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JayIsPainting 🍁

@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca

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Artist in progress. Living on Treaty 6 land. Art, science, space & politics (sorry about that) Dad to Samwise. Storms & stuff. He/him. No AI, No NFT. https://earthskyart.ca #art #painting #sciart #fod #biking

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · Oct 15

I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.

I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop

#art #painting

Painting of a badlands valley with winding river at the bottom & swirling blue clouds on an orange background sky

Painting of a mother ship storm cloud lit from below with swirling clouds above over a butte.

Painting of a nebula that looks like a hand with orange yellow clouds and lots of stars on a blue black field

Painting of a spiral galaxy with swirls of blue white and red orange arms with clusters of stars and a area of stars in the center

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 9h

I didn't even engage. Instant block. I actually spent an hour this morning making sure my numbers were reasonably accurate and also gave spx the benefit of the least horrible values. But I did mention the most horrible ones.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10h

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

The user message model also isn’t sustainable for Augment Code as a business. For example, over the last 30 days, a user on our $250 Max plan has issued 335 requests per hour, every hour, for 30 days, and is approaching $15,000 per month in cost to Augment Code. This sort of use isn’t inherently bad, but as a business, we have to price our service in accordance with our costs.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 9h

When I typed out fan boy, it initially said fan bot and I probably should have went with that.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 10h

Oooh. Just got to block my first Bluesky SpaceX fan boy. Claimed my CO2 stats were "incredibly inaccurate"

I used publicly available data.

But I didn't check
r/spacexmakesmespurt so maybe he's correct?

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 10h

Explains much.

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 10h

Because Freddie was otherworldly, people entirely forget that that Brian May is an incredible singer (at 77 no less)

Andrea Bocelli - Who Wants To Live Forever (with Brian May) - Live at “Teatro Del Silenzio” 2024

YouTube video by Andrea Bocelli

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 10h

Thanks. We're doing ok. And our kids are close.

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 10h

Did AI write this?

(Fuck off with this nonsense)

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 10h

"Happy" to hear it. The damage been done is almost inconceivable.

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 10h

Today is 3 weeks since Sam got attacked by an offleash German shepherd.

He's doing very well but not up to bike rides yet. But here he is when he does. He loves it.

July 8, 2024

YouTube video by JayIsPainting at EarthSkyArt

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Kim Mannix (she/her) @kimmannix.bsky.social · 11h

Poetry pals in #YEG, I'll be the featured reader at The Nightingale series at the Kasbar on October 29, which also happens to be the pub day for my book! And yes, I WILL BE IN SPOOKY COSTUME 💀🖤🧡

A graphic featuring a bird on a gilded cage with a skull inside. The text reads: Open Mic Night, Spoken Word Series, All disciplines welcome; The Nightingale; The Kasbar; 1044 Whyte Ave; Featuring Kim Mannix; Date: Wed October 29th; Doors@ 6:30 pm, Show @ 7-9:30 pm; Admission by donation

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 11h

Based on its construction, it's an entirely plausible scenario that someone sits on their phone and this happens.

(Zach should not have been breathing that stuff though... Very not good)

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 13h

I tested again today and not covid... But it sure feels like what I had last time (just not as bad) and it's been a full week. Flu makes sense.

I have a bunch of tests I just bought to go through but I'll look at these next time

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 16h

#PortfolioDay

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · Oct 15

I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.

I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop

#art #painting

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

We like lots of color and this used to be just plain white so this is a nice change.

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

I going it is. We added a lot of things we'd wished it had over the years we've used it.

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

Thanks.

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

Thanks. It's been quite a ride.

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

Thanks!

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 1d

Back home, still feeling like crap. That said, pretty pleased with all I got accomplished. Not as much as i wanted to but close.

View of the trailer renos looking tired the front bed showing the birch cabinets, green walls & mahogany butcher block kitchen countertop.

View of the back half of the RV renos showing the closet cupboard, induction cooktop & fake fireplace

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

Yup.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

Ya. Although I could see it for those specially trained with full knowledge of the danger. Ie: astronauts. Space shuttle first flew with 1 in 12 (ended at 1 in 90)

Commercial passenger margins are many , many factors more conservative

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

To sum up.

SpaceX will almost certainly provide this service for the military at some point but commercial, point to point rocket passenger travel is as likely as hyperloop (far less likely i'd say)

It's hype & absolute nonsense as well as being and environmental disaster.

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

To say nothing of the G loading on passengers. 4.5G sustained for launch & 2.5G for the belly flop landing.

Grandma Tilly isn't flying on this.

FWIW, Max Gs on a 787 is 1.3.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 18h

Alan Shepard: "It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract."

Now apply that to Elon, known cost cutter & engineering advice ignorer.

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