I had my suspicions that this card game (compile: main 1) used undisclosed AI art for it's cards, but in actuality, the artist was specifically asked to evoke AI art as shorthand for the game's premise. first time ive personally seen something intentionally try & capture the vibe
It's a head to head card game where you're playing as two artificial intelligences gaining consciousness and competing to shape reality in the image of your "protocols" that are shown here, i do enjoy how the artwork evokes the extremely broad abstract ideas of the protocols while having that "name one object in this image" vibe that AI art often has. i dunno, i think we're in the future, new images and aesthetics are being fostered. thoughts?
This is really growing on me, they really nailed it. Life and Plague especially have that sort of "artstation noise" overlay where the detail is just fine shapes with little semantic meaning, and Light even manages to mimic the awkward compositions of AI art images, the lighthouses all look different and unreal & also have random shit sticking off of them, they're on a ground but not really, that awkward little rainbow sheen off on the right, it's really quite good. at some point i confidently stated that AI art has a je ne sais quoi that I can't imagine human artists really emulating, but this is very convincing.
It also has human je ne sais quoi as well, all the art is in the same style and they utilize composition in color and shape in ways computers havent proven capable of, except for Light, which is just so so AI in its precise awkwardness as stated before. There is something to be said for AI art's ability to get worse and more awkward the longer you look at it as you slowly realize you don't recognize any of the objects in the picture, and it's clearly something worth emulating now that I've seen it in practice. Also the game is really good.
EDIT: I should link the artists, idk who did what but the rules pamphlet credits two people:
the US deli meat recall has expanded 35 times over, going from 200,000 pounds to 7 MILLION pounds of meat and poultry recalled due to listeria contamination.
if you checked your fridge before, check it again with the new list, there are over 70 products being recalled!
this recall of boar's head products now includes old country branded products. some were also exported to the cayman islands, dominican republic, mexico, and panama.
please note, people have died from this outbreak, dozens of people have been hospitalized, and since listeria can take months to kick someone's ass after exposure and then a while to be investigated and recorded by the government, these numbers are expected to rise. you do not need to have eaten meat or poultry to be exposed to listeria from this outbreak, you could have just eaten food that has come in contact with it like in a kitchen, deli, restaurant, or anywhere else these meats were used to prepare food. listeria is a nasty fucker that loves to contaminate whatever it touches. there is more information on listeriosis and high-risk groups further down this post.
announced july 30th, 2024, current as of july 31st, 2024. this is not a complete copy/paste of the announcement or all relevant information, please check the links for more complete information and updates from the government.
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2024 – Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc., a Jarratt, Va., establishment, is expanding its July 26, 2024, recall of deli meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The establishment is recalling approximately 7 million additional pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. Whole genome sequencing results show that a liverwurst sample collected by the Maryland Department of Health tested positive for the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes.
This expansion includes 71 products produced between May 10, 2024, and July 29, 2024, under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. These items include meat intended for slicing at retail delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold at retail locations. These products have “sell by” dates ranging from 29-JUL-2024 through 17-OCT-24. View full product list. View labels.
The products subject to recall were distributed to retail locations nationwide and some were exported to the Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Panama. The products shipped to retailers bear establishment number “EST. 12612” or “P-12612” inside the USDA mark of inspection on the product labels.
most people exposed to listeria will not experience a serious infection. but listeriosis, the illness caused by listeria, can become pretty bad and can take weeks to show symptoms after exposure. listeriosis can cause lifelong disability or death. for people who are pregnant, listeriosis can cause stillbirths, miscarriages, premature births, and life-threatening infections in newborns.
say you ate a bad deli meat sandwich a week ago, or any food that may have come into contact with these deli meats, and you theoretically got exposed to listeria with an immune system not strong enough to fight it off. it could be weeks or even months before listeriosis starts affecting you. consider writing down what you ate, and where, and when, just in case you need to tell this to a medical provider in the future. if you do develop listeriosis, it may become difficult to remember these details later.
if your hypothetical sandwich (or whatever you ate involving the recalled products) had been thoroughly cooked, it may have killed off the listeria. listeria is killed with heat, which is why deli meats are suseptible to listeria contamination.
this is a type of contamination so serious and easily spread that entire delis are going to be shut down to be thoroughly cleaned. if you had these products in your kitchen, even if you cooked them before eating, the united states food safety and inspection service recommends deep cleaning your fridge to stay safe. consider what else may have come into contact with the contaminated food.
as a reminder, having previously been infected by covid-19 is one of the many things that can cause a weakened immune system, and many people with weakened immune systems do not know they have weakened immune systems until they get infected with something serious. you can temporarily have a weakened immune system just from a lot of stress or not getting enough sleep, so make sure you get plenty of rest if you are concerned. good quality rest makes the immune system stronger.
Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects people who are pregnant, aged 65 or older, or with weakened immune systems. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.
Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In people who are pregnant, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections can occur in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food. (rune note: emphasis mine)
FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ refrigerators and in retail deli cases. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them and retailers are urged not to sell these products with the referenced sell by dates. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. Consumers who have purchased these products are also urged to clean refrigerators thoroughly to prevent the risk of cross-contamination.
FSIS recommends retail delis clean and sanitize all food and non-food surfaces and discard any open meats and cheeses in the deli. Retailers may refer to FSIS’ guideline, Best Practices Guidance for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens, for information on steps to prevent certain ready-to-eat foods that are prepared or sliced in retail delis and consumed in the home, such as deli meats and deli salads, from becoming contaminated with L. monocytogenes.
the wikipedia page for listeriosis notes: “Listeriosis may cause mild, self-limiting gastroenteritis and fever in anyone.” and “People who were previously healthy but were exposed to a very large dose of Listeria can develop a noninvasive illness in which the bacteria do not spread into their bloodstream or other body sites. Symptoms can include diarrhea and fever.”
and here is the united states center for disease control page on this outbreak.
Get the most up-to-date information here.
as of the time this post is going up, the CDC page has not yet been updated with the latest recall information, and reflects the previous, smaller recall.
list of all affected product names under the cut. check the product information list for more information on each product and where they were exported, and here is what the labels look like.
this list is long.
do not risk this. do not mess with listeria. do not eat these recalled foods!
I did this on my phone while recovering from medical treatment, so please let me know if the formatting came out wrong.
LIST OF BOAR'S HEAD PRODUCTS CONTAMINATED AND RECALLED:
Virginia Ham
Whole Fiber Cappy Ham
Half Hot Butt Cappy Ham
Gourmet Pepper Ham Half
Sweet Slice Ham
Whole Sweet Slice Ham
Half Natural Casing Cappy Ham Half
Tavern Ham
Extra Hot Cappy Ham
Rosemary Sundried Tomato Ham
Sweet Slice Ham Baby Half
Head Cheese Olive Loaf
Pickle & Pepper Loaf
Liverwurst Paté 8oz Bologna
Thin Half Bologna
Thick Half Beef Salami Natural Casing
Pork & Beef Frankfurters
Giant Steakhouse Slab Bacon
Natural Casing Beef Franks 8/1 Canadian Style Bacon
All Natural Traditional Ham
All Natural Applewood Smoked Ham
Garlic Bologna
Lower Sodium Bologna
Beef Bologna Spiced Ham Square Half
Hot Smoked Sausage 1LB
Skinless Pork & Beef Franks 8/1 1LB
Beef Knockwurst 1LB
Skinless Beef Frankfurters 4/1 8"
Cocktail Frankfurters 12oz
Virginia Ham Half Skinless Pork & Beef Frankfurters 4/1 2.5 LB
SmokeMaster Beechwood Smoked Black Forest Ham
Whole SmokeMaster Beechwood Smoked Black Forest Ham Half
LIST OF OLD COUNTRY PRODUCTS CONTAMINATED AND RECALLED:
OC CAPPY HAM FIBER 1/2
OC HOT BUTT CAPPY- FIBER
OC GOURMET PEPPER HAM
OC BLACK FOREST HAM 1/2
OC SWT SLICE SMK HAM 1/2
OC CAPPY BRAND HAM NC 1/2
OC TAVERN HAM OC ROSEMARY/TOMATO HAM
OC SWT SLICE HAM BABY1/2
OC ALL NATURAL UNC HAM
OC CANADIAN STYLE BACN JR
OC ALL NAT UNC SMKD HAM
OC HABANERO HAM OC SEASONED CKD FRESH HAM
OC BEECHWOOD SMOKD HAM WH
OC BOURBONRIDGE SMKD HAM
OC BROWN SUGAR & SPICE DELIGHT OFF THE BONE HAM
if you are a high-risk group and have eaten these foods or anything that may have come into contact with them, breathe. get a lot of rest and pay attention to your body over the coming weeks and months, and figure out where you can go to get medical care in case you start showing signs of infection.
firefox just started doing this too so remember kids if you want to stream things like netflix or hulu over discord without the video being blacked out you just have to disable hardware acceleration in your browser settings!
Since I’m looking at the comments and seeing a lot of people asking what hardware acceleration is and getting wildly incorrect answers, here you go. This is what hardware acceleration is. It’s not DRM, and it’s not placing a limit on memory usage (unless you have weird definitions for both “memory” and “placing a limit”).
This is what hardware acceleration is:
“Do you just have a graphic for this on hand at all times?”
hey just to let anyone using firefox know! searching “hardware acceleration” in firefox settings doesnt do anything! you wont get anything whatsoever! you have to scroll down on the main general settings page to “Performance” and uncheck “Use recommended performance settings” to be able to uncheck “Use hardware acceleration when available”! signed someone who was extremely confused when trying to follow OP’s instructions only for there to be no results
I keep seeing takes about them using AI to blend features in Furiosa, and have been shocked to find out that they're using the term "AI" to describe what is basically just the current iteration of a technology that's existed at least as long as I'm alive. Zero jobs are stolen, zero creativity lost, zero labor issues at play, just VFX professionals paid to apply a digital effect. Five years ago, that same technology would've been referred to as "CGI" or "VFX."
Like, I've seen people apply the term "AI" to software that's existed long before any of the current AI or Machine Learning booms, like tools that can remove the background to make a transparent image, tools that can detect red-eye in photographs and correct it, etc.
I fully get, and agree with, the opposition to using generative AI for things like art or writing or creation of assets! My confusion is in seeing tech companies now try to slap the term "AI" on literally every automated feature they have. Calculator? Nope. Math AI. Translation algorithm? Nope. AI translation. Ray tracing? Nope. AI that renders light.
I swear to god tech companies want developers to just put "powered by AI" under literally any digital feature now, even features they've had for years, to make them seem "cutting edge," and my tinfoil hat theory is that they're trying to get the term "AI" to replace the term "software" to make the people who are opposed to the labor-rights-violating, job-stealing, "boss threatens to replace you with it if your wages and benefits prove too expensive" AI seem like backwards luddites who hate technology
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