#stargan

[algopop]

Human-to-Animal translation

A new machine learning model called StarGAN v2 can do image-to-image translation - allowing for experiments into turning humans into animals. Image source here.

[binchickencrafts]

Finished Object Friday

hahaha this is a scheduled post because I will be AT THE SHEEP AND WOOL (or dead tired from it) when it is actually friday, so I am writing this in the advance! a winner is me! etc.

anyway, my lovely wife has been pointing out, increasingly desperately, that I should post the fucking finished stargan, so:

Behold! an stargan:

One corner ended up a bit wonky, and also I lost yarn chicken and had to do a round of orange instead of finishing on red, but: it is finished! ends wove in and all!

it's kinda wild how you can visibly see my stitches get better from the center out.

this little guy loves a shape, and this shape is officially goblin approved. It's all down here from now; nothing I make will ever produce this level of instant gratification.

[binchickencrafts]

It's WIP Wednesday, and for once I....remembered on wednesday!

(by which I mean my wife remembered. they have the braincell here, I'm just vibin.)

anyway; baby's first crochet, using the incredibly helpful tips @dofnup posted a while back (cheers for those!)

Tension's not great, and obviously there's some janky stiches, but for a first go it's turning out shockingly well, far as I'm concerned.

Kind of wild, honestly, how fast this is working up; this is like. a handful of nights work, and I'm sure i's even that much because I've been crocheting for approximately like. a month at most, and have made three practice pieces an inch or two wide and like, two or three long before just diving in to make a blanket in the round.

(also it's going to be a cat blanket, so like. I don't think he's going to give a fuck about a few wonky details.)