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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Gen model to 1) design characters 2) make a consistent comic with them?

Ask HN: Gen model to 1) design characters 2) make a consistent comic with them? 3 by rvba | 2 comments on Hacker News. I am looking for a generative model that can make a drawings based on an RPG campaign I had with my friends. The idea is to create consistent character designs of each character first (say ogre, mage, dragonborn) and then use those designs for panels that would be based on my inputs about the story (I have notes from a longer campaign). The models I know / tried are not consistent at all. They dont store the character design, so each panel is different in style (apart from those model that generate designs ripped off from Studio Ghibli). Is there any free or paid model that allows that?

New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: Android Chrome deletes your browsing history silently

Tell HN: Android Chrome deletes your browsing history silently 2 by grehbies | 0 comments on Hacker News. Under specific, but still indefensible circumstances , which I just learned is somehow the intended behavior. I don't think I quite understand what computing has become at this point. I keep encountering situations where the SWEs, who write and maintain software that I assumed to be trustworthy, decide that superficial considerations are more important than data integrity or user control of critical decisions. It keeps happening, so it's not a mistake or an oversight. Some of you genuinely think that this is how software should work. Low system storage causes a write error which corrupts the database which houses the history

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?

Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God? 7 by dvrp | 34 comments on Hacker News. I presume many here are not believers. So, for those who believe—and in the spirit of open and genuine curiosity—I’d love to know what made them change their minds.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do you model temporarily invalid data structures

Ask HN: How do you model temporarily invalid data structures 2 by escot | 0 comments on Hacker News. Say you’re making a chess game. A valid board only has one piece per square, or zero. But, you have an algo that generates boards by moving pieces around and during that algo you may move a piece on top of another and then later decide to move one of them to get back to valid. Do you try to use some existing Board type and just avoid in your algo those invalid states (like by using a stack or some data structure to avoid iteratively moving pieces one at a time). Do you have a separate InvalidBoard type that allows multiple pieces per square? I think it’s context dependent but I’m curious how you’ve seen this handled in different ways.

New ask Hacker News story: Forensic analysis of STM32F7 firmware failure modes in drone swarms

Forensic analysis of STM32F7 firmware failure modes in drone swarms 3 by ArchiveForensic | 1 comments on Hacker News. Free-access link to the full forensic analysis and data sources: https://ift.tt/qMC8Fdm

New ask Hacker News story: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases

Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases 2 by MaxTeabag | 0 comments on Hacker News. sqlit is a lazygit-style TUI for SQL. Connect and query your database from the terminal in seconds, no config files or documentation to read first. It supports all the major databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB, FirebirdSQL, Oracle, DuckDB, CockroachDB, ClickHouse, Snowflake, Databricks, Supabase, Cloudflare D1, Turso, Athena, BigQuery, Spanner, Redshift, IBM Db2, SAP HANA, Teradata, Trino, Presto, Apache Flight SQL, Apache Impala, SurrealDB, and osquery. A few things that come built in: - Keyboard focus: Context aware keybindings always visible - Docker integration: auto-detects and connect to running database containers - Vim-style query editor with customizable keybindings. - Fuzzy filter in results window. - SSH tunnels, OS-keyring credential storage, password manager integration. - Autocomplete for tables, columns, and procedures. - Cloud CLI integration (browse extern...