The first dose is free...
Transcript:
Panel 1. The Gothic Sorceress paces back and forth on the foundation of her house: all that remains are the floor tiles and the outlines of the walls. The Avian Intelligence (AI) flies while watching her. In the distance, a storm is approaching: lightning streaks across the sky.
Gothic Sorceress: “Let’s think about this. Given your powers, you can probably build me a brand-new house, right?”
Panel 2. Close-up: the stoic Avian Intelligence and the Gothic Sorceress, cheerful and excited by the good news, as a few raindrops fall.
Avian Intelligence: “That is indeed a task I can handle. Shall I make it just like the one before?”
Gothic Sorceress: “Yes!”
Panel 3. Same shot, Avian Intelligence seems to have shifted into a different mode. The Gothic Sorceress is shocked and protests, exclaiming.
Avian Intelligence: “Oops, I can't. You have exceeded your request quota for this month.”
Gothic Sorceress: “WHAT?!”
Panel 4. Under now heavy rain, the Gothic Sorceress has turned her back and is trying to contain her intense anger, clenching her fists. Avian Intelligence continues its sales pitch:
Avian Intelligence: “Subscribe now to Avian Intelligence Premium for unlimited requests!”
Gothic Sorceress: “Grrr!!!!”
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34 comments
davidrevoy
I'm posting this new episode a day earlier than usual (usually on Wednesday for the weekly comic) because I'll be traveling tomorrow and I'm not sure I can rely on the wifi (train/hotel) to get everything uploaded smoothly. Better safe than sorry!
93 ★cacophony@mastodon.art
I mean I'm not gonna say "noooo, how daaaare you" to an early treat!
2 ★davidrevoy
@cacophony 🤣 haha... thank you.
4 ★jt_rebelo@ciberlandia.pt
safe journeys! And thank you for making sure we had this new episode.
★megumumpkin@mastodon.art
Have safe travels! And the webcomic has been great so far!
★davidrevoy
@megumumpkin Thank you very much! 💜
★johnnythan@tuebingen.network
Good thing there is no "Post it later" functionality in the #fediverse :) I needed the artwork from you today. Thanks
(And no, there is no option to have a post it later functionality in the whole Fediverse and there never will be and don't search for it and if the avian intelligence says otherwise I assure you it is just hallucinating and *babblesOn*)
★davidrevoy
@johnnythan Yes, it's probably better like that, I prefer to inform anyway about it when I need to post a day earlier or like in January, a day later (had a funeral that day, wasn't in the mood to post my funny comic and spam the TL of my family with it).
4 ★It's life, and I'm not a company with a process, or software that does crossposting (I continue to post all manually), and I prefer it that way 😊, it's always a pleasure to comeback with something weekly.
gunchleoc@mastodon.scot
@johnnythan Have a 🤗 too
BTW Tusky App allows the scheduling of posts.
Few people use it though, it's a cultural thing I guess plus no pressure to feed the algorithm 🤔
I do use it sometimes when I'm travelling and want to post pictures, so that posts that identify my location only go out after I have already left. That will give me some locational privacy.
davidrevoy
@gunchleoc @johnnythan Good option for this usage! Thank you for sharing.
★piper@lgbtqia.space
Have a safe trip!
★davidrevoy
@piper Thank you!
★hacknorris@mstdn.social
no need to be perfect, you could always send it even week later and i wouldn't see a difference…
★Sobex@sciences.re
It's not even Wednesday, impressive.
troler@mastodon.online
Reminded me somewhat of this anecdote about Microsoft: https://blakjak.org/gex_bgbh.htm
schaf@netzkms.de
Now that you subscribed, I can build your house.
*eternal rotation of "ok, last thing i need to know is if you want a door in it, just type yes and i'll start, for real this time"-type of answers following*
goofy
Brillant , comme toute cette série sarcastique sur le perroquet stochastique, des strips impeccables !
2 ★davidrevoy
@goofy Merci ☺️ 💜 !
★Chacheneguer@neopaquita.es
Poor Gothic Sorceress!! :oh_no: :oh_no_bubble:
★Nours@eldritch.cafe
★Tellement vrai
doc@mastodon.social
do you have an archive online by any chance?
Nvm, found it in the comic itself 😅
davidrevoy
@doc Great, I was typing it when I saw your edit!
So here it is anyway (for a bit of self promo) my website with full Krita sources, high resolution and translations https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/miniFantasyTheater.html
The RSS: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/rss/miniFantasyTheater.xml
Or it's possible to list them all on the Fediverse with the hashtag #miniFantasyTheater (or follow the hashtag)
★sam4000@troet.cafe
I was really looking forward to hearing how this topic would be covered.
And Iove it.
davidrevoy
@sam4000 Thank you! Yes, it was on my list for long, but I wanted to really put it at a moment in the story when Cepper, the Gothic Sorceress, would really need it.
2 ★With the home destroyed on the two previous episode it was the perfect opportunity. Now, I have another good opening to jump on the theme of the 'locally installed AI', also a big item on my TODO list.
sam4000@troet.cafe
Local AI sounds nice, but you need expensive* hardware and the quality lags 6 to 12 months behind commercial AI – at least in simple terms.
I’m looking forward to seeing them; your comics are simply brilliant.
* Prices for local AI hardware are actually falling, at least until the next hardware price surge hits.
starsider@valenciapa.ws
@sam4000 prices of hardware has been rising alongside RAM, at least in the used market which is the only place I regularly check. My GPU that cost me 600€ more than a year ago is 750-800€ now. I don't know what are the falling prices you mention.
LLMs of any size they're all shit, except for a few particular tasks, most of which don't require a GPU this expensive (or any GPU at all, if you have some patience). I keep a very small LM loaded at all times for image transcriptions and things like that. Most of my VRAM is used with Blender or VR stuff. I _could_ load much bigger models (when I'm not using the GPU for graphics) but I don't really need to.
VANTABlack2000@mastodon.gamedev.place
How messed up do you think the house will be if Parrot did remake it. I can imagine finding random out of place things for days lol.
davidrevoy
@VANTABlack2000 🤣 Oh yes. And probably many things looking good at first, but totally awkward later; like the door to the toilets not opening fully because hitting the toilet seat, or a random door lower sized than all other that you have to constantly remind for bending yourself a little, or a random stair on the way to a room lower than all other. Many little poisons like that 😆
★Takiro@meow.social
Of course it starts raining.
★cjd@pkteerium.xyz
This has literally never happened to me.
All of the AIs just keep giving me free service forever.
I think I'm on a list or something.
mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world
N’oublie pas d'ajouter les publicités :akko_derp:
qgustavor@urusai.social
Sure you don't use it, because surely those people would not have a subscription with unlimited access. "Double your limits!" sure, unlimited, no.
★voxel@infosec.space
You didn't highlight the A and I :<
★davidrevoy
@voxel Thank you for noticing and reporting, I saved the info here https://framagit.org/peppercarrot/webcomics/-/issues/278 among a little list of inconsistency I need to fix later.
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