My calculation earlier this morning that the Dems would win VA AG by about 38K votes was wildly out: the eventual margin was approx 200K. This shows the importance of knowing the number of votes cast… (View Post)

Cue one of my Viewcode Rants, namely: absolute values are useless without relative values, and vice-versa. What does that graph look like per capita? (View Post)

There's a coterie of fan-made Trek films that started in YouTube and by the early/mid 2010s started producing stuff at near-professional levels. Then Axanar came along, and it crossed the line from f… (View Post)

Some fanboys had a bloody good go at that, or at least their version of it, before Paramount cut their nuts off. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5h4ur_aSq8NxKIK0TWk6puXu4E1RjT8y (View Post)

Good Lord. The episode itself was a bit boring, but the technique was impressive. I assume the AI moving images were generated from contemporary still photographs. It makes me wonder what can be done… (View Post)