 in one day, and like, 203 of both comments and favorites. Thankyouthankyouthankyou! :)
Explored #26.
I love this shot. I wish I had done more detailing on it, but it came out so smooth, and clean. And I love the way the flame effects come up in the background. A combination of the fallen angel character and some of my old tech pieces.
Released: 03.14.18
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NOTE: All works featured here are completely original creations. None are made with the assistance of any form of AI technology in any fashion whatsoever.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
---Richard Feynman
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Pan Asian troops have been inserted to observe the city of Osaka, Japan. Rumours have spread about the possibility of American Activity in this city. This is the main reason why the troops have been inserted, along with the fact that Osaka has good working relations with the Americans. The mayor of the city has been suspected of allowing American politicians into his city to speak with them. This helps proves the suggestion the politics do not stop for war, nor anything else.
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Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) new learning hub, latest architectural icon and building in the campus equipped with classrooms of the future.
The building was designed by renowned English designer Thomas Heatherwick.
.....the quickening pace of technological change, two types of phones.
#43 Technological, 52 in 2022 challenge
Press "L".
Pentax 67ii, SMC 45mm F4, Fujifilm Acros 100 developed in Kodak T-Max 1+4 5,5 min, wet-mounted drumscan.
The increase of population spurs technological progress and creates that anxiety which sets us against our environment as an enemy; while technology both facilitates increase of population and reinforces our arrogance, or "hubris," vis-à-vis the natural environment.
The attached diagram illustrates the interconnections. It will be noted that in this diagram each corner is clockwise, denoting that each is by itself a self-promoting (or, as the scientists say,"auto catalytic") phenomenon: the bigger the population, the faster it grows; the more technology we have, the faster the rate of new invention; and the more we believe in our "power" over an enemy environment, the more "power" we seem to have and the more spiteful the environment seems to be.
(for the diagram see: www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/ecology/sick.htm )
... The ideas which dominate our civilization at the present time date in their most virulent form from the
Industrial Revolution. They may be summarized as:
(a) It's us against the environment.
(b) It's us against other men.
(c) It's the 'individual (or the individual company, or the individual nation) that matters.
(d) We can have unilateral control over the environment and must strive for that control.
(e) We live within an infinitely expanding "frontier."
(f) Economic determinism is common sense.
(g) Technology will do it for us.
We submit that these ideas are simply proved false by the great but ultimately destructive achievements of our technology in the last 150 years. Likewise they appear to be false under modern ecological theory. The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.
Gregory Bateson, "The Roots of Ecological Crisis" (1972)..YES 1972 !!!!!
Hello my dear mates! I just got back from a short trip to Kuala Lumpur. Yes, I'm always frequenting there because prolly that's the only place I can afford.
Some highlights and lowdowns since I last appeared :
- I met (stalked her at the airport) the love of my life, Kelly Clarkson and we took a photo together.
- I got accepted into Nanyang Technological University's Arts, Design & Media course.
- My dad sat on my 50mm 1.8 which already was wonky during the trip, now it's a goner.
- My birthday is soooooon. *drops hint*
- I am still experiencing an artistic drought. Gosh, cmon me!
- I miss you guys loads and will drop by soon :)
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Technological systems, similar to biological ones, change and improve over time through processes like selection, adaptation, and combination.
The plant was built for more than 100 years ago, but the fishes were forgotten
Olympus XA, Zuiko 35mm, f2,8, Kodak T-max 100, (50) Spur Acurol N, 20 Celsius degrees, 10 min, 30 sec.
Scientific and Technological Advanced Research Laboratories (S.T.A.R. Labs) is a fictional scientific research facility and organization.
S.T.A.R. was founded by scientist Garrison Slate, who wanted a nationwide chain of research laboratories unconnected to the government or any business interests.
He succeeded not only on a national scale, but an international one as well: S.T.A.R. Labs currently maintains facilities in Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan as well as in the United States, with the total number of facilities numbering between twenty and thirty at last recorded count.
S.T.A.R. Labs is one of the companies providing sponsorship to the superhero team The Conglomerate, a firm of superheroes set up by Claire Montgomery, Maxwell Lord's ex as a rival to Justice League International.
Other sponsors include, among others, American Steel, Dante Foods, Dupree Chemical, Ferris Aircraft, LexCorp, Ovel Oil, Pax Entertainment, and Stagg Enterprises.
S.T.A.R.'s Detroit location assisted in evacuation efforts of the world's coasts during an alien invasion. The same location is the workplace of Silas Stone, the father of Justice League's Cyborg.
The organization set up shop in Oregon to assist with the rookie superhero Naomi.
Star Labs has currently lost some credibility with the Justice League.
History
Discovery of the Mother Box
Scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs uncovered a Mother Box that was hidden after the invasion of Steppenwolf and his forces millennia ago. It would remain inactive for decades.
Infecting Abner Krill
At some point when Abner Krill was a child, his mother was obsessed with the notion of turning her children into superheroes. One of these children was Krill, upon whom she experimented on. Krill was infected with an inter-dimensional virus, causing glowing polka dots and lumps to form on and under his skin. Krill was the only one who survived these experiments and later went on to kill his mother.
Black Zero Event
During their final battle, Superman and General Dru-Zod flew past the S.T.A.R. Labs building. S.T.A.R. Labs was later put in charge of the scout ship, Scout Ship 0344 to analyze and research its alien properties.
Ko'erst Invasion
Some time later, a group of students visited S.T.A.R. Labs on a field trip. The Ko'erst made a sudden appearance through a wormhole, attempting to invade the planet, but they were stopped by Superman.
Victor's cybernetics
Silas Stone, the head of S.T.A.R. Labs, attempted to repair his son Victor Stone's body after an accident using a mysterious Mother Box S.T.A.R. Labs uncovered in 1982. Although initially doing nothing, the box eventually began pulsing and proceeded to repair Victor's body with cybernetics out of nothing. The footage of this was later stolen by Lex Luthor for his research on metahumans.
Discovering another universe
At some point S.T.A.R. Labs announced that they may have discovered an alternate universe. Eventually, this would cause S.T.A.R. Labs from an alternate land are able to create a portal of realities, causing the retrobots to be able to invade and attack Earth-1 during a Serena Williams tennis match.
During the attack, a heroine from said universe called Wonderous Serena would arrive on Earth-1 in an attempt to defend the population being helped by Wonder Woman. The heroines decided to infiltrate S.T.A.R. Labs in search of some similar portal technology that would allow them to travel to Wonderous Serena's universe in an attempt to detain the retrobots advance, with made them temporarily travel to an alternate version of S.T.A.R. Labs where they would manage to stop the invasion.
A partial list of some known locations of S.T.A.R. Labs facilities and their research focuses, where either is known, includes:
Central City, Missouri, home of the Flash
Chicago, Illinois, home of the second Blue Beetle
Fawcett City: specializing in extraterrestrial research
Gotham City: specializing in weaponry
Keystone City, Kansas
Metropolis (Queensland Park Borough, near Metropolis Harbor): specializing in marine biology
Metropolis (central branch, New Troy Island): catch-all facility
Star City branch specialized in dimensional travel
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: N/A
Publisher: DC Comics
First appearance: Superman #246 (December 1971)
Created by Len Wein (writer)
Curt Swan (artist)
A man walks down the street
It's a street in a strange world
Maybe it's the third world
Maybe it's his first time around
He doesn't speak the language
He holds no currency
He is a foreign man
He is surrounded by the sound, the sound
Cattle in the marketplace
Scatter-lings and orphanages
He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinity
He says, "Amen!" and "Hallelujah!"
The Nuva archer is a skilled warrior and technological wonder. The concept was brought about by General Taka's imagination and executed by the hands of the most skilled matoran. This archer differs from traditional archer units in that he does not need to carry his ammunition on his body during battle. His "arrows" or bolts are stored, generated, and replinished within his technologically advanced left arm which coordinates with the "crossbow" or bolt thrower that he wields. The bolt thrower is one of a kind and is viewed as a breakthrough in modern weaponry. Though quite bulky, the bolt thrower allows the archer to fire single highly charged energy bolts, which have the power to penetrate light/medium armor, at a rate of 1.5 seconds. After firing 10 bolts the archer's arm requires a cool down period which lasts approximately 8 to 10 seconds. Once completed, the archer may continue raining destruction down upon the enemy. The archer's built-in optical system allows the archer to target enemy's from a greater distance than the typical archer. The Nuva archer's advanced weaponry and overal engineering give the Nuva army a great advantage on the battlefied when facing overwhelming numbers.
I hope you guys enjoy this one! Building him really inspired me to go back and revamp General Taka and the Nuva Infantry, so stay tuned for those guys in the future! Thanks for all of your support this past year! Looking forward to the next year!
En quelques années, l’intelligence artificielle s’est imposée comme LA nouvelle révolution technologique à suivre.
Elle est devenue la marotte de toutes les grandes entreprises technologiques qui souhaitent prouver qu’elles continuent à innover.
Mais ce déchaînement de tokens, de GPU et de prompts cache une réalité écologique peu reluisante !!!
Sam Altman lui-même l’a dit, l’IA ne pourra pas se développer "sans une percée majeure" dans le domaine de l’énergie.
L’intelligence artificielle va donc consommer encore et toujours plus d’énergie dans les années à venir 🤔
L’énergie n’est d’ailleurs pas la seule variable à prendre en compte pour tenter de jauger l’empreinte carbone de l’intelligence artificielle !!!
L’autre grand débat qui anime le milieu de l’intelligence artificielle est sa consommation en eau !
En 2022, Google a reconnu avoir utilisé 22 milliards de litres d’eau pour refroidir ses serveurs.
Difficile à chiffrer concrètement, l’empreinte carbone des IA ne doit pas pour autant être un non-sujet et l’utilisation de ressources telles que l’eau ou l’énergie doit faire l’objet d’un débat démocratique …
Cela permettrait non seulement, comme l’exprime l’ancienne googleuse Timnit Gebru, de réduire "l’accès inéquitable aux ressources, qui affecte de manière disproportionnée les personnes déjà marginalisées", mais aussi de cesser de décorréler la magie de l’informatique de ses conséquences climatiques 🤔
A suivre donc …
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In just a few short years, artificial intelligence has established itself as THE new technological revolution to follow.
It has become the favorite of all major technology companies who want to prove that they continue to innovate.
But this unleashing of tokens, GPUs and prompts hides a bleak ecological reality !!!
Sam Altman himself said it, AI will not be able to develop "without a major breakthrough" in the field of energy.
Artificial intelligence will therefore consume even more energy in the years to come 🤔
Energy is not the only variable to take into account when trying to gauge the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence!!!
The other big debate that is driving the artificial intelligence community is its water consumption!
In 2022, Google admitted to using 22 billion liters of water to cool its servers.
Difficult to quantify in concrete terms, the carbon footprint of AI should not be a non-subject and the use of resources such as water or energy must be the subject of a democratic debate...
This would not only, as former Googler Timnit Gebru puts it, reduce “inequitable access to resources, which disproportionately affects already marginalized people,” but also stop decorrelating the magic of computing from its climatic consequences 🤔
To be continued...
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Citroën 2 CV ~ Two steam horses ~ Rue du Louvre ~ Paris ~ MjYj
The Citroën 2CV (French: deux chevaux vapeur, literally "two steam horses", from the tax horsepower rating) was an economy car produced by the French automaker Citroën from 1949 to 1990.
It was technologically advanced and innovative, but with extremely utilitarian and deceptively simple Bauhaus inspired bodywork, that belied the sheer quality of its underlying engineering.
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The F4, Nikon's fourth generation and first autofocus pro-level camera system, was produced from 1988 through 1997.
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The Nikon F4, technologically speaking, is a major upgrade from the F3HP. The F4 has autofocus, motorized film advance, program and shutter priority exposure modes (in addition to aperture priority and manual), multi-segment (Matrix) exposure metering, and advanced fill-flash capabilities. Although the camera is fully electronic, it maintains the façade of mechanical camera controls. In fact, there are no external digital readouts or multi-function dials on this camera. All controls are presented as traditional knobs or switches, although they control sophisticated electronic functions, internally. Significantly, for those with a pre-existing collection of manual focus Nikon lenses, the F4 provides matrix metering, but not Program or Tv modes, with Ai manual focus lenses. It also has a built-in diopter control in the viewfinder. Finally, the F4 system has an amazingly broad system of accessories of all types.
The F4 system includes the F4s, which is the basic F4 body plus the enhanced MB-21 battery grip instead of the basic MB-20 grip. The MB-21 grip uses 6 x AA alkaline batteries compared with 4 batteries in the MB-20 and provides slightly faster motor drive. Unfortunately, the Nikon F4 was not designed to work with light-weight lithium AA batteries, which are not recommended by Nikon. When I bought my F4, it was only available in a package with the larger MB-21, which I immediately replaced with the MB-20 to cut down on weight.
The major disadvantages of the F4 compared with its predecessor F3HP are almost 50% greater weight, and increased size and decreased battery life, primarily due to the motor drive. As indicated above, the F4's program and Tv modes cannot be used with manual focus Nikkor Ai lenses (you need a Nikon FA for that). The F4 does not yet support AF-D technology. AF-D technology, which only appears on future generations of Nikon SLRs, transmits distance information from AF-D lenses and permits better flash and fill-flash performance. Still, when combined with the concurrent SB-24 or newer dedicated flash units, the Nikon F4, even without D technology, has great flash performance in its own right. Unlike the later F90x/SB-26 combination, the F4/SB-24 is smart enough to automatically switch from balanced fill flash to full TTL flash when ambient light is insufficient.
I think that I purchased one of the last F4s to come off of the production line. I was perfectly happy using my F3HP, and continued to use it as my primary camera throughout the production life of the F4, which started in 1988. Finally, the F5 came out in 1996 and I saw that it had reduced functionality with manual focus Nikkor Ai lenses compared the F4. Worse, from my point of view, the F5 is also much larger and even heavier than the F4, with its permanently attached larger grip and battery pack.
Although I still tended to pick up the F3HP instead of the F4 for travel kits to cut down on weight, I really liked using the F4 when weight was not an issue. The F4 fits great into your hands, with its built-in hand grip and non-slip rubberized finish. The camera has the four PSAM modes, single and continuous autofocus, as well as multi-segment (matrix), center-weighted (60/40), and spot exposure metering systems. Although the camera has many electronic functions, there are no hard-to-read external digital menus. All functions are controlled with the traditional knobs and switches, which makes it really easy to adjust all features by feel or by watching the comprehensive digital display in the viewfinder. The viewfinder display is illuminated by ambient light, or by switching on the viewfinder illuminator light with a switch at the base of the shutter speed dial.
If you do need to use a manual focus lens, you can still take advantage of the focus indicator when focusing manually. In fact, you really need to use the electronic rangefinder, because the standard focusing screen has no split image or microprism aid besides a matte field. Just place the central focusing brackets on your subject and focus manually until the red in-focus circle is display in the viewfinder. The F4's early generation autofocusing system is slow compared with subsequent technology, but more than sufficient for stationary or slow moving subjects.
As an advance over the F3, the F4 recognizes DX-coded film canisters. When rewinding film, you can either use power rewind to save time, or manual rewind to save battery power and minimize noise.
The F4's first generation five segment matrix metering system was a major technological advance over traditional center-weighted metering. This is basically the same early generation multi-segment metering that is used in the Nikon FA. While not as sophisticated as later generations of Nikon's matrix metering systems, the F4's five segment pattern and software works fine for typical scenarios. For extreme lighting situations, it is still recommended to switch to center-weighted or spot and set exposure compensation, as necessary.
The F4's shutter is much more advanced than the shutter in the F3. The F4 shutter speed can be manually set as fast as 1/8000 sec. or as slow as 4 seconds. Maximum flash synch speed of 1/250 sec. is much faster than 1/80 sec. on the F3. In P and A modes, the shutter operates steplessly from 30 sec. to 1/8000 sec.
I use all of the F4's modes and light-metering systems, depending on the situation. But for flash photography, it is often easiest to just turn on Program mode and matrix metering to take advantage of completely automatic matrix balanced fill-flash or standard TTL flash. For special flash situations, the F4 also allows complete manual adjustment of all parameters.
The F4 marks marks the beginning and end to Nikon's pro-level body support for both auto focus and manual focus lenses, while also providing a mechanical style control interface. The F5 scales back support for manual focus lenses, and converts to a control dial driven interface. The F6 (like modern higher-end Nikon digital SLRs) finally adds back the F4's manual focus lens support, but of course has a modern display menu interface. The traditional mechanical interfaces are great, but the F6 is a much superior film camera because its features are state of the art across the board, including, for example, Nikon's most advanced matrix metering in a film camera. As other alternatives to the F4, one could look at the F90X, the F100 or the older FA. The F90X moves to an early-generation control dial driven interface, but offers D technology support for flash, more sophisticated matrix metering, and faster autofocusing. The F100 is an upgrade of the F90X and has technology similar to the F5 in a smaller package. The amazing FA is like the traditional-style FE-2, but with the addition of complete and unique support for manual focus Ai lenses with matrix metering (similar to F4 generation) as well as all four PSAM modes!
Finally, there is now a more or less similar interface alternative in the Nikon digital SLR world. The Nikon Df finally provides modern functions, some of which are descendents of the advanced features of the F4, while also resurrecting the convenient mechanical/analog interface of its famous predecessor.
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UNESCO: Ban Chiang is considered the most important prehistoric settlement so far discovered in South-East Asia. It marks an important stage in human cultural, social and technological evolution. The site presents the earliest evidence of farming in the region and of the manufacture and use of metals.
The site was first discovered in 1966. It has since been extensively excavated and its remains studied by Thai and international scholars. Since 1966 the dating of the site has been adjusted and refined over time in line with advances in the understanding and techniques of radiometric dating. This research has revealed that the site dates from 1,495 BC .and contains early evidence for settled agrarian occupation in Southeast Asia, along with evidence of wet rice agriculture, associated technological complex of domesticated farm animals, ceramic manufacture, and bronze tool-making technology.
WYSE Tech graff style. With lots of inspiration from Cole, Pax and Shan the "Seventh Letter" Crew of Lego Graffitti
Madonna University vs Lawrence Technological University
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This week's FlickrFriday theme is: #TimeMachine
Technologically advanced street vendor . The sugarcane press is electric and not hand cranked and she has a machine to seal the plastic cups.
I am a woman of heart and mind
With time on her hands
No child to raise
You come to me like a little boy
And I give you my scorn and my praise
You think I'm like your mother
Or another lover or your sister
Or the queen of your dreams
Or just another silly girl
When love makes a fool of me
After the rush when you come back down
You're always disappointed
Nothing seems to keep you high
Drive your bargains
Push your papers
Win your medals
Fuck your strangers
Don't it leave you on the empty side
I'm looking for affection and respect
A little passion
And you want stimulation-nothing more
That's what I think
But you know I'll try to be there for you
When your spirits start to sink
Behold, the Aetherium Arcana, a technological marvel of perpetual motion that roams the skies high above the floating isles of the Old World. This grand vessel serves as a sanctuary of knowledge and lore, protecting the wisdom of ancient and modern times. Its proprietor, the enigmatic Professor Alistair Wrenwood, is a scholar of the techno-arcane arts, gathering rare manuscripts, mechanical blueprints, and alchemical tomes from lands both charted and uncharted. Professor Wrenwood, with his spectacled gaze and patchwork leather waistcoat, is a lifelong seeker of mysteries—an eccentric soul who created his airship as a gift to the world.
The Aetherium Arcana is no ordinary airship; it is powered by a rare crystal known as “aetherium,” which emits an iridescent glow and allows the ship to hover gracefully without the usual clanking gears and churning pistons. This crystal is housed within a chamber beneath the main library, guarded by a clockwork guardian, Sir Copperwell, a loyal automaton built by Wrenwood himself. The ship’s interior is lined with dark walnut shelves, adorned with gilded brass accents, and illuminated by warm lanterns that swing gently with the vessel’s movements.
Besides Professor Wrenwood, the ship is home to his eclectic crew: Marigold the Botanist, who cultivates rare floating plants in a tiny greenhouse on the top floor of the ship; Errol the Engineer, who tends to the intricate mechanics of the vessel and keeps the Aetherium chamber in pristine condition; and young Elara, a bright-eyed apprentice with an insatiable thirst for knowledge. Together, they sail the skies, visiting distant lands to share knowledge, trade stories, and uncover lost artifacts.
The Aetherium Arcana is revered by those lucky enough to glimpse it among the clouds. It is said that if you spot its shadow on a foggy night, a tome bearing a tale you most need to hear may find its way into your hands the next morning.
This was built for the Wandering Skies contest 2024.