LOL… Wisdom just isn’t something I associate with golden retrievers.
Sweetness, loyalty, affection, endless patience… there are many nice words they make me think of.
But also, still being barely out of puppyhood at 9 years old, and gleefully eating anything you’ve pretended to eat first … those traits are not exactly wise.
The AI program “learned” from real people’s work what fields, clouds, etc, are supposed to look like, and strung elements together to create a picture. But it doesn’t learn quite enough.
Houses are sitting on lush green grass… on the right it looks like a farm, but there are no paths to the house or buildings, no animals, fences, or fields of crops.
There’s one bit of road, but it fades out. Look closer at all the houses and they make no sense… The light colored one at left, with a blue roof, is particularly horrifying! The ground floor is gutted, nothing but gaping black emptiness.
They say “enhanced” but it’s a euphemism for “churned out”.
While I appreciate the advice, it’s sad to me that it’s needed.
I’m not one of those old fogeys who stands around whining about the old days… and get off of my lawn!… and there are certain things about modern life I love.
Still… I do remember camping out for hours in the library, hogging a spot, books spread out while I wrote a term paper, or later, read books on things like old fabrics or jewelry… never a thought that anything would be disturbed, much less stolen, during a trip to the bathroom, or the payphone.
Libraries seemed like safe havens. I know they haven’t been for some time, but it’s still a pity.
No problem in South Korea.
There, you can reserve a seat at the bar by placing your wallet there.
No problem to leave your laptop etc. at a table in a coffee-shop when going outside for a smoke.
In Seoul…
There’s probably 18 (best I can count) ladies there – unlike Americans, they really know how to stand in a line. Here, I can hardly tell who’s in line at the which grocery queue and who’s “just browsing”.
The funny thing to me was that clicking as directed worked well, but the image that opened up appeared as if the reader was holding a device. At the bottom of that device is the legend: “6 of 1.” Does that imply: “Half dozen of the other”?
A Dukha child, from northern Mongolia, with her family’s trained reindeer, which they milk and ride.
From what I read, the Dukha are the last nomadic reindeer herders in Mongolia.
There are only about 800 leftin Mongolia, with less than a thousand reindeer all together, living in small communities.
They were separated from a similar size population of Dukha, many of them their relatives and friends, who live across the border in Russian territory and are becoming more assimilated.
They wanted to keep their traditions, and made sure to be on the Mongolian side when the border closed, but at one point, with little support there, when they had a few bad years, their lifestyle almost died out.
Many moved to towns and got jobs, like working in stores. But when the Mongolian government finally gave them citizenship, they qualified for some subsidies, and most of them went back to reindeer herding.
It’s still hard, and their population keeps dropping, but they want to stay in that life.
Nice catch! If it’s genuine. After all the exposes here over the past couple of years, I no longer trust the images I see as either photographed or “painted.” I doubt Snoopy ever had such “soft hands.”
Not the solution to the problem of Cleo sleeping in Claude’s chair, if she is, or failing to do anything about the EWC next door, or basically, doing whatever she likes.
And not to any problems any of you may have, personal, legal, mathematical, or with anything other than this puzzle. Sorry.
But hopefully, I did solve that… and you can compare with your solution…
not by measuring it, or measuring other things that appear to change size, cos using a ruler on a tablet is tricky. Touching the screen changes the size.
I try to look at how tall something stands, or how far it reaches, compared to other items in the picture.
EG, on the left, the steam ends below the top of the knot in the curtain, but on the right, just above it.
Then to make sure… It barely reaches the level of Claude’s eyebrows on the left, but ends well above them on the right.
Cleo needs to learn to relax. She needs to have some “me time” that isn’t devoted to heavy artillery, tanks, and explosives. Down time. Smell the flowers even if metaphorically.
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Somehow, maybe from people’s tendency to anthropomorphize pets, this dog looks to me like one who has gained some hard-earned wisdom.
Could be. Could be the dog, being a golden like my son’s dogs, can hardly get enough affection and reassurance.
LOL… Wisdom just isn’t something I associate with golden retrievers.
Sweetness, loyalty, affection, endless patience… there are many nice words they make me think of.
But also, still being barely out of puppyhood at 9 years old, and gleefully eating anything you’ve pretended to eat first … those traits are not exactly wise.
Now Schipperkes, on the other hand….
Absolutely, brilliantly, smart.
Absolutely, undeniably, NOT wise.
A picture-book definition of fools rushing in.
Looks more like he’s gained some ear mites…
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The original submarine?
Could be. The only difference is that this one’s periscope yields scent input rather than visual.
but no torpedos
Wait till he farts…
..
Wow!
RUN! We’re about to be devoured by a Giant Jellyfish!
Nope! 😉
This one forces me to say: “J’accuse, monsieur!” This simply looks “assembled” to me.
Sorry….. it’s “Enhanced by AI”.
As if you didn’t know that.
it would be helpful if I could snag the original image before AI ‘enhanced’ it
I’m sure there wasn’t one…. none of it is real.
The AI program “learned” from real people’s work what fields, clouds, etc, are supposed to look like, and strung elements together to create a picture. But it doesn’t learn quite enough.
Houses are sitting on lush green grass… on the right it looks like a farm, but there are no paths to the house or buildings, no animals, fences, or fields of crops.
There’s one bit of road, but it fades out. Look closer at all the houses and they make no sense… The light colored one at left, with a blue roof, is particularly horrifying! The ground floor is gutted, nothing but gaping black emptiness.
They say “enhanced” but it’s a euphemism for “churned out”.
i.e….
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Sad!
While I appreciate the advice, it’s sad to me that it’s needed.
I’m not one of those old fogeys who stands around whining about the old days… and get off of my lawn!… and there are certain things about modern life I love.
Still… I do remember camping out for hours in the library, hogging a spot, books spread out while I wrote a term paper, or later, read books on things like old fabrics or jewelry… never a thought that anything would be disturbed, much less stolen, during a trip to the bathroom, or the payphone.
Libraries seemed like safe havens. I know they haven’t been for some time, but it’s still a pity.
No problem in South Korea.
There, you can reserve a seat at the bar by placing your wallet there.
No problem to leave your laptop etc. at a table in a coffee-shop when going outside for a smoke.
In Seoul…
Because if you steal a wallet in Seoul you’re never heard from again?
Utter nonsense. Most people just are honest and sincerely friendly in South Korea.
My husband forgot his purse in a small shop in a mall once.
The owner closed his shop and ran after us to return it.
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She has got to stop drinking those Scott’s Turfbuilder cocktails.
She’s already overgrown.
“Red Bull gives you…arms?”
There’s probably 18 (best I can count) ladies there – unlike Americans, they really know how to stand in a line. Here, I can hardly tell who’s in line at the which grocery queue and who’s “just browsing”.
No, there’s blurring going on. this is time lapse not a chorus line…
…
click it to make it smaller
Click:
That’s kinda weird.
Just following orders…
The funny thing to me was that clicking as directed worked well, but the image that opened up appeared as if the reader was holding a device. At the bottom of that device is the legend: “6 of 1.” Does that imply: “Half dozen of the other”?
If you’d clicked on the arrows either side of the numbers you would scroll through the other images on this page.
And if I were to post a picture of Seven of Nine in this comment, as of this moment she’d be 11 of 19.
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Redevelopment proposal for Red Square…
Looks crowded. One question: Where does the water go when it rains?
Where does the water go when they flush?
Flush?
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A Dukha child, from northern Mongolia, with her family’s trained reindeer, which they milk and ride.
From what I read, the Dukha are the last nomadic reindeer herders in Mongolia.
There are only about 800 leftin Mongolia, with less than a thousand reindeer all together, living in small communities.
They were separated from a similar size population of Dukha, many of them their relatives and friends, who live across the border in Russian territory and are becoming more assimilated.
They wanted to keep their traditions, and made sure to be on the Mongolian side when the border closed, but at one point, with little support there, when they had a few bad years, their lifestyle almost died out.
Many moved to towns and got jobs, like working in stores. But when the Mongolian government finally gave them citizenship, they qualified for some subsidies, and most of them went back to reindeer herding.
It’s still hard, and their population keeps dropping, but they want to stay in that life.
Tim Easton
Which one is he?
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Snoopy?
‘Hic!
Makes me think of Alfalfa in “The Little Rascals”.
That’s gonna leave a funny taste in your mough, Mr. Poochie…
Looking at it leaves my mouth feeling soapy. Yuck.
Nice catch! If it’s genuine. After all the exposes here over the past couple of years, I no longer trust the images I see as either photographed or “painted.” I doubt Snoopy ever had such “soft hands.”
Just had to go find it….
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That tree looks like it’s doing its best to hold up that entire wall of rock!
You could say it’s hanging on by a thread… But what a thread.
…,,
LOL
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Is this reindeer enhancement or abuse?
Maybe he hates it, or maybe he likes being the center of attention.
Then again, is that the same reindeer, it even a real one, in the city?
I wouldn’t say painting dead bone is abuse.
Sigh….
Gesundheit.
To clarify: I’d say it’s the other thing. Got it now?
The reindeer probably keep their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks.
I know I do!
But never of others.
I think I read about this a few years ago. It is a way for them to be seen on/by roads during the long dark hours.
it’s simply to make them seen better in the dark
Having seen what a Ford Pinto looked like after colliding with a moose, yeah, this is a good idea.
I’ve never seen anything you could spray on something to make it glow like that IRL!
Eight…
Here I am … solution in hand, so to speak.
Not the solution to the problem of Cleo sleeping in Claude’s chair, if she is, or failing to do anything about the EWC next door, or basically, doing whatever she likes.
And not to any problems any of you may have, personal, legal, mathematical, or with anything other than this puzzle. Sorry.
But hopefully, I did solve that… and you can compare with your solution…
I’m so excited! I got all nine right.
Yeah… I had to double-check that one too.
I try to look at how tall something stands, or how far it reaches, compared to other items in the picture.
EG, on the left, the steam ends below the top of the knot in the curtain, but on the right, just above it.
Then to make sure… It barely reaches the level of Claude’s eyebrows on the left, but ends well above them on the right.
Nine again! On a roll here!!
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Probably only get three next week though…..
Cleo needs to learn to relax. She needs to have some “me time” that isn’t devoted to heavy artillery, tanks, and explosives. Down time. Smell the flowers even if metaphorically.
You be the one to tell her.
I’ll be right down th… no, on second thought I’ll be at the library.
Better pretend to pet her first, while you actually pat her down.
Charlie Chaplin, and animation pioneer Walt Disney, captured in a rare moment at the races in Arcadia, California – Colour by Sergey V. Rauzin, 2025.
Charlie Chaplin, and animation pioneer Walt Disney, captured in a rare moment at the races in Arcadia, California – Original picture.
Oh no…. They’re fading… and shrinking….
Corner Buns.
They ♥ corners.
I got six.