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The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 9 points 15 hours ago

Sorry if my title didn’t communicate that clearly but I do agree!

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

What was the extent of Syme’s efforts on this? Making each detail and movement, or simply typing what he wanted to see into an image generator? I don’t see it fitting what I’ve seen of his historic style

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 24 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Syme#Controversy_and_criticism

Re: his 2025 Dream Theater album art from that band’s drummer

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

It was this or a static image of their album cover

The word “or” here is incorrect. Reuploads of the same song is an apparent method to stimulate views and thus get ad revenue. “Between the Wheels”, for example, has

all uploaded through Rush’s official channel

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 35 points 1 day ago (10 children)

In most cases, I expect that moves like this are by the record company/rightsholders/whoever as a cheap cash-grab rather than the artist themselves. Peter Gabriel is a vocal exception to that.

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 29 points 1 day ago

The origin is one thing, but even a cursory read of lyrics reveals the meaning, which the music video misses

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Neil is proverbially rolling in his grave (I can’t determine if he was cremated or not)

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The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation (media.piefed.world)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by zachpieces@piefed.world to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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This careless interpretation (if you can even call it that) completely misrepresents the meaning of the original work. It represents the idea of using a delicate touch to handle something with the idea of punching it like a child would instead. As another song by them put it:

“Don't feed the people

But we feed the machines”

[MOC] Challenged myself to make an Eye of Sauron plus a micro Sauron using only the parts from my unsorted needs-to-go-into-the-correct-bin pile in c/lego@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Those trophy figs were supposed to be Elrond and Isildur 😅

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[MOC] Challenged myself to make an Eye of Sauron plus a micro Sauron using only the parts from my unsorted needs-to-go-into-the-correct-bin pile (media.piefed.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/lego/p/937316/moc-challenged-myself-to-make-an-eye-of-sauron-plus-a-micro-sauron-using-only-the-parts

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[MOC] Challenged myself to make an Eye of Sauron plus a micro Sauron using only the parts from my unsorted needs-to-go-into-the-correct-bin pile (media.piefed.world)
 

I had been told there were no parts other than minidoll torsos that minidoll legs can connect to in c/lego@piefed.social
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I had also found the modern 2x2 macaroni brick works, but it doesn’t feel good to connect the two since it is a tight squeeze.

Another Threadiverse user has found a few others on the crosspost.

I had been told there were no parts other than minidoll torsos that minidoll legs can connect to in c/lego@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If simple were my style, then I wouldn’t be shoving minidoll legs into a croissant

I had been told there were no parts other than minidoll torsos that minidoll legs can connect to in c/lego@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I don’t see what needs to be edited?

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I had been told there were no parts other than minidoll torsos that minidoll legs can connect to (media.piefed.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/lego/p/880990/i-had-been-told-there-were-no-parts-other-than-minidoll-torsos-that-minidoll-legs-can-co

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I had been told there were no parts other than minidoll torsos that minidoll legs can connect to (media.piefed.world)
 

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After about 2 1/2 years and a lot of help from a contact of mine at Bricks & Minifigs, I finally have all of the pieces for my micro Lucrehulk and Naboo MOC (media.piefed.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/lego/p/872090/after-about-2-1-2-years-and-a-lot-of-help-from-a-contact-of-mine-at-bricks-minifigs-i-fi

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-156808/zachpieces/micro-lucrehulk-with-theed-palace-great-grass-plain-and-underwater-scenery/#info

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After about 2 1/2 years and a lot of help from a contact of mine at Bricks & Minifigs, I finally have all of the pieces for my micro Lucrehulk and Naboo MOC (media.piefed.world)
 

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-156808/zachpieces/micro-lucrehulk-with-theed-palace-great-grass-plain-and-underwater-scenery/#info

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John Solo, Darth Paul, Ringo Fett, and the Georgenosian (media.piefed.world)
 
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John Solo, Darth Paul, Ringo Fett, and the Georgenosian (media.piefed.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by zachpieces@piefed.world to c/lego@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/836241

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[MOC] Impromptu collab build of Santa's sleigh using only 2x4 bricks in Red and Green (media.piefed.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/720754

Bonus: the Glinch who stole Christmas (Galidor pun)

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[MOC] Impromptu collab build of Santa's sleigh using only 2x4 bricks in Red and Green (media.piefed.world)
 

Bonus: the Glinch who stole Christmas (Galidor pun)

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Dark mode for BrickLink plug-in (piefed.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/669197

I helped bug test this fanmade plug-in that gives BrickLink a dark mode appearance. All code credit goes to izzydesigns. Here are her instructions for installation:

I've created a custom website theme that makes dark mode the default across all Bricklink domains and subdomains

https://userstyles.world/style/24509

(To use my site theme, you need to install the browser extension "Stylus", which you can get by clicking here.)

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