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What do allergies feel like for you?

So this might be a weird one because I can just look this up anywhere, but Ive been dealing with some vexing medical problems the past year and I just want to see how allergies affect others. Maybe hearing from regular people instead of doctors will ease my mind a bit. A little back-story on my issue (though I'm not looking for a diagnosis), almost exactly a year ago I developed sever constant chronic rhino-sinusitis. I am constantly having to clear my throat and snort/sniffle. Its non stop every 30 seconds or so and no matter what combo of meds I take for allergies, nothing really helps. I have never had allergies before (that i know of) and all of a sudden, after well over 40 years on this earth, I'm allergic to everything. And I *do* have allergies. According to the test I took a few months ago, I tested positive for 45 out of 50 allergens they tested for. To make a long story short, every doctor I go to says its allergies. Says to get allergy shots and keep taking sprays and pills everyday etc. Nothing brings me any relief. I'm on the strongest sprays that are killing my sinuses and multiple 24hr allergy pills (Doctor ordered), and its almost like I'm not taking anything. So my questions to you wonderful people: - What do allergies feel like for you? - Are they constant or do you have flareups? - Do meds help you significantly? - Am I just being a big baby and how I feel is just what allergies feel like? I know this is subjective and everyone will have different answers and that's fine. Honestly, I don't really have anyone to bounce ideas off of and talk about this, so this is as much a way for me to scream into the void and vent, as it is to gather info. Again, I'm not looking for a diagnosis, just your personal anecdotes so I can put my own situation into perspective. Love all of you peeps, thanks in advance for any replies! *Edit- Mods, I realize this kinda flirts with rule 3, please feel free to remove it if you so deem.*

Ask Lemmy LogicalDrivel • Now • 88%

What do you use AI/LLMs for in your personal life?

I recently set up a LLM to run locally on my desktop. Now that the novelty of setting it up and playing with different settings has worn off, I'm struggling to come up with actual uses for it. What do you use it for when not doing work stuff?

Risa LogicalDrivel • Now • 97%

Captain Malcolm Reynolds of Starfleet- Real!

Mod removed my first post because "AI 'art' is for Borgs". So here is a real life version!

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Happpy HHalllloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! Had some fun with a random Mad-lib style prompt and inserting "holding a sign saying Happy Halloween". The Text, of course isn't the greatest but, not that bad actually. The AI really likes jackolanterns with the Halloween keyword. Every image had tons of jackolanterns even though I didn't tell it to. The Prompt was "Adj Adj Random-Monster, holding a sign that says happy Halloween. By Random-Artist and Random-Artist." Here are a few more of the better ones:   

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A story in two parts


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Psychedelic Bigfoot

I was generating a bunch of random monster and scifi related stuff using only wildcards, and got this image. I felt it needed to be shared. ::: spoiler Prompt and model used A fearsome semi-abstract Psychedelic bigfoot. by gregg booth,david s. goyer, cyberspace, science fiction science fantasy, Dazzling, Realistic, high detail, photo-realistic, best quality, Highres, Natural lighting, early morning, shadow play, HD, Absurdres, 8k UHD, best quality, sharp focus Negative prompt: dull colors, monochrome, blurry, out of focus, grainy, bad quality, bad anatomy, pubic hair, disembodied limbs, merged body parts, bad teeth, too many fingers, body-hair, tattoos, dull eyes, mirrored images, makeup, fake,, watermarks, grainy, artifacting, Steps: 50, Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 1441120469, Size: 1024x768, Model hash: 886c73d806, Model: perfectdeliberate_v40, Token merging ratio: 0.2, NGMS: 0.7, Version: 1.6.0 :::

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Goblin Trader

Trying out a [Goblin LORA](https://civitai.com/models/102233/dnd-goblin-race-civilized-goblins-for-npcs-or-player-characters) with this one. was going for more of a spread of weapons for sale with this Goblin arms dealer, but love his expression. Heres a couple more I liked.   ::: spoiler Model and Prompt used width: 600 height: 800 model: dreamshaper_7 count: 4 guidance: 7.0 steps: 30 sampler: dpmpp_2m_karras seed: 615447110 upscale: 1 lora1_strength: 0.7 lora2_strength: 0.7 prompt: a (devious scheming greedy tricky pockmarked very-short goblin) (at a weathered black market stall) (selling his wares of wicked rusted swords and daggers)+ In a dimly-lit alley of the goblin city, Isometric view, gritty texture, shadows and highlights, urban environment, atmospheric setting, candid capture, candid moment, moody atmosphere, detailed composition, D&D, dramatic lighting, rugged weaponry, tarnished armor, ambient illumination negative_prompt: ugly, tiling, poorly drawn hands, poorly drawn feet, poorly drawn face, out of frame, extra limbs, disfigured, deformed, body out of frame, blurry, bad anatomy, blurred, watermark, grainy, signature, cut off, draft, censored, anime, cartoon, fake, plastic skin, doll-like, fake hair, plastic, toy-like, not real, drawn look, large ears, filters, animated look, painting, cell shaded, digital art, pixar, cgi, porcelain, statues, monochrome, black and white, grayscale, colorless, greyscale, black and white, black-and-white, without color, not in color, tintless, drab, fat, pregnant, removed, omitted, multi-color eyes, malformed, misshapen, partner out of frame, lora1: A65D6C01FA4DC26FEDA4B00B3566ECAFCD1E27EDE4C3A44509 :::

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Fire Starter

I really like how this came out, I didn't originally want the fire but the AI kept adding it with the Tanuki keyword so I leaned into it. It took a while to get though, it kept trying to make the Tanuki a horse and getting the fairy to ride it without it turning lewd or just ignoring the prompt was a pain. Anyone have any tips on that? anyways, heres a few more i liked.    ::: spoiler Model and Prompt width: 600 height: 800 model: nightmareshaper count: 4 guidance: 7.0 steps: 40 sampler: ddim seed: 1015036689 upscale: 1 lora1_strength: 0.7 lora2_strength: 0.7 prompt: a (beautiful powerful pixar-style fairy)+ (Traveling astride an) (armored blazing tanuki) action shot, close up, HD, Sharp Focus, DSLR, high detail, natural lighting, shadow play, High Dynamic Range, Light Falloff, realistic, detailed face, (realistic detailed hair), realistic skin, Artstation, Masterpiece, negative_prompt: ugly, tiling, poorly drawn hands, poorly drawn feet, poorly drawn face, out of frame, extra limbs, disfigured, deformed, body out of frame, blurry, bad anatomy, blurred, watermark, grainy, signature, cut off, draft, censored, anime, cartoon, fake, plastic skin, doll-like, fake hair, plastic, toy-like, not real, drawn look, large ears, filters, animated look, painting, cell shaded, digital art, pixar, cgi, porcelain, statues, monochrome, black and white, grayscale, colorless, greyscale, black and white, black-and-white, without color, not in color, tintless, drab, fat, pregnant, removed, omitted, multi-color eyes, malformed, misshapen, partner out of frame, :::

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The Offer

 Its not exactly what I was looking for but I really liked it so I thought Id share. ::: spoiler Prompts and Model width: 600 height: 800 model: nightmareshaper count: 4 guidance: 7.0 steps: 30 sampler: ddim seed: 1117925415 upscale: 1 lora1_strength: 1.2 lora2_strength: 0.7 prompt: a (beautiful fair angelic elf sorceress) make a gesture and concentrates and (many glowing floating magic symbols encircle her) while (dark brooding storm clouds with lighting and rain) begin to form over a (dark gloomy gothic castle in the distance). fantasy, sorcery, magic, high detail, natural lighting, shadow play, High Dynamic Range, realistic, negative_prompt: ugly, tiling, poorly drawn hands, poorly drawn feet, poorly drawn face, out of frame, extra limbs, disfigured, deformed, body out of frame, blurry, bad anatomy, blurred, watermark, grainy, signature, cut off, draft, large ears, pointy ears, big ears, filters, animated look, painting, cell shaded, digital art, pixar, cgi, monochrome, black and white, grayscale, colorless, greyscale, black and white, black-and-white, without color, not in color, tintless, lora1: Epic Realism A08670315FC5B150FC00279413840CF0353DB778A436B4A :::

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Transfer Gate Xxx by Lin Chen

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1735258 > > **[Source](https://www.deviantart.com/wanbao/art/Transfer-gate-xxx-596120956)** > > *[Artists gallery](https://www.deviantart.com/wanbao/gallery/all)*

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Odyssey: Part 1 by Joan Piqué Llorens

And [here is part 2](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8edAX6), though I much prefer the first.

When I'm scrolling through my main subscribed feeds or all, Id like to be able to hide posts Ive read/voted on so I don't see the same posts for days at a time, but still be able to visit an instance directly and see all posts made there. In smaller communities, hiding read posts can turn that instance into a ghost town. Its also nice to go back and read new comments on posts your interested in and hiding read posts makes that difficult. Right now it seems like its hide everything everywhere or not and no in between. Edit- after creating this post I went to view my profile and didn't see it there. Turns out hiding read posts, also hides your own posts? Am I missing something here?

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Shuttle by Alex Twin

Ive always loved the more realistic concepts that look like they could exist today.

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Aegis Hammerhex by Sarah McCulloch

Glad this community exists on Lemmy to feed my spaceship addiction. Heres one of my fave wallpapers ive collected over the years.