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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Art. I'm not judgy against people doing it, but I always see all these people with advanced modification tools and using them to make their art "better", like photoshop contrast tools and color stuff, when to me, if my art is good it's good. I got eighth place in an art contest once, yet I know (without really complaining about it though) that I would've gotten second place if people hadn't put steroids into their sunsets.

What irks me a little is those same artists who use the metaphorical steroids are in the campaign against AI art, and I'm like dude, there are people from whom it would be more fitting to hear complaints from. Say what you want about AI art, I'm not going to severely invalidate the arguments from either side themselves, but considering the actual critics involved, it's at least 90% hypocrisy from the "anti" side, and you'll have seen me having said this since day one.

[–] pfunk1978@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[–] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago

Tech I'd guess, nothing really specific. Maybe contributing to documentation or translation of some projects that interest me but no coding at all.

[–] chriscrutch@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Genealogy. I've done a couple of research projects for friends just because I find it interesting and challenging even if it's not my family.

[–] Scew@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

Y’know, I dunno. I have a tendency to want to use what limited skills I have professionally. I’ve been working with tech for so long that I suppose the only real place I see to actively use what I’ve learned is in a professional setting, as I don’t really have need to use said skills in my personal life. At least, not to the same extent.

Knowing how to partition a hard drive is only so useful. Being able to hand-solder tiny diodes and resistors doesn’t come up much in my day-to-day life.

[–] livus@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sex, writing, being a good listener for people's emotional problems.

[–] Starshader@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is't that just being a basic educated human being ?

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

I don't mean I'm better at them than everyone else, it's just that two of them are things people do sometimes nag me to do professionally, as per OP's question.

I find saying "so what, I'm good at sex too, doesn't mean I have to be a sex worker" gets my point across and stops the nagging, because that's something many people only enjoy as a hobby.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 11 months ago

I've been told that I've gotten pretty good at wildlife photography, and I do it because I enjoy the experience.

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