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fuck_ai

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BEHOLD, THE AWESOME POWER OF AI

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It's just converted* pixel art. And pixel art is art too.

* With caveats: unfortunately some fonts like Android's Roboto always left-align the blocks so ones with the blank left column get shifted (as seen in the image), plus many converters avoid the blank Braille pattern because it is often the incorrect width.

Yes, one would need to use "standard keyboard" symbols to call this ASCII art.

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I drew the twink again

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You know the German "gender asterisk"? Well, how about "cishet*"? This time, the asterisk is not for fuzzy string matching (like on computers) but footnotes (like in typography; the footnote is shown here for clarity but would not be in practice).

* femboys and twinks are welcome too

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World's largest EV never has to be recharged

Amateurs.

The 1963 Černý Důl – Kunčice nad Labem aerial ropeway is over 8 km (5 mi) long, over 30 m high in places and carries 135 tons of limestone every hour from a quarry to the nearest train station. Its 120kW 3-phase synchronous motor requires power for a few minutes at the start and end of each day when most of the 800kg-capacity trolleys are empty, and spends most of the shift generating mains electricity and acting as a speed governor. Unlike the EV, it is fully autonomous most of the way, only 5 people are required to operate it. (Loading, unloading and timed dispatching is automatic, arriving/leaving carts just need to be checked; a safety latch has to be manually dis/engaged on trolleys passing the check.) The quarry will continue operation as long as it pays off, then the ropeway will be scrapped (projected 2033). A dude illegally rode the way up on it somewhat recently. He could have fallen to his death if he pulled the latch.