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I've been getting incredibly cool results with some free generative AI. Not always, but it's so early. As someone that probably have a bit more of an eye for art than the average people (I'm terrible at it but practicing it/knowging the basics + consuming a lot of it and being used to analyze it), if I was in need for someone quick and free (or cheap) for a project, I'd totally be satisfied with what you can get even now. I won't cause I like thr process but I'm just talking about usability right here. So I'm sure most people, the one that started hiring 10 bucks illustrators on Fiverr, won't have any trouble using AI to replace artists in a lots of domains. This is a bit sad, but for me, if I was to try and make art my primary job, I wouldn't bet on the future and would just resign doing it for myself or for personal projects. Also, some people would say AI art is not the same. It doesn't have heart. Or they like working with humans. But what when AI becomes so close to us it's indistinguishable, and eventually becomes sentient, and AIs have personnality? We'll be old, fighting for the idea that humans remain unique, but will that matter to people born in a world with AIs? I think there's either a fight (not maybe, in the literal senses...maybe) that we're technically bound to lose, or that we'll have to fuse with AI in some way. I may be totally wrong. Just feels like this. It's scary and dystopic. I don't think ity's 100% true. But I also don't think there's not chance this ever happens, and there's actually quite a lot of chances it does unless we suddenly decide to stop technological evolution

As in, trying to be an entrepreneur, make money or something. I'm in my 40s, and clearly it's not my personnality to build something that makes money/makes a change in the world. I do like to make artistic stuff but I kind of admitted to myself that I would just do it for me, as I don't seem to have what it takes to make good art. Also, the few times I tried to work with people on paid or unpaid projects, it was exciting at first but always ended up being kind of icky and stressful at some point, not sure why. But I just feel it, it doesn't work. Plus, adding IA incoming, clearly the artistic jobs will change. Sure I can keep on doing it for me and a few people that I could eventually attract by having a specific vibe. But my question is...should I try to make something else out of it, some kind of business, of even try and learn something else that could bea more relevant business? Is it necessary to life to feel fullfilled? I can't seem to find a way to completely fill the hole, and lots of spiritual/personal development people seem to push the idea of being an entrepeneur. Maybe this only applies to younger people? (obviously, it could still apply to older ones, but ones with a certain type of personnality of experience, I really spent my life noodling and not learning anything, so I'm basically at baby level)

Reading this on his website : "I wish to make clear that the book and video clips do not form a part of a Kriya manual! Certain techniques cannot simply be learned from a manual. There are delicate techniques such as Maha Mudra, Pranayama, Thokar and Yoni Mudra, which cannot be learned correctly without the help of an expert who needs to check their proper execution. " Which is quite discouraging considering I'll never be able to find teachers where I live That being said, he's just saying "certain techniques" tho, so maybe I can still learn some kind of basics and get benefits

Can you actually learn how to practive through books? (or would videos be more useful, if anhyone's got recommandations) I was considering A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya But it sounds quite heavy at almost 1000 pages and maybe all of this is not needed to get benefits from kriya practice Also considering Kriya Secrets Revealed: Complete Lessons and Techniques which is less than half the pages and maybe as good as the other to learn useful basics?

Yes That is why I'm questionning myself Maybe I should (happily) accept that some stages of life have past me by and just enjoy what I have and the present That being said @Tought art is right too. If I want to, I can. I'd just have to be smart about it to make up for my lack of experience and energy compared to younger people. It's quite hard to build something artistic tho, I'm not against IA but if I was fully invested in making money out of an artistic career, I'd be quite afraid of the future right now. Just picture being a youtuber, or video game programmer, that's looking for concept art or music (not there yet I think this also exists), it's now so easy to pay less, or even use free AI for results that can fool 95% of people and therefore just give you what you want. So for me, commission work seems quite dead in the future (but obviously, I could be wrong). Maybe the way is to be what some already do, which is being some kind of "entertainer"? As in, on Youtube or Tiktok, the personnality is what separates them form others with the same or better skill level. But I'm most certainly not looking in the right direction. There's probably an out of box way to think about how to stay relevant in these fields (which are, I think, the ones that are really resonating with me, so there's probably no need to look elsewhere thinking about it) Sorry, just rambling out loud here I guess. And the funny thing is, maybe just doing it without any goal and keeping my survival job, might actually bewhat would make me happy if I let go of the idea of all those shiny people making a living out of it. Really not sure which one it is, if I'm fooling myself into thinking that "making it" would make me happier than juste having it as a hobby, or if I actually really crave for accomplishing something, and fear and lazyness are blinding my brain into not getting shit done and learning what I could about getting popular.

Ok. But why exactly?

Don't try to deal with "getting old". Try to deal with the problems occurring one by one. Also, most important, try to not have to deal with regrets later one. Do things you wanna do now, cause it might get harder and harder to do them later on.

I'm probably ADHD as I was since I was a kid (just never was diagnosed but it's super obvious now, in fact a friend of mine got diagnosed and I tick all the boxes too) This lead me to float through my scolarity and never really learn anything. By pure general knowledge standards, I'm literally stupid, I know nothing about history, geography, science... I know about pop culture (cinema, music, comics etc), but that's pretty much it. I also think watching and reading about spirituality helped me develop something too, but I can't name it (and it probably doesn't show writing in my weak english) But now I'm old and I notice I don't know anything about the world, and that actually matters too. Facts, practical things I can apply too (but this one's another topic I guess) I'm too airy. I can flow in conversations but if any subject goes a tiny bit deep on history and science, I feel exposed and have to nod and try to learn something, or hear people namedrop things As usual with my condition, the amount of things to learn/sources to chose from is daunting, so I'll ask something stupid : tl;dr : consider someone having no general knowledge and wanting to get at least to know things about history and science on a surface level : what books (or videos) would you recommand? Any other tips welcome.

Vitamine B12 (*) (Technique Electro−Chimie−Luminescence ROCHE) 661 pg/mL (197−771)

I was listening to some podcasts with predictions explaining how AI will probably make us more evolved and happy as a species (even if we have to consider transhumanism going far for thism, which seems inevitable anyway) But then I wondered...if humans evolve with AI in a way that makes them smarter/happier, what would a society with no problems look like? Would it end up driving humans bored or depressed? Cause if we don't encounter resistance...is it still an interesting life? That being said, the question might not be relevant, as I'm thinking from the point of view of a human now. Humans, or whatever we will call the merging of AI/technology and humans in the future, might think in a way that's so far removed from us that all problems we have may seem primitive and stupid. But yeah, even then, feels weird to imagine to me. If we all just connect to one giant AI cloud that's like "do this and this, and there will be no problems anymore", then what do we become? Traditional work will probably disappear, and what will art talk about if there is no resistance in our lives?

B12 levels (from a year ago, so around 5-6 years in my vegan diet) was...above average level, surprisingly. I do take supplements so this should be just fine. As for the other 2, they weren't in the report I don't know about SHGB, but looking at the symptoms of low testosterone, I honestly don't see any, besides depression, but I've been depressed on and off since I was 18 or so, and I'm 43 now. So the diet is certainly not guilty here, and I don't think it really got worse. I'll see if I can do those tests tho

What doctor and hospitals? Been vegetarian/vegan (half/half) for like 7 years and my blood test results are perfect. The vitamin pills don't cost that much at all, really. I'm sure some steaks or meals with meat cost more than their vegan counterparts (not even counting things vegans don't eat like ice cream or cheese, in those cases I just chose something else that's usually cheaper and more healty) so that balances it out. The only thing I'm not sure of is how expensive vegetables and meat substitutes or just tofu are expensive in the US. Where I live it's basically the same, if it's more expensive it's like a few cents I think. The problem with this kind of discussion is that people are judging vegans as a tribe with ill intentions. Sure, some can be pushy and stubborn. But these kind of profiles exist in every category. So, just facts, at least from where I stand : - the vegan diet is a little bit harder (if you're invited and people didn't think it through, in which case I'll just eat the dairy and shut up once in a while), or going outside but in most cases basically everywhere you've got at least vegetarian menus nowadays. - I'm in great health considering my age and I don't lack anything, the pills are really a few seconds to add to your tourine everyday - I loved meat, but I'm honestly totally fine cooking vegan, I really don't feel like I'm missing on the world. I still eat good stuff, and you can do super lazy cooking too, or even vegan junk food if you want. - My wallet is not bleeding more than anyone else's these days. But again, maybe veggies are crazily priced in the US

Yes, usually people to go towards the same judgment about some albums. 70% of people or probably more will call such and such album great or bad. So that definitely means that we have some kind of standards about what's good or bad. This could be learned, maybe, but it's also certainly various parameters that make the songs more efficient in what they're trying to achieve for humans as we are to this day (maybe in 100 years this will all seem like rubbish considering how we evolve, but that's another story)

No art is actually bad, since all art can match someone's needs and make his life better for a even a moment (maybe some Marvel charactersave someone's life at some point, just for the sake of exagerating) But I think, starting from there, we can still say that good art is art that stands out in the meta. Art that has had more thought and technical mastery used in a way that it serves the story in them.

If most people start using AI to generate art. We've already seen examples of very realistic videos lately, so it's sure that 5-10 years from now, anyone will be able to create an AI movie with prompts. I'm not asking for the value of this, if it's right or wrong. Rather, considering this will certainly happen, and excluding people that make art for the fun of practicing the skill itself, how will the industries evolve if everyone can generate anything with just words? Most mainstream movies for instance, are not that well written, so if you give the budget of a blockbuster to random people, they can probably do something remotely similar (I know even writing a random blockbuster takes skill, but you get the idea) In a world where everyone can do this, what will happen? We will have thousands and thousands of movies each month. Then how does the "competition" work? How do you get seen? This will be a blessing for people with great, out there ideas and style that cannot get their movies funded for example, but how will the rest not just be flooded with unimaginative copycats? And who will want to watch what? How will the audience's needs change? On one hand this seem to call for originality to get noticed. On the other, we know that the audience doesn't want originality. I mean, obviously lots of people do, but also lots of people are just happy with Fast and Furious 36 or a bland Marvel movie. Will the general audience continue to have need for those movies when everyone can produce them? Will the actors be what sets it appart? But then can't you just ask future AIs to scan your body and make you an actor? Some actors are not that good, plus you'll probably be able to "autotune" acting in a way at some point. Sorry, lots of rambling, but I can't figure out how all of this will evolve, maybe some of you have ideas about it. I've only used movies examples but this words for anything. One famous french actor recently said in an interview : if I'm offered something absolutely mindblowing matching my tastes, but then suddenly, I learn it was just AI (he's using another example with aliens but it's clearly about AI), then I won't care anymore cause I want someone to connect with me (or something along those lines). I understand, but also, that's still very "human" thinking. The childrens of our childrens growing up with AI might not care. In fact, on some level, I don't care about the human behind what I consume. Of course, I connect on some level, even an abstract one, but also, I don't know most of the time who's behind the music I consume. At some point if I'm starting to like 3-4 albums or find the music really intriguing and special, I will lookup for ITWs or whatnot, but honestly, as a non-native english speaker, most of the time I don't even connect with the lyrics cause, I'm having trouble (maybe that's just me) listening to the music and understanding the words in another language (I can do that, but I often don't, cause I consume way too much music to stop and re-listen things a lot besides some exceptions. Also sometimes the words and flow are more easy to grasp and I get it right away but anyways. I usually don't connect with the lyrics that much, but rather with the instrumental/vocals) This is all just my case, but I'm sure lots of people don't care who's behind their music. Sure, there are "stars", a lot, but also, some music would be listened even if the person behind it wouldn't appear (but maybe I'm wrong on this)

- Diet : I think it's ok. I'm slowly getting rid of my addiction to sugar, and my vegan diet (heavily supplemented in omega 3, B12, Vit D, and lately creatine) is monitored on an app where I get sure to get close of the macro goals. I mostly eat whole rice, beans/chickpeas, tofu/meat substitutes (lately switched to more raw stuff in bulk as opposed to heavily transformed fake steaks etc), kale, spinach, brussels, broccoli, bell peppers, nuts, soy milk, avocados, bananas, blueberries... With 1 or 2 cheat meal during the week-end Thanks for all the other infos The last 3 I didn't even think about that much,I think it's ok but I gotta think about some stuff still (and yeah Zomboid looks interesting, I had my eye on it already haha) Thanks, will give it a shot !

Survival as in, the bare minimum that makes you live longer and in better health. I decided doing everything by myself, and I think it's probably doable and that gym is not needed for general purposes. I go run outside or on my treadmill or elliptic if it's really too cold or raining too hard. As for muscle, I have weights (small-ish ones right know, 7kg each dumbell, but can go up to 9), and probably, if you don't need big shiny muscles, bodyweight might even be enough. I used to do muay thai but heart problems + depression put me in a huge hole, I'm only emerging back now and exercising is finally starting to make me feel good along with other life tweaks. But the thing is, even by starting super small considering how low I was, I'm wondering, what would be the minimum to have a decent body in good health? Right now I'm just doing 5 days a week, trying to build a habit so small 20 mn sessions. 1 day is cardio/running, the other is just lifting + bodyweight (rows, Arnold press, push-ups, leg raises, calf raises, squats, splits) (the only thing I lack is a pullup bar, I'll buy one soon) Might just 20 mn a day be enough to be in good shape? To be honest I also want to get a tiny bit more mucles, but more the functional type than the bodybuilder type. I also want to integrate moibility which seems super important but not sure what to do exactly, what staple exercises would be enough.

I always wonder about those things : is it not possible to prevent AI from harming humans? This is the subject of many scifi movies, but what about reality? I wonder if people would want to live in that state. As irrational as it sounds in a way (or rather, "as human as it sounds", should I say), I wouldn't want to live like that. It would be boring. But again, just present-day human thinking I guess.

It is painful but not always. Art can also be just pure fun. Also I'm sure lots of people are expressing something even through "hobby" art. Art is never empty, even if it's low stuff. Granted, some works of art are deserving or more praise than other for how much thought or originality or technicity the person put behind them. But for me art is not an elitistic word than needs to reach great heights, It's simply about using, well, artistic tools. To be fair this may be wrong by standard definitions. But me it's the best one.

Yeah it can be...thanks for the reframing, this narrows it down for me in a way already

What are the sources of war are? Why does Putin do what he do? Is it just his education and life that lead him to this? Or does he have what we consider "psychiatric problems?" That's just and example but maybe you get what I mean. If we can pinpoint those, can we "fix" people like him (probably not), or at least fix people that might become like him? Are there always humans that are born "bad", and will cause wars, no matter what we do? Why? If so, then are we doomed and wars will always happen unless humans transcend to another type of species? PS : Just thinking out loud here, but aren't dictators and people that cause problems that lead to wars born in wounded countries where life is hard? No, it doens't really work I guess...the US for instance has its problematic people too as much as we in my country. But...not to the point of having countries that are so ridiculous as Russia, North Korea, etc So maybe there's still something here. And if so that means that fixing the overall quality of life would minimize risks of war. So maybe, unless there's a big change in human evolution (which could happen), the best we can do from where we stand to help making the world happier bit by bit even if that's very small...or actually go further for those who help on a bigger scale. But the biggest keys to change still seem to be in the hands of powerful people that seem so childish and dont' want to make the world a better place for everyone and not just their tribe... Aaah sorry I rambled for nothing again Sorry, I'm stupid and naive and this is going nowhere

It's simple. Are you having fun practising an artistic, creative activity? If you do, you're an artist. If you don't, you're just interested/passionate about art. Both are fine. Usual reminder of : follow your needs, not success or what other think. Do small things for you, for your fun, for exploring. If this is for you, then it'll grow on its own soon enough (obviously, a few technicalities matter so everything goes further than a doodle, but those you can find in specific drawing -or whatnot- content)

Been watching this, and I'm thinking hard as to why my kinks are what they are now. Do you think there is always a psychological, deep reason to sexual preferences, that's more than just arousal, and actually participates to shape your life in general? There always seem to be those example like "my dad was like that", but personnally I cannot find a reason as to why I'm usually more feminine than most men, and why I like, between other kinks, femdom quite a lot. (on the other hand I also like being the dominant myself so...contradictory?) To be honest I'm having lots of trouble remembering significant things about my childhood and parents. Which is a shame cause more and more I hear people saying that lots of keys to fixing ouselves root from there.

I know I'm not in the right place to say this, but I don't do shrooms or psychedelics or whatnot. I don't even smoke weed anymore, cause my last experience ended terribly, in a long bad trip that probably resulted in amplifying my anxiety into panic attacks in the later years. I'm honestly too scared and I feel like it's dangerous for me so I decided my path would be without any kind of drugs (I don't even drink alcohol anymore) We don't have to question ourselves about anything, but yet here we are on this community I'm not ashamed at all If someone asks me if I like femdom, I'll say yes Yeah in the end I can still carry on not knowing why I want women to humiliate me in various weird, extreme ways, but I still find it interesting to understand why. I think there's some truth in sexual preferences having some kind of explanations, and since I'm also fucked up in other ways, I thought understanding myself through this could maybe reveal things I don't know about. But if it's very very early childhood, I'll have trouble remembering that, I have so few memories from my childhood.

I've been married for almost 3 years, known each other for 5. We get along quite well, are SUPER open about everything, she's very caring with me, I'm more on the feminine side at times and she more on the masculine one in some ways so we seem to complete ourselves. But she's also very cold (not mean but, it's just her personnality, having trouble empathizing besides me and her only friend), and I'm very reactive and my brain can go in every direction about my passions, and she doesn't have any. Basically a black cat and a labrador. Lately I'm having longer and longer streaks of anxiety or depression, but to be fair, I had them before the relationship so it's not coming from it (or maybe not all of it). Part of me is telling me that maybe the stress of being in a relationship that might not suit me can play a role in this. It's weird cause...I also know we love each other, but sometimes I feel like wasting my time cause she's not very passionate about things, or spiritual (not saying I'm any good in that regard, but at least...thinking about it). Yet...most of the time it's ok, I feel ok? But I can also feel frustrated that maybe she's not getting on the same vibes as I am. Should she? Is this a lack in a couple? Or should I actually be the one to let go and appreciate the moments of comfort I can with her, and learn to get satisfied with myself? To be honest...I'm 43 and started dating in my mid-30s only, I've met 3-4 persons at that time when I decided to go outside and meet women, so I probably lack experience. The logical thing would be to say "this isn't full working" and go our separate ways and try other things with other people. But I'll be realistic, even if it feels absolutely disgusting to say cause I also honestly love her and don't want to lose her : I'm too old now to meet new people anyway. And if we split and I end up noticing that we were actually fine and I'm missing the relationship, I will have lost everything. What is a good relationship to you? Is it just someone you feel fine living with, that can be open with and appreciate cuddles and sex? Should it go deeper than that?