Midjourney and DALL-E (from OpenAI) are impressive, but the real cutting edge in terms of fidelity is I think with Stable Diffusion. Mainly because it is open, and so people are able to take the mode… (View Post)

Wasn't it Heathener who insisted that Russia would not invade Ukraine even when the US government was giving a likely date for the invasion? Roger has a rival. (View Post)

Explain what exactly? That you don't have to be in the EU to trade with it? That scientific cooperation does not require EU membership? I'd turn it around, if NZ can work with the EU from o… (View Post)

I watched The Duellists recently and thought it was very good. (View Post)

I'm fairly sure that if Putin wanted to have Wagner in Belarus to threaten Kyiv he could do so without Wagner threatening to kill his military chiefs and depose Putin himself. (View Post)