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Messages - Big Toe
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« on: April 11, 2024, 16:01 »
Zero Talent!
1. There cannot be public access to the works of authors.
2. Such works can be found on pirated sites, but Google does not search for them.
3. Not all of the authors works have been translated into English, and many have not been translated or digitized.
4. Nobody digitizes letters from authors.
5. I do not give away my sources of information.
6. Your opinion about me does not interest me. It's enough that I consider you a troll.
And I already said that if the digitization is done by the Russians, it means under the control of the KGB, which means you wont find such phrases on Russian sites. These phrases will be removed from the electronic text. Therefore, only a scanned copy of the original publication, which is more than 100 years old, can serve as proof.
A quote for which you cannot provide a source is worthless. It proves nothing. 85% of quotes on the Internet are made up. - Abraham Lincoln Going with this rule, some of the quotes on your list may even be true. The best lies have a grain of truth in them.
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« on: March 27, 2024, 15:04 »
I've already clarified that these characters are not AI generated. I hired an artist to make me specific designs in high resolution with clean lines (which AI generated ones have a problem making... not to mention it's hard to make specific character design and posture you want)
I do also make AI generated images, but I always tick the box that are AI generated.
Ok, sorry, then I misunderstood you. I wonder whether the high resolution and clean lines are that important, though, if the character lacks details like mouth or nose. At least I can see neither.
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« on: March 27, 2024, 12:44 »
Funny you ask... because there were many images and videos I've uploaded that I have no clue why would they be used and they have sold anyways.
It can happen, but I still think that a picture with a useful concept has a better chance of selling.
Concerning this picture: There are alot of little things that dsiturb me a bit about it. Not a lot of the picture is sharp, the girls or women somehow seem to be hovering over these plates or tiles and the proportions seem a bit weird. They miss a clearly defined mouth or nose and the breasts are overemphasized. The hands are weird.
Character has been used multiple times as animation and a part of an image in the past and has sold multiple times... so I doubt any of this would now matter. Now when I made figures of them they found a "problem"?
The image in question is AI generated, isn't it? My understanding is that when Adobe started accepting AI images, they accepted almost everything, even images with obvious flaws. Enough examples of that have been posted in this forum. Now they are swamped with mass produced AI images and can afford to be more selective or I should perhaps say that they cannot afford not to be more selective and images that would have been accepted a few months ago are now rejected.
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« on: March 26, 2024, 21:14 »
Incidentally, French people don't necessarily have to learn English because they get on very well with the language in France. And in many other beautiful countries with friendly people:
Pupils in France still lern usually at least two foreign languages, the first one is in most cases English, the most widely chosen second language is Spanish, followed by German with a wide distance. Of course this does not mean that every adult in France actually speaks Englisch or another language, because the less you use a language the more you tend to forget.
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« on: March 25, 2024, 15:51 »
Funny you ask... because there were many images and videos I've uploaded that I have no clue why would they be used and they have sold anyways. It can happen, but I still think that a picture with a useful concept has a better chance of selling. Concerning this picture: There are alot of little things that dsiturb me a bit about it. Not a lot of the picture is sharp, the girls or women somehow seem to be hovering over these plates or tiles and the proportions seem a bit weird. They miss a clearly defined mouth or nose and the breasts are overemphasized. The hands are weird.
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« on: March 21, 2024, 16:06 »
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« on: March 21, 2024, 15:07 »
Maybe gone fishing?
Or they are playing with toys in the attic.
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« on: March 21, 2024, 14:18 »
dont be naive  but, great cgi trailer
Are you talking about Macron? 
He will soon put on a bicorne hat himself and start posing. Judging by his rhetoric.
But this is normal, the main thing is that his words are confirmed by his actions.
Are they, though? How come France comes in at place fourteen in the list of bilateral support (military and financial) then? Right between Finland and the Czech Republic. https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/
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« on: March 19, 2024, 07:46 »
1. Whose Crimea? (the correct answer should be Crimea is Ukraine).
Have you ever asked your idol Trump that question?
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« on: March 16, 2024, 08:52 »
so, first all the AI rants about it killing sales on AS, now attacking SS because they DON't accept AI??
It is not necessarily the same people who are complaining about the two things. Someone who does not do AI may complain about AI taking away sales at Adobe, while someone who does AI may complain about Shutterstock not accepting AI.
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« on: March 15, 2024, 11:07 »
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« on: March 14, 2024, 08:21 »
EU! Return Ukrainian refugees to Ukraine!
They are free to return to the Ukraine whenever they want. Of course, I understand that the European Union is happy that the Russians are waging war in Ukraine and thanks to this, the EU can solve its demographic problems and improve the economy through the labor of Ukrainians. This explains the supply of small quantities of weapons to Ukraine and trade with Russian EU countries.
Cheap Russian gas did more for hour economy than a few Ukrainians, most of whom don't work, anyway, could ever contribute. We are still supporting the Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invaders, because it is the right thing to do.
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« on: March 11, 2024, 18:18 »
"Well, the milkman's a spy, and the grocer keeps on following me,
And the woman next door's an undercover for the K.G.B.,
Yes, you Germans know all this very well and are familiar. I think thats how it was in the GDR. It is very possible that the GDR will soon return to Germany again along with the KGB and Stasi. Then you will sing this song again.
No, I don't know that and I've lived here for a while.
The Kinks are a British band, by the way.
You probably didnt live in the GDR. When you live there, I think this song will be relevant to you.
The song is about people who see KGB agents where there aren't any.
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« on: March 11, 2024, 12:40 »
I expected nothing less from fellow KGB agent Merkel. The Germans do not understand that Scholz is leading their country to occupation by Russian orcs.
A song that comes to mind: "Well, the milkman's a spy, and the grocer keeps on following me, And the woman next door's an undercover for the K.G.B., ... Oh there ain't no cure for acute schizophrenia disease." The Kinks, Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFd4WBnOBv4
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« on: February 26, 2024, 14:17 »
Editorial images are images that can only used for editorial uses, like for example to illustrate a newspaper article and must not be used for advertisment. They also should NOT be altered in a way that compromises their editorial value
I bet that's what you meant? 
Yes, thanks, that is indeed what I meant, I amended my post accordingly.
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« on: February 25, 2024, 21:08 »
I know people here care and we're at the mercy of the agencies, but if the customers go to Adobe, and SS has much more profitable business gains in AI, news, or whatever else they own and do, they won't care about a division that's losing money. If it's too expensive to operate and unprofitable, they could shut down stock photos, as a cost cutting, expense reduction, initiative.
What kind of business do they have that is not dependend on the stock photo business? When they shut down the stock photo business, the AI licencing business goes away as well. They may survive stagnation or even decline in the stock photo business, but without stock images (and videos etc.), they have no AI business.
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« on: February 25, 2024, 13:51 »
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There's still space for real and editorial, that AI can't make...
depends what you mean by editorial - for AS it's anything that needs a model release, even if it's not newsworthy - eg generic people in an office - here AI is an easy alternative
Editorial images are images that can only used for editorial uses, like for example to illustrate a newspaper article and must not be used for advertisment. They also should not be altered in a way that compromises their editorial value Generic people in an office with model releases are not editorial content. Where did you get the notion that for Adobe every image with people that need a model release is editorial?
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« on: February 23, 2024, 10:06 »
Good news again but my last year bonus plan is already finished, I can't edit any photos in Lightroom right now, does I need to wait the next bonus code to work again ? Im confused.
The new code should already be there, if you qualified.
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« on: February 23, 2024, 08:11 »
The easiest tool for copying is not ai but a normal camera.
In fact it is usually a lot faster to copy a bestselling image by just taking a similar picture.
It really depends on what is depicted in the bestseller. It is not so easy to copy a picture of a tropical beach with palm trees or of an iceberg, unless you somewhere near them or travel there anyway. Also customers and clients, if they really want to save money, they can just take pictures with their iphones. Including things like wood backgrounds, green grass and sky etc...a lot of the content that is ultrageneric is very, very easy to take yourself.
Even images of stuff that is seemingly available everywhere are no always that easy to copy. For example really clear blue sky with a nice cloud distribution does not occur as often as you might think. And if you want a specific type of clouds like cirrus clouds, you may have to wait a long time until you get an opportunity to get a really nice picture.
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« on: February 21, 2024, 08:20 »
The Russians have begun the procedure to denounce the 1990 treaty with Germany.
As I understand it, the Russians are planning to occupy half of Germany.
Germans! Kick out your Scholz! Demand the transfer of Taurus missiles to Ukraine. Or prepare parking lots for Russian tanks.
I was in favor of sending Taurus missiles to the Ukraine, but if an invasion of Russian forces into Germany is imminent, I guess we better keep the missiles to ourselves, so that we have a chance to repel the invasion.
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« on: February 19, 2024, 16:10 »
I am seeing more reports of new subscriptions being added instead of extending existing subs. Since it's a holiday in the US, many folks are off today. If you haven't already redeemed your code, and you have an active subscription. I recommened holding off until I can confirm whether there is an issue or not.
Thanks for your patience,
Mat Hayward
Hello Mat, how long will take until the codes expire, if they are not redeemed? The code I currently use runs until October 1 this year. If it looks like extending the period is problematic, I would just keep the new code until then and only use it, when the old one runs out.
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« on: February 16, 2024, 08:35 »
But only exactly 2 years later, Germany finally decided to increase spending, because it knows Trump can win.
It was decided to do so in June 2022. Read the articles I linked to. Your browser should be able to translate it to English or another language you might fancy. If you are right (which is naturally not the case) and your bureaucracy has been reacting to Scholzs words for 2 years.
Perhaps it is different in your country, but the German bureaucracy does not react to a chancelors words, but only to changes in the law. And the Sondervermgen was formally decided upon in June 2022. It even required an addition to our constitution,; considering that, this was really quick. And then it is totally normal that it takes some time to spend the money, because there are laws how this has to be done, in order to ensure that you end up with the stuff you really need, at reasonable prices and without corruption. More than 8 Billion Euro from the Sondervermgen has already been spent in 2023. That already lead to an increase in the military spending compared to the GDP; just not enough to crack the 2% threshold. This will happen this year. I can give you 100%, Russian orcs will occupy Germany in a few days.
This seems quite unlikely, considering that orcs only exist in fantasy strories, not the real world. As for the real world Russian army: It has shown in the Ukraine that it's ability to conduct quick maneuver warfare is rather limited, so I do not think they will show up near Berlin any time soon.
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« on: February 15, 2024, 17:22 »
As for Trumps statements, as our German colleagues write, this year Germany unexpectedly decided to increase its defense spending.
There is nothing unexpected about this. It is the direct result of additional funds of 100 Billion Euros provided to spend on the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, over several years to bring it up to scratch. It is a so called "Sondervermgen", which allows to circumvent the strict German anti-debt laws. It was announced on February 27 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion into the Ukraine, in a famous speech by Chancelor Olaf Scholz (the Zeitenwende Speech) and formally decided on in June 2022. It just took some time for the military bureaucracy to actually start spending the money. Just after Trump directly told Germany what awaits her.
There is no way this could possibly have had any effect whatsoever on military spending so quickly. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitenwende-Redehttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderverm%C3%B6gen_(Bundeswehr)
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« on: February 15, 2024, 07:03 »
Therefore, even based on his foolish announcement, trump-the-moron, must defend them and fight his buddy putin.
Is not a fact. If Germany will not pay enough money for defense, why should the United States send troops into German territory and defend not only, for example, Poland, but also Germany at the same time? Trump will shift responsibility for the occupation of Poland to Germany.
If Russia wants to invade Germany, they have to invade Poland first. They do not have the capabilities to land a significant number of troups with heavy arms like tanks at the German coast of the Baltic Sea, let alone supply them. Then, by defending Poland against a Russian invasion, the USA would automatically also defend Germany. Also, the US cannot really effectively defend Poland (or the Baltic states) against a Russian invasion without using German infrastructure and US owned infrastructure in Germany. The Ramstein Air Base is the headquarters of the US Air Force in Europe. Without it, the US air strike and defence capabilities in Europe would be seriously crippled. It would also be very hard to supply US troops in Europe without using German ports (or Dutch or Belgian ports, but then the supplies would have to be transported further east via German road or railway infrastructure). But this is all nonsense, of course, Trumps goal is to force Russian friends such as Germany, Hungary, and Austria to pay enough money.
Thus, the German parasites parasitized not only on the USA, but also on other EU countries, which are forced to pay 2% of their GDP for defense.
Of the countries you listed, only Hungary is relatively friendly towards Russia. Germany was in the past interested in keeping relatively good relations to Russia, partly because our politicians believed that the best insurance against war is to have good trade relations, partly because we relied (probably too much) on Russian gas for our energy supply. But of course, the Russian invasion of the Ukraine changed all that. And Austria is not part of the NATO and therefore not under any obligation to pay anything. I do agree though, that Germany should spend at least the agreed upon 2% of the GDP on defence and it looks like this year we will achieve this goal, as has already been stated in this thread. This has nothing to do with Trump, but rather with Putin.
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« on: February 13, 2024, 12:26 »
Refugees also work and pay taxes. I saw the statistics, the amount of these taxes is no less than the aid that the EU pays to refugees.
Is Russia Today the source of these statistics?
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